1、Unit 4Helping people around the world(A卷).单句语法填空1A new study shows older men who suffer from _ lack of deep sleep are nearly twice as likely to develop high blood pressure.答案：a2Yutu refers _ the lunar(月亮的) goddess Changes pet.答案：to3The old man gave us a lively_(describe) about his attending the para
2、de marking the anniversary of Chinas victory in World War held in Tiananmen Square.答案：description4Though _(lack) money, his parents managed to send him to a university.答案：lacking5The island is _(equal) attractive in spring and autumn because of the pleasant weather in both seasons.答案：equally6Swimmin
3、g is my favorite sport.There is nothing like swimming as _ means of keeping fit.答案：a7If only the doctor_(come) a little sooner!答案：had come8I dont think it is _(worth) taking the trouble to explain the question to him.答案：worthwhile9That poem makes me think back _ my childhood.答案：to10Students are ofte
4、n reminded _ they should obey school rules.答案：that.阅读理解(2016郑州第二次质检)When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived.She worried particularly about the lack of jobs, the cult
5、ural differences and the chance that I would face racism.Despite these worries, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive.Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses. Determined to do this on my ow
6、n, I spent a whole day going from door to door asking for a job.However, I received little or no response.This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks. One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask if there were any job opportunities.People there were very surprised, and advised m
7、e not to continue my job search in that manner. As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked if I would wait outside. Fifteen minutes later, he returned.He asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident
8、.He then offered to take me to the Royal Oak area to search for a job. I was a little surprised, but had a good feeling about him, so I went along.Along the way, I realized that I had run out of copies of my resume (简历)The man stopped at his business partners office to make me 15 extra copies.He als
9、o gave me tips on dressing and speaking, and added that I should give him a call if I ever needed anything.I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied.The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job. It seems that the world always gives back to you w
10、hen you need it.And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文， 主要讲述的是作者在新西兰留学期间如何在好心人的帮助下找到第一份工作的故事。1What wasnt the authors mother worried about?APeople might look down on the author.BThe author couldnt speak the local language.CThe author wasnt famili
11、ar with local customs.DIt might be difficult for the author to find a job.B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句“She worried particularly about the lack of jobs, the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism.” 可知， 作者的母亲在其去新西兰留学之前担心他找不到工作、 不适应当地文化以及可能会受到种族歧视， 文中并没有提到对其语言差异方面的担心， 即B项正确。2After staying
12、 in New Zealand for a short time, the author_Adecided to go back to his own countryBfelt the local people were not very friendlyChad to find a job to cover his living expensesDwanted to get a job that needed practical skillsC解析：细节理解题。 根据第二段的最后一句“Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of get
13、ting a job to supply my living expenses.” 可知， 到新西兰不久， 作者就发现要找份工作来补贴生活费的重要性了， 即C项正确。3When the author went into a building to look for a job, _Aa clerk gave him encouragement and adviceBhe was confident that he would find a good oneChe found many college students like him already thereDa clerk recomme
14、nded him to the company he worked forA解析：细节理解题。 根据第四段的倒数第二句“He asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident.” 以及第五段的“He also gave me tips on dressing and speaking” 可知， 作者去一栋写字楼里找工作时， 一个好心的职员给了他一些鼓励和建议， 即A项正确。4What is the story mainly about?AHow a stranger offered the author a job.
15、BHow a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.CHow the author adapted himself to a new situation.DHow the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.D解析：主旨大意题。 根据最后一段的总结以及全文的整体理解可知， 本文主要讲述的是作者在新西兰留学期间如何在好心人的帮助下找到第一份工作， 即D项正确。.完形填空(2016云南名校统考)A man wanted to make an investment(投资)An idea struck
16、him: “Why dont I plant a small mango tree and enjoy the benefits when it grows into a big one？” So he went to the _1_， bought a small tree and took it home.To the pride of his family, he _2_ it in the center of his _3_He read everything about _4_ a mango tree.He got up early every morning, for he wa
17、s determined to supply the tree with all the necessary nutrients.He watered it, _5_ it with manure(粪肥), and took good care of its leaves by removing those _6_ ones.He made sure the tree received enough care.Many times he sat and _7_ the beauty of the growing tree while dreaming about the _8_ mangoes
18、 that the tree would _9_His mind was always filled with the wish to taste the first fruit of the tree.Years went by _10_ .now, he had a big tree with its leaves shining and healthy, its bark healthy and hard.It was a big attraction _11_ it decorated his whole garden.Then one day he noticed a small b
19、ud (花蕾), which in a couple of days grew into a beautiful _12_Now he could _13_ wait for the fruit so he started to increase his supply of nutrients and care.Then one day the tree let out its first producta small green fruit.The man was so _14_He waited for a few more weeks till the fruit grew in _15
20、_The day came when he decided to _16_ the first fruit of the tree.He _17_ the tree, picked the fruit and then came his _18_The fruit was not like what he expected.It was hard, big and round.He was puzzled.He was sad.Seeing this, his _19_ came and asked him what happened.He told them that the fruit f
21、rom his tree was not what he wanted.When the neighbours heard this, they did not know whether to _20_ or comfort him, for what he planted years ago was not a mango tree.We can only reap (收获) what we plant.【语篇解读】一个人想发财， 突发了要栽植一棵芒果树的想法。 想不到结出的不是芒果，这个人很是失望。 原来他栽的不是棵芒果树。 1A.cityBfarmCmarket DschoolC解析：考
22、查语境化选词。 city “城市”； farm “农场”； market “市场”； school “学校”。 由后面的bought a small tree可知购买树苗应该是在“市场”。 2A.grew BmovedCplanted DthrewC解析：考查动词。 grow “种植”； move “移动”； plant “栽种”； throw “扔，丢掉”。 plant常指移植已长成秧苗的植物， 买芒果树苗回来后将其“栽”在花园里。 故选C项。 3A.garden BhouseCvillage DyardA解析：考查名词。 garden “花园”； house “房子”； village “
23、村庄”； yard “院子”。 B、 C两项可轻易排除。 D项易错选， 但根据第四段最后一句“it decorated his whole garden” 可知选A项。 4A.buying BimprovingCkeeping DraisingD解析：考查动词。 buy“购买”； improve“改进， 提高”； keep“保持， 饲养(动物)”； raise “养殖， 种植， 增加”。 此处raise a mango tree指维护、 管理芒果树。 故选D项。 5A.decorated BequippedCserved DsuppliedD解析：考查动词。 decorate “装饰”； eq
24、uip “装备， 武装”； serve “服务， 供应”； supply “提供”。 此处是为果树施肥， 应使用supply A with B, 故选D项。 6A.green BredCwhite DyellowD解析：考查形容词。 果树管理， 需要剪去老叶子枯萎的叶子。 枯萎的叶子会变黄， 而green leaves属于好叶子。 red leaves只是有些树有， 一般是秋天才有， 也是即将死去的叶子， 但秋天不需要剪枝。 white leaves很少见， 显然A、 B、 C三项可排除。 故选D项。 7A.admired BdrewCgreeted DoperatedA解析：考查动词。 ad
25、mire “欣赏， 赞美”； draw “画画”； greet “打招呼， 欢迎”； operate “操作， 管理”。 根据下文的“His mind was always filled with the wish to taste the first fruit of the tree.” 可知， 那个人是经常坐在树下“赞赏” 树长得漂亮， 并展望着早日品尝其结的芒果， 故选A项。 8A.beneficial BexpensiveChealthy DtastyD解析：考查形容词。 beneficial“有益的”； expensive “昂贵的”； healthy “健康的”； tasty “
26、可口的， 美味的”。 根据句意， 这个人是展望早日品尝果树结的“可口的” 芒果， 故选D项。 9A.bear BburstCdeserve DmakeA解析：考查动词。 bear“生育， 结果实”； burst “爆裂， 突发”； deserve “值得”， make “制造”。 此处是指果树“结果实”， 使用bear, 故选A项。 10A.immediately BquicklyCnarrowly DsuddenlyB解析：考查副词。 immediately “立即， 马上”； quickly “迅速地， 快”； narrowly “勉强地， 狭窄地”； suddenly “突然”。 根据接
27、下来的“now, he had a big tree”可知， 这一天到来了， 说明时间过得很快， 故选B项。 11A.because BifCthough DwhenA解析：考查连词。 because表示原因， if表示条件， though表示让步， when表示时间。 此处前后为因果关系， it decorated his whole garden是原因； It was a big attraction为结果， 故选A项。 12A.flower BfruitCleaf DnutA解析：考查名词。 flower“花朵”； fruit “水果”； leaf “叶子”； nut “果仁”。 根据常
28、识可知， 先是长出花蕾(a small bud), 然后花蕾长成flower, 花粉受精后才会结出果实， 故选A项。 13A.always BhardlyCnever DstrangelyB解析：考查副词。 always “总是， 始终”； hardly “几乎不”； never“从不”； strangely “奇怪地”。 cant/hardly wait for意为“等待不及”， 这个人等不及要品尝芒果树结出的果实， 故选B项。 14A.greedy BhappyCnervous DsadB解析：考查形容词。 greedy “贪婪的”； happy “快乐的”； nervous “紧张的”；
29、 sad “悲伤的”。 果树总算结出了第一个果实， 这个人显然非常“喜悦”， 故选B项。 15A.age BlengthCsize DwidthC解析：考查名词。 age“年龄”； length “长度”； size “尺寸， 大小”； width “宽度”。 这个人又等了几周， 以便让树上的果实“长大点”， 故选C项。 16A.observe BsellCsteal DtasteD解析：考查动词。 observe “观察， 观看”； sell“卖”； steal“偷”； taste “品尝”。 这个人一直期待的是“品尝” 自己栽的果树上结出的果实， 故选D项。 17A.climbed Bcu
30、tChid DkilledA解析：考查动词。 climb “爬上”； cut “砍伐”； hide “躲， 收藏”； kill“杀死”。 这个人感觉树上的果实应该成熟了， 决定“爬到树上”去摘下来吃， 故选A项。 18A.anxiety BcheersCdisappointment Dopinion C解析：考查名词。 anxiety “焦虑”； cheers “欢呼声”； disappointment “失望”； opinion “观点， 看法”。 根据下文的“The fruit was not like what he expected.It was hard, big and round
31、.He was puzzled.He was sad.” 可知， 这个人摘下树上的果实品尝后， 很是“失望”， 果子不像他所期盼的那样， 故选C项。 19A.children BfriendsCneighbours DrelativesC解析：考查名词。 根据最后一段中的“When the neighbours heard this” 可知选C项neighbours “邻居”。 children “孩子”； friends “朋友”； relatives “亲戚”。 20A.complain BlaughCmotivate DsupportB解析：考查动词。 complain “抱怨”； la
32、ugh “笑”； motivate “激励”； support “支持”。 邻居们听完这个人的诉苦后， 不知道是该“笑”他还是安慰他， 因为他几年前栽的树不是芒果树。 故选B项。 Unit 4Helping people around the world(B卷).阅读理解APeople have been painting pictures for at least 30，000 years.The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals.They used to paint pictures of the ani
33、mals they wanted to catch and kill.Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain.No one knows why they were painted there.Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stori
34、es in pictures.About 5，000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing.They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language.The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.T
35、he Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picturewriting and pictures together.When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried.Some of these pictures are like modern comicstrip(连环漫画) st
36、ories.It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip.But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power.So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea h
37、ad developed a simpler system of writing.The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system.This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language.The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alpha
38、bet.The Romans copied the idea, and Roman alphabet is now used all over the world. These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures.But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams.We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers,
39、 in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work.Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.【语篇解读】文章介绍人类绘画的历史。 从猎人的画到埃及人开始用图画当作文字。 还有希腊人发展了这种符号系统并形成了希腊字母。 罗马人的字母应用到世界各地。 现今， 我们还是有许多地方需要图画， 比如： 绘画、 照片、 标记和图表。 1A
40、ncient people in France and Spain painted pictures on walls of caves probably because_Athey loved animalsBthey enjoyed seeing picturesCthey preferred painting pictures to telling storiesDthey thought pictures helpfulD解析：细节理解题。 由第一段的句子： Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them
41、 to catch these animals.可知绘画在岩壁上是因为这些画被认为在捕捉动物的时候是有用的。 2From this passage we know that_Athe Egyptian signs made a particular alphabet come into being Bthe Roman alphabet was developed from Egyptian alphabet CEgypt is wellknown for their comicstrip storiesDpeople in other parts of the world copied th
42、eir writing system from the EgyptiansA解析：细节理解题。 从第二段的句子： They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language.The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.可知埃及的符号后来变成了一种特殊的字母，故选A。 3In the last paragraph, the author thinks that
43、pictures _Ashould be made comprehensibleBare of much use in our lifeCshould be made interestingDare disappearing from our lifeB解析：细节理解题。 从文章的最后一句Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.我们可以得出结论： 作者认为现在绘画还是很有用的， 答案为B。 4The possib
44、le title of this article may be_APictures and WritingBThe Best Way of WritingCHome of the ComicStrip StoriesDThe Earliest Language in the WorldA解析：标题归纳题。 文章介绍人类绘画的历史。 从猎人的画到埃及人开始用图画当作文字。 还有希腊人发展了这种符号系统并形成了希腊字母。 罗马人的字母应用到世界各地。 现今， 我们还是有许多地方需要图画， 比如： 绘画、 照片、 标记和图表， 故选A项。 B(2016吉林实验中学模拟)During the past
45、 Spring Festival, many children may have received red packets from their families.But Xing Pu, a 40yearold economist, is asking the government to give red packets to every Chinese citizen.Xing suggested the government give out 1，000 yuan to each Chinese since the government income has increased rapi
46、dly in recent years.He said his suggestion would allow everyone to directly enjoy the fruits of the countrys economic success, help the lowerincome groups deal with rising prices and increase consumption(消费) around the country.Recent years have seen the government carry out a series of propoor(扶贫) a
47、nd prorural(惠农) policies, including increasing spending on public healthcare and calling off the agricultural tax.But the lowerincome group still needs more help while being hit hard by an 11year high in prices and recent snowstorms.Xing said while making the draft, he has borrowed many ideas from p
48、ractices in countries like the United States and Singapore.Earlier this year, the governments of the two nations offered cash handouts(救济) to their citizens as the result of a surplus in government income.As for in China, “We can even encourage the rich to donate their 1，000 yuan red packet to the p
49、oor，” said Xing.Although Xings suggestion has gained wide support among ordinary Chinese on the Internet, many other economists criticized it as unpractical.Even Xing himself admitted he made the suggestion without any careful calculation.But they agreed with Xings point that the growing economic pi
50、e should be shared among the people.“To better use the increase of money, handing out money is not a solution that holds good for all time.It could be better to improve the public service or cut the price of energy use in daily life，” said Qiao Xinsheng, an economic professor.【语篇解读】春节期间孩子会得到家人给的红包，
51、但一位40岁的经济学家也要求政府发给公民红包， 从而引起了广泛的讨论。5Xing Pu suggested that the government give out 1，000 yuan to each Chinese because_Athe poor should get help from the richBthe government should help the richCthe growing economic pie should be shared among the peopleDthe government doesnt know how to use the money
52、C解析：细节理解题。 根据第二段提到He said his suggestion would allow everyone to directly enjoy the fruits of the countrys economic success, help the lowerincome groups deal with rising prices and increase consumption(消费) around the country.他说他的建议允许大家来享受国家经济成功的果实， 故选C项。6What has the government done to help the lowe
53、rincome group?ASpending less on public health care.BIncreasing the agricultural tax.CHanding out money to every Chinese.DCarrying out propoor policies.D解析：细节理解题。 根据第三段提到Recent years have seen the government carry out a series of propoor(扶贫) and prorural(惠农) policies, including increasing spending on
54、 public healthcare and calling off the agricultural tax.政府推出一系列的扶贫和惠农政策包括增加公共福利投入， 减少农业税， 故选D项。7According to some experts, what is better than giving out money?ASupplying food to everyone every day.BCutting the price of energy use in daily life.CControlling the rising of prices.DIncreasing the gover
55、nment income.B解析：细节理解题。 根据最后一段提到It could be better to improve the public service or cut the price of energy use in daily life, 提高公共服务或减少日常生活中的能源价格， 故选B项。8Xing Pus ideas of giving red packets to every Chinese citizen mainly came from_Achildren receiving red packets from their familiesBthe US and Sing
56、apore governments offering cash handouts to their citizensCthe governments increasing spending on public health careDthe rising prices in the countryB解析：推理判断题。 根据第四段第一、 二句提到Xing said while making the draft, he has borrowed many ideas from practices in countries like the United States and Singapore.a
57、s the result of a surplus in government income.这个经济学家说， 在起草这个意见的时候， 他借鉴了像美国和新加坡这些国家给公民提供现金救济的想法， 故选B项。.短文改错Dear Sir, Im a middle school student.I am willing be a volunteer to help other.Although I am busy, I still wanted to visit Old Peoples Home as a volunteer.Apart from do some cleaning for the ol
58、d people, giving some performances with my friends are another thing I can do.I believe Ill be the person who can get on good with the old there.Besides, I am ready to give a hand to sick children in hospital.I love children but Ill devote myself to taking good care of him.In a word, I would like to
59、 help those people whom need help.Please get in touch with me by phone or by the mail.WarmheartedJim答案：Dear Sir, Im a middle school student.I am willing be a volunteer to help .Although I am busy, I still to visit Old Peoples Home as a volunteer.Apart from some cleaning for the old people, giving so
60、me performances with my friends another thing I can do.I believe Ill be the person who can get on with the old there.Besides, I am ready to give a hand to sick children in hospital.I love children Ill devote myself to taking good care of .In a word, I would like to help those people need help.Please get in touch with me by phone or by the mail.WarmheartedJim