Unit 4 Earthquakes
单元检测卷（时间50分钟；满分100分）
班级_________________姓名_____________考号_________________得分_______________________ I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 【山东省潍坊中学2017届高三上学期开学考试】
As I was taking a walk with my mom, I asked her, “Have you taken the senior bus yet?” I held my breath as I waited for her 1 . “Oh, yes. I have,” she said. “How was it?” I said the words as 2 as I could to show my excitement, even though I sensed the answer was not going to be 3 . She sighed heavily, “No one ever 4 on that bus. They all sit there quietly and look sad. I only see about thirteen 5 old ladies and men.” My 6 for her situation grasped my stomach.
My dad had recently passed away, and his sudden leave made my mother 7 and frightened. For fifty-seven years, my dad had walked by her side. Mom never learned to 8 , so Dad drove her everywhere. Now, her wheels were gone, as one grandchild so properly 9 her situation. I knew she needed great 10 to make the decision to take the senior bus. However, I firmly believed the 11 wouldn’t last too long, for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street.
Several days later, when I came to visit her, I asked, “Do they talk to you now?” She 12 and there was a sparkle (火花) in her eyes. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the 13 had changed. “It was silly that all of us just sat there 14 saying a word. So one morning when I 15 , I greeted them and then remarked that what a nice day it was. Soon, they began to 16 and we chatted happily. Now we are friends and always have some good 17 on the bus, ” she replied.
My mother held the key to the 18 of the other lonely people on that bus. A smile and some 19 words were all it took. She sowed tiny seeds of 20 for herself and her friends on the bus. 1.A. order
B. instruction
B. cheerfully B. reasonable
C. answer
D. request
D. quietly
2.A. fluently 3.A. typical 4.A. talks
C. patiently
C. similar C. drinks
D. positive
B. eats
D. sleeps
D. cautious
5.A. conservative
B. depressed C. surprised
6.A. anger
B. excitement
B. selfish
C. sympathy
D. forgiveness
D. lonely
7.A. stubborn 8.A. drive
C. acute
B. cook
C. dance
D. paint
D. handled D. courage
D. impression
9.A. planned 10.A. support 11.A. silence
B. described B. expectation B. friendship B. smiled B. hardship
C. copied
C. patience
C. argument
12.A. complained 13.A. situation 14.A. for
C. sobbed
D. appeared
D. topic
C. decision
B. by
C. without
D. after
D. set out
15.A. passed by 16.A. apologize
B. got on B. escape
C. stood up C. bother C. examples C. remarks C. friendly
D. respond
D. analysis
17.A. conversations 18.A. fortune 19.A. sensitive 20.A. honesty
B. suggestions B. hearts
D. relationship
D. official
B. responsible
B. happiness C. imagination D. Freedom
2.B考查副词。A. fluently 流利的，B. cheerfully高兴地，C. patiently 有耐心的，D. quietly悄悄地；根据后文表现他的激动所以此处应该是高兴地。故选B。 3.D考查句意理解。句意：即使我感觉到答案是不积极的。故选D。
4.A考查动词。根据后文的They all sit there quietly and look sad.可知他们在公交车上不开口说话。故选A。
5.B考查形容词。根据上文可知他们是很沮丧的。故选B。
6.C考查名词。A. anger愤怒，B. excitement 兴奋，C. sympathy 同情，D. forgiveness原谅；句意：我对她所处的情况的同情引起了我的好奇心。故选C。
7.D考查形容词。根据前文的内容可知，爸爸离开让妈妈很孤单、难过。故选D。
8.A考查句意理解。根据后文的so Dad drove her everywhere. 可知妈妈不会开车。故选A。
9.B考查动词。A. planned计划，B. described描述，C. copied复制，D. handled处理；此处指的是作者正确的描述了她的情况。故选B。
10.D考查句意理解。句意：我知道她需要很大的勇气来决定乘公交车。根据前文也可知；故选D。 11.A考查句意理解。根据后文的for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street.可知，此处应该是安静不会持续太久。故选A。 12.B考查句意理解。根据后文可知她的眼里很高兴可知此处应该是她微笑了。故选B。 13.A考查名词。根据前文可知此处她改善了她的处境。故选A。
14.C考查介词。句意：我们大家都坐在那里，一句话也没有说，这是很愚蠢的。故选C。
15.B考查固定词组。A. passed by路过，B. got on 上车，C. stood up 站起来，D. set out出发；此处指的是她上了车，故选B。
19.C考查形容词。A. sensitive敏感的，B. responsible有责任心的，C. friendly友好的，D. official官方的；句意：一个微笑和友善的话语都用了。故选C。
20.B考查名词。A. honesty诚实，B. happiness快乐，C. imagination想象，D. freedom自由；句意：她在为她自己和她的朋友在公共汽车上散播幸福的小种子。故选B。 考点：考查故事类文章阅读
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
【湖北省襄阳市第五中学2017届高三上学期开学考试】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The film Goodbye Mr Loser（《夏洛特烦恼》has neither a team of shining stars nor a money-consuming publicity campaign to appeal to numerous moviegoers. But 21 it does have is a bunch of middle-aged actors and actresses pretending to be high school students. Yet 22 is amazing that the film is funny enough to earn it belly laughs from beginning to end.
The movie, just 23 the title indicates, is about a small fry named Xia Luo, who is merely