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Test for Unit 4I. Words and Phrases Explanation1. renewable:_2. drawback: _3. objection: _4. generate: _5. array:_6. take advantage of : _7. hear from: _8. guilty of : _9. take the bull by the horns:_ _10. kill two birds with one stone:_ _II. Circle the correct item.1. In an emergency we can _ our savings.A. fall off B. fall for C. fall back on D. fall out2. All his plan for starting his own business fell _.A. through B. on C. back D. about3. Peters jacket looked just the same as Jacks, but it cost _ his。 A. as much twice as B. twice as much as C. much as twice as D. as twice much as4. In recent years travel companies have succeeded in selling us the idea that the further we go, _ . A. our holidays will be better B. our holiday will be the better C. the better our holiday will be D. the better will our holiday be5. Your story is perfect; Ive never heard _ before. A. the better one B. the best one C. a better one D. a good one6. He speaks English well indeed, but of course not _ a native speaker. A. as fluent as B. more fluent than C. so fluently as D. much fluently than7. What did you see just now? I saw two _ doctors _ out of the house. A. women, come B. woman, came C. woman, coming D. women, to come8. Its nice _ you _me with my maths. A. for, to help B. for, helping C. of, to help D. of, helping9. Colors can change our moods and make us _ happy or sad, energetic or sleep. A. to feel B. feeling C. felt D. feel10. Would you like to play table tennis with me? I dont feel like it. I would rather _ at home and watch TV. A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayedIII. Make up Sentences with the phrases given.1. get away with:_2. in need of :_3. get through:_4. take up: _5. run out:_IV. Reading Comprehension1. Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Confuscious, the Chinese Philospher is quoted as saying : I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. In other words, it is in the doing that we 1._and learn the meaning of an action or activity, not in 2._or day dreaming about it. Many teens daydream often about the things they would like to do. Do you? If you can dream, you can do. You need to 3._a positive can do attitude and like many 4._ people have done, you need to write your goals down along with a timetable and plan for 5. _ them. You need to discover what it will take, what your willing to do to 6._ your goal, identify possible obstacles and 7._ how you will overcome them. You must resolve to stay the course even when others 8._ you or when problems seem insurmountable. And there will be many of those times; if it were 9._ everyone would be a star. Post reminders of your goals in prominent places like your bedroom mirror. Give yourself a pep talk（鼓舞士气的谈话） every day. Reward yourself when you make 10._strides.A. achieveing B. concerning C. successful D. possible E. easy F. define G. thinking H. accept I. set J. maintain K. accomplish L. discourage M. significant N. appreciate O. determine2. Passage Two Add Littleton, Colorado, to the list of cities dazed with grief after a school slaughter. Two students shot and killed 12 other students and a teacher before taking their own lives. The massacre was the largest in the history of this nation. This type of crime didnt exist 10 years ago. Americans should stop acting surprised that these shooting happen in nicer neighborhoods. Thats the only place they happen. None of the recent school massacres took place at an inner-city campus; they all occurred in smaller towns or suburbs. These killers havent been from impoverished or extremely violent families. They dont appear to have been picked on(挨骂受罚) any worse than kids have been for generations. They chose alienation and destruction, and they found the tools to carry out their hate-filled plan. Do not blame schools for these massacres. Schools simply take what they are sent. Question the killers parents. The parents are supposed to teach their children respect and empathy for others lives. Parents should help their offspring learn to handle taunt or conflict without resorting to violence. All concerned adults should take a youths threat to shoot someone as seriously as airport security guards take jokes about bombs. Students must be encouraged to tell teachers if a classmate threatens or jokes about violence. Administrators at schools around the country need to emphasize they will take such reports seriously, and that they will not identify any student who comes forward with such a report. More gun regulations probably wont stop these shootings, but gun owners and sellers must take more responsibility for keeping weapons away from young people. Gun owners should keep their guns unloaded, locked up and hidden away. Most car owners dont leave their keys in the car even when they park in their own garage; gun owners should be at least as careful with weapons. The federal government cant solve this problem. Schools alone cant solve it. More guns wont solve it. Americans must consciously create a culture that makes violence unacceptable. Parents need to stop allowing their childrens minds to be polluted with violence. News media need to show more restraint and thought about how and what they report. The Colorado massacre is a national tragedy. Mores the pity if Americans do not stop, reflect and vow to make it the last school massacre.1. One common feature of all the recent school massacres is that _. A. they have all been carefully planned by hateful youngstersB. the killers have all failed to passed their exams C. they all occur in places that appear to be all rightD. the killers are all from disadvantaged families2. Children are less likely to become killers if _.A. their parents succeed in teaching them respect and empathy for others livesB. they study hard in school and get high scores C. teachers stop telling meaningless jokes in classD. they follow the rules set by administrators at schools around the country3. Who does the author think should take the