高中英语 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions单元综合检测试题 新人教版选修8.doc

2015年高中英语 unit 3 inventors and inventions单元综合检测试题 新人教版选修8时间：120分钟，满分：150分第一部分：听力(共两节；满分30分)第二部分：基础知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21english has a large vocabulary. learn more words and expressions, _ you will find it easier to read and communicate.abut bandcor dso答案：b题干使用的是“祈使句and.”结构，前后意义为承接关系。该句相当于if you learn more words and expressions, you will.。22david said he would regret now if he _ the river to save the drowning child then.adidnt dive into bhadnt dived intocwouldnt dive into dshouldnt dive into答案：b根据句意“david说如果当时他不跳入河中去救那个溺水的小孩，他现在会后悔”可知，实际上当时他下河救人了，故if引导的从句是对过去情况的假设，谓语应用had过去分词。23it was thought that the researchers studying this kind of disease in this hospital had already _ the work of distinguishing a cell (that lives) from the one (that dies)aset up bset down cset about dset out答案：c句意：大家认为，这家医院研究这种疾病的研究人员已经着手做辨别活细胞和死细胞的工作了。set up“建立”；set down“写下；记下”；set about和set out都表示“着手做某事”，但前者可跟名词作宾语，后者常跟动词不定式作宾语。故选c。24all people are looking forward to living in a peaceful environment, _ they are old or young, rich or poor. awhether beven if cno matter dhowever答案：a句意：所有人都期望生活在一个宁静的环境中，不论老少、贫富。“whether.or.”意为“不论是还是”，whether此处引导状语从句。25it was _ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time _ he ought to have spent on his lessons. aplayed; that bplaying; when cto have played; which d. playing; /答案：d第一个空考查强调句，被强调部分是句子主语“玩电脑游戏”，应表示为playing computer games；第二个空考查定语从句，先行词是a lot of time，在从句中作spent的宾语，所以关系代词可用that，which或者省略。故选d。26where have you been? we _ you back much earlier.awere expecting bare expectingchave expected dexpected答案：a考查时态。句意：你到哪儿去了？我们一直盼望你早点回来。从前一句可知“你”现在已经回来了，所以用过去进行时表示过去某一段时间一直进行的动作，故选a项。27its a good idea, but whos going to _ the plan?i think tom and grey will.aget through bcarry outcgo through dcarry on答案：b考查动词词组在具体语境中的使用。句意：这是个好主意，但是谁将实施这项计划？我认为汤姆和格雷会的。get through“设法联系；通过；完成”；carry out“执行，实现”；go through“浏览；经历；做完”；carry on“断续开展，进行”，只有b项符合题意。28he wished to forget everything _ with his former life and start a new life.ajoined bassociatedcburied dcarried答案：b考查固定搭配及词义辨析。句意：他希望忘掉与他以前生活有关的一切，开始新的生活。join“加入”，join.to.表示“把与连在一起”；associate“使联系”，associate.with.表示“把与联系在一起”；bury“埋葬”；carry“带走”，据题意选b项。29im sorry youve been waiting so long, but itll still be some time _ brian gets back.abefore bsincecstill dafter答案：a考查before的用法。句意：我很抱歉让你等了这么长时间，可是仍然要过一段时间布莱恩才回来。itbe一段时间before表示“要过多长时间才”。因此选a项。30not until all the fish died in the river _ how serious the pollution was.adid the villagers realizebthe villagers realizedcthe villagers did realizeddidnt the villagers realize答案：a考查倒装。句意：直到河里的鱼都死了，村民们才意识到污染是多么严重。否定词位于句首，主句用部分倒装，因为not已位于句首，所以后面的主句中不能再出现not，故选a项。31he couldnt _ being bothered by the noise from the construction site so he moved to a quieter apartment.aignore bconquercbear dsuffer答案：c句意：他无法忍受建筑工地传来的噪音，就搬到了一个安静点儿的公寓。bear“忍受；忍耐”，bear doing sth.“耐得住做某事”，符合题意。ignore“不理睬；忽视”；conquer“征服；占领”；suffer“遭受；忍受；经历”。32the professor wants the students to pay more attention to the festivals _ in other parts of the world.acelebrating bhaving celebratedccelebrated dto celebrate答案：c句意：教授让学生对世界上其他地区庆祝的节日多关注一些。festivals和celebrate存在被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。celebrating表示主动、进行意义；having celebrated为现在分词的完成式，强调动作发生在谓语动作之前；to celebrate表示主动、将来意义。33of the 9,500 drivers _ since the beginning of the year, 23% were found lacking in road knowledge.atested btestingctest dto test答案：a句意：从年初开始被测试的9,500名驾驶员中，23%的人被发现缺乏道路知识。drivers和test之间为被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。b项为现在分词，表示主动、进行意义；c项为动词原形，不能作定语；d项为不定式，表示将来的主动动作。34his first book _ last month is based on a true story.apublished bto be publishedcto publish dbeing published答案：a句意：上个月出版的他的第一本书基于一个真实的故事。book和publish之间为被动关系，且由last month可知publish这一动作已经发生，故用过去分词作定语。b项表示被动、将来意义；c项表示主动、将来意义；d项表示被动、进行意义。35this is steve speaking. is that mr smith?_， please. he is coming.ayoure welcome bhold oncnever mind dcome on答案：b句意：“我是史蒂夫。你是史密斯先生吗？”“请等一下。他来了。”hold on“等一等；不要挂断”，是打电话交际用语，符合语意。youre welcome“别客气”；never mind“别紧张”；come on“快点；加油”。第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)，选出最佳选项。a boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. the boy wasnt much of a fruiteater, _36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, _37_， as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. the more he looked at it, the _38_ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.he stood on tiptoe (脚尖), _39_ as high as he could, but even at his tallest _40_ he was unable to touch it. he began to _41_ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42_ of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. still it remained out of _43_.not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to _44_ on. his school bag wouldnt give enough height and he didnt want to _45_ the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and gameboy. looking _46_， he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, _47_ luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.he had tried everything he could think to do. _48_ seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk _49_. at first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his _50_， and how he really wanted that apple. the more he _51_ like this, the more unhappy he became._52_， the boy of this story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldnt always get what he wanted. he started to say to himself, “this isnt _53_. i dont have the apple and im feeling miserable as well. theres _54_ more i can do to get the applethat is unchangeablebut we are supposed to be able to _55_ our feelings. if thats the case, what can i do to feel better？”文章大意：本文属夹叙夹议文。主要讲述了一个男孩放学回家途中看到苹果树上高高挂着的苹果，想尽力摘下来，可是无论他如何努力，始终没有摘下苹果，最终只能放弃回家，不过他越想越不开心。本文说明了面对我们无法改变的事实时，我们应该能够及时改变自己的看法，这样会感觉更好。36a.preferring boffering creceiving dallowing答案：a词语辨析题。a项意为“更喜爱，宁可”；b项意为“提供”；c项意为“接收”；d项意为“允许”。句意：小男孩并不是很喜欢水果的。如果让他选择的话，他宁愿(prefer)吃一根巧克力棒。37a.so bthen cbut dor答案：c逻辑推理题。句意：就像人们常说的，越是被禁止的东西诱惑力越强。和上文不喜爱吃水果形成对比关系，所以选择c项，表示转折。38a.sadder bangrier chungrier dtastier答案：c词语辨析题。a项意为“更难过”；b项意为“更生气”；c项意为“更饿”；d项意为“味道更好”。句意：他越看苹果，就感到越饿，就越想要拥有那个苹果。故选择c项。39a.expanding bstretching cswinging dpulling答案：b词语辨析题。a项意为“扩展”；b项意为“延伸”；c项意为“摇摆”；d项意为“拖”。句意：他踮起脚尖，手尽可能伸高。所以用stretch表示“延伸”。40a.strength blength crange dheight答案：d词语辨析题。a项意为“力量”；b项意为“长度”；c项意为“范围”；d项意为“高度”。句意：以他的手伸的最高高度也不能够着苹果。所以选择d项height。41a.jump blook cwalk dglance答案：a词语辨析题。句意：他开始跳得尽可能高来够苹果。所以本题选择a项jump。42a.tip bstage ctop dlevel答案：c习语搭配题。a项意为“尖，尖端”；b项意为“阶段，舞台”；c项意为“顶部”；d项意为“水平，平面”。句意：在他跳到最高点时伸长他的胳膊去够苹果。故选c项。at the top of在顶点。43a.hope bhand csight dreach答案：d习语搭配题。a项意为“希望”；b项意为“手”；c项意为“视觉，视野”；d项意为“范围，延伸”。句意：虽然跳得很高，但是仍旧够不着。out of reach“够不着”，是固定搭配。44a.put bstand cget dhold答案：b词语辨析题。句意：他没有放弃，他认为要是有个东西垫高站在上面就好了。have something to stand on表示“有东西可站”。故选b项。45a.break bshake ctake dstrike答案：a词语辨析题。a项意为“破损，弄坏”；b项意为“摇动”；c项意为“拿走”；d项意为“撞击，打”。句意：他的书包不能垫起很高，而且他不想弄坏(break)里面的东西，像午餐盒、铅笔盒和玩具。46a.up bforward cdown daround答案：d词语辨析题。look up“抬头看，查找”；look forward“向前看，展望”；look down“向下看”；look around“四处张望”。除了书包外，他只有四处张望寻找，希望能找到一个旧盒子、石头等可以垫高的东西，故选d项。47a.for bwith con dof答案：b习语搭配题。希望找到东西，运气好的话，甚至能找到一架梯子，但是最终什么也没找到。with luck表示“一切顺利的话，运气好的话”。48a.after bthrough cwithout dupon答案：c习语搭配题。他已经尝试了能想到的。别无选择了他只能放弃了，故选c项。49a.back baway cup ddown答案：b习语搭配题。放弃了够苹果，他离去了(walk away)。50a.wishes bbeliefs cefforts dgoals答案：c词语辨析题。a项意为“希望”；b项意为“信仰，理念”；c项意为“努力”；d项意为“目标”。句意：起初他感到气愤、失望，想到自己那么努力却没有够着苹果而变得很饿就不高兴，而且他真的很想拥有那个苹果。故选择c项。51a.thought bimagined ctried dclaimed答案：a词语辨析题。b项意为“想象”；c项意为“尝试”；d项意为“宣称”。句意：他想得越多，就越不高兴。根据句意可知选用a项thought。52a.therefore bhowever cmoreover dotherwise答案：b逻辑推理题。a项意为“因此”；b项意为“然而”；c项意为“而且”；d项意为“否则”。句意：然而(however)，故事中的男孩是一个聪明的孩子，即使他总是得不到他想要的东西。此处是与上文形成对比，所以选b项表示转折。53a.skilful bcheerful charmful dhelpful答案：d词语辨析题。a项意为“熟练的，灵巧的”；b项意为“快乐的”；c项意为“有害的”；d项意为“有益的”。句意：他自言自语道，这(生气)无益，我没有苹果而且我感到痛苦。54a.something banything ceverything dnothing答案：d词语辨析题。句意：我再也没有什么办法摘到苹果了，这已是不变的事实。不过，我们应该能够改变自己内心的感受(即别去生气了)。因此选择d项。55a.change bexpress cforget ddescribe答案：a词语辨析题。a项意为“改变”；b项意为“表达”；c项意为“忘记”；d项意为“描述”。第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。a(2013北京)ep portable heater we all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. now millions of people are saving on their heating bills with the ep portable heater. with over one million satisfied customers around the world, the new ep heats better and faster, saves more on heating bills, and runs almost silent. the ep has no exposed heating parts that can cause a fire. the outside of the ep only gets warm to the touch so that it will not burn children or pets. the ep will not reduce oxygen in the room. with other heaters, youll notice that you get sleepy when the heat comes on because they are burning up oxygen. the advanced ep also heats the room evenly,_wall to wall and floor to ceiling. it comfortably covers an area up to 350 square feet. other heaters heat rooms unevenly with most of the heat concentrated to the center of the room. and they only heat an area a few feet around the heater. with the ep, the temperature will not vary in any part of the room. the ep comes with a 3year warranty (保修) and a 60day, no questions asked, satisfaction guarantee. if you are not totally satisfied, return it at our expense and your money will be given back to you. now we have a special offer for 10 days, during which you can enjoy a half price discount and a free delivery. if you order after that, we reserve the right to either accept or reject order requests at the discounted price. take action right now!文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，属广告文体，介绍了一种新型的暖风机。与其他的暖风机相比较，它的好处多，目的是让读者买他们的产品。56what is mainly discussed in paragraph 2? athe heat of the ep.bthe safety of the ep.cthe appearance of the ep.dthe material of the ep.答案：b主旨大意题。本题考查考生整体把握、提炼信息、概括总结的能力。a项“暖风机的热”；b项“暖风机的安全”；c项“暖风机的外表”；d项“暖风机的材料”。由第二段内容可知，这种暖风机不会引起火灾，不会烫伤孩子和宠物，显然是在讲它的安全，故正确答案为b项。57from the passage, we can learn that the ep _.adoesnt burn up oxygenbruns without any morecmakes people get sleepydis unsuitable for children and pets答案：a细节理解题。考生根据文章第三段第一句话the ep will not reduce oxygen in the room可知正确答案为a。58the underlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means _.acontinuously bseparatelycquickly dequally答案：d词意猜测题。由文章第四段可知，此处把ep暖风机与别的相比，这种暖风机能够把墙、门、天花板 都能均匀加热，不像以前的，只加热附近小片区域，因此该词意为“均匀地，平等地”，d项正确。59the main purpose of the passage is to _.apersuade people to buy the productbadvise people to save on heating billscreport the new development of portable heatersdcompare the functions of different heater brands答案：a推理判断题。a项“说服人们买产品”；b项“建议人们省加热的钱”；c项“报告暖风机的最新发展”；d项“比较不同品牌的暖风机的性能”。根据文章内容可知，本文为广告文体，向大家介绍了一种新型的暖风机，与其他的暖风机相比，它的好处，目的是让读者买他的产品，因此a项正确。bhere are some kids who had great ideas that they turned into inventions. we call these kids “brain children”six yearold suzanna goodin, tired of cleaning the cat food spoon, came up with the idea of a spoonshaped cracker that can be eaten. she won a grand prize for her invention in the weekly reader national invention contest.eightyearold theresa thompson and her 9year old sister mary were the youngest sisters to receive a us patent. they invented a solar tent for a science fair project in 1960. they called the device a wigwarm.at age 9, margaret knight began working in a cotton mill, where she saw a steeltipped shuttle (梭子) fly out and hit a nearby worker. as a result, margaret made her first invention: a shuttle restraining device. she went on to invent the machine that makes the squarebottom paper bags we still use for shopping today. that machine was patented in 1871.elevenyearold jeanie low received a patent on march 10, 1992, for inventing the kiddie stool (凳子)a foldup stool that fits under the sink so kids can unfold it, stand on it, and reach the sink on their own!becky schroeder began her patenting career when she was 14 years old. she put phosphorescent_paint on paper under her writing paper so that she could write in the dark. this invention was later used in all sorts of ways. doctors use it in hospitals to read patients charts at night without waking them, and astronauts use it when their electrical systems are turned down for recharging.fourteenyearold pamela sica invented a pushbutton device that raises the floor of a car so that goods can be raised and easily removed. her invention won a grand prize for her age group in the weekly reader national in vention contest. she wanted to patent her invention but found that it was too expensive.eightyearold chelsea lannon received a patent in 1994 for the “pocket diaper (尿布)”， a diaper that has a pocket that holds things. she got her idea while helping her mother with her baby brotherwhile she was still in kindergarten!60which inventions won a prize in the weekly reader national invention contest?athe spoonshaped cracker and the shuttle restraining device.bthe shuttle restraining device and the kiddie stool.cthe kiddie stool and the pocket diaper.dthe spoon shaped cracker and the device that raises the floor of a car.答案：d细节理解题。根据第二段中的“she won a grand prize for her invention in the weekly reader national invention contest.”和第七段中的“her invention won a grand prize for her age group in the weekly reader national invention contest.”可知答案。61what can we know from the passage?atheresa thompson was the youngest child to make an invention.ba wigwarm can be used to make paper bags.cmargaret knight made more than one invention.djeanie low invented the spoonshaped cracker that can be eaten.答案：c细节理解题。根据第四段中的“she went on to invent the machine”可知她发明了不止一样东西。62according to paragraph 6, “phosphorescent paint” probably refers to a kind of paint that _.acan produce light in the darkbis used to write thingscis produced in the darkdis specially designed for doctors答案：a词义猜测题。根据第六段中的“so that she could write in the dark”可知答案。63the idea of the pocket diaper occurred to chelsea lannon when she _.awas cleaning the cat food spoonbwas in primary schoolcwas helping her motherdwas working in a cotton mill答案：c细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“she got her idea while helping her mother with her baby brotherwhile she was still in kindergarten！”可知答案。ca solarpowered airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel successfully made its first test flight above the swiss countryside in april 2010. the solar impulse，which has 12,000 solar batteries built into its wings, is a prototype (雏形) for an aircraft intended to fly around the world without fuel in 2012.it glided (滑翔) for 87 minutes above western switzerland at an altitude of 1,200 metres with german test pilot markus seherdel at the controls. “everything went as it should，”seherdel said after landing. its made of carbon fiber (碳纤维), which makes it possible that it has the wing length of an airbus a340 while weighing the same as a midsize car.the prototype was tested in december 2009, flying a distance of 350 metres, one metre above the runway of a military airbase near zurich. the propeller (螺旋桨) plane is powered by four electric motors and designed to fly day and night by saving energy from its solar cells in highperformance batteries. it is eventually expected to attain an average flying speed of 70 km per hour and reach a highest altitude of 8,500 metres.bertrand piceard，one of the swiss pilots behind the project, is best known for completing the first nonstop，roundtheworld flight in a hotair balloon in march 1999. the other main pilot, swiss engineer andre borschberg, has described it as “ten times lighter than the very best glider”. “such a large wing length for so little weight is something completely new in the plane family，”he said.the projects budget is 100 million swiss francs, 80 million francs of which has been secured from sponsors. belgian chemical company solvay, swiss watchmaker omega, and german banking giant deutsche bank, are the three main sponsors. ecole polytechnique federale de lausanne，one of tile two swiss federal polytechnical universities, acts as a scientific advisor.64carbon fiber is used in the plane to make sure that it _.acan fly high and far enoughbcan hold enough solar batteriesccan absorb enough solar energydhas very large wings, but does not weigh very much答案：d根据第二段的“its made of carbon fiber (碳纤维), which m