Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land 单元测试卷-【新课程能力培养】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第二册练习手册（人教版）

Unt4单元检测卷。 单元检测卷 第一部分听力（略） it in Santa's magical mailbox.A few days be- 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） fore Christmas,they will receive letters at 第一节（共l5小题，每小题2.5分，满分their own homes from Santa. 37.5分) Elf University 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选 Elf University is the place where elves go 项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 to school.It's also the place where kids enjoy A making Christmas presents,coloring Christmas Welcome to the North Pole Adventure pictures,and even filling out applications to The North Pole Adventure is a one-of-a-become elves one day. kind interactive Christmas attraction for the Admission entire family.Unlike other Christmas attrac- Buy your tickets online to avoid waiting tions,it is open from November 25 until in line.If the tickets sell out when you buy Christmas Eve.It is not a guided tour.While them online,there will still be tickets available elves(小精灵)are throughout the adventure;at the ticket office. to interact with your children,your kids can ()21.The North Pole Adventure. spend as much time in each area as they wish. A.provides visitors with tour guide The adventure features a replica(复制品)of service the North Pole including everything you imag- B.is open to visitors for nearly one ine at Santa's North Pole. month Santa's House C.is modeled on other Christmas Kids will experience what it's like at the attractions North Pole and see first-hand what it takes for D.arranges elves to entertain kids Santa and his elves to get ready for Christmas in some areas each year.The memories your children will )22.What can we learn from the pas- take away from Santa's House will be ones sage? they will remember for a lifetime. A.Kids can have fun in Santa's Post Office House by dressing up like Santa. All kids will be assisted by Santa's elves B.Elf University offers kids op- in writing a letter to Santa and then depositing portunities for becoming elves. 2 N 高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） C.Kids who visited Post Office my parents would say if they saw me living in would receive letters on these conditions like these "dirty"English. Christmas Eve. After several weeks on the road,we did look D.Tickets to the adventure can be tired;but his choice of the word "dirty"in- bought online if they sell out terested me.He was showing a historic dislike at the ticket office. of the English that some Europeans had.In ()23.Where can you probably see the that part of Europe,both the Turks and the article? Greeks,who dislike each other to this day, A.A tourist booklet. blamed(责怪)the English for their national B.A science fiction. disasters.He ignored my explanations of hav- C.A newspaper. ing accepted the challenge of hitchhiking.He D.A storybook. took me home and his family,especially his ()24.If you fail to buy the ticket online, mother and sisters,showed me Greek hospi- you could tality(好客)at its best.. A.have no way My experience in Greece could not have B.buy it at the office differed more from the situation facing Pak- C.avoid waiting in line istanis-and others seeking shelter-in Greece D.purchase it at the ticket office today.On recent visits to Greece in connection B with my study on Islam in Europe,I saw the My first trip to Greece took place in the trouble of the refugees ()Some said 1960s.There I accepted a challenge to hitch-that they had been physically beaten.Howev- hike (with a group of English er,there are good stories of ordinary Greeks friends from my university in Birmingham to giving shelter to some hopeless refugees.The Athens with little money.For me,a 20-year-sense of Greek hospitality that I experienced old girl,I had not done anything like this be-as a student does exist. fore.It was so hard on the road.We slept in ()25.What was the author's purpose of the open air,ate little more than bread and taking a trip to Greece in the cheese,and depended heavily on the help of 1960s? strangers.But it helped me learn about Euro- A.To visit a friend in Greece. pean society. B.To complete a challenge brave- One day,my Greek friend came to see ly. me at the youth hostel and asked me to step C.To learn how to hitchhike to outside.He was angry with me.He reminded other countries. me of my social background and asked what D.To increase her knowledge ab- 28 Unt4单元检测卷。 out European society. ⊙ ()26.What did the author find during The Cave of Lascaux her recent visits to Greece? It was Thursday,September 12,1940. A.Many Greeks lived a very bad Four French teens were out exploring in the life. woods off the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. B.The country hadn't changed Many years before,an old pine tree fell and much. left a large hole in the ground.The teenagers C.Some refugees were badly trea- were curious and they started to explore the ted. area and fell into one of the most important D.Many people were leaving the archaeological (finds of the twenti- country. eth century！ ()27.What does the author want to show There are over a hundred limestone by giving the example in the last caves in this region of France.Some were paragraph? inhabited by humans thousands and thousands A.Many Greek people still love of years ago.Between 15,000 and 17,000 helping others. years ago,humans painted lively creatures B.Many people in Greece need such as cows,bulls,horses,and even cats on help. the walls of the caves. C.Greece is a safe country for Why did they mark these walls?Was it refugees. to tell a story?Was it to record a famous bat- D.Helping others is very impor-tle?There are many mysteries and ancient se- tant. crets still waiting to be discovered in the cave ()28.What can we learn from the story?:of Lascaux.There were dots in many of the A.The girl had much money when paintings.What do these dots mean?Were she traveled. they meant to record time,a calendar?Deep B.She had no hitchhike experience in the cave,there is a drawing of a "bird- before she went to Greece. man".What does this mean?Was it a place C.Her friend's family didn't wel-for sacred ceremonies?No one knows for come her. sure. D.The sense of Greek hospitality The actual cave of Lascaux was closed in that she experienced as a stu- 1963 due to the overabundance of tourists vis- dent doesn't exist. iting the site.The carbon dioxide that people were breathing out was causing damage to the :fragile(易损的)cave paintings.Up till now 29 高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） the Lascaux cave is still closed for tourists.mother taught him at home,but Thomas was Only a specialist can visit the cave by a spe- mostly self-educated.He started experimenting cial order that must be made out almost a year at a young age. in advance.Not more than six persons can en- When he was 12 years old,he got his ter the cave per day.Two days a week,the first job.He became a newsboy on a train.He cave is completely closed.Due to the great in-:did experiments on the train in his spare time. terest of numerous tourists,in 1983 Lascaux Unluckily,his first work experience did not II was opened for tourism.It is an exact repli-end well.They fired him when he accidentally ca of the cave of Lascaux. set fire to the floor of the train.Then Edison )29.The Pyrenees are the in Fr-:worked for five years as a telegraph operator, ance. but he continued to spend much of his time in A.mountains B.forests experimenting his first patent in 1868 for a C.rivers D.caves vote recorder run by electricity. ()30.What does the underlined word Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one “inhabited”in the second para- ear and hard of hearing in the other,but he graph mean? thought of his deafness as a blessing in many A.Built. B.Explored. 、 ways.It kept conversations short,so that he C.Lived in. D.Destroyed. could have more time for work.He always ()31.In the author's opinion,the cave worked 16 out of every 24 hours.Sometimes paintings are his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat A.old Thomas Edison died at the age of 84.He B.beautiful left a great many inventions that greatly im- C.easily damaged proved the quality of life all over the world. D.interesting ()32.How often did Edison make a new D invention? Thomas Edison lit up the world with his A.About every fourteen days. invention of the electric light.Without him,the B.About every seven days. world might still be in the dark.However,the C.About once a week. electric light was not his only invention.He D.About twice a week. also invented the motion picture camera and ）33.The underlined word“fired”in 1,200 other things.About every two weeks he the passage means“ created something new. A.gave somebody a job Thomas Edison was born in 1847.He at- B.set fire to somebody tended school for only three months.His C.let somebody down 30 Unt4单元检测卷。 D.forced somebody to leave his tially webbed,which helps the bear travel job through the ice-filled ocean and swim great ()34.Edison considered his deafness as distances-up to 300 kilometres at a time.A special layer of fat keeps these animals warm A.something bad and afloat. B.a gift The polar bear is referred to as a marine C.a kind of ability mammal.38. —the polar bear can D.a disadvantage be as long as three metres and weigh between ()35.What does the passage mainly talk 350 to 700 kilograms.That's about four to about? eight times more than the average North A.The function of the electric lig- American man. ht. 39. The bear is also much faster B.Edison and his experiments. than man,reaching speeds of 40 km/hr when C.The importance of inventions. in a sprint.Half of a polar bear's waking D.The whole life of Edison. hours are spent on the hunt,often for seals. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分 The bear can pick up the smell of a seal a 12.5分) kilometre away or through a thick pack of ice 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出 and snow.If a seal can't be found,birds,ro- 能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 dents or even vegetation will be used as nour- 多余选项。 ishment.Those sources become key for female Polar Bears Rule the Arctic bears,which need to build up fat stores when With the coronavirus pandemic keeping pregnant and nursing. many people isolated at home,there's never While a female polar bear can give birth been a better time to do some armchair trav- to between one and three cubs,she is most elling.And,no one can take you on a better likely to have twins.40. virtual trip than the makers of Great BIG na- A.The polar bear shows grace in ture videos.36. freezing waters,too. Polar bears-the largest land carnivores B.The polar bear has transparent fur, (食肉动物)in the world-一rule the north, which in the shining sun,seems white. proudly hiking from ice flow to ice flow in C.The most recent release in their search of food.Wandering and hunting,a sin- video series is a trip north to the Arctic, gle bear can travel up to 9,000 kilometres a where the powerful polar bear rules supreme. year. D.It is because it relies on the Arctic 37. Its massive paws are par- Ocean for food and habitat. 31 高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） E.Its hunting skills are extraordinary. thing on it,I could only think about the 50 F.The polar bear's hunting skills are I'd just had with my dad.I wrote "I am the better than many other animals. son of an idiot!"then 51 into the room, G.Those baby bears are born helpless and handed it to our professor. and may nurse for two years or longer,but Next day,our professor 52 the thought eventually they too will become rulers of cards and I 53 he wrote,"What does the the Arctic. son of an idiot'do with the rest of his life?" 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 The professor's innocent-seeming question 30分) 54 me to the issue:whose problem is it? 第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题1 55,my thinking began to shift.I realized 分，满分15分) that I had created a life in which I was not a 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四 central figure! 个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入 The process of growth wasn't easy or 空白处的最佳选项。 fast.Years later,I became a successful student I believe different people have experi- and then a successful teacher. enced different adolescence.I must admit I( ）4l.A.limited B.special was still an angry adolescence in my first year C.practical D.fantastic of college. ）42.A.ordinary B.private Our finances were 41,so I chose to C.local D.state go to a(n)42 college and take a bus to ( ）43.A.serious B.controversial classes every day.One day I had a(n)43 C.unfriendly D.anxious fight with my father.We both exploded into ）44.A.stormed B.wandered shouts.I 44 out of the house and missed C.slipped D.stepped my bus to school. ）45.A.leaped B.walked I rushed all the way to school.As I 45 C.ran D.headed across the campus towards my class,I sudden- ）46.A.duty B.assignment ly realized I didn't have the 46 that was C.commitment D.material due:a thought card.My professor asked us to ）47.A.take up B.put down 47 an index card with our names and the C.hand out D.bring down dates every Tuesday.48 what was on the ）48.A.Due to B.Regardless of rest of the card,we could write a thought,a C.As for D.Thanks to question or something else. ）49.A.Concerned B.Desperate Now,outside the door,ten minutes later, C.Excited D.Active I took an index card.49 to write some-( ）50.A.issue B.conversation 32 Unit4单元检测卷 C.dispute D.fight But critics say that,more 61. ）51.A.poured B.entered (importance),eighth-grade graduations may C.dashed D.approached send the wrong message-that an eighth-grade )52.A.gave back B.checked out education is enough.They especially care about C.put away D.passed on poor communities 62. many people ( ）53.A.exploded B.recognized never finish high school.63. growing C.discovered D.ignored number of middle school administrators seem ）54.A.awoke B.forced to agree.They 64. (make)changes. C.scared D.adjusted For example,instead of graduation,some (）55.A.Slowly B.Rapidly schools now call it a promotion ceremony. C.Generally D.Swiftly Some are urging to hold“moving up”cere 第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分 monies 65. the end of the eighth 15分) grade.Families would celebrate for students 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内 who are moving up to the next level of their e- 容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 ducation. In the United States,middle school is the 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）》 period between elementary（初级)school:第一节应用文写作（满分l5分） and the eighth grade.Often this is a difficult 假定你是李华，你和同学组建了一个名 period of change for children.56. all:为Starry Skies的乐队。你的朋友美国留学 goes well,four years later,they will be high 生Mike擅长吉他演奏，请你给他写一封电 school graduates. 子邮件，邀请他加入乐队。 Graduation is a term 57. (tra- 内容要点如下： ditional)connected with high school or col- 1.写信目的： lege.Yet there are even kindergartens and 2.乐队介绍； preschools that hold“graduations”.These 3.排练时间和地点。 might be mostly for fun.But some people are 注意：1.词数100左右： concerned 58. the popularity of 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； eighth-grade graduations.Some families may 3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。 have trouble 59 (pay)for costly Dear Mike, celebrations organized by parents or schools. How are you doing? And 60. may feel social pressures to take part.The same criticism has been made for years about high school graduations and Yours, senior proms(班级舞会). Li Hua 33 高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） 第二节读后续写（满分25分） were unwilling to take any chances. 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续 On the fourth or fifth night,we had trou- 写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 ble finding a hotel with a vacancy(空房). A Vacation with My Mother After driving in vain for some time,mom I had an interesting childhood.It was suddenly got a great idea:Why didn't we find filled with surprises and amusements,all be-:a house with a backyard and ask if we could cause of my mother-loving,sweet,yet ab-set up tent there?David and I became ner- sent-minded and forgetful.One strange family vous.To our great relief,dad turned down the trip we took when I was eleven tells a lot idea.Mom never could understand our objec- about her. tions(反对).If a strange family showed up My two sets of grandparents lived in on her front doorstep,mom would have been Colorado and North Dakota,and my parents delighted.She thinks everyone in the world is decided to spend a few weeks driving to those as nice as she is.We finally found a vacancy states and seeing all the sights along the way.in the next town. As the first day of our trip approached,David, 注意： my eight-year-old brother,and I unwillingly 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右： said good-bye to all of our friends.Who knew 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已 if we'd ever see them again?Finally,the mo- 为你写好。 ment of our departure arrived,and we loaded Paragraph 1: suitcases,books,games,camping equipment, The next day we remembered the brand- and a tent into the car and bravely drove off. new tent we had brought with us.We decided However,two hours later,we bravely drove to camp along the river. back home to get the purse and traveler's checks that mom had forgotten. David and I were always a little nervous when using gas station bathrooms if mom was driving while dad slept:"You stand outside Paragraph 2: the door and play lookout(放哨)while I We drove through several states and saw go,and I'll stand outside the door and play lots of great sights along the way. lookout while you go."I had terrible pictures in my mind:“Honey,where are the kids?” “What?！Oh,Gosh.I thought they were be- ing awfully quiet in the car."We were never actually left behind in a strange city,but we 34高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） 他决定给他买咖啡、炸薯条和面包。帮助别人使作者非 常开心，以后他仍会这样做。 56.t【解析】考查代词的用法。代词it指代天气。 今天是个好天气，适合我们家人出去走走。 57.accidentally【解析】考查副词的用法。本句句 意：我的儿子杰森当时才四岁，在小睡过程中尿湿了裤 子。空格填副词accidentally,修饰谓语动词wetted。 58.walking/to walk【解析】考查非谓语的用法。在 stat后可接动名词或动词不定式，意为“开始做某事”， 填walking/to walk,在句中作宾语。 59.the【解析】考查冠词的用法。本句句意：在途 中，我看见一个流浪汉坐在街边，举个牌子，乞讨食 物。填定冠词the,表示特指。 60.hungry【解析】考查形容词的用法。根据语境， 这个流浪汉在乞讨食物，因为他饿了。填形容词 hungry,相当于句子“(Iam)just hungry'”的省略。 61as【解析】考查状语从句的引导词。此处句意： 像往常一样，我从他身边走过。填连词s,意为 “像.一样”。 62.there【解析】考查上下文的逻辑关系。前句“I decided that if he was still there when I came back,I'd help him.”为暗示。（当我回来时，我发现他仍在那 里。)填副词there,.表示地点。 63.which【解析】考查的是定语从句中关系词的选 择。先行词为the food,逗号后为非限制性定语从句， 关系代词which在从句中作宾语。 64.ifwhether【解析】考查的是宾语从句中关系词的 选择。动词kow为宾语从句，填连接词表示“是否”。 65.won't【解析】考查的是谓语动词。句意：也许， 下次我会不假思索地去帮助那些流浪汉。本句中的next time暗示本句陈述的是将来的事情，空格在动词前，因 此填助动词的否定式won't。 第四部分写作 第一节应用文写作 Dear fellow students. We are inviting you to join the volunteer team of our Unit 4 第二部分 第一节 2l.B【解析】由第一段第四行“it is open from November25 until Christmas Eve.”可知B选项正确；由 第一段第五行“It is not a guided tour..”一句可知A错 90 school.When you join it,you will have many opportunities to help others,which can give you much pleasure.Besides, we will organize activities regularly,so you can meet and make friends with more students.You can improve your communication skills along the way. If you want to be a member,you should be ready to help others.And you should be a person with great pa- tience,for sometimes you might have to help someone who is difficult to get along with.Moreover,you should be able to spare enough time for voluntary work. Come here,sign up,and enjoy a different life experi- ence! The Students'Union 第二节读后续写 【参考范文】 Paragraph 1: Every day afier school,Reuben started his plan.Cold and hungry,Reuben wandered the streets,searching for the nail bags carefully.To save more money,he even decided to deliver papers in the early morning.Exhausted and tired as he felt,he still stuck to the plan.It was the brooch in the shop window that reminded him that what he did was worthwhile.After a long time of hard work,he made it eventually. Paragraph 2: Finally,the time came!He took out the soda tin,poured the coins out and began to count.Five dollars!His hard work paid off!Holding the soda tin firmly,Reuben rushed for the shop to buy the brooch.The moment he got the beautiful brooch,he burst through the front door and placed it in Dora's hand.Never had Dora received such a gift. Speechless and happy,she held her son tightly into her arms,with tears welling up in her eyes. 单元检测卷 误；由第一段第三行“Unlike other Christmas attractions'” 可知C选项错误；由第一段第五行“While elves(小精 are throughout the adventure to interact with your children,your kids can spend as much time in each area as they wish.”可知D选项错误。 22.B【解析】由第四段中“even filling out applications to become elves one day.”一句可知B选项 正确；A选项文章没有提及；由第三段“A few days before Christmas,they will receive letters at their own homes from Santa..”一句可知C选项错误；由最后一段 "If the tickets sell out when you buy them online,there will still be tickets available at the ticket office.”一句可 知D选项错误。 23.A【解析】本文最可能摘自旅游手册；B选项是 科学板块；C选项是报纸；D选项是故事书，都不 符合。 24.D【解析】由最后一段“If the tickets sell out when you buy them online,there will still be tickets available at the ticket office.”可知D选项正确。 B 25.B【解析】根据第一段的“There I accepted a challenge to hitchhike(搭便车)with a group of English friends from my university in Birmingham to Athens with little money.”可知作者去希腊是为了完成一次挑战。 26.C【解析】根据第三段的“Some said that they had been physically beaten..”可知，作者最近去希腊发现 那里的难民遭到了虐待。 27.A【解析】根据最后一段“The sense of Greek hospitality that I experienced as a student does exist." 知，作者是想表明希腊人还是跟以前一样热心善良。 28.B【解析】根据第一段第五行“For me,a20- year-old girl,I had not done anything like this before." 知B选项正确；根据第一段第五行“with little money.” 可知A选项错误；根据第二段最后一句话可知C选项 错误；根据最后一段最后一句话可知D选项错误。 29.A【解析】细节理解题。由第一段的“Four French teens were out exploring in the woods off the northern slopes of the Pyrenees.”中的“the northern slopes'” 北部山坡可知。 30.C【解析】词义猜测题。由原文的句意可知，这 些山洞是几千年前人类居住的地方。 3l.C【解析】细节理解题。由第四段的“The carbon dioxide that people were breathing out was causing damage to the fragile cave paintings.”可知该山洞壁画容 易被损坏。 32.A【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中“About every two weeks he created something new.”可知，爱迪 生每两周就有新的发明。 33.D【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中“Unluckily,. 参考答案与解析。 his first work experience did not end well.They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train." 知fire是解雇，意思是被迫离开他的工作。 34.B【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段中“Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other,but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.”可知，他的聋被他看作是祝福、礼物。 35.D【解析】主题归纳题。根据第一段中“Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric ght”及通读全文可知，本文主要讲的是爱迪生的一生。 第二节 36.C【解析】根据前文“Great BIG nature videos” 引出下文他们最近发布的影片。选项C中“The most recent release in their video series”即他们最近发布的系 列片。 37.A【解析】下文说北极熊的爪子上有璞partially webbed,可以帮助它穿过被冰覆盖的大洋，一次游很远 的距离。特殊的脂肪层为北极熊保暖，帮其浮在海上。 这些身体特征都是北极熊能在寒冷的水域很好生活的 原因。 38.D【解析】上一句说北极熊是一种海洋哺乳类动 物marine mammal。D选项进一步说明了北极熊被归类 为海洋哺乳动物，是因为他依赖北冰洋捕食和栖息。 39.E【解析】根据下文可知，本段讲的是北极熊出 色的捕猎能力。最大干扰项是F,本段没有将北极熊的 捕猎能力与其他任何动物相比，所以不选F。 40.G【解析】前一句的“give birth to”指生育；而 cub是幼兽的意思，这里指baby bear。 第三部分 第一节 41.A【解析】由下文可知，“我”经常乘公交车上 学，因此此处表示“我家经济并不宽裕”，故选A项。 42.C【解析】根据“我”经常乘公交车上学可知， 我选择了上当地的一所大学。 43.A【解析】由下文中的“We both exploded into shouts.”可知，“我”与父亲发生了一次严重的争吵， 故选A项。 44.A【解析】由语境可知，“我”和父亲发生冲突 之后，气冲冲地走(stormed)出房子。 45.C【解析】由上文中的“I rushed all the way to school”可知，“我”跑向教室。 46.B【解析】教师布置的任务是我们要在每周二带 来自己的“thought card”,写上自己的姓名、日期、想 法、问题或者其他事情。 47.D【解析】参见上题解析。 91 高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版） 48.C【解析】卡片上要写姓名、日期，至于余下的 部分，可以写想法、问题或其他事情。 49.B【解析】“我”刚与父亲发生冲突，又忘记带 教授布置的作业，因此应是绝望地在上面写了一些东 西，故选B项。 50.D【解析】由上文中的“One day I had a(n)43 fight with my father.”可知，此处应选D项。 51.C【解析】根据语境可知，此处应该是猛冲 (dashed)进教室，故选C项。 52.A【解析】第二天，教授归还我们卡片。 53.C【解析】教授归还卡片，“我”发现(discovered) 了教授所写的话，故选C项。 54.A【解析】教授看似平淡的问题唤醒(awoke) 了“我”。 55.A【解析】由下文中的“my thinking began to shit”可知，“我”的想法慢慢地变了。 第二节 56.f【解析】所填词引导条件状语从句，表示“如 果”，故用f。 57.traditionally【解析】所填词修饰动词connect, 故用其副词形式。 58.about【解析】be concerned about sth.“关注某 事”，为固定搭配。 59.paying【解析】have trouble(in)doing sth.“做 某事遇到了麻烦”，故用pay的动名词形式。 60.they【解析】所填词在句中作主语，指代上文的 some families,故用they。 6l.importantly【解析】修饰句子，作状语用副词 形式。 62.where【解析】此处引导定语从句，在从句中作 地点状语，故用where。 63.A【解析】growing作定语修饰number,.a number of“很多，许多”，为固定搭配。 64.are making【解析】由下文的举例可知，make changes是正在进行的，故填are making。 65.at【解析】at end of“在…结束的时候”，为固 定搭配。 第四部分 第一节 92 【参考范文】 Dear Mike, How are you doing?Recently,my schoolmates and I have set up a band named Starry Skies.Now I'm writing to invite you to join us.Our band is made up of a group of young people who are keen on pop music and seek to practice and perform together.We gather at music hall to practice from 3 p.m.to 5 p.m.every Saturday afternoon.I know that you are an enthusiastic music lover like us and that you are very good at playing the guitar.We really hope that you can be our guitarist.We will surely have some wonderful music experiences together.Please feel free to contact me if you are interested. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 第二节 【参考范文】 Paragraph 1: The next day we remembered the brand-new tent we had brought with us.We decided to camp along the river. The views there were surprisingly beautiful-the warm sun- shine,the fresh air,the clean water.We sat on the grass,en- joying the splendid nature.However,when Dad was about to put up our tent,he was disappointed to find that it had been left in the hotel.Well,dad had to go back to fetch it to continue our camping. Paragraph 2: We drove through several states and saw lots of great sights along the way.Every time we got to a new place, mom would cheer up like a child.She would get off the car excitedly,laughing and dancing around.Together we enjoyed the modern sights in the big cities,the historical buildings in the small towns and the amazing scenery in nature.When we came back to the hotel after the tiring but excellent visit,mom would hug us and kiss us on our faces. How sweet she was!Absent-minded and forgetful as she was,she never forgot to express her love to us.