1、单元测试（共100分）.单项选择（每小题1分,共15分）1.As we all know,a good farmer can _deserted place into a rich field.A.translateB.buildC.teaseD.transform答案：D题意是“众所周知，一个好农民能把一块沙地变成肥田。”A项，翻译；B项，建设；C项，取笑；D项，把变成。2.Economic is a _of science while English is one of the _of languages.A.branch；branchB.branches；branchesC.branch
2、es；branchD.branch；branches答案：D题意是“经济是科学的分类，英语是语言的分支。”branch的复数形式是在词尾加es。3.The central committee of the communist Party of China considered all the_ of the problem before making a decision.A.wayB.sideC.aspectsD.thread答案：C此题的意义是“中共中央在作出决定之前，考虑了这个问题的各个方面。”由all看出应该用复数形式。A项，方法；B项，某物体的侧面；C项，事物的某些方面，用复数形式；
3、D项，线。4.Compasses are not often used in our maths class.However，_ is often used.A.a compassB.a pair of compassC.a pair of compassesD.compass答案：C题意是“在数学上，不用指南针，却常用圆规。”compass,作为“指南针”，其复数形式直接加es;作为“圆规”，要说 a pair of compasses,two pairs of compasses等。5.She bought a dress_ and some material to make a suit
4、 at home.A.patternB.suitC.clothesD.cloth答案：A此句翻译成“她买了一个服装式样和一些布料，回家自己做一套衣服”。pattern样式；式样；花样。6.If I_ her e-mail address,I_ the longdistance call.A.knew；wouldB.had known;would have madeC.had known；wouldnt have madeD.would know；had made答案：C题意是“如果我知道她的e-mail邮址，我将不会打那个长途电话”。此题是与过去情况有关的虚拟语气。条件从句用过去完成时态，主句
5、用would have done结构，根据句意此处主句用否定句式。7.The manager finally_the pressure from the public,the government and the workers working on the projects.A.bowed his head toB.bowed out ofC.bowed toD.took his bow to答案：C此题译为是“最后那个经理在公众、政府和工人的压力下让步了。”此题考查与bow有关的固定搭配的用法。bow ones head to向某人低头；bow out of退出一度辉煌的事业；bow to
6、向让步；take ones bow to谢幕，鞠躬答谢。8._leave at the end of this month.I dont think you should do that until_another job.A.Im going to;youd foundB.Im going to;youve foundC.Ill;youll findD.Ill;youd find答案：B考查动词的时态，“这个月底我打算离开”，用be going to 表示“打算、计划要做某事”。第二句用完成时态表示将来完成的动作，意为“我认为直到你找着另一份工作，你再离开”。9.There was an a
7、ccident in the factory,but no one knew who was _of the trouble.A.at the end ofB.at the top ofC.in the middle ofD.at the bottom of答案：D题意是“工厂里出现了事故，到底谁是祸首，没有人知道。”at the bottom of表示某事的根源，起因，导火索。A项，在末端；B项，在的顶部；C项，在中间。10.There is no doubt that something will happen_with so much traffic.A.sometimesB.some
8、timesC.sometimeD.some time答案：C此题考查时间状语。题意是“这么拥挤的交通，将来会出问题的。”sometime指某一个不明确的时间，用于过去或将来时态。sometimes表示“有时，间或”，用来描述现在或过去常发生的事。some times名词短语，表示“几次、几倍”。some time名词短语，表示某一段时间。关于some和time的用法有一个顺口溜。分开是“一段”，相连为“某时”，分开s是“倍、次”，相连s是“有时”。11.In order to have your English_,you must recite fifty new words every we
9、ek.A.improvedB.improvementC.improvingD.to improve答案：A此题考查have sth.done的用法，improved在此处作宾语补足语，表示被动意义。题意是“为了使你的英语有所提高，你必须每周背诵50个单词。”12.While crossing the street,_.A.the light must be greenB.there are no policemenC.be carefulD.it is necessary to be careful答案：C题意是“过大街时，一定要小心”。当主句的主语和从句的主语相同时，从句可以改为引导词加分词
10、形式，反过来，从句是引导词加分词形式，主句必须和从句保持主语一致。C项是祈使句，其主语是you。该句可改为You must be careful while you are crossing the street.13._to others,he is lucky enough to own such a large house.A.ComparingB.Compared toC.ComparedD.Comparing to答案：C“与他人相比，能拥有这么大的房子，他够幸运的。”此处是过去分词作状语，其逻辑主语必须和句子的主语一致。14.Please _my dog for me while
11、I am on out for a trip.A.make eyes atB.keep an eye out forC.catch the eye ofD.keep an eye on答案：D“我外出旅游时，替我照顾一下我的狗”。A项，向某人送秋波；B项，警惕；C项，吸引注意力。keep an eye on照顾。15.All the Chinese are_ the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and trying their best to study English.A.looking atB.looking back toC.looking forward to
12、D.looking through答案：C“所有的中国人都在盼奥运，并且努力学好英语。”此题考查以look为中心的动词短语的辨析。look forward to盼望。.完形填空（共30分）Chaucer,Geoffrey （13431400）,an English poet,1masterpiece was The Canterbury Tales,greatly influenced the development of English2.But he was known,in his long career,3a civil servant under the English kings
13、Edward and Richard .Chaucer married Philippa Roet,who was4a court attendant.He was buried in Westminster Abbey.Chaucer wrote for a audience of fellow attendants and officials.The common theme of his earliest works was courtly love.His important original 5,The Book of the Duchess,was for John of Gaun
14、ts first wife,who died in 1369.In this period.Chaucer also6and adapted religious,and historical works.Troilus（希神特洛伊罗斯） and Criseyde,a poem of more than 8，0007,was Chaucers major work 8The Canterbury Tales.It was the tragic（悲剧） story of the Trojan prince Troilus and his beloved,Criseyde .The Canterbu
15、ry Tales was9collection of tales about a pilgrimage（朝圣）to Canterbury Cathedral.The poet10a band of pilgrims（朝拜者）,who gathered outside London for the journey to Canterbury（坎特伯雷）.They were English societies of the 14th century.The Host 11a storytelling contest to pass the time,with each of them 12four
16、 tales on the round trip.The tales represented nearly a wide variety13ancient stories at their best.The special genius of Chaucer,however,14the tales with the story frame into dramas.The tales developed the personalities,quarrels,and15 opinions of their tellers,whose joy,16and sorrow were shown vivi
17、dly.Chaucer increased the authority of English as a literary language and extended its 17vocabulary.He was the first English poet to use iambic pentameter（五步诗）,the sevenline stanza（七行诗）called royal18,and the couplet later called heroic poetry （英雄诗）.Chaucer greatly influenced 19English writers such a
18、s Edmund Spenser,William Shakespeare,and John Dryden.His reputation（名誉） has been established as the English poet best20after Shakespeare for his wisdom,humor,and description of humanity.1.A.whoseB.whichC.thatD.where2.A.scienceB.farmingC.politicsD.literature3.A.forB.inC.asD.on4.A.eitherB.tooC.alsoD.n
19、either5.A.artB.workC.dramaD.play 6.A.underlinedB.translatedC.changedD.hushed7.A.wordsB.passagesC.linesD.articles8.A.butB.exceptC.except forD.besides9.A./B.aC.thatD.the10.A.joinedB.joined inC.took part inD.entered11.A.encouragedB.advisedC.askedD.conveyed12.A.tellB.tellingC.toldD.to be told13.A.ofB.be
20、tweenC.fromD.in14.A.transformedB.transformC.formingD.form 15.A.the sameB.differentC.similarD.endless16.A.angryB.happinessC.happyD.anger17.A.poetB.poeticC.poemD.poetry18.A.rhymeB.in rhythmC.rhythmicD.rhyming19.A.otherB.anotherC.the otherD.others20.A.loverB.lovedC.lovingD.love答案：1.A这是一个主从复合句，主语是Chauce
21、r Geoffrey,谓语是influenced,who引导一个非限制性定语从句。2.D通篇讲的是英语文学，不涉及A、B、C项的内容。3. C此题考查固定短语，sb.is known as某人作为而出名。4. Calso“也”用于肯定句的句中；too“也”，用于肯定句的句末，用逗号隔开;either“也”，用于否定句的句末，用逗号隔开;neither“也不”,常用于倒装结构。5. B从上文中看出his important original work“他的处女作”，work“作品”，包括小说、戏剧、诗歌等。6. B由并列动词adapt(改编)看出，此处选择translate（翻译）最合适。“他翻
22、译和改编宗教和历史著作。”7. C这里指“一首具有8，000多行的诗”。8. D从下文知道The Canterbury Tales也是一部大作，因此用besides；A、B、C项都表示不包括。9. Ba collection of ancient stories一个古老故事的作品集。10. Ajoin a band加入一群人，band，“一伙人”；join加入一个团体，成为其中的一员；join in加入某个活动；take part in参加某种活动；enter进入。11. B“主人建议举办一个讲故事比赛”，A项，鼓励某人干某事；C项，要求某人干某事；D项，convey“传达，传送”。12：B此
23、处是with结构作方式状语，telling作宾语补足语。“在来回的路上，每人讲四个故事”，排除C和D项。13. Aa variety of“不同种类的”，为固定搭配，of表示所属关系。14. Atransforminto把变成；form构成。15. Bdifferent opinions不同的意见，符合题意。A项“同样的”；C项similar“相似的”；D项endless“无穷的”。16. D此处是三个名词并列。B项与joy重复，故排除；A和C项都是形容词。17. B此处用形容词poetic修饰vocabulary，诗歌词汇。18. A此处rhyme指诗的韵律。19. Aother其他的，泛指
24、三者以上的其他的人或事物，修饰复数名词；another，泛指三者以上的另外一个人或事物，修饰单数名词；the other，指两者之中的另外一个；others，泛指三者以上的其他的人或事物。20. B此处用过去分词，作后置定语，表示“被动意义”,等于who was loved。.阅读理解（共20分）ALanguage as a System of Symbols of all systems of symbols（符号）,language is the most highly developed.It has been pointed out that human beings,by agree
25、ment,can make anything stand for anything.Human beings have agreed,in the course of centuries of mutual（相互的） dependency,to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs,throats,tongues,teeth,and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems.We call that sy
26、stem of agreements language.There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for.Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head,by gold on the watch chain,or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in,so the fact of being hungr
27、y can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.However,obvious these facts may appear at first glance,they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject.Symbols and the things they stand for are independe
28、nt of each other,yet we all have a way of feeling as if,and sometimes acting as if,there were necessary connections.For example,there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature: foreigners have such funny names for things,and why cant they call things by their right names?
29、 This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough.Like the little boy who is reported to have said:“Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals
30、,” they feel the symbol is inherently（内在地） connected in some way with the things symbolized.1.Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings _.A.have made use of language for centuriesB.use our nervous systems to support languageC.have made various noises stand for any eventsD
31、.can make anything stand for anything by agreement2.What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?A.Different noise may mean different things.B.Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.C.The language we use symbolizes our social positions.D.Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.3.In P
32、aragraph 3,“take special pains”probably means “_”.A.try very hardB.take our timeC.are very unhappyD.feel especially painful4.The example of the little boy is used to show that _.A.adults often learn from their youngB.“pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirtyC.words are not connected with the thin
33、gs they stand forD.people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works答案：1.D这是一道细节推理题。根据第一段It has been pointed out that human beings,by agreement,can make anything stand for anything.可推出人们经协议，发出任何一种声音都代表一种意义。2. B这是一道主旨大意题。根据第二段Just as一句看出就像头顶上的羽毛、手表链上的金子代表一个人的社会地位一样，我们的文化决定了不同的声音代表不同的意义。3.A这是
34、一道猜测词义题目。根据However,obvious these facts may appear at first glance,they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject.推测出take pains指“不辞劳苦”，与A项吻合。4.D这是一道细节推理题。从最后一句inherently connected看出，“猪之所以叫猪是因为它们太脏”，这是一种顽童的认识，并非理性的认识。这一点在最后一段的第二句中有symbols and
35、 the things they stand for are independent of each other为证。BWhitman was one of the most original and inspiring American poets,well known for his art and his role as a poet.He devoted himself to poetry praising the native American experience.As Americas first epic poem,Leaves of Grass ran nine editio
36、ns with more than 400 poems all written in free forms,that is,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.The tide implies rebirth,renewal,or green life.As Whitman once said,“Leaves of Grass was the outcropping of my own emotional and other personal nature - an attempt,from first to last,to
37、put a person,a human being freely,fully and truly on record.”For Whitman,science,democracy （民主） and spirituality （灵性） were the three things that underlay the structure of modern poetry.Whitman tried to combine the world of science,the democracy and the spiritual feeling of life into one,into his poe
38、try.For Whitman,the poetic form should be free.Therefore,he threw aside the traditional form and had his own form.Both the form and content of his poems are revolutionary.With its frequent use of oral language and everyday events,his poem represented a turning point in the history of American poetry
39、 - poetry fashioned out of specially American experience in a clearly American idiom.Whitmans unique poetic creation has developed a very significant tradition in American poetry.In his poems,he celebrated new America rather than regretted it.He was against slavery,idolized （崇拜的） Lincoln,supported s
40、trikes,and combined the ideal of the common people and that of the ragged individual.5.Which is right?A.Whitman called on others to write poems like him.B.Whitman praised the native rich Americans.C.Whitman write poems to tell about the native American experience.D.He wanted to become a great poet.6
41、._in Whitmans poems.A.There are fixed beat and regular rhyme scheme.B.We could see rebirth,renewal or green life.C.We could only see science,wars and damage.D.There are not emotional nature.7.What does the words the ragged individual mean?A.the rich peopleB.the poor peopleC.the poem writersD.the Ame
42、rican lawyers答案：5.C从第一段He devoted一句看出，他致力于赞扬当地的人们。A和D项文中没有提到，B项所述片面。6.B从第二段The tide implies rebirth,renewal,or green life.一句看出他的诗充满激情。A项应该用否定句。D项应用肯定形式。7.B这是一道词义猜测题目，要根据上下文猜测单词意义。文章最后一句话指Whitman的诗反对奴隶制度，支持罢工，把普通人和的民主意识融合在一起。第二段中已指出他的诗歌不拘泥于传统，形成自己的风格，表现科学、民主和灵性。因此选B项符合文意。rag破布，ragged衣衫破烂的。CDuring the
43、 late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries,the London District of Southward was prospering （繁荣）,and a very important and far reaching development was taking place at an area lying just beside the church now known as Southward Cathedral（大教堂）.The Rose Theatre,the Swan,the Hope Playhouse and the B
44、ear Garden,were set up here along with the famous Globe Theatre,in which Shakespeare acted.William Shakespeare（15641616） was an English poet and playwright whose works are considered the greatest in English literature.He is honored in Southward Cathedral today by the modern memorial window in the so
45、uth aisle （通道）.The window was designed by Christopher Webb in 1954,after an earlier window had been destroyed in the war,and describes characters from Shakespeares plays.Below it is a figure of Shakespeare,carved by Henry McCarthy in 1912,set against a background of seventeenth century Southward in
46、relief （浮雕）,showing the Globe Theatre,Winchester Palace and the Tower of St.Saviors Church.This memorial was provided by public support and was finished in 1911,and every year a birthday celebration,attended by many great actors and actresses,is held here in honor of Shakespeares genius.Shakespeares
47、 brother Edmund was buried here in 1607,and although the position of Edmunds grave is unknown,he is honored by a marked stone.8.Which of the following did Shakespeare once acted in?A.The Rose TheatreB.The SwanC.The Hope Playhouse and Bear GardenD.The Globe Theatre9.Which are the symbols of the seven
48、teenth century Southward?A.The Tower of St.Saviors Church and Winchester PalaceB.The Globe Theatre,The Tower of St.Saviors Church and Winchester PalaceC.The Rose Theatre,The Tower of St.Saviors.Church and Winchester PalaceD.The Rose Theatre and The Tower of St.Saviors Church10.In horror of Shakespea
49、res genius,_.A.a commemoration service is held every year on Edmunds birthdayB.a special service is held every year on Shakespeares birthdayC.Shakespeares brothers name was caved on a stoneD.Edmund was specially buried here in 1607答案：8.D在第一段的最后一句，in which从句是一个非限制性定语从句，which指前面的大剧院，看出Shakespeare acte
50、d的地点是the Globe Theatre。9.B从第二段的第四句话看出，在重修的memorial里，有3个景点代表Southward。10.B从文章的最后看出，为了纪念莎士比亚每年举办一次特殊的聚会，在莎士比亚的生日那天，而不是在他弟弟的生日那一天。.语言结构（共10分）仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格或划线句子。请按照每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化、句子合并、句子改写以及病句改正等。答案填写在标号为110的对应位置。When I was about twelve,I1(sudden)developed great interest in writing poetry.
51、If a lesson2(助动词)not interest me,I would take out 3(人称代词) notebook and start writing poems in class.One day4(连词) I was busy write a poem in a geography lesson.I looked up find the teacher5(动词词组).He tore the poem up,warning me not6(不定式)time in his class.I had written such a good poem 7(固定句型)in the ev
52、ening I wrote 8(宾语) out again from memory.Weeks later,I9(read) about a poetry contest and I decided to send out my poem.After a month,I got a letter informing me I had won10(冠词)first prize.Everyone at school was glad,except the geography teacher.1._2._3._4._5._6._7._8._9._10._答案：1.suddenly2.did 3.my
53、4.while5.standing by6.to waste7.that8.it9.read10. the.书面表达（共25分）在 10月1日，为了庆祝国庆节，我校举办了一场英语晚会，进行抽签口头即兴作诗表演比赛。利用本单元的单词、短语和句型，写一首儿童诗。抽签题目之一：利用cat和rat，作一首诗，生活好了，猫吃得好了，但是，变懒了，也变胖了。相反，老鼠变得可爱了。单词提示：always,study,a pat,dream,fish,Sunday flower,tower,bed,every,dish,wish,shower,bed,fat,school,busy,sleep.要求：至少4段
54、，每段4行。要尽量押韵和对仗。写作提示：首先对所提示的单词根据押韵分组。1.study,Sunday2. a pat,fat3.flower,tower,shower4. wish,dish,fish5. school,dream6. busy,every 在此基础上，按照“至少4段，每段4行”的原则，试打草稿。要尽量押韵和对仗。初步定型，结合cat和rat的故事：生活好了，猫吃得好了，但是，变懒了，也变胖了。相反，老鼠变得可爱了，编一首逻辑合理的诗歌。参考范文：A cat is very rich.Every hour he has a dish.Every dish he eats a f
55、ish.Every day he dreams a wish.A rat is very poor.Every hour he wears a flower.Every flower he picks the tower.Every day he has a shower.The cat becomes too fat.He always sleeps in bed.He cant catch a rat.He just kills a fly with a pat.The rat is busy on study.He goes to school on Sunday.He has won the first finally.
