必修Unit 4

　　Ⅰ.單詞拼寫

　　1. We shall (保衛) our motherland，whatever the cost may be. 2. The museum had several paintings

　　(代表) the artist’s early style.

　　3. The boy looked at me (好奇地)as if I were a complete stranger.

　　4. He is fluent in

　　(口語的) English，but is not good at written English.

　　5. The machine will not

　　(運轉) properly if it is not kept well oiled.

　　6. The police took down the witness’s

　　(陳述)． 7. There were calls for ________(主要的) changes to the system.

　　8. Try to avoid being

　　(主觀的) and one-sided when looking at problems.

　　9. Speak clearly，or you’ll make yourself

　　(誤解)．

　　10. As you

　　(接近) the school, the first building you see is the teaching building.

　　Ⅱ. 單項填空

　　1. This company was the first

　　portable radios as well as cassette recorders in the world.

　　A. producing

　　B. to produce

　　C. having produced

　　D. produced

　　2. At the meeting they discussed three different ______ to the study of mathematics.

　　A. approaches

　　B. means

　　C. methods

　　D. ways

　　3. Though British and American English have some differences in spelling and pronunciation, they have much ______ .

　　A. in general

　　B. in common

　　C. in place

　　D. in words

　　4. A house may serve many purposes，but its main

　　is to provide shelter.

　　A. rank

　　B. approach

　　C. function

　　D. theme

　　5. The girl was nervous in front of so many strangers and we did all we could to make her feel more _______ .

　　A. at ease

　　B. in silence

　　C. for fun

　　D. with joy

　　6. —Have the peace talks broken down?

　　— Yes. Armed conflict is _______ to break out between the two countries.

　　A. likely

　　B. possibly

　　C. probably

　　D. gradually

　　7. It is said that the girl will have a chance to ______ her country to take part in the 2024 London Olympic Games.

　　A. support

　　B. lead

　　C. represent

　　D. guide

　　8. —What do you know about that tennis player?

　　—He ________ third in the world.

　　A. ranks

　　B. functions

　　C. dashes

　　D. considers

　　9. He doesn’t have interest in cooking．, he’s getting tired of it.

　　A．On the contraryB．On the one hand

　　C．On the other hand D．On the whole

　　10. Smoking is one of the

　　causes of cancer，killing millions of people each year. A. majorB. similar

　　C. commercial

　　D. chemical

　　11. Parents，of course，will do everything they could to

　　their children from harm.

　　A. defend

　　B. convince

　　C. overcome

　　D. reduce

　　12. Students are warned of not being too _______ about things they are not supposed to know. A. strange

　　B. curious

　　C. conscious

　　D. amusing

　　13. By hiking, people can ______ nature and experience another kind of life.

　　A．close toB．close C．get close to D．get closed to

　　14. —He managed to

　　at the last moment.

　　—You mean he has a narrow escape?

　　A. turn away

　　B. turn up

　　C. turn out

　　D. turn in

　　15. The students entered the classroom, smiling and____ , and _____ down to have their lessons.

　　A. talked; sat

　　B. talking; sitting

　　C. talking; sat

　　D. talked; sitting

　　Ⅲ. 閱讀理解

　　(A)

　　A blind boy has learnt how to “see” again after being taught a language used by dolphins. Young Jamie Aspland utters tiny high-pitch (高音) clicks to rebound the sound off surfaces and guide him round obstacles. The four-year-old, who was born without sight, was taught the “echo location” technique as part of an exciting technique pioneered in the US to help the blind.

　　His mother Deborah praised the treatment after her son was able to walk unaided to the park for the first time and even guided himself around a fence. She said, “It has changed our lives. The treatment has been a success. Since learning the skill we can walk to the park and Jamie no longer has to hold my hand. It’s amazing. ”

　　Deborah, a mother of three, gave up her job as a tour operator to care for Jamie and his sick brother Kane full time. Jamie’s twin sister Rosie also has developmental and learning difficulties. She watched nervously after tiny Jamie’s first session when he approached a fence, but was able to round it. She said, “We thought he was going to go straight into it. But he just went round it. I didn’t think it would be possible. He was born blind but this treatment has given him a new lease of life. ”

　　Jamie, from Ashford in Kent, has just completed his third session with echo location expert Daniel Kish, who lost his sight when he was just 13 months old. As president of World Access for the Blind, Kish developed the technique based on animal sonar (聲吶) to help humans form “mental maps” of their surroundings.

　　He copied the technique dolphins used to navigate their way through the dark depths—using high pitch clicks to detect objects and reflect off their inside structure. Jamie is able to mirror that behavior—which assists his use of a cane (手杖)—by clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth to imitate the dolphins’ underwater tones.

　　1. What do we know from Paragraph 1？

　　A. Jamie Aspland can avoid obstacles by using the “echo location” technique.

　　B. Using ears has the same effect as using eyes with the development of science.

　　C. Dolphins’ eyes are not helpful in locating objects at all.

　　D. The “echo location” technique isn’t helpful to people with normal sight.

　　2. Jamie’s mother Deborah believes that _________ .

　　A. Jamie won’t need her help any longer

　　B. Jamie will be able to do whatever he wants

　　C. her family benefits from the “echo location” technique

　　D. people can see small objects with the“echo location” technique

　　3. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

　　A. Jamie’s father has to work hard to support his family.

　　B. Jamie’s mother used to have a hard time with her kids.

　　C. There must be something wrong with Deborah’s genes.

　　D. Jamie will be able to help look after his sister and brother.

　　4. What is implied in the passage?

　　A. Daniel Kish has suffered a lot from being blind.

　　B. It is hard for the blind to master the “echo location” technique.

　　C. Dolphins can’t use the “echo location” technique out of water.

　　D. Jamie still has to use his walking cane sometimes.

　　(B)

　　The CEO of Apple—Steve Jobs’ story about death

　　When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right. ” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? ”

　　Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered（遇到）to help me make the big choice in life.

　　About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. The doctors advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is the doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die.

　　I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy（活組織檢查）and my wife told me that tumor turned out to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

　　This was the closest I’ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

　　Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma（教條）—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

　　5. The doctors advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because ________ .

　　A. he had to rest at home

　　B. his disease was not serious at all

　　C. his disease couldn’t be cured

　　D. he had to wait for the result of the test

　　6. How did the author feel after the diagnosis?

　　A. Angry.

　　B. Excited.

　　C. Optimistic.

　　D. Hopeless.

　　7. In the author’s opinion, we should _______ .

　　A. follow others’ advice

　　B. take no notice of diseases

　　C. take exercise and keep healthy

　　D. have the courage to follow our heart

　　答案解析

　　Ⅰ. 1. defend

　　2. representing

　　3. curiously

　　4. spoken

　　5. function

　　6. statements

　　7. major

　　8. subjective

　　9. misunderstood

　　10. approach

　　Ⅱ. 1. 【解析】選B。句意：這家公司是世界上第一家生產便攜式收音機和卡式錄音機的公司。當名詞被序數詞修飾時，多用動詞不定式作其后置定語。

　　2. 【解析】選A。根據關鍵詞介詞to判斷，只有approach后才能跟介詞to的名詞短語。故選A項。

　　3. 【解析】選B。句意：雖然英國英語和美國英語在拼寫和讀音上有一些差異，然而它們還是有很多共同之處的。“have much in common”意為“有很多共同之處”，符合句意。

　　4. 【解析】選C。句意：房子有許多用途，但它的主要功能是提供居住處。function功能，符合題意。

　　5. 【解析】選A。句意：當著許多陌生人的面，姑娘有些緊張，我們盡了最大努力讓她感到放松一些。at ease不拘束。

　　【變式備選】

　　the pain ________ the medicine，he can walk as usual now.

　　A．Easing；ofB．Having eased；of

　　C．Eased of；by

　　D．Having eased of；by

　　【解析】選C。ease sb. of the pain減輕某人的痛苦，其被動式為sb. be eased of the pain by sth. ；C為過去分詞短語作狀語，he為其邏輯主語。

　　6. 【解析】選A。根據問句中的broken down可知，這兩國間有可能發生武裝沖突。be likely to do sth. 很可能會……。注意：四個選項中，只有likely是形容詞，在這里用作表語。

　　7. 【解析】選C。句意：據說那個女孩將有機會代表她的國家參加2024年倫敦奧運會。represent代表。

　　8. 【解析】選A。答句句意：他排名世界第三。rank作動詞時，意思是“排列，把……分等級”。function起作用，運轉；dash猛沖，突進；consider考慮，在句中要用be considered as結構。

　　9.【解析】選A。考查短語辨析。句意：他對烹飪不感興趣。恰恰相反他很厭煩烹飪。on the contrary恰恰相反，符合句意。on the one hand一方面; on the other hand另一方面；on the whole總體來說。

　　10. 【解析】選A。句意：吸煙是引發癌癥最主要的原因之一，每年有數百萬人喪生。major主要的，符合題意。

　　11. 【解析】選A。考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：父母當然會盡其所能來保護他們的孩子免受傷害。defend“保護，保衛”；convince“使相信”；overcome“克服”；reduce“減少”。

　　12. 【解析】選B。考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：學生們被警告不要對不應知道的事追根問底。be curious about對……好奇，符合句意。strange陌生的；conscious有知覺的，有意識的；amusing有樂趣的，好笑的。均不合句意。

　　【變式備選】

　　She felt sorry that she had disturbed the

　　calmness of a man she respected.

　　A. regular

　　B. curious

　　C. usual

　　D. various

　　【解析】選C。考查形容詞詞義辨析。usual作“通(往)常的”或“平常的”講，是指在某處、某一時間或某人身上所常見的東西或發生的情況。

　　13. 【解析】選C。句意：通過徒步旅行，人們可以親近大自然，體驗另一種生活。get close to走近, 接近，符合句意，故選C。

　　14. 【解析】選A。 考查短語辨析。句意為：——他在最后一刻設法避開了。——你是說他九死一生？turn away 避開；解雇；不準……入內；走開；轉過臉; turn up出現；開大；發現； turn out生產；結果是；

　　turn in

　　交上；歸還。

　　15. 【解析】選C。本句的謂語動詞是entered. . . and sat down, smiling and talking是現在分詞作狀語，表示伴隨動作。Ⅲ. 【文章大意】一個盲童在學習了海豚的語言后可以重新“看”世界了。年僅4歲，先天失明的Jamie Aspland學習了“回聲定位方法”，這種方法沿用了海豚的回聲定位技術，幫助盲人繞開周圍的障礙。

　　1. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。從第一段中“Young Jamie Aspland. . . guide him round obstacles. ”可知，答案為A。

　　2. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。根據第二段“It has changed our lives. The treatment has been a success. ”可推斷，答案為C。

　　3. 【解析】選B。推理判斷題。根據第三段“Deborah, a mother of three, gave up her job. . . ”和“Jamie’s twin sister Rosie also has developmental and learning difficulties. ”可推斷，答案為B。

　　4. 【解析】選D。推理判斷題。根據末段“Jamie is able to mirror that behavior—which assists his use of a cane. . . ”可推斷，答案為D。

　　【文章大意】蘋果公司CEO喬布斯用自己的親身經歷告訴人們：人要有勇氣去追逐自己心靈的指示，不要讓別人的聲音影響到自己的選擇。

　　5. 【解析】選C。細節理解題。這是蘋果公司CEO喬布斯在斯坦福大學畢業典禮上演講的節選部分。由第三段的incurable以及. . . which is the doctors’ code for preparing yourself to die. 可知醫生認為喬布斯的病無法醫治。

　　6. 【解析】選D。細節理解題。由第四段中的 I was completely in despair. 可知診斷結果出來之后，作者感到很絕望。7. 【解析】選D。推理判斷題。最后一段中，作者提到：人們的時間有限，所以不要將時間浪費在重復其他人的生活上。不要被其他人觀點的喧囂掩蓋你內心真正的聲音。最重要的是要有勇氣去聽從心靈的指示——它在某種程度上知道你想要成為什么樣子。其他的事情都是次要的。