Module 4 Unit 2 Sporting events

Module 4

Unit 2Sporting events

Ⅰ.单项选择

1．What do you mean by saying there are only ten tickets？There ________ be twelve.

A．could B．should C．would D．can

2．Meals in Spain are quite different from ________ they have in China.

A．which B．what C．that D．whom

3．As their memories decline，some old people tend to be talkative because they ________ forget what has just been said.

A．anxiously B．particularly

C．easily D．hardly

4．Catherine ________ at school wearing a T-shirt with some slogans.

A．broke up B．turned up C．came up D．ended up

5．One can’t learn a language well ________ by learning rules of its grammar.

A．gradually B．deeply C．merely D．extremely

6．He has also founded an organization ________ helping AIDS orphans.

A．aiming at B．aiming to C．aimed at D．aimed to

7．I don’t think there is anybody who can convince him.He’s very ________.

A．flexible B．sensitive C．stupid D．skeptical

8．—Lucy，I told Denny about your success.

—Oh，you ________ him；I had told him already.

A．shouldn’t have told B．needn’t have told

C．couldn’t have told D．mustn’t have told

9．—Hello，how good to see you.Did you have any trouble finding our place?

—________.Your instructions were very clear.

A．No doubt B．No problem

C．Not at all D．No way

10．Which sport has the most expense ________ training equipment，players’ personal equipment and uniform?

A．in terms of B．in relation to

C．by way of D．in case of

11．Nowadays，many students can’t wait to go online ________ they have a holiday.

A．as soon as B．on condition that

C．if only D．even though

12．It is the most destructive fire ________ in Greece since fires in the south of the country killed more than 70 people in 2007.

A．to be seen B．seen

C．having been seen D．being seen

13．Not everyone understands the ________ that everyone should have an equal opportunity.

A．condition B．concept C．confidence D．conclusion

14．________ was unknown to us，he always said，was how the teacher knew the secret.

A．It B．What C．That D．As

15．Research also shows that people with large circles of friends enjoy longer lives than ________ with only a few friends.

A．ones B．them C．those D．that

Ⅱ.完形填空

Oli v er T w ist，one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens，is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in the 19th century.

The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel__1__with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to__2__the horror and violence hidden__3__the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist，an orphan，who was thrown into a world full of__4__and crime.He suffered enormous pain，__5__hunger，thirst，beating and abuse.__6__reading the tragic experiences of little Oliver，I was shocked by his sufferings.I__7__the poor boy，but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill.To my relief，__8__was written in all the best stories，the goodness eventually conquered__9__and Oliver lived a happy life__10__.One of the plots that attracted me__11__is that after the theft，little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs Maylie and Rose and__12__a new life.

How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive pain__13__pure in body and mind？The reason is the nature of goodness.I think it is the most important information__14__in the novel by Dickens—he believed that goodness could conquer__15__difficulty.

Goodness is to humans__16__water is to fish.He who is without goodness is an utterly__17__person.On the contrary，as the famous saying goes, “The fragrance always stays in the hand__18__gives the rose.” He who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person.People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he__19__，and thus he can do__20__to both the people he has helped and himself.

1．A.in the twenties B．in his twenties

C．in his twenty D．in the twenty