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1、Unit 19 languageA卷.单项填空1. Obama, the new president of the USA, is trying to help the Americans suffering from Wall Street crisis make the _ needed to rebalance their lives.A. changeB. improvementC. decision D. adjustment2. Lacking _ sleep, he found it impossible to concentrate his mind on the teache
2、rs lecture.A. evident B. apparentC. absolute D. adequate3. Dont worry. Well keep you _ while youre away.A. informing B. to be informedC. informed D. been informed4. _by a thick forest, the ancient city hadnt been discovered until the 1990s.A. Surrounding B. To surroundC. Surrounded D. Having surroun
3、ded5. The US was _ a 20 percent to 30 percent appreciation (升值) of the yuan, and Chinas government refused this unfair demand.A. accounting for B. compensating for C. pushing for D. applying for6. They managed to _ all the best performers.A. sign up B. hold up C. take up D. put up7. Good love makes
4、you see the whole world from one person _ bad love makes you abandon the whole world for one person.A. while B. asC. when D. though8. He climbed silently _ of seizing the thief _.A. on purpose; by surpriseB. on purpose; surprisinglyC. for the purpose; surprisedD. for the purpose; by surprise9. The t
5、hree sisters decided to hold a family party to _ their parents silver wedding.A. welcome B. congratulateC. memorize D. celebrate10. Never speak ill of someone _. Its bad manners _.A. in his absence; to do soB. when he is absent; doing soC. during his away; to do soD. while he is away; doing so11. Th
6、e result of adding two numbers is the same _the order of the addition.A. in place of B. as well asC. except for D. regardless of12. Her father _ in the USA for another year so that she could work toward her masters degree.A. agreed her to stay B. permitted her stayC. let her staying D. approved of h
7、er staying13. I dont know _ the future holds in store for me, but Ill face the storms of life bravely.A. how B. whereC. that D. what14. _is known to us all that the 2012 Olympic Games will take place in London.A. As B. ItC. What D. That15. Dad, Ive finished my assignment.Good, and _ you play or watc
8、h TV, you mustnt disturb me.A. whenever B. whetherC. whatever D. no matter.阅读理解ASome unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piec
9、e of furniture that people sit on while watching television.Robert Armstrong, an artist from California, developed the term “couch potato” in 1976. Several years later, he listed the term as a trademark with the United States government. Mr.Armstrong also helped write a funny book about life as a fu
10、lltime television watcher. It is called the “Official Couch Potato Handbook”. Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just as mouse potatoes enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device that moves the pointer, or cursor, on a computer screen. The description of mouse potato became pop
11、ular in 1993. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone to get cabin fever. A cabin is a simple house usually built far away fr
12、om the city. People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.Cabin fever is not really a disease. However, people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Of
13、ten children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play. So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed.Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called nesting or cocooni
14、ng. Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too.The terms cocooning and nesting became pop
15、ular more than twenty years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children.Now these children are grownup and have left the nest. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away.Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nest. They have become empty nesters.1. Which of the following was first used?A. Couch potato. B. Cocooning.C. Mouse potato.
