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　　人教版必修五 Unit 4 Making the news
　　单元综合检测
　　一、阅读理解。
　　第一节阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。
　　A
　　When I was 12 years old, I was at a very hard stage in life. I was short and fat, which was bad for a girl, so movement was not one of my strongest features. On the other hand, my mother was a very talented softball (垒球) player who even acted as my coach. Night after night, I would try my best to impress “my coach”. Unfortunately, I just felt like a terrible disappointment to my mother.
　　One summer afternoon, my mother told us we were going to visit Uncle David. Since we lived in an apartment, going to the country was a great pleasure. My uncle David always had a way of making me feel special.
　　When we arrived, my uncle and cousin Jeff were throwing metal rings at two holes in the ground. I was curious about what they were doing so I went over to watch. Noticing that I was standing there, my uncle asked if I had ever played washers.
　　Being a “city girl”, my reply was that the only “washers” I knew were the ones that cleaned clothes. Uncle David laughed, explained that the metal rings were called washers. He said he wanted me to take his place. Then he gave me the washers and gave tips on how to throw better.
　　Unwillingly, I joined Jeff. Gradually, I found myself not only enjoying but also wanting to win this game. The washer went into the air and began to fall. Then a cloud of dust appeared as the washer sank into the hole. My first try! I made it!
　　Although twenty-three summers have gone by since that day, this small success in washer playing helped me get back self-confidence lost ever.
　　1. Why did the author live a hard life at the age of twelve?
　　A. Because her body has many health problems.
　　B. Because movement was her weakest feature.
　　C. Because she was forced to learn to play softball.•
　　D. Because her efforts at softball were disappointing.
　　2. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?
　　A. The author must be more careful now.
　　B. The author was good at softball when young.
　　C. The author had never met David before the visit.
　　D. The author had never played washers before the visit.
　　3. The main purpose of the passage is to________.
　　A. show the influence of the author’s mother on her
　　B. explain how the author picp her confidence
　　C. explain to us why the author likes playing washers
　　D. show the problem between the author and her mother
　　B
　　Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large circulation (发行量). TheDaily Mirror and the Daily Express usually impress newspapermen even more because they both sell about four million copies every day. British families generally buy a newspaper every morning and frequently take two or three on Sundays, but the vast sales numbers are not only due to the Englishman’s love for news. Because the newspapers are all published nationally, copies can be delivered everywhere at the same time.
　　Besides the national papers, local newspapers are popular with British people as well. Local newspapers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Almost every town and country area has one. Nearly all of them hold their own finance (财政) and many of them can make money easily.
　　These papers are written almost entirely for readers interested in local events—births, weddings, deaths, and sports. Editors prefer to