Unit 6
单项选择
1.Last week they went to town and bought six articles of _____________.
A. clothes B. clothing C. dresses D. cloth
2. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _____________
whether they will enjoy it.
A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. seen
3. At present there seems no _____________ rising prices and falling living standards.
A. cure of B. treatment of C. care for D. treatment for
4. He made repeated requests that I _____________ with him.
A. stayed B. would make C. should be stayed D. stay
5. A friend ______________ need is a friend indeed.
A. in B. for C. of D. at
6. Now remember this is _____________, so I will pay for everything.
A. in my treat B. to my treat C. to my treatment D. at my treatment
7.Treat the others _____________ they treat you.
A. as B. when C. while D. like
8. I have no idea ______________ with the old car.
A. as to how to do B. how to do C. what to do D. of what to do
9. He is ____________ like his mother _____________ his father.
A. more; than B. rather; than C. other; than D. as; as
10. Please make sure that the fruit you buy ____________ fresh.
A. be B. is C. will be D. should be
11. It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____________ he or she wants.
A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever
12. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ____________.
A. who is he B. who he is C. who is it D. who it is
13. To tell you the truth, it took me a lot mental ____________ to understand his lecture.
A. energy B. power C. force D. spirit
14. — Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?
— Oh, that’s ____________.
A. what makes me feel disappointed B. whatever I feel disappointed about
C. how I feel about it D. when I feel disappointed
15. We should take some measures to ensure our earth ____________ any kind of pollution.
A. against B. of C. about D. with
16. It’s wise of you to keep a few pounds _____________ for a rainy store.
A. on the way B. in store C. at hand D. to the point
17.There’s a rumor _____________ that he is going to resign.
A. in store B. on the air C. by air D. in the air
18. _____________, some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless.
A. Enough strange B. Enough strangely
C. Strange enough D. Strangely enough
19. — Why hasn’t he set out for Beijing?
— He is _____________ to have changed his mind.
A. probable B. possible C. surely D. likely
20. It will do a lot of good to children if e-games _____________ education ___________ recreation.
A. combine; with B. connect; with C. join; to D. combine; to
21. The lady said she was going to buy her daughter a gift with the _____________.
A. thirty dollars remained B. thirty dollars to remain
C. remaining thirty dollars D. left thirty dollars
22. My mother is ______________ to lose weight.
A. on a special diet B. on special diet
C. on a special food D. at special diet
23. _____________, English is difficult to learn.
A. Above all B. After all C. In all D. At all
24. Betty is really lonely, but John isn’t _____________ at the moment.
A. a very good company B. very good company
C. a very good companion D. very good companion
25. I’ll be away for at least a year, I’d appreciate ____________ from you now and then _____________ me how everything is getting along.
A. hearing; to tell B. to hear; to tell
C. hearing; telling D. having heard; telling
26. She is _____________ to take care of you if anything happens.
A. planned B. programmed C. designed D. demanded
27. I’m afraid the work will _____________ you much labor.
A. pay B. spend C. take D. cost
28. The color TV sets they have made this year is _____________ what they did last year.
A. as double as B. twice much as C. twice of D. double
29. After hearing the weather _____________, they decided to leave off the trip.
A. prediction B. report C. information D. forecast
30. — How much should I pay ____________ all the ______________, please?
— Altogether 130 dollars.
A. /; shoppings B. for; products C. for; purchases D. on; goods
完形填空
Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the
sport meant everything to me. My coach （教练）said
that I had lots of potential （潜力）, and I became captain of my
36 . That was before all the fun was taken out of
37 .
At first, everyone on the team got 38 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 39 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 40 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our 41 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 42 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 43 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 44 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 45 . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises 46 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 47 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 48 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 49 .
Is all this pressure necessary ? I 50 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s 51 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 52 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 53 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 54 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 55 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
36. A. class B.
club C.
team D.
board
37. A. playing B.
living C.
learning D.
working
38. A. great B.
equal C.
right D.
extra
39. A. business B.
struggle C.
attempt D.
pressure
40. A. free B.
private C.
good D.
basic
41. A. matches B.
courses C.
lessons D.
programs
42. A. jump B.
play C.
run D.
shoot
43. A. duty B.
meeting C.
operation D.
training
44. A. necessary B.
boring C.
scientific D.
practical
45. A. speaking B.
moving C.
sleeping D.
breathing
46. A. used B.
intended C.
made D.
described
47. A. till B.
since C.
before D.
because
48. A. full B.
tired C.
lazy D.
big
49. A. size B.
share C.
space D.
state
50. A. gave B.
kept C.
ended D.
picked
51. A. sad B.
shameful C.
silly D.
serious
52. A. received B.
suffered C.
brought D.
felt
53. A. reconsidered B.
rediscovered C.
re-formed D.
replaced
54. A. at B.
by C.
for D.
around
55. A. fell B.
stepped C.
slowed D.
calmed
阅读理解
A
Sometime today — perhaps several times — Dick Winter will think about the 19-year-old who saved his life.
Because of this young man, Winter enjoys things like friendships, colours, and laughter every day.
The young man saved Winter’s life by signing an organ donor card（器官捐献卡）.
“I can’t say thank you enough,” Winter said yesterday at a news conference marking the tenth anniversary of the Multi Organ Transplant program at Toronto General Hospital.
What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life is only that he died in a car accident and that his family was willing to honour his wishes and donate his organs for transplantation.
His liver（肝脏）went to Winter, who was dying from liver trouble. “Not a day goes by that I don’t think of what a painful thing it must have been for them,” Winter said yesterday.
“They are very, very special people.”
Winter, 63, is fitter now than he was ten years ago, when he got the transplant. He has five medals from the 1995 World Transplant Games in swimming and hopes to collect some more next year in Japan.
“At one time, we were probably strange people in the eyes of other people. Now it’s expected you should be able to go back and do everything you did before, only better.”
The biggest change for Winter, however, isn’t that he has become a competitive athlete. The biggest change is how deeply he appreciates very little thing about his life now.
“I have not time for arguments,” said Winter.
“You change everything. Material things don’t mean as much. Friendships mean a lot.”
Also at yesterday’s news conference was Dr. Gary Levy, Winter’s doctor.
Levy said he has bitter-sweet feelings when he looks at Winter and hears of his athletic exploits.
Levy knows that for every recipient（接受者） like Winter, there are several others who die even though they could be saved because there aren’t enough donated organs.
“For every year, we have five to 10 people that will never be given the chance that Mr. Winter was given,” Levy said.
Levy said greater public awareness and more resources are needed. He noted that in Spain and the United States, hospitals receive $10,000 per donor to cover the costs of the operating room, doctors, nurses and teams to work with the donors’ families.
1. Which of the following is true about the 19-year-old?
A. He died of liver trouble. B. He got wounded in a battle.
C. He was willing to donate his organs. D. He became a recipient of a prize.
2. What do we know about Dick Winter?
A. He is becoming less competitive now.
B. He is always thinking about his early life.
C. He knows all about the young man and his family.
D. He values friendships more than material things.
3. Dr. Levy would agree that ______________.
A. Spanish hospitals have more favorable conditions for organ transplant.
B. the Canadian public have realized the importance of organ donation.
C. Spanish hospitals received more money from the donors.
D. Canadian hospitals now have enough donated organs.
4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A. the public should give more support to organ transplant.
B. Transplant patients are thankful for the help they receive.
C. Transplant can change a patient’s life greatly.
D. It is not easy to get organs for transplant.
B
I needed to get some money, so, after Christmas, I took a job in the clothes department at Graham’s for the first fortnight of the January sale. I can’t say that I enjoyed it, but it was an experience I’ll never forget.
I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales; where did they all come from? Now I know the secret! Firstly , there is the special winter stock（货物） and the stock that people buy all the year round; some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the summer clothes they couldn’t sell last year; these are heavily reduced to clear them. Thirdly, there are cheap clothes bought in specially for the sales; these are put out at high prices ten days before the sale begins and then are reduced by 60% in the sale. Clever! Lastly, they buy in “seconds”（clothes not in perfect condition）for the sale and they are sold very cheaply.
When I arrived half an hour before opening the first day of the sale, there was already a queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous.
When the big moment arrived to open the doors, the security guards, looking less confident than usual, came up to them, keys in hand. The moment they had unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowd charged in. I couldn’t believe my eyes; this wasn’t shopping. It was battlefield! One poor lady couldn’t keep her feet and was knocked over by people pushing from behind.
Clothes were flying in all directions as people searched for the sizes, colors and styles they wanted. Quarrels broke out. Mothers were using their small children to crawl through people’s legs and get hold of things they couldn’t get neat themselves.
Within minutes I had half a dozen people pushing clothes under my nose, each wanting to be the first served. Where had the famous English queue gone? The whole day continued like that, but I kept my temper! I was taking my money hand over fist and began to realize why, twice a year, Graham’s were happy to turn their expensive store into a battlefield like this.
In the sale fever, people were spending money like water without thinking they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain, it was OK.
You won’t believe this, but as soon as I got home I crashed out for four hours. Then I had dinner and went back to bed, fearing the sound of the alarm which would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.
1. What kind of clothes is likely to be sold 5% cheaper?
A. Last summer’s clothes B. Clothes not in perfect conditions
C. Clothes bought in specially for the sale D. Clothes for winter.
2. Which of the following statements in true?
A. The customers gave up the queuing, for which the English were famous.
B. The customers kept their temper while looking for clothes they wanted.
C. Small children enjoyed crawling through people’s legs.
D. The security guards were fearless of the crowd.
3. In the author’s opinion, why were graham’s happy to make their expensive store into a “battlefield”?
A. There were too many clothes and they wanted to clear them in the sales.
B. They were eager to show that they were clever at doing business.
C. They could take the chance to raise the prices of all the clothes.
D. They wanted to make more money by having sales.
4. The expression “crashed out” means ______________.
A. chatted with her friends B. slept soundly
C. broke down D. dined out
5. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Best Bargain B. Hunting for a Job
C. Sale Fever D. A Pleasant Fortnight
C
My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up. You’re going with me to cut grass.”
The idea that my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, but I felt good. I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned $6.
One day my father found some leaves I’d missed and pulled me aside. “Clear away these leaves, ” he said firmly, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again,” The message was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job tight the first time. It will never fail to impress the person you are working for.
After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to do lawns（草坪）on our own. Every Saturday during our last two years of high school, we set out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working under our father.
Taking care of lawns was not exciting or high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper once asked me how someone could possibly live on a forty-hour-a-week minimum（最低的）pay. “My father never worked just forty hours a week, and neither have I,” I replied. “If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do any better than you’re doing.”
In every job I’ve held — from doing lawns to washing dishes — I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you look hard enough, you can learn from my job you do.
1. Why did the writer feel proud and excited when asked to cut grass?
A. He was old enough to help his family.
B. He became important to his father’s business.
C. He was able to take care of large yards.
D. He could earn $6 that day.
2. The underlined word “message”in the third paragraph probably refers to __________.
A. not leaving leaves behind
B. giving no excuse for your mistakes
C. doing a good job at the very beginning
D. missing things which can be found out
3. When the writer finished high school, he might be _____________ years old.
A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
4. Which of the following is the most important thing that the writer has learned from his father?
A. Watch clearly while doing a job. B. Set out early for physical work.
C. Keep learning from any job you hold. D. Work over 40 hours every week.
短文改错
My brother Tom was very selfish when he was a little boy.
He did not want share things with other people. For 1. _____________
example, when he bought a chocolate cake, he put them 2. _____________
in a secret place where I couldn’t find. Then he 3. _____________
ate it all, by himself. He never helped other. 4. _____________
He said he is busy. That is, a game of 5. _____________
tennis making him very busy. He did not care 6. _____________
if something he did made people angry. For 7. _____________
instance, on one night he played strong and 8. _____________
loudly music till four o’clock in the morning. But 9. _____________
he is difference now. He often helps grandma with 10. ____________
house work, helps mom with cooking and helps his classmates
with their lessons.
参考答案
单项选择
1 ～ 5 ABCDA 6 ～ 10 BACAB 11 ～ 15 BDAAA 16 ～ 20 BDDDA
21 ～ 25 CAABC 26 ～ 30 BDDDC
完形填空
36 ～ 40 CABDB 41 ～ 45 ACDAD 46 ～ 50 BCABC 51 ～ 55 ADBCD
阅读理解
A) 1 ～ 4 CDAA B) 1 ～ 5 DADBC C) BCBC
短文改错
1. 在want后加to 2. 把them改为it
3. 在find后加it 4. 把other改为others
5. 把第一个is改为was 6. 把making 改为made
7. 把something改为anything 8. 去掉on
9. 把loudly 改为loud 10. 没错