Unit 4 Amazing thing

Ⅰ.词汇。(共13分)

A. 根据汉语意思或首字母提示，完成单词，使句子完整正确。

1. I plan to __________(旅行) to Beijing by plane.

2. We took the ___________(虚弱的) cat to the animal centre.

3. The girl came into the r oom ____________(轻声地) and did some reading.

4. Can you remember my ____________(话) about your homework?

5. The world is s o interesting. It is full of a_________ things.

6. W__________ lightning, there would be no plant life in the world.

7. Do your think e__________ are the largest animals on land?

8. When the little girl saw the big dog, she was f___________.

B. 请用所给词组的适当形式填空。

as well as, as usual, turn around, run into

9. Simon is often late for school. Today he is late_____________.

10. We __________ some foreigners at the school gate just now.

11. Jimmy plays football __________ Tom does.

12 Millie and Amy __________ but could not see anything unusual.

13. I really don’t know what ___________ Jim yesterday.

Ⅱ.单项选择。(共7分)

14. Cats sleep__________ the daytime and catch mice ________ night.

A. in; at B. at; in C. in; in D. at; at

15. We should take turns __________ food in the dining room.

A. buying B. bought C. buy D. to buy

16. _________ useful information it is!

A.How B. How a C. What D. What a

17. —Is this _______ calendar?

—No. It isn’t ________. It’s _________.

A. his; his; her

B. he’s; his; hers

C. his; his; hers

D. his; he; hers

My grandmother _________ pop music. She never listens to it.

A. loves B. like C. dislikes D. is fond of

18. _________ you afraid of ________ late for school?

A. Are; be B. Do; be C. Are; being D. Do; being

19. There were __________ people in the street at midnight. So he drove fast.

A. a few B. few C. little D. a little

20.___________ knows anything about him, because he never tells us_________ about him.

A. Nobody; something

B. Somebody; nothing

C. Anybody; something

D. Nobody; anything

Ⅲ.Simon正在和他的朋友谈论《大千世界》一书。请从方框中选择恰当的单词，补全对话。(共10分)

animals, saw, amazing, know, with, strange, tells, without, reading, interesting

A: Sandy, I’m _____21____ a book about the _____22____ world.

B: Is it very _____23____?

A: Yes. Do you _____24____ that kiwi is a bird _____25____wings?

B: Oh, really? Isn’t that _____26____?

A: Yes, I think so. Did you watch dolphins before?

B：Of course. I _____27____ them at a show. They are funny.

A: The book _____28____ us dolphins can talk _____29____ sounds.

B：What wonderful ____30____!

Ⅳ.按要求进行句型转换。(共10分)

31. This story is very interesting. (改为感叹句)

_________ _________ the story is!

32. Tom likes playing football very much.(改为同意句)

Tom __________ __________ of playing football.

33. Mr. Smith is the owner of the big house over there. (改为同意句)

The big house over there __________ __________ Mr. Smith.

34. The animal centre will look after your pet well. (改为同意句)

The animal centre will _________ __________ _________ of your pet.

35. Elephants walk on tiptoe. (对划线部分提问)

__________ __________ elephants walk?

Ⅴ.汉译英。(共10分)

36. 那个婴儿出生时三公斤重。

That baby was 3 kilos ________ ________.

37. 那个老人很健康，能活到100岁。

The old man _________ ________ ________, and he can ________ _________ ___________ 100 years old.

38. 我们把那些资料单还给了向导。

We ________ those ________ ________ _________the guide.

39. 没有你的帮助， 我解不出那道数学题。

I can’t _________ _________ the maths problem _________ __________ _________.

40. 多勤奋的学生啊!

What a __________ ________!

VI. 完形填空(共10分)

Mrs Brown lived in a small town near a big farm. On a Friday afternoon she finis hed 41 housework and went to her small shop. She opened the window of the shop and 42 outside. She liked to see the green farm. There were many cows, horses and small animals 43 the farm. Suddenly she saw a kangaroo under the window. It was interesting to see that it was 44 an old jacket. It stood there and was hungry. Mrs Brown gave some bread 45 nuts to it. The kangaroo ate them 46 Then it became happy and jumped away . Suddenly something dropped on the 47 from its jacket pocket. It was a wallet! She picked it up, opened it and found there was $ 300 and a photo in it. That was a man's photo with his name "John" on it. John? She looked more 48 and remembered she had a brother many years ago. His name was also John. "Is this man my lost brother?" she thought. She took the wallet with her and began to 49 the man. She asked many people in the town, and then she came to the farm and asked the farmer. To her surprise, he was John, her lost brother. They were very excited and 50 to see each other.

41. A. his B. our C. their D. her

42. A. looked B. saw C. look D. see

43. A. for B. out C. on D. from

44. A. wears B. wearing C. wear D. has

45. A. on B. and C. but D. nor

46. A. all B. none C. any D. many

47. A. back B. water C. river D. ground

48. A. careful B. carefully

C. care D. careless

49. A. find B. call C. look for D. look after

50. A. sad B. angry C. late D. happy

VII.按要求完成下列任务。(共5分)

从下面的方框中选择恰当的句子，将短文补充完整。

A Like the camel it lives in the desert, and can live a 1ong time without water.

B. There the ostrich lays (下蛋) 10 or 12 large eggs.

C. The hunter must know that the ostrich runs only. Zig —zag (z 字形 形线).

D. The ostrich's legs axe very long and strong.

E. It is the largest of all birds.

An ostrich (鸵鸟) is a kind of bird of the deserts in Africa. ____51 It is usually 10 feet high, sometimes the ostrich is called the "camel bird". 52

____53 But its wings are small, and it canno t fly. The ostrich can run very quickly. The nest (巢穴) of the bird is a great hole in the sand. ____54 She watches her nest and leaves it only during the hottest part of the day.

People often hunt (猎捕) ostrich, but it is not easy to catch it, ____55 .

VIII.阅读理解。(20分)

A

Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a holiday.

One day he was not feeling well. So he was to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said, "I want to see a doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one?"

The clerk looked in a book, and said, “Dr. Grey."

"Is he expensive?"

"Well," the clerk answered, "he always asks for his patients two pounds for their first visit to him, and 1.5 pounds for later visit."

Henry decided (决定) to save 50 pence. When he went to see the doctor he said, "I've come again, doctor."

For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face carefully without saying anything. Then he nodded and said, "Oh, yes." He examined (检查) him and then said, "Everything's going as it should do. Just continue with the medicine (药) I gave you last time."

56. Henry came to London___________.

A. to do some shopping

B. to visit friend

C. to spend his holiday

D. to find a job

57. He wanted to see a good doctor because__________.

A. he was feeling bad

B. he could save 50 pence

C. he wanted to take some medicine home

D. a good doctor was very expensive

58. The first visit to the doctor cost_____________ later visit.

A. as much as B. less than

C. more than D. no more than

59. In fact Henry_____________.

A. paid the doctor two pounds

B. paid nothing to the doctor

C. got medicine more worth 2 pounds

D. got no advice from the doctor

60. Henry tried to make the doctor believe that___________.

A. he wasn’t ill

B. he had been to his clinic(门诊部)before

C. he saw a friend of his

D. he wasn’t feeling well

B

The peacock (公孔雀) is a kind of lovely bird because it is beautiful when it opens its tail. So when children go to the zoo, they always shake (挥舞) something colourful to make the peacock show its fine tail feathers (羽毛).

The peacock in the forests of southern Yunnan Province in China is green. The head of the peacock is covered with dark-green feathers. The face is light yellow. Its upper(上面的) tail feathers are often used to make fans(扇子) or clothes.

When a peacock wants to marry a peahen(雌孔雀), it dances around his girl-friend and seems to say, "Am I beautiful?"

The peacock does little harm to the crops (庄稼). It shouldn't be hunted without reasons.

根据短文内容，完成下面任务。(5分)

61. When does the peacock look beautiful?

_________________________________________________

62. Why do chil dren shake something colourful to the peacocks?

_________________________________________________

63. Where do green peacocks live?

_________________________________________________

64. 将划线句子翻译成中文。

_________________________________________________

65. The peacock is___________________.

A. a cock B. a hen

C. a peahen D. a bird

IX. 书面表达。 (15分)

请根据所给信息，介绍一下有关老虎的情况。

要求：要点清楚，语言流畅，词数60词左右。

1. 它们生活在森林或山里，以小动物为食。

2. 老虎的骨头很硬，可以做药(medicine)，因此经常遭到人类的捕杀。

3. 世界上大约还有5000只老虎，我们需要保护他们。

Key:

Ⅰ. 1. travel 2. weak 3. quietly 4. words 5. amazing 6. Without 7. elephants 8.frightened 9. noise 10. as usual 11. ran into 12. as well as 13. turned around

Ⅱ. 14-20 ADCCCCB

Ⅲ. 21. reading 22. amazing 23. interesting 24. know 25. without 26. strange 27. saw 28. tells 29. with 30. animals

Ⅳ. 31. How interesting 32. is fond 33. belongs to 34. take good care 35. How do

Ⅴ. 36. at birth 37. is very healthy; live up to 38. returned ; fact sheets to 39. work out; without your help 40. hard-working student

Ⅵ. 41-45 DACBB 46-50 ADBCD

Ⅶ. 51-55 EADBC

Ⅷ. 56-60CACDB

61. When it opens its tail.

62. To make the peacock show its fine tail feathers.

63. They live in the forests of souther n Yunnan Province in China.

64. 它尾巴上的羽毛常被用来制成扇子或衣服。

65. D

Ⅸ. One possible version:

Tigers are useful and amazing animals. They live in the forests or mountains. They eat small animals. Their furs are very beautiful. Tigers can run very fast and their bones are very hard. Tigers’ bones are very good medicine. Many people want to catch and kill them. There are only about 5,000 tigers in the world now. We must do something to protect them.