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Unit 3 阶段测试1Class: Name: Marks: 满分(85)第一部分 阅读理解(共两节， 满分40分)第一节 (共15小题； 每小题2分， 满分30分)AOnce， a rabbit built a fantastic house where he lived very happily. He had designed it so well that， when a great rainstorm arrived which flooded nearly the whole woods and the homes of many animals， his remained untouched.Soon， one after another， the homeless animals came to his door， asking if they could spend the winter with him in his house. He invited each visitor in， and gradually the house filled up until there was no room left. This discomfort didnt bother the rabbit， because he felt he was being generous. One day in spring， when all the animals had returned to their old homes， the rabbit was jumping about so absent-mindedly that he didnt realize that a lynx (山猫) was lying in wait for him. One of the animals who had spent the winter in the rabbits house saw this， and warned the rabbit just in time， shouting an invitation to the rabbit to quickly take shelter in his home.The lynx destroyed the rabbits home， but the rabbit managed to escape and run to hide in the home of another friend. For a whole day， the lynx followed the rabbit from burrow (地洞) to burrow， from cave to cave， but the rabbit always managed to save his life， helped all the time by the friends he had offered shelter to in the winter.He felt very happy， not only for having escaped the lynx， but also at having made so many friends in the forest， thanks to his own generosity. 1.What was the rabbit in the story like？ A. Selfish. B. Warm-hearted.C. Careless. D. Hard-working. 2.Many animals came to the rabbits house in order to .A. show thanks to himB. protect him from harmC. survive the cold winterD. warn him about the coming danger 3.The rabbit was able to save his own life thanks to .A. the help from his friends B. the lynxs change of mind C. the burrows and caves D. his courage and tricks BMy friend Brett had just gotten a bike. A lot of kids in my neighborhood knew how to ride. I wanted to also. All the boys told me I couldnt do it because I was a girl. I was determined to prove them wrong， so Brett let me try his bike. I wasnt on for one minute before I fell off. He came over to see if I was OK， but then started laughing. That night I told my dad the whole story about how I wanted to be as good as boys. A few days later my dad told me he had found a nice bike. He brought it home and that was when I became the laughing stock of the neighborhood. All the boys thought it was a joke that I actually wanted to learn how to ride.My dad spent four long weeks teaching me everything I needed to know about the bike and the basics of riding. Day after day and night after night he worked with me， and I began to progress. Each ride on my dirt bike， I got a little better， and finally I was ready for my first time on the trails. At first I couldnt keep up and the boys had to wait for me. My bike constantly got stuck in the muddy creeks. Every time I came back， I would cry， and every time I cried my dad was there to put his arms around me. He would tell me not to listen to them and that with more practice， I would be as good as others or better than them. Things eventually got easier， as if I could ride with my eyes closed. I still am made fun of， not because Im an amateur (技术不熟练的人) or not good， but because they felt threatened that a girl can do what they did.4.Why did the writer try Bretts bike？A. To see whether it was comfortable.B. To see how fast she could ride.C. To prove she could ride like boys.D. To know if she had the courage to ride. 5.The underlined sentence in the passage may mean .A. I laughed a lot riding in the neighborhood B. I became the happiest girl in the neighborhood C. everyone in the neighborhood enjoyed themselvesD. I was laughed at by everyone in the neighborhood 6.What did the writer learn from riding a bike？A. Others may put you down in anything.B. You can do anything with enough practice.C. You cant depend on others to succeed.D. You wont achieve your dream without your dad. 7.This is a story about a father who .A. loved his family very much B. gave his daughter everything C. believed his daughter would succeedD. would like to try something new CAlmost every kid in this country has eaten a Hershey chocolate bar. Hershey chocolate has become famous around the world. Milton Hershey grew up in the rolling farm country of Pennsylvania. Milton Hershey first trained to become a printer. He worked for a small newspaper at first， and then decided that printing was not the right job for him. Then he got a job at a candy factory in Pennsylvania. After working a few years， he decided to open his own candy business. His first business had to close down because it was not making money. After closing down his first business， he traveled to Denver， Colorado to learn how to make caramels (焦糖). He took his new skills back to New York and worked selling candies in the street. But this second business also failed. Finally， Milton Hershey moved back to the farm hills where he grew up. He then experimented with all sorts of different candies and chocolates. The area where he lived had lots of dairy farms， so he had a large and easy supply of fresh milk. And he could get other supplies， such as sugar， from nearby Philadelphia. By 1893 he earned a million dollars per year. Since his chocolate dipped and chocolate flavored caramels were best sellers， he decided to make chocolate himself. By experimenting， Milton Hershey discovered how to make delicious chocolate by using fresh sweet condensed (浓缩的) milk. His milk chocolates were so popular that he sold his caramel factory and focused his business on making chocolate only. In 1903， Milton Hershey built a huge chocolate factory and an entire town to go with it. The town of Hershey， Pennsylvania had a streetcar line， schools， libraries， a sports arena， a community center and a special school for needy children. Today， the town of Hershey is still the home of the factory that Milton Hershey built. And if you ever visit， you can smell delicious chocolate smells just by driving through the town. 8.Which of the following is the correct order of the events about Hershey？a. He sold sweets in New York.b. He built a huge chocolate factory.c. He experimented with candies in Philadelphia.d. He worked for a newspaper.e. He started his own candy business.f. He worked in a candy factory.A. a-d-b-c-e-fB. c-a-d-f-e-bC. d-f-e-a-c-bD. b-a-c-f-e-d9.It is implied that where Hershey lived was a good place to .A. build factories B. do business C. produce sugar D. raise cows 10.Why was the town of Hershey built？A. To provide service for Hersheys chocolate factory.B. To remember what Hershey had done to society.C. To supply Hersheys chocolate factory with fresh milk.D. To serve as a chocolate museum for visitors to enjoy.11. What would be the best title for the passage？A. The making of Hershey chocolate B. The story of Milton Hershey C. The taste of Hershey chocolate D. The failures of Milton Hershey DOne reason parents may not be up in arms about the lack of PE classes in school is that many of them didnt get much out of PE classes when they were kids. If you didnt do well in the fitness test every year， and if you didnt have a talent for fielding balls or using the gymnastics equipment， PE classes were mostly an experience that will hurt your self-confidence. In games such as dodge ball (躲球游戏)， where the least-skilled arent included， only the athletically gifted got the playing time.The male-centered， competitive way has been especially difficult for girls， because many of them enjoy doing cooperative activities more.Theres also little “physical” in too many of todays physical education classes. Kids in PE classes should be active for at least 50 percent of the time. Researchers have found， however， that kids take part in energetic activity for only a few minutes in a typical class. The rest of the time is spent standing around while the teacher takes attendance， or waiting for a turn to shoot a basket or hit a ball.PE classes in many of todays schools are taught the same as it was in the 1950s. Fortunately， PE reformers (改革家) have created new programs that are being tried in a few schools. The emphasis (重点) is not on competition but on helping kids build skills and develop an interest in some activities they will enjoy doing on their own. In the new-style PE classes， games are designed to pay less attention to competition and replace (取代) it with cooperation. 12. The underlined phrase “be up in arms about” in Paragraph 1 may mean .A. be excited aboutB. be patient with C. be angry aboutD. be satisfied with13.For those who arent good at sports， the experience of PE classes is .A. sweetB. memorableC. funD. shaming14.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that .A. kids play less in PE classesB. kids are active in PE classesC. kids like standing to watch others playingD. kids waste most time in PE classes15.The new-style PE classes center on .A. competitionB. teamworkC. interestD. success第二节(共5小题； 每小题2分， 满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Ann and her mother lived in a small room. Christmas was so close， and so was her birthday. Ann wished she could get a new dress. All her friends would be getting new dresses. 16 She knew how hard her mom worked to support the poor family.It was not just the gift that worried Ann. 17 She was working overtime and looked very tired. The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts that he or she would receive the next day. Ann went to bed with a heavy heart. 18 She wished with her whole heart that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. She fell asleep. The next morning， without much hope Ann looked if there were any gifts for her. Wonder of wonders！ There laid a beautiful red box. 19 There was a pretty white dress with a note in the box. Ann eagerly started to read the note.“Dear Ann，This dress is given to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Santa Claus”Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then she realized that this handwriting was similar to her mothers. 20 Ann was happy because she knew that she was the luckiest girl to have such a wonderful mother.A. It was her mother.B. Ann excitedly opened the box.C. She knew that there would be no gifts for her.D. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for a new dress.E. She knew that her mother would give her a nice Christmas gift.F. She felt sorry for not having bought her daughter a nice Christmas gift.G. Her mother had worked hard to save money to buy this expensive gift.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分)I finally had to put away my old watch today. It was a(n) 21 from an uncle and it had sat on my wrist (手腕) every day for 25 years. It had 22 over 50 batteries. As one of the first digital (数字的) watches， it had 23 me faithfully and well. 24 ， the numbers on it had faded (消退) until I could no longer 25 them clearly. I couldnt 26 it in the trash. I just put it in my drawer 27 .When I went to the 28 to look for a new watch， I was 29 . There were dozens of digital watches there. Some of them could not only tell the 30 and date， but also showed me the time zones， and even doubled as a stop watch. I 31 them all and then chose an old-fashioned， clock-face watch with only 32 and a second hand on it. I think it reminded me of 33 times when change wasnt so constant (持续不断的) and life wasnt so busy. Ive never been one who enjoyed 34 . I often had to be pulled into them by people 35 me. Still， through all the changes in life， Im reassured (安心) by the one thing that 36 changes: life loves us and wants us to be 37 . I keep this truth shining bright in my heart and soul every day. With this truth Im able to accept the 38 that life is full of changes and go wherever these changes may take me. One day， the watch inside of us will 39 ticking. Lets make sure we are 40 for it.21. A. orderB. messageC. giftD. skill22.A. replied toB. cared aboutC. waited for D. gone through23.A. servedB. protectedC. followedD. watched24.A. SuddenlyB. GraduallyC. QuicklyD. Generally25.A. readB. pressC. spellD. count26.A. keepB. throwC. deliverD. store27.A. oftenB. tooC. againD. instead28.A. shelfB. officeC. shopD. factory29.A. puzzledB. boredC. worriedD. surprised30.A. differenceB. truthC. timeD. future31.A. looked atB. pointed toC. dealt withD. worked on32.A. keysB. numbersC. mapsD. dates33.A. simplerB. betterC. longerD. busier34.A. lucksB. powersC. failuresD. changes35.A. behindB. aroundC. withoutD. except36.A. evenB. justC. seldomD. never37.A. braveB. honestC. happyD. careful38.A. ruleB. factC. planD. reason39.A. stopB. avoidC. delayD. practice40. A. lateB. sorryC. readyD. famous