必修5Unit 4李仕才考点规范练（必修5Unit 4)【短文语法填空】I was visiting the Cape Verde Islands with some friends.Although it was a 1._(wind) day，the water was clear and my friends were out on the reef.Going out to snorkel(潜泳)，I 2._(notice) that an ocean current had spread to the bay，pushing me towards rocks 3._(cover) in sea urchins(海胆)Since I wasnt close to the shore，4._ would have been a tiring exercise to swim against it，so，using the current，I made it back to shore in about an hour.5_(lie) on the beach and out of breath，I heard a voice.A man，6._ was one of the guys I had just met，was getting pushed past the rocks and would be quickly carried out to sea.No one else was close，7._ I jumped into the water.Keeping a mark on all of the submerged rocks and sand bars(沙洲)，I swam out to him.“Get hold of my arm and when you reach a sand bar，grip it with your feet，”I said over the roar of the waves.With one hand，I held onto the man，and with 8._ other，I was using all of my remaining 9._(strong) to reach the sand bars.Again，I used the current to get across the bay，towards the shallows.10._(final)，we crawled up the sand and lay there watching the sun.阅读理解ARobert Michael Lipsyte is an American sports journalist and author.He was born on January 16,1938 in New York.Lipsytes father was a school head teacher,his mother a teacher.Instead of sharing a game of catch with his father,the two often visited the library and read books.One of Lipsytes children,Sam Lipsyte,is also an author and teacher at Columbia University in New York.In the first chapter of his book SportsWorld,Lipsyte points out that he did not even attend his first Major League Baseball game until he was thirteen years old.Lipsyte says he was very disappointed with his experience at the game and went to only one more game“as a paying customer”.His third Major League Baseball game was as a sports reporter for The New York Times.As a boy,Lipsyte did play sports,but he felt acute pressure to do better than others at sports which discouraged his interest.This experience later developed into a major theme in some of Lipsytes non-fiction works such as SportsWorld and novels like Jock and Jill and One Fat Summer.The main character of One Fat Summer,Bobby Marks,is an adolescent in the 1950s.He is overweight and does something about it.In 1952,Lipsyte took a summer job as a lawn(草坪) boy and lost forty pounds,ridding himself of the youthful reputation for being fat.In 1978,Robert Lipsyte was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer.His experience with the illness led to another novel for young adults,The Chemo Kid.Fred Bauer,the main character,is an ordinary high school junior and discovers he has cancer.Amazingly,Fred acquires superpowers,apparently due to the treatments,and becomes “The Chemo Kid”,fighting for the environment and against drug dealers.Lipsyte was given a position in the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame (名人堂) in 1993.The Margaret A.Edwards Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes an author and a specific body of his or her work for “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature”.Lipsyte won the award in 2001,citing(表彰) four books published from 1967 to 1993.According to the citation,“Lipsytes books focus on the search for self-definition by young adults.”1.What can we learn about Lipsyte?A.He devoted his childhood to sports.B.He taught at Columbia University.C.He came from an educated family.D.He has only one child in his life.2.What did Lipsyte do the second time he went to a Major League Baseball game?A.He watched the game.B.He reported the game.C.He played the game and lost it.D.He collected material for his book.3.What do Bobby Marks and young Lipsyte have in common?A.They didnt play sports.B.They didnt like summer.C.They dealt with their weight problem.D.They reached adulthood in the 1950s.4.Why was Lipsyte given the Margaret A.Edwards Award in 2001?A.Because he has achieved widespread fame.B.Because he has written good books for teens.C.Because he has talked about hot topics in his books.D.Because he has published a significant number of books.B(2016广州毕业班测试一)Earlier this year,the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizationsincluding The New York Times,The Guardian,and the BBCto place news stories directly into users personal Facebook webpage.Stories published using Facebook Instant Articles will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher,who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn at least for now.The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations,and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing and has been for a while.When Google News began in 2002,many saw it as the death of the newspaper.It had no human editor.Instead Google used and still uses a se