1、Unit 4Helping people around the world时间：30分钟.单项填空1Your teachers words will be _ you in all your life，so you should remember them forever.Ahonoured for Bof vital importance toCvital important to Dat the mercy of答案B句意：你老师的话在你整个一生中至关重要，因此你应该永远记住它们。此处“of名词”相当于形容词作表语。be honoured for.因而受到尊敬；at the mercy o
2、f受摆布。2In order to better understand the grammar of the sentence，you must break it _ into parts.Adown Bup Coff Dout答案A几个词都可以和break搭配，break down在本题中意思是“把整体分成部分”，符合题意。3Did it ever _ to you to contact the police when you saw the suspect?Aoccur Brefer Chappen Dapply答案A几个选项均可以和to搭配构成词组，但是根据题意，本题选A；occur t
3、o sb意思是“某人突然想起”。 4The picture of the park _ memories of our class trip last year，when Mr Smith began to take charge of our class.Areminded Bcalled upCturned up Dcame up答案Bcall up意思是“让人想起”，符合题意；不要错选A，因为remind的宾语多指“人”。 5Ive tried by hard to improve my English.But by no means _ with my progress.Athe te
4、acher is not satisfiedBis the teacher not satisfiedCthe teacher is satisfiedDis the teacher satisfied答案D当by no means(决不)放在句首时，句子要使用倒装结构，排除A、C；由于by no means本身具有否定含义，所以排除B。6One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living _.Abills Bexpenses Cprices Dcharges答案BA项意思是“帐单，钞票”；B
5、项意思是“费用，开支”；C项意思是“价格，价钱”；D项意思是“索价，要价”。句意：每个月一千美元不是什么财富，但是足够支付我的生活费用。7In our childhood，we were often _ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.Ademanded BremindedCallowed Dhoped答案BA项意思是“命令”；B项意思是“提醒”；C项意思是“允许”；D项意思是“希望”。根据题意选B，句意：在我们小时候，奶奶经常提醒我们注意餐桌礼仪。8Health problems are closely connected w
6、ith bad eating habits and a _ of exercise.Alimit Black Cneed Ddemand答案BA项意思是“限制”；B项意思是“缺少，缺乏”；C项意思是“需要”；D项意思是“要求”。根据题意可知选B，句意：健康问题与不良饮食习惯和缺少锻炼息息相关。9The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without _ his notes.Abringing up Breferring toClooking for Dtrying on答案Bbring up抚养，培养；ref
7、er to参考；look for寻找；try on试用，试验。根据题意选B，句意：在商务会议上，首长讲话将近一小时没有参考他的演讲稿。10Who are you waiting for?_ the man wounded in the left leg.AThe doctor will operate onBThe nurse to be looked afterCThe doctor to operate onDHis brother got答案C从题目结构上看答语是个省略句，回答wait for的内容，排除A、D两项；而B项用动词不定式的被动结构不合逻辑，所以正确答案是C项。11The e
8、xplorer got a disease in blood for the _ of fresh vegetables and fruit.Asake Black Cignorance Dknock答案Bfor the sake of为了的缘故；for the lack of由于缺少；knock敲打，敲击。根据句意应选B。12Gandi insisted on winning independence by peaceful struggles，not by _.Apower BstrengthCenergy Dforce答案D根据题干中的“not by”可知，空缺处应为peaceful s
9、truggles的反义词，故应选择D项，force为“武力”之意。13Although the wind has _，the rain remains steady，so you still need a raincoat.Aturned up Bgone backCdied down Dblown out答案CA项意思是“出现，调大”；B项意思是“回去”；C项意思是“逐渐停止，渐渐消失”；D项意思是“吹灭”。根据题意选C。14_ a teacher has given permission is a student allowed to enter the classroom.AIf onl
10、y BOnly ifCAs if DEven if答案Bif only意为“只要，若要就好了”；as if意为“好像”；even if意为“即使”；only if意为“只有”，通常位于句首。从句意和句子的结构可知本题正确答案为B。15He opened his mouth as if _ something.Ato say BsayCsaying Dto be said答案Aas if意为“好像”，其后也可以接不定式，意为“好像要做”，故本题正确答案为A。句意：他张开口，似乎要说什么。.阅读理解AThere was room for all of us，and sleeping bags ke
11、pt the night chill away.We would listen to the sound of the river，and hear the coyotes(丛林狼) howling along the hills not far away.Those were the cool summer nights of the mid nineties in Southern Alberta，Canada，when the four children were young and we would lie on the trampoline(蹦床) in the backyard l
12、ate at night，for the sun would not set till late in July and August.We would look at the stars up above.It was a simple painting of little white dots on a black canvas，but we would never grow tired of looking at it.As our eyes surveyed that starry wonder we would see streaks of lights as meteors(流星)
13、 hit the atmosphere and burn up，or we would follow the meteorssteady path across the sky till it would also disappear.These were the times when I would tell the stories of my own childhood and teach the kids lifes lessons that have been remembered to this day.I chuckle，as I recall the time when we h
14、eard a coyote not far away，that I started a story about a bear sneaking (溜)up to the trampoline.The closer the bear came (in the story )the closer the kids snuggled up to mom and I，until suddenly I let out this big daddy growl and grabbed all the kids.They would startle and jump up and then all laug
15、h，“Daddy，you scared us！”Now the children are in their mid and late teens，but they fondly remember the starry nights on that trampoline.Recently my oldest daughter on her wedding day sang a song for her parents，entitled Ill always be your little girl.She wrote the music and words；it included a memory
16、 of those starry nights.I have learned as a parent that one of the greatest gifts we can give our children as they are growing up is the time to tell them stories，or if telling stories is not that simple，perhaps read them a story.They can read their own books and it will benefit them greatly academi
17、cally，but telling or reading them a story will create an inseparable bond(联系) with pleasant memories such as those late summer nights in the starry sky.1The best title for this text should be _.AAn Important LessonBA Fathers Frightening StoryCMemories of Starry NightsDA Parents Story答案：C标题归纳题。作者回忆了在
18、星夜同孩子一起度过的幸福时光。因此答案为C。2Whats the importance of telling or reading stories to children?AIt can teach them much knowledge while they are listening to stories.BIt will improve their listening abilities as well as their understanding abilities.CIt will help them remember their happy moments in past days
19、.DIt can build up good links between parents and their children.答案：D推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容我们可以推测出，父母给孩子们讲故事或读书的最大作用就是加强同孩子们之间的联系。3In this story，the writer compares the night sky to _.Aa black canvas with little white dotsBlittle white dotsCstreaks of lightsDthe satellitespath答案：A事实细节题。根据第二段中的“It was a simp
20、le painting of white little dots on a black canvas”可知，作者把夜空比作一幅黑色油画。4How did the writer feel when he was telling the story on the dark night?AFrightened. BHappy. CSad. DWorried.答案：B推理判断题。根据作者对星夜的描述可以看出一家人其乐融融的景象。据此我们可以推断作者在讲故事的时候，其内心应该是高兴的。BMany parents dont love to read to their children.But there
21、are so many professionals and PhDs doing the opposite thing.And they really promote reading to children，which is so good for children.I have found that this is true with my own children.I am not sure if it is the book or the fact that you are spending quality time with them，undivided time that they
22、will remember for their entire life.Reading to children is one of the most bonding experiences you can have.Children enjoy sitting on your lap while your voice flows over them.As the reader it is fun to watch their little faces as they are moved with the flow of the story.They are laughing one momen
23、t and on the next page the story has moved them to tears.As the storyteller，I am just as moved as they are；I am caught up in the story as our emotions flow up and down.You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.This is an experience that children then try to pass on to younger children，reading
24、 books to them.My daughter was so into reading that if she couldnt line up some neighborschildren she could be reading her books to，she would line up her stuffed animals and read to them.Well，she also tried to teach her neighbors and teddy bears math，and “ocean science ”as she called it.She would re
25、ad anything she could to them.And to my astonishment the neighborsparents told me they really appreciated the fact that their children were doing so much better in school.5The writer mentions the idea of professionals and PhDs so as to _.Aintroduce his own viewpointBshow the importance of his ideaCp
26、lease readersDattract the attention of readers答案：A推理判断题。在第一段中，作者首先引出一些专家、博士的观点：读书给孩子听有许多好处。后面的内容则是围绕这个论点展开的。由此，我们可以推断出读书给孩子听有很多好处，这实际上也是作者的观点。6The writer mentions his own children in this text for the purpose of _.Ashowing the cleverness of his childrenBexplaining the advantages of reading to childr
27、enCtelling the importance of studying together with parentsDshowing his children were interested in reading答案：B推理判断题。由后面的内容可以看出，由于作者坚持给孩子读书，孩子也养成了给其他孩子读书的好习惯，并且这些孩子在学校的表现也比以前好。这就是读书的好处。7The writer thinks that _.Ayou should place your children on your lap while reading to themBchildrens feelings chan
28、ge while you read books to themCit is easy to kill time while you are reading books to childrenDreading to children is one of the most interesting experiences答案：C细节理解题。由第三段的最后一句“You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.”可知，读书给孩子听，时间不知不觉地就过去了。8According to the text，which of the following is N
29、OT true about the writers daughter?AShe lined up some neighborschildren and read to them.BShe lined up her stuffed animals and read to them.CShe would teach her teddy bears math and “ocean science”DShe would read anything she could to her parents.答案：D细节判断题。由最后一段的内容可知A、B、C三项的内容与文章事实相符。根据第四段中的”She would read anything she could to them.”这个句子中的them 指的是“邻居的小孩和她的玩具”而不是“她的父母”，故D项内容与文章事实不符。