2013届高考英语一轮复习综合训练集Unit 11 The mediaⅠ.单项填空(建议用时8′)1．—Why do you know the company so well?—Oh，I________there for three years.A．worked B．would workC．had worked D．was working2．He________the person referred to be put into prison.A．said B．demandedC．agreed D．thought3．The factory is the largest single________in the area.A．employ B．employmentC．employer D．employee4．Children are running around________to be aeroplanes.A．pretending B．to pretendC．being pretended D．having pretended5．The neighbors do not consider him quite________as most evenings he awakens them with his drunken singing.A．respectful B．respectedC．respectable D．respective6．They are said to have developed a new ________ to teaching，which is said to improve classroom teaching greatly.A．method B．meansC．way D．approach7．An announcement________by the Ministry seemed to contradict this. A．makes B．makingC．made D．having made8．He________early the next morning, finding the brook________one foot. A．raised；raisedB．arose；had raisedC．had arisen；risenD．rose；had risen9．—How did the police deal with the case?—They started off at once________ the missing girl.A．in praise of B．in search ofC．in favour of D．in place of10．The summer camp group，________30 students，will start for South Korea and stay there for three weeks.A．consisted in B．consisted ofC．consisting of D．consisting in11．His driver，________for the accident, had not been driving carefully. A．blamed B．being blamedC．to be blamed D．blaming12．—Cinderella has been learning Chinese in Beijing University for the past four years.—No wonder she ________ above her colleagues in Chinese.A．stands out B．sticks outC．comes out D．sorts out13．—The exam wasn’t difficult at all，was it?—No，but I don’t believe________ could pass it.A．somebody B．anybodyC．everybody D．nobody14．________，I would support him.A．Whatever decisions he madeB．Whatever did he make decisionsC．However did he make decisionsD．However decisions he made15．—I hear it may get windy this afternoon.—I don’t care________it doesn’t rain again.A．even though B．as far asC．in case D．so long asⅡ.阅读理解(建议用时7′)The Amazon River carries rain and snowfall from high in the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.Along its journey，the river has created a unique environment that serves people beyond the borders of Brazil.The Amazon River basin is possibly the earth’s most fragile and necessary ecosystem.The basin holds an astonishing 20 percent of the earth’s fresh water，more than the next six largest rivers combined.The flow of the Amazon is so powerful that it dilutes (冲淡) the salt water more than one hundred miles of beyond the coastline.The Amazon River basin is a rainforest or jungle.It is home to a diversity of life forms found nowhere else on earth.The rainforest includes more than two million species of insects，one hundred thousand plants，two thousand species of fish and six hundred mammals.The basin also has huge reserves of rare metal.The flow of the Amazon River can also be harnessed to provide hydroelectric (水力发电的) power.Trees and vegetation in the basin help to balance COand oxygen.Trees and vegetation2use COto make their food and release oxygen into the atmosphere.2The rainforest of the Amazon River basin provides a valuable resource to the entire planet，but it is being destroyed.People are moving into the Amazon basin and clearing the rainforest to build cities.The rainforest is often cleared to create land for feeding cattle.Finally，miners clear the land in order to get its minerals.The deforestation (砍伐森林) of the Amazon basin may have longreaching effects.When the trees are removed，we reduce the amount of CO2will taken from the air.Some scientists predict that the build­up of CO2 cause global warming.If the temperature of the earth rises，polar ice will melt，which will raise the level of the ocean and possibly，flood south Florida.1．According to the text，the Amazon River ________.A．has changed the environment on the Andes MountainsB．is becoming more and more fragile due to droughts and floodsC．is the source of a fifth of the total amount of freshwater in the world D．dilutes the salt water of the Pacific Ocean2．The underlined word “harnessed” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”．A．moved B．divided C．controlled D．used 3．Paragraph 2 mainly explains ________.A．why the Amazon River basin is a fragile ecosystemB．why the Amazon River basin is a necessary ecosystemC．how the Amazon River basin attracts lives to live thereD．how the Amazon River basin feeds the wildlife there4．Which of the following is NOT a reason why people destroy the rainforest? A．To build cities. B．To raise cattle.C．To grow corns. D．To mine.Ⅲ.阅读填空(建议用时7′)__1__People use money to buy food，furniture，books，bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want.When they work，they usually get paid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.__2__ One of the first kinds of money was shells.Shells were not the only things used as money.In China，cloth and knives were used.In the Philippine Islands，rice was used as monkey for a long time.Elephant tusks，monkey tails，and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.The first metal coins were made in China.They were round and had a square hole in the center.__3__ Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money.__4__.Sweden and Russia used copper to make their ter some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive.Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.__5__ The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.A．The first coins in England were made of tin (锡)．B．But people used to use all kinds of things as money.C．No one knows for certain when people began to use money. D．People strung(串联)them tighter and carried them from place to place. E．Money，as we know，is all made of paper.F．They began to use paper money.G．Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. 1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______Ⅳ.短文改错(建议用时10′)One day a lady sees a mouse running across her kitchen floor.She was very afraid of mouses，so she ran out of the house and went into a shop there mousetraps were sold.The shopkeeper said to her，“Put some cheese in it，you will soon catch that mouse.” The lady went to home with her mousetrap.But when she looked in her cupboard，she could not find some cheese in it.She did not want to go back to the shop，unless it was too late.She cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap.In her surprise，the picture of cheese was quite successfully! When the lady came down to the kitchen a next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese！参考答案Ⅰ.1.C 2.B 3．C 4．A 5．C 6．D 7．C 8．D 9．B 10．C 11．A 12．A 13．C 14．A 15．DⅡ.1.C2．D 3.B 4．CⅢ.1—5 GBDAFⅣ.One day a lady seessawa mouse running across her kitchen floor.She wasvery afraid of mousesmice，so she ran out of the house and went into a shoptherewheremousetraps were sold.The shopkeeper said to her，“Put some cheesein it，∧and you will soon catch that mouse.” The lady went to\ home withher mousetrap.But when she looked in her cupboard，she could not findsome any cheese in it.She did not want to go back to the shop，unlessbecauseit wastoo late.She cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put itin the trap.InToher surprise，the picture of cheese was quitesuccessfullysuccessful！When the lady came down to the kitchenathenext morning she found a pictureof a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese！。