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Unit 7 Surprise endingsReading课后检测Ⅰ.根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词1. One dollar is ten c________.2.Marry received many p_____________ on her ninth birthday.3.Can’t you see the words “No Smoking “ on the s_______?4. The little boy is ___________(数数)5.There are two __________(套) of keys on the table.Ⅱ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空1.The car is too expensive. He can’t afford ________(pay ) for it.2.The boy is too young and he needs his mother _______ ( dress ) him.3.He is _________ (tire) of such boring work.4. The kind woman often offers some food and clothes to _______ (home ) persons.5.Students aren’t ________ (allow ) to eat in class.Ⅲ.单项填空1. People are _______ a missing child.A. searchingB. findingC. searching forD. looking2. ________ at the foot of the hill.A. There a high building liesB. There a high building isC. Is there a high buildingD. There lies a high building3. His sister is _____ young ____ look aftere herself.A. so; thatB. such; thatC. so; toD. too; to4. _ Why is he __________?- Because he has killed a wild elephant.A. in hospitalB. in prisonC. at homeD. in the prison5.You should _________ yourself.A. be strict withB. be strict inC. are strict withD. are strict in6. Is Tom ______ playing the violin?_ Yes, he plays the violin very well.A. good forB. weak inC. good with C. good at7. _ ___________ do you want to go home for ?_ Because I haveto go home to look after my sick mother.A. WhyB. HowC. WhatD. When8. I think nobody has ever ____ such a scary story.A. heard fromB. hear ofC. listened toD. seen9.Mr Black _______ moving to Hainan.A. decided toB. wanted toC. decided onD. put on10.These clothes are ________ . I don’t like them.A. in styleB. out of dateC. out of orderD. niceⅢ阅读理解O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real namewas William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surpris e.1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things? a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas. d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job.f. Learned to write stories.A. e. c. f. b. d. aB. c. e. b. d. f. aC. e. b. d. c. a. f.D. c. b. e. d. a f.2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories becauseA. they had surprise endingsB. they were easy to understandC. they showed his love for the poorD. they were about New York City3. O. Henry went to prison because .A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaperB. he broke the law by not using his own nameC. he wanted to write stories about prisonersD. people thought he had taken money that was not his4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?A. He was well-educated.B. He was not serious about his work.C. He was devoted to the poor.D. He was very good at learning.5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?A. His life inside the prison.B. The newspaper articles he wrote.C. The city and people of New York.D. His exciting early life as a boy.（B）Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.” Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”1. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?A. He went up to work by train.B. He walked to his office.C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.A. he couldn’t afford the busesB. he wanted to save moneyC. he wanted to keep in good healthD. he could do some exercises on the way3. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______A. give him a start in lifeB. help him on the way to successC. make him richD. gain more money4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the moneyB. again asked Mr. Grey for moneyC. would like to make friends with himD. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then5. In the second paragraph, “…take a chance” means ______.A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a strangerB. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a strangerC. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chanceD. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent himⅣ.完形填空A young man once asked his grandpa: "Grandpa, how have you achieved so much in your life, and yet are still full of energy? " The following was the grandpa's 1____ .I think it has a lot to do with how a person looks at things. I call it "keeping your 2____ open " Fi rst, realize that life is filled with surprises, and many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you'll 3________ half of the excitement. When you meet with challenges, 4______them bravely. Then they'll make you smarter and stronger. It is normal for you to make a 5______ on the way to success. Don't be nervous. Just be thankful for what it taught you.It's also 6_______ to decide exactly what you want. Your choices may create your successes or your failures. 7________ think about all the ways ahead, and decide which one to follow. Then believe in 8_________ and go for it!Most importantly, never 9_______ .The one who makes up his mind to win will be the winner. Give life 10__________that you've got, and life will give its best back to you .1. A. dream B. answer C.decision2..A. eyes B. arms C.mouth3.A. control B. enjoy C.miss4.A. face B. avoid C. forget5.A.friend B. mistake C. plan6.A. special B. important C. suitable7.A. or. B .But C. So8.A. yourself B. itself C. himself9.A. stay up B. come up C.give up10.A. all B. none C. eitherⅤ综合阅读How is O Henry's The Last Leaf having a surprise ending? Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter gets nearer and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill (A)________pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outs ide her window, she will die.In the end, the girls (B)________that the last leaf that still hung was a painting. They realised that the old artist, named Mr. Behrman, who lived in the same building as the girls, braved a storm one night to secretly paint a leaf on the wall - a leaf (C )_不会凋落的________________________, inspiring the young girl, Johnsy, to mentally fight her illness. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he caught pneu monia and died. Johnsy, whose condition was deteriorating daily, had given up on life but （D）when she saw, that following morning, that the last leaf did not fall during that very stormy night, she stopped despairing about her illness and recovered comp letely.The surprise ending ( a technique that O. Henry is famous for ) was the final realization that the last leaf was not real but a painting which seemed to have a magical healing power that renewed Johnsy's will to live and to defeat her pne umonia. The old aying,( E ) " Life follows art " applies to this short story.1.A ，B处填空_________ __________2.C处翻译成英语3.D处译成汉语4. E处变成Art___ _____ by life.知识点总结与归纳：教师评语：。