1、第二单元测评第二单元测评 (时间:120 分钟 分值: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,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。 W:Id like a table,please. M:Im sorry.Youll have to wait for some time.You see therere too many people at lunch t
2、ime. 1.What does the man want to do? A.He wants to buy a table. B.He wants to have lunch. C.He wants to wait for someone. 答案 B W:Tom,whats the time by your watch?Mine is always fast.Its already 3:00. M:Im afraid not so.Yours is five minutes slow. 2.What is the time now by Toms watch? A.2:55. B.3:00.
3、 C.3:05. 答案 C W:Excuse me,sir? M:Yes? W:My child bought one kilogram of candies here this morning,but it didnt weigh so much as it should be! M:Oh,really?But have you weighed your kid? 3.What does the man really want to say? A.The lady shouldnt care too much about it. B.The kid has secretly had some
4、 of the candies. C.He gave the kid fewer candies on purpose. 答案 B M:I thought you were lost.Where were you? W:Sorry.I was bargaining for the toy car at that counter. M:A gift for a child? W:Yeah,Ill send it to my niece for her birthday. 4.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.At a books
5、tore. B.At a supermarket. C.In a hospital. 答案 B W:Hello,May I speak to Doctor Lee,please? M:Sorry!Hes having a meeting.Would you like to leave him any message? W:Yes,please.He asked me to give a lecture next week and Id like to discuss some details with him. M:OK.I will tell him about it after the m
6、eeting and you can call him again later. 5.Why does the woman call Doctor Lee? A.She wants to discuss something with Doctor Lee. B.She wants to ask Doctor Lee to give a lecture. C.She wants to see Doctor Lee about his illness. 答案 A 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、
7、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 68题。 W:You know,we can do something we havent done for a long time.Id like to go on a picnic. M:Where could we go?Shall we go to the park? W:No,I want to drive out into the country,find someplace a
8、way from the highway and have a real old- fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken,potato salad,fish and chips and lemonade. M:Sounds like a good idea!Why dont we go this Sunday? W:I cant make it.Im busy writing the report on the study on western food all the weekend,but next Saturday and Sunday I
9、will be free. M:Lets make some preparations on next Saturday and start out the next day. W:OK.Its a date.You get what we need for the lunch and Ill provide the transportation. 6.What are they mainly talking about? A.Going out for food. B.Going shopping. C.Going for a picnic. 答案 C 7.When will they go
10、? A.This Sunday. B.Next Saturday. C.Next Sunday. 答案 C 8.What will the man most probably do the day before they go? A.Prepare the car. B.Buy some food. C.Write the report. 答案 B 听第 7 段材料,回答第 911题。 W:Hello,Simon.Where have you hidden? M:Hi,Janet,Im home. W:Why?I didnt notice you were not here until the
11、 teacher called your name but nobody replied just now. M:I was about to call the teacher. W:I hear that you fell when climbing the mountain last weekend. M:Yes,I did.I nearly hurt my leg but luckily nothing serious.What made me lie in bed is my fever after that.The temperature is much lower on the m
12、ountain. W:Oh,have you gone to see the doctor? M:Without the doctors permission,how dare I stay at home during school hours?I can take two days leave. W:Please take care of yourself and I can help you with the leave. M:Its very kind of you,Janet. W:My pleasure.Ill hang up.Bye. M:OK,Ill take my pills
13、.Bye. 9.Why is Simon at home? A.He has a serious cold. B.He hurt his leg. C.He doesnt want to climb the mountain. 答案 A 10.Where does Janet most probably speak to Simon? A.At Simons home. B.At Simons school. C.In the hospital. 答案 B 11.What will Simon do next? A.Go to see the doctor. B.Call his teache
14、r. C.Take his medicine. 答案 C 听第 8 段材料,回答第 1214 题。 M:People always say that Chinese is very hard to learn.Sometimes I wish I were learning French or Japanese.Maybe theyd be easier. W:Maybe,but maybe not.It all depends on what language you already speak. M:Why should that be?What difference does it ma
15、ke? W:Well,languages are more or less equally difficult.Most of the things one language says must be said by every language in some way. M:You mean I could learn Chinese easily? W:No,because your native language is Spanish.But Italian might be easy.It has a lot of words that are similar to the words
16、 in Spanish.Even the sound system is more similar than that of Chinese is to Spanish.How difficult a language is to learn depends mostly on how much it resembles your own language. 12.What language may not be learned by the man? A.Chinese. B.Spanish. C.Japanese. 答案 C 13.What language is the man lear
17、ning? A.Chinese. B.English. C.French. 答案 A 14.What does the woman think of language learning? A.In language learning only a few languages are difficult to learn. B.The language similar to ones native language is easier to learn. C.The sound system is the hardest part of a language. 答案 B 听第 9 段材料,回答第
18、 1517 题。 W:Hi,Peter.Come in. M:Sorry to disturb you,but I cant wait to see the apartment.You know I am fed up with that noisy guy next to my door. W:No problem.You see,heres the spare room. M:Er.,its nice and bright,but seems a little bit smaller for me. W:You can put some of your things in the sitt
19、ing-room which we share.I dont mind anyway. M:Thanks.Which room is yours? W:That one,over there. M:Quite big and looks comfortable.Well,how much need I pay for one month? W:The landlord charged me 1,200 dollars for the whole apartment.If you do not object you can pay half of it and another 100 for y
20、our car parking. M:OK,its a deal.Ill move here this Sunday.By the way,how do you go to work every day since its quite far from the company? W:First by bus and then by subway. M:Oh,from next Monday you can go to work and come back in my car together with me,if youd like to. W:Can I?Oh,its very kind o
21、f you,Peter. 15.Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers? A.Colleagues. B.Schoolmates. C.Landlady and tenant(房客). 答案 A 16.How much does the man need to pay for one month? A.1,200 dollars. B.700 dollars. C.500 dollars. 答案 B 17.What does the man think of his room in the apartment? A.It
22、s very bright. B.Its quite big. C.Its comfortable. 答案 A 听第 10段材料,回答第 1820 题。 Good morning,everyone!Here is my advice about computers. Now the computer has become a good friend of us.It has made our life more colourful.We can get information fast with its help.Through the Internet we can talk with pe
23、ople thousands of miles away.However,it has its disadvantages.It gives us some trouble.Im afraid that we spend a bit too much time playing computer games in front of the screen.Our health and studies are getting worse.Our parents are beginning to worry about us.In addition,we surely have less time l
24、eft to get together with others.In this case,the computer is taking away our human nature. My suggestion is that we should use the computer to improve our life and work on one hand,and enjoy the sunshine and fresh air with our friends on the other. 18.Who is the speaker? A.A teacher. B.A student. C.
25、A parent. 答案 B 19.Whats the disadvantage of using the computer? A.Computer games are harmful for our health and studies. B.Talking with people thousands of miles away is dangerous. C.Using the computer too much is getting us to lose our human nature. 答案 C 20.What is the speakers advice? A.Playing ga
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33、ign up a child for the club. B.Club members enjoy free travel insurance for any flight. C.The advertisement is intended for students of all ages. D.Any child must be accompanied by at least one paying adult. 答案 A 解析细节理解题。根据广告标题下方的第一句内容可知,要想给孩子报名参加这个俱乐部的活动,你 需要支付 50美元。 B Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-ol
34、d law student from Cornwall,England.He never studied the piano.However,he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them.He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts.Then he thinks about the notes in his head.Two year
35、s ago,he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata(奏鸣曲) by Beethoven.He surprised everyone around him. Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly,his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable.They say his ability is very rare,but Samuel doesnt even realize that
36、what he can do is special.Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents,but music teachers told him he should study music instead.Now,he studies law and music. Samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised.“I grew up with music.My mother played the piano and my father play
37、ed the guitar.About two years ago,I suddenly decided to start playing the piano,without being able to read music and without having any lessons.It comes easily to meI hear the notes and can bear them in mindeach and every note,” says Samuel. Recently,Samuel performed a piece during a special event a
38、t his college.The piece had more than a thousand notes.The audience was impressed by his amazing performance.He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists cant play it.Samuel says confidently,“Its all about super memoryI guess I have that gift.” However,Samuels abil
39、ity to remember things doesnt stop with music.His family says that even when he was a young boy,Samuel heard someone read a story,and then he could retell the story word for word. Samuel is still only a teenager.He doesnt know what he wants to do in the future.For now,he is just happy to play beauti
40、ful music and continue his studies. 24.What is special about Samuel Osmond? A.He has a gift for writing music. B.He can write down the note he hears. C.He is a top student at the law school. D.He can play the musical piece he hears. 答案 D 解析细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“However,he can play very difficult musical pi
41、eces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them.”可知,他在听完一个乐曲几分钟以 后就可以立刻演奏这些很难学的乐曲。故 D 项正确。 25.What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A.Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents. B.Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. C.Samuel thinks of himse
42、lf as a man of great musical ability. D.Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句“Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents,but music teachers told him he should study music instead.Now,he studies law and music.(因为他 父母亲希望他学习法律,所以他希望自己
43、成为律师,但是他的音乐老师让他学习音乐,所以现在他法律 和音乐一起学习。)”可知他原来计划是学习法律的。故 B项正确。 26.Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he . A.received a good early education in music B.played the guitar and the piano perfectly C.could play the piano without reading music D.could play the guitar better than his father 答案 C 解析细
44、节理解题。根据第三段中的“About two years ago,I suddenly decided to start playing the piano,without being able to read music and without having any lessons.”可知,他在不理解乐谱也不去上 音乐课的情况下,就会弹钢琴,这让人们非常惊讶。故 C项正确。 27.Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A.The Qualities of a Musician B.The Story of a Mus
45、ical Talent C.The Importance of Early Education D.The Relationship between Memory and Music 答案 B 解析主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了一位音乐天才的事情,在不懂乐谱,也从来没有上过钢琴课的情况 下就能够演奏很难的乐曲。他就是 Samuel Osmond。故 B项正确。 C Our plan was to drive into Cambridge,catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street Station,then to separate and meet again
46、for lunch.We should have arrived at Liverpool at 9:19,but due to a typical London fog,the train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there.In spite of our late arrival,Joan,my wifes sister,decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while w
47、e went shopping.It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadnt decided where we should meet for lunch.Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket,this was indeed a problem.There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the
48、 Tower of London,and try to find her there.Needless to say,we didnt find her. It was now one oclock,and the concert began at 2:30.“Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully.By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop,and the only way to get there was by underground railway.Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be.An hour later we were still trying to find it.Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind man tappin
