1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour单元测试第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分 35 分）第一节 单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21The bell_ the end of the period rang, _ oue heated discussion.A.indicating,interrupting B.indicated,interrupting C.indicating;interrupted D.indicated;interrupt
2、ed22When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door_Sorry to miss you; will call later.A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading23Its a waste of time him. He is no longer in charge now.Aasking B to ask Casked Dasks24-Why did you go back to the shop? I left my friend_ there.A. waiting B. to wait
3、 C. wait D.waits25This_girl is Lindas cousin.A. pretty little Spanish B. Spanish little pretty C. Spanish pretty little D. Little pretty Spanish26I was just talking to Margot when Jackson_.A. cut in B. cut down C. cut out D. cut up27My boss hates interruptions, when he is trying to work.Aoccasionall
4、y Bgenerally Cspecially Despecially28With a stranger_ of achievement, active language learners are able to put what they know .to betterA. sense B.feeling C.thought D.idea29 was most important to her, she told me, was her family.AIt B This CWhat DAs30Do you know about the accident which happened in
5、the center of the city?Yes. But it was some time we realized the truth.Abefore B when Csince Duntil31Have you handed in your school-work yet?Yes, I have. I guess it now.Ahas graded B is graded Cis being graded Dis grading32We cant go abroad this year, so we will have to_ ourselves with a holiday in
6、Shanghai.A. treat B.present C.content D. conduct33Its fun to see all the food I have made in such a short time.Aeating B to be eaten Cbeing eaten Deaten34Martial Art Films are supposed to be educational, inspiring, as well as_.A. entertaining B. entertained C. joy D. delighted 35He is only too ready
7、 to help others,seldom,_, refusing when they turn to him for help.A. if never B. if ever C. if not D. if any第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）Push!At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and look to his 36 , and it was half past one. “Im not getting 37 at this time,
8、” he 38 to himself, and rolled over.Then, a 39 knock followed. “Arent you going to 40 it?” said his wife.So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man 41 at the door. It didnt take long to 42 the man was drunk. “Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔) the stranger, “Can
9、 you give me a push?”“No, get lost. Its half past one. I was 43 ,”Peter said and slammed the door. He went back 44 to bed and told his wife what had happened.She said, “That wasnt very 45 of you. Remember that night we had a 46 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 47 tha
10、t mans door to get our car 48 again? What would have happened if hed told 49 to get lost?”“But the guy was 50 ,” said Peter.“It doesnt matter,”said the wife. “He needs help 51 it would be the Christian thing to help him.”So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the
11、 door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted, “Hey, do you still want a 52 ?”And he heard a 53 ,“Yeah, please.”So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted, “ 54 are you?”The drunk replied, “Over here, on the 55 .”36Adoor B clock Cwife Dwindow37Aout of bed B out of th
12、e house Cdown to work Dinto trouble38Acomplained B explained Creplied Dthought39Aweaker B louder Clonger Dangrier40Astand B stop Canswer Drefuse41Astanding B lying Cknocking Dlooking42Aremember B show Crealize Ddoubt43Ain bed B in surprise Cat home Dat work44Adown B up Cinside Dhome45Anice B foolish
13、 Ctypical Dgenerous46Ahard time B quarrel Cfight Dbreakdown47Adrive to B pass by Cknock on Ddrop into48Astarted B refreshed Cunited Ddelighted49Aus B them Cthe man Dothers50Amad B drunk Cdifferent Ddangerous51Abut B though Cand Dbecause52Arest B push Croom Dlift53Alady B gentleman Cdrunk Dvoice54AWh
14、at B How CWho DWhere55Aroof B bed Cswing Dground第三部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）AI began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mothers idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
15、With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENI
16、NG POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.“None.”“Where did you go?”“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”“What did you do?”“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”“You just stood there?”“Didnt sell
17、a single one.”“My God, Russell!”Uncle Allen put in, “Well, Ive decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and
18、persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.One day, I told my mother Id changed my mind. I didnt want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “youll becom
19、e a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my fathers plain workmans life, de
20、termined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husbands people for true life and love.56Why did the boy start his job young?AHe wanted to be famous in the future BThe job was quite e
21、asy for him.CHis mother had high hopes for him. DThe competition for the job was fierce.57From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _.Aexcited B interested Cashamed Ddisappointed 58What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?AShe forced him to continue.
22、 BShe punished him.CShe gave him some money. DShe changed her plan.59The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .Athe war between the boys parentsBthe arguing between the boy and his motherCthe quarrel between the boy and his customersDthe fight between the boy and his father60What is t
23、he text mainly about?AThe early life of a journalist. BThe early success of a journalist.CThe happy childhood of the writer.DThe important role of the writer in his family.BResearchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between races and rates(率) of lung cancer among smokers. A ne
24、w study shows that black people and Native Hawaiians are more likely to develop lung cancer from smoking. It compared their risk to whites, Japanese-Americans and Latinos. Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii did the new study. The New England Journal of
25、Medicine published the findings. The eight-year research studied more than 180,000 people. They included present and former smokers and people who never smoked. Almost 2.000 people in the study developed lung cancer.Researchers say genetics(遗传学) might help explain the racial and ethnic（种族的） differen
26、ces. There could be differences in how peoples bodies react to smoke. But environmental influences, including the way people smoke, could also make a difference.African-Americans and Latinos in the study are reported smoking the fewest cigarettes per day. Whites are the heaviest smokers. But the sci
27、entists point out that blacks have been reported to breathe cigarette smoke more deeply than white smokers. This could fill their lungs with more of the chemicals in tobacco that cause cancer. Scientists know that some diseases effect different groups differently. And some drug companies have begun
28、to develop racially targeted(针对) medicines. Last June, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a drug designed to treat heart failure in black patients. The name is BiDil. The agency called it “a step toward the promise of personalized medicine.“ 61Which of the following orders is fr
29、om higher to lower risk of having lung cancer?AWhitesNative Hawaiians BAfricansAmericansLatinosCAsiansNative Hawaiians DAfricansAmericansNative Hawaiians62Researchers agree that it is that may probably determine black peoples risk of lung cancer.Athe larger amount of smoking than white peopleBthe li
30、ving style or habit of the blacksCthe depth of cigarette smoke into their lungsDthe physical strength to react to cigarette smoke63People in the new study are made up of .Aheavy smokers in America Bthe black and white peopleCthe Asians and Hawaiians Dsmokers and non-smokers64The production of BiDil
31、referred to in the last paragraph is to .Aexplain different races react to some diseases differentlyBtell the readers that racial differences exist in smokersCshow a big step people have taken in the medicine areaDsupport the idea that it is easy for blacks to have cancers65Which of the following st
32、atements is TRUE according to the author?AThe way of smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer.BRace has nothing to do with the risk of having a lung cancer.CThe research was started by the New England Journal of Medicine.DThe risk of lung cancer lies I how much a person smokes.C“The worlds ocean
33、s are slowly getting more acidic ”say scientistsThe researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.The lowering of the waterspH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life
34、 if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature.Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the
35、 water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate
36、change“This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing COZ into the atmosphere,“ said Dr Caldeira. “And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed（超过）anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years, let alone perhaps after rare disas
37、trous events such as asteroid（小 1j-%+._) impacts ”However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean lifeMost organisms live near the surface, where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur, but deep-ocean life forms may be more sensitive to pH changesCoral reefs and other organi
38、sms whose shells contain calcium carbonate（小行星) may be particularly affected if the waters acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH.In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from
39、power stations in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warmingBut Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re-considered. “Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing 一 because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet,
40、 and when CO2, is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”66 The ocean is becoming more acidic due toA，the lower water pH value Bthe warming atmosphereC the higher level of COZ in the air Dthe increasing use of oil fuels67 According to Dr Caldeira,A ocean absorption of ca
41、rbon dioxide is a good thingB more oil fuels will be used in the near futureC scientists may predict climate changes with computer modelsD the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious68If the waters acidity level keeps rising,A ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbon
42、ate may be affectedB the waterspH value will become higher and higherC organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to pH changesD some disastrous events will occur more often than before69Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduceA the COZ absorbed by the oc
43、eanB the amount of greenhouse warmingC the acidity of the oceanD the gradul release Of CO270The purpose of this passage is toA show people the findings of a research teamB inform people of how acid the ocean is nowC introduce Dr Caldeira and his teams researchD warn people of the higher level of COZ
44、DAs you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You alm
45、ost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people ar
46、ound the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to dow
47、nshift last year.One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldnt get home until eight or nine oclock and nearly twice a month he would have to
