1、Unit5 On the road 单元自测卷单元自测卷 时间:100 分钟 满分:120 分 选择题部分 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节,满分共两节,满分 40 分分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 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 Wonderful Experiences in Australia Phillip Island Nature Park Adult:79.00 Child:67.00 Location:Melbourne Have fun at Phillip Island Nature
2、Park. You will spend half a day there. You can see many animals, such as koalas, kangaroos and penguins at the peak. Balloon Flight Adult:209.00 Child:161.00 Location:Melbourne Enjoy an early morning balloon flight over the beautiful city of Melbourne. After the flight you will enjoy a wonderful bre
3、akfast at the Hilton Hotel. Amazing Sailing Adult:168.00 Child:126.00 Location:Sydney Relax and enjoy the wonderful sights of the heart of Sydney as you sail across the sea in a large boat. Restaurant TourLunch Adult:56.00 Child:50.00 Location:Melbourne Having lunch in Melbourne can be a wonderful e
4、xperience, specially in old trams that have become restaurants. 111- year- old Tony and his parents will visit Phillip Island Nature Park. They should pay _. A79 B146 C158 D225 2From the passage, we can learn that _. Apeople can see animals at the Hilton Hotel Bfood in the trams is not good CMelbour
5、ne is a beautiful city Dyou can only see Australian animals at Phillip Island Nature Park 3People who want to _ are most interested in this passage. Atravel in Australia Blearn about the history of Australia Ceat Eastern food Dsee forests B The Harbourside Development is one of the worlds most excit
6、ing places to shop. Its built right on the edge of Sydney Harbour, and there are over 200 shops, selling everything from home- made sweets to the very latest clothes in fashion;from Australian souvenirs to Swiss watches and Japanese cameras. The Australian Wildlife Park has been specially built to g
7、ive people an extra close look at Australias native animals.Have your photo taken with a kangaroo, touch and feed koala bears. There are talks every afternoon about these animals, which are only found in this part of the world. There is also an excellent souvenir shop. A visit to the Australian Muse
8、um is like an adventure across Australia. There are shows on the people and their way of life and the whole continent. Talks and guided tours help to make your visit unforgettable. Theres also a caf and a good book shop, selling excellent maps. Taronga Zoo has Australias finest collection of rainfor
9、est birds and sea- life centre which has many of the fish that can be found off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. Taronga is also famous for its large group of South East Asian monkeys. Fast food can be got at caf s. 4The purpose in writing the text is _. Ato help Australian children learn mo
10、re about Sydney Bto introduce the development of Sydney to its readers Cto help people who are travelling or will go to travel in Sydney Dto introduce geographical features (特征) of the city of Sydney 5According to the text, where can tourists get something special for the memory of the tour in Sydne
11、y? AThe Harbourside Development and the Australian Wildlife Park. BThe Harbourside Development and Taronga Zoo. CThe Australian Wildlife Park and Taronga Zoo. DThe Australian Museum and Taronga Zoo. 6If the visiting time is very short and you still want to have a good knowledge of the whole Australi
12、a, youd better go to _. Athe Australian Museum Bthe Australian Wildlife Park Cthe Harbourside Development DTaronga Zoo 7What animals can you see in these four places? AKangaroos, kola bears and rainforest birds. BKangaroos, rainforest birds and monkeys. CKangaroos, koala bears, rainforest birds, Sou
13、th East Asian monkeys and snakes. DKangaroos, kola bears, rainforest birds, South East Asian monkeys and sea- life. C Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS told them they could drive from the mainland to an island, failing to mention the 15 kilometres of wate
14、r and mud in between. As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay to nearby North Stradbroke Island, they started to notice the firm surface they were driving on giving way to the well- known bay mud. However, being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon, they decided to drive
15、on, managing to travel around 500 metres before their car was up to its tires in mud. To make matters worse, the tide (潮汐) started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle. Just four hours later the car was trapped in two metres of waterto the great amusement of onlookers
16、 on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries. Yuzu Noda, 21, said she was listening to the GPS and “it told us we could drive down there. It kept saying it would navigate (导航) US to a road. But we got stuck . theres lots of mud”. She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki, 22, and Kei
17、ta Osada, 21, instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck (吊车) driver who was called to the trapped car. No such luck for the hired car, thoughafter assessing the situation, no attempt was made to recover it. The
18、 students from Tokyo, who are due to return home tomorrow, said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit. Mr Tomonari said, “It has rained every day on our six day holiday. Hopefully next time we come back it will be sunny.” The car was covered by insurance, but
19、 the tourists will have to pay up to about $1,500 in extra charges. 8Why did the three Japanese tourists get stuck? AThere was no way to the island. BTheir GPS had given the wrong information. CTheir GPS was broken during their journey. DTheir car was not made in Japan. 9Why did the tourists abandon
20、 their car? ASome onlookers went to save them. BThey got stuck in the mud. CThere came the tide. DThey managed to travel around 500 metres. 10How did these Japanese students get back? AThey had to walk back to their living place. BThey had to repair their GPS and drove back. CThey had to turn to pas
21、sengers on boats and ferries. DThey had to take a lift from the tow truck driver. 11What can we know from the passage? AThe car was left where it was trapped. BThe passengers saved these students in the end. CMr Tomonari got very down after the journey. DNo money has to be paid thanks to insurance.
22、D When I decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, I was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from Bob who had left me empty and confused. I decided to leave the US and travel. I had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. What I did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photogr
23、apherand with that along, I thought, it would be easy. My first experience was a road trip from Toronto to Las Vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. Other trips followed and then I started a travel blog (博客). It was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. Yet even with
24、 my blog and past experience, email after email I sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. When they did get in touch, editors told me that I had no chance of making a career with travel photography. While I struggled to get on the path that I wanted, and as I expanded my blog to h
25、elp get me there, I found myself wearing the hat of a full- time blogger. Luckily, I got in at the right time. It was 2010, and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. As I never could have predicted, my bloggingnot my photographydid take me around the world successf
26、ully. At first, I thought it was for personal reasons, but I realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging. Within two years, I was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. Even more meaningful, however, was
27、when I saw that my travels were also helping other people. My blog and social media followers saw that I chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere. 12After the author quit her job, she decided to _. Adivorce her h
28、usband Bbe a wedding photographer Cpay off all her debts Dgo travelling abroad 13What can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph? AShe paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip. BShe realised his dream of becoming a travel photographer. CShe got a job as an editor in a publishing
29、 house. DShe finally became a professional blogger unintentionally. 14The author believed her success mainly resulted from _. Aher personal reasons Bher photographing skills Cfree marketing for blogging Dbooming of travel industry 15What did the author think of her two years work? AInspiring. BAppea
30、ling. CInteresting. DChallenging. 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。 Taking photos while on holiday is not an uncommon activity. Tourists do it all the time, but if you want to take things further, here are some tips that can help you along the way. First of all,
31、there is the matter of equipment. Of course, most people believe that the higher end your camera is, the better the photos will turn out. _1_ The quality of DSLR cameras (数码单反相机) is superior to the one of small cameras and smartphones, but only if you know how to adjust (调整) their settings. However,
32、 if you dont know how to do it, an iPhone camera is enough too. _2_You can shoot amazing photos without having to travel with a large and heavy camera. Secondly, you need to do some research in advance and discover the best photo spots. Your photos dont have to look like travel cards. On the contrar
33、y, you can catch the beauty of a place by finding its uncommon corners and subjects. For example, if youre going to a crowded city, dont just take photos of high buildings. _3_You may see a new face of the city at that time. Thirdly, you have to be patient. _4_For the best picture, come back to the
34、same spot several times or stay at one spot for some time. You might come across something special as you wait:a bird flying across an old temple, a mother and her baby passing by, or just the sun giving beautiful colors on the roofs. _5_ Take as many photos as you can and dont be disappointed if yo
35、ur first travel photos are not National Geographic material, because they will get better with time. ASo this is the most important. BBut that is only true in a way. CIts quality has increased a lot. DDont forget that practice makes perfect. EI also enjoy photographing animals. FYou may have to take
36、 several shots until you discover the right one. GTry street photography or take pictures at night. 第三部分第三部分 语言运用语言运用(共共三三节,满分节,满分 40 分分) 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。 A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet website called a “blog”. T
37、he word “blog” is a _1_ way of saying “web log”, or “personal website”. Anyone can start a_2_, and they can write about anything they like. There are millions of blogs on the internet today. They_3_ news, information and ideas for people who read them. They contain _4_ to other websites, and they pr
38、ovide a place for people to write their_5_and react to the ideas of others. A research company called Perseus has_6_ more than 3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most_7_ with teenage girls. They use them to_8_ their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study_9_ says that more than
39、100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year. _10_,some people develop_11_ blogs to present political and other ideas._12_,the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs
40、to advertise their_13_. At the same time, some long- standing blogs have_14_. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs. com”. He said the site became too expensive to _15_. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had_16_ on it. They were _17_tha
41、t the site had been closed. One blog that is still going_18_ is called Rebeccas Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That_19_ led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been_20_ into four languages so far. 篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。几年前的博客也像现在
42、的微博一样,在年轻 人中很受欢迎。 1A.short Blong Cregular Dcentral 2A.company Bexpression Cexperiment Dblog 3A.debate Bexplore Cprovide Dseek 4A.issues Blinks Crecovery Dguidance 5A.reasons Bideas Cfaults Dchoices 6A.served Breported Cstudied Dattached 7A.popular Bpleased Cbored Dcareful 8A.ask Border Cdemand Dlet
43、9A.instead Byet Cstill Dalso 10A.Besides BHowever CIn fact DTherefore 11A.fierce Brelaxing Cserious Dhumorous 12A.For example BIn total CIn the end DOn the contrary 13A.products Bemployees Csystems Dpredictions 14A.recognized Bended Csurvived Dhappened 15A.advertise Bstart Ccontinue Dclose 16A.writt
44、en Bappeared Cworked Dtaken 17A.happy Bupset Cexcited Dconfident 18A.devoted Bgentle Cweak Dstrong 19A.character Bhistory Carticle Dusage 20A.dipped Bfooled Cmixed Dtranslated 非选择题部分 第二节 语篇语法填空(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 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。 With the improvement of life standards, th
45、ere are a _1_ (grow) number of people traveling each year, _2_ is a good way to enjoy life. Some people would like to take a package tour (跟团游), _3_ others would rather travel on their own. I prefer the latter, because I feel that its much more convenient and cheaper than taking a package tour as I
46、_4_ (do) before. First of all, traveling on my own, I can arrange my time and route _5_ (free). For example, when I get to someplace I like, I choose to stay longer and dont have to think about others. Secondly, the schedule is relatively tight joining package tours, and tourists can only stay very
47、short time in tourist attractions. _6_ is difficult to enjoy every landscape carefully. _7_ (three), in order to earn money, some travel agencies force tourists _8_ (buy)things. In the meantime, traveling on my own is much cheaper. Finally, the trip is designed to relax. However, many people say tha
48、t package tours are not to make them feel really _9_ (relax), but even more tired. On the whole, I feel like _10_ (travel) on my own, which is more convenient. 1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5_ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9_ 10._ 第四部分第四部分 写作写作(满分满分 40 分分) 第一节 应用文写作(15 分) 假设你是李华, 你的英国同学 Emily 来信让你推荐一些中国云南旅游的必到 之处。请根据以下提示给 Emily 写封建
49、议信,要点包括: 1可到丽江小镇,这里海拔约 2,500 米,在这里体验纳西文化(Naxi Culture) 及很多不同特色的户外酒吧(bar); 2在香格里拉(Shangri- La)游玩,这里每年都吸引数以百万计的游客; 3 去昆明游览云南民族村(Yunnan Nationalities Villages), 接触多种不同的少 数民族文化(minority cultures)。 注意:1.必须包括以上要点,可适当补充; 2词数 120 左右。 Dear Emily, Glad to hear from you. You have asked me for my advice on travelling in Yunnan. Yours, Li Hua 第二节 故事续写(25 分) 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。 I had never been more anxious in