Unit 12　Life is full of the unexpected.Ⅰ.单项选择(共10小题；每小题4分，满分40分)(　　)1.—Show me your homework, Dave?—Sorry, Mrs. Brown. I've ________ it at home.A．left B．forgotten C．lost(　　)2.Don't ________ too late, or you'll feel tired tomorrow.A．wake up B．show up C．stay up(　　)3.If we read a lot, our life will be full ________ pleasure.A．with B．of C．for(　　)4.—You'd better hurry. We'll be late for the plane.—Don't worry. The plane will ________ in two hours.A．take out B．take away C．take off(　　)5.The little boy is ________ lovely ________ everyone likes him.A．such; that B．too; to C．so; that(　　)6.—Do you know where Mary lives?—Yes, I do. She lives in New York. She ________ for five years.A．has married B．marriedC．has been married(　　)7.When they were about ________ the meeting, someone turned off all the lights inthe hall. It was such a bad thing.第 1 页


wiss Spaghetti Har.estdocumentary, broadcast by BBC TV in 1957v Many viewers thought that this was a genuinedocumentary and called in asking where they could buy “spaghetti plants”．Another example of a successful April Fool's joke is the article published by English Club onApril 1, 2019 entitled (题为) UN to Ban ‘Unnecessary’ Languages. This generated (产生) analmost immediate 300 comments, many from visitors who believed the article.(　　)11.What is NOT true about April's Day according to the passage?第 2 页
A．start B．startingC．to start(　　)8.They were made ________ by the lovely girl.A．to laugh B．laughC．laughing(　　)9.Last Tuesday was my birthday. All of my good friends ________ at the party.A．showed up B．gave upC．put up(　　)10.________ I walked into the classroom, the teacher had started teaching already.A．By the time B．WhileC．AfterⅡ.阅读理解(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分)April Fool's Day, also called All Fools' Day, is celebrated in many Englishspeaking countries,and other countries, on April 1 every year. Although not usually a holiday, April Fool's Day iswidely recognized as a time when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. Ifsomeone is taken in by the joke they are called an “April Fool”．In some countries, particularly the UK, you must play your April Fool's Day joke beforemidday, otherwise you become the fool. It is not at all clear how April Fool's Day started. Some people associate it with the sixteenth-century adoption (接受) in Europe of the Gregorian calendar instead of the Julian calendar, whenthe beginning of the year moved from April 1 to January 1. But that seems unlikely given thatmany countries have a similar day for joking around at other times of the year.One of the most famous April Fool's jokes ever was the S


A．It is called All Fools' Day, too.B．It is celebrated on April first every year.C．It is usually a holiday in many Englishspeaking countries.(　　)12.A successful April Fool's joke must be played ________ according to Britishtradition.A．before April Fool's DayB．before noon on April Fool's Day C．in the afternoon of April Fool's Day(　　)13.The third paragraph mainly tells us________.A．what April Fool's Day meansB．how people celebrate April Fool's Day C．how April Fool's Day started(　　)14.The article UN to Ban ‘Unnecessary’ Languages was published in ________.A．1957 B．1975C．2019(　　)15.The underlined word “genuine” means________.A．true B．foolishC．friendlyⅢ.任务型阅读(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分)阅读短文，捕捉信息，根据短文内容完成表格。　　Our class had a weekly class meeting last Friday. We talked about how to deal with lies,hoaxes or rumors (谣言). Here are the stories some students told. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Zhang Wei: Yesterday my friend Jim went to school without his homework. He told his teacherthat his dog ate it. It was just an excuse he made to cover the fact that he didn't do his homework.The teacher knew about that and made Jim stay to finish his homework after school. Sometimeswe think we can avoid trouble by making excuses when we do something wrong, but we're really第 3 页


making the problem bigger.Chen Ping: Last week I got a message. It said, “A little girl called Julia has brain cancer. The girlwill get three cents from America Online each time this message is forwarded (转发). So please bekind and forward this to everyone you know. If not, you will have bad luck for a year.” In fact, itis just one of the silly chain letters (连锁信) to cheat you and waste your time. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Xu Yan: A big earthquake happened on May 20th. The earthquake was strongly felt by people inChengdu. A rumor said Chengdu will be hit by a bigger earthquake in the coming days. For thenext several days, thousands of people camped outside their houses at night because of fear.Besides, many people rushed to buy food, water, medicine and so on. Some businessmen usedpeople's fear of earthquake to help sell their goods (货物) at a higher price. Of course, nothinghappened in the end.Information CardThe topic of this week's class meeting is how to deal with 16.________________. Jim's excuse for not bringing his homework is that his dog 17.________________.Julia's illness is 18.________________ according to America Online.People in Chengdu camped 19.________________ and rushed to buy food, water, medicine and soon when the rumor came. Businessmen who sold their goods at a higher price used people's 20.________________. Ⅳ.用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空(共5小题；每小题4分，满分20分) stay up　arrive at　show up　go off　find out21.The leader ________________ the farmer's house and went into the kitchen to have alook.22．You needn't go to school tomorrow. You can ________________ late to have fun.23．I won't leave the coffee shop until you ________________．24．Please help me ________________ how to download these songs from the Internet ontomy personal computer.25．Jack got to school late this morning because his clock didn't ________________．Ⅰ.1.A　根据语境可知，“我”把家庭作业留在家里了。“leave sth.＋介词＋地点”表第 4 页


示“把某物留在某地”。故选A。2．C　3.B　4.C　5.C　6.C　7.C8．A　9.A　10.AⅡ.11—15　CBCCAⅢ.16.lies, hoaxes or rumors17．ate his homework　18.brain cancer19．outside their houses20．fear of earthquakeⅣ.21.arrived at　22.stay up　23.show up24．(to) find out　25.go off第 5 页