人教版英语必修四 Unit 3 A taste of English humour 单元测试（无听力试题）

Unit 3 A taste of English humour 单元测试
姓名：__________ 班级：__________ 学号：__________
一、单选题（共15题；共15分）
1.It has been a long time since he was lost. He was last seen ____________ with his friends at the top of the hill behind the village.
A.?play????????????????????????????????B.?to play????????????????????????????????C.?played????????????????????????????????D.?playing
2.What surprised the man most was ________ to meet his daughter.
A.?his not allowing???????????????????????????????????????????????B.?his not being allowed
C.?his being not allowed??????????????????????????????????????D.?his allowing not
3.He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ____________ from the outside world.
A.?cut out????????????????????????????????B.?cut off????????????????????????????????C.?cut up????????????????????????????????D.?cut in
4.With the aid of our English teacher, we _________ great progress this term.
A.?has made??????????????????????????B.?have made??????????????????????????C.?made??????????????????????????D.?had made
5.—What about playing in the snow on the playground after class?
—____________ I wish I could play now.
A.?What fun!???????????????????????B.?That's right.???????????????????????C.?Cheer up!???????????????????????D.?Not at all.
6.People in town reacted in different ways _______ the news: some got angry, but others were wild with joy.
A.?to?????????????????????????????????????B.?with?????????????????????????????????????C.?against?????????????????????????????????????D.?for
7.________ you can see, if it is not properly protected, the farmland will become desert sooner or later.
A.?What?????????????????????????????????????B.?As?????????????????????????????????????C.?So?????????????????????????????????????D.?Which
8.I was greatly ________ at how he worked out the ________ problem in a creative way.
A.?amazed; puzzled???????B.?amazing; puzzling???????C.?amazed; puzzling???????D.?amazing; puzzled
9.My mother's been terribly ill these days, but with proper treatment, she is now____________.
A.?picking up?????????????????????B.?picking out?????????????????????C.?getting up?????????????????????D.?getting out
10.___________, I will go there myself.
A.?If necessary???????????????????B.?If is necessary???????????????????C.?Necessary???????????????????D.?If it necessary
11.Having a good ____________ of humor is very important for a gentleman to attract others.
A.?understanding??????????????????????????B.?feeling??????????????????????????C.?sense??????????????????????????D.?attitude
12.She told us to mind our own business, not ________ about other people.

A.?worry??????????????????????????????B.?worries??????????????????????????????C.?worried??????????????????????????????D.?worrying
13.—Is there any ____________ for his being late?
—I think he missed the early bus.
A.?gesture???????????????????????????B.?regret???????????????????????????C.?humour???????????????????????????D.?explanation
14.What she said _________ me that I was wrong, so I changed my plan.
A.?advised????????????????????????B.?impressed????????????????????????C.?encouraged????????????????????????D.?convinced
15.— Where's Joan?
— I found her ________ newspapers from door to door on the way home.
A.?to deliver??????????????????????????B.?deliver??????????????????????????C.?delivering??????????????????????????D.?delivered
二、完形填空（共20分）
Have you ever seen a miracle happen? Two winters ago, I did. It was 1 ?that day. The road was covered with snow.
??? I asked my mom if we could go to our neighbor's hill and take my dog, Buddy. She said, "Sure. 2 ?don't go any farther than that." After a while, we walked over to another hill by a pond (池塘) not far away. Then suddenly I saw Buddy walk out onto the ice. I was 3 ?when he walked to the middle of the pond. The 4 ?was thin there.
??? We 5 ?Buddy, but he didn't listen. Then 6 ?the ice broke, and my dog 7 ?into the water. I asked my friend if I should go in and get him out. She said, "NO!" 8 , I ran to my house to tell my mom. It was 9 ?for me to run on the snowy ground. I was tired, but I had to 10 ?Buddy.
??? When my mom heard what 11 , she said, "Get in the car." When we got there, she told me to run home 12 ?and get her phone. But back at the pond, my mom 13 ?to get Buddy out of the water and fell in.
??? 14 , my friend saw it happen. She ran to a neighbor's house for help. Soon they got my mom out of the water, but Buddy was still 15 ?for his life. The fire department (部门) put a ladder (梯子) out onto the ice to get him, but it didn't 16 . I was back again by then, and someone said I should 17 ?inside the neighbor's house. It didn't look 18 ?for Buddy. I went inside and 19 ?and hoped for a miracle.
??? Then, my uncle walked into the house with Buddy in his arms! I was so 20 , I hugged Buddy and thanked the firefighters (消防员).
1. A. dry B. rainy C. warm D. cold
2. A. Unless B. Or C. So D. But
3. A. dissatisfied B. moved C. frightened D. excited
4. A. light B. air C. voice D. ice
5. A. looked for B. laughed at C. shouted at D. woke up
6. A. suddenly B. slowly C. naturally D. possibly
7. A. jumped B. fell C. ran D. walked
8. A. Still B. Besides C. However D. Instead
9. A. difficult B. fun C. wrong D. important
10. A. find B. watch C. help D. train
11. A. followed B. happened C. came D. appeared
12. A. again B. once C. too D. together
13. A. stopped B. agreed C. tried D. decided
14. A. Luckily B. Firstly C. Strangely D. Sadly
15. A. swimming B. dreaming C. hunting D. fishing
16. A. change B. fail C. end D. work
17. A. play B. eat C. wait D. sleep
18. A. clean B. good C. dangerous D. true
19. A. smiled B. cried C. left D. hid
20. A. angry B. proud C. disappointed D. happy

三、阅读理解（共2题；共27分）
（一）
??? Freshmen are always fearful when learning they are to live with a roommate of a different race assigned by the computer casually. They are full of worry at the uncertainties. Now several studies have found that sharing a room with a man of another race is a mixture of hope and fear. It decreases prejudice and forces students to make friends with those of different races, meanwhile causes more conflicts.
An Ohio State University study found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success at college. Sam Boakye — the only black student on his freshman year floor — said “if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove like a good score in study.”
??? However, researchers also observed problems in this case. According to two recent studies, compared with two white roommates, roommates of different races may experience such big conflicts that one has to move out and live separately.
??? Grace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. In her opinion, this may be the first time that some of these students have lived with someone of a different race.
??? At Penn, students are not asked to mention race when applying for their housing. In this way, students are thrown together randomly.
??? “In the past two years, I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students,” said one Penn resident advisor (RA). To give a better picture, she added that some conflicts provided more multicultural acceptance, but some showed unpleasant differences. Besides, these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.
??? Kao said it was unscientific to conclude from any one of the above studies, saying scientists must study more students' background characteristics.
（1）According to several studies, what’s the advantage of sharing a room with a man of another race?（ ）
A.?It makes them feel at ease although one has to move out and live separately.
B.?It reduces prejudice and make students of different races become friends.
C.?It causes more conflicts among roommates of different races.
D.?It makes all of them achieve higher academic success at college.
（2）How is this text mainly developed? （ ）
A.?By following time order.??????????????????????????????????B.?By making comparisons.
C.?By giving examples.?????????????????????????????????????????D.?By making classification.
（3）The underlined word randomly in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to__________.
A.?casually?????????????????????????B.?intentionally?????????????????????????C.?specially?????????????????????????D.?carelessly
（4）What's Grace Kao's opinion about the conclusions from the studies? （ ）
A.?It was scientific.????????B.?It was convincing.??????C.?It was believable.????????D.?It was unscientific.
（5）What can we learn from the last paragraph? （ ）
A.?We should do some research.?
B.?We should help each other.
C.?We should draw a conclusion in a scientific way.
D.?We can draw a conclusion from our study.
（二）
??? Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？
??? Let's face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
??? We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes(悖论), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
??? And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese—so one moose, two meese？
??? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？
??? English was invented by people, not computers, and it shows the creativity of human beings. That's why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
（1）Which of the following words or expressions have the similar meaning？（ ）
A.Overlook and oversee.
B.Quite a lot and quite a few.
C.Hot as hell and cold as hell.
D.A wise man and a wise guy.
（2）What does the author probably think of English people? （ ）
A.Clever.
B.Crazy.
C.Lazy.
D.Determined.
（3）What can we learn from the text? （ ）
A.Boxing rings should be round.
B.There should be eggs in an eggplant.
C.Pineapples are the apples on the pine tree.
D.Sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things.
（4）How does the author organize the text? （ ）
A.In the order of time.
B.In the order of place.
C.By giving a great number of examples.
D.By comparing English with the other languages.
四、任务型阅读（共5分）
??? Americans use many expressions with the word "dog". People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. ________However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
??? Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. ________They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
??? ________This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
??? ________People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. ________
A. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.
B. Dogs are people's loyal friends all the time.
C. Still, people say every dog has its day.
D. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them nice meals.
E. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.
F. Sometimes, morning rain can light up the day.
G. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
五、单词拼写（词汇运用）（共8题；共8分）
1. The kind old lady offered to take in the poor ________(无家可归的) stranger.
2.The two parties managed to ________(克服) their differences on the issue.
3.The dog was c________ on a bone.
4.We should satisfy ourselves with the living conditions—many families are much ________ off (穷的) than we are.
5.He's a very versatile p________; he can act, sing, dance, and play the piano.
6.The success or f________ of the matter depends on your own effort.
7.His room is always in a ________ (脏或乱的状态), so his mother always complains about it.
8.I shouted at her, but she didn't ________ (作出反应；回应) at all.
六、书面表达（共25分）
4月15日，高一（2）班的学生志愿者李华和张悦去和平敬老院（Peace Nursing Home）开展志愿者活动（送水果、打扫、陪老人聊天等）。假如你是校英语报的记者，请按下列要点用英语写一则新闻报道。
1. 时间、地点、任务、活动；
2. 老人们的反应；
3. 简短评论。
注意：
1.? 词数100左右；
2.? 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.? 报道的标题和记者姓名已给出。
Student Volunteers Brought Sunshine to the Elderly








答案
一、1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. D
13. D 14. D 15. C
二、
（1）D；（2）D；（3）C；（4）D；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）D；（9）A；（10）C；（11）B；（12）A；（13）C；（14）A；（15）A；（16）D；（17）C；（18）B；（19）B；（20）D；
三、
（一）（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D（5）C
（二）（1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C
四、D；E；C；A；G
五、1. homeless
2.overcome
3.chewing
4. worse
5.performer
6. failure
7. mess
8. react
六、
Student Volunteers Brought Sunshine to the Elderly
??? On April 15, Li Hua and Zhang Yue, students from Class Two, Grade One, went to Peace Nursing Home and did some voluntary work. Upon their arrival, Li Hua and Zhang Yue were warmly welcomed, and respectfully, they presented the elderly with flowers and fruits. Then, they started working at once, cleaning the windows and sweeping the floor. With everything done, they sat in the yard chatting with the elderly people.
??? When it was time for the volunteers to leave, the elderly people thanked them for their kindness. They said it was such a beautiful day that they would remember it forever.
??? Li Hua and Zhang Yue were very happy. What they did has brought joy to others and enriched their own lives.