必修4 Unit1
课时作业(十六) Women of achievement 成就卓越的女性
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to________a good researcher.
A.make B.turn C.get
D.grow
2.We had wanted to finish our task by noon,but it didn’t quite________as planned.
A.find out C.hand out
B.give out
D.work out
3.Lucy has________all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A.acquired C.concluded
B.finished
D.achieved
4.Everything________into consideration,they ought to have another chance.
A.to take
B.taken D.taking
C.to be taken
5.Without plenty of oral practice,you’ll find it hard to______a conversation with native English speakers.
A.go on
B.carry on D.work on
C.carry out
6.If you let pressure benefit________upset you,much more can be accomplished than you thought possible.
A.more than
B.rather than D.less than
C.other than
7.—It was________of Jack to turn off the radio when I was sleeping in the bedroom.
—So he was. A.reasonable C.considerate
B.sensible D.generous
8.Only when________the data again________that there was a mistake. A.they had studied;did they realize B.they had studied;realized they C.had they studied;did they realize D.had they studied;realized they
9.After being criticized by her mother,she spoke out the words______in her heart for many years,tears________her eyes.
A.having hidden;filling B.hidden;filled C.hiding;having filled D.hidden;filling
10.I am afraid I would have little influence over her________her mind was made up on any subject.
A.until
B.once D.unless
C.though
11.When I said that someone was late for the meeting,I________you.Why were you so angry at that time?
A.didn’t refer to B.wasn’t referring to
C.haven’t referred to D.hadn’t referred to
12.On his way to the airport,it________him all of a sudden that he had forgotten her birthday.
A.hit
B.knocked
C.occurred D.beat
13.The new equipment________the disabled during the 2020 Beijing Paralympics.
A.was intended for C.intended for
B.was intended to D.intended to
14.You promised to________the goods to our place immediately,but we haven’t seen any of them yet.
A.pass
B.relay
D.provide
C.deliver
15.Though she was young,she________her most time________the children in remote areas.
A.devotes;to teach
B.devoted;to teach
C.devoted;to teaching D.is devoted;to teaching Ⅱ.完形填空 (2020年南京第二次调研)
In the doorway of my home,I looked closely at my 23-year-old son,Daniel.In a few hours he would be flying to France to __1__ a different life.It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel’s life.I wanted to __2__ him some words of significance.But nothing came from my lips,and this was not the __3__ time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five,I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten.He asked,“What is it going to be like,Dad?Can I do it?” Then he walked __4__ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside.The bus drove
away and I said nothing.A decade later,a similar __5__ played itself out.
I drove him to college.As I started to leave,I tried to think of something to say to give him __6__ and confidence as he started this new stage of life.Again,words __7__ me.
Now,as I stood before him,I thought of those __8__ opportunities.How many times have I let such moments __9__?I don’t find a quiet moment to tell him what he has __10__ to me.Or what he might __11__ to face in the years ahead.Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?__12__ as I stood before Daniel,I knew that it did matter.My father and I loved each other.Yet I always __13__ never hearing him put his __14__ into words.Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten.Why is it so __15__ to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry,and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly.“Daniel,”I said,“if I could have picked,I would have picked you.” That’s all I could say.He hugged me.For a moment,the world __16__,and there were just Daniel and me.He was saying something,but tears misted my eyes,and I couldn’t understand what he was saying.All I was __17__ of was the stubble (短须) on his chin as his face pressed __18__ mine.What I had said to Daniel was __19__.It was nothing.And yet,it was __20__. 1.A.experience C.enjoy 2.A.show C.make
B.spend D.shape B.give
D.instruct
B.first D.next B.into
3.A.last C.very 4.A.upward C.down
D.up
5.A.sign C.scenery
B.scene D.sight B.instruction D.direction B.discouraged 6.A.interest C.courage
7.A.failed C.struck 8.A.future C.obvious 9.A.last C.fly 10.A.counted C.valued 11.A.think C.expect 12.A.But C.Instead 13.A.wondered C.minded 14.A.views C.feelings
15.A.important C.hard
16.A.disappeared C.progressed 17.A.sensitive C.aware 18.A.by C.on
D.troubled B.embarrassing D.lost B.pass D.remain B.meant D.cared B.want D.wish
B.And
D.So
B.regretted
D.tried B.actions
D.attitudes B.essential
D.complex B.changed D.advanced B.convinced D.tired B.against
D.with