单单元元测试题测试题一. 单项选择1. His job consist _A_ helping old people who live alone. A. of B. in C. with D. at 2. _A_ Tom and Mary, I think Tom is taller. A. Comparing B. Compared C. Compare D. Being compared 3. _A with that one, this one is more suitable.A. Compared B. Comparing C. Compare D. Being compared 4. Nearly all the industry of Argentina is _B_ in the capital. A. concentrating B. concentrated C. concentrating D. being concentrated 5. I hesitate _D_ you, but will you recommend me for the post?A. ask B. asked C. asking D. to ask. 6. Harry was out going that he soon _ the other children in the kindergarten.A. came up with B. put up with C. fitted in with D. caught up with 7. His story agreed _ the facts.A, with B. to C on D. for 8. I think, Tom, rather than all of you, _ an honest boy. A. is B are C . were D. have been. 9. _ is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language. A. There B. This C That D. It 10. I knew _ John Lennon, but not _ famous one.A. /; a B. a; the C. /; the D. the; a 11. I agree with most of what you said, but I dont agree with _.A. everything B. something C. Something D. nothing. 12. In fact _ is a hard job for the police to keep order in an impart ant match. A. this B. that C. there D. it 13. Lets keep to the point or we _ any decision.A. will never reach B. have never reached. C. never reach D never reached. 14. I tried to avoid _ him because he always bored me. A. meeting B. to meet C. meet D. to be held 15. We need to concentrate resources _ the most run-down areas. A. to B. on C. in D. with 16. They _ friends since they met in Shanghai.A. have made B. have become C. have been D. have turned17. It was not until 1920 _ regular radio broadcast began.A. while B. which C. that D. since18. Mother _ him to study hard, but it didnt seem to help.A. hoped B. suggested C. insisted D. tried to persuade19. Paul doesnt have to be made_. He always works hard.A. learn B. to learn C. learned D. learning20. What _ great fun it is to have a swim on a hot day in summer.A. a B. the C. / D. of 二：完型填空。（20 分）Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 21 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 22. The alphabet we now use 23 down to us over a long period of time. It was 24 from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.Picture-writing was useful in many 25 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 26 .For example, a drawing of a 27 meant the object “man”. 28 a drawing of a man 29 on the ground with a spear in him meant 30 .Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 31 the American Indians also developed ways 32 writing in pictures. But only 33 much could be said 34 . Thousands of pictures would have been needed 35 express all the ideas that people might have. It would have 36 many thousands more to express all the objects 37 to men. No one could 38 so many pictures in a lifetime. 39 could anyone learn the meaning of all 40 drawings in a lifetime.（ ）21AwhenBbecauseCwhereDhow（ ）22AoverBmoreCelseDlater（ ）23AwentBshowedCappearedDcame（ ）24Adeveloped Bdiscovered CincreasedDgrown（ ）25AsidesBcolorsCwaysDmeanings（ ）26AstoriesBanimalsCobjectsDsubjects（ ）27Acreature BbeingCwomanDman（ ）28AButBForCAfterDBecause（ ）29AliesBlyingClayingDlain（ ）30A“die”B“death”C“sleep”D“down”（ ）31AandBwithChelpedDfollowed（ ）32AtoBaboutConDof（ ）33AnotBveryCsoDtoo（ ）34Aas follows Bthis wayCthat muchDat least（ ）35AtoBforCpossiblyDactually（ ）36AwrittenBcircledCdoneDtaken（ ）37AknownBwithCcalledDin（ ）38AwriteBdrawCwatchDtake（ ）39AEitherBSoCNorDAlso（ ）40AmanyBsomeCthatDsuch三、阅读理解（20 分）AIt doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.Al herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspaper. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that w