Unit 1 Making a difference
1. Multiple choice
1. It _________ no difference to the couple if the baby is a girl or a boy. A. takes B. makes C. does D. seems
2. Peter’s forecast ________ to be quite wrong. The prices of the computer are much lower than he predicted. A. broke out B. called out C. turned out D. went out 3. It _________ talent and devotion （热爱、投入）to become a top dancer. A. takes B. undertakes C. costs D. spends 4. The weather looks so ____________; we’re looking forward to a picnic. A. to promise B. promised C. promising D. promise 5. What’s the _________ of phoning her again? She won’t agree. A. cause B. point C. interest D. use
6. If knowledge is power, ________ Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1579, _______ perhaps creativity can be described the ability to use that power. A. what/and B. as/then C. which/and D. that/then
7. The writer moved to London, hoping to meet some of the best _____ of her time. A. tops B. heads C. minds D. friends
8. The hotel has improved facilities for _____________. There are new lifts and wheelchair ramps（轮椅用的坡道）. A. a disable B. disables C. the disable D. the disabled 9. Many crimes _________ unreported, which made the police very worried. A. went B. got C. came D. became
10. Readers were pleased _______ that a scientist could write about his research in a way ___________ ordinary people could understand. A. to find/that B. finding/as C. to find/which D. finding/that 11. __________ we don’t want to spend too much money if we can avoid it. A. Obvious B. Obviously C. Being obvious D. To be obvious
12. She will tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role ______ in making the earth a better place to live.
A. to have played B. to play C. to be played D. to be playing
13. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but the policeman told him ___________ A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to
14. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, ______ it more difficult.
A. not make B. not to make C. not making D. do not make
15. Rather than ____________ everything to the last minute, Lily always prefers to start early. A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. having left
4. Cloze
It was Christmas Day 1999. On CNN, talk show host（节目主持人）Larry King was interviewing Stephen Hawking.
\"What, professor, (1) you the most?\" King asked. \"What do you think about the most?\"
Hawking immediately replied, \" (2) .\" It's a comfort to know that Hawking, one of the (3) men in the world, is puzzled by the opposite sex. But, that's not (4) , according to Satoshi Kanazawa. Bright people are (5) better than anyone else at making smart decisions in common things, he says. These (6) finding a mate, maintaining family relationships, raising children, finding the way home, and handling a variety of basic life needs.
That's (7) there are several kinds of formal \"intelligence\smart one way does not (8) mean smart in another way. This view is (9) to be controversial（有争议的）among scientists who think about thinking. That is because it (10) with the common view that general intelligence is a single thing. In that view, it is not, as Kanazawa and others say, a set of (11) mental areas.
Kanazawa says that some kinds of intelligence developed slowly over time. Many people have heard about (12) is called \"emotional intelligence\". Now, psychologists have discovered several (13) types of intelligence. These include the ability to learn a language, find a mate, recognize faces, and (14) oneself in a new environment.
But, is there evidence to (15) the theory that intelligence comes in many (16) ? Actually, there is quite a lot of evidence, Kanazawa says. If there were only one type of intelligence, he (17) , then people with (18) IQs should be \"smart\" in every way.
In one test, a psychologist took a group of subjects（受实验者）on a hike, walking into the forest. He then told them to find their way back. The high IQ people were no more likely to be able to find out (19) they were. In another experiment, a researcher asked people to find their way to a specific location in a computer maze（迷宫）. (20) , high IQ did not give them any edge（优势）.
1. A. shocks B. excites C. puzzles D. disappoints 2. A. Research B. Women C. Universe D. Science 3. A. disabled B. smartest C. weakest D. poorest 4. A. true B. new C. disappointing D. surprising 5. A. never B. even C. no D. not 6. A. refer B. contain C. deal D. include 7. A. because B. why C. what D. how 8. A. necessarily B. truthfully C. reliably D. reasonably 9. A. unlikely B. impossible C. sure D. certainly 10. A. argues B. concerns C. relates D. disagrees 11. A. independent B. single C. current D. complete 12. A. it B. which C. one D. what 13. A. similar B. equal C. else D. other 14. A. bore B. arm C. locate D. retire 15. A. reflect B. support C. reason D. guard 16. A. types B. sides C. forms D. kinds 17. A. adds B. thinks C. agrees D. doubts 18. A. equal B. similar C. high D. low 19. A. who B. what C. where D. why 20. A. For once B. All at once C. Once again D. Once in a while
V. Reading practice 限时 阅读 总字数 时 间 速 度 323w ____ m ____ wpm SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and “ anything else that came up. ”
Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.
Gould, now a 47-year-old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event, having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.
Schipper, now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould fie years ago.
“ I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train, ” Schipper explained. “ It seemed as if we had long been god friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there. ”
“ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting. ”
Next time, things will be more serious. “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould, ” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Stories happening in swimming competitions. B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.
C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships. D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers. 2. Gould and Schipper are going to _____. A. talk about sport and life B. go back to elite competition
C. set a qualifying time and win gold D. take part in the same sports event 3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was ______. A. 15 B. 17 C. 22 D. 30
4. The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ____. A. the Olympics B. the youth camp C. the friendship D. the Australian team 5. What Schipper said showed that she .
A. was no longer Gould’s friend B. had learned a lot from Gould
C. was not interested in Gould’s stories D. would not like to compete against Gould