1、Unit 4Making the news.单项填空1Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture,but when and where_yet.Ahasnt been decidedBhavent decidedCisnt being decidedDarent decided2The headmaster_all the teachers not smoke in the office.AtoldBannouncedCcalledDdemanded3It seems that westerners seldom
2、give their friends financial help.Maybe.For them_friendship is mostly_matter of providing emotional support and spending time together.A/;theBthe;aC/;aDa;the4Youd better cut your hair short.Our school does not_long hair.Aapprove of students woreBapprove students to wearCapprove of students to wearDa
3、pprove of students wearing5I hope you will keep us_ of how you are getting on with your work.AinformedBinformingCto informDinform6The floor is dirty.Can anyone clean it?_I do it all the time.ADont mention it.BWhy you?CNot sure.DNot me again.7Mary is_to leave as soon as possible.AhurriedBanxiousCworr
4、iedDnervous8I shall stay in the hotel all day_ there is news of the missing child.Ain caseBno matterCin any caseDin case of9Why cant I smoke here?At no time_in the meeting room.Ais smoking permittedBsmoking is permittedCsmoking is it permittedDdoes smoking permit10All the pupils are sitting silent,w
5、ith their mind_ on the story the teacher told them.AabsorbedBlostCconcentratedDconcentrating11_a good knowledge of English,he gave up his job and went to study in an English school. ASo as to requireBIn order to requireCSo as to acquireDIn order to acquire12After three months of hard work,my son man
6、aged to _ his classmates in math.Abe ahead ofBahead ofCoverDthe head of13If you _ computer games,youll have to finish your work in the garden.Awill playBare playingCare to playDplayed14_ read newspapers for pleasure,but also to improve their minds.ANot only old menBNot only old men doCNot only do ol
7、d menDOld men not only do15At weekends I sometimes get up early and sometimes I dont._,you see.ABy the wayBTo tell the truthCIt all dependsDLast but not least.完形填空Its a small gas station that has snacks,drinks,cigarettes,and candies.The young man behind the counter knows his_16_by name and what they
8、 normally want to buy.He treats children and adults with equal_17_.He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is_18_.One day,three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could,_19_not intending to pay for it.He hit the “panic button”,then went over the count
9、er and_20_the front door.It was obvious they were homeless,and equally obvious that they werent going_21_with their illgotten gains.They_22_the food and simply crowded together in panicknowing the police were_23_the way.Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didnt have to ste
10、al if they were that_24_.“We have food in the back,expired(到期) but still_25_to eat.If you need food,you_26_have some.”They were told to_27_what they had dropped and put them back,and then asked to straighten out the mess.They were just doing that_28_the police arrived.The officers were told the situ
11、ation was under control and the police were no longer_29_.This wasnt what they had_30_.They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong theyd done.Shocked,they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up.Soon three_31_people walked out with all the_32_thei
12、r arms could hold.They were_33_that,if they needed to come back again,they were to ask and not just grab.And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in.He would be the_34_person in the world to claim he was a hero.But he gave three people something they were in desperate ne
13、ed ofa_35_amount of selfrespect and a little bit of hope.16A.friendsBneighborsCcustomersDpassengers17A.respectBprideCwisdomDprivilege18A.slowBbusyCheavyDswift19A.bravelyBreasonablyChardlyDobviously20A.openedBlockedCclosedDbroke21A.nowhereBsomewhereCanywhereDeverywhere22A.hidBliftedCswallowedDdropped
14、23A.inBonCoffDby24A.anxiousBcautiousCcourageousDhungry25A.safeBeasyCsweetDunique26A.mustBcanCshouldDneed27A.hold upBhand outCpick upDhand in28A.whenBafterCbeforeDsince29A.popularBnecessaryCreliableDimportant30A.wantedBdesiredCexpectedDadmired31A.dirtierBcleanerCclevererDquicker32A.moneyBcigarettesCd
15、rinksDfood33A.remindedBwarnedCorderedDpersuaded34A.firstBlastCbestDworst35A.largeBfairCsmallDfull.阅读理解I am a good mother to three children.I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try t
16、o laugh.I am a good friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say.I am a good friend to my friends,and they to me.Without them,there would be nothing to say to you today.So heres what I want to tell you today:get a life.A real life,not a desire of the next promotion(
17、提升),the bigger paycheck and the larger house.Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love,and who love you.And remember that love is not leisure(休闲) but work.Pick up the phone.Send an email.Write a letter.And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it f
18、or granted.It is so easy to waste our lives,our days,our hours,and our minutes.It is so easy to exist instead of living.I learned to live many years ago.Something really,really bad happened to me,something that changed my life.If I had my choice,it would never have been changed at all.And what I lea
19、rned from it is what,today,seems to be the hardest lesson of all.I learned to love the journey,not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it,completely and totally.And I tried to do that,in part,by telling others what I
20、had learned.By telling them this:read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness,because if you do,you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.36The best title of this passage probably is “_”ALove Your FriendsBLive a Real Life
21、CDont Waste TimeDBe a Good Mother and Wife37How did the author form her view of life?AThrough social experience.BBy learning from her friends.CThrough an unfortunate experience.DFrom her children and husband.38By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragr
22、aph,the author really means that people tend to_.Amake a living rather than live a real lifeBwork rather than enjoy lifeCwaste a lot in lifeDforget the most important lesson in life39Whats the authors attitude toward work?ADo it well to serve others.BEarn enough money to make life better.CTry your b
23、est to get higher position and pay.DDont let it affect your real life.40It can be inferred from the passage that_.Athe author is a success in personal lifeBthe author doesnt try her best to work wellCthe author spends all her time caring for her childrenDthe author likes traveling very much1.A 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.A 10.C 11.D 12.A 13.C14.C 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.A 19.D 20.B 21.C 22.D 23.B 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.C 31.B 32.D 33.A 34.B 35.C 36.B 37. C 38.A 39.D 40.A