1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Making the news 练 (一 ) 语言知识运用组块专练 练准度 (限时： 25 分钟 ) .完形填空 One of Fatahs close friends had several farms. One year due to _1_ economic conditions, people were suffering starvation. This man _2_ to give the harvest of one of his farms to the _3_. So he went to the square and announ
2、ced that people could benefit from the _4_， if they were _5_， and that they could not take from the harvest more than what was _6_. The needy went there every day in large groups and benefited. The _7_ of the farm was so busy with his work that he didnt follow up (关注 ) closely on the _8_ of that pie
3、ce of land. After he had _9_ all the other pieces of land, he _10_ this particular farm he had given as charity, and _11_ his servants to go and collect any dry grass, plants and _12_ that might have remained. To the great _13_ of the servants, they found that there _14_ remained a lot of crops that
4、 had not been harvested. When getting in the harvest, they all _15_ that the harvest of that piece of land exceeded (超过 ) that of all the other pieces of land that the man owned. _16_， while it was a common _17_ to leave the land without planting any crops the following year _18_ it could regain the
5、 minerals it had _19_， it was found that this piece of land had not lost anything at all, and it was _20_ to grow crops in the following year. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。条件允许的情况下，多去帮助别人，有时你会有意想不到的收获。 1 A.common B steady C unfair D bad 解析：选 D 根据本空后 “starvation” 判断，由于经济状况不好，人们遭受饥饿。 2 A.begged B continued C decided
6、 D pretended 解析：选 C 正因为经济情况不好，人们遭受饥饿，所以法塔赫的朋友决定来帮助这些人。 3 A.sick B poor C deaf D old 【 精品教育资源文库 】 解析：选 B 法塔赫的朋友决定拿出一块地来让贫穷的人来收割庄稼。 4 A.suggestion B education C climate D land 解析：选 D 根据下文可知，人们可以从他的这块地里收割庄稼。 5 A.in need B in return C in danger D in doubt 解析：选 A 于是他就来到广场上向人们宣布 ，人们可以从他的这块地里收割庄稼，前提是他们是需要
7、帮助的人。 6 A.different B necessary C similar D sensitive 解析：选 B 人们能从这块地里收割庄稼，但不能超过他们所需要的量。 7 A.owner B reporter C neighbor D seller 解析：选 A 土地的主人太忙以至于顾不上关注那块土地的情况。 8 A.soil B design C condition D price 解析：选 C 参见上题解析。 9 A.measured B watered C cleared D harvested 解析：选 D 当他把其他土地的庄稼都收割完后，他才记起那块捐出去的土地。 10 A.
8、remembered B discovered C managed D developed 解析：选 A 参见上题解析。 11 A.warned B told C advised D taught 解析：选 B 于是他就派仆人去把那块地里剩下的东西收回来。 12 A.seeds B animals C goods D tools 解析：选 A 于是他就派仆人 去把那块地里剩下的东西收回来，不管剩下的是干草、秸秆还是种子。 13 A.relief B surprise C taste D regret 解析：选 B 根据文章下文可知，仆人们感到很惊讶。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 14 A.ag
9、ain B never C also D still 解析：选 D 看到地里仍然还剩下那么多的庄稼没有收割，他们非常惊讶。 15 A.explained B forgot C found D dreamed 解析：选 C 他们发现从这块地里收割的粮食竟然比其他任何一块都多。 16 A.However B Therefore C Anyway D Besides 解析：选 D 除此之外，还有一件事令人感到惊讶。 17 A.plan B request C practice D system 解析：选 C 通常下一年人们不会在这块地里种任何庄稼，这样就可以把失去的矿物质补充一下，这是人们普遍的做法
10、。 a common practice“ 普遍的做法 ” 。 18 A.as if B so that C now that D even if 解析：选 B 参见上题解析。 19 A.removed B wasted C saved D lost 解析：选 D 参见第 17 题解析。 20 A.possible B strange C safe D painful 解析：选 A 他们发现这块地的矿物质并没有流失，下一年还可以种庄稼。 .语法填空 At the end of one class, a wise teacher told each of her students to bring
11、 a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. The next day she told her students, “From today on, for every person you dont like in your lives, you can choose a potato, on _1_ you write the persons name. Then put the potato in the plastic bag.” Day _ 2_ day, some students bags became very heavy. T
12、hen the students _3_ (tell) to carry their bags with them everywhere they went. They would put it in bed at night, by their side when _4_ (seat) on a bus, and next to their desks at school. _5_ (carry) the bag around with them made the students get to know _6_ a weight they were carrying in their mi
13、nds. _7_ time passed by, the potatoes went bad and gave off _8_ terrible smell. They were 【 精品教育资源文库 】 all eager to get rid of the potatoes. Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to other people, and _9_ (clear) it is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our _10_ (sad) and dislikes in our hear
14、ts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. 语篇解读：一位老师通过一个有趣的实验使学生们明白了：少一些抱怨和仇恨，你将会拥有更加快乐和轻松的生活。 1 which 从句为 “ 介词关系代词 ” 引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词为 a potato，故填 which。 2 by day by day 是固 定搭配，意为 “ 一天天地 ” ，强调渐变过程。 3 were told the students 是谓语动词所表示动作的承受者，故用被动语态；本文说的是过去发生的事，故用一般过去时。 4 seated when seated on
15、a bus 是 “ 连词分词 ” 的省略形式，完整表达是 when they were seated on a bus。 be seated 是习惯表达，意为 “ 就座 ” 。 5 Carrying 此处需填提示词的 v.ing 形式构成动名词短语，在句中作主语。 6 what 本空需填 what 引导宾语从句，在 从句中作 “ 多么 ” 解。 7 As 此处需填连词 As 表示 “ 随着 ” ，引导时间状语从句。 8 a a terrible smell 意为 “ 一股难闻的味道 ” 。 9 clearly 此处需填提示词的副词形式在句中作状语，修饰后一分句。 10 sadness 本空与后
16、面的 dislikes 对应，需填提示词的名词形式作 keep 的宾语。 练 (二 ) 主观题强化增分专练 练规范 (限时： 45 分钟 ) .语法填空 Many people think the more time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day _1_ (finish) schoolwork except the three meals. According to a survey _2_ (carry) out recently, many high school
17、students now have no more than 7 hours to sleep. Consequently, their health is seriously damaged. Modern students usually have _3_ (various) of interests and hobbies. A twoday weekend can free them _4_ too much schoolwork, and they can do whatever they like. But the fact is _5_ teachers arrange lots
18、 of homework for students to do at weekends. With piles of homework _6_ (do), the students cannot afford time to enjoy themselves. Many students are bored with their weekend homework and do it carelessly, _7_， of course, makes teachers angry. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Things always get worse without right ideas
19、. Too much schoolwork makes students lose interest in learning. Its also bad for their health. A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only rest is not enough. They are _8_ (heavy) burdened with too much homework. It is high time we _9_ (take) effective measures to remove the burden upon
20、them. Please give students _10_ (little) homework and leave them more free time. 语篇解读：现在，许多高中生除了三餐外都在抓紧时间学习；然而太多的作业让他们失去了学习兴趣，甚至危害到他们的健康。本文作者倡导学生应该劳逸结合，注重学习效率。 1 finishing spend .(in) doing sth.表示 “ 某人花时间或精力 做某事 ” 。 2 carried 提示词 carry 所表示的动作与 a survey 之间是被动关系，故填过去分词。过去分词短语 carried out recently 作后置定语，修饰 a survey。 3 varieties varieties of .为固定搭配，意为 “ 各种各样的 ?” 。 4 from free sb. from .是固定搭配，意为 “ 把某人从 ? 中解放出来 ” 。 5 that 分析本句句子结构可知，此处需用 that 引导表语从句，在从句中只起连接作用，不充当任何成分。 6 to do with sth. to do 表示 “ 有某事需要去做 ” 。 7 which
