高中英语 Unit 1 Festival around the world综合能力测试 新人教版必修3.doc

unit 1 festivals around the world一、基础测试a. 单词拼写请根据汉语提示或首字母写出单词的正确形式1. the proud man said he would rather s_ than beg for food.2. what he said couldnt s_ his parents, so they kept asking him.3. a boy l_ us to the old mans house, so we had no trouble in finding him.4. he is a famous p_ and his poems are popular with the youth.5. it is not his custom to d_ his sadness in wine.6. she entered the lab without _ (许可).7. there is now no _ (可能) that she comes to apologise to us.8. do you know when india gained its _ (独立) from britain.9. he is the most _(英俊) man ive ever met.10. he got a lot of _ (奖状) for his excellent study.b. 句型转换根据a句句义，完成b 句, 使其句义相同或相近。11. a: do you know how the accident happened? b: do you know how the accident _ _?12. a: on this important feast day, people might eat and cakes with “bones” on them. b: on this important feast day, people might eat and cakes _ _ “bones” on them.13. a: in india there is a national festival on october 2 to honour mahatma gandhi, b: in india there is a national festival on october 2 _ _ _ mahatma gandhi, 14. a: obviously, the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for li fang to leave. b: it _ _that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for li fang to leave.15. a: he had expected to meet her all day. b: he had _ _ _ meeting her all day.c. 完成句子16. every year many people in the world _ _ _(饿死).17. drinking and smoking will _ _ (有害) to your health.18. drinking and smoking can _ _ (导致) health problems.19. in order to complete the task on time, they work _ _ _(日夜).20. the manager said he would come to the meeting but he hasnt _ _(来).二、单项填空 21. can you give an example to show how useful a computer is?sure. _ people get _ information from it every day.a. a large number of; plenty ofb. the number of; a lot ofc. lots of; a lotd. many a; a great deal of22. he is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does _ his boss.a. serves b. satisfiesc. promises d. supports23. _ our food running out, we had to walk to a village for help. a. since b. because c. with d. for 24. our new teachers english is difficult for me to _.why dont you ask your brother _ help?a. understand; with b. follow; forc. speak; for d. pick up; by25. mr. baker _ in his old clothes, while his wife _ a very beautiful skirt. a. dressed; was wearing b. was dressed; was having on c. was dressed; was wearing d. was wearing; was dressed26. he dropped the _ and broke it. a. cup of coffee b. coffees cup c. cop for coffee d. coffee cup27. may i have _ honor of dining with you ? sure , i feel quite honored , because you are _ honor to our city .aan ; the bthe ; ancthe ; the dan ; an28. he certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he _ himself in the mirror.a. looked b. showedc. admired d. enjoyed29. we are all looking forward _ the great wall during the national day. a. to visiting b. to visitc. for visiting d. for a visit to30. the great day he looked forward to _ at last. a. coming b. comec. came d. having come31. it looks _ you are ill. you should go to see the doctor.a. as b. as thoughc. which d. whether32. look! it looks as if it _ going to rain. we must hurry. ok. a. was b. isc. were d. will be33. _ it is to go for a picnic on such a fine day! a. what a fun b. what fun c. how funny c. how a fun34. it was careless of you to have left the house without turning off the gas. my god! _. a. so were youb. so was ic. so did id. so i did35. what are you doing, john? why stop? to be on the safe side, wed fill up the tank now for we_run out of gas on the way a.must b. will c. might d. should三、完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳答案。when i was a boy, every holiday that i had seemed wonderful. my 36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 37 . all day, i seem to remember, i 38 on the sands with strange 39 children. we made houses and gardens, and 40 the tide destroy them. when the tide went out, we 41 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.in those days the 42 seemed to shine always brightly 43 the water was always warm. sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 44 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. there were 45 in ones pockets or good places where one could 46 ice creams. each day seemed a lifetime.although i am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 47 is much the same as it was. i 48 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 49 beating the rocks. i no longer wish to 50 any sand house or sand garden, and i dislike sweets. 51 , i love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.sometimes i 52 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when i am 53 . all i want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 54 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 55 on too many ices36. a. teacher b. parents c. nurse d. younger sister37. a. sea b. lake c. mountain d. river38. a. played b. slept c. sat d. stood39. a. moving b. exciting c. anxious d. nervous40. a. made b. brought c. watched d. heard41. a. rolled b. jumped c. turned d. climbed42. a. light b. sun c. moon d. lamp43. a. and b. yet c. but d. or44. a. exploring b. examining c. repairing d. measuring45. a. sweets b. sand c. ice-creams d. money46. a. make b. sell c. buy d. offer47. a. house b. holiday c. garden d. tide48. a. hardly b. almost c. still d. perhaps49. a. waves b. tides c. hands d. feet50. a. destroy b. fix c. use d. build51. a. but b. however c. otherwise d. besides52. a. wonder b. feel c. understand d. believe53. a. strong b. weak c. young d. old54. a. children b. boys c. girls d. grown-ups55. a. happy b. tired c. sad d. sick四、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c或d）中，选出最佳选项athanksgiving day is special holiday in the united states and canada. families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.thanksgiving day is really a harvest festival. this is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. but one of the first thanksgivings in america had nothing to do with a good harvest. on december 4, 1619, the pilgrims from england landed near what is now charles city, virginia. they knelt down and thanked god for their safe journey across the atlantic.the first new england thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. the pilgrims landed at what is now plymouth, massachusetts, in 1620. they had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. many of the pilgrims died. but the next year, they had a good harvest. so governor bradford declared a three-day feast（盛宴）. the pilgrims invited indian friends to join them for their special feast. everyone brought food.in time, other colonies（殖民地）began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. but it took years before there was a national thanksgiving day. during the civil war, sarah josepha hale persuaded abraham lincoln to do something about it. he proclaimed（宣布）the last thursday of november 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. today, americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth thursday in november. canadians celebrate thanksgiving day in much the same way as their american neighbours. but the canadian thanks-giving day falls on the second monday in october.56. thanksgiving day is celebrated . a. in spring b. summer c. in autumn d. in winter57. the first to celebrate thanksgiving were . a. some people from englandb. the american indians c. sarah josepha haled. governor bradford58. we can infer from the passage that new england must be . a. in the u. s. a.b. in great britain c. in canadad. on some island off the atlantic59. which of the following is not true? a. thanksgiving day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest. b. abraham lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations. c. thanksgiving day is celebrated to express the american and indian peoples thanks to god. d. theres little difference between the american way and the canadian way to celebrate thanksgiving day.60. the passage mainly tells us . a. how thanksgiving day is celebrated in the u. s. a. b. how thanksgiving day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated c. that thanksgiving day is in fact a harvest holiday d. how the way to celebrate thanksgiving day changed with the time and placesbcustoms are social habits. they have been handed down through generations (代) among groups, social classes, etc. customs can be described as ways of doing things. they are particularly (特别) strong in social practices on the occasions (场合) of births, marriages and deaths.in china, these days, some people in cities are learning from western customs. for example, some brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many western countries.every people (民族) has special customs for new year. the han people have many interesting spring festival customs. and now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the western customs of sending new year greeting cards for january 1st.one interesting custom in china is that mothers wrap (包) up their babies tightly (紧紧的).this is not the custom in western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments.61. it is true that customs . a. have been formed during a short time b. have been formed little by little c. have been quickly formed and changed d. have never been changed62. in this passage, the word “garment” is . a. a kind of food b. a bed c. a sort of clothes d. a room63. how do the chinese young people learn from western countries at their marriages? a. the brides（新娘）have on the white clothes. b. men wear the white coats. c. their parents all have attended their marriages. d. their marriages are only held in the mens homes.64. from this passage we know . a. the people all over china spend new year in the same way b. people in the villages and cities send new year greeting cards to each other c. each people has his special custom for new year d. most of chinese people take spring festival seriously65. the difference about clothing between chinese and western babies is that . a. chinese babies are usually dressed in new clothes b. chinese mothers are used to dressing their babies in colourful clothes c. western babies are dressed in bigger clothes while chinese babies are usually wrapped d. western babies have more clothes than chinese babiescour daughter kerrin, a student at boston university, had been home for a week-end visit, and i dropped her off at the bus station just in time for her back to college. after kerrins bus had gone and i was driving away, i noticed that she had left her purse on the passenger seat. worried that she would arrive in boston without money or keys to her room, i called my wife, bette jean, on the car phone, explaining why i would be late. as i was following the bus, bette jean phoned me back to say she had phoned the bus dispatcher（调度员）on the other line and he, in return, had phoned the bus driver on yet another phone. the driver asked me to wave out of my window to show where i was. then he pulled over at a rest stop, and i did the same. kerrin jumped off the bus, and i handed her the purse and went on my way.66. the writer saw his daughters purse right after . a. seeing her off at the bus stationb. starting his car again c. she got off the card. she got on the bus67. kerrin didnt find her purse missing until . a. the bus started offb. her mother told her c. the bus stopped againd. she returned to the university68. in which order did the following persons know about the loss of the purse? a. driverwriterbetter jeankerrinb. kerrinwriterbetter jeandriverc. writerdriverkerrinbetter jeand. writerbettejeandriverkerrin69. which of the following is not true? a. the bus was too fast for the car to catch up with in no time. b. the writer had tried to phone the dispatcher but failed. c. the writer couldnt get in touch with the driver by the phone. d. both the writer and the bus driver could use the car phone.70. which of the following seems the most necessary in helping the writer? a. his car b. phone c. the bus driver d. the dispatcher e. his wife f. his daughtera. a, b, d and e b. c, d, e and f c. a, b, c and d d. b, c, d and edthe lower east side is neither rich nor beautiful, but it can be a good place to shop.on sundays, its streets are crowded with visitors and shoppers like these. they are trying to find a coat or a pair of shoes at a good price.most people prefer to shop in the big department stores like macys, gimbels, or bloomingdales because there they can find clothing, furniture, toys, and food in one store.some people like the smaller stores of greenwich village or other areas when they are looking for an unusual present.some streets have only one kind of stores. bracelets (手镯) and rings shine in the windows of canal street, and wedding dresses fill the stores of grant street. there are streets for furs(皮大衣), and, in one area, there are 600 shops for antiques (古玩)! fifth avenue is the most famous place to shop, and it is usually the most expensive. there you can find the latest styles from paris, italy, or new york. you can spend thousands of dollars on fifth avenue, or you can just window shop and admire the sights for free.71. how many kinds of shops or stores on the lower east side are mentioned in the passage? a. four. b. five.c. six. d. seven.72. if you want to buy something fashionable to wear, youd better go to . a. grant streetb. the big department stores c. fifth avenued. the smaller stores of greenwich village73. why does the writer say that the lower east side can be a good place to shop? a. because its streets are crowded with visitors. b. because there are latest style from paris, italy, or new york. c. because there are different goods in different stores they can meet the needs of the visitors and shoppers. d. because women want very much to go there and buy bracelets and rings.74. the underlined words window shop in the sentence means “ ”.a. put all ones goods in the shop-windowb. look at goods displayed in shop-windowsc. not only look at goods displayed in shop-window but also want to buy somethingd. take much interest in the goods and have the idea of buying something75. the last five words “admire the sights for free” of the passage means “ ”. a. get pleasure from the sight at no cost b. buy and sell goods freely c. look at the sights as much as you like d. look at the sight with pleasure and buy something as you likeelong ago, in days of the roman empire, people used to believe a god of farmings called “saturn”. they believed that saturn could make the weather good or bad, and that he had the power to control how much rain would fall.before a roman farmer would plant his fields, he would try to get saturn to give him good weather. he believed that if he killed an animal for saturn, that would make saturn happy. then saturn would make sure that the weather was good.not only did the people name a planet after saturn but they also name a day of the week after him. they called this day “saturni dies”, latin words which mean “day of saturn”. in english those words became saturday.76. what was saturn believed to be in charge of? a. rainfall. b. the power of nature. c. farming. d. days in a week.77. why did a roman farmer kill an animal before planting his fields?because . a. killing an animal would bring him good luck b. saturn enjoyed eating animals c. saturn was happy to see animals being killed d. he wanted to please saturn so that saturn would make the weather good for his planting78. which of the following is not true? a. saturn is also the name of planet. b. the roman people used to believe saturn to be their god. c. saturn was named for the last day of the week. d. s