Unit 4 Helping people around the world 同步练习1

Unit 4 Helping people around the world 同步练习同步练习 1 第一节 单项填空第一节 单项填空 共共 1 小题 每小题 分 小题 每小题 分 满分满分 1 分 分 1 Shall I give you a ride since you live so far away Thank you A It couldn t be better B Of course you can C If you likeD If you are convenient 2 Dave wanted to study till midnight but sleepiness got best of him A 不填 the B 不填 不填 C the the D the 不填 3 At assembly our monitor made a speech swearing to try our best to study well us students A in memory ofB on behalf of C in honor ofD in favor of 4 the help from his relatives he does a part time job to support his study at college A Regardless ofB Instead of C But for D Apart from 5 I were rich I would go traveling around the world A If only B Even if C What if D Only if 6 If the thief around the policeman wouldn t have suspected him A hadn t lookedB had looked C lookedD didn t look 7 the danger we have just escaped I still feel frightened A Dating back to B Looking around C Thinking back toD Thinking over 8 They swear they will push ahead with the experiment whatever they might meet with A disadvantages B shortcomings C troubles D hardships 9 He told me how he had given me shelter and protection without which I of hunger A would be diedB would have died C would dieD will die 10 If the poor man hadn t managed to the attention of the public for help he would be dead now A carryB focusC draw D pay 11 A small cut in skin can without being treated A cureB heal C cover D repair 12 is reported in the newspaper is that seventeen climbers have been killed in the snow tsunami 雪崩 A ItB AsC What D That 13 he come tomorrow I should give him the documents he needs A Does B Should C Would D Will 14 It is that she helped others with their lessons after school A worth to be praised B worthy of being praised C worth praised D worthy to praise 15 Why didn t you ring me up Sorry I forgot your phone number Otherwise I long before A had rung you up B must rung you up C would have rung you up D would ring you up 第二节 完形填空第二节 完形填空 共共 20 小题小题 每小题每小题 1 5 分分 满分满分 30 分分 He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield 挡风玻璃 to get his attention Is your taxi 16 I asked when he finally looked 17 at me He nodded then said 18 as I settled into the back seat I m sorry but I was reading a 19 He 20 as if he had a cold I am not in a hurry I told him Go ahead and finish your letter He 21 his head I ve read it several times already I guess I 22 know it by heart Letters from home always mean a lot I said From a child This isn t 23 he replied Although it 24 just as well have been family Old Ed was my oldest friend In fact we used to call each other Old Friend when we d meet I m not much good at 25 I don t think any of us keep 26 our correspondence 来往信件 too well I said I know I don t But I take it he s someone you ve 27 quite a while All my life We were kids together went to school together and all the 28 through high school There are not too many people who ve had such a long friendship I said 29 the driver went on I hadn t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I 30 away from the old neighbourhood and you kind of 多少 有点儿 lose touch 31 you never forget You said was Does that mean He nodded 32 a couple of weeks ago I m sorry I said It s no fun to lose any friend and losing a real old one is 33 tougher He didn t 34 to that and we rode on in silence for a few minutes But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again almost more to himself than to me I should have kept in touch Well I agreed we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do But things 35 and we just don t seem to find the time When I got to my hotel room I didn t unpack right away First I had to write a letter and mail it 16 A available B acceptableC beneficialD occupied 17 A down B up C to D off 18 A unexpectedly B curiously C apologeticallyD definitely 19 A bookletB novel C book D letter 20 A sounded B told C seemed D continued 21 A hung B nodded C shook D kept 22 A anyhowB hardly C almostD often 23 A friendshipB family C leadershipD colleague 24 A couldB might C maybeD would 25 A writingB reading C talkingD learning 26 A upB withC on D in 27 A foundB written C knownD seen 28 A curriculumB coincidenceC lifeD way 29 A EventuallyB ActuallyC AdditionallyD Besides 30 A removedB left C headedD moved 31 A even thoughB as though C whenD whereas 32 A DiedB Suffered C ChokedD Survived 33 A everB even C fairlyD quite 34 A appealB reply C adaptD talk 35 A take upB pick up C come upD break up 第三部分第三部分 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 20 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 分分 满分满分 40 分分 A He was her best friend s boyfriend It sounds like a lifetime TV movie Back in high school in Chicago Sue Napolitano and Larry McNevin were just friends They wore jackets and were always sitting on the bridge smoking But neither gave the other a romantic thought In fact asked to describe each other back in those days Sue and Larry both came up with the adjective nice On Sept 11 2004 after 35 years the high school friends were about to find out how nice nice could be Larry was looking for another friend with whom he went to high school through C a service that reconnects high school friends through e mails That friend suggested he call Sue Then Larry and Sue talked from the topics of music to food and found they shared similar tastes After that they both ran to their closets to dig out their yearbooks to find the other s picture With that one call Sue who divorced 离婚 in 1985 after five years of marriage and Larry who divorced in 1997 began calling and e mailing each other daily A month later Sue flew to Chicago Larry and Sue hugged and cried when they met at the airport They were like two lovers separated for years On April 11 2005 while the two were in Las Vegas they got married After the wedding Larry said it made more sense for him to move to Phoenix since he planned on retiring to someplace warm and few places are warmer They now live in Phoenix and are surprised how high school friends found their way back together after 35 years 36 When Sue and Larry were in high school A Sue was Larry s girlfriend B they felt it was nice to stay together C they both liked lifetime TV movies D they always had romantic ideas with each other 37 On Sept 11 2004 Larry was surfing at Classmates com with the purpose to A search for his girlfriend B look for how to reconnect Sue C seek advice about marriage D search for another schoolmate 38 According to the passage the climate in Phoenix is probably A cold B warm C wet D dry 39 After so many years Sue and Larry got married which they both felt A amusing B foreseeable C amazing D impossible B Animals have always played a part in the literature of the world Many of the early Greek myths told of a particular hero s battle with imaginary animals such as the Hydra a nine headed snake Myths are very old and often began as stories handed down from person to person In 400 B C animals were the central characters in some of the first plays ever written One play was called The Birds another The Frogs In these early Greek plays the animals made fun of human weaknesses particularly politicians of the time Folk tales were stories told by the common people at first by word of mouth They usually had a lesson of some sort For example an ancient African folk tale told about a crocodile who was very greedy Another type of story that came about many centuries ago is the fable Aesop s Fable 伊 索寓言 were put into book form in 1484 In all of these stories animals talk and act like humans Each fable has a lesson buried in the plot Poems were also popular literary homes for a variety of animals One of the first collections of poems for children was the simple Mother Goose first published in the 18th century No matter how old or wise you become will you ever forget the cow who jumped over the moon or the three blind mice In the 19th and 20th centuries novels have been written about animals A novel is a fictitious story usually much longer than a short story One of the first animal novels was Wind in the Willows written in 1908 Its main characters were a rat a mole and a toad 40 How many types of literature are mentioned in this passage A 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 41 According to the passage what types of literature specifically taught us a lesson A Folk tales and poems B Folk tales and fables C Poems and novels D Poems and myths 42 We can infer the reason why the writer quotes the poem Mother Goose is that A he wants to show that poems also hold a variety of animals B he will never forget the cow who jumped over the moon C the readers will easily remember the three blind mice D children like Mother Goose very much 43 What s the main idea of this passage A Literature is important for man s history B There are many different types of literature C Animals are important in literature D Literature has a long history C Sometimes the real world can be a confusing place It is not always fair or kind And in the real world there are not always happy endings That is why once in a while we like to escape into the world of fantasy a place where things always go our way and there is always a happy ending We want to believe in fantastic creatures in imaginary lands We want to believe in magic powers good friends and the power of good to overcome evil We all dream about being able to fly and lift buildings off the ground And how well a magic sword would fall into our hands as we go off to kill a dragon or win the love of a beautiful princess The amazing adventures of Superman Peter Pan and Harry Potter have attracted many people children and adults The main reason is that these stories offer us chances to get away from this real disappointing world and allow us to find some magical solutions to our problems For example Superman always arrives in time to prevent a disaster from happening Peter Pan can fly freely to make fun of the bad guy Captain Hook and Harry Potter has his magic power to take revenge on 报复 his uncle aunt and cousin who always ill treat him 44 People enter the world of fantasy for the following reasons EXCEPT that A the world of fantasy frightens us B the real world is often disappointing C we can find happy endings there D we can always have our wishes realized 45 Superman Peter Pan and Harry Potter have attracted many people because A the bad guys always get the advantage over them B they end up getting married to beautiful princesses C their solutions are absolutely not magical D they have special powers ordinary people don t have 46 The writer of this passage seems to believe A the real world is better than the fantastic world B the fantastic world is better than the real world C the real world needs some forces to make it fair and kind D the fantastic world is the perfect place for us to live in 47 This passage about fantasy literature is intended to A criticize its unrealistic concepts B laugh at those people reading it C explain why people like to read it D teach people to avoid disasters D There s a new zoo in Louisiana US which has many of the usual attractions Like most zoos its goal is to protect wild animals and educate the public However the Louisiana Audubon Nature Center is more than a wildlife center It has a planetarium 天文馆 a forest and a special frozen zoo that rarely has visitors Saving species from dying out is the main goal of the Nature Center Tourists visit the public areas of the Nature Center But scientists work behind the public areas They use the place to prevent animals dying out They hope that the frozen zoo will one day be able to save and keep all the animals alive on our planet In the frozen zoo there aren t any live animals in cages Instead it has live cells in tiny building blocks of the animals in liquid nitrogen 氮 bottles Liquid nitrogen is very cold and it keeps the cells perfect so the cells should be safe for hundreds of years The frozen zoo has over 1 000 different species that are put in nitrogen If one of these species becomes endangered the scientists can unfreeze the cells and bring the species back Many animals are struggling to survive But their future is not that worrying because there are more and more zoos joining the frozen zoo project And scientists are also working to save habitats the places where animals live and plants grow Hopefully we will be able to save all species from dying out and give them a safe place to live 48 What makes Audubon Nature Center a special zoo A Protecting wild animals B Educating the public C Being built in Louisiana D Having a special frozen zoo 49 What s the main goal of the Nature Center in Louisiana A To save species from dying out B To freeze animals C To conduct scientific experiments D To entertain the public 50 The underlined sentence tiny building blocks of the animals in Paragraph 2 means A rows of buildings for animals to live in B rows of bottles containing live cells of animals C rows of cages for animals to live in D rows of frozen zoos 51 The best title of the passage is A A Wildlife Center B A Modern Zoo C A Frozen Zoo D Protecting Animals E How does a place become a World Heritage Site 世界遗产 It takes a lot of people to decide 1 If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List it has to ask UNESCO 联合国教科文组织 The place must be important and special UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because it said it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land When a country asks it must also make a plan for taking care of the place 2 The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list The committee meet every June Many experts help the committee to decide 3 After a new place goes on the list UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good If a place is in serious danger it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger UNESCO gives special care and help to those places 4 Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list If UNESCO thinks a country isn t taking good care of a place the site will be taken off the list 52 The passage implies that A becoming a world heritage site takes hard work B a place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List C a place which was taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List D the Great Wall became a World Heritage Site for its long history 53 If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site the country A can ask UNESCO for more money and help B should continue to take special care of it C won t take trouble to care for it D will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger 54 The passage mainly discusses A what the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO is B how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site C how the Great Wall becomes a World Heritage Site D how a place becomes a World Heritage Site 55 The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is A to attract more tourists from other countries B to get more money and help from other countries C to have it taken better care of D to make it known to other countries 第四节 第四节 对话填空 对话填空 根据上下文对话语境及所给单词首字母根据上下文对话语境及所给单词首字母 补全所缺单词补全所缺单词 共共 10 空 每空 分空 每空 分 满分满分 10 分分 A Now you have realized your dream to go to college Can you tell me your story B Well I m lucky compared to others who grew up out of 56 p You know my family was so poor that even my mother deserted us A It was cruel of her to escape the 57 c to the family B I was actually 58 f a