Unit 4 Pygmalion Using language课时作业

第一节 单项选择

1. Wind is now the world's fastest growing ________ of power.

A. source B. sense C. result D. root

【考点】考察名词词义辨析

【答案】A

【解析】本题考察的是名词词义辨析。Source根源，来源，源头；sense感觉，知觉；result结果；root根，根源；原因，本质；祖先；句义：风力是现在世界上增长速度最快的电力来源。根据句义可知souce of power指电力来源。故A正确。

2 What's the _____ of having a public open space where you can't eat, drink or even simply hang out for a while?

A. sense B. matter C. case D. opinion

〖答案〗A

〖考点〗本题考查名词辨析。

〖解析〗本题所设的语境是：有这样一个你在那里不能吃、不能喝甚至不能动的公共开放场所有什么意义呢？A项sense "感觉, 思考, 意义"；B项matter "事件, 问题, 原因"；C项case "事, 案例, 容器"；D项opinion "意见, 看法, 主张"。What's the sense of...？"有什么意义"四个选项中只能A项符合语境。

3. An average of just 18.75cm of rain fell last year, making ______ the driest year since California became a state in 1850.

A. each B. it C. this D. one

【考点】考察代词辨析

【答案】B

【解析】本题四的选项中each表示三者或者三者以上中的任意一个；it指上文提及的同一事物；this指代上文说过事物；one指代可数名词单数，表示泛指。本句中的it指代last year。句意：去年平均降雨18.75厘米，让去年成为自从1850年加利福尼亚成为一个州以来最干燥的一年。故B正确。

4. We shouldn't take _____ for granted that we still have a lot of time before the Entrance Examination