Unit 4 Sharing Using Language & Assessing Your Progress
一、填空
1.The company provides cheap Internet access. ________ addition, it makes shareware freely available.
2.Thanks to their fearlessness and great efforts, our country returned to normal within a short time.
(用强调句型升级该句)
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3.He deserves _____(fine) for breaking the traffic rule.
4.Lately, I _____(have) trouble sleeping. What shall I do, doctor
5.All the arrangements should be completed prior _____ your departure.
6.For the last ten years, she _____(stay) in Africa, researching into the wildlife there.
7.If you are not opposed to _____(join) me in the game, I will get changed immediately.
8.With an _____(experience) engineer to help me, I am sure to find how the machine failed to work.
9.A great many doctors and nurses volunteered _____(go) to Wuhan to help those who had been infected.
10.More _____(important), you found your true love in your pursuit of dreams.
11.You are wet through. I wonder what you _____(do).
12.Doctors said his condition was serious but _____(stability).
13.What _____(criterion) are used for assessing a student's ability
14.To get some accurate information, you'd better take part in a _____(consult).
15.Every student shouldn't take their safety for _____(grant).
二、阅读理解
Amber has a degree in business management and economics. She put her skills to good use when she spent eleven months in Cambodia through World Hope International as a volunteer working with a local microfinance(小额信贷) company to help the poor get financial services.
Amber's first few weeks in Cambodia were busy and difficult as she tried to learn the language, understand the culture, and get used to her new surroundings. Her volunteer service involved working with a local micro-finance company. In addition to writing plans, preparing international marketing materials, and building donor(捐赠人) relations, Amber met with company clients. During these visits she learned how the small loans they received transformed their lives. She learned first-hand the benefits of micro-finance, which by providing farmers and small-business owners with affordable working capital (such as money to buy a sewing machine) helped them to earn their way out of poverty.
"It never stopped amazing me when a client would show me a new home that was built because of a loan he received or the way a client's business had improved and thus allowed his children to be sent to school," Amber said.
Amber recalled that one client called Paul walked her all around his house, pointing to what he had done with each of the eight loans he'd received. He explained how every loan had improved his family's quality of life. Amber said he was one of the hardest working men she had ever met. He had suffered greatly in the Cambodian Civil War and became disabled, but not once did he let it kill his dreams of realising a better life for his family. His latest purchaser sound system that he rented out for weddings and other parties doubled his income.
Amber said, "Living and working in Cambodia helped me see the world in new ways and made me aware of the hardship and suffering that many people around the world face every day. Those eleven months were some of the most meaningful months of my life."
1. What's the best title for this passage
A. World Hope International
B. Benefits of Micro-finance
C. Amber's Volunteer Experience in Cambodia
D. Poverty in Developing Countries
2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. Amber met with no difficulties after she arrived in Cambodia
B. Amber is the leader of World Hope International
C. few children go to school because there aren't enough schools in Cambodia
D. many local people in Cambodia changed their lives with the loans
3. Which of the following statements about Paul is TRUE
A. Each of the loans he had received helped him a lot.
B. He was poor because he didn't work as hard as others.
C. He became disabled because of a car accident.
D. He bought a sound system for his wedding.
4. After living and working in Cambodia as a volunteer, Amber _____.
A. planned to travel to more countries
B. changed her view of the world
C. decided to be a lifelong volunteer
D. became aware of how happy her life was
For Alison Rollinson, picking out the best experiences from her volunteer work is a major challenge.
"There are so many to choose from," said Rollinson, who has spent more than one year doing disaster volunteer work after Hurricane Katrina.
"The best parts are having the opportunity to be in an environment where you can meet the needs of people and know that your time is being used in a good way," she said.
After spending her first few months working as a volunteer, Rollinson was hired full-time. Taking the step to do disaster relief work full-time—first as a volunteer and then as an employee—was just what needed to be done, Rollinson said.
Before Katrina hit, Rollinson had planned on moving to Key Largo and working as a hotel clerk. Seeing the need on the Gulf Coast, Rollinson changed her plans.
"I've always been interested in helping people out, and then, because of this hurricane and the devastation(毁坏) I saw on TV, I felt that my time would be better spent doing disaster work for a few months rather than sitting in a hotel," she said.
Rollinson said, "I haven't regretted that decision once. The experiences have been life-changing and have taught me a lot about myself and the Gulf Coast residents."
She said, "I hope that my experience will inspire others to come to the Gulf Coast to help, especially since so much work remains to be done. The needs are great for the Gulf Coast residents and volunteering to help is easy."
"All people have to do is to have an open mind and give us a call," Rollinson said. "Anyone can come here and they can help out in many different ways. It's great to be in such a supportive place where you can really feel the love."
5. According to the passage, Rollinson thought that _____.
A. she had got lots of wonderful experiences from volunteer work
B. she had made great contribution to the Gulf Coast residents
C. she would take measures to do more disaster relief work
D. she would contribute her life to volunteer work
7. Rollinson hasn't regretted her decision to be a volunteer because _____.
A. she has got a better job after volunteering
B. she can work in a hotel on the Gulf Coast
C. she regards volunteering as a valuable experience
D. she has known many people on the Gulf Coast
7. Rollinson helped the Gulf Coast residents and hoped _____.
A. to learn more about disasters
B. to inspire more people to become volunteers
C. to call for more people to come to live on the Gulf Coast
D. to gain a better reputation for herself
8. Which of the following is the best title for the passage
A. A Volunteer Happy to Help
B. Volunteers on the Gulf
C. What a Volunteer's Duty Is
D. How to Be a Volunteer
答案以及解析
一、填空
1.答案：In
2.答案：It was thanks to their fearlessness and great efforts that our country returned to normal within a short time.
3.答案：fining/ to be fined
4.答案：have had
5.答案：to
6.答案：has stayed
7.答案：joining
8.答案：experienced
9.答案：to go
10.答案：importantly
11.答案：have been doing
12.答案：stable
解析：考查形容词。句意:医生说他的病情很严重，但还算稳定。根据was serious和but可知此处应用形容词，stability是名词，其形容词为stable。
13.答案：criteria
解析：考查名词复数。句意:用什么标准来评定一个学生的能力？根据are可知，此处应用复数名词，criterion是单数形式，其复数形式为criteria。
14.答案：consultation
解析：考查名词。句意：为了得到一些准确的信息，你最好参加一场咨询会。consult意为“咨询”，其名词形式是consultation，意为“咨询会”。
15.答案：granted
解析：考查固定搭配。句意：每个学生不应该不重视他们的安全。take...for granted意为“对……不予重视，认为……是理所当然”。故填granted。
二、阅读理解
答案：1-4 CDAB
解析：1.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了Amber在柬埔寨当志愿者的经历。
2.推理判断题。根据第二段中的"how the small loans they received transformed their lives"和第三段内容可知，小额信贷项目让当地很多人受益，改变了他们的生活。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的"every loan had improved his family's quality of life"可知，每笔小额信贷都帮助他改善了他和他家人的生活。
4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"helped me see the world in new ways"可知, Amber在柬埔寨当志愿者的经历改变了她对世界的看法。
答案：5-8 ACBA
解析：5.细节理解题。根据第一段可知,她在从事志愿者工作的过程中有很多美好的经历,因此A项正确。
6.细节理解题。根据第七段可知,她不后悔的理由是她觉得这种经历很有价值。
7.细节理解题。根据第八段内容可知B项正确。
8.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是一个志愿者,而不是很多志愿者,因此B项不正确。这位志愿者很高兴在那里工作,认为她的工作很有价值,因此A项正确。
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