PAGE 第 11 页 共 11 页 Unit 4 单元质量检测（四） 选择题部分 Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright who was born in 1856, and died in 1950. Although he wrote music as well, he most enjoyed writing plays, with the purpose of explaining a social message, and making it more memorable with the use of comedy while doing so. Some of his plays direct people's attention to the problem of education, religion and government, however one topic he often considered was the exploitation (剥削) of the working class. As a socialist, he played a role in the Fabian Society, which was a British socialist movement, writing brochures and leaflets for them. He even married a fellow member of the Society, called Charlotte Payne Townshend. He was a wonderful speaker, and gave speeches on equal rights in politics for men and women, how to live healthy lifestyles, and condemning the attitudes of the rich towards the poor. This socialist attitude of Bernard Shaw influenced many of his writings, including Pygmalion, which has become a classic. The play was first shown in 1913 in Vienna, with Shaw himself as the director. Shaw chose Mrs. Patricia Campbell to play the role of Eliza, although many thought that she was too old for the role at the age of 49. Shaw claimed that he had written the role with her in mind, and only she would play Eliza. Higgins was played by Sir Herbert Tree. It has now become more popular, due to the 1964 musical My Fair Lady, which is based on Pygmalion. 1．George Bernard Shaw wrote plays to _____. A．entertain the audience B．make his works memorable C．make the Fabian Society known D．express his view on social problems 2．We can infer from Paragraph 2 that Bernard Shaw _____. A．had pity on the poor B．was head of the Fabian Society C．didn't care much about the working class D．preferred to be a public speaker than a writer 3．Why did Bernard Shaw choose Mrs. Patricia Campbell to play the role of Eliza A．Only she was suitable for the role. B．She was at the right age for the role. C．He had designed the role especially for her. D．She helped Bernard Shaw with his writing. B Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child — a bit of nostalgia (怀旧) or “blast from the past”， as we say. But it is not a distant childhood memory. The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages. Here is what they did. Researchers took 60 adults and randomly divided them into three groups of 20. Then they gave the groups three different types of “listen and repeat” learning conditions. Researchers had one group simply speak the words. ... ...
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