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Unit 8 Sports
Ⅰ.Complete the following sentences
A. According to the first letters given:
1. Do you know how many c ________ are there in the world?
2. The Olympic m_______ is “Swifter, Higher, Stronger”.
3. There are 300 different e________ in 2000 Sydney Olympics.
4. It’s not so important to win m ________ in sports but to join in it.
5. Chinese s _______ basketball player Yao Ming scored 32.4 points per game.
6. Being the host of the Olympic Games will have good and bad e_____ on the host city.
7. Many new sports v ______ will be built for the Beijing Olympic Games.
8. If you have read the p _______ of Yao Ming, you can know something about him.
9. Every four years a______ from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games.
10. Every day the big man w _______ himself to see whether he has put on weight.
11. ---- You are so busy now. What are you p ______ for?
---- For the coming exam.
12. Do you know the t ______ of the passage?
13. Among all the c ________ from different countries, some are extremely excellent.
14. In the early Olympic Games , only men are allowed to c _______ in the games.
15. When did Yao Ming turn p_______?
B .According to the text:
The first Olympic Games in modern ______ happened in 1896. They were ____ in ________---- the country ____ _____ the Games were born. In the Games there were 311 _________ from ______13 countries. After that more and more countries ____ in the Games.
They do their best to _____ _____. In the 1984 Olympic Games, Carl Lewis from the
Yao Ming has _____ _____ just size: he also has great _____ ______ ______ and he is a ______ player.
C. According to the Chinese meanings
1 标志，象征 2 实现梦想
3 每隔一天 4 参加
5 单打比赛 6 双打比赛
7 脸部表情 8 成千上万
9 6.3英寸 10 对运动的热爱
11 几秒钟的事 12 如下
13 批改作业 14 国家的一种标志
15 减肥 16 为 …… 准备
17 速滑 18 田径
19 宁愿 20 体育迷
Ⅱ.Multiple choice
1. The Olympic Games ______ held every four years.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
2. Which of the following sentence is wrong?
A. He would die rather than give in. B. Rather that give in he would die.
C. He would rather die than give in. D. He would rather die than to give in.
3. Mary has _____ home computer ______ I do.
A. a same / like B. one / same C. the same / as D. a same / as
4. ---- Which do you prefer?
---- I ______ tea ______coffee.
A. like / than B. prefer / to C. enjoy / than D. would rather / to
5. More than six countries were ________________ holding the 2004 Olympic Games.
A. joining B. taking part in C. hoping D. competing in
6. Do you want _________ besides the bike?
A. some other B. each other C. anything else D. everything more
7. We go to see a film _______.
A. every three weeks B. every third weeks C. three each week D. third every week
8. Which team will Mr Smith _________ next year?
A. take part in B. join in C. join D. be joined
9. Do you know the athlete ______ won the gold medal yesterday?
A. whom B. whose C. who D. what
10. Russian, ____ I know nothing, is said to be a very difficult language to learn.
A. at which B. that C. of which D. how
11. ____ his opinion, those _____ had done a lot to help the homeless people in the earthquake should get rich prize.
A. On / that B. In / whom C. In / who D. On / who
12. Such illness comes and goes quickly, though it ______ serious just now.
A. was looking B. appeared C. was sounded D. fell
13. I don’t think _______ necessary to do it like this.
A. that B. this is C. we are D. it is
14. Our sports meeting will _______ in a few weeks.
A. take the place B. be happened C. be held D. have
15. The first Olympics _____modern times happened in 1896.
A. for B. in C. on D. at
16. I’ve visited a lot of different places and stayed in lots of different hotels, but none of them _____ this one.
A. matches B. beats C. suits D. compares
17. ---- Would you like some coffee?
---- Yes, and please get me some milk, too. I prefer coffee ______ milk.
A. to B. that C. with D. of
18. In
A. ranking B. ranked C. to rank D. having ranked
19. _____ the 29th Olympics the best ever games,
A. Making B. Make C. To make D. Having made
20. Following the ______ success in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, China won another competition in 2001: to host the 2008 Olympics.
A. making–history B. made-history C. history-making D. history-made
21. ---- ______ football match between China and Korea was held yesterday, but I failed to get _____ tickets.
---- What _____ pity!
A. The / x / a B. A/ a / x C. The / the / a D. A/ the / x
22. ---- What do the letters “DOS” _______?
----Disk Operating System.
A. stand for B. call for C. head for D. care for
23. The mother didn’t know who ______ for the broken glass.
A. blamed B. to blame C. should blame D. would blame
24. Having spent two days on one subject and _______ two on the other subject, I’m now ready for the exam.
A. other B. next C. those D. another
25. ---- Have you ever seen that movie?
---- Yes. When I was in Tokyo, I _______ it three times.
A. saw B. had seen C. have seen D. would see
26. Jane and I _____ for the first place in the spelling test.
A. tied B. equaled C. got D. took
27. The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics ____ by 2006.
A. has been completed B. has completed
C. will have been completed D. will have completed
28. ---- Do you mind if I open the window?
---- I feel a bit cold.
A. Of course not. B. I’d rather you didn’t C. go ahead D. Why not
29. Alice returned from the manager’s office, ______ me that the boss wanted to see me at once.
A. having told B. tells C. to tell D. telling
30. The class _____ on everything they have learnt this year.
A. is going to be examining B. are going to examine
C. is going to be examined D. are going to be examined
Ⅲ. Cloze test
How lucky we are today that we can protect ourselves 1 many 2 that once 3 death to thousands of people. This is because of work of a famous French scientist who suffered a great deal in his own life so that others might 4 .
Louis Pasteur was a bright boy, 5 his teachers said that he was 6 . The reason for this was simple. Louis was very 7 with everything he did. He wanted to understand all and he asked many questions. “Listen!” shouted an angry teacher one day. “You are supposed to answer the question 8 to ask them!”
However, he never stopped asking questions. There was one 9 question he asked: 10 what was illness caused? In time he discovered the answers that have helped men 11 ever since. He worked very hard to keep 12 going on. When the silkworms began 13 , France’s silk-makers 14 money. They turned to Pasteur for 15 .
He found out the answer: certain tiny living things called germs(细菌) attacked the silkworm eggs. Pasteur found a way of 16 these germs, or 17 like them. The whole country 18 , but during his years of work three 19 died. Even 20 he believed that other children’s lives could be saved if he could stop germs from spreading.
1. A. against B. through C. without D. away
2. A. enemies B. illness C. wars D. dangers
3. A. permitted B. suffered C. meant D. took
4. A. live B. work C. suffer D. die
5. A. even B. but C. and D. so
6. A. slow B. fool C. foolish D. clever
7. A. careless B. careful C. satisfied D. unsatisfied
8. A. instead of B. but C. not D. and
9. A. common B. simple C. funny D. special
10. A. from B. by C. since D. through
11. A. to live for ever B. to be saved from death
C. never to die D. to live
12. A. life B. lives C. persons D. animals
13. A. losing B. dead C. die D. dying
14. A. got B. spent C. made D. lost
15. A. money B. silkworms C. living D. help
16. A. getting rid of B. completing C. separating D. ending
17. A. something B. thing C. creatures D. ones
18. A. were sad B. were silent C. was thankful D. was sorry
19. A. children of the country B. children of his own
C. silk-makers D. silkworm eggs
20. A. in the trouble B. in danger C. in his sorrow D. in one’s joy
