Unit 5 单元检测(三) 同步练习-1

Unit 5 Gaining Confidence 单元检测单元检测 三三 同步练习同步练习 一 单项填空一 单项填空 共共 15 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 分分 满分满分 15 分分 请从 A B C D 四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 1 Alvin are you coming with us I d love to but something unexpected A has come up B was coming up C had come up D would come up 2 The open air celebration has been put off the bad weather A in case of B in spite of C instead of D because of 3 In the near future more advances in the robot technology by scientists A are making B are made C will make D will be made 4 This new model of car is so expensive that it is the reach of those with average income A over B within C beyond D below 5 We are said to be living in Information Age time of new discoveries and great changes A an the B the C a D the a 6 Don t worry Mum The doctor said it was only the flu I ll tell Dad there s nothing serious A What a relief B Congratulations C How surprising D I m so sorry 7 After the flooding people were suffering in that area urgently needed clean water medicine and shelter to survive A which B who C where D what 8 I owe her an apology what I said yesterday A for B to C of D with 9 Great attention must be paid education especially in the countryside A develop B to develop C to developing D developing 10 It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Zheng He sailed to East Africa A when B that C after D since 11 My brother would like to buy a good watch but was available from that shop A nothing B none C no one D neither 12 My neighbor devoted his spare time ancient coins A to collect B to collecting C on collecting D in collecting 13 He insisted me with the handbag though I told him I could manage it myself A help B in helping C on helping D to help 14 The weather in my hometown in summer is usually very hot but it be cold sometimes A should B can C must D may 15 The exam wasn t difficult at all was it No but I don t believe could pass it A somebody B anybody C everybody D nobody 二 完形填空二 完形填空 共共 20 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 30 分分 请阅读下面两篇短文 掌握大意 然后从 16 35 各题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A A lesson for life Students in high school can be cruel and we certainly were to a young man named Matt who was in my class We laughed at him about his 16 He was at least fifty pounds overweight One day he sat near me in gym class Someone pushed him and he 17 on me and hurt my foot quite badly With the whole class watching I had to choose either laugh it off or pick a fight with Matt I chose to fight in order to keep my 18 I shouted Come on Matt let s fight He said he didn t 19 to But peer pressure forced him into the fight whether he liked it or not He came toward me with his fists in the air With one 20 I bloodied his nose and the class went wild Just then the teacher walked into the room He saw that we were 21 and sent us out to the running track He followed us with a 22 on his face and said I want you two boys to go out there and run that mile holding each other s hands The room broke into laughter The two of us were 23 but Matt and I went out to the track and ran our mile hand in hand At some point during the course of our run I 24 at him with blood still flowing from his nose and his 25 slowing him down It struck me that here was a person not all that different from myself I no longer saw Matt as 26 It was amazing what I learned when I was forced to go hand in hand with someone for only one mile For the rest of my life I have never so much as 27 a hand against another person 16 A size B height C accent D appearance 17 A called B insisted C fell D depended 18 A promise B face C balance D courage 19 A dare B fear C want D need 20 A beat B hit C strike D knock 21 A competing B arguing C talking D fighting 22 A smile B anger C puzzle D curiosity 23 A brave B angry C shy D afraid 24 A looked B laughed C glanced D shouted 25 A faith B weight C spirit D feet 26 A rough B foolish C fat D mad 27 A held B gave C lent D raised B There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the 28 home from work in the evenings A man will be reading the newspaper and seconds later it 29 as if he is trying to eat it Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger sitting next to him Another place where unplanned short sleep 30 is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring 打鼾 so 31 that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake A more embarrassing 尴尬的 situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes the arm off the 32 and the movement carries the action of the body along The student wakes up on the floor with no memory of getting there The worst time to fall asleep is when 33 Police reports are full of accidents that occur when people fall into sleep and go off the road If the drivers are 34 they are not seriously hurt One woman s car for example went into the river She woke up in four feet of water and thought it was raining When people are really 35 nothing will stop them from falling asleep no matter where they are 28 A way B track C path D road 29 A acts B shows C appears D sounds 30 A goes on B ends up C lasts D returns 31 A bravely B happily C loudly D carelessly 32 A cushion B desk C shoulder D book 33 A thinking B working C walking D driving 34 A lucky B awake C calm D strong 35 A tired B drunk C lonely D lazy 三 阅读理解三 阅读理解 共共 20 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 分 满分分 满分 40 分分 请阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A Earthquakes are something that people fear There are some places that have few or no earthquakes Most places in the world however have them regularly Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906 Over 700 people died in it The strongest one in North America was in 1964 It happened in Alaska Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people In 1755 one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal Around 2 000 people died In 1923 a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo the Yokohama area of Japan A hundred and forty thousand people died Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976 It killed a large number of people The worst earthquake ever recorded was also in China in which 400 000 people were killed or injured This earthquake happened in 1556 Earthquakes worry people a lot The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming People cannot prepare for them 36 Earthquakes happen A in all the places in the world B only in the countries that have a lot of mountains C regularly in most places in the world D only in a few places along the mountains 37 How many people died in the earthquake which happened in Portugal in 1755 A 500 B 140 000 C 400 000 D 2 000 38 When and where was the worst earthquake ever recorded A 1964 Alaska B 1556 China C 1923 Japan D 1976 China 39 According to the passage which of the following is NOT true A The stronger the earthquake is the more people are killed B Earthquakes can cause fires C People still don t know how to tell when an earthquake will come D Earthquakes often come unexpectedly B Sam Are you in bed yet Sam called Mrs Blake There was no answer With a sigh Mrs Blake put down her book and went to her 13 year old son s room Sam was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colorful dragon jumped and roared 咆哮 Oh Sam You re still playing on that computer You must stop now it s half past 11 If you don t go to bed soon you ll be very tired tomorrow declared Mrs Blake But I ve nearly defeated the dragon said Sam Mrs Blake could see the excitement on her son s face She sat down beside him You re always playing on that computer You spend more time with this machine than with your family she said with a smile What s so special about it Show me what it can do Sam was very excited I think this is a great computer Mum he said enthusiastically 热情地 The hardware 硬盘 is excellent there s so much memory and there are some wonderful software programs This game Dragonslayer is my favorite but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends I don t have to worry about any infected disks because I ve installed a virus detector which can go over any disk and check it for viruses Let me show you Sam began tapping keys on the keyboard The screen changed in answer to his orders Oh Sam laughed Mrs Blake I m sure it s a wonderful computer but I m afraid I don t know what you re talking about 40 What was Sam doing when Mother called him A Sam was watching a film on the screen B Sam was in bed C Sam was doing his homework D Sam was playing computer games in his bedroom 41 Why was Sam very excited A Because he had installed a virus detector in his computer B Because he had nearly defeated the dragon in the video games C Because his mother had come upstairs to ask him to go to bed D Because he had been worried about the infected disks 42 It can be inferred from the passage that Sam A liked playing computer games very much B hated teaching her mother how to play the computer C enjoyed playing with the real dragons D disliked tapping on the keyboard 43 What do you think of the relationship between Sam and his mother A Mrs Blake loves and shows concern for her son B Mrs Blake was very hard on her son C Sam did not want to speak out his mind about the computer to his mother D Sam thought his mother was as wonderful as the video game on the computer C My father and I used to climb the mountain near my house Walking together my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences He always told me You should have goals like climbing the mountain Without the mountain climbing that we both enjoyed we couldn t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy I really got a lot from mountain climbing It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience Once we climbed a very high mountain It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old During the first few hours of climbing I enjoyed the flowers and trees and the birds singing but as time passed I got a pain in both of my legs I wanted to quit climbing In fact I hated it at that mountain but my father said to me You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain but you can t see it before you reach the top Only there at the top can you see all of the nice things just like in life At that time I was too young to understand his words But later after that I got new hope and confidence Finally I came to the top 44 The passage tells us that mountain climbing was for the father and the son A hard B enjoyable C painful D comfortable 45 The underlined word quit in the passage means A carry on B put off C give up D pick up 46 We can infer from the last paragraph that A the writer succeeded B the writer didn t reach the top of the mountain C though the writer was young he could understand his father D the writer used to stop halfway when he climbed the mountain 47 The best title for the passage is A Reaching the Top of the Mountain B Standing at the Top of the Mountain C Conversations Between a Father and a Son D How to Get to the Top of the Mountain D What is eBay The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform 平台 where nearly anyone can trade practically anything People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods including cars movies and DVDs sporting goods travel tickets musical instruments clothes and shoes the list goes on and on The idea came from Peter Omidyar who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child At high school he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988 he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby at first offering the service free by word of mouth By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade 升级 and he began charging a fee to members Joined by a friend Peter Skill and in 1998 by his capable CEO Meg Whitman he has never looked back Even in the crashes of the late 1990s eBay has gone from strength to strength It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet eBay sells connections not goods putting buyer and seller into contact with each other All you have to do is take an e photo write a description fill out a sales form and you are in business The world is your market place Of course for each item 商品 sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold 48 We can learn from the text that eBay provides people with A a way of buying and selling goods B a website for them to upgrade C a place to exhibit their own photos D a chance to buy things at low prices 49 Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university A Just for fun B To make money C For gathering the engineers D To fulfill a task of his company 50 From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 we learn that Peter A did not feel lonely B was always hopeful C did not think about the past D became more and more successful 51 How does eBay make money from its website A By bringing sellers together B By charging for each sale C By listing items online D By making e photos E It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation it turns into an argument We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly my mother will push the conversation into the Third World War She ll talk about my lack of bright future because I don t plan to be a doctor And much to her disappointment I don t want to do any job related to science either In fact when I was pushed to say that I planned to major in English she nearly had a heart attack Why can t you be like my co worker s son she bemoans all the time Her co worker s son received a four year scholarship 奖学金 and is now earning 70 000 dollars a year as an engineer I don t know what to say except that I simply can t be like Mr Perfect as I ve called the unnamed co worker s son I can t be like him I am the type of the person who loved to help out in the community write until the sun goes down and most of all wants to achieve a career because I love it not because of fame or salary I understand why my mother is worried about my future major I ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours She leaves the house around 6 30 am and usually comes back home around 5 pm or even 6 pm However I want her to know that by becoming a doctor it doesn t mean I ll be successful I d rather follow my dreams and create my own future 52 Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about A The writer s studies B Wars around the world C Dinner plans D The writer s future job 53 The underlined word bemoans in Paragraph 2 most probably means A agrees B shouts C smiles D complains 54 Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer A He wants to be like his mother s co worker s son B He wants to find a job in his community in the future C He wants to do something he really likes in the future D He doesn t think his mother s co worker s son is perfect 55 We can know from the last paragraph that A the writer s mother works very hard for the family B the writer doesn t know what his future will be like C the writer doesn t think being a doctor is good D the writer sometimes thinks his mother s advice is very good 四 写作四 写作 共两个写作任务 满分共两个写作任务 满分 35 分分 写作一写作一 满分满分 15 分分 请根据以下提示 结合事例 用英语写一篇短文 Encouragement from a friend plays a very important role in motivating you to solve the problems you are facing It helps you fight difficulties and get out of an unfavorable situation you are stuck in 要求 1 就此材料发表你的看法 2 紧扣材料 有明确的观点 3 词数不少于 60 写作二写作二 满分满分 20 分分 假设你是李华 升入高中已经两个月有余 请你给美国的笔友 Rob 用英语写一封 e mail 向他介绍你最喜爱的老师 包括以下要点 1 老师的相貌特征 2 老师的教学态度 3 老师的教学方法和主张 4 同学们对老师及课堂的评价 注意 1 词数不少于 80 2 邮件的开头和结尾已给出 不计入总词数 Dear Rob I ve been in my new school for more than tw