Unit 4　Helping people around the world

　　時間：30分鐘

　　Ⅰ.單項填空

　　1．Your teacher's words will be ________ you in all your life，so you should remember them forever.

　　A．honoured for

　　B．of vital importance to

　　C．vital important to D．at the mercy of

　　答案　B　[句意：你老師的話在你整個一生中至關重要，因此你應該永遠記住它們。此處“of＋名詞”相當于形容詞作表語。be honoured for...因……而受到尊敬；at the mercy of受……擺布。]

　　2．In order to better understand the grammar of the sentence，you must break it ________ into parts.

　　A．down

　　B．up

　　C．off

　　D．out

　　答案　A　[幾個詞都可以和break搭配，break down在本題中意思是“把整體分成部分”，符合題意。]

　　3．Did it ever ________ to you to contact the police when you saw the suspect?

　　A．occur

　　B．refer

　　C．happen

　　D．apply

　　答案　A　[幾個選項均可以和to搭配構成詞組，但是根據題意，本題選A；occur to sb意思是“某人突然想起”。 ]

　　4．The picture of the park ________ memories of our class trip last year，when Mr Smith began to take charge of our class.

　　A．reminded

　　B．called up

　　C．turned up

　　D．came up

　　答案　B　[call up意思是“讓人想起……”，符合題意；不要錯選A，因為remind的賓語多指“人”。 ]

　　5．I've tried by hard to improve my English.But by no means ________ with my progress.

　　A．the teacher is not satisfied

　　B．is the teacher not satisfied

　　C．the teacher is satisfied

　　D．is the teacher satisfied

　　答案　D　[當by no means(決不)放在句首時，句子要使用倒裝結構，排除A、C；由于by no means本身具有否定含義，所以排除B。]

　　6．One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.

　　A．bills

　　B．expenses

　　C．prices

　　D．charges

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“帳單，鈔票”；B項意思是“費用，開支”；C項意思是“價格，價錢”；D項意思是“索價，要價”。句意：每個月一千美元不是什么財富，但是足夠支付我的生活費用。]

　　7．In our childhood，we were often ________ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.

　　A．demanded

　　B．reminded

　　C．allowed

　　D．hoped

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“命令”；B項意思是“提醒”；C項意思是“允許”；D項意思是“希望”。根據題意選B，句意：在我們小時候，奶奶經常提醒我們注意餐桌禮儀。]

　　8．Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a ________ of exercise.

　　A．limit

　　B．lack

　　C．need

　　D．demand

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“限制”；B項意思是“缺少，缺乏”；C項意思是“需要”；D項意思是“要求”。根據題意可知選B，句意：健康問題與不良飲食習慣和缺少鍛煉息息相關。]

　　9．The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________ his notes.

　　A．bringing up

　　B．referring to

　　C．looking for

　　D．trying on

　　答案　B　[bring up撫養，培養；refer to參考；look for尋找；try on試用，試驗。根據題意選B，句意：在商務會議上，首長講話將近一小時沒有參考他的演講稿。]

　　10．—Who are you waiting for?

　　—________ the man wounded in the left leg.

　　A．The doctor will operate on

　　B．The nurse to be looked after

　　C．The doctor to operate on

　　D．His brother got

　　答案　C　[從題目結構上看答語是個省略句，回答wait for的內容，排除A、D兩項；而B項用動詞不定式的被動結構不合邏輯，所以正確答案是C項。]

　　11．The explorer got a disease in blood for the ________ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

　　A．sake

　　B．lack

　　C．ignorance

　　D．knock

　　答案　B　[for the sake of為了……的緣故；for the lack of由于缺少；knock敲打，敲擊。根據句意應選B。]

　　12．Gandi insisted on winning independence by peaceful struggles，not by ________.

　　A．power

　　B．strength

　　C．energy

　　D．force

　　答案　D　[根據題干中的“not by”可知，空缺處應為peaceful struggles的反義詞，故應選擇D項，force為“武力”之意。]

　　13．Although the wind has ________，the rain remains steady，so you still need a raincoat.

　　A．turned up

　　B．gone back

　　C．died down

　　D．blown out

　　答案　C　[A項意思是“出現，調大”；B項意思是“回去”；C項意思是“逐漸停止，漸漸消失”；D項意思是“吹滅”。根據題意選C。]

　　14．________ a teacher has given permission is a student allowed to enter the classroom.

　　A．If only B．Only if

　　C．As if

　　D．Even if

　　答案　B　[if only意為“只要，若要……就好了”；as if意為“好像”；even if意為“即使”；only if意為“只有”，通常位于句首。從句意和句子的結構可知本題正確答案為B。]

　　15．He opened his mouth as if ________ something.

　　A．to say

　　B．say

　　C．saying

　　D．to be said

　　答案　A　[as if意為“好像”，其后也可以接不定式，意為“好像要做……”，故本題正確答案為A。句意：他張開口，似乎要說什么。]

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　There was room for all of us，and sleeping bags kept the night chill away.We would listen to the sound of the river，and hear the coyotes(叢林狼) howling along the hills not far away.

　　Those were the cool summer nights of the mid nineties in Southern Alberta，Canada，when the four children were young and we would lie on the trampoline(蹦床) in the backyard late at night，for the sun would not set till late in July and August.We would look at the stars up above.It was a simple painting of little white dots on a black canvas，but we would never grow tired of looking at it.As our eyes surveyed that starry wonder we would see streaks of lights as meteors(流星) hit the atmosphere and burn up，or we would follow the meteors'steady path across the sky till it would also disappear.

　　These were the times when I would tell the stories of my own childhood and teach the kids life's lessons that have been remembered to this day.I chuckle，as I recall the time when we heard a coyote not far away，that I started a story about a bear sneaking (溜)up to the trampoline.The closer the bear came (in the story )the closer the kids snuggled up to mom and I，until suddenly I let out this big daddy growl and grabbed all the kids.They would startle and jump up and then all laugh，“Daddy，you scared us！”

　　Now the children are in their mid and late teens，but they fondly remember the starry nights on that trampoline.Recently my oldest daughter on her wedding day sang a song for her parents，entitled I'll always be your little girl.She wrote the music and words；it included a memory of those starry nights.

　　I have learned as a parent that one of the greatest gifts we can give our children as they are growing up is the time to tell them stories，or if telling stories is not that simple，perhaps read them a story.They can read their own books and it will benefit them greatly academically，but telling or reading them a story will create an inseparable bond(聯系) with pleasant memories such as those late summer nights in the starry sky.

　　1．The best title for this text should be ________.

　　A．An Important Lesson

　　B．A Father's Frightening Story

　　C．Memories of Starry Nights

　　D．A Parent's Story

　　答案：C　[標題歸納題。作者回憶了在星夜同孩子一起度過的幸福時光。因此答案為C。]

　　2．What's the importance of telling or reading stories to children?

　　A．It can teach them much knowledge while they are listening to stories.

　　B．It will improve their listening abilities as well as their understanding abilities.

　　C．It will help them remember their happy moments in past days.

　　D．It can build up good links between parents and their children.

　　答案：D　[推理判斷題。根據最后一段的內容我們可以推測出，父母給孩子們講故事或讀書的最大作用就是加強同孩子們之間的聯系。]

　　3．In this story，the writer compares the night sky to ________.

　　A．a black canvas with little white dots

　　B．little white dots

　　C．streaks of lights

　　D．the satellites'path

　　答案：A　[事實細節題。根據第二段中的“It was a simple painting of white little dots on a black canvas”可知，作者把夜空比作一幅黑色油畫。]

　　4．How did the writer feel when he was telling

　　the story on the dark night?

　　A．Frightened.

　　B．Happy.

　　C．Sad.

　　D．Worried.

　　答案：B　[推理判斷題。根據作者對星夜的描述可以看出一家人其樂融融的景象。據此我們可以推斷作者在講故事的時候，其內心應該是高興的。]

　　B

　　Many parents don't love to read to their children.But there are so many professionals and PhDs doing the opposite thing.And they really promote reading to children，which is so good for children.I have found that this is true with my own children.

　　I am not sure if it is the book or the fact that you are spending quality time with them，undivided time that they will remember for their entire life.Reading to children is one of the most bonding experiences you can have.

　　Children enjoy sitting on your lap while your voice flows over them.As the reader it is fun to watch their little faces as they are moved with the flow of the story.They are laughing one moment and on the next page the story has moved them to tears.As the storyteller，I am just as moved as they are；I am caught up in the story as our emotions flow up and down.You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.

　　This is an experience that children then try to pass on to younger children，reading books to them.My daughter was so into reading that if she couldn't line up some neighbors'children she could be reading her books to，she would line up her stuffed animals and read to them.Well，she also tried to teach her neighbors and teddy bears math，and “ocean science ”as she called it.She would read anything she could to them.And to my astonishment the neighbors'parents told me they really appreciated the fact that their children were doing so much better in school.

　　5．The writer mentions the idea of professionals and PhDs so as to ________.

　　A．introduce his own viewpoint

　　B．show the importance of his idea

　　C．please readers

　　D．attract the attention of readers

　　答案：A　[推理判斷題。在第一段中，作者首先引出一些專家、博士的觀點：讀書給孩子聽有許多好處。后面的內容則是圍繞這個論點展開的。由此，我們可以推斷出讀書給孩子聽有很多好處，這實際上也是作者的觀點。]

　　6．The writer mentions his own children in this text for the purpose of ________.

　　A．showing the cleverness of his children

　　B．explaining the advantages of reading to children

　　C．telling the importance of studying together with parents

　　D．showing his children were interested in reading

　　答案：B　[推理判斷題。由后面的內容可以看出，由于作者堅持給孩子讀書，孩子也養成了給其他孩子讀書的好習慣，并且這些孩子在學校的表現也比以前好。這就是讀書的好處。]

　　7．The writer thinks that ________.

　　A．you should place your children on your lap while reading to them

　　B．children's feelings change while you read books to them

　　C．it is easy to kill time while you are reading books to children

　　D．reading to children is one of the most interesting experiences

　　答案：C　[細節理解題。由第三段的最后一句“You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.”可知，讀書給孩子聽，時間不知不覺地就過去了。]

　　8．According to the text，which of the following is NOT true about the writer's daughter?

　　A．She lined up some neighbors'children and read to them.

　　B．She lined up her stuffed animals and read to them.

　　C．She would teach her teddy bears math and “ocean science”．

　　D．She would read anything she could to her parents.

　　答案：D　[細節判斷題。由最后一段的內容可知A、B、C三項的內容與文章事實相符。根據第四段中的”She would read anything she could to them.”這個句子中的them 指的是“鄰居的小孩和她的玩具”而不是“她的父母”，故D項內容與文章事實不符。]

　　Unit 4　Helping people around the world

　　時間：30分鐘

　　Ⅰ.單項填空

　　1．Your teacher's words will be ________ you in all your life，so you should remember them forever.

　　A．honoured for

　　B．of vital importance to

　　C．vital important to D．at the mercy of

　　答案　B　[句意：你老師的話在你整個一生中至關重要，因此你應該永遠記住它們。此處“of＋名詞”相當于形容詞作表語。be honoured for...因……而受到尊敬；at the mercy of受……擺布。]

　　2．In order to better understand the grammar of the sentence，you must break it ________ into parts.

　　A．down

　　B．up

　　C．off

　　D．out

　　答案　A　[幾個詞都可以和break搭配，break down在本題中意思是“把整體分成部分”，符合題意。]

　　3．Did it ever ________ to you to contact the police when you saw the suspect?

　　A．occur

　　B．refer

　　C．happen

　　D．apply

　　答案　A　[幾個選項均可以和to搭配構成詞組，但是根據題意，本題選A；occur to sb意思是“某人突然想起”。 ]

　　4．The picture of the park ________ memories of our class trip last year，when Mr Smith began to take charge of our class.

　　A．reminded

　　B．called up

　　C．turned up

　　D．came up

　　答案　B　[call up意思是“讓人想起……”，符合題意；不要錯選A，因為remind的賓語多指“人”。 ]

　　5．I've tried by hard to improve my English.But by no means ________ with my progress.

　　A．the teacher is not satisfied

　　B．is the teacher not satisfied

　　C．the teacher is satisfied

　　D．is the teacher satisfied

　　答案　D　[當by no means(決不)放在句首時，句子要使用倒裝結構，排除A、C；由于by no means本身具有否定含義，所以排除B。]

　　6．One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.

　　A．bills

　　B．expenses

　　C．prices

　　D．charges

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“帳單，鈔票”；B項意思是“費用，開支”；C項意思是“價格，價錢”；D項意思是“索價，要價”。句意：每個月一千美元不是什么財富，但是足夠支付我的生活費用。]

　　7．In our childhood，we were often ________ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.

　　A．demanded

　　B．reminded

　　C．allowed

　　D．hoped

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“命令”；B項意思是“提醒”；C項意思是“允許”；D項意思是“希望”。根據題意選B，句意：在我們小時候，奶奶經常提醒我們注意餐桌禮儀。]

　　8．Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a ________ of exercise.

　　A．limit

　　B．lack

　　C．need

　　D．demand

　　答案　B　[A項意思是“限制”；B項意思是“缺少，缺乏”；C項意思是“需要”；D項意思是“要求”。根據題意可知選B，句意：健康問題與不良飲食習慣和缺少鍛煉息息相關。]

　　9．The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________ his notes.

　　A．bringing up

　　B．referring to

　　C．looking for

　　D．trying on

　　答案　B　[bring up撫養，培養；refer to參考；look for尋找；try on試用，試驗。根據題意選B，句意：在商務會議上，首長講話將近一小時沒有參考他的演講稿。]

　　10．—Who are you waiting for?

　　—________ the man wounded in the left leg.

　　A．The doctor will operate on

　　B．The nurse to be looked after

　　C．The doctor to operate on

　　D．His brother got

　　答案　C　[從題目結構上看答語是個省略句，回答wait for的內容，排除A、D兩項；而B項用動詞不定式的被動結構不合邏輯，所以正確答案是C項。]

　　11．The explorer got a disease in blood for the ________ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

　　A．sake

　　B．lack

　　C．ignorance

　　D．knock

　　答案　B　[for the sake of為了……的緣故；for the lack of由于缺少；knock敲打，敲擊。根據句意應選B。]

　　12．Gandi insisted on winning independence by peaceful struggles，not by ________.

　　A．power

　　B．strength

　　C．energy

　　D．force

　　答案　D　[根據題干中的“not by”可知，空缺處應為peaceful struggles的反義詞，故應選擇D項，force為“武力”之意。]

　　13．Although the wind has ________，the rain remains steady，so you still need a raincoat.

　　A．turned up

　　B．gone back

　　C．died down

　　D．blown out

　　答案　C　[A項意思是“出現，調大”；B項意思是“回去”；C項意思是“逐漸停止，漸漸消失”；D項意思是“吹滅”。根據題意選C。]

　　14．________ a teacher has given permission is a student allowed to enter the classroom.

　　A．If only B．Only if

　　C．As if

　　D．Even if

　　答案　B　[if only意為“只要，若要……就好了”；as if意為“好像”；even if意為“即使”；only if意為“只有”，通常位于句首。從句意和句子的結構可知本題正確答案為B。]

　　15．He opened his mouth as if ________ something.

　　A．to say

　　B．say

　　C．saying

　　D．to be said

　　答案　A　[as if意為“好像”，其后也可以接不定式，意為“好像要做……”，故本題正確答案為A。句意：他張開口，似乎要說什么。]

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　There was room for all of us，and sleeping bags kept the night chill away.We would listen to the sound of the river，and hear the coyotes(叢林狼) howling along the hills not far away.

　　Those were the cool summer nights of the mid nineties in Southern Alberta，Canada，when the four children were young and we would lie on the trampoline(蹦床) in the backyard late at night，for the sun would not set till late in July and August.We would look at the stars up above.It was a simple painting of little white dots on a black canvas，but we would never grow tired of looking at it.As our eyes surveyed that starry wonder we would see streaks of lights as meteors(流星) hit the atmosphere and burn up，or we would follow the meteors'steady path across the sky till it would also disappear.

　　These were the times when I would tell the stories of my own childhood and teach the kids life's lessons that have been remembered to this day.I chuckle，as I recall the time when we heard a coyote not far away，that I started a story about a bear sneaking (溜)up to the trampoline.The closer the bear came (in the story )the closer the kids snuggled up to mom and I，until suddenly I let out this big daddy growl and grabbed all the kids.They would startle and jump up and then all laugh，“Daddy，you scared us！”

　　Now the children are in their mid and late teens，but they fondly remember the starry nights on that trampoline.Recently my oldest daughter on her wedding day sang a song for her parents，entitled I'll always be your little girl.She wrote the music and words；it included a memory of those starry nights.

　　I have learned as a parent that one of the greatest gifts we can give our children as they are growing up is the time to tell them stories，or if telling stories is not that simple，perhaps read them a story.They can read their own books and it will benefit them greatly academically，but telling or reading them a story will create an inseparable bond(聯系) with pleasant memories such as those late summer nights in the starry sky.

　　1．The best title for this text should be ________.

　　A．An Important Lesson

　　B．A Father's Frightening Story

　　C．Memories of Starry Nights

　　D．A Parent's Story

　　答案：C　[標題歸納題。作者回憶了在星夜同孩子一起度過的幸福時光。因此答案為C。]

　　2．What's the importance of telling or reading stories to children?

　　A．It can teach them much knowledge while they are listening to stories.

　　B．It will improve their listening abilities as well as their understanding abilities.

　　C．It will help them remember their happy moments in past days.

　　D．It can build up good links between parents and their children.

　　答案：D　[推理判斷題。根據最后一段的內容我們可以推測出，父母給孩子們講故事或讀書的最大作用就是加強同孩子們之間的聯系。]

　　3．In this story，the writer compares the night sky to ________.

　　A．a black canvas with little white dots

　　B．little white dots

　　C．streaks of lights

　　D．the satellites'path

　　答案：A　[事實細節題。根據第二段中的“It was a simple painting of white little dots on a black canvas”可知，作者把夜空比作一幅黑色油畫。]

　　4．How did the writer feel when he was telling

　　the story on the dark night?

　　A．Frightened.

　　B．Happy.

　　C．Sad.

　　D．Worried.

　　答案：B　[推理判斷題。根據作者對星夜的描述可以看出一家人其樂融融的景象。據此我們可以推斷作者在講故事的時候，其內心應該是高興的。]

　　B

　　Many parents don't love to read to their children.But there are so many professionals and PhDs doing the opposite thing.And they really promote reading to children，which is so good for children.I have found that this is true with my own children.

　　I am not sure if it is the book or the fact that you are spending quality time with them，undivided time that they will remember for their entire life.Reading to children is one of the most bonding experiences you can have.

　　Children enjoy sitting on your lap while your voice flows over them.As the reader it is fun to watch their little faces as they are moved with the flow of the story.They are laughing one moment and on the next page the story has moved them to tears.As the storyteller，I am just as moved as they are；I am caught up in the story as our emotions flow up and down.You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.

　　This is an experience that children then try to pass on to younger children，reading books to them.My daughter was so into reading that if she couldn't line up some neighbors'children she could be reading her books to，she would line up her stuffed animals and read to them.Well，she also tried to teach her neighbors and teddy bears math，and “ocean science ”as she called it.She would read anything she could to them.And to my astonishment the neighbors'parents told me they really appreciated the fact that their children were doing so much better in school.

　　5．The writer mentions the idea of professionals and PhDs so as to ________.

　　A．introduce his own viewpoint

　　B．show the importance of his idea

　　C．please readers

　　D．attract the attention of readers

　　答案：A　[推理判斷題。在第一段中，作者首先引出一些專家、博士的觀點：讀書給孩子聽有許多好處。后面的內容則是圍繞這個論點展開的。由此，我們可以推斷出讀書給孩子聽有很多好處，這實際上也是作者的觀點。]

　　6．The writer mentions his own children in this text for the purpose of ________.

　　A．showing the cleverness of his children

　　B．explaining the advantages of reading to children

　　C．telling the importance of studying together with parents

　　D．showing his children were interested in reading

　　答案：B　[推理判斷題。由后面的內容可以看出，由于作者堅持給孩子讀書，孩子也養成了給其他孩子讀書的好習慣，并且這些孩子在學校的表現也比以前好。這就是讀書的好處。]

　　7．The writer thinks that ________.

　　A．you should place your children on your lap while reading to them

　　B．children's feelings change while you read books to them

　　C．it is easy to kill time while you are reading books to children

　　D．reading to children is one of the most interesting experiences

　　答案：C　[細節理解題。由第三段的最后一句“You can easily lose a whole afternoon in reading.”可知，讀書給孩子聽，時間不知不覺地就過去了。]

　　8．According to the text，which of the following is NOT true about the writer's daughter?

　　A．She lined up some neighbors'children and read to them.

　　B．She lined up her stuffed animals and read to them.

　　C．She would teach her teddy bears math and “ocean science”．

　　D．She would read anything she could to her parents.

　　答案：D　[細節判斷題。由最后一段的內容可知A、B、C三項的內容與文章事實相符。根據第四段中的”She would read anything she could to them.”這個句子中的them 指的是“鄰居的小孩和她的玩具”而不是“她的父母”，故D項內容與文章事實不符。]