1、期中素养评估期中素养评估 (120 分钟150 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。 1How will the woman get to the airport? ABy bus.BBy taxi. CBy car. 2Whats the mans plan for tonight? ATo go out for d
2、inner.BTo write a work report. CTo cook some chicken. 3Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers? AClassmates.BWorkmates. CTeacher and student. 4How does the woman most probably feel now? ARelaxed.BSurprised. CWorried. 5What are the speakers most probably talking about? AAbook.BAnews
3、paper. CAn experience. 第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。 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。 请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6What day is it today? AFriday.BSaturday. CSunday. 7Who is the woman speaking to? AAfriend.BA
4、performer. CA ticket seller. 请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8Why will the man go to Germany? ATo do sightseeing.BTo see his girlfriend. CTo visit a friends family. 9How is calling a strangers family name in Germany? ANormal.BImpolite. CFriendly. 请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10What did theman dream of becoming as
5、a teenager? AAwriter.BAcollege teacher. CA successful businessman. 11How many languages is the man learning now? A1.B2. C3. 12What does the woman think of learning new languages? AUnnecessary.BImportant. CDifficult. 请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13Who came to Davids place this morning? AMrs Brown.BArepai
6、rman. CATV seller. 14What did Mrs Brown do four days ago? AShe broke her TV.BShe called a TV repair shop. CShe went to the TV repair shop. 15What did David decide to do in the end? ABuy a smart TV.BAsk others to fix his TV. CWatch TV on the Internet. 16How long has David had his TV? AFor eight years
7、.BFor ten years. CFor thirteen years. 请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17What is the text mainly about? AHow to live green.BHow to save energy. CHow to protect trees. 18What does the man suggest doing at first? ARecycling plastic bottles.BUsing reusable bottles. CBuying cheap glasses. 19Why should we buy l
8、ocal fruits and vegetables? AThey cost less.BIts more convenient. CIts good for the environment. 20What does Cool Earth do? AGive money to the poor.BProduce clean energy. CSave trees. 第二部分阅读理解(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 Kidssummer jobs Camp Co
9、unselor We are looking for people to join our team as a Camp Counselor at Cuyamaca Outdoor School. We connect children to science through nature in a oneweeklong programme. Our Camp Counselors are energetic and supportive, and more importantly, caring team members who make the students life experien
10、ce rich through games and storytelling. $11 per hour Teach kids engineering concepts using LEGO ! Do you enjoy taking things apart and then putting them back together? If so, then this may be your dream job! We are hiring smart, creative LEGO Engineering Instructors to join our team. This eighthour
11、everyday job includes teaching daily afterschool programs with some weekday morning programs and weekend birthday parties throughout the school year, and fullday camp programs during the summer. $15 per hour TeachersAide (助手) We are looking for parttime teachers aides for our Inspire Kids preschool
12、in Newburgh, NY. Teachers aides need to prepare materials and help children finish activities and create a safe environment. $100 per week Summer morning care giver Im looking for someone to watch my kids when I work mornings from 8 am to 3 pm (hours and days will probably change). I work parttime s
13、o my boss puts me as he needs me but you will never stay past 3 pm. I have a 7yearold daughter, and a 5yearold son. I am also asking you to prepare breakfast, lunch and perhaps a snack. $150 per week 21What is the most important feature of Camp Counselors? ABeing good at science. BSupporting their w
14、orkmates. CBeing helpful to children. DThe ability to hold birthday parties. 22As a LEGO Engineering Instructor, every day you can earn _. A$120B$105 C$15D$75 23What should a summer morning care giver do? ABuy materials before class. BPrepare games for kids. CCook meals for kids. DTeach children sci
15、ence. B After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from the hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it? That September ， I entered middle school. M
16、ost nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. Whats worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the pages into
17、inky pools. However, then I did not have audio books and electric devices like kids do now. Instead, Mum volunteered to read out loud. Mum worked parttime, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma.In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading
18、 glasses. Mum always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher. In my room, Mums voice raced with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening，I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raise
19、d my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight. Reading also made me curious about other peoples challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book. True to
20、what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mum, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child. 24 Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from the hospital? ABecause they all wanted to have a good rest. B
21、Because what the doctor said made them worried. CBecause the author didnt do well in the exam. DBecause they focused on the scenery along the road. 25How did the author manage to get high marks? ABy listening carefully. BBy being confident. CBy getting help from his classmates. DBy reading as many b
22、ooks as possible. 26What can we learn from the passage? AThe authors sight recovered finally. BReading made the author more sensitive. CReading made the author not worry about his sight. DThe authors mother didnt work to look after him. 27Which of the following could be the best title for the passag
23、e? AMy Eyesight Trouble BAn Unforgettable Experience CMy Mothers Love DWith Ears Wide Open C Not long ago, Richard Denniston found himself suffering the same pain that millions of other pet owners have faced. His little Scottish dog had a brain tumor (肿块) and would soon die. Like others who faced th
24、e problem before him, Denniston just wanted to end his pets suffering. However, he took one step further. Denniston, an expert who studies animals, collected a tiny skin sample from the dog and took it to his laboratory at Louisiana State University. There he cultured it and froze it in liquid nitro
25、gen (氮) From that idea, Denniston started Lazaron BioTechnologies, which will save pets DNA for $500, plus a monthly storage fee of $10, until cloning becomes a reality. Thanks mostly to the largess (慷慨赠与) of an anonymous(匿名的) California multimillionaire(千万富翁), that day may not be so far off. “It co
26、uld happen extremely soon if everything went on well，” says Mark Westhusin, a professor leading a dog cloning team. Most experts put successful dog cloning a year to five years down the road. The cost is bound to be expensive at first, but it would eventually (最后) drop to a few thousand dollars. Sin
27、ce Dolly, the sheep which was first cloned in 1997, cattle, goats, mice and monkeys have been cloned in labs. Pets are likely to be next. “I really believe that the technology is going to become available for many species in the near future，” Denniston says. “Certainly some of our customers are craz
28、y，” Hawthorne says. “But far more of them are simply crazy about their animals.” 28After his pet died, Richard Denniston _. Adid something more than the ordinary pet owners Bdid as other pet owners Cdid nothing but feel very sad Dcould not help feeling lonely without his dear pet 29The underlined wo
29、rd “cultured” in Para.2 probably means “_” AboughtBdiscovered CcaughtDcultivated 30If you put your pets DNA in Richard Dennistons company for six months, youll have to pay _. A$500B$60 C$560D$440 31Cloning will cost people _. Aa lot of money in five years Bmuch in the beginning and then the cost wil
30、l be reduced to a thousand dollars Cmuch and then the cost will surely be reduced to thousands of dollars D much at first and then the cost might be reduced to a few thousand dollars D You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the worlds temperature. But rising sea leve
31、ls caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation (撤离) of an island nation. The citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland. During the 20th century, sea level rose 812 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water that has polluted the countrys drinking wat
32、er. Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation has suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging
33、 storms. Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (减少温 室效应气体排放), which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreemen
34、t, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years，” Laupepa told the BBC. Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries. Tuvalu is not the only c
35、ountry that is vulnerable (易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, President of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation” 32The text is mainly about _. Arapid changes in earths temperature Bbad effects of global warming Cmov
36、ing of a country to a new place Dreasons for lowland flooding 33According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is _. Agreenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations Bhigher surface water temperatures of the sea Ccontinuous global warming Drising sea levels 34Laupepa was not
37、 satisfied with the United States because it did not _. Aagree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions Bsign an agreement with Tuvalu Callow Tuvaluans to move to the US Dbelieve the problems facing Tuvalu were real 35 The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is _. AAustraliaBNew Zeala
38、nd Cthe MaldivesDthe United States 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。 A good leader is someone who is able to manage people and tasks, communicate effectively, and improve a positive team environment. _36_ So let me give you some suggestions to help you beco
39、me a good leader. Learn from books. _37_ Read biographies (传记) of great leaders from home and abroad. By reading, you can learn a lot from their experiences and find out their secrets of success. Then you will be more confident of being a good leader. Learn from other good examples. There is no doub
40、t that those leaders who are popular with the students in your school must have their advantages over others. _38_ Take an active part in the activities organised by the excellent leaders and learn from them. Then you will know the answer. _39_ Find the students that have the same interests as you h
41、ave and start a club. Activities should be organised regularly in the club. When the members in your club have trouble in solving problems, you should communicate with them and find out the causes of the problems. After problems are solved, you can share pleasure with them. As time passes by, you wi
42、ll get more trust like those popular leaders. _40_ In short, being a good leader needs courage and practice, so try to develop your leadership qualities by analysing your strengths and weaknesses. APractise what you have learned. BBut being good leaders isnt easy. CSooner or later，you will be a good
43、 leader. DAsk yourself what kind of leader you want to be. EDont you want to know why they are so successful? FAs long as you keep trying, you will develop your leadership skills. GMaybe nobody teaches you how to be a good leader, but you can learn it on your own. 第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每
44、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。 “5 pm, maam.” “What? My baby can no longer wait for that！” My 3 montholdbaby was very _41_. His stomach became larger and larger. Three days ago, we brought him for _42_ in hospital where I worked. I knew the _43_ of dehydration(脱水) very we
45、ll because there were already countless _44_ of this case that we had met. But it was not a simple dehydration as I _45_. Everything about him suddenly became so _46_ including his laboratory results. Life saving devices were already _47_ inside our room. I knew that his chance of _48_ became very t
46、hin. Suddenly, I was _49_ that the schedule was moved to 3pm. It would be now only in an hour. I was relived _50_ another much bigger problem arose. I didnt have the money needed. We _51_ borrowed it from a friend who was one of the two persons in my contact list that responded to me. I only had few
47、 minutes left then. Just then, my cellphone suddenly _52_ continuously. “Ms. Lucero, please fetch your money remittance( 汇 款 ) through.” And one after another, I received different _53_ telling me to get the money they sent for my baby. I had the money then in _54_ an hour! Not only for the CT Scan
48、but for our immediate _55_ during our whole hospital stay! I was so blessed that I got so much and that my baby shall live! 41A.smartBweakCnaughtyDhumorous 42A.admissionBsaleCfreeDgoods 43A.dangerBprocessCimportanceDgesture 44A.stepsBpatientsCcustomersDdealings 45A.doubtedBheldCexpectedDappreciated
49、46A.stableBpopularCimpossibleDuncertain 47A.canceledBsuspectedCrecoveredDprepared 48A.successBsurvivalCwinningDtour 49A.informedBstressedCadmittedDcriticized 50A.andBsoCbutDbecause 51A.alwaysBjustCstillDalso 52A.brokeBcrashedCslowedDrang 53A.messagesBthanksCpreviewsDcomments 54A.as withBinstead ofCl
50、ess thanDmore than 55A.responsesBneedsCreactionDenvironment 第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文， 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正 确形式。 China has a very rich and brilliant tea culture. It is one of the most important parts of Chinese tradition. A small cup of tea contains the spirit and 56._ (wise) of the C
