Unit 4 Astronomythe science of stars.单项填空1What a strange man！He loves his wife，but _ he often beats her.Aat a time Bat one timeCin time Dat the same time答案与解析：D句意为：他这个人很奇怪。他爱他的妻子但同时又经常打她。at the same time“同时”；at a time“一次”；at one time“曾经；一度”；in time“及时”。由句意可知D项正确。2You must think of a way _ into the dangerous areas.Astopping people gettingBto stop people to getCto keep people gettingDto prevent people from getting答案与解析：D“一种做的方法”为“a way to do sth./a way of doing sth.”；“阻止某人干某事”应为“stop sb.(from)doing sth./keep sb.from doing sth./prevent sb.(from)doing sth.”。3The young actors looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took _ pictures of them.Amany of Bmasses ofCplenty Da large amount of答案与解析：BA、C两项表达错误，D项后只可跟不可数名词，只有B项后可跟可数名词复数或不可数名词。4Earth is a rocky planet where there is liquid water，which is necessary for life to _.Acome BexistCstand Dhappen答案与解析：B后半句句意为：水的存在是生命存在的必要条件。exist vi.“存在；生存”，符合题意。5She made _ her task to take care of these children.Athis BthatCone Dit答案与解析：Dit在此处作形式宾语，代替真正的宾语动词不定式。6We must _ the act of cheating _ a fair competition system.Aprevent; creating Bstop; to createCkeep; from creating Dstop; creating答案与解析：B根据句意“我们必须阻止这种作弊行为来创造一个公平的竞争体制”可知第二个空格缺少目的状语，故选B项。受思维定势影响，易把此题看成是prevent/stop/keep sb./sth.from doing.句式。7_ Mr.Smith is well again，he can go on with his work.ANow and then BNow thatCThe other day DNow just答案与解析：B本句意思为“既然史密斯先生的身体好了，他就可以继续工作了”。now that“既然”。8Kate worked late in the evening to finish her report _ her boss could read it the next morning.Aso that BbecauseCbefore Dor else答案：A句意是：凯特工作到深夜写完报道，这样她的老板第二天早晨就可以读到它了。so that用来引导目的状语从句。9In a modern society full of fierce competitions，_ a person does is not always the same as _ he says.Awhat; what Bwhat; thatCthat; that Dthat; what答案：A这是一个由what引导的主语从句和宾语从句构成的复合句。what分别在这两个从句中作does和says的宾语。that引导名词性从句只起引导句子的作用，在所引导的名词性从句中不作任何成分。10Were trying to create a(n)_ of trust between management and staff.Ascene BviewCatmosphere Dsight答案与解析：C句意是：我们正努力创造管理方与员工之间的信任氛围。atmosphere 气氛，氛围；scene 情景，场景；view 景色；sight 景象。11He _ rumours here and there that the price would go up.Aspread BscatteredCexpanded Dextended答案与解析：A题意：他四处散布谣言说物价要上涨。spread“传播；散布”。12_，dear！Things wont be as bad as you think.There certainly will be chances for you.AHurry up BLook upCCheer up DMake up答案与解析：Ccheer up“振作起来”，常用于鼓励对方。13I had no idea when World War _，so I turned to my teacher for help.Abroke down Bbroke outCbroke in Dbroke away答案与解析：Bbreak down“(化合物)分解，出故障，(健康、精神等)垮下来”；break out“(战争、火灾、疾病、战争等)突然爆发”；break in“闯入，打断”；break away“脱离，脱逃”。14While in university，we were offered a number of afterschool activities to _ our social skills.Acreate BgrowCdevelop Dsettle答案：C15Its just _ among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic medal.Amuch as a competitionBas a much competitionCas much a competitionDa competition as much答案与解析：Cas much.as 与相同。.阅读理解Rising above the names I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice. “Mom，come here！Theres this lady here my size！” The mother rushed to her son；then she turned to me to apologize. I smiled and told her，“Its okay.”Then I talked to the boy，“Hi，Im Darryl Kramer.How are you？” He studied me from head to toe，and asked，“Are you a little mommy？” “Yes，I have a son，”I answered. “Why are you so little？”he asked. “Its the way I was born，”I said.“Some people are little.Some are tall.Im just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions，I shook the boys hand and left. My life as a little person is filled with stories like that.I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness.I stand three feet nine inches tall.I was born an achondroplasia dwarf(侏儒)Despite this，I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up. I didnt realize how short I was until I started school.Some kids picked on me，calling me names.Then I knew.I began to hate the first day of school each year.New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs. But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage.What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality. Im 47 now，and the stares have not diminished as Ive grown older.People are amazed when they see me driving.I try to keep a good attitude.When people are rude，I remind myself，“Look what else I havea great family，nice friends