1、Unit 4Making the news.单词拼写1Building such a skyscraper is not an easy job; we must have enough _ (专业的) engineers.2He _ (获得) a knowledge of computers by careful study.3She doesnt want to take her new boyfriend home in case her parents dont _ (同意)4It was an unusually hot summer and air conditioners wer
2、e in great _ (需求)5Visitors to the museum are not allowed to take _ (照片)6He is a _ (有天赋的) musician and promises to be a famous musician.7Tom misses his mother very much and he is _ (渴望) to see her.8The teacher explained the chemical _ (过程) to his students.9Mother was cleaning the room; _ (与此同时), fath
3、er was watching TV.10It will be fine whenever you come, but youd better _ (通知，告知) me of that before you come.答案：1.professional2.acquired3.approve4.demand5photographs6.gifted7.eager8.process9.meanwhile10.inform.完成句子1I dont_ _ _ _ _ _(同意你在床上抽烟)(approve)2Only when you are eighteen_ _ _ _ _(你才能参军)(join)
4、3The president_ _ _ _ _ _ _(被指控向公众说谎)(accuse)4Please_ _ _ _ _(告诉我你的计划)by letter.(inform)5Everyone will_ _ _ _ _(帮助修理这座寺庙)(assist)6As an adult, you shouldnt_ _ _ _(依赖父母)(depend)7_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(我不仅见到了那位明星), but also I had a photo taken with him.(only)答案：1.approve of you smoking in bed2.can you join t
5、he army3.was accused of lying to the public4.inform me of your plan5.assist in mending the temple6.depend on your parents7.Not only did I meet the famous star.单项填空1He said that he had submitted the report_the matter_the director.Aon; forBto; onCon; to Dto; with答案：Creport on sth.“关于的报告”；submit.to.“向提
6、交”。句意：他说他已经把关于这件事的报告上交给了主任。2How about the book you are reading?Good indeed. It_many problems we have come across in our study.Asays BtalksCcovers Drefers答案：C考查动词。答语句意：这本书涉及了我们在学习中遇到的许多问题。cover“涉及”。3In order to_a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.Are
7、quire BinquireCacquire Daddress答案：Cacquire“获得；得到”。句意：为了学好英语，他放弃了工作，到一所英语学校学习。require“需要，要求”；inquire“询问”。4She may have missed the train, _she wont arrive for another hour.Ain which case Bin her caseCin any case Din that case答案：A考查定语从句。这是一个非限制性定语从句，所以要用in which case。若逗号前有and，则选D。5The policeman stopped
8、 him when he was driving home and _him of speeding.Acharged BaccusedCwarned Ddeprived答案：Baccuse sb. of. “控告某人犯有”符合句意。warn sb. of“警告、告诫某人有”；deprive sb. of sth.“剥夺某人某事”；charge sb. with“指控某人犯有”。6The managers demand was that the data referred to in his report_to Mr. Andrew without delay.Awere emailed Bw
9、ould be emailedCshould be emailed Dhad been emailed答案：C考查虚拟语气的用法。demand后接表语从句时，从句谓语要用虚拟语气，即“(should)动词原形”；由于email和其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系，所以要用被动语态。7Not until many years later_that many of his neighbors helped him when he suffered the loss of his parents at an early age.Ahe was informed Bhe informedCwas he info
10、rmed Ddid he informed答案：C考查倒装和语态。not until放在句首，主句用部分倒装，因此排除A、B两项；再由句意“他被告知”可知，用被动语态。8Susan started to clean the room；_Lily was preparing lunch.Ahowever Bbut Cmeanwhile Dwhen答案：C考查副词。句意：Susan开始打扫房间，与此同时，Lily准备午餐。meanwhile“在此期间”。9Why are you still sitting up?_I am wanted.AAs though BWhile CIn case DBe
11、cause of 答案：C考查连词词组。答语句意：以防有人找。in case“以防，万一”。10(2012泰安模拟)Never _ Jack would attend the wedding but he turned up at the last minute.Adid we think Bhave we thoughtCwe thought Dwe have thought答案：A考查倒装句。句意：我们从来没有想到Jack会参加婚礼，但他在最后一分钟出现了。当否定词never，not，seldom等放在句首的时候，句子要用部分倒装，根据句意可知应用一般过去时，故选A。11In Mr. Wa
12、ngs class, you will often hear “a good reporter must have a(n)_for news”Anose Beye Cgift Dtaste答案：A考查短语。have a good nose for.表示探查或发现某事物的能力。此处表示“对新闻有敏感的嗅觉”。12(2012滨州模拟)Would you come to see me tomorrow?_.AIt depends BThat depends onCIt is depended DThat depends so答案：AIt (all) depends“视情况而定”。13Her fat
13、her will never _ her marrying to the old man with lots of money.Aapprove of BadmitCagree to Dallow答案：A考查动词用法。approve of sb. doing“同意某人干”，符合句意及用法。admit doing“承认某事”；可说agree to do但不能说agree to sb. doing；allow sb. to do“允许某人干”；故选A。14How does the story The Emperors New Clothes_？Once upon a time, there was
14、 a silly emperor who loved clothing more than anything else.Aclarify BinformCgo Dannounce答案：C问句句意：皇帝的新装是什么内容呢？go在此表示“(诗或歌中词、调)唱，说，故事发生情况如何”。15Can you think of some cases_drivers obviously knew the traffic rules but didnt obey them?Awhy BwhereCas Dwhich答案：Bwhere引导定语从句修饰先行词cases。.阅读理解ABeldon and Canfi
15、eld are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holidaymakers and other tourists.Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaperThe Beldon Post：FIRE AT SEAB
16、REEZELate last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed.”This was Beldons first hotel fire for five years.The Canfield T
17、imes gave the news in these words on page one：ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holidaymaker said，“An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very ol
18、d at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.”We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Se
19、abreeze Hotel last August; that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.Now what do you think of the rest of the“news”？文章大意：本文通过讲述两个对手城市的报纸对同一次火灾事故的不同报道，对新闻报道的真实性提出了质疑。1Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?ABeldon and Canfield are bo
20、th good places for tourists in summer.BA fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.CIt was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.DTwo newspapers gave reports on the same matter.答案：C主旨大意题。从主题句“It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.”可得出答案。2Which of the
21、following are probably facts?aThe fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.bA cigarette started the fire.cAn old lamp started the fire.dThe fire broke out at night.eThere has never been a fire in Canfield.Ab and c Ba and dCc and e Da and c答案：B细节理解题。根据“Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Ho
22、tel”及两家报纸都报道了火灾是在晚上发生的，故可以确定的事实只有两项：a和d。而其他选项都只是两份报纸的片面之词，到底是真是假，我们无法得知，因此答案为B。3The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think_.Ahotels in Beldon often catch fireBhotels in Beldon dont often catch fireCthis was the second fire at the Seabreeze HotelDBeldon was a go
23、od place except that hotels there are not quite safe答案：A推理判断题。ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE中ANOTHER是个关键词，它暗示Beldon的宾馆频繁发生火灾。4The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that_.Athe bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze HotelBthe bedroom lights made f
24、unny noise when the fire took placeCthe firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other thingsDsuch accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years答案：C细节理解题。The Canfield Times报道说“Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Se
25、abreeze Hotel.”，而The Beldon Post则说消防队员及时把这场小火扑灭了(没有造成损失)。两则报道相反。BSchool Report went international when the BBC News projects first global radio bulletin was made at Randfontein High School near Johannesburg in South Africa.Students from the school were joined by pupils from two other schoolsParktown
26、 High School for Girls and Impala Crescent Primary Schooland went live at 14：00 local time on 3 February 2009. BBC Producers Ros Smith and Kate Riley were invited by the Commonwealth of Learning to work with the schools.After deciding on their news items, the students gathered vox_pops from fellow s
27、tudents and their teachers.Tiffany said，“We had a chance to talk to other kids from other schools. This was great because Randfontein is situated in the sticks, away from civilisation.” Nomakhosi added, “Interviewing our teachers and classmates was interesting and I felt important while doing this.”
28、Chene commented, “My voice sounded like a whole new person. It takes some time getting used to hearing your own voice.”Pupils, known as learners in South Africa, then worked with School Report producer Ros Smith to edit their clips while others started scriptwriting(写广播稿)With the 1,400 deadline fast
29、 approaching, and the audio edited, the new School Reporters recorded their scripts so they could be added to the bulletin.Ros Smith was really impressed with the students work. She said, “The stories they chose were an excellent mix. The final bulletin sounds really good, and they finished with 10
30、minutes to spare before the deadline.”On 26 March students from the three schools will take part in the School Report News Day with support from the Open Learning Systems Education Trust, and it was a big success.文章大意：南非的中学生们自己动手收集新闻线索，采访、编写、修改、录制新闻节目。他们制作的新闻节目令BBC的专家们也刮目相看！5BBC School Report starte
31、d its first worldwide radio bulletin in_.A. its News Centre B. Randfontein High SchoolC. Impala Crescent Primary School D. Parktown High School for Girls答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段可知，BBC School Report这一栏目的第一份全球新闻简报是在南非的Randfontein High School制作的。6The underlined words “vox pops” in Paragraph 3 probably mean_.A.
32、news about pop stars B. skills of writing newsC. voices from the public D. suggestions on how to start an interview答案：C词义猜测题。根据下文学生Nomakhosi的话Interviewing our teachers and classmates可以推知，此处是说学生们采访身边的人，来获取“公众的声音”。故C项解释符合该词组的意思。7Which of the following is TRUE about Randfontein?A. It is a big city in S
33、outh Africa.B. It is a small and underdeveloped place.C. It established the School Report News Day.D. It invited Ros Smith and Kate Riley to a celebration.答案： B推理判断题。根据第四段Tiffany的话可知，Randfontein是一个相对比较落后的地方。8The students do the following jobs by themselves EXCEPT_.A. collecting the material for news
34、 B. interviewing the peopleC. editing the material D. setting up the deadline答案：D细节理解题。文中提到学生自己动手收集新闻线索，采访、编写、修改和录制新闻，但是未提及确定截止日期，因此答案选D项。9Whats the purpose of writing this passage?A. To give advice on making radio bulletins.B. To introduce BBC School Reports first global radio bulletin.C. To show students interest in making news in South Africa.D. To call on people to pay more attention to South African schools.答案：B推理判断题。通读全文可以看出，作者的写作目的是介绍南非中学生如何制作BBC School Report这一新闻栏目的第一份全球新闻简报。