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1、第四单元检测(时间:90分钟满分:120分)一、阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分)AAn old man lives with his little grandson.Every day the old man gets up early to read books.One day the grandson asked,“Grandpa,I want to read books as you do.But I always forget what I read.What are the advantages of reading?”The grand
2、father didnt answer him,but said,“Take this little basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as his grandpa said,but all the water leaked out before he got back home.The grandfather laughed and said,“Youll have to walk faster next time.”The next time the boy ran faster,bu
3、t the basket was still empty before he returned home.The boy said,“See,Grandpa,its no use!”“Is it no use?” the old man said.“Look at the basket.”The boy looked at the basket and found that the basket was different.It was cleaner,inside and out.“Thats what happens when you read books.You might not un
4、derstand or remember everything,but when you read them,you will be changed,inside and out.”1What does the old man do every day?A.He carries water.B.He reads books.C.He writes something.D.He does some chores.答案B解析根据第一段第二句,可知这位老人每天看书。2After the grandson read books,he .A.was too busy to do itB.got up l
5、ateC.always forgot what he readD.slept late答案C解析根据第二段中的“But I always forget what I read.”可知,孙子读书后,总是忘记他读的内容。3How many times did the grandson go to the river to get some water?A.Once.B.Twice.C.Three times.D.Four times.答案B解析根据短文关键词“The next time”可知孙子一共取了两次水。4According to the grandpas words,what happen
6、s when we read books?A.We wont have any changes.B.We can understand everything.C.We will be changed,inside and out.D.We can never forget what we read.答案C解析根据尾段爷爷的话“but when you read them,you will be changed,inside and out”可知,当我们读书的时候,我们的内在和外在都会变化。BI work in a nursing home and my job is to take care
7、of the elderly.This year,a very sweet old lady that I cared for,Alice,had gone through a difficult time.She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice.In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”.Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas Day and
8、that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen,she was very sad.Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy.I hated the idea of her being alone on the hol
9、iday!On Christmas Eve,I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.Instead of taking her to my church,I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her
10、as they came in.Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift:the smile on Alic
11、es face.5The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is .A.a houseB.a letterC.an illnessD.a plan答案C解析推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“and so she had been in the hospital twice”可推断,此处表示老人生病了,住了两次院,故选C项。6Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?A.In her old house.B.In her old neighborh
12、ood church.C.In the nursing home.D.In the hospital.答案B解析细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的第一句“Instead of taking her to my church,I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.”可知选B项。7What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?A.The candlelight service.B.Praise from Alices friend
13、s.C.Alices happiness.D.Thanks from Alices daughter.答案C解析细节理解题。根据文章的最后一段“The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift:the smile on Alices face.”可知,作者得到的最好的礼物是Alice脸上的笑容,即她的快乐,故选C项。8What is the best title for this passage?A.A special candlelight Christmas EveB.The dream of all old
14、 lonely ladiesC.My special jobD.The true love答案A解析主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者帮助一位老人过了一个特别的烛光平安夜的故事,故选A项。CMany people think the dinosaurs were the biggest animals that ever lived.They are wrong.The worlds biggest animal is still living and it lives in the ocean.It is called the blue whale.Blue whales can be as lon
15、g as 30 metres and weigh as much as 1,000 kilos.The largest dinosaurs weighed only 500 kilos.The whale is not only the worlds biggest animal,it is also one of the smartest.We know that whales can communicate with each other,although we do not know what they are saying.Perhaps one day we will learn h
16、ow to communicate with whales,and then they will be able to tell us about themselves.Although they live in the ocean,whales dont lay eggs like fish do.They are mammals.They give birth to babies and produce milk inside their own bodies to feed them.Humans are also mammals.There are lots of stories about
