Unit 15 A famous detective

Ⅰ.单项选择：(20分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

1. Mr Li will be here ______ from Beijing next week. A. to a visit　B. on a visit　C. for visit　D. for visiting 2. The girl's parents died, ______ her a lot of money. A. leave　B. left　C. leaving　D. had left 3. I'm afraid they are now ______. We'd better go immediately to help them. A. in the danger　B. dangerous　C. in danger　D. of danger 4. There ______ here that I can't hear anything you're saying on the phone. A. are such many sound B. are so many sounds C. is such much noise D. is so much noise 5. There is a small window ______ the wall between my room and the waiting-room. A. by B. on C. in D. to 6. There is no doubt ______ you'll be warmly welcomed by people there. A. if B. whether C. that D. about 7. Mr Smith, ______ come to my house for dinner this evening. A. sure to B. surely C. does D. do 8. Will you please ______ it that all the children here are taken good care of? A. have B. see C. see to D. sure 9. I ______ to buy the dictionary, but I had no enough money. A. meant B. want C. hope D. intend 10. It's time ______ the meeting. A. attend B. attended C. will attend D. to attend 11. At the present moment he ______ in the office. A. is supposed to be B. is supposed C. should to be D. is wanted to be 12. — Will it rain tomorrow? — ______. A. I don't hope so B. I hope not C. I don't think it D. I think not so 13. When ______ why he was absent for a whole week, the boy made no answer. A. asking B. asked C. being asked D. ask 14. ______ many years ago, the house looks very old and needs repairing. A. Building B. Built C. To be built D. To build 15. ______ the experiment with him in the lab, they learned a lot from Mr Read. A. To do B. Done C. Doing D. Did 16. He wanted us to buy the picture ______ by the English lady. A. which is drawn B. that had drawn C. drawing D. drawn 17. Please remember me to the teacher ______ you chemistry. A. teaching B. taught C. to teach D. teaches 18. The boss came into the meeting room, ______ a young secretary. A. followed with B. following with C. followed D. followed by 19. ______ from space, this building looks like a ship. A. Seeing B. To see C. Seen D. To be seen 20. He came back three days earlier than ______. A. expected B. expect C. expecting D. to expect

Ⅱ.完型填空：(20分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。

 It 1 about two o'clock in the morning when I 2 suddenly by a loud 3 noise. It was such a bitterly cold night that I did not fancy the idea of getting up, so I sat in bed and listened. Since I heard nothing more, I concluded that the sound 4 from the street. I 5 the bed-clothes over my head to go back to sleep, when there was another loud bang. The sound was so extraordinary that this time I jumped out of bed at once. I put on my dressing-gown and tip-toed (踮着脚走) downstairs, 6 my way carefully. I found the drawing-room door open and could not remember if I 7 it like that. The room 8 by a pale red glow from the fire which 9 . I quickly turned on the lights but could see nothing unusual. I felt rather ashamed of my foolish behaviour and began climbing the stairs when I heard the same noise again. It came distinctly from above. I ran quickly upstairs and went into all the bedrooms one after the other, but there was nothing that 10 such a sound. I went across to one of the windows. It was so cold outside that ice 11 on the window-panes. I scraped (刮) it away and looked down on the garden below. Lamps from the street in the distance provided enough light to see by. It 12 heavily and a thick white blanket covered everything. The branches of the bare trees 13 like white arms against the night sky. There was certainly no sign that anyone 14 in the garden, for it 15 easy to make out footprints. As I 16 to feel cold, I went to my room, sat on my bed and waited to see if the noise 17 again. It did-from directly above me. Only then 18 the water in the pipes leading to the tank in the attic 19 to freeze and the pipes 20 loudly! 1. A. must be B. should have been C. should be D. must have been 2. A. woke B. was waking C. was woken D. had woken 3. A. banging B. banged C. was banging D. was banged 4. A. must come B. must be coming C. must have come D. coming 5. A. was just pulling B. has just pulled C. was just pulled D. had just been pulled 6. A. felt B. feeling C. to feel D. to be feeling 7. A. left B. have left C. would leave D. had left 8. A. lighted B. was lit up C. had been lit up D. was lit 9. A. died out B. had died out C. was slowly dying out D. dying out 10. A. could possibly make B. can possibly make C. could possibly have made D. would possibly have made 11. A. form B. had formed C. forming D. to form 12. A. is snowing B. could have snowed C. was to snow D. was snowing 13. A. looking B. were looked C. looked D. were looking 14. A. have been walking B. walked C. had been walking D. would walk 15. A. would have been B. should be C. should have been D. will be 16. A. had begun B. was beginning C. could begin D. had been beginning 17. A. would have come B. came C. had come D. would come 18. A. I understand B. I did understand C. I understood D. did I understand 19. A. is beginning B. was beginning C. begins D. begun 20. A. protesting B. to protest C. were protesting D. were protested

 Ⅲ.阅读理解：(30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictional literature. He is, in fact, more famous than his own creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the popular series of stories, Holmes is described as "tall and lean, pipe-smoking, always in his cape (披肩) and speaks in a splendid manner". Doyle gave Holmes' address as 221-B Baker Street, London, and to this day some visitors to London still go to Baker Street to search for 221-B. Of course, there never was really any such address. Holmes' flat was supposed to be shared by the lovable, but sometimes clumsy (笨拙的) Dr Watson who went around with Holmes trying to solve crimes before Holmes did. Poor Dr Watson lost out to Holms every time. Doyle gave Holmes a masterly skill of deduction (推论)—the ability to come up with interesting conclusion from the simplest clues (线索) found at the scene of a crime. Doyle said that the description of Holmes was modeled on one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine. That man was Dr Joseph Bell. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Doyle's A Study in Scarlet published in 1887. Holmes was so loved by all that when his author killed him off in one of his stories, readers wrote in anger to complain (抱怨). They refused to allow Holmes to die! Holmes was brought back to "life" and appeared in further stories. The stories of Sherlock Holmes have been reprinted many times ever since then. Today we can watch Holmes at work on cinema and television screens as well as on stage. 1.Sherlock Holmes was ______. A. the greatest detective who ever lived B. Dr Joseph Bell C. Arthur Conan Doyle D. only a character made up by Arthur Conan Doyle 2. Dr Watson was ______. A. tall and lean B. lovable but always clumsy C. lovable but sometimes clumsy D. lovable and never clumsy 3. Holmes was supposed to have lived ______. A. with Dr Watson B. with Dr Joseph Bell C. with the greatest detective D. with Doyle 4. Doyle made up the description of Holmes ______. A. from his own imagination B. based on a famous London doctor C. based on Dr Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University D. based on a model of Holmes 5. Doyle's readers were angry when he ______. A. could not write any more stories of Holmes B. killed Dr Watson off in his stories C. became more famous than Holmes D. put Holmes to death in one of his stories B In 1966, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, a gentle married lady and one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to diagnose the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was flown to London and admitted to Hammersmith Hospital, where specialist help was available. She was then only semi-conscious and on the "Dangerously Ill" list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were baffled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby's case, a nurse asked to speak to them. "Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitland, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning." "What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremely rare." "A few days ago. I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitland explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They're exactly the same as the baby's." "You're very observant and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll carry out some tests and find out whether it's thallium or not." The tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making optical glass. Once they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Enquiries revealed that the poison might have come from an insecticide used in Qatar. 6. Who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness? A. A doctor in Qatar. B. Nurse Maitland. C. Dr. Brown. D. Agatha Christie. 7. Why was the baby sent to London? A. Because she was a British girl whose parent were working in Qatar. B. Because the hospitals in Qatar were full at that time. C. Because she was the daughter of a doctor in one of the hospitals in London. D. Because the Qatar doctors were not sure they could cure her. 8. According to the passage, what caused the baby's illness? A. Contact with a pair of infected spectacles. B. Contact with a harmful substance used to kill insects. C. Contact with machinery used in manufacturing optical glass. D. Contact with her mother who carried thallium germs in her body. 9. When the baby was first admitted to hospital in the U.K., what did the doctors think of her case? A. They thought it was an urgent one. B. They thought it was a matter of normal medical tests. C. They thought it was quite a simple one. D. They thought it was the result of thallium poisoning. 10. Nurse Maitland spoke to the doctors ______. A. when she heard them discussing the possibility of thallium poisoning B. because she could see that the doctors had made a mistake C. to suggest a possible cause to the patient's illness D. after she had read about a horse which had been poisoned C Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes. Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops as $ 5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: "Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home." The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth. The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth. 11. The general returned to Washington ______. A. during the war B. after civil war C. after 1945 D. after 1918 12. The general's teeth were sold in ______. A. the museum B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things C. the department store D. the hospital 13. There was the general's name on the label of each tooth. This shows that ______. A. the general's name was known by most of the people in Washington B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular D. both A and C 14. The general ordered his men to ______. A. look for his teeth and buy all of them B. arrest the dentist at once C. make all the shops stop selling teeth D. buy all the teeth in all the shops 15. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost ______. A. $ 785 B. $ 1,050 C. $ 157 D. $ 875

 Ⅳ.根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词，10分)

1. The president will come to visit China with the minister of foreign __________ (事务). 2. The ship was __________ (耽搁) three days by the bad weather. 3. How many pieces of __________ (家具) will you buy? 4. I have three nephews and two __________ (侄女). 5. They are good neighbours and have never __________ (吵嘴). 6. In the dark they sat in __________ (沉默) for a long time. 7. If the bad men dare to come again, we'll deal them with heavy b__________. 8. She f__________ the door and windows before she went to bed. 9. It is my p__________ affair. It's not your business. 10. The young man is not my brother, but a r__________ of mine.

 Ⅴ.短文改错：(10分)

It was three o'clock in the morning, while suddenly 1._______ the phone rang. Mr Petric climbed out off bed and 2._______ answered "Listen, I'm your next door neighbour, and 3._______ your dog is barking such loud that I can't sleep. If 4._______ you don't do something else about it, I'm going to 5._______ kill that dog!" The next morning on three o'clock Mr Petric 6._______ went to a telephone and phoned his neighbour. His 7._______ neighbour dragged him from his bed and sleepily answered 8._______ the phone. "Listen, you," shouted Mr Petric. 9._______ "I don't still own a dog!" 10._______

Ⅵ.书面表达：(10分)

假如你是英语课代表，在语言实验室上听说课之前，向全班宣布注意事项： 1.请提前一会儿来语言实验室； 2.换鞋进语言实验室； 3.除教材外不要带其它东西； 4.按老师指令做事，不要随便动机器； 5.课上只许讲英语，不许讲汉语； 6.可以复制听力材料； 7.课后关机，按顺序离开语言实验室。注意：不要逐条翻译，以口头通知形式写一篇短文。字数：100字左右。通知的开头已给出。 May I have your attention, please?

参考答案：　 Ⅰ. 1-5 BCCDC　6-10 CDCAD　11-15 ABBBC　16-20 DADCA Ⅱ. 1-5 DCACA　6-10 BDBCC　11-15 BDCCA　16-20 BDDBC Ⅲ. 1-5 DCACD　6-10 BDBAC　11-15 DBBAD Ⅳ. 1. affairs 2. delayed 3. furniture 4. nieces 5. quarrelled 6. silence 7. blows 8. fastened 9. personal 10. relative Ⅴ. 1. while-when 2. off-of 3. answered后加it 4. such-so 5. 去掉else 6. on-at 7. a-the 8. him-himself 9. √ 10. still-even Ⅵ. May I have your attention, please? I have a few things to tell you. When you have a class here in the language lab, please be here a little earlier. Change you shoes before entering the lab. Don't bring anything here except your text books. When you are in, please don't touch the machines without permission. Always do as the teacher tells you to. In class you could only speak English, not Chinese. You can use the recorder to make a copy of the listening materials. When class is over, turn off your machines and leave the lab one by one. That's all. Thank you.