1、- 1 - UNIT 2 单元过关检测卷单元过关检测卷 考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分 选择题部分 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。 1What does the man ask the woman to do? AGet his key. BStart the car. CWait for him. 2Who are the
2、two speakers? AWorkers. BStudents. CTeachers. 3What will the speakers do over the weekend? AGo camping. BStay at home. CClimb mountains. 4Where are the speakers? AIn a bookstore. BOn a bus. CAt home. 5Who is paying the lunch now? AThey share the bill. BThe woman. CThe man. 第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 2
3、2.5 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。 6What do we know about the boy? AHe studies hard. BHe is dishonest. - 2 - CHe has poor health. 7Whats the relationship between the two speakers? ABoss a
4、nd employee. BTeacher and student. CMother and son. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8Why was the woman late? ABecause she got up late. BBecause she forgot the time. CBecause of the traffic jam. 9What is the relationship between the two speakers? AHusband and wife. BManager and secretary. CProfessor and stude
5、nt. 10Why did the man say the word “fortunately”？ ABecause the womans fault turned out to be a good thing. BBecause they arrived at the airport in time. CBecause they both succeeded in passing the exam. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11Where was the woman yesterday afternoon? AIn the lecture hall. BIn the
6、classroom. CIn the library. 12How many professors gave speeches? A3. B4. C5. 13What did the woman think of the speeches? AMeaningful but difficult. BShe left the hall before they ended. CShe was quite interested in them. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。 14Where does the man want to go by train? - 3 - AKamiya
7、cho Station. BCape Number 7. CTokyo Tower. 15How much is the train fare? A130 yen. B140 yen. C150 yen. 16Where should the man get on the train? APlatform Number 3. BPlatform Number 4. CPlatform Number 5. 17How often does the train come? AAbout every five minutes. BAbout every six minutes. CAbout eve
8、ry seven minutes. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。 18What kind of animals do people usually think of elephants? AGentle. BAngry. CFriendly. 19How have many elephants been treated badly? AKilling people. BTaken to reserves. CBeaten into giving performances. 20Where can you find opportunities to work for elep
9、hant protection? ADuring the elephants performances. BIn help with the tourist activities for money. CIn the reserves and the parks. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 35 分) 第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our his
10、tory. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the - 4 - earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered
11、in danger. Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more. Animals are more than beautiful or interesting or a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems. F
12、or example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (鹰), the farmers stores of corn and grain were destroyed by mice. Why? Because hawks eat mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the mice multiplied quickly. Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise mo
13、ney to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing. 21What is
14、 the best title for the passage? ASave the Animals BUseful Animals CLaws for Animals DAnimals in Danger 22Animals are important to us mainly because _. Athey give us a source of food Bthey are beautiful and lovely Cthey keep the balance of nature Dthey give us a lot of pleasure 23We can infer from t
15、he passage that _. Apeople have known the importance of animal protection for a long time Banimals play an important role in peoples life Cthe number of hawks is on the decrease Dmany countries passed laws forbidding the killing of any animal B Lions are family animals and truly social in their own
16、communities. They usually live in groups of 15 or more animals called prides. Prides can be as small as 3 or as big - 5 - as 40 animals. In a pride (一群), lions hunt food, raise little lions, and defend their territory (领地) together. In prides the females do most of the hunting and care for little li
17、ons. Usually all the females in a pride are relatedmothers, daughters, grandmothers, and sisters. Each pride generally will have no more than two adult males. While the females usually live with the pride for life, the males often stay for only two to four years. After that they go off on their own
18、or are evicted (逐出) by other males who take over the pride. When a new male becomes part of the pride it is not unusual for him to kill all the little lions, making sure that all future little lions will have his genes. The main job of males in the pride is defending the prides territory. A males lo
19、ud roar (吼叫), usually heard after sunset, can be heard as far as eight kilometers. The roar warns off intruders (入侵者) and helps round up small members of the pride. Hunting generally is done in the dark by the females. They often hunt in groups of two or three, using teamwork to surround, and kill o
20、ther animals. Females arent the most successful of hunters, because they usually score (收获) only one kill out of several tries. After the kill the males usually eat first, females next and the little lions get whats left. Males and females defend against any outside lions that attempt to join their
21、pride. 24It can be learned from the passage that the male lion _. Ausually lives with its family members for life Bcan frighten its enemies with its loud roar Cis the main hunter in its family Draises baby lions as the female lion does 25Who eat first after the lion group got the food? ALittle lions
22、. BFemale lions. CMale lions. DOld lions. 26We can infer from the passage that _. Ait is only male lions in a pride that defend their territory Busually all the females in the pride are relatives Cmale lions help females when hunting - 6 - Dlions hunt their food usually in the daytime C I work with
23、Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful. I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She
24、had found a young owl (猫头 鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2- to 3- week- old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety. I examined the chick (雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct
25、a nest and anchor it in a tree. The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down. Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave
26、 the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring. A nervous night to
27、be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of allLUNCH！The parents had done
28、 their duty and would probably continue to do so. 27What is unavoidable in the authors rescue work according to Paragraph 1? AEfforts made in vain. BGetting injured in his work. CFeeling uncertain about his future. DCreatures forced out of their homes. 28Why was the author called to Muttontown? ATo
29、rescue a woman. BTo take care of a woman. - 7 - CTo look at a baby owl. DTo cure a young owl. 29What made the chick calm down? AA new nest. BSome food. CA recording. DIts parents. 30How would the author feel about the outcome of theevent? AIts unexpected. BIts beautiful. CIts humorous. DIts discoura
30、ging. 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。 A cobra (眼镜蛇) was set free on September 10 in a park in Xiangtan, South Chinas Hunan Province. _31_ And they began hunting for the deadly creature to try to prevent it from hurting anyone. In the name of mercy, some people
31、free captive (被捕获的) animals, including foreign species, mostly bought from pet shops or markets. _32_ Last April, someone freed hundreds of foxes and raccoon dogs in a Beijing suburb, causing economic losses to animal farmers and endangering the safety of local residents. _33_ Besides, today people
32、are increasingly aware of the importance of environmental protection and biodiversity. But it is necessary to ensure that acts of freeing captive animals do not violate laws or harm the interests of the public. _34_ In order to regulate the release of captive animals, the government revised the law
33、on wildlife conservation in 2016. According to the updated regulations, no individual or organization should harm the public interest by freeing captive animals. _35_ AAnd any creatures set free should be local species that have no threat to local biodiversity. BHowever, their warm- hearted kindness
34、 often causes serious consequences. CFreeing a cobra in a park reflects the troublemakers ignorance of other peoples lives. DSuch news has frequently appeared in recent years. ELocal police immediately arrested the troublemaker. - 8 - FInfluenced by Buddhism, freeing captive animals is an act that d
35、eserves respect in China. GIt is important to protect animals including those set free by people. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 45 分) 第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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。 Protecting Chinas Giant Pandas Chinas giant pandas show the achievement of the international
36、effort to save animals that are now in danger. In television programs we often see pandas _36_ funny games. Children have panda toys and beautiful cards with pictures of lovely _37_ in them. They often visit the giant pandas in the zoos on _38_ holidays and have a good time there. However, scientist
37、s are worried about the _39_ of giant pandas. They know only about 1,000 giant pandas remain _40_ today. They think the giant pandas will die out in 30 years if the present conditions are not _41_. It is reported that the giant pandas have a very _42_ birth rate. About 115 pandas live in the zoos an
38、d research centres mainly in China, but during the past 10 years they _43_ only 34 _44_ pandas that are still alive. The survival rate of giant pandas in the wild is probably the same or lower. There are several reasons for the low _45_. The main reason is _46_ male pandas can make love with females
39、 in a very _47_ seasononly a few days a year. When they do have babies, females often produce two pandas, but the mother is usually not able to care for _48_ of them. The newborn pandas _49_ only a few kilograms each. They are too weak to live without special care. In the zoo, scientists can help th
40、e mothers _50_ the young pandas, but those living in the wild do not get enough _51_. It is very difficult for mother pandas to bring up their young pandas. Conditions for the giant pandas have been worse in recent years. Pandas in China continue to _52_ in number. We know pandas live on bamboos. Bu
41、t sometimes all the bamboos in one area die. The pandas there have _53_ to eat and die of hunger. Giant pandas now live in 13 separate _54_ areas in China. Several years ago the Chinese government and the International Wildlife Organization agreed _55_ a project of protecting giant pandas in the wil
42、d. We hope it could be useful. 36A.play Bplaying - 9 - Cdo Ddoing 37A.pandas Bchildren Cbamboos Dzoos 38A.our Btheir Cyour Dhis 39A.past Bnow Cfuture Dpresent 40A.live Blives Clively Dalive 41A.turned Bincreased Cimproved Dconsidered 42A.low Bproper Chigh Dright 43A.cloned Bproduced Ckept Dcreated 4
43、4A.small Byoung Clittle Dadult 45A.price Bspeed Cbirth rate Dlimit 46A.why Bhow Cwhen Dthat 47A.short Blong Csuitable Dcertain 48A.all Bboth Cnone Dneither 49A.weight Bheavy Cweigh Dheaviness 50A.have Braise Cobserve Dcare - 10 - 51A.help Bfood Cwater Dmilk 52A.reduce Bgrow Crise Dchange 53A.somethi
44、ng Bnothing Ceverything Danything 54A.protected Bprotecting Cdefending Dguarding 55A.to Bwith Cin Don 非选择题部分 第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 A rainforest is an area _56_(cover) by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year.
45、Rainforests have a great effect _57_ the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect _58_(much) heat into the atmosphere, warming the rest of the world.Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rain
46、fall patterns, potentially _59_(cause) certain natural disasters all over the world. Sadly in the past hundred years, people have ruined the rainforests all over the world. And at this moment when you are reading this passage, rainforests _60_(destroy) by humans in search of the three major resource
47、s: land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals,_61_ affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People _62_ (obvious) have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees _63_ we will
48、 suffer much more than we will benefit. Rainforests are often called the worlds drug store. More than 25% of the medicines that are being used by patients now come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their _64_ (medicine) value. It is extrem
49、ely likely that our best chance to cure diseases _65_(lie) somewhere in the worlds shrinking rain forests. - 11 - 56_ 57._ 58._ 59._ 60_ 61._ 62._ 63._ 64_ 65._ 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节 应用文写作(满分 15 分) 5 月 22 日是 Wildlife Conservation Day (世界野生动物保护日)，请你根据画面 内容配以适当文字，以育才中学动物保护协会(Animal Protection Association of Yucai Middle School)的名义制作一幅关于野生动物保护的海报。 以下为海报文字内容。 1野生动物数量在逐年下降，大量的野生动物被猎杀，用来满足人们对服装 等奢侈品的贪欲。 2不法商人为了牟取暴利而大肆杀戮野生动物。 3没有购买就
