Unit 4 Making the news Learning about language课时作业

第一节 七选五 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　When Danny Wallace，26，got bored，he sent off an ad reading simply："Join Me.Send a passport photo！"A year and a half later，his east London flat is the headquarters(总部)for a global Internet-based club whose members do an act of kindness for strangers every Friday.

　　1____ If you see someone struggling with something，part of your brain goes："I want to help."But the trained part of the brain says："They will think you are mad or going to mug(抢劫)them，"so you walk away.

　　2____ For example，I'm usually out on a Friday so I go for one of the standard acts-the unexpected cup of coffee.You might be sitting in a cafe and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea.Then you walk up with another cup of whatever he is drinking，and say："I've bought you a coffee，"and walk away.____3____ There can be some suspicion(猜疑)，but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn't know how to do it properly.I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn't know when to leave.Later I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humour and not"get in their faces"．____4____ It's hit-and-run kindness.And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly.____5____

　　A．You say："This is for you"，then you go.

　　B．You've got to do it because you really mean it.

　　C．It now has about 3，000 members around the world.

　　D．It's pleasure to see the look of surprise on his face.

　　E．Join Me is about giving you an excuse to do something.

　　F．This is why Danny Wallace usually goes out on Fridays.

　　G．It's not common for people in London to talk to strangers.

　　答案：1.G　2.E　3.D　4.A　5.B

第二节　完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　I love a good murder mystery.It is so ____1____ to watch or read an exciting and interesting detective story and try to solve the ___2_____ yourself.Agatha Christie is undoubtedly queen of the detective story considering she ____3____ over eighty books.Many people have fallen in love with her ____4____-Hercule Poirot，a famous Belgian detective and Miss Marple，an old lady who is also an amateur ____5____．

As I am a big ____6____ of Agatha Christie，I was excited to ____7____ her house in Devon called Greenway.I travelled to her ____8____ by steam train.We went through a dark tunnel and there was lots of smoke.It was a ____9____setting for a murder like in her famous novel Murder on the Orient Express.____10____，all the passengers arrived safely!