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期中素能测评
Unit 4 Natural disasters
Unit 4素能测评
一、 语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从每小题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
I love eating persimmons(柿子). But you can’t get them 1 autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad.
Because of my poor grades, my parents worried 2 I couldn’t get into an excellent high school. They pushed me 3 hard, but I didn’t really understand why. Summer came and I studied even 4 . The hot weather made me feel sleepy.
But every time I wanted to stop 5 , Mum would shout, “Think about your future. If you don’t work hard, you 6 it!” I had to return to my textbooks 7 were full of words. But all I thought about was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
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My mum would say to me, 8 a serious look on her face, “You won’t get 9 in autumn unless a persimmon tree grows in summer! Only by hard work 10 you get the good result of your work.”
Although I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see 11 truth of her words. Several months later, I 12 got into the key high school. It was autumn.
Walking in my new school, I could see 13 persimmon trees. The persimmon was such a red fruit that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I realized that working hard might be bitter 14 its fruit was sweet.
My mum was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow during summertime, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I had grown through the summer and now it was autumn. The fruits of my labours could 15 by me now!
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( B )1. A. unless B. until C. though D. because
( A )2. A. that B. how C. what D. why
( C )3. A. study B. studies C. to study D. studying
( B )4. A. hard B. harder C. more hard D. hardest
( D )5. A. work B. works C. to work D. working
( D )6. A. regret B. regretted C. have regretted D. will regret
( A )7. A. which B. who C. when D. where
( C )8. A. from B. of C. with D. to
( B )9. A. some fruit B. any fruit C. some fruits D. a