2014-2015学年高中英语选修8（人教版）《Unit 4　Pygmalion》（广东卷，含答案分析）综合检测(四).docVIP

综合检测(四) Unit 4　Pygmalion (时间：100分钟；满分：120分)Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.In many ways，this is__1__for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same __2__ night after night.One would__3__them to know their parts by heart and__4__have cause to falter(结巴)．Yet this is not always the case. A famous actor in a__5__successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.In the last act，a gaoler(狱卒)would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each__6__，he always insisted that it should be written out in full. One night，the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if，after so many performances，he had managed to learn the__7__of the letter by heart.The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed(使显露)the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.Just then，the gaoler__8__with the precious letter in his hands.He entered the__9__and presented the letter to the aristocrat.But the copy he gave him had not been written out in__10__ as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper.The gaoler looked on eagerly，__11__to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.Then，squinting(眯着眼看)his eyes，he said，“The light is__12__.Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either，the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir.I must get my__13__.”With this，he hurried off the stage.Much to the aristocrats__14__，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the__15__copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. 1．A.fortunate　　　　　 B．unfortunate C．happy D．unhappy 2．A.lines B．words C．plays D．roles 3．A.want B．ask C．expect D．wish 4．A.alw