山东省高密市第三中学高中英语 Unit 4 Making the news 限时训练（无答案）新人教版必修5.doc

unit 4 making the news 第一节：阅读理解a one day a poor student was walking through a town. he had not had anything to eat for several days and he was very hungry. but when he saw a man selling mantou(馒头), he let out a scream and fell to the ground. when the surprised mantou seller asked the student what the matter was, the student answered, “i dont like mantou. in fact, i hate them. whenever i see them, i feel ill and cant eat.”the mantou seller then thought that he would play a joke on the student. he put ten mantou in the corner of a room and then locked the student in it. after a short time, the mantou seller opened the door of the room. he was surprised to find that the student had eaten all the mantou. the student explained, “ for some strange reason, i suddenly decided that i liked mantou.”the mantou seller was angry that the student had fooled him. he asked what other things he did not like to eat. “oh, i like everything,” answered the student. “ except at the moment i would hate to drink two cups of strong tea!”1.the student was very hungry because _ .a. he was poorb. he was illc. he had not eaten for a long timed. he was walking2. the mantou seller wanted to _ the student.a. helpb. pull upc. saved. play a joke on3. the mantou seller was surprised to find the student had eaten _ mantou.a. twob. tenc. fived. seven4. in fact, _.a. the seller wanted to sell some mantou to the studentb. the student really hated mantouc. the student fooled the mantou sellerd. the mantou seller fooled the studentba professor told his students to go into the city slums（贫民窟） to study the life of 200 boys. he asked them to write reports about each boys life and future. every one of the students wrote, “he doesnt have any hope.”twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier study. he told his students to find out what had happened to these boys. of the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died. nobody knew what had happened to them. they tried very hard and found the other 180 people. among them 176 had become successful as doctors, teachers and scientists.the professor was very surprised and decided to study it further. luckily, all the men were living near the place and he was able to ask each one. “ what made you successful?” each one answered with feeling, “ there was a teacher.”the teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had used to pull those boys out of the slums, and change them into successful people.the teachers eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile, “ its really very easy. i loved those boys.”5. why did the students go to the slums?a. to help the poor childrenb. to look for a good teacherc. to study the life of some young boys.d. to become successful people6. of the 200 boys, how many were known to be not successful?a. 4b. 20c. 24d. 1767. what changed the boys life?a. the professors study.b. the teachers love. c. their parents.d. the slums.8. which of the following is not true?a. some of the boys became doctors.b. the second professor talked to the 180 people and their teacher.c. the teacher still remembered the boys.d. the boys didnt want to talk about their teacher.第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）my first day in the united states i still remember my first day here very clearly. i 1 _ in the united states _2 _ february 6, 1966. my friend was 3 for me when my _ 4 _ landed at kennedy airport at three oclock in the afternoon. the weather was very _ 5 and it was snowing, but i was too 6 _ to mind. from the airport, my friend and i took a taxi to my _7 _ . on the way, i saw the skyline of manhattan for the _8 time and i felt surprised at the famous tall buildings and their beauty. my friend helped me to get a room in the hotel and then left me because he had to go back to 9 . he told me that he would return the next day.after my friend had left, i went to a 10 near the hotel to get something to eat. because i couldnt speak a word of 11 , i couldnt tell the 12 what i wanted. i was very worried and started to make some gestures(手势), but the waiter didnt _13 me. finally, i asked 14 _ thing the man at the next table was eating. 15 dinner, i started to 16 along broadway until i came to times square with its movie theatres, neon lights(霓虹灯), and lots of 17 . i did not feel tired, so i _18 to walk around the city. i wanted to see 19 on my first day. i knew it was impossible, but i wanted to have a try.when i returned to the hotel , i was very, very, very tired, but i couldnt sleep because i kept thinking about new york. it was a very big and interesting city with many _20 and big cars, and full of noise and busy people. i also decided right then that i had to learn to speak english.1. a. reachedb. gotc. arrivedd. went2. a. onb. inc. atd. over3. a. lookingb. huntingc. searchingd. waiting4. a. busb. carc. planed. ship5. a. hotb. coolc. coldd. warm6. a. worriedb. boredc. surprisedd. excited7. a. homeb. hotelc. factoryd. school8. a. firstb. secondc. thirdd. fourth9. a. sleepb. workc. playd. walk10.a. schoolb. restaurantc. companyd. airport11.a. chineseb. japanesec. englishd. russian12.a. bossb. teacherc. waiterd. friend13.a. hearb. knowc. understandd. see14.a. the sameb. the different c. somed. the delicious15.a. atb. afterc. befored. when16.a. runb. walkc. drived. ride17.a. workersb. waitersc. peopled. actors18.a. decidedb. went onc. hopedd. wished19.a. everythingb. nothingc. everybodyd. nobody20.a. wide streets b. beautiful gardens c. tall buildings d. friendly people第三节：语法填空john snow was _ 1 well-known physician in london in the 19th century and wanted to help ordinary people who _2_ (expose) to cholera which was the _3_ (dead) disease of its day. _4_ was believed was that cholera was commonly caused by the bacteria in the air or, people absorbed this disease 5 their bodies with their meals. suspecting that the second theory was correct, he made further investigations and discovered that it was the water that _6_ (blame). next, john snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets _7_ all the dead people had lived. fortunately, when he found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from london, he told the _8_( astonish) people in broad street immediately to remove the handle from the pump so that it could not be used. in another part of london, supporting evidence from two other deaths that were linked to the broad street outbreak was found by _9_ , too. with this extra evidence, john snow was able to draw a