InventorsandInventions第三课时同步测试

thepastparticiple----专练一．单项选择1）MostoftheartiststothepartywerefromSouthAfrica.B.toinviteinvitedD.hadbeeninvited2)ThefirsttextbooksforteachingEnglishasaforeignlanguagecameoutinthe16thcentury.A.havingwrittenbewrittenC.beingwrittenD.written3)TheOlympicgames,in776BC,didn'tincludewomenplayersuntil1912.A.firstplayingB.tobefirstplayedC.firstplayedD.tobefirstplaying4)Pricesofdailyfoodsthroughacomputercanbelowerthanpricesinstores.A.areboughtB.boughtC.beenboughtD.buying5）Mr.Smith,____ofthespeech,startedtoreada____novel.A.tired,boringB.tiring,boredC.tired,boredD.tiring,boring6）Cleaningwomeninbigcitiesusuallyget____bythehour.A.payB.payingC.paidD.topay7)AswejoinedthebigcrowdIgot____frommyfriends.A.separatedB.sparedC.lostD.missed8)Thepilotaskedallthepassengersonboardtoremain____astheplanewasmakingalanding.A.seatB.seatingC.seatedD.tobeseating9）.____inthequeueforhalfanhour,theoldmansuddenlyrealizedhehadleftthechequeinthecar.

A.Waiting

wait

C.Havingwaited

D.Tohavewaited

10）.----Canthose____atthebackoftheclassroomhearme?

-----Noproblem.

A.seat

B.sit

C.seated

D.sat

二.选择恰当的非谓语动词填空：1.JohnSnowtoldthestoryaboutthe_________(astonish)peopleinBroadStreet.2.Someofthepeople_______(invite)tothepartycouldn’tcome.3.Thereisacar_______(park)outsidethehouse.4.Theexperience_______(gain)willbeofgreatvaluetous.5.Theseseatsare_______(reserve)foryou.6.Thelibraryis______(close)onweekends.三．阅读理解。RecentlyacoupleinNewZealandwereforbiddenfromnamingtheirbabyson4Real.EventhoughNewZealandhasquitegenerousrulesaboutnamingchildren,namesbeginningwithanumberarenotallowed.TheydecidedtocallhimSupermaninstead. Inmanycountriesaroundtheworld,unusualnamesforchildrenarebecomingmorepopular,especiallysincetheincreasingtrendforcelebritiestogivetheirchildrenwackynames.InBritain,youcancallachildalmostanythingyoulike–theonlyrestrictionsonparentsrelatestooffensivewordssuchasswearwords.（脏话） Someparentschoosenameswhichcomefrompopularculture.Forexample,therehavebeensixboysnamedGandalfafterthecharacterintheLordoftheRingsnovelsandfilms.Equally,namesrelatedtosportarefairlycommon–since1984,36childrenhavebeencalledArsenalafterthefootballteam. Otherparentsliketomakeupnames,orcombinenamestomaketheirownuniqueversion,amethoddemonstratedbyJordan,theBritishmodel,whorecentlyinventedthenameTiaamiiforherdaughterbycombiningthenamesTheaandAmy(thetwograndmothers).Shewasquotedassayingthattheaccentanddoubleletterswereaddedtomakethename“moreexotic”. Othercountrieshavemuchstricterruleswhenitcomestonamingchildren.CountriesincludingJapan,Denmark,Spain,GermanyandArgentinahaveanapprovedlistofnamesfromwhichparentsmustchoose.InChina,therearesomerulesaboutwhatyoumaycallachild–noforeignlettersorsymbolsareallowed.Asaresultacouplewererecentlybannedfromcallingtheirbaby@. InBritain,somenameswhichwerepreviouslythoughtofasold-fashionedhavebecomemorepopularagain,suchasMaisieorEllaforagirl,orAlfieorNoahforaboy.Butthemostpopularnamesarenottheoddones.Thetopnamesarefairlytraditional–Jack,CharlieandThomasforboysandGrace,RubyandJessicaforgirls.1．Accordingtothefirstparagraph,inNewZealand. A．therearemanyrulesaboutnamingchildren B．nopeoplearewillingtouse4Realasnames C．peoplehavemuchfreedomtonametheirchildren D．traditionalnamesarelosingtheirpopularity2．Theunderlinedpart“wackynames”inParagraph2referstonamesthatare. A．strange B．admirable C．traditional D．popular3．Whichofthefollowingnamesisbestacceptedaccordingtothepassage? A．Arsenal. B．Charlie. C．Tiaamii. D．Noah.4．ThetwocouplesinChinaandinNewZealandhavesomethingincommonthat. A．theirpreferenceisforeignnames B．theirattemptgoesagainstrules C．theyhopetheirchildgrowshealthily D．theyshownointerestintradition5．Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage? A．ParentshavenorighttonametheirchildreninSpain.