1、Unit 4 Making the news單元測試第一部分：英語知識運用（共三節，滿分45分）第一節：單項填空（共15小題：每小題1分，滿分15分）1. Only when he had done it _ that he had made a mistake.   A. he then realized    B. did he realize    C. before    D. he realized2. The local government _ incompetence(

2、無能).    A. accused    B. accused of    C. was accused of    D. had accused of3_ to shake hands is a custom in many countries.   A. Using the right hand         B. Used the right hand   

3、 C. Being used the right hand    D. Use the right hand 4Nowhere else in the world _ more friendly people than in China.   A. you will find          B. can you be able to find    C. you may have found   

4、60; D. can you find5He touched Jim on his back _ in order to warn him.   A. deliberate    B deliberating    C. deliberately    D. deliberated6One afternoon she _from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.   A. set out

5、0;   B. set about    C. set to    D. set against7_ from the top of the building when the policeman shot at him.   A. Jumped down the murderer    B. Down the murderer jumped   C. The murderer jumped down    D. D

6、own jumped the murderer8Most of the experts _ to the party were from Africa.   A. invited    B. to invite    C. being invited    D. had been invited9I didn't know why they came to the party without _.   A. invite   

7、B. inviting    C. being invited    D. to be invited10I'm not _ sorry I came, I'm glad!   A. most of all    B. at all    C. Last of all    D. above all.11This old computer must have been of great use to _ did

8、 the scientific research.    A. those    B. when    C. whoever    D. whomever12Your brother promised to help me and _the next day.   A. neither he did and neither did you    B. so he did and so did you    C. ne

9、ither did he and neither you did    D. so did he and so did you13With the police _ the way, we had no difficulty in finding the house.   A. leading    B. to lead    C. to be leading    D. led14Hardly _ when it started raining.

10、0;  A. the game had begun    B. the game began    C. did the game begin    D. had the game begun15China belongs to a _ country. We should introduce _ science and technology from the foreign countries   A. developing; advanced   &#

11、160; B. developed; advanced   C. developing; advancing    D. developed; advancing第二節：完形填空（共20小題，滿分20分）It is interesting how NASA(美國航空航天管理局)chose their astronauts for landing them on the moon. They chose men   16   the age of twenty and thirty-five. There

12、were about fifty of them, many were   17   air pilots.   18   were scientists with two or three degrees. NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose; told him the plans and the   19   they might get in. They then asked him if he was

13、willing to be trained as an astronaut. “How could any man   20   such an exciting job?”One of them said, “Dangerous? Of course. It's dangerous   21   most exciting”The health and physical condition of   22   was, of course, necessary.&#

14、160;  23   those in very good health and physical condition were chosen. While being trained to be astronauts. they went through many   24  . They studied the star and the moon, and they also studied geology, the science of rocks. This was necessary   25 

15、  astronauts would have to look for rocks on the moon. They would try to find rocks which might help to tell the   26   of the moon. They were all   27  to fly in helicopters （直升飛機）。These helicopters landed   28   down to give them some exp

16、erience of the way the spaceship would   29   land on the moon , They were also taught the   30   facts about the conditions in space. They learnt all the technical details of the spaceships and rockets. They visited the scientists and engineers who  

17、; 31   them. They visited the factories where they were   32  . They learnt how every   33   of a space-ship and its instruments work. They also learnt every detail of ground-control   34  .In a word, to be chosen as an astronaut. one must

18、be in good health,   35   in science and good at piloting.16Aat            Bbetween     Cof           Don17Aexperienced   Bold   &

19、#160;     Ctrained      Dyoung18ANone          BFew         COthers       DThey19Adangers       Bsadness 

20、    Chardship     Dtroubles20Aaccept        Breceive     Coffer        Drefuse21Abut           Bif    

21、60;     Cthough       Dhowever22Athe scientists     Bmen       Cpilots        Dyoung people23AAs            BO

22、nly        CIf           DOr24Ajobs          Bplaces      Ccourses      Dways25Afor      &

23、#160;    Bbecause     Csince        Dso that26Astory         Bbackground  Cage          Dname27Ashown      

24、60;  Btrained     Ctold         Dlet28Astraight      Bstraightly      Cindirectly      Ddirectly29Apossibly      Blikely  

25、60;       Cactually        Dreally30Anot known     Bwell-known      Cunknown         Dknown31Adrew        

26、0; Bproduced        Cdesigned        Dmade32Arepaired      Bbuilt           Cdeveloped       Dfixed33Apart   &

27、#160;      Bmovement        Cmachine         Dbody34Ahouse         Bstop            Csystem  &#

28、160;       Dstation35Awell-done     Bwell-fed        Cwell kept       Dwell-informed第三節：語句翻譯(共5小題：每小題2分，滿分10分)36這些舊報紙有時會有些用處，因此把它們收好。( of no use)_. 37一接到任務，我們立即開始了工作。 (set to work)_.38我

29、認為我們今天會領到薪水呢。 (be supposed to )_.39我決定全力以赴找個住的地方。concentrate one's efforts)_.40我同意你去掙一些錢，可是請不要耽誤了功課。(approve of)_.第二部分：閱讀理解(共三篇，滿分35分)短文 A: 請認真閱讀下面的文章，然后完成(A-1)閱讀理解和(A-2)詞義猜測兩個部分的題目。 AMOSCOW, Sept. 4 (Xinhua net)- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage c

30、risis (人質危機) in a southern Russian school, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on Saturday.“We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, and 155 of them are children,” Fridinsky was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.The prosecutor said the d

31、eath toll would probably grow as the clean-up operation is continuing at the site, but it will not rise considerably.Emergency workers pulled the bodies out of the school on Saturday, after Russian special forces rescued more than 400 children and adults hostages in a special operation that has supp

32、ressed (平定)the hostage -taking standoff by Friday night.Valery Andreyev, regional chief of the Federal Security Service(FSS), said Friday that over 30 armed militants took part in the hostage-taking crisis and Russian troops captured three of them alive on Friday, according to the Interfax news agen

33、cy.He said people of Russian origin and foreign nationals were among the killed hostage-takers. Earlier official information showed that ten Arab militants were killed in Friday's raid(突襲).Andreyev said a large amount of explosives(爆炸物) and mines planted by hostage-takers in the school have been

34、 found.Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit early Saturday to the southern Russian town of Beslan where commandos (突擊隊) stormed the school to end the hostage crisis. He accused the attackers of trying to spark an racial conflict that would engulf (卷入)Russia's troubled Caucasus

35、Mountains region.A-1 閱讀理解（共5小題：每小題2分，滿分10分）根據以上短文內容，為以下5個問題選擇正確答案。41. It can be inferred that the Russian hostage crisis began on _.   A. Wednesday    B. Monday    C. Friday    D. Saturday42. From Fridinsky we know there are still _ uncovered on

36、 Saturday.   A. 15    B. 13    C. 20    D. 2143The passage suggests that the terrorists _.   A. hadn't got any preparation before the attack   B. had informed the government to attack the school   C. had made a

37、sudden attack to the school without any preparation   D. had prepared for the attack in advance44Why did Russian President Vladimir Putin make a surprise visit early Saturday to the southern Russian town of Beslan?   A. Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to stop the hostage-

38、takers in the school.   B. Russian President Vladimir Putin was brave enough to fight against the hostage-takers   C. Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to inspire the commandos to end the hostage crisis.    D. Russian President Vladimir Putin just came here to acc

39、use the attackers of trying to spark an racial conflict45. The last sentence of the passage indirectly states _.   A. the purpose of the attackers' taking over the hostage   B. the fighting between attackers and special forces was very fierce   C. Russian President

40、was very sad about the hostage    D. there were many attackers in Caucasus Mountains regionA-2 詞義猜測（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）根據上下文猜測以下5個句子劃線單詞的意思。46We are still identifying the bodies.   A. realizing    B. knowing    C. recognizing    D. checki

41、ng47Fridinsky was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.   A. repeated the exact words    B. said the exact words    C. spoken the exact words      D. talked about 48The prosecutor said the death toll would probably grow as the clea

42、n-up operation is continuing at the site, but it will not rise considerably.   A. get rid of    B. removing    C. sweeping    D. clearing 49Russian troops captured three of them alive on Friday, according to the Interfax news agency.  

43、 A. controlled    B. succeeded in    C. imagined    D. caught 50He accused the attackers of trying to spark an racial conflict that would engulf (卷入)Russias troubled Caucasus Mountains region.   A. speak out    B. lead to 

44、60;  C. start    D. make 短文 B：請認真閱讀下面的文章，然后完成（B-1）閱讀理解和（B-2）詞匯填空兩個部分的題目。B-1 閱讀理解（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）BIt is hard to predict（預言）how science is going to turn out, and whether it is really good science, it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they must

45、be unknown in advance. You cannot make choices on this matter. You either have science or you don't and if you have it you have to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and useful bits.The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally c

46、onfident is that we don't know enough about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, a clear piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century to be told by any of us how little we know and how strange

47、 the way ahead seems. In earlier times, they either pretended to understand how things worked or simply made up stories to give answers. Now that we have begun exploring seriously, we are catching sight of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are sorry. It

48、 is not so bad being ignorant（無知的）if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some details the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not so bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.But we are making a begi

49、nning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can't be answered, sooner or later. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.根據以上短文的內容，為以下5個小題選擇正確答案。51. Ac

50、cording to the writer, really good science       .   Awould surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century.   Bwill help people to make the right choice in advance   Cwill produce results which cannot be predicted   Dwill bring

51、about disturbing results52. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century       .   Athought that they knew a great deal and could deal with most problems of science.   Bknew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more a

52、bout nature   Cwere afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research   Ddid more harm than good in man's understanding of nature53. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times?   AThey falsely declared to know all about natur

53、e.   BThey did not believe in results from scientific observation.   CThey paid little attention to the problems they didn't understand.   DThey invented false rules to explain things they didn't understand.54. What is the writer's attitude towards science?&

54、#160;  AHe is sorry because of the ignorance of scientists.   BHe is delighted because of the latest scientific findings.   CHe is doubtful because of the great difficulties in scientific research.   DHe is confident though he knows well the great difficulties in s

55、cientific research.55. The writer believes that sooner or later       .   Aman can't deal with all the problems he can find because of the limits of human knowledge.   Bman can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think u

56、p   Cquestions concerning nature are outside the field of scientific research   Dman can think up all the questions and answer them all.B-2詞匯填空（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）以下的單詞和詞組在短文B中已經出現，請選擇適當的詞填空使句子意思完整，必要時請改變單詞的形式。predict in advance     make choices   

57、  confident     disturb     make up  ignorant    work one's way  56It's a tragedy that one lacks _ in himself.57She _ that he would marry a doctor.58The boy _ a story; it was not true.59He _ to the top of his profession.60

58、She was _ about how to solve mathematic problem but later she learned how to do it.短文 C：篇章結構（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）C閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從A-F六個選項中，選擇最佳選項插入61-65題，使這篇文章意義完整，結構連貫。其中一項是多余的。Ang Lee, the director of the much talked-about cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" is one of the biggest winners

59、 of the just-released 78th Academy Awards. The film clinched two of the Oscar prizes   61  . Lee himself is crowned the Best Director and the honor makes him the top Asian director in Hollywood.   62  , who has managed to tell stories that so thrillingly capture the cul

60、tural peculiarities of the East and West. "Brokeback Mountain" is an adaptation and expansion of   63  . Set in 1960s Texas and Wyoming, the movie tells the story of the homosexual relationship between two cowboys.   64   heart-wrenching love affair spann

61、ing decades, but their affections are eventually hampered by their heterosexual relationships with women.   65  The movie has proved a hit with American movie-goers, attracted by the love story's subtle nuances and the nostalgic portrayal of the old West. As a foreign movie director, it hasn't been easy for Ang L