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Unit 4 Section Ⅲ
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．How d __isgusting__ ! The driver splashed on me with his car. 2．The child started to s __ob__ when he couldn’t find his mother. 3．New buildings have taken the place of s __habby__ little houses. 4．Will you please send these dirty clothes to the l __aundry__ ? 5．I’d prefer a shower to a b __athtub__ , if possible. 6. How stupid to __overlook__ (忽视) such an obvious mistake!
7．That traffic accident was __horrible__ (可怕的), but nobody knows how it came about. 8．I have a mind to punish you for stealing __cookie__ (饼干)． 9．There are 26 letters in the English __alphabet__ (字母表)． 10．This china __teapot__ (茶壶)belongs to my grandmother. Ⅱ.补全句子
1．If the appointed visitor arrives, please __show__ him __in__ (带或领……进来)． 2．The Internet is __more than__ (不仅仅) a tool to communicate with friends and relatives. 3．We are so tired and we are __in need of__ (需要) a good rest.
4．The boy wrote to me talking about how he would __deal with__ (处理；解决) the coming problems.
5．When you turn off the radio, the sound will __fade out__ (逐渐模糊；渐淡) gradually. 6．You should __look up__ (抬头看) frequently to pay attention to what the teachers write on the blackboard.
7．Some persons now __fancy themselves__ (自以为是)as heroes.
8．It was a terrible piece of work you turned in __the other day__ (前几天)． 9．He wants to know who has __taken away__ (拿走) his dictionary. 10. The war __robbed him of__ (夺走) his children and wife. Ⅲ.单句改错
1．It is necessary to show the foreigners out when they arrive at our school. __out→in__
2. They have arrived at a compromise about the price of the computer. __about→on__
3．If you are in the need of anything，don’t hesitate to let me know. __删除need前的the__
4. The memory of the old will fade out day by day. __out→away__ 5．I would never have thought of it if you have not mentioned it. __第二个have→had__ Ⅳ.完形填空
I did very badly at school.My headmaster thought I was __ 1.B__ and when I was 14, he said，“You’re never going to be __ 2.A__ but a failure.”
After five years of __ 3.D__ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl.It was the best __ 4.D__ that could have happened to me.I __ 5.B__ to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to __ 6.C__ that what people said about me was __ 7.A__ , especially her mother, who had said to me，“Let’s __ 8.D__ it，you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”So I tried hard with my __ 9.C__ and went to college.My first novel __ 10.C__ while I was at college. After college I taught during the __ 11.A__ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University，where I got a __ 12.C__ in history.I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of __ 13.D__ that job to write full time __ 14.C__ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University.I began to feel proud of myself. __ 15.B__ was a working-class boy who’d __ 16.A__ school early，now teaching at the university.
My writing career(职业) took off when I discovered my own style.Now I’m rich and __ 17.D__ ，have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. __ 18.B__ what does it mean? I __ 19.A__ wish all the people that have put me down had __ 20.B__ ：“I believe in you.You’ll succeed.”
语篇解读：作者曾是个人人瞧不起的人，但自从作者爱上了一个女孩以后，他改变了自己的人生态度——积极地面对人生，通过自己的写作慢慢改变一切，最终功成名就。
1．A．bright C．simple
B．useless D．hopeful
解析：由I did very badly at school可知，校长认为作者是没用的人。 2．A．anything C．everything
B．something D．nothing
解析：anything but是习语，意为“决不，根本不”，与前面的否定词never构成双重否定，意在强调校长认为作者肯定是个失败者。
3．A．low C．good
B．useful D．poor
解析：根据下文作者女朋友的妈妈对作者的评价you’vefailed at everything you’ve ever done可知，作者那时的工作不怎么样。
4．A．support C．surprise
B．happiness D．thing
解析：作者那时的学业与工作都很差，与一个中产阶级女孩相爱对作者来说是发生在他身上
最好的事情。
5．A．admitted C．planned
B．decided D．told
解析：根据下文描述推知，这是作者做出的决定。 6．A．me C．her
B．them D．it
解析：由下句especially her mother可知此处填her。 7．A．wrong C．stupid
B．right D．faulty
解析：根据上文校长的评价及下文女孩妈妈的言语可知，作者是要向女友证明其他人对他的看法是错误的。
8．A．see C．understand
B．know D．face
解析：根据语境可知，女孩的妈妈让他正视事实。face意为“面对”。 9．A．experiment C．writing
B．practice D．composition
解析：由My first novel __10__ 可知，作者开始努力写作。 10．A．came on C．came out
B．came in D．came back
解析：根据末段My writing career took off可知，作者的写作事业蒸蒸日上，此处指他的第一本小说是在上大学时出版的。come out意为“出版”。
11．A．day C．month
B．night D．year
解析：由attended evening classes可知，作者白天在高中教学。 12．A．graduation C．degree
B．pass D．success
解析：由attended evening classes at London University at a college可知，他获得了学位。 13．A．giving in C．giving out
B．giving back D．giving up
解析：由to write full time可知，他想辞去大学讲师的工作。 14．A．while C．when
B．if D．or
解析：当作者得到利兹大学的兼职工作时，他决定辞掉那个大学讲师的工作，全职写作。 15．A．There
B．Here
C．It D．That
解析：此处用here来表达自己的自豪之情。 16．A．left C．changed
B．attended D．graduated
解析：由首句I did very badly at school.可推测，作者成绩很差，很早就辍学了。 17．A．tired C．nervous
B．calm D．famous
解析：根据have been on TV，and met lots of film stars可知，作者很有名。 18．A．And C．However
B．But D．Well
解析：空前的I’m rich和空后作者小小的希望是转折关系，故选B。 19．A．just C．so
B．exactly D．very
解析：根据下面的内容可知，作者只是希望人们能够对他说一句鼓励的话，just符合语境。 20．A．praised C．answered
B．said D．advised
解析：和第一段第二句My headmaster thought I was...he said...相呼应，故选B。 Ⅴ.阅读理解
Many doctors know the story of “Mr.Wright”．In 1957 he was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer, and given only days to live.He heard that scientists had discovered a new medication, Krebiozen, which was effective against cancer and he begged the doctor to give it to him.His physician, Dr.Philip West finally agreed.After Mr.Wright had been given an injection on a Friday afternoon, the astonished doctor found his patient out of his “death bed”．
Two months later, Mr.Wright read medical reports that the medication was fake.His condition immediately got worse again.“Don’t believe what you read in the papers，” the doctor told Mr.Wright.Then he injected him with what he said was “a new super-refined double strength” version of the drug.Actually, there was no drug, just a mix of salt and water.Later, Mr.Wright was the picture of health for another two months until he read an official report saying that Krebiozen was worthless.He died two days later.
This story has gone unnoticed by doctors for a long time and the idea that a patient’s beliefs can make a disease go away has been thought of as too strange.But now scientists are discovering that the placebo effect (宽慰作用) is more powerful than anyone has ever thought.They are also beginning to discover how such unbelievable results are achieved.Through new techniques of brain imagery, it can be shown that a thought, a belief or a desire can cause chemical processes in the brain which can have powerful effects on the body.Scientists are learning that some body reactions are not caused by