Unit 5 The silver screen
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．David said that it was becau of his strong interest in literature________ he cho the cour.
A．that B．what C．why D．how
2．With his work being________ by his boss，he quickly got promoted in the company.
A．thought highly B．high thought of
C．well thought of D．badly thought of
3．The________for this year’s best actress went to a famous Chine woman from Hong Kong.
A．award B．prize
C．reward D．honour
4．________ the large amount of immigration，Toronto is considered as the most multicultural city in the world.
A．Owing to B．Catering to
C．Leading to D．Bound to
5．________ to go to college，he studied harder and harder. (·一中检测)
A．Determining B．Determined
C．Determine D．Having determined
智斗沙家浜>中秋节的优美句子6．The lessons given by are always________ and interesting. (·调研)
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A．lovingly B．lovely
C．lively D．vividly
7．The plane cannot________ or land safely every time.
A．take in B．take on
C．take over D．take off
8．He says he really can’t ________ to wait another day.
A．waste B．afford
C．spend D．cost
9．________the Peace Nobel Prize of 1964 for advocating nonviolence policy in the Civil Rights Movement，Martin Luther King felt very happy about that.
A．To be awarded B．Awarded
C．Awarding D．To award
10．—I apologize to you for my rudeness yesterday，Mary.
—Never mind，and I think________ of it.
A．little B．nothing
C．much D．highly
11．Something has gone wrong________ the experiment，so they have to stop to go through the experiment process. (· 五校联考)
A．to B．for C．with D．at
12．Hearing that some people often________ hungry in some areas in Africa，the children________ not to waste their food.
A．get；become B．go；grew
C．run；turned D．become；fell
13．We all know that, ________， the situation will get wor.
A．not if dealt carefully with
B．if not carefully dealt with
C．if dealt not carefully with
D．not if carefully dealt with
14．It was________ back home after the experiment.
A．not until midnight did he go
B．until midnight that he didn’t go
C．until midnight when he didn’t go
D．not until midnight that he went
15．UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon often states at international conferences that the developed countries should greatly reduce the debts which the underdeveloped countries
________ to them. (·一中模拟)
A．to owe 过年趣事作文B．owe
C．owing D．owed
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Europe’s bestknown landmarks—including the Eiffel Tower，Big Ben and Rome’s Colosum(角斗场)—fell dark on Saturday，following Sydney Opera Hou and Beijing’s Forbidden City in protest(抗议) against a global climate change，as lights were switched off across the world to mark the Earth Hour event.
In the United States，the lights went out at the Empire State Building in New York，the National Cathedral in Washington，and the CocaCola headquarters in Atlanta.
Millions were expected to turn off lights and appliances for an hour from 8苹果怎么换字体∶30 pm in a gesture to highlight environmental concerns and to call for a binding(有法律约束力的) agreement to cut greenhou gas emission (排放)．This year was the fourth annual Earth Hour，organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
“I think it’s great to e that hundreds of millions of people share this common value of lowering our carbon footprint，〞said Dan Forman，a spokesman for WWF in Washington.
“Some 4,000 cities in more than 120 countries—starting with the remote Chatham Islands off the coast of New Zealand—voluntarily switched off on Saturday to reduce energy consumption，though traffic lights and other safety features were unaffected，〞 organizers said.
顺丰菜鸟“We have everyone from Casablanca to the safari (游猎) camps of Namibia and Tanzania take part，〞 said Greg Bourne，CEO of WWF in Australia，which started Earth Hour in 2007 in Sydney before it spread to every continent.
“It’s saying to our politicians—you can’t give up on climate change，〞 said WWF spokeswoman Debbie Chapman in the UK.
Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament building went dark to support the campaign，along with other famed London landmarks including St. Paul’兵马大元帅s Cathedral and Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
关于友善的故事Rearchers at the Davis Station，in Antarctica，also joined the campaign—shutting off the lights at the ba.
Last year，some 88 cities took part in Earth Hour，which is backed by the United Nations as well as global corporations，nonprofit groups，schools，scientists and celebrities.
