Loading... Please wait...必修4 Unit 4 Body language
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. If you are ______ about Brazil, you may read this book.
A. curious B. upset C. strange D. interested
22. It is very ______ that she will ring me tonight.
A. likely B. possibly C. probably D. perhaps
23. Your experiences are ______ to ours, but your end result is entirely different.
A. same B. different C. similar D. equal
24. As a student, you should try to ______ being late for your class.
A. avoid B. refuse C. prevent D. punish
25. Though she has been in England for half a year, she is still unable to _____ in simple English.
A. explain herself B. express herself
C. speak her mind D. make herself understand
26. —What do you mean by saying that?
—I think you _______ what I said. I meant no harm.
A. understood B. misunderstood
C. heard D. followed
27. —_______ for snakes while hiking in the woods.
—I’ll dress appropriately to protect myself.
A. Walk out B. Go out C. Set out D. Watch out
28. At this time tomorrow, we _______ across the big desert ahead.
A. are to drive B. are going to drive
C. will be driving D. will drive
29. “It’s raining too heavily at this moment,” said the old woman, ________ out of the window.
A. to look B. looking C. having looked D. looked
30. _______, a learned man makes fewer mistakes in life than a man without knowledge.
A. In general B. As general C. On general D. At general
31. —I don’t like this kind of music.
—_______. It’s too noisy.
A. Nor do I B. Neither am I C. Nor I do D. Neither I am
32. How _______ I was when I heard the _______ news!
A. disappointing; disappointed B. disappointed; disappointing
C. disappointing; disappointing D. disappointed; disappointed
33. She is very hard-working, _____ he is very lazy.
A. when B. that C. which D. while
34. Before graduation, we had got a lot of practical _____ by doing a part-time job in the factory and it was really ______ for all of us.
A. experiences; great experience B. experience; great experience
C. experiences; a great experience D. experience; a great experience
35. They ______ the idea that children could learn to read as babies.
A. thought B. introduced C. invented D. discovered
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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four 36 eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震动) the mountain 37 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, 38 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 39 and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen (母鸡) 40 to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. 41 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 42 . Soon, the eagle believed he was 43 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 44 his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and 45 a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle 46 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with 47 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”
The eagle 48 staring at his real family up above, 49 that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his 50 be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is 51 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 52 dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 53 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 54 .
You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 55 your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
36. A. large B. curious C. small D. fortunate
37. A. guiding B. blowing C. causing D. inviting
38. A. on B. over C. past D. to
39. A. introduce B. punish C. protect D. share
40. A. offered B. regretted C. managed D. turned
41. A. Carefully B. Gently C. Sadly D. Luckily
42. A. chicken B. eagle C. hero D. fool
43. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
44. A. and B. but C. so D. however
45. A. noticed B. recognized C. respected D. watched
46. A. cried B. smiled C. argued D. explained
47. A. excitement B. anger C. laughter D. surprise
48. A. approached B. avoided C. continued D. considered
49. A. promising B. proving C. believing D. dreaming
50. A. suggestion B. advantage C. dream D. discovery
51. A. what B. why C. how D. when
52. A. went B. enjoyed C. began D. stopped
53. A. Happily B. Finally C. Quickly D. Probably
54. A. gave up B. broke down C. passed away D. died out
55. A. steal B. follow C. have D. remember
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节；每小题2分，满分20分）
第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
There is one language that is used in every country in the world. The people who use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It is everybody’s second language. It is easy to understand, although you can’t hear it. It is sign language.
When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you are saying, “I want to be friendly”, but you are not using speech. You are using sign language. When you raise your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer.”
Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They are using sign language. A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hands. He is using sign language.
Many years ago, a French priest, Charles Michel de Epee, became interested in education for deaf people. He invented a finger alphabet (字母表). It is still in use. People can make the sign for letters and spell words with their hands, and deaf people can read and understand them. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. The only university for the deaf is Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C.
Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The newsreader tells the news in sign language. At the same time, the words appear on the TV screen.
The actors in the Theatre of Deaf don’t spell every word. Sometimes they use hand signs. When they put two hands together, it means sandwich. They can make a roof with their hands when they want to show a house. One finger in front of an actor’s mouth can mean quiet. You can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have conversations under water.
How many hand signs do you use every day?
56. Which of the following about sign language is TRUE?
A. It is a special language used in a few countries in the world.
B. It is a way to express one’s ideas without words.
C. It is only used by the deaf.
D. It can be heard.
57. If you want to express the idea that “I am very friendly” to someone, you will ______.
A. raise your hand B. put one hand onto the other
C. smile to the person D. make a roof with your hands
58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Hand signs instead of finger signs are used everyday.
B. There are schools, colleges and universities for the deaf in the USA.
C. The French priest Charles invented sign language.
D. Even babies are using sign language.
59. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. an introduction to sign language B. the importance of sign language
C. a famous priest in France D. how to use sign language