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Unit 2 What is happiness to you？(A卷)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—I heard you worked very late yesterday.
—Yes, it had been completely dark by the time I ________ the office.
A．leave B．left
C．have left D．had left
B 解析： 根据语境， 天几乎黑了发生在“离开” 办公室之前， 故前面用过去完成时， 后面用一般过去时.
2．According to Henry Thoreau, what a man thinks of himself determines, or rather ________ his fate.
A．conveys B．indicates
C．represents D．predicts
B 解析： 句意：亨利·梭罗认为， 一个人怎么看待自己决定了， 更确切地说， 预示了他的命运. convey“传达， 运输”； indicate“表明， 预示”； represent“代表， 表现”； predict“预报， 预言” . 根据句意可知， 应选B.
3．Fortunately somebody who happened to be passing by called the fire department ________ the fire broke out.
A．hurriedly B．quickly
C．instantly D．shortly
C 解析： instantly在此句中用作连词， 意为“一……就……”， 句意是说幸运的是碰巧经过的人一看到火灾就报了警.
4．The project________by the end of 2017, will expand the city’s telephone network to cov
er 2，000，000 users.
A．being accomplished
B．to be accomplished
C．accomplished
D．having been accomplished
B 解析： 根据 判断空格处应该表示一个将来的动作， 所以用动词不定式to be accomplished.
5．(2016·启东东南中学考前辅导)He and his wife are of the same ________；they both want their son to go to college.
A．soul B．spirit
C．heart D．mind
D 解析： 考查名词词义辨析.soul“灵魂，心灵，精神”；spirit“灵魂，心灵，精神”；heart“心境，心情，内心”；mind“头脑，精神，愿望，看法”.四个名词均可放入空格处.后半句句意：他们想让他们的儿子上大学.暗示了一种想法，故与mind意思相同，那么前面一句的意思就是“他和他的妻子有一样的愿望”.
6．According to Darwin’s “Survival of the Fittest”， only those species that were able to ________ the sudden great changes of their living conditions could survive.
A．appeal to B．relate to
C．adapt to D．contribute to
C 解析： 句意：按照达尔文的“适者生存” 理论， 只有那些能够适应他们生活环境的突然的大变化的物种才能够生存下来. 这里用adapt to表示“适应”， 故选C. appeal to“呼吁， 有吸引力”； relate to“涉及， 有关”； contribute to“捐献， 促成” .
7．(2016·江苏时堰中学高三摸底)________ yourself with positive people who know the importance of confidence and you will keep focused on what you can do instead of what yo
u can’t.
A．Surrounding B．Surrounded
C．Surround D．Having surrounded
C 解析： 句意：把自己置于一些知道自信重要性的积极的人周围， 你就会集中于你能够做的而不是你不能做的. 考查了“祈使句＋and＋陈述句” 的用法.
8．His cough will become more serious unless he ________ smoking.
A．quits B．quitted
C．doesn’t quit D．is quitting
9．Almost every one of the graduates wants to deliver the keynote speech at the graduation ceremony, because for the speaker, ________ is an honour.
A．invited B．being invited
C．to invite D．inviting
B 解析： 句中because引导原因状语从句， 从句中缺少主语， 且speaker与invite之间是逻辑上的动宾关系， 故用being invited作主语.
10．—I’ll be able to come to see your performance at 8：30 tomorrow evening.
—I’m sorry, by then my performance ________ and I ________reporters in the meeting room.
A．wi适者生存英语ll be ended; will meet
B．is to end; will meet
C．will have ended; will be meeting
D．will end; am going to meet
C 解析： 句意：——明晚8：30我能来看你的演出. ——对不起， 到那时候我的演出已经结束了， 那时我将正在会议室跟记者见面呢. 本题中by then指的是by 8：30 tomorrow evening, by后接将来的时间， 应与将来完成时连用. 第二空是指在明晚8：30的时候， 是将来一个确切的时间点， 应该用将来进行时.
11．Mary worked here as a ________ secretary and ended up getting a fulltime job in the company.
A．pessimistic B．temporary
C．previous D．cautious
B 解析： pessimistic悲观的； temporary临时的， 暂时的； previous先前的， 以往的； cautious小心谨慎的. 此处句意为“玛丽曾在这儿做临时秘书， 但最终在这家公司得到了一份全职工作. ” 根据句意可知正确答案为B项.
12．(2016·宿迁三校学情调研)________ the cold, thin air and low oxygen levels also can cause mountain sickness.
A．On behalf of B．In terms of
C．Apart from D．Except for
C 解析： 句意：除了寒冷， 稀薄的空气和缺氧也能够导致高原反应. on behalf of代表； in terms of就……而言； apart from除……以外， 含有包含在内的意思； except for表示“除……以外”， 不包含在内.
13．As the result of one child one family, an increasing number of children don’t know how to ________ their peers, which leads to a lot of failure of cooperating work.
A．team up with B．put up with
C．keep up with D．come up with
A 解析： 句意：由于一个家庭只有一个孩子， 越来越多的孩子不知道如何与他们的同龄人合作， 这导致许多合作工作的失败. team up with“合作”， 符合句意. put up with“忍受”； keep up with“跟上”； come up with“想出(主意、答案等)” .
14．(2016·泗阳中学高三月考)The use of water is becoming tense in North China and the government ________that we should save water in our daily life.
A．admits B．acknowledges
C．advocates D．adores
C 解析： 句意：在中国北方， 水的使用越来越紧张， 政府倡导我们在日常生活中节约用水. advocate“提倡， 倡议” 后接从句时， 谓语动词用(should)do.
15．(2016·南京五十五中高三月考)________ I was in trouble, he would come to help me out.
A．Every time B．The first time
C．For the first time D．Next time
A 解析： 一些表时间的名词可以充当连词， 引导时间状语从句. 句意：每当我处于困境时， 他都会来帮我解决. 根据句意可知，A项正确.
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