Unit3 Back to the past-Reading测试

  Unit3 Back to the past-Reading测试   双基提要 1.         words：body, destroy, house, wealthy, commercial, gradually, cultural, institute, ruin, remains, paint, pot, material, document, temple, workshop 2.         Phrases：be off to … , house sth. ,  neither … nor…, find sth. interesting , run through , prevent…from …,  be used for , as well as, take control of , provide space for,  be destroyed by… 3.         Sentence structures: 1) It is believed by many people to have been gradually covered over by sandstorms from AD 200 to AD 500. 2) We found the ruins most interesting.   课堂反馈 一、单项选择 1. There ____ nothing but some desks and chairs in the room.   A. is           B. are             C. be                   D. has been 2. The old ______.   A. need respecting                    B. needs respecting   C. need to respect                         D. needs to be respected 3. Over 80 percent of the population of China ______ peasants.   A. is           B. are             C. was                 D. be 4. Tom as well as two of his classmates ____ invited to the party.   A. was        B. were          C. has                  D. have 5. Reading books every day _____ a good habit in learning a language.   A. will        B. are             C. is                    D. has 6. Not only I but also Mary and Tom _____ tired after a long walk.   A. was        B. is               C. were               D. have 7. Two-thirds of time _____ spent on books.   A. has         B. have          C. is                    D. are 8. The United States ______ in America.   A. is           B. are             C. lie                   D. lays 9. The books lie _____ on the floor.   A. opened   B. opening      C. open               D. close 10. When we ___ down from the hill, it had _____ dark.   A. turned; turned      B. got; got   C. were; been            D. became; became 11. Among the passengers _____ the judge of our district, Mr J.C. Smith.    A. was             B. were          C. are                    D. be 12. Tom is one of the students who _____ on time.    A. is         B. am             C. are                    D. was 13. Either you or the headmaster ____ the prize to these gifted students at the meeting.    A. is handing out                B. are to hand out    C. are handing out               D. is to hand out 14. A library with five thousand books ____ to the nation as a gift.    A. is donated  B. has donated   C. are donated    D. have donated 15. All that can be done ________.    A. has been done    B. have been done      C. have done       D. has done 巩固练习 一、完形填空： Susan Cleveland is the young president of a candy company in the city of Chicago. Her father began the company in the 1960's. He died three years ago. Now, the company belongs to Susan. Susan,   1   , did not have any jobs before becoming head of the company. She just finished the college. The employees(雇员) became   2   concerned during Susan's first months   3   the job. Mr Cleveland had been a   4   leader. But Susan permitted   5   employees to make their own   6  . One employee said, “Old Mr Cleveland   7   told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash.   _8  the company did well.” What does a “short leash” mean? A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash   9   our pet dogs. The leash keeps the dog from  10   away   11  getting into trouble. Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her  12    close control. The person can't make many decisions for himself or herself. Mr Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash.  13  , she encourages them to get   14   ways to do business. For example, her secretary proposed(建议) an idea. She said the company should   15   a sum of money as a prize to the best student in the high school   16   the factory. The winner could used the prize money to study at a university. Mr Cleveland   17   the idea. After the prize was announced,  18  who lived in the area of the factory began to buy   19   of the company's candy. Local newspapers wrote about the competition. Business   20  . Ms Cleveland made her secretary the company's first Director of Public Relations. The former secretary was very pleased. 1. A. but              B. yet                 C. so                D. however 2. A. so little                B. even less            C. even more            D. no more 3. A. on             B. in                  C. for               D. at 4. A. weak           B. strong               C. kind              D. clever 5. A. no             B. a few              C. few                 D. many 6. A. products        B. candy              C. decisions             D. plans 7. A. never            B. always                   C. seldom               D. did 8. A. Although         B. Because            C. Otherwise            D. But 9. A. to walk         B. to use              C. to frighten           D. to play 10. A. stepping        B. pulling           C. running              D. jumping 11. A. in             B. for                C. when               D. or 12. A. in             B. on                 C. for               D. under 13. A. Still           B. Yet                C. Instead               D. While 14. A. other                 B. more             C. many                D. better 15. A. save                 B. offer             C. get                  D. lend 16. A. belonging to           B. far from                  C. near                 D. in 17. A. studied                B. appreciated         C. refused       D. changed 18. A. students              B. workers                  C. businessmen    D. people  19. A. some                 B. little              C. more          D. less 20. A. improved             B. failed                    C. continued     D. stopped 二、阅读理解 A few months ago some men robbed a bank in central London. One quite weekend they broke into the shop next to it. Then they made a hole in the wall and got into the bank. One of their friends was watching the bank from a flat on the other side of the road. He had the duty of telling the men inside if there was any danger. The men talked to each other by radio, and someone else heard their conversation. The police were told. But they couldn’t find the right bank. The robbers escaped with a lot of money. Amateur radio people, or “hams”, as they are usually called, listen to radio station all over the world. Short wave bands are used in order to transmit over a long distance. They are also used for transmitting such things as telegrams and newspaper pictures. The criminals were using a short wave band, and a ham with the right equipment could listen to it easily. The result was that the bank robbers were nearly caught. Not much equipment is needed for receiving, and it is fairly cheap. Some hams also want to transmit, but transmitting equipment is expensive. A special license is needed too. Before that is given, a ham has to pass some examinations. Then he can transmit on a few special wave bands. Hams make friends with other hams all over the world, but the only things they seem to talk about is their equipment.   (247 words) 1. From this passage we know a ham is ________ . A. a robber                        B. a kind of short wave C. a person who uses short wave       D. a person who is fond of radio 2. Some men robbed a bank_______.           . A. by breaking into the bank with guns B. by breaking into a shop next to the bank C. with the help of a man listening to radio stations all over the world D. with someone watching the bank from a shop next to the bank 3. The robbers escaped with a lot of money because _________.         A. the police did not know a bank was being robbed B. nobody could understand the radio conversation on the radio C. the police couldn’t discover where the robbers were D. the police found somebody else robbing a bank 4. Messages can be transmitted            on short wave bands. A. only to the police              B. to banks C. only to friends nearby          D. over a long distance 5. What is the best title for this text?           A. How do robbers work?          B. Radio Waves. C. Robbers.                     D. Good Escape.   三、短文改错 There are advantage for students of work while                     1.__________ studying at school. One of them was that they                          2.__________ can earn money. For the most part,                                                3.__________ students working to earn money for their own                          4.__________ use. Earning their own money allow them                               5.__________ to spend on anything as if they please.                                     6.__________ They would have to ask their parents for                                  7.__________ money or for permission to do things by                                  8.__________ the money. Some students may also to save                              9.__________ up for our college of future use.                                              10.__________    3rd Period 课堂反馈 一、1-5:AABAC  6—10:CCACA  11—15:ACDAA 巩固练习 一、DCABD  CBDAC     DDCDB     CBDCA 二、DBCDA  三、短文改错 1. advantage—advantages  2. was—is       3. 对   4. working—work   5. allow—allows  6. 去掉if   7. would 后加not   8. by---with   9. 去掉to 10. our—their