高中英语单元测试卷 Unit3 A taste of English humour2 新人教版必修4

1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour（二）第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21The bell_ the end of the period rang, _ oue heated discussion. A.indicating,interrupting B.indicated,interrupting C.indicating;interrupted D.indicated;interrupted22When I g

2、ot back home I saw a message pinned to the door_Sorry to miss you; will call later. A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading23Its a waste of time him. He is no longer in charge now.Aasking Bto ask CaskedDasks24-Why did you go back to the shop? I left my friend_ there. A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D.w

3、aits25This_girl is Lindas cousin.A. pretty little Spanish B. Spanish little pretty C. Spanish pretty little D. Little pretty Spanish26I was just talking to Margot when Jackson_. A. cut in B. cut down C. cut out D. cut up27My boss hates interruptions, when he is trying to work.AoccasionallyBgenerally

4、CspeciallyDespecially28With a stranger_ of achievement, active language learners are able to put what they know .to better A. sense B.feeling C.thought D.idea29 was most important to her, she told me, was her family.AIt BThisCWhatDAs30Do you know about the accident which happened in the center of th

5、e city? Yes. But it was some time we realized the truth.Abefore BwhenCsinceDuntil31Have you handed in your school-work yet?Yes, I have. I guess it now.Ahas gradedBis gradedCis being gradedDis grading32We cant go abroad this year, so we will have to_ ourselves with a holiday in Shanghai. A. treat B.p

6、resent C.content D. conduct33Its fun to see all the food I have made in such a short time.AeatingBto be eatenCbeing eatenDeaten34Martial Art Films are supposed to be educational, inspiring, as well as_. A. entertaining B. entertained C. joy D. delighted 35He is only too ready to help others,seldom,_

7、, refusing when they turn to him for help. A. if never B. if ever C. if not D. if any第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）Push!At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and look to his 36 , and it was half past one. “Im not getting 37 at this time,” he 38 to himself, and rolle

8、d over.Then, a 39 knock followed. “Arent you going to 40 it?” said his wife.So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man 41 at the door. It didnt take long to 42 the man was drunk. “Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔) the stranger, “Can you give me a push?”“No, get

9、 lost. Its half past one. I was 43 ,”Peter said and slammed the door. He went back 44 to bed and told his wife what had happened.She said, “That wasnt very 45 of you. Remember that night we had a 46 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 47 that mans door to get our car 48

10、 again? What would have happened if hed told 49 to get lost?”“But the guy was 50 ,” said Peter.“It doesnt matter,”said the wife. “He needs help 51 it would be the Christian thing to help him.”So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to

11、see the stranger anywhere, he shouted, “Hey, do you still want a 52 ?”And he heard a 53 ,“Yeah, please.”So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted, “ 54 are you?”The drunk replied, “Over here, on the 55 .”36AdoorBclockCwifeDwindow37Aout of bedBout of the houseCdown to workDinto trouble38

12、AcomplainedBexplainedCrepliedDthought39AweakerBlouderClongerDangrier40AstandBstopCanswerDrefuse41AstandingBlyingCknockingDlooking42ArememberBshowCrealizeDdoubt43Ain bedBin surpriseCat homeDat work44AdownBupCinsideDhome45AniceBfoolishCtypicalDgenerous46Ahard timeBquarrelCfightDbreakdown47Adrive toBpa

13、ss byCknock on Ddrop into48AstartedBrefreshedCunitedDdelighted49AusBthemCthe manDothers50AmadBdrunkCdifferentDdangerous51AbutBthoughCandDbecause52ArestBpushCroomDlift53AladyBgentlemanCdrunkDvoice54AWhatBHowCWhoDWhere55AroofBbedCswing Dground第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AI began working in journalism

14、when I was eight. It was my mothers idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations o

15、n the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.“None.”“Whe

16、re did you go?”“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”“What did you do?”“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”“You just stood there?”“Didnt sell a single one.”“My God, Russell!”Uncle Allen put in, “Well, Ive decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and

17、 he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in

18、the home.One day, I told my mother Id changed my mind. I didnt want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “youll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling m

19、agazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my fathers plain workmans life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such

20、 a successful journalist as me would go back to her husbands people for true life and love.56Why did the boy start his job young?AHe wanted to be famous in the future BThe job was quite easy for him.CHis mother had high hopes for him. DThe competition for the job was fierce.57From the dialogue betwe

21、en the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _.AexcitedBinterested Cashamed Ddisappointed 58What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?AShe forced him to continue. BShe punished him.CShe gave him some money. DShe changed her plan.59The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph

22、refers to .Athe war between the boys parentsBthe arguing between the boy and his motherCthe quarrel between the boy and his customersDthe fight between the boy and his father60What is the text mainly about?AThe early life of a journalist. BThe early success of a journalist.CThe happy childhood of th

23、e writer.DThe important role of the writer in his family.BResearchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between races and rates(率) of lung cancer among smokers. A new study shows that black people and Native Hawaiians are more likely to develop lung cancer from smoking. It compar

24、ed their risk to whites, Japanese-Americans and Latinos. Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii did the new study. The New England Journal of Medicine published the findings. The eight-year research studied more than 180,000 people. They included present an

25、d former smokers and people who never smoked. Almost 2.000 people in the study developed lung cancer.Researchers say genetics(遗传学) might help explain the racial and ethnic（种族的） differences. There could be differences in how people's bodies react to smoke. But environmental influences, including

26、the way people smoke, could also make a difference.African-Americans and Latinos in the study are reported smoking the fewest cigarettes per day. Whites are the heaviest smokers. But the scientists point out that blacks have been reported to breathe cigarette smoke more deeply than white smokers. Th

27、is could fill their lungs with more of the chemicals in tobacco that cause cancer. Scientists know that some diseases effect different groups differently. And some drug companies have begun to develop racially targeted(针对) medicines. Last June, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved

28、 a drug designed to treat heart failure in black patients. The name is BiDil. The agency called it "a step toward the promise of personalized medicine." 61Which of the following orders is from higher to lower risk of having lung cancer?AWhitesNative HawaiiansBAfricansAmericansLatinosCAsian

29、sNative HawaiiansDAfricansAmericansNative Hawaiians62Researchers agree that it is that may probably determine black peoples risk of lung cancer.Athe larger amount of smoking than white peopleBthe living style or habit of the blacksCthe depth of cigarette smoke into their lungsDthe physical strength

30、to react to cigarette smoke63People in the new study are made up of .Aheavy smokers in AmericaBthe black and white peopleCthe Asians and HawaiiansDsmokers and non-smokers64The production of BiDil referred to in the last paragraph is to .Aexplain different races react to some diseases differentlyBtel

31、l the readers that racial differences exist in smokersCshow a big step people have taken in the medicine areaDsupport the idea that it is easy for blacks to have cancers65Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the author?AThe way of smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer.BRace

32、has nothing to do with the risk of having a lung cancer.CThe research was started by the New England Journal of Medicine.DThe risk of lung cancer lies I how much a person smokes.C "The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic”say scientistsThe researchers from California report that th

33、e change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The lowering of the waterspH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore Na

34、tional Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature.Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already beco

35、me slightly more acidic over the last century. These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change"This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue re

36、leasing COZ into the atmosphere," said Dr Caldeira. "And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed（超过）anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years, let alone perhaps after rare disastrous events such as asteroid（小1j-%+.'_) impacts” However, it is not abso

37、lutely clear what that means for ocean lifeMost organisms live near the surface, where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur, but deep-ocean life forms may be more sensitive to pH changesCoral reefs and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate（小行星) may be particularly affec

38、ted if the water's acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH. In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power stations in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global wa

39、rmingBut Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re-considered. "Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing一because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO2, is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount o

40、f greenhouse warming.”66 The ocean is becoming more acidic due to A，the lower water pH value Bthe warming atmosphereC the higher level of COZ in the air Dthe increasing use of oil fuels67 According to Dr Caldeira, A ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing B more oil fuels will be used in

41、the near future C scientists may predict climate changes with computer models D the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious68If the water's acidity level keeps rising, A ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected B the waterspH value will become

42、higher and higher C organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to pH changes D some disastrous events will occur more often than before69Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce A the COZ absorbed by the ocean B the amount of greenhouse warming C the acid

43、ity of the ocean D the gradul release Of CO270The purpose of this passage is to A show people the findings of a research team B inform people of how acid the ocean is now C introduce Dr Caldeira and his team's research D warn people of the higher level of COZDAs you move around your home, take a

44、 good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly

45、a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the lo

46、ng hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year.One couple who downs

47、hifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldnt get home un

48、til eight or nine oclock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we t

49、ook almost a year to make the decision to downshift. Its taken some getting used to, but its been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think its made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.Liz, ho

50、wever, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. Im not really a country girl, but I suppose Im gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wantin

51、g to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”71The passage tells us that .Apeople seldom work long hours to make moneyBpeople hardly buy more things than necessaryCpeople are sure everything they own is in the right placeDpeople realize there is more to life than

52、 just making money72When Daniel was a reporter he _.Alived in central London Bdisliked his jobCmissed his children Dwas well paid73Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm _.Awas easy to organize Bhas improved family lifeCwas extremely expensive Dhas been a total success74What does the au

53、thor mean by saying“the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives” in the second paragraph ?APeople work long hours to earn their living.BTo make more money through hard work is the aim of peoples life.CLong hours of hard work occupy too much of peoples life.DPeople spent t

54、oo much time and money eating meals.75The underlined word “downshifting” in the second paragraph refers to _.Arepairing your car by yourselfBspending money carefullyCmoving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better lifeDliving in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week第卷（共45分）第四部分 书面表达（共两节，满分45分）第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Heres how.Plan your time carefully.When