Unit 9Wheels(满分：120分；时间：100分钟).单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)1No，Im afraid he isnt in.This is his secretary speaking.Can I help you?_.AOh，you willBOh，thats a pityCI think soDWell，I look forward to hearing from you2The wheat crop this year is not promising because the _ from frost is too great.AdestroyBreductionCdamage Dbreak3I suggest we set up an outofclass club.Great！Thats exactly what I _.Ahave been thinking BthinkChad thought Dwill think4Whatever he promises，you cant _ anything.Arely on Brely on him to doCdepend on Dadvise him to do5What about your headache?Thanks to the medicine，it is becoming less _.Afrequent BcommonCregular Dconvenient6(2013许昌高一调研)This September over 500 students from our school _ universities.Aadmitted to Bwere admitting toChave admitted to Dwere admitted into7I would appreciate _ back this afternoon so that we can make an early decision.Ayou to call Byou callCyour calling Dyoure calling8(2013邢台高一质检)I will write the report as soon as I _ the experiment.Awill finish Bwill have finishedCfinished Dhave finished9The children should be _ for cleaning their own rooms.Awatchful BresponsibleCpresent Dpopular10The Beijing express(特快)had_ on the station when we hurriedly got to the platform.Apulled on Bpulled outCpulled round Dpulled off11What about the tie your mother bought for you?It _ my suit well.Afits BmatchesCbalances Dsatisfies12In peace，too，the Red Cross is expected to send help _ there is human suffering.Awhoever BhoweverCwhatever Dwherever13(2013安徽高考)_in the early 20th century，the school keeps on inspiring childrens love of art.ATo found BFoundingCFounded DHaving founded14(2013重庆高考)It was with the help of the local guide_the mountain climber was rescued.Awho BthatCwhen Dhow15The elderly need special care in winter，as they are _ to the sudden change of weather.Asensitive BflexibleCpositive Dsenseless.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)There have been many great inventions，which have changed the way we live.The first great invention was one that is still very important todaythe _16_.This made it _17_ to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.For hundreds of years after that there were _18_inventions that had as much effect as the wheel.Then in the early 1800s the world started to _19_.There was little unknown land _20_ in the world.People didnt have to _21_ much any more.They began to _22_ instead to make life better.In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. _23_ them were the camera，the electric light and the radio.These all became a big _24_ of our life today.The first part of the 20th century _25_ more great inventions：the helicopter in 1909，_26_movies in 1926，the computer in 1928 and jet planes in 1930.This was _27_ a time when a new material was first made.Nylon _28_ out in 1935.It changed the kind of clothes people_29_.The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people _30_over diseases.They worked very well.They made people healthier and let them _31_ long lives.By the 1960s most people could _32_ to live to be at least 60.By this time most people had a very good life.Of course new inventions _33_ to be made.But man now had a desire to _34_ again.The world is known to man but the stars are not yet.Man began looking for _35_ to go into space.Russia made the first step.Then the United States took a step.Since then other countries，including China and Japan，have made their steps into space.16A.paper BwheelCcar Dtrain17A.faster BeasierCharder Dslower18A.more BmanyCfew Dsome19A.grow BturnCbecome Dchange20A.left BremainedCstayed Dkept21A.work BexploreChunt Dtravel22A.fish BplayCwork Dstudy23A.In BAmongCBetween DDuring24A.part BchangeCplay Drole25A.made BtookCdid Dsaw26A.sound BnoiseCvoice Dspeech27A.neither BalsoCtoo Deither28A.made BwentCcame Dworked29A.did BmadeCthought Dwore30A.get BcomeCtake Dturn31A.live BkeepCstay Dmake32A.try BlikeCexpect Dseek33A.continued BhadCsupposed Dwanted34A.work BbegCexplore Dchange35A.chances BwaysCmachines Dplanes.阅读理解(共15小题；每题2分，满分30分)ALast July，my 12yearold car died on Californias Santa Ana Freeway.It was an hour before sunset，and I was 25 miles from home.I couldnt reach anyone to pick me up，so I decided to take a bus.Not knowing the routes，I figured Id just head east.A bus pulled up，and I asked the driver how far she was going.“Four more lights，”she said.There was another bus I could take from there.This