1、Unit 12Life is full of the unexpected.单项选择(共10小题；每小题4分，满分40分)()1.Show me your homework, Dave?Sorry, Mrs. Brown. Ive _ it at home.Aleft Bforgotten Clost()2.Dont _ too late, or youll feel tired tomorrow.Awake up Bshow up Cstay up()3.If we read a lot, our life will be full _ pleasure.Awith Bof Cfor()4.
2、Youd better hurry. Well be late for the plane.Dont worry. The plane will _ in two hours.Atake out Btake away Ctake off()5.The little boy is _ lovely _ everyone likes him.Asuch; that Btoo; to Cso; that()6.Do you know where Mary lives?Yes, I do. She lives in New York. She _ for five years.Ahas married
3、 BmarriedChas been married()7.When they were about _ the meeting, someone turned off all the lights in the hall. It was such a bad thing.Astart BstartingCto start()8.They were made _ by the lovely girl.Ato laugh BlaughClaughing()9.Last Tuesday was my birthday. All of my good friends _ at the party.A
4、showed up Bgave upCput up()10._ I walked into the classroom, the teacher had started teaching already.ABy the time BWhileCAfter.阅读理解(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分)April Fools Day, also called All Fools Day, is celebrated in many Englishspeaking countries, and other countries, on April 1 every year. Although not
5、usually a holiday, April Fools Day is widely recognized as a time when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. If someone is taken in by the joke they are called an “April Fool”In some countries, particularly the UK, you must play your April Fools Day joke before midday, otherwise you
6、become the fool. It is not at all clear how April Fools Day started. Some people associate it with the sixteenthcentury adoption (接受) in Europe of the Gregorian calendar instead of the Julian calendar, when the beginning of the year moved from April 1 to January 1. But that seems unlikely given that
7、 many countries have a similar day for joking around at other times of the year.One of the most famous April Fools jokes ever was the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest documentary, broadcast by BBC TV in 1957. Many viewers thought that this was a genuine documentary and called in asking where they could buy “
8、spaghetti plants”Another example of a successful April Fools joke is the article published by English Club on April 1, 2019 entitled (题为) UN to Ban Unnecessary Languages. This generated (产生) an almost immediate 300 comments, many from visitors who believed the article.()11.What is NOT true about Apr
9、ils Day according to the passage?AIt is called All Fools Day, too.BIt is celebrated on April first every year.CIt is usually a holiday in many Englishspeaking countries.()12.A successful April Fools joke must be played _ according to British tradition.Abefore April Fools DayBbefore noon on April Foo
10、ls Day Cin the afternoon of April Fools Day()13.The third paragraph mainly tells us_.Awhat April Fools Day meansBhow people celebrate April Fools Day Chow April Fools Day started()14.The article UN to Ban Unnecessary Languages was published in _.A1957 B1975C2019()15.The underlined word “genuine” mea
11、ns_.Atrue BfoolishCfriendly.任务型阅读(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分)阅读短文，捕捉信息，根据短文内容完成表格。Our class had a weekly class meeting last Friday. We talked about how to deal with lies, hoaxes or rumors (谣言). Here are the stories some students told. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Zhang Wei: Yesterday my friend Jim went to s
12、chool without his homework. He told his teacher that his dog ate it. It was just an excuse he made to cover the fact that he didnt do his homework. The teacher knew about that and made Jim stay to finish his homework after school. Sometimes we think we can avoid trouble by making excuses when we do
13、something wrong, but were really making the problem bigger.Chen Ping: Last week I got a message. It said, “A little girl called Julia has brain cancer. The girl will get three cents from America Online each time this message is forwarded (转发). So please be kind and forward this to everyone you know.
14、 If not, you will have bad luck for a year.” In fact, it is just one of the silly chain letters (连锁信) to cheat you and waste your time. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Xu Yan: A big earthquake happened on May 20th. The earthquake was strongly felt by people in Chengdu. A rumor said Chengdu will be h
15、it by a bigger earthquake in the coming days. For the next several days, thousands of people camped outside their houses at night because of fear. Besides, many people rushed to buy food, water, medicine and so on. Some businessmen used peoples fear of earthquake to help sell their goods (货物) at a h
16、igher price. Of course, nothing happened in the end.Information CardThe topic of this weeks class meeting is how to deal with 16._. Jims excuse for not bringing his homework is that his dog 17._.Julias illness is 18._ according to America Online.People in Chengdu camped 19._ and rushed to buy food,
17、water, medicine and so on when the rumor came. Businessmen who sold their goods at a higher price used peoples 20._. .用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分) stay uparrive atshow upgo offfind out21.The leader _ the farmers house and went into the kitchen to have a look.22You neednt go to school tomorrow.
18、You can _ late to have fun.23I wont leave the coffee shop until you _24Please help me _ how to download these songs from the Internet onto my personal computer.25Jack got to school late this morning because his clock didnt _.1.A根据语境可知，“我”把家庭作业留在家里了。“leave sth.介词地点”表示“把某物留在某地”。故选A。2C3.B4.C5.C6.C7.C8A9.A10.A.1115CBCCA.16.lies, hoaxes or rumors17ate his homework18.brain cancer19outside their houses20fear of earthquake.21.arrived at22.stay up23.show up24(to) find out25.go off
