1、Unit 1-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.Why is the man having trouble finding lamb?A.It is not common where he lives.B.There is no lamb at Harvard Meats.C.He
2、 doesnt know what kind he wants.2.Why did the officer stop the woman?A.She was speeding.B.He thought she was in danger.C.She was making too much noise.3.What do the speakers already have enough?A.Meat.B.Bread.C.Vegetables.4.What do the speakers have in common?A.They like to walk their dogs together.
3、B.They own the same kind of dog.C.They have the same job.5.What is the conversation mainly about?A.Losing weight.B.Meeting old classmates.C.Graduating from school.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
4、对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6.What does Jill say about Bob?A.He is forgetful.B.He is important to her.C.He always does well in exams.7.Which day is Bobs birthday?A.October 14.B.December 2.C.December 14.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8.Who is the man inviting to the barbecue?A.His neighbours.B.His colleagues.C.H
5、is sisters family.9.What does the woman suggest the man do?A.Use a gas grill.B.Stay outside all day.C.Add some barbecue sauce.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10-13 题。10.What is the woman worried about?A.Chriss grades.B.Buying too little.C.Running out of money.11.Why does Chris need so many notebooks?A.They will sell o
6、ut soon.B.He needs one for each class.C.He wants to share with his friends.12.Who might Luke be?A.Chriss father.B.Chriss teacher.C.Chriss brother.13.What is the purpose of the tax-free weekend,according to the woman?A.To help poor people.B.To raise money for the schools.C.To encourage people to shop
7、 more.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14-16 题。14.What is Miss Smith?A.Alawyer.B.Ajudge.C.Asecretary.15.Why is Miss Smith so upset?A.She cant send an email.B.Someone is going to kill her.C.She has important work to finish today.16.What colour should the light on the top of the black box be?A.Green.B.Red.C.Yellow.听第 10
8、段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Why didAdele stop singing during one of her performances?A.The sound system had problems.B.She wanted to talk about a legend.C.She was having difficulties with her voice.18.What were Adeles performances like compared to the others?A.More modern.B.More powerful.C.More entertainin
9、g.19.What was the most memorable moment of the Grammy Awards?A.The song from the album 25.B.The outstanding fashion of the singers.C.George Michael singing his song “Fastlove”.20.How did Adele accept the award forAlbum of the Year?A.She thanked her role model.B.She dedicated it to Rihanna.C.She sang
10、 a song with Beyonc.第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分 35 分)第一节(共 10 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 25 分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AA study shows that nearly ninety percent of teens report that they have triedalcohol.Thats an increase of 23 percent in just four years!Each year,1.1 billion cans of beer are drunk by student
11、s aged 15-19 yearsold.Beer is the most common alcoholic drink among teens81 percent of the drinkershad tried it.Beer is followed by wine with 63 percent,hard liquor(烈酒) with 53percent and wine coolers with 35 percent.When the young people are asked why they drank,the most common answer isthat drinki
12、ng is “something to do”.If a teens parents drink alcohol,the teenager ismore likely to start drinking at an early age.Also,teens see all of their friends drinkingalcohol so they think it is the must-to-do thing.Peer pressure is probably the hardestthing teens have to deal with.Whats more,teens often
13、 drink alcohol because it makesthem feel older and cooler.Researchers asked 56,000 students about their drinking habits and grades,to seehow drinking might affect their grades in school.The results seem to be clear.Studentswho got a C level or lower tend to use three times as much alcohol as those w
14、ho gotBs orAs.Alcohol use can be deadly.About 8,100 young people are killed per year inalcohol-related accidents.Eight young people die per day as a result of a drunk-drivingaccident.Between 50 and 65 percent of all teen suicides(自杀) occur after the youngpeople drink.So you see,drinking alcohol does
15、nt always end up with a good time.The nexttime you try to push someone to drink or someone tries to push you to drink,pleaseremember this.One drink can set the habit for life.Why not throw it away?21.Which of the following reasons for teensdrinking alcohol is not mentioned?A.They think it is cool to
16、 drink alcohol.B.Their parents set a bad example to them.C.Alcohol can make them happier.D.Peer pressure plays an important role.22.What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A.Drinking alcohol makes students stupid.B.Good students never try alcohol.C.Drinking habits have something to do with IQ.D.Students
17、with poor grades tend to use more alcohol.23.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To show the bad effect of drinking alcohol.B.To show how many teenagers drink alcohol.C.To tell teenagers not to try alcohol.D.To tell the reasons why teenagers drink alcohol.BThe Florida Sea Base ProgrammesDivingAdven
18、tureIf you are a diver,this is your programme.During the programme you will bemaking as many as nine dives(weather permitting),including a night dive.We haveopen dates in June,July and August for the summer months and for fall we haveopening in September,October,November and December.Check out the d
19、ates today.Sea Exploring!The name brings back the memory of pirates(海盗) sailing the high seas of thepast.This adventure is for larger teams of 18 to 20 teammates.Sailing on a tall shipwith your team,you will be making memories that you will share for the rest of yourlife with anyone who will listen.
20、We can fit your timetable to meet your needs withthese great dates.LiveAboard DivingThe Florida Sea Base has the sailing and diving programmes joined for onewonderful adventure!On this adventure,you will spend your days not only indiving,but also in sailing around the Florida Keys.There are openings
21、 this fall andwinter.Check now for open dates to spend your winter holidays in the keys.Fall datesare open now!Just around the corner:the Christmas season in the keys!We have an opening forthe Live Aboard programme on December 26.Book todayit wont last long!Diving Certification(证书)The Diving Certifi
22、cation programme is designed for teammates who want to geta certificationall who complete the week successfully will be offered PADIcertification!Come and learn how to dive in the beautiful waters of the Florida Keys.We have the following dates open:August 5,August 12,August 19,August 22 andAugust 2
23、6.We also have programmes we offer in the fall:September 30,October7,October 14,October 21,and many more dates.Check out the rest of the dates.24.What do we know about Diving Adventure?A.You can dive all the year round.B.You can have a night dive.C.You can dive regardless of weather.D.You can dive e
24、very other day.25.Why is Live Aboard Diving special?A.Diving goes on during the sailing.B.It is an adventure at sea.C.There are diving programmes in it.D.It is held in the Christmas season.26.What is the purpose of the text?A.To teach.B.To introduce.C.To report.D.To advertise.CFive years ago,when I
25、taught art at a school in Seattle,I used Tinkertoys as a testat the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.I put a small set ofTinkertoysinfrontofeachstudent,andsaid:“MakesomethingoutoftheTinkertoys.You have 45 minutes todayand 45 minutes each day for the rest of theweek.”A few
26、students hesitated to start.They waited to see what the rest of the classwould do.Several others checked the instructions and made something according toone of the model plans provided.Another group built something out of their ownimaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkerto
27、ys in his freetime.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of hisbedroom at home.I was delighted at the presence of such a student.Here was anexceptionally creative mind at work.His presence meant that I had an unexpectedteaching assistant in class whose creativity woul
28、d infect(感染) other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside.I ran the risk of losing thosestudents who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare,“But Imjust not creative.”“Do you dream at night when youre asleep?”“Oh,sure.”“So tell me one of your most interest
29、ing dreams.” The student would tellsomething wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing threeheads.“Thats pretty creative.Who does that for you?”“Nobody.I do it.”“Reallyat night,when youre asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime,in class,okay?”27.The teacher used Tinker
30、toys in class in order to.A.know more about the studentsB.make the lessons more excitingC.raise the studentsinterest in artD.teach the students about toy design28.What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.He liked to help his teacher.B.He preferred to study alone.C.He was active in cl
31、ass.D.He was imaginative.29.What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Mistake.B.Drawback.C.Difficulty.D.Burden.30.Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A.To help them to see their creativity.B.To find out about their sleeping habits.C.To help t
32、hem to improve their memory.D.To find out about their ways of thinking.第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Communicate With a Deaf PersonCommunicating with a deaf person doesnt have to be as difficult as it mightseem.The trick is to be patient,straightforward,a
33、nd to remember that deaf peoplecommunicate visually.Method1:Starting Your Conversation31You can do this by moving into the persons field of vision and wavingfrom a polite distance,or by tapping the person gently on the shoulder.Position yourself carefully.Make sure that the light in the room is shin
34、ing directlyonto your face,and that youre not standing with your back to a light.32Find out how the person prefers to communicate.Some deaf people are betterlip-readers than others.Some deaf people may prefer to write back and forth or to usean interpreter.Man interactions between the deaf and the h
35、earing require acombination of these methods.33Method2:Communicating Through Lip-reading.Keep your sentences simple and use plain language.34The more complexyour phrasing and vocabulary,the more likely your deaf companion is to misssomething.When someone else is speaking,dont turn away from the deaf
36、 person in yourgroup.35You dont have to look at the deaf person while someone else istalking,but try to make sure your face is visible.A.Get the persons attention.B.Its important not to talk too quickly.C.Or,theyll miss parts of the conversation.D.If so,itll make them feel left out of the conversati
37、on.E.Stand directly in front of the person,at a normal distance.F.The best way to know which methods are most effective is to ask.G.Try not to be too difficult when using your words in the beginning.第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分)第一节(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 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。
38、Growing up,I always hid my thumbs(拇指) in my fists because of their unusualshape.36they do look more like a big toe(脚趾)37a thumb.And from anearly age,my thumbs38another name “toe thumbs”.In high school,I served as a cashier in a grocery store.One day,I was39asweet little old lady and as I40her change
39、 back to her,she suddenly took myhands and said in a thick Polish41,“You are Polish!Look at those42Polish thumbs!They match mine!” She raised her hands and43her thumbs tome that44weathered and wrinkled,looked exactly like mine!She45myhands again and said,“Be46of those thumbs!”Ill never forget that 3
40、0-second47with a stranger that forever48myview of a part of me I once was49by and now accept.As I was eating dinnerwith my Samuel tonight,he looked down at my hand50on the table next to hisand said,“Mommy!Our thumbs51!” I smiled and answered,“Yes,theydo,buddy!Those are strong Polish52you have!Take p
41、ride in them!Maybesomeday youll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I53my son never hides his thumbs like I did.I hope hell be proud of their “unusualness”and the54behind them.He carries on a(n)55part of me and that for mewill always be beautiful!36.A.FortunatelyB.AdmittedlyC.N
42、ormallyD.Basically37.A.other thanB.due toC.instead ofD.along with38.A.earnedB.clonedC.foundD.deserved39.A.checking out B.waiting forC.talking withD.watching over40.A.paidB.chargedC.donatedD.counted41.A.tuneB.voiceC.languageD.accent42.A.beautifulB.strangeC.longD.clumsy43.A.passedB.showedC.recommended
43、D.offered44.A.tillB.unlessC.althoughD.once45.A.raisedB.inspectedC.examinedD.held46.A.proudB.skepticalC.afraidD.sure47.A.appointment B.bargainC.conversationD.deal48.A.supportedB.changedC.provedD.hurt49.A.amazedB.frightenedC.delightedD.embarrassed50.A.scratchingB.restingC.knockingD.drawing51.A.differB
44、.suitC.fightD.match52.A.fistsB.thumbsC.toesD.hands53.A.guaranteeB.figureC.prayD.insist54.A.sceneB.lessonC.historyD.moment55.A.uniqueB.elegantC.authenticD.sensitive第二节(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Everybody knows how to learn.Learning is a 56.(nature) thing.Itbegins the
45、 minute we are born.Our first teachers are our families.At home we learn totalk and to dress and to feed ourselves.We learn these and other skills by the 57.(follow).Then we go to school.A teacher tells us what to learn and how to learn.Manyteachers teach us,and we pass many tests and exams.Then peo
46、ple say we are educated.Are we really educated?Lets think about the real meaning of learning.Knowingfacts doesnt mean being able to solve problems.Solving problems requires 58.(create),not just 59.good memory.Some people who dont know manyfacts can also be good at solving problems.Henry Ford is a go
47、od example.He 60.(leave) school at the age of15.Later,when his company couldnt build cars fast enough,he solved the problem.Hethought of the assembly line.Today the answer seems simple.Yet,just think of themany university 61.(graduate) who never solve any problems.Whatdoesagoodteacherdo?Doeshegivest
48、udentsfactstoremember?Well,yes,we must sometimes remember facts.But a good teacher 62.(show) how to find answers.He brings us to the stream of knowledge so we can thinkfor ourselves.When we are thirsty,we know 63.to go.True learning combines intake 64.output.We take information intoour brains.Then w
49、e use it.Think of a computer;it stores a lot of information,65.it cant think.It only obeys commands.A person who only remembers facts hasntreally learned.Learning takes place only when a person can use what he knows.第四部分写作(共两节,满分 40 分)第一节应用文写作(满分 15 分)假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speechcontest)。 希望
50、附近某大学的外籍教师 Smith 女士来做评委。 请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。词数:80 左右。英语演讲比赛主题:人与自然时间:6 月 15 日下午 2:005:00地点:501 教室参赛选手:10 名学生联系人:李华(电话 44876655)欢迎大家光临Dear Ms.Smith,Best wishes.Yours,Li Hua第二节概要写作(满分 25 分)阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。ShopaholicsTV.The Internet.The mall.Everywhere we look,we see advertisements that urgeus
