1、单元达标测评 (满分:120 分;时间:100 分钟) 第一部分 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选项。 A Stories of Animals Acting Just Like Humans Monkeys do math If monkeys managed the world, we might stay away from the recent banking hardship. In an experiment led by Keith Chen at Yale,
2、 monkeys showed an understanding of pricing and planning the money, as well as a wish to stay away from losses when required to buy food with money. A camel eats breakfast with people The first time Joe ate with British farmers, he was uninvited. The four-year-old Bactrian camel stuck his head throu
3、gh their open kitchen window, and emptied a fruit bowl. Now the couple, who rent out reindeer, camels, goats, and other creatures for television shows, movies, and photo shoots, set a place at their table for the confident double-humped creature, where Joe eats grain food and his favorite: bananas o
4、n toast. Marmots (土拨鼠) befriend a boy A mass of marmots in the Austrian Alps has made friends with eight-year-old Matteo Walch by chance, whose family vacations there in summer. Typically, they beat their tails, chatter, and whistle to warn other marmots of danger, but with Matteo, they behave much
5、differently, allowing the boy to feed, pet, and even touch noses with them. “Watching them makes me feel a connection with nature,” says Matteo. How sweet! 1.In what way do monkeys behave like humans according to the text? A.In the character. B.In intelligence. C.In communication. D.In lifestyle. 2.
6、Why do the British couple raise the animals? A.To make money. B.To have dinner with them. C.To protect endangered animals. D.To train them to act as humans. 3.Why does Matteo Walch go to the Austrian Alps? A.To warn marmots of danger. B.To develop interest in nature. C.To make friends with marmots.
7、D.To go on a holiday with his family. B My husband and I recently went to Disney World with our three children. We had a wonderful time. Besides, I experienced something that left a deep impression on me. Our children were excited about the attraction where children could drive cars. They were delig
8、hted so I decided to stand beside the track to take pictures of everyone as they drove past on the track. As I waited for them to drive by, I noticed a car with a father and his son who was about 7 years old. They rolled down the hill at the beginning, but suddenly the car stopped. The young driver
9、looked nervous, “I cant do it.” His father quietly said, “Yes, you can.” “No, I cant!” “Yes, you can, son.” The little guy was almost in tears. “I cant!” With deep patience, the father said, “Son, you can do this. Im going to help you.” A moment later, with the father helping his son, the two went s
10、moothly(顺利地) on their way down the track. The scene brought tears to my eyes and it reminded(使想起) me of my dear father. Just like the little boys dad, my father used to say the same words to me. Every time things got hard or when I experienced setbacks along the way, he would say,“Michelle, you can
11、do this. Im going to help you.” Time and time again the words greatly encouraged me on the journey. Im aware that I cant do things beyond my own power, but the words “Yes, you can” come beside me and give me wisdom and strength. As I benefited(叐益)a lot from them, I often tell my children never to sa
12、y “I cant” easily when they meet something difficult. 4.Why did the author stand beside the track? A.She didnt dare to drive alone. B.She wasnt interested in driving cars. C.She wanted to take photos of her family. D.She wanted to rest for a few minutes. 5.How did the author react to the fathers hel
13、ping his son? A.She was greatly moved. B.She was impressed by the boys patience. C.She decided to learn from the father. D.She reminded the father not to be too strict. 6.What does the underlined word in the last but one paragraph mean? A.Disasters. B.Frustration. C.Fights. D.Pain. 7.What can we inf
14、er from the passage? A.The author enjoys traveling very much. B.The author is patient with her children. C.The author was greatly encouraged by the boys father. D.The author was greatly influenced by the words “Yes, you can”. C The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free tim
15、e. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want
16、to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be athletes for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than 30,000 dollars a year. The stars
17、 earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than 500,000 dollars a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much money as that. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports. An
18、 advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say “Buy our things”. It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as.”. Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photograph of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer j
19、ust something for peoples spare time. 8.What does the passage mainly talk about? A.The development of sport. B.Hunting wild animals and birds. C.Organized games. D.Something people are paid to do. 9.What can we learn from the passage? A.People spend too much money on sports. B.The development of spo
20、rt is slower than any other activity. C.Most people enjoy sport because they can earn money. D.Nowadays sport is not merely a pastime for people. 10.What do people play sports for today? A.Fun. B.Different purposes. C.Money. D.Keeping fit. 11.What surprises people most? A.The stars get more money fr
21、om advertising. B.The word “sport” meant hunting animals. C.Professional sportsmen are paid for what they do. D.Only a few athletes can earn $500,000 a year. D Finding fish is going to get harder as climate change continues to heat the worlds oceans. A new study finds that warming seas over the past
22、 80 years have reduced the sustainable catch of 80 species of fish and shellfish. The sustainable catch refers to the amount of some species that can be harvested without doing long-term damage to the health of populations. Overfishing has made that decline worse, researchers say. Overfishing refers
23、 to catching so many fish that the size of the population falls. In some parts of the world, such as the heavily fished Sea of Japan, the decrease is as high as 35 percent. Thats a loss of more than one in every three fish. Researchers examined changes in 235 populations of fish and shellfish betwee
24、n 1930 and 2010. Those fish populations spread far apart across 38 ocean regions. Temperature changes varied from one ocean site to another. But on average over that time, Earths sea-surface temperatures have risen by about half a degree Celsius. On average, that warming had caused the sustainable c
25、atch to drop by 4.1 percent, the study found. About 8 percent of the fish and shellfish populations the team studied saw losses as a result of the ocean warming. However, about 4 percent of some populations increased. Thats because certain species have thrived in warmer waters. One example is a kind
26、 of black sea fish. It lives along the northeastern U.S. coast. As warming continues, these fish will reproduce faster until they reach their limit. About 3.2 billion people worldwide rely on seafood as a source of food. That means its urgent for commercial fishing fleets(捕鱼船队) and regulators(监管机构)
27、to consider how climate change is affecting the health of all of those fish in the sea. 12.What does the new study discover? A.Overfishing is to blame for fishs bad health. B.Warming seas cause fewer fish and shellfish. C.Seafood matters to peoples health worldwide. D.The living regions of fish and
28、shellfish are different. 13.What does the underlined word “thrived” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A Survived narrowly. B.Disappeared soon. C.Decreased sharply. D.Developed quickly. 14.What do we know about species of fish and shellfish? A.About 8 percent of them suffered from a great loss. B.About 3
29、5 percent of them survived in the Sea of Japan. C.About 3.2 billion people have been saving seafood as it is the source of their food. D.About 80 percent of the fish species have died out because of warming seas in the past 80 years. 15.Where is the text probably from? A.A cooking guide. B.A science
30、 magazine. C.A news review. D.A health brochure. 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 12.5 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Should We Create More National Parks to Save Endangered Animals? Dont you find it worrying that more and more species of animals are in real danger of becoming extinct? 16 And I
31、 think the best way to do this is for governments to create more national parks. 17 If this environment is destroyedfor example, when farmers clear a forest for new fields, or trees are cut down to make profitsmany animals are unable to survive, and more species are likely to become extinct. In addi
32、tion, national parks protect animals from the danger of being hunted. A major reason why many species are endangered is that these animals are killed by hunters. They hunt animals to make money. 18 On the other hand, some people fight the creation of national parks because they consider it is wrong
33、to interfere with nature. They believe that wild animals are happier living in their natural environment. 19 They also point out that a few species are more likely to produce young animals in the wild than in national parks. All in all, these disadvantages are far less important than the benefits of
34、 national parks. 20 As a matter of fact, they protect animals from their greatest enemies, that is, human beings. A.To begin with, animals are important to humans. B.Some hunters even hunt animals simply for sport. C.I personally believe that we must save these animals. D.These parks allow animals t
35、o live in a safe environment. E.Firstly, national parks protect these animals natural environment. F.They say though the animals may face danger, they enjoy a free life. G.There is a heated discussion about whether to create more national parks. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 第二部分 语言运用(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15小题;
36、每小题 1 分,满分 15分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I have a close childhood friend. He spent the last eight years attending night 21 to get his bachelors degree (学士学位) while also doing a full-time job. Last month, after years of late nights and weekends of studying, he 22 graduated. He 23 in
37、our hometown after high school, 24 most of his friends, myself included, left long ago for other states for university and jobs. Over time, work, families, and other 25 have made it difficult for us all to be 26 in our hometown at the same time. I put forward a wonderful idea: plan a weekend when we
38、d all be 27 to fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his 28 . It was so much fun 29 the affair. The bait (诱饵): his mom told him that he was going to have 30 with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the family dinner would 31 a 20-person affair with friends fr
39、om all around the states. I got to 32 a big cake so that everyone 33 could enjoy it. When the guest of honour arrived to “dinner with the 34 ”, he was greatly surprised and told us it made him feel special. The “white lie” dinner plan was a great 35 for me. 21.A.club B.party C.cafe D.school 22.A.fin
40、ally B.quickly C.suddenly D.luckily 23.A.taught B.stayed C.arrived D.married 24.A.but B.so C.or D.for 25.A.adventures B.requests C.experiences D.arrangements 26.A.inside B.apart C.back D.out 27.A.safe B.eager C.free D.anxious 28.A.birthday B.achievement C.examination D.wisdom 29.A.debating B.studyin
41、g C.planning D.controlling 30.A.lunch B.dinner C.time D.fun 31.A.turn into B.give up C.relate to D.focus on 32.A.sell B.deliver C.cut D.order 33.A.attending B.leaving C.receiving D.tasting 34.A.teachers B.grandparents C.classmates D.friends 35.A.surprise B.worry C.success D.stress 第二节(共 10小题;每小题 1.5
42、 分,满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1个适当的单词戒括号内单词的正确形式。 Air travel makes both people and service dogs very nervous. There are classes 36 people get help to defeat their fear of flying. And there is similar training for service dogs 37 (suffer) the same problem. You will 38 (frequent) see them working on buses
43、, trains and other public transport systems. But the busy environment formed at an airport can trouble even the 39 (well) trained service dogs. People with disabilities depend on 40 (they) dogs. They should be reliable, and they can safely guide the people through security areas. It is especially wh
44、en the flying is not smooth 41 they need the dogs to remain calm on duty on the airplane. It takes special training. The Air Hollywood K9 Flight Center is a school where such help 42 guiding the disabled can be found. Dog trainers say successful training 43 (base) on a simple rule: preparation. Bein
45、g exposed(暴 露) repeatedly to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds, makes dogs used to acting and they dont get 44 (excite), when they are trained on a daily basis. Dog 45 (own) who have attended the training at the Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future
46、 flights. Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 第三部分 写作(共两节,满分 40分) 第一节(满分 15 分) 假如你是李半,想邀请你的朋友 John 在周六晚上去观看科幷电影流浪地球(The Wandering Earth),请用英语给他写一封邮件,内容包括: 1.収出邀请; 2.介绍电影(主题:保护人类共同的地球家园;观众评价等); 3.请求回复。 注意: 1.词数 80 左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯; 3.开头和结尾已给出,丌计入总词数。 D
47、ear John, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 第二节(满分 25 分) 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使乊构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数 应为 150 左右。 New Year was just around the corner. I was in second grade then, 7 years old. One day, on my way home from school, a lady gave me a piece of paper saying that the n
48、eighborhood was asking people to give New Year presents to those who needed them. When I got home, I showed my mother the paper and said that I wanted to take part in this plan. My mother thought this was a very good idea and encouraged me to offer kindness to others less fortunate than us. She said we would become “Neighborhood Angels (天使)”. Se
