1、2014年外研版高中英语选修十一模块 4练习卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * There is no greater pleasure than lying on my back in the middle of the grassland, _at the night sky. A.to stare B. staring C. stared D, having stared 答案： B -Mum, have you seen my U-Disk -_ you bought last Sunday Im afraid I havent seen _. A The one; one B That
2、; one C One; it D The one; it 答案： D Ballet is amazing; you go ,you are likely to find yourself going again and again. A as B once C unless D while 答案： B Oh,dear! We only have 15 minutes to get to the station! So terrible! There isnt any taxi around when you want . A one B it C that D this 答案： A the
3、weather, the sports meet will be held on time. A Instead of B In relation to C Regardless of D In favor of 答案： C 阅读理解 Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers. Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third m
4、ore effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present. The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment. “While coughing is not necessarily harmful(有害的 ) it can
5、have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem,” said Professor Peter Barnes. Ten healthy volunteers(志愿者 ) were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers
6、 nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine are stopping coughs. The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce
7、 a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levers of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo. The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a verve activity(神经活动 ), which cause coughing. They a
8、lso found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness. 【小题 1】 According to Professor Barnes, theobromine _. A cannot be as effective as codeine B can be harmful to peoples health C cannot be separated from chocolate D can be a more effective cure
9、 for coughs 【小题 2】 What was used in the experiment to cause coughing A Theobromine. B Codeine. C Capsaicin. D Placebo. 【小题 3】 We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _. A were patients with bad coughs B were divided into the three groups C received standard treatments D suffered lit
10、tle side effects 【小题 4】 Which of the following would be the best title for the text A Codeine: A New Medicine B Chocolate May Cure Coughs C Cough Treatment: A Hard Case D Theobromine Can Cause Coughs 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 书面表达 根据下面图画中的信息，写一篇你对使用一次性木筷的看法的英语短文。 词数： 100左右。 参考词汇：一次性木筷 disposable chopsiticks 答案：见
