1、Unit 5 单元综合能力测评单元综合能力测评 (时间:120 分钟满分:150 分) 第一部分听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项 中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读 下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What is the woman going to do at the weekend? A.Go to the cinema. B.Go to a lecture. C.Go to the Student Club.
2、 2.What happened to the baby yesterday? A.He began to cough. B.He began to sneeze. C.He had a fever. 3.When will the womans film begin? A.At 7 pm. B.At 9 pm. C.At 10 pm. 4.How will the speakers go there? A.By bus.B.On foot.C.By bike. 5.Where are the speakers talking? A.In a restaurant. B.At the woma
3、ns house. C.At the mans house. 第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每 小题 5 秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A.At a supermarket. B.At a cinema. C.At
4、a restaurant. 7.What does the woman do? A.She is a customer. B.She is a waitress. C.She is a policewoman. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。 8.What is the man doing? A.Applying for a job. B.Looking for volunteer work. C.Asking the way. 9.When will the man start working? A.This Thursday. B.This Friday. C.This Sa
5、turday. 10.Where does the man decide to work? A.In the kitchen. B.In the garden. C.In the clinic. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。 11.What does the man think of farming? A.Tiring. B.Funny. C.Exciting. 12.What can we learn about the speakers? A.The woman knows how to farm. B.The man used to live in the countr
6、yside. C.The man is studying in the countryside. 13.What are the speakers talking about? A.The mans grandparents. B.Farming in the countryside. C.Plan for the summer holiday. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 16 题。 14.What does the speaker think of his mothers performance? A.Amazing. B.Dangerous. C.Interesting. 15.
7、Why can the speakers father do a good job? A.He can dance well. B.He has a loud voice. C.He has a good sense of balance. 16.What animal does the speakers family have? A.Ahorse. B.Adog. C.Arabbit. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.What are the speakers? A.They are students. B.They are teachers. C.They are
8、clerks. 18.What does the woman decide to do tonight at last? A.Stay at home and watch TV. B.Watch a movie at the Student Centre. C.Go to a rock music concert. 19.What does the woman work as at the Student Centre? A.Awaitress. B.Alibrarian. C.Ateacher. 20.What will the man do? A.Buy their tickets. B.
9、Treat the woman to supper. C.Borrow some money. 第二部分阅读(共两节,满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 37.5 分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A One summer day as I was heading to the teaching building I heard someone call my name.I turned around and saw Philip,a counselor ( 顾 问 ) at our admissions office,
10、standing with another young man.Philip introduced me to him,Stephen,and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes. Stephen looked at me.With a somewhat painful expression,he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass.I introduced all the things that he wo
11、uld be expected to learn.As we talked,I saw Stephens eyes getting big with fear. I told him to do all of his assignments,and to hand them in on time.Rather than being overwhelmed (压倒) by all of the work,I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they cou
12、ld plan their workload. As the fall semester went on,I learned more of Stephens story.It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people.Family members,including his mother,kept reminding him that he was a failure.But he kept at it and didnt take them to heart.He told me that b
13、efore coming to our college,no one believed he could manage it. Stephen didnt become an A student.Still,he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day,turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his studying into bite-sized parts.By passing course after course,he
14、began to gain a measure of self-esteem. On his graduation day,he walked up to me,and said,“Thank you.” 21.What can we learn about the author according to the passage? A.He wouldnt have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip. B.He told Stephen how to deal with his studies. C.He helped Stephen
15、 get anAin his class. D.He didnt believe that Stephen could study in college. 22.What does the passage mainly tell us about Stephen? A.He was an average student but hard-working. B.He was an excellent student,but didnt have self-esteem. C.He was a little stupid and didnt do well at school. D.He was
16、far from a top student because of his failure. 23.What lesson can we learn from the passage? A.Agood beginning is half done. B.One bite at a time. C.Haste makes waste. D.Look before you leap. 24.According to Stephens questions to the author,what do we know about Stephen? A.He wasnt very confident ab
17、out himself. B.He didnt want to attend the authors class. C.He had never been an Astudent. D.He couldnt pass the authors exam. B Martn Ramrez fromArgentina I think it is okay for scientists to grow genetically-engineer food because they can develop better food and this can help with the hunger probl
18、em all around the world.Scientists can help us to have more and better meats to eat by cloning only the superioranimals.Idontthinkthatweshouldworrysomuchabout genetically-engineered food. Angela Fernandez from Mexico I dont know whether the tomatoes we find in supermarkets are genetically manipulate
19、d or not.What I do know is that they are very bad!A tomato grown with sun and soil is much better.In the case of strawberries,actually,most strawberries we can find are very tasty.I guess,however,they have been genetically manipulated,too. Vera Sirotkina from Russia If we manipulate vegetable genes,
20、we can also do with human genes.So it may be possible that a substance which is left in food could get into a human body while the person is eating.Then,is it possible that this substance could modify the persons genetic structure? Pinar Mfftler from Turkey I dont agree with the idea that scientists
21、 should not grow genetically-engineered food because it is not safe.If they want to make progress,they should do experiments.Its important to keep trying.If they dont keep trying,they will never be able to develop new technologies.Maybe these technologies wont be successful in the beginning,but if s
22、cientists keep trying,they will develop new ways. 25.Of the people above,who is obviously against genetically-engineered food? A.Pinar Mfftler from Turkey. B.Martn Ramrez from Argentina. C.Vera Sirotkina from Russia. D.Angela Fernandez from Mexico. 26.As far as Pinar Mfftler is concerned,. A.develop
23、ing such food is a better way to solve world hunger B.experimenting on such food shouldnt be allowed C.new technologies will make such food safer to eat D.this kind of food is much better and tastier 27.What do we infer about Martn Ramrez? A.He doubts whether such food is safe. B.He worries that the
24、 crops will spoil. C.He doesnt like vegetables and fruits. D.He is in favour of cloning animals. C The climate change has become an issue that no one can escape from.If the world wants to limit climate change,water shortage and pollution,then we all need to choose “flexitarian (弹性素食)” diets,say scie
25、ntists. This means eating mainly plant-based food,which is one of three key steps towards a sustainable future for all in 2050,they say.Food waste will need to be halved and farming practices will also have to improve,according to the study.Without action,the impacts of the food system could increas
26、e by up to 90%.Fast on the heels of the landmark report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) comes this new study on how food production and consumption impact major threats to the planet. The authors say that the food system has a number of significant environmental impacts inclu
27、ding being a major driver of climate change,providing freshwater and reducing pollution through over use of nitrogen (氮) and phosphorus (磷). The study says that thanks to the population and income growth expected between 2010 and 2050,these impacts could grow between 50%-90%.This could push our worl
28、d beyond its geographic boundaries.So when it comes to climate change,the authors looked at what they called a “flexitarian diet”. “We can eat a range of healthy diets but what they all have in common,according to the latest scientific evidence,is that they are all relatively plant-based,” said lead
29、 author Dr Marco Springmann from the University of Oxford. “You can go from a diet that has small amounts of animal products;some might call it a Mediterranean-based diet;we call it a flexitarian diet.We tried to stay with the most conservative one of these which in our view is the flexitarian one,b
30、ut even this has only one serving of red meat per week,” he added. If the world moved to this type of diet,the study found that greenhouse gas emissions (排放) from agriculture would be reduced by more than half. 28.What will happen if the new diet is popular globally? A.The climate will become warmer
31、. B.The food consumption will increase. C.People will have less greenhouse gas. D.People will produce more food waste. 29.What is the attitude of the author to the new diet? A.Supportive. B.Doubtful. C.Opposed. D.Indifferent. 30.What benefit will the new diet bring to the world? A.The animals will b
32、e saved. B.People will need more water. C.The climate change will stop. D.The pollution will be controlled. 31.What can be called a “flexitarian” diet? A.Eat animal products every meal. B.Eat plant-based vegetables every meal. C.Eat mainly vegetables and never eat animal products. D.Eat plant-based
33、meal mainly and animal products sometimes. D In order to improve peoples sleep,experts have encouraged people to adopt a variety of measures to overcome their stress-related sleeplessness.Among their recommendations: engage in regular exercise,establish a nightly bedtime routine and cut back on scre
34、en time.But many people may be overlooking another important factor in poor sleep: diet. A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep,and your sleep patterns can affect your diet choices.Dr St-Onge has spent years studying the relationship between diet and
35、 sleep.In this research,she and her assistants selected 26 healthy adults and controlled what they ate for four days,providing them with regular meals prepared by nutritionists while also monitoring how they slept at night.On the fifth day,the subjects were allowed to eat whatever they wanted. Their
36、 work suggests that rather than stressing one or two specific foods with supposedly sleep-inducing properties,it is better to focus on the overall quality of your diet.Theydiscoveredthateatingmorefatandlessfiberfromfoodslike vegetables,fruits and whole grains led to reductions in slow-wave sleep,whi
37、ch is the deep kind.In general,the experiments have also found that carbs have a significant impact on sleep: People tend to fall asleep much faster at night when they consume a high-carb diet compared to when they consume a high-fat or high-protein diet. But the quality of carbs matters.In fact,the
38、y can be a double-edged sword when it comes to sleep.Dr St-Onge has found that when people eat more sugar and simple carbssuch as white bread and pastathey wake up more frequently throughout the night.In other words,eating carbs may help you fall asleep faster,but it is best to consume “complex” car
39、bs that contain fiber,which may help you obtain more deep,healthy sleep. 32.In what way can we say“ the quality of carbs matters”? A.Carbs are essential to better sleep. B.Carbsinfluence depends on its quality. C.Carbs can be consumed as many as possible. D.Carbs should be taken in frequently. 33.Wh
40、ich of the following can be the best title for the text? A.ARecent Research on Sleep and Diet B.AMethod of Having a Good Sleep C.The Relation between Sleep and Diet D.The Sleep Patterns and Diet Choices 34.Which factor might be ignored in poor sleep? A.Regular exercise. B.Bedtime schedule. C.Screen
41、time. D.Proper diet. 35.What does the research conducted by DrSt-Onge suggest? A.We can have a better sleep with all carbs. B.Sleep and diet can influence each other. C.Carbs contribute to easier sleep than high-fat diets. D.Wed better focus on one or two specific food. 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5
42、分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有 两项为多余选项。 You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water.You get what you need,head to the front,and choose the line that looks fastest. You chose wrong.People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the pa
43、rking lot.36 It turns out,its just math working against you;chances are,the other line really is faster. Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay.37Any small interruptiona price check,a chatty customercan have downstream effects,ho
44、lding up an entire line. If there are three lines in the store,delays will happen randomly at different registers.Think about the probability:38So its not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster. Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem.Make all customers stand in one
45、long,snaking linecalled a serpentine lineand serve each person at the front with the next available register.39This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants.With a serpentine line,a long delay at one register wont unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it.Instead,it will slow
46、down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall. 40It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly,and some stores cant afford the space or manpower.So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck. A.Why does this always seem to happen to you? B.So why dont most places encourage serpen
47、tine lines? C.Some of them may have stood in a queue for almost an hour. D.The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three. E.How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line? F.With three registers,this method is much faster than the traditional approach. G.But
48、sometimes,as on a Sunday afternoon,the system gets particularly busy. 第三部分语言运用(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出可以填 入空白处的最佳选项。 If you were given one final wish,what would you wish for?Would you wish to visit a41place important to you?Perhaps wish to talk t
49、o someone very dear to you? For the 70-year-old Peter Robson,it was a(n)42questionhe wanted to see his pet dog,Shep,one last time.Peter was dying because of a serious lung disease.Due to his43,staff at the hospital asked his family if he had any last wish to make him at least comfortable. Peters las
50、t wish was to see his dog for the last time.44,its almost impossible for his wish to be granted(准许) because bringing pets of any kind is strictly45by the hospital due to possible issues with infection that may 46.Peters family knew that the dying mans last wish wouldnt be granted. 47,Peters nurses w
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