高一Unit4Earthquakes单元测试题
一.单项填空(15分)
1. —Peter was killed in the earthquake!
—_____ I talked with him last week.
A. What a pity!
B. I beg your pardon.
C. Sorry to hear that.
D. Is that so?
2. We’ll not attend the meeting _____ we are invited.
A. if
B. and
C. unless
D. once
3. —They didn’t attend the conference.
—They _____ a long trip abroad.
A. prepared
B. were preparing for
C. were preparing
D. are preparing for
4. Wash your hands with soap _____ the experiment.
A. in the end of
B. at the end of
C. to the end of
D. by the end of
5. His strength had almost _____ when they found him in the desert.
A. given out
B. given in
C. given up
D. given off
6. Many people came to the meeting, _____ of whom left early.
A. number
B. the numbers
C. the number
D. a number
7. I’ll spend my holiday in Shanghai, _____ lies on the coast.
A. who
B. which
C. where
D. that
8. On _____ the bad news, she cried with her face _____ in his hands.
A. hear; bury
B. hear; buried
C. heard; burying
D. hearing; buried
9. Not far from the club, there was a garden, _____ owner was seated in it playing cards with his children every afternoon.
A. its
B. whose
C. which
D. of which
10. It’s quite _____ to score a goal in FIFA World Cup.
A. a prize
B. a price
C. an honour
D. a value
11. I met the teacher in the street yesterday _____ taught me English three years ago.
A. which
B. when
C. where
D. who
12. The people there were greatly _____ to see every-thing changed over a night.
A. pleased
B. shocked
C. interested
D. moved
13. Tell us about the people and the places _____ are different from ours.
A. that
B. who
C. which
D. whom
14. _____ is no wonder the building is _____.
A. It; in ruins
B. That; in ruins
C. This; in ruin
D It; in ruin
15. —Do you mind if I open the window?
—_____, but I’ve caught a bad cold today.
A. No, not at all
B. Yes, of course not
C. Yes, please
D. I’m sorry
二 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I have certainly seen lots of changes in my lifetime! I look around my home and see mod cons(现代化生活设备) that I could never have 16 of fifty or sixty years ago. I 17 the early part of childhood in a cottage without running water or electricity and yet these days, I feel 18 if there is a power cut for even just an hour or two! So, I have changed too. Things that I couldn’t even imagine in the past now seem quite 19 .
I don’t think, however, that people are happier today than they were 50 years ago. We are certainly materially better off than we were 20 most people still seem to be weighed 21 by problems. My daughter and her family are a good 22 . They have a spacious, comfortable home with every labor-saving device you can 23 . There’s a washing machine, a clothes dryer, and all sorts of other household items which are 24 to save time but it seems to me that my daughter and her husband just spend all that “saved” time 25 ! They 26 relax and are always complaining of being 27 and “stressed”.
Children these days have all sorts of “educational toys” and yet they seem unable to 28 themselves. My daughter tries to 29 the time her children spend watching television but when they aren’t watching TV, they are sad. They play with new 30 for a day or two and then 31 them once they have gone off them. When we were children, we had almost nothing but we were so 32 . We had all sorts of fun and games in the nearby woods. But, of course, children can’t play 33 outdoors any longer. There is so much crime and parents are afraid to let their children go out alone 34 they are injured, kidnapped, raped or even murdered. These crimes may not be directly 35 with modern inventions but there must be some connection.
16. A. seen
B. dreamed
C. spoken
D. touched
17. A. took
B. cost
C. spent
D. afforded
18. A. uneasy
B. unlucky
C. disappointed
D. happy
19. A. impressive
B. impossible
C. normal
D. public
20. A. so
B. while
C. and
D. but
21. A. down
B. at
C. off
D. up
22. A. show
B. type
C. explanation
D. example
23. A. think of
B. think over
C. think on
D. think through
24. A. built
B. arranged
C. designed
D. formed
25. A. playing
B. working
C. relaxing
D. singing
26. A. sometimes
B. never
C. often
D. regularly
27. A. patient
B. tired
C. special
D. worried
28. A. learn
B. know
C. enjoy
D. teach
29. A. offer
B. limit
C. waste
D. stop
30. A. programs
B. games
C. cars
D. toys
31. A. give off
B. leave off
C. get rid of
D. get off
32. A. inventive
B. active
C. clever
D. excited
33. A. easily
B. dangerously
C. conveniently
D. safely
34. A. in case
B. so that
C. least
D. even though
35. A. connected
B. dealt
C. done
D. made
三： 阅读理解 (共11小题; 每小题2分, 满分22分)
一
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the favourite child of his family. He was the only boy among a great many girl cousins. That was enough to make him important, but the father loved him especially, because he knew his son was going to be an artist. Pablo knew the word for pencil even before he could see Mamma and Papa. When he was small, he spent hours by himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people. If his mother sent him out to play in the square, he went on drawing in the dust under the trees.
Don Jose Ruiz, Pablo’s father, was director of the museum in southern Spain. He earned only a small salary, but there was not much work to do and he was able to practice his hobby, which was painting pigeons. Don loved pigeons very much. He painted them dead or alive in ones and twos and in dozens. Sometimes he painted them on paper, cut them out and stuck them onto canvas (画布); sometimes he stuck real feathers onto his pictures. He knew a great deal about the technique of painting and he taught it all to Pablo.
Life in Malaga was very pleasant. In the hot sunshine father and son would walk down to the beach to look at the boats on the shore or wander around the open markets. They made a strange pair. Don was tall and thin, with red hair and beard, sad gray eyes and a fine set of whiskers (腮须). He was so shy and correct that he was nicknamed “the Englishman”. Pablo was quite the opposite. He had his mother’s small, strong build (体格); he had straight black hair, and bright black eyes that noticed everything that was going on around him.
36. Picasso’s father loved him especially, because .
A. he was the only boy in the family
B. he was going to be an important person to his family
C. he showed the gift of an artist in his early childhood
D. he looked like his mother
37. Pablo’s father painted a lot because .
A. he didn’t have enough money B. he had plenty of time
C. he liked the pigeons, especially the dead ones D. he looked after the museum
38. Don Jose Ruiz and Pablo were a strange pair because .
A. they liked to wander about the town
B. they noticed everything that was going on around them
C. one was tall and thin, the other was small and strong
D. they looked so different from each other
39. The best title of the passage might be .
A. Pablo Picasso: the great artist
B. The Boyhood of Pablo Picasso
C. Father of A Great Artist
D. Father’s Influence (影响) on His Son