新视野视听说unit9单元测试.doc

Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Valentines Day should be done away with.B. The mans girl friend is asking for too much.C. The man should buy gifts for his girl friend.D. The man is cheap.Your answerCorrect answerCC2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Stories about monsters.B. Stories about pirates.C. Children not afraid of fighting.D. Children in strange costumes.Your answerCorrect answerDD3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He is happy.B. He is exceptionally sad.C. He misses those who died in war.D. He celebrates the victory.Your answerCorrect answerAA4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. A housewife.B. A housekeeper.C. A president.D. It is not known.Your answerCorrect answerAA5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. A king.B. A queen.C. Those who want to sell gifts.D. Those who employed servants.Your answerCorrect answerDDPart II Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. Many Americans buy an evergreen tree for Christmas. They put the tree in their home and S1 small lights and colorful objects on it. The evergreen is usually a pine or a fir tree. It S2 green during the cold, dark months of winter in the northern part of the world. So it is a S3 of everlasting life. The Christmas tree may have developed in part from a popular play S4 hundreds of years ago in S5 is now Germany. Traditionally, the play was held on December twenty-fourth, the day before Christmas. The play was about the first people S6 God created-Adam and Eve. People put apples on an evergreen tree to S7 the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. S8. They shared the food among family members and friends after the holiday season. Some people say the German religious reformer Martin Luther was the first person to add lighted candles to a tree. S9 . In the early 1800s, German settlers in the state of Pennsylvania were the first to celebrate the holiday with Christmas trees in the United States. S10. Some people put a star on top of their Christmas tree. It represents the star that led the three wise men to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. Part III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.On what day was the beginning of the new year first observed in 16th-century France?A. On January 1st.B. On February 1st.C. On March 1st.D. On April 1st.Your answerCorrect answerAD2.On whom did people play tricks after Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar?A. Those who celebrated New Years Day on April first.B. Those who celebrated New Years Day on January first.C. Those who followed Gregorys idea.D. Those who accepted the new calendar.Your answerCorrect answerAA3.How do French children fool their friends?A. By hiding a fish in their friends bag.B. By putting a paper fish on their friends back.C. By saying, School has been canceled.D. By saying, Look! A flock of geese!Your answerCorrect answerBB4.What is mentioned as a common trick in the United States?A. Telling a classmate that the teacher has fallen ill.B. Telling a friend that a bird is flying past.C. Saying Your shoelace is untied.D. Saying Your pants are unzipped.Your answerCorrect answerCC5.What is considered the most clever April Fool joke?A. One that is played with a large audience around.B. One that is first played on April Fools Day.C. One that makes everyone laugh except the victim.D. One that makes everyone laugh, including the victim.Your answerCorrect answerDDPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1.I used to love giving my mother a present on Mothers Day. It always made her cry, then shed hug me hard enough to squeeze the _ out of me.A. airB. gasC. breathD. breatheYour answerCorrect answerCC2.Boxing Day is a holiday _ some British Commonwealth countries like England, Australia and Canada.A. exclusive toB. exclusive inC. inclusive toD. inclusive ofYour answerCorrect answerAA3.Boxing Day is a perfect date for a holiday, _ the day after Christmas Day.A. beB. beingC. to beD. to have beenYour answerCorrect answerCB4.I absolutely hate Christmas shop