2024届高考英语一轮复习单元演练：选修8 Modules 3-4（第2课时）（外研版含答案）
第一部分Modules 3－4
Ⅰ.语法填空，单句训练
1．(2024·天津和平区高三模拟改编)—My favorite singer, Whitney Houston, died last year.
—________ you look so blue.
答案：No wonder 考查交际用语。句意：——“我最喜欢的歌星惠特尼·休斯顿去年去世了。”——“难怪你看起来如此伤心。”no wonder“难怪……”，符合句意。
2．(2024·临沂高三模拟改编)Owing________ the recent bad weather, the project is several weeks behind schedule.
答案：to 考查短语。句意：由于最近恶劣的天气，这项工程比预期拖后了好几周。owing to“由于”。
3．(2024·杭州高三模拟改编)—Where did you first meet your boyfriend?
—It was in the department store ________ he worked.
答案：where 句意：——“你第一次见到你的男朋友是在什么地方？”——“是在他工作的那家百货商店。”此处为定语从句，引导词在从句中作地点状语，故选where。
4．This is the second time that he ________(ring) you up this week.
答案：have rung 考查时态。句意：这是他这个星期第二次给你打电话了。That/This/It is the＋序数词＋time＋that...，意为“这是(某人)第几次……”，其中从句中谓语动词要用现在完成时。
5．In my opinion, all Mr. White ________does do good to his students in his class at present. He is very strict in their study.
答案：does 考查强调句。句意：依我看来，怀特先生做的所有事情确实对他的学生有好处，他对他们的学习要求非常严格。all Mr.White does为主语，其中Mr.White does为定语从句，does do中do为实义动词，构成do good to结构，does表示强调。
6．In many people's opinion, that company, though relatively small, is pleasant ________(deal)with.
答案：to deal 考查动词不定式的用法。某些形容词(pleasant，nice，comfortable，difficult，hard，easy等)后接动词不定式时，常用主动形式表示被动意义。
7．(2024·天津和平区高三质量调查改编)I agree with most of what you said, but I don't agree with ________.
答案：everything 句意：我同意你说的大部分话，但是我并不完全同意你的话。not...everything“并不是每个都……”，构成部分否定。
8．(2024·山东师大附中高三模拟改编)She was on a diet, but she couldn't ________ eating sweet food. Consequently, her weight was gained again.
答案：resist 考查动词词义。句意：她正在节食，但是她忍不住吃甜食。因此，她的体重又增加了。resist doing sth.“忍住做某事”，符合句意。
9．Members of the council ________(oppose) reducing the price of the new product considering the great cost.
答案：opposed 考查动词词义。句意：考虑到巨大的成本，理事会成员们反对降低新产品的价格。oppose doing“反对，反抗……”，符合句意。
10．You will make some progress in your study of English ______ you keep more words in mind.
答案：as long as 考查短语辨析。句意：只要你记住更多的单词，你就会在英语学习中取得一些进步。as long as“只要”，符合句意。
Ⅱ.语法填空，篇章训练
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A：Have you seen Bill recently?
B：Yes. He's in hospital with__1__bad back. One morning, he just couldn't get out of bed. His wife__2__(call) an ambulance and they took him to hospital. He's been there for a few days now.
A：Daisy's in hospital too. she got food__3__(poison) last week. She thinks she got it from some bad seafood.
B：You have to be very careful__4__ seafood.__5__tastes lovely, but it often causes upset stomachs. Have you heard anything from Tom?
A：He's fine, but he had a fever last week. He__6__(probable) just had a cold.
B：He might be allergic__7__pollen. My niece is allergic to pollen. It seems like she has a cold, but__8__ fact it's her allergy.
A：I see. My niece just flew back from Australia to visit. She's got jetlag now. she's just resting today, but we'll probably go out somewhere tomorrow.
B：It's nice__9__she's back for a while. Thinking of all these ailments, I got a splinter the other day. It took a long time for me to get it out of my skin. Look.
A：Oh, your hand is still sore. You should put some ointment on it to stop the swelling.
B：That's a good idea. You've got a nasty bruise on your hand.
A：Yes, I banged it against to cooker yesterday. It really hurt, but it's OK now. The bruise will __10__(appear) soon.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______
答案：
1．a 考查冠词用法。a bad back意为：背部有病。
2．called 考查时态。根据上下文可知此处用一般过去时态。
3．poisoning 考查非谓语动词。poisoning为动名词，意为：中毒。
4．with 考查介词。be careful with“对……小心”。
5．It 考查代词。it 代指上文提到的seafood。
6．probably 考查副词。probably做状语。
7．to 考查介词。be allergic to sth.“对……过敏”。
8．in 考查介词。in fact“实际上，事实上”。
9．that 考查连词。that引导主语从句。
10．disappear 考查动词用法。此处用disappear意为：消失不见。
Ⅲ.完形填空
Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was distracted (使分心) by a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cell phone.
She was __1__ to her brother. She wanted to know __2__ he was, why he wasn't where he was __3__ to be, why he had lied to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had __4__ in tears that morning because of him.
She kept it __5__ but she didn't pull any punches (毫不留情) with him. She let him know __6__ what she thought of him but I could __7__ there was love under all the __8__. She tried so hard to get this boy/young man to come to __9__ his mother and make it all right, but I got the impression she was __10__ a losing battle.
I never looked around. I just __11__ at the book in my hand and a tenpound note which I slipped __12__ the pages as a bookmark.
When she left the bus, I __13__ behind her.“Excuse me，” I said. “Do me a favor, would you？__14__ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates or a bunch of __15__. And tell her a strange man said that being a mother is the __16__ but most important job in the world.”
I don't think she knew how to __17__ that. As I turned away I heard her softly say, “That's really nice of you.”
Walking on, I wondered if in some way I was saying a __18__ to my own mum. But most of all I hoped I had __19__ a smile on the face of a mother __20__ for her child.
1．A.singingB．talking
C．crying D．listening
答案：B 由第一段最后的“who was speaking on her cell phone”可知，这位年轻女士在打电话，故此处应是指她在电话上和她的弟弟说话。talk to sb.意为“与某人交谈”。
2．A.who B．what
C．where D．how
答案：C 由后面的why he wasn't where可知，这位女士是在问她的弟弟在哪里，故应用where作引导词。
3．A.ordered B．imagined
C．supposed D．intended
答案：C 联系上文可判断，她是在问弟弟为什么不在他应该在的地方。be supposed to do/be sth.意为“应该做某事/是某事”。
4.A.broken down B．broken up
C．broken through D．broken off
答案：A 由后面的in tears可知，弟弟所做的事情使母亲极度伤心。四个选项中break down有“禁不住哭出来”的意思，适用于此处。
5．A.quiet B．bright
C．fresh D．open
答案：A 根据空后的“but she didn't pull any punches with him(但是她对他毫不留情)”可知，此处指她没有声张。keep sth.quiet意为“对某事保密，不声张”。
6．A.politely B．slowly
C．exactly D．gladly
答案：C 由上文可知，年轻女士批评弟弟时毫不留情，故她应该是让弟弟确切地(exactly)知道自己对他的看法。
7．A.discover B．tell
C．bear D．deliver
答案：B 虽然当时姐姐的语气可能很严厉，但作者还是能看出其中隐含的爱。此处tell意为“看出，分辨出”。
8．A.joy B．environment
C．pride D．disappointment
答案：D 由上文判断，年轻女士对弟弟有着深深的爱，虽然言语中听起来对他是非常失望的。disappointment意为“失望”。
9．A.help B．miss
C．see D．save
答案：C 由上文可知，女士的弟弟因为不懂事惹得母亲伤心落泪，故此处是指她十分努力地尝试着说服弟弟来看看母亲，让一切都恢复正常。see用在此处符合语境。
10．A.fighting B．defending
C．winning D．making
答案：A 由空前的but可知，此处表达的是虽然这位女士很努力，作者得到的印象却是她正在打一场无法取胜的仗(fight a losing battle)。
11．A.shouted B．aimed
C．stayed D．stared
答案：D 由上一句“我一直没有四处看”可知，此处指作者只是“盯”着手里的书和书里夹着的书签。
12．A.from B．at
C．between D．in
答案：C 此处表示“夹在两页之间”，故应用介词between。
13．A.got off B．set off
C．held off D．took off
答案：A 由下文可知作者与那位女士之间有对话，因此判断女士下车后，作者应该也跟着下了车，故用get off。
14．A.Return B．Spend
C．Take D．Lend
答案：C 根据下文可知，作者把书中夹的纸币给了女士，希望她给母亲买点礼物。此处take意为“拿走”。
15．A.cards B．flowers
C．plants D．newspapers
答案：B 由空前的a bunch of可知应填flowers。此处是作者让女士给她母亲买的礼物：一盒巧克力糖或者一束鲜花。
16．A.luckiest B．hardest
C．happiest
D．best
答案：B 由后面的but most important job可知，前后有转折关系，因此判断作者要让女士转达的是“做母亲是世界上最艰辛(hardest)但也是最重要的工作”。
17．A.object to B．apply to
C．respond to D．devote to
答案：C 女士对作者的这个举动不知道该作出什么反应。respond to意为“对……作出反应”；object to“反对”；apply to“适用于”；devote to“致力于”，意思都不合适。
18．A.thankyou B．goodbye
C．sorry D．hello
答案：A 作者想帮助那位正在苦恼的母亲，走在路上时，他在想这是否也是在以某种方式对自己的母亲说“谢谢”。
19．A.forced B．given
C．shown D．raised
答案：D 作者希望他的举动能够唤起那位母亲的笑容。raise a smile意为“使露出笑脸”，为常用搭配。
20．A.preparing B．appealing
C．suffering D．surviving
答案：C 此处指那位母亲因为自己的孩子而遭受着痛苦(suffer)。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
There are a growing number of language immersion (沉浸) schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language. Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing, and relatively few Americans know a second language.
Scholars have spent years studying why Americans seem to ignore the importance of learning languages. While they have developed theories and given potential solutions, the future of language learning in the United States remains_hazy.
Since 1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign language courses has fallen significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level. However, the decline in elementary schools has appeared primarily in public schools, while the percentage of private elementary schools teaching foreign languages has remained roughly the same at 51 percent. The percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has remained at about 91 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to Englishspeaking children and young adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 twoway immersion programs—schools that pair native English speakers with those who speak another native language—have developed in 28 states.
“The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisition of a second language will be facilitated，” Adel Safty wrote in the Canadian Journal of Education. Linguistic ability shows the greatest development between the ages of 4 and 8, she wrote.
While the number of people who speak a language other than English at home is still relatively small, it has more than doubled over the past 30 years, according to a survey released in April.
People between 18 and 40 make up the largest percentage of people who speak a foreign language. The 5 to 17 age group follows closely. But, among those 41 and older, the percentage of people who speak a second language decreases.
语篇解读：学习外语似乎已经成为了一个全球化的热潮，在美国是一种什么情况呢？
1．What does the passage mainly deal with?
A．The situation of Americans learning foreign languages.
B．Why Americans don't like learning foreign languages.
C．The importance of learning foreign languages.
D．Suggestions for learning foreign languages.
答案：A 主旨大意题。文章主要剖析了美国人学外语的现状。
2．The underlined phrase “remains hazy” in the second paragraph probably means “________”．
A．is still unimportant B．continue to be uncertain
C．have to be impossible D．is impolite
答案：B 词义猜测题。前文提到外语学习的形势不容乐观，此处又说明虽然学者们提出了一些解决方法，但是前景应该仍然“不好、不确定”。
3．According to Adel Salty, ________.
A．people should begin to study foreign languages after age 8
B．learners who have a friend to help them study a language better
C．age has a big effect on people's ability to learn a foreign language
D．people's linguistic ability grows with their age and experience
答案：C 推理判断题。从第五段的“The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisition of a second language will be facilitated”可知Adel Safty认为学习外语的能力会受到的年龄的很大影响。
4．We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．the percentage of public elementary schools teaching foreign languages has increased since 1997
B．the percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has decreased since 1997
