Unit 4 Global Warming
一、单项填空：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从所给的四个选项(ABC和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1． ----DO you know anything about British history? ----------________I have no interest in it.
A. Take it easy! B. Please don’t bother C. Its up to you D. No. It’ s beyond me
2. -------How did people respond to the plan to charge for plastic bags used in the supermarket?
---------The plan received _______ support throughout the country.
A. widespread . B. steady C. potential D. obvious
3. The fact that she was foreign made ______ difficult for her to get a job in that country.
A. so B. much C. that D. it
4. I am very tired. Then why not take a hot bath? A hot bath will surely_______ you.
A. rebuild B. rescue C. remain D. refresh
5. Do you think that housing price will keep _______ in the years to come?
A. lifting up B. going up C. bringing up D. growing up
6. She is in a poor _______ of health, which her mother much.
A. position B. situation C. state D. condition
7. --------He used to be a top student, but now he falls far behind his classmates in his lessons.
--------How did this ______ ?
A. come up B. come about C. go up D. go about
8. As _______ teacher, you must believe that you cam make a difference to ______ lives of your students.
A. the;/ B. the; a C. the; the D. a; the
9. Practising Chinese kung fu can not only _______ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A. bring up B. take up C. build up D. pull up
10. We are all strongly opposed to _____ to the island without a guide It is not a wise decision.
A. go B. going C. be going D. have gone
11. Though this question is very difficult, if you _______ trying you will find the right answer.
A. keep up B. keep on C. keep out D. keep off
12. If you insist on smoking heavily like that, you will have to suffer the ______ sooner or later.
A. achievements B. causes C. consequences D. exchanges
13. There is no doubt at all ______ we did the right thing.
A. that B. if C. whether D. because
14. The accident that resulted _______ the death of two passengers resulted _______ careless driving.
A. in; on B. in; from C. on; in D. from; in
15. The prices of the dresses in our store ______ from 100 dollars to 300 dollars.
A. increase B. change C. range D. translate
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABC和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe (订阅) to 16 as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, 17 of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown 18 killed——took months and even years 19 from one country to another. The news 20 word of mouth and was 21 accurate（准确的）. Today we can read in our newspaper of important events that occur (happen) in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
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Besides 22 news from all over the world, newspapers also give us a lot of other usual information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and 23 advertisements. There are all kinds of advertisements. 24 ones are 25 by large companies to 26 to their products. They 27 the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is 28 the money, 29 news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who 30 newspapers, advertisements are also very 31 . Money earned from advertisements 32 possible for them to sell their 33 at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooker and fashion（时装）, 34 a small but very 35 section on jokes and cartoons.
16、A．so many B．as many C．such a number D．so a few
17、A．news B．information C．passage D．message
18、A．and B．but C．or D．yet
19、A．to reach B．to receive C．to broadcast D．to travel
20、A．passed by B．came in C．told of D．heard from
21、A．ever B．already C．still D．never
22、A．supplying B．making C．asking D．depending on
23、A．all the same B．of course C．however D．above all
24、A．The richer B．The busier C．The better D．The bigger
25、A．taken in B．moved in C．put in D．turned in
26、A．pay attention B．receive attention C．bring attention D．give attention
27、A．spend B．pay C．cost D．take
28、A．worth B．worthy C．valuable D．costing
29、A．while B．so C．even D．for
30、A．print B．sell C．produce D．deliver
31、A．expensive B．important C．necessarily D．valuable
32、A．makes it B．regards it C．thinks it D．considers it
33、A．products B．goods C．advertisements D．newspapers
34、A．also B．and C．not only D．though
35、A．famous B．proper C．popular D．regular
三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABC和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
With the support of our readers, China Today has become successful in helping the world learn about China, and has built a bridge of friendship between the people of China and the rest of the world.
Every day we receive many letters from our readers expressing their admiration for China and their suggestions for improving the quality of the magazine. Some letters are published in “Post-bag” while others are kept for reference.
Many readers have suggested contests to develop closer contact between readers and editors. We held a History and Tourism Contest in 1995 and a China Trivia Contest in 1996. We received warm
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responses to both.
This year, China Today is holding a Reading Contest. Questions, chosen from articles published this year, will appear every three issues. Entrants must mail their answers before January 31, 1999. Fifty entrants with correct answers to all questions will be named in the April1999 issue.
36. China Today is _________.
A. a magazine B. a newspaper
C. a TV guide. D. a teaching reference
37. How many contests has China Today held in the past few years?
A. Only 1 B. At least 2
C. More than 3 D. It’s not clear
38. According to the passage, you can draw a conclusion that _______.
A. all the people who answer three of the questions correctly will win prizes
B. people who answer all the questions correctly will surely win prizes
C. people who mail their answers before January 31 will see their own names in the April 1999 issue
D. fifty of the entrants who answer all the questions correctly will see their own names in the April 1999 issue.
39. Supposing China Today is a monthly, this one may be _______.
A. the January 1999 issue B. the March 1998 issue
C. the January 1998 issue D. the April 1999 issue
B
Almost every family in America or England buys at least one copy of a newspaper each day. Some people buy as many as two or three different papers.
Why do people read newspapers?
Newspapers supply us with news about events in our hometowns, in our country, and in other parts of the world. Today we can read about important things that took place in foreign countries on the same day they happened, even in countries far away. But hundreds of years ago, news of things took months or even years to travel from one country to another. In those times, news was often passed from one person to another and never completely true. Newspapers today supply us with more than just what happened in our country or in other countries. If we want to know what the weather will be like, we can read the weather reports. If we want to find out what films are being shown, or what plays or concerts we can go to we can look in the newspapers.
In many countries people put notices in newspapers if they are trying to get a job, hunting for a house or rooms that they can rent, or even when looking for a person who is lost.
40. This article tells us ________.
A. most people in America or England read newspapers every day
B. all people in America or England read newspapers every day
C. every person in America or England reads newspapers every day
D. all families in America or England read newspapers every day
41. Newspapers supply us with ________.
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A. only home news B. only world news
C. home news and world news D. important things
42. Today we can read in our newspapers about important events________.
A. that took place hundreds of years ago
B. that took place in faraway countries soon after they happened
C. that will take place in foreign countries
D. that will take place in the world
43. Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The habit of reading newspapers is found among most people.
B. Newspapers not only supply us with news from all over the world but also give us a lot of useful information.
C. Hundreds of years ago news was not wholly because it was told in spoken words.
D. If you have no place to live in, you can put notice in a newspaper and then you will certainly get a room to live in.
C
Inside China Daily
China, Japan ink fishery accord
The New China -Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year, Chinese vice - minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing.
—Page 2
Offshore funeral
The remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai. To save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials.
—Page 3
The only wise choice
Co -operation with the mainland for a peaceful reunification should be the only wise choice for the newly elected Taiwan leader.
—Page 4
Interest in activity such as fairs, galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in China. —Page 9
Two sides of a story.
The government’s efforts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions.
—Page 10
Blind, but not out.
Yang Jia, an English professor at the Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of her eyesight and continues to make it in her work.
—Page 11
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44. The above section may possibly appear on ________ of China Daily.
A. Page 5 B. the Front Page C. Page 9 D. the last page
45. From the text we can learn that ________ .
A. no one will be buried in the ground after they die in Shanghai
B. Chinese fishermen can go fishing freely in Japan soon
C. a blind professor can work better
D. more and more people have begun to do art business
46. When you look through this issue of China Daily, you are sure to find ________ .
A. how Taiwan’s new leader was made
B. that people think differently of reducing pupils’ burden
C. sad stories about students with heavy burden in primary and middle schools
D. interesting stories of art fairs, galleries and exhibitions of different shapes in China
D
When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere.
In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. Many TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations are privately owned. The government does not give them money. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.
Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “keeping your name before the public. ” And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told. ” Now more and more people describe it in this way: Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas by identified sponsors (明确的出资者)through various media.
First, advertising is usually paid for. Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see, read, and hear over the various media. Second, advertising is nonpersonal. It is not face to face communication. Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you, in reality, it is directed at large groups of people. Third, advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it tells people to do something. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can do good to them. Fourth, the sponsor of the advertisement must be identified. From the advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or an organization, or an individual. Fifth, advertising reaches us through traditional and nontraditional mass media. Included in the traditional media are newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and films. Nontraditional media include the mail, matchbox covers,
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and billboards.
47. The existence（存在）of the privately owned mass media depends financially（经济上地）
on .
A. the government
B. their owners' families
C. advertisements
D. the audience
48. According to the passage, who are most probably paying for the advertisements?
A. Companies.
B. Organizations.
C. Individuals.
D. All of the above.
49. Which of the following is considered nontraditional mass media?
A. Newspapers.
B. The mail.
C. Magazines
D. Films.
50. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the features of
advertisements is NOT true?
A. Advertising must be honest and amusing.
B. Advertising is meant for large groups of people.
C. Advertising tells people to do something directly or indirectly.
D. The sponsors are always mentioned in the advertisements.
E
Even with the multimedia excitement of the web. Electronic Mail, e-mail, is the most frequently used application of the Internet. Many people who have a chance to use the Internet at school, home, and work. They use the Internet for no other purposes than to send or receive e-mails.
It’s all very easy. You prepare the message, log onto（登录） the Internet, and send it. The message first goes to your Internet Service Provider’s mail server, which in turn sends it to the recipient’s(邮件接收者) mail server. On the way your message may go through several servers, each reading the name in order to send it to the right server. The message then remains in the recipient’s mail e-mail server until he requests it by “checking his mail”.
The benefits of e-mails are obvious: mostly it’s quick. Also, many people feel that the rules for regular mails don’t apply to e-mail, making it less formal, which in turn make e-mail easier to write and send.
It’s not just friends and co-workers that are receiving e-mails. Wherever you look, the Web is providing e-mail addresses. This has made communication between strangers easier than ever. You can read an interesting article online and immediately send the author an e-mail. Anyone who posts his e-mail address on a Web page is saying he wants to received-mail. There are places you can go if you
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don’t know someone’s e-mail address. Check out Bigfoot, the Internet Address Finder, or Netscape’s E-mail Directories for more information.
E-mail is one of the services offered by your Internet Service Provider---a service that you’re applying for every month.
51. The passage is about _____.
A. the multimedia excitement
B. e-mail
C. different websites
D. mail server.
52. We can infer from the passage that____.
A. many people use the Internet only for the purpose of sending and receiving e-mail
B. if you want to send and receive e-mails, all you have to do is to log onto the Internet.
C. e-mail is the only application of the internet
D. you can send e-mails to friends and co-workers but you can’t make communication between strangers
53. Which of the following is not true according to the material
A. if you want to send your message, first you have to log in.
B. on the way your message may be passed by several servers.
C. The first advantage of e-mail is fast
D. The writing rules for e-mails are more formal.
54. If you don’t know someone’s e-mail address, _____.
A. look up in a dictionary
B. refer to your textbook
C. ask your computer teacher
D. check on Netscape’s E-mail Directories
55. What can you infer from the fourth paragraph?
A. Only friends and co-workers send e-mails
B. You can’t log onto the Internet except at home
C. It’s difficult to contact the author on the Internet.
D. It’s convenient to communicate between strangers online.
四、书面表达(满分25分)
假设你是某中学学生英文报的小记者，对中学生课外上网的利弊进行调查采访。以下是学生们对上网的看法。请你根据他们的观点写一篇简要的调查报告，并呼吁正确使用互联网。
注意：1. 文章护开头已为你写好；
2. 词数：120左右；
3. 参考词汇：上网浏览：surf the Internet
使用互联网的益处
使用互联网的弊端
1. 资源丰富
2. 节省时间
方便交流和沟通
1. 内容良莠兼有
2. 沉迷网络游戏会影响学业
3. 过多使用会影响健康
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With the development of computer technology,
II、参考答案与提示：
一、1～5 DADDB 6～10 CBDCB 11～15 BCABC
二、16. 选B。as many as意思为“多达”。
17. 选A。这句话的意思是“在五百年前，一些重大的新闻从一个国家传到另一个国家需要几个月甚至几年”，这里用news与下文的报纸报道相对应；information意思为“资料”；passage意思为“文章”；message意思为“消息”。
18. 选C。or表示选择，意思为“或者”。
19. 选D。travel的意思是“从一个地方移到另一个地方”。
20. 选A。pass by mouth意思是“通过嘴巴来传递”。
21. 选D。因为是靠嘴巴来传递新闻的，所以，缺乏准确性。
22. 选A。supply意思为“提供”。“报纸不仅为我们提供了新闻，而且也为我们提供了其他一些常见的信息。”
23. 选B。“报纸上有天气预报，广播、电视以及电影的指南，书评，故事，当然，还有广告。”
24. 选D。“大的公司通常用大版面的公告来吸引人们关注他的产品。”
25. 选C。
26. 选C。
27. 选B。pay sb. some money for sth.意思为“支付”；spend与on搭配；cost的主语是某物。
28. 选A。be worth some money意思为“值多少钱”；表示“价值多少钱”时，不用
worthy。
29. 选D。for表示原因。
30. 选C。对于报纸的制造商来说，报纸也很重要，因为广告攒来的钱可以保证报纸的价钱可以买得很低，而且可以赢利。
31. 选B。根据下文可知，对于报纸的制造商来说，广告是很重要的。
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32. 选A。“make+ it + adj. +for sb. to do sth.”这个句式的意思为“使某事成为可能”，it为形式主语，指代不定式。
33. 选D。根据上下文可知，这里应该填newspapers。
34. 选B。and表示并列。
35. 选C。popular意思为“受欢迎的”；proper意思为“合适的”；regular意思为“规则的”。
三、36. 选A。根据文章第二段提到的“the magazine”，可知，China Today是一杂志的名称。
37. 选B。文章倒数第二段提到举办过两次比赛，文章最后一段讲到今年将举办一次阅读比赛。
38. 选D。根据文章最后一段最后一句话可知D项是正确的。
39. 选A。阅读比赛是每三期公布一次问题，读者必须在1999年1月31日之前将答案邮出，答对问题的50名读者名单将在1999年4月份公布。所以这应该是1999年1月刊。
40. 选A。根据文章第一段“Almost every family in America or England buys at least one copy of a newspaper each day.”可知，英国或美国的大多数人每天都读报纸。
41. 选C。答案在文章的第三段。
42. 选B。根据第三段“Today we can read about important things that took place in foreign countries on the same day they happened, even in countries far away.”可知应该选B。
43. 选D。文章最后一段讲到，如果人们想要租房子住，可以在报纸上发布信息。
44. 选B。以上内容用每一个新闻主体的简要概括，而且还标注了页码，这通常会出现在报纸的头版，以吸引读者。
45. 选D。根据文章的第四部分可知，应该选D。
46. 选B。根据文章第五部分可知，人们对政府部门减轻学生负担这一问题有不同看法。
47. 选C。答案在文章第二段。
48. 选D。根据文章最后一段 “From the advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or an organization, or an individual.”可知，出资人有可能是公司、组织或者个人。
49. 选B。文章最后一句话指出，非传统的媒体包括信件、火柴盒以及广告牌。
50. 选A。A选项文章中并没有提到。
51. 选B。文章是以“电子邮件”为话题，讲述了电子邮件的发送过程，电子邮件的优点等。
52. 选A。根据文章第一段最后一句话可知，许多人上网的目的就是收发电子邮件。
53. 选D。文章第三段提到，正规信件的格式并不适用于电子邮件；电子邮件的格式并不要求正式，所以收发电子邮件都比较容易。
54. 选D。根据倒数第二段的内容可知，应该选D。
55. 选D。根据文章第四段可知D项是正确的。
四、One possible version:
With the development of computer technology, the Internet has become more and more popular. Some students regard it as a great helper. Since there is a lot of information on line, you can surf the Internet for any information you need in a short time without working hard in the library. It is also very convenient to communicate with others on by using the Internet. However ,other students think that there is some information on line that is not good for the students. In addition, spending too much time playing games on line will not only have a bad effect on study but also do harm to our health. Therefore, we should make proper use of the Internet. It is of great importance for us to separate good plants from wild weeds.
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