Units 3~4
Ⅰ.完形填空
Below are two free opinions on “Life in the old days and life today”． A: Life today is quite different from half a century before. On the one hand, developments in technology do help humans to solve a lot of ____1____. On the other hand, life in the old days brings more ____2____ to people than today.
Life is ____3____ in the past. Nowadays, all humans compete together. As the ____4____ of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer(更加激烈的)．____5____ you are not able to do your jobs well, someone will replace(代替) you.
B: Life today is much better than that in the past. There are many new ____6____ that make life easy and interesting. The rice-cooker, gas stove, and microwave oven are great ____7____ to many housewives. The rice-cooker is a real time-saver. It is so simple to use that even a(n)____8____ can cook rice. So are the other gadgets(小机械) which____9____ the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
Many inventions can make our life easier such as the ____10____ help people to get in touch more conveniently and the Internet makes people's life colorful.
( A )1.A．problems C．plans
( B )2.A．sadness C．trouble
( D )3.A．difficult C．fast
( C )4.A．pollution C．population ( D )5.A．Before C．Unless
( A )6.A．inventions C．machines ( C )7.A．office C．help ( B )8.A．adult
B．jobs D．lessons B．happiness D．business B．boring D．simple B．weather D．air B．Since D．If B．stories D．scientists B．ability D．pleasure B．child
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C．parent ( D )9.A．bring C．take
( A )10.A．phones C．watches
D．pet B．waste D．save B．letters D．bridges
【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。正所谓仁者见仁，智者见智。本文从两个不同的角度对“过去的生活和现在的生活哪个更加美好”这一话题进行了辩论，辩论者A认为过去的生活好，辩论者B则认为现在的生活更好。
【答案精析】
1．A 考查名词辨析。problem“问题”；job“工作”；plan“计划”；lesson“功课；教训”。由第二段第二句中的“developments in technology do help”可知，技术的进步帮助人们解决了大量的“难题”。故选A。
2．B 考查名词辨析。sadness“悲伤”；happiness“幸福”；trouble“麻烦”；
business“商业”。由下文可知，过去简单的生活与现在充满竞争的生活相比更能给人们带
来“快乐”，故选B。
3．D 考查形容词辨析。difficult“困难的”；boring“枯燥的”；fast“快的”；
simple“简单的”。由第三段第二、三句可推知，过去的生活很“简单”，不像现在的生活
充满了压力。故选D。
4．C 考查名词辨析。pollution“污染”；weather“天气”；population“人口”；
air“空气”。由后半句可推知，此处是指随着世界“人口”的数量不断地在增长，竞争也越
来越激烈。故选C。
5．D 考查连词辨析。before“在……之前”，引导时间状语从句；since“自从”，引导时间状语从句；unless“除非；如果不”；if“如果”，引导条件状语从句。由本句的主句部分可知，此处表示一种假设，故用if。
6．A 考查名词辨析。invention“发明”；story“故事”；machine“机器”；
scientist“科学家”。由下一句中的“rice-cooker, gas stove…”等可知均为“发明”，
故选A。
7．C 考查名词辨析。office“办公室”；ability“能力”；help“帮助”；pleasure“高兴”。由上下语境可知，煮饭机，煤气炉、微波炉对许多家庭主妇来说是很大的“帮助”。故选C。
8．B 考查名词辨析。adult“成人”；child“孩子”；parent“父母”；pet“宠物”。由本句中的“so simple to use that even…”可知，此处是指即使是“小孩子”也可以用煮饭机煮饭。故选B。
9．D 考查动词辨析。bring“带来”；waste“浪费”；take“带走”；save“节省”。
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由第四段第四句中的“time-saver”可知，此处指的是这些发明能够为家庭主妇“节约”做家务的时间。故选D。
10．A 考查名词辨析。phone“电话”；letter“信件”；watch“手表”；bridge“桥”。由最后一段10空后的“…help people to get in touch…”可知，在现代社会，能够帮助人们联系更方便的发明应当是“电话”。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
刘雯——从“丑小鸭”到中国超模
Have you seen Liu Wen, a happy, confident and beautiful lady in the recent reality TV show We Are in Love(《我们相爱吧》)? In the show, Liu and South Korean pop star Choi Siwon pretend to be a couple.
The 27-year-old Liu is so far the most successful Chinese model on the international stage. As a runway regular in Paris, Milan and New York fashion shows, her shiny image has been on the cover(封面) of just about every major fashion magazine.
But China's first supermodel said she hadn't realized her beauty until recent years.
“When I was younger, nobody said I was a pretty girl，” she said.“My smaller eyes were a far cry from the big eyes of the most beloved TV actresses.”
What was unusual for Liu was her height(身高). Her life changed in 2005 after entering a modeling competition. From then on, she stepped out of her hometown in Hunan to Beijing and then in 2008 to New York City.
When she first got to the US, Liu said she only knew three English phrases: hello, thank you and goodbye. But she worked hard, learning the language and developing both friendships and dreams.
“I hoped to make the most of the rare(难得的) opportunity, not only to support my family but also to make them proud.”
Now Liu is one of the world's top models. She has also been used to hearing people say “You're beautiful”．
“I feel so happy because I'm living my dream，” she said. “For Chinese girl it's very hard to work internationally. But my fellow Chinese models and I are doing our best despite the challenges we face overseas.
“In this sense, every independent and confident woman should be thought of as beautiful，” she said.
(A )6. According to the passage, We Are in Love is ________.
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