Unit 20 Humor
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.Weather report______an important part in everyday life.
A.takes B.plays
C.acts D.does
2.You hardly ever speak to a foreigner in English,______?
A.do you B.don’t you
C.can you D.can’t you
3.Neither my brother nor my parents______able to find out the difference between the two problems.So I decided to have a try myself.
A.is B.was
C.are D.were
4.Robbery is______danger to______society.
A.a;the B.the;the
C.a;/ D.the;/
5.He has trouble getting to sleep.Just a little noise,______he will stay awake all night.
A.and B.or
C.so D.for
6.When Mother entered the room,she found her baby______.
A.sleep B.slept
C.asleep D.to sleep
7.He sailed for New York on Thursday,______there on Sunday.
A.arriving B.and had arrived
C.arrived D.and arrived
8.Don’t ______my words as a joke.I’m serious.
A.look at B.look on
C.look to D.look up
9.______he came to this small town,he began to like it.
A.For the first time B.By the first time
C.At the first time D.The first time
10.I’m so sorry to misunderstand you.I______you______so serious.
A.don’t think;are B.didn’t think;were
C.have thought;weren’t D.thought;hadn’t been
11.Those people are______young workers between the ages of twenty and thirty.
A.most B.mostly
C.nearly D.always
12.The little girl______out at night.
A.dares not go B.daren’t to go
C.dares not to go D.doesn’t dare go
13.He came here______to see you,______after he heard that you returned from abroad.
A.specially;mainly B.specially;especially
C.especially;especially D.especially;specially
14.—Would you like to join us?
—Sorry,I am not______as any of you.
A.so a good player B.a so good player
C.a player so good D.so good a player
15.There used to be a tea house near the school,______there?
A.isn’t B.didn’t
C.wasn’t D.hadn’t
Ⅱ.完形填空
There was once a kind man named Goldsmith.He had a 1 heart.He 2 ready to help others and to share with them 3 that he had.He 4 so much to the poor that he 5 himself.
He was sometimes called Doctor Goldsmith,for he had studied medicine.One day a poor woman asked Doctor Goldsmith to go to see her husband, 6 was very ill and could not eat.Goldsmith found that the family 7 in great need of food.The man 8 work for a long time,but he was not ill.He was hungry because there was no food in the house.
“Call at my room this evening,”said Goldsmith to the woman,“and I’ll give you some medicine for your husband.”
In the evening the woman called.Goldsmith gave her 9 paper box that was very heavy.
“Here is the medicine,”he said,“ 10 and it will 11 your husband a great deal of good.But don’t open the box 12 you get home.You will find the directions inside the box.” When the woman reached her home,she sat down by her husband’s side,and they opened the box.It was 13 14 of money.And on the top 15 the direcions:“TO BE TAKEN WHEN NECESSARY.”
In this way Goldsmith had given them all the money that he had.
1.A.gentle B.big C.clean D.beautiful
2.A.often was B.is usually C.was always D.was sometimes
3.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.thing
4.A.gave away B.gave in C.gave up D.gave over
5.A.is poor always B.often was poor
C.was always poor D.often poor
6.A.he B.who C.that D.when
7.A.are B.were C.be D.was
8.A.did not B.had not had C.hadn’t D.did not have
9.A.a few B.few C.a little D.little
10.A.Take B.Make C.Drink D.Buy
11.A.make B.take C.like D.do
12.A.if B.until C.when D.as soon as
13.A.full B.filled C.full of D.filled by
14.A.peace B.a piece C.piece D.pieces
15.A.is B.are C.was D.were
附：参考答案
Ⅰ.1~5 BADCA 6~10 CDBDB 11~15 BDBDB
Ⅱ.1~5 ACCAC 6~10 BDBCA 11~15 DBCDD