Unit 4 Body language
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—Was the proposal passed at yesterday's meeting?
—Yes, but some members at the committee expressed________.
A．associations
B．authorityC．corporations
D．reservations
解析 答案 D
2．At the class meeting, some top students introduced several________to the study of English.
A．approaches
B．meansC．methods
D．ways
解析
答案 A3．At the conference, political leaders from many countries promised to work together to defend the world________terrorism and other threats.
A．for
B．withoutC．beyond
D．against
解析 答案 D
4．When the headmaster spoke out his plan，the________of the students in the class________against it.
A．majority; were
B．most; were
C．most; did
D．majority; did
解析 答案 A
5．________，I can see that those terrible events shaped me into the person I am today.
A．Having looked back
B．Looking back
C．Being looking back
D．To be looking back
解析 答案 B
6．These children had no idea________they should go，so they had to stop to ask the way.
A．how
B．that
C．what
D．where
解析 考查名词性从句。where引导同位语从句，可根据后面的so they had to stop to ask the way判断。
答案 D
7．A lot of countries have gained excellent achievements in space technology，China，________.
A．such as
B．for exampleC．namely
D．and so on
解析 句意：许多国家在太空技术方面取得了杰出的成就，比如说，中国。such as列举同类中的几个例子；for example可列举一例；namely把内容全部列举出来；and so on表示“等等”。
答案 B
8．We had an anxious couple of weeks________for the results of the experiment.
A．wait
B．to be waiting
C．waited
D．waiting
解析 由句意可知，A、B、C三项均不符合题意，故选D。
答案 D
9．________in the queue for half an hour，the old man suddenly realized he had left the cheque in the car.
A．Waiting
B．To wait
C．Having waited
D．To have waited
解析 考查非谓语动词的用法。根据the old man与wait之间的关系，应该选择ing形式，再根据句意可知“他”是在主句谓语动词“realized”前就“等了(wait)半个小时了”，有明显的先后关系，故要用ing形式的完成式。答案 C
10．Running a company is not________a matter of hiring people —they also need to be trained.
A．simply
B．partly
C．seriously
D．equally
解析 句意：经营一家公司不仅仅就是雇人的事情——他们还需要被培训。A项simply表示“仅仅，只不过”，符合句意。
答案 A
11．—What are you reading，Tom?
—I'm not really reading，just________the pages.
A．turning off
B．turning around
C．turning over
D．turning up
解析 turn over意为“使翻转”，符合句意。
答案 C
12．—Do you know Anna's telephone number?
—________.As a matter of fact，I don't know any Anna，either.
A．I think so
B．I'm afraid not
C．I hope so
D．I'd rather not
解析 根据下文“...，I don't know any Anna，either.”可判断出应该选B，I'm afraid not我恐怕不知道。
答案 B
13．Students are warned of not being too________about things they are not supposed to know.
A．strange
B．curious
C．conscious
D．amusing
解析 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：学生们被警告不要对不应知道的事追根问底。be curious about对……好奇，符合句意。strange陌生的；conscious有知觉的，有意识的；amusing有乐趣的，好笑的。均不合句意。
答案 B
14．By hiking，people can________nature and experience another kind of life.
A．close to
B．closeC．get close to
D．get closed to
解析 句意：通过徒步旅行，人们可以亲近大自然，体验另一种生活。get close to走近，接近，符合句意，故选C。
答案 C
15．—He managed to________at the last moment.
—You mean he has a narrow escape?
A．turn away
B．turn upC．turn out
D．turn in
解析 考查短语辨析。句意：——他在最后一刻设法避开了。——你是说他九死一生？turn away避开；解雇；不准……入内；走开；转过脸；turn up出现；开大；出现；turn out生产；结果是；turn in交上；归还。
答案 A
Ⅱ.阅读理解
About this time every year, I get very nostalgic(怀旧的)．Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of a time not too long ago when sounds of children filled the air，children playing games on a hill, and throwing leaves around in the street below. I was one of those children, carefree and happy. I live on a street that is only one block long. I have lived on the same street for sixteen years. I love my street. One side has six houses on it, and the other has only two houses, with a small hill in the middle and a huge cottonwood tree on one end.When I think of home, I think of my street. Only I see it as it was before. Unfortunately things change. One day, not long ago, I looked around and saw how different everything has become.Life on my street will never be the same because neighbors are quickly grown old, friends are growing up and leaving, and the city is planning to destroy my precious hill and sell the property to
contractors.
It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors are growing old and won't be around much longer. I have fond memories of the couple across the street, who sat together on their porch swing almost every evening, the widow next door who yelled at my brother and me for being too loud, and the crazy old man in a black suit who drove an old car. In contrast to these people, the people I see today are very old neighbors who have seen better days. The man in the black suit says he wants to die, and another neighbor just sold his house and moved into a nursing home. The lady who used to yell at us is too tired to bother any more, and the couple across the street rarely go out to their front porch these days. It is difficult to watch these precious people as they near the end of their lives because at once I thought they would live forever.
The “comings and goings” of the younger generation of my street are now mostly “goings”as friends and peers move on. Once upon a time, my life and the lives of my peers revolved around home. The boundary of our world was the gutter at the end of the street. We got pleasure from playing night games or from a breathtaking ride on a tricycle. Things are different now, as my friends become adults and move on. Children who rode tricycles now drive cars. The kids who once played with me now have new interests and values as they go their separate ways. Some have gone away to college like me, a few got married, two went into the army, and one went to prison. Watching all these people grow up and go away makes me long for the good old days.
Perhaps the biggest change on my street is the fact that the city is going to turn my precious
hill into several lots for now homes. For sixteen years, the view out of my kitchen window has
been a view of that hill. The hill was a fundamental part of my childhood life; it was the hub of
social activity for the children of my street. We spent hours there building forts, sledding, and
playing tag. The view out of my kitchen window now is very different; it is one of tractors and
dump trucks tearing up the hill. When the hill goes, the neighborhood will not be the same. It is
a piece of my childhood. It is a visual reminder of being a kid. Without the hill, my_street_will_be__just_another_pea_in_the_pod.
There was a time when my street was my world, and I thought my world would never
change. But something happened. People grow up, and people grow old. Places changes, and
with the change comes the heartache of knowing I can never go back to the times I loved. In a
year or so, I will be gone just like many of my neighbors. I will always look back to my years as
a child, but the place I remember will not be the silent street whose peace is interrupted by the
sounds of construction. It will be the happy, noisy, somewhat strange, but wonderful street I
knew as a child.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。秋日午后，“我”漫步街头，回想起孩提时的欢笑；而今许多邻居在变老，朋友长大成人并离“我”而去，街道也将面临开发：屋后的山已经被人承包，整个街道将不再是“我”以前的街道。
1．The writer calls up the memory of the street________.
A．every year when autumn comes
B．in the afternoon every day
C．every time he walks along his street
D．now that he is an old man
解析 细节理解题。难度中等。根据第一段第一、二句“About this time every year，I get very nostalgic(怀旧的)．Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of...”可知， 作者每年秋天这个时候都来这里回忆往事，故A项正确。
答案 A
2．The writer finds it hard to accept the fact that________.
A．many of his good neighbors are growing old
B．the lady next door who used to yell at him and his brother is now a widow
C． the life of his neighbors has become very boring
D．the man in his black suit even wanted to end his own life
解析 细节理解题。难度中等。根据第二段第一句“It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors are growing old and won't be around much longer.”可知，作者难以接受他的许多好邻居在变老的事实，故A项正确。
答案 A
3．The writer thinks of the past all the more when he sees those who had grown up
with him________.
A．continue to consider home to be the center of their lives
B．leave the neighborhood they grew up in
C．still enjoy playing card games in the evenings
D．develop new interests and have new dreams
解析 细节理解题。难度中等。根据第一段最后一句“...neighbors are quickly grown old，friends are growing up and leaving...”可知，B项正确。
答案 B
4．The biggest change on the writer's street is________.
A．removing the hill to make way for residential development
B．the building of new homes behind his kitchen window
C．the fact that there are much fewer people around than in the past
D．the change in his childhood friends' attitude towards their neighborhood
解析 细节理解题。难度中等。根据第四段第一句“Perhaps the biggest change on my street is the fact that the city is going to turn my precious hill into several lots for now homes.”可知，最大的变化是山的改变，故答案为A项。
答案 A
5．What does the writer mean by saying “my street will be another pea in the pod”？
A．His street will be very noisy and dirty.
B．His street will soon be crowded with people.
C．His street will have some new attractions.
D．His street will be no different from any other street.
解析 句意理解题。难度中等。根据该句前文“When the hill goes，the neighborhood will not be the same.It is a piece of my chidhood.It is a visual reminder of being a kid.”可以推出，没有山，街道将和其他街道没有两样，故D项正确。
答案 D
6．Which could be a good title for the passage?
A．The Past of My Street Will Live Forever
B．Unforgettable People and Things of My Street
C．Memory Street Isn't What It Used to Be
D．The Big Changes of My Street
解析 标题概括题。难度中等。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了街道的变化，现在的街道将不再是“我”记忆中的街道，故C项正确。A项与文章意思相反，B、D两项概括不全面。
答案 C
Ⅲ.阅读表达
阅读下面短文，并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。
[1]Most American teenagers used to spend their summer vacations holding multiple jobs.However, with the increase in gas prices, teenagers chose to stay at home instead of going out of the town.“I wish the prices would________.The expense of driving to places is affecting our daily life.”said Alicia, still a senior at Enochs High School in Modesto, California.
[2]Alicia, who spent her summer at her dad's house, said that there would be no point in getting a job.“The drive to my workplace is so long that I would hardly be making any profit because all my money would be going toward gas，” she said.
[3]Teenagers_are_now_forced_to_give_up_the_pleasure_of_driving_around_the_town_without_purpose.“Instead of driving around looking for something to do, I now find myself planning the way in advance so I don't waste unnecessary gas，”said Stephen Macko, a student at Davis High School in Modesto.
[4]What kinds of things are teenagers doing in order to conserve gas？Alicia saves gas by doing all of her things at one time so she doesn't have to go home and leave again.
[5] “I try to do it all in one trip so I don't have to always be running around and wasting gas，” she said. “I know that when I go to lunch with my friends, we make sure to go somewhere near all of our houses so we save gas.” “But it's hard, considering I drive a big truck.I also try to get a lift from my friends when they are going to places that I am going to.” said Stephen.Some try not to accelerate too much.Teenagers will have to continue changing their lifestyles unless the price of gas decreases.However, that might not be a bad thing.
1．What is the best title of this passage？(Please answer within 10 words.)
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答案 High Gas Prices Change Teens' Lifestyles
2．Fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete
the sentence.(Please answer within 7 words.)
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答案 go down/decrease
3．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.
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答案 青少年现在不得不放弃驾车毫无目的地围着市区转圈的消遣方式。
4．Find a sentence in the passage to replace the following one.
There is such a long distance between my home and the workplace that I would make little money if I drive to work since the gas will cost all the money I earn.
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答案 The drive to my workplace is so long that I would hardly be making any profit because all my money would be going toward gas.
5．List one example of what some teenagers do to save gas.
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答案 Stephen tries to get a lift from his friends.