1、选修6 unit 2 练习题一单选题1. With so many different forms of peotry _, students may eventually want to write peoms of their own.A. choosing from B. chosen from C. to choose from D. to be chosen from 2. He was very busy yesterday；otherwise，he _ to the meeting.Awould come Bcame Cwould have come Dwill come3. T
2、he gasoline . Lets fill the car up at the next gas station. A. is running out B. has run out C. is being run out D. has been run out4. John is not very he often forgets what he promises to do. A. flexible B. reliable C. confident D. honest5. Had it not been for the polices help, Peter his bicycle ye
3、sterday afternoon.A. could not find B. didnt find C. could not have found D. hadnt found 6. , I got better and returned to work. A. Accidently B. Normally C. Eventually D. Particularly7. I think Im going to die. , Joe. You only have a cold.A. Dont mention it B. Take it easyC. Its hard to say D. Take
4、 care8. We were required not to any important details before it was made public. A. try out B. make out C. let out D. break out9. I stood there wanting to ask more questions but found that was not the time. A. appropriate B. typical C. accurate D. effective10. Nancy was very disappointed to hear the
5、 news. I wish I her about that.A. hadnt told B. didnt tell C. wouldnt tell D. cant tell11.They are not familiar with the project, so I dont think amounts to（意味着） much. A. what did they say B. what have they said C. whatever have they said D. whatever they say12.In recent years, China and the USA hav
6、e had a lot of _of views about the same problem.Areplacements Btransformations Cchanges Dexchanges13. People wrote letters to get in touch in the past. Nowadays email has the way people communicate.A. directed B. conveyed C. transformed D. sponsored14. It is not known yet how these huge stones were
7、_over a distance of 380 kilometers.Aremoved Btransformed Ctransmitted Dconveyed15. _ any change about the date，please tell me immediately.AWill there be BShould there be CThere will be DThere should be二、完形填空Once upon a time a king had a close friend. The friend had a habit of saying “That is good!”
8、whether the 16 he faced was positive or negative.One day, the king and his friend left for a hunt. The friend 17 the shotgun (猎枪) for the king. Apparently, he had made a(n) 18 in the preparation of the shotgun. The king 19 and it took his thumb away. When 20 the situation, the friend said 21 , “That
9、 is good!” The king answered, “No, this is not good.” He put his friend in 22 .One year later, the king was 23 in a forest, where cannibals (食人族) 24 him. They tied his hands, and piled up the 25 . When they came closer to the fire they noticed the king didnt have the 26 . As they never ate whoever h
10、ad a part of his 27 missing, they set the king free. When the king arrived at his palace, he 28 the incident about his thumb and was filled with remorse (懊悔) for the treatment given to his friend. 29 , he paid a visit to his friend. “You were 30 ,” said the king. “It was good that I lost my thumb.”
11、The king started to tell his friend everything that happened to him. “Im 31 that I sent you to prison for such a long period. It was my 32 .” “No,” the friend said, “that was a good decision.” “What do you 33 by that?” the king asked. The friend answered, “Remember that if I was not in prison, 34 I
12、would be with you in the hunt. Then you know what would have happened to me. ”Do not 35 facts or events by the immediate results! Life is a test. 16. A. situationB. choiceC. chanceD. cause17. A. carriedB. boughtC. hidD. prepared18. A. decisionB. mistakeC. effortD. attempt19. A. shotB. inspectedC. ra
13、nD. frightened20. A. describingB. improvingC. examiningD. correcting21. A. on purposeB. in sorrowC. by accidentD. as usual22. A. forestB. prisonC. hospitalD. palace23. A. fightingB. strugglingC. huntingD. reading24. A. guidedB. choseC. challengedD. caught25. A. woodB. leavesC. stoneD. sand26. A. han
14、dB. thumbC. friendD. weapon27. A. memoryB. thoughtC. bodyD. reputation28. A. rememberedB. discoveredC. recordedD. doubted29. A. SuddenlyB. IndirectlyC. FrequentlyD. Immediately30. A. generousB. politeC. rightD. smart31. A. satisfiedB. worriedC. luckyD. sorry32. A. rightB. faultC. conclusionD. sorrow
15、33. A. meanB. findC. suggestD. explain34. A. finallyB. certainlyC. nearlyD. luckily35. A. imagineB. suspectC. judgeD. admire三、阅读理解AThere is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. Sadly, she went to the holy man and asked, “What magical things do you have to bring my son back to life?
16、” Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥菜) seed from a home that has never known sadness. We will use it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman happily went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed. She first came to a splendid
17、house, knocked at the door and said, “I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is it such a place? It is very important to me.” They told her “Youve certainly come to the wrong place” and began to describe all the tragic things that had happened to them recently. The woman said to herse
18、lf, “I have had misfortune of my own. Who is able to help these poor, unfortunate people?” She stayed to comfort them, and then went on in search of a home that had never known sadness. But wherever she went, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so involved in other
19、 peoples sorrow that finally she forgot about her search for the magical mustard seed, never realizing that it had, in fact, driven the sadness out of her life.36. Which of the following does the story lead us to believe?A. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.B. Time passed cannot be called
20、 back again.C. You cant feel happy unless compared with others.D. You cant expect to know the result until you have tried.37 Instead of sending the woman away, the holy man .A. asked her to help him firstB. tried to comfort her with kind wordsC. asked her to look for a thing that didnt exist at allD
21、. tried to encourage her by talking with her38 Leaving the holy man, the woman .A. was full of hope B. was filled with sadnessC. was determined to try again D. became discouraged39 The best title for the text would be “ ”.A. A womans misfortune B. A nice surprise C. The holy mans faith D. Cure for s
22、adness BGwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America. During the 1940s and the 1950s, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor, racial (种族的) inequality
23、and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience. Gwendolyn Brooks once said that she wrote
24、 about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her materials through looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment in Chicago, Illinois.In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the Sout
25、h Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendol
26、yn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and
27、poverty (贫穷).Gwendolyn Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life. Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” attracted little attention when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the diffi
28、cult lives of many women are popular among female writers today. 40. Gwendolyn Brooks became world-famous because .A. she was an expert on the language of poetryB.she introduced black culture by writing poemsC. she fought for black rights by writing poemsD. her poems showed the lives of black women4
29、1. Which of the following can we learn from the text? A. Gwendolyn Brooks poems focused on black people in Africa.B. Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks.C. Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs. D. Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself. 42. How did Gw
30、endolyn Brooks get ideas for most of her poems?A. By observing life. B. By having talks.C. By reading widely. D. By traveling. 43. We can infer that the book “Annie Allen” mainly deals with . A. family lifeB. inequalityC. adventure D. failure四完成句子44.The book is said _ (已经译成) many languages. (transla
31、te)45.He _(把他的旧车换成新的) as soon as he won the money. (exchange)46.Should that be true, it _ (将会是愚蠢的) to argue any longer. (silly)47.我要是细心一点，是可以做得更好的。I _if I had been more careful. (can)48.蒸汽机将热能转变成动力。 A steam engine_.(transform)49._(放松几天)and you will be able to go to work again. (it).50. As I become f
32、atter and fatter, I had to _. (把我的裙子放大).(let)51_ (我的唯一去那里的理由就是) was that I wanted to meet my friends.(reason)52我无法用言语来表达我的情感。I cant _in words. 53.It is not a traditional form of English poetry, but _(受欢迎)English writers。 （popular）54. Im trying to catch up with my colleagues. If only I _(没有落后) them!(
33、fall)参考答案：1-15 CCABC CBCAA DDCDB16-35 ADBAC DBCDA BCADC DBABC36-43 CCAD BBAA44 to have been translated into 45 exchanged his old car for a new one46 would be silly 47 could have done it better 48 transforms heat into force 49Take it easy for a few days50 let my shirt out a little51 The only reason why I went there 52 conveys my emotions53 quite popular with54 hadnt fallen behind
