Unit 4 Grammar and usage & Integrated skills
一、
1.Do you __________(支持) banning smoking in all public places
2.They grew up in Asia, __________(因此) their interest in oriental culture.
3.She's looking for a job, but hasn't found her _____(理想的) one yet.
4.The branch _____(弯曲) but didn't break when the boy climbed along it.
5.In other parts of the world, increasing agricultural productivity and _____(工业化) went together.
6.I have no choice but _____(believe) what you're saying.
7.Fanny suggested camping in the _____(grass) area nearby.
8.The way in which we work has _____(undergo) a complete transformation in the past decade.
9.Scientists have responded by _____(note) that hungry bears may be congregating(聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion(错觉) that populations are higher than they actually are.
10._____(adapt) from Why Do Cats Love Bookstores by Jason Diamond, the article was chosen as a part of the test paper.
二、
On Friday night, Annika was swimming in Howe Sound off Bowyer Island in Canada. As she swam, she ran her hands through the dark water, admiring the beautiful sea. It was only when she was back on shore that she noticed her wedding ring was missing. "She turned the room inside out, "said Crockett, Annika's husband, whose grandmother got the ring in 1944, and later passed it down to him.
The next morning, Annika contacted local diving schools, hoping someone would search for the ring. I just sent a few emails," she said. "But I didn't think they'd be open or answering emails." Fortunately, someone did. And they arrived an hour later.
The search was not easy, though. Crockett said the two divers searched the bottom of the ocean for an hour and a half. "They'd given up hope and they were actually swimming back, but then they spotted a baby octopus(章鱼),"he said. "They followed it for just a few seconds and then it led them to the ring."
"Amazing," said Annika. "Octopuses actually like bright things, from what I've heard. This was confirmed by Chris Harley, who studies animals and their behavior. "Octopuses do like to collect various objects and leave them out in front of their homes," he said.
The ring is now safely back on Annika's finger, and she's promised not to swim with it on again. But there was one other interesting moment in their engagement(订婚) story. When Crockett asked Annika to marry him, a whale showed up in the water near them. "I do think his grandma was part of this: a guardian angel(守护天使), " said Annika.
1.What was Annika's immediate reaction when she found herring missing
A.She contacted local divers. B.She went back to the shore.
C.She searched her room for it. D.She apologized to her husband.
2.What do we know about the divers
A.They were ready to leave empty-handed at first.
B.They actually came across the ring on the shore.
C.They found the ring after catching the octopus.
D.They stayed in the sea for more than 2 hours.
3.What might Chris Harley think of the act of the octopus
A.Silly. B.Logical. C.Unique. D.Surprising.
4.What is the main idea of the text
A.A couple had a special guardian angel.
B.A wedding ring was lost but found again,
C.A couple talked about their engagement story.
D.An octopus helped a couple find their lost ring.
三、
The word Nüshu literally means "women's writing" in Chinese. As the name suggests, Nüshu is created and specially used by women.
Often ①_____(call) the world's only surviving characters for women", these slim words were developed from standard written Chinese. In the old days, Nüshu ②_____(teach) by elderly women to girls at home because female children weren't allowed ③_____(attend) formal school. During gatherings in villages, women used the characters to write poems or song lyrics to express their emotions ④_____ were hidden from men. The words were full ⑤_____ encouragement and positive energy, and showed an uncommon open-mindedness among women at that time.
Ji Xianlin once said that Nüshu is a symbol of feminist(女权主义者), "It's ⑥_____ unique writing system created by ⑦_____(talent) women who were deprived(剥夺) of the right to education," he wrote in an article. "It has significance in various ⑧_____(field) and represents Chinese people's strong spirit."
Nüshu was made as a national cultural heritage in 2006. However, it is not ⑨_____(wide) used in daily life today. In fact, it is a dying language. Now linguists are taking action to prevent this incredible cultural heritage from ⑩_____(disappear).
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:advocate
2.答案:hence
3.答案:ideal
4.答案:bent
5.答案:industrialization
6.答案:to believe
7.答案:grassy
8.答案:undergone
9.答案:noting
10.答案:Adapted
二、
答案:1.C; 2.A; 3.B; 4.D
解析:1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的"It was only when she was back on shore that she noticed her wedding ring was missing. 'She turned the room inside out,' said Crockett"可知,安妮卡回到岸上才发现戒指不见了,她的丈夫说她翻遍了房间,由此可知,在发现戒指丢失后她的第一反应是在房间内搜寻它。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的"They'd given up hope and they were actually swimming back,"可知,在海底搜寻了一个半小时后,这些潜水者本来都放弃希望,要游回来了,由此可知,他们本来都要空手而归了。
3.推理判断题。根据第四段中的克里斯·哈利的话"'Octopuses do like to collect various objects and leave them out in front of their homes'"可知,他知道章鱼喜爱搜集各种东西,并且会把东西放在住处前面,由此可推断,他认为这只章鱼的行为是合乎常理的。
4.主旨大意题。阅读文章可知,本文主要讲述了一件关于章鱼宝宝帮助一对夫妻找回戒指的趣事,故选D项。
三、
答案:①called ②was taught ③to attend ④that/which ⑤of ⑥a ⑦talented ⑧fields ⑨widely ⑩disappearing
解析:①call与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系, 故用过去分词形式。
②此处指女书由年长的女性教给女孩们, 所以女书是"被教", 且时间状语"In the old days"表示过去, 故用一般过去时的被动语态。
③allow sb. to do sth.意为"允许某人做某事", 其被动结构为sb. be allowed to do sth., 意为"某人被允许做某事", 故该空需用不定式。
④设空处引导定语从句且在从句中做主语, 先行词为emotions, 指物, 所以需用关系代词that或者which。
⑤be full of为固定搭配, 意为"充满"。
⑥此处是泛指, 所以需用不定冠词a。
⑦设空处做定语修饰名词women, 故用形容词形式。
⑧设空处前的various表示"各种各样的", 在此处做定语修饰其后名词, 该名词要用复数形式, 故填fields。
⑨此处应用副词修饰谓语动词, 故填widely。
⑩prevent...from doing sth.为固定搭配, 意为"阻止......做某事", from为介词, 其后需接动名词形式, 故填disappearing。
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