人教版高中英语必修一Unit 5单元测试题.docx

1、人教版高中英语必修一Unit 5单元测试题Unit 5单元测试题第二部分： 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。APete Sparks was a sensitive (敏感的) boy. So sensitive that even his hair was ticklish (怕痒的). You only had to touch his hair a little bit and he would start laughing. When this ticklish laugh

2、ter started, no one could make him stop. Pete tried everything to control his ticklishness, but nothing worked. So he began to feel sad for being different.One day in the street, he met a special clown. The clown was very old and could hardly walk, but when he saw Pete in tears, he went to cheer him

3、 up. It didnt take long to make Pete laugh. Later Pete told him about his ticklish problem, and he asked the clown how such an old man could carry on being a clown.“I have no one to take my place,” said the clown. “I have a very serious job to do.” Pete looked at him, surprised. “Come, Ill show you,

4、” said the clown. So the clown took Pete to many hospitals full of children who were sick. As soon as they saw the clown, their faces changed completely and lit up with a smile. Their short while spent with the clown changed everything for them. That day was even more special, because in every show

5、Petes laughter would end up with the kids lying on the floor, dying with laughter. When the visit came to an end, the old clown said to Pete, “Now do you see why I cant retire (退休), even at my age?”That was how Pete became a clown, and took the special old mans place. From that day on, the fact that

6、 Pete was different actually made him happy, thanks to his special gift (天赋).21. Pete wanted to change because he wanted to _.A. make a difference B. just be a normal boyC. make everyone happy D. just be a special clown22. The clown took Pete to the hospitals in order to _.A. treat his ticklishnessB

7、. encourage him to be a clownC. show him the meaning of his jobD. know whether Pete had told a lie23. What does the story teach us?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Everyone is born useful. C. Well begun is half done. D. Where there is life, there is hope.BReporter: Why did you start this new website for

8、 Alcott Middle School?Sarah: Three months ago, my mom was complaining about how she never hears about the days our school ends early until after the fact. She works late and sometimes she has to ask our neighbor at the last minute to pick me up after school. It happened several times, and she was fr

9、ustrated that there wasnt better notification (通知) from the school.Reporter: Didnt your school already have a website with that information?Sarah: We had a website. But there wasnt much information on it, and nobody was in charge of keeping it up to date (包含最新信息的). I asked my teacher if our class co

10、uld update the school calendar. That seemed pretty easy.Reporter: Was it?Sarah: Yeah, and it was kind of fun. So then we asked the principal (校长) if we could redo the whole site. He said okay, so we went to work. We discovered websites that taught us how to make our site look better and added more h

11、ot links that people could click to get more information about a subject. We posted photos from basketball games. Our class even started a blog about whats going on at school. Then we persuaded the teachers to create their own pages.Reporter: So whats next?Sarah: A few friends and I started a small

12、Web design business. Were asking other schools if theyll employ (雇用) us to set up a site like the one we created.Reporter: Wow! Thats pretty enterprising (有事业心的) for a 13-year-old.Sarah: I guess so. But it doesnt seem like work when youre doing something you enjoy.24. How did Sarahs mom feel about h

13、er school three months ago?A. Hopeful. B. Thankful. C. Dissatisfied. D. Uninterested.25. The underlined part “in charge of” is closest in meaning to _.A. in keeping with B. in touch with C. in need of D. in control of26. Sarah set up the new school website _.A. with the help of her teachersB. by res

14、earching on other websitesC. in order to please her principalD. to make her school more famous27. What can we learn about Sarah?A. She doesnt like working at all.B. She dreams of being a boss.C. She enjoys what she does now.D. She wants to make lots of money.CNational Potato Day was back on Friday 2

15、3rd August 2013.Along with Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) and many other potato growers in Ireland, KeoghsFarm brought you a day that was all about potatoes and showing love for our national vegetable.Keoghs invited the public toSpud Fest, which took place on Dublins South King Street from 12 pm to 4 pm. This festival brought the farm to the city with potato performers, face painters, balloon modeling, music, tastings and plenty of other festival fun to celebrate the most delicious day of the year. There were lots of potatoes, of course.Keoghs along with the s