Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
单元自测
1完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Who said: "If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all！" However，not all "bad luck" should be considered as a (n) 1 thing. When life gives you a kick, let it kick you 2 ! In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway 3 something about "bad luck" and got just such a kick. He was 4 to succeed as a writer when 5 struck. He lost a suitcase containing all the manuscripts (手稿) that he had been planning to publish.
Hemingway couldn't imagine doing his work all over again. All those months of writing were simply 6 .
He told a friend about his bad luck, who told him it was actually very good 7 ! He assured (向...保证) Hemingway that when he rewrote the stories, he would forget the 8 parts; only the best material would reappear. He encouraged Hemingway to start again, but with optimism and 9 this time. Hemingway did rewrite the stories and eventually became a world-famous writer.
Don't pray for fewer problems; pray for more ability. Don't ask for smaller challenges; ask for greater 10 . When life gives you a kick, let it kick you forwards!
1. A. essential B. confusing C. acceptable D. bad
2. A. backwards B. off C. on D. forwards
3. A. learned B. said C. heard D. solved
4. A. waiting B. struggling C. dreaming D. wishing
5. A. challenges B. changes C. disaster D. failure
6. A. buried B. failed C. wasted D. undone
7. A. fortune B. result C. journey D. idea
8. A. weak B. important C. good D. last
9. A. knowledge B. confidence C. imagination D. luck
10. A. chance B. sympathy C. wisdom D. kick
2.语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1—10的相应位置上。

On Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock, I was walking down Main Street. I had just parked my car. Suddenly I heard two shots. I thought they 1 (come) from the bank. I ran toward the bank. I saw a man 2 (come) out. He was short and fat 3 a big moustache. More 4 (importance),he had a bag of money and a gun in his hands! 5 I could do anything, he ran up the street 6 disappeared behind a bus.
That afternoon I went to the movies. 7 happened? I saw the thief again at the foot of the stairs! I telephoned the police from a telephone next to the rest rooms. The police arrived in 8 than five minutes. They arrested the thief just as he 9 (buy) a chocolate bar from the candy machine. What an exciting day! And best of all, the bank gave me 10 $ 100 reward.
单元自测
1完形填空
答案：
文章用海明威的例子来说明一个问题：当生活给你一个打击，你就借势向前。

1. D 通读全文可知“不应该把所有的坏运气都看作坏事”(它也许是推动你前进的一次机
会或者动力)。

根据此意需要选D项
2. D 根据文章最后一段可以得到提示：“When life gives you a kick, let it kick you
forwards!” 当生活给你一个打击，你就借势向前。

3. A 海明威通过这个“厄运”学到了一些东西。

学到了/ 学会了要用learn表达。

4. B 从第四段最后一句“Hemingway did rewrite the stories and eventually became a
world-famous writer.”可知在他丢书稿的时候他尚未成名，所以是在努力(struggling)
当中。

5. C 即将出版的书稿丢了，这对尚未成名的海明威来说不啻是一次灾难(disaster)。

6. C 这几个月的辛勤劳动的成果就这样付诸东流了(simply wasted)。

7. A 他向朋友哭诉时，朋友却认为这是运气（fortune）。

从下文他劝告海明威重新来写
作并且取得成功可以看出来。

8. A 忘记那些不太有印象的东西，这些也是小说里不怎么重要或不精彩的(weak)部分。

weak与the best相对。

9. B 朋友鼓励他要乐观(optimism)，要有自信心(confidence)，而confidence与optimism
并列，表达相近的意思。

10. C 从前一句的“Don’t pray for fewer problems; pray for more ability.”可知不是要祈祷
问题会减少，而应该去起到自己获得更大的能力。

那么，下一句：不是祈祷少一些
挑战，而应该祈祷自己具备更高的智慧(greater wisdom)来应对这些挑战。

不是寻
找一个简单的解决途径，而是要可能的最佳的方法。

2.语法填空
答案：
1．had come 考查动词的过去完成时态，表枪声在我想／认为之前发生：
2．Coming 考查动词短语see somebody doing sth．的结构：
3．with 介词，"有，具有"：
4．importantly more importantly表“更重要的是”：
5．Before 时间状语从句，表“在……之前”：
6．and and连接ran up...和disappeared两个动作，表并列关系：
7．What What happened?是固定句型，表惊讶：
8. 1ess less than 5 minutes表“不到五分钟”。

9．was buying 过去进行时态，表当时正在买巧克力时，警察逮捕了他：
10．a 表一份奖品：。