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课时提升作业(十三)
必修5 Unit 1
Ⅰ. 单项填空
1. (2013·泰安模拟) I am _______ about what I say because careless remarks are likely to hurt others’ feelings. A. enthusiastic C. doubtful
B. concerned D. cautious
2. Now that you are so eager to join the school football team, why not _______ for it? A. get through C. turn away
B. make up D. try out
3. —Mary looks depressed.
—So _______ you if you failed your final exam. A. will
B. would
C. do
D. did
4. (2013·济南模拟) Joining the firm as a clerk, Peter got rapid promotion, and _______ as a manager. A. turned up C. ended up
B. brought up D. showed up
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5. (2013·杭州模拟)—The terrible accident is under investigation. —Actually, quicker action _______ those workers trapped in the mine. A. may have saved
B. must have saved D. could have saved
C. should have saved
6. The company is putting more money into the building of a new factory _______ the fast growing demand for their products in the market. A. in response to C. in case of
B. in return for D. in charge of
7. Nowadays many people make their choices about what they buy _______ advertisements rather than their own judgment. A. basing on C. to base on
B. based on D. was based on
8. (2013·青岛模拟)Today we have too many choices of communication through advanced technology, but we seem _______ the joy of communicating face to face. A. losing
B. to be losing D. having lost
C. to be lost
9. The old couple decided to _______ the two poor boys though they had three of their own. A. adapt
B. admit
C. adopt
D. abandon
10. —Do you know Professor Steward well? —Not really, just a nodding _______.
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A. acquaintance C. recognition
B. applicant D. association
11. Our goal is to make higher education available to anyone who is willing and capable _______ their family background and financial situation. A. apart from C. but for
B. regardless of D. thanks to
12. (2013·安庆模拟) But for your timely help, we _______ the project as scheduled. A. couldn’t finish B. couldn’t have finished C. can’t have finished D. can’t finish
13. I am sorry, but I didn’t mean to keep you waiting here so long. Can you _______ me? A. hesitate
B. forgive
C. apologize
D. satisfy
14. He is the first person you can think of to _______, for he is always ready to help whoever is in need. A. approve of C. bring about
B. rely on D. keep on
15. The boy was sitting at the desk, _______ hard when his teacher entered the classroom.
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A. to pretend to work B. to pretend to be working C. pretending to work D. pretending to be working Ⅱ. 阅读理解
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Going to school from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. may sound terrible, but Sydney Shaw, a seventh grader at the Alain Locke Charter Academy on Chicago’s West Side, has come to like it—as well as the extra 20 days or so that he’s in class every year. “I’m sure every kid at this school says bad things about the schedule sometimes, ” says Sydney, who was at school on Columbus Day, when most Chicago schools had a holiday. “But we all know it’s for our benefit. ”
Finding ways to give kids more classroom time，through longer hours，a longer school year，or both，is getting more attention. “If you want to look at schools where the achievement gap is narrowing, they’re saying they couldn’t do it without the added time. ”says Jennifer Davis. “Even when you get good teachers into schools，you also need more time. ”
According to studies, low-income students fall back more than two months in their reading skills over summer vacations. “It’s over the summer months that poor kids fall behind, ” says Karl Alexander, a
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