人教版英语精品资料（精修版）Unit 4 综合技能训练时间：90分钟，满分：100分Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．Because of the dry weather, fires ________ in many places recently.A．have broken away B．have broken downC．have broken out D．have broken in答案：C句意：由于天气干燥，近来很多地方发生了火灾。
break away“逃走；逃脱”；break down“破坏；拆散”；break out“战争，火灾等突然爆发”；break in“闯入；强行进入”。
结合句意选C。
2．________ made her surprised was ________ she received a bunch of flowers for no good reason yesterday.A．That; how B．What; thatC．What; what D．That; that答案：B句意：让她吃惊的是昨天她莫名其妙地收到了一束花。
what引导主语从句，并在从句中充当主语；that引导表语从句，在从句中并不充当成分。
3．After water which is ________ to life appeared on the earth, life began to develop.A．interesting B．funnyC．fundamental D．fond答案：C句意：生命存在的基本要素——水，在地球上出现之后，生命开始发展。
be fundamental to对……是基本的。
4．Once, there, in the small village, ________ a big tree dating back to 100 years ago. But now it has gone.A．happened B．cameC．seemed D．stood答案：D句意：在这个小村庄里曾经有一棵一百多年的大树。
但是现在不见了。
happen“发生”；come“来”；seem似乎；stand“站，矗立”。
5．(2014·西安高一检测)—Why not buy the car since you show so much interest in it?—But I am not able to buy ________.A．so a big car B．such big a carC．so big a car D．such big car答案：C句意：——既然你对这辆车那么感兴趣，为什么不买？——可是我买不起这么大的车。
so＋adj.＋a(n)＋n.＝such＋a(n)＋adj.＋n.。
故选C。
6．If we don't follow his advice, I'm sure we will regret ______.A．on time B．at timesC．from time to time D．in time答案：D句意：如果我们不采纳他的建议，我确信我们迟早会后悔的。
on time按时；at times时而，不时；from time to time有时，不时地；in time迟早，总有一天。
7．It is widely accepted that smoking is ________ to our health.A．harmful B．harmlessC．useful D．helpful答案：A句意：吸烟有害于健康已被广泛接受。
be harmful to对……有害。
harmless无害的；useful有用的；helpful有帮助的。
8．(2014·杭州高一检测)—Do you know the reason why his parents ________ him joining us last night?—I have no idea.A．kept B．preventedC．protected D．promised答案：B句意：——你知道昨晚他父母为什么不让他加入我们吗？——我不知道。
keep sb from doing sth结构中from不可省。
protect保护；promise答应，而prevent sb (from) doing sth 阻止某人做某事，符合题意。
9．The brave man ________ his clothes and jumped into the river to save the drowning boy.A．pulled on B．pulled awayC．pulled in D．pulled off答案：D句意：那位勇士(匆忙)脱下衣服，跳进河里救那个落水男孩。
pull off“脱掉(衣、帽等)”，符合句意；pull on“穿上(袜子)，戴上(手套)”；pull away“离开，摆脱”；pull in“(慢慢)驶入”。
10．Try and ________ a bit; life isn't that bad!A．cheer up B．come upC．look up D．put up答案：A句意：试着高兴点儿吧，生活并不是那么糟！cheer up“感到高兴；感到振奋”，符合题意。
come up“走近；发芽”；look up“向上看；查询；好转”；put up“举起；建造”。
11．The house rent is expensive. I've got about half the space I had at home and I'm paying ________ as there.A．as three times much B．as much three timesC．much as three times D．three times as much答案：D因句中空格后有连词as，其前必定用原级。
根据“倍数＋as＋adj./ad v.＋as”结构，可知D项正确。
12．________ earthquakes have happened one after another in recent years, which have caused great damage.A．Violent B．LightC．Rude D．Heavy答案：A句意：最近几年，剧烈的地震一个接一个地发生，造成了严重损害。
violent猛烈的，狂暴的，剧烈的；light轻的；rude粗暴的；heavy重的。
结合句意选A。
13．(2014·福州高一检测)________ you want to work in a foreign country, you'd better improve your oral English.A．So that B．Now thatC．Such that D．In order that答案：B句意：既然你想去国外工作，你最好提高你的英语口语。
so that因此；now that 既然；in order that为了……，结合句意选B。
14．In order to stop the driver escaping punishment, all the main streets were ________.A．blocked off B．blocked outC．blocked up D．blown up答案：A句意：为了阻止司机逃脱惩罚，所有的主路都被封锁了。
block off(用路障)封锁；block out挡住(光线)；block up塞住；blow up爆炸。
结合句意选A。
15．While crossing the street, you should ________ for cars.A．watch out B．take outC．bring out D．come out答案：A句意：过马路时，要留心车。
watch out“密切注视；当心；提防”，符合句意。
take out“拿出；取出”；bring out“使显示；出版；生产”；come out“出来；长出”。
Ⅱ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Mars is not, it seems, the dry old planet we once believed__16__. Astronauts who are__17__to go there in the next decade may find plenty__18__water to slake(消除)their thirst.And with water present the__19__of finding some sort of life on Mars are__20__brighter.This is the view of forty geologists who have been analyzing__21__of pictures and other scientific__22__obtained by robot explorers in the sixties and seventies.To begin with, scientists thought the Red planet was as__23__as the Moon__24__dust storms swirling over vast sandy__25__. But now the picture is very different__26__mountains and valleyscarved by__27__glaciers and rivers rushing and rumbling deep underground.In a report on the analysis of the Martian pictures Dr.Michael Car of the U．S.Geological Survey comments: “I am convinced__28__lots of water on Mars.” Any surface water will be in the__29__of ice.But it could save explorers from__30__to take so much__31__with them.The report says__32__Mars probably had a warmer climate in ages__33__due to its axis (轴) having been more tilted (倾斜) towards the sun.__34__signs of plant or animal life have been detected by instruments landed on Mars，__35__the landing vehicles have been sent there for a few years.16．A.it is B．itC．it to be D．was答案：C根据新的资料显示，火星似乎并不像我们过去认为的那么干燥。