Unit 1  Festivals around the world
Ⅰ. 听录音，根据所听内容选择正确答案
听第1～4段对话，分别完成第1～4题
1. What can you learn from Jim’s reply?
A. He goes to most types of games.
B. Basketball is his only sport.
C. He plays basketball.
2. What can you infer from the dialogue?
  A. The bus drivers seldom go on strike in England.
  B. The bus drivers this time ask for different things.
  C. The bus drivers this time again ask for less work and more pay.
3. What does the woman want to become?
  A. A teacher.                    B. A translator.                C. An actress.
4. What is the woman likely to do during the festival?
  A. She may do anything that she will meet.
  B. She will help her mother do some shopping.
  C. She will help her mother do some cooking.
1. A    2. C        3. A        4. C
听第5段对话，完成第5～7题
5. Where hasn’t the man been in China?
  A. Beijing.                        B. Suzhou.                    C. Shanghai.
6. What did the man buy in Xi’an?
  A. An ancient jar.
  B. A wonderful knife.
  C. A set of china.
7. When will the woman go to the man’s house?
  A. This Saturday evening.
  B. This Sunday evening.
  C. Next Saturday evening.
5. B        6. A        7. B
Ⅱ. 听录音，根据短文内容完成表格
Festival
Month
Date
New Year’s Day
January
1st
Valentine’s Day
February
1. ____________
International Women’s Day
March
8th
All Fools’ Day
April
1st
Mother’s Day
May
2. ____________
Father’s Day
June
3. ____________
World Population Day
July
4. ____________
1. 14th            2. 2nd Sunday            3. 3rd Sunday            4. 11th
Ⅲ. 单项选择，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案完成句子
1. Too much work and too little rest often ________ illness.
A. brings in                B. gives in            C. leads to            D. owes to
2. The teacher apologized ________ late.
A. to his students to arrive                        B. to his students for arriving
C. for his students to arrive                        D. for his students for arriving
3. I didn’t mean to keep you waiting here for a long time. There are several traffic jams on the  way. Can you ________ me?
A. apologize            B. interrupt            C. forgive            D. behave
4. — Have you heard the story of The merchant of Venice?
— No. When and where does the story ________?
A. take up                B. take off            C. take on            D. take place
5. $ 1,000 a month could hardly ________ the cost of his life in such a big city in this country.
A. spend                B. take                C. cover                D. meet
6. The subject ________ we are going to turn is about English study.
A. about which            B. with which            C. about that            D. to which
7. In order to save the animals out of danger, they ________ a special place for them to live freely.
A. set free                B. set off                C. set out                D. set aside

8. — Thanks for ________ me of the meeting this morning.
— You’re welcome.
A. advising                B. suggesting            C. reminding            D. telling
9. The new building is ________ being completed.
A. under the way                                B. by way of
C. on the way to                                D. in the way of
10. In some parts of London, missing a bus means ________ for another hour.
A. waiting                B. to wait                C. wait                D. to be waiting
11. — Could you tell me what happened last night?
— I can’t go into detail now because it ________ take too long.
A. would                B. should                C. might                D. could
12. Lisa hasn’t lived here for long. She ________ know many people.
A. needn’t                B. can’t                C. shouldn’t            D. didn’t
13. How ________ you say that you really understand the whole story if you have covered only part of the article?
A. can                B. must                C. need                D. may
14. — Excuse me, but I want to use your computer to type a report.
— You ________ have my computer if you don’t take care of it.
A. shan’t                B. might not            C. needn’t            D. shouldn’t
15. You ________ be tired — you’ve only been working for an hour.
A. must not            B. won’t                C. can’t                D. may not
1. C
解析：lead to导致；bring in引进；give in投降；owe to归功于。根据句义选C。
2. B
解析：apologize to sb for doing sth意为“为某事向某人道歉”。
3. C
解析：forgive sb意为“原谅某人”。
4. D
解析：take place = happen，意为“发生”。
5. C
解析：cover = be enough for，意为“够用”。本题不能选D项，因为meet表示“支付，        偿付(某费用)”时，主语一般是人。
6. D
解析：turn tolisa多高意为“致力于……”，to为介词，which引导一个定语从句，修饰先行词the subject。
7. D
解析：set aside意为“留出”；set free意为“释放”；set off意为“出发，引起”；set out
意为“出发，准备(做某事)”。
8. C
解析：remind sb of sth意为“提醒某人某事”；thanks for doing sth意为“为某事感谢某人”。
9. C
解析：此处考查短语on the way to doing sth，意为“正要……”。
10. A
解析：mean doing sth意为“意味着做某事”；mean to do sth意为“意欲做某事”。
11. A
解析：答话人说“我现在不能细讲，因为可能要花很长时间”。由此可知这里考查情态动词表推测。would此处不表时态，表示可能性弱于will的推测。should表示“理应”；might, could表示较小的可能性，均不符合题
意。
12. B
解析：Lisa 在这儿住的时间不长。因此，她不可能认识很多人。情态动词can在这里表示推测，主要用于疑问句、否定句和条件句。needn’t表示“不必”；shouldn’t表示“不应该”，都不用于推测；didn’t和前一句的时态矛盾，因此排除。
13. A
解析：句义为“如果你只读了这篇文章的一部分，你怎么能说你真正理解了整个故事呢？”
14. A
解析：shall 与第二人称搭配表示对听话者的警告。句义为“你要是不小心地使用我的电脑，你就不能用”。