1、Unit 4PygmalionI.单项填空1Finding a girl struggling in the water, he threw himself into the water without_.Ahesitation Bsuggestion Corder Dasking答案 A考查名词。without hesitation“毫不犹豫地”。2Teachers prefer to measure our performance_the efforts we make rather than the intelligence we have.Ain addition to Bin ter
2、ms ofCin honor of Din response to答案 B考查介词短语。句意：老师以我们付出的辛勤劳动衡量我们的表现，而不是用聪明来衡量我们的表现。 in terms of“就而论；在方面”。3The air conditioner in my room isnt working_. Could you send someone to fix it?Anaturally Bcompletely Cfully Dproperly 答案 D考查副词。句意：我房间的空调工作不正常了。能不能找人来修一下？properly“恰当地，适当地”。4_Im mistaken, Rio de J
3、aneiro of Brazil was chosen as the host city for the 2016 Olympics.AAsBIfCThough DUnless答案 D句意：如果我没弄错的话，巴西的里约热内卢被确定为了2016年奥运会的举办城市。unless“如果不，除非”。5They cant be quarrelling now，_they?Acan Bmay Care Dwill答案 C考查反意疑问句。此处can表对现在的推测，因此用are/is/am或者does。此处用系动词be，且主语是they，因此选are。6Do you know that man?Not rea
4、lly, just a nodding_.Aacquaintance Bparticipant Crelation Dfrequent 答案 A 考查名词。句意：“你认识那个人吗？”“不确切，只是点头之交。”acquaintance“相识，了解”。7Anyone who wants to separate Tibet from our motherland should be_.Ablamed BcondemnedCaccused Dcharged答案 Bcondemn“谴责”。句意：任何想把西藏从中国分裂出去的人都应该受到谴责。blame“责备”；accuse“指控，指责”；charge“控
5、告”。8The interior decoration of the house is a(n)_between Chinese and foreign styles.Aacquaintance BadjustmentCpreparation Dcompromise答案 Dcompromise“折中”。句意：这所房子的内部装潢是中西式的折中。acquaintance“认识”；adjustment“调节”；preparation“准备”。9Tom arrived at school late again, which made him feel awkward and_.Arelaxed Bun
6、comfortableCangry Dtired答案 Buncomfortable“不舒服的，不自在的”。句意：汤姆再次迟到，使他感到尴尬不自在。relaxed“放松的”；angry“生气的”；tired“疲劳的”。10He_his country to the enemy and all his friends hated him.Abetrayed BclassifiedCdismissed Dpronounced答案 Abetray“背叛；出卖；对不忠(to)”。句意：他向敌人背叛了自己的国家，因而所有的朋友都憎恨他。classify“将分类”；dismiss“开除”；pronounce
7、“宣称”。11Children are not allowed to make noise and upset the competitors. If they do, they will be_from the stadium.Ataken apart Btaken awayCtaken back Dtaken down答案 Btake away“带走”。句意：儿童是不允许制造噪音扰乱参赛者的，否则，他们就会被带离体育馆。其他各项都不合句意。12At last, the sound of the cheering_.Atook away Bfaded awayCmoved away Dbro
8、ke away答案 Bfade away在这里指“声音的消失”。句意：最后，欢呼声逐渐消失。take away“带走”；move away“搬走”；break away“脱离”。13This watch is_to all the other watches on the market.Asuperior BadvantageousCsuper Dbeneficial答案 Abe superior to意为“比出众，比好”。14He always brings me a pretty gift_he comes to visit me.Aby the time BsometimesCevery
9、 time Dat time答案 C本题考查名词短语作连词的用法。空格前后为两个完整的句子，故缺少连词，而四个选项中只有C项能用作连词。句意：他每次来看我，总是给我带一份精美的礼物。15You havent been to Beijing, have you?_. How I wish to go there again!AYes, I have BYes, I haventCNo, I have DNo, I havent答案 A考查前否后肯的反意疑问句的答语。由答语“我真想再去一次”可知，“我已经去过北京”，所以填A项，意思是“不，我已去过”。II.完形填空Honesty is the f
10、irst chapter in the book of wisdom.Thomas JeffersonAs a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I pushed as hard for_1_as they did.A dramatic incident，_2_， following a game in which I was appointed as a referee(裁判)，_3_my views on victories and defeats. I was refereeing
11、a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was coached by Dan OBrien, Yonkers by Les Beck.The gym was_4_with audience, and the volume of noise made it_5_to hear. The game was well played and_6_contested. Yonkers was_7_by one p
12、oint as I_8_the clock and discovered there were only 30 seconds left to play.Yonkers，_9_the ball, passed offshotmissed. New Rochelle recoveredpushed the ball up courtshot. The ball_10_around the rim and off. The fans shouted with disappointment.New Rochelle, the_11_team, recovered the ball, and tapp
13、ed it in(拨进篮筐)for what looked like victory. The noise of whistles, screams and shouts was_12_. I took a quick look at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadnt heard the final buzzer(终场哨声) because of the noise. I_13_with the other official, but he could not help me.Still_14_help in this chao
14、s, I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, “Mr Covino, the buzzer_15_as the ball rolled off the rim，_16_the tapin was made.”I was in the unpleasant position of having to tell Coach OBrien the_17_news. “Dan，” I said, “Yonkers won the game.”His face clouded over. The young timek
15、eeper came up. He said, “Im sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the final basket.”Suddenly, Coach OBriens face_18_. He said, “Thats okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. Im_19_of you.”Turning to me, he said, “Al, I want you to meet my_20_， Joe.” The two of them then walked off the court together, s
16、houlder to shoulder.文章大意：作为一所学校的教练，“我”会尽一切力量让“我”的学生赢得比赛。但在一次做教练的过程中，目睹了赛场上所发生的一件事情之后，我改变了对于成功和失败的看法。1A.capacity BentryCvictory Dhonesty答案 C由第一句话可知，我会尽一切力量让我的学生赢得比赛，即我竭力追求“胜利”。2A.therefore Bhowever Cmoreover Dthus答案 B第一段讲我以追求胜利为最高准则；第二段讲一件小事改变了我对胜利和失败的态度。前后是转折关系。所以填however。3A.changed BheldCshared Dco
17、nveyd答案 A见2空解释。4A.located Bequipped Ccrowded Dcovered答案 Cbe crowded with audience“坐满了观众”。5A.evident Bimportant Clikely Dimpossible答案 D人很多，噪音使人几乎听不见。6A.strongly Bclosely Csuccessfully Damusingly答案 B由7空后知，两队只差一分，是实力相当的比赛。closely“(竞争、选举等)实力相差无几地”。比如：a closely contested election实力相差无几的竞选。7A.leading Bfal
18、ling Cscoring Dlosing答案 Alead“领先”。此处指Yonkers队以一分领先。8A.stared at Bglared at Cglanced at Daimed at答案 Cglance at“一瞥”。符合作为裁判的我在比赛进行时的动作行为。stare at“盯着看”；glare at“怒视”。9A.in place of Bin possession of Cin face of Din favor of答案 B由该空后“传球，投球，未中”知，当时Yonkers队控球。in possession of“占有；控制”。10A.rolled Bcentered Croc
19、ked Dhung答案 Aroll“翻滚；滚动”。此处指球沿篮圈滚动但未进。与该空后的球迷的失望相对应。15空后也有提示。11A.winning Bhost Cchampion Dguest 答案 Bthe host team“主队”。由3空后内容可知，New Rochelle队是主队。12.A.deafening Bannoying Cdisturbing Ddisgusting答案 Adeafening“震耳欲聋的；极喧闹的”。13A.argued Bquarreled Cchecked Dcompromised答案 Ccheck with sb.“确定；查明；核对”。14A.claimi
20、ng Breceiving Cgiving Dseeking 答案 Dseek help“寻求帮助”。此处指我又找计时员求助，比赛结束了没有。对应13空的向另一裁判求助未果。15A.took on Bwent on Ctook off Dwent off 答案 Dgo off“(警报器等)突然发出声音”。此处指终场的哨声响了。16A.after Binstantly Cbefore Dwhen答案 Cbefore“在之前”。此处指在最后一个进球前，终场哨声已经响了。即进球无效。17A.sad Binteresting Cstrange Damazing答案 A该进球无效，所以对于New Roc
21、helle队的教练来说是悲哀的消息。18A.fixed up Blit up Ccleaned up Dshowed up答案 Blight up“喜形于色；喜气洋洋”。19A.proud Baccused Cindependent Dembarrassed 答案 Abe proud of.“以为骄傲”。20A.fellow Bstudent Cson Dfriend答案 C由倒数第四段“Im sorry, Dad.”可知，Coach OBrien和计时员之间是父子关系。III.阅读理解If you are researching your family tree, youre not alo
22、neGenealogy is currently one of the most popular pastimes on the Internet, which is increasingly being used to trace distant relativesSome of the most popular Web sites deal with thousands of enquiries and emails every month“The progressive breakdown of traditional family values, economic factors an
23、d freedom to travel have all spread families out more widely than was once common, and many relatives have lost touch with each other,” explains Gordon Johnson, an author and genealogy expert“Most people now interested in genealogy start by looking for family connections a few generations back, or e
24、ven relatives alive today, and then get hooked on it as a hobby”Getting started requires little more than knowing who your parents are.Then its a simple casw of tracing back your lineage（家族） generation by generation.Although several beginners guides can be found online to help,Johnson advises that y
25、ou make contact with a family history society in the area which your ancestors are from.Many of these publish helpful booklets of local history,gravestone inscriptions （碑文）or census indexes（人口普查索引）One of the most common mistakes made by amateur genealogists is failing to get in touch with living rel
26、ativesThese relatives can provide vital information on people, dates and placesRelative accounts can be misleading, but they are the most current source of family history availableOther common errors include not knowing the history of the area in which your research is being conducted or assuming th
27、at your surname has never been spelled a different wayAnother common mistake is for researchers to assume they are the only person researching a particular family lineThis is unlikely: any family group spanning several generations will probably contain a few thousand living membersThis means that co
28、ntacting distant cousins can be a timesaving and helpful resourceThis is where the Webs strength liesAs a cheap means of communicating across oceans and time zones, the Net is second to none, and thousands of family hunters log on daily to request help and information in the pursuit of their goalIt
29、is also important that researchers keep careful notes of their information sourcesA simple filing（文件归档） system for accessing the data they collect is also vitalThis will help to avoid confusion once the information begins to pile upA number of specialist programs are available to help with thisIf yo
30、u decide to use one of these programs, shop around and choose the one which most closely matches your needsThe problem with the Internet is that it is a very recent mediumThe huge resources it offers only serve to highlight the enormous amounts of vital information that have yet to make it into digi
31、tal formatFor the foreseeable future, it is likely that much of the information you need will be found only in books in libraries or in national and local record officesThe online sources are growing fast, but it will be a long time before they completely replace more traditional methods1Many people
32、 have become interested in genealogy _Abecause of Web sites on the InternetBbecause people travel more nowadaysCbecause they want to make contact with relativesDbecause it is an interesting hobby答案 C2The writer suggests that starting to research your family tree _Acan be difficult Bis best done by s
33、peaking to your parentsCis easy Dshould begin by using the Internet答案 C3Many genealogists make the mistake of _Abelieving everything that their relatives tell them Bnot contacting their relativesCmisspelling their relatives names Dignoring very important information答案 B4The writer thinks that it is
34、unlikely that _Aonly one person is researching a particular family lineBany family group will have lots of living membersCany family group will have few family membersDcontacting distant cousins is timesaving答案 A5Which of these problems with the Internet is mentioned by the writer?AIt contains too m
35、uch informationBIt is hard to keep up with new developments on the InternetCLots of information still isnt available on the InternetDMany libraries and record offices dont have Web sites答案 C6In general, the writer feels that the Internet _Awill soon be the most popular way of researching your family
36、 treeBcontains a large amount of information for researchersChas become the best way of tracing your family treeDwill eventually take the place of more traditional methods of research答案 DIV.书面表达假如你是David，你的朋友Linda最近很烦，因为父母对他要求很严格，整天让他学习，禁止他做自己想干的事情，比如上网、和朋友玩等，请你给他写封信，对他进行心理疏导，并提出一些建议。应包括以下要点：1简述自己的类
37、似的经历；2提出至少两条建议；3词数120左右(开头已为你写好，但不计入总词数)。Dear Linda，I can understand how you feel. When I was young，_思路点拨这是一篇应用文，要求根据提示进行写作。写作的关键是介绍自己的经历以及提出建议。写作时要注意格式，并适当增加细节，使文章连贯、完整。【范文】Dear_Linda，I_can_understand_how_you_feel._When_I_was_young,_I had the same experience with you. But after I talked to my paren
38、ts, we had a better understanding of each other. So try to communicate with your parents to let them know that you are wise enough to manage your own business well. To understand them better, always put yourself in their position. Dont you think that all parents in the world love their children even
39、 though they are sometimes strict? If you can deal with your time and money wisely, I am sure that your parents will trust you and let you enjoy more freedom.By the way, its understandable that your parents ask you to put your studies in the first place.I hope my advice is of some help to you.Yours，David
