1、单元素养评估卷(五) 时间:100 分钟 分数:120 分 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 There are a lot of music festivals to look forward to in the coming months. Firefly Music Festival Many people have thought of going to Delaware for a summer vacation, and mid Ju
2、ne is a great time to plan a trip if you love music. Date: June 14-June 17 Place: Delaware, the USA Music Type: Country Music Roskilde Festival This music festival has a long history since 1971. Whats interesting about this festival is that you can get to know some artists from different countries.
3、Date: June 30-July 10 Place: Cambridge, England Music Type: Rock Secret Solstice Come to Paris. Not only will you have great music in the Secret Solstice, but you can also visit some old museums. Date: June 21-June 24 Place: Paris, France Music Type: Folk Music Montreal International Jazz Festival A
4、ll jazz lovers should come to the Montreal International Jazz Festival at least once in a lifetime. This event brings together some of the best musicians. Date: June 28-July 7 Place: Montreal, Canada Music Type: Jazz 1. What is common to the music festivals in the passage? A. They are all held in Eu
5、rope. B. They are all about country music. C. They are all given outdoors. D. They all take place in summer. 解析：解析：细节理解题。对比四个音乐节的相关信息可知细节理解题。对比四个音乐节的相关信息可知, ,这四个音乐节这四个音乐节 都在夏天举办。故选都在夏天举办。故选 D D。 答案：答案：D 2. What can we know about Delaware from the passage? A. It is a good choice for summer holiday. B
6、. It is an old city with many old museums. C. It has musicians from different countries. D. It has interested jazz fans around the world. 解析：解析：细节理解题。根据细节理解题。根据 Firefly Music FestivalFirefly Music Festival 中中“Many people Many people have thought of going to Delaware for a summer vacation have though
7、t of going to Delaware for a summer vacation ” 可知答案选可知答案选 A A。 答案：答案：A 3. Which music festival will last for the longest time? A. Secret Solstice. B. Roskilde Festival. C. Firefly Music Festival. D. Montreal International Jazz Festival. 解析：解析：细节理解题。对比四个音乐节举办的时间可知细节理解题。对比四个音乐节举办的时间可知,Roskilde ,Roskil
8、de FestivalFestival 持续时间持续时间 1111 天天, ,时间最长。故选时间最长。故选 B B。 答案：答案：B B Do you often listen to music at loud volume? Over one billion young people are at risk of hearing loss because of listening to loud noise for long periods of time. Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volume is harmful
9、to your hearing. The United Nations has standards for safe listening. It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 dB(分贝) for eight hours or 100 dB for 15 minutes. The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB and the sound of a rock concert can be about 100 dB. Loud noise is harmful to the
10、inner ears. Most of us are born with about 16,000 hair cell(听毛细胞) in our inner ears. These cells notice sounds. However, listening to loud noise for a long time can make these cells work too hard and cause some of them to die. This is what causes hearing loss. Some people might think that their musi
11、c isnt all that loud. But this can depend on where you are. For example, if you are in a noisy place like the subway, you might turn up your music too loud without realising it. Later, when you listen to it at the same volume in a quiet place, you might feel uncomfortable. The “safe level” for most
12、sound is below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week. A level of 80 dB is roughly equal to the noise of a subway. 4. Why are many young people at risk of hearing loss? A. They watch TV every day. B. They listen to music every day. C. They listen to loud noise in the subway. D. They listen to loud noise fo
13、r a long time. 解析：解析： 细节理解题。 根据第一段中的细节理解题。 根据第一段中的“Over one billion young people Over one billion young people are at risk of hearing loss because of listening to loud noise are at risk of hearing loss because of listening to loud noise for long periods of time.for long periods of time.”可知可知, ,世界上有十
14、亿多年轻人正面临世界上有十亿多年轻人正面临 失聪的危险失聪的危险, ,因为他们长时间地听嘈杂的噪声。故选因为他们长时间地听嘈杂的噪声。故选 D D。 答案：答案：D 5. What is the sound level of a rock concert? A. About 80 dB. B. About 85 dB. C. About 100 dB. D. About 110 dB. 解析：解析：细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“The sound of a busy road The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB and
15、 the sound of a rock concert can be about is about 85 dB and the sound of a rock concert can be about 100 dB.100 dB.”可知可知, ,摇滚音乐会的声音大约是摇滚音乐会的声音大约是 100100 分贝。故选分贝。故选 C C。 答案：答案：C 6. What is loud noise harmful to? A. The inner ears. B. The brain. C. The heart. D. The eyes. 解析：解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句细节理解题。根据
16、第三段第一句“Loud noise is harmful to Loud noise is harmful to the inner ears.the inner ears.”可知可知, ,嘈杂的噪声对我们的内耳的伤害很大。故选嘈杂的噪声对我们的内耳的伤害很大。故选 A A。 答案：答案：A 7. What can you learn from the passage? A. We feel comfortable when listening to loud music in a quiet place. B. Most people are born with about 1,600 ha
17、ir cells in the inner ears. C. It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 dB for 15 minutes. D. Below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week is the “safe level” for most sound. 解析：解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“The The safe levelsafe level for for most sound is below 80 dB for up to 40 h
18、ours a week.most sound is below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week.”可知可知, , 对于大多数声音来说对于大多数声音来说, ,每周听低于每周听低于 8080 分贝的声音分贝的声音 4040 个小时是个个小时是个“安安 全值全值”。故选。故选 D D。 答案：答案：D 8. What is the best title for the passage? A. Keep the Loud Volumes B. Loud Noise Is Harmful to Hearing C. The Risk of Listening to Mus
19、ic D. Loud Noise Stops Ears from Working 解析：解析：主旨大意题。通读原文可知主旨大意题。通读原文可知, ,本文主要介绍的是嘈杂的噪声对本文主要介绍的是嘈杂的噪声对 人的听力的损害。故选项人的听力的损害。故选项 B B 作为文章的标题较为合适。故选作为文章的标题较为合适。故选 B B。 答案：答案：B C In the story “The Crow (乌鸦) and the Pitcher” from Aesops Fables, a thirsty crow drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the lo
20、w level of water inside so he can take a drink. Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. New Caledonian crows actually do understand how to make water displacement work to their advantage, experiments showed. The results suggest that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as fi
21、rst graders, according to the study. Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, presented six crows with tubes filled with water. Inside the tubes, a worm or a piece of meat on a piece of wood was floating, just out of reach of the crows. In front of the tubes, t
22、he researchers arranged a bunch of heavy rubber erasers that would sink, and light plastic objects that would float. The crows found out that they could drop the heavy objects into the tubes in order to raise the water level and get their snacks. However, the birds behaved awkwardly in experiments i
23、n which they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow tube to get a snack, the researchers said. Dropping objects into the narrow tube would lift the water level by a greater amount and put the treat within reach after just two drops. In contrast, it took around seven drops to
24、raise the snack to the same level in the wide tube. The crows obviously didnt realise this, and most of them went for the wide tube first. Previous studies showed that chimps and human children can solve similar tasks. In a 2011 study, chimps and kids found out that they could put water into a tube
25、to reach a peanut that was floating in a small amount of water at the bottom. 9. What does the passage focus on? A. Aesops prediction. B. Crows intelligence. C. The development of crows. D. Human-animal communication. 解析：解析：推理判断题。由第二段最后一句推理判断题。由第二段最后一句“The results suggest that The results suggest th
26、at the the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first graders, according to the study.graders, according to the study.”可知可知, ,实验的结果表明乌鸦的实验的结果表明乌鸦的 智商与一年级学生一样智商与一年级学生一样, ,结合上下文可知结合上下文可知, ,本文关注的是乌鸦的智力。本文关注的是乌鸦的智力。 答案：答案：B 10. What does
27、 the underlined part “the treat” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. The tube. B. The object. C. The snack. D. The water. 解析：解析：词义猜测题。由上句中词义猜测题。由上句中“they could choose to drop objects they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow tube to get a snackin either a wide tube or a narrow tube
28、 to get a snack”可知可知, , 乌鸦朝管子中扔东西乌鸦朝管子中扔东西, ,显然是为了得到食物显然是为了得到食物, ,所以此处代替所以此处代替 the the snacksnack。故选。故选 C C。 答案：答案：C 11. What did the experiment with wide and narrow tubes show? A. Crows are sensitive to surroundings. B. Crows have the ability to recognise shapes. C. Crows are cleverer than chimps a
29、nd children. D. Crows understand water displacement incompletely. 解析：解析： 推理判断题。 由第四段最后两句推理判断题。 由第四段最后两句“In contrast, it took around In contrast, it took around seven drops to raise the snack to the same level seven drops to raise the snack to the same level in the wide in the wide tube. The crows ob
30、viously didntube. The crows obviously didnt realise this, and most of t realise this, and most of them went for the wide tube first.them went for the wide tube first.”可知可知, ,乌鸦知道使用橡皮擦乌鸦知道使用橡皮擦, , 但不知道将其放入较窄的管子的好处。故选但不知道将其放入较窄的管子的好处。故选 D D。 答案：答案：D D Do you know what youd like to be when you grow up?
31、 It takes most people many years to find out. For the young artist Alexandra Nechita, it never really seemed to be a question. From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist. Alexandra Nechita was born in Romania in 1985 and moved to California when she was still a baby. As a li
32、ttle child, she loved colouring in her colouring books. Her parents hoped she could spend more time playing with other children, so they took away her colouring books. Alexandra began drawing her own pictures and colouring them in. By the time Alexandra was seven years old, she had begun painting wi
33、th oil paints. When Alexandra took a local art class, her teacher was amazed at the young artists unusual style of painting. Alexandras work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso. These artists did not use a realistic style of painting. They allowed their imaginati
34、ons to play an important part in their work. The interesting thing was that little Alexandra had never seen the work of these artists. People called her “Little Picasso”. This was a great honour, but Alexandras style of painting was all her own. Alexandras first public show was held at a Los Angeles
35、 public library when she was only eight years old. People were amazed at how young Alexandra was, but mostly they loved her imaginative artwork. It did not take long for Alexandra and her work to become famous. She appeared on television programmes and in newspapers and magazines all over the world.
36、 The sale of a single piece can earn the young artist thousands of dollars. But that is not why Alexandra creates artwork. She just cannot imagine doing anything else that would bring her such joy and satisfaction. Today, Alexandra is a full-time artist. She also works to help support the arts in sc
37、hools. Alexandra is a strong believer in the power of art as a tool of communication and a bridge to building peace throughout the world. 12. When did Alexandra begin drawing pictures? A. At the age of eight. B. At the age of seven. C. At the age of two. D. In the year of 1985. 解析：解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一细节理
38、解题。根据文章第一段最后一句话段最后一句话“From the day she From the day she began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.began drawing at the age of two, she was an artist.”可知答可知答 案选案选 C C。 答案：答案：C 13. Alexandra was called “Little Picasso” because . A. she learned to paint from Picasso B. her style of painting wa
39、s like Picassos C. she was one of Picassos big fans D. her style of painting was unusual 解析：解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段中细节理解题。根据文章第三段中“AlexandraAlexandras work was s work was similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like similar in some ways to the paintings by famous artists like Picasso.Picass
40、o.”可知答案选可知答案选 B B。 答案：答案：B 14. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4? A. Only painting can make her so happy and satisfied. B. Only money can make her so happy and satisfied. C. Anything can make her feel happy and satisfied. D. Nothing can make her feel happy and satisfied.
41、解析：解析： 推理判断题。 由句意推理判断题。 由句意“她只是无法想象做任何其他事情能给她她只是无法想象做任何其他事情能给她 带来如此的快乐和满足带来如此的快乐和满足”可知可知, ,只有绘画能使她快乐和满足。 故选只有绘画能使她快乐和满足。 故选 A A。 答案：答案：A 15. According to the passage, which word can best describe Alexandra? A. Polite. B. Generous. C. Patient. D. Creative. 解析：解析： 推理判断题。 全文主要介绍了推理判断题。 全文主要介绍了 Alexandr
42、aAlexandra 在绘画方面的创造力。在绘画方面的创造力。 故选故选 D D。 答案：答案：D 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分) 根据下面短文内容,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。 Your children are watching you. 16 According to the Health Programme, developing healthy habits is an important part for your children. And when it comes to developing heal
43、thy habits, parents influence their children more than anyone else. 17 What happens during those early years can influence children for the rest of their lives. This includes some eating and exercise habits. Children are very careful, even at a young age. Children watch what others do carefully and
44、imitate the behaviours of those closest to them. As parents, you should do the following: 18 If you do that, your children are more likely to be enthusiastic about developing theirs. Let your children see you taking care of your own physical health by eating fruit and vegetables. Talk to them about
45、healthy habits in appropriate terms and at a proper time. 19 20 Computers, televisions and other forms of technology are a major part of life in the 21st century. Unfortunately, as the use of technology in the home increases, so does the time spent watching TV or playing on the computer. So as paren
46、ts, you should also arrange the time for your children wisely. A. Take part in physical activities and exercise regularly. B. Dont get rid of technology, but use it wisely. C. Be enthusiastic about developing healthy habits of your own. D. Your actions are speaking to them louder than your words wil
47、l. E. Children prefer to imitate their parents rather than listen to them. F. This can be helpful to teach your children to form good eating habits. G. Its easy for children to form their healthy habits when they are young. 答案：答案：16. D 17. G 18. C 19. F 20. B 第二部分 语言运用(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 1
48、 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 devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mum and I lived with my grandparents from the time I was two until I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was 21 . Grandma loved
49、music. It was she that first 22 me to Elvis Presley as a very young child, and once I heard his music, I was truly in 23 with it. Most five-year-olds ask for toys for birthdays, but I wanted Elvis albums. I would play them non-stop and 24 to the music in my grandmas family room though my movements d
50、idnt look 25 . Grandma played the piano and 26 me to sing “America the Beautiful” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. I finally started playing music on the piano, and soon grandma was paying for me to take piano lessons from a lady living in the 27 . I would come home from 28 and walk there for my le
