2012年人教版高中英语选修九Unit2练习卷

Generally it is ____ bad manners to blow your nose at ____ table or spit
(吐痰) in ____ public places.

I like _____ in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright.

Mother thought it no use _____ me to marry John.

_____ to train his daughter in computer, he put an ad like this in the paper, “_____ , a computer teacher for a ten-year-old girl.”

In Britain today, women ______ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

It is said that in Australia, there is more land than the government knows ____________.

Was it because it rained heavily last night _____ you didn’t come?

--- You didn’t hear me until now?
--- No. I must ___________ soundly(沉) when you came in.

--- You’ve agreed to go. So why aren’t you getting ready right now?
--- But I _______ that you would like me to start at once.

The experiment turned out to be a complete failure, _______ wasn’t ______ they wanted.

--- When did you go to Shanghai?
--- I remember ______ there when I was a boy of ten.

Robert is said ___________ abroad, but I don’t know what country he
studied in.

--- I seldom watch TV, but I listen to the radio a lot.
--- ______________.

In China, all the students work hard at school _________ going to university for higher education in the future.

--- Why does she always ask you for help?
--- There is no one else _____ , is there?

I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at titles(标题) on the shelves, the man behind the counter(柜台), 16 , asked if I'd like 17  . I needed to start     18  for college, so I said yes. I   19_ after school and during summers for the lowest wages(薪金), and the job helped     20  my freshman(or first) year of college. I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid (or waitress) and 21  made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying(令人满意的).
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful (or much afraid). I showed her almost     22  we had at that time in store and found other books we could order (定货). She left the store less     23  . I’ve always remembered the   24  I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a   25  in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant (移民) child who was born   26  his fingers connected (or joined together), web-like. His family could not afford (or pay for) a corrective(矫正;整形) operation, and the boy lived in    27  , hiding his hand in his pocket.
I   28  my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 29  for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery(康复) room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his 30  hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense (感觉) of    31  .
In the past, while I was    32  , I always sensed (or felt) I was working for the customers(顾客), not the store. Today it’s the 33  . NBC News pays my salary(工资),    34  I feel as if I work for the     35  , helping them make sense of (or find the meaning of) the world.

A．the reader B．the college student C．the shop owner D．the customer

A．a book B．a job C．some tea D．any help

A．planning B．saving C．preparing D．studying

A．read B．studied C．cooked D．worked

A．pay for B．fit for C．run for D．enter for

A．so B．yet C．even D．still

A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything

A．worried B．satisfied C．excited D．puzzled

A．pride B．failure C．sadness D．surprise

A．doctor B．store owner C．bookseller D．TV reporter

A．in B．with C．by D．for

A．shame B．honor C．terror(恐怖) D．danger

A．advised B．forced C．persuaded D．allowed

A．action B．program C．treatment D．operation

A．repaired B．connected C．hurt D．improved

A．pleasure B．sadness C．interest D．disappointment(失望)

A．at the TV station B．in the Students’ Union C．at the U.S. Forest Service D．at McCauley’s Bookstore

A．difference B．same C．usual D．request

A．so B．and C．but D．because

A．readers B．viewers C．customers D．passengers

“You don’t say!”
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized(强调) the importance(重要性) again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience(经历).
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished (or greatly surprised). Gently (轻轻) shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders(耸肩), he said, “You don’t say!”  “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic(适当的话题). “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent (or great and beautiful).” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it” Soon I was interrupted (or stopped suddenly) again by his words：“You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t request (or ask in a polite way) you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.
Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______    .

At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant  ___   .

The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means  ____    .

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

After the Englishman explained the idiom,  __________   .

If you're in charge of (负责)a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest, I gently push the actors in the direction(方向) I want them to go.
In the 1986 movie Nothing in Common, Jackie Gleason's character, Max Basner, gets fired (or unemployed) from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot (拍) on a boat, shows Max's despair(绝望) about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.
Jackie had far more experience(经验) at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened (very much afraid). What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.
Gleason nodded.
“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with his name on them --- the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”
Gleason nodded.
“ So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?” He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard (or all over the boat)?” I stood up and turned toward the crew. “ Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”
After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”
You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution (or the way to work out a problem) first, you'll all benefit (or get something of use or value) when everything turns out right.
The author tells us that to succeed in a project you are in charge of, you should __________.

It can be inferred (推断) that __________.

“The Great One” in paragraph 3 refers to _________.

Why did Gleason call the director over and smile at him? That’s because Gleason __________.

The most suitable (or proper) title for the passage is ________.

John Russell, aged 83, got on a Chicago bus and saw a sign saying that senior citizens(老年公民) could ride (or take buses) for half fare(费用). When he dropped his three quarters in the box, the driver demanded (or asked for) identification(身份证明). John took out an ID card. “You need a special CTA card,” said the driver. John did not have the Chicago Transit Authority(交通管理署) card because he lives in New York and was in Chicago visiting his two sons.
“Put in another three quarters,” said the driver, “or get off the bus.”
One privilege(专利;特权) of old age is being stubborn (固执). John said, “ Give me back my quarters, and I'll get off.”
“I can’t — it’s in the box. If you don’t get off, I’ll call the police,” said he, which he did. Two police cars pulled up.
“I’m the criminal(罪犯),” said John Russell. Then he and the driver told their stories.
“That’s what you called me for?” one policeman asked the driver. Another police¬man then said to John, “I'll give you three quarters.”
John shook his head, “Why should you give me the quarters? He has to give me my quarters.”
“Where are you going?” asked the policemen.
“Downtown to have lunch with friends,” John said.
“Come on,” the policemen said. “We’ll get you your card.” So they took him down¬town to the CTA office. But the people there wouldn’t give him a CTA card --- he needed a picture.
“What about his quarters?” one policeman asked. The officials discussed, and the decision was made to give John’s quarters back.
When John got downstairs, the policemen asked where he was going.
“To see my friends,” John said.
“How are you going to get there?”
“On the bus. And all I’m going to pay is 75 cents.”
“Good luck,” the policemen said.
John got on a bus, dropped three quarters in the box, and said, “I’m a senior citizen...” The driver looked at John and nodded. He didn’t know how lucky he was to be a sensible(通情达理的)man.
With a Chicago Transit Authority card _____.

John Russell needs a special CTA card most probably because ______.

The decision made by the CTA office was ______.

The second driver let John ride on his bus because ______.

The suitable title for the above passage is ______.

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable (or: that can be recognized) faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (or: business ads on TV or the radio) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works,” he said in 1991, “I’ll continue to do those commercials.”
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes.” Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted (or: taken into the family as their own) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction (or: building) work. “He fed me,” Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said, “I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career (or: lifetime job) as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire (or: a rich man with millions of dollars or pounds) in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart (or: made itself different from or better than others) by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids (or: children) besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (or: organization set up to offer money to help) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated (or: left school) from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party .The kids voted (or: chose formally) him “Most Likely to Succeed.”
“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just ‘Joe Everybody’.”
What is the article mainly about?

What do we know about his childhood?

Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.
a. graduated from high school        
b. started his own business
c. became a millionaire
d. started a foundation
e. met Harland Sanders

“He was just ‘Joe Everybody’.”(in the last paragraph) means_________.

What is the name of Dave Thomas’s business?

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