人教版（2019）选择性必修四高中英语 Unit 4 Sharing 单元检测卷

Joining Us as a Sports Meeting Volunteer!

The success of our international sports meeting depends on your contribution! Join us as a volunteer! Volunteers will be directly involved in assisting operations before, during and after the sports meeting. Volunteers will guide athletes around, welcome important people and help lost visitors.

Number of Volunteering Days and Daily Hours

※The sports meeting will be held from Friday 24 July to Sunday 9 August. In principle, volunteers will be required to work for at least a fortnight before, during and after the sports meeting.

※Volunteers will work eight hours per day including rest breaks. Actual shift lengths depend on event schedules, activities, activity sites, etc.

Age and Residential Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the following two requirements:

※Born on or before April 1, 2002.

※Japanese national or person with valid visa permitting residence in Japan during the volunteer period (temporary visitors included). Native speakers of English will be preferred.

Number of Volunteer Opportunities

※80,000.

Method and Applicant Categories

※Applications will be submitted online.

※Individuals only.

Offers and Confirmation

Those applicants who attend the training sessions(会议) and are assigned a volunteer role will be offered to become a volunteer.

Please note that the above offer will be cancelled in the event of any of the following:

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that damages the image of the sports meeting.

※If the volunteer engages in any activity that severely damages teamwork.

※If any information contained in the original application form is clearly found to be false.

Items and Welfares Provided to Volunteers

Volunteers will be provided with a set of free volunteer uniforms and meals during the work day.

It's roughly estimated that there are 450 million disabled people in the world. No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.

In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people: as we get older, many of us will become less mobile, hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.

Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or onto buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability not their disability that count.

When Danny Mendoza discovered that his nine-year-old cousin was living in a car, he desperately tried to find him a home. In the process, he became aware of the realities faced by the children in the foster care system every day. When they get moved from one place to another, they often end up packing their belongings in garbage bags—and that's only one of many things they suffer.

Determined to help, Mendoza began searching for ways to assist the children in the foster care system. The journey inspired him to create an organisation with his friend that would change the way the youth experience foster care, and Together We Rise was born.

The volunteer-based national non-profit organisation is managed by young adults wanting to change the lives of more than 400,000 American children in the foster care system. People who want to help foster children locally can donate money for bikes or "sweet cases", which are colourful bags given to foster kids so they don't have to carry their belongings in trash bags. Each case includes essentials and special gifts like a teddy bear to provide comfort when they need it most. People can also sponsor scholarships or host a volunteer day to donate and pack sweet cases.

Foster children are often forced to provide for themselves as soon as they become 18. This can be a rough introduction to adulthood, especially if the teen doesn't have the right support system to ensure their success as an independent individual. So the organisation hosts events throughout the year that provide assistance for foster children, including those who have "aged out" of the system. More importantly, it tries to give foster children a brighter future and a sense of belonging.

Mendoza isn't the only one creatively changing the lives of foster kids.

California has lost half of its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor.

The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46,000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area is spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline is nearly 75 percent.

Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick McIntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources.

But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development.

The loss of big trees was the greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt.

Since the 1930s, McIntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.

If you want to have a garden full of life and motion, you have to attract some wildlife.

It's not as difficult as it may sound. Your garden will attract insects, bugs, birds and mammals.You will make yourself happy and at the same time you will provide a living space for these beautiful creatures. All you need to do is to follow this advice and you will have the garden of your dreams. If you think your garden has to be messy and untidy, you're wrong. You need waves and long-living plants and strong curves of hedges(树篱) and paths. It's important to provide everything animals will need to live in your garden.

Provide food. Planting native plants is what you have to do in order to attract wildlife. Plants like roses, honeysuckle and lavender attract different insects like bees and butterflies. Hummingbirds are fans of fuchsias and geraniums. Trees and shrubs that produce fruit, berries and seed are good sources of food for your little friends.

Provide some shelters for wildlife. You need to plant evergreen plants, too, because they are a suitable place for wildlife to take shelter.

Provide water. It's important to provide water. Some animals can use even your pool to have a bath. Bees love shallow water. It's vital to change the water in your pond regularly to avoid breeding mosquitoes.

Provide a place for wildlife to raise young. A birdhouse or a pile of brush can be a nice place for wildlife to raise their young. It's good to have climber-covered walls and fences to increase the possibilities not only for raising children, but also for feeding, nesting, roosting and hibernating.

 Some species will overtake your garden and make it unfriendly. If there are wild cats that threaten the wildlife in your garden, it would be wise to take steps to keep those out.

A. It's advisable to have the grass.

B. Keep invasive species away.

C. Silence won't bother you anymore and you won't be alone.

D. It's reasonable to keep native species.

E. Kill invasive species as soon as it appears.

F. This can be as simple as placing a bird feeder.

G. You can have a fountain and a small artificial pond.

As the saying goes, roses given, fragrance in hand. I am always in the 1 of giving money to every beggar I pass by. My friends say beggars have their ability to 2 and my act shouldn't be encouraged. It 3 them that I never listen.

On a rainy day, my friend and I were walking to the bus stop 4 I passed a beggar lady. I had seen her several times before and had always given her a few 5. That day, I gave her two Euros. I was waiting for the bus and reading a book when I 6 to see that lady standing in front of me. She handed me a piece of paper covered in a plastic bag to prevent it from getting 7. She stood there, looking at me 8. I took the paper, which 9 she and her family had to leave their country because of floods, and she was 10 to support them. She had got a bit of money, but she needed five 11 Euros to get home. I reached into my pockets and found twenty cents. My friend took out a five Euro note. I asked her to give it to the lady, and said that I would 12 the next day. When she got the money, the lady hugged us and said thanks, and went on her way. Later on the bus, I wondered where her home was and 13 she had gotten to this country. In her story, I felt that my friend and I would always remain part of it as the 14 who helped her get home on a rainy day. But for me, helping a stranger did bring me happiness, giving me a pleasant 15.

We used to appreciate those who like to help (stranger). But nowadays some people tend to be very (care) of helping strangers. Our class  (have) a discussion about whether we should help strangers or not last week. Opinions are different on this topic.

Some think we should try to help others whether they are strangers or not. Helping others is virtue, and it will make our society more harmonious. Besides, helping others is helping ourselves. We may come across some trouble need others' help some day. If everyone turns a blind eye to our trouble just because we are strangers to them, it's hard (imagine) what our world will be like. However, others are afraid that helping others can sometimes bring them trouble or even put them in danger. Sometimes we (misunderstand) and thus have to pay the cost of kindness.

In my opinion, we should try (we) best to help others when they are need of help, but we should also protect ourselves from (get) into trouble.

1）出发及返回的时间;

2）活动内容:打扫卫生、包饺子、表演节目等。

注意:

1）词数 80 左右;

2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考单词: 敬老院nursing home; 重阳节 the Double Ninth Festival

Dear Johnson,

How is everything going these days? I'm writing to invite you to join us to visit the nursing home nearby.

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

When a tornado hit a small town nearby, many families were left homeless. Afterward, all the local newspapers carried stories of the families who suffered the hardest to appeal to people's attention and assistance.

One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of a mobile home, a depressed expression on her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Hiding behind her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, wide eyes with confusion and fear. The article below gave clothing sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan to help those less fortunate than themselves.

"We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing," I said. "We'll share what we have with them." I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them in the living room. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods. While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favourite things. The boys were pleased to join. Brad rose and went to his room fast. He came back bringing his action figures that he played with not so frequently. Brett also jumped up and ran to fetch some of his Matchbox cars and airplane models. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up abandoned toys.

The boys placed the objects they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, best-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. "I'll help you find something for the little girl, too," I said to the little Meghan.

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1）续写词数应为150左右;

2）请按如下格式作答。

"Mommy, I will give Lucy to them," Meghan turned to me.

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Recognising what little Meghan's gesture meant, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes.