Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero 同步练习(八)
I．完形填空(每题2分．共40分)
There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons. She was worried 1 them, especially the younger one, Ben, 2_____ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class 3 fun of him becau he emed so 4
The mother _____5_____ that she would, herlf, have to get her sons to do better in school. She 6 them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 7 a week and do a report about it for her.
One day, in Ben's 8 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben 9 up his hand and the teacher let him 10 "Why did Ben rai his hand?" they wondered. He 11 said anything, What could he possibly want to say?
Well, Ben not only 12 the rock, he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew 13 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students w
ere 14 Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 15
Ben later went on to the 16 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University 17 at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
After Ben had grown up, he 18 something about his mother that he did not know as a 19
She, herlf, had never learned how to 20
1. A. about B. on C. with D. over
2. A. becau B. so C. but D. though
3. A. played B. got 碘片 C. took D. made
4. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
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5. A. asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard
6. A. made B. let C. told D. considered
7. A. notice 你在眺望着谁B. message C. book D. question
8. A. class B. room C. office D. lab
9. A. looked B. gave C. took D. put
10. A. think B. leave 小说名著 C. stand n1成绩查询 D. speak
11. A. always B. even C. quickly D. never
12. A. found B. played C. knew D. threw
13. A. whether B. when C. where D. why
14. A. afraid B. surprid C. worried D. unhappy
15. A. pictures B. exercis C. shops D. reportswago
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16. A. top B. end C. back D. side
17. A. so B. and C. or D. however
18. A. learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guesd
19. A doctor B. child C. student 荔枝的英文D. teacher
20. A. read B. work C. teach D. show
Ⅱ．阅读理解(3篇，12题，每题5分，共60分)
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Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and travelling. Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Russia, Mr Cousins got sick. Becau he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak.
In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was
painful. He was not able to sleep at night.
The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr Cousins' problem and he might never get over the illness. Mr Cousins, however, refud to give up hope.
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Mr Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himlf. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment on himlf while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of read laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
nanchangDeciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exerci.
After a few months, Mr Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himlf back to health.
21. Norman cousins got sick becau______.
A. he had too much rest at home
