單元訓練題（Ｍ９ Ｕ１—Ｕ２）

一、單項選擇

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1. —Have you heard of North Korea’s nuclear test?

—Yes，______________ news came as___________shock to me.

A. the; a B. the; the

C. a; a D. a; the

2. — Sorry， but the CDs Secret Garden have been sold out.

— How I wish I had bought ___________earlier!

A. thisB. thatC. oneD. it

3. There is something wrong with Jack’s MP3.He is going to get it___________.

A. fix B. fixing C. to fix D. fixed

4. —I’ve studied gardening as a hobby. Could I make some suggestions?

—___________.

A. You will make itB. Go right ahead

C. Don’t mention itD. Take it easy

5. You’ve gone through all your money? I ___________you were well-off.

A. thinkB. thought

C. have thoughtD. am thinking

6. —William， you___________ the car.

—Sorry. I didn’t see the red light.

A. should have stopped

B. couldn’t have stopped

C. must have stopped

D. needn’t have stopped

7. —Each of the students working hard at their lessons___________ the book.

—So have I.

A. is readingB. has read

C. readD. reads

8. Early in the 1990s no one had any idea that J.K Rowling had come up with the story of Harry Potter， ___________later became a best seller.

A. whatB. whoC. whomD. which

9. For holidays， many people visit those islands___________ the coast of Australia.

A. inB. onC. offD. of

10. —How do you like the roast chicken?

—It ___________good.

A. turnsB. tastesC. feelsD. keeps

11. I was now attracted by books. By the end of that summer，I___________ over twenty novels.

A. will have readB. have read

C. had readD. has read

12. How long do you think___________ the computer company brings out a new product?

A. it will be beforeB. will it be until

C. will it be whenD. it will be that

13. When moving to a new city， one often finds it not easy what to take and what to___________.

A. leave behindB. pass away

C. bring inD. get across

14. Hit by a hammer， my foot became___________.

A. 3 times bigger than

B. as big as 3 times

C. the normal size 3 times

D. 3 times the normal size

15. ___________ exercise early in the morning has become part of his retired life.

A. TakeB. TakesC. TakingD. Taken

二、完形填空

One of my favourite films is Mr Bean At a Fancy (化裝) Restaurant. In the film， after being___________at his table， Mr Bean takes out a___________ ， writes a few words on it， signs his name， puts it into an envelope and___________it on the table. After a moment， he looks at the___________but this time he looks surprised， as if he did not know it was there. He opens it to find a birthday card and delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.

When he looks at the___________ ， an astonished look quickly___________on his face. He takes all___________out of his pockets， counts it and puts it in a saucer (碟子). He then looks from the menu to the money with___________until he finds one thing that makes him smile. He___________a dish called “steak tartar.” When the dish arrives， he is ___________ to discover that “steak tartar” is___________a raw (生肉的) hamburger. He___________an attempt to eat it， but it is___________ ， from the look on his face， that he finds the taste really terrible. He cannot___________his feelings， except when the waiter asks whether everything is OK. He smiles and nods， ___________that everything is fine. ___________no one is looking， however， he___________himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can___________ ， inside a sugar bottle， a tiny flower vase and under a plate. He becomes so disappointed in the end that he___________hides some inside the___________of a woman sitting near him and throws some under the seat of the restaurant’s violinist!

I like to watch Mr Bean on TV but I wouldn’t want to meet someone like him in real life.

16. A. treated B. invited C. accepted D. served

17. A. magazineB. bookC. cardD. wallet

18. A. throwsB. places

C. removesD. spreads

19. A. waiterB. watch

C. envelopeD. table

20.A. customersB. tablecloth

C. surroundingsD. menu

21. A. appearsB. growsC. turnsD. shows

22. A. cardsB. moneyC. billsD. keys

23. A. satisfactionB. care

C. confidenceD. concern

24. A. buysB. ordersC. washesD. breaks

25. A. shockedB. pleased

C. movedD. frightened

26. A. mostlyB. indeedC. actuallyD. nearly

27. A. makesB. getsC. triesD. takes

28. A. doubtfulB. sureC. clearD. likely

29. A. hideB. expressC. preventD. explain

30. A. admittingB. recognizing

C. indicatingD. realizing

31. A. BecauseB. WhenC. OnceD. Although

32. A. pretendsB. helps

C. preparesD. busies

33. A. reachB. seeC. getD. arrive

34. A. ratherB. almostC. exactlyD. even

35. A. handB. purseC. blouseD. hair

三、閱讀理解

A

We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older， but men’s minds decline (衰退) more than women’s， according to the results of a worldwide survey. 

General differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills)， while women tend to excel (擅長) at recalling information from their brain’s files .Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline (衰退) people experience as they age， but the results have been mixed. Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women， while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline. Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people， and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors， “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive (認識) decline，” said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.

Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form， matching lines shown from the same angle， typing as many words in a particular category (范疇) as possible in the given time， e.g. “object usually colored gray”， and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied， men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders， women showed obviously less decline than men overall. 

36. The underlined word in the second paragraph means. ___________

A. naturalB. great

C. obviousD. absolute

37. According to the passage， which of the following can Not be typed into the same category?

A. cloudB. sheep

C. treesD. goose

38. Which of the following statements is true according the article?

A. Men do better than women when it comes to learning English.

B. Women stand out at remembering people’s names.

C. Men excel at typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time.

D. Women excel at dealing mathematic problems.

39. One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that___________.

A. the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline

B. people surveyed are all old

C. people taking part in this test came from all over the world

D. women live longer than men

40. The author aims to tell us that___________.

A. women’s minds perform better than men’s

B. men’s minds decline more with age

C. everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older

D. a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently

B

The largest earthquake (magnitude里氏 9.5) of the 20th century happened on May 22， 1960 off the coast of South Central Chile. 

It generated (生成) one of the most destructive Pacific-wide tsunamis (海嘯). Near the generating area， both the earthquake and the tsunami were very much destructive， particularly in the coastal area from Concepcion to the south end of Isla Chiloe. The largest tsunami damage occurred at Isla Chiloe—the coastal area closest to the epicenter (震中). Huge tsunami waves measuring as high as 25 meters arrived within 10 to 15 minutes after the earthquake， killing at least two hundred people， sinking all the boats， and flooding half a kilometer inland. 

There was large damage and loss of life at Concepcion， Chile’s top industrial city. Near the city of Valdivia， the earthquake and following aftershocks generated landslides which killed 18 people. At the port city of Valparaiso， a city of 200，000， many buildings collapsed. A total of 130，000 houses were destroyed—one in every three in the earthquake zone and nearly 2，000，000 people were left homeless. 

Total damage losses， including to agriculture and to industry， were estimated(估計) to be over a half billion dollars. The total number of deaths related with both the tsunami and the earthquake was never found accurately for the region. Estimates of deaths reached between 490 to 5，7002 with no distinction (差別) as to how many deaths were caused by the earthquake and how many were caused by the tsunami. However， it is believed that most of the deaths in Chile were caused by the tsunami.

41. Where did the largest tsunami damage occur?

A. ConcepcionB. Isla Chiloe

C. ValdiviaD. Valparaiso

42. What can we learn about the tsunami waves generated by the earthquake?

A. The tsunami waves as high as 25 meters arrived immediately after the earthquake.

B. The tsunami waves killed 200 people and sank all boats.

C. The tsunami waves were very destructive.

D. The tsunami waves flooded half of the inland.

43. What is generally thought the main cause of deaths in Chile?

A. landslides

B. the tsunami

C. aftershocks

D. the magnitude 9.5 earthquake

44. What is the total number of deaths in the earthquake?

A. 2，000，000B. between 490 to 5，7002

C. 200，000D. it was hard to know

45. What does the underlined word “collapsed” probably mean?

A. was destroyedB. caught fire

C. was floodedD. sank

答 案

1~5 ACDBB 6~10 ABDCB 11~15 CAADC

16~20 DCBCD 21~25 ABDBA

26~30 CACAC 31~35 BDADB

36~40 ACBAB 41~45 BCBDA