1、Unit 12 单元检测 一、完形填空(30 分) The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old coal stove. A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the _1_ and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there. One morning they _2_ to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged
2、(拖) the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was _3_ taken to a nearby country hospital. The doctor told the boys mother that _4_ the lower part of his body was seriously burned, he couldnt use his legs anymore. However, the _5_ boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluck
3、ily his thin legs _6_ hung there, all but lifeless. Finally he returned home from the _7_. Every day his mother would massage(按摩) his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, _8_. Yet his determination that he would walk was as _9_ as ever. When he wasnt in bed, he would sit in a wheelchai
4、r. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he _10_ himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his _11_ behind him. He worked his way to the white fence around the yard. With great effort, he raised hi
5、mself up on the fence(栅栏). Then, he began dragging himself along the fence. _12_ that he would walk, he started to do this every day. There was nothing he _13_ more than to develop life in those legs. In the end, through his determination(坚定不移) he did _14_. He began to walk to school, then to run to
6、 school, to run _15_ the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team. ( )1.A.fire Bclass Cgame Dstory ( )2.A.left Bwaited Carrived Dhid ( )3.A.clearly Bquickly Csuddenly Dnearly ( )4.A.when Bunless Cbefore Dbecause ( )5.A.honest Bbrave Cworried Dcalm ( )6.A.just Balso Conce Dever ( )7.
7、A.school Byard Chospital Dsquare ( )8.A.everything Banything Csomething Dnothing ( )9.A.strong Bsimple Cstrange Dsimilar ( )10.A.helped Bthrew Cpicked Denjoyed ( )11.A.arms Bchair Clegs Dmother ( )12.A.Believing BDoubting CPromising DSuggesting ( )13.A.afforded Bhated Cforgot Dwanted ( )14.A.set off
8、 Bget back Cstand up Drun away ( )15.A.to Bfor Cfrom Dwithout 二、阅读理解(20 分) Quite often we see people driving carelessly and paying no attention to anyone else on the road. In fact, 75 percent of the time, car accidents happened because of carelessness and drivers mistakes. What about you? Are you a
9、safe driver, or have you developed dangerous driving habits that put you and others in danger? According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, carelessness leads to one fourth of all US accidents. And drivers who dont pay attention to the road cause 10 percent of all the accident
10、s. The following actions may lead to accidents every day： Eating, drinking and smoking while driving. Picking something up off the floor. Reading a map or something else. _ Studies also show that using a phone while driving increases ones danger of a car accident by 400 percent! However, texting(发短信
11、) while driving can be even worse. It suggests that_this_common_practice_might be even more dangerous than drinking while driving. Our magazine last month has reported that texting drivers have slower reaction times than drinking drivers. When drivers are texting, their accident risk is 23 times hig
12、her than when they arent texting. So, are you feeling sorry for any of these dangerous driving habits? If so, make some changes today! ( )16.Who is the passage mainly written to? ATeachers. BStudents. CDrivers. DPolice. ( )17.Which of the following cant be put in the blank(空白)? ADriving while tired
13、BWearing your seat belt CTurning to talk to someone DWatching something on the road ( )18.The underlined phrase “this common practice” refers to “_” Atexting while driving Bphoning while driving Cdrinking while driving Dcareless driving ( )19.What can we learn from the passage? A10% of the accidents
14、 are caused by drivers who are phoning. BTexting while driving increases a car accident by 400 percent! CTexting drivers had slower reaction times than drinking drivers. DIt tells us how to give up these dangerous driving habits. 三、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空(10 分) sell live oversleep realize fool 20When I got
15、to the airport, I _ I had left my ticket at home. 21Tim was _ by his best friend. 22Yesterday I _， so I was late for school. 23We have _ out of the shoes that you wear. 24The plant is _ after all！There are new leaves growing out. 四、根据中文提示完成短文(20 分) Kellys favorite holiday is Halloween. She loves pum
16、pkin pie, pumpkin toys, dressing up, scary movies, and trickortreating. 25_(然而), the sad thing is that Kelly has discovered that she is too old for trickortreating. She is now 21 years old. She loves to get different kinds of candies for 26_(免费的) This Halloween, Kelly had to look after her 10year- o
17、ld 27_(表弟) Albert and his friends. Kelly dressed up as a pirate(海盗). Albert and his friends dressed up as ghosts. Albert and his friends made Halloween themed cupcakes. After that, they 28_(切) pumpkins. Albert asked, “What should we do now, Kelly？” “Why dont you go trick or treating？” she advised. “
18、Im too scared to talk to 29_(陌生人)， ” Albert said. “Dont worry. I will go with you！” Kelly said. All of them went to the house to the right. They knocked on the door and said, “Trick or treat！ ” A 30_(女士) came out and gave the kids a candy bar. Kelly wished they gave her one. They went to the next ho
19、use and the family there gave them a pumpkin 31_(果馅派). The next house they went to gave them something 32_(出乎意料的). The couple there gave them money! Kelly surely wanted some money. They went to a total of three 33_(街区) and got more than ten different types of candies. They all went back to Kellys ho
20、use. Kelly sadly 34_(盯着看) at all their candies. Then, Albert and his friends gave Kelly a hug and said they loved hanging out with her. 五、语法填空(20 分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 I have a busy day today. First my friend 35_(drive) me to Westminster Abbey and St.Pauls Cathedral. They are reall
21、y big! When I was walking down the passageways, I really felt sad for Princess Diana, the 36_(pretty) lady in the UK years ago. After that, we walked across the “Millennium Bridge” to the south bank of the River Thames. I know there was once a “London Bridge” 37_ its no longer there. Remember the so
22、ng London Bridge Is Falling Down? Maybe it did fall down! It was great walking along the south bank. The view reminded 38_(we) so much of the Bund(外滩) in Shanghai. On the south side of the Thames, I found 39_ interestinglooking building. It was the Shakespeare Globe Theater. The original Globe 40_(b
23、uild) by William Shakespeare in the 41_(sixteen) century, but it burned down. 42_(today) Globe was rebuilt in 1996, which is just like the original one. Since the year it opened, more than 200， 000 people have watched plays there. This evening, we went 43_(see) a play. It was called The Complete Wor
24、ks of William Shakespeare. There were only three 44_(actor) playing on the stage and they played all 37 of Shakespeares plays in 90 minutes! 参考答案参考答案 一、15.ACBDB 610.ACDAB 1115.CADCB 二、1619.CBAC 三、20.realized 21.fooled 22.overslept 23.sold 24alive 四、25.However 26.free 27.cousin 28.cut 29strangers 30.lady 31.pie 32.unexpected 33blocks 34.stared 五、35.drove 36.prettiest 37.but 38.us 39.an 40.was built 41.sixteenth 42.Todays 43.to see 44.actors
