1、单元质量检测(四)(满分150分，时间120分钟)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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。1What is the man doing?ABooking two tickets.BTaking a class.CChecking his baggage.2Where are the woman and Mike going during the vacation?A
2、To London.BTo Boston.CTo Beijing.3Why is it a pity for the man?AHe missed the news on TV.BHe cant travel to the South.CHe cant visit his friends.4What does the man mean?AHe wants the fish and a side salad.BThe fried fish is his favorite.CHe isnt very hungry.5What are the speakers talking about?AA ho
3、spital. BA city. CA river.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。6What is the mans plan?ATo take a dress design course.BTo watch a football game.CTo take a trip to London.7Who is g
4、oing to pick the man up?AThe womans son.BThe womans brother.CThe woman.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8What is wrong with the woman?AShe has a stomachache.BShe has a headache.CShe has a bad cold.9What does the man want to do for the woman?ABuy her some medicine.BGive her a ride home.CHelp with her homework.听第8段材料，回
5、答第10至12题。10What did the woman do tonight?AShe went to the movies.BShe attended a party.CShe visited her friends.11How does the man feel?ASurprised. BDisappointed. CAngry.12What did the woman forget to do?ATo call her father.BTo ask for permission.CTo review the rules.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13Which law is
6、the same in both of the speakers countries?AThe law about drinking.BThe law about smoking.CThe law about teen health.14What does the man think of the traffic rules in England?AInteresting. BUnusual.CHelpful.15How many laws are mentioned in the conversation?AThree. BFour. CFive.16What is the last law
7、 that the woman mentioned?ANot damaging the litter bins.BLeaving litter once a week.CNot leaving litter in public places.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Which of the following do most English people today prefer for breakfast?AHot or cold grain.BBaked beans.CMushrooms.18What is the usual time for lunch in Engla
8、nd?AFrom 11：30 to 1：00.BFrom 12：00 to 1：30.CFrom 11：30 to 1：30.19Where do English people usually put their fish and chips?AIn a plastic bag.BIn a paper box.CIn a piece of paper.20Which of the following is the oldfashioned meaning of “tea”？AA time to snack.BThe last main meal of a day.CA time to have
9、 tiny cakes and sweets.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选项。AWe look ahead to Londons art and exhibition openings and select the mustsee shows.Double scienceIts a big month for the Science Museum, with a new gallery and an exhibition opening.The Science City ga
10、llery tells the story of London between 1550 and 1800 when major scientific breakthroughs were happening across the city from Newtons laws of physics to the birth of microscopes allowing us to see the tiny creatures that live among us.If that isnt enough, theres also an exhibition on how art and sci
11、ence have worked closely together over the centuries and continue to do so today.Science City 15501800：The Linbury Gallery at the Science Museum.12 September13 October, free.The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter at the Science Museum.25 September26 January, free but ticketed.Are y
12、ou worried yet?We all suffer from anxiety.Artists look into this through artworks that bring to light their own anxieties or how people living with anxiety manage.The exhibition also covers what anxiety would look like if it could be visualised in light or soundsomething we imagine to be impossible.
13、On Edge：Living in an Age of Anxiety at Science Gallery.19 September19 January, free.Climbing the wallsNo artist has made a bigger career out of placing sculptures of human figures all over the place.Antony Gormley, the artist behind the Angel of the North and sculptures standing all over London, tak
14、es over the Royal Academy of Arts with a blockbusting (轰动一时的) exhibition.This is the hot art ticket in town.Antony Gormley at Royal Academy of Arts.21 October3 December，1822.21What is on show in the Science City gallery?ASome of the greatest physicists.BThe stories of the London development.CThe pre
15、diction of the future science.DSome of the great achievements in history.22Which exhibition allows visitors to get a feeling in a new way?AThe Art of Innovation.BOn Edge.CRoyal Academy of Arts.DScience City 15501800.23When can visitors see these four exhibitions altogether?AIn January.BIn September.
16、CIn October. DIn December.BI grew up in libraries, or at least it feels that way.I went there several times a week with my mother when I was young.Those visits were fantastic.The library might have been the first place where I was ever given autonomy (自主权)In the library，I could have anything I wante
17、d.And on the ride back to home，my mom and I would talk about the order in which we were going to read our books, a solemn conversation in which we planned how to pace ourselves through this charming period until the books were due.When I left for college, one of the many ways I differentiated myself
18、 from my mom was that I was wild about owning books.All I know is that I lost my appreciation of the slow pace of making my way through a library and of having books on borrowed time.If my mother ever mentioned to me that she was on the waiting list for some book at the library, I got annoyed and as
19、ked why she didnt just buy it.But in 2011, one of my sons school assignments was to interview someone who worked for the city.He said he wanted to interview a librarian.As my son and I drove to meet the librarian, I was flooded by a sense of absolute familiarity，a recollection of the journey of the
20、parent and child on their way to the library.I had taken this trip so many times before, but at that moment I turned my thought on its head, and I was the parent bringing my child on that special trip.As I walked into the library, nothing had changedthe sense of gentle, steady busyness, like a pot o
21、f water on a rolling boil (沸点), was just the same.In the library, time is dammed upnot just stopped but saved.I knew what hooked me was the shock of familiarity I feltthe way it revealed my childhood, my relationship with my mom, my love of books.However, as I was rediscovering those memories, my mo
22、ther was losing all of hers.The writer Amadou Hampate Ba once said that in Africa, whenever an old man dies, it is as though a library were burning down.But if you can take something from his or her internal collection and share it, it takes on a life of its own.24What can be inferred about the auth
23、ors childhood from Paragraph 1?AShe lived near a library.BShe possessed a library.CShe didnt borrow books from libraries.DShe enjoyed visits to libraries.25How did the author change after entering college?AShe lost her enthusiasm for reading.BShe did not return books on time.CShe quit the habit of g
24、oing to libraries.DShe wanted to buy books for her mom.26What did the author rediscover when she walked into the library with her son?AHer love of libraries.BHer delight in owning books.CHer lost memory of her mom.DHer familiarity with her mom.27Which can be a suitable title for this passage?AThe Li
25、braryA World of KnowledgeBThe LibraryA Place of MemoryCThe LibraryA Busy PlaceDThe LibraryAn Old ManCTheyre orange, theyre robots and theyre capable of sailing the high seas without human intervention.On Tuesday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched a pair of Saildrones
26、 (海洋无人机) in Pacific Northwest waters for the first time.Their summer long sailing journey will stretch from Vancouver Island to California.The Saildrone operators will collect data to help set future fishing seasons.The government wants to see whether seagoing robots can extend fishery surveys now p
27、erformed by expensive manned ships.Nora Cohen from NOAA said，“The 23foot long seagoing robots can follow a remotely programmed course for up to a year at a time.And they dont require any fuel.We use wind and solar power to drive the sensors.”He added，“It means that were able to go to places where we
28、 dont really want to send people，and go into weather that we really dont want anyone ever to be in, and be able to send measurements back.”The primary mission is to investigate the species and the number of fish in existence and the places where they are.Larry Hufnagle，scientist of NOAA Fisheries in
29、 Seattle, said a traditional big NOAA research shipbased survey costs around $25,000 per day.By comparison, one Saildrone costs $ 2,500 per day.“It could be a significant saving，” Hufnagle said.“But like anything else, there is a tradeoff in what you get and what you dont get.On the manned ship, we
30、have limited time.It takes a lot of people.We spend a fair amount of money.But there is one thing the Saildrone cant do but humans can: cast a net to catch and positively identify the fish detected below.The Saildrones are going to give us additional data, not replacement data.”Nora Cohen said Saild
31、rone, a venture capitalbacked company based in Alameda, California, expects to launch a total of 11 of its seagoing robots to survey different water bodies for NOAA this year.The Bering and Arctic seas, Coastal California and the Gulf of Mexico will be the locations of additional missions.28What is
32、the purpose of collecting fish data?ATo explore the ocean.BTo assist fishing industry.CTo learn the habits of fish.DTo improve fishing skills.29What is mainly discussed about the Saildrone in Paragraph 3?AIts advantages.BIts appearance.CIts power systems.DIts primary mission.30What does the underlin
33、ed word “tradeoff” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?ADebate. BReason.CReality. DBalance.31What can be inferred from the text?AThe Saildrone has a promising future.BHufnagle thinks little of the Saildrone.CManned ships will be completely replaced.DProduction of seagoing robots is restricted.DTwo unusual
34、groupsthe same companies that are causing the most pollution, the BP oil company and Delta Air Lines, both announced plans to become carbon neutral (碳中和) by 2050 through decreasing resource usage as well as applying useful technology.Several other large oil companies, like Shell, Total，and Eni, have
35、 announced similar goals.Other airlines, like Qantas and JetBlue, are working on the same plan.Since airline travel causes around 2% 3% of the worlds greenhouse gases，making airlines carbon neutral would be a great step.Some people believe the companies are “greenwashing”They are running the busines
36、ses the way they used to perform, and none plan to stop their polluting activities right away.Or some companies plan to meet some climate goals by buying“carbon offsets (补偿)”， which means paying someone else to cut pollution or remove greenhouse gases.But its not always clear that offsetting truly l
37、owers pollution.Global heating is a huge part of the climate emergency.The world is getting hotter mainly because humans are burning “fossil (化石) fuels” like coal and oil.These fuels give off pollutants often called greenhouse gases.To become carbon neutral, its necessary to stop burning fossil fuel
38、s.Climate experts have said the best solution is to leave oil and coal in the ground, although its still hard to reach for the moment.The usual way most companies adopt is planting trees and allowing more areas for forest.“Its slow but good，” said an expert from UNEP.Manmade technology to remove lar
39、ge quantities of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere doesnt exist yet.The idea behind this technology is that polluting gases could be removed from the atmosphere, caught, and stored somehowusually underground.Though many questions remain about how the companies hope to meet their goals, since the
40、main technology they expect and need is inaccessible, their planned changes are actually keeping up with the development of modern society.Whats more, they are putting billions of dollars into the effort to make carbon catch technology happen.32Why do some people say the companies mentioned in Parag
41、raph 1 are greenwashing?ABecause they just buy carbon offsets.BBecause they pay lip service to environmental issues.CBecause they all plan to be carbon neutral.DBecause they do not share a common plan and goal.33What is the existing way to reduce greenhouse gases?AExpanding forest coverage.BStopping
42、 burning fossil fuels.CCatching and storing the gases.DClosing down polluting factories.34What is the authors attitude to the announcement by the companies?AAmbiguous. BSkeptical.CPositive. DCritical.35Whats the best title for the text?AWhat Possibly Leads to Global HeatingBCompanies Take on Climate
43、 EmergencyCWho Are Responsible for Greenhouse GasesDTechnology for Climate Change Is on the Way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。Hollywood (好莱坞) movies are regularly filled with violence.They can be exciting films but sometimes all you want is a little lighthearted e
44、ntertainment.So have you heard of Bollywood? All singing, all dancing and unrealistic，it is the perfect alternative to normal Hollywood movies.Bollywood is the Indian film industry，based in Mumbai，formerly known as Bombay. 36 Yet Bollywood is the largest producer of films in the world.This year the
45、Indian Filmfare Awards，Bollywoods Oscars，turn 64 years old.The typical Bollywood movie usually has the following ingredients：a cup of romance，a teaspoon of comedy，a dash of international sightseeing，served with a huge slice of singing and dancing.There will also be one brave hero，one beautiful heroi
46、ne and one baddie (坏人) 37 Bollywood films are full of ideal things and free of daily worries. 38 The actors change clothes and locations within a single song.But the audience dont mind.To Indian movie lovers, especially the poor, such films are a gateway to heaven.The films take them to a magical wo
47、rld away from their everyday troubles.The films tell them the impossible is possible and that true love conquers all. 39 Behind the beautiful scenes, Bollywood still emphasizes family values.In most films，if two lovers want to break an arranged marriage，they cant just run away.They must win over their parents.Bollywood films are decent refreshing replacements for those excessively stimulating Hollywood films. 40 They will take you to a brighter，more cheerful and c
