课时作业(十四) [模块5 Unit 14 Careers]
(限时：35分钟)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．My mother is deaf so she has to use a hearing________． A．help B．machine C．aid D．assist
2．He looked forward________what was going on over there. A．to see B．to seeing C．see D．seeing
3．I bought a new type of mobile phone, which was the________of all my classmates. A．admire B．wish C．respect D．envy
4．She became a________customer of the bookshop. A．considerate B．regular C．continuous D．constant
5．Jack is a great talker. It's high time that he________something instead of just talking.
A．will do B．has done C．do D．did
6．She was complaining that the doctor was________too much for the treatment he was giving her.
A．spending B．offering C．costing D．charging
7．American Indians________about five percent of the US population. A．fill up B．bring up C．make up D．set up
8．I always take something to read when I go to the doctor's________I have to wait.
A．in case B．so that C．in order that D．as if
9．One day, you'll________this foolish behavior. A．pay out B．pay for C．pay back D．pay off
10. Click here for more information about any of our Alaska vacation tour activities.Please don't ________ to write to or telephone us.
A．hesitate B．beg
C．desire D．seek Ⅱ.完形填空
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When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a __11__problem and had to go to hospital for a __12__examination.
It seemed a small __13__compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go __14__right from the beginning. Not having a car or __15__the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B．__16__I'd left myself plenty of time, soon it was __17__I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the __18__direction.
I __19__ the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a __20__， who was trying to get past me. __21__， instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was __22__. After I explained my __23__to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my __24__．Sitting there waiting, I felt __25__that someone had been willing to help. __26__， hearing a horn(喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend __27__at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a __28__to the hospital.
Such unexpected __29__from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose __30__， for all things are possible.
11. A．physical B．traveling C．social D．housing 12. A. scientific B．final C．previous D．thorough
13. A．chance B．challenge C．success D．error 14. A．wrong B．easy C．fast D．ahead
15. A．leaving B．visiting C．knowing D．appreciating 16. A．Although B．Since C．Unless D．Once
17. A．strange B．necessary C．obvious D．important 18. A．same B．right C．general D．opposite
19. A．looked at B．waited for C．got off D．ran into 20. A．driver B．friend C．stranger D．gentleman
21. A．Especially B．Surprisingly C．Probably D．Normally 22. A．nervous B．excited C．OK D．dangerous 23. A．idea B．motivation C．excuse D．situation 24. A．appointment B．apartment
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C．direction 25. A．afraid C．certain 26. A．Thus C．Perhaps 27. A．staring C．waving 28. A．lift C．bike 29. A．results C．kindness 30. A．power C．touch Ⅲ.阅读理解
D．station
B．grateful D．disappointed B．Then D．Surely
B．laughing D．shouting
B．suggestion D．guidebook B．news D．appearance B．faith D．support
A
All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half-written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged”，as she explained.
My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother's house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused, she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有……的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “Do you remember what I was doing？” was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.
Now my_sister_has_developed_a_second-hand_love_of_clean_windows,_and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
We have all become busy persons.
31. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother? A．She enjoyed removing others' drinks. B．She became more and more forgetful.
C．She preferred to do everything by herself. D．She wanted to keep her house in good order.
32. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother's house because ________．
A．she had already finished them
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B．my mother had taken them away
C．she forgot where she had left them D．someone in my family was holding them
33. The underlined part in the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister ________． A．is happy to clean windows B．loves to clean used windows C．is fond of clean used windows
D．likes clean windows as my mother did
34. This passage mainly tells us that ________． A. my mother often made us confused B．my family members had a poor memory
C．my mother helped us to form a good habit
D．my wife was surprised when she visited my mother
B[2012·江苏卷]
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic (流行病) sweeping across America's farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects. The country's farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census (普查) figures show that the fastest-growing group of farmers is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.
Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying to stop the graying of America's farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at No. 1 on a list of “useless” college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has the attention of agricultural organizations across the country.
“There couldn't be anything that's more incorrect，” Merrigan said. “We know that there aren't enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture.”
In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food production by 2050, she said.
“I truly believe we're at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all-time record high, and global supplies are at all-time record lows，”said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture.”
The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers' Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.
Ryan Best, president of Future Farmers of America, has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the country and visiting with high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21-year-old Best hopes his message—that this is a new time in
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