Module 4 Carnival 单元测试题 1

Module 4 Carnival单元测试题

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

[A]

Five people are talking about working from home.

Chris: I'm a language graduate and I've been translating from Italian to English for most of my career. We've been in Milan for nearly 20 years and I've been working from home for 12 years, since my first child was born. I've found that my work-life balance has been easier to manage since I started working from home — and it needs to be easy to manage when you've got children!

Miranda: I'm a writer and I've been working from home for the last 18 months. I must say it's been pretty difficult. For one thing I've been paying a lot more for heating. And I've missed the office gossip (闲聊). To be honest, it's quite lonely. I almost wish I could go back to my old job.

Jordan: Working from home has really changed my life. I love it. I love being my own boss. I've been working from home as a website designer since I left my last job in 2004. I have a bit more time these days. I've bought myself a new guitar and I've been taking guitar lessons for the last six months.

Ahmed: It's not for everyone, but I like working from home. I do contract work in design. The best thing is that I don't have to commute (通勤) to work on crowded

trains. I've had lots more time and I've been learning a new language since I started working from home in January. I've always wanted to learn Spanish.

Rageh: I'm German but I've been living abroad for five years. I've been working in marketing for a pharmaceutical (制药的) company near London and I've been working from home part of the time since January. I work from home three days a week and commute to the office twice a week. I was very lucky to get this opportunity. When I work from home I get up late and work late in the evenings. I've never been a morning person. 21. What is Chris? A. A designer. B. A translator. C. A novel writer. D. An Internet seller.

22. What is Miranda's opinion about working from home? A. It's boring and costly. B. It's free and comfortable. C. It leads to poor quality of work. D. It helps to keep work-play balance. 23. What do we know about Rageh? A. He is a night owl. B. He is a music lover. C. He works in Germany.

D. He has strict working timetables.

[B]

Winters are cold in northern British Columbia, a province of Canada. That's one reason why two girls became concerned about a number of homeless cats in their town.

“My dad first saw this big cat problem ... and he knew the man who had all the cats,” says Vivienne Thompson. Vivienne and her friend Catrina Vanderwolf learned that the man wasn't happy about all the cats living around his home. They offered to help.

Each day after school all winter long, the girls walked two miles to feed the cats. “We could see all their footprints in the snow and at first couldn't understand why they wouldn't let us get close to them,” explain the girls.

They contacted Valerie Ingram at the Lakes Animal Friendship Society, who told them that the cats are “feral.” They belong to no one. Feral cats have little or no contact with humans in their entire lives. The large colony of cats likely started with two stray (流浪的) cats who had a litter of kittens. Those cats had kittens, and before long, there were dozens of homeless cats.

To get the cat colony under control, the cats would need operations so that they could no longer have kittens. Vivienne and Catrina shared what they learned with their teachers and other students — and a project began! Grassy Plains Schoolstarted raising money to pay for the cats' operations. Before long, local organizations and large companies agreed to help.

Volunteers spent months humanely trapping (诱捕) the cats. Finally, all the cats had been operated on and returned to the colony.

“We were so happy to be a part of helping, to get to know the cats, to not see suffering anymore, only happy cats — and a happy man who feeds them on his step now,” say Vivienne and Catrina.

24. What do we know about the man mentioned in Paragraph 2? A. He disliked the cats. B. He mistreated the cats. C. He fed the cats regularly. D. He was the owner of the cats. 25. What do we know about feral cats? A. They live separately. B. They are almost wild animals. C. They are preferred by pet lovers. D. They are reunited with their owners.

26. How was the cat colony brought under control? A. Through a joint effort. B. With the government's help. C. By sheltering the homeless cats. D. By encouraging people to adopt cats. 27. What would be the best title for the text? A. Be a responsible pet lover B. Advice to new cat owners C. Friends of homeless cats D. Start your own project

[C]

Valentine's Day, especially in America, is a holiday that bears much sentimental (感情的) value. To celebrate, couples exchange cards and flowers to express their love. At my high school, students can buy flowers to deliver to one another during class. As for most of my friends, the occasion is simply an excuse to enjoy chocolate.

While these are all common ideas of Valentine's Day, it is hard to believe that the holiday is based on Bishop Valentine, who objected to the rules of the Roman Emperor Claudius. According to the Christian faith (信仰), Valentine's story is one of courage and romance.

During the third century, the Roman Empire was weakened by attacks from surrounding tribes (部落). Emperor Claudius the Second, who ruled at the time, believed that marriage had made his soldiers weak. To settle his concerns, he passed a law that forbade marriage, to ensure the quality of his soldiers. This ban on marriage was a great shock, especially to Bishop Valentine, who noted the injustice of the law. Disregarding Claudius' wishes, Valentine helped lovers unite in a marriage. However, it was only a matter of time before the bishop's practices were discovered and he was caught by the emperor. Immediately, Valentine was imprisoned.

While waiting for his sentence, the bishop's jailor, Asterius, approached him; he begged Valentine to heal (治愈) his blind daughter. Successfully, Valentine restored the girl's vision and over time, they became close and fell in love. Months later, the emperor asked Valentine to agree to his demand that Valentine end

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