1、单元质量检测(三)(时间：100分钟满分：120分本卷共4页).阅读理解(30分)AMr and Mrs Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines.Mr Gordon was too stingy (吝啬) to rent a chair.Their twelveyearold daughter, Sandra, was playing at the waters edge.Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea.Fortunatel
2、y, a lifeguard was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away.He ran along the beach and dived into the sea.He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help.She was very frightened.When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled with him, as drowning
3、 people often do.However, he was a skillful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach.By the time he reached it, Mr and Mrs Gordon had realized what had happened.They had run down to the waters edge.Neither of them could swim.They just stood in the shallow water, and
4、 worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had. “That was quick work, young man，” Mr Gordon said.He turned to his wife, “Give the lifeguard a dollar.” “A dollar！” Sandra cried.“Dad, how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life.I was half dead.” “Quite ri
5、ght, girl！” Mr Gordon said, pleased by his daughters awareness of the value of money.He turned to his wife again and said，“Shes right.She was only half dead.Give him fifty cents.”1What happened to Sandra?AShe ran into the sea.BHer life was saved by a lifeguard.CShe was drowned.DShe died.2What would
6、probably have happened to Sandra if the lifeguard had not been on the beach?AHer father would have saved her.BHer mother would have saved her.CShe would have swum back to the beach.DShe would have been drowned.3What did Mr and Mrs Gordon do when Sandra was carried out to sea by the wave?AThey shoute
7、d to the lifeguard.BThey dived into the water.CPerhaps they were reading magazines.DThey offered the lifeguard money to save Sandra.4Why was Mr Gordon pleased with her daughter?AShe was safe again.BShe was polite to the lifeguard.CHe thought she did not want him to give the lifeguard too much money.
8、DShe gave the lifeguard fifty cents.B“Christmas comes but once a year” is a familiar phrase, and indeed for many people the 25th of December is the highlight of the calendar.But for one British man once a year is not enough.Andy Park, who is better known by his nickname Mr.Christmas, has celebrated
9、Christmas every single day for the last 14 years.The 44yearold electrician claims to have eaten a full roast dinner every day for the last decade and a half，having his way through over 5，000 turkeys, 117，000 Brussels sprouts, and around 30，000 roast potatoes in the process.He also sends himself a Ch
10、ristmas card every day and looks forward to opening a present he has bought himself each evening, while watching the Queens Speech.Mr.Park estimates (估价) his festive fetish costs him 150 (1，570 yuan) a week.This year, however, the divorcee says he is feeling the pinch (拮据) due to the global financia
11、l crisis, and is decreasing his celebrations.His Christmas habit is putting a strain on more than just his wallet.Mr.Park was previously warned by his doctor that his Christmas addiction could kill him.His daily overcost has caused his weight up to 19 stone (121 kg)“Ill never forget the day it start
12、ed，” said Mr.Park.“The sun was shining, but I was just feeling fed up and bored, so I went home and put the decorations up.Suddenly I was happy.I thought, this is fun.So I did it again the next day, and the day after that.”And Mr.Park has not been content to keep his Christmas cheer to himself.In 20
13、05 he released a song which was called Its Christmas Every Day, but has yet to find chart success.5How old was Mr.Park when he first celebrated his daily Christmas? A44. B.24. C22. D.29.6The doctor warned him because_Ahe spent too much money on Christmas Bhis addiction and diet did harm to his healt
14、hChe ate too much and became poorDMr.Park felt bad and worried7He did many things to celebrate daily Christmas EXCEPT _Abuying a Christmas card for himself Binviting friends to his homeCsetting many decorations at home Dhaving a big meal8How will Mr.Park deal with his pinch?ABy decreasing Christmas
15、celebrations. BBy canceling his daily Christmas.CBy recording a Christmas song. DBy seeing his doctor.CSometimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.When my granddaughter, Skylar, was young, one day we went out and had a contest called“Who can make the most people smile
16、”And we continue it today. When shopping, we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking down the aisle with her head down. Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someone else.
17、 Kindness is a chain that pulls us all together. Every single act of kindness has a ripple effect (连锁反应). In 2002, my dad had a series of strokes and other illness. My dad had been doing nice things for all sorts of people for years, from the street crossing guard, to the waitress in a restaurant, t
18、o a friends mother. That same day, I made cookies for the janitor (门卫) at the post office. When I gave him the cookies he actually looked a little embarrassed.“Why, Linda？”he asked.“Because I appreciate you！” I answered.“When I get here at 6 am and it is still dark out and it is a little scary, I kn
19、ow you are inside and I feel safe. And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empty, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”That evening his wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed (受宠若惊的)“No one even knows his name, let alone bakes him cookies！” s
20、he said.9What was the authors attitude to the contest in the supermarket? APositive.BNegative.CNeutral. DCurious.10From the text, what can we know about the janitor? AHe led a very poor life at that time.BHe always went to work after six oclock.CHe was fond of baking cookies.DHe was kind and gratefu
21、l.11What does the passage mainly talk about?AKindness can always be passed on.BAn experience in a supermarket.CThe importance of having a kind dad.DSmile makes your life meaningful.DThe karaoke machine is the most annoying invention in Britain, a survey (民意调查) for the government found.It found that
22、the Japanese invention topped a list of inventions that people wished had never been invented.2，584 adults were surveyed in England online.Among them, 22 percent chose the karaoke machine.17 percent said 24hour sports channels，12 percent chose video games，while 11 percent said mobile phones and seve
23、n percent said alarm clocks.“Seeing the karaoke machine at the top of that list made me smile，” said Kane Kramer, a director at the British Inventors Society.“When people are singing karaoke, they are enjoying themselves, but as a member of the audience you are just watching somebody who cant perfor
24、m for as long as you can bear it.It is antisocial (令人讨厌的)You might have 10 people who want to sing some karaoke, which means 150 people have to suffer it.But the crazy thing is that people still do go just to be a listener at other peoples inability to sing.After a short while unless theyre very dru
25、nk theyre going to find that listening to performers failing to perform for two hours is not the best way to spend the evening.”Karaoke has turned into a very large industry since being invented in 1971 by Daisuke Inoue, a worker in a club in Japan who was looking to provide music for a customer who
26、 wanted to sing on a company trip.Asked what people would like to see invented in the future, 18 percent said a robot cleaner and 16 percent said a time machine.Asked what the most important safety inventions were, 69 percent said the smoke alarm, 64 percent said seat belts and 29 percent said baby
27、seats.12What do we learn from the survey?AHalf the people surveyed wished karaoke machines hadnt been invented.BSmoke alarms embarrass people a lot in many cases.CAlarm clocks are a must for everyone.DSome people are not satisfied with mobile phones.13According to the passage, the karaoke machine _A
28、needs to be improvedBwas invented in the 19th centuryCgives a lot of people the chance to singDwas invented by a British person14Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AThe time machine will come out in the near future.BThe seat belt is one of the most important safety in
29、ventions.CMost people surveyed hope a robot cleaner will be invented soon.DThe survey was carried out around the world.15The authors main purpose in writing the passage is to_Aintroduce some inventions to usBadvise people to give up the karaoke machineCtell us some details about a surveyDgive his op
30、inions about the karaoke machine.任务型阅读(10分)One of the favorite foods in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of flat round bread with finecut beef in between.16._At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes to get it over the counter, and carry it to their tables thems
31、elves.17._ At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.18_Most of the restaurants sell hamburgers or other popular foods among Americans.In addition, there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Italian food, chick
32、en, seafood and icecream.The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.19_First, they are not formal restaurants.People wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place.Second, they are fast.People who are busy do not want to spend time p
33、reparing their food or waiting while someone else prepares it.20._Finally, most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive.Therefore, people can often eat at a fast food restaurant without spending too much money, while they may not be able to go to more expensive restaurants very often.AThere
34、are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States.BPeople can have almost every kind of food in fast food restaurants.CFast food restaurants are popular because they show the American way of life.DThe favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant.EPeople also take their food
35、 out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes.FAmerican people go to more expensive restaurant very often. GIn fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it.完形填空(30分)The young man arrived on the Massachusetts beach early carrying a radio, a sh
36、ovel (铲), and a strange set of tools: a palette knife (调色刀), spoons, and a spray bottle.He walked down near the water the _21_ was out he put down the radio and tuned it to soft rock. Then he shoveled wet sand into a _22_ nearly four feet high and as many feet across. Then he _23_ a rectangular (长方形
37、) shape. After that, he set to _24_ with his palette knife, and spoons. He _25_ a graceful tower, topped walls, fashioned beautiful bay windows, and carved out a big front gate.The man _26_ his sand. He smoothly finished some surfaces and made some artistic designs on others._27_ the shapes began to
38、 dry, he gently kept them slightly _28_ with water from the spray bottle, in case they might break in the _29_. All this took hours. People _30_. At last he stood back, obviously satisfied with a castle worthy of the Austrian countryside or Disneyland.Then he gathered his _31_ and radio and moved th
39、em up to drier sand. He had known for a while _32_ many in the wholehearted crowd still took no notice of. The tide was coming in.As the _33_ looked on, water began to lap at the base of the castle. In minutes it was _34_Then the rising flood began to eat into the base, walls fell, the tower fell, a
40、nd _35_ the gates arch fell. More minutes passed, and soon no more than a small part was _36_Many in the crowd looked _37_； some voiced fears and discouragement._38_ the sculptor (雕塑家) remained calm. He, after all, had a _39_ day, making _40_ out of nothing, and watching it return to nothing as time
41、 and tide moved on.21. Asand BruleCtide Dmoney22A.pile Bwell Ctree Dhill23A.determined Bmeasured Ccovered Dcreated24A.rest Bwork Cdrink Dweight25A.painted Bimagined Cshaped Dpointed26A.knew Bsmoothed Cowned Dcarried27A.Unless BAs CEven if DIn case28A.solid Bdry Cwet Dloosed29A.water Bmoon Cbranch Dw
42、ind30A.gathered Bscattered Cshouted Dfolded31A.minds Btools Cworks Dstrength32A.how Bwhen Cwhat Dwhere33A.crowd Byoung man Cactor Daudiences34A.polluted Bdried Cshined Dsurrounded35A.obviously Bfinally Cdoubtfully Duncertainly36A.distorted Bbought Cleft Dexperimented37A.worried Bsad Cdelighted Dasto
43、nished38A.But BThough CUntil DFor39A.busy Btired Csunny Dwonderful40A.people Btrees Cpalaces Dbeauty.语法填空(15分)I went to the seaside to spend my holiday last summer with my family. One day, I was swimming in the river 41._ (die) someone shouted, “Look out. There is a shark not far away！” On hearing t
44、he shout, I was scared to 42._ because I was well aware 43._ its dangerous characteristic. “Just dont worry, Tom！” my father said to me, “but in order to avoid being harmed, lets go back to our hotel.”We stayed in the seaside for about two weeks. Though the weather was 44._ hotter than that in my ho
45、metown, I got used to 45._and 46._ (feel) at home. Every morning, I got up earlier than my parents and went for breakfast ahead of time. Then I went to have 47._ chat with my new friend, John, who I happened to come 48._ during my holiday. John was a native and he was familiar with the seaside well.
46、 He was a man with good 49._ (quality). Soon we became very good friends. After we parted, we have kept writing to each other. Now, I still often hear from him. We talked in our letter about things and persons 50._ we remembered in the seaside.短文改错(10分)My aunt lives in a village far from my town.Las
47、t year she came to visiting us and brought me a little dog for a birthday present. It was a little black dog with white spots. It was so too lovely that I like it at once. Every day after school I played with the dog but it gave me much pleasure. I was gladly to have it with me. One day the dog went
48、 out and never came back again. All my families were out searching for it but it was nowhere to be found. What I worried about it all those days. A week late a letter came from my aunt, saying that the little dog has returned.书面表达(25分)最近，你校学生会发起了 “杜绝食堂浪费” 的活动，要求各班举办英语主题班会。请你按照下面的要点提示准备一篇英语演讲稿。1列举学校食
49、堂的浪费现象；2陈述浪费造成的不良后果；3号召同学们从自身做起，杜绝浪费。注意：词数100左右，演讲稿的开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数；可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。Dear classmates, May I have your attention, please? Id like to talk about the problem of wasting in our canteen. Thats all.Thank you！答案：.语篇解读：本文讲了Sandra溺水被救的故事。1解析：选B细节理解题。纵观全文，说的是Sandra溺水被救的故事，故选B。2解析：选D推理判断题。从第一段“.wa
50、s shouting for help”可知Sandra不会游泳，排除C；再从后面的“Neither of them could swim”可知，Sandra的父母都不会游泳。所以选D。3解析：选C细节理解题。从文章第一句可知选C。4解析：选C细节理解题。从第二段的“pleased by his daughters awareness of the value of money”可知，Mr Gordon 是理解错他女儿的意思了，所以选C。语篇解读：本文讲述了一个庆祝圣诞节的狂热者。5解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，这个狂热者44岁了，他已经像这样庆祝圣诞节有15年了(the l
51、ast decade and a half即15年)。441529岁。6解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后两句话可知，医生已经警告了Mr.Park他这种沉溺影响了他的正常饮食，导致他严重肥胖，伤及了其身体健康。7解析：选B推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，Mr.Park为了庆祝圣诞节会每天给自己买卡片，还在家里摆设上很多装饰品，另外还会买火鸡吃。只有B项文章中没有提到。8解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第四段第二句话“.and is decreasing his celebrations.”可知。语篇解读：作者告诉我们在这个世界上，善良是很多问题的解决方法。并列举了两个事例，以此告诉我们善良是
52、可以被传递下去的。9解析：选A推理判断题。根据文章第二段“we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking down the aisle with her head down”可知我们注意到一个人低头走路，情绪不高。“Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someon
53、e else.”可知我的孙女走了过去给对方一个笑脸，然后对方的情绪也好转了，对别人微笑。我很高兴，这说明作者对此持积极认可的态度。故A正确。10解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后两句“And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empty, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”可知我刚搬来的时候，邮箱总是空的，这位门卫经常给我惊喜；还有他总是保持邮箱清洁，说明他很善良。再根据文章最后一段“That evening hi
54、s wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed (受宠若惊的)”可知他妻子特地打电话过来表示感谢，也说明这位门卫有感恩之心。故D正确。11解析：选A主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Sometimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.”作者告诉我们在这个世界上，善良可以解决很多问题。接着列举了我的孙女在超市里鼓励他人以及作者对门卫表示感谢两个事例，以此告诉我们善良是可以被传递下去的。故A正确。语篇解读：本文介绍了一项民意调查发现的一些情况。12解析：
55、选D细节理解题。根据第二段“.while 11 percent said mobile phones .”可知，答案为D。13解析：选C推理判断题。根据第四段“Karaoke has turned into a very large industry .”可知，答案为C。14解析：选B细节理解题。根据末段“Asked what the most important safety inventions were，.64 percent said seat belts .”可推断，答案为B。15解析：选C作者意图题。本文主要介绍了一项民意调查发现的一些情况，故答案为C。.1620DEACG.语篇解
56、读：雕塑家在海边用沙堆雕刻了美丽的作品，潮水一来，这些作品都化为乌有，让人伤感。但雕塑家却度过了美好的一天，因为这样既练习了技术，又创造了美丽。21解析：选C从下文“The tide was coming in.”可知，“美丽的雕刻都全部消失”是因为“潮水的到来”，所以推断本句话意思是“雕塑家来到海边时潮水已经退去”。22解析：选A从修饰语“nearly four feet high and as many feet across”来判断，“沙堆”比较恰当。23解析：选D本句话意思是“然后他做了一个长方形”。create“造，创造”。24解析：选B从后文看“他雕刻了很多东西”，所以本句话意为“
57、他开始干活”。25解析：选C本句话意思是“他做成了美丽的塔和高高的墙”。shape“做成某物的形状”。26解析：选A本句话意思是“他熟悉沙子”。know“熟悉”。27解析：选B从后文“他用水使它们保持潮湿的状态”可知，是因为沙堆开始变干。as表示原因。28解析：选C用水只能是使它们“潮湿”。29解析：选D根据常识可知，干的沙子容易在风中分散。30解析：选A从后文人们来欣赏他的作品可知，人们开始聚集在一起。31解析：选B在雕刻作品时把工具都倒了出来，现在已经雕刻完毕，所以把工具收拾起来。32解析：选Cwhat在句中充当take no notice of的宾语。33解析：选A由句子“Many in
58、 the crowd looked _37_”可知应选A。34解析：选D根据意思“四周被水包围”可知答案为D。35解析：选B前面提到“底座、墙、塔”倒塌，所以推断此题时间状语是表示“最后”。36解析：选C本句话意思是“不久之后，什么都没留下”。37解析：选B美好的作品一会儿工夫就化为乌有，给人的感觉应该是很“伤感”。38解析：选A前后两句话含有转折的意味。39解析：选D雕刻家练习了技术，创造了美丽，所以说他度过了美好的一天。40解析：选D比较四个选项，结合语境可知此空填beauty最恰当。make beauty“创造美”。.41.when42.death43.of 44much45.it46.
59、felt47.a48across49.qualification50.that.第二句：visitingvisit; foras第四句：去掉too; likeliked第五句：butand第六句：gladlyglad第八句：familiesfamily第九句：WhatHow第十句：latelater; hashad.参考范文Dear classmates，May I have your attention, please？Id like to talk about the problem of wasting in our canteen.As we all know, the problem
60、 of wasting in our canteen is severe.For example, some students just throw away what they dont like eating.Some leave the water running after doing the dishes and leave the airconditioner on after leaving the canteen.It is not only a waste of money, but also makes global warming even worse.In my opinion, it is everybodys duty to fight against wasting.On the one hand, we should form the habit of eating what we order.On the other hand, we should make it a rule to save water and electricity when possible.Thats all. Thank you！