Unit 16 The United States of America
一. 单项选择
1. I had to _____ the temptation to laugh at his foolish mistake.
A. conquer B. overtake C. overcome D. overdo
2. If I were you, I should leave that question _____.
A. alone B. about C. out D. off
3. He insisted that he _____ the best, so he insisted that he _____ the work all by himself.
A. be; do B. was; do C. be; did D. had been; had done
4. People lined up and entered the hall _____.
A. in turn B. by turns C. turning D. with turn
5. Over 200 people died _____ the air crash.
A. with regard to B. as a result of C. in the course of D. on the grounds of
6. They are _____ to prefer the better when the best in unattainable.
A. like B. will C. anxious D. willing
7. The police _____ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.
A. searched B. hunted C. invented D. recovered
8. Let me know the time of your _____.
A. reach B. arrival C. come D. got
9. We tried _____ to persuade him to stay home, but at last he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.
A. vain B. in vain C. in fact D. in vanity
10. Even before quite a few people, she can’t _____ the courage to speak aloud.
A. gather B. collect C. assemble D. raise
11. He came to the meeting _____ his serous illness.
A. despite B. through
C. past D. despise
12. Nothing came out _____ all this talk.
A. against B. for
C. of D. with
13. I am not used _____ to like that.
A. to being spoken B. to speak
C. being spoken D. to speaking
14. To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule _____.
A. to never break B. never to be broken
C. never to have broken D. never to be breaking
15. We shall have a whole holiday _____ my birthday.
A. in honor of B. in face of
C. in spite of D. in store for
二. 完形填空
Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers"（垃圾回收处理官员）. You may think that this is rather 16 , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as 17 as people of any other occupation（职业）, though we must 18 that their job is not a 19 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 20 . We are likely to forget their 21 . Our dustbins are 22 regularly, but we 23 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 24 the rubbish, the general 25 soon becomes aware that something is wrong.
Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a 26 . But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 27 any more. 28 the strike continued, people could not 29 the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 30 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 31 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 32 attraction that the people of London were not at all 33 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people 34 the work of their dustmen rather more 35 and won't take them for granted any more.
16. A. clever B. silly C. interesting D. reasonable
17. A. sensitive B. careless C. hopeful D. shy
18. A. realize B. believe C. know D. admit
19. A. necessary B. difficult C. romantic D. heavy
20. A. away B. up C. down D. in
21. A. existence B. presence C. absence D. performance
22. A. cleaned B. filled C. emptied D. burned
23. A. generally B. frequently C. sometimes D. seldom
24. A. take away B. take off C. take up D. take on
25. A. society B. citizen C. public D. community
26. A. trick B. joke C. trouble D. show
27. A. pleasing B. excited C. stupid D. funny
28. A. When B. While C. As D. Because
29. A. bear B. contain C. manage D. control
30. A. keep off B. give up C. take care of D. get rid of
31. A. crowded B. piled C. fixed D. put
32. A. business B. industrial C. tourist D. agricultural
33. A. disappointed B. serious C. nervous D. happy
34. A. like B. recognize C. find D. appreciate
35. A. highly B. eagerly C. differently D. entirely
三. 阅读理解
PALO ALTO, California------“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter------ even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.
A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.9kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.
“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.
“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.
In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.
Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise.
“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said.
“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson said.
36. The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ________.
A. children will get fatter if they eat too much
B. children will get thinner if they eat less
C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV
D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV
37. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV_____.
A. is more than four hours a day
B. is less than four hours a day
C. doubled in the last twenty years
D. is more than on any other activities
38. The time children spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about ________.
A. six hours
B. eight hours
C. three hours
D. one hour
39. Which one of the following is right?
A. Children usually eat fewer while watching TV.
B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.
C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.
D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.
40. Why can watching TV increase kids’ weight according to the passage?
A. They usually eat more while watching TV.
B. They burn off fewer calories.
C. They change their diet while watching TV.
D. Both A and B.
四. 改错
Helen is one of my best friends. She had taught 41.______
us English when I attended a training course two 42.______
years before. Helen always made good preparations 43.______
for the lessons, she tried her best to make her 44.______
classes lively. I used to being poor in English, 45.______
specially in written English. But now I’m able to 46.______
write English letters and reports correct. 47.______
I still remember how she helped me for my 48._____
English patiently. Today is September 8. Teacher’s day’s come. 49______
I’m going to send to her a card and give her best wishes. 50.______
五. 书面表达
一加拿大中学生在你校逗留期间，想进图书馆借书。请你参照下表用英语给他说明有关“借阅须知”的内容。
| 借阅要求 | 持借书卡，每次两本，限期两周，可续借 |
| 借阅内容 | 中外文书籍，可阅读报纸和杂志，但不外借 |
| 借阅时间 | 周一至周五（8：00a.m—5：00p.m） |
注意：1、短文必须包括以上要点，根据行文要求，可适当增减，但不要逐条翻译
2、词数100左右，开头已经写好，请接着往下写。
If you want to borrow a book, you are asked to do as the following.
参考答案
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16-35 BADCB ACDAC BDCAD BCDDA
36-40 D AC BD
1.去掉had 2.正确 3. before改成ago 4. she前加and
5. being 改成be 6. specially 改成especially 7. correct 改成correctly
8. for 改成with 9.come 改成 coming 10. 去掉to
If you want to borrow a book, you are asked to do as the following.
You are supposed to show your card before you borrow any books from the library. You are permitted to borrow two books at most at a time, you need to return and renew them.
In the library there are all kinds of books not only in Chinese but also in some foreign languages like English, Japanese and French. You can borrow any of them. Besides, you can read newspapers or magazines in the reading-room, which are not allowed to take out.
Do remember that the library stays open from 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. every day except Saturday and Sunday.