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单元测试
Unit4 Making the news单元同步测试
I. 单项选择
1.
It is reported that some journalists from certain presses got themselves _______false reporting the mine disaster and they are_______ accepting hush money
A. involved in; accused of
B. involved with; charged of
C. to be involved in; charged with
D. involved in; accused with
2.
The newspaper photographer ______ great delight in taking photos of famous people; whenever he has taken an unusual photo of a great person, he _______ feel delighted.
A. takes; would
B. has; will
C. takes; will
D. makes; always
3.
The modeling profession is really _______ on the surface because Once you become a professional model, you will be famous, make a lot of money and live a good life but not everybody knows the sufferings you have to _______ before and after becoming professional
A. enjoyable; get through
B. comfortable; pass C. attractive; experience with
D. admirable; go through
4.
Everybody around the neighborhood believes the pretty little girl will _____ a good professional actress.
A. turn
B. make
C. acquire
D. grow up
5.
Once a reporter receives his assignment from the chief-editor, he has to ______ on his work and tries his best to work on it until the chief-editor ______ it.
A. fix his attention; approves
B. focus; proves of
C. concentrate; approves of
D. get down; approves
6.
_______ avoid possible embarrassment, Tom ______ignores her former girlfriend whenever he sees her.
A. In order to; deliberately
B. As to; intentionally
C. So as to; purposely
D. So that to; on purpose
7.
In the murder case, the suspect ______ all the charges against him, so the police had to collect new evidence and ______ new strategies to prove that he was guilty of the crime.
A. refused; employ
B. rejected; apply
C. denied; employ
D. turned down ; use
8.
Reporters are _______ to get all facts straight, present their stories fairly and never give opinions that are objective.
A. believed
B. supposed
C. thought
D. considered
9.
The idea of your article is quite original but the language needs _______ a little.
A. being polished
B. to be rewritten
C. rewriting
D. to be polished
10.
If you want to start your own photographing company, you’d employ someone who knows _______, which can contribute to the success of your business.
A. the tricks of the trade
B. the trades of the trick
C. the tricks of trade
D. tricks of the trade
11.
I once worked in the English Department in the university but I got laid off because I _____ the courses required for further education. Meanwhile my colleagues were still there, ______ easy money.
A. hadn’t taken; making
B. didn’t take; making
C. hadn’t taken; made
D. didn’t take; made
12.
Experiment after experiment, they tried to acquire the _____evidence and ______ data needed to solve the technical problem.
A. concise; accurate
B. precise; concise
C. adequate; accurate
D. enough; concrete
13.
The police were _______ what the boy had confessed because _______ he couldn’t have committed the crime all by himself.
A. doubtful about; as he was strong
B. in doubt of; strong though he was
C. curious about; though he was young
D. skeptical of; young as he was
14.
The work of professional sectaries is so ______ that few people like to apply for it; it demands of not only high working efficiency bust also ______ available all the time. As a result, they are ______ great demand.
A. demanding; being; in
B. demanded; being; in
C. demanding; be; in
D. tiring; being; of
15.
The quality of a processed food largely ______ the raw material and the way it _______.
A. relies on; processes
B. depends on; processes
C. depends on; is processed
D. decides on; is processed
16.
The fifth edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language _______six months ______ the time previously set.
A. published; a head of
B. was published; advanced
C. came out; in front of
D. came out; ahead of
17.
Hardly had we got the project completed before the deadline when I _______ that a group of experts would come to _______ it. But to my disappointment, the so-called experts seemed to be totally amateurs to me.
A. was informed of; assess
B. was informed; inspect
C. was told; value
D. became informed; see
18.
If you want to be engaged in the security section of our department, you will have to ______ your freedom limited to some degree. If you agree to the terms, you can ______ your application form to the personnel office.
A. submit to have; send
B. bear to make; carry
C. tolerate to have; take
D. submit to having; submit
19.
The only son of the family was put in a _______ as to whether to stay with his parents or _______ with his sweetheart.
A. dilemma; run away
B. position; get away
C. situation; put up
D. difficulty; break away
20.
Just a few months before the examination the lazy bone studied day and night _______ that he should fail.
A. in case
B. so long as
C. for fear
D. on condition
21.
As is often the _______, the housewife gives the house a thorough cleaning ________.
A. matter; every two days
B. situation; each second day
C. same; each two days
D. case; every second day
22.
Not until you told me what had happened, ________.
A. didn’t I know anything about it
B. I knew nothing about it
C. did I know anything about it
D. had not I known anything about it
23.
Only when _______ in 1941, _______ to get back to his research again.
A. was the war over; was he able
B. the war was over; did he able
C. was the over; he was able
D. the war was over; was he able
24.
My mother suggested that not only ______ study hard myself but also _____help my sister.
A. I should; I should
B. should I; should I
C. should I; I should
D. I should; should I
25.
In no case ________ what you have done for us and at no time ______ your kindness. .
A. I shall forget; I will forget
B. shall I forget; shall I forget
C. shall I forget; I shall forget
D. forget I shall; forget I shall
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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday of September after America’s Labor Day. People often
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their parents on this day.
Many people
27 the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card giving. Some children 28 their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students 29 storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their 30.
About four million greeting cards are
31 within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a
32 for people to appreciate and express their 33 to their grandparents through
34 actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grandparents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may
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a visit form their grandchildren.
National Grandparents Day has more than one
36. Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home. Others
37 Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main
38 of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to
39 people about the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make
40 asked. She also urged(强烈要求) people to take good care of a grandparent, not for one day a year and not for material giving,
41 for a lifetime of experience.
National Grandparents Day was
42 signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to
43 her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her44. A presidential proclamation(声明) on September 6, 1979 made this day
45.
26. A. support
B. praise C. reward
D. honor
27. A. begin
B. hold
C. celebrate
D. remember
28. A. invite
B. expose C. force
D. remind
29. A. make the use of B. take part in
C. take up D. build up
30. A. diaries B. plans
C. reports
D. artworks
31. A. signed B. sent
C. carried
D. brought
32. A. chance B. luck
C. condition
D. possibility
33. A. satisfaction B. interest C. love
D. agreement
34. A. quick
B. careful C. difficult
D. kind
35. A. create
B. receive C. present
D. realize
36. A. cause
B. origin C. background D. beginning
37. A make
B. expect
C. consider
D. allow
38. A. driver
B. owner
C. researcher D. inventor
39. A. warn
B. educate C. interview
D. ask
40. A. if
B. though C. so
D. until
41. A. since
B. but
C. even
D. unless
42. A. finally B. recently C. nearly
D. generally
43. A. rid
B. persuade C. clear
D. inform
44. A. energy B. goals
C. bravery
D. efforts
45. A. reliable B. changeable C. official D. beautiful
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
I got married in 2008. My husband and I are very emotional and have loads of dreams in life. Now I want to share a hidden part of my life.
After one month of my marriage, I started working because I could not sit home. To accomplish our dreams, we are both working hard day and night in spite of belonging to a good family. Life is very strange. When any turn happens, one cannot know.
I started working because I was very ambitious. I used to wonder about people who worked to earn their bread but I never knew in my wildest dreams that I would be part of the crow who work to earn a livelihood.
I was blessed with a daughter in November, 2009. She was just three months and 15 days old when I rejoined my job. My husband supported me and my family supported me but I never wanted to work again because I belonged to a family where a mother should give her full attention to her child.
Keeping all the values aside that I learnt from my parents, I went back to work and will work till my last breath.
I missed my daughter every second. She has started recognizing and throwing expressions for likes and dislikes. I cannot share my feelings with anyone, as I do not want anyone to know that I am broken completely from inside.
My husband and my daughter are my greatest strength but I ignore them just to earn money and fulfill my dreams that I have.
If one day, my daughter complains to someone about her mom, please tell her that she is my reason for survival and happiness and she is the only one who brings smile to my face.
46. The author began to work after her marriage mainly because ____.
A. She expected to prevent herself from doing housework
B. She hoped to achieve her dream
C. She wanted to support her husband
D. She wanted to make her own bread
47. After her daughter’s birth, the author thought ____ in the beginning.
A. she should work harder
B. she should continue her career as she used to
C. she should stop working and care for her child
D. she should become a more ambitious mother
48. From the passage, we can know that the author’s daughter ____.
A. lives together with her mom now
B. hasn’t begun to learn to speak so far
C. always makes her mom heartbroken
D. has given much comfort to her mom
49. The author wrote this passage in order to ____.
A. complain about her present life
B. show her love for her daughter
C. keep a diary of her daughter’s growth
D. present the hardships of a working mother
50. What is the best title of this passage?
A. The secret of a working mother
B. A working family is continuing
C. A husband’s support for his wife’s career
D. The comparison between the family and career for a mother
B
After a year of preparing herself, Laura Dekker has been given permission to sail around the world. “I was so happy that I almost jumped into the river,” Laura said, after learning of the court’s verdict(判决).
