Units 7～8 A Christmas Carol Learning a foreign
language
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.Boss，I’d like to take a few days ________.I will have to look after my mother in hospital.
A．off B．away C．out D．down 解析：take a few days off“请几天假”。 答案：A
2．She got upset because she had her pocket ________ when she was shopping.
A．stolen B．robbed C．picked D．seized
解析：pick one’s pocket是固定搭配，意为“行窃”。此处had her pocket picked意为 “她的钱被偷了”。 答案：C
3．The two criminals had meant to go ________ the police couldn’t get them but without luck.
A．which B．to which C．where D．to where 解析：where引导地点状语从句。 答案：C
4．I suggest we ________ the problem alone for some time before we find a proper solution.
A．put B．set C．get D．Leave
解析：suggest后面从句中用原形动词表示虚拟语气；leave...alone是固定词组，意为“先 放一放；不考虑”。 答案：D[
5．“________ there never be another war！” she prayed，standing in front of the memorial.
A．Should B．May C．Can D．Must
解析：情态动词may常放在句首表示祝愿，是一种虚拟语气。 答案：B
6．—Shall we go for a ride this weekend?
—Sorry，but I ________ stay inside in such hot weather.
A．feel like B．would like C．would prefer D．would rather
解析：feel like后接动名词；would like后接不定式；would prefer后接不定式；只有would rather后接动词原形。 答案：D
7．The most ________ of all is how we can distinguish the mistakes and errors ________ good
language.
A．puzzling；from B．puzzled；from C．puzzling；than D．puzzled；than 解析：表“令人困惑的”事时用puzzling；distinguish常与介词from搭配。 答案：A
8．The data suggests that the rapid growth of the Chinese economy ________ for a few years.
A．should continue B．continues C．continue D．will continue 解析：此处suggest意为“表明；暗示”，后面的从句中不用虚拟语气。[ 答案：D
9．________ with a special ability，people can adjust themselves ________ the culture they are born
in.
A．Equipping；to B．Equipping；with C．Equipped；to D．Equipped；with 解析：(be) equipped with sth.是习惯表达；adjust oneself to“适应”。 答案：C
10．To be a good short story writer one needs，________，a very vivid imagination.
A．in other words B．among other things C．on the other hand D．for other reasons 解析：“短篇小说家尤其需要生动的想像。”among other things意为“尤其；格外”。 答案：B Ⅱ.完形填空
Each of us fails from time to time.If we are wise，we accept these failures as a __1__ part of the learning process.But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this __2__ right to our children.
When I see a child __3__ to this kind of pressure，I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third grader.His __4__ of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed.He __5__ answered questions—he might be wrong.
I tried my best to build his __6__.But nothing changed until midterm，when Mary Anne，a student teacher，was assigned(安排) to our classroom.
She was young and pretty，and she loved children.My pupils，Donnie included，__7__ her. One morning，we were working math problems at the chalkboard.Donnie had __8__ the problems with painstaking neatness.Pleased with his progress，I __9__ the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials.When I returned，Donnie was in __10__.He’d missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair.Suddenly her face __11__.From the desk we
shared，she got a container filled with pencils.
“Look，Donnie，” she said，kneeling beside him and gently __12__ the tear？stained face from his arms.“I’ve got something to __13__ you.” She removed the pencils，one at a time，and placed them on his desk.
“See these __14__，Donnie，” she continued.“They belong to Mrs Lindstrom and me.See how the erasers are __15__？ That’s because we make mistakes too.But we erase the mistakes and try again.That’s what you __16__ learn to do，too.”
She kissed him and stood up.“Here，” she said，“I’ll leave one of these pencils on __17__ desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes，__18__ teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie’s __19__ possession.That，together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement，gradually __20__ him that it’s all right to make mistakes—as long as you erase them and try again.
1.A.small B．basic C．necessary D．large
解析：犯错误应该是人们学习过程中“必要的”部分。 答案：C
2．A.correct B．same C．important D．natural
解析：大人有犯错误的权利，孩子也应该拥有“同样的”权利。 答案：B
3．A.suffering B．object C．fall D．subject
解析：(be) subject to为习惯表达，意为“容易受„„的影响、容易遭受”。 答案：D
4．A.fear B．lesson C．chance D．sense
解析：由后文得出，Donnie“害怕”犯错误。 答案：A
5．A.always B．often C．never D．seldom
解析：由上下文的逻辑关系得出，因为Donnie害怕犯错误，所以“很少”回答问题。 never太绝对。 答案：D
6．A.self-protection B．self-improvement
C．self-confidence D．self-learning
解析：作为老师，“我”应该是尽力建立他的“自信”。 答案：C
7．A.respected B．disliked C．avoided D．mined
解析：这位见习老师如此可爱，关爱学生，当然受到学生的“尊敬”。 答案：A
8．A.worked out B．copied C．gone over D．leaned
解析：从后面Donnie漏掉了第三题以及他数学不好判断，此处选“抄”下了数学题符 合逻辑。 答案：B
9．A.left B．offered C．missed D．parted
解析：“我”对Donnie的进步感到满意，因此把学生交给见习老师Mary Anne。Leave sb.with 为固定结构，意为“把„„托付给„„”。 答案：A
10．A.surprise B．astonishment C．anger D．tears
解析：后面有Donnie泪流满面的提示。 答案：D
11．A.darkened B．brightened C．pulled D．loosened
解析：Mary Anne脸部一“亮”，说明她有了一个好主意。 答案：B
12．A.lifting B．picking C．holding D．pushing
解析：Mary Anne为了鼓励和安慰Donnie，轻轻地“托起”了他的头。 答案：A
13.A.help B．show C．reward D．promise
解析：从后面Mary Anne所做的动作判断，她想通过形象的方式向Donnie“展示”犯错误是很自然的事情。
答案：B
14．A.pencils B．mistakes C．marks D．containers
解析：Mary Anne以“铅笔”和橡皮为例说明犯错误的普遍性。 答案：A
15．A.used B．built C．worn D．damaged
解析：在具体的语境中考查形容词的运用。橡皮经常用来“擦”写错的东西，因此是“磨 损”了。be worn 当“破损”讲。 答案：C
16．A.may B．must C．will D．can
解析：must说明人的观点和建议，符合题意。[答案：B 17．A.my B．someone’s C．the teacher’s D．your
解析：从后面看Mary Anne把一支铅笔放在了Donnie的桌子上，给他以鼓励和启示。 答案：D
18．A.still B．also C．even D．not
解析：even表示程度更进一步，符合逻辑。“甚至”老师也经常犯错误。 答案：C
19．A.prized B．own C．kept D．expected
解析：B、C意义和possession重复，expected文章中没有信息依据。因此此处是Mary Anne把铅笔作为“奖赏”给了Donnie。 答案：A
20．A.warned B．informed C．persuaded D．reminded
解析：Mary Anne通过形象、浅显的方式最终“说服”了Donnie，使他摆脱了害怕犯错 误的心理阴影。 答案：C Ⅲ.阅读理解
There is no doubt about it.The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously.I don’t mean while you’re unconscious.I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in. That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world，
mother tongue.I just pick them_up.But some of them may be misunderstood.Now，to misunderstand does not mean not to understand.To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly. The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words，as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt.Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives，without knowing that we got them wrong. Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning.They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game.“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across，” they will say.“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”
This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work.It may succeed in many cases，but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words. And what’s
more，there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves.Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings.A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible. Don’t
guess! Look it up!
1．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is ________.
A．to learn them by oneself
B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently C．to guess them from the context
D．to get more separate meanings of each word
解析：总结归纳题。从最后一段“Don’t guess! Look it up！”及倒数第二段“...there are more separate meanings”可总结出学习新单词的最好方法是掌握每个单词更多的含义， 从而达到“do it unconsciously”(不经意间习得或理解)的境界。 答案：D
2．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A．the 30,000 words B．English teachers C．misunderstood words D．frequently used words
解析：细节理解题。从第二段开头“That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary...”可知答案。[ 答案：A
3．Which of the following is most likely NOT true?
A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood. B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones. C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known. D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.
解析：推理判断题。文章中并无依据表明作者所有的词汇都是通过阅读习得的。 答案：D
4．It can be inferred that ________.
A．when somebody is conscious，he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them
C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context
D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well
解析：推断题。从第三段中“...the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt.”可以推断出正确理解并掌握词汇的方法是尽可能地多使用它们。 答案：B
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