高中英语 unit3《inventors and inventions》单元测试 新人教选修8

Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 单元测试

一、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）

1. — Could I speak to Mr Smith, please?

— ____. I’ll go and ask him to answer the call.

A. Please hold the line B. Please hang off

C. Sorry, he isn’t here now D. Sorry. I’m afraid you have the wrong number

2. He went to the library ____ last night, but you broke your word.

A. in time B. in need C. on earth D. in truth

3. — What time would it be ____ for me to come round?

— Any time will do as long as you are free.

A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable

4. When I walked past the street and saw the children playing happily, their happy

laughter ____ memories of my childhood.

A. called in B. called for C. called on D. called up

5. Mrs Black isn’t in and I’ll have to ring ____. I would appreciate it if you

ring ____ after 6 o’clock.

A. off; back B. up; off C. out; up D. back; off

6. When I returned to my study, I found the floor thoroughly ____ and all my books

____ according to the types of books.

A. cleaning; ranging B. cleaned; ranged

C. have cleaned; ranged D. has cleaned; ranged

7. He was left out when they ____ choosing a new manager, which came as a complete

surprise to him.

A. set out B. set about C. set off D. set up

8. Unfortunately the restaurant he recommended fell short of our ____.

A. expectations B. advantages C. opportunities D. contributions

9. — She doesn’t play the piano, but she likes singing and dancing.

— ____. A. So I am B. So it is with my sister

C. So am I D. Neither do I

10. — Who do you intend to have ____ your computer?

— I haven’t decided yet. I wonder if you could help me.

A. to repair B. repaired C. to be repaired D. repair

11. The local economy is now ____ a mess and the government is ____ a loss for what

to do now.

A. at; at B. down; at C. in; in D. in; at

12. — There is only three days left, but we still have a pile of papers to deal

with.

— Don’t worry. We have already ____ two thirds of them after all.

A. got over B. got through C. given up D. given away

13. The book represents a wonderful love story, so once____,it will be popular with

young people.

A. publishes B. publishing

C. published D. having published

14. They have a beer together ____, talking about their separate life, but not often.

A. by and by B. now and then C. all the time D. more or less

15. It’s your decision — you must ____ the responsibility if things go wrong.

A. bear B. take down C. put up with D. stand

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A hospital is needed by every living person at the time of birth, death,

physical injuries, or sickness. It is always a 16 place where family members

can gather around the person who needs the 17 of well trained medical doctors

and nurses.

As Nicole Hagen and Ricky Beebe were born into the Hagen family in 1998, the

parents were both in the delivery (分娩) room. This is a 18 as the tradition

has been for the father to be in the next room. 19 hospitals have a birthing

room where there is an extra sofa and a chair for the father to either sit or even to sleep on next to his wife. Many 20 are taken of the new baby within a few

minutes of his or her 21 . Even a video can be made with the proud father taking

pictures of the doctor, nurses, mother, and baby. A nurse may take a 22 picture

of the father, mother, and baby. Young children will not see the baby 23 the

doctor and nurses allow them into the room many hours later.

At the death of Grandma Hagen, the adult children 24 at her bedside. As

she was dying, her children talked to her, read the Bible, and even sang some of

her 25 songs. The nurses would check on her very often and the doctor came as

his time 26 . She was given pain pills 27 her last few hours would be as 28

as possible. When she died the family cried together in sorrow for the loss of their

mother. Grandpa Hagen had died fourteen years 29 . Grandma Hagen was 82 when she

died.

Doctors operate on broken bones 30 by accidents in factories or car

accidents. Children sometimes fall down stairs where an arm is 31 . Athletes get

hurt in 32 of football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer. Most injuries

are repaired very successfully 33 the great skill of the doctor. Illness from

disease, alcohol, or smoking often requires a person to stay a long period in the