Unit 4 History and Traditions——Listening and Speaking
一、单词拼写
1. I feel greatly honored to be here to tell you something about Chinese _____(习俗) in the Spring Festival.
2. To ______ (保证) that I can concentrate on my study, my father does whatever he can do for me.
3. As to your advertised _______ (职位) , it ’s my pleasure to say that I am the just person you are searching for.
4. The town walls were built as a ________(防御) against the enemy.
5. They often stay up late into the night, eating _______(零食), which is bad for their health.
二、完形填空
Several months ago I volunteered at a hospital. One day I was assigned to discharge(安排出院) a patient. She happened to be a physically and mentally 1 young lady who was limited to a wheelchair. She was 2 in her late twenties or early thirties, but it was difficult to 3 .
As I was 4 her off the floor, down the elevator, and out of the front hall, I couldn ’t 5 thinking, “Oh my God, her parents must be so 6 . She ’s in really bad shape. What a shame! She must need constant 7 , and will likely require it for the rest of her life. ” If I were her father, I would be terribly frustrated.
Then, as I came to the area where family and friends 8 discharged patients, I saw a man who noticed us and began walking quickly towards us. As he got closer, his eyes became bright and he 9 , saying, “Patricia, you look so lovely today! You ’re finally coming home. We can ’t 10 to have you back home! We miss you so much! ” He carefully placed his daughter in his car, said thank you, and drove off.
I was 11 . My eyes began to fill with tears and I just stood there for a few minutes, trying to process what had just 12 . Then I began to think, “What had I missed there How could I have been so wrong about the father Why did he and I have such different 13 towards his daughter ”
It took me days to comprehend what I ’d failed to understand when I was evaluating the young lady and her father. Now I know the true 14 of unconditional love, and whenever I deal with other children ’s 15 , I ’ll think of Patricia and her dad.
1. A. healthy B. talented
C. disabled D. tired
2. A. obviously B. probably
C. extremely D. absolutely
3. A. accept B. express
C. overcome D. tell
4. A. leaving B. stopping
C. wheeling D. running
5. A. help B. admit C. allow D. mind
6. A. happy B. bored
C. disappointed D. proud
7. A. discussion B. hope
C. direction D. care
8. A. look after B. deal with
C. see off D. pick up
9. A. cried B. smiled
C. shouted D. jumped
10. A. prepare B. afford
C. wait D. expect
11. A. satisfied B. amazed
C. pleased D. frightened
12. A. arrived B. required
C. disappeared D. happened
13. A. opinions B. attitudes
C. forms D. impressions
14. A. importance B. strategy
C. meaning D. ability
15. A. adventures B. achievements
C. processes D. shortcomings
三、阅读理解
Arriving at London Gatwick
Distance from Central London: 28 miles/45km
For travel information call: +44(0)870 000 24 68
How to get to the city centre
By train
The Gatwick Express goes from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria train and underground station in Central London.
Trains go every 15 minutes and the journey to Central London takes half an hour.
First Class tickets cost £25(single), £48(return).
Express Class costs £17(single), £29(return).
Southern Trains services run four times an hour to Victoria with a journey time of around 35 minutes.
By taxi
There are taxis outside the airport day and night. The journey to Central London takes 55-70 minutes. A London taxi takes up to 5 people.
The average cost from the airport to Central London is £75- £100.
By car
Gatwick Airport is 28 miles(45 km) south of London. There are 4 car parks next to the airport and there are car rental offices open from 8: 00 to 18: 00. The journey to London takes 60-75 minutes.
All cars pay a special £8 charge to go into Central London.
By bus
National Express and EasyBus have services to Central London. EasyBus services go every 20 minutes. The journey takes one hour and costs £2.
There is one National Express bus an hour. The journey takes 90 minutes and costs £7. 60.
1. Which of the following is the slowest
A. Taking a taxi. B. Taking a train.
C. Taking a bus. D. Driving a car.
2. Which of the following is NOT true
A. People can take taxis at any time.
B. People can rent cars at any time.
C. EasyBus goes three times an hour.
D. Drivers can find places to park their cars near the airport.
3. If a person has £25, he can buy the following EXCEPT .
A. a single ticket of First Class
B. a ticket of National Express
C. a ticket of EasyBus
D. a return ticket of Express Class
答案和解析
一、单词拼写
1.customs
2.ensure
3.position
4.defence
5.snacks
二、完形填空
1.C。句意: 她碰巧是一个身心残疾的年轻女子, 只能坐在轮椅上。根据后文“who was limited to a wheelchair”可知, 这是一位残疾的女子。故选C。
2.B。句意: 她大概二十多岁或者三十出头, 但是很难说。obviously明显地; probably很可能, 大概; extremely极其, 非常; absolutely绝对地。因为作者作为志愿者, 只是通过观察猜测, 所以用“很可能, 大概”。故选B。
3.D。因为作者作为志愿者, 对病人并不是了解, 只是通过观察猜测, 所以说“很难判断”。故选D。
4.C。句意: 当我推着她离开楼层, 下电梯, 走出前厅时, 我禁不住想……。根据前文“who was limited to a wheelchair”可知, 女子坐在轮椅里, 所以是“推(轮椅)”使她离开。故选C。
5.A。can ’t help doing sth. 意为“禁不住做某事”, 符合句意。故选A。
6.C。句意: 哦, 天哪, 她的父母一定很失望。根据后文“She ’s in really bad shape. What a shame! ”可知, 作者判断她的父母一定会很失望。故选C。
7.D。句意: 她必须得到持续的照顾, 而且很可能在她的余生都需要这样的照顾。根据上文“She ’s in really bad shape. ”以及前文描述可知, 这名女子残疾, 状况非常糟糕, 由此可以推断, 她需要长期照顾。故选D。
8.D。根据“discharged patients”及常识可知, 作者作为志愿者把病人交给病人家属, 所以, 作者把病人送到病人家属和朋友接出院病人的地方。故选D。
9.B。根据前文“his eyes became bright”以及后文父亲所说的话“you look so lovely today”可推知, 父亲是“微笑着”的。故选B。
10.C。句意: 我们等不及让你回家了! 根据前文“You ’re finally coming home. ”以及后文“We miss you so much! ”可知, 父亲的意思是“等不及让女儿回家”。故选C。
11.B。根据后文“How could I have been so wrong about the father Why did he and I have such different________towards his daughter ”可知, 残疾女子的父亲的言行和作者原来想的有如此大的反差, 所以作者是“惊讶的”。故选B。
12.D。句意: 我的眼睛开始充满了泪水, 我只是站在那里几分钟, 努力反思刚才发生的事情。作者被刚刚发生的事情感动了, 这里应指“刚刚发生的事情”, 故选D。
13.B。作者作为志愿者推着病人产生的思考和女子父亲接女儿回家的言行, 都是对残疾女子的“态度”。故选B。
14.C。句意: 现在我懂得了无条件的爱的真正含义, 每当我处理其他孩子的缺点时, 我就会想起Patricia和她的爸爸。根据“unconditional love”可知, 作者经过这件事, 反思了数天, 最终理解了无条件的爱的真正“含义”。故选C。
15.D。adventures冒险; achievements成就; processes过程; shortcomings缺点。因为作者所见是一位父亲快乐地接受身心残疾的女儿的感人故事, 所以此处指, 处理孩子“缺点”时, 就会想起Patricia和她的父亲。故选D。
三、阅读理解
1.C。细节理解题。根据By bus部分中“The journey takes 90 minutes and costs £7. 60. (全程90分钟, 费用为7. 60英镑)”由此可知, 坐公交车是最慢的。故选C。
2.B。细节理解题。根据By car部分中“there are car rental offices open from 8: 00 to 18: 00. ”可知机场旁边有租车处, 营业时间为8: 00到18: 00。由此可知, B选项“人们可以随时租车”不正确。故选B。
3.D。细节理解题。根据By train部分中“Express Class costs £17(single), £29(return). ”可知特快车单程票价17英镑, 往返票价29英镑。由此可知, 如果一个人有25英镑, 他买不到一张特快车的往返票。故选D。