Loading... Please wait...必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45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。
21. — I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.
— ________ You looked tired last time I saw you.
A. You’d better not. B. Why not travel abroad?
C. I am glad you did. D. Sounds like a good idea.
22. — How could you ________ my sister so easily in the crowd?
— Because she stood out in her red dress.
A. pick up B. pick out C. take up D. take out
23. My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself because she has no ________ of direction.
A. sense B. feeling C. touch D. scene
24. Good friends as we are, I still find her difficult to understand ________.
A. at times B. at a time C. at one time D. at the time
25. — Did you see the boys yesterday afternoon?
— Yes. I saw them ________ the fence when I passed.
A. climb B. climbed C. to climb D. climbing
26. — You are late again, Tom?
— Sorry, but I got ________ a heavy traffic jam.
A. caught in B. taken in C. put off D. held by
27. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ________ failure, so their marriage ended in ________ failure.
A. /; / B. /; a C. a; a D. a; /
28. If he shouldn’t have been so ________ about his food, he would be healthier now.
A. special B. curious C. particular D. anxious
29. — Do you want anything else for your birthday?
— Nothing else. I’m very ________ with what you’ve bought me.
A. satisfying B. disappointed C. content D. honest
30. — How are the things in your village?
— Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ________ now than before.
A. well off B. better off C. badly off D. worse off
31. — Can you tell us what is important to a businessman?
— ________ information.
A. Collect B. Collected C. Having collected D. Collecting
32. In order not to let the others hear what he said, he ________ the news to me.
A. shouted B. told C. whispered D. said
33. The country itself didn’t have enough gas because of the war, so the government decided to ________ its gas supplies to other countries.
A. hide away B. cut off C. insist on D. break up
34. — What have you done with your arm?
— A little boy ________ my bike and knocked me off it.
A. knocked into B. came into C. got into D. broke into
35. Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ________ looking for something.
A. even though B. even if C. as if D. only if
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era. He was especially beloved for his Little Tramp ___36___. He was the first screen artist to write, ___37___ and perform in his own films; in fact, ___38___, Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies. He was also the first artist to use his work to pass a ___39___ of equality and justice for all — ___40___ for the "little guy". Charlie Chaplin's career and life made ___41___ the first global icon (偶像); his too-small hat, his too large shoes and his trademark moustache were instantly ___42___ by audiences from Chicago to China, from Iowa City to India. And they ___43___ are today. All of these make Charlie Chaplin the first citizen of our global village.
Chaplin, a native of London, was born in ___44___ on April 16, 1889 to music hall performers. Chaplin only saw his ___45___ twice until the age of seven. The man ___46___ him and his mother about a year after Chaplin was ___47___. During Chaplin's earliest years, his mother was a(n) ___48___ and performer. Then her voice gave out, her stage career ___49___, and she began actively ___50___ Church of England services. At the age of ___51___, Chaplin's mother was considered as the insane and sent to Cane Hill lunatic asylum (疯人院), and the ___52___ sent Charlie and his brother to live with his father, ___53___ had by then stopped all payments of child support.
Charlie Chaplin lived with his father only a short time ___54___ his mother was released from the lunatic asylum and then ___55___ Charlie and his brother, to live with her once again.
36. A. character B. behaviour C. personality D. gentleman
37. A. act B. shoot C. direct D. edit
38. A. in case of B. in this case C. in case D. in some cases
39. A. possibility B. message C. culture D. promise
40. A. generally B. widely C. especially D. totally
41. A. him B. them C. us D. it
42. A. believed B. recognized C. realized D. known
43. A. really B. always C. still D. ever
44. A. happiness B. luck C. poverty D. peace
45. A. brother B. teacher C. mother D. father
46. A. taught B. left C. loved D. expected
47. A. born B. young C. ill D. old
48. A. actor B. artist C. dancer D. singer
49. A. ended B. began C. broke D. continued
50. A. attending B. working C. joining D. asking
51. A. eight B. seven C. nine D. ten
52. A. mother B. police C. family D. court
53. A. which B. what C. he D. who
54. A. then B. when C. before D. until
55. A. took away B. picked up C. took apart D. brought up