1、Unit 1 单元综合能力小测单元综合能力小测 【完形填空】 My name is Miranda Gibson.I have been at the top of a tree for five months now.Some people might wonder1on earth I would choose to do that. I have walked through this forest many times.On 12 December 2011,2 rolled into the forest and the destruction(摧毁) began.I couldnt
2、3the thought that these forests would be4forever.So,on 14 December 2011,I packed up my life,5of my job plans,and climbed 60 metres to the top of this tree.I have been here ever since. Life in the tree tops can be6at times.I have times when I feel frustrated(沮 丧 ) and wish I could7,to anywhere,just h
3、ave a8of scenery for a minute!There are times too,when I feel terribly9.I miss my friends and family. 10these times,I find myself loving the11. Living in the tree has been inspiring.I am willing to12up here for as long as it takes,13I honestly hope it wont be too14before I can put my feet on the gro
4、und below and stand in a forest that will never be15. 1.A.whyB.when C.howD.where 2.A.waterB.animals C.machineryD.tourists 3.A.bearB.help C.keepD.spare 4.A.soldB.stolen C.protectedD.lost 5.A.grew outB.fell short C.ran outD.let go 6.A.refreshingB.risky C.challengingD.rewarding 7.A.get upB.get away C.g
5、ive inD.give up 8.A.changeB.look C.searchD.touch 9.A.confusedB.nervous C.sorryD.lonely 10.A.BeyondB.Without C.DespiteD.Unlike 11.A.heightB.experience C.backgroundD.position 12.A.returnB.stop C.stayD.hide 13.A.butB.though C.becauseD.so 14.A.soonB.long C.nearD.bad 15.A.movedB.logged C.burnedD.missed 【
6、阅读理解】 A Would you BET on the future of this man?He is 53 years old.Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune.A war injury has made his lefthandstopfunctioning,andhehasoftenbeeninprison.Drivenby heaven-knows-what motives,he determines to write a book. The book turn
7、s out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years.That former prisoner was Cervantes,and the book was Don Quixote(堂吉诃 德).And the story poses an interesting question:Why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days,while others go to seed long befo
8、re? Weve all known people who run out of steam before they reach lifes halfway mark.Im not talking about those who fail to get to the top.We cant all get there.Im talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often c
9、ome with passing years. Most of us,in fact,progressively narrow the variety of our lives.We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it.Nothing surprises us.We lose our sense of wonder.But,if we are willing to learn,the opportunities are everywhere. The things we learn in ma
10、turity seldom involve information and skills.We learn to bear with the things we cant change.We learn to avoid self-pity.We learn that however much we try to please,some people are never going to love usan idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing. With high motivation and enthusiasm,we
11、 can keep on learning.Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life.However,we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos( 自 我 ),whether to loved ones,to fellow humans,to work,or to some moral concept. Many of us equate “com
12、mitment” with such “caring” occupations as teaching and nursing.But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.People who work toward such excellencewhether they are driving a truck,or running a storemake the world better just by being the kind of people they are.
13、Theyve learned lifes most valuable lesson. 1.The passage starts with the story of Cervantes to show that. A.loss of freedom stimulates ones creativity B.age is not a barrier to achieving ones goal C.misery inspires a man to fight against his fate D.disability cannot stop a mans pursuit of success 2.
14、What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A.End ones struggle for liberty. B.Waste ones energy taking risks. C.Miss the opportunity to succeed. D.Lose the interest in continue learning. 3.What could be inferred from Paragraph 4? A.Those who dare to try often get themselves trapped.
15、 B.Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead. C.Opportunities favour those with a curious mind. D.Opportunities await those with a cautious mind. 4.What is the authors purpose in writing the passage? A.To provide guidance on leading a meaningful adult life. B.To stress the need of shouldering
16、 responsibilities at work. C.To state the importance of generating motivation for learning. D.To suggest a way of pursuing excellence in our lifelong career. B Some parents will buy any high-tech toy if they think it will help their child,but researchers said puzzles help children with math-related
17、skills. Psychologist Susan Levine,an expert on mathematics development in young children at the University of Chicago,found children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills.Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition(认知) after controlling f
18、or differences in parents income,education and the amount of parent talk,Levine said. The researchers analysed video recordings of 53 child-parent pairs during everyday activities at home and found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assesse
19、d at 54 months of age. “The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not,on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate(旋转) and translate shapes,” Levine said in a statement. The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would,and about half of t
20、he children in the study played with puzzles at one time.Higher-income parents tended to have children play with puzzles more frequently,and both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills.However,boys tended to play with more complex puzzles than girls,and the parents of boys
21、provided more spatial language and were more active during puzzle play than the parents of girls. The findings were published in the journal Developmental Science. 1.In which aspect do children benefit from puzzle play? A.Building confidence. B.Developing spatial skills. C.Learning self-control. D.G
22、aining high-tech knowledge. 2.What did Levine take into consideration when designing her experiment? A.Parentsage. B.Childrens imagination. C.Parentseducation. D.Child-parent relationship. 3.How do boys differ from girls in puzzle play? A.They play with puzzles more often. B.They tend to talk less d
23、uring the game. C.They prefer to use more spatial language. D.They are likely to play with tougher puzzles. 4.What is the text mainly about? A.Amathematical method. B.Ascientific study. C.Awoman psychologist. D.Ateaching program. C Female Scientists Who Have Changed the World There are still hundred
24、s of relatively-unknown women who have changed the world with their research throughout history. Tiera Guinn When she was in college,Tiera Guinn already did rocket science.The MIT(麻省 理工学院) senior was helping build a rocket for the United States that could be one of the biggest and most powerful ever
25、 made.She was an aerospace major with high credit points who also worked as a Rocket Structural Design and Analysis Engineer for the Space Launch System that aerospace company Boeing was building for the US. Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell,who was born in Bristol,England in 1821,was the firs
26、t woman to graduate from medical school in the United States,became an activist for poor American womens health,and went on to found a medical school for women in England. Jane Goodall The most famous primate (灵长类)scientist in history,Jane Goodall was known for her work with chimps and as a champion
27、 of animal rights.And Goodall wasnt just working in a lab;she climbed trees and imitated the behaviour of chimps in Tanzania to gain their trust and study them in their natural habitat. Rachel Carson In the 1960s,one environmental scientists voice rose above the rest to become centraltoAmericanpolit
28、ics,culture,andforeignpolicy:RachelCarsons.Her article,“Silent Spring”,warned of the dangers of pesticides(农药) and chemicals to humans,plants,and animals,and was a landmark in the nations environmental history. 1.What is Tiera Guinns greatest achievement? A.She entered the best university of the wor
29、ld. B.She has been learning the newest rocket science. C.She has helped build a big and powerful rocket. D.She is a top student employed by a famous company. 2.What is Elizabeth Blackwell famous for in history? A.She was the first woman with the advanced education. B.She was a pioneer of the womens
30、health in the US and the UK. C.She founded the first womens school in the United Kingdom. D.She was the first woman to be accepted as an American citizen. 3.Who made a great contribution to the animal-protection movement? A.Tiera Guinn.B.Jane Goodall. C.Rachel Carson. D.Elizabeth Blackwell. D Born i
31、n Cyrene (which is now Shahhat,Libya),Eratosthenes (276 BCE195 BCE) spent his time studying a wide variety of subjects under a lot of teachers,including the Greek poet Callimachus.After leaving Callimachus,he spent the next several years studying in Athens,where he furthered his knowledge of the wor
32、ld around him. Eratosthenes was known as having a great deal of knowledge in a great number of different fields of study,but not doing the best in any one of them.He did work in astronomy,mathematics,geography,history,and poetry,and also worked as a theatre critic in his spare time.He became known b
33、y the name “Beta” (the second letter of the Greek alphabet) because it was told that he was “second best in the world at everything”.Eratosthenes would go on to become director of the Great Library for over four decades,from 245 BCE to just before the beginning of the second century BCE. Eratosthene
34、s is most famous for a measurement that he made,for he was the first to measure the size of the earth through direct means.He performed a simple experiment and used basic mathematics to find the size of our home planet.The circumference ( 圆 周 ) of the earth,he determined,was about 39,250 km (24,390
35、miles)the real distance is 40,075 km (24,901 miles)!And lets not forget that he didnt have the fancy instruments that geographers have today. Famous for his studies of the earth,he is often called the “Father of Geography”.In a now-lost work titled Geographika,the contents of which are known because
36、 of references (参考) from following books still in existence,he took a global view of the world.With its title,he invented a new wordgeography.In his book,he divided the planet into climate zones and listed the names and locations of 400 cities.Setting aside mythological and traditional views of land
37、s,he used written descriptions of wars and observations by travellers to try to find distances between places. 1.Why was Eratosthenes given the name“Beta”? A.Because he loved the letter best. B.Because he was a very modest person. C.Because he often used the letter in his works. D.Because he knew qu
38、ite a lot but not the most. 2.What did Eratosthenes do for most of his life? A.He was a poet. B.He was a teacher. C.He was a librarian. D.He was an engineer. 3.What kind of feeling does the author express in Paragraph3? A.Admiration.B.Sympathy. C.Worry.D.Doubt. 4.What can we learn about Eratosthenes
39、Geographika? A.He told a lot of myths in it. B.He tried to use facts as its basis. C.It was based on a lot of old books. D.It was written as a geography textbook. 【七选五】 Four Secrets to Steve JobsSuccess How is it that a college dropout,who was once kicked out of his own company,became one of the wor
40、lds foremost innovators? Carmine Gallo lists the four ways Jobs managed to succeed in the face of discouraging circumstances.1 Do what you love,no matter what it happens to be. This is what Jobs told Stanford University graduates in a speech in 2005.Gallo says the famous talk show host Rachael Ray a
41、grees with this advice.Rachael Ray does what she loves.2She did that because she loved cooking. Say no to 1,000 things. Simplifying his business was the key to Jobs success,Gallo says.In 1997,when Jobs returned to Apple,Apple was close to bankruptcy(破产).He took 300 products and condensed them to 10
42、within a two-year period. 3In his latter years,he decided he would wear the same dress every day so that he didnt have to think about it. Kick-start(启动)your brain by doing something new. Doing new things helped Jobs,in the words of Apples own slogan,“Think differently.” The inspiration for the Apple
43、 Store came from the Four Seasons Hotel.Thats why when you walk into an Apple Store,you will not find a cashier.4Walk to the back of the store and theres a bar.It doesnt serve alcohol,but it collects advice. 5 “For Jobs,it wasnt just about selling 29 million iPads this summer but entertaining the cu
44、stomers at the same time,” Gallo says.“Whether you run a multi-billion dollar tech company or a pizza restaurant,innovation means creating a new experience for your customers,” Jobs says. A.Do what you are curious about. B.Create fresh experiences. C.Instead,youll find a doorkeeper. D.Carmine Gallo
45、says that you can do the same. E.She was giving cooking lessons at Macys for free. F.Simplicity also extends to Jobspersonal life. G.Jobs explained that iPad was not just a phone but a lifestyle. 【语法填空】 A90-year-oldhasbeenawarded“WomanOfTheYear”for1. (be)Britains oldest full-time employeestill worki
46、ng 40 hours a week.Now Irene Astbury works from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield,2. she opened with her late husband Les.Her years of hard work have 3. (final)been acknowledged after a customer nominated (提名) her to be Cheshires Woman Of The Year. Picking up her “Lifetime Achieveme
47、nt”award,proud Irene 4.(declare) she had no plans 5.(retire) from her 36-year-old business.Irene said,“I dont see any reason to give up work.I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I 6.(make) over the years.I work not because I have to,7. because I want to.” Granddaughter Gayle P
48、arks,31who works alongside her in the family businesssaid it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award.She said,“We dont have any idea who put grandma forward.When we got a call 8. (say)she was short-listed,we thought it was 9.joke.But then we got an officialletterandwewereblownaway.W
49、earesoproudofher.Its10. (wonder).” 【应用文】 你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题,写一篇短 文参赛,内容包括: 1.人物简介; 2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。 注意:词数 80 左右。 【概要写作】 阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 The hobby is a good thing a person gets from childhood.It can be developed at any age;however,its best to get it from childhood.We all do some kin
50、d of work according to our interest which can give us happiness and joy and that is called hobbies.Some people get different hobbies according to their interest,likes and dislikes. There are many types of hobbies we can develop such as dancing,singing, drawing,playing indoor or outdoor games,bird wa
