Unit4 Using language提升测评
I.完形填空
（2019山东济宁高一下期中）
My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow 1 .
Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary self-confidence, something I was really 2 . I looked up to Helen 3 she was doing what she loved— 4 people better. She always made everyone, customers and co-workers, 5 and feel good.
Being a waitress changed my life. One of my 6 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet（煎蛋饼）, and when I saw him 7 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the newfound confidence I 8 from Helen, I dreamed of having my own 9 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”
The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s 10 You’re not smiling today.” I 11 my dream with him and said. “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody 12 just have faith in me.”
Before long he handed me checks 13 $50,000—along with a note that I have kept to this day. It reads “The only collateral（抵押品）for this loan is my trust in your 14 as a person. Good people with a dream should have 15 to make that dream come true.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 16 working at the restaurant, making 17 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured, though, and I lost the 18 .
Later I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was 19 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent. 20 , I paid back Fred the $ 50,000, plus 14 percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.
1. A. friend B. waitress C. citizen D. customer
2. A. losing B. earning C. sharing D. lacking
3. A. while B. though C. because D. unless
4. A. helping B. respecting C. serving D. praising
5. A. work B. eat C. smile D. speak
6. A. regular B. favorite C. respected D. fresh
7. A. eating B. greeting C. smiling D. coming
8. A. found out B. picked up C. got back D. took away
9. A. restaurant B. work C. house D. money
10. A. ahead B. that C. there D. up
11. A. exchanged B. discussed C. shared D. explained
12. A. should B. would C. might D. must
13. A. counting B. totaling C. adding D. valuing
14. A. ability B. honesty C. responsibility D. identity
15. A. patience B. confidence C. choice D. chance
16. A. loved B. practiced C. continued D. enjoyed
17. A. tables B. plans C. decisions D. suggestions
18. A. faith B. honesty C. money D. friend
19. A. hired B. rejected C. encouraged D. determined
20. A. Fortunately B. Excitedly C. Personally D. Eventually
II.语法填空
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything, talked about everything and kept no secrets 1 each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer, 2 she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He’d never thought about it ever since. One day 3 woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn’t recover.
To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 4 (bring) it to his wife’s bedside. She agreed it was time that he should know 5 was in the box.
6 (open) it, he found two small table mats and a sum of money totaling $25,000. He asked her about the contents. “When we were to be married,” she said, “my grandma told me the secret of happy 7 (marry) was never to argue, and that I should just keep quiet and make a mat 8 I got angry with you.”
The man was so 9 (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! “Honey,” he said, “that explains the mats, but what about the money Where did it come from ”
“Oh,” she said, “that’s the money I made from selling 10 (they).”
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
答案：
I.语篇解读:文章讲述弗雷德帮助作者实现了她的理想—拥有自己的餐厅，以及作者从同事海伦身上学到了自信、诚实的品质。
1.B 根据下文可知“我”是一名服务员，所以“我”的同事应该也是服务员。
2.D 根据上下文可知信心正是“我”所缺乏的东西。
3.C 句意：我尊敬海伦是因为她在做她喜欢的事情上下文是因果关系。
4.C A.帮助；B.尊敬；C.服务；D.表扬。这里是指给别人提供服务。
5.C 根据下文的 feel good可知这里应该是一个与之意义相近的词，故选C。
6.A A.经常做（或发生的）；B.最喜欢的；C.尊敬的；D.新鲜的。这里指这位客人是“我”经常为之提供服务的人，regular customer常客。
7.D 这里是指“我”知道他总是点同样的东西，所以当我”看到他走进来，我就尽可能在他落座的时候把煎蛋饼放到他的桌子上。
8.B A.查明；B.学会；C.收回；D.带走。结合句意可知B正确。是指从海伦身上学会的自信。
9.A 从下文可知“我”梦想有自己的餐厅。
10.D What’s up = What’s wrong 怎么了
11.C share sth. with sb.与某人分享某物；这里是指“我”把“我”的梦想告诉了他。
12.B if条件从句表示与现在事实相反的情况，从句应用般过去时，故选B。
13.B 由 checks可知支票不止一张，所以此处应该表示“总数达”，故选B。
14.B 这里是指唯一的抵押品是弗雷德对作者的信任。
15.D 这里指有梦想的人应该有机会去实现自己的梦想。
16.C A.爱；B.练习；C.继续；D.喜爱。这里是指“我”继续在那个餐厅工作。
17.B make plans for… 为…做计划。
18.C 这里是指“我”失去了他借给“我”的那笔钱，指“我”的生意失败了。
19.A 这里是指“我”被 Merrill lynch雇用，最终成了一名成功的经纪人。
20.D 这里是指最终“我”归还了他借给“我”的钱。
II.语篇解读：本文讲述了一对结婚六十多年的夫妇婚姻幸福的秘诀。
1. from 考查固定搭配。keep secrets from sb.对某人保密或不告诉某人秘密；keep no secrets from each other是“无话不谈；坦诚相待”之意。
2. which 考查定语从句。根据句子结构可知，设空处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词box，关系词在从句中作宾语，故填 which。
3. the 考查冠词。这里特指这位妻子。
4. brought 考查时态。分析句子可知，设空处与took作并列谓语，应用过去式，故填 brought。
5. what 考查连接代词。此处know后面是一个宾语从句，宾语从句缺少主语，故填what，指“盒子里装的东西”。
6. Opening 考查非谓语动词。open的逻辑主语是he，两者为主动关系，故填Opening。
7. marriage 考查名词。形容词应修饰名词，故填 marriage。
8. if/when 考查连词。分析句子结构可知，这里应填表条件或时间的连词，引导一个状语从句，故填if或when。
9. moved 考查形容词。根据后面的 he had to fight back tears可知这个男人很感动，故填形容词 moved。
10. them 考查代词。此处用them指代上文提到的 the mats。
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