2019屆高二英語下學期期末復習（必修8 Unit 2）

8. are you suggesting that i _______ too old for the job?
   a. am      b. should be    c. be     d. was
9. his hard work paid ________ when he got the result.
  a. off    b. over     c. out     d. back
10. he is a cutler(刀具商),_________, a man who sells knives and sharp tools.
  a. in conclusion b. in general    c. what's more    d. that is to say
11. one of the men held the view ________ the book said was right.
  a. what that     b. what    c. that       d. that what
12. we thought of asking him for help, but we were _______ to get in touch with him at that time.
  a. happy    b. anxious    c. easy     d. unable
13. he's _______ to fail the exam if he doesn't do any revision.
  a. near     b. fit     c. bound    d. easy
14. every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
  a. are being used        b. have been used       
  c. has been used         d. had been used
15. ---- catherine, i have cleaned the room for you.
   ---- thanks, you _______ it. i could manage it myself.
  a. needn't do         b. needn't have done  
  c. mustn't do         d.shouldn't have done
iii. 閱讀理解
    difficult times often bring out the best in people. and this was the case for basketball star yao ming, who hosted a television show in shanghai that raised us$300,000 to help researchers find a cure for sars. fundraising, or charity, is an act of goodwill towards others. charities in the west have more flexible ways. look at a typical day for ruth, a wealthy woman in the uk, for example. ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. there's a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten horse. it's from a charity asking ruth to donate money to save the animals. the door bell rings and there, on ruth's doorstep, is an old woman asking for money to help the aged. she turns on the television, hears sad music and sees a picture of a wide-eyed child dying of hunger in africa with an appeal for money to help the child. ruth then goes shopping for a dress to wear to that evening's large party for the rich and famous. the ticket cost her a small fortune, but she doesn't mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights aids. she feels good about going because she's helping the sick. within five minutes of walking down the street, ruth has passed a charity shop. she doesn't stop because she doesn't think she'd find a suitable dress there—it's full of old, secondhand clothes. but, many other people enter and buy all sorts of bargains. edna, a little old lady, looks after the shop. any profit it has made goes to a cancer charity. now that she has retired, she has plenty of spare time to offer her services for free.