1、Unit 2 单元综合能力测评单元综合能力测评 (时间:120 分钟满分: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。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。 1.What is Nancys plan for Christmas? A.To have dinner at home. B.To do volunteer work. C.To visit some friends.
2、2.What is the speakersdestination? A.The park. B.The beach. C.The hotel. 3.Where is the bookstore now? A.On Lear Road. B.On Nelson Street. C.On Huntington Road. 4.What is wrong with the mans watch? A.Its fast. B.Its stopped. C.Its slow. 5.What is the man going to do? A.Do some shopping. B.Give the w
3、oman a ride. C.Make breakfast. 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。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。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6.Why does the woman charge the man? A.Hes returned a book late. B.Hes damaged a book. C.Hes los
4、t a book. 7.How does the man feel about the fine? A.Its acceptable. B.Its too much. C.Its unnecessary. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。 8.What does Karl need according to Susan? A.Aholiday. B.Apromotion. C.Apay raise. 9.What does Karl think his company should do? A.Offer paid vacations. B.Keep costs down. C.E
5、mploy more people. 10.What does Susan agree to do for Karl? A.Watch for job openings. B.Post an advertisement. C.Talk to his manager. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。 11.What is special about the teacups? A.They are finely decorated. B.They are sold with candles. C.They are shaped like hearts. 12.Why does th
6、e man take the apple-tree-to-be gift? A.It looks attractive. B.It provides instructions. C.It will be a pleasant memory. 13.How much will the man pay? A.$24.95. B.$26.99. C.$56.90. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 16 题。 14.What is the talk mainly about? A.Disease control. B.Local events. C.Government service. 15.W
7、hat is prohibited at present in Oxton? A.Watering gardens. B.Smoking outdoors. C.Washing cars. 16.What does the speaker say about the fire? A.It destroyed a building. B.It caused serious injuries. C.It was quickly put out. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.What is the womans original plan for tonight? A.H
8、ave a good rest. B.Study for an exam. C.Celebrate her birthday. 18.What does the man intend to do with friends at 6:30? A.Have dinner. B.Watch a movie. C.Have a party. 19.When will the party probably end? A.At 10:00. B.At 10:30. C.At 11:00. 20.How does the man sound? A.Enthusiastic. B.Impatient. C.H
9、esitant. 第二部分阅读(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答案。 A What will the future school look like is difficult to make clear,but most experts agree that the school will be electronic in the future. “Present-day schools will no longer exist in the next century,”
10、 says a report in The Age.“At that time,future schools will become community-style centers,which run seven days a week,24 hours a day.” At the same time,computers will surely become a central part of the school in the future. According to The Age,the distant learning will be popular and students wil
11、l listen to teachers on computers.Going into classrooms on their computers,students will study at any time,which is very easy for them.However,it is necessary for students to go to the actual school in order to develop some social skills. The Seashore Primary School is an imaginary school in the fut
12、ure created by the Education Department of Australia.At this school,all the teachers and students have laptop computers.Teachers check messages and call students back on a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their experts who teach their lessons
13、.Besides,all the lessons are related to all sorts of subjects and all the students have their own learning plans created by teachers. As one headmaster says,a laptop computer is students library,data storage(数据 存储) as well as the bridge to a wider world.Technology has changed the emphasis of future
14、learning.Thus,well pay more attention to the learning of kids rather than the teaching. 21.What does the example of the Seashore Primary School show? A.Telephones are important inAustralia. B.How future schools will work. C.Every student needs a learning plan. D.Students enjoy getting in touch with
15、teachers. 22.What does the underlined word“emphasis”in the last paragraph mean? A.Lesson. B.Score. C.Attitude. D.Focus. 23.Which of the following is the best title of the text? A.The Schools in the Future B.Great Changes in Technology C.The Seashore Primary School D.Actual Schools to Be Replaced 24.
16、What will students in future schools do according to the report in The Age? A.Mainly study online. B.Study at a set time. C.Have no teachers. D.Never go to actual school. B Smart Home Products for Living a Connected Life What makes something a smart home product?Generally,its defined by its ability
17、to connect to a Wi-Fi network,allowing users to interact(互动) with it from their smartphones.Weve rounded up some cool,diverse offerings that youll love to have in your home. Nest Cam IQ$299.00 The Nest Cam IQ is a beautifully designed home security camera that can recognise faces.It can warn you if
18、theres a stranger in your home.The device also supports two-way communication via built-in microphones and a powerful speaker. Logitech Harmony E$249.99 The Logitech Harmony Elite is one of the best universal remote controls available on the market.It can control just about every piece of electronic
19、s you own (it supports over 270,000 devices!) in every room of your house or apartment,including TVs,streaming devices,and sound systems. Apple HomeP$349.00 The Apple HomePod has better audio quality than any other smart speaker available today.Available in white or space gray,the Siri-powered devic
20、e also allows you to control a number of devices with your voice. August Smart Lock P$279.99 The August Smart Lock Pro is compatible(兼容的) with most locks.A mobile app allows you to manage access to the lock,check its usage history,and get informed when someone opens the door.You can control it and c
21、heck on the state of your door with voice commands. 25.What can the Nest Cam IQ help you do? A.Properly use your smart phone camera. B.Control electronics with your voice. C.Check the locks of your house. D.Keep your home safe. 26.Which device can help you operate almost all your electronic equipmen
22、t remotely? A.Nest Cam IQ. B.Apple Home Pod. C.August Smart Lock Pro. D.Logitech Harmony Elite. 27.Which column of a website is the text most probably taken from? A.Technology. B.News. C.Society. D.Education. C Studies have shown most people fail to realise how much time they spend on their smartpho
23、nes each day. Frank and Amelias family were put to a test,using a free app called “Moment-screen Time Tracker”.The VascellarosFrank,Amelia,14-year-old twins Frankie and Joe,and 17-year-old Samall said they did not really know they were spending so much time on their phones each day. “Honestly,I dont
24、 feel like Im on my phone a lot,” Amelia Vascellaro said.Amelia was on her phone far less often than Frank,according to the app.While Amelia spent about an hour per day on the phone,Frank spent close to four hours on his phonewhich came as a shock to him.The childrens times varied but they often spe
25、nt more than a couple of hours on the phone as well. Minneapolis-based Dr Kirsten Lind Seal sees phone usage come up a lot among families.Lind Seal said many family membersphone use has become problematic. “If we hear more than once,Do you have to be on your phone right now?Can you please put your p
26、hone down?Did you hear what I said? it may be a sign that it is negatively influencing our family relationships and our daily lives,” she said. Lind Seal said actually paying attention to how much time one spends on the phone is a good first step in deciding when to put it down. She asks parents to
27、encourage more face-to-face communication for teens and young adults as they continue developing their social and emotional skills.“What we find is that we are really losing out on empathythe ability to understand other peoples feelings and problemswhen we spend a lot of time on our smartphones to c
28、ommunicate with other people,” she said. 28.What did Lind Seal want to convey in the last paragraph? A.We should make more face-to-face communication. B.We can understand each other better using smartphones. C.Our ability of empathy is strengthened by smartphones. D.Smartphone usage improves the tee
29、nsemotional skills. 29.Where is this text most likely from? A.Adiary. B.Aguidebook. C.Anovel. D.Amagazine. 30.How did the families tested by the app feel about the test results? A.Satisfied. B.Doubtful. C.Uninterested. D.Astonished. 31.Why did Lind Seal mention the three questions in Para.5? A.To en
30、courage people to live a simple life. B.To explain the signs of problematic phone use. C.To show the importance of close relationships. D.To ask people if they use phones too much. D Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines.That is,generally,younger people tend to outnum
31、ber older people on the front end of a technological shift. It is not always the case,though.When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars,there doesnt seem to be a clear generational divide.The public overall is split on whether theyd like to use a driverless car.In a study last year,of all peo
32、ple surveyed,48 percent said they wanted to ride in one,while 50 percent did not. The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how varying the shift to driverless cars could be.Not everyone wants a driverless car nowand no one can get one yetbut
33、 among those who are open to them,every age group is similarly involved. Actually,this isnt surprising.Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies,driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.Older adults,especially those with limited moving or
34、 difficulty driving on their own,are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars. This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones. When it comes to driverless cars,differences in attitude are easil
35、y noticeable based on factors not related to age.College graduates,for example,are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education.59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school
36、diploma or less. Where a person lives matters,too.More people who live in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas. While theres reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board,a persons age will have little to d
37、o with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.Once driverless cars are actually available for sale,the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them. 32.Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people? A.It helps with their moving. B.It saves their money and energy. C.It ad
38、ds to the safety of their travel. D.It makes their life more interesting. 33.What is likely to affect ones attitude toward the driverless car? A.The field of their special interest. B.The location of their living place. C.The amount of training they received. D.The length of their driving experience
39、. 34.What happens when a new technology appears? A.It often leads to great inventions in other related fields. B.It contributes greatly to the advance of society as a whole. C.It further widens the gap between the old and the young. D.It usually draws different reactions from different age groups. 3
40、5.What does the author say about the driverless car? A.It does not seem to create a generational divide. B.It will not necessarily reduce road accidents. C.It has given rise to unrealistic expectations. D.It may start a revolution in the car industry. 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选
41、出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有 两项为多余选项。 Futurologists are making a lot of predictions about our future life.36By 2050,some futurologists foresee that some “talking” buildings will appear in our life. By the middle of the century,its believed that buildings will be able to “talk” to people through various sensors
42、 when the heating needs to be turned on.37 Instead,a lot of networks will appear,which can be compared to a human nervous system.In the next 30 years,buildings will be made from concrete plastics and shape-changing materials.All of them can heal themselves at that time.38there will be a need for new
43、 kinds of elevators,through which vehicles could even travel into the buildings.German engineers have already started working on such technology called Multi. By mid-century,scientists believe that buildings will be miles tall.Some of them may be very large and they can function as small cities.By c
44、omparison,at present,the worlds tallest building,the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,measures 829.8 metres high.39 their windows will be replaced by virtual screens.In this way,people can choose any view as they like. At height extremes,a London Spaceport is also likely to come into being by 2050 as the space
45、 industry develops very quickly.There is a huge cost advantage going to space from as high a base as possible.40 A.As cities are being very crowded, B.As a result,there will be no switches. C.As the future building can rise through the clouds, D.As architects are racing to develop the worlds tallest
46、 buildings, E.They are predicting how we will travel,work and live in the next 30 years. F.Therefore,a spaceport is very likely to be over 10km,using carbon-based materials. G.What is more likely,though,is that planes will become smarter and may even become autonomous. 第三部分语言运用(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15
47、 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出可以填 入空白处的最佳选项。 Today all kinds of interesting interactions occurred.First,at a soup kitchen (救济 站),one of the gentlemen gave me several candies!Thats the first time that I have ever 41it!It was so sweet and I am happy to42his kindness. Another
48、one is that a lady needed me to43her and asked me to pray for her husband.I hugged her and said of course I would.I always love hearing their44 if they want to45.So,so much love in just dissolving any barrier between “you” and “me” and seeing all of us as family. Afterwards I went to a cafe to do so
49、me paper work and had a sandwich46 heading off to one of my friends party.I noticed there was an elderly lady who was looking for a(n)47table.Since there were no empty tables,I pushed my papers aside and48to her.She understood,and then came to sit across from me.That then led me to get to listen to
50、her49World War Two survivors life story( She is 84 years old !).It was such a gift to share lunch with her!50I had to leave after a while,but it was so lovely to have lunch with a51and feel connected to her.As she said,“The only things that52in life are health,family and53”. As I was54to a friends p
