必修五Unit 5 牛刀小试

必修五Unit 5 牛刀小试Ⅰ卷完形填空（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16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day, my close friend, Marie, announced her plan to go to Lourdes to bathe her young brain-damaged son, Billy, in the curative (能治病的) water. To many people, Lourdes is thought to be a place for miraculous cures. Marie saved up for the 16 for a whole year. When I asked if I could help with her other children, she said, “No, thanks! 17 was taken care of.” Then Marie and Billy were gone.Almost before I had time to 18 her, Marie returned. There was a 19 about her. Billy, on the other hand, seemed exactly the same. I was 20. As the weeks went by, I 21 expecting Marie to tell me what had happened at Lourdes. 22 I didn’t dare to ask.Then one day while I was 23 Marie, she went up to her room and came back 24 a plastic bottle. “Here, Kathy,” she said. “I brought you some Lourdes water.” I held it25in my hand and searched Marie’s eyes. Maybe she was 26 to say something to me. “Do you thi nk it 27 for Billy?” I asked.Marie looked away. Suddenly I felt 28; of course it hadn’t worked for Billy. How could I be so 29?“You don’t understand,” Marie said slowly, “I didn’t dip him in the 30 .”“You didn’t?”How could she have 31such an opportunity if she truly believed a 32 might take place?The word came out in a whisper, “Why?”“Because I love him the 33 he is.”All at once, I understood. I 34 the source of the peace Marie had discovered.“35he’ll never be the way I dreamed he’d be,” Marie said, “I still love my son.”A healing (治愈) had taken place at Lourdes. And now it touched me.16. A. party B. trip C. house D. rest17. A. Neither B. One C. Everything D. Something18. A. avoid B. miss C. accept D. serve19. A. sorrow B. surprise C. thought D. peace20. A. confused B. satisfied C. amused D. tried21. A. regretted B. finished C. kept D. practiced22. A. Or B. So C. Thus D. But23. A. teaching B. bothering C. praising D. visiting24. A. carrying B. buying C. hiding D. filling25. A. fearfully B. tightly C. equally D. sadly26. A. ready B. proud C. brave D. angry27. A. waited B. prayed C. stayed D. worked28. A. excited B. happy C. terrible D. hopeful29. A. cruel B. nervous C. selfish D. polite30. A. sun B. water C. air D. soil31. A. got B. remembered C. offered D. refused32. A. game B. miracle C. quarrel D. discussion33. A. form B. case C. way D. method34. A. attracted B. promised C. recognized D. doubted35. A. Since B. Before C. As if D. Even if阅读理解：（一）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给选项中选出最佳答案。

（共小题；每小题2分）AAs a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him.His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career. But Charles found the lectures boring. Then his father sent him to CambridgeUniversity to study to be a priest. While at Cambridge, Darwin’s interest in zoology and geography grew. Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the ship, and Darwin was recommended(推荐). That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth. He began to observe everything. After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received, but he was slow to make public his ideas on the origin of life.Later Darwin and Wallace, another naturalist who had the same opinions as Darwin, produced a paper together. Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物种起源》) appeared. It attracted a storm. People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! Although most scientists agreed that Darwin was right, the Church was still so strong that Darwin never received any honors for his work.Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man. His health grew worse, but he still worked. “When I have to give up observation, I shall die,” he said. He was still working on 17, April, 1882. He was dead two days later.36. Darwin’s father sent him to Edinburgh to _____.A. make him like natural historyB. make him become a doctorC. let him change his hobbiesD. have him give up his collection37. According to the passage, Charles Darwin’s whole life was changed by _____.A. his study at CambridgeUniversityB. his collection of coinsC. the naturalists at CambridgeD. the voyage of the Beagle38. The underlined part “they were descended from monkeys” probably means “_____”.A. they gave monkeys lifeB. they were different from monkeysC. they were developed from monkeysD. they had to live with monkeysBA scientist who developed a way to calculate how much water is used in the production of anything from acup of coffee to a hamburger was awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize.Professor John Anthony Allan of the University of London in Britain won the award for introducing the idea of “virtual water (虚拟水)”, a calculation method that has changed the nature of trade policy and research.Allan has written seven books and published more than 100 papers.The Stockholm International Water Institute said this idea is now embedded (埋藏) in the production of foods and industrial products. The institute said Allan’s work had made a big effect on global trade policy and r esearch, especially in water-scarce (缺水的) regions.“The improved understanding of trade and water management issues on local, regional and global scales are of the highest value for the successful and sustainable (可持续的) use of water resources,” it said.“People do not only use water when they drink it or take a shower,” the institute said. “Behind the morning cup of coffee, there are 140 liters of water that was used to grow, produce, package and ship the beans.” That is about as much water as a person in England uses on average for all daily drinking and household needs.“For a single hamburger, about 2,400 liters of water are needed. In the USA, the average person uses nearly 7,000 liters of virtual water every day.” It said that was more than three times the average use of a Chinese person.39. Allan was awarded the prize because _______.A. he wrote seven books on trade policyB. he published more than 100 papers on water managementC. he found a new kind of water in water-scarce areasD. he came up with the idea of virtual water40. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The average American uses about 7,000 liters of water a day.B. The average Chinese uses nearly 2,300 liters of virtual water a day.C. An Englishman usually drinks about 140 liters of coffee a day.D. A hamburger usually contains about 2,400 liters of water.41. What do we learn about John Anthony Allan from the passage?A. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize.B. He has written over 100 books.C. He works at the University of London.D. He lives in the USA.42. What effect does the idea of virtual water have?A. It helps us realize the importance of trade.B. It helps people do successful business.C. It helps us make use of water scientifically.D. It tells us how much water we use a day.CThomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,Edison said.He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.Nature, he often said,is full of secrets.He tried to understand them;then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.43.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Edison invented the electric light.B. Many other people have changed Ediso n’s life.C. Edison has changed the life of many other people.D. Few men in history can change other people’s life.44.Edison thought .A.he could be happy if he was a geniusB.genius plays the most important part in one’s successC.hard work could do better than geniusD.genius could do better than hard work45.E dison was .A.interested in discovering the secrets of natureB. very much interested in natureC.interested in changing people’s ideasD.uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature46.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies.A.life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsB.Edison made 100 inventions in his lifeC.Edison was able to live and work for 100 yearsD.People of h is time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work（二）（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。