Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents?重点词汇、语法自测 （含答案）

U4重点词汇、短语练习题
一、根据句意及所给提示完成单词。
1. It’s a rule that students are not _________（允许）to use phones in class.
2. Ann’s answer was w________. She asked me to tell her the right answer.
3. What’s in the box Let me _________（猜）. Is it a book
4. Though I can’t watch my favorite program tonight, it’s not a big d .
5. _________（尽管）Simon has done well in his studies, he still works really hard.
6. ___________（无论什么）difficulties you meet, never give up easily.
7. You must do it in the ___________（正确的） way.
8. It’s ___________（清楚易懂的）that he won’t come back.
9. Yesterday Mike ___________（提供）his seat to an old woman on the bus.
10. Which is your ___________（年纪较长的） brother and which is your younger brother
11. You must be ________（疯狂的）to say that to your boss.
12. Reading on the mobile phone too much is the c________ of having poor eyesight.
13. We will meet at the ________（通常的）time this weekend.
14. My father likes sports. He often plays f________ on weekends.
15. Jiaozi is a kind of ________（典型的）Chinese food.
16. —What’s the r________ between the two boys
—Oh, they are brothers.
17. Look! There are many black c________ in the sky. It is going to rain soon.
18. Dale is a shy boy. When he talks to others, he always feels n________.
19. They’d like to go sightseeing i________ of staying at the hotel.
20. Scientists say that music makes our brain “feel happy” and it helps ___________（解释）the importance of music in cultures all over the world.
21. You shouldn’t c________ my homework. You should do it by yourself.
22. If you borrow books from the library, you should r________ them on time.
23. We are not going to ask for help ___________ (不再).
24. His parents are very busy. They have little time to c________ with him.
25. A stranger ___________（主动提出）to give her a ride on the street, but she refused politely.
26. The young man is a f________ fan. He not only watches but also plays it.
27. The fans went c________ when the film star appeared.
28. They hope to c________ studying after finishing school.
29. P________ Kate will come to visit me this afternoon, I guess.
30. Driving too fast may c________ car accidents.
二、从方框中选择短语并用其适当形式填空。
look through, work out, deal with, too much, hang out
1. —Michael_______ _______ this math problem on his own.
—What a clever boy!
2. —I don’t know how to _______ _______ the old books.
—Why not give them away to poor children
3. If you want to know more about space, please
_________ _________ the book A Brief History of Time.
4. Because Joe spent_________ _________ time on computer games, there was something wrong with his eyes.
5. —How about _________ _________ with us this weekend
—Sure. I’d love to.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1. 5G 网络将允许更多人获得信息。
The 5G network will _________ more people _________ _________ information.
2. 露西今天早晨上课迟到，所以老师对她生气了。
Lucy was late for class this morning, so the teacher _________ _________ _________ her.
3. 为什么不打电话跟他谈谈那件事呢？
Why _________ _________ _________ that thing with him on the phone
4. 比尔非常富有，买一辆新车对他来说没什么大不了的。
Bill is very rich and buying a new car is not _________ _________ _________ for him.
5. 凯特保证以后不和弟弟打架了。
Kate promised that she would never
________ ________ ________ ________ with her younger brother.
6. 你和你的同学们相处得怎么样？
How are you __________ __________ __________ your classmates
7. 无论他要什么，他的父母从不拒绝。
__________ __________ __________, his parents never refuse.
8. 我无法想象未来火星上的生活会是什么样。
I can’t imagine what the life on Mars will be like __________ __________ __________ ．
9. 咱们不要待在家里了，去丹霞山好吗？它是广东最有名的山之一。
Let’s go to Danxia Mountain __________ __________ staying at home, shall we It’s one of the most famous mountains in Guangdong.
10. 年轻人有时不能很容易地与父母沟通。
Young people sometimes can’ t ___________ _______ their parents easily.
11. 我们可以删去文章中无用的信息，让它更易于理解。
We can _________ _________ useless information in the article to make it easier to understand.
12. 作为父母，我们不应该总是把孩子逼得太紧。
As parents, we shouldn’t always _________ our kids so _________ .
13. 孩子们应该有放松和独立思考的时间。
Children should have time to relax and _______ ______ themselves.
14. 写完作业后，他继续练习舞蹈。
After finishing his homework, he _________ ________ _________ dancing.
15. 在我看来，这件事情他处理得很公平。
_________ _________ _________, he dealt with the matter perfectly fairly.
16. 她善于应付压力。
She’s good at ________ ________ _________ .
17. 这两支队伍为了赢得比赛互相竞争。
The two teams _________ ________ each other to win the game.
18. 萨姆正和朋友们在公园里闲逛。
Sam is ________ ________ ________ his friends in the park.
19. 你不应该和你的弟弟打架。
You shouldn’t _______ ________ ________ ________ your younger brother.
20. 只要你努力，就会取得更好的成绩。
As long as you work hard, you will ________ ________ ________ .
21. 我的父母期待我进入一所好的大学。
My parents expect me ________ ________ ________a good university.
22. 依我看，每个人都应该懂一点儿科学。
_________ _________ _________, everyone should have some understanding of science.
23. 他们一直尽力为下周的考试而学习。
They keep _________ _________ _________ for the exams next week.
情景对话。
A . Would you like to join us B. Don’t worry. C. Thanks for your help. D. Why don’t you go with us E. What’s up F. I’ll be there on time.
A: Nice to meet you, Diana. Welcome to our class. My name is Li Xiang.
B: Nice to meet you, too.
A: You look a little unhappy. 1. ______ _______ ______ _______, it’s always a good idea to be kind and polite.
B: I have no friends to talk with, so I’m worried.
A: 2. ______ I can help you.
B: Thanks, Li Xiang.
A: Mm, I think you should join in some activities. We are going to the nursing home to help the old people this Saturday. 3. ______
B: Yes, I’d love to. When and where shall we meet
A: At the school gate at 9:00 this Saturday.
B: OK. 4. ______
A: That’s great! I think you will make many new friends in this activity.
B: I think so. 5. ______
A: You’re welcome.
五、配对阅读。
上栏是5 条建议，下栏是7 个人在人际交往中遇到的问题。请根据左栏给出的每条建议找出适合该建议的人。
A. Jack always complains（ 抱怨）about everything and asks his friends for help. Soon his friends are all tired of him. B. Joyce never cares about others’ feelings when she is talking. Once her friend Judy made a mistake, and then Joyce talked about it loudly to others. Judy was angry. She thought Joyce laughed at her. C. Li Lei is too shy and quiet. He always stays alone and he never goes out with others. When there is an activity, he seldom takes part in it. He wants to change this. D. Gina often borrows things from her friends but never gives them back. Her friends are angry and don’t want to be her friends any longer. E. Kate likes to ask others about their personal things. She thinks it is nothing between good friends. F. Julie doesn’t like giving things to others. For example, she likes candies but whenever she buys some candies, she never gives any to her friends. G. Jane is impatient. She always interrupts(打断) her friends when they are talking.
1. Hang out with people you would like to have as friends and join in their plans.
2. Share things with your friends. If you buy an interesting book, read with them and you’ll find that you’ll get much more fun.
3. Be a good listener so that others can tell（ 知道）that you are really interested in what they are saying.
4. Never try to ask about others’ private（私人的）things. Share “safe thoughts” with them first. What is a safe thought It might be something about school or TV or your favorite football team.
5. Be a positive（ 积极乐观的） person. Talk about the good things in your life. No one wants to be troubled by problems all the time.
U4重点语法练习题
一、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. ________________( communicate ) is very important in our lives.
2. I don’t want to go to the museum today. Firstly, I am feeling a bit tired. ___________ (second), I have been there several times before.
3. Mr. Wang left without ___________ (say) goodbye.
4. Betty often offers___________ (do) the housework at home.
5. It’s bad___________ (argue) with your parents.
6. We __________ (compare) the first picture__________ the second one to find out the differences.
7. His mother always __________ (push) him _________ do his homework carefully.
8. I don’t know why you were late. Would you mind __________ (explain) the reason__________ me
9. The boy is very nervous. He puts so much__________ (press) __________ himself.
10. He__________ (compete) against his best friend __________ the first prize in the__________ (compete).
11. How do you relax when you are under too much ____________ (press)
12. Our team did a good job in the ____________ (compete).
13. As one of the family ____________ (member), you should help out around the house.
14. ____________ (fight) with your parents is not a good way to solve a problem.
15. It’s important to take part in all kinds of outdoor ____________ (activity).
二、同义句转换，每空一词。
1. Why don’t you have a talk with her in person
________ ________ have a talk with her in person
2. He worked hard day and night to be a successful man.
He worked hard day and night ________ ________ he could be a successful man.
3. Jim left the classroom after the rain stopped.
Jim ________ leave the classroom ________ the rain stopped.
4. Last night my mother came back to Shanghai.
Last night my mother ________ ________ Shanghai.
5. They felt so tired, but they still went on working.
__________ they felt so tired, they still went on working.
三、从方框中选词并用其适当形式填空。
develop, quick, usual, skill, continue
1. Keeping an English diary can help us improve our writing____________ .
2. Because people can find information on the Internet, knowledge spreads（ 传播）____________.
3. After she took a short break, she ____________doing the housework.
4. With the ____________ of the Internet, smartphones are widely used among people.
5. Shirley is an early bird. It is ____________ for her to be late for school.
四、短文填空。
Do you often communicate with your parents Some parents always 1. _________ children with themselves or other people. “When I was your age,” a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, “I was at the top of my class every year. And I 2. _________ what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals（目标）. You are always at the bottom（最末位置） of your class and you have no 3. _________ .” The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. “And when your mother was your age,” the young man’s father went 4. _________ , “she had a good job and she 5. ____________ lots of money. You don’t even have a part-time job. You earn nothing.” The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. “And when your 6. _________ brother was your age,” the young man’s father said, “ he studied 7. _________ . But you just waste your time.” And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s father said,“ And when Abraham Lincoln （亚伯拉罕·林肯） was your 8. _________ , he worked all day and studied at night.” This time the son didn’t stay silent（沉默的）. “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, Father,” he said,“ he was the President of the United States. What are you ” His father had no 9. ______________ to this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others And what’s your reply Do you have a better way to 10. ____________ with each other
五、语法选择。
Are you the only child in your family If so, you are the most important in your family. Your parents are 1_____ people to you in the world. But a lot of middle school students have a problem.
They feel they’re not as close to their parents as before. They even think their parents are unfair 2_____ them.
“My parents don’t allow me to play computer games, 5 _____other classmates are doing that.”
Some students complain 3_____ their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some of them even say it 4_____ .
“My parents don’t allow me to play computer games, 5 _____other classmates are doing that.”
Others say when they 6 _____phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they’re speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decide 7 _____home. But 8 _____don’t know running away may bring them some more problems. Show your parents you’re growing up. Then they will feel you’re no longer 19_____ small child.
If you follow the advice, you 10_____ a happy life and never think of running away.
1. A. close B. the closest C. closer
2. A. for B. to C. with
3. A. how B. what C. that
4. A. angry B. angrily C. angrier
5. A. or B. and C. but
6. A. make B. made C. makes
7. A. leave B. to leave C. leaving
8. A. their B. them C. they
9. A. a B. an C. the
10. A. have B. had C. will have
六、完形填空。
Parents often believe that they have a good 1 ______ with their kids. But last summer Joanna found something different about her son. He seemed to talk 2 ______ to his friends than to his parents. “The 3 ______ to his room is always closed,” Joanna said.
Before age 11, children like to tell 4 ______ parents their ideas. “In fact, parents are the 5 ______ on the list（列表）,” said Michael Riera, an expert. “This is 6 ______ during the next ten years. They talk to their friends first, and then maybe their 7 ______ and their family last.”
To 8 ______ this situation, parents should try to know what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. 9______ they must give their children a mental（精神的）break. Parents also need to learn to 30 ______ some things with their children. Parents should remember to be friends of their children. It’s a better way to know them.
1. A. relationship B. communication C. argument D. satisfaction
2. A. less B. least C. most D. more
3. A. key B. door C. TV D. computer
4. A. his B. our C. their D. your
5. A. first B. second C. third D. last
6. A. important B. different C. same D. popular
7. A. neighbors B. parents C. teachers D. passengers
8. A. find B. make C. become D. change
9. A. And B. But C. So D. Or
10. A. allow B. guess C. share D. offer
七、课文短文填空。
Chinese children are sometimes busier on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills 1. ________ that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others 2. ________ practicing sports so that they can compete and win. However, this doesn’t only happen in China.
The Taylors are a typical American family. There are three children in 3. ________ family. After school, 4. ________ boy takes basketball practice and the other boy takes piano lessons. The daughter takes football training.
The tired children don’t get home 5. ________ after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s 6. ________ for homework. Maybe Cathy Taylor should cut 7. ________ a few of their activities, but they are important for her children’s future.
Linda Miller, a mother of three, says competition starts very young and 8. ________ until the kids get older. Linda thinks sending kids to all kinds of classes and comparing them with other children are crazy and not fair. People shouldn’t 9. ________ their kids so hard.
Doctors think too much pressure is not good for a child’s development. Dr. Alice Green says all these activities can cause a lot of stress for children. Kids should have time to relax and think for 10. __________. It is even more important to have happy children than to have successful children.
答案：U4重要词汇短语练习题
一、1-5 allowed/rong/guess/eal/Although 6-10 Whatever/proper;right/clear/offered/elder
11-15 crazy/ause/usual/ootball/typical 16-20 elation/louds/ervous/nstead/explain
21-25 opy/eturn/anymore/ommunicate/offered 26-30 ootball/razy/ontinue/erhaps/ause
二、1-5 works out/deal with/look through/too much/hanging out
三、1-5 allow to get/was angry with/not talk about/a big deal/get into a fight
6-10 getting on;along with/Whatever he wants/in the future/instead of/communicate with
11-15 cut out/push hard/think for/continued to practice/In my opinion
16-20 dealing with pressure/compete with/hanging out with/have a fight with/get better grades
21-23 to get into/In my opinion/trying to study
四、1-5 EBAFC
五、1-5 CFGEA
U4重要语法练习题
一、1-5 Communication/Secondly/saying/to do/to agree
6-10 compare with/pushes to/explaining to/pressure on/competed for competition
11-15 pressure/competition/members/Fighting/activities
二、1-5 Why not/so that/didn’t until/returned to/Although
三、1-5 skills/quickly/continued/development/unusual
四、1-5 compare/know/goals;plans/on/made;earned
6-10 elder/hard;well/age/answer;reply/communicate
五、1-5 BBCBC 6-10 ABCAC
六、1-5 ADBCA 6-10 BCDAC
七、1-5 so/are/their/one/until 6-10 time/out/continues/push/themselves