What is beauty 单元测试

高二英语第二学期第一单元试卷（满分 120分，答卷时间90分钟）命题：季新 审核：施欣容 ） 第一卷（共80分）I. Listening comprehension (20分)Part AShort ConversationsDirections: In part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. One hour.B. Two hours.C. Three hoursD. Four hours.2. A. Black.B. Red.C. Green.D. Brown.3. A. Hes runningB. Hes feeling betterC. Hes illD. Hes tired4. A. To buy gasolineB. To get a hat.C. To cut the grassD. To call the train station.5. A. 13B. 52C. 65D. 356. A. By busB. By bikeC. By taxiD. On foot7. A. FurnitureB. DishesC. Gardening toolsD. Clothing8. A. In 1990B. In 1991C. In 1992D. In 19939. A. She attended a party.B. She lost her way.C. She met with an accident.D. She failed to attend the party.10. A. By bus.B. By trainC. By ship.D. By plane.Part B PassagesDirections: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In a university.B. In an oil company.C. In a publishing house.D. In a bank.12. A. Get a higher position.B. Get a higher pay.C. Do something more interesting.D. All the above.13.A. Because the informed Mr. Andtrews to have an interview.B. Because the wanted Andrews to send his information to the new boss while Mr. Andrews found a job.C. Because he was interested in Mr. Andrewss present position.D. Because he wanted to hire Mr. Andrews.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. America.B. France.C. England.D. Japan.15. A. $ 10B. $ 50.C. $ 100.D. $ 500.16. A. The young man liked the nice watch, too.B. The rich man didnt see the young man stealing the watch.C. The watch is worth 500 dollars.D. The rich American was very happy to buy the stolen watch.Part CLonger Conversations.Directions: In Part C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard on the tape.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Where is the woman going on Saturday?17. To the _.Where is the woman staying now?18. At _ Hotel.How much should each of them pay?19. _ dollars.When is the taxi driver to collect them?20. At _ a.m.I. Grammar and vocabulary (20 分)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21.The sign reads “ In case of _fire, break the glass and push_ red button.A. /; theB. /; aC. the; the D. a; a22. Mr. Tang, who was born in Xian, a_ city, is famous for his _ study.A. historical, historicalB. historical, historicC. historic, historicalD. historic, historic23. I cant _ her endless complaint noise a moment longer.A. arrangeB. endureC. produceD disturb24. The local government will_ children with a good education.A. offerB. giveC. supplyD. provide25.This is not an economical way to get more water; _, it is very expensive.A. or elseB. in shortC. on the contraryD. on the other hand26. I didnt know what to do but then suddenly an idea_ to me.A. happenedB. occurredC. hitD. entered27. The doctor decided to have the _ part _, because the patient was seriously injured.A. infecting, removedB. infected, removedC. infecting, removingD. infected, removing28. Evidence came up_ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.A. whatB. whichC. thatD. whose29. The socks were too tight and it was only by _ them that Sam managed to get them on.A. expendingB. extendingC. lengtheningD. stretching30. Because of a _ engagement, Lora couldnt attend my birthday party last Saturday.A. pioneerB. priorC. previousD. former31. Surgeons last year carried out two heart _.A. implantsB. plantsC. transplantsD. transfers32. How patient teachers are with their students_ a strong influence on the progress their students make in studies.A. haveB. havingC. has D. to have33. Music is _ an interest. So it seems to you that their life is terribly boring, but they are more than satisfied.A. a way of life than B. a way of life more thanC. more a way oflife thanD. more than a way of life34. -What is he? -He is _.A. a teacher and poetB. teacher and poetC. a teacher and the poetD. teacher a poet35. Shes fainted. Throw some water on her face and shell_.A. come toB. come alongC. come onD. come out36. She _ acute embarrassment when speaking before a group.A. sufferedB. suffered fromC. was sufferedD. suffered with37. You cannot be _ careful when you drive a car.A. veryB. soC. tooD. enough38. There is no_ that this has been a difficult year for the company.A. tellingB. knowingC. pointD. denying39. They wouldnt allow him_ across the enemy line.A. risking goingB. risking to goC. going to riskD. to risk going40. At last, he _ what the lecturer said.A. agreed toB. agreed withC. agreed onD. agreed aboutII. Cloze (20 分) (A)In the month of September, in Britain, you may see large numbers of birds perched on roofs and telegraph wires. These birds are swallows. They are _（41) together because, very soon, they will be flying _ (42) to much warmer lands, where they will find plenty of the small insects on which they feed. There are no such insects about in Britain during the winter; it is _ (43) cold for them.The swallows settle, fly off, swoop and settle again. This they do many times, for they are making short practice flights in order to be fit for the long journey_ (44) them.Flocks of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly steadily for hundreds of miles _ (45) they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there , for many of them perish in the stormy weather they meet with_ (46). In the spring of the following year they_(47) the long and tiring journey back to Britain. They return to the same barn or tree in the same district which they had left the _ (48) autumn. How do these birds find their_(49) there and back over such long distances? Nobody knows exactly how, but it has something to do_ (50) winds and air currents.( ) 41. A. gatheringB. waitingC. assemblingD. forming( ) 42. A. to southB. the southC. to southwardsD. south( ) 43. A. tooB. a bitC. veryD. much( ) 44. A. in advanceB. ahead ofC. in front ofD. in front( ) 45. A. untilB. beforeC. whenD. as( ) 46. A. in the wayB. half the wayC. on the wayD. all the way( ) 47. A. haveB. fly C. findD. make( ) 48. A. beforeB. previousC. formerD. above( ) 49. A. way B. pathC. courseD. route( ) 50. A. againstB. awayC. forD. with(B)It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign_ (51) can be very educational for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the _(52) of the new country would be_ (53) for the travelers, but the benefits of such an effort would become obvious immediately after his arrival. It may not seem _(54) to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing how to order a meal or rent a room is _ (55) for the newcomer in a strange country. without_ (56) the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to _ (57)the people of the new country and their customs. Of course, in our small world, it is often possible to find someone who understands our own language, but this is only second-best for the traveller. To be sure, he can see places and things without the_(58) of a language, but places and things are not the_ (59) of any country. To get the greatest_ (60) from a trip to another country, it is indeed important for the visitor to have an understanding of the language.( ) 51. A. travelB. languageC. tourD. adventure( ) 52. A. knowledgeB. languageC. speechD. custom( ) 53. A. feasibleB. favouriteC. difficultD. interesting( ) 54. A. tiringB. strangeC. wonderfulD. important( ) 55. A. necessaryB. unimportantC. uselessD. appropriate( ) 56. A. hearingB. knowingC. sayingD. speaking( ) 57. A. contactB. recognizeC. understandD. believe( ) 58. A. useB. pointsC. writingD. training( ) 59. A. mindB. interestsC. heartD. possession( ) 60. A. benefitB. successC. satisfactionD. fortuneIII. Reading Comprehension (20 分)(A)The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the Kings baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was just the beginning.By eight oclock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Pauls and the Guildhall among them.Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Pauls.The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past. ( ) 61. The fire began in_.A. A hotelB. the palaceC. Pudding LaneD. Thames Street( ) 62. The word “family” in the second paragraph means _.A. homeB. childrenC. wife and husbandD. Wife and children( ) 63. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that_.A. some people lost their livesB. the birds in the sky were killed by the fireC. many famous buildings were destroyedD. The Kings bakery was burned down(B)Watercolor is the oldest painting medium known. It dates back to the early cave dwellers（穴居人）who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water.Fresco, one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolor. It is created by mixing pigments and water and applying these to wet plaster. Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelos heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel（西斯廷教堂）, very few are aware that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world.The invention of oil painting by the Flemish（法兰斯的） masters in the fifteenth century led to a decline in fresco painting, and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly as a medium for doing preliminary sketches or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters reinstated（复原） watercolor as a serious art form. The English have a notorious love for the outdoors and also great fondness for small, intimate pictures. The softer tones of watercolor had a remarkably strong appeal for them.The popularity of watercolor continued to grow until in the twentieth century the United State passed England as the center for watercolor, producing such well-known watercolor artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.( ) 64.What is the main theme of the passage?A. The decline of fresco painting.B. The greater impact of oils than watercolor.C. The rediscovery of watercolor in England.D. The origin and development of watercolor.( ) 65. According to the passage, why was watercolor painting revived (复苏) in England?A. It was easy to use outdoors.B. It was a strong medium.C. It was extremely strong in color.D. It was well suited to popular tastes.( ) 66. What would the next paragraph most probably deal with?A. The works of famous American watercolor artists.B. The decline of oil as a popular medium.C. Techniques of manufacturing watercolor.D. Modern American oil painters.(C)Directions: read the text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-E for each paragraph of the text. There is one extra heading which you do not need.A .A sport challenging human power against natureB. a sport for adults of all agesC. A sport for brave peopleD. A sport without set rulesE. A sport without competition67. _Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which mankind give their leisure.68. _Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.69. _If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should not be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.70. _The mountain climber knows that he has to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.第二卷 (40分)I. Verb filling (10 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks, using the verbs given in the brackets in their proper forms.1. The black child was made_ (work) on the farm.2. Rather than _ (ride) on a bus, he always prefers to ride a bicycle.3. Try to make yourself_ you (understand) while speaking English.4. He told me that the man _ (refer) to in my letter had been put in prison.5. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water; it looks as if it _ (break).6. It is necessary that you _ (know) all the detailed of the accident.7. He preferred dying to _ (be) a traitor.8. Only once did his father_ (discuss) his future with him.9. Ther