高中二册第４单元练习

任贵敏

第一部分: 听力略(共30分)

第二部分: 英语知识运用

Ⅰ.单项选择(每小题1分,满分15分)

1. What our teacher said just now ____ a true story which happened ten years ago when I was still a child.

A. called up B. called out C. called in D. called back

2. ——What do you think of the soldier standing there alone now?

——Oh, in the eyes of me, he ____ on all sides and is almost a perfect soldier.

A. sticks out B. stands out C. stands up D. grows out

3. ——What caused all these fish to die in a short time?

——The ____ of air.

A. loss B. miss C. failure D. absence

4. As we all know, the Peoples Republic of China ____ on October 1st, 1949.

A. came into being B. came into effect

C. came into use D. came into light

5. If the patients illness becomes more serious, you should ____ a doctor, or he will be in great danger.

A. run for B. call for C. ask for D. send for

6. Here is a telephone number book. You can ____ Marys telephone in it.

A. look up B. look for C. look at D. look into

7. ____ forever are the days when we had to use foreign goods in

everyday life.

A. Missing B. Lost C. Gone D. Disappearing

8. I just cant understand why you always try to avoid ____ me; have I done anything wrong?

A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met

9. Whats wrong with your telephone? I phoned you quite a few times last night, but I just couldnt ____.

A. go through B. get through C. live through D. pull through

10. He spends almost every minute studying all his subjects, ____ his brother plays computer games day and night.

A. while B. when C instead D. though

11. ——I really dont know what his ____ of coming to our school is.

——To give us a lecture.

A. intention B. effort C. effect D. attention

12. This text is very long and difficult, so Im afraid that I cant ____ it at all.

A. read B. write C. say D. recite

13. When I went to visit that school, the happy ____ there deeply

impressed me.

A. situation B. atmosphere C. condition D. position

14. When the woman heard the exciting news, a smile ____ her

beautiful face.

A. lit up B. covered C. reached D. touched

15. The two pictures are very similar, so I cant tell them ____ in such a short time.

A. aside B. off C. away D. apart

Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1.5分,满分30分)

Nillie Melba was Australias “Queen of Opera(歌剧)”. She was born in Melbourne in 1861 and her __1__ name was Helen Porter Mitchell. She grew up in a musical family where she showed great __2__ in and studied it.When she was 20, Helen Mitchell married the manager of a Queensland sugar farm. __3__ she was not happy and the next year she went back to Melbourne to __4__ her music and __5__ lessons. She wanted to make a __6__ for herself as an opera singer.

In 1886, she went to London. But __7__ there seemed interested in this young __8__ singer from Australia. She went to Paris to have lessons from a well-known teacher. In December 1886, she gave a__9__ in which she used the name “Nellie Melba” in honour of Melbourne, her __10__.

Nellie Melba was soon a __11__. She sang in London, Europe, Russia and America. She was paid __12__ every time she sang. In 1902 she __13__ to Melbourne, which was well __14__ and thousands of people __15__ in the streets for her. They waved and __16__ as she drove by. From then on she __17__ her time between London and __18__. During World War Ⅰ she sang in many concerts to __19__ money for her country.

In 1918 Nellie Melba was __20__ a Dame(=an important woman) by the British Empire.

1. A. real B. right C. true D. family

2. A. love B. interest C. power D. expert

3. A. And B. Yet C. But D. Because

4. A. continue B. study C. take D. keep

5. A. piano B. singing C. dancing D. language

6. A. story B. song C. name D. part

7. A. everybody B. all C. no one D. none

8. A. unknown B. well-known C. famous D. successful

9. A. lesson B. lecture C. concert D. report

10. A. family B. hometown C. teacher D. school

11. A. star B. singer C. professor D. teacher

12. A. good B. badly C. little D. well

13. A. returned B. went C. got D. drove

14. A. organized B. dressed C. cleaned D. built

15. A. lined B. stood C. crowded D. waited

16. A. laughed B. cheered C. shouted D. cried

17. A. divided B. separated C. spent D. lived

18. A. America B. Russia C. Australia D. French

19. A. earn B. collect C. make D. bring

20. A. called B. made C. given D. thought

Ⅲ.阅读理解(每小题2分,满分30分)

(A)

Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices(偏见) of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名地).

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Baths many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austens Bath can be enhanced(增强) by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austens time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Center, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austens quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

You can also have walking tours of Jane Austens Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.

1. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath ____.

A. in her early twenties B. in her early teens

C. in her late twenties D. in her late teens

2. What can we learn about Bath from the passage? ____.

A. Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austens death

B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it

C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austens time

D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austens time

3. The author(作者) writes this passage in order to ____.

A. attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B. ask readers to buy Austens books

C. tell readers about Jane Austens experience

D. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

4. It takes you about one and a half hours ____.

A. to get to the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street

B. to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

C. to find a guide to take you to the Center

D. to look around the city of Bath on foot

(B)

These days, most people in Britain and the US do not wear very formal clothes. But sometimes it is important to wear the right things.

Many British people dont think about clothes very much. They just like to be comfortable. When they go out to enjoy themselves, they can wear almost anything. At theatres, cinemas and concerts you can put on what you like—from beautiful suits and dresses to jeans and sweaters. Anything goes, as long as you look clean and tidy.

But in Britain, as well as the US, men in offices usually wear suits and ties, and women wear dresses or skirts (not trousers). Doctors, lawyers and business people always wear quite formal clothes. And in some hotels and restaurants men have to wear ties and women wear tidy dresses.

In many ways, Americans are more relaxed(轻松的) than British people, but they are more careful with their clothes. At home, or on holiday, most Americans wear informal or sports clothes. But when they go out in the evening, they like to look elegant. In good hotels and restaurants, men have to wear jackets and ties, and women wear pretty clothes and smart hairstyles.

It is difficult to say exactly what people wear in Britain and the US, because everyone is different. If you are not sure what to wear, watch what other people do and then do the same. Youll feel more relaxed if you dont look too different from everyone else.

1. People in Britain and the US wear informal clothes when they ____.

A. go out to enjoy themselves

B. are in offices

C. are in big restaurants

D. go out to work

2. “Anything goes” in the second paragraph means “____”.

A. Any clothes are acceptable

B. Anything leaves

C. All the things around are all right

D. Not any clothes are all right

3. Men wear ties when ____ in the US.

A. they meet their wives

B. they meet good friends

C. they eat something expensive

D. they have dinners in good restaurants

(C)

New York City consists of five boroughs（行政区）: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen, the Bronx and Staten Island. The population of Manhattan is about 7.5 million. Manhattan, the centre of the city, is on an island between the Hudson River and the East River. Most of the famous buildings such as the Empire State Building and the United Nations Building and other skyscrapers are in Manhattan. Some of its districts are Broadway, which has many theatres and cinemas; Fifth Avenue, with stores and apartments; Greenwich Village, where many artists and writers have lived; and Central Park, with a small zoo and a skating rink（溜冰场）. From Manhattan you have to cross to the other boroughs through a tunnel（隧道） or over a bridge. The bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island is the longest in the world.

New York is the second largest port in the world and it has two airports: Kennedy International for international flights inside the USA. Its temperature goes from very cold in winter (sometimes twenty degrees below zero) to very hot in summer (sometimes 40 degrees centigrade). The people who live there come from all over the world and speak many different languages.

1. What do we know about Manhattan? ____.

A. Manhattan is in the east of New York City

B. There are lots of high-rises in Manhattan

C. Manhattan is not a place for artists to live in

D. Manhattan is connected to the other parts of New York by way of highways

2. If you want to see wonderful plays, you should go to ____.

A. the Fifth Avenue B. Central Park

C. Broadway D. the Empire State Building

3. According to the passage, which bridge is the longest in the world? ____.

A. The bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn

B. The bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn

C. The bridge between Manhattan and Staten Island

D. The bridge between Broadway and Brooklyn

4. If you go from Italy, you are supposed to get to New York through ____ Airport.

A. Kennedy International B. La Guardia

C. either A or B D. neither A nor B

(D)

O. Henry was an American short-story writer, a master of surprising endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henrys stories.

William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in North Carolina. His father was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. At the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.

In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the Weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1897 he was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.

While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking(1899), appeared in McClures Magazine. After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.

O. Henry moved to New York city in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. Henrys first collection, Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904. The second, The Four Million, was published two years later and included his well-known stories The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.

O. Henrys last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems. He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated one year later. O. Henry died on June 5, 1910, in New York.

1. The following statements are the characteristics of O. Henrys stories except ____.

A. the stories often end with surprising endings

B. there are a lot of coincidences in his stories

C. the stories are mainly about common people

D. his own experiences are main subjects in his stories

2. We can infer from the text that ____.

A. O. Henrys mothers death resulted in his leaving school

B. O. Henry earned much money by starting the Weekly

C. some people believed O. Henry was put in prison for no good reason

D. his daughter asked O. Henry to write short stories

3. One of O. Henrys most famous stories The Gift of the Magi came out in ____.

A. 1902 B. 1904 C. 1906 D. 1907

4. What do you think of O. Henrys life? ____.

A. Rough B. Smooth C. Rich D. Happy

Ⅳ.阅读填词(每小题1分,满分10分)

What Is Love

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money to pay the high schooling for me. They dont act in the romantic ways that I read in books or see on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentines Day is even impossible.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I asked her if there was love between them. She paused her work and raised her head with surprise. Then she bowed her head and continued sewing the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. But after a few minutes she said: “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but its really there, and makes the quilt long-lasting.” I listened carefully but I couldnt understand her until the next spring.

My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in the hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk after she returned from the hospital, my father helped my mother walk slowly on the country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently glistened them through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world. Reading their eyes, I know they love each other deeply. From this experience, I realized that love was just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

Ⅴ.短文改错(每小题1分,满分10分)

Imagine a society in which cash no longer exist.1.____

Instead of, “cash” is electronic, as in bankcard systems,2.____

paper money and coins given up. Cash has been the3.____

root of many social and economic evils. But, the use of4.____

electronic funds-transfer (转帐) technology will make that possible5.____

to change the nature of money and to separate it into6.____

evil. On the one hand, it will be possible for thieves to7.____

steal money from people. On the other hand, security costs8.____

and insurance rates will fall and neighborhoods will9.____

become better for people to live.10.____

Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)

请根据下面的英文短诗，展开适当的想象，写一篇短文。

标题为：My Teacher Mr. Moore

Theres a teacher Mr. Moore

Who is lovely and thirty-four

Always encouraging us to try

He leads us to a world of “why”

We all admire him more and more

注意：1. 不得照抄原诗原文;

2. 必须结合短诗的内容，发挥想象，适当展开;

3. 必须突出短诗的主题，结构完整，语义连贯;

4. 短文不能写成诗歌形式;

5. 词数：120左右。

Key(3)