Book 4  Unit 4    Date: October 24, 2008

Ⅰ.  Multiple Choices  (20’)

(   ) 1. When I got to school, the class _________.

　     A. begins　B. has begin　C had begun 　D. began

(   ) 2. You ‘ll need to ____them  _____your enthusiasm for the job.

         A convince, of        B  be convinced, about 

 C convincing , of      D. Both A and B

(   ) 3. Do you still remember _______?

　       A. that he said B. what he said C. where did he say that  D. what did he say

(   ) 4. Act now so that every thing may________ in time.

　      A. arrange B. arranged C. arrangement D. be arranged

(   ) 5. The film           for three minutes before I get there .

A. has been on  B. has begun  C. had been on  D. had begun       

(   ) 6. He seems                  .

       A. to be happy  B. like a dramatist    C. to cry    D. All the above

(   ) 7.“ If only I   a brush, I__ pictures for the poor people in my village.” Maliang said.

　    A. have, will draw B. had, could drew C. have, could draw  D. had, must draw

(   ) 8. He ________ before his son was born.

　    A. has died   B. has been dead　　C. had died   D. died

(   ) 9.          that be true ?   No,it              be true .

      A. Can, may not    B. May , might not      C. Can ,must     D. Can, can’t

(   )10. I ___________ by your invitation to talk at the meeting.

　    A. fell flattered  　B. am flattery　C. was flattered　 D. am flattering

(   )11. No one tells us______, so we need your help.

　    A. how we should do    B. what should we do

　    C. how to do it         D. what to do it

(   )12. The girl sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because she ____before.

       A hasn’t flown      B. didn’t fly   C. hadn’t flown   D. never flies

(   )13. Don’t be afraid _______ for help if you need it.

       A. to asking       B. of ask       C. to ask   D. asking

(   )14. Which one of the following is right ?

      A. The hungry fox was annoyed with himself about so silly .

      B. The hungry fox was annoyed with himself about being so silly 

C. The hungry fox was angry  for  not eating the cheese

D . The hungry fox was annoyed with himself for being so silly

(   )15. She ___________ the cheese when a hungry fox looked up and saw her.

      A. gets ready to get            B. is getting ready to eat

C. got ready eating            D. was getting ready to eat

16. Our hometown has changed a lot. Who can tell ____ it would be like in ____ five years.

　    A. how, another 　B. what, more 　C. how , other  D. what, another

17. ─ Could you tell me ______? ─ Yes. He ____ to the USA.

　    A. where is he/ has been     B. where he is/ has gone

　    C. where was he/ has been   D. where he was/ has gone

18. ─Mike wants to know if ____ a picnic tomorrow.

　 ─Yes. But if it _______, we'll visit the museum instead.

　 A. you have/ will rain       B. you will have/ will rain

　 C. you will have/ rains      D. will you have/ rains

19. He was               at being the center of attention .

    A. embarras   B. embarrassing    C. embarrassed   D. embarrased

20. I entered a room with a fan          quickly .   

A . spinning    B. is spinning     C. is span         D . hanging

Ⅱ. Vocabulary(20’)

1.      Anderson’s Fairy Tales have given p___________ to children around the world.

2.      I don’t think the world’s climate will change d___________ in the next fifty years.

3.      Some people like to be t             . (touch slightly to cause a feeling sensation.)

4.      My father was greatly d___________ in me after I failed the exam.

5.      A fable is a short tale about animals or o__________.

6.      Have you f_________ out what is wrong with your car?

7.      This dictionary is v__________.  (of no value )

8.      The move is b_______ on a best-selling novel.

9.      I can’t c__________ my feelings in words.

10.  The crow was f__________ when she heard the fox’s praise.

11.  We often heard them g           downstairs .

12.  The teacher told us to b_________ of flattery in life.

13.  They were t_________ in prison for robbing a bank yesterday.

14.  She b____ the relatives good bye and went off.

15.  He tried l________ to some songs but still couldn’t go to sleep.

16.  The salesman c________ them to buy a new car.

17.  The tiger is d_________ his prey, the rabbit.

18.  The tiger was u__________ that he was the cause of the other animals’ flight.

19.  Are you f_________ with the story of the Wolf in the Sheep’s Clothing?

20.  Look before you l__________ (proverb).

Ⅲ.Fill in each blank with the right form of the word.(10’)

1.      To his ___________ (disappointed) ,he failed to get the job.

2.      They collected and_________(retell) Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

3.      Her explanation for her _________(absent) wasn’t ___________(convince).

4.      One of the earliest ___________(collect) of fairy stories is Tales of Mother Goose by Charles Perrault. It ____________(publish) in 1697.

5.      He _________(weave) his ideas into a story last week.

6.      They are still ____________(search) for the missing child.

7.      When I met him , John ___________(live) in Paris for ten years.

8.      People have different ways of dealing with __________(person) questions.

Ⅳ.Sentence Transformation(10’)

1.      It was difficult to persuade her to change her mind.

It was difficult to ___________ her _________change her mind.

2.      People think things they can’t have is of greater value.

People think things they can’t have is ______ ____.

3.      I have never been able to understand him.

I have never been able to _______ ________ _________.

4.  He may be acting in a film.

   ______  _____  ______  _______ in a film.

 Ⅴ.Translation(10’)

1.      当她买这个房子的时候，房子已经空了好几年了。

 

2．喜欢说谎的那个男孩就是Hugh。

 

3．他承诺下个周五打电话给我。

 

4．请去确定一下火车离站的时间。

 

5．他因为迟到而生自己的气。

 

Ⅵ. Cloze Test(10’) Most middle school students wear uniforms. Some students like uniforms,   41   others don’t. However, recently, a Japanese government survey(政府调查)   42   that more students in Japan like uniforms now   43   school uniforms are more fashionable (时尚的) than they were before.

I surveyed some Japanese students about   44   they thought about school uniforms. I asked them, “ Are fashionable uniforms popular or not?” There were lots of different opinions (观点，看法).

Hiromi said, “I like school uniforms because I don’t need   45   clothes every day. I think that fashionable uniforms are   46  . My high school uniform is fashionable, but there is a   47  . Fashionable uniforms are too expensive.”

Miki said that she didn’t like fashionable uniforms because she didn’t want to spend so much money   48   uniforms. She thought that the uniforms should be changed (被改变). They should be cheaper and easier to get.

Mitsuaki said, “ I don’t like school uniforms because I want to look   49  . I also agree that fashionable uniforms make many students   50   uniforms in high school. If students like fashionable uniforms, it is good.”

(   ) 41. A. and                         B. but                          C. or                           D. so

(   ) 42. A. shows                      B. tells                         C. speaks                     D. talks

(   ) 43. A. before                            B. when                       C. because                   D. so that

(   ) 44. A. why                        B. how                         C. where                      D. what

(   ) 45. A. choose                            B. to choose                 C. choosing                  D. chose

(   ) 46. A. good                       B. bad                         C. well                         D. old

(   ) 47. A. question                  B. word                       C. thing                       D. problem

(   ) 48. A. in                                  B. for                          C. on                           D. at

(   ) 49. A. the same                 B. different                  C. happy                            D. same

(   ) 50. A. want to wear                                              B. to want to wear

C. to want wearing                                                D. to want wear

 

 

Ⅶ.Reading Comprehension (10’)

(A) One day , a hungry fox was walking along a road. He saw some lovely bunches of grapes hanging over a high fence. He stopped to look at the grapes. They looked very nice to eat.

   The grapes were very high up. The fox stood on his hind legs and put his front legs on the fence. But the grapes were still too far away to be reached.

   The fox jumped up as high as he could. But he failed. He jumped and jumped until he was very tired.

    At last, he stopped jumping and walked away with his nose in the air. “I don’t want these grapes,” he said. “I thought they were ripe(熟了的), but now I’m sure they are very sour.”

1.      What is the moral of this fable?

 

 

2.      True of False?

1)  The fox reached a bunch of grape. It tasted very sour.(   )

2)  If the fox ate the grapes, perhaps he would say they were sweet.(    )

3)  The fox couldn’t eat the grapes but he said they were sour.(    )

4)  From what the fox said, we can know the fox was very angry when he couldn’t eat the grapes but he still wanted to save his face.(   )

(B)   Once there was an old man who was very fond of being told lies. “Any man who can tell me two lies can marry my only daughter.” So all the liars through the country came to his house. But he said to all of them, “I am not satisfied with your stories.” I will not give my daughter to any of you.”

      One day , however, a young man came and said, “It will be very hot in summer and you should go out now and dig a big hole under the street. Then when the hot weather comes, you can sell it and make some money.”

      “That’s a wonderful lie,” answered the old man. “And the next?”

      The young man took an old paper from his pocket. “This is a bond of debt amounting to one million which your father borrowed from me before he died. I have come to ask for payment.”

      Now the old man did not know what to do. “If I say it’s a lie, I must give him my daughter. But if I say it’s not a lie, I must pay all the money,” he said to himself. In the end he had to say, “ It’s a lie.” And the young man married his daughter.

6.(    )What did a young man do to the old man one day?

A.    He told the old man a good lie and a true story but the old man didn’t want to accept the fact.

B.     He told the old man two facts but the old man said they were not lies.

C.    He lied to the old man and his lies left the old man no other choice but to give up his daughter.

D.    He made the old man pay him a great deal of money.

7.(    ) Why did the old man let the young man marry his daughter?

  A  Because he thought the young man’s lies really wonderful.

  B  Because he didn’t want to pay a lot of money.

  C  Because he loved lies more than his daughter.

  D  Because he didn’t want to pay his debt to the young man.

8.(     ) What kind of person was the young man?

  A  He was a rich man’s son.

  B  He was the best liar of the country the old man had ever met.

  C  He was good at telling clever lies.

  D  He was an honest person who told lies just under certain circumstances.

9. (     ) For what purpose did the young man come to the old man?

  A To tell him good lies.

  B To marry the old man’s daughter and teach him a lesson.

  C To get his father’s money back.

  D To show that he was more clever than any other liar.

10.(     )The underlined word “bond” means ______in Chinese.

  A 通知  B 婚约   C 契约  D 合同

Ⅷ Writhing(10’)

Please finish the fable according to the following pictures. And you should give the moral of the fable at the end of the tale.(more than 80 words)

 

       

                        Colt         squirrel               cow

            

 How a Colt(小雄驹) Crossed the River

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill（磨坊）. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river…..