Exercises of Unit 17
1. What makes Xiaowen so different is that _____________
A. she is healthy and likes to makes friends with others.
B. she is disabled and likes to do some scientific research.
C. she never wants others to treat her in a different way.
D. she want to get help from those who are disabled, too.
2. What the text suggest is that _____________
A. people with disabilities want to be treated equally as normal ones.
B. people with disabilities want to go wherever they want to.
C. the healthy should try to help those disabled people who are in trouble.
D. we ordinary people should help each other.
3. Setting up the Beijing Union College shows that ________
A. there are many universities that accept blind people.
B. there are not enough universities for disabled people in our country.
C. there are a lot of things to be improved including in the way to treat the disabled.
D. there are many disabled students wanting to set up colleges.
4. Xiaowen’s example wants to tell us that__________.
A. the disabled can do what we normal people do
B. the disabled are cleverer than those who healthy
C. everyone can realize his or her dream D. everyone should follow their example
5. Xiaowen, who is disabled, won an award for _________.
A. young student B. her talent C. her disability D. young scientist
6. Xiaowen’s favorite subject is computer science, which shows ________.
A. she is interested in science B. she is fond of medicine
C. she has some interest in animals D. she takes great interest in space
7. The best way for the whole society to help disabled people is to ______.
A. assist them to set up their own business
B. help them go back to schools and find jobs
C. open the doors and offer guidance to them
D. get them a lot of money and let them enjoy their lives
8. A lot of _____ people are encouraged by the magazine ______.
A. deaf; My dream B. disabled; My future
C. healthy as well as blind; Literature of Chinese Blind Children
D. blind ; Literature of Chinese Blind Children
9. The magazine, _________ many of blind children, ________ them all over China.
A. which has inspired; is popular with B. that has inspired; was popular with
C. which inspired; was popular with D. which had inspired; was popular with
10. From the magazine, blind people can get to know the fact ________.
A. that leads them to realize their dream B. that they can make friends with the outside
C. that they are cared about by the people far away D. All the above are possible
Exercises of Unit 18
1. what is the main idea of the first paragraph It is greater thinkers’ ________.
A. creativity and imagination that have changed our world
B. some scientific research that have changed our way of life
C. different way of thinking that have saved our life
D. great help that have saved us a lot of time
2. Of the following statements in the 2nd paragraph which one can match the given title
A. Outside the box is nothing. B. Knowledge is everything.
C. Everything is impossible. D. Impossible is nothing.
3. What do you suppose is the meaning of “… each new invention that works, there are at least ten that don’t ” in the last paragraph
A. There are at least ten more inventions added to the new one.
B. There are not enough inventions to support the new one.
C. There are a lot of failures before the new invention is born.
D. There are a lot of things to be improved in the way to help the new invention.
4. Keep trying, and you will ________.
A. have as many failures as difficulties B. be sure to have more failures
C. be successful in having a new invention D. have as many failures as inventions
5. High scores in the school _______ according the first paragraph.
A. doesn’t mean your becoming a good inventor
B. means a lot to help you becoming a good teacher
C. means that you are clever at your lesson
D. doesn’t mean your becoming a young sportsman
6. How can we become more active
A. We should develop our right brain and practise more.
B. We should develop our left brain and practise less.
C. We should develop our both right and left brain and practise more.
D. We should think about how we think and practicing good thinking strategies.
7. Creative think is a way of thinking that helps you to ______ your original thinking pattern.
A. rebuild B. breakthough C. set up D. mix up
8. If you get a change in your perception of thinking, you will get ______.
A. good solutions and new ideas B. what you want at this stage
C. what you want to set up D. less failures and more inventions
9. Good ideas are the result of long process of ________.
A. making mistakes and correcting them B. making progress every day
C. finding something new every day D. getting in touch with great man every day
10. We can use some of ______ to develop our creativity.
A. teachers’ advice as well as some books
B. what we learn both in class and outside class
C. the experience of other people D. the thinking strategies of the great and famous
Exercises of Unit 19
1. William Shakespeare, ________ , was ________ in the year 1564 and died in 1616.
A . a great playwright; born in England B. a great novelist; born in England
C. a great actor; born in America D. a great politician; born in Australia
2. What other three famous comedies did Shakespeare write besides the Merchant of Venice
A. They are the Taming of the Shrew, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
B. They are Hamlet, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
C. They are the Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Twelfth Night.
D. They are Macbeth, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
3. What are the four tragedies They are __________.
A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Twelfth Night
B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth
C. Hamlet, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and As You Like It
D. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and the Taming of the Shrew
4. Why did Shylock hate Antonio
A. Because Antonio scolded Shylock for his greedy in public places several times.
B. Because Antonio borrowed money from Shylock and refused to pay back the money.
C. Because Antonio loved his daughter and wanted to marry his daughter.
D. Because Antonio refused to help Shylock when he was wanted.
5. What kind of city can we infer Venice was at that time
A. The city of Venice was at the war when the history happened at that time.
B. The city of Venice was ruled by the Duck at that time.
C. The city of Venice was just rebuilt at that time.
D. The city of Venice was sold by the merchants at that time.
6. What did Shylock ask for if Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from him
A. Antonio had to pay back all the ships he had at home and abroad.
B. Antonio had to pay back what he had at that time.
C. Antonio had to pay back a pound of flesh from any part of his body.
D. Antonio had to pay back all the land he had at that time.
7. Antonio sent the letter to Bassanio, because ___________.
A. Bassanio was the very person Antonio wanted to see before his death
B. Bassanio was the very person who could save Antonio
C. Bassanio married well and he had enough money to save Antonio
D. Antonio thought that Bassanio’s wife, Portia could save his life
8. Shylock refused to get the money Bassanio hd offered, because _______.
A. he thought that the offer was not high enough
B. the money was not the thing that shylock wanted very much at that time
C. what Shylock wanted was not miney but Antonio’s life
D. he wanted to wait and see until the last offer was given
9. The Duke asked Shylock to ________ but Shylock refised.
A. destroy the agreement B. keep his words
C. have mercy on Antonio D. go back to his seat and wait
10.It was a happy end that Shylock ____________.
A. refused to take the money Antonio paid back
B. promised to leave the money to his daughter and her husband upon his death
C. had to give up his money to Antonio
D. agreed to leave the court
Exercises of Unit 20
1. The magnificence of finding a grave of a man shows that _________.
A. Stonehenge was built by nature B. it was ET who built Stonehenge
C. it was a man who built Stonehenge D. Stonehenge was moved from some other place
2. What is the main idea for the first paragraph
A. The finding of a grave of a man near Stonehenge. B. The finding of Stonehenge.
C. The Stonehenge man was found. D. The man who built Stonehenge was found.
3. The fourth paragraph wants to tell us __________.
A. it was at that time that Britain came into the Iron Age
B. it was at that time that Britain came into the Bronze Age
C. it was at that time that Britain came into the Stone Age
D. None of the above is right
4. The sixth paragraph shows that _______.
A. the building of Stonehenge is incredible B. Stonehenge is hard to build
C. how great the man build Stonehenge D. All the above are right
5. The text gives us some reasons in order to show how _________.
A. funny the rings look B. necessary the man is
C. strange the man looks D. important the discovery is
6. How do people know the age of the grave man
A. There is something written in the grave.
B. It is by some hi-tech tests that people get to know his age.
C. It is from things buried in the grave.
D. It is from the appearance of the grave man.
7. His grave is the richest of any found from that period because __________.
A. there are two gold earrings B. there are a lot of things for his use in the future life
C. there are something that are interesting
D. there are a lot of things which can tell us stories
8. What are the most amazing things are __________.
A. the weapons he carries in his hands B. the metal money was found near him
C. the two gold earrings in the grave D. the same stones as part of Stonehenge
9. The find of two gold earrings tells that ________.
A. it was first found in Britain
B. it was first found in Stonehenge
C. it was first found in Europe
D. it was first found in the world
10. The find of the grave shows ___________.
A. Stonehenge has a long history
B. Stonehenge is a place of interest
C. Stonehenge attracts more and more people
D. Stonehenge is a place
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