1、Unit20 New Frontiers 单元同步测试一. 单词拼写。 10x21. Tom and Jack had _( 通信 ) for many years.2. Professor Smith , an ear _(专家 ), organized a national survey of nose disease in children.3. Singing, playing games, and reading are forms of _(消遣). The chairman is considering changes to the sex _(歧视)law to promote
2、 equal opportunities.5. A p_ gives the owner ther right to be the only onew who can make , use or sell an invention or product for a particular number of years.6. Everyone was encouraged to d_ a days pay to help survivors of the disaster.7. Had not Tom dived into the river to r_ him, the boy would h
3、ave drowned.8. A car is very h_ for people who live some little distance from town.9. Some good sources of information can a_ us in making the best selection.10. This medicine is _( 有毒的)if taken in large quantities.二用所给的短语的适当形式填空。（有多余选项 ）10x2to put it another way, in detail, look into, click into, i
4、n terms of , link to , die of , as a result of , on demand, figure out, do with1. I cant give you any good suggestions until you tell me the whole thing _.2. If you like listening to rock music, you can _ this website.3. The murder case is _ by the police now.4. You can _your computer _the Internet
5、only after you have paid the service.5. _ population, China is the largest country in the world.6. His speech was very long but few people could _ what he meant .7. His sister _ cancer last year.8.The boss is not satisfied with your work, _ , you lose your job.9. What have you been _ the conflict?10
6、.He is unable to work _ the fall from his horse.三课文填空。15x1.5 If you had to choose the single most important 1_(discover) of the 20th century, you would have a real 2_ on your hands. In just 100 years, the world changed completely. Amazing discoveries were made in medicine, communications and transpo
7、rt, not to 3_ our knowledge of the world and space. Medical advances 4 _ from discovering the causes of diseases under microscopes to surgical procedures 5_(replace) 6_(disease) organs with 7_ (donate) ones. Communications changed 8_ the introduction of mobile phones and the way we _9_(通信) went 10_
8、writing letters to emailing. We started flying around the world and 11_（同时）, scientists figured 12_ how to 13_(劈开) the atom, 14_（过去） thought to be the smallest particle of matter 15_ the universe.四 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从2135各题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Fire can help people
9、 in many ways.Fire can heat water, (21)_ your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows (22)_ people began to use fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very long time ago. He (23)_ the sun by a rope and brought fire down. Today people know how to (24)_
10、a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very (25)_. Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful (26)_ matches. You should also learn to (27)_ fires. Fires need oxygen（氧气）. Without oxygen they die. There is (28)_ in the air. Cover a fire with water,
11、 sand, or (29)_, with your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air from a fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might (30)_ you. 21. A. brighten B. warm C. beautify D. lighten 22. A. where B. when C. what D. how 23. A. watched B. got up to C. went
12、 up to D. discovered 24. A. set B. make C. cause D. catch 25. A. dangerous B. bright C. unusual D. common 26. A. about B. to C. on D. after 27. A. lay out B. put out C. put away D. do away with 28. A. fire B. moisture（湿气） C. oxygen D. substance 29. A. in general B. in particular C. in a hurry D. in
13、an emergency （紧急）30. A. stop B. hurt C. destroy D. hit五阅读理解：10x2 (A)Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to the fact that changes in the past thirty years may, have been affecting human health. Possi
14、ble effects include more deaths from extreme(极度的) heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods. The health and climate scientists recently estimated(估计) that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred and fifty thousand deaths each year. Cases of sickne
15、ss are estimated at five million. And the W.H.O. says the numbers could rise quickly by the year of 2003. Jonathan Patz of an environmental institute led the study. Professor Patz points out that climate scientists connected global warming with the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August, 200
16、3. But he says poor countries least responsible(对负责) for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temperatures. Professor Patz says areas in greatest danger include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. Also, large cities experience w
17、hat scientists call a heat islandeffect that can make conditions worse. Representatives(代表) from about two hundred countries hold a meeting in Canada, to discuss climate change. The ten-day meeting ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol(京都议定书) took
18、 effect earlier this year. The agreement aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and other heat-trapping(吸热的) gases sent off into the air. 1. Who is Jonathan Patz? A. A scientist responsible for the climate change. B. A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change. C. A professor
19、 interested in the climate change. D. A professor who is a representative from an African country. 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Climate changes affect different parts of the world in the same way. B. The ten-day meeting is the first United Nations meeting
20、 on climate change. C. The Kyoto Protocol aims to make smaller the amount of heat-trapping gases into the air. D. Poor countries are responsible for the global warming. 3. Possible effects from the climate changes include the following EXCEPT _. A. crop failures B. storms C. more deaths from overhea
21、t D. air pollution 4. According to the health and climate scientists, climate changes have been caused by _. A. dry weather B. cold weather C. human activities D. storms 5. We can infer from the passage that _. A. climate changes are having a bad effect on humans health B. Professor Patz leads the s
22、tudy of climate changes C. a heat islandeffect large cities experience makes the matter worse D. rich countries are most responsible for climate changes (B)In the Middle Ages in Europe, theater was an important part of civic, economic and religious life. During this period after the fall of Roman ci
23、vilization, many cities were destroyed. Southern and Western Europe, famous for its agriculture, became increasingly more agricultural. After several hundred years, many towns appeared again. The Roman Catholic Church took over religion, education and politics. What remained of theater was mostly on
24、 the Greek and Roman performing arts. Theater was reborn as liturgical(礼拜式的) dramas. It was written in Latin and dealing with biblical(圣经) stories which would be performed by church members. Then there came local dramas spoken in common language not Latin. They were more wonderful one-act dramas tak
25、ing place in town squares or other parts of the city. There were three types of local dramas. Mystery or cycle plays were short dramas based on biblical stories organized into historical cycles. Miracle plays dealt with the lives of the great. Morality(道德的) plays taught a lesson through characters s
26、tanding for good or bad qualities. Secular plays in this period existed, but religious drama in the Middle Ages is mostly remembered today. As the Middle Ages ended, the number of religious theatres became small as the church weakened and more secular qualities won over religious theaters.1. The und
27、erlined sentence in the first paragraph means that _.A. people got away from the cities B. people liked to live in the countryC. agriculture was more developed at that time D. people thought less of city life2. According to the passage, what does secular playsmean here?A. Plays that deal with the li
28、ves of the great. B. Plays that taught a lesson.C. Plays based on biblical stories. D. Plays that are not connected with thechurch.3. Why did religious theatres become less important as the Middle Ages came to an end?A. People were not interested in them any longer. B. The church was not as importan
29、t as what it had been.C. People liked new plays. D. The stories of religious theatres were outdated.4. According to the passage, why did religious theatres take over in the Middle Ages?A. People preferred religious theatres to other ones. B. There were no other types of theatres.C. The church played
30、 an important part in peoples life.D. The quality of religious theatres was better than that of other theatres.5. What would be the best title for the passage?A. European dramas B. Religious dramasC. Religious theatres in the Middle Ages D. Secular dramas in the Middle AgesAnswers to the test (2)一.
31、单词拼写1. correspond 2. specialist 3. recreation 4. Discrimination 5. patent 6. donate 7.rescue 8. handy 9. assist 10. poisonous 二词组填空：1. in detail 2. click into 3. looked into 4. link to 5. in terms of 6. figure out 7. died of 8. to put it another way 9. done with 10. as a result of 三课文填空。Discovery 2.
32、 dilemma 3. mention 4. ranged 5. replacing 6. diseased 7. donated 8. with 9. correspond 10. from 11. meanwhile 12. out 13. spilt 14. 15. in 四 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分）21-25 BDCBA, 26-30 ABCDB五阅读理解： (A)1. 选B。根据Jonathan Patz . led the study判断出这名科学家是负责这项研究的人,因此选B。in charge of是负责的意思。2. 选C。根据Health and cl
33、imate scien-tists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways判断出A是错误的；根据It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol took effect earlier this year可判断出B错；根据poor countries least responsible(对负责) for the warming判断出D错。3. 选D。根据Possible eff
34、ects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods可知D选项不在其列。 4. 选C。由climate changes caused by human activity 可知是人类的活动导致气候的异常变化。5. 选D。根据he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temp
35、eratures. 推断出发达国家应付主要的责任。 (B)1. 选A。根据many cities were destroyed判断出是人们离开城市。2. 选D。secular plays的对立面是religious theatres，因此可知道secular plays与宗教无关。3. 选B。根据the church weakened判断出：教堂地位的降低使得religious theatres也慢慢退出历史舞台4. 选C。根据The Roman Catholic Church took over religion, education and politics.这句话可以知道教堂的主导地位使得religious theatres大行其道。5. 选C。根据文章的主要意思得知答案是C。