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。 M:How much did you pay for the used television? W:200 dollars. M:200 dollars for a piece of junk like that?Thats a rip-off
2、! 1.What does the man mean? A.What the woman bought isnt worth so much money. B.What the woman bought is really a bargain. C.What the woman bought is valuable. 答案 A M:Did you hear that?The drought conditions are severe!Theres a lot of death,dying,and suffering out there! W:I heard that,but its not s
3、urprising actually,because we havent had as much rain as normal this year. 2.What are the two speakers looking forward to? A.Cool air. B.Rainy days. C.Flowers. 答案 B M:Im fed up with my roommate.Were supposed to share the groceries,but I end up feeding him three meals a day.I really cant afford it an
4、y longer. W:I know how you feel.Maybe you just want to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.If he refuses to mend his ways,then ask him to move out. 3.What does the woman suggest the man do? A.Have a talk with his roommate. B.Be honest and share the groceries. C.Ask his roommate to move out. 答案 A W:J
5、ohn,tell me about your day.What time do you wake up? M:Well,some days I wake up early.Maybe about 6 oclock.But other days,maybe Ill sleep in until 10:00 or 11:00.How about you,Sarah? W:Well,I like everyday to be the same.So I wake up everyday at 8 oclock.First,I make coffee right away.Then we have b
6、reakfast together at about 8:30. 4.When does the woman wake up? A.At about 6:00. B.At 8:00. C.At 10:00 or 11:00. 答案 B W:What sports do you like to watch? M:Nah.My favourite sport to watch is basketball.And I prefer playing sports,such as basketball,volleyball,boxing. What about you?Do you like watch
7、ing sports? W:Yes.I especially love to watch football,something about hot guys chasing after a football.Its very exciting to watch. 5.What sports does the woman like to watch? A.Basketball. B.Boxing. C.Football. 答案 C 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。
8、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:Whats going on between you and Gary?Did you guys have a fight or something? W:I cant stand him any more!He has such a bad temper that even a little piece of friendly advice sets him off. M:So what did you tell him? W
9、:I told him that if he could be more patient and try not to lose his temper so easily,he would be more popular. M:No wonder he threw a fit.His popularity is really a sore spot. W:Well,I guess Ill just keep my mouth shut.Thatll teach me to give advice! M:Not unless you want to die! 6.How does the wom
10、an feel now? A.Excited. B.Puzzled. C.Angry. 答案 C 7.What does the man think of the woman? A.She should be patient with Gary. B.She will continue to give Gary advice. C.She will learn how to give advice. 答案 B 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9题。 W:Are there plane tickets to San Francisco the day after tomorrow? M:Good
11、afternoon,Miss.Ill have a look at the timetable for you.Im sorry,but there arent any direct flights available. W:Are there tickets for Saturday then? M:Yes,there are.How do you want to go,first class or coach? W:Ill need a coach.Whats the fare? M:It is 260 dollars. W:What time will the flight put me
12、 there? M:The flight will get you there at six on Sunday morning. W:OK,Ill take three.Whats the flight number? M:The flight number is 301 at Gate Two. 8.When will the woman arrive at San Francisco? A.At six on Sunday evening. B.At six on Sunday morning. C.At six on Saturday morning. 答案 B 9.How much
13、will the woman pay? A.$780. B.$260. C.$520. 答案 A 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10至 12 题。 W:We are on,kind of on the side of a hill in the forest but we have a good view of Mount Fuji on the other side of the valley. M:Yeah.Its really nice here.Why are you in this forest right now? W:Well,Im currently teaching Englis
14、h up here at the campus.up here in the forest. M:Oh,nice.Do you take any walks in the woods? W:Yes,I enjoy taking walks in the woods.And sometimes I even go for a jog in the woods.Theres a few paths around here and theres a nice golf course as well that you can run around. M:OK,great!Whats the best
15、thing about being in nature?In the forest? W:Well,for me its the stress relief that it provides especially living in Tokyo which is of course one of the worlds largest and most noisy cities.Its also nice to get back out into nature sometimes and just hear the insects very clearly,as well as some bir
16、ds and you know its just nice to get back out into nature. M:I agree.OK,thanks a lot,Kevin. W:Youre welcome. 10.What does the woman do? A.She is a teacher. B.She is a reporter. C.She is a sportswoman. 答案 A 11.What can the woman jog around sometimes? A.A golf course. B.A lake. C.The campus. 答案 A 12.W
17、hat is the best thing about nature for the woman? A.The sounds. B.The view. C.The stress relief. 答案 C 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13至 16 题。 W:Well,Im glad youre finally back.I was wondering what happened. M:We got lost coming back.I guess I dont really know this town yet.We took a wrong turn somewhere.And Joseph d
18、oesnt know the town at all.So I started giving him directions.But I didnt really know where we were.So we got seriously lost. W:You could have called. M:I know I could have.But finally we asked someone where we were.Guess where we ended up. W:I dont know.Where? M:When we finally decided to ask someo
19、ne,they told us we were in Grangerfield. W:Grangerfield!You were in Grangerfield?Thats a completely different town!How could you drive to a completely different town? M:I dont know.The person we asked had to give us directions to the highway to get back here. W:Grangerfield is like a dozen miles awa
20、y from here. M:I know it is.I dont know how it happened. W:Hmm,maybe I do. M:What? W:You were too busy looking at Joseph,and you werent paying attention to the road.Maybe the next time you go out with him to buy groceries,youll get lost for even longer.Maybe six hours or so.Hah,hah!See?I guessed rig
21、ht.You werent watching the road at all. M:No,I wasnt.Its kind of hard to watch the road when Joseph is behind the wheel. 13.What did the man do when he got seriously lost? A.He found the way himself. B.He called the woman. C.He asked someone where he was. 答案 C 14.How did the man get lost? A.He and J
22、oseph took a wrong turn somewhere. B.He didnt know the town at all. C.He had no sense of direction. 答案 A 15.Who is driving the car? A.The man. B.Joseph. C.The woman. 答案 B 16.Why was the man not paying attention to the road? A.He was listening to music. B.He was talking with someone on the phone. C.H
23、e was not sure of the drivers driving skills. 答案 C 听第 10段材料,回答第 17至 20 题。 My first job was in Jessif,in the east of Poland.I was promised that I wasnt going to have to teach any beginners or any little children because it was my first job.I was promptly given the beginners.On my first day of teachin
24、g I was given a book which said,“Ah!Go into the classroom and say hello to the children and theyll all say hello back to you and wave.”I walked into a class of five four-year olds,followed by all their mothers and grandmothers and I said“Hello” and they all burst into tears.I spent half the lesson t
25、rying to get them to say “Hello” to each other and stop them from crying while all the grandmothers stood around and stared at me.I finally finished off my singing Happy Princess Song,all on my own,with crying children to accompany me.It was one of the worst days of my life.I could feel the same wit
26、h all the children though,because I wanted to sit on the floor and cry with them by the end of it.Then I realized that teaching kids was never going to be my career.I had some other classes as well but quit soon after that and moved onto adults who cry slightly less.Yeah,that was my first teaching e
27、xperience.Not the best. 17.Where did the speaker start teaching? A.London. B.Japan. C.Poland. 答案 C 18.How old were the speakers students? A.3. B.4. C.5. 答案 B 19.What did the students do at the start of the lesson? A.Laugh. B.Cry. C.Sleep. 答案 B 20.How did the speaker try to finish the lesson? A.By si
28、nging a song. B.By telling a story. C.By playing a game. 答案 A 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和 D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Book:No Looking Back Author: Shivani Gupta Shivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash.It to
29、ok Shivani years of pain,struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body.Then tragedy struck again.As the newly-married Shivani drove to Manali with her family,a truck crashed into her car.Shivani refused to give inshe wouldnt let her injury keep her from achieving her ambition
30、s. Book:Courage Beyond Compare Author: Sanjay Sharma The 10 sportspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics,swimming and badminton,who have brought glory to the country.They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields. Book:Face to Face Author
31、: Ved Mehta Blind since the age of four,the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind,to which he flew alone at 15.America and the school changed his life,leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career. Book:This Sta
32、r Wont Go Out Author: Lori and Wayne Earl Diagnosed with cancer at 12,Esther Earl was a bright and talented,but very normal teenager.She lived a hope-filled and generous life.A cheerful,positive and encouraging daughter,sister and friend,Esther died in 2010,shortly after turning 16,but not before in
33、spiring thousands through her growing online presence. 【语篇解读】本文是应用文。文章介绍了几本书,书中描写了遭遇不幸或身有残疾的人意志坚 强与生命拼搏抗争的故事。 21.The book No Looking Back mainly talks about . A.a successful author who was blind during his childhood B.10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports field C.an unlucky girl who exper
34、ienced two car accidents D.an inspiring teenager who died of cancer 答案 C 解析细节理解题。根据第一部分可知,No Looking Back 这本书讲述的是一个不幸的女孩遭遇了两次 车祸的故事,故选 C 项。 22.In which book does the author tell of himself? A.Courage Beyond Compare. B.This Star Wont Go Out. C.Face to Face. D.No Looking Back. 答案 C 解析推理判断题。根据第三部分中的“Bl
35、ind since the age of four,the author led a lonely childhood in India”可知,Face to Face这本书中作者讲述了自己孤独的童年故事,故选 C项。 23.Which word can best describe the four books? A.Intelligent. B.Passionate. C.Pessimistic. D.Inspiring. 答案 D 解析推理判断题。第一本书介绍的一个名叫 Shivani的女孩经历的两次意外事故,拒绝伤痛阻止她实 现抱负的励志故事;第二本书介绍的是 10 名体育运动员克服种种
36、困难,为国争光,取得优异成绩的故 事;第三本书介绍的是自小失明的作者本人到美国求学并获得哈佛大学学位,成为一名作家的励志故 事;第四本书介绍的是一位名叫 Esther Earl的青少年被诊断患有癌症仍然很积极乐观并鼓舞成千上 万的其他人的故事。故四本书都有激励他人的作用,选 D 项。 B My wife Laura and I were on the beach,with three of our children,taking pictures of shore birds near our home in Alaska when we spotted a bear.The bear was
37、 thin and small,moving aimlessly. Just a few minutes later,I heard my daughter shouting,“Dad!The bear is right behind us!” An aggressive bear will usually rush forward to frighten away its enemy but would suddenly stop at the last minute.This one was silent and its ears pinned backthe sign of an ani
38、mal that is going in for the kill.And it was a cold April day.The bear behaved abnormally,probably because of hunger. I held my camera tripod (三脚架)in both hands to form a barrier as the bear rushed into me.Its huge head was level with my chest and shoulders,and the tripod stuck across its mouth.It b
39、it down and I found myself supporting its weight.I knew I would not be able to hold it for long. Even so,this was a fight I had to win: I was all that stood between the bear and my family,who would stand little chance of running faster than a brown bear. The bear hit at the camera,cutting it off the
40、 tripod.I raised my left arm to protect my face;the beast held tightly on the tripod and pressed it into my side.My arm could not move,and I sensed that my bones were going to break. Drawing back my free hand,I struck the bear as hard as I could for five to six times.The bear opened its mouth and I
41、grasped its fur,trying to push it away.I was actually wrestling (扭打)with the bear at this point.Then,as suddenly as it had begun,the fight ended.The bear moved back toward the forest,before returning for another attack.The first time I felt panic.Apparently satisfied that we caused no further threat
42、,the bear moved off,destroying a fence as it went.My arm was injured,but the outcome for us could hardly have been better.Im proud that my family remained clear-headed when panic could have led to a very different outcome. 【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述和家人一起在拍鸟时遭遇一只饥肠辘辘的熊的惊险 历程,幸好全家人在遇到危险时保持镇定,最终熊一无所获走开了。 24.Th
43、e whole text is mainly arranged in . A.result and inference B.cause and effect C.space order D.time order 答案 D 解析细节理解题。阅读全文可知,作者在拍鸟时遭遇一只饥饿的熊,然后作者对抗熊,最后熊一无所获 走开,是按时间顺序讲述的。故选 D 项。 25.When did the bear finally go away? A.After it felt safe. B.After it got injured. C.After it found some food. D.After it
44、 took away the camera. 答案 A 解析推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第三句“Apparently satisfied that we caused no further threat,the bear moved off.”可知,很明显,熊对我们没有给它造成进一步的威胁感到很满意,然后走开了,可知,熊 是在感到安全后离开的。故选 A项。 26.The writer and his family survived mainly due to their . A.calmness B.patience C.pride D.cautiousness 答案 A 解析细节理解题。根据
45、最后一段最后一句可知,作者对家人在当时保持镇定感到很自豪,因为惊恐有 时能导致一个非常不同的结果,可知,家人临危不惧很冷静,这是幸存下来的主要原因,这里 clear- headed 对应 calmness。故选 A 项。 27.When the bear moved back towards the forest,how did the family feel? A.Excited. B.Threatened. C.Relieved. D.Puzzled. 答案 C 解析细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可知,“我”的胳膊受伤了,但是对“我们”来说这个结果是 再好不过的了,故家人们应感到如释重
46、负。故选 C 项。 C English is full of colourful phrases to describe shyness.Someone shy might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower,while for especially nervous types we have the curious expression: they wouldnt say “boo” to a goose. None of these are traditionally seen as positive descriptions,even i
47、f you like geese.In a culture of go- getting high achievers,shy people dont come first.Or thats what the self-help industry would have you believe.Bookshops are filled with vital tomes(大部头书籍)that promise to help beat social fears and find success in life,love and business.That is why one book,Shrink
48、ing Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness,bucks the trend.It became a sudden success across English-language media recently for its new take-on shyness. Author Joe Moran says that despite struggling with shyness and longing for loneliness all his life,being shy can also be “a gift”.Freed from the constant urge to participate and compete in social situations,people are liberated to look at the world in new ways,and gain fresh insights. Indeed,many of the worlds great thinkers and artists are introverts(内向的人).Scientists Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein preferred their own
