新视野第三册4单元测试(含答案)
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新视野第三册
4
单元
测试
（含答案）
Part 1
Reading Comprehension (Multiple
Choice)
(
每小题：
4
分
)
Directions:
Read the following passages carefully and choose
the best answer from the four choices
marked A, B, C and D.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same
passage or dialog.
In 1913,
the United States government introduced a bold,
new
nickel. James Earle Fraser said his
goal was to design a coin that
would be
more distinctive than the American
buffalo. Choosing to show a
Native
American on the other side of the coin, Fraser
said the new
nickel had
Production of
1913. A single
coining press at the Philadelphia Mint
(
造币厂
)
started
turning out the nickels at the rate of 120 a
minute. But after
the first examples
were introduced,
The New York
Times
said they
were
Other critics said that the
coin's
counterfeiters
(
造假币的人
). But the most
serious complaint about
the nickel had
to do with its inability to stand heavy use. One
coin
collectors' magazine predicted
that the slightest wear would
remove
the date and the words Five Cents
understanding.
In
1938, the Government staged a competition for a
new nickel
picturing Thomas Jefferson.
According to a news item of the day,
the Department of Indian Affairs didn't
receive a single complaint
from Native
Americans about the design change. Collectors
didn't
seem to mind either.
1.
In
the eyes of Fraser, a __________ is the most
distinctive.
A. nickel
B. buffalo
C.
Native American
D. unity of
theme
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2.
In the second sentence, Paragraph 2,
the word
________.
A.
publication
B. newspaper
C. machine
D. the act of pushing down
3.
The design of a buffalo was modified
________.
A. because it was not able to
stand heavy use
B. because
the words Five Cents were
understanding
C. because the
coin couldn't be pressed by the Philadelphia
Mint
D. because
the words were too high on the coin
4.
According to one collectors' magazine
using a Native
American and a buffalo
was ________.
A. a good idea
B. a bad idea
C. a perfect idea
D. a forced idea
5.
It
seemed that the new nickel picturing Thomas
Jefferson
________.
A. won
much praise from collectors
B. caused strong protests from American
Indians
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C. was OK both to the
collectors and American Indians
D. was praised both by the
collectors and American Indians
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.B
5.C
Questions 6
to 10 are based on the same passage or
dialog.
Time passed and my
cards sold well. My enthusiasm for the
greeting card business grew quickly.
All along, I had been drawing
fantasy
art: monsters, dragons, castles, etc. With the
birth of my
first son in 1980, the
content of my work went through a pretty
dramatic change.
Fantasy went out of the window, and I
began to illustrate reality.
In the spring of 1983, we, The Mary
Engelbreit Greeting Card
Company, took
our 12 little designs to New York to exhibit them
at
a national card show.
I remember how big the show was. I just
couldn't get over it. I had
no idea
there were so many different card companies. And
it was
exciting because our 12 little
cards were getting a lot of attention in
that huge place!
I've been told one of the reasons we
had so much success at that
show is
because my card style was different than anything
else at
the market. I typically draw
complicated details and use deep colors
and funny or meaningful quotations.
By 1985, many greeting card
publishers started noticing my art, and
two of them approached me with
licensing contracts.
I have
always believed if you choose a job you love,
you'll never
work a day in your life.
If you ask about the mystery of my success,
all I can say is this: to imagine is
everything!
6.
Before the birth of her first son, Mary
Engelbreit's cards
focused on ________.
A. reality
B.
daily life
C. fantasy
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D. dragons
7.
The New York show was so big that
Engelbreit ________.
A. couldn't walk
through it
B. couldn't
believe it
C. couldn't stay
to the end of it
D.
couldn't understand it
8.
Engelbreit's
cards were successful because ________.
A. they were distinctive in style
B. they had a thank-you
sentence
C. they had
complicated details
D. they
were rich in color
9.
A couple of
greeting card companies ________.
A.
presented Engelbreit with contracts
B. asked Engelbreit to make her cards
more distinctive
C. wanted
Engelbreit to use more meaningful quotations
D. thought her cards were
to complicated
10.
According to
Mary Engelbreit, the key to success is
________.
A. devotion
B. opportunity
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C. good luck
D.
imagination
6.C
7.B
8.A
9.A
10.D
Questions
11 to 15 are based on the same passage or
dialog.
In the early days of
sea travel, seamen on long voyages lived
exclusively on salted meat and
biscuits. Many of them died of
scurvy
(
坏血病
), a blood disease which
causes swollen gums, livid
(
铅色的
) white spots
on the flesh and general exhaustion. On one
occasion, in 1535, an English ship
arrived in Newfoundland with its
crew
seriously ill. The men's lives were saved by
Iroquois Indians
(
易洛魁印第安人
) who
gave them vegetable leaves to eat.
Gradually it came to be realized that
scurvy was caused by
something lacking
in the sailors' diet. Captain Cook, on his long
voyages of discovery to Australia and
New Zealand, established
the fact that
scurvy could be warded off by the giving fresh
fruit to
the sailors.
Nowadays it is understood that a diet
which contains nothing
harmful may yet
result in serious diseases if certain important
elements are missing. These elements
are called
a number of such substances
are known and they are given letters
to
identify them, A, B, C, D, and so on. Different
diseases are
associated with a lack of
particular vitamins. Even a slight lack of
Vitamin C, for example, the vitamin
most plentiful in fresh fruit and
vegetables, is thought to increase our
chances of catching colds.
The vitamins necessary for a healthy
body are normally supplied by
a good
mixed diet, including a variety of fruit and green
vegetables.
It is only when people try
to live on a very restricted diet, say, during
the extended periods of religious
fasting (
斋戒
), or when trying
to
lose weight, that it is necessary to
supply the missing vitamins.
11.
Which of the following happens because
of scurvy?
A. People become hungry.
B. People lose blood.
C. People become livid.
D. People feel pain in
their gums.
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12.
How would the
sailors ward off scurvy on long trips?
A. They took fresh fruit with them.
B. They stopped in places
to relax.
C. They often
found Indians to help.
D.
They ate vegetable leaves regularly.
13.
Which vitamin helps protect us against
colds?
A. Vitamin A.
B. Vitamin B.
C.
Vitamin C.
D. Vitamin D.
14.
What supplies all the vitamins we need
to be healthy?
A. Any one of the
different sorts of green vegetables.
B. Diets like those taken by religious
people.
C. Certain
important elements known by letters.
D. Mixed diets with different fruits
and vegetables.
15.
When should
people take vitamins?
A. When wanting
to be healthy.
B. When
joining a religion.
C. When
dieting to lose weight.
D.
When protecting against sickness.
11.D
12.A
13.C
14.D
15.C
Part 2 Cloze (with four
choices provided)
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(
每小题：
1
分
)
Directions:
Read the following passage carefully and choose
the best answer from the four choices
given for each blank.
Questions 1 to 20 are based on the
following passage.
What is behind the symbols of American
civilization? Americans
1.
________their reputation for doing good
deeds. They talk a lot about how
values
like loyalty and honesty are a(n)
2.
________part of an
American's
life. They talk about how
they got everything they have by simply
3.
________more
effort. Don't believe a word of it! I'll tell you
what is
4.
________American. It is taking credit
for what others have done for you
and
not
acting without
5.
________for others.
6.
________heard
of
an American leader
thank
ing
the African slaves
who
built their country? They put it
together from the ground
7.
________without pay. Or what about
thanking the Chinese slaves that
helped
to build the first railroad that
8.
________America? Maybe
they
should
9.
________to the Native Americans. They were the
ones
10.
________Americans stole the land.
They want us to believe
that Americans
11.
________superior character.
They want
us to think that this is somehow
12.
________for their wealth
and power. Integrity must not be part
of what they are
13.
________to.
America's success
14.
________to certain
facts. One of these is the fact
that
its citizens have a(n)
15.
________ability to dismiss the truth. They
should boast of this
16.
________of their
character. There is a statue
17.
________to
liberty. There are also monuments for the courage
of
18.
________who fought in wars. However,
where are the statues
19.
________for all of the lies that they
have told?
Americans are
not alone when it comes to a past they should be
20.
________, but
I for one am tired of listening to them boast
about their
virtue.
1.
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exaggerate
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ry
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typically
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