【導(dǎo)讀】Unit4Pygmalion單元測試（人教版選修8，從A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。妥協(xié)，符合句意。解析考查副詞辨析。altogether總的說來；therefore因此；otherwise否。掌握它是我們的職責(zé)。調(diào)整以適應(yīng)這種極端狀況。解析condemnsbtodosth某人注定做某事。了她從事力氣活。hesitatetodosth不想做某事，猶豫不決做某事。horribly修飾形容詞upset。開除，解散；dispose清除，解決?，旣悓Υ耸赂信d趣。根據(jù)語境可知選A項(xiàng)。第一空強(qiáng)調(diào)美國南方的歷史，用定冠詞表特指；第二空表。示“一段??的歷史”，用不定冠詞。

　　

【正文】 ， according to the National Development and Reform Commission. Although this rate may not seem overly high， it is part of a strong and continued rises in housing prices over the past is alarming is that in some big cities， such as Beijing， Shenzhen and Nanjing， the monthly growth was as high as 10 percent. Beijing， with a year on year growth rate of percent， has been leading the nation since last June with price increases hovering around 10 percent. The government， prompted by the worried public， has taken a series of measures since the market started warming up four or five years ago. Admittedly， there are sound reasons for the continued strong price rise. The soaring demand is a result of the country39。s scrapping its traditional national housing program， which has driven people to the mercial market， and growing urbanization， which has seen millions of people move to with a booming economy and few investment options， housing continues to attract investment. There are obvious signs of speculation in the market. A large number of investors are believed to be hoarding housing to profit from future price have distorted market supply and demand to push up prices. The failure to devise proper policies to control speculation is one of the crucial factors behind the ever rising prices. The government， in the long run， can stabilize the property market through balancing regional can divert demand to other cities around regional centers. In the short term， the speculative bubbles must be deflated so that supply and demand can reflect reality. The Shanghai authorities reportedly decided over the weekend to levy a 20 percent tax on the sale of previously owned the local tax authorities did not verify the news， it triggered an earthquake in the local are rushing to sell their houses before tax measures are put in place. Policy makers need to closely monitor the market reaction and study the pros and cons of a tax on the sale of previously owned housing as a way to stabilize the red hot market. 52． As for the year on year growth rate of housing prices， which city takes the lead? A． Shanghai. B． Beijing. C． Shenzhen. D． Nanjing. 解析 由文中 第四段可知。 答案 B 53． The underlined word in the passage can be replaced by ________. A． caused B． struck C． invented D． discovered 解析 依據(jù)上下文可知 “triggered”意思為 “ 引發(fā) ” 。 答案 A 54． Which of the following is NOT the reason for housing prices rising? A． Removing traditional national housing program. B． Increasing urbanization. C． Speculation. D． Having lots of investment options. 解析 由 “ And with a booming economy and few investment options， housing continues to attract investment.” 可知。 答案 D 55． According to the passage， which of the following is TRUE? A． The runaway housing prices have been controlled. B． The housing market began warming up a year ago. C． All people are satisfied with the government39。s decision of a tax on the sale of previously owned housing. D． The government has taken some measures to solve the soaring housing prices. 解析 由文中第五段可知。 答案 D 四、寫作 (共兩個寫作任務(wù)，滿分 35分 ) 寫作一 (滿分 15分 ) 請根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數(shù)不少于 60。 In your English class， your teacher shows you the following are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 【參考范文】 In the picture， I can see a bird sitting on a nest built on a interests me most is that the tree is not a real one but a picture， which makes me very sad. I think the picture wants to show us that the problem of environment is very population increasing rapidly， more and more forests have been destroyed and fewer and fewer trees are we don39。t pay much attention to this situation，maybe in the near future， there would be no trees left and the story in the picture would bee it39。s high time for us human beings to take action to protect the environment. 寫作二 (滿分 20分 ) 請你就 “ 物價上漲及中學(xué)生節(jié)省開支 ” 這一話題寫一篇發(fā)言稿，發(fā)表看法，并包括如下要點(diǎn)： (1)受訪者對物價上漲的反映； (2)你在日常生活中對物價上漲的體會； (3)中學(xué)生在日常生活中應(yīng)如何精打細(xì)算，節(jié)省開支； (4)呼吁同學(xué)們從小事做起，發(fā)揚(yáng)節(jié)約的中華美德。 注意： 80； (開頭已寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù) ) 2．發(fā)言稿中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。 參考詞匯：受訪者 respondent 美德 virtue Dear boys and girls， It39。s my great honour to make a speech ， the People39。s Bank of China conducted a quarterly survey on prices in 50 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【參考范文】 Dear_boys_and_girls， It39。 ，the_People39。s_Bank_of_China_conducted_a_quarterly_survey_on_prices_in_50_cities.Nearly half of the respondents said they couldn39。t tolerate the increasing prices， while some others considered it OK although they acknowledged the a result， many families began to seek various ways to save money. The survey does draw my attention to the rapidly increasing prices in my daily food as an example， the prices of pork， beef， fish， chicken， as well as various vegetables， have risen at least 20%.It seems that money is flowing out of our pockets more quickly， but silently. Although we middle school students feel less stress than our parents do， we should also have a proper budget for our pocket example， we can make the down our expenses on unnecessary magazines， CDs and so a word， we can save money in