1、Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars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） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What can we know about the woman? A. She had to work overtime. B. She failed to see Henry. C. She had a traffic accident.2. What does the man mean? A. He wonders why the woman is here. B. He himse
2、lf is Dr Johnson. C. The doctor will be here soon.3. What is the man? A. A reporter. B. A patient. C. A scientist.4. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a restaurant.B. In a classroom. C. In a shop.5. How will the two speakers go to London? A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.第二节（共15小题; 每小题1
3、.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why are Mondays terrible for the man? A. He doesnt want to work after the weekend. B. Monday is full of difficult lessons for him. C. Monday means the beginning of a whole week.7. What subjects does the man seem to like? A. Art and Music. B. English
4、 and Maths. C. Geography and Maths.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a restaurant. B. In a hotel.C. At home.9. What time does the dining-room close? A. At 8:30 am. B. At 9:30 am.C. At 10:30 am.10. What will the man do? A. Make a call to Room Service. B. Go to a resta
5、urant. C. Go out and buy something to eat.请听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。 11. Who is Frank Stone? A. A friend of the womans. B. A visitor to the clinic. C. A patient of Dr Miltons.12. Why wont Mr Stone come to the clinic tomorrow? A. The clinic will be closed. B. Dr Milton wont come to work. C. He cant spare the
6、 time.13. When is the clinic open in a week? A. During the whole week. B. On weekdays except Thursday. C. From Monday to Friday.14. When will Mr Stone see Dr Milton? A. 6:15 pm on Wednesday. B. 6:15 pm on Thursday. C. 5:30 pm on Wednesday.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. Whats the probable relationship betwee
7、n the two speakers? A. Schoolmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Strangers.16. Why does Jeanie come to school earlier? A. To meet her friend. B. To have a class. C. To go over her lessons.17. How is Jack feeling before the test? A. Calm. B. Worried. C. Excited.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where did the spea
8、ker go the other day? A. A football game. B. A bike race. C. A park. 19. What can we learn about the bird nest? A. It is very small. B. There is a lake in the middle of it. C. It is short.20. What did the speaker do at the end of her visit? A. She watched a bird show. B. She played basketball. C. Sh
9、e talked with some birds.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. Will you go swimming with me this weekend? _. A. All depend B. It depends C. It depends onD. All depends on22. I was about to knock on the door when it was opened _. A. from in B. withinC. in D
10、. from within23. The happy news quickly _ through the whole village. A. was spread B. were spreading C. spreadD. had been spread24. We cant continue to pretend that the problem of homelessness doesnt _ in this city. A. exist B. liveC. beD. survive25. The hall was already full, and hundreds of _ fans
11、 were turned away at the door. A. disappointingB. disappointed C. disappointD. disappointment26. The club women gathered _ clothes for people in the tsunami-hit countries. A. a mass of B. mass of C. a large amount of D. amount of 27. We should try our best to _ those people after the disaster. A. br
12、eak out B. cheer on C. break upD. cheer up28. At last, I made up my mind to speak the truth _of the whole class. A. in the present B. at the present C. in the presence D. at the presence29. He wants to see changes in the company and I am sure he will, _. A. on time B. at a timeC. at one timeD. in ti
13、me30. They had a _ quarrel and John stormed out. A. violent B. cruelC. strongC. harmful31. The government has to close those small factories to prevent the water of the river _. A. pollutingB. from polluting C. being pollutedD. polluted32. _ Im well again, I can go on with my work. A. Even if B. As
14、thoughC. Ever afterD. Now that33. Some of the doctors are paid almost _ as the nurses. A. twice as muchB. much as twice C. as much twiceD. as twice much34. _ anyone should want to kill her was unbelievable. A. Whether B. ThatC. WhatD. If35. _ the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids puzzled people f
15、or centuries. A. Whether B. WhatC. HowD. Where第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Carols husband was killed in a car accident last year.Jim, only 52, was 36 home from work. The other driver was a teenager who had 37 a lot. Jim died at once. The teenager was in
16、 the 38 for less than three hours.It was Carols fiftieth birthday, and Jim had two plane tickets to Hawaii in his pocket. He was going to 39 her. However, he was killed by a drunken driver.“How have you 40 this?” I asked Carol, a year later. 41 welled up（涌出） in her eyes. I thought I had said the 42
17、thing, but she said, “Its all right. I want to 43 you. The day I married Jim, I promised I would never let him leave the house in the morning 44 telling him I loved him. He made the same 45 . It got to be a joke between us, and as we grew older it got to be a(n) 46 promise to keep.“I remember runnin
18、g down the driveway, saying I love you just before he drove out of my 47 , or driving all the way to his office just to put a(n) 48 saying I love you on his car. It was a funny 49 .“We made a lot of 50 trying to say I love you before noon every day of our married life.“The morning Jim 51 , he left a
19、 birthday card in the kitchen and then left 52 . I heard the engine starting. Oh, no, I thought. I 53 out quickly and knocked on the car window 54 he rolled it down.“Here on my fiftieth birthday I, Carol Garret, want you, Mr James E. Garret to 55 that I love you!“Thats how Ive survived, knowing that
20、 the last words I said to Jim were, I love you!” 36. A. walking B. arrivingC. drivingD. riding 37. A. drunk B. eaten C. talked D. done38. A. school B. hospitalC. office D. prison39. A. surprise B. interestC. disappointD. frighten40. A. learned B. survivedC. existed D. explained41. A. Excitement B. H
21、appiness C. Joys D. Tears42. A. sad B. extra C. wrong D. violent43. A. tell B. depend C. cheer D. believe44. A. with B. besidesC. after D. without 45. A. idea B. choice C. promise D. mistake46. A. hard B. easy C. silly D. harmful47. A. reach B. sight C. house D. office48. A. announcement B. note C.
22、advertisement D. picture49. A. game B. activity C. challenge D. test50. A. methods B. storiesC. memories D. troubles51. A. married B. worked C. returned D. died52. A. gradually B. quietly C. angrily D. gently53. A. cried B. ran C. watched D. looked54. A. but B. when C. though D. until55. A. say B. p
23、rove C. know D. admit第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分20分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（共7小题；每小题2分，满分14分）AAir is an odorless (无气味的), invisible (看不见的) gas that surrounds the earth. It is everywhere on the planet. An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room, to give two examples, are not really empty. Each
24、 is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass.Air, as a gas, has no definite (明确的) shape, but, because it is matter, it takes up space. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff a dry handkerchief into the bottom（底部） of
25、 a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside-down. Push the upside-down glass; hold it straight into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of water, the handkerchief will be dry. The air inside the glass takes up space and keeps the
26、 water from coming in.56. What does the underlined word “Stuff” (in Paragraph 2) mean? A. Press tightly. B. Take out. C. Put down. D. Turn fully.57. The writer tells us that _. A. the experiment is done in the laboratory B. the experiment is done outside the room C. the experiment is easily done D.
27、the experiment is carried out indoors58. Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result? (Wwater; Aair; Hhandkerchief)BChinas second manned space flight will be done by two astronauts over five days in 2005. “Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space sometime in 2005,” said Zuo Saichun, a spo
28、kesperson of the China Aerospace Science and Technology (CAST). “The spacecraft（宇宙飞船） will make new breakthroughs in Chinas manned space technology.”Unlike Shenzhou-V, a little more than a year ago (in October, 2003), the next flight will see two astronauts fly in space for five days. Their capsule
29、(太空舱) is designed to be capable of orbiting for a whole week, the spokesperson said. “For the first time, astronauts will enter and live in the orbital module（舱） of the spacecraft to do scientific experiments,” said a statement from CAST. CAST did not say what those experiments will be.In Shenzhou-V
30、I, scientists have changed the spacecrafts configuration (构形) to reduce its weight, and tried to improve the performance of on-board equipment. They have also worked to make sure of the energy supply of the spacecraft and further improve its safety. So far, scientists have worked out ways to solve p
31、roblems on environmental control and life support. Shenzhou-VI will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket. Meanwhile, a model of the Change-1 satellite is expected to be sent to orbit the moon in two years. The satellite, part of the three-stage programme, would be followed by the landing o
32、f an unmanned vehicle on the moon in the second stage by 2010 and collecting samples of lunar soil by 2020 in the final stage, according to Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration. 59. Which of the following about Shenzhou-VI is NOT true? A. It will be sent into space in 2005
33、. B. It is capable of orbiting for two weeks. C. It will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket. D. It will be sent into space with two astronauts. 60. According to the passage, the following problems should be solved before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space EXCEPT _. A. environmental control B
34、. energy supply C. life support D. lunar soil collecting61. Which of the following does NOT belong to the three-stage programme? A. Shenzhou-VIs being sent into space. B. A model of the Change-1 satellite will be sent to orbit the moon. C. The landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon. D. Collectin
35、g samples of lunar soil. 62. The passage mainly tells us _. A. some problems need solving before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space B. Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space in 2005 C. what Chinas space programme is D. how Chinas three-stage programme is carried out第二节：阅读下面短文，请将文后标有A-D的句子插入文章中标号63-65的合适位置，
36、使短文连贯完整；其中一个句子是多余的。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）The winners guide to successHow do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. Here are some keys to success that they give:Be responsible fo
37、r yourselfSometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. 63 Youre saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”Live life “on purpose”Almost all successful people live life “on purpose” they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your li
38、fe on purpose, youll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.Write a planIt is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. 64 A good plan is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your t
39、ime, money and also your energy; while with the “map” youll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.Be willing to pay the priceNothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, yo
40、u wont get anything valuable.Never give up 65 When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.Dont delayOnce an American writer was writing a novel. He could not
41、have a good ending for his book until one night when he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. “Ive got a perfect idea,” he said, “Ill put it down later and show it to you.” But he never did, because he died that night. His book was left without
42、 a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.A. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away.B. It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they fail t
43、o realize earlier the importance of hard work.D. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, youre giving away your own power.第四部分: 写作(共两节, 满分25分)第一节：句子翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）66. 令我们中国人骄傲的是我们可以成功发射载人宇宙飞船。(主语从句和表语从句)67. 阻止大气污染是我们应尽的责任。(prevent.from
44、)68. 我一直想掌握天文学方面的知识。(get the hang of)69. 我不想太多地依靠父母。(depend on)70. 有机会看到神州五号的发射，我感到很幸运。 (have a chance to)第二节：书面表达（满分15分）最近，你班同学就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息，用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况。30%的同学认为： 70%的同学认为：1. 不值得探索2. 离我们及我们的日常生活太遥远3. 浪费金钱。这些金钱本可用来解决地球上的饥饿、污染等问题1. 值得探索2. 已使用卫星进行通讯传播、天气预报3. 有望解决地球人口问题、地球能源短缺问题注意： 1. 词数：120左右； 2. 参考词汇：短缺 shortage。