英语必修5&选修6Unit 4 Making the news巩固练习

Unit 4　Making the news

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture，but when and where________yet.

A．hasn’t been decided     B．haven’t decided

C．isn’t being decided      D．aren’t decided

2．The headmaster________all the teachers not smoke in the office.

A．told    B．announced   C．called   D．demanded

3．—It seems that westerners seldom give their friends financial help.

—Maybe.For them________friendship is mostly________matter of providing emotional support and spending time together.

A．/；the   B．the；a   C．/；a    D．a；the

4．You’d better cut your hair short.Our school does not________long hair.

A．approve of students wore

B．approve students to wear

C．approve of students to wear

D．approve of students wearing

5．I hope you will keep us________ of how you are getting on with your work.

A．informed   B．informing   C．to inform   D．inform

6．—The floor is dirty.Can anyone clean it?

—________I do it all the time.

A．Don’t mention it.      B．Why you?

C．Not sure.        D．Not me again.

7．Mary is________to leave as soon as possible.

A．hurried        B．anxious

C．worried        D．nervous

8．I shall stay in the hotel all day________ there is news of the missing child.

A．in case   B．no matter   C．in any case  D．in case of

9．—Why can’t I smoke here?

—At no time________in the meeting room.

A．is smoking permitted     B．smoking is permitted

C．smoking is it permitted     D．does smoking permit

10．All the pupils are sitting silent，with their mind________ on the story the teacher told them.

A．absorbed   B．lost    C．concentrated  D．concentrating

11．________a good knowledge of English，he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.

 A．So as to require      B．In order to require

C．So as to acquire      D．In order to acquire

12．After three months of hard work，my son managed to ________ his classmates in math.

A．be ahead of  B．ahead of   C．over    D．the head of

13．If you ________ computer games，you’ll have to finish your work in the garden.

A．will play   B．are playing  C．are to play   D．played

14．________ read newspapers for pleasure，but also to improve their minds.

A．Not only old men      B．Not only old men do

C．Not only do old men      D．Old men not only do

15．At weekends I sometimes get up early and sometimes I don’t.________，you see.

A．By the way       B．To tell the truth

C．It all depends       D．Last but not least

Ⅱ.完形填空

It’s 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 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 counter and__20__the front door.It was obvious they were homeless，and equally obvious that they weren’t going__21__with their ill­gotten gains.They__22__the food and simply crowded together in panic—knowing the police were__23__the way.

Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn’t have to steal 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 situation was under control and the police were no longer__29__.

This wasn’t what they had__30__.They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they’d 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__their 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 need of—a__35__amount of self­respect and a little bit of hope.

16．A.friends   B．neighbors   C．customers   D．passengers

17．A.respect   B．pride    C．wisdom   D．privilege

18．A.slow   B．busy    C．heavy   D．swift

19．A.bravely   B．reasonably   C．hardly   D．obviously

20．A.opened   B．locked   C．closed   D．broke

21．A.nowhere  B．somewhere  C．anywhere   D．everywhere

22．A.hid   B．lifted    C．swallowed   D．dropped

23．A.in    B．on    C．off    D．by

24．A.anxious  B．cautious   C．courageous  D．hungry

25．A.safe   B．easy    C．sweet    D．unique

26．A.must   B．can    C．should   D．need

27．A.hold up  B．hand out   C．pick up   D．hand in

28．A.when   B．after    C．before   D．since

29．A.popular  B．necessary   C．reliable   D．important

30．A.wanted   B．desired   C．expected   D．admired

31．A.dirtier   B．cleaner   C．cleverer   D．quicker

32．A.money   B．cigarettes   C．drinks   D．food

33．A.reminded  B．warned   C．ordered   D．persuaded

34．A.first   B．last    C．best    D．worst

35．A.large   B．fair    C．small    D．full

Ⅲ.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 to 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 here’s what I want to tell you today：get a life.A real life，not a desire of the next promotion(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 for 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 learned 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 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.

36．The best title of this passage probably is “________”．

A．Love Your Friends      B．Live a Real Life

C．Don’t Waste Time      D．Be a Good Mother and Wife

37．How did the author form her view of life?

A．Through social experience.    B．By learning from her friends.

C．Through an unfortunate experience.   D．From her children and husband.

38．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragraph，the author really means that people tend to________.

A．make a living rather than live a real life

B．work rather than enjoy life

C．waste a lot in life

D．forget the most important lesson in life

39．What’s the author’s attitude toward work?

A．Do it well to serve others.

B．Earn enough money to make life better.

C．Try your best to get higher position and pay.

D．Don’t let it affect your real life.

40．It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the author is a success in personal life

B．the author doesn’t try her best to work well

C．the author spends all her time caring for her children

D．the author likes traveling very much

1.A  2.D  3.C  4.D  5.A  6.D  7.B  8.A  9.A  10.C  11.D  12.A  13.C

14.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