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Module 4 Which English？[限时：分钟]
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．[2011·全国卷] It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music，
but it is________ another to play it well yourself.
A.quite
B.very
C.rather
D.much
2．You'd better take something to read when you go to see the doctor ________ you have to wait.
A.even if
B.as if
C.in case
D.in order that
3．________ I can see，
there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.
A.As long as
B.As far as
C.Just as
D.Even if
4．Even though Lucy and Kathy are good friends，
Lucy ________to lending her ID card to Kathy to apply for a credit card.
A.stuck
B.referred
C.turned
D.objected
5．As a good teacher，
he should use different ways to encourage all children to realize their full________and achieve their goals.
A.possibility
B.conception
C.potential
D.difference
6．He could not ________ his dislike for that man.
A.overcome
B.defeat
C.overthrow
D.overtake
7．The teacher explained the ________ of the theme expressed in the poem.
A.reference
B.significance
C.means
D.signal
8．—We didn't find the Blacks________ the lecture.
—No one had told them about________a lecture the following day.
A.to attend； there to be
B.attending；
there being
C.attended； there be
D.attend； there was
9．—Did you scold him for his carelessness？
—Yes，
but________ it.
A.I would rather not doB.I'd rather not have done
C.I shouldn't do
D.I'd better not do
10．—Why do you drink so much coffee？
—Well，
________ it doesn't keep me awake at night， I see no harm in it.
A.although
B.for
C.as long as
D.as far as
Ⅱ.完形填空Alone in the light at the dining room table，
I sat in tears.
Finally，
I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed. I got them both washed，
__11__ by cries of delight，
crazy running around，
laughing and throwing things. __12__ calmed down，
they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual. Then I began the night time routine of a song，
both kids' __13__. I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in __14__.
A recently __15__ man with full custody (监护权) of his children，
I was determined to give them as __16__ and stable a home life as possible. I __17__ a happy face for them. Everything was just as it had always been with the exception __18__ their mother was now missing. There，
another night successfully __19__.
I rose slowly，
tiptoed out of their room and went downstairs.
Sitting at the __20__ room table，
I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to __21__ sit down.
Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫)，
the __22__ of the responsibility，
the worry about bills I wasn't sure I pay that month. And __23__. I felt as though I was at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness. I sat there，
silently sobbing. Just then，
a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me. I looked down into my fiveyearold son's __24__ face.
I was __25__ to be seen crying by my son. “I'm sorry，
Ethan，
I didn't know you were still awake. I'm sorry，
I'm just a little __26__ tonight.”
“It's okay，
Daddy. It's okay to cry，
you're just a __27__.”
I can't express how happy he made me，
who gave me __28__ to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be __29__，
that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and __30__ my feeling. Somehow，
it was possible for me to get to sleep that night. Thank you，
my son.
11．A.excited
B.accompanied
C.encouraged
D.affected
12．A.Sooner or later
B.Or rather
C.On time
D.More or less
13．A.favor
B.favorite
C.entertainment
D.hobby
14．A.sleep
B.bed
C.joy
D.imagination
15．A.disabled
B.married
C.divorced
D.discovered
16．A.ordinary
B.common
C.regular
D.normal
17．A.put on
B.looked on
C.got on
D.had on
18．A.whichB.thatC.ifD.whether
19．A.arrived
B.celebrated
C.dismissed
D.concluded
20．A.dining
B.sitting
C.bed
D.study
21．A.almostB.justC.everD.hardly
22．A.pleasure
B.lack
C.absence
D.weight
23．A.satisfaction
B.fun
C.loneliness
D.worry
24．A.puzzled
B.suspected
C.surprising
D.sympathetic
25．A.embarrassed
B.delighted
C.disappointed
D.terrified
26．A.tired
B.sad
C.anxious
D.unlucky
27．A.human
B.father
C.parent
D.grownup
28．A.need
B.time
C.permission
D.order
29．A.sad
B.happy
C.strong
D.weak
30．A.give out
B.let out
C.make out
D.carry out
Ⅲ. 阅读理解A
Arthur
Miller(1915-2005)is universally
recognized
as one of the greatest dramatists
of the 20th
century.
Miller` s father
had
moved to the USA from
Austria Hungary,drawn like so many others by the“ Great American
Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the
early l930s.
Millers' s most famous play, Death of a Salesman , is a powerful attack on the American system ,with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman , the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment : if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949 ,the
play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews ,and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics` Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller
died
of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut ,on the evening of February 10,2005,the 56th anniversary
of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
31.Why did Arthur Miller' s father move to the USA?
A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B. He was attracted by the "Great American Dream.
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed.
32. The play Death of a Salesman
A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business
33. What can we learn about Willy Loman?
A. He treats his employer badly.
B. He runs the Wagner Company.
C. He is a victim of the American system.
D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.
34. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman
A. achieved huge success
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists
35. What is the text mainly about?
A. Arthur Miller and his family.
B. The awards Arthur Miller won.
C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.
B
Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she
in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.
He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters.
Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
36.What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?
A.His health problems
B.His love for teaching
C.The influence of his wife
D.The news from the Webs
37.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?
A. Give out brochures.
B .Do something similar.
C. Write books for children
D. Retire from being a teacher.
38.According to the text, Dollly
Parton is
.
A. a well-known surgeon
B. a mother of a four-year-old
C. a singer born in Tennessee D.a computer programmer
39.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?
A. To avoid signing up online.
B. To meet Dollywood board members.
C. To make sure the books were the newest.
D. To see if the books were of good quality.
40.What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?
A. He needs more money to help the children.
B. He wonders why some people are so busy.
C. He tries to save those waiting to die.
D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.
答案与解析
Ⅰ.1.A 本题考查副词辨析。It is one thing to do…it is another to do…意为“……是一回事，……是另一回事”。句意为：欣赏美妙的音乐是一回事，但是你亲自演奏音乐完全是另一回事。quite完全地，彻底地；very很，极；rather相当地；much非常，更加。
2．C 本题考查连词。依据上下句的句意， 用 in case表示 “以防”。
3．B 本题考查固定句型。as far as I can see ＝as far as I know，意为“据我所知”。
4．D 本题考查动词短语辨析。stick to坚持；refer to涉及，查阅；turn to求助于；object to反对。由语境可知，尽管Lucy和Kathy是好朋友，但Lucy不同意把身份证借给Kathy办信用卡。
5．C 本题考查名词辨析。句意为：作为一名优秀教师，他应该用各种办法鼓励所有的孩子发挥自己的全部潜能，以实现自己的目标。与后面的“实现自己的目标”相呼应，这里表示意识到自己的潜能，因此选C表示“潜力，潜能”。A项表示“可能性”，B项表示“思想，观念，概念”，D项表示“区别，不同的地方”，都不符合语意。
6．A 本题考查动词辨析。根据句意，他无法“克服”对那个人的厌恶。overcome克服。
7．B 本题考查名词辨析。根据句意，老师解释诗的主题的“意义”。significance意义，重要性。
8．B 本题考查非谓语动词。第一空考查find的复合结构，宾语与attend之间是主动关系，因此不可以用过去分词。第二空介词about 后应使用动名词形式there being。
9．B 根据上下文语境可以知道，选项动作是对过去事情的虚拟，表示“过去已经责怪过，但宁愿该事情没有发生”之意。故选I'd rather not have done，其他三个选项表示对将要做的事情的态度。
10．C 本题考查连词。as long as只要。
.作者离异，因倍感生活压力而落泪，年幼的儿子表示同情和理解。凄凉的表面背后蕴藏着一份真情，让人感到人间的温暖。
11．B 由于文章是倒叙，所以不易把握文章主题。作者让孩子们在睡前洗漱时，他们异常兴奋，打闹不止。即“洗漱伴随着打闹和喊叫”。
12．D 躺倒在床上会使孩子们多少安静一些。more or less或多或少。
13．B 催眠曲当然是孩子们的“最爱”。
14．A 反复吟唱之后，孩子们便渐渐进入“梦乡”。
15．C divorced离婚的；disabled残疾的；married结婚的；discovered被发现的。句意为：新近离异，取得对孩子的完全监护权。故C选项符合题意。
16．D 照应文章第一段，作者独自落泪之因。由于新近离异，取得了对孩子的完全监护权，“我”决心要尽力给孩子们“正常”、稳定的家庭生活。
17．A 由于心情不好，所以“我”强颜欢笑。put on假装。
18．B 一切照常，只是他们的妈妈现在不在。with the exception that…为固定句型。
19．D 截至目前，孩子们都睡了，所以又一个晚上“结束”了。
20．A 由文章第一句可知答案。
21．B 坐在餐桌旁，“我”意识到这是下班后第一次坐下来。just只是，仅仅。
22．D 作为单亲家长责任之“重”。
23．C 由后句中的“loneliness”可推知答案。
24．D 由倒数第二段可推知，儿子对“我”暗自落泪表示“同情”。
25．A 大人被孩子看到流泪是很“尴尬的”事。
26．B “我”有点“难过”(而流泪)。
27．A 您也是“人”啊。
28．C 儿子对“我”表示理解，“允许”“我”哭。
29．C 结合下一句的…to allow myself to feel weak…可推断出应选C项。
30．B 由本句推知，他好像在说“我”不必总是那么坚强，不时地“宣泄一下”情绪也是必要的。
.密勒的生平经历及他的代表作Death of a Salesman的内容及评价。
31.B。细节题。从第一段第二句话可知米勒的父亲已经从奥地利迁往美国，是和许多其他人一样受“伟大的美国梦”的驱使。
32.A。细节推断题。从第二段第一句话可知米勒写《推销员之死》的目的是对美国制度的攻击，因为美国商业制度的侵犯性和坚持将金钱和社会地位作为价值的显示。A 指出了, 暴露了美国商业世界的残酷。下文也提到了，in the cruel world of business。
33.C.推理判断题。从上文介绍情节中得知Willy Loman是戏剧中一个角色，而这个角色最终因为在这个制度中屡遭失败自杀身亡，因此推断他是美国制度的受害者。
34.A.细节推断题。从第三段得知一上映便赢得许多奖项，因此获得巨大成功。
35.D。主旨大意题。A没有提及，BC都是片面的。
【解题导读】本文讲述了里克特作为教师的一家人在退休后又做出捐献书给儿童的决定，并且为此建立了基金会的事情，而且他们认为这使得他们的人生更为有意义。
A。细节理解题。由第一段最后两句话可知是Tim 得病导致他思考生命的意义。
B。细节理解题。从第二段Tim说的话中“I could do something like this when we retire”,知道他打算在退休后做类似的事，是B选项。
C。细节理解题。从第二段的第一句话得出Dollly
Parton 是singer.
D.。细节理解题。从第四段前两句话中得出，“We didn’t want to give the children rubbish“ 比喻指我们不想要质量不好的东西。从本段首句主题句中也能得出the Richters 关心的是书的质量。
D。从最后一段Tim的话” 有些人坐而等待死亡，而有些人则在他的余生尽可能的忙碌着“ 可知，他认为自己做出的事情是值得的有意义的。