周考卷八 Unit 4 ~ Unit 5 (Book 4)
本试卷满分120分；答题时间100分钟。
Ⅰ卷
Ⅰ.阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
It was my first day back home since starting college. A lot had changed in the last year. Not with my hometown but with me. I had left as a 17-year-old boy and had now returned as an 18-year-old man. In the city, I was living on my own, had a part-time job and was studying. Even the government recognized I was an adult; I had a driver’s license. So here I was, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was. When his recognition failed to appear, I took matters into my own hands. “Dad,” I said casually, “I’m thirsty. Let’s go for a beer.” It was the first time I’d ever mentioned beer in front of my father, let alone ask him to drink one with me.
He turned to me with a curious expression on his face. “A beer? Well I guess you’re old
enough now. Let’s go to Sailors’ Bar. It’s where my cousin Tom, your uncle, used to drink. You remember him, right?”
I had only some vague recollection of my uncle. He was the black sheep of the family --- always
in trouble. We didn’t talk about him much. “What ever happened to Uncle Tom, Dad? I haven’t seen him in years,” I said as we continued towards the bar.
“Neither have I, unfortunately. He was a good kid once. But things changed,” my father said
mournfully. As a boy, he explained, there had been no better-behaved boy than Tom. But after leaving school, he moved to the city and fell in with bad company. He started going out every night, drinking in nightclubs and playing cards. Soon he lost everything and had to beg his mum to pay his debts. She agreed on the condition he returned home.
My dad took a deep breath and continued his tale. “Things settled down for a while. He married a lovely woman, gave up his bad habits. But it didn’t last. He was soon back to his old ways. He couldn’t resist. He was at Sailors’ Bar almost every night. His poor mother died of grief
and shame. His wife followed her soon after.
“What ruined him was alcohol. He told me once, when a man begins drinking, he never knows where it’ll end. ‘So’, Tom warned me, ‘beware of your first drink!’
“He went from bad to worse. Last year Tom sent me a letter saying he had been found guilty of stealing, and sent to prison for ten years.”
Dad finished talking just as we reached the front of Sailors’ Bar. “Anyway, here we are.
Let’s go in,” he said. But I understood. I put my arm around my father and said, “I’m not thirsty anymore, Dad. Let’s go home.”
1. Why did the young man invite his father to drink a beer?
A. Because he was thirsty. B. Because he missed his father.
C. Because he wanted to show he was an adult. D. Because he wanted to discuss his Uncle Tom. 2. What was the main source of Uncle Tom’s problems?
A. His overly-strict family. B. His addiction to card games. C. The deaths of his mother and wife. D. His inability to control his drinking.
3. In the story, the father told his son about Tom in order to ________.
A. warn the son to keep away from Tom
B. entertain the son while they walked to the bar C. recall an interesting period in the father’s life D. convince the son of the harm caused by drinking
4. What is the correct order of the following events from Uncle Tom’s life?
a. His mother died.
b. He married a lovely girl. c. He started going to nightclubs. d. He was caught stealing.
e. He went back home to live with his mother. f. He left school.
A. d,f,e,b,a,c B. e,a,f,b,c,d C. f,c,e,b,a,d D. f,c,e,a,b,d
本文讲述作者认为自己上大学了，已经成年了，为了表明自己已经成熟，邀请父亲去酒吧，在路上，父亲讲了汤姆叔叔的故事，酗酒是非常危险的作者听到决定不去酒吧，跟父亲回家。
1.C 推断题。根据第一段提到So here I was, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was.可知我想向父亲证明我已经成熟了，我是个成年人了，故选C项。
2.D 推断题。根据第五段提到But it didn’t last. He was soon back to his old ways. He couldn’t resist. He was at Sailors’ Bar almost every night当结婚之后，他回到老路来了，又开始来这个酒吧喝酒，所以汤姆叔叔的主要问题是酗酒，故选D项。
3.D 推断题。根据文中提到父亲讲汤姆叔叔因为酗酒，失去母亲，妻子，又抢劫入狱，来告诉儿子喝酒的危害，故选D项。
4.C 排序题。根据文中可知汤姆叔叔先是离开学校，开始去夜店，回家与母亲住在一起，母亲给他还债，后来娶一个可爱的女孩，但又开始喝酒，母亲去世，他也因失去入狱，故选C项。
B
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Rock House Museum. Take a journey through history with a visit to the exciting museum and historic sites of Wytheville. The Rock House Museum offers glimpses into daily life in the 19th century. The museum is part of the 50 structures featured in Wytheville’s Historic Walking Tour. 540/223-3330.
Natural Bridge of Virginia, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Caverns of Natural Bridge, guided tours of underground wonders; Natural Bridge Inn & Conference Center, Indoor Heated Pool, largest Gift & Souvenir Shop in the East. Information 800/533-1410.
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The Newseum in Arlington, the world’s only interactive museum of news. Visitors can be reporters or television newscasters, see today’s news as it happens on a block-long video news wall, and be taken behind the scenes to see how news is made. The newseum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 888/NEWSEUM. www. Newseum. Org
Kenmore Plantation & Gardens, visit over two hundred years of history from the Revolutionary War, Civil War and into the 21st-century. Home of Betty Washington, George Washington’s only sister, and Patriot Col. Fielding Lewis. Explore this historic building and city block of restored gardens. Tea and ginger cookies served. 540/373-3381.
Virginia Beach offers 11,000 hotel/motel rooms, plus cottages and campgrounds. Enjoy miles of clean beaches and a variety of family attractions. Fine restaurants, various shopping areas, exciting nightlife, and special events are offered throughout the year. 800/822-3224. 5. What is the purpose of this text? A. To introduce Virginia to tourists. B. To encourage people to settle in Virginia. C. To introduce historic sites in Virginia.
D. To supply information for choosing “The Best of Virginia”. 6. In what way is the Newseum different from Rock House Museum? A. It is larger.
B. It is more exciting.
D. Visitors can see more in it.
C. Visitors can act in it.
7. If you want to enjoy yourself in the evening, you may go to . A. The Newseum
B. Kenmore Plantation & Gardens
D. Virginia Beach
C. Grand Caverns
8. If you want to know about some American history, there are places listed in this text for you to go to. A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
5. A. 主旨大意题。本文主要是把 “Virginia” 介绍给旅游者。 6. C. 细节理解题。由The Newseum中的内容得知。 7. D.细节理解题。 由Virginia Beach中的内容得知。 8. B. 细节理解题。文章共三个地方涉及了一些美国历史。
C
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