高中英语 Unit 1 Breaking records测试题（广东）新人教版选修9(1).doc

2014-2015学年高中英语 unit 1 breaking records测试题（广东）新人教版选修9class: name: marks: 满分（135）第卷 (共95分). 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。i found myself driving the curvy (弯曲的) road near my home slower than usual this morning. my 1 were open as wide as i could get them and i was scanning the road as 2 as i could. i was driving my car to the left and then to the right. i was just trying to 3 all of the potholes (凹坑). an especially terrible winter had 4 a lot of potholes this year. as i rounded a curve i saw one that i couldnt miss. i hit it with a big sound. for a moment i was so 5 that one of those words i 6 tried to use slipped out of my mouth. i shook my head and drove even more 7 . i saw a man in the road as i rounded another 8 . i stopped my car. he was directing traffic while his work crew was throwing shovels (铲) of asphalt (沥青) into the worst of the 9 . i smiled at them all and gave them a little wave as i drove on. i knew that their repairing work wouldnt last for long but i was 10 that it was at least making the road a bit smoother for now.as we all travel down the road of life we cant help but see that it is full of potholes. pains and problems, sickness and death all lie along that 11 road. there is no way to 12 them. what we are left with then is a 13 . we can curse their existence or we can take a shovel and do our best to 14 them. we can work and have faith that we are making the road a little less rough for ourselves and also for those who 15 us. 1. a. legs b. eyes c. arms d. doors 2. a. casuallyb. briefly c. silently d. carefully 3. a. count b. bear c. dig d. miss 4. a. produced b. reduced c. changed d. waited 5. a. painful b. curious c. angry d. excited 6. a. also b. ever c. still d. never 7. a. slowlyb. blindly c. quickly d. madly 8. a. stop b. worker c. curve d. rock 9. a. pools b. holes c. carsd. caves 10. a. doubtfulb. hopeful c. grateful d. afraid 11. a. smoothb. distant c. rough d. broad 12. a. exchange b. avoid c. match d. prove13. a. complaint b. suggestionc. choice d. schedule14. a. find b. make c. hit d. fill15. a. followb. assistc. directd. drive 第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在标有1625的空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。as the college entrance examination is approaching day by day, i suddenly feel nervous and worried. in the past, i just did whatever i liked and afterwards, 16 (regret) wasting my precious time. i now find that there is still a lot of knowledge i havent acquired. 17 (make) better use of this year and get ready for the coming examination, ive made a detailed study plan for 18 .first of all, ill make sure that i have 3 hours a day to review 19 ive studied before and preview (预习) new materials in the preparation for next days class. apart 20 that, i will do some tests to monitor my progress. i also plan to spend half an hour every day 21 (do) some sports in order to keep fit and be energetic. by doing so, i can study more effectively. finally, if i have more free time, i shall do some community service, 22 can broaden my horizons and experience in 23 (society) work.this year will be very challenging. i hope i can stick 24 my study plan. in this way, i can make great progress through my hard work and be admitted to 25 amazing university. 16. _ 17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _ 21. _ 22. _ 23. _ 24. _ 25. _. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。amy friend and i would stay the night at my grandmas house when i was in high school since she had poor health and needed someone to be there for her. we would go through her closet and try on her clothes since she had a pretty collection of clothes for an old lady! we would dress up and try to be grown-ups by having coffee with brown sugar.one night, we decided to go to bed when we were both so tired. as we turned off the light, the dog barked. frightened by the noise, we both pressed our backs against each other until we finally fell asleep. the next day she said she felt something hovering (盘旋) over her. i was not sure whether i felt it.several months later, when grandmother had to move into our home for care, my friend and i would still go to her old place after school to try on her clothes. we unlocked the door and went upstairs to where she kept the clothes. as we walked up to the closet there was a loud “bang!”and the door shook like someone had hit it. i told my friend as calmly as i could to turn around and go down the stairs and back outside. i was grateful she didnt run because i would run her over in my hurry. as it was, i wanted to shove (推) her out of the way and make my escape first! we didnt say anything on our way home.we have only spoken of these things a few times as she now lives in the house, renting from my mother and i dont want to repeat any old fears. i asked if anything had happened since then and she said one time when the kids were at school, she was downstairs doing the laundry and heard a man come in and move around the house. she figured it was her husband coming home for a quick break from his job and yelled, “im downstairs! ill be right up!” when she got upstairs there was none in the house. 26. how many strange and frightening stories are mentioned in the passage?a. one. b. two. c. three. d. four. 27. the author and her friend stayed with her grandma for the night because _.a. her grandma felt lonely and asked them to comeb. her grandma needed to be looked after by someonec. her grandma was frightened to live with something stranged. her grandma asked them to try on some clothes28. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the author felt something hovering over her at night.b. the author failed to make her escape from the house.c. the husband made a loud noise when coming home.d. there was no explanation for the strange things.29. after the grandma left the house, the author and her friend still went there to _.a. find the truth in the house b. taste the coffee with brown sugar c. try on grandmas clothes d. find a quiet place to finish their homework30. what would be the best title of the passage?a. grandmas house b. my friend and i c. grandmas stories d. a terrible nightbelephants are the only species on the earth known to have any recognizable death ritual (仪式). they show a strong interest in the bones of their own kind. they are often seen gently investigating the bones with their trunks and feet while remaining very quiet. sometimes elephants that are completely unrelated to the dead will still visit their graves. elephant researcher meredith recalls something in his book about a typical elephant death ritual that was witnessed by a south african biologist. the entire family of a dead elephant, including her young baby, were all gently touching her body with their trunks, trying to lift her. the elephant herd were all rumbling (低吼). the baby elephant was observed to be weeping and made sounds that sounded like a scream, but then the entire herd fell incredibly silent. they then began to throw leaves and dirt over the body and broke off tree branches to cover her. they spent the next two days quietly standing over her body. they sometimes had to leave to get water or food, but they would always return. events of elephants behaving this way around human beings are common throughout africa. on many occasions, they have buried dead or sleeping humans or aided them when they are hurt. meredith also recalls an event regarding an old woman who fell asleep under a tree. when she woke up, there was an elephant standing over her, gently touching her. she kept very still because she was very frightened. as other elephants arrived, they began to scream loudly and buried her under branches. she was found the next morning by the local people, unharmed. george adamson also recalls when he shot an elephant from a herd that kept breaking into the government gardens. george gave the elephants meat to local men and then dragged the rest of the body miles away. that night, the other elephants found the body, took the leg bones, returned them to the exact spot the elephant was killed, and made the death ritual. 31. elephants investigate the bones of their own kind to .a. express sorrow at the deathb. search for the hunter c. clean their trunks and feet d. call for other elephants 32. which of the following is true about the elephant death ritual in merediths book?a. all the elephants were observed to be weeping.b. all the elephants felt sad in the ritual.c. the whole herd screamed for two days.d. the elephants ate nothing in the following two days. 33. the elephant watched the woman because it .a. thought she was sleeping b. thought she was deadc. tried to protect her from being attackedd. wanted to wake her up34. the killing is mentioned in the last paragraph to show that .a. humans are cruel to elephantsb. elephants have a good memoryc. elephants tend to make the death ritual for their members d. there are often conflicts between elephants and humans35. what is the best title for the passage? a. the relationship between humans and elephantsb. the kindness and intelligence of elephantsc. the death rituals of elephantsd. the feelings of elephants cmany adults enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning to have extra energy on a sleepy morning, and astronauts are no exception. but having a drink in space isnt as easy as it is here on the earth. you cant just make coffee, pour it into a cup, and drink it when theres no gravity. you have to come up with a whole new way to drink, and thats what scientists are trying to do.“the coffee would be very hard to control in a normal cup,” said physics professor mark weislogel. “in fact, it probably wouldnt come out of the cup. youd have to shake the cup toward your face and hope that some of the hot liquid floats toward your mouth. when it comes to guessing what liquids will do in new systems, we are often in the dark.”weislogel believes that creating a big zero-gravity cup would help improve the lives of astronauts in space, so he and other researchers performed a series of experiments with liquids on the international space station (iss) to see how they move upwards on surfaces in zero gravity. in one of the tests, they placed two surfaces very close together to create a very narrow tunnel. they wanted to see if liquid would easily flow up the tunnel. in another test, the researchers tried to figure out the best angle to place the narrow tunnel at so that the liquids would travel along the corners.the end result is a cup that doesnt look like a normal coffee cup at all. one side of the cup has a very sharp angle and, in zero gravity, the liquid naturally “flows” up that angled side of the cup, right up to the drinkers lips.the zero-gravity coffee cup is currently being tested on the iss by astronaut don pettit, who worked with the researchers while they were on the iss and helped them invent it. “as you sip (啜饮), more liquid keeps coming, and you can enjoy your coffee in a weightless environment clear down to the last drop,” said pettit, who thinks that future humans on mars will be using this kind of cup to drink from during celebrations!pettit shares a patent for this cup with weislogel and two other mathematicians, who have two other patents for devices they created during this project.36. the first paragraph mainly implies that .a. coffee drinks in the morning can make astronauts sleepy b. astronauts have difficulty drinking coffee in spacec. astronauts drink coffee in the same way in space d. scientists has made coffee in zero gravity successfully 37. the underlined sentence in para. 2 may mean “ ”.a. scientists often have a shortage of light b. scientists cant see anything in the dark c. scientists know nothing about it d. scientists often drink coffee in the dark 38. what do we know about weislogels cup? a. it looks like a very narrow tunnel. b. each of its side has a sharp angle. c. it is the same as the normal cup in appearance. d. the liquid in it will flow to the drinkers itself. 39. from what pettit said, we can learn that the zero-gravity coffee cup is .a. practical b. light c. nice-looking d. imaginative 40. what is the main idea of the passage? a. future humans will drink coffee to celebrate the landing on mars. b. how do you drink coffee when its in zero gravity? c. experiments lead to many unexpected patents. d. when can you drink coffee naturally in space? dhomework will not be a concern for pupils attending a pioneering new secondary school in norfolk, because it has decided to ban all homework. instead, the 1,100 children will stay longer at school. they would do extra study at school as part of the extended (延长的) school day, which could last until about 5 pm. rather than setting homework that pupils could struggle with at home, where there may be limited access to computers, they will do that as independent study in the day. we are saying that when they go home they should enjoy quality family time. there will not be any traditional homework. that has been really well received by parents who respect the fact that family time will be family time. but the school would still expect youngsters to study at home ahead of important exams. independent learning at school would ensure equality because kids who get help with homework from parents might rely on others too much. peter devonish, a teacher at the school, said, “having the children at school a bit longer to strengthen their learning is a really good idea. they can have their time with the family.” but he warned, “i have figured out some disadvantages. one is that our school is in the countryside, which means its not so perfect to get children home at that time, and the other is changing staff contracts (合同) so they can be here until 5:30 pm.” mr. devonish said they also set pupils project-based homework, such as looking at an energy-efficient house, which allowed them to combine independent study with working with their parents. craig morrison, another teacher, agreed that the issue of homework should be looked at. he said, “i can understand why people want to experiment with this. i would not say anybody can say they have got the issue definitively right over the years. and if they are starting a new school then it gives them the chance to try out new things.”he added, “a large problem with homework has been that not enough is done with it. with homework, a lot of effort can go into it, so its about celebrating what children do rather than processing it in terms of marking it and handing it back.”41. how will students spend their longer days at school? a. they will prepare their lessons for exams. b. they will do homework with their teachers. c. they will study all by themselves. d. they will do homework on computers. 42. why do some parents welcome the new idea? a. because they neednt help their kids with their homework. b. because their kids will enjoy quality family time. c. because their kids will be educated equally at school. d. because their kids can make their houses more energy-efficient. 43. what problem may mr. devonish worry about? a. the students may not think the idea is good. b. no staff will agree to stay until 5:30. c. more teachers are needed. d. the students may get home late. 44. according to mr. morrison, the problem with homework is . a. children truly make the effort to do it b. how teachers mark it and return it c. how much should be set d. teachers and parents objecting to the plan 45. the passage is mainly about .a. teachers who are asked to stay at school longer b. a school where there is no homework c. homework which students deal with d. students who like quality school time 第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先请阅读下列各旅游景点的图文简介：a.b.c.best friends and drama queens meg cabot hardcover book, 240 pages price: $8.42blood on the river：james town, 1607elisa carbone paperback book, 256 pages price: $5.74cloudy with a chance of meatballsjudi barrett hardcover book, 32 pages price: $10.30d.e.f. the hunger gamessuzanne collins hardcover book, 384 pages price: $14.98diary of a wimpy kid rodrick rulesjeff kinney hardcover book, 224 pages price: $11.34uncle toms cabinharriet beecher stowe paperback book, 66 pagesprice: $2.99 请阅读下列青少年读物的简介，然后匹配与其相对应的封面。46. miss stowe was a teacher in hartford female academy. her novel, which was the most influential novel in american history, talked about the struggle between free states and slave states during the fire of the american civil war and is as powerful today as when it was first published about 150 years ago.47. kat is a 16-year-old girl living in the poorest district of panem, the remains of what used to be the united states. long ago, the districts waged war on the capitol and were defeated. as part of the surrender terms (投降条款), each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in a televised event every