[Unit 4 Period 1 Comic strip & Welcome to the unit]
Ⅰ.根据句意, 用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空
1.I am thinking about (travel) to Shanghai Disneyland.
2.She doesn’t like to eat (dry) food because it is not fresh.
3.[2022·镇江] Taking (sleep) pills regularly can have a big effect on our health.
4.[2022·永州] Everyone in the world should focus on the air (pollute).
Ⅱ.完形填空
Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand(农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he 5 to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social 6 with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was full of people because many farm-hands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his 7 . In his words, he 8 thought of changing his job.
At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a school teacher. In the following spring I came 9 into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt 10 . She told Dad that they must make a 11 .
My mother had 12 of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate(命运) and achieved greatness and fame(名声). And she 13 that I would some day become a great leader ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she persuaded Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and 14 a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for 15 education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I 16 what we have today. Dad runs a big international 17 and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country, 18 not a leader as my mother expected.
Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. 19 he got a lesson of life—sometimes we really need a drive from outside.
( )5.A.rode B.walked C.ran D.drove
( )6.A.dialogues B.games C.relationships D.activities
( )7.A.horse B.party C.life D.beer
( )8.A.often B.ever C.never D.sometimes
( )9.A.laughing B.singing C.sleeping D.crying
( )10.A.unimportant B.busy C.unhappy D.glad
( )11.A.living B.change C.decision D.house
( )12.A.dreamed B.heard C.thought D.spoken
( )13.A.cared B.knew C.forgot D.hoped
( )14.A.start B.find C.design D.sell
( )15.A.busier B.higher C.easier D.closer
( )16.A.showed B.kept C.lost D.achieved
( )17.A.company B.department C.farm D.country
( )18.A.if B.though C.and D.since
( )19.A.So B.However C.Or D.Because
答案
Ⅰ.1.travelling 2.dried
3.sleeping 4.pollution
Ⅱ.5—9 ADCCD 10—14 CBBDA
15—19 BDABA