Unit 4 Pygmalion
Ⅰ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lucy：Did you see the picture of the guy on the front page of the newspaper this morning?
Peter：No，I haven't had a chance __1__(read) the paper yet.
Lucy：You should have a look at it.It's __2__ unbelievable picture!
Peter：What's so interesting about it?
Lucy：Well，this guy fell asleep on the sofa and __3__ he woke up，half of his face had been bitten off!
Peter：What！How did that happen?
Lucy：They think his dog was trying to wake him up and __4__，so ended up __5__(bite) him in the face.
Peter：Wow.What does his face look like now?
Lucy：It looks pretty __6__(firghten)．He doesn't have any lips，so all you can see are his gums and teeth.__7__ of his nose and chin are missing too.
Peter：What did he look like __8__ his dog bit his face off?
Lucy：He was __9__(actual) quite handsome.What a shame.
Peter：What's he going to do?
Lucy：It is said that he's hoping to get a __10__ transplant.
答案 1.to read 2.an 3.when 4.couldn't 5.biting 6.frightening 7.Most 8.before 9.actually 10.face
Ⅱ.完形填空
体裁：夹叙
夹议文 话题：
社会生活 词数：294 难度：
★★★ 建议用时：
15分钟
There are a lot of situations in life where we need help.I don't believe that there are many people who have not been __1__by someone else at some point in their lives.It may be __2__ through verbal support，or help to overcome a __3__ that one faces in a personal or professional way.
Some years ago，I was __4__ an employee assistance program and had a number of my own clients(客户)．It was a(n) __5__position involving not only the daytoday issues but the assigned additional duties.Helping people in __6__was part of my responsibilities.
They met me in the hallway near my work area and asked __7__ I could talk to them for a few minutes.And I will never __8__their names or positions because I respect their privacy.As with all clients，once the issue has been __9__，there is little of any continuing __10__，and there is absolutely no intention to form a lasting friendship.
How __11__ I was！Because of my work location being near to a(n)__12__ client，I occasionally ran into this person.What was __13__ was that this person continued to say how I had helped him gain a level of __14__.And，the beauty of this belief in himself __15__ to his family，colleagues and friends.I was very __16__ that this confidence wasn't a onetime event but was appearing __17__ his daily life.And，what had started out as a client turned out to be a lifelong __18__.
This close relationship continues to this day __19__ we live thousands of miles away but it takes only a few seconds of conversation to restart the relationship.As the old saying goes，what goes around __20__ around.
【解题导语】 帮助别人是一种美德，它能带给别人完美和幸福，也能给自己带来意想不到的收获。
1．A.refused
B．assisted
C．learned
D．persuaded
答案 B [根据前句中we need help可知，此句意思是每个人都曾经受到过别人的帮助。]
2．A.already
B．always
C．hardly
D．simply
答案 D [根据句中through verbal support可知，这里强调帮助的简单性，即帮助别人并不是要做惊天动地的事情。]
3．A.danger
B．mistake
C．difficulty
D．habit
答案 C [既然是帮助别人，就是要帮助别人克服他面对的困难。]
4．A.managing
B．monitoring
C．adapting
D．reflecting
答案 A [根据句中had a number of my own clients可知，这里指管理一个项目。]
5．A.exciting
B．extra
C．boring
D．busy
答案 D [根据句中not only the daytoday issues but the assigned additional duties可知，作者的工作非常忙。]
6．A.debt
B．need
C．advance
D．brief
答案 B [这里强调作者把帮助有困难的人看作是自己的职责。]
7．A.why
B．when
C．whether
D．what
答案 C [根据语境可知，这个客户问作者是否愿意和他谈几分钟。]
8．A.check
B．remember
C．believe
D．call
答案 A [根据句中because I respect their privacy可知，作者不去核实这些客户的名字或者职位。]
9．A.found
B．explained
C．expressed
D．solved
答案 D [因为作者要帮助客户，因此要解决问题。]
10．A.teaching
B．dialogue
C．argument
D．understanding
答案 B [根据后半句中no intention to form a lasting friendship可知，解决问题之后就很少有联系了，也就没有谈话了。]
11．A.great
B．impatient
C．fortunate
D．wrong
答案 D [根据下文可知，此句是对上段最后一句的否定，作者认为自己的观点是错误的。]
12．A.elegant
B．potential
C．former
D．present
答案 C [根据句中being near和后句中how I had helped him可知，这是作者原先的客户。]
13．A.unexpected
B．uncertain
C．unclear
D．unreasonable
答案 A [作者认为和客户的业务完成后就不会有联系了，因此对于此事他很意外。]
14．A.bravery
B．confidence
C．honesty
D．leadership
答案 B [根据后句中this belief in himself可知，这里强调的是自信。]
15．A.connected
B．applied
C．reffered
D．spread
答案 D [作者首先使这个客户获得了自信，然后这种自信又传递到他的家人、同事和朋友。]
16．A.afraid
B．disappointed
C．pleased
D．curious
答案 C [作者帮助了别人，使客户的自信得到很大的传播，因此作者感到非常高兴。]
17．A.beyond
B．through
C．beneath
D．beside
答案 B [through指“贯穿”或者“穿过”。这里指贯穿他们的生活。]
18．A.professor
B．teacher
C．colleague
D．friend
答案 D [根据下一段中This close relationship可知，这个客户成为了作者终生的朋友。]
19．A.even though
B．now that
C．as if
D．ever since
答案 A [This friendship continues to this day和we live thousands of miles away是转折关系，故用even though。]
20．A.turns
B．plays
C．comes
D．moves
答案 C [这里用comes与句中的goes相对应，表示“一报还一报”。]
Ⅲ.阅读理解
体裁：
记叙文 话题：
人生经历 词数：308 难度：
★★★ 建议用时：
6分钟
(2017·福建，A)When I was 12，all I wanted was a signet(图章) ring.They were the “in” thing and it seemed every girl except me had one.On my 13th birthday，my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it.I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being “replaced”．We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new” stuff(东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost.But not my ring.My ring was new.
Then，only one month later，I lost it.I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning.I was sad and searched everywhere for it.But it seemed to have disappeared.Eventually，I gave up and stopped looking for it.And two years later，we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed，and a couple of moves later，I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me.It wasn't my birthday，nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other giftgiving occasion.Mum noticed my questioning look.“You'll recognize this one，” she said，smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box.I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.
The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations，which included replacing the carpets.When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom，they found the ring.As it had my initials carved into it，they realized who owned the ring.They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.
And it still fits me.
【解题导语】 文章记述了作者12岁时妈妈送她的生日礼物，一个图章戒指失而复得的故事。
1．The underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．
A．fashionable
B．available
C．practical
D．renewable
答案 A [词义猜测题。从文中第一段的第二句“...it seemed every girl except me had one.”可知，除了作者外，其他女孩都有一枚戒指，所以答案为A项。]
2．When she got the ring back，the writer was about ______.
A．13 years old
B．15 years old
C．26 years old
D．28 years old
答案 D [数字推断题。根据第一段中的“On my 13th birthday，my Mum gave me a signet ring...”，第三段最后一句“And two years later，we sold the house and moved away.”和第六段第一句“The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier...”可知作者13岁得到戒指，过了两年她家卖了房子，房子卖了13年后，作者再次得到戒指，故D项符合。]
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer's family moved several times.
B．The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C．The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
D．The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
答案 A [信息推断题。文中第四段中的“Years passed，and a couple of moves later...”，可知作者搬了几次家。其他选项均不符合原文。]
4．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My New Ring
B．Lost and Found
C．Lost and Replaced
D．An Expensive Ring
答案 B [标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了作者13岁生日时，作者的妈妈送给她一枚戒指。但是，不幸的是，戒指丢了，过了15年竟然意外的被别人找到，所以B项正确。]
Ⅳ.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job？”__1__.
There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the doortodoor approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. __2__. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad(少年) offered to take his place.__3__.
__4__. If the lad had gone home to ponder(考虑)his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.
Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs(美差). When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. __5__. And within a year this person had become general manager of the company.
A. This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.
B. People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.
C. It's almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisements in newspapers
D. Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.
E. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company's faults.
F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.
G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.
.答案 1.B 2.D 3.F 4.A 5.E
Ⅴ.短文改错
Zhang Xiaowen，who is sixteen，a middle school student in Northern China. She is one of the best student in her class and she was won an award for young scientists last year. When seating in the classroom she looks just like all her classmates and after class her life is obvious different. She was born without the ability to use her legs and she has no feeling below the waist. She had to use a wheelchair to get around and it often takes her a little long to do everyday things, such as getting out of bed, getting dressed and going to the school. So far she has created many programmes and one of which received an award at her province's science fair.
答案
Zhang Xiaowen, who is sixteen，a middle school student in Northern China. She is one of the best
in her class and she was[DD)] won an award for young scientists last year. When
in the classroom she looks just like all her classmates
after class her life is
different. She was born without the ability to use her legs and she has no feeling below the waist. She
to use a wheelchair to get around and it often takes her a little
to do everyday things, such as getting out of bed, getting dressed and going to the'
school. So far she has created many programmes and one of
received an award at her province's science fair.