Unit 1 Cultural Relics learning about language课时作业

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．Your teacher's words will be ________you in all your life，so you should remember

them forever.

A．honoured for B．of vital importance to

C．vital important to D．at the mercy of

答案　B　[句意：你老师的话在你整个一生中至关重要，因此你应该永远记住它们。此处"of＋名词"相当于形容词作表语。be honoured for...因......而受到尊敬；at the mercy of受......摆布。]

2．Walking alone in the dark, the boy whistled to________his courage.

　　A．keep up B．hold up

　　C．take up D．set up

答案　A　[考查词组辨析。句意：独自在黑暗中行走，小男孩打着口哨给自己壮胆。keep up one's courage意为"鼓足勇气，不丧胆"。hold up举起，支撑；take up从事，占据；set up建立，创立。]

3．Did it ever ________to you to contact the police when you saw the suspect?

A．occur B．refer C．happen D．apply

答案　A　[几个选项均可以和to搭配构成词组，但是根据题意，本题选A；occur to sb意思是"某人突然想起"。]

4．-Did you make it at last?

　　-Yes. But for your help, it________a serious loss.

　　A. would cause B. must have caused

　　C. would have caused D. may cause

答案　C　[答句第二句为含蓄条件句，but for引出虚拟条件，此处表示对过去情况的虚拟，故句子谓语形式为would/should/could/might have done。]

5．I've tried hard to improve my English.But by no means ________with my progress.

A．the teacher is not satisfied

B．is the teacher not satisfied

C．the teacher is satisfied

D．is the teacher satisfied

答案　D　[当by no means(决不)放在句首时，句子要使用倒装结构，排除A、C；由于by no means本身具有否定含义，所以排除B。]

6．One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.

A．bills B．expenses C．prices D．charges