高二英语Test of Unit 3, Module 8
第一部分：听力（略）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第1节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. The boy tried his best to make himself ________in his _______ English.
A. understood, breaking B. understand, broken
C. understand, breaking D. understood, broken
2. English is a language_________ all around the world and is the ________ language of most international organizations.
A. to speak, working B. spoken, working
C. speaking, worked D. spoken, worked
3. A: Who are those people with the banner?
B: A group_________ itself the League for Peace.
A. Calling B. calls C. called D. is called
4. When _________about the secret of his success, Spielberg said that he owed
much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.
A. asked B. being asked C. was asked D. asking
5. The problem __________now is very important.
A. being discussed B. discussed
C. discussing D. to be discussed
6. There was a terrible noise _________ a sudden burst of light.
A. followed B. following C. To be followed D. being followed
7. The computer center, ________last year, is very popular among the students in
this school.
A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened
8. A: How did the audience feel when they saw the ending of the play?
B:________
A. Excited B. Excite C. Exciting D. To excite
9. How to feed a ________ population is a problem that is _________ many people.
A. growing, troubling B. grown, troubled
C. growing, troubled D. grown, troubling
10. He found a magazine ________with the owner’s name ________on the desk
with the back cover ________off.
A. marking, lying, torn B. marked, lying, torn
C. marked, laid, tearing D. marking, laying, tearing
11. His aunt’s letters ________ of those beautiful days when they used to live
together in his hometown.
A. call him on B. call him for
C. call him up D. call him up
12. We have to __________finding a solution.
A. set about B. set down C. set out D. set up
13. Don’t be so ___________\.You should catch any chance if you can.
A. active. B. passive C. interested D. rude
14. _______ heavy rain, the football match will be postponed.
A. In case of B. In case C. In order that D. In the case of
15. If it is quite ___________ to you, I will visit you next Friday.
A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable

第二节：完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
What is in the drug that makes you sick or dead ? For example ,cocaine is harmful ,but what makes it harmful?
I can’t tell you all about drugs ,but I can 36 you think about them in this 37 way. Your body is a very complicated（复杂的） machine, 38 a lot of chemical machinery, all of which is finally turned 39 it all works together . Special chemicals, which we call drugs ,can affect it in many different ways.
Some drugs are 40 when your body has a problem, as with disease-causing bacteria. Then someone may give you aspirin to keep your temperature from going too 41 or some penicillin（青霉素） 42 it stops the growth of some kinds of bacteria. 43 ,all drugs are really poison, 44 if you take too much ,so you must always use them 45 .
Why do some people take drugs like cocaine ? For a little while they seem to make you feel better ,or happier .But 46 their effects have 47 ,your body has to pay an extra 48 to get back to normal. That makes you want to get 49 of the drug .
Drugs like cocaine have their special effects because they act as 50 for your nervous system. They cut off some of your nerve pathways and take away some of your senses and your 51 .They make you want always more . And just a little too much can even 52 nerves to your heart and stop its beating .
Many of us worry about the 53 around us and what pollution does to us .How about your internal（内在的） envir
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