广东20111高考英语一轮复习单元测试 Unit4 Exploring plants 新人教版选修9

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Unit 4   Exploring plants

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一、语法填空 

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Poor student behaviour seems to be an  1  (increase)widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

In many countries,the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with  2  children.These children are often spoilt,not in terms of love and attention because  3  (work)parents do not have the time for this,  4  in more material ways.They are allowed to have  5  they want,regardless of price,and to behave as they please.This means that the children grow up  6  consideration for others and without any understanding of  7  their standard of living comes from.

When they get to school age they have not learnt any selfcontrol or discipline.Teachers continually complain  8  this problem and measures  9  (take)to combat the situation.But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families,  10  need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.

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。

Once there was a group of men—a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks,doing a timber(木料)job in a jungle.

This young man was very  1  .He always continued to work through his break time and

  2  that those old folks were wasting time,having to break several times a day to drink and chat.As time went by,this young man noticed that  3  he worked through break time and hardly took a rest,those old folks were chopping the same  4  of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked through the break time as he did.So he  5  to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the  6  were even worse.

One day,one of the old folks  7  him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused and said that he had no  8  time!Then the old man smiled and said,“It is just a waste of effort to  9  chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will  10  or be so tired as you have spent too much energy.”

Suddenly the young man  11  that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat,they were  12  resharpening their axes at the same time!And that,s how they could  13  faster than him,yet spending less time!

What we need is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability  14  .Only then can we have more time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no  15  !

1.A.weak                   B.clever

C.hardworking            D.goodlooking

2.A.admired                 B.complained

C.reminded                  D.predicted

3.A.even though              B.only if

C.because                   D.unless

4.A.weight                   B.height

C.amount                    D.price

5.A.failed                    B.pretended

C.agreed                     D.decided

6.A.marks                    B.results

C.effects                     D.conditions

7.A.invited                   B.blamed

C.thanked                    D.forgave

8.A.wrong                    B.valuable

C.extra                       D.exact

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