必修四Unit 2 Working the land单元测试 3 笔试部分： I. 单项选择 1. _ they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting _ a natural fertilizer for the next years crop. A. Whatever; become B. Whichever; become C. Whatever; becomes D. Whichever; becomes 2. What about the protection? Lets keep the surface _ dirty by putting a cover over it. A. far from B. free from C. apart from D. away from 3. I have offered to paint the house _ a weeks accommodation. A. in exchange for B. in the event of C. by means of D. in place of 4. Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost. _, their political influence is still very great. A. As a result B. As usual C. Even so D. If so 5. Green products are becoming more and more popular because they are environmentally _. A. friendly B. various C. common D. changeable 6. To the surprise of many people, in ten years the citys population _ by 12%. A. gained B. expanded C. developed D. spread 7. It is the test system, _ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays. A. other than B. or rather C. rather than D. more than 8. From his _ look, we could see that he hadnt expected that we could raise such _ questions to him. A. confused; confusing B. confusing; confused C. confusing; confusing D. confused; confused 9. It is difficult to _ the discussion with all this noise around us. A. carry about B. carry on C. carry off D. carry through 10. It is difficult to imagine his _ the decision without any consideration. A. accept B. accepting C. to accept D. accepted 11. Tom spent the whole day _ in the room, reading Harry Potter VI. A. lock B. to lock C. locking D. locked 12. This journal is widely _ among teenagers in our country. A. spread B. expands C. circulated D. circled 13. It is in Qingdao _ you are going to pay a visit to _ this kind of washing machine is produced. A. /; that B. where; which C. /; where D. that; which 14. Mans first walk on the moon was a stunning technological _. A. success B. achievement C. succession D. accomplishment 15. I thought I was a good artist, but your painting puts mine in the _ . A. shadow B. shade C. effect D. influence II. 根据所给句子完成画线部分 1. Compared with maths I like English better. I _ English _ maths. 2. Even if he dies, he wont give in. Hed _ die _ give in. 3. We should save the sick free from pain. We should _ the sick _ pain. 4. He doesnt like to live a comfortable life. He doesnt _ living a comfortable life. 5. Dr Yuan has spent all his time on his research. Dr Yuan has _ all his time _ his research. III. 根据汉语提示及重点词语将下列句子译成英语 1. 再别提这件事了，关于它我一个字也不想听到。(refer) _ 2. 许多非洲儿童因缺乏食物而饿死。(lack) _ 3. 在过去的三十年时间里IT 业取得了长足的进展。(decade) _ 4. 在这个地区经常停水。 (supply) _ 5. 我遗憾地告诉你，他并没有因伤害你的感情而感到遗憾。(regret) _ IV. 完形填空 Just as most of us know, some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same 1 night after night. One would 2 them to kn ow their parts by heart and 3 have caused to falter(结巴 ). Yet the thing is not always the case. A famous actor in a 4 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act， a gaoler( 监狱 长，看守 )would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 5 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 6 , he always insisted that it should be written out in full. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 7 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler 8 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 9 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in 10 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 11 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting(眯着眼看 )his eyes, he said, “The light is 12 . Read the letter to me. ” And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 13 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied, “ The l