Unit 4 Sharing

能力提升练习

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

阅读下列各句，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

1. A government official was murdered last Friday and the police are collecting information that is relevant ________ the case.

2. We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time, otherwise we ________(give) you a hand.

3. A live program on TV is calling people to donate money or some other things ________ the people who have suffered from the flood in Henan Province.

4. The man hid himself behind a post, from ________ he carefully watched a tall building across the street.

5. Despite the fact that it is still not fully understood, more and more farmers are benefiting ________ this modern technology of agriculture. 6. He ran away as a boy 30 years ago, and his family has never heard ________ him ever since.

7. The Chinese are dying ________(develop) the economy at the present time.

8. Some animals adjust themselves ________ their environment by instinct.

9. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 countries and regions participated ________ the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.

10. Keep your wet coat near the fire and dry it ________ quickly. 11. During the drought, the lakes all dried ________.

12. Remember that when both of you were ________ need, I was the one who loaned you the money.

13. The organization distributed food and blankets ________ the earthquake victims.

14. The doctors operated ________ his eyes the other day.

15. I was wondering along the street ________ I came across an old friend of mine.

16. The buses, most ________ were full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.

17. I doubt ________ the new one will be any better.

18. ________ took only one week for the new students to adapt to the new school life.

19. It is not how much we do ________ how much love we put into what we do that benefits our work most.

20. The baby woke up twice ________ the night. Ⅱ.完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Recognizing the difference between active and passive reading is important for readers of all ages.

Whether you read actively or passively ___1___ how deeply you engage with the ___2___ you are reading. The difference between passive reading and active reading is like the difference between hearing and listening. When it comes to hearing, you ___3___ receive sensory information. When you listen, you ___4___ what you hear, question it and form conclusions about it. When you read passively, you don’t ___5___ question or analyze the information. When you read actively, ___6___, you engage in a dialogue with the information ___7___ use it to gain a new understanding of the subject.

If you are studying for a test or preparing to write a paper, you would tend to read actively ___8___ you need to think about the material so you can understand it in a ___9___ way. However, if you are sitting in a waiting room and reading a magazine simply to ___10___ the time, you may not ___11___ much about the information in the next, and therefore read passively.

Active reading often involves ___12___. For example, if you are preparing for an exam you might use a high-lighter to ___13___ specific passages, or keep a pen with you while you read so you can make ___14___ about important information. Practices such as swimming and scanning are also active reading practice, and are ___15___ when you are

trying to locate a specific bit of information in a text, or trying to understand the ___16___ idea of a passage in the least amount of time. Finally, whether you read actively or passively will ___17___ in your comprehension level, and possibly ___18___ your enjoyment of reading. If you read passively, you will not be able to ___19___ your understanding of the subject as well as if you had read actively. Also, reading ___20___ can negatively affect your level of reading enjoyment. 1. A. puts away

B. depends on

C. looks into D. belongs to 2. A. moment C. material 3. A. simply C. quickly 4. A. ignore C. forget 5. A. easily C. gently

B. reason D. way B. hardly D. frequently B. analyze D. translate B. roughly D. really

6. A. therefore B. otherwise C. however 7. A. but C. or

D. besides B. and D. as B. until

8. A. because