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阶段质量检测(四)Unit 4 Exploring plantsA卷学业水平达标【说明】本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) AAlong the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6 m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.When danger comes in the form of a snake or a monkey, the young hoatzins maybe three in one family jump over the side and into the river. They swim about under the water until it is safe to return and then, using their claws, lift themselves up through the branches and get back home. When they have learned to fly they lose their claws and escape enemies not by swimming but by flying off, in a slow and heavy way, to a neighboring tree.语篇解读：生活在亚马孙丛林中的麝雉在学会飞之前就会游泳了。它头上长有美丽的羽冠，喙很硬。麝雉栖息于河边的森林中，擅长游泳，常常在水面上方的树枝上筑巢。雏鸟翅膀上长有爪子(长大后爪子消失)，能用爪子和喙攀登树木，与成鸟一样也会游泳。1What is the text mainly about?AHoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.BThe relatives and enemies of hoatzins.CPrimitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.DThe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.解析：选D主旨大意题。全文介绍了麝雉的外形和生活习性，故答案为D。2Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that _.Athey look like young cuckoosBthey have claws on the wingsCthey eat a lot like a cowDthey live on river banks解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段中的“has claws(爪) on its wings when young”和第三段中的“When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws”可知，麝雉幼鸟与成鸟不同的是幼鸟翅膀上长有爪子。答案为B。3What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?AThey had claws to help them climb.BThey could fly long distances.CThey had four wings like hoatzins.DThey had a head with long feathers on the top.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done”可知，原始的鸟可能使用爪子攀爬。答案为A。4Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?ATo find more food.BTo protect themselves better.CTo keep themselves warm.DTo produce their young.解析：选D细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes”可知，它们在雨季聚在一起是为了繁殖后代。答案为D。BAndy rode slowly on his way to school, daydreaming about the fishing trip that his father had promised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.He rode along until a strange sound drew him to the present. He came to a stop and looked curiously up to the heavens. What he saw shocked and terrified him. A huge swarm of bees filled the sky like a black cloud and the buzzing mass seemed to be heading angrily towards him.With no time to waste, Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding furiously but without knowing how to escape the swarm.With a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously, he sped down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic increased. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings (蜇). The last sting had landed him in hospital and that was only one bee sting! He had been forced to stay in bed for two whole days. Suddenly, his fathers words came to him. “When you are in a tight situation, dont panic. Use your brain and think your way out of it.”On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards from the chimney of the Nelson family home. “Bees dont like smoke，” he thought. “They couldnt get into the house.” Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew he could not reach the house in time. He estimated that the bees would catch up with him soon.Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irrigate his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the surface and away from the savage insects. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees had gone. Dragging himself out of the dam, he struggled up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mrs. Nelson took him inside and rang his mother.“Youll really need that fishing break to help you recover，”laughed his mother with relief.“Thank goodness you didnt panic！” But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again of the fish he would catch tomorrow.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。一群蜜蜂像乌云一般追逐着安迪，他想尽了各种办法，最终无奈的他躲进水中以求自保。5Why did Andy fail to notice the swarm of bees earlier?AHe was riding to school.BHe was listening to a strange sound.CHe was going fishing with his father.DHe was lost in the thought of the fishing trip.解析：选D细节理解题。由第一段内容尤其是第二句可知答案。6Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the swarm of bees in the passage?AThey crowded like a black cloud.BThey shocked and terrified Andy.CThey tried to attack Andy in a mass.DThey made Andy stay in hospital for two days.解析：选D细节理解题。A项与第二段最后一句的前半句吻合；B项与第二段的第三句吻合；C项与第二段最后一句的后半句吻合。故D项与文章最后他成功避开蜂群这一事实不符。7How did Andy avoid the bees in the end?AHe asked Mr. Nelson for help.BHe hid himself under the water.CHe rushed into the Nelson house.DHe rode off in the opposite direction.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第五段第二句可知答案。8Which of the following can best describe Andys escape from the bees?ANo pains, no gains.BOnce bitten, twice shy.CWhere there is a will, there is a way.DIn time of danger, ones mind works fast.解析：选C推理判断题。A项“不劳无获”；B项“一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳”；C项“有志者事竟成”；D项“急中生智”。根据文章意思：安迪被蜜蜂追着到处跑，情急之下，跳入水中。故“急中生智”与文意吻合。CA sunflower is a sunflower.A mobile phone is a mobile phone.But can you combine the two to do something for your local environment?As early as next year it may well be possible.When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to bury it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.A biodegradable mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists.It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycle.Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years.It looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and able to change shape.Over time it can also break down into the soil without giving out any harmful chemicals.British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed.When this new type of cover turns into waste, it forms nitrates (硝酸盐)These feed the seed and help the flower grow.Engineers have designed a small transparent window to hold the seed.They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away.“Weve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far.But we are working with plant experts to find out which flowers would perform best.Maybe we could put roses in next time，”said one scientist.As phone technology is developing so quickly people are always throwing their mobiles away.This means manufacturers are under pressure to find ways of recycling them.Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year.Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment.A biodegradable cover can offer some relief for nature, according to the scientists.“The seed is released and the flower grows in the pot so you dont have to concern yourself with the phone when you have finished using it，”said Kerry Kirwan.She leads the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain.9After you have finished using the new type of mobile phone，_.Athe sunflower seed will come out and flower wherever you throw itBthe phone cover will break down easily in the soil which you bury it in Cit will be recycled by the manufacturesDit can recharge itself in an environmental friendly way解析：选B细节理解题。文章的第三段中“Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any harmful chemicals.”我们可以找到答案。10Which of the following is WRONG about the cover of the new type of phone?AIt can provide useful fertilizer for the sunflower seed after the mobile phone breaks down.BIt looks like normal plastics but it can break down.CIt can serve as the storage for the sunflower seed.DIt makes sure the seed only grows after the phone is thrown away.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段我们知道科学家发明了一种可以随意改变形状的新材料，用它作为手机外壳，只有等它形成了硝酸盐，才能使sunflower生长。但是只有当手机扔掉(throw away)后，而不是坏了(breaks down)后，这种外壳才给种子提供营养、供其生长。故选A。11This type of research is done because_.Athe technology that produces mobile phones is changing rapidlyBconsumers tend to throw away their mobile phones within two yearsCnobody has ever thought of recycling mobile phonesDproducing mobile phones uses a lot of energy, so this has become a very big problem for the environment解析：选B细节理解题。从倒数第三段中知道由于手机发展很快，人们不断地更新手机，给环境带来了污染，迫使科学家们就设法寻找到手机材料能分解的办法。12We can infer from the story_.Athe new type of mobile phone is already on the marketBthe new type of mobile phone will sell extremely wellCrecycling mobile phones is increasingly important to the environmentDother flowers may be used in the new type of cell phone解析：选D推理判断题。从第五段中的“Maybe we could put roses in next time”可得到答案。DEvery year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wildlife for “sport”Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching, and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction.The number of gunners, however, grows rapidly.Children too young to develop proper judgments through independent thought are led along way away by their gunning parents.They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and guncarrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins(血管)They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honoring the chase and the kill.In school they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate (刺激) a desire to own a gun.Wildlife is disappearing because of shooting and because of the loss of wildland habitat (栖息地)Habitat loss will continue with our increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting？There doesnt seem to be any chance if the serious condition of our birds is not improved.Wildlife belongs to everyone and not to the gunners alone.Although most people do not shoot, they seem to forgive shooting for sport because they know little or nothing about it.The only answer, then, is to bring the truth about sport shooting to the great majority of people.Now, it is time to realize that animals have the same right to life as we do and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting the harmless and beautiful creatures.The gunners like to describe what they do as characterbuilding, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy.If, as they would have you believe, gun carrying and killing improve human character, then perhaps we should encourage war.13According to the text, most people do not seem to be against hunting because_.Athey have little knowledge of itBit helps to build human characterCit is too costly to stop killing wildlifeDthey want to keep wildlife under control解析：选A推理判断题。从第四段的“Although most people do not shoot, they seem to forgive shooting for sport because they know little or nothing about it”一句可以推断出人们似乎不反对打猎的原因是他们的愚昧无知。14The underlined word “agony” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Aform BconditionCpain Dsadness解析：选C词义猜测题。从短文的最后一段的“The gunners like to describe what they do as characterbuilding, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy”这句话可以猜出该单词的意思是“痛苦”。指动物受伤后会十分痛苦地慢慢死去。15It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to_.Ablame the majority of peopleBworry about the existence of wildlifeCbe in favour of warDbe in support of characterbuilding解析：选B主旨大意题。全文自始至终表明了作者对人们的打猎行为进行了批判。体现出作者对野生动物的生存担忧。.任务型阅读(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)Most cars have seat belts as part of their equipment. Seat belts protect drivers and passengers in case of accidents. They also reduce the effect of a crash on the body. _16_ Worldwide, the devices have protected up to a million people.America first recognized the invention of an automobile seat belt in 1849. The government gave a patent to an engineer named Edward Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention of a safety device. _17_ This early version of the safety belt was said to include hooks and other attachments for securing the person to a fixed object.Other inventors followed with different versions of the seat belt. _18_ It resulted from the work of a Swedish engineer, Nils Bohlin. His threepoint, lap and shoulder seat belt first appeared on cars in Europe 50 years ago.Nils Bohlin recognized that both the upper and lower body needed to be held securely in place. His invention contained a cloth strap (带子) that was placed across the chest and another strap across the hips. _19_Volvo was the first company to offer the modern seat belt to its cars. This company also provided use of Nils Bohlins design to other carmakers._20_ He received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1995. He died in Sweden in 2002.AThe Swedish engineer won many honors for his seat belt.BClaghorn was a promising young engineer with many honors all his life.CThe design joined the straps next to the hip.DThere are many companies adopting Nils Bohlins invention of the seat belt.ESafety experts say that seat belts save thousands of lives a year in America alone.FBut more than 100 years passed before the current seat belt was developed.GClaghorn called his invention a safety belt.答案：1620EGFCA.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)On August 26,1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm.The rain caused the streets to _21_ and the subway system almost came to a stop.Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour.Many people who were going to work were _22_ to go home.Some battled to _23_ a taxi or to get on a bus.Still others faced the _24_ bravely, walking miles to get to work.I _25_ to be one of people on the way to work that morning.I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _26_ had stopped.After making my way _27_ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was _28_.Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to _29_ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the _30_.So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train.Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train _31_ my stop.Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain.When I finally got to my office, I was _32_ through, exhausted and _33_.My coworkers and I spent most of the day drying off.When it was 5：00 pm, I was ready to go home.I was about to turn off my computer _34_ I received an email from Garth, my Director：I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and _35_reported to work.It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _36_ to their jobs.Thank you.Garths email was short, but I learned more from that _37_ message than I ever did from a textbook.The email taught me that a few words of _38_ can make a big difference.The rainstorm and the traffic _39_ had made me tired and upset.But Garths words immediately _40_ me and put a smile back on my face.21A.breakBfloodCsink Dcrash解析：选Bflood作动词，意为“为水所淹”。22A.forced BrefusedCadjusted Dgathered解析：选Abe forced to do意为“被迫做某事”，表示很多打算上班的人被迫回家去。23A.order BpayCcall Dsearch解析：选Ccall a taxi意为“叫一辆出租车”。order“命令，订购”；pay“付款”；search“搜寻”。24A.climate BsceneryCstorm Dburden解析：选C根据第一段内容可知，人们面临的是暴风雨。25A.used BpromisedCdeserved Dhappened解析：选Dhappen“碰巧，恰好”，表示我恰好是行走在上班路上的人之一。26A.practice BroutineCprocess Dservice解析：选D我去了好几处地铁线，发现大多已经停止了客运服务。27A.to BthroughCover Dfor解析：选Bthrough意为“穿过”，表示我在人群中艰难地穿行。28A.operating BcyclingCturning Drushing解析：选Aoperate意为“工作，运转”，表示我终于发现有一条地铁线还在工作中。29A.check BcarryCfind Dboard解析：选Dboard意为“上(船、车、飞机等)”，表示等着乘坐地铁的人很多。30A.street BgroundCfloor Dplatform解析：选Dplatform意为“站台，月台”，表示因为人多，我甚至都不能沿台阶走到站台上等待。31A.paused BcrossedCreached Dparked解析：选Creach意为“到达”，表示火车终于到了我要下车的站。32A.wet BweakCsick Dhurt解析：选A当我最后终于到达办公室时，我浑身湿透了。33A.ashamed BdiscouragedCsurprised Dpuzzled解析：选Bexhausted and discouraged是两个并列的形容词作伴随状语，表示又疲惫又沮丧。34A.while BwhenCwhere Dafter解析：选Bwhen在此处是并列连词，常用于be about to do sth. when .句型中，意为“正要做某事，这时”。35A.hardly