1、UNIT 4Period Four题组A基础练(建议用时：10分钟).单词拼写1The _ (基础) of a happy marriage is trust.2Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 _ (百分数)3Ive recently changed my _ (看法) of her.4The discussion _ (集中) on three main problems.5The two countries have always _ (保持) close relations.6Increase or decrease the font size on yo
2、ur _ (智能手机)7Lack of cash is a _ (限制性的) factor.8A guide gives a _ (简洁的) talk on the history of the site.【答案】1.basis2.percent3.opinion4.focused5maintained6.smartphone7.limiting8.brief.单句语法填空1The _ (content) are emptied into color-coded buckets.2She was chosen for the job _ the basis of her qualificati
3、ons.3The job is OK，but its sort of _ (limit)4_ (create) people are usually very determined.5The health _ (authority) are investigating the problem.6_ brief, your work is bad.7Stay in _ with your friends and family members.8Women have been portrayed by artists _ many ways.【答案】1.contents2.on3.limiting
4、4.Creative5authorities6.In7.touch8.in.完成句子1_ _ _, it was a very modern school for its time.从很多方面来说，这所学校在当时是非常先进的。2_ _ _, its better not to go.我的意思还是不去为好。3There are many different ways we can _ _ _ _.我们向他人表达善意的方法有很多。4_ _ _ _ _ makes him popular.正是他的善良使得他很受欢迎。5Dont _ _ _ your current situation; _ _ _
5、the direction that youre traveling in.不要在乎眼前的处境，关注你行走的方向。【答案】1.In many ways2.In my opinion3show kindness to others4.It is his kindness that5be concerned with; be concerned with题组B提升练 (建议用时：20分钟).阅读理解 The new study shows that we spend more time using the mobile Internet to read newspapers and magazin
6、es or do some other things. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau(IAB)，the average European spends 4.8 hours reading newspapers and magazines but 1.6 hours more using the mobile Internet per week.The IAB questioned 15,000 people in 15 European countries, looking at how people were using th
7、e Internet and its influence on their everyday lives. It found that the mobile Internet is increasingly finding its way into the public awareness. Over 71 million Europeans now have Internet access on their mobile phones. In the UK, 10 million people now access the Internet through their mobile phon
8、es and spend 6.3 hours doing so per week averagely.Unsurprisingly, young generations in the UK are leading the way, with nearly half of the countrys 16-to 24-year-olds and a quarter of 25-to 34-year-olds using the Internet, spending 6.5 and 6.2 hours online each week.Entertainment plays a main role
9、in our mobile Internet lives，with one in five British people using their phones for online games，a third listening to the online radio and 39 percent watching films，TV or other videos at least once a week. One third of those using an Internet phone said they received videos，images or other multimedi
10、a on their mobile，and 61 percent said they passed on the contents they had received.From a communication point of view,80 percent of those questioned agreed that the Internet had made it easier for them to stay in touch with friends and family.Alison Fennah，director of the IAB，said the use of the mo
11、bile Internet had come to the point that marketers should be looking to strategies(策略)that connect them with consumers more effectively. “Better tools as well as improved consumer motivation that start coming together in 2011 can make a great difference to extending the online experience，” Fennah sa
12、id.()1.How long does a European spend on the mobile Internet per week according to the IAB?A6.4 hours.B6.2 hours.C4.8 hours. D1.6 hours.()2.What do people mainly use the mobile Internet for?ACommunication. BEntertainment.CStudy. DAdvertising.()3.It can be known from the passage that _.Amore than hal
13、f of the people in the UK use the mobile InternetBthe Internet is the most effective way to stay in touch with friends and familyCthe UK has the largest number of people who use the mobile Internet in EuropeDbetter tools and improved consumer motivation help extend the online experience()4.The autho
14、r wrote the passage to tell us _.Ahow to use mobile phones to surf the InternetBnewspapers and magazines will disappear soonCmore and more people use the Internet in EuropeDhow the Internet influences our daily lives【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了研究表明越来越多的人，使用移动互联网。1A细节理解题。根据“the average European spends 4.8 h
15、ours reading newspapers and magazines but 1.6 hours more using the mobile Internet a week”可知，一个欧洲人每周花在移动互联网上的时间是4.81.66.4小时。故选A。2B细节理解题。由“Entertainment plays a main role in our mobile Internet lives”可知，人们主要使用移动互联网娱乐。故选B。3D细节理解题。由“Better devices as well as improved consumer motivation that start comi
16、ng together in 2011 can make a great difference to extending the online experience.” 可知，2011年开始出现的更好的设备以及更好的消费者动机，极大地改善在线体验。故选D。4C写作意图题。从文中给出的使用移动互联网的人数的数据，可以看出越来越多的人使用移动互联网。故选C。阅读加油站awareness n意识averagely adv.平均地unsurprisingly adv.不出所料，毫不意外play a main role in 在方面起主要作用From a communication point of v
17、iew,80 percent of those questioned agreed that the Internet had made it easier for them to stay in touch with friends and family.从沟通的角度来看，80% 的受访者同意互联网让他们更容易与朋友和家人保持联系。.七选五People communicate in two ways.One way is called personal communication.A person who talks or writes to another person is using
18、personal communication.In personal communication, two things happen.You receive information._1_The other way of sending information is called mass(大众) communication._2_ Radio and television are forms of mass communication.In mass communication, people can only hear and see information.They cannot ta
19、lk or write back.The telephone is an important communication system.A communication system forms a link between people._3_When people talk, they give information.When people listen, they receive information.Families and friends often use the telephone to communicate.The telephone helps them keep in
20、touch when they are far apart.People do not have to write letters.With a telephone, they can hear others voice._4_ Calling on the telephone is much faster and easier than visiting.People use the telephone to make plans, or just to say hello.People also use telephones to communicate in business.Befor
21、e telephones, people had to wait many days for letters.Telephones allow people to send information quickly._5_Business people dont need to travel long distances to have a meeting.Instead, they can talk and share ideas by using the telephone.AThe purpose of mass communication is to reach many people
22、at once.BTelephones speed up the way people do business.CYou can also respond to the information you get.DCommunication with a telephone makes life much more convenient than before.EPeople also use the telephone to communicate even when they live close to each other.FTelephone is a kind of personal
23、communication.GThis link allows people to share information by talking and listening.【语篇解读】本文讲述了人们交流的方式。1C根据本空前面的 “In personal communication，two things happen.You receive information.”可知，“You can also respond(回应)to the information you get(你对得到的信息也能进行回应)”与语境相符，故选C项。2A根据本空前面的句子 “The other way of sendi
24、ng information is called mass(大众)communication(另一种发送信息的方式称为大众传播)”可知，“The purpose of mass communication is to reach many people at once(大众传播的目的是同时接触到许多人)”与文章语境相符，故选A项。3G根据本前一句 “A communication system forms a link(联系)between people.”可知，“This link allows people to share information by talking and liste
25、ning(这种联系许人们通过交谈和倾听来共享信息)”与文章语境相符，故选G项。4E根据本空后面的 “Calling on the telephone is much faster and easier than visiting.People use the telephone to make plans，or just to say hello.”可知，“People also use the telephone to communicate even when they live close to each other(人们也使用电话进行交流，即使他们住在附近)”与文章语境相符，故选E项。
26、5B根据本空前面的 “Telephones allow people to send information quickly.”可知，“Telephones speed up the way people do business(电话加快了人们做生意的速度)”与文章语境相符，故选B项。.完形填空When I was aged thirteen, my father _1_ his store manager.With his _2_ gone, my father came to me.“Will you come in while I go out to _3_ the days calls
27、 _4_ I find the right person？” he asked.“People like to bargain，” he told me.“So I dont _5_ prices.You just have to know a _6_.”He took me around and introduced the prices of those things to me.Every day after _7_，I would go to the store.Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip(纸条) for an attractiv
28、e plate.I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate.My father glanced down at what I was doing, _8_ the customer and said, “You sure got a_9_ today.” Afterward, I asked my father, “What was that all_10_？”It turned out that it was a(n) _11_ plate, worth a few hundred dollars.I was shocked.I was
29、 _12_ to help my father and instead I was losing money for him.He said, “You were just writing up the slip and hadnt yet taken the money._13_, by civil law, youre _14_ age.But，a man stands by his word and the word of his agent.” It _15_ my father a small amount of money, but I learned integrity(正直)(
30、)1.A.missed BfiredCdismissed Dlost()2.A.manager BbossCservant Dsalesman()3.A.ask BreturnCanswer Dgive()4.A.if BwhenCuntil Dunless()5.A.offer BdecideCmark Dcreate()6.A.name BrangeCvariety Dcatalogue()7.A.school BworkCstudy Dplay()8.A.turned on Bturned toCturned up Dturned down()9.A.plate BrewardCbarg
31、ain Dfortune()10.A.about BforCaround Dto()11.A.ordinary BfragileCantique Dsmooth()12.A.willing BwaitingCmanaging Dtrying()13.A.However BThereforeCBesides DConsequently()14.A.under BaboveCat Dof()15.A.spent BcostCtook Dwasted【语篇解读】本文为记叙文。作者通过讲述自己和父亲之间发生的故事，说明父亲为他上了一堂终身受益的课，并教会了他应该做一名正直的人。1D考查动词辨析。mis
32、sed漏掉，错过； fired解雇； dismissed解雇，把免职；lost失去。根据下文 “With his gone(随着离开)”和“find the right person(找到合适的人选)”可知，此处表示的应是：父亲失去了他的店铺经理。故D项正确。2A考查名词辨析。根据上文父亲失去了他的商店经理可知，此处指的应是：随着他的商店经理的离开。manager经理；boss老板；servant服务员；salesman销售员。故A项正确。3C考查动词辨析。根据与该动词相搭配的宾语“the days calls”可知，这里指的是，回复一天的订货电话；固定短语answer a call意为：接听
33、电话。ask问；return返回；answer应答；give给。故C项正确。4C考查连词辨析。结合上文可知，本句的意思应是：在我找到合适的人选之前，我出去回复一天的订货电话时，你愿意来吗？if如果；when当的时候；until直到； unless除非。故C项正确。5C考查动词辨析。本句的意思是：因为人们喜欢讨价还价，所以我不标价格。offer提供；decide决定；mark标记；create创造。故C项正确。6B考查名词辨析。根据下文可知，此处应表示的是价格范围。name名字；range范围；variety种类；catalogue目录。故B项正确。7A考查名词辨析。根据上文“When I wa
34、s aged thirteen”可知，因为作者那时只有13岁，因此可以判断出作者当时应该还是一名学生，此处指每天放学后。school学校；work工作；study学习；play戏剧。故A项正确。8B考查动词辨析。根据句意可知，此处指的是：父亲瞥了一眼我正在做的事情，转向顾客并说。turned on打开，发动，使兴奋；turned to (使)转向；turned up出现；turned down减少，关小，拒绝。故B项正确。9C考查名词辨析。根据上下文可知，作者将一个古董盘子低价卖给了一位顾客，这里父亲告诉顾客的应是：今天你肯定买到了一个便宜货。plate盘子；reward报酬，报答，酬金；ba
35、rgain便宜货；fortune命运，财富。故C项正确。10A考查介词辨析。此处为固定的表达方式“What was that all about？”，意为：那是怎么回事？故A项正确。11C考查形容词辨析。根据下文“worth a few hundred dollars”表示该盘子值几百美元可知，这是一个古董盘子。ordinary普通的，平常的；fragile易碎的，脆弱的；antique古董的； smooth光滑的。故C项正确。12D考查动词辨析。根据上文作者将一个价值几百美元的古董盘子只卖了一美元可知，他让父亲损失了钱，因此本句话的意思应是：我在这本是试图帮助我的父亲做生意，但我却让他亏钱了
36、。willing决心要；waiting等待；managing管理；trying试图。故D项正确。13C考查副词辨析。根据句意关系可知，此处的前后两个句子表示的是并列关系，意为：你只是写了纸条而且还没有收钱，此外根据民法，你属于未成年。However然而；Therefore所以；Besides除此之外；Consequently因此。故C项正确。14A考查介词辨析。根据上文可知，作者当时只有13岁，故此处应表示按照法律规定，作者属于未成年。under在之下；above在之上；at在；of关于。故A项正确。15B考查动词辨析。结合上文并分析句意可知，此处It即代指上文我将一个古董盘子低价销售的事情。意为：虽然它花去了父亲少量的钱，但却在学做正直的人这方面，为我上了一堂终身受益的课。 spent花费；cost花费； took带走；wasted浪费。spend的主语通常指人，cost的主语通常指物，而此处主语指的是一件事情。故B项正确。
