1、单元质量检测(三)Unit 15Learning(时间：100分钟满分：120分本卷共4页).阅读理解(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。AEach day, teachers in the classroom are becoming more familiar with students who are struggling to deal with a psychological phenomenon known as failure syndrome. For these educators, finding wa
2、ys in which to connect and educate a child suffering from failure syndrome can be challenging. Because children with failure syndrome often are convinced they can not accomplish any goals given to them, teachers have found educating these students requires a unique and creative approach. As an educa
3、tor, if you are struggling with students who seem to be afflicted with failure syndrome, consider these guidelines to improve the overall success of all of your students.First, begin by focusing on the degree of complexity in the work given to the student. Often, students who feel they are a failure
4、 will commonly express confusion and disinterest when faced with overly complex tasks. The key to educating the children suffering from failure syndrome is to first raise their selfconfidence. Therefore, educators should use tasks and educational tools that are less complex. Beyond analysis of compl
5、exity of the academic curriculum, educators must also look at ways in which to reward and recognize a student for simply making attempts to achieve and complete assignments. Even though tasks may be wrong or complex, the child who suffers from failure syndrome must be encouraged to simply complete a
6、ny assignment without regard to correctness. In doing this, educators can provide praise and support for the simple completion of a task. Students who experience failure syndrome commonly will give up easily feeling as if they can not complete any assignment fully or accurately. If a child gives up
7、on a science fair project because the results did not turn out as planned, the student should be encouraged to identify where the error was made and then arrangements should be made to allow for the error to be corrected.1What is mainly talked about in the passage?AWhat is failure syndrome.BEducatin
8、g students with failure syndrome.CThe harm of failure syndrome.DWhat kind of students usually fail.2Educating a child suffering from failure syndrome can be challenging because _.Athey have suffered too many failuresBthey dont have the ability to accomplish any goalsCthey cant get used to the teache
9、rs teaching methodsDthey dont believe they can accomplish any goals3What kind of work should be given to a student with failure syndrome?AWork of interest to him.BWork that is not very complex.CWork that needs special skills.DWork with high degree of complexity.4What is the most important in educati
10、ng a child suffering from failure syndrome?ARaising his selfconfidence.BGiving him more freedom.CAllowing him more time to practice.DTeaching him to think differently.BTHE BRONTE FAMILYYorkshire in England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Brontes Jane Ey
11、re and Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters.Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire
12、 in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories
13、 and walked over the hills. They grew up largely selfeducated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a
14、young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher, but there was no inter
15、est shown in Charlottes book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.Jane Eyre was immedia
16、tely successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animallike. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book and
17、 Anne died in 1849. Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核)as her sisters had.5What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell?AHelp him write stories.BHelp him get trained in art.CT
18、each him how to draw well.DTeach him how to educate himself.6We know from the text that_.AJane Eyre was published in 1847BCharlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in allCthe Bronte sisters received a good educationDPatrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writings7Which of the following was published a
19、fter the death of its writer?AShirley.BVillette.CAgnes Grey. DThe Professor.8What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?ATheir novels interested few publishers.BNone of them had more than two books published.CNone of them lived longer than 40 years old.DEmily was the least successful of
20、the three.CWhat are the qualities of a good journalist? Heres what I have found.First, a good journalist should be alert (警觉的). If youre not, how can you find news? You should always stay alert. Only in this way can you find valuable news. Dont think you can just sit in the office and wait for phone
21、 calls about information. It doesnt work.Second, you should have an inquiring mind.For example, when something happens, you should think why it happens, what consequences (后果) it will lead to, and so on. Dont just report what you see. Dig deeper to find more information.Third, a good journalist shou
22、ld be quick. It means you should report quickly what you have discovered during your missions. If you report the news too tardily,_then it is not news, right?Fourth, as a good journalist, you should be accurate. I remember that a singer was said to be in a relationship which he was not in a few year
23、s ago. The journalist reported it just because of a rumor. Luckily for the singer, he is a very lovable person, and the large audience of that newspaper did not believe what the report said. That happened in his case, but there are many other people who can have their entire careers ruined because o
24、f some bad rumors. So never report something just based on a rumor.Also, to be a good journalist, you need to be brave and willing to sacrifice. I have to tell you that the life of a journalist is not easy. Lets say your boss tells you that from the next week, you will go to a war area and stay ther
25、e to send back valuable information for two months. Would you quit and look for another job? I hope not. This is not what we want from our journalists.9According to Paragraph 2, a good journalist should _.Await for phone calls about informationBgo out and look around on the street every dayCget valu
26、able news from his/her colleaguesDknow it once something worth reporting happens10What does the underlined word “tardily” in Paragraph 4 mean?AFast.BLate.CLazily. DBoringly.11The singers story is mentioned to show that a good journalist should _.Abe able to find news everywhereBbe able to find excit
27、ing newsCreport news to entertain the publicDmake sure the report is correct12What is the text mainly about?AHow to report news quickly.BHow journalists usually work.CWhat makes a good journalist.DWhat makes a good news story.DThere is a paradox(悖论) improving education in America：The system is faili
28、ng to prepare many kids for success, but we have spent so much on the system that isnt practical.We have a big influence on teaching and learning within our existing schools：on the playground during recess.Most elementary school headmasters will tell you that recess is the toughest time of the schoo
29、l day.Its when most problems happen, and too often problems from the playground come over into the classroom, creating distractions for students.Americans are usually pretty nostalgic (怀旧的) about recess, but a lot has changed since we were kids.When I was growing up in Washington, DC., I had the cha
30、nce to play outside, every day after school, during weekends and all summer long.The older kids taught the younger kids a lot of rules from how to pick teams to how to quickly end quarrels and as the younger kids became the older kids, we passed on this culture of play to the generation behind us.Bu
31、t kids dont get to play outside and be unsupervised the way we used to.And so when kids come to school, they dont bring those skills with them.The fights and quarrels that have replaced the recess we remember can be discouraging for kids and educators.Schools generally put up with the problems on th
32、e playground because they dont know how to deal with them, but it turns out that rescuing recess is pretty easy.All it takes is one grownup who has a love for play and the skills in creating an environment where students can play happily.13Which of the following is the best title of the passage?AHow
33、 can kids enjoy their recessBWhy do kids need recessCA misunderstanding about improving educationDWays to get rid of the problems caused by students in the classroom14What do most elementary school headmasters think about the recess time?AIt will make students too excited in the classroom.BIt will m
34、ake students do damage to the playground.CIt will make teachers discover their students problems.DIt will make students pay less attention to their lessons.15In the past, the older kids _.Ahad no time to play outsideBoften got involved in quarrels with the younger kidsCcould manage the younger kids
35、successfullyDpassed on this culture of play to their parents.任务型阅读(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。The Truth about Overboiled VegetablesThe truth has finally appeared. Soggy vegetables overboiled vegetables, are good for you. This news, which is now official, will bring gre
36、at joy to thousands of retired school chefs that fine body of men and women, whose confirmed approach to food shaped our childhoods. They boiled their lives away in kitchens. 16._ They boiled everything and they boiled it forever. It was not only in schools that the great vegetableboilers practiced
37、their art. 17._ In some parts of England, no family was without one. The stove was controlled by a sweating mother who stuck a fork into the vegetables excessively until it met no resistance. Until last week, it was fashionable to make fun of those fine men and women. 18._ I remember switching on th
38、e television a couple of years ago and having to listen to a lecture by Delia Smith on the dangers of overcooked vegetables. She made me feel like a criminal. I am not very fond of vegetables. 19._ Soggy carrots are horrible, but at least you can force them down your throat.Undercooked, semiraw carr
39、ots are far worse. They set your teeth on edge and are difficult to swallow. The tide of fashion has turned so decisively in favor of boiled vegetables or toasted ones that there is no point in going against it. But you cannot get soggy cabbage in a restaurant for love or money. Escoffier hints that
40、 this is not how he would cook vegetables himself. According to a Europewide study coordinated by the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, a wellcooked carrot offers more protection against heart disease and cancer than a raw one. 20_ The same is true of other vegetables. So let the nations boiler
41、s come out and do what they do best. As for the braisers, roasters, and steamers, they will just have to rethink their strategy.ASoggy peas have been replaced by toasted eggplants. BBut now science, not for the first time, has come to our rescue.CThe Army catering corps had some notable ones and so
42、did British Rail.DWhen the cabbage was cooking, you could not see it for the clouds of steam.EThey had cooked all the goodness out of the vegetables or that was the usual wisdom. FBut the one thing I demand of a vegetable I am going to eat is that it should have been properly cooked.GIf you boil a c
43、arrot thoroughly, your body will absorb far more carotenoids, or antioxidants, which makes them so healthy. .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。Something new showed up on my fathers front porch this spring a nest.A robin (知更鸟) decided that the top of a corner post
44、 (角柱) just under the metal roof would be the _21_ place to build her new home.Slowly she started to build it stick by stick.My father _22_ what she was doing and tossed her work back _23_ the porch, hoping that she would take the hint and choose a nearby tree _24_.The robin was _25_， however, and ke
45、pt returning to rebuild her nest again and again._26_， my father gave in and let her _27_ her work.When it was done the robin laid her eggs and settled into her warm, dry, safe _28_.A few weeks later three tiny heads _29_ emerged over the corner of the nest.I had never seen baby birds so close up be
46、fore.I watched in _30_ as the little heads tilted back and the ugly beaks stretched wide to receive the food that was _31_ into them.I knew that their mom would continue her work every day, lovingly _32_ her babies until they were grown, beautiful, and ready to _33_.Watching those baby birds made me
47、 _34_ about how so many of us huddle (蜷缩) in our own _35_ day after day waiting for the time when we will be ready to fly.So many of us look over the edge _36_ to make that first leap to live and to love.So many of us spend our hours _37_ soaring in the clouds _38_ we sit scared on a pile of sticks.
48、We arent meant to _39_ in our nests, though. We are created to soar into the _40_ on the wings of love and joy.We just have to make that first leap.21A.last BfirstCperfect Dsecret22A.understood BnoticedCdoubted Dappreciated23A.inside Babove Con Doff24A.instead Banyway Ctherefore Dforever25A.frighten
49、ed BpuzzledCannoyed Ddetermined26A.Actually BFinally CNaturally DLuckily27A.begin Brepair Cfinish Dstop28A.home Bcorner Cceiling Dshelter29A.immediately BshylyCquietly Dsuddenly30A.puzzlement BwonderCcare Dpride31A.passed Bdivided Cdropped Dsent32A.feeding BteachingChelping Dcomforting33A.fight Bsta
50、rt Cmove Dfly34A.learn Bthink Cask Dfind35A.cradles BareasCnests Dhouses36A.terrified BexcitedCencouraged Dforced37A.referring to Bspeaking ofCtalking about Ddreaming of38A.after Bwhile Csince Dbefore39A.hide Brest Csleep Dpractice40A.society Bworld Cwild Dsky.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
51、当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。The Internet 41._ (become) part of young peoples life. 42._ report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet. Most of them get 43._ (use) information on the Internet and use the Internet to help in 44._ (they) studies. But many students dont use it 45._ a good way. Some
52、 play games too much, some visit websites they shouldnt look at. So bad things may happen if students spend too much time on the Internet.46_ is important for students to use the Internet 47._ (proper). Now we have a textbook, 48._ uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Inter
53、net. It gives some useful 49._ (advise)Some students also make friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a facetoface 50._ (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.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
54、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。I visited the zoo yesterday, and I was very unhappy and angry about the things what I saw. The large animals was in small cages. The lion was walking back and forth. It was c
55、ompletely boring. The tiger fell sleep all the afternoon. I see people feeding the fish. They were throwing rice and meat into the pond, which could kill the fish, but no one tried stop them. When I had the drink at the zoo restaurant, the waiter served me rudely. Outside the restaurant, the rubbish
56、 bins were full and rubbish was blowing everywhere. It seems that the zoo doesnt look the animals or the visitors very well.书面表达(满分25分)假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Bill来信询问你家乡是否有雾霾(smog)天气，情况如何。请按下面的提示写一封电子邮件：1感谢他的关心。2简要介绍本地雾霾情况及给人们生活带来的危害。3人们已认识到雾霾天气的危害，正采取各种举措减少其发生。注意：1词数100左右。2开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Bill，Im glad t
57、o receive your letter.Thank you for your caring for the weather and my health. Yours sincerely，Li Hua单元质量检测(三).语篇解读：本文介绍了如何教育具有“失败综合症”的学生。1解析：主旨大意题。由第一段最后一句以及后三段的内容可知，本文主要介绍了教育患有“失败综合症”的学生的几项措施。答案：B2解析：细节理解题。由第一段第三句可知，患有“失败综合症”的学生缺乏自信，认为自己完成不了老师交给的任何任务。答案：D3解析：细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，交给具有“失败综合症”的学生的任务一定不能太
58、复杂。答案：B4解析：细节理解题。由第二段倒数第二句可知，教育具有“失败综合症”的学生的关键是提高他们的自信。答案：A语篇解读：本文主要讲述了英国女作家夏洛蒂勃朗特姐妹三人的一生及著作。5解析：细节理解题。文章第三段倒数第二句“The girls were determined to earn money for his art education.”表明，Bronte姐妹想资助Branwell学习美术。答案：B6解析：推理判断题。文章第四段最后两句话表明，姐妹三个在1847年各出了一本书，而Jane Eyre就是其中之一。因此正确答案为A项。答案：A7解析：推理判断题。由最后一段可知，Cha
59、rlotte死于1855年。由第四段可知，她的著作The Professor是在1859年出版的。因此正确答案应为D项。答案：D8解析：推理判断题。Charlotte出生于1816年，死于1855年；Emily生于1818年，死于“a short while after the publication of the book”；Anne生于1820年，死于1849年。经计算可知，姐妹三个都没有活过40岁。答案：C语篇解读：一位好的记者应该具有警觉性，会询问，报道及时、准确，以及勇敢。9解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的“First, a good journalist should be aler
60、t.”可知这一段是讲好的记者应该具有警觉性，即应该第一时间知道发生了什么。答案：D10解析：词义猜测题。根据第四段的“Third, a good journalist should be quick .”可知这里是指如果报道“晚”了，那就不叫新闻了。答案：B11解析：推理判断题。根据第五段的“I remember that a singer was said to be in a relationship which he was not in a few years ago. The journalist reported it just because of a rumor.”可知提到这位
61、歌手的事是想表明记者应该确保所报道的事情是真实的。答案：D12解析：主旨大意题。根据文章的内容，可知文章是围绕一位好的记者应该具备哪些素质展开的，故选C项。答案：C语篇解读：很多时候课间休息时间并没有真正起到让孩子们休息和调整的目的，那么如何创设一个愉悦的游戏环境供孩子们的课间休息呢？13解析：标题归纳题。本文讲述了课间休息的重要性以及如何为孩子们创设愉悦的环境从而让他们的课间休息更有意义。故A项作文章标题最恰当。答案：A14解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，学生们到操场上玩，会有很多问题发生，并且这些问题在休息时间结束后会延续到课堂上，以至于让学生们分心，影响学业。答案：D15解析：推
62、理判断题。根据第三段中的“The older kids taught the younger kids a lot of rules from how to pick teams to how to quickly end quarrels .”可知，在过去，年龄大的孩子们教年龄较小的孩子们许多规则，比如如何选组、如何快速地结束争吵等。由此可以推断出年龄大的孩子能成功地管理年龄较小的孩子。答案：C.1620BCEDF .语篇解读：作者从一窝小鸟逐渐长大，等待飞翔，联想到了我们人类也需要飞翔，而不是待在安乐窝中，关键是那大胆的第一跃。21解析：知更鸟在门廊上建巢，说明这个地方是它认为最佳的地方。
63、答案：C22解析：联系空后“what she was doing”可知，作者的父亲注意到了知更鸟的行为。答案：B23解析：从后文“hoping that she would take the hint and choose a nearby tree”可知，父亲希望知更鸟在树上建巢，所以他把鸟巢从廊上给拆下来了，因此用off。答案：D24解析：父亲不想让知更鸟在门廊上建巢，而是想让它在附近的树上建巢， 故选instead。答案：A25解析：从后文“kept returning to rebuild her nest again and again”可知，知更鸟就是选中了门廊上方，态度很坚决。答
64、案：D26解析：看到知更鸟决心在门廊上建巢，父亲最终屈服了。actually“实际上”；naturally“自然地”；luckily“幸运地”。答案：B27解析：联系后文“When it was done the robin laid her eggs and settled into .”可知，父亲做出了让步，让知更鸟完成了筑巢工作。答案：C28解析：知更鸟筑好巢，开始在自己安逸舒适的家中下蛋，繁殖后代。shelter表示“避难所；遮盖物”。答案：A29解析：此处表示作者突然看到三个小小的脑袋出现在鸟巢的边缘。答案：D30解析：从前文作者从来没有见过小鸟可知，作者初次见到小鸟十分好奇。in
65、puzzlement“迷惑地”；in wonder“惊奇地”；in care“以防，免得”；in pride“骄傲地”。答案：B31解析：根据语境，小鸟张开嘴巴去接鸟妈妈喂给它们的食物，表示“投下”，用动词drop。答案：C32解析：根据前文可知，鸟妈妈在精心喂养小鸟。答案：A33解析：从下文30空后的“waiting for the time when we will be ready to fly”可知，小鸟逐渐长大，等待着飞向蓝天。答案：D34解析：看到小鸟，作者也考虑到了人类，表示“考虑，思考”，用think about。答案：B35解析：根据上下文，作者用比喻的手法说明，我们中有很多
66、人蜷缩在自己的“巢”中，等待飞翔。答案：C36解析：我们很多人像小鸟一样，趴在巢边，不敢做出那大胆的一跃。答案：A37解析：我们中有很多人梦想有一天能够翱翔蓝天。refer to“参考；涉及”；speak of“谈到”；talk about“谈论”。答案：D38解析：我们梦想飞翔，但因为缺乏勇气，还是趴在一堆枝条上，此处用while表示对比，意为“然而”。答案：B39解析：作者强调我们人类并不应该躲避在自己的“巢”中。答案：A40解析：我们必须迈出第一步，翱翔于蓝天。答案：D.41.has become42.A43.useful44.their45.in46.It47.properly48.w
67、hich49.advice50.meeting.第一句：andbut; 去掉what或whatthat/which 第二句：waswere第四句：boringbored第五句：sleepasleep第六句：seesaw 第七句：tried后面加to 第八句：第一个 thea或去掉第一个the 第九句：blowingblown第十句：look后加after.参考范文：Dear Bill，Im glad to receive your letter.Thank you for your caring for the weather and my health.Now Id like to tell
68、 you something about the smog.Since the winter last year, the smog has occurred a lot of times.It has done great harm to our daily life.Some people would rather stay at home for fear of the poisonous air caused by the smog.Smogrelated diseases get more and more people to hospital.Whats worse, more t
69、raffic accidents happen and a lot of flights have to be put off.Fortunately, people have realized the great harm and the importance of protecting the environment.Effective measures are being taken to reduce the smog weather.People are supposed not to go to work by car.As to me, I will go to school by bike or on foot, and will tell whoever I meet to protect the environment as possible as they can.Would you like to tell me some good ideas? Im looking forward to your reply.Yours sincerely，Li Hua
