1、必修四Unit1补充训练2一阅读理解AQueen Victoria was monarch of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age. Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old, she marr
2、ied a German prince named Albert. Victoria and Albert were deeply in love, and their marriage was extremely happy. In 1861, after they had been married for twenty-one years, Albert died, leaving Queen Victoria heartbroken. For the rest of her life, the lonely Victoria mourned his loss. It was custom
3、ary in those days for a widow to dress in black for a short time after the death of her husband. But Queen Victoria dressed in black for forty years. And for forty years, as another sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black. Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria
4、 was known as a very serious woman. She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her tasks. In her diary she wrote, “I love to be employed; I hate to be idle. ”She never forgot that she was Britains queen and always acted with great dignity(尊严). Victoria had high ideals and moral stand
5、ards(道德标准)that sometimes made her seem stuffy(古板的). She was also very sure of herself. She always thought that she was right, and expected everyone to agree with her. 1. Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria is NOT true according to the passage? A. She had great confidence in hersel
6、f. B. She ruled Great Britain for sixty-four years. C. She enjoyed her marriage to a German prince. D. She became a serious woman after her beloved husband died. 2. Queen Victoria wrote her letters on white paper edged in black because_. A. she was a stern womanB. black was her favourite colourC. th
7、at was one way to show her feeling of sadnessD. it was a custom among monarchs of Great Britain3. All of the following characteristics EXCEPT_ can be used to properly describe Queen Victoria. A. confident B. lonesomeC. workaholicD. indecisive4. The underlined word“mourned”in the second paragraph mea
8、ns_. A. felt sad or sorrowful in a social situationB. expressed publicly ones sadness because someone has diedC. checked regularly in order to find out what was happeningD. included in a group of numbers, ages, measurements with particular limitsBI came to live here where I am now between Wounded Kn
9、ee Greek and Grass Greek. Others came too, and we made these little grey houses of logs that you see, and they are square, It is a bad way to live, for there can be no power in a square. You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always
10、 works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the respectful circle of the nation, and so long as the circle was unbroken, the people were getting rich. The flowering tree was the living center of the circle
11、, and the circle of the four quarters nursed it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain, and the north with its cold and strong wind gave strength and continuous power. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our brief. Everything the Power of the World
12、does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. Birds make their nests in circle, for theirs are the same as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the sea
13、sons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our places were like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nations circle, a ne
14、st of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to nurse our children. But the Wasichus(Indian word for“white people”)have put us in these square boxes. Our power is gone and we are dying, for the power is not in us any more. You can look at our boys and see how it is with us. Where we were li
15、ving by the power of the circle in the way we should, boys were men at twelve or thirteen years of age. But now it takes them very much longer to be bull-grown. 5. According to the passage, the Indians_. A. dont have modern instruments in their homesB. refused to move from round placesC. lived in ro
16、und places, but were forced to live in square housesD. lived in round places, but then decided to move into square houses6. Two things being compared in the passage are_. A. the Indians past and present living conditionsB. the Indians past and modern beliefsC. the Indians old and new powerD. people
17、and nature7. In the second paragraph “the four quarters” refers to_. A. the four rooms of the Indians houseB. the four kinds of natural powerC. the four seasonsD. the four directions8. According to the author, once the Indians moved into square houses, _. A. they had to move to other housesB. boys t
18、ook more time to grow into menC. they forgot the old way of lifeD. everyone was not happy二.完形填空Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didnt get a1to go to school. 2a child, Harriet had to work very hard in3all day. That way, her owner could4a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet5think that she
19、 was being treated fairly. 6Harriet grew up, she ran away from the plantation(庄园)to the northern United States. There, and in Canada, 7could be free. Harriet liked to be free. She felt8for all of the black people who were9slaves. Harriet returned to10to help other slaves to run away. She made11that
20、they got to the north and became free. Harriet was in great12because of a13law. The law said it was not permitted to14slaves run away. She also15that the slave owners said they would16$4, 000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman. There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away. In
21、all, she made nineteen17back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to18. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states19with the southern states. Harriet20the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until
22、the northern states won the war. 1. A. dayB. chance C. permission D. moment2. A. AsB. Being C. Since D. Like3. A. the farm B. a school C. the fields D. a factory4. A. makeB. pay C. got D. spend5. A. certainly B. didnt C. no more D. no longer6. A. SinceB. After C. ThenD. With7. A. the white B. white
23、C. blackD. black people8. A. happyB. sure C. wrongD. sorry9. A. stillB. yet C. onlyD. not10. A. Canada B. the South C. the North D. the U. S. 11. A. perfect B. way C. possible D. sure12. A. angerB. anxiety C. hurryD. danger13. A. explainedB. gained C. passedD. broken14. A. helpB. set free C. stopD. catch15. A. foundB. noticed C. found out D. made sure16. A. payB. make C. spendD. get17. A. letters B. incidents C. tripsD. trials18. A. freedomB. safety C. NorthD. southern states19. A. united B. fought C. made peaceD. gave in20. A. looked for B. stood for C. looked onD. went to
