单元测试
一，单选题（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）?
1. Mary wanted to travel around the world all by herself, but her parents didn’t ____ her to do so. A. forbid B. allowC. followD. ask
2. The students were not ____ to leave the classroom without an adequate reason.
A. permittedB. admittedC. hopedD. allow
3. The thirty-storey building is one of the most challenging projects they have ever ____. A. undergoneB. overtakenC. understoodD. undertaken
4. Most of the projects ____ by the young engineer on his own.
A. are undertakingB. are undertakenC. undertakingD. undertakes
5. There are the highest ____ that have ever been given by the government
A. distinctionB. acquisitionC. expansionD. connection
6. Many difficulties have ____ as a result of change over a new type of fuel.
A. risenB. arisenC. raisedD. aroused
7. A completely new situation will ____ when examination system comes into existence.
A. ariseB. riseC. raiseD. arouse
8. He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk ___ the good opportunity.
A. to loseB. losingC. to be lostD. being lost
9. Marie Curie took little notice ___ the honors that were given to her in her later years.
A. of B. onC. aboutD. from
10. The temple is not open to visitors as part of it is ____.
A. in repairB. repairingC. on repairingD. under repair
11. He aimed ____ a good teacher.
A. at becomingB. for becoming C. in becomingD. be coming
12. ____ improving your knowledge, reading can make you wise.
A. In addition toB. AsC. BecauseD. Although
13. The sofa in my room is so big that it can ____ as a bed.
A. regardB. considerC. functionD. use
14. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ____ each year.
A. is washing awayB. is being washed away
C. are washing awayD. are being washed away
15. I’m writing to you ____ you will support me in the project.
A. in the hope toB. in order toC. in the hope that D. so as to
16. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is necessarily
____ and effect. A. reason B. impact C. fact D. cause
17. ---Shall we go to the art exhibition right away? ---____.
A. It’s your opinion B. I don’t mind C. It’s all up to youD.That’s your decision
18. There have been several new events ____ to the program for the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games. A. addB. to addC. addingD. added
19. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would answer carelessly, always
____ the same thing. A. saying B. said C. to say D. having said
20. _____ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize.
A. SurprisingB. SurprisedC. Being surprised D. To be surprising
二，完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）
Surfing: It’s Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 21 : surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 22 . Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and 23 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first 24 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to 25 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 26 , there’s nothing like it. It involves body, 27 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 28 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 29 , becoming one with the 30 , is like I’m weightless.
The one thing I can 31 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer”because the ocean 32 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive and 33 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 34 from any other sport.
I’ve 35 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new 36 , so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start 37 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate（主宰）？
There’re women 38 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 39 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 40 , and they will.
21. A. tellB. answerC. giveD. realize
22. A. wonderB. understandC. replyD. believe
23. A. stayedB. cameC. droppedD. fell
24. A. waveB. stormC. sailD. boat
25. A. bringB. connectC. compareD. tie
26. A. workB. studyC. holidayD. life
27. A. mindB. effortC. healthD. time
28. A. alongB. aboveC. aroundD. by
29. A. beach B. waterC. board D. lake
30. A. skyB. worldC. earthD. ocean
31. A. takeB. getC. makeD. keep
32. A. catchesB. includesC. offersD. collects
33. A. sharpB. greatC. hardD. calm
34. A. knownB. rightC. farD. different
35. A. chosenB. triedC. learnedD. promised
36. A. levels B. pointsC. stepsD. parts
37. A. reachingB. acceptingC. pushingD. setting
38. A. sittingB. walkingC. fightingD. working
39. A. ofB. fromC. onD. with
40. A. thinkB. succeedC. performD. feel
三，阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）
A.
When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before we lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there, lay even more paint in colors like purple, orange, blue and green.
“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our material to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.
My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles ** of leaves, ‘and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring hack at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.
“Now “go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my checks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
41. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?
A. To introduce Stephanie to her.
B. To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C. To put the material back in the yard.
D. To show his artwork to her.
42. In his mother’s eyes, the writer_______.
A. was a born artist B. always caused trouble
C. was a problem solver D. worked very hard
43. The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. the rainbow in the sky. B. the stripes on the pavement
C. something imaginative and fun D. important lessons learned in childhood
44. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.
A. encourage children to paint
B. value friendship among children
C. discover the hidden talent in children
D. protect rather than destroy children’s dreams
B.
Below is a housing guide for students going to London.
. What is the advantage of using Loot?
A. It has more offers from accommodation agencies than Renting.
B. It gives you personal information about other co-renters.
C. Their website is designed mainly for students.
D. there are some good bargains.
46. A good agent can help you ____.
A. know more people
B. find cheap accommodation
C. get the right accommodation quickly
D. get free information about most accommodations
47. The information passed on by word of mouth is important because____.
A. ***** through any other source
B. it helps ***** of the best housing never advertised.
C. the final year students always offer better information
D. the landlords have little valuable information
48. For students going to London for the first time, which of the following provides the most reliable information?
A. University accommodation offices. B. Loot and Renting
C. Noticeboards. D. Family
C.
The term “multitasking” originally referred to a computer’s ability to carry out several tasks at one time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success. In fact, some excellent mental aerobic exercises (人脑训练) involve engaging the brain in two or more challenging activities at a time. Although checking e-mail while talking on a phone and reading the newspaper may be second nature for some people, many times multitasking can make us less productive, rather than more. And studies show that too much multitasking can lead to increased stress, anxiety and memory loss.
In order to multitask, the brain uses an area known as the prefrontal cortex (前额叶脑皮层). Brian scans of volunteers performing multiple tasks together show that as they shift from task to task, this front part of the brain actually takes a moment of rest between tasks. You may have experienced a prefrontal cortex “moment of rest” yourself if you’ve ever dialed (拨电话) and the answering, your mind shifted to anther thought or task, and then look that “moment” to come back. Research has also shown that for many volunteers. Job efficiency (效率) declines while multitasking as compared to when they perform only one task at a time.
Multitasking is easiest when at least one of the tasks in habitual, or requires little thought. Most people don’t find it difficult to eat and read the newspaper at the same time. However, when two or more attention ?requiring tasks are attempted at one time, people sometimes make mistakes.
We often don’t remember things as well when we’re trying to manage several details at the same time. Without mental focus, we may not pay enough attention to new information coming in, so it never makes it into our memory stores. That is one of the main reasons we forget people’s names---even sometimes right after they have introduced themselves. Multitasking can also affect our relationships. If someone checks their e-mail while on the phone with a friend, they may** off as absent-minded or disinterested. It can also cause that person to miss * overlook key information being passed on to them.
49. Why are some mental aerobic exercises designed to engage people in multitasking?
A. To make them more productive. B. To reduce their stress and anxiety.
C. To develop their communication skills. D. To help them perform daily tasks more easily.
50. According to Paragraph 2, why may a person suddenly forget who has called?
A. He may leave his prefrontal cortex temporarily damaged.
B. He is probably interrupted by another task.
C. He is probably not very familiar with the person he has called.
D. He may need a rest between dialing and speaking.
51. People tend to make mistake when ____.
A. they perform several challenging tasks at a time.
B. new messages are processed one after another
C. their relationships with others are affected
D. the tasks require little thought
52. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Multitasking has become a way of life.
B. Multitasking often leads to efficiency decline.
C. Multitasking exercises need to be improved.
D. Multitasking enables people to remember things better.
D.
My family and I lived across the street from Southway Park since I was four years old. Then just last year they city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用推土机推平) the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complex. When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, “Why don’t they just leave it alone?”
Looking back, I think what sentenced the part to oblivion (别遗忘) was the drought (旱灾) we had about four years ago. Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool. My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the tress, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up. The park was almost like my own yard. Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.
There had been almost no rain at all that year. The city stopped watering the park grass. Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert. Leaves fell off the part tress, and pretty soon the trees started dying, too. Next, the part swimming pool was closed. The city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.
As the drought lasted into the fall, the part got worse every month. The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass. Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck. People said drugs were being sold or traded there now. The part had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymore.
The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park. It had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way. Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to “redevelop” certain worn-out areas of the city. It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.
The chain-link fencing and bulldozers did their work. Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment building. Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction. The neighborhood has changed without the park. The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now. Things will never be the same again. Sometimes I wonder, though, what changes another drought would make in the way things are today.
53. How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?
A. Scared. B. Confused. C. Upset. D. Curious.
54. Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?
A. It was being rebuilt. B. It was dangerous.
C. it because crowded. D. it had turned into a desert.
55. According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?
A. The drought. B. The crime.
C. The beggars and the rubbish. D. The decisions of the city.
四．阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求回答问题。（注意字数要求，共10分）。
Being healthy means taking care of yourself physically and mentally. Here are some of my best tips on how to do both:
Break a bad habit.
You don’t really “break” habits. You replace the unwanted behavior with something that prevents you from doing it and that doesn’t have unhealthy side effects. So if your problem is that you eat too much when you get home from work, find something new to do that is incompatible（不能共存的）with what you usually do. You can’t walk around the track at the school and pig out in your kitchen at the same time.
Grow your marriage.
Relationships are negotiated, and the negotiation never stops. It’s always a give-and-take, always requires work. It’s like if you planted a garden and came back six months later----you wouldn’t even be able to find it. You have to tend it, feed it, weed it, deal with the problems.
Beat stress.
My dog, Maggie, is the best anti ? stress tool I have. A few minutes petting, scratching or playing with her, and . Exercise also helps. Just about every day, I’m on the tennis court. It’s a great workout, and if I don’t have that, I don’t cope as well, sleep as well or think as well.
Refocus your anger.
Expressing your anger is just not that good an idea. You say things you don’t mean. Instead, recognize that anger is usually a symptom of hurt, fear or frustration（挫折）, and deal with the causes rather than blow up. When you do that, you’re a problem solver.
Don’t medicate with food.
It never, ever works. You’re denying your issue by eating your way through it, instead of saying, Hey, I’ve got a problem.
56．What’s the best title? （Answer within 10 words.）
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57．Fill in the blank in the passage in your own words.（Answer within 10 words.）
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58．Translate the underlined sentence in the passage.
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59．Which sentence in the passage is the closet in meaning to the following one?
You do something without any bad effect on your health during the time when you usually do something harmful to your body.
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60．Why does the writer mention gardens when he is supposed to say something about marriage? （Answer within 30 words.）
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五．书面表达（满分25分）假定你校将举行一个成人仪式，你将作为代表在仪式上发言。请你按以下内容要点准备一篇英文发言稿。
1.过去对成年的向往；2.现在的感受和认识；3.将来的目标及措施。
参考词汇：责任 responsibility
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3.发言稿的开头与结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）
Good morning，everyone！
The topic of my speech today is “thoughts on becoming a grown-up”.
Thank you for listening.
【写作要点】本文要求写一篇成人仪式上的英语发言稿。开头结尾均已给出。对写作内容也有了明确的要求：①过去对成年的向往 ②现在对已成年的感受和认识 ③成年的我将来的目标及措施。注意：写作要点齐全，要包括规定的三方面内容；注意时态的变化。
英语答案及评分参考
答案；一．1—10 DCCAD BACBC 11—20 DBCBC DCA
二．21~25. B A D A C 26~30. D A C B D 31~35. B C A D B 36~40. A C D C B
三，41-45 DBCDD 46-50 CBAAB 51-55 ABCBD
四 56．How to Keep Healthy（Physically and Mentally）/ Suggestions on Keeping Fit
57．all my tension will go / goes away. / I’ll feel easy / comfortable.
58．相反，你要认识到愤怒是伤害、恐惧和挫折的表现。要去解决根本问题而不是大发雷霆。
59．You replace the unwanted behavior with some thing that prevents you from doing it and that doesn’t have unhealthy side effects.
60．The writer thinks marriages are much like gardens. You need to take good care of your marriage as you take care of your garden. It takes much effort to maintain your marriage. If there is a problem, you should deal with it immediately.
五、One possible version:
Good morning, everyone !
The topic of my speech today is “Thoughts on becoming a grown-up.”
As a child, I always hoped that I could grow up as soon as possible so that I could have whatever I wanted and do whatever I liked. Now I’m a grown-up, but I find things do not go as I expected. Although I can enjoy more freedom, at the same time I realize that being a grown-up not only means this, but also more responsibilities. I hope to do more for my parents and society in the future to make my life more meaningful. To reach the goal, I must first try my best to pass the college entrance examination and enter a good university.(106words)
Thank you for your listening.
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