高二英语单元测试题Unit 1—Unit3
一.完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the 1 person.
When I first knew Bill, back in 2 , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever 3 . He was always ready to have a party. He thought 4 of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old 5 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and 6 was never dull (无聊) when he was 7 . With him there was one wild adventure after another. Sometimes I wonder how we managed to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 8 , I wasn’t even sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 9 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 10 thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main 11 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never 12 Bill changing so much. My image of him remained the one I had formed 13 the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s foolish to expect people to remain the same, especially 14 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 15 the same way about me.
1. A. proper B. same C. usual D. right
2. A. childhood B. the army C. his thirties D. college
3. A. considered B. supposed C. met D. expected
4. A. nothing B. much C. most D. none
5. A. man B. hospital C. movie D. country
6. A. learning B. life C. work D. fun
7. A. in B. out C. away D. around
8. A. First of all B. At first C. Now and then D. All the time
9. A. thought B. talked C. argued D. spent
10. A. first B. last C. next D. only
11. A. interest B. event C. subject D. problem
12. A. forgot B. minded C. liked D. imagined
13. A. since B. from C. at D. till
14. A. because B. that C. how D. when
15. A. felt B. acted C. looked D. discovered
二. 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
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There are many types of reports. A report is simply an
account of something that has happened. The commonest are news reports. We get them in themselves, over radio and on television. Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels. The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news. If you examine a newspaper closely, you will find that there are all types of news: accidents, floods, fires, wars, fashions(服装), sports, books, etc. The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are news items which are very amusing.
A news report is usually very short, except when it is about something very important, but it contains(包含) a lot of information. It is also written in short paragraphs, the first
paragraph is in fact a summary(总结) of the news item. It gives all the necessary information, what, when, where, how and why. The other paragraphs give full details of the subjects. There may also be interviews with people. The words
actuallyspoken by them are within inverted commas (引号). Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.
16. The easiest way to get today’s news is .
A. to go to the cinema
B. to watch a color TV
C. to read today’s newspaper
D. to listen to the music over radio
17. Newspapers sell well
mainly because .
A. they cost very little
B. they are easy to get
C. they have got pictures to go with the news
D. they provide all sorts of news in them
18. If you want to get enough infor
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