外研版高中英语必修五MODULE4Carnival单元练测(一)

高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星*制作整理）
单元练测卷（一）
I. 单项选择
1. The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have ______
third one because ______ second one is rather too small.
A. a; a
B. the; the
C. a; the
D. the; a
2. The wolf ______ dead when it saw a hunter.
A. pretends to
B. pretended to
C. pretended to be
D. pretends to be
3. The lady, ______ ancient costume, is very graceful.
A. dressed up
B. dressing up
C. dressed in
D. dressing in
4. Happy dreams are pleasant, and they easily ______
with daylight.
A. have come to an end
B. come to the end
C. come to an end
D. came to an end
5. Decide what you want and then don’t ______ until
you have achieved it.
A. give in
B. give away
C. give off
D. give up
6. According to the traffic laws, drivers are not allowed
______.
A. to drink
B. drinking
C. to be drinking
D. drank
7. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their
work ______ almost all their time.
A. takes away
B. takes in
C. takes over
D. takes up
8. The beauty of the picture ______ its balance of
colors.
A. consists of
B. consists in
C. is consisted of
D. is consist in
9. The sun was shining brightly, ______ everything
there ______ more beautiful.
A. to make; looked
B. making; look
C. and make; looking
D. and making; be looked
10. The People’s Repub lic of China was founded
______.
A. in the 1940
B. in the 1940s
C. in 1940s
D. in 1940s’
11. They collected enough money to build a
monument ______ him.
A. in memory of
B. in memory with
C. memorize
D. memorized
12. My dictionary is missing. Do you have any ______
where it is?
A. idea
B. sense
C. knowledge
D. understanding
13. The teachers are busy ______ the exam papers
while the students are busy ______ the exam.
A. prepare; prepare for
B. preparing; preparing for
C. prepare for; prepare
D. preparing for; preparing
14. Who is it up ______ decide where they should go?
A. to to
B. to
C. for to
D. to for
15. The tourist season ______ from May till October.
A. expands
B. extends
C. last
D. continue
Ⅱ. 完形填空
Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was __16__ to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was __17__. So both of them agreed not to __18__ after choosing a __19__ at every fork （岔路口）.
A road sign at the first fork __20__ one way to the lion area and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the __21__ after a __22__ discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division（路口）going separately to the panda and peacock. They __23__ panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went their way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant __24__ what they couldn’t help regretti ng. But
they had to make it, and __25__, for it brooked（容忍）no delay. If they hesitated（犹豫不决）they would miss __26__. Only __27__ decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and __28__ possible regret.
Life is __29__ like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two __30__ jobs, two fascinating wooers（追求者）. To get one you __31__ give up the other—you can get half of it. If you __32__ weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely __33__ empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. __34__ you have got half of the desirable（令人满意的）things in life—something that is __35__ to come by.
16. A. easy B. eager
C. impossible
D. possible
17. A. enough B. limited
C. tight
D. plentiful
18. A. retrace B. come
C. go
D. go back
19. A. main road B. branch
C. crossing
D. highway
20. A. showed B. pointed
C. intended
D. made
21. A. former B. later
C. last
D. the third
22. A. brief B. long
C. no
D. heated
23. A. hoped B. wanted
C. favored
D. got
24. A. getting B. taking
C. grasping
D. giving up
25. A. slowly B. immediately
C. timely
D. easily
26. A. less B. more
C. most
D. least
27. A. high B. slow
C. short
D. rapid
28. A. increase B. rid
C. reduce
D. raise
29. A. just exactly B. more or less
C. hardly
D. most
30. A. unwanted B. rejected
C. enjoyable
D. desirable
31. A. wish B. want
C. must
D. have to
32. A. spend time B. kill time
C. have a hard time
D. hope for
33. A. start with B. get up
C. succeed in
D. end up in
34. A. By no means B. Not in the least
C. At most
D. At least
35. A. stupid B. delighted
C. hard
D. supported
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
A
The first of May is Labor Day in Britain, the British equivalent of the American Labor Day. In Britain, the idea of old spring festival of May Day is more common than Labor Day.
By contrast, in Australia, Labor Day is commonly used, and is observed at different times in different states—March in west Australia and Victoria, May in Queensland, and October in the Australian capital, New South Wales and South Australia.
The idea of an international working class holiday was proposed in Paris, in 1889, and was first celebrated in 1890. May 1 was chosen as the date because the labor movement in the USA had tried to insist on the eight-hour day by direct action on May 1,1886. However, it is strange that Americans themselves choose to celebrate this commemoration to workers in September, on the first Monday in September.
36. May 1 is an important holiday. Which of the
following is NOT the name of the holiday?
A. May Day.
B. International Day.
C. Working Day.
D. Labor Day.
37. The passage mainly tells us ______.
A. how Labor Day came into being
B. how to celebrate Labor Day
C. the USA achievements about May Day
D. the importance of Labor Day
38. People chose May 1 as Labor Day because______.
A. the action insisting on eight-hour day took
place on May 1,1886
B. working class wanted to have a rest on that day
C. working class could work longer time on that
day
D. people on that day could be free to celebrate it
39. American labor movement helped to form Labor
Day, but ______ in the USA.
A. Labor Day is not celebrated
B. Labor Day is celebrated in September
C. Labor Day is celebrated on Monday every
month
D. workers work for less than eight hours a day
B
Easter is a movable festival celebrated on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. We don’t know exactly how this festival came into being. Some believed that it honored Easter, the goddess of spring time and sunrise. Her name came from the word “east”, where the sun rises. Every spring, northern European people celebrated the Festival of Easter to honor the awakening of new life in nature. Later, Christians（基督徒）related the rising of the sun to the Resurrection of Christ（耶稣的复活）and to their own spiritual（精神的）rebirth.
On Easter, eggs are painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring. They use these eggs to take part in Easter-egg rolling contests or give them to others as gifts.
The Easter bunny is another representative of this festival. The Easter bunny came from pre-Christian（公元前）times. The rabbit, a very fertile （多产的）animal, was a natural symbol of new life. Nowadays, children enjoy eating candy bunnies and listening to the stories about the Easter bunny, who brings Easter eggs in a fancy basket.
40. Ancient people celebrated the Easter festival to
______.
A. worship a goddess
B. remember the Resurrection of Christ
C. welcome spring
D. All the above
41. On Easter, children ______.
A. throw eggs to each other
B. eat eggs
C. decorate eggs
D. sell eggs
42. What is an Easter bunny?
A. A kind of candy.
B. A rabbit.
C. An egg.
D. A fancy basket.
43. ______ play an important part in the celebration
of Easter.
A. Traditions
B. Christians
C. Eggs
D. Church bells
C
There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries. The origins of most of the days are unknown. They were certainly not created by individual people. Other days, however, especially those celebrated in western countries often owe their origins to a particular person. One of the most popular of these, even though it is fairly recent, is Mother’s Day. Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures. The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, during which children took presents to the temple of the “Mother of the Gods”. The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday. However, over the years this custom was gradually forgotten, and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century.
Born in 1864 in Virginia, USA, Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show gratitude to their mothers for all their love and care. Encouraged by a friend, she wrote to thousands of important people—politicians, churchmen, doctors, city officials and asked them to support her idea: a special day of the year for thanking mothers.
In 1910 the Governor of West Virginia introduced Mother’s Day into the state. The date chosen was May 10—the second Sunday in May, which is still observed in America today. This date was chosen because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis’ mother died. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May 10 the official date for Mother’s Day throughout the United States
Soon there was a Mother’s Day Internation al Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world.
Anna Jarvis, the sad and disillusioned woman, died in 1948. The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business. As with Christmas, the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million dollars industry.
44. The story is about ______.
A. Mothering Sunday for Christmas
B. the origin of a special day for mothers
C. President Wilson and Anna Jarvis
D. how people celebrate Mother’s Day
45. Hilaria was a festival in ______.
A. ancient Rome
B. America
C. China
D. the Christian Church
46. May 10 became the date for Mother’s Day
because ______.
A. May is in the American spring
B. it was the second Sunday in May in 1910
C. President Wilson liked the date
D. this was the date on which Anna Jarvis’ mother
died
47. Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was not happy with
Mother’s Day when she died because ______.
A. her mother was not there to see it
B. she had never been a mother herself
C. people were too interested in making it a
business
D. no one gave any presents or cards to their
mothers
D
The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”,was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would eat a great many people at one time. People were very afraid of it. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nian, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?”“Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.
After that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests. People began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.
From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to “Guo Nian”. The words “Guo Nian”mean “Go through the Nian safely.”Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings to symbolize abundance and wealth for the household. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all these, they just feel that the colour and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.
48. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
A. By putting red paper-cuts on windows.
B. By eating up beasts.
C. By talking to him.
D. By riding on him.
49. Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of any
other colour?
A. Because Nian liked the colour red.
B. Because the colour red could kill Nian.
C. Because the old man liked the colour red.
D. Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.
50. The best title of this passage is ________.
A. The Origin of the Chinese New Year
B. The Old Man and the Beast Nian
C. How to Go through the Nian Safely
D. What Nian Was Like
51. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one
time.
B. Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals.
C. Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.
D. Nian d oesn’t like to use his own mind.
E
Personally, I like Chinese New Year’s movies very much. Because they are filled with joyous themes, and this kind of movie is a good choice for people who finally finish a year’s hard work and wish to add some refreshment to their new year.
And it proved to be true that Chinese New Year’s movies are in need, for they were well received by common people in the late 1990s. However, after less than 10 years of flourishing, they are facing a great decline in box office income.
I think the failure of Chinese New Year’s movies is for two reasons: lack of creation and low quality of production.
The audience are not fools. They watch movies in order to get satisfaction, happiness and enlightenment（启发）,not to be tricked by meaningless, same stories. If a movie tells a boring story, how can filmmakers expect applause（鼓掌）from the audience?
And at the same time we hope that directors choose actors and actresses carefully. The success of a movie is mostly determined by a fine story and good performances. If performers aren’t able to communicate a character’s emotions exactly, no matter how wonderful the story is, the movie may be a failure. So a popular New Yea r’s movie is Be There or Be Square(Bu Jian Bu San), directed by Feng Xiaogang. It’s a story about love and life. The hero is a Chinese who struggles hard in the US. One day, he meets a girl from Beijing. The two share the same goal: making their fortunes in America. After a series of ups and downs, they fail to realize their dreams. But, they finally fall in love with each other and decide to go back to China to make a brand new start.
Feng is good at providing humorous and simple lines with deep and strongly felt meaning. As far as the audience is concerned, it was acceptable and interesting. And the leading actor and actress showed superior performances. They cooperated so well and acted so naturally that it seemed they were truly a pair of lovers.
From the simple but moving story, I got a lot. Besides money and fame, there are many other beautiful things worth pursuing（追求）and loving.
Good stories and actors are what the audience desire. Whether Chinese New Year’s movies will last in the New Year’s market depends mostly on the filmmakers’ attitude towards movie production. I hope that in the coming new year, I can spend several hours in a cinema enjoying a good movie instead of just chatting with my friends to escape a boring movie.
52. From the passage we know ______. .
A. the author thinks highly of the present New
Year’s movies
B. the author is complaining about some New
Year’s movies
C. people don’t need New Year’s movies now
D. none of New Year’s movies are well produced
53. In the opinion of the author , New Year’s movie s
should solve the following problems except ______.
A. lack of creation
B. low-quality of production
C. directors’ choices of actors and background
D. simplicity
54. One of the things that make the author like the
movie “Be There or Be Square” (Bu Ji an Bu San )is ______.
A. humor, simplicity and satisfactory end
B. nature, enlightenment and sad background
C. good theme, good performances and a new
start
D. creation, good production and natural
performances
55. Film-makers’ attitude to movie production will
______.
A. mostly determine whether the New Year’s film
market will last
B. determine the success of the future Chinese
movies
C. mostly determine whether the Chinese New
Year’s movies will last in the New Year’s film market
D. determine Chinese film market
Ⅵ. 阅读表达
In fact, laughing has many physical and psychological benefits. Read on to find out how you can improve your life through laughter! One reason for this is that laughter has the same stress-relieving effects as exercise. When you laugh, your muscles, especially those in your face and stomach, get a good workout. It’s believed that a good hearty laugh is equal to several minutes of exercise.
Laughing is good for your body in many ways. Laughter, for example, strengthens your immune system. So when you laugh, you are actually helping your body fight off sickness. Laughing is also a natural way to reduce pain. Get a headache? Laughter just might be the best medicine for you.
Studies have found that people who laugh a lot are less likely to suffer from heart disease. And oddly enough, laughing can even help people who snore.
Besides, laughing is also good for your relationships. As the popular saying goes, “Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone. ”
Having a sense of humor is extremely attractive. Laughing draws people closer together. And it can help relieve tension in relationships.
Unfortunately ______, most of us laugh less. So make a conscious effort to laugh more in your daily life.
56. What’s the best title of the passage? (Please
answer within 10 words. )
_________________________________________ 57. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by
the following one?
If you often laugh, you are likely to escape heart disease.
_________________________________________ 58. Please fill in the blank in the sixth paragraph with
proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)
_________________________________________ 59. What do you think we should do about laughing
in daily life? Why?(Please answer within 30 words.)
__________________________________________ Ⅴ. 书面表达
假设你是李平，最近参加了由某电视台举办的中学生英语演讲比赛并获奖，该台准备组织获奖者去北京参加一次英语夏令营活动，现就有关事项征求你的意见。

请根据下表所提供的信息用英语
以书信形式给予答复。

活动时间
7月15~22日或8月
15~22日
活动内容
参加英语角；学唱英语歌
曲
听英语讲座；表演英语短
剧
看英语电影；教外宾学中
文
对活动内容的建议
或要求
请注意：1. 选择适合你的时间，并说明理由；
2. 选择两项你喜欢的活动，并说明理由；
3. 对活动内容提出至少一个建议或要
求；
4. 词数：100左右；
5. 信的开关和结尾已给出，不计入总词
数。

Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m very glad to be invited to the English
summer camp.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
It’s been a dream for me to visit Beijing.
Could you organize a tour around the city during the camp?
Thank you very much.
Yours truly,
Li Ping
答案与解析
1. C 不定冠词和序数词连用，意思是“再，又”，而定冠词和序数词连用，意思是“第几……”。

根据意，选择C项。

句意：蛋糕很好吃，他想再吃一块，因为第二块太小。

2. C 根据时间状语的时态，排除A、D两项。

空格后面是形容词，故应该选择C项。

句意：当它看见一个猎人的时候，这只狼装死。

3. C 空格处的单词作后置定语，主语和后面的动词构成逻辑上的动宾关系，应该用过去分词作定语，排除B、D两项。

dress up打扮，后接sb.或oneself；dress sb. in给某人穿衣，in后面接衣服。

根据ancient costume可知C项是正确的。

4. C 根据前面的时态，排除A、D两项。

come to an end意思是“结束”。

句意：幸福的梦是愉快的，然而很容易由于白天的到来而结束。

5. D 本题考查短语辨析。

give in屈服，让步；give away捐献，赠送，泄露；give off发出（光、热、气味等）；give up放弃。

6. A 根据短语allow sb. to do sth.搭配，可知应该选择A项。

7. D 本题考查短语辨析。

take away带走；take in吸收，欺骗；take over接管；take up占据（空间、时间等），开始从事，开始做某事。

8. B consist of（=be made up of/be composed of）（无被动语态及进行时）由……构成；consist in（=lie in/result in）存在于……。

根据句意，选择B项。

句意：这幅画的美在于其色彩的调和。

9. B 分析句子结构可知空格处的单词作结果状语，排除C、D两项。

再根据make sb. do sth.和make sth. done结构，同时又分析look的用法（作为系动词主动表示被动），故选择B 项。

10. B “多少世纪多少年代”英语表示为“the+数词s”，或“the+数词’s”。

in the 1940s意
思是“20世纪40年代”。

11. A 考查短语搭配。

in memory of为了纪念。

句意：为了纪念他，他们筹措了足够的钱，
修建了一个纪念碑。

12. A have an idea意思是“知道”，“不知道”是“have no idea”。

空格后面where引导一
个同位语从句。

13. B 考查短语搭配。

be busy with sth.或be busy doing sth.意思是“忙于做某事”。

prepare sth.
准备某事；prepare for为……作准备。

句意：老师们忙着准备考试题，学生们忙着为考试作准备。

14. A 本题考查句型。

it is up to sb. to do sth.“……取决于……”。

15. B expand膨胀；extend延伸；last延续（不及物动词）；continue继续，连续，维持。

根据主谓一致原则，选择B项。

句意：旅游季节从5月延续到10月。

16. C 根据常识，动物园很大，去看每一个地方是“不可能的”（impossible）。

17. B 因为时间“有限”（limited），所以必须决定去什么地方，看什么动物。

18. A 根据前面交代，因为时间“有限”，不走重路。

retrace“重返，折回”。

19. B 岔路口上的路不应该是大路（main road），而是一个“分支”（branch）。

20. A 根据下文“The second showed…”提示可知。

21. A 根据“...lions were ‘the king of the grassland’.”分析，他们选择了“前者”（former）。

22. A 由于时间有限，他们作了“简要，简单”（brief）的讨论。

23. C favor“支持，赞成”与上文“decide”对应。

24. D 选择一个的同时，也是“放弃”（give up）另一个。

25. B 根据下文的“no delay”，必须“立即”（immediately）做出选择。

26. B 如果犹豫，可能失去“更多”（more）。

27. D 不能“miss more”，只好“rapid decision”。

28. C 与上文（offer）对应，“减少”（reduce）后悔。

29. B 生活和这种选择的相像是“或多或少的”（more or less）。

30. D 与下文“desirable things”对应。

31. D 这里“主观的必须；不得不”（have to）放弃。

32. A spend time in doing sth.花时间做某事。

kill time消磨时光；have a hard time非常艰辛；
hope for希望，期待。

33. D start with以……开始；get up起床，起立；succeed in成功；end up in以……结束。

根据空后面的empty-handedness，可知D项是正确的。

浪费时间，终究空手而归。

34. D “Don’t be sad about it.”，你“至少”（at least）已经得到了一部分。

35. C stupid愚蠢的；delighted高兴地；hard艰难的；support帮助，支持。

得到的那一半
是非常不容易。

“很难”（hard）得到的东西。

36. B 细节题。

May 1“五一国际劳动节”可简称为“五一”节，或“劳动节”，但不能称为
“国际节”。

37. A 推断题。

通读全文，文章的主旨在于谈论劳动节是如何产生的。

38. A 细节题。

从文章的第三段第二句“May 1 was chosen as the date because the labor
movement…”可知，人们选择五月一日作为劳动节，是因为美国为争取八小时工作制而举行的劳动运动发生在五月一日。

39. B 细节题。

由文章的第三段的最后一句“However, it is strange that…on the first Monday in
September.”可知“美国在9月份庆祝劳动节”。

40. D 细节题。

根据文章的第一段主要介绍庆祝复活节的原因，A、B、C三个选项都提到了。

41. C 细节题。

根据文章第二段的描述，孩子们给鸡蛋涂上艳丽的颜色（decorate eggs），
参加滚鸡蛋比赛或作为礼物相互赠送。

42. B 细节题。

根据文章最后一段主要介绍“bunny”是一种叫做“rabbit”的多产动物，它
是新生命的象征。

43. C 细节题。

文中第二段提及了人们用彩蛋来庆祝复活节，所以鸡蛋在复活节庆祝活动中
起着重要作用。

44. B 概括题。

通读全文，文中围绕母亲节的由来而展开。

45. A 推断题。

根据文章第一段中的“The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria…”
可知，答案选A项。

46. D 细节题。

根据文章第三段第三句话“This date was chosen because May 10 was the date
on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis’ mother died.”可知，选择这个日期的原因是D选项。

47. C 细节题。

从文章的最后一段最后几句话可以看出，母亲节已经商业化而失去了它原有
的意义。

48. C 细节题。

根据文章第二段可知，老人是通过与“Nian”的交谈（by talking to him），
说服它不再吃人。

49. D 根据文章第三段“…because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.”可知，红色
是“年”最害怕的颜色。

50. A 概括题。

通读全文，文章主要讲述了关于中国新年的来源。

51. D 推断题。

通过老人与“年”的交谈及其结果可知，“年”不善于用自己的头脑思考问题。

52. B 推断题。

根据第四段分析，作者抱怨一些贺岁片。

53. D 细节题。

根据文章第三段“I think the failure of Chinese New Year’s movies is for two
reasons: lack of creation and low quality of production.”和第五段的第一句话“And at the same time we hope that directors choose actors and actresses carefully.”可将D选项排除在外。

54. D 细节题。

根据第五段的第二句话“The success of a movie is mostly determined by a fine
story and good performances.”和后面的阐述可分析出答案。

55. C 细节题。

根据文章最后一段的第二句话可直接得出答案。

56. Benefits of Laughing
57. Studies have found that people who laugh a lot are less likely to suffer from heart disease.
58. as we get older
59. We should laugh more. Because laughing has many physical and psychological benefits.
One possible version:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m very glad to be invited to the English summer camp.
I prefer to go in July because I’ll have to prepare myself for the new school term in August. It seems all the activities you offer are attractive and meaningful. But I'd like to attend the English lectures, from which I can get more information on British and American culture. With the coming of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, more and more foreigners are eager to know about China. So I hope to teach foreigners Chinese and spread Chinese culture.
It’s been a dream for me to visit Beijing. Could you organize a tour around the city during the camp?
Thank you very much.
Yours truly,
Li Ping Common Progress
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