Unit 19 Modern agriculture
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.—By what time______you______planting the trees?
—By three o’clock that afternoon.
A.did;finish B.were;finishing
C.have;finished D.had;finished
2.The reporter said that the UFO______east to west when she saw it.
A.was just traveling B.traveled
C.had been traveling D.was to travel
3.While walking on the country road,the young man couldn’t help stopping to enjoy___beauty of___nature.
A./;/ B./;the
C.the;the D.the;/
4.—Has Jack returned home?
—Yes,he______.
A.has been in his room for half an hour
B.has returned home for half an hour
C.came home for half an hour
D.has been in his room half an hour ago
5.I______the film before,but I decided to see it a second time.
A.have seen B.saw
C.had seen D.hadn’t seen
6.Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology______so rapidly.
A.has changed B.is changing
C.will have changed D.will change
7.The path______the mountain was coverd with heavy snow.
A.leading to B.led to
C.was leading to D.which leading to
8.Mary told me that she______to the shop before coming home.
A.went B.had gone
C.has gone D.has been
9.Travelling in Hawaii is quite______.
A.an experience B.the experience
C.experience D.a experience
10.When we met them in the street,they______to the film.
A.were going B.had gone
C.would gone D.went
11.She is very cold to me.She told me her name after I______her twice.
A.ask B.have asked
C.asked D.had asked
12.I had known Jenny______I knew you.
A.when B.long before
C.before long D.since
13.It was at six______the guests arrived.
A.when B.while
C.that D.as
14.One day he______one of his old friends when he was on the way home.
A.came to B.came up
C.came down D.came across
15.We’ll all grow older______.
A.year after year B.year by year
C.year of year D.year to year
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
We all speak and use language,but how much do we know about language?Do we all know what language is and how it works for us?We may take it for granted that it exists just like air around us,or the force of gravity,or other natural happening.However,language is different.It is not something that exists by itself in nature.It is one of the things that man invented to meet his social needs.Like all other livings we can not live without air,water and earth around us,and in the same way society can not live without language,for it is one of our basic needs to talk and write to each other in society.Language and human culture are close connected with each other.You can never separate one from the other.At a time when man’s attention is turning more and more to his own culture,it is natural that he should try to look into his own way of communication(交际)which is the most necessary to his society,more and more deeply and carefully.
1.The passage is about______.
A.how man speaks and use language
B.what language really is and how it serves us
C.how man invented his language and culture
D.what man is going to do to look into his language
2.Why does the writer begin the passage in this way?
He wants to make people______.
A.feel excited
B.feel surprised
C.feel that it is difficult to understand
D.feel interested and think deeply
3.What is language according to the writer?
A.Language is something existing by itself.
B.Language is one of the natural happenings.
C.Language is something like water,air and earth.
D.Language is one of man’s important inventions.
4.Which of the following doesn’t agree with the writer’s opinion?
A.The most important thing for man to do is to examine his own culture.
B.Man is paying more and more attention to its culture.
C.Man is more and more interested in his own culture.
D.Man wants to study his own culture thoroughly.
5.Which of the following is different from the writer’s conclusion?
If a man wants to study his own culture more thoroughly,______.
A.he should look into his language more deeply
B.he must try to know more about his language
C.he had better to learn something about his society
D.he has to examine his own way of communication more closely
附：参考答案
Ⅰ.1~5 DADAC 6~10 BABAA 11~15 DBCDB
Ⅱ.1~5 BDDAC