高中英语（北师大版）必修五题库练习（知能演练轻巧夺冠）：Unit+14+Careers.doc

第  PAGE 6 页 共  NUMPAGES 6 页 Ⅰ.完形填空 In 1981, bullets (子弹) screamed through the air towards the 40th President of the United States.While others ran for__1__, Tim McCarthy stood still looking directly at his__2__death with strong determination.Tim was shot in the chest and President Reagan survived. It is perhaps the__3__thing you can do to give your life for your friends.It is also one of the__4__acts of history as people seldom do this. Jason Dunham was a soldier in the United States.The story begins with Jason as he was talking with the men in his army.They__5__whether a person could jump on a grenade (手榴弹) and survive by putting it under his helmet.Deep down they all__6__that it was almost impossible.Unfortunately for Jason Dunham, the situation arrived just a few weeks later.However, __7__for his men, Jason Dunham was there.In this life and death situation, there is no__8__to think.There are only seconds to fight or__9__.Performing above and beyond the call of duty, Jason chose to fight.He threw his helmet and__10__over the grenade and died for his friends. What causes men and women to__11__their lives for another? It takes a lot.First and foremost, it takes the__12__that life isn’t about you.It is about making a difference, about having a(n)__13__and about giving. 解析: 选A. 对比Tim的行为可知, 与之不同的是, 很多人跑向躲避物寻求保命. 2．A.terrible B．arranged C．potential D．selected 解析: 选C. 根据后句内容可知, Tim为了救总统而奋不顾身, 可见他面对的是“可能的死亡”. 3．A.strangest B．greatest C．luckiest D．quickest 解析: 选B. 根据末段内容可知, 这里指为朋友献出自己的生命是最伟大的. [来源:Z§xx§k.Com] 4．A.rare B．modern C．popular D．ordinary 解析: 选A. 根据句中as people seldom do this可知, 这种高尚的行为并不常见. 5．A.noticed B．expected C．wondered D．remembered 解析: 选C. 根据句中whether从句可知, 士兵们想知道问题的答案. 6．A.guessed B．knew C．recognized D．heard 解析: 选B. 根据常识和it was almost impossible可知, 士兵们都知道不被炸死几乎是不可能的. 7．A.curiously B．eagerly C．fortunately D．angrily 解析