高中选修八第二单元练习题及答案教学文案

高中选修八第二单元练习题及答案

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．You are really very kind. I'll never forget the ________ you have done for me.

A．favour B．deed

C．help D．good

2．Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths. ________ it is our duty to master it.

A．Altogether B．Therefore

C．Otherwise D．However

3．Premier Wen Jiabao said that if we worked hard and ________ optimistic, we were ________ win the war against the swine flu.

A．were; bounding B．were; bound to

C．was; bounding to D．had; bounded to

4．The more care you put into the project at hand, the more it will ________.

A．go off B．turn up

C．pay off D．come up

5．—People stopped using their cars and started using public transport during the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

—________. In China's big cities, the roads are always too crowded.

A．All right B．Exactly

C．Go ahead D．Fine

6．You don't have to be angry. He ________ wanted to know the truth.

A．nearly B．hardly

C．merely D．mostly

7．—I have mended that cup for you.

—Thanks, but you needn't have ________. I bought a new one this morning.

A．helped B．required

C．wasted D．bothered

8．Most businessmen are more interested in the ________ success of their products than their educational values.

A．commercial B．cultural

C．classical D．criminal

9．—How do Canadians like to be called?

—Most of them don't object ________ them their first names.

A．that you call B．for calling

C．to your calling D．to call

10．With less traffic and fewer factories, the air of the suburbs is much cleaner than ________ of the city.

A．those B．one

C．that D．it

11．Though they don't live in the same city now, he manages to be informed ________ how Tony is getting along.

A．at one time B．for a time

C．at no time D．from time to time

12．I ________it to my teacher to take a better-paid post if I can get one.

A．owe B．belong

C．give D．donate

13．I didn't mean ________ anything, but those apples looked so good that I couldn't resist ________ one.

A．to eat; trying B．to eat; to try

C．eating; trying D．eating; to try。

14．We tried ________ to persuade him to stay home, but at last, he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.

A．in effect B．in vain

C．in fact D．in addition

15．Don't let yourself be ________ by a small failure in the experiment, try again.

A．cast away B．cast down

C．cast aside D．cast out

Ⅱ.阅读理解

As a young man，Al was a skilled artist，a potter (陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his elder son developed a serious stomachache. Thinking it was only some common disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But it was actually acute appendicitis (急性阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health deteriorated (恶化) under the burden of his guilt. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle，and he turned to alcohol to help him cope. In time Al became an alcoholic (酒鬼)．

As the alcoholism progressed，Al began to lose everything he possessed—his home, his land and his art objects. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al's death，I reacted with the same disdain (蔑视) the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing to show for it. “What a complete failure！”I thought. “What a totally wasted life！”

As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier judgment. I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He has grown into one of the kindest, most caring and most loving men I have ever known.

I watched Emie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and consideration had to come from somewhere.

I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask him. “I'm really puzzled by something，” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person？”

Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, “Al came into my room every night，gave me a kiss and said ‘I love you，son’ until I left home at 18.”

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind and loving father, and he was one of the finest men I have ever known.

16. Al's elder son probably died of acute appendicitis due to ________ according to this passage.

A. lack of care and nutrition

B. the couple's carelessness

C. serious stomachache

D. too much alcohol

17. What can we know from the second paragraph?

A. Given more attention, the boy could be saved.

B. Al eventually became an alcoholic without any reason.

C. Al's wife was also dead because of her elder son's death.

D. The boy's death couldn't be avoided even if he was given more attention.

18. In the writer's opinion, what was Al like?

A. Careless.

B. Foolish.

C. Bad.

D. Family-loving.

19. How did the writer evaluate Al's son, Ernie in this passage?

A. Kind.

B. Caring.

C. Loving.

D. All above.

20. The purpose of writing this passage for the writer is to show ________.

A. we should re-evaluate Al's meaning of life

B. love is the best heritage in our life

C. Ernie is a kind, caring and loving son

D. Al's death is a totally wasted life as well