1、单元综合测评(四).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)AChoose Your OneDay Tours!Tour ABath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge37 until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2，000 years of history and Bath Abbey，the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum.Ston
2、ehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5，000 years.Tour BOxford &Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford：Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university c
3、ity and colleges.Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)” from saint Marys Church Tower.Stratford：Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour CWindsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace34 until 11 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guid
4、ed tour of Windsor and Hampton Court，Henry s favourite palace.Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history，Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen.Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction.Visit the
5、 palace and its various historic gardens，which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!Tour DCambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge，the famous university town，and the gardens of th
6、e 18th century.【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了一日游的各条线路、时间、费用以及旅途中的景点，是否有导游陪伴讲解等内容。1Which tour will you choose if you want to see Englands oldest university city?ATour A.BTour B.CTour C. DTour D.【解析】细节理解题。根据Tour B中Oxford部分的“Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges.”可知，这条线路包括英国最古老的大
7、学城，故选B。【答案】B 2.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?AWindsor Castle & Hampton Court.BOxford & Stratford.CBath & Stonehenge.DCambridge.【解析】细节理解题。题目中的关键信息是“3月17日费用最低的线路”。根据文中Tour DCambridge中的“33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter”可知，3月17日的费用是33英镑。同理可知，A项花费为37英镑；B项花费为36英镑；C项花费为
8、37英镑。故选D。【答案】D3Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?AIt used to be the home of royal families.BIt used to be a wellknown maze.CIt is the oldest palace in Britain.DIt is a worldfamous castle.【解析】细节理解题。根据Tour C部分中的“.Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen.”可知，这个地方曾经是四个国王
9、和一个女王的宫殿，因此成为了主要的旅游景点。这与A项中的royal families(皇室)吻合，故选A。B项中的maze应该是在宫殿的花园中，与D项都不是成为主要旅游景点的原因；C项中的oldest的说法在文中没有信息依据。【答案】ABMy Left Foot (1989)Imagine being a prisoner of your own body, unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot，based on the real story
10、of cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹) sufferer Christy Brown，can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, hes able to express himself as an artist and poet. For his moving performance of Brown, Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor.Shine (1996)Do you have a talent your
11、e afraid to share with the world? David Helfgott seemed to mean from childhood to be “one of the truly great pianists，” but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father) resulted in a complete breakdown. Ten years in a mental institution didnt weaken Helfgotts musical gift: When he was redis
12、covered, he was playing concertos in a bar. Shine received seven Oscar nominations (提名), and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott.Life Is Beautiful (1997)Nothings more powerful than the love between a parent and a child. In this heartbreaking Italian film, a father (Roberto B
13、enigni) makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4yearold son: trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game. He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling
14、and hopeful. Benigni won the best actor Oscar.Stand and Deliver (1988)Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one. Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail, Escalante challenges his math
15、students to struggle for better things, like getting good grades in the AP exam. Despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates accomplish their goals, thanks to Mr. Escalantes support. The real Jaime Escalante, the Best Teacher in America, says that Stand and Deliver is “90% truth, 10% drama.
16、”【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了四部影片，介绍了它们主要内容和倡导的主题以及它们的积极意义还在于能够唤醒人们对爱、成功等的渴望。4The underlined part in the passage means _AThe main character in My Left Foot is a prisonerBThe main character in My Left Foot is trapped by othersCThe main character in My Left Foot is a disabled personDThe main character in My Left Foo
17、t cant control his whole body【解析】细节理解题。根据文中My Left Foot(1989)中的“The main character in My Left Foot，based on the real story of cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹) sufferer”可知选C。【答案】C5If you want to watch a movie about wars, which may be one of your choices?AMy Left Foot.BShine.CLife Is Beautiful. DStand and Deliv
18、er.【解析】细节理解题。根据Life Is Beautiful部分的“He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopeful.”可知选C。【答案】C6Jaime Escalante has a talent for _Ateaching Bdrawing and writingCmaking stories Dplaying the piano【解析】细节理解题。根据Stand and Del
19、iver部分的“Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one.”他有教学的天赋，故选A。【答案】A7What do the four movies have in common?AThey are all based on real stories.BThey are all inspiring stories that make a difference.CTh
20、e main characters all won Academy Award for Best Actor.DThe main characters are all sick to some degree but succeed.【解析】推理判断题。通读全文可知这些电影都是励志成功的影片，故选B。【答案】BCWhen her five daughters were young，Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).To show this，she held up one chopstick，repres
21、enting one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next，she tied several chopsticks together，representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large resta
22、urant business in California.However，when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Dannys mother，Diana，who owned a small Italian sandwich shop.Soon afterwards，Helene and Diana changed the san
23、dwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However，Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for
24、 themselves，but one by one，the daughters returned to work in the family business.They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other，they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elizabeth explains，“Our mother ta
25、ught us that to succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.Without the strength of the family，there is no business.”Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996，with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans corporation makes more than $ 20 million eac
26、h year.Although they began with a small restaurant，they had big dreams，and they worked together.Now they are a big success.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。在孩子们很小的时候，Helene An就教她们团结就是力量。孩子们大学毕业后，最终回到了家族生意中，她们的团结让她们的生意越做越大。8Helene tied several chopsticks together to show_Athe strength of family unityBthe difficulty of
27、 growing upCthe advantage of chopsticksDthe best way of giving a lesson【解析】推理判断题。由文章的第一句“.Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).”可知，Helene总是告诉她们团结就是力量。她用几双筷子捆起来难以折断这个事例来说明家庭团结的力量，故选A项，而不是B项(长大的困难)、C项(筷子的优势)和D项(给出教训的最好方式)。【答案】A9We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An famil
28、y_Astarted a business in 1975Bleft Vietnam without much moneyCbought a restaurant in San FranciscoDopened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles【解析】细节理解题。由文章第二段中的“However，when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975，they didnt have much money.”可知，An一家离开越南的时候，并没有多少钱，故选B项。1975年他们刚离开越南，
29、文中并没有提到这一年他们开始做生意，故可以排除A项。他们搬到旧金山后，加入了Diana的三明治店，没有买一个餐馆，排除C项。第二段中未提及D项。【答案】B10What can we infer about the An daughters?AThey did not finish their college education.BThey could not bear to work in the family business.CThey were influenced by what Helene taught them.DThey were troubled by disagreemen
30、t among family members.【解析】推理判断题。由第三段的“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity，and to have unity we must have peace.”可知，孩子们受母亲的影响，知道团结的力量，故C项正确。由第三段首句“Eventually the girls all graduated from college.returned to work in the family business.”可排除A、B两项，再由第三段第三句“Even though family members
31、 sometimes disagreed with each other，they worked together to make the business successful.”可排除D项。【答案】C11Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AHow to Run a CorporationBStrength Comes from PeaceCHow to Achieve a Big DreamDFamily Unity Builds Success【解析】 标题归纳题。全文讲述了An一家人团结一致，将家族
32、生意越做越大的事情，因此D项“家族团结铸就成功”最能概括文章主旨。【答案】DDNever before in Chinese history has a documentary film aroused so much public enthusiasm. Everybody is talking about a new 7part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV 1. The documentary describes various gourmet i
33、tems across the vast Chinese culinary (烹饪的) landscape.According to Taobao, Chinas biggest online retail website, just five days after the series began to air, nearly 6 million people went to the site in search of various local specialities, particularly those mentioned in the documentary. More than
34、7.2 million deals were concluded. A ham producer from Yunnan Province saw his sales grow 17fold in five days.However, one cant help but believe that the documentarys popularity is probably linked to the endless stream of terrible food security issues that have emerged in recent years. In one wellrec
35、eived article, a netizen wrote, “I wonder how many felt so emptyhearted and sighed after watching the film.Formaldehyde(甲醛) sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long.” A varied and ancient food culture that is famous worldwide and which should have
36、 made the Chinese proud ends like this.One can only sigh. Food is the most vital thing in peoples lives. Yet Chinas food industry is a typical description of “bad money driving out the good”. The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for unscrupulous (不道德的) businessmen; and
37、the punishment is too light. Take the milk industry as an example. Although Sanlu, the company that sold the melamine adulterated milk powder, was punished, thousands of other dairies didnt work hard to improve the quality. In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy
38、to loosen their regulations.As the documentary shows, people are attracted not to gourmet items like matsutake, a species of rare mushroom grown naturally in remote forests, but to common Chinese dishes like barley, lotus root or tofu. They are what meet our basic needs. This explains why people are
39、 so excited about A Bite of Chinait is a reminder that there is still a world out there where food is excellent and people have dignity.【语篇解读】文章谈论了“舌尖上的中国”播出后，受到人们的热烈欢迎，它提到的食物在淘宝上大卖。并引发对食品安全的讨论，如地沟油、三聚氰胺、甲醛、苏丹红等在食物中的添加。“舌尖上的中国”提醒我们，还有一个世界，那里食物精美，人有尊严。12The underlined part “gourmet items” probably me
40、ans _Abeautiful clothesBlatest technologyCdelicious foodDgreat inventions【解析】词义猜测题。根据文章第一段最后一句可知与烹饪有关的话题最有可能是食物。【答案】C13The second paragraph mainly talks about _Athe producer of the documentBthe content of the documentCthe history of Chinese gourmetDthe popularity of the document【解析】段落大意题。根据文章第二段可知因为
41、“舌尖上的中国”促使淘宝网上的交易量大增，可知此纪录片大受欢迎。【答案】D14We can infer from what a netizen wrote in one wellreceived article that _Anone of the television viewers have a knowledge of the Chinese food cultureBthere is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the realityCthe price of food is too high for man
42、y common peopleDthe documentary was made by a worldfamous Chinese director【解析】判断推理题。根据文章第三段可知现实中存在的食品安全问题和“舌尖上的中国”所展示的传统美食文化形成鲜明对比。【答案】B15According to the passage, Chinas food industry is full of faking and cheating because _Athere are still so many poor people at the present timeBthe punishment for
43、 unscrupulous businessmen isnt serious enoughCthe Chinese government encourages it to do soDthe food technology is not so advanced as in developed countries【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第四段第四句“and the punishment is too light.”可知。【答案】B.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)Cats are the most popular pets among Americans._16_Som
44、e cats like to catch small birds，like canaries(金丝雀). If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself or herself, we say he or she looks like “the cat that ate the canary”_17_ So if you “play cat and mouse” with someone, you change between different kinds of behaviour when dealing with another
45、person. For example, a child might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it.One old and funny expression describes something that is the best. Americans might say that something is “the cats miaow(喵)”_18_ Sometimes people sleep for a short time during
46、the day.This is called “a cat nap”. If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you “let the cat out of the bag”_19_ Then someone might ask if “the cat has got your tongue”Have you ever watched children in a classroom when their teacher leaves for a few minutes？_20_ It means
47、 people sometimes misbehave when there is no supervision(监督). You may have heard this expression：Curiosity killed the cat. This means being too concerned about things that are not your business might cause problems.AWhen the cat is away, the mice will play.BSometimes you are not able to speak or ans
48、wer a question.CSometimes, a cat likes to play with a small animal it catches.DA cat will often catch a small animal and present it to its owner.EYou may have known that cats spend most of their time sleeping.F.So it is not surprising that there are many expressions with the word, “cat”GThe saying t
49、hat looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.【答案】1620FCEBA.完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)Four years ago，I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2mile runs. I hated _21_；it was just something that never came easily to me. At that time，if you had told me that I w
50、ould one day run a marathon，Id have told you in all honesty that I had a better _22_ of winning the lottery (彩票). The turning _23_ came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old，going through chemotherapy (化学疗法) for her cancer，and still _24_ to run 30 miles a week. I figured that if Mrs. Green
51、could run 6 miles at a time，I could run at least two. In February，in cold weather，I started to walk a 2mile _25_ around my neighbourhood. Two months later，I _26_ the whole route，running for the first time. I felt exhausted，_27_ I felt happy.Over the next several years，I continued to push each run fo
52、r a few _28_ minutes，slowly building my endurance (耐力). I didnt need to _29_ against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.After continuing to challenge myself，I knew it was time to step my training up. I _30_ I would train for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.The race d
53、ay _31_ came，and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was final time to see what I was made of. The _32_ ended up incredibly. I did _33_ through the last few miles，but after my journey，there was no doubt in my mind that Id finished. As I crossed the finish line，I experienced the strongest sens
54、e of _34_ and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.As John Bingham once said，“The miracle isnt that I finished. The miracle (奇迹) is that I had the _35_ to start.”【语篇解读】作者一开始讨厌跑步，但看着得了癌症的格林太太一个星期跑30英里，于是自己也坚持每天跑步，最后竟然参加了马拉松比赛。21A.studyingBthinkingCrunning Dteaching【解析】根据上下文语境可知作
55、者讨厌跑步。【答案】C22A.chance BbeliefCsuggestion Dhope【解析】此处表示作者相信买彩票中奖的机会更大，chance“机会”。【答案】A23A.case BpointCsituation Dstage【解析】由后面可知作者遇到了格林太太后情况有了转机；turning point表示“转折点”。【答案】B24A.devoted BappliedCled Dmanaged【解析】尽管她生病了，但仍然一个星期跑30英里；manage to do sth.设法做到某事；devote to致力于；apply to应用于；lead to导致。【答案】D25A.race B
56、routeCsite Dtest【解析】根据后一空格后面的route以及前面的2mile可知此处指2英里的路程。【答案】B26A.closed BchangedCfinished Dconsidered【解析】此处指作者第一次跑完了2英里路程。【答案】C27A.and BorCso Dbut【解析】由exhausted和happy可知前后分句是转折关系。【答案】D28A.perfect BextraCactual Dbasic【解析】由下文作者慢慢提升了耐力可知，此处表示作者每一次跑步的时间增加几分钟。【答案】B29A.compete BtakeCrely Dargue【解析】由后半句“for
57、 my most important competitor was myself”可知此处应该是说作者不用与其他的跑步者竞赛。【答案】A30A.forced BdecidedCdoubted Dseemed【解析】后文提到作者要去参赛，此处应该是作者的决定，故选B。【答案】B31A.certainly BinstantlyCfinally Dregularly【解析】由语境可知，此处指比赛的日子终于(finally)到来了。【答案】C32A.moment BatmosphereCexperience Dreward【解析】由34空前面的“experienced”可知这是作者的一次体验。【答案】
58、C33A.struggle BpressCbreak Dgo【解析】由语境可知，在最后的几英里路程上，作者的确努力了。struggle意为“奋斗，努力”，符合语境。【答案】A34A.touch BprideChumor Daward【解析】穿过终点线后，作者应该感到自豪(pride)，故选B。【答案】B35A.ability BchoiceCthought Dcourage【解析】此处意为“奇迹是我有勇气(courage)开始”，故选D。【答案】D.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)Online shopping is coming into fashion in most c
59、ities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed Internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person 36._ hasnt experienced online shopping? Definitely not.Online shopping 37._(welcome) by most people because of various reasons. From the perspective of consumers, it can save so
60、me time for people who dont have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get 38._ they want while staying at home. For the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who dont have enough circulating funds.39._(compare) with the traditional trade mode, they dont have to spend money in renting
61、 a house.40._，there are still some 41._(advantage) to online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less reliable and trustworthy. Second, people will lose the fun of bargain.42._ is undeniable(不可否认的) that shopping on the Internet has become an irresistible trend in modern 43._(s
62、ocial).Its such great urgency(紧急情况) that we need to make the relative laws with the rapid 44._(grow) of online shopping.Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and convenience of online shopping without the concern of 45._(cheat).【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了网购的流行以及网购的优势与劣势。36who/that先行词为a person，关系词在定语从句
63、中作主语，故用who或that。37is welcomedOnline shopping与动词welcome是被动关系，且此处表示现在的情况，故用一般现在时的被动语态。38whatever/what所填词引导宾语从句，表示“的(任何)东西”，故填入whatever或what。39Comparedcompared with.与相比。40However前面阐述了网购和网络营销的好处，后面介绍的是缺点。前后为转折关系，空格位于句首且后面有逗号，故此空该填入However。41disadvantages根据下文的内容可知，此处表示“不利因素”，故填disadvantages。 42It分析句子结构可知
64、，句子的真正主语是that引导的从句，故空格处应填入形式主语It。43society此处指现代“社会”，故用society。44growth根据空格前的with the rapid和后面的介词of可知，用名词growth。45being cheatedof为介词，其后接动名词，且we与cheat为被动关系，故用being cheated。.应用文写作(满分15分)Michael是一名美国中学生，在学校里选修汉语。他利用暑假到中国进修，希望进一步了解中国文化。有一天，他看到下面有关成语的漫画，不大明白其中的意思。请你用英语把漫画所表达的故事和寓意写成一段短文，向他解释。词数：80左右。参考词汇：
65、撞bump锄头hoe_【参考范文】Once upon a time，there was a farmer who worked hard in the fields every day.One day，while ploughing the fields，he heard a bumping sound and saw a rabbit lying by the tree.He picked it up and thought to himself，“Since it is so easy to get a rabbit like that，why should I work so hard
66、all day long？”Consequently he threw his hoe away and lay by the tree every day，dreaming more rabbits to come.When he finally realized his foolishness and returned to his fields again，he found all the crops were dead.This story tells us that we should not wait for unexpected gains by trusting chance
67、and luck.读后续写(满分25分)阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。Eric was working in a selling business.He had been on the road visiting people for more than a month without going home.He couldnt wait to get back to see his wife and children.It was coming up on Mothers Day，and he usually tried
68、to make it“back home”，but this year he was just too busy and too tired.The day when he was driving in a small town，he saw a flower shop.He said to himself，“I know what I will do.Ill send my mother some roses.”He stopped and went into the flower shop and saw a young man talking to the girl in it.“How
69、 many roses can I get for five dollars，Ms.？”the young man asked.The girl was trying to explain that roses were expensive.Maybe the young man would be happy with something else.“No.I have to have roses，”he said，“my mom was badly sick last year and I didnt have much time for her.I want to get somethin
70、g special.It has to be red roses，because those are her favorite.”He was stubborn.The girl in the shop looked up at Eric and just shook her head.Something inside of Eric was touched by the boys voice.He wanted to get those roses so badly.Eric was lucky in his business，and he looked at the girl and si
71、lently said that he would pay for the young mans roses.The girl looked at the young man and said，“OK，I will give you a dozen red roses for your dollars.”The young man almost jumped into the air.He took the flowers and ran out of the store.It was worth more than fifty dollars just to see that kind of
72、 excitement.Eric ordered his own flowers and asked the girl to have it delivered to his mother.After that，with a relief he drove down the road.Not long after his driving，he saw the boy walking to a graveyard(墓地).Paragraph 1：Eric stopped his car and followed the young man._Paragraph 2：Eric went into
73、the car in tears._【参考范文】Paragraph 1：Eric stopped his car and followed the young man.The young man went up to a small monument and knelt down.He carefully put the flowers before it and began to sob.“Dear Mom，I love you.But how I regret I didnt tell you when you were with me.I know you love roses，but
74、why didnt I send the flowers to you when I could still see you and talk with you？Now，you have gone to another world.How I regret I didnt tell you I love you so much！”Paragraph 2：Eric went into the car in tears.His mothers home wasnt far from here，but he hadnt seen her for such a long time.He didnt have a talk with her for such a long time and say how much he loves her for such a long time.He turned the car and drove to the flower shop.He asked the girl to give the flowers back to him because he wanted to send them personally to his mom.
