必修4 Unit3能力测试题及答案解析

1、.必修4Unit 3 A taste of English humour才能演练一、语法填空An old man who lived in a small street in the city of Mumbai had to put up 1 the nuisance烦心事of having boys play cricket outside his house at night.One evening when the boys were 2 particularnoisy,he went out to talk to them.He explained that he was happi

2、est 3 he could see or hear boys playing his favourite game,cricket.He said he would give them 25 rupees卢比each week to play in the street at night.The boys were thrilled.They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! At the end of the first week they 4 knockat the old mans door and asked him to p

3、ay them,and so he did.The second week when they asked for 5 payhe said he had run out of money and sent them away with only 15 rupees.The third week the man said he had not 6 received his pension and gave them only 10 rupees.The boys were very 7 disappointbut there was not much they could do about 8

4、 .The fourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees 9 he had promised,but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.This was too much for the boys.“You expect us to play seven days 10 week for a merely 5 rupees! they yelled.“Go to blazes. They stormed away and never played

5、 on the street again.二、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最正确选项。Jenna,a popular girl from Westwood Middle School,had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 1 in high school. 2 ,high school was different.In the first week,Jenna went to tryouts选拔赛 for cheerleaders拉拉队队员.She was comp

6、eting against very talented girls,and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected.Two hours later,the 3 read a list of the girls for a second tryout.Her heart sank as the list ended without her name.Feeling 4 ,she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.Arriving home,she starte

7、d with math.She had always been a good math student,but now she was 5 .She moved on to English and history,and was 6 to find that she didnt have any trouble with those subjects.Feeling better,she decided not to 7 math for the time being.The next day Jenna went to see Mrs.Biden about being on the sch

8、ool 8 .Mrs.Biden wasnt as 9 as Jenna.“Im sorry,but we have enough 10 for the newspaper already e back next year and well talk then.Jenna smiled weakly and left.“Why is high school so 11 ?she sighed.Later in 12 class,Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 13 .By

9、 the end of class,she understood how to get them right.As she gathered her books,Jenna decided shed continue to try to fit in at her new school.She wasnt sure if shed succeed,but she knew she had to 14 .High school was just as her mom had said：“You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 15 a big

10、fish in a small pond.The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.1.A.processes B.decisionsC.challenges D.exercises2.A.Therefore B.HoweverC.Otherwise D.Besides3.A.editor B.bossC.candidate D.judge4.A.strange B.happyC.awful D.lonely5.A.struggling B.improvingC.working D plaining6.A.ashamed B.dis

11、appointedC.shocked D.relieved7.A.put up B.prepare forC.worry about D.give up8.A mittee B.newspaperC.radio D.team9.A.enthusiastic B.artisticC.sympathetic D.realistic10.A.speakers B.readersC.cheerleaders D.writers11.A.similar B.ordinaryC.different D.familiar12.A.physics B.historyC.English D.math13.A.p

12、leasure B.hopeC.trouble D.sorrow14.A.swim B.tryC.ask D.escape15.A.in return for B.in case ofC.in terms of D.instead of三、阅读理解专题训练四 如何做好推理判断题3方法点拨做推理判断题时注重从推出未知，但在推理过程中千万不要主观臆断，掺杂自己的观点。活学活用根据所学技巧，完成以下读写任务题。The automobile has many advantages.Above all,it offers people freedom to go wherever and wheneve

13、r they want to go.The basic purpose of a motor vehicle is to get from point A to point B as cheaply,quickly,and safely as possible.However,to most people,cars are also personal fantasy machines that serve as symbols of power,success,speed,excitement,and adventure.In addition,much of the world,s econ

14、omy is built on producing motor vehicles and supplying roads,services,and repairs for those vehicles.Half of the world,s paychecks are auto related.In the United States,one of every six dollars spent and one of every six non farm jobs are connected to the automobile or related industries,such as oil

15、,steel, rubber, plastics, automobile services,and highway construction.In spite of their advantages,motor vehicles have many harmful effects on human lives and on air,water,land,and wildlife resources.The automobile may be the most destructive machine ever invented.Though we tend to deny it,riding i

16、n cars is one of the most dangerous things we do in our daily lives.Since 1885,when Karl Benz built the first automobile,almost 18 million people have been killed by motor vehicles.Every year,cars and trucks worldwide kill an average of 250,000 peopleas many as were killed in the atomic bomb attacks

17、 on Hiroshima and Nagasakiand injure or permanently disable ten million more.Half of the world,s people will be involved in an auto accident at some time during their lives.Since the automobile was introduced,almost three million Americans have been killed on the highwaysabout twice the number of Am

18、ericans killed on the battlefield in all U.S.wars.In addition to the tragic loss of life,these accidents cost American society about 60 billion annually in lost income and in insurance保险,administrative行政的,and legal expenses.Streets that used to be for people are now for cars.Pedestrians and people r

19、iding bicycles in the streets are subjected to noise,pollution,stress,and danger.Motor vehicles are the largest source of air pollution,producing a haze of smog over the world,s cities.In the United States,they produce at least 50% of the country,s air pollution.根据短文，写一篇30-50词左右的摘要。_.根据所读短文，选出最正确答案。

20、1.Cars represent people,s _.A.occupation B.identityC.life style D.fame2.According to the passage,the average number of people killed annually in traffic accidents around the world is _.A.18 millionB.250,000C.half of the world,s populationD.60 million3.A serious environmental problem resulting from a

21、utomobiles is _.A.tragic loss of life B.traffic jamsC.air pollution D.mental stress4.It can be inferred from this passage that automobiles _.A.are an important part of the worlds economyB.are becoming less dangerousC.will produce less air pollution in the futureD.are killing more people in recent ye

22、ars than in the past5.The title that suits the passage best is _. A.Automobile and Economy B.Automobile and the Environment C.The Problems with the AutomobileD.Advantages and Disadvantages of the Automobile参考答案一、1.解析：put up with是一个词组，意为“忍受，忍受。答案： with2.解析：修饰形容词noisy应该用副词。答案： particularly3.解析：在这里引导一个

23、时间装语从句。答案： when4.解析：此处应该是谓语动词的过去式。答案：knocked5.解析：介词后面应该用名词，ask for payment索要报酬。答案： payment6.解析：在否认句式中用yet，表示“尚未。答案：yet7.解析： disappointed 感到绝望的。disappointing是“令人绝望的。答案： disappointed8.解析：it 指代“要钱这件事。答案： it9.解析：as 在这里引导一个方式状语从句，意思是：按照先前承诺的那样。答案：as10.解析：a week=per week,every week。答案：a二、1.解析:由常识和下文可推断出此处

24、应为Jenna已经准备好迎接新的挑战cess 过程，进程；decision决定；exercise练习，均不符合语境。答案：C2.解析:根据行文逻辑此处为转折关系，应选however。therefore因此，所以，表示因果关系；otherwise否那么、要不然；besides此外，均不符合语境。答案：B3.解析:由常识可知宣布比赛结果的当然是裁判judge。答案：D4.解析:由上句可知Jenna没有被选中，心情当然是很糟糕的awful。strange奇怪的；happy快乐的；lonely孤独的、寂寞的，均不符合语境。答案：C5.解析:尽管她以前擅长数学，但如今她正在努力奋斗，应选struggle。答案：A6.解析:由下文可知，改做其他科目倒也顺利，于是觉得心中有一丝宽慰relieved。ashamed惭愧的；disappointed 绝望的；shocked震惊的，均不符合语境。答案：D7.解析:觉得心情好些了，她决定暂时不再为数学担忧worry about。put up 张贴、建造；prepare for为做准备；give up放弃，均不符合语境。答案：CHJ8.解析:由