1、Unit 3 Fairness for all单元测试一、单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从 A、B、C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. They _ many horrible crimes against the American people since a few years ago. A. have committed B. committed C. have made D. made 2. The police are questioning the young man _ murdering that old man. A. sus
2、pected B. suspected of C. doubted D. doubted of 3. Half of the medical supplies have already been _ to the victims of the earthquake. A. separated B. divided C. allocated D. allowed 4. What is Tom like? He is polite and _ to the old. A. respected B. respectable C. respect ing D. respectful 5. The th
3、ief was caugh t by some customers and _ to the police. A. handed over B. handed in C. handed out D.handed down6. It was _ I had time to speak that he rang off. A. after B. when C. before D. until 7. The old couple _ their son; what would they do without him? A. adore B. admire C. envy D. respect 8.
4、I will turn to another topic. Can you follow me well? _. Please go on. A. Yes, I will B. Yes, perfectly C. No, I wont D. No, I cant9. I have decided to _ my proposal for urban development to the city council.A. negotiate B. confirm C. prove D. submit 10. To the peoples delight, the _ official has be
5、en sentenced to ten years imprisonment.A. flattery B. innocent C. corrupt D. mistaken 11. The position in that company is still _ and you can apply for it now. A. empty B. vacant C. blank D. hollow 12. All of the students are curious about his success in the Olympics. Please tell us _. A. in detail
6、B. in brief C. in all D. in turn 13. Do you think the proposed new airport _ the local residents? A. will be opposed by B. will be opposed toC. has opposed to D. has opposed by 14. Tom was in low spirits because he _ by the boss for his fault. A. was scolded B. has been scoldedC. had been scolded D.
7、 will be scolded 15. The old man bent with a heavy _ on his back.A. pressure B. responsibility C. force D. burden 二、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。Family is the most important part of human life. There, we 16 and learn to show 17 like: love, fondness,
8、 responsibility and friendship. We 18 a lot of time with our family membersin a daily life and during 19 days like festivals or something like that. In our century the model of one-child family began to be fashionable. 20 there are many extended families, too, where grandmother, grandfather, uncles,
9、 aunts, nieces, daughters, sons etc. live under the same 21 .That situation, when children live with their parents, has both advantages and disadvantages. Grandparents can help their 22 children with looking after and bringing up their grandchildren. Grandparents may read fairy tales, talk fascinati
10、ng stories about the past, 23 cards or chess with one another, walk a dog, help in the 24 .It is very good, when a family is full of love. Sometimes living together makes many serious 25 . Teenagers, who are very naughty and quarrel with each other and 26 unpleasant situations and atmosphere(气氛 ) at
11、 home. They often 27 loud or strong music, 28 annoys the elders. A lot of people nowadays rent even a small flat to save some 29 , which they lacked living with their parents. 30 ， mother-in-law can teach her daughter-in-law many necessary things, but 31 she does not interfere with(干涉) her marriage
12、affairs.I think that living together with family 32 be very enjoyable and cheerful, but only in case when we 33 our elders and we look in the future. 34 should be safe and feel comfortable in their home. It should be a place where we 35 and where we spend a lot of our leisure time.16. A. use up B. g
13、row up C. stand up D. stay up 17. A. skills B. thoughts C. ideas D. feelings 18. A. spend B. waste C. take D. cost 19. A. common B. difficult C. special D. important 20. A. Therefore B. So C. Although D. However 21. A. room B. cloud C. sky D. roof（屋顶）22. A. adult B. young C. own D. unmarried 23. A.
14、make B do C. play D. invent24. A. living room B. sitting room C. garage D. kitchen25. A. goals B. problems C. contributions D. friends 26. A. make B. bring C. produce D. cause 27. A. feel like B. talk about C. listen to D. look for 28. A. what B. which C. that D. who 29. A. privacy B. time C. face D
15、. money 30. A. Such as B. And so on C. That is to say D. For example31. A. so that B. now that C. on condition that D. with that 32. A. must B. can C. might D. will 33. A. have a gift for B. have pity onC. have patience for D. have respect for34. A. Someone B. Everyone C. Anyone D. No one35. A. work
16、 B. study C. relax D. play三、阅读理解（ 共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。AFresh out of Barnard College, I was hired as a secretary to the editor of Coupon Magazine. Tiny circulation, but a real job. So now I had an income and an apartment in Manhattanheaven for a young woman f
17、rom a small town on Long Island. Like so many women of my generation, I went straight from college to secretarial school to learn speedwriting, despite the fact that I had already co-written a book called New York on $5 a Day. So I learned the ropes, or at least I tried. As a former lefty(左撇子) turne
18、d righty, my handwriting was hard to recognizeso bad that after taking notes, I couldnt translate it. The magazine was making advertisements, so in letters to the heads of the company which wanted to advertise in our magazine, I was told to offer them the opportunity to place their ads in four color
19、s in our magazine for the price of $10,000. Unknowingly, the “d” in ads became an “s”, and the president of one of those big companies was invited to “have his ass (臀部) in four colors” in our publication.Guess what? He didnt like it, and I was fired, but luck showed her face. The editor was looking
20、for a copywriter (广告文字撰稿人) eagerly. I was heading for the door, depressed, when I heard her call out, “YouJoan! Can you write better than you can type?” I said, “Yes, of course.” A copywriter was born.36. According to the first paragraph, we can know that the author _.A. was satisfied with her job a
21、s a secretaryB. was an ambitious womanC. was successful at collegeD. had a dream to become a famous writer 37. In which order did Joan do the following things?a. She was hired as a secretary of a small magazine.b. She worked as a copywriter.c. She was fired because of the mistake of spelling.d. She
22、learned speedwriting at secretarial school.e. She wrote a book called New York on $5 a Day.A. a, b, c, d, e. B. e, d, a, c, b.C. e, d, b, c, a. D. d, a, c, b, e.38. According to the passage, we can infer that _.来源:Z|xx|k.ComA. the author had talent for writingB. the author was very unluckyC. the aut
23、hors parents were very strict with herD. the magazine which the author wo rked for had no future39. Why did the boss intend to fire the author?A. She was a former lefty.B. She didnt work seriously.C. She made a mistake about the price of the ads.D. Her wrong spelling annoyed a big customer.BJapanese
24、 professor Yoji Kimura believes laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses（剂量） can end the worlds wars. To measure it, the expert on communications has invented a machine to chart out laughterand a new unit of “aH” to calculate it.“We have found that children laugh more freely, releasing（释放）10 aH pe
25、r second, which is about twice as much as an adult,” Kimura, a professor at Kansai University in the we stern city of Osaka, told reporters. “Adults tend to calculate whether its appropriate to laugh and under those restraints（克制） they eventually forget how,” he said.“Laughing is like a restart func
26、tion on a computer. Laughing freely is very important in the course of human development,” he said. Kimura, who believes in “a change from a century of wars to a century of humor and tolerance,” has studied the science of laughter for decades in Osaka. In his theory, human laughter is produced in fo
27、ur emotional stages. “I believe there is a circuit（回路） in the human brain that creates laughter,” Kimura said confidently. To measure laughter, he attaches sensors on the skin of a tested peoples stomach, particularly the diaphragm（横膈膜）, and detects muscle movements. “I have a theory that humor dete
28、cted in the brain gets directly released through the movement of diaphragm,” he said. By checking the movement of the diaphragm and other parts of the body, it will be possible to see if a person is only pretending to laugh while also telling different types of laughter, Kimura said. Kimura wants to
29、 make the measuring device as small as a mobile phone and possibly market it as a health and amusement device. Kimura said he planned to present his findings this summer to the US-based International Society for Humor Studies, adding that he looked forward to looking at differences in laughter inter
30、nationally.40. According to the passage, Professor Yoji Kimura _.A. thinks banning weapon can end wars in the worldB. has put his machine calculating laughter into marketC. has been studying laughing for many yearsD. is an expert in peoples health problem41. Why do adults laugh less freely?A. Becaus
31、e they are busy with their work.B. Because they are affected by some factors.C. Because they use computers too often.D. Because they dont think it good to laugh much.42. The measuring device of Yoji Kimura _.A. has functions of a mobile phoneB. can make pe ople laugh moreC. can recognize different k
32、inds of laughterD. will be popular in the international market soon43. The passage mainly tells us something about _.A. how to measure laughter B. Yoji Kimura and laughingC. laughing as much as possible D. a device that is made to measure laughterCYueyang Tower (岳阳楼) lies in the west of Yueyang City
33、, near the Dongting Lake. It was first built for soldiers to rest on and watch out. In the Three Kingdoms Period, Lu Su, General of Wu State, trained his soldiers here.In 716, Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty, General Zhang Shuo was sent to defend at Yuezhou and he rebuilt it into a tower named South Tower,
34、and then Yueyang Tower. In 1044, Song Dynasty, Teng Zijing was stationed at Baling Jun, the ancient name of Yueyang City. In the second year, he had the Yueyang Tower repaired and had poems by famous poets written on the walls of the tower. Fan Zhongyan, a great artist and poet, was invited to write
35、 the well-known poem about Yueyang Tower. In his A Panegyric of the Yueyang Tower (岳阳楼记), Fan writes: “Be the first to worry about the troubles across the land, the last to enjoy universal happiness.” His words have been well-known for thousands of years and made the tower even better known than bef
36、ore.The style of Yueyang Tower is quite special. The main tower is 21.35 meters high with 3 stories, flying eave (屋檐 ) and wood construction, the helmet-roof of such a large size is a rarity (罕见之事) among the ancient architectures in China.Entering the tower, youll see “Dongting is the water of the w
37、orld, Yueyang is the tower of the world”. Moving on, there is a platform that once used as the training ground for the navy of Three-Kingdom Period general Lu Su. To its south is the Huaifu Pavilion(亭) in honor of Du Fu. Stepping out of the Xiaoxiang Door, the Xianmei Pavilion and the Sanzui Pavilio
38、n can be seen standing on two sides. In the garden to the north of the tower is the tomb of Xiaoqiao, the wife of Zhou Yu.44. The passage mainly tells us _.A. the history of Yueyang TowerB. some information about Yueyang TowerC. the architecture style of Yueyang Tower D. Yueyang Tower is a good plac
39、e to see45. In Three-Kingdom Period, Yueyang Tower was used as _.A. a place where rich people enjoyed themselvesB. the symbol of the Three KingdomsC. a place where educated people often metD. an army-training place46. Yueyang Tower was once named _.A. South Tower B. Xianmei Tower C. Sanzui Tower D.
40、Baling Tower47. When did Yueyang Tower become more famous?A. In 1045. B. In 716.C. In the Three-Kingdom Period. D. In the Tang Dynasty.48. Which of the following has nothing to do with Yueyang Tower?A. Huaifu Pavilion. B. Xiaoxiang Door.来源:C. Tomb of Du Fu. D. Tomb of Xiaoqiao.DAs a tour guide, Ali
41、is trying his best to introduce this unique land to us, with his rich knowledge and solid historical background. Whether in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, or at the well-known underground city, a strong sense of pride in Turkey can be found everywhere in his descriptions and explanations.Tur
42、keys location in the Middle East brings many concerns, especially relating to security, for foreign tourists. And every time foreign tourists change their fixed and somewhat negative views about Turkey on his tour, Ali feels that all his efforts have paid off. Ali Dede Coskuner, Tour Guide, said, “G
43、uide makes bridge of peace, tourism brings peace to the world.”Aside from work, the biggest comfort for Ali is his happy family, with three sons and a loving wife. But as a tour guide, his time with his family is destined to be very limited. Ali Dede Coskuner said, “Tour guide is no timing; you dont
44、 have fixed time to work. Sometimes, you have to work for 1415 hours; sometimes, even more than 18 hours, and you cant say I am tired.”Despite these challenges, Ali always sees the beauty of the job that he does. And his smiling face always makes him an affable host for his guests. According to Ali,
45、 there are about 10 thousand tour guides throughout Turkey, with only five thousand who are active. Because of certain legal loopholes(漏洞), not all the tour guides are licensed professionals, which results in some unfair competition. At the same time, tour guiding in Turkey is still not recognized a
46、s a profession, so guides are not i ncluded in the countrys insurance system. 49. Ali is always taking pride in _. A. his rich knowledge and solid historical backgroundB. changing foreign touristsfixed and negative views about his country on his tourC. spending little time with his familyD. his lovi
47、ng wife bringing his three sons up 50. Which of the following words can be used in place of the underlined word “affable” in the sixth paragraph?来源:A. open-minded. B. honest. C. approachable. D. easy. 51. Ali is not satisfied with _.A. his descriptions and explanations about the Museum of Anatolian
48、CivilizationsB. his job as a guideC. the policy that guides are not included in the countrys insurance systemD. his working for 1415 hours sometimes EWASHINGTONMore than one in 10 of the nations airline pilots are cleared to carry a handgun while flying, and the number will continue to grow, according to a Transportation Security Administ ration projection.The Federal Air Marshal Service, a TSA agency that runs the armed-pilots program, reports that 85,000 to 9