广东20111高考英语一轮复习单元测试 Unit4 Pygmalion 新人教版选修8

选修8 Unit 4  Pygmalion

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一、语法填空

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi.A short while  1  ,however,he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.He is finding his new work  2  exciting.When he was driving along Catford Street recently,he saw two thieves rush  3  of a shop and run towards a  4  (wait)car.One of them was carrying a bag  5  of money.Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves.The one with the money got  6  a fright that he dropped the bag.As the thieves were trying to get away in their car,Roy drove his bus into  7  back of it.While the battered(撞得变了形的)car  8  (move)away,Roy stopped his bus to telephone the police.The thieves car was  9  (bad)damaged and easy to recognize.Shortly afterwards,the police stopped the car and both men  10  (arrest)

二、完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A little Scotch boy was sitting in his grandmother,s kitchen.He was  1  the red flames in the wide open fireplace(壁炉)and quietly wondering about the  2  of things.As a matter of fact,he was  3  wondering and always wanting to know.

“Grandma,”he asked,“what makes the fire  4  ?”

This was not the first time he had  5  his grandmother with questions that she could not  6  .So she went on with her preparations for  7  and paid no attention to his  8  .Above the fire an oldfashioned teakettle(茶壶)was  9  .The water within it was beginning to bubble(沸腾).A thin cloud of  10  was rising and soon the lid(盖子)began to11  .Yet when the boy peeped(窥视)under the lid he could see  12  .“Grandma,what is in the teakettle?”he asked.

“Water,my child.Nothing but water,”answered his grandmother.

“But I know there is something else in there.Something that  13  the lid and makes it shake,”he said.

The grandmother laughed,“Oh,thats only steam.”The boy lifted the lid and looked  14  again.He could see nothing but the bubbling water.The steam could not be seen  15  after it was out of the kettle.

“How strange”he said.“The steam must be very strong to lift the heavy iron lid”

1.A.watching             B.making

C.playing                D.showing

2.A.results               B.bases

C.causes                 D.excuses

3.A.never                B.always

C.hardly                 D.seldom

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4.A.burn                 B.grow

C.change                 D.live

5.A.surprised              B.interested

C.frightened               D.confused

6.A.accept                 B.remember

C.answer                  D.offer

7.A.party                  B.supper

C.study                    D.play

8.A.question                B.behavior

C.clothes                  D.expression

9.A.hanging                B.rising

C.flowing                  D.moving

10.A.water                 B.fog

C.ice                      D.steam

11.A.leap                   B.ring

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