Unit 1 Festivals around the World

一、单项选择

1.       The three sisters decided to hold a family party to _____ their parents’ silver wedding.

A. celebrate                   B. memorize                 C. congratulate              D. welcome

2.  It is usually warm in my hometown in March, but it _____ be rather cold sometimes.

   A. must                        B. can                        C. should                   D. would

3.  It is wrong for us to play tricks ______ the disabled people.

   A. with                        B. on                          C. to                           D. of

4.  On Halloween, children in America like to ______ as ghosts to frighten people.

   A. take up                     B. make up                 C. dress up                  D. turn up

5.  My MP4 player isn’t in my bag. Where _____ I have put it?

   A. can                         B. must                      C. should                   D. would

6.  It is obvious to the students ______ they should get well prepared for their future.

   A. as                           B. which                    C. whether                  D. that

7.  It looks ______ he knew it.

   A. even though              B. as though                C. as long as                D. even if

8.  The letter reminded me ______ the good time we had spent together.

   A. in                            B. for                         C. of                          D. on

9.  Some people who don’t like to talk much are not necessarily shy; they _____ just be quiet people.

   A. must                       B. may                              C. should                    D. would

10. I can’t leave. She told me that I ______ stay here until she comes back.

   A. can                          B. must                      C. will                        D. may

11. After the class was over, the student apologized _____ the teacher _____ his coming late.

   A. /; because                 B. /; for                      C. to; because              D. to; for

12. He is an honest man; he always ______.

   A. breaks his words       B. Keeps his word        C. eats his words  D. keeps his words

13. John, Look at the time. _____ you play the piano at such a late hour.

   A. Must                        B. Can’t                      C. May                       D. Need

14. He can _____ his breath under the water for five minutes.

   A. keep                        B. hold                      C. break                     D. make

15. There’s no light on --- they ______ be at home.

   A. can’t                        B. mustn’t                   C. needn’t                  D. shouldn’t

二、完形填空

     Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big  16  , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was   17   enough to escape the flood, so when the water had  18   and the other houses were    19    there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud, her house was just all right.

　    Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,  20   Anna took in one of the families that had lost   21   in the flood and she   22   her home with them until it was   23   for them to rebuild their house.

　　  Anna’s friends were   24   when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   25   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to   26  .

“Well,” Anna   27   her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very   28  , because her husband had been killed in the   29  and she had a lot of children,  30  I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to   31   only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a  32   who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our   33  ,’ she said to her children.

　　   The children were   34  and happy to get such a present. They   35   the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present.”

16. A. earthquake                 B. accident                   C. flood                D. fire

17. A. below                             B. high                              C. big                        D. small

18. A. reduced                     B. come                       C. appeared           D. disappeared

19. A. rising                             B. flowing                  C. falling            D. standing

20. A. so                                 B. but                                C. for                  D. since

21. A. nothing                      B. everything               C. anything           D. something

22. A. gave                        B. found                    C. shared            D. built

23. A. possible                    B. necessary                 C. important        D. obvious

24. A. worried                    B. disappointed             C. puzzled            D. satisfied

25. A. them                       B. herself                         C. him                 D. us

26. A. support                    B. supply                          C. grow               D. educate

27. A. explained to              B. asked for                  C. talked with       D. turned up

28. A. sad                          B. poor                       C. rich                 D. happy

29. A. war                          B. storm                     C. rain                 D. flood

30. A. because                    B. as                                  C. which            D. that

31. A. get                          B. send                     C. buy                D. make

32. A. boy                         B. girl                             C. student            D. teacher

33. A. child                        B. daughter                  C. sister               D. present

34. A. angry                       B. excited                   C. lovely              D. sorry

35. A. disliked                    B. gained                   C. welcomed         D. led

三、阅读理解

A

The oldest man had just celebrated his hundredth birthday and the reporter of a local paper called on him for an interview. Having congratulated the old man, the reporter asked a few questions.

“To what do you own your long life?”

The old man thought for a moment and then holding up his hand and counting the items on his fingers, began, “I never smoked, drank, or overate and always rise at six in the morning.”

“But,” the reporter didn’t agree, saying, “I have an uncle who acted in that way, yet he only lived to be eighty. How do you explain the cause of that?”

“He didn’t keep it up long enough,” was the calm reply.

36. When did the reporter call on the old man? _______

A. shortly after his birthday       B. on his birthday 

C. at an interview               D. not long before his birthday

37. The reporter was interested in ______.

A. how the old man celebrated his hundredth birthday 

B. why the old man never smoke 

C. how the old man manage to live so long 

D. what the old man usually drank or ate for his health

38. After hearing the old man’s words, the reporter ______.

A. wanted to live long, too                  B. was not satisfied with his reply 

C. explained why his uncle lived to be eighty   D. thought it was reasonable

39. In the old man’s opinion, the cause of the reporter’s uncle’s death was ______.

A. he had bad habits                        B. he smoked too much 

C. he didn’t keep his good habits long enough    D. he drank too much wine

40. When did the old man usually get up in the morning? _______

A. at seven      B. at eight      C. at six        D. at half past six

B

Don’t you think it interesting that there were strange coincidences in the death of President Kennedy and President Lincoln? For example, John Kennedy was elected president in 1960 while Abraham Lincoln in 1860, between which was a hundred years. Both men were killed from behind, on black Friday, and with their wives on the spots. The two men were born exactly one hundred years away, as were their murderers, Lee Oawald and John Booth. Perhaps the strangest coincidence is that President Kennedy’s secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised the president not to go to Dallas, where the president was shot. President Lincoln’s secretary, named Kennedy, advised the president not to go to the Ford Theatre, where the president met his death.

41. The word “coincidences” probably mean _______.

A. secrets  B. reasons  C. facts that happen to be like each other  D. the same facts

42. When President Lincoln and President Kennedy were killed, their wives were _____.

A. at the cinema    B. at home     C. behind them    D. with them

43. “Black Friday” means that ______.

A. the Americans used to be in black on the two Fridays  B. the two Fridays saw sad happenings

C. It was dark when the two men were killed    D. it was cloudy when the two men were killed

44. Which of the following statements was true?______

A. Lincoln’s death had something to do with Kennedy’s 

B. There were one hundred years between the two presidents’ death 

C. There were one hundred years between Lincoln’s taking office to Kennedy’s 

D. The two secretaries were born on the same day

C

Early in the 16^th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed form Seville in August, 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the cold winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called the Magellan Strait. In November, 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships enter the ocean on the other side of South America.

They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, men were dying of starvation. While they were staying in Philippines, Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail round Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville three years after leaving. They were all that remained of Magellan’s expedition. However, their achievement was great. They were the first men to sail around the world.

45. The purpose of Magellan’s expedition was to ________.

A. sail round the world       B. find a seaway from the Atlantic to the Pacific

C. make a voyage to Asia     D. carry men to Philippines

46. The numbers of the ships lost on the whole expedition was ______.

A. two       B. three        C. four         D. five

47. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? _____

A. Lack of equipment         B. cold winter in Patagonia 

C. the death of Magellan      D. dangers from rocks and storms

48. The best title for this passage is ______.

A. The Discovery of Magellan Strait   B. The Discovery of the Philippines 

C. The Most Dangerous Expedition   D. The First Expedition to Asia

D

How many men do house work? Recently a European commission tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. As part of their survey, they asked many men and women the question: “Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!

The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of the Danish men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all.

But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men didn’t tell the truth! The commission found that the Danish men were the most trustful husbands; their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.

Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience?

49. The subject for the survey is ______.

A. how many boys do the house work      B. who does the housework at home 

C. how many women do the housework    D. who are more diligent, wives or husbands

50. From the passage we can see that ______.

A. there were more husbands who did the housework than wives

B. husbands did half of the housework all the time

C. there were more wives who did the housework than husbands

D. wives did almost all the housework at home

51. More ______ husbands helped in the house than _____ husbands.

A. British; Danish    B. Italian; Danish    C. Danish; British    D. Italian; British

52. The survey shows that _____ husbands were the most honest.

A. Italian     B. Danish     C. British      D. Both A and B

E

The Internet has become part of teenagers’ life.

A new report on 3,375 students aged from 10 to 18 in seven Chinese cities found that 38 percent of them believe they use the Internet often.

While most of them get useful information and use the Internet to help in their studies, some are not using it in a good way.

In order to help young people use the Internet in a good way, a textbook on good Internet behavior has started to be used in some Shanghai middle schools this term. The book use real examples to teach students good ways of using the Internet. The book gives useful advice such as it’s good to read news or find helpful information to study.

Some students also make on-line friends. But if you are meeting a friend off-line, make sure your parents know. Teachers and parents think the book is of great help. A teacher said the book would be a guide for teens using the Internet. She believes it will keep students away from bad sites. “Many students are using the Internet without guidance from their parents,” she said. “ The book will teach students how to be a good person in the on-line world.”

53. The textbook mainly tells us _______.

A. why we should use the Internet        B. how to study through the Internet

C. how to use the Internet correctly       D. how to get help from others

54. According to the passage, teenagers are NOT encouraged to _______.

A. meet a friend off-line without letting their parents know

B. make friends with other schools’ students

C. find helpful information on line 

D. read on-line news

55. From this passage we know that ______.

A. more and more students have given up visiting bad websites

B. schools and teachers begin to pay attention to students’ use of the Internet

C. no more homework will be given in Shanghai middle schools

D. less and less information will be found on the Internet

Unit 1 单元测试题答案

单选：1-5 ABBCA 6-10 DBCBB 11-15 DBABA

完形：16-20 CBDDB  21-25 BCACB  26-30 AABAB  31-35 DBDBC   

阅读：36-40 ACBCC  41-44 CDBC  45-48 CCAD  49-52 BCAB  53-55 CAB