单独成册对应学生用书第215页Ⅰ.单项填空(建议用时8′)1．At the end of the historic area，Wilmington displayed its ________ as a working port city: large warehouses and a few other dated office buildings.A．achievement B．reputationC．character D．standard解析：句意为：在这片历史地域的尽头，威灵顿市曾扮演了一个港口城市的角色：到处是大型的仓库和其他一些陈旧的办公楼。
achievement成就；reputation名声；character性格，字体，角色；standard标准。
根据句意可知选C项。
答案：C2．—In this day and age，women can have children and jobs as well.—I can’t agree more.It’s great to have the two ________.A．linked B．relatedC．connected D．combined解析：句意为：——在现在这个时代，女人可以养育小孩，也可以工作。
——我非常同意。
这两者结合真是太好了。
link连接，联系；relate使互相关联；connect连接；combine 结合，合并。
“养小孩”和“工作”是结合进行的，故选D项。
答案：D3．I had forgotten about it because I had been so ________ with other things.A．absorbed B．occupiedC．supplied D．devoted解析：句意为：我把这事给忘了，因为我一直忙着别的事情。
“be occupied with＋名词”忙于……；be absorbed in专心致志于……；be devoted to致力于……。
设空后是介词with，故排除A、D两项。
be supplied with用……供给，不合逻辑，故被排除。
故选B。
答案：B4．He got killed in the accident.That’s ________ he was careless.A．because B．whyC．what D．that解析：句意为：在事故中他死去了。
那是因为他粗心的缘故。
That’s because...那是因为……。
所以选A。
答案：A5．Parents should guide their children，not direct them.Observe ________ your child’s talent and interests lie，and then encourage them in those directions.A．what B．whereC．when D．that解析：考查名词性从句。
根据题干中的lie可知此处要用连接副词where引导宾语从句。
where在从句中作地点状语。
答案：B6．As a peace-loving country，we’ll declare a total ________ on nuclear arms.A．ban B．arrivalC．control D．movement解析：句意为：作为一个热爱和平的国家，我们宣布全面禁止核武器。
ban禁止，符合题意。
答案：A7．I think it is a top priority for us to furnish the children with ________ to the Internet.A．procedure B．allowanceC．means D．access解析：access to接近，进入，使用……，符合题意。
答案：D8．You should be ________ in the way you treat your children instead of being changeable，or they would get confused about how you really want them to be.A．consistent B．responsibleC．flexible D．critical解析：句意为：在对待孩子的方式上你应该始终如一，而不是变化无常，不然他们就会对你究竟要他们怎么做感到困惑。
句中的“instead of being changeable”表明本题应选consistent“一致的，始终如一的”。
9．Color blind people often find it difficult to ________ between blue and green.A．separate B．distinguishC．compare D．contrast解析：句意为：色盲的人常感到区分蓝和绿困难。
distinguish between...and...区分……和……。
所以选B。
答案：B10．He differed ________ other people ________ he always looked further ahead in his work.A．from；in which B．from；in thatC．with；in which D．with；in that解析：句意为：他不同于别人，因为他总是在工作中能有远见。
differ from与……不同；in that连词，意为“由于；因为”。
答案：B11．There are some spelling and grammar mistakes in your graduation paper，but ________ it is satisfactory.A．above all B．in shortC．on the whole D．on the other hand解析：句意为：你的毕业论文中有一些拼写和语法错误，但总体而言还是令人满意的。
on the whole整体上，符合句意。
答案：C12．Many people expect that credit cards will eventually ________ paper money for almost every purchase.A．trade B．exchangeC．replace D．reduce解析：句意为：许多人认为几乎每笔交易中信用卡最终会取代纸币。
replace代替，符合句意。
答案：C13．Napoleon and Hitler were led ________ that anything was possible and that nothing could stand in their way by the victories they enjoyed.A．believing B．to believeC．to believing D．having believed解析：考查非谓语动词。
句意为：拿破仑和希特勒相信万事皆有可能，没有什么事情可以阻挡他们享受成功的喜悦。
lead sb.to do sth.使/导致某人做某事。
14．He has been acting very strangely these days.I can’t ________ his actions any longer.A．ask for B．account toC．call for D．stand for解析：句意为：这些天他行为古怪，我再也无法忍受他的行为了。
stand for容忍，忍受。
所以选D。
答案：D15．________？Your dog can get jealous when you pay attention to other dogs，other people or even other things.A．Guess what B．How comeC．What’s up D．Why not解析：考查交际用语。
句意为：你猜怎么着？当你注意其他狗或其他人甚至其他事情的时候，你的狗会嫉妒。
Guess what你猜怎么着；How come怎么会……(那样)；What’s up 怎么了，出了什么事；Why not为何不……。
答案：AⅡ.阅读理解(建议用时7′)In today’s China，exchanges between Chinese and English-speakers are increasingly frequent.English skills are important to the Chinese if China wishes to play a stronger role on the world stage.However，the general English level of the Chinese is in decline.China’s ranking in the 2015 EF English Proficiency Index dropped 10 drops.The Middle Kingdom was ranked 47th out of 70 countries rated，and is now on_par_with several Latin American countries.The report triggered widespread discussion in China: in an increasingly international nation，why is the people’s level of English getting worse?A decline in the English level of the Chinese is no accident.With China’s exam-based education system，worsening English is inevitable.English education in China focuses on grammar and ignores oral practice.This results in students that are often too scared to speak，for fear of making a mistake.Exam-based courses make it so students merely learn for the test，not learn the language.In Latin America，nations do not have a rigorous exam system for English，but focus on promoting the language itself.Such programs that promote English include Chile’s “English Opens Doors” program，Panama’s “Panama Bilingual Education Program”，and Mexico’s “10 Million People Plan”．Brazil，which also has a government program，is ranked first in the region for English.The Chinese government should first think about how to reduce the amount of pressure on students taking exams in order to promote change in the current system of rote Englisheducation.This is the most important step.Everyone has recently focused on overseas returnees.The number of the Chinese studying abroad has rapidly multiplied in past years.At the same time，the number of overseas returnees is increasing as well.The job market is also increasingly competitive for them and it is often more difficult for returnees to find a suitable job than it is for domestic graduates.Difficulties and pressure in the job market for overseas returnees deter a number of Chinese from studying abroad.As a result，the number of the Chinese with high-level English，carefully perfected abroad，has been reduced.This could be a major reason why English is getting worse overall in China.While China’s overall level of English has declined，it has not affected China’s huge emphasis on English education and training.China remains one of the nations that commit to the study of English.[语篇解读]随着中国与英语国家的交往日益频繁，如果中国人希望在世界舞台上起更大的作用，那么英语能力就十分重要。