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Unit 4 Exploring literature Period 6 Extended reading(2) & Project
Ⅰ. 阅读理解。
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When She Was Princess
In 1945, the woman who was to become Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, was aged 19, keenly aware of the duties of the crown and already showing signs of a quiet determination to face the challenges that lay ahead.
Parental As Anything, with Maggie Dent
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Get Moving, Keep Moving
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( ) 1. Which book talks about how to get along with kids in their family?
A. When She Was Princess. B. Parental As Anything.
C. Get Moving, Keep Moving. D. The Harry Potter Series.
( ) 2. What do we know from the text?
A. J.K. Rowling introduces adults to Hogwarts.
B. Maggie Dent shares how to stick to exercise.
C. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ came into power when she was 19.
D. Dr Spence uses personal stories to lead readers to live a healthier life.
( ) 3. What column(专栏) in a magazine might the passage come from?
A. Literature. B. Health. C. Sports. D. Science.
B
The king seemed to know what the duke was planning. So they went upstairs and set the bag of money on the table. The king counted it out in front of everyone. Then he pointed to the girls and said, “These poor little lambs. They've suffered so much. I know what my brother would want me to do.”
He turned to the duke and made those hand signs. The duke watched for a minute, and then his eyes brightened up like he'd finally caught on. He gave the king a big smile.
The king said, “Here, Mary Jane, Susan, and Joanna. Take the money. Take it all.”
The three girls started hugging him again. But the town doctor who'd stood watching the whole time, stuck his finger in the king's face.
“You can't fool me!” he hollered. “You are just a fraud!”
My heart thumped like a rabbit and I thought we were caught for sure!
The king stood there, looking gapjawed at the doctor. The doctor kept on yelling, “You claim you're an Englishman, but that's the worst English accent I've ever heard! You are nothing but a swindler.” The crowd gathered around the doctor, trying to quiet him down.
“No,” one man argued. “It's really Harvey Wilks.”
“Yeah,” another agreed. “He knew everybody's name. He even knew all our dogs' names.”
“I'm telling you,” the doctor warned. “Anyone who can't imitate an accent better than that is a fraud.”
The Wilks girls hung their heads and cried. That's when the doctor turned to them and said, “I was your father's friend. I only want to protect you and keep you out of trouble. He's an imposter who's come here with a lot of names and facts that he picked up somewhere else. Won't you please turn this rascal out?”
Mary Jane straightened up, looking proud. “Here is my answer to that.” She picked up the bag of money and put it right in the king's hands. “Here,” she said. “Take the whole $6,000 and invest it for me and my sisters.”
Then she put her arm around the king on one side, and the other girls did the same on the other. Everyone clapped and stomped while the king held his head high.
The doctor pointed his finger at them. “Fine. But remember, I warned you.”
After supper I started wondering what I ought to do. Should I go to that doctor and tell him the truth? I couldn't do that. The king and the duke might find out it was me, and they'd have my hide for sure. I knew Mary Jane wouldn't believe me.
( ) 4. What did the duke learn from those hand signs made by the king?
A. The king wanted the duke to count the money out.
B. The king was happy to share money with the three girls.
C. The king would pretend to give the money back to the girls.
D. The king asked the duke to hide the money and shared it together.
( ) 5. How did Huckleberry feel when the doctor doubted the king?
A. He felt quite nervous. B. He felt his jaw painful.
C. He felt calm and relaxed. D. He felt amazed and happy.
( ) 6. What does the underlined word “imitate” in Paragraph 10 mean?
A. Develop. B. Copy. C. Hide. D. Prefer.
( ) 7. What can we infer from the text?
A. Mary Jane deeply trusted the doctor because they were friends.
B. The doctor envied the king who would take the money away.
C. The duke made three girls firmly think of him as their uncle.
D. Huckleberry was anxious to tell Mary Jane the truth but he didn't.
Ⅱ. 完形填空。
The day I met Hani, she was a shy, 17yearold girl of the Indonesian international school, where I taught English. She asked if I could help her __1__ her English. I could tell it took great __2__ for the young girl to __3__ me and ask for help. “I want to go to a US university,” she said with confidence. I was surprised.
I agreed to help her. For several months, Hani __4__ each morning at five and studied on the bus. At 4 p.m., she reached my classroom, __5__ but ready to work. When meeting Hani at her shabby(简陋的) house, I realized it was impossible for her to __6__ the expenses of a US university. Hani's interest was increasing with her language ability but I was becoming more and more __7__.
One day I received the announcement of a(n) __8__ opportunity for a major US university. After reading the __9__, I knew Hani couldn't meet the qualifications. I told her the truth. But she remained __10__. “Will you send in my name?” she asked. I couldn't turn her down and completed the application.
In the following weeks, I arranged for her to take the Test of English Fluency, which would be a big __11__ for whoever had never __12__ a computer before. For two weeks, we studied how a computer works. Then, she received a letter from the scholarship association. She had been __13__.
I leaped(跳跃) around the room, overjoyed and shocked. Hani stood by, smiling. I realized it is not talent alone that brings success, but also the __14__ to succeed, the commitment(投入) to work hard and the courage to __15__ yourself.
( ) 1. A. assume B. recover C. improve D. recognize
( ) 2. A. basis B. courage C. technique D. concern
( ) 3. A. attach B. revise C. seek D. approach
( ) 4. A. woke B. stretched C. sweated D. breathed
( ) 5. A. energetic B. tired C. flexible D. awkward
( ) 6. A. recommend B. recall C. reduce D. afford
( ) 7. A. confident B. inspired C. discouraged D. generous
( ) 8. A. performance B. scholarship C. independence D. adventure
( ) 9. A. resources B. measures C. reflections D. requirements
( )10. A. determined B. wellmeaning C. wellrounded D. responsible
( )11. A. character B. exchange C. challenge D. contribution
( )12. A. designed B. touched C. pressed D. admired
( )13. A. accepted B. cured C. frightened D. attacked
( )14. A. adaptation B. opportunity C. option D. drive
( )15. A. let go of B. take pride in C. believe in D. bring out
Ⅲ. 语法填空。
On March 29, 1974, farmers 1.________(dig) a well northeast of Xi'an when they found the bodies of life sized figures, made of terracotta. Archeologists later confirmed that the 2.________(object) were from the Qin Dynasty. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty was Qin Shihuang, 3.________ made the city of Xianyang his capital. It was no secret that when Qin Shihuang died, he 4.________(bury) in a huge tomb more than 70 meters tall, northeast of Xi'an. Through the ages, details of his tomb had become forgotten, and so when it was dug up in 1974, the whole world reacted 5.________ surprise.
We now know that the army was built for the 6.________(protect) of Qin Shihuang in death. Each statue was painted in bright color, 7.________(base) on a real soldier, although the paint has faded. However, what's inside the tomb is still 8.________ secret. The tomb has not been unearthed because there are still a lot of challenges 9.________(preserve) what is found. It is 10.________(wide) recognized that it could be many more years before all the secrets there are discovered.
Ⅰ.
A
1—3 BDA
B
4—7 CABD
Ⅱ. 1—5 CBDAB 6—10 DCBDA 11—15 CBADC
Ⅲ. 1. were digging 2. objects 3. who 4. was buried 5. in 6. protection
7. based 8. a 9. to preserve 10. widely
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