山西省右玉一中2016-2017学年高二英语（外研版）Book 8 Module 4 Which English（同步检测，含答案）

高二英语Book 8 Module 4 测标试题 I．语法填空 Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 1. ______ these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 2. ______ (help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 3. _______ rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 4. ______ day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he come up with an idea 5. ______ he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 6. _______ doing this for a whole day, 7. ______ he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 8. ______ (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 9.______ (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop