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第十二单元自测题

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　　一、单项选择

　　1. There used to be many coal mines in this area, but some of ___ have been closed.

　　A. them B. what C. which D. that

　　2. This is one of the best films ___ .

　　A. have been shown B. which have been shown

　　C. that have been shown D. that have shown

　　3. Do you know the reason ___ our teacher got so angry yesterday?

　　A. why B. in which C. which D. on which

　　4. He tore up my photo and ___ made me upset.

　　A. which B. so C. as D. that

　　5. We began to talk happily about the people and things in the park ___ interested us greatly.

　　A. who B. which C. that D. where

　　6. This is the largest clock in the world, ___ minute hand is six metres long.

　　A.swheresB. of which C. whose D. which

　　7. What he had done made ___ difficult for us to believe his words.

　　A. that B. it C. them D. one

　　8. The great magician can ___ the Great Wall at the sight of millions of people.

　　A. get down B. get up C. get across D. get through

　　9. King led the workers to have a march, ___ freedom of them.

　　A. fighting for B. to fight for C. fighting against D. to fight against

　　10. These wild flowers are so special I would do ___ I can to save them. (2000北京春)

　　A. whatever B. that C. which D. whichever

　　11. A computer can only do ___ you have instructed it to do.

　　A. how B. after C. what D. when

　　12.—Why haven’t you bought any butter?

　　—I ___ to, but I forgot about it

　　A. liked B. wished C. meant D. expected

　　13. Don’t read such books ___ you can’t understand.

　　A. that B. as C. which D. what

　　14. The present that he gave me was ___ toy bear that I like it very much.

　　A. so lovely a B. so a lovely C. such lovely a D. such lovely

　　15. I really wonder ___ he has posted me many parcels ___ we worked together.

　　A. how ; after B. why ; when C. when ; before D. why ; since

　　二、完形填空

　　Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working 1 ___a special painting for a church at that time2 ___the church painting was not 3 ___well. An Italian business man asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second 4 ___.This is the woman who 5 ___be seen in the Mona Lisa.

　　All in all the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s6 ___and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used7 ___and light in a clever8 ___ in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and9 ___.Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状)in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and10 ___shapes like 11 ___.Even her 12 ___can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the13 ___is sitting on a balcony(阳台)and 14 ___can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks, so these can be seen15 ___ in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees 16 ___the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are 17 ___together in front of her. This way of 18 ___is now used by many 19 ___when 20 ___.The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.

　　1. A upB inC onD about

　　2. A butB thusC howeverD so

　　3. A doingB goingC makingD working

　　4. A servantB daughterC nurseD wife

　　5. A mustB shouldC mightD can

　　6. A worksB jobsC novelsD photos

　　7. A heavinessB blackC darknessD oils

　　8. A wayB pictureC handD eye

　　9. A chemistryB mathsC geographyD biology

　　10.A squareB roundC longD egg

　　11.A ballsB sticksC vasesD boxes

　　12.A smileB shoutC cryD anger

　　13.A churchB paintingC sofaD house

　　14.A treesB buildingsC mountainsD flowers

　　15.A by and byB here and there

　　C over and overD up and down

　　16.A onB byC toD beyond

　　17.A caughtB heldC supportedD hung

　　18.A paintingB livingC smilingD sitting

　　19.A womenB actressesC girlsD models

　　20.A they are being paintedB painting

　　C be paintedD they have painted

　　三、阅读理解

　　Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes—from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in the rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in the theaters all over the Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his“magic”tricks.

　　Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had ability to move his toes as well as to move his fingers. He could move his body /into/ almost any position he wanted.

　　Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant, but for a long time they were not successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspaperman to watch.

　　It was the publicity (名声) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success.

　　Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and toes trained to escape from ankle chains, but his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went /into/ the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck—and a small skeleton keys, which is a key that fits many locks，passed quickly from her mouth to his.

　　Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited. In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theatre would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame, and a name remembered today.

　　1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on ___.

　　A. his magic tricks and inhuman powers

　　B. his special tricks and a skeleton key

　　C. his unusual ability and a skeleton key

　　D. his inhuman talents and magic tricks

　　2. In the fourth paragragh, the word“this”refers to ___.

　　A. the previous sentence

　　B. the publicity

　　C. the place, Chicago

　　D. the time, 1898

　　3. According to the passage, how did Houdini get the key which helped him unlock prison doors?

　　A. He took the key from his wife’s mouth.

　　B. His wife passed it to his hand while kissing him.

　　C. His wife gave it to him by a magic trick.

　　D. He got it in his mouth through a kiss by his wife.

　　4. It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that Houdini became famous ___.

　　A. when he was about 24

　　B. when he was about 17

　　C. after the year 1894

　　D. before the year 1898

　　5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Houdini used to be a famous magician in Britain.

　　B. Houdini was first recognized widely in Chicago.

　　C. Houdini entered the entertainment world together with his wife.

　　D. Houdini owed his great success only to his small skeleton key.

　　四、短文改错：

　　One evening two German were walking in the street together.1 ___.

　　They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock strike2 ___.

　　twelve. Most of the people went to bed. Quietly they came to3 ___.

　　a house. There were no lights in the house but it seemed that4 ___.

　　everyone in the house was asleep. Stood at the front gate,5 ___.

　　one said in German to other,“You wait here. I’ll go around to6 ___.

　　the back door and then get the house.”Suddenly out7 ___.

　　of the house ran a dog. The two men were frightening8 ___.

　　and ran away as fast as they could. They dared not to stop until9 ___.

　　they got to a lonely place.“I wasn’t expected the dog could10 ___.

　　understand German,”one man said.

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