1、Unit 24Period Four(时间：40分钟).阅读理解(共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right，” says Mollie Hunter.Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people.She firmly believes
2、that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is.In Mollies opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing.“If you arent telling a story, youre a very dead(呆板的) wr
3、iter indeed，” she says.“I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language，” she says.“This love goes back to early childhood.Ive told stories all my life.I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family al
4、ways had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said Nonsense, Mollie, dear, youll be a writer. So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer
5、.”This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical(自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollies ambition(理想) and her struggle towards its achievement.Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地) brought though
6、ts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fieldssadly now covered with modern houses.“I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood.Ill never go back，” she said，“Never.” “When I set one of my books in
7、Scotland，” she said, “I can recall my romantic(浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work.And thats important, because children now know so much so early that romance cant exist for them, as it did for us.”1What does Mollie Hunter feel about the natu
8、re of a good book？()AIt should not aim at a narrow audience.BIt should be attractive to young readers.CIt should be based on original ideas.DIt should not include too much conversation.2In Mollie Hunters opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer？()ABeing poor in life experience. B
9、Being short of writing skills.CThe weakness of description. DThe absence of a story.3_ made Mollie Hunter determined to be a writer.ALoving of telling storiesBHer early writing experience CHer teacherDMollies ambition4Whats the writers purpose in this text？()ATo describe Mollie Hunters most successf
10、ul books.BTo provide information for Mollie Hunters existing readers.CTo introduce Mollie Hunters work to a wider audience.DTo share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunters books.【答案】14 A D C C.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。“Are you going shopping today？” my husband, R
11、oy, asked when I answered the telephone.“I _1_to，” I said.Thanksgiving was only a couple days away.My money was_2_ and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.For a few seconds, Roy sat_3_ on the other end of the line.The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I co
12、uldnt wait to break through.“Why do you ask？” I whispered,_4_ what he might say.“Nancy, theres a family with six kids that will not have anything to_5_for Thanksgiving.The little one is only five years old.While youre at the store could you_6_ buy something for them？” My head began to spin when I wa
13、s thinking about the fifty dollars I had_7_ for our familys Thanksgiving dinner.In the back of my mind I_8_the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner.I put my head down on my desk, already feeling_9_.Theres no way possible, I thought.But the passion (怜悯) I heard in my husbands_10_
14、 struck a nerve inside me.I replied, “_11_ but only if God helps.”I finished my work and_12_all the way to the nearest grocery store.I entered the parking lot and noticed a big_13_in the grocery store window: Turkeys29 cents a pound.“Thank God！” I said to myself.I went inside, but when I read the si
15、gn my heart_14_.“Limit one.” But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager.I_15_the problem.He made an exception.To my_16_， I had enough money.I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the fiveyearold child who had_17_ my heart, even though I had never met her.Later that afte
16、rnoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home_18_with children of all ages.I will never forget the _19_ on the six kids faces.By far, that was the greatest_20_ of my life.()1.A.planBrefuseCfailDagree()2.A.privateBenoughCendlessDlimited()3.A.nervouslyBsilentlyCfriendlyDexcitedly()4.A.arrangingBr
17、eceivingCfearingDblaming()5.A.eatBdoCpayDsay()6.A.freelyBpossiblyCgentlyDregularly()7.A.lentBpulledChiddenDsaved()8.A.invitedBorganizedCcountedDconnected()9.A.affectedBdefeatedCsatisfiedDbored()10.A.voiceBfaceCheartDbody()11.A.BadBPoorCSureDAfraid()12.A.angeredBworriedCwonderedDprayed()13.A.flowerBs
18、ignCbookDword()14.A.sankBfellCendedDheld()15.A.explainedBpromisedCrequiredDcorrected()16.A.horrorBsadnessCcreditDsurprise()17.A.brokenBstolenCoperatedDsupported()18.A.coveredBshapedCfilledDmade()19.A.sorrowBlonelinessCdisappointmentDsmiles()20.A.yearBseasonCThanksgivingDreward【答案】15 A D B C A610 B D
19、 C B A1115 C D B A A1620 D B C D C.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。I am now a good student in my class.But you dont know that 1._ I started senior English in the beginning，I found 2._ difficult and quite different from what we had learned in junior school.Now I still remembe
20、r a teacher who taught me at that time.3_ teacher is a good teacher because she always tries her best to be the one 4._ classes are more active and lively with some stories and examples.5_ the help of my teacher, I realized the 6._(important) of English，so I was 7._(determine) to learn English well.
21、My teacher suggested that we 8._ (read) more if we want to improve our English, so every day I would do some English reading.She also 9._(tell) us lessons learned in classes could help us deal with exams, but even more valuable were the lessons learned in extracurricular activities in school.I like my English teacher very much.Now I have made 10._ great progress in my English study that I am more interested in learning it than before.【答案】1.when2.it3.The4.whose5.With6importance7.determined8.(should) read9told10.such
