英语人教必修五Unit 4 Making the news【同步练习】

Unit 4 Making the news

同步练习

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

Walt Disney is credited for creating such wonderful things as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well－loved characters, such as Cinderella and Snow White. They are almost automatically associated with Disney because Disney turned old fables(寓言) into cartoon movies.

The original Cinderella varies very much from the Disney version we know today. It started off with the girl mourning her mother's death and going to her tomb three times a day. In addition, there were only birds that helped Cinderella; there was no such thing as a fairy godmother or helpful mice, nor was there mention of a horse and carriage.

The stepsisters were cruel: they always threw Cinderella's food into the ashes of the fire, and made her sleep on the ashes on the floor, hence(因此)her name.

In the original story, the king's ball actually lasted for three days. With the help of the birds, the girl, beautifully dressed, danced with the prince on all three nights and the prince fell in love with her. However, she broke away from him to rush back home each night. On the last night, the prince placed something sticky on the stairs; as Cinderella made her escape, a shoe got stuck on it.

Here now is where the story becomes unpleasant: when the prince went to the house looking for the girl whose foot fit the shoe, the wicked(邪恶的) stepmother told one of her two daughters to cut off her big toe to fit into the shoe. The daughter did as told. So the prince took her away to be his bride. But, when they passed the tomb of Cinderella's mother, the birds called out to the prince，

“Turn and peep, there's blood within the shoe；

The shoe is too small, the true bride waits for you.”

Realizing he had been tricked, the prince returned the daughter to her mother. The other then had to cut off part of her heel in order to fit into the shoe, with the

same result. Only Cinderella's foot fit perfectly and so the prince chose to marry her. The story ends with the wedding day; as Cinderella's two stepsisters followed her, pretending to be devoted to her so that they could enjoy the king's riches, two birds flew by and plucked(啄) out their eyes. Because of their wickedness and falsehood, they had to spend the rest of their days blind.

The original Cinderella is so different from the Disney version. Thank goodness Disney made such changes; it indeed was a wise move.

21．What does the underlined word “They” in the first paragr aph refer to? ________

A．Such wonderful things. B．Other well－loved characters.

C．Old fables. D．Cartoon movies.

22．How did Cinderella get her name?_

A．The birds came up with it.

B．It was given by Disney.

C．It came from the word “ash”．

D．She got it from her mother.

23．The moral of the original story is that _ __.

A．a wicked person cannot escape punishment

B．a devoted person certainly deserves respect

C．a well－behaved child earns a great reward

D．a dishonest child cannot get mother love

24．What does the author think of the Disney version? __

A．Excellent. B．Ordinary C．Dull. D．Ridiculous.

B

Michelle Kwan was born on July 7, 1980, in Torrance, California. The daughter of Hong Kong immigrants (移民), Kwan watched her older brother play ice hockey as a kid. She began skating when she was five, and entered and won her first figure skating competition at seven. She won the world title in the 1994 World Championships at the age of 13, and earned a spot as an alternate (候补者) for the 1994 Olympic Games. Kwan went on to capture the world title in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2003.

At the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998, Kwan was believed to win gold, but ended up with a disappointing silver medal when fellow US skater Tara Lipinski surprisingly took first place. Shortly before the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, Kwan, who was then the reigning world champ, surprisingly fired both her choreographer (编舞者), Lori Nichol, and longtime coach, Frank Carroll. Once again, she failed to get the gold medal when she finished third behind Irina Slutskaya of Russia and US skater Sarah Hughes, who took first.

As a student at the University of California at Los Angeles, Kwan has continued to compete since her defeat (战败) in Salt Lake City. In February 2006, she was unable to take part in the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy because of a serious injury. Though Michelle Kwan did not compete during the 2006－2007 figure skating season, she has turned down an offer to work for NBC Sports and says she is not retiring.

25．The underlined word “capture” in the first paragraph means “ __”．

A．enter B．win C．learn D．find

26．What happened to Michelle Kwan in 2002?_ __

A．Her coach didn't want to train her any longer.

B．She went to study at the University of California.

C．She failed to take part in the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.

D．She failed to win the gold medal in the Olympics again.

27．Which of the following may NOT be a world champ? _ _

A．Lori Nichol. B．Michelle Kwan.

C．Tara Lipinski. D．Sarah Hughes.

C

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

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