Unit6 DESIGN 同步练习(一)
一、 短文填空：阅读下面短文，根据所给的第一个字母，写出相应的单词
When the Titanic was built, people thought it would never s_____. However, this passenger ship surprised everyone when it sank on its first j_____.
The Titanic was built in Belfast, Ireland. Its m_____ spent a great deal of money building the ship. When it was finished, it was the l______ and most comfortable ship ever built.
The Titanic set sail on April 1912. “I had wanted to set f_____ on the Titanic ever since it was built,” said Molly Brown, a Titanic survivor. “I never thought it would sink!”
O______ 13th April, the Titanic was sailing at full s_____ towards New York. The c_____ had received warnings about icebergs all day, but had paid little a _____ to the warnings.
At 2:20 am, the Titanic sank into the sea. It had hit an i______ just over two hours before. Of the 2,200 people on the ship, only 705 survived. 二、
单项填空：
1. –It’s getting late. I’m afraid I must be going now. --OK. _____.
A. Take it easy B. Go slowly C. Stay longer D. See you 2. When first ____ to the market, these products enjoyed great success. A. inducing B. introduced C. introduce D. being introduced
3. We needed a new cupboard for the kitchen. So Peter made ______ from some wood we had.
A. it B. one C. himself D. another
4. Paul had to write a history paper, _____ he couldn’t find time to do it. A. but B. so C. because D. if 5. –What’s that terrible noise? --The neighbours _____ for a party.
A. have prepared B. are preparing C. prepare D. will prepare 6. Last night Tom lay in bed, trying to read, but he ____ himself reading the same page.
A. had B. found C. caught D. felt
7. Washington, a state in the USA, was named ____ the first president George Washington.
A. in honour of B. in favour of C. by means of D. instead of 8. They said good-bye, little knowing that they _____ again. A. were never met B. were never to meet C. were to never meet D. were never going to meet
9. The great use of the school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach the art of learning.
A. rather than B. like C. as D. nor 10. –International Bank Corporation. Good afternoon. --Good afternoon. Mr Henry Chalmers, please.
--I’m sorry, sir, _____. We open again at 9:30 n Monday morning. --Thanks. Good-bye.
A. but the bank’s closed B. but Mr Henry Chalmers C. but today is sunny D. but I’m not sure of him 11. _____ big swimming pool in our school was completed in ____ May f 2020, not in ____ April, 2020.
A. A; 不填；不填 B. The; the;不填 C. A; the;不填 D. The;不填；
不填
12. –How often do you go to the library? --_____.
A. In two days B. Every few days C. Each third day D. Every a few days
13. Arabic(阿拉伯语) is written in the opposite direction to English, ____, from right to left.
A. for example B. such as C. which is D. that is
14. So for 70﹪ of the people in the flooded area ____ the help from the local
government.
A. has got B. are getting C. have got D. had got 15. He hardly ____ anything more since we know all about it.
A. need to say B. needs say C. need say D. needn’t have said 三、完形填空：
Ask beautiful American singer Beyonce Knowles what she wants people to hear when they listen to her songs and the answer is a simple one. “My range,” she says.
“I want them to hear all of the 16 influences from hip-hop (street dancing music) to rock to jazz. I want them to hear the talent. I know that fans love me 17 a pop star. Now I want them to understand me as a (n) 18.”
It is this quality that sets the 22-year-old apart 19 the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who have the 20 but not the same level of 21. and now the music industry says the same thing: Knowles 22 the field at the Grammy Awards(格莱美奖) with six nominations(提名), including ones for record of the year and the best R&B 23.
She started her music career as the founding member and chief songwriter