1、Unit 6 The Media单元能力测试卷第一部分听力(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 does the man want to do first?A.Do the dishes.B.Wash the clothes.C.Sweep the floor.2.Who gave the woman the watch?A.Her brother.B.Her mother.C.He
2、r boyfriend.3.What is the woman probably doing?A.Ordering a dish.B.Asking for permission.C.Making a complaint.4.Where is the woman going?A.A bookshop.B.A shop.C.A park.5.What does the man think of Sally?A.Strong.B.Hard-working.C.Popular.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
3、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.Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Couple.B.Friends.C.Colleagues.7.Where is the mans sister probably?A.In Paris.B.In Berlin.C.In Bremen.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.When will the mans relatives get here?A.
4、This Friday.B.This Saturday.C.This Sunday.9.How many relatives are coming?A.Seven.B.Eight.C.Nine.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10.When is the mans birthday?A.On May 16.B.On May 17.C.On May 18.11.How will the man celebrate his birthday this year?A.By throwing a big party.B.By celebrating with close friends.C.By t
5、raveling abroad with family.12.What does the woman plan to do this afternoon?A.Pick up her aunt.B.Catch a train.C.Do some shopping.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.What does the speakers father do?A.A soldier.B.A doctor.C.An engineer.14.Whats the relationship between Simon and Sally?A.Uncle and niece.B.Husband a
6、nd wife.C.Brother and sister.15.Where does the speakers aunt live now?A.In Australia.B.In Germany.C.In China.16.How old is Tom now?A.Six months old.B.Two years old.C.Three years old.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17.What time is it probably now?A.4:30 pm.B.4:00 pm.C.3:30 pm.18.Why does the woman use the railway
7、station so often?A.To visit her family.B.To go sightseeing.C.To go on business trips.19.How often does the woman use the railway station?A.Once a week.B.Twice a week.C.Once a month.20.How does the woman usually get to the railway station?A.By subway.B.By car.C.By taxi.第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2
8、.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。ANowadays,more and more employers and employees work online either full-time or part-time,and that number is continuing growing.Its believed that flying around the world for face-to-face company meetings is a waste of time and money.An effective choice to
9、get rid of it is to use web meetings.A large number of group presentations,training classes and meetings are done online without losing the face-to-face experience.Web meetings are online meetings where an organiser invites attendees to listen to or watch an online presentation by presenters.Besides
10、,web meetings can be recorded for later use.Presenters can take real-time surveys to study how to hold a successful meeting.Some web meeting software programmes can monitor the users desktop behaviour to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents.If so,t
11、he programme can tell presenters when the listeners lose their attention,and how long the distraction lasts.In this way,the presenters will know which parts of their meetings need improving.Web meetings can work well because theyre hosted on a server (服务器).Images from the presenters desktop are take
12、n,uploaded to a server and then downloaded by people who have access to the server,web meetings require a powerful server to deal with several images a second and “serve” them back to thousands of users at the same time.Companies have two choices when it comes to these servers.They can either buy a
13、special web meeting server to host their meetings on-site,or they can pay for a web meeting service every time and let the off-site provider worry about hosting the meetings.The choice depends on how frequently the company holds web meetings,the average number of people attending the meetings,and th
14、e quality of engineering and information technology.Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business.With all the technologies today,the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past.21.The purpose of this passage is .A.to advertise servers used in we
15、b meetingsB.to persuade companies to hold web meetingsC.to introduce the benefits of using web meetingsD.to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of web meetings22.In what way do some web meeting software programmes help improve the meetings?A.By tracking the users state.B.By giving useful sugges
16、tions.C.By sharing detailed technical data.D.By providing other presenters videos.23.It is better for a company to buy a web meeting server if it .A.relies little on the quality of ITB.holds web meetings twice a weekC.doesnt have so many employeesD.has branches in the same city or province24.What ca
17、n we infer about web meetings?A.Web meetings help presenters stay focused.B.Web meetings work without the help of a server.C.Web meetings determine the quality of engineering.D.Web meetings are likely to be widely used.BChildren are starting on digital devices at ever younger ages,and opinions on th
18、e effects of childrens digital-media habits are deeply polarized (两极分化的).Jean Twenge,a psychology professor,thinks excessive use of the Internet and social media makes children lonely and depressed and poses serious risks to their physical and particularly their mental health,sometimes to the point
19、of driving them to suicide.However,Daniel Kardefelt-Winther of the Innocenti research office of Unicef examined various evidence and found less cause for alarm than is often suggested.Most of the studies be examined seem to show that the technology helps children stay in touch with their friends and
20、 make new ones.The relationship between the use of digital technology and childrens mental health,broadly speaking,appears to be u-shaped.Researchers have found that moderate use is beneficial,whereas either no use at all or extreme use could be harmful.What worries some experts more is that screens
21、 are becoming part of the middle-class armoury (武器库) for perpetuating (巩固) social advantage.Children from well-off homes are enrolled in private classes to learn skills like “How to be a YouTuber”,which poorer parents cannot afford.25.What is Daniel Kardefelt-Winthers attitude to the use of digital
22、media?A.Objective.B.Favorable.C.Indifferent.D.Uncertain.26.What can you infer from the last paragraph?A.Not all children from rich homes can attend private classes.B.Not all children from poor homes can learn skills like “How to be a YouTuber”.C.Digital media is the only way of strengthening the mid
23、dle-class.D.Digital media can widen class gap.27.What is the best title for the text?A.Should Children Interact with Digital Media?B.Should Parents Allow Their Children Interact with Digital Media?C.What Children Do to Interact with Digital Devices.D.How Children Interact with Digital Devices.28.Wha
24、t is the second paragraph mainly about?A.The disadvantages of overusing digital media.B.The bad effects of using digital media.C.Several bad impacts of using digital media.D.The advantages of overusing digital media.CAt eleven,I decided to learn to swim.There was a pool at the YMCA offering exactly
25、the opportunity.My mother continually warned against it,and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river.But the YMCA pool was safe.I had a childhood fear of water.This started when I was three years old and my father took me to the beach.The huge waves knocked me down and swept o
26、ver me.The pool was quiet.I was afraid of going in all alone,so I sat on one side of the pool to wait for others.Then came a big boy.He yelled,“Hi,howd you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end.I landed in a sitting position,and swallowed water.But I was not fr
27、ightened out of my witswhen my feet hit the bottom,I would make a big jump to come out of the surface.It seemed a long way down.I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards.Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water.I tried to yell but no sound cam
28、e out.I went down,down,endlessly.When I came to consciousness,I found myself lying on the bed in the hospital.I never went back to the pool.I avoided water whenever I could.This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by.It deprived(剥夺) me of the joy of boating and swimming.Finally,I decided
29、 to get an instructor.Piece by piece,he built a swimmer.Several months later,the instructor was finished,but I was not.Sometimes the terror would return.This went on until July.I swam across the Lake Went worth.Only once did the terror return.When I was in the middle of the lake,I put my face under
30、and saw nothing but bottomless water.I laughed and said,“Well,Mr Terror,what do you think you can do to me?”I had conquered my fear of water.29.What was the authors original fear of water caused by?A.His poor skill in swimming.B.His mothers warning of drowning.C.An outing to the beach with his fathe
31、r.D.An unpleasant memory of the pool.30.Why was the author not scared to death when he was thrown into the water?A.He knew how to swim in the pool.B.He felt that the YMCA pool was safe.C.He was waiting for others to save him.D.He came up with an idea to go upwards.31.What does the author probably me
32、an by expressing “but I was not” in Paragraph 5?A.He was still a poor swimmer.B.He had not overcome the fear yet.C.He was not afraid of drowning any more.D.He was not satisfied with the swimming training.32.Which of the following is the best title for the text?A.Goodbye,Mr TerrorB.Hello,Childhood Fe
33、arC.A Swimming AdventureD.My Passion for SwimmingDJournalism WorkshopLearn print,radio,television,digitalWashington,D.C.area high school students are invited to apply to the Washington Association of Black Journalists annual Urban Journalism Workshop.WABJ has been guiding the next generation of jour
34、nalists since 1986 through this programme.UJW was started by long-time Chicago Tribune and St.Louis Times Dispatch reporter George Curry and former Washington Post reporter Athelia Knight.During the workshop,students learn the fundamentals of print,radio,TV and digital journalism.Current and former
35、professional journalists of The Washington Post,NPR and other media companies volunteer to teach participants.A scholarship is offered for qualifying seniors.Sessions are held for eight continuous Saturdays from 29 February to 18 April,9 am4 pm.Scholarship criteria includes an essay,stories produced
36、 in the workshop,class attendance and participation in all eight sessions.High school students,all classifications,in the greater D.C.area are encouraged to apply.Students should contact UJW Coordinator Trina Williams at ujwdc for details or check with their high school advisers.To download an appli
37、cation,read more about available scholarships or learn about the Urban Journalism Workshop,visit www.ujw online.org,or contact:UJW Coordinator Trina Williams at ujw dc .Applications and required materials must be received by Friday,29 January.33.What can be learnt if the students join the workshop?A
38、.The management of the UJW.B.The basic skills of digital journalism.C.The classification of electronic devices.D.The qualities of environmental journalists.34.Which date is suitable for participants to attend the workshop?A.Saturday,10 April.B.Wednesday,18 March.C.Wednesday,29 January.D.Saturday,22
39、February.35.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?A.Sports.B.Education.C.Science.D.Entertainment.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。One of my earliest memories was watching my mum talking on our old phone.I was fascinated that she could talk to someone
40、who wasnt actually in the room with her.36 I was wondering how she managed to talk with someone she couldnt see.37Later,we had mobile phones that could be carried around the room.Then came computers and smart phones.These days I can send an email around the world in a second.My daughters smart phone
41、 has a hundred apps and a dozen social media accounts.She stores all of her information in a mysterious place known as “the cloud”,where she can take it out at any time.It seems that we are more connected in this world than ever before.38Few take time to talk face to face.Instead of looking into eye
42、s of our beloved ones,we stare at our screens.It seems as if the most connected generation is also the loneliest.Dont let technology take our time and ruin our life.Make the time to meet and to communicate with each other.Take a walk on the beach with a friend.Have a long conversation with the phone
43、s off and the hearts on.39Remember that we are here to love each other,help each other and make this world a better place.40 But when it cant,turn it off.A.That was a long time ago.B.Connect offline as well as online.C.We should communicate with each other with phones off.D.Smart phones have both ad
44、vantages and disadvantages.E.When your technology can help to do these things,then use it.F.However,what bothers me is that we rarely associate with each other nowadays.G.When she left the room,I slowly walked over to the phone and stared at it for a while.第三部分语言运用(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
45、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。Last year,I received a special present.My children41 me a stainless steel coffee machine for my birthday.I love drinking coffee every morning and couldnt 42 to use it.But 43 I poured my first cup,the coffee spilled (洒出) all over the table.Thankfully,no one was a
46、round to see my 44 face!I kept trying,but each morning I 45 be seen wiping up the coffee machine.Then I realized if I poured very 46,there could be no spilling.My normal 47 was to rush through breakfast to get on with my day.But eventually I learned not only to pour but to 48 the experience:the tast
47、e and the stillness of a new day.It promoted me to49 upon whether I was rushing through in other areas of my life.So I started to appreciate even the most 50 moments.When shop owners apologized for keeping me waiting,Id say,“Not a problem.Im not 51.” I even enjoyed sitting in front of my house talki
48、ng with 52 and sharing our own stories,53 we had known each other for a long time.It seemed that the world around us slowed to a 54 we could handle.Stillness not only slows the pace of life,but also55 the soul,helping us to enjoy the worlds small pleasures and realize the truth of life.41.A.lentB.offeredC.giftedD.asked42.A.helpB.waitC.knowD.complain
