人教版高中英语选修9Unit4Reading单元练习

Unit 4 Exploring plants第Ⅰ卷（部分，共115分）第1部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑1．Apples are usually sold by ________ weight and eggs are sometimes sold by ________ dozen.A. the; theB. /;aC. /; theD. the; a2．Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used ________ late for his lecture.A. to have studentsB. for students’ beingC. for students to beD. to students’ being3．When people move to another country, they often try ________ the customs of their native land.A. to keep onB. to keep offC. to keep upD. keeping up4．—The experiment is of particular importance.—I see. We will carry on with it ________ we can get enough money.A. unlessB. thoughC. whetherD. until5．I think that this meal was well worth ________ was charged for it.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. how many6．________ all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.A. To growB. GrowingC. GrownD. Grow7．Although he sometimes loses his temper, his students like him ________ for it.A. not so muchB. not so littleC. no moreD. no less8．Professor Zhang gave all the textbooks to all the pupils, except ________ who had already taken them.A. theseB. onesC. the onesD. the others9．Do you think the reason ________ he gave is believable?A. for whichB. whichC. whyD. what10．________ he is ,he seldom shows his precious coins to others.A. Coin -collector asB. As a coin -collectorC. A coin- collector asD. Coin- collector that1l．From his ________ voice on the phone I know everything is going under way.A. satisfactoryB. satisfyingC. satisfiedD. satisfaction12．—Does Bill do his new job well?—________ his old job. I’m afraid there’s no hope for him.A. Not better thanB. No better thanC. Not so well asD. Not as well as13．—I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.—You ________ your temper but that’s OK.A. have lostB. had lostC. did loseD. were losing14．—Is the experiment easy?—________ . I’ll just do my bit.A. I think soB. CertainlyC. Not a littleD. Anything but15．Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded ________ other more well - informed experimenters failed.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. where第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is 16 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane 17 night after night. One would18 them to know their parts by heart and 19 have cause to falter（结巴）.Yet20 is not always the case.A famous actor in a 21 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat22 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler （监狱长，看守）would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 23 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 24 ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke 25 his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 26 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed（使显露）the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then，the gaoler 27 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 28 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in29 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 3 0 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then，squinting（眯着眼看）his eves，he said, “The light is 31 .Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 3 2 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir. I must get my 33 ”With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the ari stocrat’s34 ，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the 35 copy of the letter which he proceeded（继续进行）to read to the prisoner.16．A. fortunate B. unfortunate C. happy D. unhappy17．A. lines B. words C. plays D. roles18．A. want B. ask C. expect D. wish19．A. always B. never C. sometimes D. often20．A. such B. the thing C. one D. this21．A. highly B. high C. poorly D. poor22．A. where B. what C. which D. who23．A. Because B. Even though C. When D. Though24．A. play B. performance C. role D. case25．A. with B. in C. on D. to26．A. pages B. joke C. lines D. contents27．A. appeared B. disappeared C. came out D. came in28．A. room B. cell C. stage D. office29．A. English B. French C. order D. full30．A. worded B. surprised C. anxious D. afraid31．A. bright B. dim C. dark D. out32．A. To see B. To find C. Seeing D. Finding33．A. glasses B. lines C. light D. letters34．A. surprise B. satisfaction C. anger D. amusement35．A. usual B. old C. unusual D. new第三部分：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。