单元检测卷2

Ⅰ.多项选择1.I can’t talk too much._____, I am very busy right now. Can I phone you back later?A.GraduallyB.ActuallyC.NormallyD.Happily2.The economic reform____great change in the lives of the common people.A.met withB.took placeC.brought aboutD.gave out3.It seemed that Alex wanted to make his grandma angrier, for he kicked the door open___.A.by accidentB.at firstC.on purposeD.at present4.The police finally found out the___of the man who helped send the old man to hospital, but were asked to keep it secret.A.directionB.identityC.accentD.power5.The new library will be open to all the citizens and its books will be lent to anyone on___.mandB.orderC.callD.request6.The manager held a monthly meeting via the Internet as most of his employees were______elsewhere.A.basedB.tippedC.playedD.fixed7.He was_____in speech, which was an advantage over other speakers in that speaking contest.A.eagerB.fluentC.certainD.frequent8.I sent the nurses some flowers as a(n)____of thanks for their taking good care of me.A.permissionB.conclusionC.decisionD.expression9.Three days has passed, and rescuers are____for the safety of two men trapped in the mine.A.concernedB.pleasedC.frightenedD.puzzled10.The policethe____driver to stop the car immediately because it was running too fast in the street.A.beggedB.wishedmandedD.requestedI know that’s what I 1 with our oldest son, Joe. He would be perfect. Joe would sail through 2 from learning ABC’s to being awarded a PhD.Joe,3 , had other ideas.He was always a 4 kid. He wasn’t th e kind of boy who threw 5 at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.But he wasn’t perfect. Especially when it came to that nice little 6 that I had about sailing through school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled with scissors and handwriting and math. Always 7 . He passed each grade with great 8 , never at the top of his class.How I 9 friends who had children with the “math gene”. A mom told me her daughter w as doing high school algebra while in the sixth grade. Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the district’s annual Math Challenge.After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and 10 : Why didn’t we raise a mathematical talent? How is he ever going to get into 11 if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly 12 never really amounted to much. Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever they’re worrying about usually 13 on its own. During high school, Joe slowly 14 at math. He got through algebra I & II, and geometry, our state requirements for math. I felt greatly 15 at his little achievement. Then he announced that he’d take pre calculus（微积分）in his last year of high school, which 16 me a lot.“Why?”I questioned.“Because I need to keep my skills up,”he explained. “I 17 math, but I need to take it so I don’t forget how to do it.”“For college,”he added. “I want to do really well in college, Mom. I know it will be 18 , but I think it’s important that I try to do my best.”My oldest son wasn’t perfect. He wasn’t a math talent, either. But he knew what was important: he was focusing on his 19 while I was worrying over his past. And that, to me, is even better than being 20 .Ⅲ.阅读理解（2012·武汉高三新起点调研）People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”.For example, if you say bad things about a person, the pers on might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me”. Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say , “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest , “I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.”Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.1.In what kind of situation will a person say “Do not bad mouth me.”?A.When he feels down.B.When he feels regretful.C.When he is spoken ill of.D.When he feels innocent.2.If a person feels sorry for what he has said, he might say “.”A.Do not bad mouth meB.I really put my foot in my mouth this timeC.Do not put words in my mouthD.Stop mouthing off3.If a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies .A.he is badly offB.he is hard workingC.he is well offD.he has enough to eat4.By saying, “I have been running my mouth long enough”, the speaker means “”.A.I have run a long wayB.I have been a mouthy personC.I have learned a lotD.I have talked too muchⅣ.完成句子1.The number of people learning English in China____ nowadays. (increase)现在在中国学习英语的人的数量在逐渐地增加。