Unit3 Life in the future单元同步测试2

I. 单项选择

1.  ________confidence and the necessary equipment, they failed to rescue the 42 miners trapped in the coal mine.

    A. Lack of    B. Lacking of    C. Lacking    D. Having lacked

2.  It was very difficult to rescue the drowning boy in the sea. One moment the rescue workers _______him but    the next moment they _____. 

A. caught sight of; lost                 B. caught the sight of; lost his sight 

C. caught sight of; lost sight of him       D. caught the sight of; lost their sight of him 

3.  It will be some years before some foreign doctors change the impression they have _____Chinese medicine, _____, in their opinion, is nothing but raw herbs and not effective at all in treating diseases.

A. for; which   B. on; what   C. to; that   D. on; which

4.  The manager of the travel agency was trying hard to figure out how he would attract more customers _____ an extraordinary idea _____  his mind and he immediately knew what to do.

    A. when; flashed across   B. as; crossed   C. when; hit   D. before; struck

5.  I am quite ______ that the new cosmetics, whether it appears in the form of tablet, capsule, powder or injection, will _______ through the country among young ladies.

A. optimistic about; sweep   B. optimistic ; sweep   C. pessimistic; spread  D. pessimistic about; spread

6.  The sight of the ruined temple ______ him of the time when he was trapped but______ to escape from it through a narrow opening in the quake.

    A. called up; was able to   B. informed; tried   C. reminded; succeeded   D. reminded; managed

7.  In order to get the film shooting finished in time, we have to ______our work but it doesn’t mean some parts will be ______.

    A. speed up; skipped   B. speed up; dropped out  C. increase; cut out  D. raise; left out

8.  My wife’s ______ complaints about the bathroom being too small really gives me a big headache but I can’t do anything but _____ to accept it as it is.

    A. often; have   B. constant; to have   C. usual; have   D. frequent; have

9.  ______ the red switch on the left and the flying machine will swiftly go up into the air and _____ its journey.

    A. Pressing; begins   C. Press; begin C. Pressed; begins  D. To press; to begin

10.  What had previously been regarded as ______ property was made collective in the Land Reform Movement.

    A. personal    B. individual   C. own   D. private

11.  You can _______ and start a new life; a small step at a time and happiness will follow.

    A. get back on your feet   B. stand up    C. rise to your feet again  D. take to your feet

12.  No teacher except him can ______ to be laughed at in front of so many students without losing temper.

    A. stand    B. put up with    C. bear    D. tolerate

13.  “ The plane _______ in a minute. Please fasten your safety belts and remain on your seats until it has landed,” the stewardess announced in a sweet voice.

    A. is going to land    B. will land   C. is about to land   D. will be landing

14.  The machine is designed to _______ people recycle wastes to a great degree but the result still remains to be seen.

    A. aid     B. help     C. assist     D. improve

15. Some adjustments have to be made to the timetable so that it can _______everybody that is concerned.

    A. fit       B. serve      C. suit      D. adjust

16. New ways have to be found to _______of waste materials and poisonous gases so that we can have cleaner surroundings

    A. deal        B. do     C. remove    D. dispose

17. Reviewing the video monitor afterwards, they noticed two armed men with their faces covered by masks step out of a carriage and ______the bank through the backdoor.

    A. slide into    B. enter into    C. stole into    D. went into

18. No sooner had I began to sing the English song than it was_______ by a 13-year-old girl. She sang the song so beautifully that I couldn’t help asking her when she had ______ the study of English.

    A. brought up; taken up    B. picked up; picked up   C. taken up; taken up D. come up; set up

19.  They are representatives of farm workers and the frustrating conditions they are in are______ the true state of the majority of them.

    A. symbolic   B. representative of   C. curious about     D. ambitious about

20.  When you are _______ about which button to press on the complicated machine, you can either read the user’s guide for guidance or fax us for specific instruction. Don’t ______ the trial-and-error method.

    A. insure; do   B. ensure; make    C. uncertain; try    D. unsure; touch

21.  The local government has again _______ its words not to swallow the arable land for town building and the farmers can do nothing but swallow it. Which of the following is NOT OK?

    A. swallowed    B. eaten    C. broken    D. let down

22.  The most important _____ of the job as a typist is to be able to type fast and _______.

A. aspect; accurate    B. way; exactly    C. aspect; accurately   D. part; precisely

23.  It is every citizen’s duty to go out to ______ the snow on the street______ it stops falling so as to make it convenient for traffic to pass. . 

A. sweep up; the instant    B. clear up; the moment  C. clean up; immediately  D. whirled up; directly

24.  The goods on this counter ____ at a discount of 25%, like the typewriters, television receivers, dustbins, etc.

    A. sell       B. sells    C. is sold    D. are sold

25.  The wreckage of something like a jet plain discovered in the heart of the desert is believed ______ a UFO and _______down for reasons still mysterious.

    A. to be; have fallen  B. to have been; to have fallen  C. to be; to fall  D. having been; having fallen

 There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

II．完形填空

But ___26___ a few of them are very ___27 ___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A,  but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___28___ language. Many millions are ___29___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___ 30 ___. Have you ever ___31___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your ___32___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___33___ you master your English in a month. ___34___ the first day your ___35___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___36___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___37___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___38___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___ 39 ___ what a small child does.  He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___ 40___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___41___ that gets!

So it is ___42___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___43___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and __44___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___45___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

26. A. not           B. quite          C. only           D. very

27. A. difficult     B. important      C. necessary      D. easy

28. A. native        B. foreign        C. useful         D. mother

29. A. learning      B. enjoying       C. trying         D. liking

30. A. questions     B. problems       C. ideas          D. answers

31. A. found         B. watched        C. noticed        D. known

32. A. knowledge     B. time           C. money          D. English

33. A. make          B. help           C. let            D. allow

34. A. From          B. On             C. Since          D. After

35. A. spelling      B. grammar        C. English        D. pronunciation

36. A. happened      B. know           C. seemed        D. felt

37. A. know          B. remember       C. understand     D. think

38. A. students      B. children       C. babies         D. grown-ups

39. A. Imagine       B. Mind           C. Do            D. Think of

40. A. using         B. thinking       C. trying        D. practicing

41. A. time          B. money          C. language       D. practice

42. A. hard          B. easy           C. funny          D. silly

43. A. depends       B. tries          C. has            D. takes

44. A. uses          B. takes          C. gets           D. costs

45. A. do            B. work           C. help           D. master

阅读理解

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The man from the west stopped and drew back his arm. "You’re not Jimmy Wells," he said in a quick and angry way, "Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’ nose from a Roman to pug." "It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man, "you’ve been under arrest for ten minutes. Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietly, are you? That’s sensible. Now before we go to the station here’s a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. It’s from Patrolman Wells.?" The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he抎 finished. The note was rather short. Bob: I was at the right place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man (便衣) to do the job.

46. The man from the West must have broken the law _____.

A. in Chicago B. in New York

C. in his hometown D. somewhere else

47. The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man ____.

A. had a different accent from his

B. had a different nose from his friend’s

C. was his another old friend

D. said "Chicago wants to talk with you.?"

48. The two men may have walked _____.

A. for ten minutes    B. arm in arm

C. face to face       D. both A and B

49. We can suppose Jim _____.

A. was afraid of the man from the West

B. got another man to help him when necessary

C. had an appointment with Bob 20 years ago

D. had something else to do and couldn’t come himself

                              B

No one could have failed to be moved had he watched the live televised volleyball game between the Chinese and Cuban women’s teams. As we sat before the television set, with our eyes fixed on the screen, we experienced every kind of feeling. When the two teams played neck and neck, we were on pins and needles, anxious as to what would come next, and when our team fell behind our hearts were in our mouths. Watching the game between those two teams is not only a matter of great joy. For more than that it provides food for thought. Just see how the Chinese women won the game ──by their co ──operation (合作), by their excellent skill, their effort and strong will. A Chinese saying goes, “When two competent opponents (比赛的双方) meet, the strong ──minded one will win. “This is the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team. If every Chinese showed some of the spirit, never losing heart in times of difficulty and remaining clear ──minded in times of advantage (优势), then our nation would stand in the vanguard (前列) of the world family of nations, just as the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team has done, is doing and will do.

50. While watching the game, we _____.

A. had feelings of different kind

B. enjoyed a friendly and wonderful game

C. clapped and cheered only for the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team

D. were eager to know what would happen later on

51. The wonderful game _____.

A. brought us great joy

B. provided us with food for our thoughts

C. gave us not only great joy but also food for thoughts

D. give us a valuable amusement

52. The author believed that _____.

A. the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team was the strongest

B. China was sure to become stronger and stronger if only we have that spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team

C. The Chinese must remain clear-minded in time of advantage

D. The Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team never lost heart in times of difficulty

53. The best title of the passage might be _____.

A. Watching a Close Volleyball Game

B. The Spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team

C. Learn from the Members of the Volleyball Team

D. The Strong ──Minded Are the Winners B）

第二节  根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项

Dear editor,

    Several days ago, I heard that a dear friend of mine had killed herself. I was deep in sorrow by the sudden news. I can’t keep calm any longer. 54__________.

    Life is so precious. If we can slip into death in an impulsive (冲动的) moment, what use in all our efforts and hopes? Our families, our ambitions, everything is flung into total darkness. 55_______.

    Nevertheless, the suicide rate increases year by year, particularly of young people. Reasons may vary from person to person, 56____________.

    First, today’s young people are morally weak. They hunger for success but can not face failure; they are eager to be understood but afraid of opening their hearts to others. They live in a wide world, from east to west, ancient to present, but their hearts beat in a narrow desert, closed tight, unable to communicate. Each becomes an isolated fortress (孤堡), lonely, and weak.

    57__________. As a young teacher, she was devoted to her work but was disappointed with her students’ occasional failures. She fell in love with a colleague but he deserted her. With no close friends, disappointed at work and in love, death seemed to her the only remaining choice and she took it.

    Another reason for the weakness of today’s youth, in my opinion, comes from society’s pressures.58_____________. On the other hand, society refuses to accept that children sometimes do fail. But failure is more important because it can teach the young how to win next time.

    What can we do to save the desperate young?

A. I’m always thinking about life and death

B. yet I think they share something in common

C. The young are forced to try too hard to succeed

D. My friend is a good example of that

E. And death allows no time for regret

F. people love success and are afraid of failure

G. failure is the mother of success

IV 短文改错:

I felt sadly yesterday when our teacher told us something about Project Hope in class. It has set up to help the children in the countryside who can’t pay to go to school. After school I came home. I was wondering if I could do something for the Project then I caught sight of money-collecting box on the table. Then I made up my minds to send my pocket money which I had saved for nearly one year for the children who wanted to go to school. I wrote a letter to him and hurried to the post office. Together with the letter I posted the money and sent with my best wishes to them.

V  书面表达

阅读下面的文字，用英语写一篇100—120词的短文。（说明文）

近来，某书店生意不景气。假若你是店员，请你给店主写份报告，提出自己的建议，以吸引更多的年轻人来店购买书刊。

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Unit three Life in the future 答案

I.  单项选择

1—5 CADAB 6—10 DADCD 11—15 ACDBC 16—20 DACBC 21—25 DCADA

II 完形填空

26-30CBBCD  31-35CCBAD  36-40ABBDB  41-45DAABC 

III 阅读理解

46—49 ABDC  50—53 ACBD  54—58 AEBDC

IV 短文改错:
1. sadly→sad     2. has后加been     3. pay→afford        4. then→when    5. of后加my或the       

6. minds→mind     7. 第二个for→to    8. wanted→want   9. him---them  10. 去掉with

V 书面表达

One possible version:

To attract young people to our bookstore, in the first place, we must supply them with interesting magazines and books. I suggest a poster outside announcing subjects of interest, such as music, films, video, football and so on.

Magazines should be sold at lower prices for the first-time customers. Once they come to the shop they will see other attractions.

Also advertise on the local media about discounts for young people on all books bought in the next month. Operate an exchange programme where they can trade old books for new ones at a special price. Reserve a youth section in the shop where books and magazines interesting to them are on show. Invite them to come and sit in the comfortable chairs provided, to meet friends and look through books and magazines.