【金榜教程】2015届高考英语一轮基础复习 Unit 5 Meeting your
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[基础知识·夯实]
Ⅰ. 短语填空
cut up; keep out; as well; lie in wait for; regardless of; look ahead; think of; show sb. around; in spite of; pull out
1. Kelly loved her husband________the fact that he drank too much.
2. ________，we must expect some changes to be made in our system of government. 3. If you come to London for a visit, I will________.
4. She frequently ________ Sophie, the child she lost during the war. 5. The project became so expensive that we had to________. 6. The club welcomes all new members________ age and sex. 7. She________ the meat on her plate.
8. The robbers were________ me as I came out of the bank.
9. We're going to the cinema tonight, why don't you come along________？ 10. The notice hanging on the front wall is meant to________the unwanted visitors, especially at working hours.
答案：1. in spite of '2. Looking ahead 3. show you around 4. thinks of 5. pull out 6. regardless of 7. cut up 8. lying in waiting for 9. as well 10. keep out
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1. If you don't like the school lunch, you have ________alternative of bringing your own.
答案：the
解析：句意：如果你不喜欢学校的午饭，你可以带你自己的。alternative常指在两者之间做出选择，此处表示特指。
2. ________(assume) that we can't get the necessary equipment, we will have to give up the experiment.
答案：Assuming
解析：句意：假如我们得不到必要的设备，我们将不得不放弃这个实验。assuming表示“假定；设想”，引导条件状语从句，相当于if。
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3. It was reported that his speech was repeatedly ________(interrupt) by thunderous applauses.
答案：interrupted
解析：句意：据报道，他的演讲多次被雷鸣般的掌声中断。此处强调被打断。 4. You can make progress ________ ________(只有)if you are modest. 答案：only if
解析：句意：惟虚心乃能进步。only if只要??就；只有，只有当??； 除非。 5. Regardless________whether weight loss is your goal, it makes sense to include low-fat food in your diet.
答案：of
解析：句意：无论减肥是不是你的目标，你的饮食中含有低脂肪的食物是明智的。regardless of“不管，不顾”。
6．This is of no practical________(significant) at present, but such a prospect is not impossible.
答案：significance
解析：be of no significance“无关紧要的，没有意义的”。句意：目前这没有什么实际意义，但这种希望也不是不可能。
7．I'm really ________(feed)up with this weather—why can't it be sunny for a change?
答案：fed
解析：句意：我厌烦了这种天气——为什么不换一种晴朗的天气呢？be fed up with受够了；饱受；厌烦，符合句意。
8．He didn't appear to attach any significance ________ our suggestion. 答案：to
解析：句意：他似乎对我们的建议不重视。attach significance to sth.“认为??很重要；重视??”，属固定搭配。
9. －What's your feeling now?
－I am terribly sorry. If only I________ ________(come) here yesterday! 答案：had come
解析：考查if only的用法。if only“要是??就好了”；由时间状语yesterday来看，这是对过去所发生事情的虚拟，所以用过去完成时。
10. I can't find anything on this ________(mess) desk. 答案：messy
解析：句意：在这张堆放得乱七八糟的桌子上我什么也找不到。messy凌乱的，散乱的。
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[实战能力·提升]
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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[2014·石家庄市高三模拟]
Probably no other musical instrument is as popular around the world as the guitar. Musicians use the guitar for almost every kind of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.
Music experts do not agree about where the guitar first was played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Some other experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the twelfth century. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.
Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violinist Niccolo Paganinni played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.
In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting with ways to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid body electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence in popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to his music. They included Paul playing as many as six musical parts at the same time. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called “Meet Mister Callaghan”．
1. The passage is organized in the pattern of________.
A. time and events
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