2014-2015学年高中英语（广东，北师大版选修7）课时作业：Unit20　NewFrontiers综合检测(二)含答案.doc

第  PAGE 17 页 共  NUMPAGES 17 页 综合检测(二) Unit 20　New Frontiers (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) Once upon a time there was a small village.This village had a 1 tradition.At the beginning of every year，any boy who had reached the age of majority(成年人)was given land and money to build a home.The boy had to 2 his home before winter.If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter，the villagers could not 3 him in any way. One spring，Paul and Marc reached their majority.They 4 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes.In each village，they found the nicest 5 and talked to the owners.Each owner gladly offered 6 . After Marc saw several homes，he gathered the best ideas and went back to his own land.Paul， 7 ，continued collecting more ideas.Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 8 some of them.But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village. Marc began building his home.He had several false starts，but his home gradually rose from his land.By fall，Marc had finished his home.It wasnt perfect，but it was strong and he could 9 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 10 with home owners.The first snow came and Paul，realizing he was running out of time， 11 back to his land.He built the best home he could in the time he had，but it was weak.The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 12 .The villagers mourned for him. Marc 13 the winter.Each year，Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better.He became a leader in the village， 14 a family，and lived a happy，content life. We all build and improve our own mental homes.Its 15 and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners，but we only improve our own mental home if we actually apply the best ideas. 1．A.cultural　　　　　　　 B．strange C．literary D．hopeful 2．A.find B．rent C．comp