1、Unit 4 单元质量检测（四）(时间：100分钟满分：120分)选择题部分.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AA jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.“You are employed，” he said. “Give me your email ad
2、dress and Ill send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”The man replied, “But I dont have a computer, neither an email.”“Im sorry，” said the HR manager. “If you dont have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesnt exist cannot have the job.”The man left with
3、 no hope at all. He didnt know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returne
4、d home happily with 60 dollars.The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man
5、is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.He started to plan his familys future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, “I dont have an email.”The broker
6、 answered curiously, “You dont have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email？” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, Id be an office boy at Microsoft！”语篇解读：本文讲述了一个男子因为没有邮箱而没有获得工作。后来他挨家挨户卖西红柿挣钱后一步一步取得了最后的成功。1Why cant th
7、e man have the job at Microsoft?ABecause he was lazy.BBecause he didnt pass the test.CBecause he didnt have an email.DBecause he didnt have a computer.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第四段可知是因为没有email，这个男子才没有得到工作。2According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?AThe man is one of the biggest food retailers in t
8、he world.BThe man didnt give up though he failed the interview.CHe started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.DThose who have emails can work at Microsoft.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第五段可知尽管他没有得到那份工作，但是他没有灰心，努力创造了自己的商业帝国。3The man can be described as _.Ahelpful and considerateBpositive and generousCs
9、mart and hardworkingDstubborn and unselfish解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第五和第六段创业的过程可知这个人非常努力，也懂得把握机会。BEarthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly (有规律地)Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually
10、 quite mountainous (多山的)The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the stro
11、ngest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2, 000 people died.In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died.Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in
12、 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People can not prepare for t
13、hem.语篇解读：这是一篇说明文，主要介绍了地震让人恐惧的原因，及地震的几个特点。4We can infer from the passage that _.Apeople are not afraid of earthquakesBonly strong earthquakes kill a large number of peopleCa large number of earthquakes often happen next to mountainsDearthquakes happen only in a few places along the coast解析：选C推理判断题。根据
14、文章第一句判断A项错误；从文章有关地震所致伤亡情况的叙述来看，B项错误；根据第一段最后一句可知答案为C。5When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported?A1967; Alaska.B1556; China.C1923; Japan. D1976; China.解析：选B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的最后两句可知答案。6According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?AThe stronger the earthquake is, the more people
15、are killed.BEarthquakes often come unexpectedly (出乎意料地)CEarthquakes can cause fires.DPeople still dont know how to tell when an earthquake will come.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知A项错误。CFloating markets (水上市场), where goods are sold from boats, are a famous attraction among some Southeast Asian countries such
16、as Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. They can date back to a time when water transport played an important role in a daily life.All these countries are located either on islands or on wet lowlands with broad river valleys. In the early days people mainly used boats to travel. Although the countries n
17、ow have roads collecting all cities and towns, boats are still used for transport and trade by people along the rivers, especially by farmers.Farmers bring their products in boats to the markets and sell them to local dealers directly from their boats, without setting up shops. That way they can qui
18、ckly sell their products and return to their home. The local dealers buy the products and sell them to shops in the neighboring towns or to wholesalers (批发商) from big towns. Floating markets are also a big tourist draw.The most famous floating market, and a tourist attraction, is the one in Damnoen
19、Saduak about 100 km southwest of Bangkok. It is crowded (拥挤的) with hundreds of sellers and buyers floating in their small boats selling and buying agricultural products and local food. The market opens in the early morning and closes about an hour before noon.In Vietnam, the biggest floating market
20、in the Mekong Delta is Phung Hliep with hundreds of boats. The Cai Be floating market is another wellknown one in the western part of southern Vietnam.A less known floating market is in the Dal Lake, in Srinagar, India. Its strictly a vegetable market with all products grown in places along the lake
21、. The market opens in the early morning hours.语篇解读：我们都在市场上买过东西，也许你没见过“水上市场”，它们实际也是吸引游客的地方。7How did people travel on islands in the early days according to the text?ABy car.BBy bike.COn foot. DBy boat.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段中的“. on islands or on wet lowlands with broad river valleys. In the early days peopl
22、e mainly used boats to travel.”可知，岛上的人们早年是乘船出行的。8When do the most famous floating markets close?AIn the early morning. BAn hour before noon.CAt noon. DIn the afternoon.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The market opens in the early morning and closes about an hour before noon.”可知，这种市场在中午前一小时关张。故选B项。9What could be
23、the best title of this text?AFloating markets BLife on the waterCSpecial markets DTravel by boat解析：选A标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了“水上的市场”的各个方面情况，所以以“漂浮着的市场”为标题最确切。10What can we infer from the text?AFloating markets cant be a big tourist draw.BFloating Markets will disappear gradually in the world.CYou cant buy TV s
24、et in floating markets.DYou can only buy vegetables in the Dal Lake.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Farmers bring their products in boats .”，第四段中的“. selling and buying agricultural products and local food.”和最后一段中的“. a vegetable market with all products grown in places along the lake.”可知，“水上市场”买卖的都是农产品。故选C项。.阅读七选
25、五(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。Once while wandering around in a desert, I got lost. When I finally found a way and reached a village, it was too late. _11_ At last I found a man who was trying to make a hole in a wall. I asked him if I could find a place to stay. He repl
26、ied that it was difficult to find a place to stay at that time of night. But he said I could stay with him, a thief. Then I stayed with him for a month.Each night he would say to me, “_12_” when he came back, I would ask him, “Did you get anything today？” He would reply, “No, not tonight. But tomorr
27、ow I will try again.” Even after daily disappointment he never lost hope and he was always happy.When I got so hopeless that I thought of leaving all this, I would remember that thiefs words. He said, “_13_”Once I was going alongside a river. There I saw a dog that was very thirsty. As the dog looke
28、d into the river to drink water, it saw its own image and got afraid. _14_ But because it was too thirsty, it came back. This happened many times and finally despite its fear, it jumped into the water.Seeing this, I knew that it was a message. _15_ Just like the dog, he can finally conquer his fears
29、.AI am going to work.BIt stepped back and ran away.CTomorrow it is going to happen.DAt that moment I felt how stupid I was.EEverything was closed and there was no one outside.FWith the help of a master, you start learning to learn.GIt means that one has to go forward despite all of his fears.答案：1115
30、EACBG.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion (打击乐器) in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the opinions of others to
31、_16_ me becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _17_ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the crazier I became about music. But I also began to gradually lose my _18_. Doctors concluded that the nerve _19_ was the cause and by age twelve, I was completely
32、 deaf. My love for music, _20_， never left me.”“My goal was to become a percussion soloist, _21_ there were none at that time. In order to perform, I _22_ to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _23_ the pitch of a note (音调) by the vibrations (震动) I feel through my
33、body. My entire sound world depends on taking _24_ of almost every sense that I have.”“I _25_ to be recognized as a musician, _26_ a deaf musician, and I applied to the Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf students had _27_ this before and some teachers _28_ my admission (录取). _29_ my per
34、formance, I was _30_ admitted and went on to _31_ with the schools highest honors.”“After that, I became wellknown as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I _32_ a series of compositions since _33_ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”“Though the doctor thought I was totally deaf, i
35、t didnt _34_ that my dream couldnt be realized. I encourage people not to allow themselves to be _35_ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。苏格兰第一位女性打击乐独奏演员Evelyn Glennie回忆了她的成功经历，鼓励人们不要受限于自身的不利条件，不要受限于别人的看法，而应听从自己的内心，追随自己的激情，
36、努力朝着自己的梦想前进。16A.keepBstopCignore Ddislike解析：选B初期“我”决定不让别人的看法阻止“我”成为一名音乐家。stop sb. (from) doing sth.“阻止某人做某事”。17A.playing BjoiningCtaking Dgiving解析：选Ctake lessons“上课”，take piano lessons“上钢琴课”。18A.sight BhearingCtouch Dtaste解析：选B根据下文中“I was completely deaf”可知，“我”逐渐失去了听觉。19A.wound BsufferingCpain Ddama
37、ge解析：选Dwound “创伤，伤口”；suffering “痛苦”；pain “疼痛”；damage “损害，损伤”。nerve damage “神经损伤”，符合语境。20A.however BbesidesCfinally Dtherefore解析：选A“我”完全聋了，可是“我”对音乐的爱从未减退。however“然而，但是”，表转折。21A.as if Bso thatCever since Deven though解析：选Deven though表示让步关系，意为“虽然，即使”，符合语境。22A.turned BlearnedCused Dagreed解析：选B为了演奏，“我”学会了
38、不同于别人的“听”音乐的方式。learn to do sth.“学着做某事”。23A.tell BseeChear Dsmell解析：选A“我”用仅穿袜子的脚演奏并且通过“我”的身体感受到的震动来判断音调的音高。tell意为“确切地判断”，符合语境。24A.use BcareCadvantage Dcharge解析：选C“我”的整个声音世界都依赖于利用“我”几乎所有的感觉。take advantage of“利用”，符合语境。25A.educated BdevotedCdetermined Ddiscouraged解析：选C“我”决心要别人把“我”看作一名音乐家，而不是耳聋的音乐家。deter
39、mine to do sth.“决心做某事”。26A.as well as Binstead ofCsuch as Dexcept for解析：选B参见上题解析。27A.done BacceptedCbegged Dpersuaded解析：选A“我”申请皇家音乐学院，以前从来没有耳聋的学生做这样的事情。do“做，干”，符合语境。28A.cared about Bgave inCvoted for Ddisagreed with解析：选D根据上下文可知，刚开始时有些老师反对“我”入学。care about“担心，关心”；give in“屈服，让步”；vote for“投票赞成”；disagree
40、 with“不同意”。故D正确。29A.Shocked at BBased onCFond of DConcerned about解析：选B联系上下文可知，根据“我”的表现，“我”最终被学校录取，后来以学校最高荣誉毕业。be based on“根据，基于”，符合语境。30A.usually BfinallyCpossibly Dhopefully解析：选B参见上题解析。finally“最后，终于”。31A.study BresearchCgraduate Dcongratulate解析：选C参见29题解析。graduate with“以毕业”。32A.wrote BspeltCcopied D
41、performed解析：选A“我”写了一系列的乐曲，因为以前几乎没有特别为打击乐独奏演员写的乐曲。write compositions“作曲”。33A.enough BlittleCmany Dfew解析：选D参见上题解析。little和few都表示“很少，几乎没有”，但little指代不可数名词，few指代可数名词。34A.mean BdescribeCconclude Dexplain解析：选A尽管医生认为“我”完全丧失了听力，但是这并不意味着“我”不能实现“我”的梦想。mean“意味着”，符合语境。35A.directed BguidedCtaught Dlimited解析：选D“我”鼓
42、励人们不要受限于别人。direct“指导”；guide“引导，带领”；teach“教授，教导”；limit“限制，限定”。故选D。非选择题部分.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个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Mike Taylor, a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his Ph. D， discovered a brandnew species of dinosaur, while _36_ (conduct) research at the
43、 Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. This new species _37_ (identify) as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs. The sauropods were fourlegged, vegetarian dinosaurs, _38_ very long necks and tails, and relatively small skulls and brains. One of their most unusual _39_ (characteristic) wa
44、s their nostrils, which were higher up in their head, almost near the eyes. So far, the sauropod bones _40_ (find) in every continent except Antarctica, and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs, spanning over 100 million years. This new species, _41_ (name) Xenoposeidon proneneukos,
45、 which means forward sloping, lived about 140 million years ago.Mike Taylor, _42_ has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae, _43_ (immediate) knew that this was the backbone of a sauropod. However, he had never seen one like this before. _44_ (far) research proved this was indeed a new kind o
46、f sauropod. The bone, which had been discovered in _45_ 1890s, had never been examined.答案：36.conducting37.was identified38.with 39characteristics40.have been found41.named 42who43.immediately44.Further45.the.写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节：应用文写作(满分15分)为了号召更多的人关心山区孩子的学习和生活，你校学生会于7月1日下午举行了一次为贫困山区学校捐赠书籍的活动。请你根据以下要点提示
47、，写一篇英文报道，发表在你校英文网站上。1时间、地点、活动；2.同学们的反应；3.简短评论。注意：1.词数80左右(报道的标题已给出，但不计入总词数)；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。An activity for donating books参考范文：An activity for donating booksThe Students Union organized an activity for donating books to children in poor mountainous areas in our library on the afternoon of July 1, in
48、 order to call on more students to care for the childrens life and studies there.Students were glad to give away some of their books and wrote down encouraging words on the first page of them. In addition, they left their telephone number and address, hoping to be contacted by the children. In the e
49、nd, more than one thousand books were collected.The activity doesnt only allow students in our school to show their love for others but also helps them make new friends.第二节：概要写作(满分25分)阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。A college student selling Chinese pancake in New York has become Internet hit recently. Th
50、e pancake stall is owned by a Chinese student surnamed Li, who was born in 1990s. She started to run the pancake stall on Oct. 26 this year. Every day she sells nearly 200 pancakes and gets 1,500 US dollars in return.Starting up the business is not an easy thing. Li receives parking tickets every da
51、y from New York Traffic Department. “Their truck is lovely and the food is delicious. Veggie pancake is sold at 7 dollars each. And you need to pay 2.5 dollars for an extra sausage or ham，” said Xu, who is a college student of the New York University. Since the opening of the pancake stall this Octo
52、ber, the business has been good. Sometimes people queue over half an hour for the food. She sells 1,500 US dollars a day. The customers are mainly white collar workers and college students, mostly Chinese students.Li was born and raised in Beijing. She went to the United States for college. She majo
53、red in business and minored in art history. After graduation, she did not like working in the office and came up with the idea of starting up her own business.“I am familiar with Chinese pancake because I grew up in Beijing. I barely saw Chinese pancake in New York so I thought it may have market，”
54、Li said.参考范文：In New York, a Chinese student named Li became famous on the Internet for selling Chinese pancake this October. (要点1) Although her business receive some pressures from New York Traffic Department, the Chinese pancakes receive welcome from students and white collar workers, especially Chinese students, and Li has paid off. (要点2) Li is a native of Beijing and starts her career when seeing the potential market of Chinese pancake in New York. (要点3)
