Unit 6 How long have you been collecting shells?(A).Words.1.Ill do my _(well) to learn English well.2.He has saved a lot of peoples _(life)since he became a doctor.3.The dog has been _(die)for two hours.4.What does Mr King say about _(travel)to China?5.We _(shall)listen to the teacher carefully in class.Choose the best answer.1.Tom _ the exam,reaching the top of place in most subjects.A.was good at B.did well inC.failed D.was weak on2.The worker has lived here for twenty years.A.since twenty years ago B.since he came here C.twenty years ago D.twenty years before3.Its raining heavily.Whos _ my umbrella?A.brought B.gotC.taken D.carried4.Mr Wang isnt here.I hear _ Beijing.A.that he has gone to B.that he has been toC.he went D.he will go.Complete the dialogue.Tim:Hi,Ann!Are you going to school?Ann:Hi,Tim!Im going to the post office.I _ (send) a letter to Bob.Tim:_ you _ (hear) from him lately?Ann:Yes,I _ (get) a letter from him the day before yesterday.Tim:How is he getting on?Ann:Very well.Hes been traveling.He _ (be) to France,Germany and Spain.Tim:How lucky he is!Where is he now?Ann:He _ (go) to England.Tim:_ he _ (be) there before?Ann:Yes.His mother is from London.He _ (be) born there.Tim:I see.I _ (hear) London is very beautiful.I _ (go) there on holiday with my family soon.Ann:Really?I hope you _ (enjoy) your trip.Reading.Chemists have been studying why people cry.They say the body produces two kinds of tears.One kind cleans out the eye if it gets dirt in it.But when people cry because of their feelings,these tears have poisonous chemicals in them.The body is getting rid of chemicals produced by strong feelings.In the United States men have hearts diseases more often than women do.Doctors say heart disease and some other diseases have something to do with the pressure.Perhaps men suffer more from these diseases because they do not cry enough.And it is possible that as more and more women work outside their home,they will also suffer from more pressures.Then everyone will need to cry more.1.Chemists are trying to understand _.A.how many kinds of tears the body makesB.why people cryC.the diseases in a modern societyD.why men have heart diseases more than women2.What is happening now?A.More women are now working outside their homes.B.More men than women are now crying.C.The poison found in the tears is killing more and more people.D.Heart diseases are on the rise.3.Why do people cry?A.They can get rid of the poison produced by strong feelings.B.For no reason at all.C.They cry when someone they know dies from a heart disease.D.People cry because they have to work outside their homes.4.Heart disease and other diseases have something to do with _.A.chemicals B.cryingC.pressure D.tears5.Men have heart disease more often than women because _.A.theres something special in the mans bodyB.men suffer more from their work than women doC.men have to work outside their homesD.theres no poison in womens tears参考答案.1.best 2.lives 3.dead 4.traveling 5.should.14 BACA.am going to send;Have,heard;got;has been;has gone; Has,been;was;hear;am going;will enjoyVI.15 BDACB