Test for Unit 4
Ⅰ.Multiple choice (13)
1. To get here in time, they came ＿＿ all the way.
A. running B. run C. ran D. to run
2. He came in, without ＿＿.
A. noticing B. noticed C. being noticed D. anyone noticed
3. I’m late because I was ＿＿ by the traffic.
A. held up B. held on C. held to D. held out
4. — Are you sure that you’ve met the girl before?
—＿＿ I’m mistaken.
A. Unless B. If C. When D. Since
5. As a new bus driver, Mary tries her best to ＿＿ accident.
A. miss B. fail C. avoid D. overcome
6. — Do you know the girl in red?
— She seems to ＿＿ me last month’s party. But I’m not sure.
A. introduce to B. be introducing to
C. be introduced to D. have been introduced to
7. Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ＿＿, our minds are developed by learning.
A. Probably B. Likely C. Similarly D. Generally
8. Paper is my ＿＿ friend and I know him very well. He sleeps with windows ＿＿ every day.
A. close; close B. closed; close
C. close; closing D. close; closed
9. Education ＿＿ the rich people in China in the past. The poor could not go to school.
A. intended for B. was intended for
C. intended to D. was intended to
10. He always ＿＿ to me politely when he met me in the school.
A. signed B. behaved C. respected D. nodded
11. ＿＿ myself, I began to eat.
A. Be seated B. Seated C. Seat D. Seating
12. ＿＿ blood if you can and many lives will be saved.
A. Giving B. Give C. Given D. To give
13. Once you ＿＿ in touch with him, try to ＿＿ in touch with him.
A. keep; get B. get; keep C. get; lose D. keep; lose
Ⅱ.Cloze (30)
It must have been after two o'clock in the morning when the last guest took his leave．Although we enjoyed their __1__,my wife and I were quite thankful to shut the __2__ on them．We left all the dirty dishes and glasses __3__ they were, and after opening a few windows to let some fresh __4__ in and the smell of food out, we climbed into bed and fell asleep．
I couldn't have been __5__ for more than half an hour when I was woken up by a strong smell of __6__．Still half asleep, I stepped into the __7__,and there, through heavy __8__ of smoke, I saw that one of the curtains was on __9__．I should have closed the windows then without __10__,but this time I tried to beat out the fire __11__ a folded newspaper．When this __12__,I hurried into the kitchen to __13__ a bucket and __14__ it with water．At the same time, I __15__ to Babara, who __16__ phoned the fire brigade(消防队)before coming to help me．We had to work at top speed carrying buckets of water from the kitchen to __17__ the fire, fanned by the wind from the windows, from __18__．We were unable to put out the fire but we __19__ to keep it under control until the arrival of the firemen．__20__,they arrived in no time and they had little difficulty putting out the fire．
1．A．meet B．stay C．dinner D．friendship
2．A．window B．eyes C. door D．mouth
3．A．as B．if C．when D．while
4．A．gas B．water C．rain D．air
5．A．sleep B．slept C．asleep D．sleepy
6．A．smoke B．dish C．food D．fruit
7．A．bathroom B．bedroom C．kitchen D．living room
8．A．smell B．clouds C．steps D．loads
9．A．duty B．show C．fire D．watch
10．A．delay B．pain C．noise D．silence
11．A．in B．with C．for D．on
12．A．failed B．succeeded C．passed D．went
13．A．fetch B．carry C．take D．bring
14．A．full B．filled C．covered D．dipped
15．A．talked B．whispered C．listened D．shouted
16．A．happily B．slowly C．hurriedly D．soon
17．A．prevent B．make C．do D．get
18．A．dying B．running C．spreading D．working
19．A．tried B．did C．managed D．failed
20．A．Luckily B．Obviously C．Therefore D．Lately
Reading comprehension (26)
A
It was
Monday. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering
that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the
following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the
paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (*person whose job
is selling meat). and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the
piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to
the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the
lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy,
and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the
dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After
reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next
day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of
paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and
gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog
came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the
butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought
with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to
himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat
today?”
Looking at
the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1.Mrs Smith
treated her little dog quite_________.
A. cruelly B. fairly C. kindly D. friendly
2.It seemed
that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it_______.
A. might do
it much harm
B. could do
it much good
C. would
help the butcher
D. was worth
many pounds
3.The
butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.
A. before he
felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs Smith
B. when he
found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because
he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he
was paid enough by Mrs Smith
4.From its
experience, the dog found that ________.
A. only the
paper with Mrs Smith’s words in it could bring it meat
B. the
butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs Smith
would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D. a piece
of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
5.At the end
of the story, you’ll find that _______.
A. the dog
was clever enough to write on the paper
B. the dog
dared not go to the butcher’s any more
C. the
butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D. the
butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal
B
The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.
6. A good title for this passage is________.
A. A Clever Assistant
B. Buying a Birthday Present
C. How to Choose a Necklace
D. A Brave Young Man
7. The word “overspending” in this passage means__________.
A. spending too much money
B. spending too much time
C. spending more time than he planned
D. spending too much time and too much money
8. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_______.
A. turned pale B. turned red
C. turned yellow D. turned black
9. James and Laura reached the shop at
A. 4:30 B.5:00 C.5:30 D.6:00
10. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_______.
A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things
B. the necklace was good
C. Laura liked the necklace
D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful
C
Before the print was brought to England in 1476, everything was written by hand. The few people who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church. Those who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes(抄写员)。
The work of scribes was not easy. Much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the King. the church and traders. Most of the writing was in Latin ,but some of it was in the English of the day. And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled.
One problem was that several letters were written with short vertical strok（竖笔）that all looked like each other. Among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, Thus .five straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii.
As a result .reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry.
The scribes solved the problem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came before m. n or v. This is how sum and cum came lo be written as some and come.
At some point, too, the scribes seemed to have decided that no English word should be ended by u or v. Thus, in time an e was added to such words as live, have, due and true. It was added, but not pronounced.
11. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Everything has been written by hand in English since 1476.
B. More than 500 years ago no people made a living by writing for other people.
C. The church set up schools to train scribes before 1476.
D. Scribes in England worked only for kings and traders.
12. Sometimes people couldn’t read easily_____________.
A. because there were too many u’s and v’s in sonic English words
B. because most of the writing was in Latin
C. when the writing was in English
D. When tile writing was done hurriedly
13. It is believed that some scribes thought
A. it important to add an e to every English word
B. the letter e at the end of any word shouldn't be pronounced
C. it natural to change the spelling of sonic Latin words
D. an English word should be ended neither by u nor by v
Word spelling (10)
1. There is a saying that a＿＿＿＿ speak louder than words.
2. My father asked me to ＿＿＿＿ (代表) him at the meeting.
3. The g＿＿＿＿ (普遍) opinion is that the ＿＿＿＿ government (地方政府) should try to do something for the education.
4. I would like to leave to ＿＿＿＿ (避免) being ＿＿＿＿ (误解).
5. The naughty boy needs ＿＿＿＿(惩罚) immediately.
6. Summer vocation ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿(临近了) .What are you going to do?
7. The two sides failed to reach an a＿＿＿＿ because there were great differences between them.
8. The little boy’s parents taught him not to talk to ＿＿＿＿.(陌生人)
Complete the following sentences (21)
1.总统可能今晚会给我打电话。
The president ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ ring me tonight.
2.小孩子总是对看到得一切感到好奇。
Little children ＿＿＿＿ always ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ everything they see.
3.在采取行动之前，我们应该停下来想一想。
We should stop to think before we ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿.
4.这一对老夫妻现在可以安心了，因为他们得儿子已经脱离危险了。
The old couple are now quite ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ as their son is out of danger.
5.我的想法与你的相似。
My opinion ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ yours.
6.灰松树是由北美引入美国的。
The grey squirrel ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ Britain from North America.
7.他家靠近他的学校。
His house ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ his school.
Answer for unit 4
一.单选
1－5 A C A A C 6-10 D C D B D 11-13 D B B
二.完形填空
1－5 BCADC 6-10 ADBCA 11-15 BAABD 16-20 CACCA
三.阅读
1－5 C B A D D 6-10 A A B C A 11-13 C D D
四.单词拼写
1．actions 2. represent 3. general local
4. avoid, misunderstood 5.punishing
6. is approaching 7.agreement 8.strangers
五．完成句子
1. is likely to 2. are curious about
3. take action 4. at ease 5.is similar to
6. was introduced to 7. is close to