人教版高中英语必修二Unit 4单元检测题

Unit 4单元检测题

一、语法填空：阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空

Estelle Getty was a famous actress. She died 31 July, 2008 at the age of 84. She had spent 40 years on her way to success before 32 (get) the role of a lifetime in 1985 — Sophia, 33 was 80 years old in the popular show “The Golden Girls”.

Estelle always wanted to be 34 actress, and she achieved that goal beyond her dreams. In her early 60s, she failed her “Golden Girls” test twice because they told her she lo oked much 35 (young) than the 80-year-old role. “I could understand that,” she said a year after the show first 36 (appear) to the public. “I walk fast; I move fast and I talk fast.”

When she came prepared for the 37 (three) audition(试演), she said to the make-up artist(化妆师), “To you, this is just a job. To 38 , it is my entire career, 39 please make me look 80.”The artist did so and in the end Getty got the job 40 won two Emmys.

二、阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项

A

Many years ago a kind farmer bought a tank (桶) of gas for a mom with two children. He didn’t accept any money; he just smiled and said, “Pass it on to someone else.”The mom was my mother. After many years, I had a similar experience.

A few weeks ago as my husband and I were filling up our car with a coupon (优惠券) for 99 cents a gallon, I got into a long line to pay. I could see that ahead a young man was having some kind of problem and I realized he had misunderstood the coupon and thought it was 99 cents to fill his small truck.

Everyone was saying, “99 cents a gallon is so cheap —they can’t give the gas away.” He was embarrassed and was just calling his wife when I got to the counter. He said to his wife, “Just come here becau se I don’t have enough money on me.” I asked the cash ier (收银员) how much his was, and she told me.

I told her I would pay for it and touched the man on the arm and told him to tell his wife it had been paid for. He nodded and turned back to the phone, the n stopped and looked at me. “What?” I told him again, and I was so surprised to see everyone stop what they were doing to watch me as if I had just grown another head. When he asked how he could give the money back to me, I just said, “Pass it on to someone else in need!”

41. Why do you think the author helped the young man pay for the gas?

A. She learned from the farmer.

B. She disliked waiting for a long time.

C. She had a lot of money on her.

D. Her husband told her to do so.

42. We can infer from the passage that ____________.

A. the farmer in the first paragraph must be very rich

B. one can’t buy gas for a truck with 99 cents

C. the author misunderstood the young man’s trouble at first

D. the young man forgot to bring any money with him

43. We know from the passage that the young man _____.

A. paid for his gas with the help of his wife