1、Unit 2 Healthy eating 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。AWinners of the third Healthy Lunchtime Challenge came to the White House on Friday, July 18, for a Kids State Dinner hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. They all came from America for a meal that fea
2、tured a selection of kid-created recipes (食谱). Mrs. Obama told the winners and their parents that they set a strong example. The First Lady advised winners to “pay it forward” like last years winner fromDelaware, 10-year-old Braeden Mannering. He helped the homeless get food and clean water.Presiden
3、t Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the event. He spoke about the First Familys favorite food.“You guys are leaders in your schools,”the president told the kids,“and youre helping to teach people the importance of good nutrition (营养), the importance of putting good food in your bodies so th
4、at youre living healthy, active lives.”The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge was open to young people between the ages of 8 and 12 and their parents. The competition received about 1,500 recipes. They were judged in the first round on nutritional value, taste, creativity and affordability, and the story b
5、ehind the recipe. Chefs then prepared the recipes in a second round of judging. The winners were chosen by a group of judges that included great chefs and nutritionists, etc.Before heading for the White House, the winners and their families visited the National Museum of American History to see the
6、Food exhibit and received healthy breakfast bags from the Walmart Foundation. After the dinner, the group headed for a tour of the White House Kitchen Garden. They all had a wonderful time.21. What can we learn about this years Kids State Dinner?A. It was held at a famous school. B. Some school lead
7、ers were invited.C. It was hosted by President Obama. D. Some winning recipes were served.22. President Obama spoke at the event to _.A. describe his foodB. praise the winnersC. introduce healthy livesD. explain the importance of nutrition23. According to Paragraph 4, the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge
8、 _.A. was open to students onlyB. aimed to create delicious dishesC. included only chefs among its judgesD. took stories behind recipes into consideration24. What did the winners do after the Kids State Dinner?A. They toured the White House Kitchen Garden.B. They saw a great food exhibition.C. They
9、shopped in Walmart.D. They visited a museum.BLike all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams (阻塞) and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So the city began a scheme (计划) to improve the situation.Under the Velib scheme (Velib comes from vlo libert, or bicyc
10、le freedom) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you dont return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But its only 1 a day or 29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), a
11、nd they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!Parisis not the first city to have a scheme like this. But not everybody thinks its a great idea. One Parisian sai
12、d, These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they wont use a bicycle theyll still use their cars.A city spokesman said, The bicycle scheme wont solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factor
13、y fumes, is a big problem. There arent any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a heal
14、thier life, too.25. What can we learn about the Velib scheme?A. Its bikes have no baskets.B. Its bikes are light and colorful.C. It aims to make traveling easier.D. It owns more stations than the subway.26. If you use a Velib for 1 hour, you should pay _.A. 1 B. 30 C. 29 D. no money27. Why do some p
15、eople disagree with the Velib scheme?A. The cost is rather high.B. Its hard to find a Velib station.C. Its not suitable for a long journey.D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.28. Whats the city spokesmans attitude towards the bicycle scheme?A. Doubtful. B. Positive.C. Uncaring. D. Wor
16、ried.CAt any given time, there are thousands of pairs of shoes in the Share Your Soles storehouse in the South Side Pullman neighborhood. They come from churches, schools and mens and womens clubs all over the country.There is seldom a shortage of shoes, said Director Mona Purdy, but she cant always
17、 say the same for the money that will allow them to get where theyre needed. “Shoes are step one,” Purdy said. “But shoes dont get boxed and shipped without money.” So, Purdy said, she is giving an open invitation to the society to support the organizations yearly fundraiser (资金筹集活动). It will take p
18、lace this year on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Burnham Park Yacht Club, from 6 to 10 p.m.Set up in 1999 by Purdy, Share Your Soles has given out more than two million pairs of new and gently used shoes to men, women and children in developing countries throughout the world. Purdy first learned of the cryi
19、ng need for shoes during a trip to Central America, where she saw children painting tar (沥青) on the bottom of their feet so they could run a race at a festival in their village. She later met a visiting American doctor who told her there would be less need for him to cut off the infected (被感染的) legs
20、 of the children in the area if they had shoes to wear. Since then, Purdy has started to help people with this basic need.While many charities (慈善团体) may share the same work, Purdy said, Share Your Soles is different in its way of giving. She insists that receivers perform an act of kindness before
21、they are able to choose a pair of shoes to wear.Despite (尽管) working 90 hours a week, Purdy said, her love for Share Your Soles remains strong.“This is my life,”she said.29. What is the main problem for Share Your Soles?A. It is short of money.B. It receives fewer shoes.C. It has no place to store s
22、hoes.D. It is little known by the public.30. According to the text, Share Your Soles _.A. was created by a group of church membersB. has helped a large number of peopleC. opens from 6 to 10 p.m. every dayD. is at Burnham Park Yacht Club31. What did Purdy learn from the visiting American doctor?A. A
23、local tradition of painting tar on feet.B. The serious effects of having no shoes.C. The common diseases of poor children.D. An important festival inCentral America.32. Those who want to receive shoes from Share Your Soles should _.A. pay a little money B. be young childrenC. be a charity worker D.
24、do a good thing firstDThese days we mostly hear news about animals being endangered. So a conservation (保护) success story is certainly one to celebrate. Researchers have recently noted that Californian Blue Whales have been making a comeback!Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on
25、the earth. They have been on the list of endangered animals for a while now. Humans hunted blue whales more than 100 years ago, and the animals almost die out.It is only recently that some of their cousins are returning.It has been found that there are now about 2,200 Californian Blue Whales todayne
26、arly 97% of the original (原先的) population, before humans started whaling.Blue whales can live up to about 80 to 90 years. They are also one of the loudest animals on the earth. They make noises that other whales can hear, up to 100 miles away. They spend winters in warm waters to give birth and trav
27、el to the Arctic (北极的) seas during summer in search of food.Long ago, blue whales used to be plentiful in the oceans and numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Now, there are only 10,000 to 25,000 of them worldwide. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people would hunt whales for their organ
28、s (器官).JapanandRussiawere among the best-known whaling nations. They hunted whales for food, clothing and other valuable products. Over-hunting caused the whale population to become smaller.Conservation efforts of the last few years have certainly paid off. These include efforts to stop catches and
29、increased monitoring of whales living places. Saving blue whales cannot be a local effort; it will need everybody around the world to come together.33. Recently, Californian Blue Whales _.A. are increasing in numberB. are becoming endangeredC. are being hunted by the localsD. are a lot thinner than
30、other whales34. Paragraph 4 is mainly about _.A. the history of whalingB. the value of blue whalesC. the difficulties of hunting blue whalesD. the reason why blue whales became endangered35. Conservation work on whales in the past few years can best be described as _.A. easy B. interestingC. success
31、ful D. late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。A “pen name” is not a writers real name. It is a name that a writer chooses. 36 Some writers simply want to hide their real names. Other writers use pen names because they think readers will better accept their writings. So, wr
32、iters may change their names to be more like what readers expect. Other times, writers use pen names because they write about disputed (有争议的) ideas.37For much of history, most books have been written by men. Often, womens books were not well liked or popular.38When they did publish (出版) stories writ
33、ten by women, the stories were usually love stories. But they seldom published womens stories about culture, politics and social topics.39This was true of Mary Ann Evans. Mary Ann Evans wrote one of the most famous books in the English language:Middlemarch. But Evans name does not appear on the book
34、s cover. Instead, the cover has her pen name on it “George Eliot.”40Rowling changed her name to hide her sex to sell more books. But Evans used a male (男性的) name because she did not think people in 19th-century England would listen to her ideas because she was a woman.Apart from George Eliot and J.K
35、. Rowling, women from all over the world have used male pen names. And today, some female writers continue to use them for the very same reasons.A. Evans has written a lot of books about culture.B. Writers use pen names for many different reasons.C. By using a pen name, they protect themselves from
36、trouble.D. So, women who wrote about these topics changed their names.E. For example, some kinds of books are written mostly by one sex.F. In 19th-centuryEngland, many publishers would not consider printing a book written by a woman.G. Evans used a pen name for a very different reason from the famou
37、s writer J.K. Rowling, whose real name is Joanne Rowling.第三部分：语言知识运用（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。Many people spend their New Years Eve getting dressed up and dancing their way to midnight. My brother and I decided to do things a bit41.We each
38、filled a backpack with clothes, shoes and other things and headed out to the42. The first person we saw was a 15-16-year-old boy picking up43plastic bottles on the train platform (站台). We called him over and started up a(n)44. We had a look at his45and noticed he had46fingernails (手指甲). We explained
39、 that it was47to keep short nails and then we48cutting them for him. When we were49, we offered him some chocolate candies, which made him look at us50. We talked to him some more and began51some of the chocolate ourselves. Finally, he52took the chocolate himself and then began telling us his53.His
40、name was Raju. After his mother died, his father remarried. Unable to54his stepmother (继母), Raju ran away from55and has been living on the streets for 3 years, collecting and56empty plastic bottles.When we met Raju, he wasnt wearing any57. One quick look into our backpacks and we58what we were looki
41、ng for a pair of Nike shoes. When we dressed him in them Rajus eyes were full of59. “These shoes are so great. Nothing will hurt my60. Thank you so much!” Touched by our actions, he joined us as we walked around and looked for those in need.41. A. busilyB. differently C. quicklyD. carefully42. A. sh
42、op B. bus station C. train station D. forest43. A. emptyB. new C. useful D. beautiful44. A. troubleB. game C. experiment D. conversation45. A. head B. legs C. hands D. face46. A. no B. broken C. long D. dirty47. A. difficult B. possible C. strangeD. important48. A. beganB. preferred C. enjoyedD. con
43、tinued49. A. askedB. done C. accepted D. advised50. A. gladlyB. bravely C. doubtfully D. nervously51. A. sendingB. throwing C. eating D. keeping52. A. slowly B. secretly C. directly D. hopelessly53. A. wish B. story C. luck D. wealth54. A. catch up withB. make use ofC. get along with D. take hold of
44、55. A. schoolB. platform C. city D. home56. A. borrowingB. selling C. returning D. painting57. A. shoesB. shirts C. gloves D. trousers58. A. forgotB. described C. found D. checked59. A. fear B. happiness C. surprise D. politeness60. A. feet B. heart C. belief D. life第卷第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题
45、；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。Doctor: Good morning. What seems to be the trouble?Mike: Good morning, doctor. I feel terrible. Ive got 61. _ cold and I have a rash (疹子) on my neck. Im not sleeping well either. What do you think the problem 62. _ be?Doctor: Id say youve been wo
46、rking too hard or under stress for some reason. Have you been taking anything for your cold?Mike: Yes, I bought some medicine. Ive been taking 63. _ for three days.Doctor: Good. Im going to prescribe (开药) something stronger. It will make you feel 64. _ (sleep), so you certainly should rest.Mike: OK.
47、 I can afford to take a few days 65. _ work.Doctor: Have you been working hard 66. _ (recent)?Mike: Yes, I have. I had to get a project 67. _ (finish). Its done now, so I can relax a little.Doctor: Good. Lets take a look at that rashit looks 68. _ (bad) than it is. Im going to prescribe some ointmen
48、t (药膏) for it. 69. _ the rash doesnt clear up in a few days, consult me. Any other problems?Mike: I have a bad headache, but .Doctor: Dont worry about that. Its probably due to the stress youve been under. Just take some pills. 70. _ (combine) with the stronger medicine for your cold, they will make
49、 you feel very tired. If I were you, Id just sleep, read a book, or watch TV.Mike: Thanks a lot.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。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及
50、其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Readingis my favorite hobby. My love for read will never die because books are teachers as well as friend in my life. As we know, books are the source of the knowledge. There is a variety of books for us to choose, like history books, science books, literary books a
51、nd so on. So Im interested in literary books, especially these by famous writers. For one thing, they can certain improve my writing skill. For another, they can provide me for great fun. Isnt it a pleasant to get so much peace of mind from reading?第二节：书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，是某国际学校的学生会主席。针对不少同学爱吃快餐及经常不吃早
52、饭的情况，请你代表学生会写一篇倡议书，呼吁同学们培养健康的饮食习惯。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_参考答案21-25 DBDAD 26-30 ACBAB31-35 BDADC 36-40 BCFDG 41-45 BCADC46-50 CDABC 51-55 CABCD 56-60 BACBA61. a 62. can / could / may / might 63. it64. sleepy 65. off 66. recently 67. finished68. worse 69. If 70. Combined短文改错：71. . love for re
53、ad . readreading72. . friend in my life. friendfriends73. . source of the knowledge. 去掉the74. There is a variety of . isare75. . to choose . choose后加from76. So Im interested in . SoBut77. . these by famous writers. thesethose78. . they can certain . certaincertainly79. . provide me for great fun. fo
54、rwith80. . a pleasant to . pleasantpleasureOne possible version:Dear friends,Some students in our school prefer eating fast food and others often skip breakfast, which is bad for our health.Fast food is considered to be junk food because they dont provide enough of the nutrients we need in a day. Th
55、e negative effects of skipping breakfast can also be serious. Experts say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, without which our body cannot function properly.Lets develop a healthy lifestyle from now on. Remember: eat meals on time, have a balanced diet and take exercise regularly.We are what we eat. Lets take good care of ourselves in order to keep fit. Students Union
