1、Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries 同步练习一、听力（每小题1分，共15分）第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话仅读一遍。（ ）1. What does the woman want her friend to buy?A. Three kilos of pears.B. Three kilos of rice.C. Three kilos of apples.（ ）2. Where are they going to have the meeting?A.
2、In the classroom.B. In the reading-room.C. In the meeting room.（ ）3. What can we learn from the dialogue about the woman? A. She likes swimming very much.B. She wont join the swimming club.C. She doesnt enjoy swimming as much as she used to.（ ）4. What does the man mean?A. No one believes he won the
3、first prize.B. Hes surprised that he got the first prize.C. It isnt true that he won the first prize.（ ）5. What are they talking about?A. About the weather.B. About buying a new wool sweater.C. About dry-cleaning the wool sweater.第二节听下面4段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段材料读两遍。听第6段材料
4、，回答第6至8题。（ ）6. Whats Bobs mother doing?A. She is buying a present for her son.B. She is looking a t some birthday cakes.C. She is buying herself a bicycle.（ ）7. How old is Bob now?A. 13.B. 14.C. 15.（ ）8. What size bicycle will she buy?A. Size 24.B. Size 26.C. Size 28.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。（ ）9.When will t
5、hey go to see the performance?A. In the morning.B. In the afternoon.C. In the evening.（ ）10. How much is a ticket?A. $ 20.B. $ 40.C. $ 50. （ ）11. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the performing hall.B. At the ticket office.C. In the middle of Row 1. 听第8段材料，回答第12和第13题。（ ）12. What
6、 did the man do at the womans house?A. He had a meal.B. He had some coffee.C. He cooked some food.（ ）13. Which telephone could he use?A. The one in the womans bedroom.B. The one in the womans kitchen.C. The one in the street. 听第9段材料，回答第14和第15题。（ ）14. How did Rose go to New York yesterday?A. By bus.B
7、. By train.C. By air.（ ）15. How long did the meeting last?A. 4 hours.B. 4 and a half hours.C. 5 hours.二、单项选择（每小题0.5分，共10分）（ ）1. His success is _ great surprise.A. aB. anC. /D. the （ ）2. The _ in that town didnt understand the governments policy.A. villagersB. inhabitantsC. populationD. human beings（
8、 ）3. What _ will he play in todays football game? Halfback.A. partB. roleC. situationD. position（ ）4. Shall we meet at 8:00 or at 9:00? _.A. At any timeB. Yes, at 8:00C. Well, either time will doD. Any time is OK（ ）5. What _ this kind of cloth _?A. does; use toB. is; used to doingC. does; used toD.
9、is; used for（ ）6. You dont need _ your pen washed, do you? No, it writes smoothly and doesnt need _.A. have; washingB. to have; to be washedC. have; to be washedD. to have; being washed（ ）7. Einstein cared little for money, even _ he could have been very rich.A. althoughB. thoughC. in spite ofD. but
10、（ ）8. This cake was _ made for Kate who is on her thirtieth birthday today.A. especiallyB. particularC. specificallyD. specially（ ）9. China is larger than _ in Asia.A. any other countriesB. any countryC. the other countriesD. every country（ ）10. They were successful _ the job during three weeks.A. t
11、o finishB. finishC. in finishingD. finished（ ）11. I usually go there by train. Why not _ by boat for change? That would also be very exciting.A. try goingB. trying go toC. to try going D. try to go （ ）12. Every measure _ to stop pollution in cities, and we have made some progress.A. has been madeB.
12、has been takenC. has madeD. has taken（ ）13. Is John coming by train? He should, but he _ not. He likes driving his car.A. mustB. canC. needD. may（ ）14. Can you tell the difference _ the two countries.A. amongB. betweenC. fromD. in （ ）15. Are there _ between you and your brother?A. similarB. similari
13、tyC. similarlyD. similarities（ ）16. In our country, children are _ flowers.A. compared withB. compared toC. comparing withD. comparing to （ ）17. If they go on fishing like this, these species will be _.A. in dangerB. at dangerC. in dangerousD. dangerous（ ）18. Im not good at oral language. Ill try to
14、 _ it.A. changeB. developC. increaseD. improve（ ）19. _ will win the game?A. Who you thinkB. Who do you thinkC. Do you think whoD. Do you think whom（ ）20. Your _ English isnt quite good, so you should practise _ English every day.A. spoken; speakingB. speaking; speakingC. spoken; spokenD. spoken; to
15、speak三、完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）1. 我想和你说几句话。 I should like to _ _ _ with you .2. 像这样开车是非常危险的。 _ _ _ _ is very dangerous.3. 他说事情是这样，但是他错了。 He said that _ _ so, he was wrong, _.4. 很抱歉，你没有达成协议。 Im _ you could not come to _ _.5. 中国的人口比世界上任何一个国家的人口都要多。 The population of China is _ than _ _ any other country in the
16、 world.四、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a 1 mood. At six oclock his 2 programme “Travel with it” was on TV. Andy liked to get home in good time for that. Though he left the office a little 3 , “I can still get home in time if I hurry.” Andy told himself as he 4 out of the office.
17、But then, as he drove off in his car, he 5 that he was almost out of gas. “Ill have to stop at Fentons.” Andy thought. He 6 Fentons because it was a self-service gas station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay 7 for the gas.” He used to complain. But at Fentons pump was not working properly
18、and it 8 ages to get gas. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to fix his attention on the programme and forgot the phone. But it 9 ringing and finally he picked it up. “Mr. Barton?” 10 said, “Fentons Garage
19、（修车厂）here.” “Fentons?” said Andy “Well, I was at your 11 only a few minutes ago, getting some gas. Did I 12 something behind or what?” “No, you didnt, Mr. Barton.” The voice went on. “Thats just the 13 ! You didnt leave anything behind! You went off without paying for your gas, you see! When that ha
20、ppened, we usually ring up the 14 . But luckily I recognized you and I know it was a mistake.”“Im really very sorry.” Andy said.“Oh, thats all right, Mr. Barton. But could you come round now and pay for your gas? And please 15 ! We close at half past six!”（ ）1. A. goodB. badC. happierD. worse（ ）2. A
21、. favouriteB. musicC. newsD. sports（ ）3. A. slowerB. earlierC. laterD. faster（ ）4. A. rushedB. wentC. walkedD. stepped（ ）5. A. sawB. noticedC. knewD. believed（ ）6. A. likedB. enjoyedC. lovedD. hated（ ）7. A. lessB. muchC. the sameD. more（ ）8. A. tookB. costC. spentD. spared（ ）9. A. beganB. kept onC.
22、went onD. stopped（ ）10. A. heB. a manC. Mr. FentonD. a voice（ ）11. A. homeB. hotelC. stationD. place（ ）12. A. loseB. leaveC. getD. take（ ）13. A. matterB. worryC. pointD. thing（ ）14. A. policeB. bossC. managerD. worker（ ）15. A. stopB. leaveC. hurryD. come五、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）（A）The United States of Amer
23、ica is mainly an English-speaking county. The majority of the population speak English-speaking county. The majority of the population speak English as their native language. Business, education, social activities, etc. are conducted in English. Across the country, people pronounce many English word
24、s in several different ways, but for the most part, Americans speak one common language. This languages sometimes called American English. However, not everyone in the U. S. A. is a native speaker of English. Most immigrants are speakers of other languages. There are hundreds of communities around t
25、he U. S. A. where English is not the most commonly used language. Chinese, Italian, German, Greek, Spanish, and French are all spoken in various communities in the U. S. . Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English. It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part
26、of the country. For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention. Non-English speakers were expected to “pick up” the language by meeting with others in public. Recently, this has changed. Today most
27、large public schools and community colleges have ESL（English as a Second Language）programs: American English teachers feel that English students should learn the way they will use it. Therefore, ESL programs offer different English lessons to different students. Some programs teach students to commu
28、nicate in English in public. Other programs teach the kind of English people will need for their jobs. American ESL instructional methods do not lay emphasis on grammar or translation, but on the importance of communication. The goal is to get the English learners to learn by using the language.（ ）1
29、. People in the United States _. A. are all native speakers of English B. speak English in various ways C. all speak American English D. are immigrants from English-speaking countries（ ）2. In the past the non-English immigrants _. A. didnt know how to learn English B. found that English was not impo
30、rtant C. learned English through books D. paid special attention to teaching English（ ）3. The word “goal” in the last sentence means _. A. way B. methodC. purposeD. means（ ）4. The phrase “pick up” in the second paragraph means _. A. try to master B. repeat again and again C. go to school sometimes D
31、. learn without studying or taking lessons（ ）5. ESL programs teach the students _. A. only grammatical rules and idioms B. to use English through practice C. different languages D. to learn English by translating their own native languages into English（B）Maggie was very glad that James was not a fre
32、quent visitor to the house. So far as the children were concerned, he had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination. He stirred Maggies anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, “Its a mercy that brother of yours doesnt come often.”In fact James came once a year, unexpectedly,
33、around eight oclock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother. His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed. Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them. He ignored them, as if he was unable to see children, at least until
34、 the time came for him to go. Indeed, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, “Youll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her. Maggie paid him back in her own way. She kept the children up. The four of them, to ke
35、ep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of Jamess voice. Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs. Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That
36、gave her some satisfaction, for James, though well to do, was mean. He always went home by the last train, just after two oclock.（ ）6. How did Maggie feel about Jamess visits?A. She wished he would come to see them more often.B. Although she disliked his visits, she took pity on James.C. She looked
37、forward to his visits, but they made her tired.D. Jamess visits annoyed her very much.（ ）7. Maggie never prepared anything special for James because _.A. he was a difficult man to pleaseB. she never knew when he was comingC. she was too busy looking after her childrenD. he never stayed long enough f
38、or a meal（ ）8. When their uncle visited them, the children _.A. enjoyed the stories he told them.B. did not speak to him or look at himC. were allowed to stay up lateD. spent the evening playing with him（ ）9. What do we know about Jamess behavior?A. James was a kind man, with love for the family. B.
39、 Although James was blind, he acted normally enough.C. James was anxious to please the family, especially the children.D. James was rude to his sister-in-law.（ ）10. Maggie felt pleased when _.A. she paid James the money that she owed himB. James gave some money to the childrenC. she had to wake Jame
40、s up to catch his trainD. James thanked her for the nice supper（C）Look at a map of Britain, and the island on the left is Ireland. Its a small but beautiful country with a long tradition of folk music. Up until 10 years ago just about the only thing that Ireland was famous for was its speciality bla
41、ck beer.Now Ireland is famous around the world for its music with names like “Enya”, “U2”, “Van Morrison” and more recently “The Corrs”. “Boyzone”, one of the worlds top boy bands, is from Ireland too. Whats more, Boyzone member Shane has twin sisters. Edele and Keavy, who are members of “B Witched”
42、!The “Boyzone” story is interesting because they were created in 1993 by Dubin nightclub owner John Reynolds. They advertised in newspapers to find members for the group and 300 wannabe pop stars applied!Ronan, who was just 17 when he dropped out of school to make his bid for stardom, and Shane, who
43、 had been working as trained mechanic in his fathers garage when he left to join Boyzone, were both lucky enough to be chosen. The other members are shoe-shop attendant Stephen Gately, former mechanic Mikey Granham and one-time clothes store assistant Keith Duffy.Many people expect bands that have b
44、een created by the music industry to produce boring music which doesnt become popular. Even the boys themselves knew that they would not easily achieve international pop music success.Boyzone quickly proved that they were more than just pretty faces and have sold millions of records around the world
45、. At the moment, they are not big stars in America, but they say that will change, when they begin a tour of the United States.Ronan will shortly also start recording as a solo artist. That does not mean the band will split yet, but we can expect Boyzone to split sometime in the next 18 months or so
46、. Ronan has also recently become involved as one of the managers of new Irish boy band “Westlife” whose song “Swear It Again” has recently been Number I in the British charts.（ ）11. Ireland is famous for _ now. A. its black beerB. its long tradition C. popular musicD. its scenery（ ）12. The words “wa
47、nnabe pop starts” in the third paragraph mean _.A. the pops who want to join the bandB. the persons who want to become pop starsC. the pop stars who want to become more popularD. the persons who want to be as famous as they are（ ）13. Boyzone was formed by _ members in 1993. A. 6B. 5C. 4 D. 3（ ）4. Ac
48、cording to the passage, we know that _.A. Boyzone will split some dayB. Boyzone was successful because it was created by music industryC. The boys in Boyzone were certain that they would be famous one dayD. Boyzone are going to perform in the States for Americans love them very much（ ）5. _ will shor
49、tly start recording as a solo artist. A. ShaneB. Duffy C. Keith D. Ronan六、短文改错（每小题1分，共10分）Before he was a teacher, Bob told me what he1. _would like to be a lawyer when he was at school.2. _He had worked very hard at his lessons and tried3. _enter into a famous university, but something unhappy4. _h
50、appened in his family, that made it necessary for him5. _to working for a living. As a young man, he had been a 6. _busdriver, a dustman and a salesman. But he spends his7. _spare time studying and finally became college teacher.8. _“Young people,” he often said, “full of wishes9. _and hopes after they step into the society.”10. _七、书面表达（共10分）某英文报社准备刊发一篇题为”Living in a City”的有关城市生活的利和弊的文章，根据下面提示，写一篇词数为100左右的短文。AdvantagesDisadvantages找工作容易生活消费高交通便利人口多，拥挤有公园、饭店等休闲场所空气污染严重、居住环境差要求：1. 涵盖以上内容，可适当发挥；2. 词数100左右。
