Book 2 Test 25 (Lesson85 ~ 88) 分数 ___________
I. 用下列单词的适当形式填空，每个词只用一次（20%）
inform honour devote dismay drift commit confirm suggest collapse progress
1. If you work too hard, your health may _____.
2. They listened in ______ to the news.
3. Has he been _____ of his father’s death yet?
4. He passed the examination with _____.
5. He ______ suicide last night.
6. An idea suddenly ______ itself to me.
7. The snow ______ everywhere.
8. They making slow ______ with the construction of that building.
9. The experiment ______ the theory.
10. He has ______ all his life to helping the poor.
II.选择填空（20%）
1. A few days later, the girl ______ tell what had happened to her.
A. was able to B. could be able to C. could D. managed
2. – Do you know ______ of the two boys? – Of course. He’s Jane’ brother.
A. the tallest B. taller C. tallest D. the taller
3. The motorbike ______ John can’t work properly.
A. belonged to B. belonging to C. belongs to D. which is belonged to
4. Mr. White has two sons, ______ looks like him.
A. all of them B. both of whom C. each of them D. neither of whom
5. – Could you please tell me where the post office is? – It’s just ______ the street.
A. in B. on C. across D. through
6. In the hope of ______ to the ball, Nathalie borrowed the necklace from her fried.
A. inviting B. being invited C. to invite D. to be invited
7. He must be the man you told me about _____?
A. mustn’t he B. needn’t he C. isn’t he D. doesn’t he
8. The doctor ______ me to eat less meat and take more exercise. But I find it difficult to do what the doctor told me.
A. suggested B. hoped C. advised D. persuaded
9. There were ______ deer at that time that the leaves of trees were eaten up.
A. so much B. so many C. to many D. such much
10. The man who set fire to the building soon got ______ by the police.
A. catching B. caught C. to catch D. to be caught
III. 课内阅读理解（20%）
1. Which of the following is true about Lesson 85?
A. Mr. Page has taken gardening as a hobby for a long time.
B. Mr. Page has been teaching for a total of fifty years.
C. The farewell dinner party will be held next Tuesday.
D. Those who paid money to help buy the gift will be known by Mr. Page.
2. Which of the following is true about Lesson 86?
A. One of the men managed to make the boat drift gently across the water.
B. The boat had slowed down considerably because the coal had nearly been used up.
C. When the accident happened, the two men were skiing.
D. The boat ran out of its power in the end.
3. Which of the following is true about Lesson 87?
A. The inspector knew the man was the murderer at the beginning.
B. The man told lies about the questions asked by the inspector.
C. The man actually took the 8 o’ clock train that day.
D. The 8 :25 train did not run at all that day.
4. Which of the following is true about Lesson 88?
A. Explosives can be used to help the rescue operations.
B. They completed the drilling in just a few hours.
C. Six men have been trapped in a mine for eighteen hours.
D. The men trapped in the mine were able to talk to their closest relatives.
IV. 课外阅读理解（20%）
Television has taken the place of schools as the main educator in America. There are several reasons for this. First, there is the number of hours. While Americans spend about 13, 000 hours in schools, they spend 15, 000 to 16,000 hours in front of a TV set. Second is the age at which viewers start watching TV. People start watching and understanding TV at about the age of 3, which is several years before they start to do school work. Finally, there is the number of viewers. About 90,000,000 young people are attending school, but most of the Americans watch TV every day. It seems, then, that TV shows are taking the place of teachers and professors as the educators in America.
1. The main idea of this passage is ______.
A. TV is more important than school as an educator
B. Children stay at home watching TV instead of going to school
C. Every school has a TV in the US
D. TV plays a great part in American people’s life
2. How many reasons why television has become the main educator are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
3. The first reason shows that ______.
A. now children go to school less often than their parents did
B. in his life an American spends more time watching TV than at school
C. educational programmes give lessons of 15,000-16,000 hours
D. parents think 13,000 hours of school is enough
4. In American, a child starts going to school _____.
A. when he is 3 years old B. when he is about 6 or 7
C. when he is able to understand TV D. when their parents think the time is right
5. Every day in America _____.
A. most of the people do not watch TV B. 90,000,000 young people watch TV
C. not only young people watch TV D. 15,000-16,000 people watch TV
V. 根据所学Lesson85内容，按照首字母提示完成文章（20%）
When we went so unwillingly to school, Mr. Page gave us his patience, understanding and e ______. We shall all r _____ Mr. Page for this. I have just received a letter from my old school, i _____ me that Mr. Page, my former headmaster will be retiring next week. Puplils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to m ______ the occasion. All those who have c _____ towards the gift will sign their names in a large a _____ that will be sent to the headmaster’s home. A great m _____ former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his h ______ next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement. Mr. Page will have been teaching for a t ______ of forty years. After he has retired, he will d ______ himself to gardening.. This will be an entirely new hobby for him. But it does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too late to learn.
