高中英语 Unit 3 A taste of English humour练习4

感顿市安乐阳光实验学校Unit 3 A taste of English humour 基础过关练习
一、根据中文或首字母提示，填写所缺单词的适当形式。

(15分)
1. By the end of February schools are opened t________ the country.
2. He is a f________ as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
3.
If we work with a strong will, we can o________ any difficulty, no matter how great it is.
4. He had great d________ in getting the work done within a week.
5. They sent the enemy ship to the b________ of the sea.
6. I’m so full that I couldn’t eat another m________.
7.
Hundreds of people leave their villages hoping to gain their f________ in cities.
8. A m________ country is one in which there are many mountains .
9.
I found it ________ (令人惊讶的) that the young player beat the chess master in the game.
10. I still remember her ________ (特别的) way of smiling. 11. My family ________ (款待) him as an honored guest.
12. Elizabeth Fry helped to improve prison conditions and gave the
________ (无家可归的) work and education.
13. After graduating from Peking University, he was ________ (幸运的) in
having a good job.
14. I lived in an area of ________ (显著的) natural beauty.
15. A million dollars is a v________ amount of money.
二、请从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语，并用其正确形式填空。

(15分)
snowstorm
1. She is ________ her job at the moment.
2. We shouldn’t be unhappy about being ________ — many families are much worse off than we are.
3. It’s easy to ________ my car from others in the parking place; it has an advertisement of Toshiba TV on the back of it.
4. Several months ago Harbin ________ its water supply for four days because of pollution fear in Songhua River, which is Harbin’s m ain water source.
5. She has ________ some thirty films in all her life.
6. The boy rode very fast and ________ an old man.
7. She ________ into the room not wanting to wake the baby.
8. On their way back to the campsite they were caught in a ________ . 9. These cars are ________ and must be replaced. 10. When water ________, it changes into steam.
11. Do everything step by step, and don’t bite off more than you can ________.
12. I am not sure whether there is a _________ train to Beijing, or you
will have to transfer.
13. The ________ of the ship made many people seasick.
14. In a low voice, she ________ to me that someone was sliding into the room.
15. There is no ________ in going by boat when the plane is just as cheap
and much quicker.
三、从A 、B 、C 和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(20分) 1. — How could you ________ my sister so easily in the crowd?
— Because she stood out in her red dress.
A. pick up
B. pick out
C. take up
D. take out
2. My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself because she has no ________ of direction.
A. sense
B. feeling
C. touch
D. scene 3. Good friends as we are, I still find her difficult to understand ________.
A. at times
B. at a time
C. at one time
D. at the time
4. I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson ________. (湖南 2005)
A. cut in
B. cut down
C. cut out
D. cut up 5. The prize of the game show is $ 30,000 and all expenses ________
vacation to China. (北京2005) A. paying B. paid C. to be paid D. being
paid
6. Don’t leave the water ________ while you brush your teeth. (天津
2004) A. run B. running C. being run D. to run 7. I’m going to the supermarket this afternoon. D o you have anything ________? (上海春 2004) A. to be buying B. to buy C. for buying D. bought
8. You should try to get a good night’s sleep ________ much work you have to do. (北京 2004)
A. however
B. no matter
C. although
D. whatever
9. He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ________ from
the outside world. (北京 2004)
A. cut out
B. cut off
C. cut up
D. cut through 10. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ________ in the kitchen. (全国 2003)
A. smoke
B. smoking
C. to smoke
D. smoked
11. Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV; there are pictures ________ in your mind instead of before your eyes.
A. to form
B. form
C. forming
D. having formed 12. The flowers ________ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors
to the beauty of nature. A. to smell B. smelling C. smelt D. to be smelt
13. He looked around and caught a man passenger ________ his hand into the pocket of a lady.
A. put
B. to be putting
C. to put
D. putting
14. The old man, ________ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.
A. to work
B. working
C. to have worked
D. having worked
15. The picture ________ on the wall is painted by my nephew.
A. having hung
B. hanging
C. hangs
D. being hung
16. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it
remains ________ whether they will enjoy it.
A. to see
B. to be seen
C. seeing
D. seen
17. Power stations use ________ water to produce electricity.
A. falling
B. fallen
C. fall
D. falls
18. If he shouldn’t have been so ________ about his food, he would be healthier now.
A. special
B. curious
C. particular
D. anxious
19. — Do you want anything else for your birthday?
—Nothing else. I’m very ________ with what you’ve bought me.
A. satisfying
B. disappointed
C. content
D. honest
20. — How are the things in your village?
— Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are
________ now than before.
A. well off
B. better off
C. badly off
D. worse off
四、用英语翻译下列中文意思。

(30分)
1. 在户外 ___________________________
2. 山区 ______________________________
3. 遵守严格的预算 ____________________________
4. 不用额外付钱 __________________________
5. 克服所有的困难 _______________________
6. 处于混乱状态 _________________________
7. 又/再一次（总共三次）__________________
8.据传闻 _________________________
9. 去露营 _________________________
10. 在…之际 ____________________
11. 捧腹大笑 ______________________
12.幽默感 _________________________
13.与…匹配 __________________________
14. 对…的反应 ______________________
15.显示出 ___________________________
五、阅读下面短文，在各横线上写出空白处所缺的单词 (每空一词)，使补足后的短文意思通顺、结构完整。

(10分)
In the earliest days of the cinema, all the films were silent. There
was no music 1 dialogue. Then people began to play music in the cinema while the film was being shown. Sometimes a small group of people played music. More often, one person, for example, a woman, played the piano. She used to look at the film and play the right kind of music 2 the film. If it was a love scene, she played 3 music. If one group of people were fighting or running 4 some others, she used to play fast, 5 music. One pianist in Canada thought of something special to play.
It sounded 6 a group of people coming down the street and 7 music.
A bus came nearer and nearer. Finally the people had to 8 playing when the bus got too close. 9 the end of this scene, the cinema manager went to the pianist and said 10 “What do you think you a re doing?” The pianist had forgotten to look at the film. It was the middle of a love scene.
六、下列各句均有一处错误，请找出并改正。

(10分)
1. In some parts of London, missing a bus means to wait for another hour.
2. —Why haven’t you bought some butter?
— I meant, but I forgot.
3. Looking at his exciting look, I knew he hadn’t calmed himself down.
4. He requested that we must offer some money to him.
5. He searched for all his pockets but failed to find his pass.
6. — I hear John refused to tell the truth and was taken away by the police.— Where did you put that up?
7. She was broken down when she heard the news, but quickly recovered.
8. The scientist is content to work here, but he isn’t content at this small success.
9. The earthquake was happened at night, causing thousands of people to be dead.
10. I have explained the question twice, however he is still quite puzzled.。