1、 Unit 14一、选择填空从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。1. We are going to have an important meeting _.A. in next Monday B. in Monday next C. on next Monday D. on Monday next2. -Cant you _ here a little longer?-No. My parents expect _ home early.A. remain; my coming B. remain; me to come C. stay; my coming D. s
2、tay; me to come3. -Im sorry to keep you waiting.-Oh, not at all. I _ here only a few minutes.A. have been B. had been C. was D. will be4. -Have you seen my glasses?-Yes. I saw them on you r bed a minute ago.A. Do you see B. Had you seen C. Would you see D. have you seen5. -How _ will he be back?-In
3、a minute. A. soon B. long C. often D. far6. Would you like to _ with me?A. go shops B. going shopping 学优中考网 C. go shopping D. go to shop7. I must go now.- _.A. Take care B. Take care of C. Look through D. Look into8. Have you bought a newspaper _?A. yet B. also C. too D. either9. In the last ten yea
4、rs great changes _ in China.A. took place B. have taken place C. were taken place D. had taken place10.They are going to go _ a world tour.A. about B. around C. on D. in11. The people who are coming are _ secintists.A. mostly B. most C. the most D. a most12. -Have you _ China?-Yes, I have.A. been to
5、 B. come C. arrived D. stayed13. When you want to leave, you should say _ to your family.A. hello B. goodbye C. sorry D. yes14. Its your turn _ a speech.A. make B. making C. to make D. to making15. When we heard the moving story, we _.A. are deeply moved B. were deep moving C. are deep moving D. wer
6、e deeply moved二、完形填空。I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a 16 were accepted: families might use the time for a real famil
7、y hour. They might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our 17 everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of 18 illnesses are caused at least in part by 19 to communicate. By using the quiet family ho
8、ur to discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better.On evening when such talk is 20 , families could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a 21 together to watch the sunset 22 they might take a walk together. 23 free time
9、and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in 24 than in a TV program. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, 25 at the college level. 26 is often learned from reading. A more literate new genera
10、tion could be a product of the quiet hour.学优中考网 A different form of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the 27 ends, the TV networks might be forced to 28 with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered
11、 activities.At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years 29 television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can 30 childhoods without television. It wasnt that difficult.16. A. advice
12、B. suggestion C. opinion D. offer17. A. problems B. trouble C. affairs D. misfortune18. A. physical B. common C. mental D. familiar19. A. attempt B. failure C. ability D. permission20. A. impossible B. unnecessary C. funny D. unpleasant21. A. walk B. look C. ride D. rest22. A. and B. or C. but D. wh
13、ile23. A. At B. In C. For D. With24. A. a fine poem B. a good bookC. an quiet hour D. a composition25. A. yet B. still C. even D. just26. A. Writing B. SkillC. Speaking D. Listening27. A. reading B. quiet hourC. activities D. programme 28. A. come across B. come aboutC. come up D. broadcast29. A. be
14、fore B. since C. until D. after30. A. remind B. remember C. recognize D. know三、阅读理解。APeople have smoked cigarettes for a long time now. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians
15、 smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported（运）to Europe where smoking began to catch on .In the late 1800s, the Turks made cigarettes popular.Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful matters, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, damages the lungs and therefore affects b
16、reathing. Nicotine, which is found in the leaves, causes the heart to beat faster and increases the breathing rate.Smoking cigarettes is dangerous. The U.S. Public Health Service stated that cigarette smoking is the cause of lung cancer and several other deadly diseases. The U.S. government now requ
17、ires that each package of cigarettes bear a special warning about the dangers of smoking.学优中考网 31. A good title for this selection is _.A. Cigarettes in the U.S.AB. Smoking CigarettesC. How to Smoke CigarettesD. How to Smoke Cigarettes32. The expression “catch on” means_.A. cost a lostB. slow downC.
18、 become popularD. understand and make use of something33. Before Columbus discovered America, _.A. Americans did not smoke cigarettesB. Europeans did not cigarettesC. Nicotine was not in tobaccoD. Both B and C34. In the nineteenth century, smoking became popular because of the people in _. A. India
19、B. America C. Turkey D. Europe 35.Breathing is affected by _.A. tar B. nicotine C. both A and B D. Neither A and BBThe wheel was one of mans first inventions and yet it has also proved one of the most useful. So wide and varied are the uses of wheels, in machines and vehicles of all kinds, that it i
20、s difficult to imagine what the world would be like without them. It is surprising to hear it said, therefore, that the wheels importance will perhaps be greatly reduced by the end of the century by an invention so new as to be still unnamed.The invention is a machine that floats above any surface o
21、n a cushion（垫子） of air. The cushion is formed when air is blown into the bottom of the machine. This part is shaped like a saucer turned upside down. If air is blown into this saucer, the machine rises to a height that may vary from a few inches to a few feet.Industry is already using one form of th
22、e invention to deal with heavy loads. It can lift them with ease and since there are no wheels, and therefore no friction, they can be put into motion with the touch of a finger.The new invention, however, is having a great effect on transport. Not only does it make expensive road systems unnecessar
23、y, but it enables vehicles to travel equally well over land or water. This unique ability to reach most destinations had given rise to the prediction that wheeled vehicles may be as uncommon at the end of the century as aero planes were at the beginning.36. The first paragraph tells us that_.A. the
24、wheel was mans earliest invention学优中考网 B. the wheels usefulness had yet to be provedC. wide wheels have a variety of important usesD. a new invention may make wheels less important37. The phrase “with the touch of a finger” in the third paragraph means_.A. without difficulty B. by electricityC. with
25、out friction D. by hand38. The passage tells us that the new invention_.A. is more important for industry than for transportB. will one day be used instead of aero planesC. makes it possible to travel without using roadsD. will replace wheeled vehicles in a hundred years39. At the end of the century
26、, vehicles using the new invention will probably be_.A. rare B. unimportant C. plentiful D. expensive40. According to the passage, the new invention_.A. will soon get a nameB. is lighter than airC. can go almost anywhereD. was uncommon a century ago四、补全对话. Alice: Did you hear that Ron was in hospita
27、l?Mike: Oh, really? 41 Alice: Hes got a very high temperature. He is very sick. I guess, it may be cholera (霍乱).Mike: Cholera! 42 Alice: Hes just come back from India. He must have got it there.Mike: Thats too bad. 43 Alice: For a couple of weeks, in fact. But he only went to see the doctor on Monda
28、y.Mike: Why did he wait so long? 44 Alice: Yes, I know. But luckily he seems to be improving. If he stays in the hospital for weeks, he will get well.Mike: 45 Alice: But I hope so.( )41. A. Whats wrong with him? B. Do you know?C. How long has he been? D. Glad to hear that.( )42. A. Where is he from?
29、 B. How in the world did he get that? C. What is called cholera? D. Is he dying?学优中考网 ( )43. A. How long has he been ill? B. How long has he been in hospital?C. Does his family know it? D. Has he seen the doctor?( ) 44. A. He is not clever. B. I dont understand.C. Thats terrible. D. He should have seen a doctor earlier.( ) 45. A. Im glad to hear that. B. Is that OK?C. Im afraid not. D. My God!参考答案1-5DDADC 6-10CBABC 11-15AABCD 16-20 BACBB 21-25 CBDBC 26-30 ABCBB 31-35 BCBCC 36-40DACCC 四、补全对话41-45ABADC 学优中: 考 )，网
