Unit4Pygmalion课时作业(湖北专用人教版选修8).doc

第  PAGE 4 页 共  NUMPAGES 4 页 　[选修8　Unit 4 Pygmalion] 课时作业 (限时：40分钟) Ⅰ.多项选择 1．Many Chinese universities provide scholarships for students ________ financial aid. A．in favour of B．in honour of C．in face of D．in need of 2．Even well-known companies can see their brand reputations collapse in ruins if they ________ consumer trust. A．overlook B．betray C．mistake D．interrupt 3．Having done my job in establishing the company, I decided that it was time I ________ and left the work to my sons. A．left out B．faded out C．gave out D．ran out 4．In their efforts to persuade us to buy the product, shopkeepers have made a close study of human nature and have ________ all our little weaknesses. A．divided B．arranged C．classified D．separated 5．In blind date TV shows, being cruelly or politely rejected is sometimes the price participants have to pay for making an ________ of the love in their eyes. A．announcement B．appointment C．acquaintance D．alternative 6．A few years ago it was virtually impossible to find ________ quality coffee in local shops. A．suitable B．superior C．capable D．qualified 7．Their lack of qualifications ________ them to a lifetime of boring, usually poorly-paid work. A．devoted B．referred C．condemned D．classified 8．Do you approve of the idea that success can be measured ________ money alone? A．in case of B．in terms of C．in the opinion of D．in favour of 9．Because of their continuous failures, my enthusiasm for Chinese football team gradually ________. A．faded away B．ran out C．gave up D．died out 10．I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we ________ on Italy. A．resigned B．compromised C．promised D．disguised Ⅱ.阅读理解 A Have you dreamed of building your own machine? Do you wish you could invent something new? Here we look at a few British inventions of recent times. Adaptive glasses Do you wear glasses? If so，can you imagine life without them? In 1985，Joshua Silver，a professor at Oxford