人教版（2019）选择性必修四高中英语 Unit 2 Iconic Attractions 单元检测

Here are several great castles in Bavaria of Germany.

Veste Coburg

The Veste Coburg in Oberfranken is one of the most awesome(令人敬畏的) castles in Bavaria. It was built in the 11th century. Martin Luther actually lived here in the 1530s for six months. You will also find samples of great Bavarian woodwork here.

Burg zu Burghausen

The largest castle in Europe is right in Bavaria—Burg zu Burghausen. Built in the 13th century, the castle is over 3, 300 feet long. A visit here will take you back to medieval(中世纪的) times and every castle hunter likes it.

Residenz in Munich

Munich has one of the finest German castles to be found in Bavaria. The Residenz, as it is known, was the home of the Wittelsbach family, and King Ludwig Ⅱ (1845-1886) of Bavaria spent a lot of time here as a child. The palace is a must-see on any trip to Bavaria.

Neues Schloss

In Wagner's Bayreuth (the composer settles here in his later years), you can find Neues Schloss. Built in 1753 and 1754, the palace has beautiful woodwork. If you enjoy the Rococo style of architecture, you do not want to miss this castle.

King Ludwig Ⅱ's Castles

There are three other castles in Bavaria that are known as "King Ludwig Ⅱ's Castles". They are Linderhof Palace, Schloss Herrenchiemsee and Schloss Neuschwanstein. These castles are masterpieces, even though two of the three were even never finished. King Ludwig built these awesome castles which inspire your imagination.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa no longer leans quite so much after a ￡20 million project to save it was hailed a complete success yesterday. The tower, which was on the verge of collapse, has been straightened by 18 inches returning it to its 1838 position.

The tower, which has been leaning almost since building work first began in 1173, was closed to the public in 1990 because of safety fears. The 183-foot tower was nearly 15 feet off vertical(垂直线) and its structure was found to have been weakened by centuries of strain.

The last attempt at straightening the tower was carried out under orders from Benito Mussolini, who wanted it to be perfectly vertical.

Concrete was poured into the foundations, but the result was that the tower sank further into the soil.

The straightening work involved the extraction of around 70 tons of earth from the northern side of the tower, causing it to sink on that side. Before the digging started, the tower was anchored with steel cables and 600 tons of lead weights.

However, halfway through the project, concerns at the ugliness of the weights led to their removal and the tower lurched(倾斜) dramatically. "In one night, the tower moved more than it had averaged in an entire year, " said Prof. Borland. The weights were hastily reattached.

The tower's stonework has also been restored and tourists can clearly see the difference between its levels of limestone and marble.

"If we had not stepped in, the tower would have collapsed between 2030 and 2040, " said Salvatore Settees, the president of the rescue committee. "This is crucial for the tower's stability and it was a totally Italian success."

The Italian government stepped in after a tower collapsed in Pavia in 1989, killing four people.

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasise (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries—like the UK or France—people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafés rather than at the office.

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead, there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realised that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because the culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

Australia has become one of the most attractive countries for tourism in the world and the reasons are simple: For a long time traditional tourist destinations such as Europe, the USA, England, and many others, used to attract tourists for their history, architecture, shopping, beauty, beaches and development. Meanwhile Australia was considered too far and expensive to go, except for Asian residents. With the world changing significantly, few places are left untouched today.

Travelling in Australia is easy, safe, and Australia is full of fantastic places to visit. As a developed country, Australia offers what is necessary for any travellers. If you just want to visit cities and go shopping, you will have cities with the best quality of life in the world. If you want to go for sports and have plenty of fun, you will have a ball over here. The adventures, the comfort, the fun, are just waiting for you. If you have a very limited time, we suggest you have a look at our page where we present some suggestions for what can be done in just a few days' trip.

Three months wouldn't be enough to know Australia very well. The country is so big that even today there are lands never foot-stepped yet. Of course most can't see the whole country at once. The best way to do it is to make a plan for cities, landscapes, national parks, small towns and cultural places. Otherwise you may spend hours and hours on a road without any attractions instead of doing the same trajectory(轨迹) by plane saving time and money.

As is said above, travelling in Australia is very easy, and you don't need to worry too much about reservations except in the holiday periods and during some school breaks when you may find fewer options, or if you are going to do some parts by plane. Accommodation of all levels and prices is also plentiful, and depends on the place you go.

Tips on Finding Inspiration after Failure

The good thing about failure is that it is actually not the end.

Accept your weaknesses. Every human being has weaknesses. The first thing you need to do after failing is to accept that it has happened to you because failure happens to human beings. Accepting this helps you to accept that this is not a reflection of your life as a whole.

See the lesson. The biggest thing you can take from failure is the lesson it has taught you.If there are any weaknesses you need to address, you will only be able to see them after doing this soul searching. There are many lessons I would never have learned if I had not failed.

You will find inspiration if you accept that the pain you get from failure helps you to grow. There are certain things you will not understand until you have had a chance to live with them. For example, you would not know what it feels like to lose a job unless you had lost one before. That is the essence of life.

Failure should never be considered as something permanent. It should never be seen as the end, but rather the beginning of a new way of looking at life.

A. Pain helps you grow.

B. Accept that everyone fails.

C. It is just a temporary setback (挫折).

D. This gives you a chance to examine your life.

E. You can use the following tips to find inspiration after failure.

F. When you stop the blame game and take responsibility, you are growing.

G. We only learn the feeling of losing a loved one after we have lost a loved one.

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 1 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 2?" Just when I started to 3 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women turned up at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 4 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody had thought 5 of me to bring me a gift.

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my first Christmas there special and memorable, I 6 remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 7 for as many children as I could possibly reach. 

So I 8 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans(孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colourful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 9 with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were 10. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 11 them that they couldn't open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the 12 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 13 up the room. The joy in the room was obvious, and 14 wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew 15 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

China has once again showed its ability to change the world with its "four new great (invent)"—high-speed rail, mobile payment, shared bicycle, and online shopping.

China's new-generation high-speed train, the Fuxing, is now one of the (fast) trains in the world, which can travel at a speed of 350 km/h. Besides high-speed rail, China(improve) people's lives in many other innovative ways over the last decade. 

Bike sharing, for example, is not new itself. But China has mademuch more convenient and popular both in Chinaoverseas. Leading Chinese bike-sharing companies are now operating in foreign countries such as Singapore and Britain.

And back in China, when riding a shared bike, you can stop(buy) and eat whatever you want(simple) with a tap of your phone. You could easily pay with your smartphone by(scan) the seller's QR code. Mobile payment has grown into a (choose) for Chinese people—even a pancake seller is using it.

Besides, the four innovative ways of life are most appealingyouths from other countries, and they wish their countries would go further in terms of technological achievement. 

1）西湖是杭州的标志性景点。西湖历史悠久, 风景秀丽。

2）西湖有古老的传说《白蛇传》等, 近几年来游览西湖的游客数量猛增, 旅游收入大大增加。

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1）词数80左右;

2）可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

—Tenneva Jordan

I knew I was not supposed to be so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my mum's "grown-up" girl, I had to keep my cool. I was in middle school after all. But every chance I got, when I was alone, I checked each present under the tree. I read every tag and felt every package, guessing at the contents within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which present went to which person without even looking at the tags.

It had been a tough year for my family. Whenever my mum looked over at the tree and scattered (撒) presents, she would sigh and warn us, "There won't be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed." Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In years past, the presents would pile up and spill out from under the tree, taking over the living room. I had heard the phrase "giving is better than receiving", but thought that whoever had said that must have been out of their mind. Getting presents was the whole point! It was the reason I couldn't get to sleep on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited in the hallway until dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. We made weak attempts to wait and watch while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our self-control.

"Here's another one for you," said mum as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I recognised this one. But it had not been mine. It was my mum's. A new label had been put on it, with my name written in my mother's handwriting.

"Mum, I can't ..."

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1）续写词数应为150左右;

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I was stopped by my mother's eager, joyful look.

……

I have always remembered that Christmas fondly.