Unit 17 Famous women
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.I______had time to thank him before he left.
A.almost B.hardly
C.mostly D.nearly
2.I can’t believe that in______a rich country there are______many poor people.
A.such;so B.so;such
C.such;such D.so;so
3.Don’t look______the designer only______she is a woman.
A.down on;because of B.upon down;because
C.down upon;because D.down upon;because of
4.I saw some trees______leaves were black with disease.
A.which B.whose
C.that D.of which
5.When he came to himself,he found himself______in bed.
A.lie B.lay
C.laid D.lying
6.After the game,our team______changing clothes.
A.was B.were
C.has been D.have been
7.Is this factory______you visited the other day?
A.which B.that
C.the one D.where
8.—Is this raincoat yours?
—No,mine______behind the door.
A.has hung B.is hanging
C.hangs D.hang
9.I asked him______.
A.who does the house belong B.whom did the house belong to
C.whose house it was D.whose house was it
10.The plane crashed in the South Pacific,______all the passengers.
A.killing B.killed
C.to kill D.and killing
11.The boy told me that his life was so______that he decided to leave his village.
A.generous B.miserable
C.cheerful D.valuable
12.—How many monkeys did you see in the zoo?
—______.
A.Nothing B.No one
C.None D.Not much
13.I was about to go to bed______the telephone rang.
A.while B.when
C.as D.until
14.This is the reason______he was set free.
A.which B.for why
C.for which D.for that
15.Do you know the way______he worked out the problem?
A.in which B.on which
C.with which D.by which
Ⅱ.阅读理解
I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang.It was an eccentric(怪僻的)farmer.I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him.He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything.Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident.I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn’t know the way.I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place.He was standing there,waiting for me.It seemed that Milly had died.“She meant more to me than anyone…even my own wife!”he said.I could see that he had been crying.I thought something terrible had taken place,a possible scandal(丑闻).I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩).“I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!”he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his.I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door.He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground.“She was such a good cow!I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her!”he said,and burst into tears again.
1.The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means______.
A.expect B.understand
C.see clearly D.hear clearly
2.Before he arrived at the farmer’s house,the writer expected to see Milly lying______.
A.on the ground of a barn B.on the floor of a room
C.in bed in a room D.in bed in a barn
3.What do we know about Milly from the story?
A.She had met with an accident.
B.She had caused a scandal.
C.She was seriously ill.
D.She was hidden somewhere.
4.The farmer wished that the writer might______.
A.look into the matter B.bring Milly back to life
C.free him from a scandal D.keep the whole thing a secret
5.The person who told the story is probably a______.
A.farmer B.policeman
C.country doctor D.newspaper reporter
附：参考答案
Ⅰ.1~5 BACBD 6~10 BCBCA 11~15 BCBCA
Ⅱ.1~5 BCABC