外研版 Book 1 Module 4单元测试题.docx

1、外研版 Book 1 Module 4 单元测试题Module 4 A Social SurveyMy Neighbourhood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。AEvery morning, many girls in the African country of Zimbabwe rise with the sun and fetch clean water for their families. They walk many miles and carr

2、y the water home on their heads. Where they live, there is no running water.If my boss hadnt required me to write an article about the Zimbabwean girls for our newspaper, I wouldnt have had the chance to get in touch with these girls.“You just have to relax your neck and head and make it follow the

3、load (负荷物),” one girl told me. “It is easy if you practice.”I had never tried to balance a pot (罐) on my head. I tried and practiced. But it was not easy at all. I managed to walk only a couple of yards before the pot fell off my head. The girls covered their mouths and laughed at me. Water is not t

4、he only thing that requires head-balancing skills. In most of these villages, there is no electricity for cooking, so firewood is used instead. The girls must collect and carry the firewood back to their villages. They insist the easiest way to do this is on their heads. Even at school, head-balanci

5、ng skills are always used. At a school near the small town of Norton, I saw a group of girls fetching bags of sand that were to be used to build a new classroom. They carried these bags without difficulty. When I tried, I could not bear (承受) the weight. Girls in many countries around the world prefe

6、r to carry things on their heads. They are taught this skill at a young age and grow up to have strong necks and great posture (体态). For them, it is simply a way of life. 21. What can we learn about the Zimbabwean girls?A. They lead a hard life.B. They have no chance of education.C. Their necks caus

7、e them a lot of pain.D. They want to build new classrooms.22. Why did the girls laugh at the author?A. Because of his bad posture.B. Because he walked so slowly.C. Because he relaxed his neck and head.D. Because of his poor head-balancing skills.23. What would be the best title for the text?A. Walki

8、ng for waterB. Living in ZimbabweC. Carrying on the headD. Traveling around the worldBFrom the very first moment I met Mattie on my TV show, I fell in love with him. He was a ten-year-old little poet born with a life-threatening (有生命威胁的) disease. But his poems of peace and hope had touched millions

9、of lives. We became quick friends, e-mailing each other. We often talked about the sunrises and sunsets, and I shared with Mattie that I wasnt a beach person because there was no need for me to tan (晒黑). He strongly advised me to go to the beach that he and his mom visited. He always enjoyed every s

10、ingle second of the present. He could not understand why everybody wasnt out on the pier (码头) at sunrise during their vacation, because he couldnt figure out why people would want to miss a sunrise. I said, “Mattie, most people like to sleep on vacation.” We also talked a lot about dying. He said to

11、 me one day, “I sometimes get a little unhappy or angry when Im afraid of dying. The boys who live upstairs said that because I got famous, I should always be happy and never sad. I dont think they understand what its like to know you have to live your life so fast, because unless I keep getting mir

12、acles (奇迹), my life here wont last. I am afraid of the pain of dying and worried about what I will miss because I love living so, so, so much.” He said to me, “I really do want to be a peacemaker when I die.” His dream was to bring his message of peace to as many people as possible.Mattie died on Ju

13、ne 22, 2004, but the light of his life shone so brightly that every one of us will feel the light for the rest of our lives. I know that Heartsongs (his book of poems) has left a heartprint in my life. 24. What can we learn about Mattie?A. He didnt like the color of his skin.B. He was a person who v

14、alued time highly.C. He always went to the beach to have a vacation.D. He invited the author to have a vacation with him.25. The boys who lived upstairs thought Mattie _.A. could become famousB. would die sooner or laterC. should have no worriesD. was in a difficult situation26. In the last paragrap

15、h the author wants to say _.A. Matties spirit lives onB. Heartsongs is worth readingC. every one of us needs peaceD. we should do what Mattie didCIt started about 30 years ago. Three men whod grown up together in Pigtown (a neighborhood in the city of Baltimore) took an empty piece of land at the co

16、rner of Ward and Bayard streets and started tossing horseshoes (掷马蹄铁). None of the three not Roy Whitney, not his cousin Emory Green, not Emorys little brother, Leon knew they were starting a tradition. “We started playing for the fun of it. Then word got around, and people started coming from other neighborhoods, and it kept on growing,” Le