Unit 4 Task
课时检测
一、单项选择
( )1. He is very busy,so he seldom spends the weekends his family.
A. on B. with C. for D. by
( ) 2. Do you know what yesterday?
A. did he happen B. happened to him
C. he happened D. he had happened
( ) 3. He developed a new type of hybrid rice plant, produced 20% more rice per
unit than other common kinds in 1975 .
A. that B. who C. which D. what
( ) 4. his achievements,rice production has been increased by20%-30%.
A. Because of B. Because C. For D. As
( ) 5 .My teacher asked me .
A. when did it happen B. where it happens
C. how it happened D .how did it happen
( )6.Christopher Columbus was _________explorer from_______ European country.
A. a; an B. an; an C. a; a D.an; a
( )7.In 1992, Mary began ___________a volunteer English teacher in a village school.\
A. to work like B. work as C. working as D. working like
( )8.Because of the ________of radium, Marie Curie ________ her first Nobel Prize in 1903.
A. discover; won B. discovery; won C. discover; presented D. discovery; present
二、 用所给词的适当形式填空。
He worked as a teacher after ___________________(graduate) from college.
The thief happened ______________(see) by a policeman while stealing a wallet.
Rabbits ____________________(introduce) into Australia in 1788.
Yuan Longping_______________(spend) all his life on the research and development of better rice plants.
Because of Yuan Longping’s achievements, rice production ________________(increase) by 20%-30%.
Nelson Mandela was a __________(fight)for the rights of black Africans all his life.
Please write down the two ___________(invent)names on a piece of paper.
Education makes a great difference to a country’s economic__________(develop).
三、翻译句子
1.现在X 光被广泛运用于帮助医生拯救生命。
X-rays are now _____________________to help doctors save lives.
2.袁隆平是杂交水稻之父。
Yuan Longping ________________________ hybrid rice.
3.看到这么多人死于饥饿,他很难过。
He was sad to see ________________________________.
4..许多年前他研发了一种新型的杂交水稻。
He __________________________ hybrid rice many years ago.
5.昨天在街上我碰巧遇到了李先生。
I________________________ Mr Li in the street yesterday.
四、写作
周星驰是家喻户晓得戏剧明星。请你根据下面的资料,写一篇介绍他的文章。
English name: Stephen Chow
Date of birth: June 22nd,1962
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Appearance: cool, funny
Talents:good at acting
Year started acting: 1987
Films: The King of Comedy, The God of Cookery, Kung FU,etc.
Awards: The Best Actor Award at Hong Kong Film Festival in 2002 for his role in Shaolin Soccer; Chosen as the Asian Hero by the magazine Times in 2003.
参考答案
一、BBCAC DCB
二、1.graduating 2.to be seen 3.were introduced 4.has spent 5.has been increased
6.fighter 7.inventors’ 8.development
三、1.widely used 2.is the father of 3.so many people die of hunger
4.developed a new type of 5.happened to meet
四、略