1、Module 2 单元测试时间100分钟满分120分第一部分：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)阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。AEach new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Simply speaking, it means the longer kids are out of school,
2、the more they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.Most American schools follow a traditional ninemonth calendar. Students get winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a yearround calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time, wit
3、h a few weeks off in between. The National Association for YearRound Education says there were fewer than three thousand such schools at last count. They were spread among fortysix of the fifty states.But many experts point out that the number of class days in a yearround school is generally the sam
4、e as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paulv on Hippel said, “Yearround schools dont really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.”Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than
5、 other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.But calling them “summer school” could be a problem. The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different p
6、arents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”. In American culture, the idea of summer vacation is connected to the belief about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents welcome other terms like “summer camp”， “enrichment”， “extra time” and “h
7、andson learning”1According to the first paragraph the summer learning gap _.Ahelps children to gain weightBleads children to work harderCimproves childrens memoriesDaffects childrens regular study答案：D推理判断题。根据第一段中对the summer learning gap的解释可知，它表示学生在家时间越长，他们忘的知识越多。由此可知，这样会影响学生的正常学习。2Which of the follo
8、wing statements is TRUE?AStudents from poor families often fall behind after the vacation. BYearround schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.CThere are schools in each state following a yearround calendar.DNothing can help the students who fall behind after the vacation.答案：A细节理解题。根据第四段的Ac
9、ross the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students.可知A项正确。根据第三段的内容可知B项错误；根据第二段的They were spread among fortysix of the fifty states.可知C项错误；根据第四段的Experts say this can be prevented.可知D项错误。3Why did almost all parents dislike the term
10、 “summer school”？ABecause they attach importance to the childrens rights of freedom very much.BBecause they are worried about the quality of the “summer school”CBecause they want their children to make up the gap.DBecause they cant afford the further study during the vacation.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，父母不喜
11、欢“summer school”一词的原因，是因为他们认为暑假应给孩子自由和快乐。4What would be the best title of this passage?AOpening Summer CampsBForbidding Summer SchoolsCSpreading YearRound EducationDMinding the Summer Learning Gap答案：D主旨大意题。本文主要针对the summer learning gap这一现象提到了美国的教育。BRead with Greater SpeedDo you have difficulty readi
12、ng in class? If so, a special reading programme that helps match(匹配)sounds with letters could speed up your brain.At least one out of every five elementary school students in the US. has trouble learning to read, even when the students are good at other subjects. The biggest challenge for many of th
13、ese kids, scientists say, is matching sounds with letters.Researchers from Yale University(耶鲁大学), U. S， studied a group of children from New York and Connecticut State. As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.Every day, instructors worked with them on recognizing how wr
14、itten letters represent units of sound called phonemes(音素). The students also practiced reading aloud and spelling.By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before. They also made fewer mistakes, and understood more of what they read than they could earlier in the year.As
15、part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students brains.The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side. This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area app
16、ears to include a structure(结构)that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly. In lower level readers, this structure remains inactive.A year later, the brain structure was still working in the students who had gone through the special tutoring,_and they continued to do well in reading t
17、ests. Another group in the study who went through a more traditional reading programme didnt show the same progress. However, some researchers still doubt the study. They believe that reading without making any noise or linking words to sounds is more efficient.5The reading programme talked about in
18、 this passage is designed specially to help_.Ayoung pupils who are backward in general subjectsBelementary students who cant match sounds with lettersCelementary students whose brain structure is inactiveDsmall pupils who have difficulty in reading答案：D综合判断题。文章第一段出现have difficulty reading，第二段出现elemen
19、tary school students，把两处信息综合起来，可得出答案。match sounds with letters是本文介绍的训练手段，而不能断定小学生不能这样做，故不选B、C项，通过后文看，阅读能力差的学生不仅仅是左脑结构不活跃，而且是整个大脑结构不活跃。6The programme talked about in the passage seems to_.Aimprove students ability in studyingBimprove students ability in reading aloudCactivate the brain area on the le
20、ft sideDactivate the brain area on the right side答案：C细节理解题。文章倒数第二段有两处信息说明：The pictures showed an increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side. This activated brain area appears to include a structure(结构)that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly. In lower level read
21、ers, this structure remains inactive.由此断定，这项训练目的在于激活学生左脑不活跃的脑组织。7The researchers who doubt the programme believe that students should_.Aread aloudBread silentlyCmatch sounds with lettersDimprove their reading ability naturally答案：B推理判断题。文章介绍的这种训练是出声朗读，因此最后表示怀疑的人显然认为学生该“默读”，不必去进行“音”和“形”的对应。8The underl
22、ined word“tutoring”in the last passage has a similar meaning to_.AtrainingBeffectCstruggleDpurpose答案：A词义理解题。通过文章提供的语境判断，这是一项“训练”学生阅读能力的项目。CAmerican children arent the only couch potatoes with nearly one third of children globally spending three hours a day or more watching TV or on computers, accord
23、ing to a study of over 70,000 teens in 34 nations. Regina Gutbold of the World Health Organization in Geneva and her colleagues found most children arent getting enough exercise and it made no difference if they lived in a rich or a poor country. The study looked at 72,845 schoolchildren aged 13 to
24、15 from North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The children were surveyed between 2003 and 2013.Children who spent three or more hours a day watching TV, playing computer games, or chatting with friendsaside from time in school or time spent doing homeworkwere classified as sede
25、ntary (惯于久坐的人). The researchers found only one quarter of the boys and 15 percent of the girls were getting enough exercise according to these definitions.Uruguay had the highest percentage of active boys, at 42 percent，while Zambia had the lowest, at 8 percent. Girls from India were the most active
26、, with 37 percent meeting exercise recommendations (建议), while girls from Egypt were the least active, with just 4 percent getting enough exercise. Children in Myanmar were the least sedentary, with 13 percent of boys and 8 percent of girls classified as sedentary. The most sedentary nations were St
27、. Lucia and the Cayman Islands，with 58 percent of boys and 64 percent of girls spending at least three hours a day in sedentary situations.While the study didnt look at the reasons behind the lack of physical activity in various nations，Gutbold said that urbanization (城市化) could be a factor as well
28、as access to cars and TVs.9The passage mainly tells us that _.Athe WHO gave a report on childrens healthBthe children in America are sedentaryCnearly 1/3 of children globally lack enough exerciseDdifferent countries have different definitions of sedentary答案：C主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文是有关青少年缺少运动的情况的调查报告。列举了不同国家存
29、在的青少年惯于久坐的普遍现象，所以选C。10The author lists a lot of numbers in the passage to _.Aprove that the study results are reliableBstress the importance of getting enough exerciseCshow rich countries are different from poor onesDshow the research lasted many years答案：A推理判断题。本文首先点明“惯于久坐”现象在青少年中普遍。为支持这种说法，作者列出了无论是
30、富有还是贫穷国家都存在这种现明，以证明此报告真实可靠，所以选A。11This passage is most probably taken from _.Aa geography textbookBa newspaper reportCa travel guideDa pet magazine答案：B推理判断题。根据本文内容是新闻报道，文章当然来自报社的报道。A项意为“教科书”；C项意为“旅游指南”；D项意为“宠物杂志”，均与本文内容不符。DAre you happy? Do you remember a time when you are happy? Are you seeking hap
31、piness today?Many have sought a variety of sources of happiness for their feeling of happiness. Some have put their hearts and efforts into their work. Too many turned to drugs and alcohol. Meanwhile untold numbers have looked for it in the possession of expensive cars, exotic vacation homes and oth
32、er popular “toys”. Most of their efforts have a root in one common fact: people are looking for a lasting source of happiness.Unfortunately I believe that happiness escapes from many people because they misunderstand the journey of finding it. I have heard many people say that, “I will be happy when
33、 I get my new promotion，” or “I will be happy when I lose that extra 20 pounds. ”It is dangerous because it accepts that happiness is a“response” to having, being or doing something.In life, we all experience stimulus and response. Today some people think that an expensive car is a stimulus. Happine
34、ss is a response. A great paying job is stimulus. Happiness is a response. This belief leaves us thinking and feeling: “I will be happy when.”It has been my finding that actually the opposite is true. I believe that happiness is a stimulus and response is what life brings to those who are truly happ
35、y. When we are happy, we tend to have more success in our work. When we are happy，we more naturally take better care of our bodies and enjoy good health. Happiness is not a response but a stimulus.Happiness is a conscious choice we make in daily life. For unknown reasons to me, many choose to be ups
36、et and angry most of the time. Happiness is not something that happens to us after we get something that we wantwe usually get things we want after we choose to be happy.12From the second paragraph, we know too many people _.Aare not happy when they work hard.Bare not happy when they drink or take d
37、rugs.Call desire exotic vacation homes.Dare happy when they possess their own expensive cars.答案：D推理判断题。由文章第二段信息Meanwhile untold numbers have looked for it in the possession of expensive cars, exotic vacation homes and other popular “toys”可推知，许多人以拥有豪车，异国情调的度假屋等作为快乐，故D项正确。13In the authors opinion, whi
38、ch of the following is the most important if you want to be happy?ASuccess in work.BFeeling happy.CLosing weight.DAn expensive car.答案：B推理判断题。通读全文可知，作者认为幸福不是拥有我们要求的东西，而是我们选择幸福，因此感觉幸福才幸福，故B项正确。14Which of the following is right according to the author?AMost people today are happy.BIf you want to get wh
39、at you want, you first choose to be happy.CWork is a necessary part in our daily life.DWe should try to get more and then we will be happy.答案：B细节理解题。由文章最后一句we usually get things we want after we choose to be happy.可知B项正确。15From the viewpoint of the author, happiness is _.AlimitedBout of reachCuncond
40、itionalDbased on our needs答案：C态度观点题。通读全文可知，作者认为，幸福不以物质为基础，而是你自己选择感觉幸福，故幸福是没有什么条件的，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。Tricks to Remember Words Memorizing new vocabulary can seem like a difficult task at first, but if you use some strategies you will find your vocabula
41、ry expanding rapidly.Break It Down One key to memorization success is to attempt a manageable workload. One to five words is a manageable load that will enable you to be successful in remembering them for the long term. _16_Make AssociationsOne way to remember words and their definitions is to remem
42、ber an association that you have with that word. _17_ You can make an association web by writing the word in the middle of a piece of paper and mapping out everything you associate with that word. Write Sentences and StoriesContext(语境) is a large part of understanding and remembering definitions. Wh
43、ile you may attempt to contextualize a word for yourself by making associations, it can also be useful to write the word in a sentence. _18_ If you are learning many words at a time, writing a story with all of the words can be a fun and entertaining strategy for retaining knowledge.Use FlashcardsFl
44、ashcards are a tried and true method of aiding memory. Rather than buying premade vocabulary flashcards, make your own with index cards (索引卡). _19_ Besides, when you make your own flashcards, you can personalize them according to your needs by drawing a picture on one side or writing the word in a s
45、entence to help yourself remember the context. Practice_20_ Pick at least one new word a day to use in your everyday conversations. You might be able to fit your new words into emails and other correspondence as well. The more you use the new words, the better you will know them. ACreate more situat
46、ions.BQuiz yourself on the words.CIt can save money and aid your memory.DIf the word has multiple definitions, write it in several different sentences.EThe association may be an image, a person you know or a song with that word in it.FWhen you learn a new word, the best way is to use the word in con
47、text immediately.GIf you have a long list of words to memorize, break the list down so that you can learn some each day.答案：1620 GEDCF第二部分：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)阅读下面的短文，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。Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same
48、 house. The merchant occupied the second floor，_21_the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the_22_persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with_23_， whenever he saw the boots and shoes_24_. Now the
49、merchant upstairs was so rich that he_25_knew how much wealth he had. He was always_26_over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him_27_. When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was
50、 an_28_riser. It continued all day and was a (n)_29_to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of_30_. He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an_31_to the shoemakers song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds，” answered his fri
51、end. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in_32_. Simply give the money.” The merchant_33_the advice. When the shoemaker_34_the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was_35_to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will t
52、hink that I have stolen it，” he thought. “I will_36_it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he_37_his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best_38_to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to_39_to his
53、work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now. _40_he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy. 文章大意：本文讲述了一位富商和一位穷鞋匠的故事。这位富商很有钱，但老是担心他的钱财，整天不能入眠；而这位穷鞋匠虽穷，但很快乐，整天唱个不停。因此这位富商在朋友的指点下，把一袋子钱无偿地给了穷鞋匠，从此这位“富”鞋匠不再快乐了。21A.forBthereforeCbutDhowever答案：C考查连词。此处表示转折。D项为副词，A、B不合句意。22A.poore
54、stBhappiestCrichestDshortest答案：B考查上下文。根据下文“singing merrily”可以看出B项最符合语境和句意。23A.smileBsorrowCsadnessDjoy答案：D考查介词与名词搭配。be filled with joy 表示满心(非常)高兴。不能说be filled with smile。24A.being repairedBrepairCto repairDto be repaired答案：D考查动词。D表示“要被修理”；A表示“正在被修理”；B、C为主动形式且C不应带to。25A.alwaysBcompletelyChardlyDentir
55、ely答案：C考查语意及副词。根据句意此处表示否定意义“几乎不”；A、B和D都表示肯定，根据下文意思选C。26A.hidingBcountingCcalculatingDfiguring答案：B考查动词。countcoins“数钱”；C、D表示计算。27A.awakeBnervousCfrightenedDasleep答案：A考查语境理解。“对钱财的担心使他不能入睡”，故选A。C表示“恐惧”。28A.earlyBhappyCnoisyDlate答案：A考查语意和形容词。根据前文“快乐的鞋匠经常早起”，故选A。B与前文重复；D的意思相反。29A.threatBmatterCtroubleDala
56、rm答案：C考查语境理解。根据句意：这也成了对商人来说一件头疼的事，故选C(trouble)。30A.sympathyBunderstandingCsleepDtreatment答案：C考查名词。根据句意：由于缺乏睡眠，故商人每天身心疲惫。A项与文意不符。31A.end BnoticeCinformationDstop答案：A考查动词。put an end to“结束， 终止”32A.troubleBneedCturnDreturn答案：D考查短语意义。in return“作为回报”；in trouble“有麻烦”；in need“急需”；in turn“依次， 轮流”，根据句意选D。33A.
57、refusedBagreedCaskedDfollowed答案：D考查动词。follow ones advice“采纳，接受建议”。 34A.stoleBopenedCreceivedDclosed答案：B考查语境。根据后文提示，B项表示“打开钱袋”；C项为“收到”与后文不符。35A.excitedBamazed CashamedDdisappointed答案：B考查语意和形容词。根据句意“当打开钱袋时，看到金闪闪的银子，感到非常惊奇”与文意相符。其它与文意不符。36A.throwBkeepCgiveDput答案：B考查动词短语。keep sth. away from“避开”故选B。其它不合语
58、境。37A.avoidedBthanked ChelpedDattract答案：A考查动词。鞋匠怕商人怀疑他偷钱，尽可能地避开商人，故选A。B表感激；C表帮助；D表吸引，都不合语境。38A.companionBfellowCshoemakerDmerchant答案：A考查名词。根据句意“他的妻子曾经是他的知己，此时已形同陌路。”A“知己，伴侣”其它不合语境。39A.tend BturnCattendDcome答案：C考查动词短语。attend to“关心，从事”；此处表示“他把全部的心思都放在了钱袋上而无暇顾及关心自己的生意”。tend to“倾向于”；turn to“转向，求助于”；come
59、 to“达到，共计”等均不合句意。40A.WhereverBWhateverCWheneverDHowever答案：C考查连词。无论何时想起这些钱，就感到不自在，不高兴。ABD与题意不符。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(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 【全国新课标卷题型】Crying marriage？_41_(surprise) ，isnt it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of South
60、west Chinas Sichuan Province, and _42_(remain) in fashion _43_ the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a _44_(necessary) to marriage procedure.It is very much _45_ same in different p
61、laces of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. _46_， the brides neighbors would look down upon _47_ as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughing stock of the village. In fact, there were cases _48_ which the bride was beaten by her mother
62、for not crying at the wedding ceremony.In a word，crying at wedding is a _49_ by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the _50_(arrange) marriages of the old days of China，there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory
63、 marriage and even their miserable life.41_42._43._44._45._46_47._48._49._50._答案：41.Surprising42.remained43.until/till44.necessity45.the46.Otherwise47.her48.in49.way50.arranged【辽宁卷题型】Wife：Its Friday today. How do you want to spend the evening, darling? Husband：Well, why not go _41_(dance)? We havent
64、 done that _42_ a long time.Wife：Oh, to tell the truth, I dont really feel like going dancing tonight. I had a hard day and Im sort of tired. Whats more, I _43_(suppose)to go rock climbing with my colleague Dorothy tomorrow morning.Husband：Well, in that _44_， we could go to the new movie Life of Pi,
65、 by that worldfamous director Ang Lee. I really like his work, _45_ will stop showing the day after tomorrow.Wife：Oh, we go to the movies _46_ much. Cant we do something different for a _47_， honey?Husband：Well, do you have any suggestions?Wife：Let me see. How do you feel about asking some friends o
66、ver to play cards?Husband：Its OK with me, _48_ we dont have any beer or anything to eat at home.Wife：Well, _49_ is better to call Juliet and ask her and that neighbor of _50_， David, to come over, and Ill go to the store and buy some food and drinks.Husband：OK. Thats a good idea.41_42._43._44._45._4
67、6_47._48._49._50._答案：41.dancing42.for43.am supposed44.case45which46.too47.change48.but49.it50.hers第三部分：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，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其
68、修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Three years ago, I became a student in a ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorlyequipped classroom, I found the teachers patient but considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decide to make the best use fo
69、r it. I worked hardly and got along well my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always helpful. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, what greatly increased my confidence and I got more motivated. My experience tells me that it is not what you are given but t
70、hat how you use it that determines who you are.答案：Three years ago, I became a student in ordinary school. as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorlyequipped classroom, I found the teachers patient considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I to make the best use it. I worke
71、d and got along well my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always helpful. Soon, I became one of the top in my class, greatly increased my confidence and I got more motivated. My experience tells me it is not what you are given but that how you use it that determines who
72、 you are.第二节：书面表达(满分25分)假设你叫李华，你们学校最近开展了一次创建“平安校园”的活动。请你用英语写一篇短文，谈谈创建“平安校园”活动的重要性。短文应包括下面的内容：1增强安全意识的重要性；2在运动中要注意安全；3在校内外要注意人身安全；4同学间发生矛盾时，一定要冷静、理智；5逐步将“平安校园”活动转化为全体师生的实际行动。注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；2使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；3词数120左右。_参考范文：There is no denying that safety plays an importa
73、nt part in our daily life. Recently our school has carried out a program aiming at making our campus a safe place to stay in.I consider this as indeed a good practice, which will keep us aware that safety should always come first in our daily life，whether when we stay at school or outside it. When w
74、e are doing sports, we should attach importance to the safety and avoid being hurt. Furthermore, when we get into trouble with our classmates, we should remain calm and avoid any form of fighting, which may only bring suffering and pain to us mentally and physically.As far as Im concerned, I feel all the students and teachers should work hard and creatively to keep the “safety at school” activity in mind. Besides, we are supposed to observe the law and discipline wherever we are at any moment.