高一英语必修4 Unit3能力测试题及答案解析

必修4

Unit 3 A taste of English humour

能力演练

一、语法填空

An old man who lived in a small street in the city of Mumbai had to put up 1 the nuisance(烦心事)of having boys play cricket outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were 2 (particular)noisy,he went out to talk to them.He explained that he was happiest 3 he could see or hear boys playing his favourite game,cricket.He said he would give them 25 rupees(卢比)each week to play in the street at night.

The boys were thrilled.They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! At the end of the first week they 4 (knock)at the old man s door and asked him to pay them,and so he did.

The second week when they asked for 5 (pay)he said he had run out of money and sent them away with only 15 rupees.The third week the man said he had not 6 received his pension and gave them only 10 rupees.The boys were very 7 (disappoint)but there was not much they could do about 8 .The fourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees 9 he had promised,but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.

This was too much for the boys.“You expect us to play seven days 10 week for a merely 5 rupees!”they yelled.“Go to blazes.”They stormed away and never played on the street again.

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Jenna,a popular girl from Westwood Middle School,had graduated first in her class and was

ready for new 1 in high school.

2 ,high school was different.In the first week,Jenna went to tryouts（选拔赛）for cheerleaders（拉拉队队员）.She was competing against very talented girls,and she knew it would be difficult for her to be selected.Two hours later,the

3 read a list of the girls for a second tryout.Her heart sank as the list ended without her name.Feeling

4 ,she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home,she started with math.She had always been a good math student,but now she was 5 .She moved on to English and history,and was 6 to find that she didn t have any trouble with those subjects.Feeling better,she decided not to 7 math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs.Biden about being on the school 8 .Mrs.Biden wasn t as 9 as Jenna.“I m sorry,but we have enough 10 for the newspaper e back next year and we ll talk then.”Jenna smiled weakly and left.“Why is high school so 11 ?”she sighed.

Later in 12 class,Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 13 .By the end of class,she understood how to get them right.As she gathered her books,Jenna decided she d continue to try to fit in at her new school.She wasn t sure if she

d succeed,but sh

e knew she had to 14 .High school was just as her mom had said：“You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 15 a big fish in a small pond.The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.”

1.A.processes B.decisions

C.challenges

D.exercises

2.A.Therefore B.However

C.Otherwise

D.Besides

3.A.editor B.boss

C.candidate

D.judge