1、第 1页（共 10页） Unit4 Section B Discovering Useful Structures 一、单词拼写 1This is the right _ (后跟) height for you. 2He was a _ (子孙) of a Spanish soldier. 3Her _ (哲学) of life is to take every opportunity that presents itself. 4My father lies in the small _ (公墓) a few miles up this road. 5Every _ (个人) has rig
2、hts which must never be taken away. 二、完形填空 Christmas iscoming. Erika Orlandobeginswriting a Christmas _1_. Outside the house _2_ is falling. Soft flakes (雪花) cover the world. Her _3_ goes back to a summer day and a beach as bright as snow. On a family _4_ in Santa Rosa, Florida, Erika and her brothe
3、r were sitting on the _5_ white sand, enjoying the sunshine. Children were _6_ on the beach. Just then, they heard a woman _7_， “Rob is missing！ ”The womans husband _8_ toward the ocean to _9_ his son. Erika asked the father to _10_ her what the child looked like. He said, “He has _11_ hair; hes wea
4、ring a bright orange shirt. Hes afraid of water.” Erikas mind was already working _12_. Orange shirt, 第 2页（共 10页） afraid of water. Immediately she had an image of a _13_ in the sand. It was just a few feet away from where the boys mother _14_. Erika went over at once, _15_ on her knees (膝盖) and star
5、ted digging. A foot down, her fingers touched something different, _16_ and fine, his dark hair. She called out, “I think I have found him！ ” _17_ hed fallen into the hole other kids had dug, and the _18_ fell in, completely covering him. The crowd dug out enough _19_ so that Robs father was able to
6、 lift him out. Snow _20_ to fall outside. She looks down at the Christmas card and begins to write, “Dear Rob.” 1A.letterBcard CarticleDsong 2A.snowBrain CleafDdust 3A.ideaBspeech CdreamDmind 4A.partyBdinner CholidayDmeeting 5A.warmBdirty CwetDcool 6A.studyingBplaying CswimmingDsleeping 7A.singingBt
7、eaching 第 3页（共 10页） CdiscussingDcrying 8A.climbedBchanged CranDjumped 9A.look forBtalk about Ctake awayDlook up 10A.questionBtell CguessDwrite 11A.shortBbrown ClongDdark 12A.wronglyBbadly CfastDslowly 13A.holeBbox CchildDshirt 14A.missedBstood ChidDworked 15A.turnedBput CsatDfell 16A.softBhard Cstra
8、ightDthick 17A.NearlyBClearly CFortunatelyDImmediately 18A.topsBsides CbottomDbody 19A.timeBhelp CspaceDwater 第 4页（共 10页） 20A.happensBstops CbeginsDcontinues 三、阅读理解 If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. Hed
9、 need a fan or a strong wind to help himputthem out P1. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal.Most Americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this
10、doesnt mean that Americans dont care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Ch
11、inese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the an
12、cient Chinese wisdom tomake up for P2 thedrawbacksWof Westerners philosophy.Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.So they will be ready 第 5页（共 10页） for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in C
13、hina are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not s
14、oon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is. 1The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _. Aprovide some key facts about Confucius Battract the readers interest in the subject Cshow great respect for the ancient thinker Dprove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations 2We
15、can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students _. Ahave a great interest in studying Chinese Btake an active part in Chinese competitions Ctry to get high scores in Chinese exams Dfight for a chance to learn Chinese 3What is the best title for the passage? AForgotten Wisdom in America BHuge Fans
16、of the Chinese Language CChinese Culture for Westerners 第 6页（共 10页） DOld Thinker with a Big Future 4The passage is likely to appear in _. Aa biographyBa history paper Ca newspaperDa philosophy textbook 第 7页（共 10页） 一、单词拼写 1.heel 2.descendant 3.philosophy 4.cemetery 5.individual 二、完形填空 1.B根据最后一段中的“She
17、 looks down at the Christmas card”可知此处为开始写圣诞贺卡(card)。故选 B。 2.A根据下句“Soft flakes (雪花) cover the world.”可知， 窗外正下着雪。而且最后一段首句也有提示，故选 A。 3.D此处意为：她的“思绪(mind)”回到了夏日的海滨。故选 D。 4.C根据后文“Erika and her brother were sitting on the _5_ white sand, enjoying the sunshine”可知他们全家在度假。 故选 C。 5.A作者回忆发生在夏日海滨的事情， 可以推断沙滩是温暖的
18、。 故选 A。 6.B孩子们在海滩上玩(playing)，为下文的孩子们挖洞及 Rob 的失踪埋下伏笔。故选 B。 7.D这时，他们听到一个女人在“尖叫(crying)” ，因为发现儿 子失踪对她刺激很大，故选 D。 8.C孩子的父亲一定是着急地“跑(ran)”向大海去找孩子。故 选 C。 9.A孩子不见了，爸爸当然要赶紧找(look for)，故选 A。 第 8页（共 10页） 10.B作者让孩子的父亲“告诉”她孩子的特征和情况，因此用 tell。故选 B。 11.D根据第四段中的“his dark hair”可知男孩子的头发是 黑色的。故选 D。 12.C根据上下文可知此时 Erika 是
19、镇静的，她的思维在“飞快 地(fast)”运转。故选 C。 13.A根据下文可知 Erika 想起了孩子们在沙滩上挖的一个 “洞 (hole)” 。由倒数第二段中的“hed fallen into the hole other kids had dug”可知选 A。 14.B根据语境可知男孩的妈妈是站着的， 而那个洞离那个男孩 妈妈有几尺的距离。故选 B。 15.DErika 走过去， “双膝跪下(fell on her knees)”开始挖。 故选 D。 16.A根据空格后的“his dark hair”可知，当 Erika 挖沙时， 她的手碰到了男孩的头发，头发是软的，故选 A。 17.B
20、本句是对男孩失踪原因的讲述， 因为他是在沙洞里被找到 的，所以“显然，他掉到别的孩子挖好的沙洞了” 。clearly “明显 地；显然地” ，故选 B。 18.B男孩子是掉进了别的孩子们挖的沙洞里，然后“四周 (sides)”塌陷，把他埋在里面了。 19.C为了让男孩的父亲从沙子里救出孩子， 人们帮忙把沙子往 旁边挖，这样就有足够的“空间(space)”把孩子从沙洞里拽出来了。 故选 C。 20.D这里呼应开头下雪的情节，表示雪还在下，如果表示雪停 止了，应该是“stop falling” 。故选 D。 第 9页（共 10页） 三、阅读理解 1.B推理判断题。第一段提到如果孔子仍然活着并能庆祝
21、生日 的话将会有很多的蜡烛，他需要一个风扇或很大的风才能吹灭。这是 为了引起读者的兴趣，让读者继续读下去。故选 B。 2.A推理判断题。根据第四段中的“In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.”和“racing to learn Chinese”可推知， 美国学生对学习汉语有很大的兴趣，故选 A。 3.C标题判断题。本文主要向我们介绍了西方人学习中国文化 的现象，故选 C。 4.C推理判断题。本文以通俗的语言阐明一种社会现象，结合 其内容和写作风格可推断，更像是在报纸上看到的，而不是在传记、 历史论文或哲学课本上看到的，故选 C。 第 10页（共 10页）
