单元练测卷（三） Ⅰ . 单项选择 1. —I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend. —______ good. A. Sound B. Sounded C. Sounding D. Sounds 2. We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we ______ your number incorrectly. A. looked up B. took down C. worked out D. brought about 3. ______ your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger. A. In spite of B. But for C. Instead of D. As for 4. —I wonder why Mr Green hasn’t showed up at the meeting yet. —I’m not sure, but he______ in a traffic jam driving here. A. could be stuck B. might stick C. might have been stuck D. must have stuck 5. So many uses have been discovered for this wood ______ the supply of white pine is becoming smaller and smaller. A. then B. what C. that D. which 6. With a lot of difficult problems ______, the newly-elected president is having a hard time. A. settled B. settling C. to settle D. being settled 7. One of the requirements for being admitted to the University is that you ______ the English test organized by it. A. will pass B. would pass C. pass D. must pass 8. Don’t take ______ for granted that he will agree with you on the point. A. it B. what C. which D. that 9. I don’t believe you’ve already finished reading the book—I ______ it to you this morning! A. would lend B. was lending C. had lent D. lent 10. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday? —I ______, but I had an unexpected visitor. A. had B. would C. was going to D. did 11. He will stop showing off, if no notice ______ of him. A. is taken B. will be taken C. takes D. has taken 12. —______you ______ the editor at the airport? —No, he ______ away before my arrival. A. Have; met; has driven B. Had; met; was driven C. Did; meet; had been driven D. Have; met; had driven 13. The novels written by the author sell best, but five years ago no one could have imagined how great a role he ______ in the literary world. A. was playing B. was to play C. had played D. played Ⅱ . 阅读理解 A A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager.” If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.” The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only ＄ 10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles （运货车队） . Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers （零售商） in the US. One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office
