英语Unit 1 Past and Present课后测评

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When Mencius (孟子) was a small by, his father died. S Mencius and his mther were quite pr. One day, Mencius returned hme frm schl and fund his mther making sme clth. It was very beautiful and expensive.
"Hw much f yur bk have yu read tday?" Mencius' mther asked him. Mencius threw dwn his bk. "I haven't read any f it." He replied, "I played with sme friends f mine in the fields."
When his mther heard this, she picked up a pair f scissrs (剪刀) and cut the clth. "Why have yu cut yur clth?" Mencius asked, "It was s beautiful and nw yu've wasted it." "Yu have wasted yur time," she said, "Nw I have wasted mine. Lk at the terrible (可怕的) thing we have dne!"
Mencius learned a lt frm this lessn. After this, he always studied hard.
1. When did the stry happen?
A. When Mencius was 30 years ld.
B. When Mencius' family was very rich.
C. When Mencius' father lived with them.
D. When Mencius was a small by.
2. The phrase "make sme clth" means "______".
A. 做衣服
B. 织布
C. 纺棉花
D. 缝衣服
3. Why did Mencius' mther cut the clth? Because ______.
A. She wanted t make sme mre beautiful clth
B. She thught it was wasting time t make clth
C. She wanted t let her sn get angry
D. She wanted t give her sn a lessn
4. Why did Mencius always study hard after this? Because ______.
A. he wanted t be a teacher
B. he learned a lt frm the lessn
C. he wanted t make his mther happy
D. he didn't play with any ther friends
5. This passage mainly tells ______.
A. A stry f Mencius and his friends
B. a stry f Mencius' mther
C. a stry abut Mencius' wasting time
D. Mencius' mther cut the clth
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One day, a teacher was giving a speech t his students. He held up (举起) a glass f water and asked the class, "Hw heavy d yu think this glass f water is?"
The students' answers ranged frm 20 g t 500 g? "It des nt matter n the weight itself. It depends n hw lng yu hld it. If I hld it fr a minute, it is OK. If I hld it fr an hur, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hld it fr a day, yu will have t call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the lnger I hld it, the heavier it becmes."
If we carry ur burdens (负担) all the time, sner r later, we will nt be able t carry n, the burden
becming increasingly heavier.
"What yu have t d is t put the glass dwn, rest fr a while befre hlding it up again."
We have t put dwn the burden smetimes, s that we can be refreshed and are able t carry n.
S befre yu return hme frm wrk tnight, put the burden f wrk dwn. Dn't carry it back hme.
Yu can pick it up tmrrw.
Whatever burdens yu are having nw n yur shulders, let it dwn fr a mment if yu can.
1. The teacher brught a glass f water t the class because _____.
A. he was very thirsty
B. his arms were strng
C. it was a gd example
2. "A glass f water" in this passage referred t (指) _____.
A. knwledge
B. the burden
C. the time
3. Accrding t the teacher, yu may feel _____ if yu put dwn the burden smetimes.
A. mre energetic
B. much heavier
C. mre stressed ut
4. This was a lessn abut _____.
A. hw t relax neself in life
B. hw t slve a physics prblem
C. hw t keep fit by drinking water
5. Which f the fllwing statements is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. Yu culd becme heavier and heavier if yu held a glass f water in yur hand.
B. All the students in the class knew what the weight f the glass f water exactly was.
C. The teacher had a gd way f making his lessn clear and easy t be understd
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Years ag, a cllege teacher gave a grup f graduate (毕业) students this jb: G t a pr place. Take
200 bys, between the ages f 12 and 16, and find ut their living envirnment. The predict their chances fr
the future.
After ding sme research, the students fund that 90% f the bys wuld spend sme time in jail (监狱). Twenty-five years later, anther grup f students was given the jb: G t test what the first grup f
students had predicted. They went back t the same place. These 200 bys had then becme men. Sme f
them were still there, a few had died and sme had mved away. The students fund that nly fur f them
had ever been sent tt jail.
These men had lived in a place full f crime (犯罪, 罪行) fr many years. Why did the have such a gd recrd? When the students asked the reasn, the men said," Well, there was a teacher…?
The students fund the teacher. What did she d t these bys? Culd she give the students any reasn
why these bys shuld have remembered her?
"N," she said, "n, I really culdn't give any reasn."And then, thinking back ver the years, she said
happily, " I lved thse bys…?
1. The first grup f the students tk _____ bys t help them t d their jb.
A. 12
B. 16
C. 90
D. 200
2. The underlined wrd "predict" in the passage mst prbably means "_____" in Chinese.
A. 证明
B. 预测
C. 提供
D. 证明
3. Which f the fllwing is nt true?
A. Fur f the bys had been sent t jail.
B. The 200 bys were between 12 and 16.
C. The wman teacher culd nt give any reasn at last.
D. The children lived I a place which was full f crime
4. What's the main idea f this passage?
A. Predicting never wrks
B. Teacher's lve can change children's life
C. Tw hundred bys were tested by students
D. The tw grups f students culd predict the bys' future
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The hardwrking blacksmith Jnes used t wrk all day in his shp and s hard-wrking was he that at times he wuld make the sparks (火星) fly frm his hammer.
The sn f Mr. Smith, a rich neighbr, used t cme t see the blacksmith every day and fr hurs and hurs he wuld enjy himself watching hw the tradesman wrked.
“Yung man, why dn’t yu try yur hand t learn t make she tacks (钉), even if it is nly t pass the time?” said the blacksmith. “Wh knws, ne day, it may be f use t yu.”
The lazy by began t see what he culd d. But after a little practice he fund that he was becming very skilled and sn he was making sme f the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the sn n accunt f the war lst all his gds. He had t leave hme and was frced t live in anther cuntry. It s happened that in this village there were many shemakers wh were spending a lt f mney buying tacks fr their shes and even at times when they paid high prices they were nt always able t get what they wanted, because in that part f the cuntry there was a high demand fr sldiers’ shes.
Our yung Mr. Smith, wh was finding it difficult t earn his daily bread, remembered that nce upn a time he had learned the art f making tacks and had the sudden idea f making a bargain with the shemakers. He tld them that he wuld make the tacks if they wuld help t get him settled in the wrkshp. The shemakers were nly t glad f the ffer. And after a while, Mr. Smith fund that he was sn making the finest tacks in the village.
“Hw funny it seems,” he used t say, “even making tacks can make mney. My trade is mre useful t me than all my frmer riches.”
The yung man learnt t make she tacks because ________.
A. his father tld him tB. he wanted t learn a skill
C. Jnes encuraged him tD. he just wanted t pass his time
2. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. Old Mr. Smith enjyed making the she tacks.
B. The blacksmith had predicted the yung man wuld be in need f the skill.
C. The higher prices they paid, the mre tacks the shemakers wuld get.
D. The yung man earned his living by his skills learnt when he was yung.
3. What can we learn frm the stry?
A. Practice makes perfect.B. Skill makes life easy.
C. A gd beginning makes a gd ending.D. Every man has his gift.
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In the early days f human histry, peple survived by hunting wild animals, r gathering wild grains and plants fr fd. Then, sme peple learned t grw crps and raise animals fr fd. They were the first farmers.
Frm the sixteenth century n, the wrd “farm” has meant agricultural land. But a much lder meaning f the wrd “farm” is linked t ecnmics. The wrd “farm” cmes frm the Latin wrd “firma”, which means an unchanging payment. Experts say the earliest meaning f the English wrd “farm” was a yearly payment made as a tax r rent.
Farmers in early England did nt wn their land. They paid every year t use agricultural lands. In England, farmers used hawthrn trees alng the edges f huses. They called this rw f hawthrns a hedge. Hedging fields was hw careful farmers marked and prtected them. Sn, peple began t use the wrd “hedging” t describe steps that culd be taken t prtect against financial lss. Hedging is cmmn amng gamblers wh make large bets. A gambler bets a lt f mney n ne team. But, t be n the safe side, he als places a smaller bet n the ther team, t reduce a pssible lss.
Yu might say that smene is hedging his bet when he invests in several different kinds f business. One business may fail, but likely nt all. Farmers knw that it is necessary t make hay while the sun shines. Hay has t be cut and gathered when it is dry. S a wise farmer never pstpnes gathering his hay when the sun is shining. Rain may sn appear. A wise persn cpies the farmer. He wrks when cnditins are right.
1.We can knw frm the 3rd paragraph that farmers in early England _________.
A. had land f their wn B. paid t use hawthrn trees every year
C. used hedging fields D. ften suffered frm financial lss
2.Which f the fllwing is wise?
A. A mther tries t sleep as sn as her baby is quiet
B. Hay has t be cut and gathered befre it is dry
C. Put ff gathering hay when the sun is shining
D. Gather hay as it is rainy
3.If a by is carefully listening t his teacher in class, he learns t _________.
A. becme a wise farmer B. hedge his bet
C. gather his hay D. make hay while the sun shines
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My grandfather is eighty years ld. He always cmplains abut hw fast things have changed, and he ften says that life used t be better.
"Families aren't what they used t be. A lt f families have brken up. If the husband and wife have prblems with their marriage, they n lnger stay tgether. And mthers used t stay at hme and take care f their children, but nw parents are bth busy wrking. N ne has time t lk after children at hme.
And the cars! N ne walks anymre. Mre and mre peple drive. We used t walk five miles t schl n schl days, even in winter. But nw we dn't. And in schl, children dn't have t think anymre. In math class, fr example, we used t add, subtract, multiply and divide by using ur heads. But nw kids dn't use their heads anymre. Instead, they use calculatrs.
Mst families have cmputers nw. In the past we didn't have cmputers. We didn't even have lights. My mther used t spend all day cking in the kitchen. But nw we dn't ften eat hme-cked fd.
And peple talk less t each ther than befre. They are t busy t talk, t busy t eat, t busy t used t be simple, but it isn't anymre."
1. What des the grandfather think f the life nw?
A. It's as gd as it used t be
B. It's wrse than it used t be
C. It's better than it used t be
D. It's the same as it used t be
2. What des the underlined wrd "marriage" mean in Chinese?
A. 生活
B. 工作
C. 婚姻
D. 家庭
3. What did the grandfather used t d?
A. He used t use calculatrs in math class
B. He used t drive t schl in winter
C. He used t g t schl by bike
D. He used t walk five miles t schl
4. What changes have happened?
① There are lights at hme
② Peple ften eat hme-cked fd nw
③ Lts f families have cmputers
④ Mre and mre peple drive instead f walking
A. ①②④
B. ②③④
C. ①②③
D. ①③④
5. Which f the fllwing is TURE?
A. Life nw is much simpler
B. Peple have mre time t talk with each ther nw
C. The grandfather nly cmplains and pays n attentin t the better life nw
D. Lts f mthers still stay at hme and lk after their children.