1、第五单元水平测试第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)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。AAaron Carter isnt like other 12yearolds. He doesnt go to school, and hes already got a job. He is a big pop star. A few years ago he started his singing with Crazy Little Party Girl, which became a hit at once. Now
2、he goes around the world and his songs are in the tops.Because hes traveling around all the time, Aaron doesnt have to go to school, but dont envy him too muchhe still has to do lessons and homework. And he is good at learning.“I have to fit my schoolwork around my singing，” he explains. “But Im luc
3、ky because I have a private tutor who travels with me. I sometimes have to have lessons on a plane. Thats really interesting！”Aarons favorite subject is math but he hates history. He knows clearly that having a good singing career doesnt mean he can go without schoolwork. “It would be easy to think
4、that I dont need to do well in exams, but that would be crazy，” he says. “Its important to get my qualifications(资格) so that I have something to fall_back_on. Besides, its interesting to learn about other people and cultures.”Aarons favorite type of music is rocknroll. “The best thing about being a
5、singer，” he says, “is that you get to travel all around the world. But the worst thing is that youre away from home so much that you dont get to see your friends or family.”本文是人物传记。Aaron Carter是一个受欢迎的明星(歌者)，你了解他多少呢？21According to the passage, we learn that Aaron Carter is_.Aa composerBa successful s
6、ingerCa history loverDa young businessman答案B细节理解题。由第一段中的“He is a big pop star.Now he goes around the world and his songs are in the tops.”可知他是a successful singer。22Which of the following statements is TRUE?AAaron Carter doesnt go to school because he likes singing better.BAaron Carter has his own te
7、acher.CAaron likes math as well as history.DAaron Carter likes traveling all around the world and dislikes seeing friends and family.答案B细节判断题。由第三段中的“But Im lucky because I have a private tutor who travels with me.I sometimes have to have lessons on a plane.”可知答案。23The underlined phrase “fall back on
8、” in the fifth paragraph has the similar meaning as_.Acheck in Breturn toCdepend on Ddecide on答案C词义猜测题。由上文“Its important to get my qualifications so that I have something to fall_back_on”。(我获取资格，可以有个东西依靠，这很重要)可知本短语意为“依靠”。BPopular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small rad
9、ios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, an
10、d the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these ta
11、pes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star. There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called
12、western or country music. This is started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they are watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.本文是说明文。美国最重要的三种音乐形式：流行音乐、民乐以及乡村音乐，其中对流行音乐作了重点介绍。24This passage mainly tal
13、ks about_.AAmerican musicBAmerican popular musicCthree sorts of musicDpopular music singers答案A主旨大意题。纵观全文可以看出，作者讲述了美国最重要的三种音乐形式：流行音乐、民乐以及乡村音乐，其中对流行音乐作了重点的介绍。25The first three paragraphs mainly tell us_.Athat Americans like popular musicBthat popular music is an important kind of music in AmericaChow
14、to become a national star as a pop singer in AmericaDpopular music in America is what every student likes答案B段落大意题。根据文章的主旨可以断定，作者在前三段里主要告诉我们有关美国人最喜欢的一种音乐形式流行音乐的一些情况。26In America, as a pop singer, if you want to become a national star, youll have to_.Aearn a lot of moneyBmake radio stations use your C
15、Ds or tapesCmake many CDs or tapesDmake all the young people love you and what you sing答案D细节理解题。综合文章第三段的描述可知，A、B和C项都是变成全国明星之后的事，只有受到所有年轻人的爱戴和喜欢之后，才能真正称之为全国明星。27The underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refers to_.AAmerican musicBfolk musicCcountry musicDthe common life of Americans答案C词义理解题。th
16、is指代前面一句话中出现的country music。C“Hey, Jenna, do you think well still be friends when were eightytwo？” I asked my friend. When I waited Jenna to answer, I started wondering what life would be like without her.Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister.“Of course, well still be friends when wer
17、e eightytwo，” Jenna announced loudly.The next year, in Grade Four, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldnt pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, We had a real
18、ly big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I_was_bossy. I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible! I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me a terrible Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.
19、“Wow，” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”“Okay.well.I have to go，” she said softly.“Okay. See you later then.” and I closed the door.“Who was that at the door？” my mom asked. “It was Jenna, my classmate.” I said.The card started off with “Merry Christ
20、mas”， but then it said, “I am so glad were friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight wont stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when were eightytwo.”I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldnt believe I had forgotten what she s
21、aid that day in the backyard. I couldnt believe I had been so selfish in trying to make my friends feel sorry for me.本文是记叙文。作者与朋友约定等到她们82岁时还会是朋友，然而她们却吵架了。就在作者感到孤独无助的时候，朋友给她送来了贺卡并表示她们永远都是朋友。28Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?AJenna and I. BFriends Forever.CFriendship Is V
22、ery Important. DFriendship Is Very Necessary.答案B主旨大意题。通览全文可知本文主要讲的是“我”与朋友珍娜之间友谊长存的故事，故B项最适合作文章的标题。29How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?AThey would be close friends again. BThey would not speak to each other.CThey would lose touch with each other. DThey would go
23、on fighting with each other.答案A推理判断题。根据文章最后两段可知，作者在读完了珍娜送给她的圣诞贺卡上关于道歉和希望和好的话后，醒悟到自己的缺点，感到十分地愧疚，由此可推知两人一定能在圣诞节后重归于好。30The underlined sentence “I was bossy” in Paragraph 5 means _.AI looked like a boss BI acted as a bossCI was fond of giving orders DI was fond of fighting答案C词义猜测题。根据文意可知，杰米和珍娜两人与我吵了一架，
24、她俩说我太喜欢发号施令，这使我感到很无助、孤单。综合选项，只有C项最符合题意。bossy“喜欢发号施令的”。31Which of the following is the right order according to the passage? aJamie became the authors friend. bThe author felt lonely and unhappy. cJenna, Jamie and the author fought. dJenna brought the author a Christmas card. eThe author was sorry fo
25、r what she did. fJenna and the author promised to be lifelong friends.Afabced Bacfbde Cabcfed Dfacbde答案D细节理解题。根据文章内容可知D项正确。DListening to Mozart does not actually make you cleverer, contradicting (反驳) a popular 1993 study that first coined the Mozart effect, Austrian researchers say.A team at Vienna
26、Universitys Faculty of Psychology collected studies that have sought to reproduce the Mozart effect and found no proof of the phenomenons existence.The original study showed that teenagers performed better in reasoning tests having listened to Mozarts 1781 Sonata for Two Pianos in D major than those
27、 who listened to something else or those who had been in a silent room.But after analyzing about 3,000 individual cases compiled from 40 studies conducted around the world, the University of Vienna team found no proof that the Mozart effect actually exists.“Those who listened to musicMozart or somet
28、hing else, Bach, Pearl Jamhad better results than the silent group. But we already knew people perform better if they have a stimulus (刺激物)，” head researcher Jakob Pietschnig said.Mr. Pietschnig says the 1993 study at the University of California only involved 36 students.He also says the original s
29、tudy was a typical case of “publication bias (出版偏见)” whereby scientific journals prefer positive results to negative or inconclusive results.When the research was first published in Nature it had a considerable effect on public opinion, leading childcare centers in the United States to play classica
30、l music and the southern US state of Georgia to give newborns a free classical music CD.Mr. Pietschnig says the original study was carried out on adults in order to study their reasoning rather than intelligence.“I advised everyone to listen to Mozart, but its not going to improve cognitive abilitie
31、s as some people hope，” he said.本文是说明文。最近的研究发现：听莫扎特的音乐并不能使人更聪明，以前的研究实际上存在着技术上的漏洞。这一成果又会在社会上引起什么反响呢？32Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?AMozart Effect Actually Exists.BThose Who Listen to Music Have Better Results.CTeenagers Shouldnt Listen to Music.DMozart Doesnt Make Y
32、ou Clever.答案D主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了一项心理学研究的新发现，即听莫扎特的音乐并不能使人更聪明，而这一说法和1993年的另一项研究结论是相矛盾的。33According to the passage, Bach and Pearl Jam in Paragraph 5 are probably _.Anames of two places Bnames of two musiciansCnames of two films Dnames of two kinds of music答案D词义猜测题。根据第五段中的“Those who listened to musicMozart
33、or something else, Bach，Pearl Jam.”可知，Bach和Pearl Jam是something else的同位语，与前面的Mozart构成了并列的关系，这里用人名或乐队名称代表一种音乐风格。34Which is TRUE about the 1993 study at the University of California according to Mr. Pietschnig?AIt had enough participants.BIt was typical evidence that students who listened to music had
34、better results than the silent ones.CIt was a subjective prejudice which a publication often held.DAll the people prefer positive results to negative or inconclusive results.答案C细节理解题。根据第六段皮耶希尼的说法可知，1993年的研究只涉及了36名学生，排除A项；第七段又说到该研究是一个出版偏见的典型例子，排除B项；D项过于绝对化。35What Mr. Pietschnig said in the last Parag
35、raph means that _.AMozart is unusefulBMozart actually improves intelligence a lotCthe result of Mozart is not as useful as people thoughtDwe should resist Mozart答案C细节理解题。最后一段的意思是：人们仍然要听莫扎特音乐，但它对智力的影响并不像人们以前认为的那么强烈，因此C项正确。第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Everyone can bene
36、fit from better communication. _36_ Of course, we know that isnt true, but this shouldnt stop you improving your communication skills. Here are a few tips to help you become a better communicator._37_Verbal(口头的) language is only one part of the communicationbody language is another. If you ever want
37、ed to know how to tell if someone is lying, body language is the answer. Your body language tells other people what you arent verbally saying, such as if you are anxious, confident, confused, angry or any other type of emotion or state of mind. If you become great at reading body language, it will h
38、elp you become a better communicator.Listen to othersBefore you ever begin to speak, take a minute to see if anyone else has something to say. _38_ Listening to others has many benefits, such as allowing you to learn new things or get information that you may later need.Think before you speakYour pa
39、rents probably told you this as a child, but many people still do not take a moment to think about the words they are about to say. _39_ There is a time and place for all words and tones of voice._40_ You will have to practice your communication skills before you can ever become an excellent communi
40、cator.AThis is not an overnight thing.BSinging a song for them is good.CBecome fluent in body language.DDont try to make the conversation go your way.EYou should decide what you want to get in a conversation before you choose your words.FIf you are too anxious, you cant look for the right body langu
41、age to use in communication.GIn fact, if everybody were excellent communicators, the world would be a much better place.如何更好地与人交流呢？文章给出了三种有效改善交流的方法。36G每个人都能在交流中受益，如果大家交流都非常棒的话，世界会变得更加美好。G项符合语境。37C第二段主要讲了有效运用和读懂肢体语言的好处，因此C项符合语境。38D第三段主要强调了倾听他人想法的重要性，因此不要试图控制交流，不要试图让交流按自己的意愿进行下去。39E本段主要讲了三思而后言的重要性。E项承
42、接上文，符合语境。40A结合下一句可知，成为善于交际的人并非一日之功，需要不断地练习，因此A项符合语境。第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。There was once a tribal group with a very wise elder as their leader. The leader often gave meaningful guidance of _41_ to his people.One day, he_42_all
43、men of the village before him. They were all given a(n) _43_ to dine together at the elders house. What was_44_was that the elder told each of them to bring a glass of wine with them. All the wine would then be poured into a big wine jug(壶), which would then be_45_together. The day finally came and
44、each one of the invited brought with them a glass of wine as_46_. They could see a wine jug _47_here before they stepped in the elders house. One by one they_48_their wine into the jug, entered the house, _49_ themselves and then started their _50_ together. When the dinner was over, the elder asked
45、 them to drink the wine taken from the wine jug.One by one they drank the wine, and on each face, a(n) _51_ expression appeared right away. Then the elder asked, “How was the wine? Did it _52_ fine？” One of them answered, “Oh, what I drank just now was not wine at all _53_ more like plain water.”How
46、 could it be like that? Everyone _54_ there thought in their heart, “Ill just bring with me a glass of plain water. It wont make a(n) _55_anyway, since it will then be _56_ with all the good wine others bring. Besides, nobody would know who has brought the plain water. _57_， it wont change so much t
47、he taste of the _58_ wine others have brought.”In our life, we often think that whatever _59_deeds we do, it wouldnt make so much difference to the _60_. But imagine if everyone does it the same way. We are part of the change.古人云：“勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。”下面这个故事说明：我们都应该向善，都是改变周围环境的积极力量。41A.tour BlifeCexerci
48、se Ddiet答案B由下文中的故事可知，长者经常给族里的人讲授“人生”道理。42A.gathered BpraisedCrecognized Dcheated答案A一天，他把村里的所有男子“召集”到自己面前。43A.message BopportunityCinvitation Dsuggestion答案C第三段第一句中的the invited提示，村里的男子都收到了到这位长者家里赴宴的“邀请”。44A.difficult BnecessaryCshocking Dinteresting答案D有趣的是，长者要求他们每人带一杯酒来赴宴。45A.bought BproducedCshared D
49、stored答案C结合第三段最后一句可知，最后大家会一起分享(share)酒缸里的酒。46A.instructed BimaginedCcopied Dfollowed答案A根据第二段第三句中的“the elder told each of them to bring a glass of wine”可知，宴会当天，人们都按长者的指示带来了酒。instruct“指示，命令”。47A.still BalreadyCinstead Deven答案B当人们来到长者家时，他们发现大缸“已经”摆放好了。48A.drank BcoloredCpoured Ddeveloped答案C人们一个接一个地把自己带
50、来的酒“倒”入酒缸。第二段最后一句中的“All the wine would then be poured into a big wine jug”给出了提示。49A.dressed BseatedCdevoted Denjoyed答案B进屋后，人们自然会坐下开始宴会。seat oneself“使自己就座”，是固定用法。50. Adiscussion Bdinner Cmeeting Ddream答案B人们是受长者之邀前来赴宴的，故用dinner。下一句中的“When the dinner was over”也给出了提示。51A.delighted Bconfused Cexcited Dan
51、noyed答案B结合下文可知，人们本来都以为会喝到香醇的酒，因此当他们喝到白开水时，他们感到很困惑(confused)。52A.remain BsmellCtaste Dappear答案C每个人都喝过酒后，长者问他们酒的味道如何。53A.but Bso Cunless Dbecause答案A句中使用了not.but.(不是而是)结构。有个男子说他喝到的根本不是酒，而更像白开水。54A.upset Basleep Cpresent Dtired答案C此处指当时“在场的”人们。present在此是形容词，作后置定语。55A.difference Bsense Cexcuse Ddistance答案
52、A每个人都认为自己带的白开水不会影响酒缸里酒的味道。make a difference“起作用，有影响”。56A.drawn Bexamined Cpacked Dmixed答案D大家带来的“酒”都会被倒到酒缸里，混在一起。mix“混合，拌和”。57A.At least BAfter all CAt first DIn all答案B每个人都以为自己带的白开水不会影响酒缸里好酒的味道，因此也就不会有人知道是谁带了白开水。after all“毕竟；终究”。58A.good Bcheap Cfresh Dfalse答案A因为是要参加长者举办的宴会，所以每个人都认为其他人带到宴会上的一定是“好”酒。5
53、9A.great Bregular Cunpleasant Dinformal答案C结合上文中的故事可知，受邀参加宴会的人都耍小聪明，做了不应该做的坏事。此处是作者将话题延伸到我们的日常生活，劝导我们不要做令人生厌的坏事。60. Aorder Bpart Cprocess Dwhole答案D此处指对整体的影响。我们有时候认为自己做的坏事对整体不会有太大的影响，就像上文故事中的人们以为自己带的白开水不会影响整口酒缸里的好酒的味道一样。第卷(非选择题，共50分)第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1
54、个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Switzerland is famous for its watches. _61_， this country didnt invent the watch. It was the British _62_ did. Here is a story of _63_ the watch was brought to Switzerland.Many years ago, _64_ Englishman travelled to Italy. On his way, he stopped in a small town called Geneva in Swit
55、zerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage.There was a carriage watch in it. This was the _65_ (early) kind of watch. A blacksmith happened to see the watch. He wanted to know what it was and asked the Englishman _66_ it. “It is a carriage watch，” said the man. “This machine can tell the time
56、but _67_ isnt working.”At once the man liked to try repairing it. _68_ the traveller handed him the watch. The man was very clever. It was easy for him _69_ (repair) it. He even remembered how it was made. After the traveller had gone on his way, he _70_ (make) a watch of exactly the same type.61_62
57、._63._64._65_66._67._68._69_70. _瑞士因表出名，但并不是这个国家发明的表，那么表是怎样被带到瑞士的呢？61However与前句是转折关系，空格后有逗号，故用副词however。62who/that此句是“It is.that/who.”强调句，被强调部分是the British，指英国人，故填who/that。此句意为：是英国人发明了钟表。63how所填词引导从句作介词of的宾语，并在从句中作方式状语，故用how。64an泛指“一个英国人”，故用不定冠词；又因Englishman以元音音素开头，故填an。65earliest由上下文可知，此处表示“这是最早的一种
58、表”，故用形容词最高级earliest。66aboutask sb. about sth.“询问某人某事”，是固定搭配。67it代替上文提到的同一事物this machine，用it。68So前后两个句子是因果关系，故用连词so。69to repairIt is easy for sb.to do sth.“对某人来说做某事很容易”，it为形式主语，不定式是真正的主语。70. made此处make仅表示过去的一个动作，故用一般过去时。第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
59、有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Water is very important to us, without that there would be no life. We couldnt live if we didnt have water. Therefore, some people dont turn the tap o
60、ff at once after using it. Some people dont realize they wash them in the shower too long. Some even throw away bottles full in water. As middle school students, we should make great efforts to save water. On one hand, every single persons save water is significance. On other hand, we can use some w
61、ater we just used to watering plants. We shouldnt leave for the tap running while we brush our tooth.答案Water is very important to us, without there would be no life. We couldnt live if we didnt have water. ， some people dont turn the tap off at once after using it. Some people dont realize they wash
62、 in the shower too long. Some even throw away bottles full water. As middle school students, we should make great efforts to save water. On one hand, every single persons water is /. On other hand, we can use some water we just used to plants. We shouldnt leave the tap running while we brush our .第二
63、节书面表达(满分25分)请根据以下中文提示，用英语写一篇短文，介绍你校在3月第一周举行音乐周的情况。内容如下：1.每个班级都表演了节目，有唱歌、跳舞、短剧等，有的班级还用英语进行了表演。2.我们邀请了一位著名的钢琴家来表演，并进行了有关钢琴知识的讲座。3.学校举办了音乐知识竞赛。注意：1.词数：100词左右。2.参考词汇：竞赛：contest_One possible version：Our school organizes a music week in the first week of March each year.This year each class gave some perf
64、ormances，such as singing，dancing and short plays. Some of them were put on in English. We also invited a famous pianist to our school. He not only put on a performance but also gave us a lecture about the history of the piano. Besides this，we had a musical knowledge contest.Many students took an active part in it. They said they enjoyed themselves very much in the music week.