1、期末素养评估一期末素养评估一 (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，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 does the woman want? ACoffee. BOrange. CTea. 2When will Jim return? AOn July 10. BOn July 11. COn July
2、 12. 3What is the woman going to do next? AAttend a meeting. BSee the manager. CDo some translation. 4What are the speakers talking about? AAn animal. BA paper. CA teacher. 5What color was the womans bedroom before? APink. BBlue. CGreen. 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
3、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。 6How old is the man? A16. B17. C18. 7How does the man improve his English now? ABy seeing the movies. BBy watching TV shows. CBy reading English books. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8What do
4、es the man think of Frank Jones? AHumorous. BSerious. CSmart. 9What kind of questions is the woman good at? AOnes about music or stars. BOnes about math or science. COnes about history or geography. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10What did the club send to each member last month? AA magazine. BA pen. CA v
5、ideo. 11How often does the club hold a competition? AOnce a week. BOnce a month. COnce a year. 12How much should a member pay half a year? AFive pounds. BFour pounds. CThree pounds. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13What day is it today? AFriday. BThursday. CWednesday. 14Who forgot the words during the play
6、? APeter. BHarry. CMark. 15What was Freds problem? AHe fell over a chair. BHe caused lights to be off. CHe gave up the play midway. 16How does the woman feel about the situation on the mans first night? AIts normal. BIts funny. CIts surprising. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17Where is Kate now? AIn Londo
7、n. BIn Edinburgh. CIn Paris. 18What was the weather like when the speaker was camping? ASunny. BRainy. CCloudy. 19What did the speaker do on the fourth day of the holiday? AShe visited a village school. BShe sailed on the lake. CShe went to a museum. 20Where does Kate work now? AAt a library. BAt a
8、gym. CAt a supermarket. 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 Everyone knows about New York Citys most popular attractions, but here are some activities you might not think about doing on your NYC (New York City) vacation. Surprise yourself wit
9、h some great things to do in New York City. Experience Trapeze Looking for something thrilling to do while you visit New York City? For over ten years, Trapeze School New York has been teaching people how to fly on the trapeze. Their beginner classes last two hours and cost $5070, plus onetime $22 r
10、egistration fee. From April to October, their outdoor location on the Hudson River offers a spectacular setting for the experience, but they also have an indoor location that is open yearround. Learn to Surf Rockaway Beach is a popular destination for East Coast surfers, but even if youve never surf
11、ed, there are plenty of folks happy to teach you at Rockaway Beach. Locals Surf School offers twohour group lessons starting at $80, including all the vehicles you need. Frank from Rockaway Beach also offers surfing lessons. Get Kissed by a Sea Lion Sign up for a Sea Lion Encounter at the New York A
12、quarium, and youll have the chance to get to get up close and personal with the sea lions after the show. After a short orientation, participants will each get a chance to pose for a photo and get a kiss from a sea lion. Sea Lion Encounters cost $20 and are offered after Sea Lion Celebration shows.
13、Participants must be at least 5 years old, and those whore 57 years old must be held by their parents/caregivers during any animal interaction (互动) . Experience Fall Leaves Although New York City doesnt have as many colorful leaves as New England, there are still some great ways to enjoy the changin
14、g leaves during a fall visit to New York City, both in the city and beyond. Whether you want to walk around one of New York Citys great parks or take a fall leaves sightseeing cruise up the Hudson River, you can get a taste of the beautiful fall colors when you visit New York City. Know where to go!
15、 Sign up for our daily tips to make your best vacation. 21How much will a beginner pay at least to learn to fly on the trapeze? A$94. B$72. C$82. D$92. 22What is recommended to those who would like to explore surfing experience? ARockaway Beach. BLocals Surf School. CThe New York Aquarium. DThe Huds
16、on River. 23Where do you probably read the text? AA historical magazine. BA scientific report. CA travel review. DA travel guidebook. B As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and French, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,0007,0
17、00 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars ( 学 者 ) from a number of organizationsUNESCO and National Geographic among th
18、emhave for many years been documenting (记录) dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following that_tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Th
19、angmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral tradit
20、ions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not satisfied to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials, including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field
21、notes, which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has founded, the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project, Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the world available not just to scho
22、lars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turins notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities. 24Many scholars are making efforts to _.
23、Asave global languages Bsearch for new languages Crescue disappearing languages Dset up language research centers 25What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 2 refer to? AWriting books on language teaching. BHaving full records of the languages. CTelling stories about language users. DLiving with the
24、native speaker. 26What is Turins book based on? AHis experience in Nepal. BThe documents available at Yale. CHis language research in Bhutan. DThe cultural studies. 27Which of the following best describe Turins work? AWrite, sell and donate. BRecord, repair and reward. CDesign, experiment and report
25、. DCollect, protect and reconnect. C A campaign (活动) is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors. The Wild Networka collaboration (合作) of nearly 2,000 organisationsis attempting to attract youngsters away from the television and
26、 computer screen and to fields, woods and parks. Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit. Organisers say it is the UKs biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitn
27、ess, mental alertness (机敏) and general wellbeing. A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, which forecast the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK also looked at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature. Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said, “The tragic truth is t
28、hat kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming (漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.” Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collectin
29、g conkers (七叶树果), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colours on trees. The network also aims to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and brighteyed. This is not the first time the message of “less screen, more play” has been brought up. Child
30、ren in the 1980s were requested to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Dont You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go to do something less boring instead” 28What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? AGive up. BGet around. C
31、Take up. DRun away. 29For what purpose is the Wild Network organised? ATo make children read more books. BTo help children tell the natural world. CTo encourage children to take part in outdoor activities. DTo get children out of too much homework from school. 30“Less screen, more play” was first pu
32、t forward by _. AWild Network Bthe BBC Cthe National Trust DPlay England 31What can we infer from the passage? AThe government will play an important role. BChildren have already been close to nature. CPoliticians have controlled the campaign. DTV viewers will turn away from television D Bamboo is o
33、ne of the natures most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass. Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 h
34、ours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains (平原) Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while_others_may_gr
35、ow_to_more_than_30_centimeters_across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green. Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables (绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge a
36、cross the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong. In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money，and th
37、eir fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills (钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered. 32How is bamboo like grass? AIt is thin and easy to cut. BIt grows everywhere. CIt grows quickly after its
38、cut short. DIt is short and green. 33The sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across” means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _.” Ashort Bstrong Cthick Dtall 34From the text we know _. Amost people call bamboo plant trees Ba bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in thre
39、e days Cthe bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows Da bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago 35Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo? ABecause it is cheap. BBecause it is colorful. CBecause it drills fast. DBecause it is used by Asi
40、ans. 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。 Theres nothing worse than sitting next to someone whose breath smells bad. In ancient China, people used to eat a special plant to make their breath smell better. _36_ How your breath smells says a lot about your heal
41、th. Scientists can now tell whether or not somebody has a disease just from a simple breath test. _37_ Breath is made up of waste chemicals (化学物质) that the body makes. Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have found that these chemicals are different for each person. In fact, th
42、eyre just like fingerprints (指纹)thats why scientists sometimes call them “breathprints” Compared to other kinds of tests, a breath test is much quicker. _38_ Breath tests are also a lot easier to do than regular tests, as people only need to blow into a special machine. _39_ It has been useful in fi
43、nding early signs of problems such as stomach cancer. _40_ And hopefully some day, visits to the hospital will be quicker and easier for everyone. AHow does it work? BNow we use gum instead. CThis machine will help to test their breath. DInstead of taking hours, it only takes a few minutes. EIts muc
44、h cheaper to do a breath test than other tests. FThere are many ways to make your breath smell better. GNow, scientists are trying to use breath tests as much as they can. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项。 As a young child, I lacked confi
45、dence, mainly because of my foot defect (缺陷). I was _41_ about it by being called penguin (企鹅). It made me feel left out (忽视，遗漏). It was not until I moved to a new place that a(n) _42_ happened in my life. This move was important _43_ here I could have a fresh start. My _44_ life started when I met
46、my best friend who was the reason I _45_ social isolation (孤单) . He helped me by being a friend in _46_. Someone who you can trust will _47_ when you come to them with a problem. Unfortunately, however hard I tried , I could not get rid of my humiliation (耻辱，屈辱). This is when I learned some things n
47、ever change. I was _48_ enough to have one friend to help me survive. I came to _49_ that I dont want others to feel _50_ and left out. I started by becoming more easygoing and open. I _51_ at people to show I was friendly. Finally, I not only helped people who were left out, but also helped myself
48、by _52_ more friends and grew more as a person. I _53_ more when I finally accepted my name and defect for what they were. This experience changed my view (态度，见解) on life. Life is to give everyone a _54_ to overcome (克服). Everyone eventually (最终) has to _55_ life as it is. 41A.curious Bpuzzled Camus
49、ed Duncomfortable 42A.duty Bchange Ceffect Dtrouble 43A.before Buntil Cbecause Dwhen 44A.awful Bstrange Cinteresting Dnew 45A.satisfied Bsurvived Cdeveloped Dreceived 46A.need Bpain Cadvance Ddanger 47A.wake Blive Cstay Dunderstand 48A.lucky Bdisappointed Cdull Dtalented 49A.research Brealize Cexplore Ddemand 50A.helpful Blively Cfriendly Dlonely 51A.stared Bpointed Csmiled Dlaughed 52A.hunting Bmaking Ctreating D
