Units 3～4
时间：30分钟
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The highway ________ between Guangzhou and Nanchang is to be completed next month.
A．is to be built
B．to be built
C．is being built
D．being built
答案 D [此处应用being built作后置定语。]
2．Mom, I lost ________ diamond ring you bought for me as my birthday present.Could you keep ________ eye out for it when you clean my bedroom?
A．a；an
B．a；the
C．the；an
D．the；the
答案 C [第一空表示特指，应用定冠词；第二空keep an eye out for sb/sth意为“留心或注意某人或某物”。 ]
3．________ he can't understand is ________ his son doesn't like the school.He is very upset about this.
A．That；why
B．Why；that
C．What；why
D．Whether；that
答案 C [本句中有两个从句，前一个是主语从句；后一个是表语从句。understand缺宾语，选what，表语从句缺原因状语，选why。]
4．Everything ________ into consideration, they ought to have another chance.
A．to take
B．taken
C．to be taken D．taking
答案 B [everything taken into consideration是独立主格结构，意为“把一切考虑在内”。]
5．It's really ________ when a train is late and there's no explanation.
A．annoying
B．annoyed
C．annoy
D．being annoyed
答案 A [annoying意为“令人讨厌的、恼人的”，符合题意。]
6．________ of stealing money from the bank, he was being questioned by the police.
A．Accusing
B．Accused
C．Having accused
D．to accuse
答案 B [accuse与句子主语之间构成被动关系，故用accused，作原因状语。]
7．—Why are you unhappy today?
—The watch, which I ________ the other day, is out of order again.
A．had repaired
B．had repair
C．had it repaired
D．had repaired it
答案 A [which引导的定语从句含有have sth done句式，which作从句的宾语。]
8．In Britain, packets of cigarettes come with a government health warning ________ them.
A．attach to
B．attaching to
C．attached to
D．to attach to
答案 C [在with复合结构中，health warning与宾语补足语attach to之间构成被动关系。]
9．It was not the cyclists but the driver who ________ for the traffic accident.
A．were blamed
B．was to blame
C．was to be blamed
D．were to blame
答案 B [be to blame意为“该受责备”，主动形式表示被动意义，not...but...连接并列主语，谓语动词遵循就近一致原则。]
10．—Have you persuaded him?
—Yes.After some hours of discussion, I ________ to reason (说服) him into accepting the new plan.
A．had managed
B．would manage
C．manage
D．managed
答案 D [一般过去时表示过去的某个动作。]
11．I love the job, and it's added bonus ________ it's so close to my home.
A．that
B．which
C．when
D．where
答案 A [that引导的主语从句。]
12．Don't expect to make much profit ________ the first couple of months setting up a company.
A．about
B．on
C．within
D．to
答案 C [within意为：在……之内。]
13．The sportsman ________ save a drowning boy that afternoon；the boy's parents appreciated him very much.
A．might
B．could
C．was able to
D．must
答案 C [was able to表示通过努力并成功地做成某事。]
14．You can't get the expensive house ________ you have lots of money.
A．if
B．unless
C．when D．since
答案 B [unless意为“除非……”，符合题意。]
15．It rained heavily outside，________ made us stay at home all day.
A．which
B．why
C．that
D．what
答案 A [which引导非限定性定语从句。]
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
Sometimes when we are lost in the daytoday activities of life and work, we forget there is a part of us that wants to serve and make a difference in the world.It is also a good time to look for ways to express yourself through service to others.
Most people want to live a life full of meaning.If you recognize you have a true desire to serve, voluntary work in the community and a spirit of giving can lead you to an understanding of what you care about, what your natural talents are, and what your life purpose is.It can start you on the path to a new life.
To live your purpose as fully as possible, use your natural gifts when you serve others.If you are a naturallyborn teacher, you could teach students who are struggling with basic reading skills.If you are good at encouraging people, you could visit people who are sick or in nursing homes.
Many of us forget how lucky we are and how much support we have.When we reach out to others, we sometimes realize how our lives have been blessed.When you are aware of all the blessings that you have received, you can understand your true capacity to make a difference.
Service is a spirit for living in addition to a set of actions.You live your life purpose every day.It's not just when you are volunteering at church or the local food bank.It's every time you interact(互动) with anyone.Through your actions, your words, and your smiles, you have the capability to either uplift someone or put them down.Meaningful, purposeful lives are built every moment, not just in isolated times spent volunteering.Whether it's at work, in traffic, in the line at the grocery store, or at a concert, you have an opportunity to serve and change the world.Your efforts don't have to be extraordinary, but your life certainly will be.
【语篇解读】
本文作者认为通过帮助他人可以找到生命的意义。
1．Through service you can do all of the following EXCEPT ____.
A．make a difference in the world
B．express yourself
C．find your life purpose
D．forget how lucky you are
答案 D [推理判断题。根据文章第一、二段可知通过服务别人，我们可以对世界起到作用、表达自己，甚至找到人生目标。而第四段作者指出大多数的我们忘记了我们所拥有的幸运和支持，因此当我们向别人伸出帮助之手时，我们才意识到这些。故选D项。]
2．In the author's opinion, to make your life fully meaningful, your service to others should ________.
A．be based on what you are good at
B．prove to be highly praised
C．be rewarded with support
D．become your lifework
答案 A [细节理解题。由第三段可知，服务他人时要根据自己的能力。]
3．The last paragraph suggests that ________.
A．you should live your meaningful life at almost anytime anywhere
B．you should build your meaningful life while doing voluntary work
C．the more uncommon your efforts are, the more meaningful your life is
D．the best way to live your purpose is to take part in social activities
答案 A [推理理解题。根据最后一段，作者想要表达建立有意义的生活是可以随时随地进行的。]
4．We can infer from the passage that the author ________.
A．starts his new life in the daytoday activities
B．is not good at interacting with others
C．kills time by volunteering
D．values voluntary work very much
答案 D [推理判断题。根据第二段voluntary work...can lead you to...及最后一段It’s not just when you volunteering...可知作者重视做义工。]
B
If you were looking for an animal to take the title of “most violent fish in the sea”， then the puffer fish(河豚) would have to be a strong competitor.Not only is it poisonous—though that doesn't stop people trying to eat it—and able to scare off other creatures in the sea by inflating itself to become much larger than normal, but also it chews on its own brothers and sisters when it is young.
Puffers attach their eggs to rocks near the bottom of the sea, often at the mouths of bays.Then the larvae(幼鱼)move to the wide part of the river once they have grown a little.Having put on more weight, they head for the sea.It's no childhood for the puffer fish, though, as Shin Oikawa and his colleagues found when they hatched puffer larvae in the lab and monitored them for two months.They found the larvae went through three step changes when they reached body weights of 0.002 grams, 0.01g and 0.1g.When a larva went through one of these changes, its behavior also changed.For instance, once a larva passed the first level it would grow its first teeth and could start attacking the larvae that had not reached that stage.Similarly, any larva that had reached the 0.01g or 0.1g levels would start attacking the larvae that hadn't.
The baby fish had a “relatively small mouth”， so rather than swallow their brothers and sisters whole, they would bite pieces out of them.Despite this limitation, the fish caused plenty of deaths.
Eat one puffer and the poison will paralyze your muscles, including the muscles responsible for breathing－so death is usually caused for lack of oxygen.Famously, the fish is a delicious dish in Japan, where highly qualified chefs produce dishes that contain safe levels of the poison.The puffer does not go to the trouble of producing poison itself.Instead, it hosts bacteria that combine the poison.It obtains these bacteria from its diet, so the youngest adult fish are not poisonous.
【语篇解读】
河豚，又称“气泡鱼”，肉质鲜美，厨师手艺精良，可制作一盘美味佳肴。处理不当或者贪食太多则会让人一命呜呼。它的生活习性如何呢？
5．The following statements account for the violence of puffers EXCEPT ________.
A．they often prevent people from capturing them
B．they can become larger to frighten enemies away
C．they kill their younger companions after growing older
D．they can poison people who try to eat them
答案 A [细节理解题。从第一段可知，河豚毒素极高。它不仅能让身体膨胀从而威吓觅食者，而且还经常残杀同类。]
6．We can learn from the second paragraph that the puffer ________.
A．can mostly grow to the weight of 0.1g gram
B．never changes its behavior as it grows
C．often finds safe places to have its next generation
D．begins to grow teeth when it reaches the second level
答案 C [细节理解题。从第二段可知，河豚孵卵时经常到风平浪静的海港港口，故选C。]
7．Where does the poison in the puffer's body come from?
A．Its inner organism.
B．The chemicals in the water.
C．The diet it eats.
D．Small fish around it.
答案 C [细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知答案为C。]
8．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.
A．the puffer does produce poison all by itself
B．people like eating puffers though they are poisonous
C．people can eat the puffer prepared by themselves
D．fishermen often capture the youngest adult puffers
答案 B [推理判断题。从最后一段Famously, the fish is a delicious dish in Japan, where highly qualified chefs produce dishes that contain safe levels of the poison.可推断出B项正确。]