1、Unit 16 The United States of America 单元练习小练.单词拼写(根据首写字母填入所缺的词 )1.Having been kept in prison for more than twenty years,he became m disturbed.2.A g person is a person who always wants a lot but gives little.3.Millions watched his f on TV while a lot of people marched through his birth place in honour
2、 of him.4.I prefer the f alternative to the latter.5.It is a good way to teach children by d .6.If you want to succeed,you must try to o all the difficulties.7.On my a in Beijing,I got in touch with my friends and relatives.8.When business is depressed,there is usually an increase in u .单句改错(每句只有一处错
3、误 )1.Finally came the day which I began to learn in Beijing University.2.If the sun does not rise tomorrow,what would we do?3.Would you mind to open the window?4.I want to have my TV set to be repaired.5.Walk home from school,we saw an old friend in the street.6.Since she didnt come to school yester
4、day,she must be ill at home.7.The price of living things has been gone up all the time.8.I didnt mind their coming late to the lecture,but I objected their making so much noise.9.The young mother saw her baby fall to the ground,it brought her heart to her mouth.10.Having not been there before,he sim
5、ply had no idea about the place,which everyone says is worth visiting.大练.单项填空1.I feel it is you as well as your wife that for your sons bad performance at school.A.are to blame B.is going to blameC.are to be blamed D.is to be blamed2.Actually,girls can be they want to be just like boys,whether it is
6、 a pilot,an astronaut,or a general manager.A.wherever B.however C.whatever D.whoever3.I dont understand how you got a ticket.I always you a careful driver.A.think;are B.am thinking;are C.thought;were D.think;were4.Would you hold the ladder for a moment? .A.With pleasure B.Its a pleasure C.My pleasur
7、e D.For pleasure5.The camera isnt ,it still where I it a month ago.A.missed;lies;lay B.missing;lies;laidC.gone;lay;laid D.lost;lays;lay6. to his research work,the professor cared little about any other things.A.Devoted B.Devoting C.Having devoted D.To devote7.How would you like your coffee? .A.Its w
8、ell done B.Very nice.Thank youC.One cup.Thats enough D.The stronger,the better8.Such good use has been his spare time his English has improved a lot.A.made of;that B.made of;as C.made in;that D.found in;as9.What did the doctor say yesterday afternoon?He said,“ on time,this medicine will be quite eff
9、ective.”A.Taking B.Being taken C.Taken D.Having taken10.They are said an office building now on the other side of the river,which will be completed next year.A.to be building B.building C.to be built D.build.完形填空“She was married to an officer in India,long ago in India;and she had a life of physical
10、 adventure as exciting as her poetry(诗).Her husband could cross rivers using crocodiles(鳄鱼) as stepping stones.He died when she was only 39.Unwilling to exist without him,she took her life,leaving a son in England.I stared at the paper, 1 reading and couldnt help thinking.Crocodiles are lazy animals
11、 as a rule,but they can 2 like lightning when they want to.And they dont mind hurrying 3 theyre hungry.There used to be lots in Indian rivers,living on fish mostly;but whats a little fish 4 a fifteen-foot crocodile?They ate people,fishermen or anyone else delicious enough to get too near;women doing
12、 the 5 ,or children playing at the waters 6 .A hungry cros mouth 7 over a meal with a sound like a gunshot.A big fellow can 8 in a man in two bites.That womans husband crossed rivers 9 from one cros back to the next.I believe it.It had to be done 10 before the creature could see what was happening.I
13、t wasnt 11 a brave,active man;and no doubt he improved with practice.He could never look 12 while crossing.The wife used to watch himI felt 13 of that.She lived 14 the adventure,the15 excitement of it all.Their real life was with tigers,snakes.Its no wonder she wrote16 poetry.Then he 17 .I imagined
14、how she felt.Was there another man 18 him in India,in the world?She was still young,hardly a sitting-room widow(寡妇).“I must 19 ,too,”she said to herself.So she did what she felt she had to do.A 20 probably,to her head.But her young son,their son?Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband?W
15、ell,what do you think?1.A.started B.began C.finished D.stopped2.A.run B.move C.walk D.roll3.A.whenever B.when C.because D.as4.A.in B.on C.to D.for5.A.shopping B.washing C.cooking D.cleaning6.A.border B.end C.side D.edge7.A.looks B.sends C.shuts D.turns8.A.go B.take C.eat D.catch9.A.jumping B.running
16、 C.walking D.marching10.A.immediately B.directly C.quickly D.hurriedly11.A.over B.for C.behind D.beyond12.A.up B.down C.back D.right13.A.afraid B.sure C.shameful D.foolish14.A.without B.till C.for D.on15.A.lively B.friendly C.deadly D.lovely16.A.angry B.exciting C.sad D.interesting17.A.wrote B.fled
17、C.disappeared D.died18.A.like B.as C.with D.before19.A.go B.practise C.jump D.shoot20.A.pen B.gun C.comb D.flower.阅读理解AWhen Jim and Cathy Malupa came to the United States from the Philippines,they lived in an apartment in the center of Chicago.Cathy worked as an accountant in a downtown bank.After l
18、ooking for a long time,Jim and Cathy bought a house in the suburbs.One morning,Mrs Gray,the Malupas next door neighbour,stopped by to meet Cathy.“Welcome to the neighborhood.Wed like to invite you and your husband to our home this Friday evening.We want you to meet all the other neighbours.”On Frida
19、y evening,at 7 oclock Jim and Cathy walked to the Grays home.A lot of people were at the party.Several people congratulated Cathy and Jim on their new home.At about 8:30,Jim walked over to Cathy and asked,“When will the dinner be served?Im really hungry.”“I dont know,”Cathy answered.“Im hungry,as we
20、ll.Maybe they like to eat late.”At 9:15,everyone was still standing,talking and enjoying the refreshments(点心).Jim was so hungry that he was feeling weak.Cathy brought Jim a bowl of crackers and some cheese.By 10 oclock,Peter was sick of crackers.And he was still very hungry.Some guests started to le
21、ave.Jim and Cathy were very surprised.One guest said to Mr Gray,“Thanks for inviting us to the party.We had a good time.”Then Cathy realized her mistake.She whispered to Jim,“This is a neighborhood party,not a dinner party.I made a mistake.All the other guests had dinner before they came here.”Jim a
22、nd Cathy quickly thanked the Grays for the party.They fetched their coats and left.They walked back home,got into their car and drove to a nearby shopping center.The Italian restaurant was closed and the Chinese restaurant was also closed.“What are we going to do?”Peter asked.1.“Looking”in“After loo
23、king for a long time,”means“ ”.A.looking for a good job B.looking for a proper houseC.looking for a good neighbor D.looking for something lost2.Why did Mrs Gray invite the Malupas to her home?A.To have dinner.B.To meet all the other neighbors.C.To attend a ball.D.To congratulate them on their new wo
24、rk.3.What did the Malupas think they would have at the party?A.A good dinner. B.Crackers. C.Tea. D.Cheese.4.Cathy realized her mistake .A.at the beginning of the party B.in the middle of the partyC.at the end of the party D.after they returned home5.After they left the neighborhood party,they went t
25、o a shopping center .A.to have dinner B.to buy goodsC.to enjoy the night sense D.to buy refreshmentsBWild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet.The spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Service in World War and later laid the roots for the CIA(美 国 中 央 情 报 局 )was very interested in informa
26、tion.Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the“great name”of discovering informationspying as a“profession”(职 业 ).These days the Net,which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail,is reshaping Donovans job as well.The latest revolution isnt simpl
27、y a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemens e-mail.That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades.In the past three or four years the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying.The spies call it “open-source intelligence(情报),and as the Net grows ,
28、it is becoming increasingly to affect peoples lives.In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could collected the most facts about Burundi.The winner was a tiny Virginia company called open source solutions,whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.Among the firms making the bigg
29、est splash in this new world is Straitford,Inc,a private intelligence-analysis(情报分析 )firm based in Austin,Texas.Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia ) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International.people may find its forec
30、asts online at.Straitford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of tool for both collecting and giving out information,a spymasters dream.Last week his firm was busy searching for information from the far corners of the world and saying there would be a crisis(危机)in Ukrai
31、ne.“As soon as that report runs ,well suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman,a former political science professor.“And well hear back from some of them.” Open-source spying does have its risks,of course,since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad.Thats wh
32、ere Straitford earns its keep.Friedman relies on only 20 people in Austin.Several of his staff members have military-intelligence(军事情报) backgrounds.He sees the firms outsider position as the key to its success.Straitfords brief dont sound like the usual Washington back-and-forth,by which people avoi
33、d dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong.Straitford,says Friedman ,takes pride in its independent voice.1.The Internet has .A.received support from fans like DonovanB.reshaping the intelligence servicesC.offered people more chances to enjoy many common pastimesD.made spying a job re
34、spected by people2.Donovans story is mentioned in the text to .A.introduce the topic of online spying B.show how he fought for the U.S.C.give us an example of the information war D.honor his special services to the CIA3.The underlined phrase“making the biggest splash”(Line 1,Para.3)most probably mea
35、ns .A.causing the biggest trouble B.making the greatest effort C.achieving the greatest success D.enjoying the widest popularity 4.It can be learned from Para.4 that .A.what Straitford said about Ukraine has proved trueB.Straitford can promise that all its information is trueC.Straitford cam never p
36、rove the truthfulness of its informationD.Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information5.Straitford is most proud of its .A.independent outsiders B.outsider positionC.working staff D.military background.短文改错In America,that labour costs are so high, 1. “do it yourself”is a way of its life
37、.Many people 2. repair their own cars,their own house and so on. 3._Soon they may also be writing for their own 4. books.In Hollywood there is a company 5. that publishes childrens books at the help of 6. computers.However other book companies all 7. publish that way,this particular company is very
38、usual. 8. It“personalizes”the book by having the computers made 9. the readers the main characters in its story. 10. .书面表达下面是关于美国心脏病发病率和年龄性别关系的柱型图表。请根据图表内容，用英语写一篇 120 词左右的短文。文章的开头结尾已经给出。 50403020100 123 3 424 136 40 37429 4 45 64 65+Heart Atacks per year,USA(thousand)Age-GroupMenWomenHeart Attacks b
39、y Age and GenderThe graph shows how age and gender influence the frequency of heart attacks in the US.In conclusion,men are more likely to be the victims of heart attacks at all ages,but women are increasingly likely over the age of 65.参 考 答 案小练.单词拼写(根据首写字母填入所缺的词 )1.mentally 2.greedy 3.funeral 4.for
40、mer 5.demonstration 6.overcome 7.arrival 8.unemployment.单句改错1.whichwhen 2.doesdid 3.to openopening 4.去掉 to be 5.WalkWalking 6.must bemust have been 7.去掉 been 8.objected 后加 to 9.itwhich 或 it 前加 and 10.Having not Not having大练.单项填空1 5 ACCAB 6 10 ADACA.完形填空1 5 DBADB 6 10 DCBAC 11 15 DCBCC 16 20 BDAAB.阅读
41、理解A.1 5 BBACA B.1 5 BACDB.短文改错1.that where 2.去掉 its 3.househouses 4.去掉 for 5. 6.atwith 7.HoweverThough/Although 8.usualunusual 9.mademake 10.itsthe.书面表达Heart Attacks by Age and GenderThe graph shows how age and gender influence the frequency of heart attacks in the US.Less than 6% of all heart attac
42、ks occur in the 29 44 age group.The number of women who suffer heart attacks in this group is negligibleonly 3000 per year,compared to 123 000 men.However the proportion of men and women with heart attacks rises dramatically between 45 and 64,with over half a million per year.Over 420 000 men a year
43、 in this age group have heart attacks.The incidence among women increaseswomen have one heart attack for every three men in this age group.Over the age of 65,the number of men suffering heart attacks only increases slightly.However there is a huge increase in the number of women with heart attacksth
44、ey comprise over 40% of all victims.In conclusion,men are more likely to be the victims of heart attacks at all ages,but women are increasingly likely over the age of 65.附相关高考试题链接1.(2004 湖北)There was time I hated to go to school.A.a;that B.a;when C.the;that D.the;when2.(2004 江苏)Tom owns larger colle
45、ction of books than any other student in our class.A.the;/ B.a;/ C.a;the D./;the3.(NMET 1996) well go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.A.If B.Whether C.That D.Where4.(NMET 2001)A new cinema here.They hope to finish it next month.A.will be built B.is built C.has been built D.is being built5.(N
46、MET 1993) If he ,he that food.Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.A.was warned;would not takeB.had been warned;would not have takenC.would be warned;had not takenD.would have been warned;had not taken6.(NMET 2004 全国卷)Roses need special care they can live through winter.A.because B.so tha
47、t C.even if D.as7.(NMET2004 全国卷)Has Sam finished his homework today? I have no idea.He it this morning.A.did B.has done C.was doing D.had done8.(2004 上海卷)According to a recent U.S.survey,children spent up to 25 hours a weekTV.A.to watch B.to watching C.watching D.watch9.(NMET 2004 全国卷)To enjoy the scenery,Irene would rather spend long hours on the train travel by air.A.as B.to C.than D.while10.(NMET 1998)Professor White has written some short stories,but he is known for his plays.A.the best B.more C.better D.the most参 考 答 案1.B 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.C 10.C
