高中英语必修四第二单元测试题(共15页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Unit 2 Working the land . 听录音，根据所听内容选择正确答案听第15段对话，分别完成第15题1. When does the Fushi Bakery close？A. At 6:30.B. At 7:25. C. At 6:20.2. What does the woman mean? txjyA. The school should have been built a long time ago. B. It will be a good school. C. Its unnecessary to build a school. 3. Wh

2、ich of the following is true? txjyA. John and Sally are going to New York for a meeting. B. John and Sally have just got married. C. John and Sally will stay in one of the best hotels for a month. 4. Where does the dialogue most probably take place? txjyA. At a hotel. B. At home. C. At a furniture s

3、hop. 5. Whats the womans opinion about the sweaters?A. They are not good and the price is high. B. They are good and the price is low. C. They are good but the price is high. 听第6段对话，完成第68题6. Whats the mans opinion of TV programmes?A. They are too violent.B. Its a waste of time watching them. C. They

4、 dont tell anything. 7. Which program does the man hate most?A. Educational programs. B. Police shows. C. News shows. 8. How does the woman feel about the TV programs?A. Only a few TV programs are good. B. None of the TV programs are interesting. C. Most TV programs are educational. . 听录音，根据短文内容回答问题

5、1. What does the monologue(独白) mainly tell us?A. Players Club. B. Professional actors. C. “Little theatre” groups. 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the monologue?A. Anyone who is interested in acting can join the Players Club. B. The people put on plays in the evening or weekends to ea

6、rn extra money. C. Tickets for the plays put on by the “little theatre” groups are free. 3. Why do the people act only in the evening or on weekends?A. They must sleep during the day. B. They have other work in the daytime. C. No one comes to the theatre during the day. . 单项选择，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案完成

7、句子1. _ they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting a natural fertilizer for the next years crop. A. Whatever; become B. Whichever; become C. Whatever; becomes D. Whichever; becomes 2. What about the protection? Lets keep the surface _ dirty by putting a cover over it. A

8、. far from B. free from C. apart from D. away from3. I have offered to paint the house _ a weeks accommodation. A. in exchange for B. in the event of C. by means of D. in place of4. Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost. _, their political influence is still very great.A. As a result B

9、. As usual C. Even so D. If so5. Green products are becoming more and more popular because they are environmentally _. A. friendly B. various C. common D. changeable6. To the surprise of many people, in ten years the citys population _ by 12%. A. gained B. expanded C. developed D. spread7. It is the

10、 test system, _ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays. A. other than B. or rather C. rather than D. more than8. From his _ look, we could see that he hadnt expected that we could raise such _ questions to him. A. confused; confusing B. confusing; conf

11、used C. confusing; confusing D. confused; confused9. It is difficult to _ the discussion with all this noise around us. A. carry about B. carry on C. carry off D. carry through10. It is difficult to imagine his _ the decision without any consideration. A. accept B. accepting C. to accept D. accepted

12、11. Tom spent the whole day _ in the room, reading Harry Potter VI. A. lock B. to lock C. locking D. locked12. This journal is widely _ among teenagers in our country. A. spread B. expands C. circulated D. circled13. It is in Qingdao _ you are going to pay a visit to _ this kind of washing machine i

13、s produced. A. /; that B. where; which C. /; where D. that; which14. Mans first walk on the moon was a stunning technological _. A. success B. achievement C. succession D. accomplishment15. I thought I was a good artist, but your painting puts mine in the _. A. shadow B. shade C. effect D. influence

14、 . 根据所给句子完成画线部分1. Compared with maths I like English better. I English maths. 2. Even if he dies, he wont give in. Hed die give in. 3. We should save the sick free from pain. We should the sick pain. 4. He doesnt like to live a comfortable life. He doesnt living a comfortable life. 5. Dr Yuan has sp

15、ent all his time on his research. Dr Yuan has all his time his research. . 根据汉语提示及重点词语将下列句子译成英语 1. 再别提这件事了，关于它我一个字也不想听到。(refer) _2. 许多非洲儿童因缺乏食物而饿死。(lack)_3. 在过去的三十年时间里IT业取得了长足的进展。(decade)_4. 在这个地区经常停水。(supply)_5. 我遗憾地告诉你，他并没有因伤害你的感情而感到遗憾。(regret)_. 完形填空Just as most of us know, some plays are so succ

16、essful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same 1night after night. One would 2 them to know their parts by heart and 3 have caused to falter(结巴). Yet the thing is not always the case. A famous actor in a 4 suc

17、cessful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler(监狱长，看守)would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 5 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 6, he always insisted

18、 that it should be written out in full. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 7 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind ba

19、rs in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler 8 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 9 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in 10 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 11 to see if his fell

20、ow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting(眯着眼看)his eyes, he said, “The light is 12. Read the letter to me.” And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 13 that he could not remember a word of the letter either,

21、 the gaoler replied, “The light is indeed dim, sir. I must get my 14.” With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrats 15，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. 1. A. linesB. wordsC. pla

22、ysD. roles2. A. wantB. askC. expectD. wish3. A. alwaysB. neverC. sometimesD. often4. A. highlyB. highC. poorlyD. poor5. A. BecauseB. Even thoughC. WhenD. Though6. A. playB. performanceC. roleD. case7. A. pagesB. jokeC. linesD. contents8. A. appearedB. disappearedC. came outD. came in9. A. roomB. cel

23、lC. stageD. office10. A. EnglishB. FrenchC. orderD. full11. A. wordedB. surprisedC. anxiousD. afraid12. A. brightB. dimC. darkD. out13. A. To seeB. To findC. SeeingD. Finding14. A. glassesB. linesC. lightD. letters15. A. surpriseB. satisfactionC. angerD. amusement. 阅读理解，根据短文内容选择最佳答案AFish farming is

24、becoming more and more popular and important in providing us with food. Sometimes the fish farms are on land; sometimes they are in the sea. In the UK growing salmon(鲑鱼)on fish farms in the sea has becoming big business. In the USA there has been a large increase in the production of oysters(牡蛎)usin

25、g fish farming techniques. Oysters need very clean water and the waters of Cape Cod are famous for this. Fish farming of oysters began there about fifteen years ago, when the local supply of oysters disappeared. Possibly the oysters were over-fished or they just died out naturally. Anyway the local

26、people were eager to continue eating their oysters and after a few years when there were few oysters a new business was set up there. The oysters are grown in different ways according to the different conditions and the different companies that are farming them. The oyster shells are attached at int

27、ervals to strings(细绳)that hang from metal frames and reach almost to the bottom of the sea. It is important that the strings do not reach the sea bottom. Then the oysters are kept away from their natural enemies which cannot then attack them. If oysters are protected from their enemies in this way a

28、nd live in clean water, they will grow lovely and fat and be ready to eat in four years. They are not difficult to feed as they eat almost anything they can find. This kind of fish farming has been practised in Japan, Norway and Australia. So it seems as if the people and the tourists who visit Cape

29、 Cod will be able to enjoy their delicious oysters once more. 1. Oysters are growing in . A. farmland B. seawater C. soil D. pools2. In what order are the following attached to each other?A. metal frames strings shells oysters B. shells oysters metal frames stringsC. strings metal frames oysters she

30、llsD. oysters strings shells metal frames 3. People keep oysters away from the bottom of the sea to . A. let them live in unpolluted waterB. stop them from swimming awayC. protect them from their enemiesD. test the new growing techniques4. Why did people develop fish farming?A. To keep themselves en

31、tertained. B. To supply oysters for dinner table. C. To do scientific experiments. D. To solve the problem of food shortages. 5. Which of the following is true?A. Cape Cod didnt have oysters for a whole generation. B. It takes four years before an oyster is harvested. C. The off-bottom method is sti

32、ll new and is being tested. D. Cape Cod is the first place where oysters were raised. BGrowing Vegetables in SpaceHave you ever dreamed of travelling in space? Well, you may not go, but you may be able to eat vegetables grown from seeds that have! China, the USA and Russia have all become interested

33、 in whether it is possible to eat food grown from seeds that have been in space. Indeed since 1987 China has sent 1,000 species of seeds into space to do experiments. These include green peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, lettuce and wheat. The most advanced work on growing vegetables in space h

34、as been undertaken on the International Space Station run by Russian and American astronauts. One of the most exciting moments was when soybean seeds were brought back to Earth and planted. These seeds were the first to come from a crop grown entirely in space. The scientists chose to grow soybeans

35、in space because they are an important source of protein in the human diet. Mark Nall, director of Space Product Development Programme for National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), said that “this experiment and others are paving the way for improving crops grown on Earth, as well as pote

36、ntially feeding people living in space.” The problem is that producing a new strain of soybean is a slow procedure on Earth so the scientists hope that it can be speeded up in space. Perhaps the seeds may also develop some characteristics that will be useful for farmers for example, produce more oil

37、 or protein. However, the scientists are aware that there may be problems. “Conditions in outer space such as radiation and low gravity may cause big changes in the seeds,” said Jin Xing, a Chinese researcher. He knows that genetically modified food is still being debated and so some people will be

38、very suspicious of these “space vegetables”. However Jin has a more positive view. He thinks that unlike genetically modified crops, no new genes are being introduced into space vegetables so they will be safe. The Chinese government certainly thinks so because they have been cooperating with NASA t

39、o produce a new strain of virus-free potatoes. Their scientists hope that in space it may be possible to produce a new crop every 40-50 days instead of one crop a year. So watch out for these special potatoes on the supermarket shelves. Maybe some day you will find them on your dinner table!6. Which

40、 of the following countries is NOT mentioned regarding its work on agricultural research in space?A. Russia. B. The USA. C. France. D. China.7. The scientists chose to grow soybeans in space because .A. scientists know more about soybeansB. its easy to begin agricultural experiment from soybeansC. t

41、he soybeans share some common characteristics with other plantsD. the soybeans contain protein needed by the human body8. The underlined phrase “pave the way” in the third paragraph means .A. to build a new road B. to make things easierC. to explore a new area D. to solve a problem9. Mr Jin is posit

42、ive about space vegetables because .A. astronauts have tried eating some space vegetablesB. space vegetables are like genetically modified cropsC. no new genes are being introduced into space vegetablesD. scientists have found that its safe to eat space vegetables10. The writers opinion about the sp

43、ace potato is that . A. the new programme may produce a sound cropB. people are looking forward to the new productC. people can buy the new product in the supermarketD. the new product will have a wide market. 书面表达根据下面的英文提示所提供的情景，续接一段120词左右的文字。I have a good mind to be a farmer in the future. Do you

44、know why? 听力材料及参考答案. 听录音，根据所听内容选择正确答案听第15段对话，分别完成第15题Text 1W: Im hoping to get some bread from the Fushi Bakery before it closes. M: My watch is 6:15, so, we have to get there within 15 minutes. Text 2M: The city government has decided to build a school for disabled children here. W: Its high time.

45、I dont know why it took so long. Text 3M: John and Sally have booked a room at one of the best hotels in New York and theyll stay there for a week. W: Yes, theyre going to New York specially to spend their honeymoon. Text 4M: Which bed would you like? They both seem very comfortable. W: If you dont

46、mind, Id like the bed with the bedside light so I can read. Ive almost finished that detective story I started yesterday. Text 5M: Miss, you have tried 17 sweaters in three hours, but would you like to buy one?W: Of course not. I thought this was the only way I could wear them when I saw the price.

47、1. A2. A3. B 4. A 5. C听第6段对话，完成第68题Text 6M: What do you think of todays TV programmes?W: Well, they are terrible. Most of the programmes are a complete waste of time. How do you feel about them?M: Well, in general, I agree with you. But what troubles me most is that they are too violent. There are t

48、oo many police shows and there are not enough educational programmes. W: I think so, too. In my opinion, the news shows are extremely silly; they dont tell anything. M: Oh, I dont think so. I think the news reports are excellent. Reporting the news is what TV does best. W: Maybe, but I dont like the

49、m. 6. A7. B8. A . 听录音，根据短文内容回答问题Putting on a play can be fun. Acting can be like the dress-up games that children play. For a while, to pretend to be someone else can be a very exciting experience. Professional actors take part in plays and television programmes given in New York and other large cit

50、ies. They earn their living by acting. But other people act in plays just for fun and are not paid for their work. They are high school or college students and adults who belong to “little theatre” groups. In the daytime, they are students, teachers, doctors, lawyers and policemen. They are actors o

51、nly in the evenings or weekends. One of the Americas oldest little theatre groups is in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are called the Players Club, and they put on 8 plays a year. People in the city buy tickets to see the plays. Anyone who wants to act may join the Players Club. There are little theatre groups in many cities. They continue to put on plays because they bring pleasure to a large number of people. People in a little thea