选修七Module 3 测试

1、 选修七Module 3 测试 2015.4.3第一部分 听力（共20道题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）（A）F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an Americannovelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the

2、army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest

3、 to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary. ”This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922), a c

4、ollection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published a

5、nother collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men. However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s, he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period, he completed novels

6、Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism. 1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage? A. 5B.

7、 6C. 7D. 82. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage? a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St. Paul Academy. c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise. e. He failed to reorder hi

8、s life. f. He joined the army and met Zelda. A. f-c-e-a-b-dB. b-e-a-f-c-dC. f-d-e-c-b-aD. b-f-c-d-e-a3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _. A. had made some money when he met Zelda in AlabamaB. was well educated and well off before he served in the armyC. would have completed more works

9、 if his wife hadnt broken downD. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about_. A. Zeldas personal lifeB. Zeldas illness and treatmentC. Fitzgeralds friendship with GrahamD. Fitzgeralds contributions to the li

10、terary world（B）Of all the famous English writers, probably the best knownis William Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in1564 on April 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had agood upbringing. Shakespeare probably went to school (althoughno records survive to pr

11、ove this) but not university. He got married when he was 18 to Anne Hathaway and the couple had 3 children. Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet is a kind of poem). He began working in his hometown of Stratford but by 1592, he was writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a hou

12、se in the capital and one in Stratford. He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and stories about historical figures such as Julius Caesar. Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago. But why is his work still popu

13、lar today? His work looked at common human themes, such as betrayal, murder, lust, power, ambition and love. These themes are as much a part of human nature today as they were all those years ago and are the themes we see in modern soap operas and Hollywood films. Even though his theatre, The Globe,

14、 was burned down in 1613, it was rebuilt in London in 1997 and you can still see his plays performed there today. Shakespeares influence on the English language can still be felt today. We talk about “fair play”, meaning honest behaviour but this phrase was first used by Shakespeare. He coined the p

15、hrase “you can have too much of a good thing”. And it was Shakespeare who came up with the expression to disappear “into thin air” which we still use today when we lose something. Shakespeares works have been translated into every major language in the world. And perhaps well still be as fascinated

16、by his works 400 years from now as weve been for almost the last 400. 5. Romeo and Juliet belongs to_. A. comediesB. tragediesC. romantic storiesD. historical stories 6. Why is Shakespeare still well received today? A. Because his plays can always remind you of your good old days. B. Because his pla

17、ys reflect common human themes. C. Because there have been several Hollywood films based on his plays. D. Because his plays are easy to understand. 7. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage? A. Shakespeare graduated from Oxford University. B. Shakespeare passed away on April 23rd,

18、1616. C. The language in Shakespeares original works is still used today. D. Shakespeare is the most famous writer around the world. 8. We can conclude that Shakespeare _. A. made great contributions to the English languageB. was born in a poor familyC. was fond of making money by selling housesD. c

19、reated modern soap operas（C）A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not leadparents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out from a book, and, if a par

20、ent can produce what, in the actual circumstances(情况) of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, thats much better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the children by frightening them or making them sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have

21、to show in a controlled experiment that children who had read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being strongly terrified by some fairy stories. This also arises from the child who has heard the story once.

22、However, familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who are opposed to fairy stories in that they are not true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of

23、being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must say so strange that I do not know how to argue with them. If their cases were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly f

24、rom New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girlfriend. No fairy story has ever claimed(声称) to be description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it is. 9.The author considered that a fairy story is more

25、 effective_ . A. when a story is repeated without any changeB. when we treat a story as a jokeC. when the parent makes some changes about a storyD. when the story is set in the present time10What is the advantage claimed for repeating fairy stories to young children? A. Making them less fearful. B.

26、Developing their power of memory. C. Making them believe there is nothing to be afraid of. D. Encouraging them not to have strange beliefs. 11According to the last paragraph, we can know _. A. fairy stories are still being made upB. there are some misunderstandings about fairy talesC. people try to

27、update old fairy storiesD. there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays 12. According to the passage, whats the writers attitude towards fairy stories? A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Neutral. D. Critic. （D）Here are brief introductions to some popular novels. WATCHERS Two mutants（突异变种）, both c

28、hanged from the animals they once were, escape and no one who encounters them will ever be the same again. A lonely widower,a ruthless assassin, a beautiful woman and a government agent are drawn together in a deadly hunt. All four are cruelly propelled（推进） towards a fight with an evil beyond human

29、imagining. THE MASK She had appeared out of nowhere in front of Carols car. She was a teenager with no past and no memory. Carol and Paul were instantly drawn to her, and they called her Janeshe was the daughter they never had. But then the questions began. Where had Jane come from? Who was the girl

30、 behind the mask? THE FUNHOUSE Young Ellen ran away, joined a carnival, married a man she grew to hate and gave birth to a child so uglythat she killed it. Years later she has a new husband and two children, Amy and Joey, but the time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins（罪恶） as Amy is pregn

31、ant and the carnival is back in town. LOVE STORY He is Oliver Barrett IV, a rich jockery from a stuffy Wasp family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career inlaw. She is Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe. They are opposites in nearly every way. But t

32、hey fall in love. This is their story. 13. Which novel is about a fierce fight between justice and evil? A. WATCHERSB. THE MASKC. THE FUNHOUSED. LOVE STORY14. In the novel WATCHERS, two mutants_. A. were once animalsB. transform everything they meetC. hunt for beautiful womenD. kill a lot of people1

33、5. The underlined sentence in the brief introduction to the novel LOVE STORY means _. A. they are the same in every wayB. they are quite different from each other in most aspectsC. they have a lot in commonD. they are attracted by each other第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)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

34、选项。Nodira, 18, lives in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. She was born with a rare disease and is now paralyzed(瘫痪) from the waist down. 16 Her hopes for the future include attending university, riding in her fathers car and being able to walk like other children. Nodira, which means “unique” in Uz

35、bek, is one of five children in a poor family. Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair. 17 Nodira has never been to school because it is too far from her home and inaccessible for her wheelchair. A local teacher used to come and tutor her at hom

36、e and, as a result, she was able to finish third grade. 18 19 The stigma(羞辱) attached to the children living with disabilities, combined with the lack of wheelchair access to schools and the economic difficulties faced by many Uzbek families, have led many parents to place children with disabilities

37、 in special institutions. 20 Still, it is unlikely that she will be able to finish her primary education, much less attend university. While missing out on an education is a great disappointment to Nodira, her greatest wish, for a true friend, can still come true. “What I want more than anything is

38、a friend who also has a disability, ” she says. “Somebody will not feel sorry for me or make fun of me, and will understand what my life is like. ”A. These days, Nodira does homework exercises at home and reads as much as she can. BHer life is confined to a wheelchair but her dreams know no such bou

39、ndaries. CDespite the many difficulties in Nodiras life, she is lucky to be living with her family. D. Her family cant help her a lot. E. Her life is so boring that she sometimes loses heart. F. After that, her parents moved to another town and the tutor could not visit as much. G. The rest of her d

40、ay is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores. 第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）Alices Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved childrens books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It 21 the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a ra

41、bbit 22 a magical world called Wonderland. She has many 23 which seem to change the rules of reasoning or 24 sense. The 25 of the book comes from its 26 , interesting story, and art work. Charles later wrote the story down 27 the name of Alices Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Chris

42、tmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George 28 to Charles that he make a book from his 29 . Charles then wrote more parts to the story 30 it was around 35, 000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John

43、Tenniel, under the name of Alices Adventures in Wonderland. The book was a(n) 31 success. One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a 32 of all of Lewis Carrolls works. She was 33 to find that they included many works on 34 . 35 , Charles Dodgson was a highly respected math

44、ematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on 36 that appear in his books and poems. 37 the story was first printed, it has 38 selling up to the present day. It has been 39 into over fifty languages and has had several movies 40 on it. The story is even mentioned in the popular 1999 film

45、The Matrix by the character Morpheus. 21. A. tellsB. speaksC. talksD. says22. A. comingB. enteringC. goingD. running23. A. experimentsB. expressionsC. hardshipsD. Experiences24. A. ordinaryB. normalC. commonD. regular25. A. popularityB. preparationC. opportunityD. opposition26. A. imageB. impression

46、C. imaginationD. improvement27. A. inB. underC. forD. at28. A. suggestedB. saidC. liedD. pointed29. A. novelB. storyC. filmD. puzzle30. A. unlessB. whenC. whileD. until31. A. slowB. lowC. immediateD. informal32. A. correctionB. collectionC. competitionD. connection33. A. surprisedB. disappointedC. u

47、psetD. angry34. A. historyB. politicsC. geographyD. math35. A. In orderB. In factC. In placeD. In conclusion36. A. addressingB. discussingC. reasoningD. greeting37. A. SinceB. AfterC. WhenD. Before38. A. letB. foundC. leftD. kept39. A. translatedB. madeC. spelledD. written40. A. putB. takenC. basedD

48、. relied第四部分 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai white­collar workers have received native English speaking _41_(nation) students as th

49、eir host families, too, in order to learn English from them.It is usually free for foreign students to stay in a host family in Shanghai, hut he/she must take _42_ the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain members of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her _43_(limit) E

50、nglish. “I never knew what to say to an English­speaking person.” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but _44_ has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw _45_ advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, US) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a manager. She stays in Li's apartment for free，_46_ has to teach Li oral English for 1 hour every day. “She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we ha