1、第二单元测评第二单元测评 (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。 W:So,Mike,you were born in England,but grew up in Canada.Have you been back to Europe? M:Yeah,uh,Ive been to Germany on a c
2、ouple of occasions,but not to England. 1.Where did the man grow up? A.In England. B.In Canada. C.In Germany. 答案 B W:We are going fishing tomorrow in the lake.Would you like to go with us? M:Im afraid I cant.I have to go to the airport to meet my uncle.He is coming to see us from the United States. 2
3、.Where will the man go tomorrow? A.Go to the lake. B.Go to America. C.Go to the airport. 答案 C W:People always say that Chinese is very hard to learn.Sometimes I wish I were learning French or English.Maybe theyd be easier. M:Maybe,but maybe not.It all depends on what language you already speak. 3.Wh
4、at language is the woman learning? A.Chinese. B.French. C.English. 答案 A W:The black T-shirts are on sale.They are 50% off. M:It fits perfectly.Great!I love a bargain.Ill take it.How much is it? W:Five dollars. 4.What is the original price of the T-shirt? A.It is 2.5 dollars. B.It is 5 dollars. C.It
5、is 10 dollars. 答案 C W:What shall we do tomorrow,dear? M:If it doesnt rain,well drive to the beach with Philip. W:It will be fine.I just heard it on the radio. 5.How will the two speakers go to the beach tomorrow? A.By bus. B.By car. C.On foot. 答案 B 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
6、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。 M:Mom,heres my report card. W:Let me see.You got an A in English.Great!But you got a C in both math and geography.Why?Were they difficult,Henry? M:No.I didnt spend enough time on them. W
7、:I know.You need to be serious about all of your subjects.OK? M:Yes,I will. 6.What subject was Henry good at? A.Geography. B.Math. C.English. 答案 C 7.What is the possible relationship between the speakers? A.Mother and son. B.Sister and brother. C.Teacher and student. 答案 A 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。 W:Gu
8、ess what?My mothers decided to go back to school. M:Why? W:Well,she always loved art,but learned business administration at college,because her parents thought it was difficult for an artist to find a job. M:So she wants to study art now? W:Yeah,oil painting.Its been her dream for a long time. M:Its
9、 nice to return to learn what she loves.But,Kate,I still think old age should be about peace and relaxation.Hurrying to school every day and having to pass exams sound a bit too much for her. W:You know,she retired last year and Im leaving for the university soon.She needs to find something interest
10、ing to do. M:Well,maybe,if its what she wants. 8.What has Kates mother decided to do? A.Return to school. B.Change her job. C.Retire from work. 答案 A 9.What did Kates mother study at college? A.Oil painting. B.Art history. C.Business administration. 答案 C 10.What is Kates attitude toward her mothers d
11、ecision? A.Disapproving. B.Ambiguous. C.Understanding. 答案 C 听第 8 段材料,回答第 11至 13 题。 M:Hi,Lucy!How was your weekend? W:Great.You know we went mountain climbing in the forest park.The air was so different from the city,cool and fresh. M:Sounds great! W:Yeah.There wasnt a cloud in the sky.And we could s
12、ee for miles from the top.What about you?What did you do? M:Busy packing. W:Oh,yes,of course.I forgot you and Jenny are moving to a new house.Its on Wednesday,isnt it? M:Yeah,two days after.I didnt realize there were so many things to do. W:Can I help out with anything? M:Em,itll be nice if you coul
13、d take care of Henry for a couple of days. W:Henry? M:Yes,my dog. W:Oh,sure.No problem.You just focus on the move. 11.Where did the woman go at the weekend? A.The city centre. B.The forest park. C.The mans home. 答案 B 12.How did the man spend his weekend? A.Packing for a move. B.Going out with Jenny.
14、 C.Looking for a new house. 答案 A 13.What will the woman do for the man? A.Take Henry to hospital. B.Stay with his kid. C.Look after his pet. 答案 C 听第 9 段材料,回答第 14至 17 题。 W:Excuse me.Are you Mr. Atkins? M:Yes.You dont know me,of course.I am not the teacher here.I just give oral exams here now and then
15、.Dont be nervous. W:Nervous?Who?Me? M:Now,sit down,please.Im going to ask you a few questions.Then were going to have a short conversation in English.Do you understand? W:Yes,of course I do.But may I ask you something first? M:After the exam,please.Just focus on my question for a moment.First of all
16、,why are you learning English? W:Why am I learning English? M:Yes,I mean what are you going to do with it?Are you going to be a teacher of English,or what? W:Please stop just a second.I really must ask you something first? M:Very well.If you insist. W:Would you like a cup of coffee? M:Pardon?What di
17、d you say? W:You see.Im one of the teachers here.I came to ask you if youd like to have a cup of coffee. 14.What is the man doing? A.Giving a lecture. B.Giving a lesson. C.Giving an oral test. 答案 C 15.Who does the man take the woman for? A.A teacher. B.A student. C.A worker. 答案 B 16.When does the ma
18、n want the woman to ask questions? A Before the exam. B.During the exam. C.After the exam. 答案 C 17.What did the woman want to know? A.If the man wanted to have coffee. B.If the exam was over. C.If she could attend the test. 答案 A 听第 10段材料,回答第 18至 20 题。 Today we will talk about an expression from the
19、famous book Alices Adventures in Wonderland.The book was published in 1865.The story is about a young girl falling,falling,falling.for a long time down a rabbit hole.When she finally lands,she finds herself in a strange world. In this strange world are some of the most well-known characters in child
20、rens literature.Many of them,and other expressions from the book,have found their way into American English. The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit.The White Rabbit is not your usual rabbit.First of all,he is wearing a vest and carrying a pocket watch.Running past Alice,he says,“Im late
21、!Im late!For a very important date!No time to say hello or goodbye.Im late,Im late!Im late!” Alice chases after him,and that is where her adventures begin.In English,chasing a white rabbit means to chase the impossible,a dream.The White Rabbit is so strange that Alice cannot help but to follow him.A
22、s she chases after him,she falls down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and begins her mysterious journey. 18.What is the White Rabbit carrying? A.A stick. B.A pocket watch. C.A book. 答案 B 19.How is Alices journey into the Wonderland? A.Mysterious. B.Disappointing. C.Dangerous. 答案 A 20.What is the spe
23、aker mainly talking about? A.An English novel. B.An English movie. C.An English expression. 答案 C 第二部分 阅读理解(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和 D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Im a strong believer that learning different languages makes you look incredibly good when youre in a foreign co
24、untry and can understand and speak the language.The list below is 4 apps that will help you learn a foreign language!You can download them for free. BabbelLearn Languages Babbel is an excellent language tool to help you progress step by step with learning a new language.It helps you learn grammar al
25、ong the way as you work your way through the tasks and assignments.You need to pay a monthly subscription(定金),but this will still be cheaper than taking physical lessons with a tutor! Duolingo:Learn Languages Free The app has many languages to choose from and will work through the basics all the way
26、 to advanced words and sentences.Its all completely free too!Its incredibly well-designed,looks great and will help you learn,remember and progress with just a little bit of time every day. Tandem:Language Exchange Rather than have you work through tasks and memorize different things,the app lets yo
27、u match with people who share your interests but speak the language you want to learn.You can then have text,voice and video conversations with people who want to learn your native language,and in return you learn theirs,all by simply communicating with each other.Its a great way to learn with only
28、$1 a day. Learn EnglishBusuu This app is perfect if you want to learn English.There are all sorts of audio and visual learning aids.Youll find yourself working through interactive tests and learning tools for vocabulary and dialogue.Though some tools are charged. 【语篇解读】本文为应用文。主要向人们推荐了四款可以免费下载的语言学习应用
29、程序。 21.What is the purpose of the passage? A.Sell apps to language learners. B.Introduce language learning apps. C.Teach language learners to use apps. D.Teach languages through apps. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句可知,下面列出的四个应用程序将帮助你学习一门外语。由 此可以判断其目的是向人们推荐语言学习应用程序。 22.Which app suits best if you want to lear
30、n through communication? A.BabbelLearn Languages. B.Tandem:Language Exchange. C.Duolingo:Learn Languages Free. D.Learn EnglishBusuu. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据 Tandem:Language Exchange中的第二句可知,如果你想通过交流学 习,Tandem:Language Exchange最适合。 23.What is Duolingo different from the other three apps? A.It is completely fr
31、ee to use. B.It is specially for English learning. C.It is unsuitable for beginners. D.It is the most effective app. 答案 A 解析细节理解题。根据 Duolingo:Learn Languages Free 中的第一、二句可知,Duolingo 与其他三个 app相比,它是完全免费的。 B There are some differences between American English and British English.Some differences are qu
32、ite interesting. When my friend Lily from London used the word “larder”,I didnt know what it meant.Realising I didnt follow her,she used another word.I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date.She jotted down the date and ti
33、me in her diary,while I marked my calendar.If she called me on the phone,she would ring me up.But if the line was busy,she would say the line was engaged. Most times,I can know what Lily means.Last week,she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces.I thou
34、ght that she meant without their jackets or something like those.Other times,we have to ask each other.She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed.I wondered what had made the lady angry.It turns out that pissed means drunk. Here is one more example.My British friend Jane was fill
35、ing out a ticket at the grocery store recently.She asked the young man if he had a rubber.When she noticed he didnt follow her,she quickly asked for an eraser,which,in England,is often called a rubber. In order to communicate well with the British,we Americans should learn some words that the Britis
36、h use differently.And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realise that there are differences between American English and British English. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。作者通过生活中的一些例子告诉我们英式英语和美式英语 在用词上的一些差异。 24.When Lily used the word “larder”,she was probably looking for a . A.cup B.la
37、dder C.cupboard D.cooker 答案 C 解析推理判断题。根据第二段中的“I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.”可 知,Lily在寻找一个可以储存食物的东西,cupboard “橱柜”,符合题意。 25.What does the underlined phrase “jotted down” in paragraph 2 mean? A.Wrote down. B.Left behind. C.Looked for. D.Settled down. 答案 A 解析词义猜测题。根据画线词后
38、面的“in her diary”以及“while I marked my calendar”可知,Lily把日期 和时间记在了日记本上。write down “记下,写下”,符合语境。 26.Last week,Lily regretted sending her boys to watch a tennis game mainly because . A.she thought the game was boring B.she wanted to spend time with her boys C.she didnt dress her boys in thick clothes D.h
39、er boys lost their way 答案 C 解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“an early morning tennis game”和第三句内容可推断,Lily后悔送她 的孩子们去看网球比赛是因为她没给孩子们穿厚一点的衣服。 27.What is the passage mainly about? A.The British way of using words. B.Some new words the writers British friends taught her. C.The reasons why Americans cant follow the British
40、at times. D.Some words used differently in British English and American English. 答案 D 解析主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知,文章主要介绍了英式英语和美式英语在用词上的一些差异。 故选 D项。 C (2018全国卷) Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years,but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going.When the world was stil
41、l populated by hunter-gatherers,small,tightly knit(联 系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago,when the world had just five to ten million people,they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them. Soon afterwards,man
42、y of those people started settling down to become farmers,and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number.In recent centuries,trade,industrialisation,the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education,especially globalisation and better communication
43、s in the past few decades,all have caused many languages to disappear,and dominant languages such as English,Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over. At present,the world has about 6,800 languages.The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven.The general rule is that mild zones have
44、relatively few languages,often spoken by many people,while hot,wet zones have lots,often spoken by small numbers.Europe has only around 200 languages;the Americas about 1,000;Africa 2,400;and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200,of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800.The median num
45、ber(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000,which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡),with only a few elderly speakers left.Pick,at random,Busuu in Cameroon(eight remaining speakers),Chi
46、apaneco in Mexico(150),Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia(one,with a question- mark):none of these seems to have much chance of survival. 【语篇解读】本文是说明文。在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,语种众多。但是随着工业化、贸 易、全球化等的发展,许多语种消失了。 28.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times? A
47、.They developed very fast. B.They were large in number. C.They had similar patterns. D.They were closely connected. 答案 B 解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers.they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them”可知,在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,人们使用的语言种类很 多。 29.Which of the following be
48、st explains“dominant”underlined in paragraph 2? A.Complex. B.Advanced. C.Powerful. D.Modern. 答案 C 解析词义猜测题。根据上文提到的“.all have caused many languages to disappear”和下文的“such as English,Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over”可知,英语、西班牙语和汉语正在逐渐取代一 些语言。由此可猜测该词的意思是“占优势的”,所以选 C 项。 30.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present? A.About 6,800. B.About 3,400. C.About 2,400. D.About 1,200. 答案 B 解析细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句“At present,the world has about 6,800 languages”和最后一句中 的“is a mere 6,000,which means that half the worlds langua
