第八章单元测试
A. Determining the main idea.
The main idea of the story is that______.( )
- How did Dorothy feel about herself at the beginning of the story?( )
- Tim suggested a few years ago that Dorothy needn't bother to drive the tractor______.( )
- The previous night the family argued over where to plant the garden and______.( )
- Dorothy understood that______.( )
- Alter the unhappy event the previous night, Dorothy felt that ______.( )
- Dorothy decided to move out,______.( )
- When Dorothy suggested to her son that they should talk,______.( )
- After hearing his mother's decision,______.( )
- Tim's solution to the problem was______.( )
- Which of the following is NOT true?( )
Understanding vocabulary.（Choose the correct definition according to the-context.）
"Another gray day, gray and gloomy," she muttered, though really the rain was more than welcome after last year's drought. ( )
But, watching through the window as Tim hurried through the downpour from pig barn to cattle shed, she knew the answer.( )
Dorothy worked alongside him, in the beginning, until he proved himself; then gradually she
relinquished more of the work to him and concentrated on her garden and flowers, and the housework.( )“I can't take all the bending any longer," she said.( )
"I'm redundant," Dorothy thought, then realized she was speaking out loud.( )
And what a pity it was to reconvert the study, with all its space for Tim's farm records.( )
Surprisingly, she'd slept, though her mind was churning when she went to bed.( )
And there were suites available, if she could stand living in an apartment without a yard or garden.( )
For a few minutes silence reigned.( )
She knew she sounded old and crabby.( )
A:Dorothy and Tim, as mother and son, overcame a misunderstanding and made up to each other at last
B:thinking that she was redundant in the house, Dorothy decided to leave but her son and daughter-in-law convinced her that she was welcome and needed
C:Dorothy, the mother in the house, quarreled with her daughter-in-law and decided to leave and start over
D:Dorothy was worried about her place in the house when her daughter-in-law began to stay at home full time
答案:thinking that she was redundant in the house, Dorothy decided to leave but her son and daughter-in-law convinced her that she was welcome and needed
A:She felt she was a gloomy old lady.
B:She felt she acted older than her years.
C:She felt she was capable and strong.
D:She felt old and lonely.
A:because she suddenly felt old
B:because she was getting old
C:because it wasn't really necessary for her to
D:because Tim really cared about his mother
A:Tim sided with his mother and Jenny was unhappy
B:no decision was reached actually
C:Tim sided with his wife and Dorothy was unhappy
D:Dorothy had a real quarrel with Jenny, Tim's wife
A:there had been much change and everybody, including herself, had had to adapt
B:it was easy for Jenny to move in and live with her mother-in-law
C:it was not easy for Jenny to adapt herself to living at her mother-in-law's house
D:there had been much change and everybody, including Jenny, had had to adapt
A:if Jenny was to be at home full time it was time for herself to go
B:something had been said to the effect that she should leave
C:there had been clear suggestions that she move ou
D:she was not needed anymore on the farm
A:but she was worried that there was no place for her to go .
B:and she was sure that she could succeed in establishing a new life
C:because she felt happy to leave the farm
D:but she was not sure if she could adapt to a new life
A:he apologized and told her that she could do whatever she liked with the garden
B:he apologized to her but still made no change in his decision
C:he asked her to go elsewhere and support herself by working as garden manager
D:he was forced to apologize and change his decision
A:Tim was relieved because that was what he and his wife really wanted
B:Tim believed that his mother really wanted to move out and he was greatly moved
C:Tim understood that she was making a sacrifice but he thought it was not necessary for her to
do that
D:Tin felt ashamed of his own selfishness
A:to let her mother go to town and live separately from them
B:to buy a second hand trailer house and let Dorothy live in it, close to them
C:to buy a second hand trailer house for him and his wife and let Dorothy live in the house
D:to buy a house big enough for the whole family to live together
A:The family went to see the trailer despite the rain.
B:Dorothy loved her son and daughter-in-law and showed her sacrificing spirit.
C:Jenny was not willing to live with her husband in a trailer.
D:Tim was considerate and understood his mother's feelings.
A:heavy snow
B:strong wind
C:heavy storm
D:lack of rain
A:stream of water
B:big expanse
C:narrow path
D:heavy fall of rain
A:took
B:offered
C:gave up
D:reconsidered
A:sitting
B:stooping
C:standing
D:working
A:not needed
B:not happy
C:not worried
D:not careful
A:give up immediately
B:remove completely
C:rebuild at once
D:change again
A:a total blank
B:sharp
C:confused
D:agitated
A:places suitable
B:sets of huts
C:places needed
D:sets of rooms
A:prevailed
B:was broker
C:continued
D:was felt
A:angry B:irritable
C:dull D:coarse
