1、1 模块综合检测 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 Elephant Reserve Country：Thailand This is a working vacation at a wildlife centre.Anyone can become a volunteer if he/she agrees to help the elephant keepers with tasks. Daily tasks Gather the elephant
2、s at 6： 30 am.Take them to look for food in the forest.Clean the enclosure(围场).Swim with the elephants in the lake in the afternoon.If volunteers want to relax after work, they can watch satellite television. How this vacation helps If these elephants hadnt been rescued, they would still be living o
3、n the streets of Bangkok.The rural environment is much better for them than the urban environment where there is lots of pollution. Your comment “I love working with these huge gentle animals.”Gorilla safari(观赏野兽的旅 行) Countries：Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda Departures(出发)：23 departures per month from Aug
4、.to Dec. Extras：permit 220 If you re lucky, you ll see lions, elephants and rhinos during this safari.The highlight(最好的部分)of the trip is the opportunity to see gorillas in the mountain forests.However，you must be in good healthif a gorilla caught a cold，it would be extremely harmful to its whole fam
5、ily. How this vacation helps There are only about 600 gorillas left in the world as human activity has reduced the area where they can live.When you buy a permit, this will pay for the protection of the national park. 2 Your comment “Ill surely go back as soon as I have enough money！” Polar bear wat
6、ching Area & Country: Arctic, Canada Departures: sixty trips between Oct.1Nov.19. Every October and November groups of polar bears gather in Hudson Bay.As they are normally lonely creatures, this is unusual.The bears wait for the ocean to freeze so that they can hunt for seals, so this is the perfec
7、t opportunity to see them.Extra activities include dog sledding and a night trip to see the Northern Lights. How this vacation helps If the Arctic ice cap melts due to global warming， polar bears will be in danger.We give a share of our profits(利润)to the charity that protects polar bears. Your comme
8、nt “These terrible bears get all the liquid they need from their food.” 语篇解读本文是一篇应用文。介绍了三个保护野生动物的活动。 1What will elephant volunteers do? ASweep the enclosure of elephants. BTake food for elephants at 6 : 30 am. CWatch satellite television on elephants. DWash elephants in the lake in the afternoon. A细
9、节理解题。 根据第一个活动中 Daily tasks 部分的“Clean the enclosure.” 可知，大象志愿者将会打扫大象的围栏，故 A 项正确。 2What do we know about the Gorilla safari? AYou can find gorillas in Kenya and Canada. BYou will get a cold in the mountain forests. CVisitors need to pay $ 220 to see gorillas. DThere are about 10 trips to visit gorilla
10、s. D细节理解题。根据第二个活动中的“Departures：23 departures per month from Aug.to Dec.”可知，8 月至 12 月每月有两到三次观赏大猩猩的旅行， 由此可知，大概共有 1015(2 或 35)次观赏大猩猩的旅行，故 D 项正确。 3Whats the aim of these activities? 3 ATo help build more national parks. BTo help protect the wild animals. CTo help deal with the pollution in cities. DTo h
11、elp solve the problem of global warming. B推理判断题。根据三个活动中 How this vacation helps 部分中的内容可 知，这些活动的目的是保护野生动物，故 B 项正确。 B Dr Dian Fossey, one of the worlds leading women scientists, had a remarkable career.The workshe devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas (大猩猩)of Africahas prov
12、ed highly effective and has resulted in the steady increase of the most endangered great apes. Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963.Three years later, she returned to Africa to begin a longtime study of the mountain gorillas.She set up camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rw
13、anda because of political reasons in 1967.She established her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24，1967. Fosseys aims were to study gorilla ecology and social organization.She found that in order to achieve this, she needed to recognize individual gorillas, which required that the gorilla
14、s get used to her presence(出现).By copying gorillas behaviour and sounds, Fossey began to gain their trust，and in 1970 an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand. Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas trust and bring forth new
15、knowledge about their behaviour.Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere. In 1977, one of Fosseys favorite gorillas, Digit, was killed by poachers and she established the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same
16、 year. On December 26，1985, Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke.Her body was discovered near the research centre.Most probably, Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers shed fought against.On her tombstone(墓碑)， “No one loved gorillas more.” In 1988, the life and the work
17、 of Fossey were made into a movie based on her book. 4 语篇解读本文介绍了动物学家戴安弗西博士及其成就。 4Why does the author say Dr Dian Fossey “had a remarkable career” ? ABecause she travelled all over the world. BBecause she liked to play with gorillas. CBecause she studied gorilla ecology. DBecause she made great apes
18、increase steadily. D细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，她的工作使濒危动物大型 类人猿的数量得以平稳增长，这是她的非凡成就。 5Which of the following shows the right time order of the events in Fosseys life? aShe established the Digit Fund. bHer story was shown in a movie. cShe was killed probably by the poachers. dShe established her “Karisoke” Centr
19、e. Aa，d，c，bBa，c，d，b Cd，c，b，aDd，a，c，b D细节理解题。弗西成立“迪吉特基金”是在 1977 年；她的故事被拍成 电影是在 1988 年；她被杀害是在 1985 年；她建立卡里索凯研究中心是在 1967 年。由此可知 D 项的排序是正确的。 6The underlined word “poachers” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who_ Asell drugs against the law Bhunt animals against the law Chate successful people Dli
20、ke to do harm to people B词义猜测题。 根据最后三段 1977 年弗西最喜爱的一只大猩猩被 poachers 杀害，因此弗西成立保护大猩猩的基金及她与 poachers 进行斗争可知，poachers 指“偷猎者”。 7From the words on Fosseys tombstone, we can infer that_ AFossey was the person who loved gorillas most 5 Bafter Fossey died，no one loves gorillas CFossey was the first one to stu
21、dy gorillas Deverybody loves gorillas as Fossey did A推理判断题。写在弗西墓碑上的这句话的意思是“没有人比弗西更爱大 猩猩了”，也就是说弗西是最热爱大猩猩的人。 C Like all big cities， Paris has a traffic problem： lots of cars， lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes(废气).So the city began a project to improve the situation. Under t
22、he Velib project(Velibcomes from vlo libert， or bicycle freedom )， people can take a bicycle，use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station.The first halfhour on the bike is free，but if you dont return it after 30 minutes，you have to pay.But its only1 a day
23、 or 29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), and they are all grey and have baskets.There are about 20，000 of them in the city, and around 1，450 bicycle stations.So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations! Paris is not the first city to have a project like this.But not eve
24、rybody thinks its a great idea.One Parisian said，“These bicycles are only for short journeys.If people want to travel across the city，they wont use a bicycletheyll still use their cars.” Acity spokesman said, “The bicycle project wont solve all our traffic problems， of course.But it might help reduc
25、e air pollution.Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem.There arent any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities.But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse.
26、The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.” 语篇解读本文主要介绍了法国巴黎一种新的自行车骑行项目，鼓励人们 为了环境和自身的健康，多骑自行车。 8What can we learn about the Velib project? AIts bikes have no baskets. BIts bikes are light and colorful. CIt aims to make travelling easier. 6 DIt owns more stations than the subway. D细节理解
27、题。根据第二段最后一句可知，自行车车站要比地铁车站多得 多。故选 D。 9If you use a Velib for half an hour, you should pay_ Afor freeB1 C29D30 A细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，半小时内是免费的，超过半小时 需要付费。故选 A。 10Why do some people disagree with the Velib project? AThe cost is rather high. BIts hard to find a Velib station. CIts not suitable for a long jou
28、rney. DThe distance between two Velib stations is long. C细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，这些自行车仅仅适用于短途， 不适用于长途旅行。故选 C。 11Whats the city spokesmans attitude towards the bicycle project? AWorried.BPositive. CUncaring.DDoubtful. B观点态度题。通读文章的最后一段，并根据该段中的“But it might help reduce air pollution.”及“The bikes might help p
29、eople to lead a healthier life，too.”可 知，自行车可以帮助减少空气污染，也可能帮助人们过一种更健康的生活，因此 他对自行车骑行项目的态度是积极的。故选 B。 D Have you ever thought of getting in touch with your inner child from time to time？Obviously some people are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment.A Brooklynbased adul
30、t preschool is charging customers between $ 333 and $ 999 for the chance to act like a kid again. At Preschool Mastermind in New York adults get to participate in showandtell, artsandcrafts such as finger paint, games like musical chairs and even take naps.The monthlong course also has class picture
31、 day where the adults are expected to have a 7 field trip and a parent day. 30yearold Michelle Joni Lapidos, the brain behind the adult preschool, studied childhood education and has always wanted to be a preschool teacher.Shes always on the lookout for new ways to get people in touch with the freed
32、om of childhood.A friend encouraged her to start the mastermind course instead. According to Candice, her blogger friend, Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children.“I realized all the significance of what we had learned in
33、preschool ， ” said founder Michelle Joni. “ People come here and get in touch with their inner child.Its magical.We are bringing ourselves back to another place, another time with ourselves when we are more believing in ourselves, more confident and ready to take on the world.” “One persons here bec
34、ause they want to learn not to be so serious， ” Michelle said.“Anothers here to learn to be more confident.” She explained that most of the classes were planned.However，Joni added that while the planned activities were fun， it was often the spontaneous(自发的)moments that attracted students.“Its the th
35、ings you dont plan for, the sharing between friends and learning from each other.” 语篇解读本文介绍了一所能让成年人重回童年，重新学习，解决童年时 疑惑的学校。涉及了创建目的、具体活动及人们的收获。 12What is the purpose of Preschool Mastermind? ATo give adults a chance to return to childhood. BTo help parents understand their children better. CTo provide
36、practical training courses for teachers. DTo introduce some ways of playing with children. A推理判断题。根据第一段首句可知，Preschool Mastermind 的目的是给成 年人一次重回童年的机会，重新学习和掌握一些东西，故选 A。 13What is mainly discussed about Preschool Mastermind in Paragraph 2? AIts customers.BIts activities. CIts environment.DIts schedule.
37、B推理判断题。根据第二段的“showandtell，artsandcrafts such as finger paint， games like musical chairs and even take naps” 和 class picture day 等内容可知， 8 本段介绍的是学校的具体活动，故选 B。 14According to Candice, people come to this program to_ Aenjoy freedom of thinking Brealize their childhood dreams Cdiscover their inner abilit
38、ies Dfigure out childhood puzzles D推理判断题。根据第四段第一句可知，成年人来这里是为了重新学习和 解决童年时的疑惑，故选 D。 15What do we know about Michelle Joni? AShe used to be a preschool teacher. BShe likes to make plans in advance. CShe founded Preschool Mastermind. DShe gained confidence by sharing. C细节理解题。根据第四段第二句可知，Michelle Joni 是 P
39、reschool Mastermind 的创建者，故选 C。 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。 Everyone knows the advantages of using email.Its much faster than ordinary mail.Its much cheaper than the telephone._16_However, it is not always good to use email at work.Some companies are li
40、miting the use of email in their offices for several reasons. _17_You send out your message and then you have to wait for an answer.This is not a problem if you need to send simple information.But if the message is more complicated，email is not so good. There is another problem with email：You dont g
41、et much information from the message.You have only the words themselves.This doesnt matter if the message is just about facts or if it is not important._18_You cant tell much aboutwhat the email sender was thinking or feeling.You may put your own feelings into the message.And this can lead to commun
42、ication problems in a company. 9 PsychologistsfromEnglandstudiedofficeworkersopeningtheire mail._19_They found that certain kinds of messages made blood pressure go up.It went up if the messages seemed angry or negative.It also went up if the messages were from the boss.It went up the highest when t
43、he messages were both negative and from the boss. The psychologists said that people should be careful when they use email at work.This is especially true for the people with top jobs in a company._20_They should never send important news by email.They should always meet face to face with the person
44、. AOne reason is that email is only oneway. BSometimes, their blood pressure went down. CTheir messages can easily hurt or upset people. DAnd its easier than trying to meet with someone in person. EThe psychologists measured the blood pressure of the workers. FIt can help to avoid misunderstanding a
45、nd strengthen relationships. GBut it might cause trouble if the message is about something important. 语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了电子邮件虽有好处，但在工作 中电子邮件并不总是好的，并说明了在工作中电子邮件的使用受限的几个原因。 16D根据前文内容可知，每个人都知道使用电子邮件的好处。它比普通 邮件快得多。它比电话便宜得多。D 选项和前文是并列关系，说明电子邮件的好 处，再根据后文可知，在提出电子邮件的好处的同时，在工作中电子邮件并不总 是好的。故可知 D 项(它比亲自去见某人容易得多
46、)承上启下。 17A根据前文的“.for several reasons.”和第三段的“There is another problem with email”可知，此处要解释一些公司限制在办公室使用电子邮件的几 个原因，故选择 A 项(原因之一是电子邮件只是单向的)。 18G根据前文中的“You dont get much information from the message.This doesnt matter if the message is just about facts or if it is not important.”可知，G 选项 中的 message 和 impor
47、tant 与前文内容相呼应，且语义(但如果信息是关于一些重 要的事情，它可能会引起麻烦)承接上文并且和前文是转折关系，故选择 G 项。 19E根据后文的“They found that certain kinds of messages made blood pressure go up.”可知， They指代E选项中的psychologists， 且E选项中blood pressure 10 和后文的 blood pressure 相呼应，故选 E 项(心理学家测量了这些人的血压)。 20C根据空前的“This is especially true for the people with t
48、op jobs in a company.”可知，在工作中使用电子邮件时应该慎重，对公司里身居要职的人来说 尤其如此。 可知 C 选项中 Their messages 指代前文中的“身居要职的人的信息”， 且承上启下，身居要职的人发出的消息可能会伤害他人，故他们不要用电子邮件 发送重要的消息，故 C 项正确。 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 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。 Today Im a member of the UN Global Education Firs
49、t Initiative Youth Advocacy Group.It all_21_when I was in secondary school.I joined a UNESCO club, a(n)_22_that brings students together to discuss school matters and the pressing things_23_them. After secondary school, I volunteered with nongovernmental organizations.It wasthen that I began to_24_a
50、 lot about community development.I participated in projects as to peace and environment._25_the development of my community was a great pleasure for me. I met many_26_as some people took volunteer work lightly.They felt it_27_time， or thought working without a salary was_28_ Even some friends and re
