1、1 Welcome Unit 单元检测单元检测 一、阅读选择一、阅读选择 A Becca was 6 when she was told she had cancer on Sept.8, 2014.She clearly remembers the bad days of her 26 months of nonstop treatment.Luckily, Becca celebrated her final treatment on Nov.13, 2016, and she has been cancerfree ever since.But she was thinking abou
2、t what her life was like while experiencing the treatment. I was never able to do much, and thats what the kids lying in their hospital beds right now experience, asking their mom and dad, “When are we leaving? When can I play with my friends？” So I decided I have to help them. In February, 2017, Be
3、cca came up with the idea for Knots and Arrows, a company that makes bracelets (手镯) out of swimsuit materials (泳衣布料).Part of the money made from each bracelet goes to the organizations that help people with cancer. Becca created the company with her father, Gerhard Salmins.Gerhard Salmins once had c
4、ancer and already recovered from it.“I would be in the hospital sitting there crying and then my dad would come in and he would play games with me，” she said.“It made me forget about what I was going through.” Becca said the name of the organization shows the motto (座右铭)she stuck to through her pers
5、onal cancer journey. Her organization has already given thousands of dollars to research organizations and families in need.Becca said she hoped her bracelets would make people remember that great things can result from small changes.“No matter what age you are, what you look like, and how you act,
6、you can make a difference！” she said. 1What happened to Becca at the end of 2016? AShe recovered from cancer. BShe created an organization. CShe raised a lot of money. DShe was helped by a company. 2What do we know about Beccas father? AHe showed Becca a famous motto. BHe fought off cancer successfu
7、lly. CHe advised Becca to forget her pain. 2 DHe named the company Knots andArrows. 3Which of the following words can best describe Becca? ABrave. BCreative. CCaring. DClever. 4In Beccas opinion, whats the meaning of her bracelets? ATo tell us having a motto is important. BTo prove cancer can be got
8、 over successfully. CTo show theres always someone who needs help. DTo make us realize everyone can make a difference. B I think a close friend is someone you get on really well with, who helps you when you have problems, who gives you advice, and who always has time for you.I didnt use to have many
9、 close friends when I was at school or at university as I was very shy, but now I have several.They are all womenI think its difficult to have a close friend of the opposite sex (异 性) Marie I dont really have any close friends.I know a lot of people but mainly through work, and the kind of social oc
10、casions (场合) when we meet are business dinners and evening parties.I think if you come from a really close family, then friends are a bit unnecessary.I prefer to spend the little free time I have with my family. Richard I think a close friend is someone who youve known for a long time, and who you s
11、till get on with.They probably have similar hobbies to you so you can do things together.Ive got three close friends whom I was at high school with and we often go away together (without our parents of course).We always go camping and somewhere we can go walking, play football and be outside in the
12、open air. David For me close friends are the people you spend your free time with.I go out at weekends with a group of peoplethere are about seven of us, and Id say we are all close friends.We 3 also live near each other.I dont think you can have close friends at a distance (在远处); you need to be abl
13、e to see each other often. But I dont think you need to be doing the same things.I mean Im at university but none of my friends are. Anna 5What does Richard say about friends? AIts hard to make friends at work. BTheyre less important than family. CFriends need to have a lot in common. DWomen and men
14、 cant be close friends. 6What does David enjoy? APhysical activities. BParentchild camps. CGoing to evening parties. DPlaying out in the open alone. 7What do we know aboutAnnas friends? AThey are college students. BThey are doing the same things. CThey dont live far away. DThey dont see each other o
15、ften. 8Who has more friends now than before? AAnna.BDavid. CRichard.DMarie. C If youve ever had trouble getting your teen up in the morning or youve seen your teen fall asleep during the school day, youre not alone. Many teens have difficulty in waking up early for school, and thats because they sle
16、ep late at night. The American Academy of PediatricsAdolescent Sleep Working Group reviewed studies about sleep in teens. Researchers studied the harmful effects of not getting enough sleep-anything less than 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep on school nights-could have on young people. They discovered not ge
17、tting enough sleep may cause poor grades at school. Not getting enough sleep has also been connected to a higher risk of car accidents in teens. 4 It may seem as though the way to solve the problem would be for teens to just go to sleep earlier. But researchers say that isnt likely to work. Teens ex
18、perience physical changes that make falling asleep earlier difficult. Their biological (生物的) clocks just wont allow them to fall asleep at 8 p.m., even when theyre tired. Studies have shown that just delaying (推迟) school by 30 minutes can have a great effect on a teens health and performance. So mos
19、t researchers suggest the school start time be delayed until at least 8:30 a.m. for teenagers. Some of the benefits could include: Teens may be more likely to get the necessary amount of sleep. The delayed start time could help teens sleep during their natural sleep. Teens may be less likely to depe
20、nd on coffee to stay awake during the day. Enough sleep could help teens study better in class, which could help them do better in exams. Sleeping longer could reduce health problems caused by a lack of sleep in the long run. Getting home later in the afternoon may reduce the amount of time when som
21、e teens are home alone, and could reduce the possibility that tens will take part in unhealthy activities. But doing that can also cause some problems. 9What does Paragraph 1 show? AMany teens find school too boring. BMany teens fail to get enough sleep. CTodays teens have many difficulties. DTodays
22、 teens are too lazy to get up early. 10What do researchers of the Adolescent Sleep Working Group find? ATodays teens have poor grades at school. BTeens should get at least 8.5 hours of sleep daily. CTodays teens are in danger because of car accidents. DTeens can be negatively influenced by not getti
23、ng enough sleep. 11Why cant teens fall asleep earlier? ABecause their homework is too much, BBecause they love staying up late at night. CBecause their physical changes make it hard. 5 DBecause they have unbalanced biological clocks. 12What would the text most probably talk about next? AThe disadvan
24、tages of starting school later. BThe benefits of getting enough sleep for students. CThe methods of helping students get enough sleep. DThe advantages of putting off the school start time. D Its hard to avoid looking like a fool onApril Fools Day. OnApril 1 each year, people play tricks on each othe
25、r. These tricks are usually silly rather than mean. Classmates sometimes tie each others shoelaces to their chairs. Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realise its only a joke. Newspapers announce fake contests (such as “Win an elephant!”) a
26、nd report on fake stories (like “UFO” lands in New York City). Forget gifts, songs and special foods-those are for the other holidays of the year. On April Fools Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble). One April Fools Day, when I was in high school, a group
27、of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers. They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria. The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying everywhere. Teachers began running after the chi
28、ckens, trying to catch them. Finally, they caught four of them. But the chickens were wearing numbered tags around their necks, and the teachers discovered that they had only caught chickens NO. 1, 2, 3, and 5. Where was chicken No. 4? The teachers looked and looked. They couldnt find another chicke
29、n.After a few hours, they realised that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place! Theyd been tricked by the numbers on the chickens. Its been a long time since I was in high school, but thatApril Fools Day remains one of my favourite memories fro
30、m those years. 13What can we infer from the first paragraph on April Fools Day? AEveryone is hard to avoid being fooled on April Fools Day. BStudents play jokes on teachers onApril Fools Day. 6 CTeachers play tricks on students on April Fools Day. DNewspapers often cheat people. 14Why did students s
31、et chickens free? AThey wanted to let chickens free.B They wanted to let chickens run all round the school. CThey wanted to see feathers flying.DThey wanted to play a trick on the teachers. 15How many jokes did the students play on the teachers? AOne.BTwo.CThree.DFour. 二、七选五二、七选五 Running is a very p
32、opular sport. Millions of people run because they enjoy it or want to be in good physical shape.Arunner does not need special skills or equipment.16. Daily running improves a persons physical condition. It helps oxygen circulate (循环) through your body and makes your heart and leg muscles stronger.17
33、.Whats more, running helps you control your weight because when you run, you burn up the fat in your body. Many runners like taking part in long distance races like marathons (马拉松). 18.They are held in many cities all over the world. For a good runner, taking part in a famous marathon is an honour o
34、f a running career. There are no official world records in marathon races because courses are different all over the world. 19. However, sometimes a course may be hilly with lots of ups and downs. Bad weather with a lot of wind and rain also makes it more difficult for runners to achieve good result
35、s. 20.Dont start to fast, or you will become tired very quickly and cant continue. This is called hitting the wall. In most cases, runners then give up completely. On the other hand, you shouldnt start too slowly, or you wont reach the time limit you want to achieve. AHe needs to be well-prepared an
36、d train a lot. BMarathons are the most popular running events. CDuring a marathon, you should keep a right pace. DSometimes the raceway is flat and runners run faster. E.The fastest marathon race took place in Berlin in 2018. F.He only needs a pair of trainers and comfortable clothes. 7 G.It also he
37、lps you fight off stress after a tiring day in school or at work. 三、完形填空三、完形填空 Im someone who never went to university but always thought about it. The only 21I got familiar with university was listening to my children talk about their class and all the interesting things they were22. University was
38、 just a life-long23of mine. I just turned sixty-four years old in September. I still thought about that old dream24one day when there was an Advanced-Age programme at the local university, I decided to 25 . The day finally arrivedmy first day of school.As I26there, my mind was filled with negative t
39、houghts, “What am I doing? Im not smart enough to go to university. The 27will laugh when they see me in class. I probably wont live long enough to get a 28. Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home. ” Then, suddenly, I saw it!A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Ke
40、rmit the Frog. I29a little and read the words next to his picture. “Live your dreams. ” Was Kermit speaking to me? I didnt turn the car around. I drove a little further on up the highway and there was another30. This one had a picture ofAlbert Einstein with his tongue31out.Aline read, “As a student,
41、 he was no Einstein.” And there was a word in red, “Confidence”.A new attitude was32inside me. I was now33the gate of the university and there stood still another billboard. This one showed a photograph of a proud34in a cap and gown. Under the picture was her35, Nola Otis, aged 95. Oldest University
42、 Graduate. Below it was the words, “Live Life”.At that moment, my outlook changed completely. 21AthingBwayCskillDpractice 22AlearningBtakingCteachingDusing 23AgoalBideaCadviceDdream 24AsinceBbeforeCuntilDafter 25Asign upBturn upCkeep upDmake up 26AwalkedBsteppedCranDdrove 27AtutorsBkidsCprofessorsDf
43、ellows 8 28AdegreeBpraiseCskillDreputation 29Asped upBslowed downCcut downDwent up 30AbillboardBpictureCportraitDcartoon 31AbreakingBgivingCpullingDsticking 32AformingBarrivingCbuildingDmaking 33AapproachingBarrivingCsqueezingDstaying 34AmanBteenagerCwomanDyouth 35AmottoBhobbyCageDname 四、四、语法填空 The
44、girl suffered36 (lonely), as it was the first time that she37 (settle) down in such an entirely strange place, where she was ignored by everyone.She wondered if she had got to join some clubs38 (try) to get along well 39 her new partners.While 40 (think), the girl calmed down and set down a series o
45、f 41 (activity), in which she could talk face to face with others.Thus, the girl thought she would no42 (long) get tired of the new life, believing that she would fall in love with43city and people here, from which she could recover happiness.Last, the girl found it was her own change 44made her not
46、 concerned about the trouble.So she felt 45 (her) powerful. 五、提纲类作文五、提纲类作文 46假如你是某校高一 6 班学生李华，学校英语社团(the English society)现在要招募新 成员，你有意参加该社团。请用英文给社长 Johnson 写一封自荐信。 内容提示如下： 1.写作目的，愿意参加； 2.个人情况介绍(兴趣、英语情况、技能以及性格等)。 注意： 1.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；2.词数：80 左右。 六、读后续写六、读后续写 47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。 It was tim
47、e to go home.“Remember to work on your class speeches for homework,”Miss Walker called, as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone got really bored listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her h
48、oliday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a 9 silver and blue one which seemed just magical. Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed
49、.As she turned the corner, she saw Lees watch lying right in the middle of the path. Jenny knew she should just pick it up and return it to him, but she didnt want to run after him. Jenny bent down quickly, picked up the watch and ran home. On arriving home, Jenny put it on almost without thinking.
50、She was surprised it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her.“Im going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. Ive won lots of competitions. But when Im in a race, Im not really thinking about winning. Im just loving the feeling of
