湖南省邵阳县石齐学校高一英语下学期单元检测试题.doc

湖南省邵阳县石齐学校2012-2013学年高一英语下学期单元检测试题命题人：彭芬芳 时量：90分钟part1单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分)1. children are always _, and usually think differently from adults. a. satisfied b. social c. untrue d. creative2. when i was young, my father taught me that the earth _ around the sun. a. moved b. had moved c. was moving d. moves3. he mentioned in the letter that he _ join us once he _ our invitation. a. would come; received b. had come; received c. was coming; had received d. came; received4. as consumers, we should be careful not to _ the tricks of advertisers. a. care for b. fall for c. ask for d. answer for5. she suddenly became _ a man following her, so she went into a shop to get rid of him. a. tired of b. aware of c. satisfied with d. pleased with6. he was so _ that he tricked me into giving him $500. a. persuasive b. common c. strange d. disappointed7. im considering _ a computer, which should be a great help to my work. a. to buy b. buying c. buy d. to buying8. johnson had made up his mind to give up, but on second thought became _ to try a third time. a. claimed b. determined c. declared d. supposed9. if you want to be successful, you should have a goal _. a. in charge b. in mind c. in place d. in use10. when can you have dinner with me? whenever it is _ for you. a. valuable b. present c. convenient d. comfortable 11. he attended the meeting even though he was not feeling well, because it was of great _. a. significance b. delight c. excitement d. interest12. the young tennis player has _ against many famous tennis players, but each time he has been beaten. a. reacted b. defeated c. competed d. fought13. the chairman made a speech, _ the meeting a complete success at the closing ceremony. a. celebrating b. celebrated c. having celebrated d. to celebrate14. are you coming to jeffs party? im not sure. i _ go to the concert instead. a. must b. would c. need d. might15. will you stay for lunch? sorry, i _. my brother is coming to see me. a. mustnt b. cant c. neednt d. wouldntpart 2 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分)recently my wife and i exchanged roles for a week. i was at home with my daughter over the school holiday and 16 with the housework, while she was out each day to 17 her masters degree. unlike most men, id been looking forward to getting a(n) 18 to be a house-husband. the first few days were 19 . i did lots of cleaning, washing and cooking, much more than my wife had expected. on thursday morning i went to the 20 , which i had been looking forward to. after i arrived, however, i felt 21 . first, even though my shopping list had been put in order 22 by my wife, i didnt know the locations of most of the things i was 23 . it had been a long time since id last been here, 24 it had become foreign to me. my ten-year-old daughter knew it better than i did, and she 25 as much as she could. secondly, the place was crowded with 26 , and all of them seemed to be walking and 27 what they wanted to buy slowly. it was a(n) 28 in patience. i had to 29 myself several times that there was no 30 , and no need to knock people down to get what i wanted. i was not sure if anyone else noticed, but i 31 lost my patience. maybe i was really not 32 for the job, and this part of my new 33 was not my favorite. i couldnt 34 to get home, back into my comfort zone. it goes to show how hard it is to find a(n) 35 job. and it also shows that its always possible to be disappointed. 16. a. fought b. struggledc. dealt d. played 17. a. complete b. arrangec. celebrate d. receive 18. a. aimb. way c. opportunityd. task 19. a. quickb. terriblec. personal d. great 20. a. supermarket b. schoolc. bank d. office 21. a. satisfied b. disappointed c. frightenedd. excited 22. a. hardly b. partly c. perfectly d. hopefully 23. a. asking forb. falling for c. answering for d. searching for 24. a. but b. soc. becaused. either 25. a. orderedb. helped c. educatedd. replied 26. a. workers b. servantsc. shoppers d. children 27. a. bringing b. exchanging c. matchingd. selecting 28. a. lesson b. memory c. argument d. pleasure 29. a. admire b. warnc. remind d. suggest 30. a. truth b. hurry c. room d. time 31. a. lightly b. firmly c. highly d. nearly 32. a. famousb. fit c. prepared d. responsible 33. a. action b. treat c. role d. trick 34. a. expect b. wait c. leave d. refuse 35. a. practical b. importantc. unique d. perfect part3 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分) athere was once a man called mr. flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. he spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (银杯) for the rose of the year.mr. flowers glass-houses were very near to a middle school. boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of mr. flowers glass-houses. so mr. flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.but it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. mr. flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. he had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. he had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. he had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.at last mr. flowers had a good idea. he put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. on it he had written the words: do not throw stones at this notice. after this, mr. flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.36. it was mr. flowers hope to _.a.build glass-houses in his free timeb.grow the rose of the year in a silver cupc.win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new colord.grow a rose with the longest name37. boys were often tempted to _.a.throw stones at mr. flowers glass-houseb.throw stones at mr. flowers from their schoolc.be in or near by mr. flowers glass-housesd.play with mr. flowers near his glass-houses38. mr. flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _.a.at times when school-boys were walking near themb.all the school day when there were no boys aboutc.where he could not be seen by the boys passingd.in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day39. mr. flowers had tried to _ to protect his glass.a. be on watch in his free time b. ask the headmaster for helpc. pick up all the stones around his garden d. do all the above40. mr. flowers good idea was to _.a.write some words on the glassb.put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses c.give the boys something else to throw stones atd.send for policemen bthere is a bar （酒吧）in our town with the name “the white horse”. it is mr. websters. few people went to the bar last year, but things are quite different now.there was a picture of a white horse on the door of the bar. then a stranger came in one day, drank something, looked around the bar, and then said to mr. webster, “few people come here. take down the picture of the white horse and put a picture of a black horse instead. ”“but the name of the bar is the white horse. ”mr. webster said.“yes, but do it. ”the man said. then he went out of the bar.mr. webster went to an artist and said, “i want a picture of a black horse. ”41. the stranger told mr. webster to take down the picture of the white horse because he knew _.a. a picture of a black horse showed good luckb. the picture of the white horse wasnt good for the barc. people would understand the picture different from the named. people would come in and tell the picture was different from the name42. mr. webster agreed with the stranger _.a. though he wasnt ready to do it like that at firstb. though he didnt like the black horsec. because he knew he was an artistd. because he also wanted to change the picture43. more and more people came to the bar because _.a. it had changed its nameb. the black horse was better than the white onec. the bar had a black horsed. they wanted to show the mistake44. the stranger _.a. was cleverer than mr. websterb. didnt like the white horse at the beginningc. knew mr. webster and the artistd. got much money by teaching mr. webster45. from the story we have learnt that _.a. if your business is not good, youd better change the name or the pictureb. if you are in trouble, you should take others ideasc. when you have difficulty, dont give upd. when a good name is given, it can cause success.ccool”is a word with many meaningsits old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit coldas the world has changed，the word has had many different meaning “cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything when you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，“its cool”you may think，“hes so cool，”when you see your favourite footballer we all maximize（扩大） the meaning of“cool”you can use it instead of many words such as new” or surprising”heres an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is useda teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visitedon one students paper was just the one sentence，“its so coolmaybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt but the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of wordswithout cool”，some people have no words to show the same meaningso it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word cool”？ i canand i think they are also very cool 46we know that the word“cool has had _.aonly one meaning bno meanings cmany different meanings dthe same meaning 47in the passage，the word”express”means“_”. asee bshow cknow dfeel 48if you are _ something，you may say，“its cool” ainterested in bangry about cafraid of dunhappy with 49the writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used apleased with bstrange to cworried about dcareful with 50in the passage，the writer suggests（暗示）that the word cool”_ acan be used instead of many words busually means something interesting ccan make your life colourful dmay not be as cool as it seems part 4 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） reading is great. it increases ones skills, imagination, vocabulary and powers of understanding and concentration. however, not all reading is equally effective. we all know that some books are harder to read than others, and if you try to read something too far beyond your ability, you will become disappointed and confused. however, if you only read things that are easy recreational (消遣的) reading, we might call it you wont increase your mental skills. recreational reading is important and fun, but not enough. my suggestion is to develop a reading plan that will help you improve your mental skills day by day. the secret of training your mind is to read books that are just a bit harder than you can manage comfortably. over time, as your mind develops, your ability to read and to think will grow. so i suggest that, every day, you make a point of spending not less than 20 minutes reading something that challenges you. choose a topic or story in which you have an interest, but make sure that it encourages you to think. over time, move deliberately (有意地) from one book or article to another, making sure you choose new material that is just beyond your current level of comfort. how do you tell whether you are being challenged or not? every now and then, as you read, ask yourself these three questions: am i encountering (遇到) words i dont understand? am i forced to stop once in a while to think about what i am reading? are there times when i have t