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Unit 4 Pygmalion-SectionⅢ

一、单词拼写

1．The color ______(褪色)when exposed to sun light.

2．The interior decoration of the house is a ______(折中)between Chinese and foreign styles.

3．The kitchen was in a ______ (极糟的)state when she left.

4．The English a______ has 26 letters.

5．She broke down and s______ aloud when she heard the bad news.

二、语法填空

1．Lily was shocked when she heard of the ______(horror)news about her friend.

2．After the ______(refer)fired his gun，the long­distance athletes began running.

3．People who harm others to benefit themselves are really ______(disgust)．

4．We shouldn't ______ (overlook)the mental health of young people.

三、用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式完成下面短文

As we know，we are 1.______ friends.A good friend is kind enough to 2.______ our mistakes and help us out when we are in trouble.And true friendship will not 3.______ with time.I'm grateful that I have such a good friend.

4．______，I was invited to a party.After I was 5.______，I met my old friend Jack.I remembered that I had difficulty in pronouncing those difficult words when in high school and it was Jack who gave me a lot of help.Every time I made a mistake in pronunciation，he would ask me to say the word 6.______ and correct my pronunciation.I'm so lucky to have a good friend like him.Thank you，Jack!

四、同义句转换

1．Deep in thought，Dick almost ran into the car in front of him.

______ in thought，Dick almost ran into the car in front of him.

2．After a long talk，the two sides reached a compromise.

After a long talk，the two sides ______ ______ a compromise.

3．Kevin has been kind enough to overlook my fault.

Kevin has been kind enough to ______ my fault.

4．I forgot to buy milk and need to go to the store another time.

I forgot to buy milk and need to go to the store ______ ______.

5．The brickwork in this house needs repair.

The brickwork in this house is ______ ______ ______ repair.

五、翻译句子

1．他们觉得与她妥协更明智。(compromise)

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2．汤姆会带你到楼里去。(show...in)

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3．我们可以从家中俯瞰教堂。(overlook)

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4．在这个场景的末尾把音乐减弱。(fade out)

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5．教授走进房间，身后跟着一群学生。(过去分词作状语)

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六、阅读理解

A

Arthur Miller(1915­2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria­Hungary，drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”．However，he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early l930s.

Miller's most famous play，Death of a Salesman，is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman，the hero of the play，we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth.Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment：if he can't do the work，then he is no good to his employer，the Wagner Company，and must go.Willy is painfully aware of this，and at a loss as to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

When it was first staged in 1949，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10,2005，the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.

1．Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?

A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

B．He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”．

C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist.

D．His family business failed.

2．What can we learn about Willy Loman?

A．He treats his employer badly.

B．He runs the Wagner Company.

C．He is a victim of the American system.

D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

3．After it was first staged，Death of a Salesman ______.

A．achieved huge success

B．won the first Tony Award

C．was warmly welcomed by salesmen

D．was severely attacked by dramatists

4．What is the text mainly about?

A．Arthur Miller and his family.

B．The awards Arthur Miller won.

C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.

D．Arthur Miller and his best­known play.

5．The play Death of a Salesman______.

A．exposes the cruelty of the American business world

B．discusses the ways to get promoted in a company

C．talks about the business career of Arthur Miller

D．focuses on the skills in doing business

B

For a 400­year­old art form，opera had a bad fame：overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school.And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance，opera goers also had a certain appearance in people's mind：rich，well­dressed and old.

But now opera companies around the country are loosening_their_ties_and_kicking_off_their

_shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.

Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd，they need to associate opera with common people.That means no formal suits，old­style theatre or bank breaking ticket prices.And because young people don't or won't come to the opera，companies are bringing the opera to them，giving performances in such usual places as parks，libraries and public schools.

The Houston Grand Opera's choice is the public library，where it performs “mobile operas”，shortened version of child­friendly operas.This summer's production is Hansel￡Gretel.By performing smaller versions of large productions，producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level.The San Francisco Opera，which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year，is staging Cinderella free of charge，keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists' Training Program.

6．What is the passage mainly about?

A．The ticket prices of opera are becoming lower and lower.

B．Opera is popular only to rich people.

C．Opera companies are trying to keep operas alive.

D．Young people are not interested in operas.

7．The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means ______.

A．breaking up the old rules

B．changing the dresses

C．making the audience laugh

D．lowering the prices of the tickets

8．Why opera companies prefer to perform smaller versions?

A．Because they can be performed in public libraries.

B．Because short versions are easy to perform.

C．Because it is hard to find long versions.

D．Because they can make people interested.

9．The San Francisco Opera employs young students in order to ______.

A．make young people interested in it

B．reduce the costs

C．celebrate its 75th anniversary

D．make Cinderella more popular

10．We can conclude that ______.

A．the tickets for opera are very expensive at present

B．opera is performed in a language difficult to understand

C．opera is not so popular an art form today

D．young people enjoy performing operas very much

七、语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Eliza Doolittle was 1.______ unrefined，dirty flower girl with poor phonetics 2.______ Professor Higgins was an expert in phonetics.One day they happened to meet each other while 3.______(hide)from the rain.When Eliza was talking with a gentleman，Higgins always watched her and took notes 4.______ made her get worried，for she thought he was a policeman 5.______ disguise.In fact he just showed interest in her poor phonetics and made a bet with Colonel Pickering 6.______ he was going to meet.Higgins said once 7.______(educate)to speak properly，Eliza could pass 8.______ off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party.After that Higgins threw a 9.______(hand)of money into her basket and left with Pickering，leaving Eliza 10.______(excite)and in amazement.Eliza decided to find him the next day.

参考答案

一、1．答案：fades

2．答案：compromise

3．答案：disgusting

4．答案：alphabet

5．答案：sobbed

二、1．答案：horrible

2．答案：referee

3．答案：disgusting

4．答案：overlook

三、 答案：1.in need of　2.overlook　3.fade out　4.The other day　5.shown in　6.once more

四、1．答案：Absorbed

2．答案：came to/arrived at

3．答案：ignore

4．答案：once more

5．答案：in need of

五、1．答案：They found it wiser to compromise with her.

2．答案：Tom will show you in the building.

3．答案：We can overlook the church from our house.

4．答案：Fade out the music at the end of the scene.

5．答案：The professor came into the room，followed by a group of students.

六、1．答案：B

解析：从第一段第二句话可知米勒的父亲迁往美国，是和其他许多人一样受“伟大的美国梦”的驱使。

2．答案：C

解析：从上文介绍情节中得知威利·罗门是戏剧中的一个角色，而这个角色最终因为在这个制度中屡遭失败自杀身亡，因此推断他是美国制度的受害者。

3．答案：A

解析：从第三段得知该剧一上映便赢得了许多奖项，因此是获得了巨大的成功。

4．答案：D

解析：A项没有提及，B、C两项都是片面的。

5．答案：A

解析：推理判断题。根据第二段可知，这部戏剧对美国制度是一个抨击，它表现了咄咄逼人的做生意的方式以及坚信金钱和社会地位才是财富的象征。主人公威利陷入困境，然而生意场上残酷无情：如果他做不了，那么对老板而言，他就一无是处，他必须离开。故此部戏剧揭露了美国职场的残酷。

6．答案：C

解析：主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句话“For a 400­year­old art form，opera had a bad fame：...”和第二段内容以及全文的基调来看，歌剧面临着前所未有的困境，各歌剧

公司尝试各种办法来挽救这一局面。故答案为C项。

7．答案：A

解析：词义猜测题。根据其后的“in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.”可知，各公司正尝试打破陈规，使歌剧面向各类人群，而不仅仅是富人的专利。

8．答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第三句话“By performing smaller versions of large productions，producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level.”可知D项正确。

9．答案：B

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句话“...keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists' Training Program.”可知，他们雇用年轻学生的目的是降低成本。

10．答案：C

解析：推理判断题。根据第一段第一句话“For a 400­year­old art form，opera had a bad fame：...”可知，在当今社会，歌剧不是一种很受欢迎的艺术形式。

七、 答案：1.an　2.while　3.hiding　4.which　5.in 6．whom/who　7.educated　8.herself　9.handful 10．Excited

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