选修6 unit4 练习

Book 6 Unit 4 Global warming 练习

一单词拼写

1. The shop sells a wide r_____ of domestic appliances.

2. He prefers q________ to quantity when food is concerned.

3. The d _______(数据)we have collected are not enough to be convincing.

4. As a c_________________ of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse.

5. What is the ______(平均的)rainfall for August in your country?

6. It is very difficult to see doctors, so many people a__________(提倡) building more hospitals.

7．When ________(compare) with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

8. The _____ parents were all _____for the children's safety.（concern）

9. You can go out, _________you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.

10．Some people are o________ to the decision while others are in favour of it.

11．The storm _____to hit our city，but we will observe the _____ of it closely.(tend)

二.非谓语动词

1．His new movie moved all audience to tears，________(call) to mind another moving one about war and love.

2．________(devote) to teaching, as we know, contributes to his popularity with his students.

3．His car________(repair) in the repair shop, he drove his brother’s instead.

4．The game was so exciting to play that the boy kept his eyes and attention________(fix) on it, ruining both a lot.

5．________(realize) her ambition of becoming a professional singer, she has been training very hard since an early age. 6．My older brother and I are busy ________(arrange) a trip to Africa.

7．Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ________(situate) in present－day Hunan and Hubei provinces，during the Warring States Period(战国时期)．

8．Last weekend as I was riding in the bike lane alongside the truck，we reached a crossing and it turned to the right，________(hit) me and my bicycle.

9．After luckily ________(succeed) in the national college entrance examination，I realized my dream again：after graduation，I became a citizen working in a city.

10．Most of the fish there were ________(freeze)，but we had not much trouble finding some fresh fish at the other part of the market.

三．模仿造句

1．英国不再是过去那样强大的国家了。(as…as)

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2.做这项工作需要技巧和体力。(take)

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3.应采取有效措施防止生存环境进一步恶化，其中最重要的措施之一就是限制过多的私家车的使用。

(the most＋adj.＋one of＋which/who..).

4.即使你对此事一言不发，我也能感受到你的失望。(even if)

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四．完形填空

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at _26_ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, _27_, asked if I’d like_28_. I needed to start _29_ for college, so I said yes. I _30_ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most 31_. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost _32 we had at that time _33 and found other books we could order. She left the store less _34_. I’ve always remembered the _35_ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a _36_ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not _37_ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 38_, hiding his hand in his pocket.

I 39_ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the _40_ for free. I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his _41_ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of _42_. In the past, while I was 43_, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, _44_ I feel as if I work for the _45_, helping them make sense of the world.

26. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports

27. A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer

28. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help

29. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying

30. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked

31. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing

32. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

33. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store

34. A. Worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled

35. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise

36. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter

37. A. Pay B. cost C. afford D. Spend

38. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger

39. A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted

40. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation

41. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved

42. A. pleasure B. sadness C. interest D. disappointment

43. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service

D. at McCarley’s Bookstore

44. A. so B. and C. but D. Because

45. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers

I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement, I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. It is easier said than done.

The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human-resource department as the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.

I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had