Unit 1 单元检测1-1

Unit 1 单元检测单元检测 1 Part Listening Comprehension 30 marks Section A 22 5 marks Directions In this section you will hear six conversations between two speakers For each conversation there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A B and C Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question You will hear each conversation TWICE Conversation 1 1 How long does the woman swim every week at least A 1 mile B 4 miles C 5 miles 2 What does the woman mainly have to keep fit A Meat B Milk C Fruit and vegetables Conversation 2 3 Why is Yang Mei going to the United States A To see her grandma B To see her parents C To work there 4 How long will Yang Mei stay there A Seven months B Half a year C Fifteen weeks Conversation 3 5 Where are the speakers A At home B In a hospital C In an office 6 Why doesn t the man sleep well A He has a sore throat B He has to work late C He has a high fever Conversation 4 7 What does the woman offer to do for the man A To help him with his research work B To present his findings at a yearly conference C To type his paper 8 Why does the man need to finish his paper A It s very important for his future B He wants to present it at a conference C He s about to leave for a new job 9 What month is it when they are talking A May B July C September Conversation 5 10 What s the probable relationship between the two speakers A Two reporter friends B A reporter and a fan of Liu Xiang C A reporter and her boss 11 What did the woman intend to interview Liu Xiang about A The Two Sessions B The World Indoor Championships in Valencia Spain C Whether an in service athlete should be involved in politics 12 What can we learn from the conversation A Liu Xiang is not taking on much responsibility B People shouldn t expect too much of sports stars like Liu Xiang C The woman succeeded in interviewing Liu Xiang Conversation 6 13 Why did the woman call the man A To ask him to attend a Student Union meeting B To see if he has time to show the new students around C To ask him to set up a schedule for the guided tours 14 What does the woman say about the new students A Many of them work full time B They usually arrive on weekends C They will need new textbooks 15 What will probably happen after the conversation A The bookstore will be very busy the rest of the day B Ken will call the man to set something up C Ken will give guided tours to new students instead Section B 7 5 marks Directions In this section you will hear a short passage Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS You will hear the short passage TWICE The writer s recommendation You lock yourselves up with your 16 The purpose of the story in order to 17 your spirits About the story His size led to his early employment as 18 He was rarely seen without 19 in his hand The writer s attitude 20 you study the better prepared you will be Part Language Knowledge 45 marks Section A 15 marks Directions For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the sentence 21 I want to know A what city does she come from B from what city does she come C from which city does she come D which city she comes from 22 At that time people early in the morning in winter and coal them warm A used to get up used to keep B were used to getting up was used to keep C used to get up was used to keeping D were used to get up was used to keep 23 By no means to your parents A is this the first time you are lying B this is the first time you have lied C this is the first time you tell a lie D is this the first time you have lied 24 If he in a proper way maybe he could have been saved A had been treated B was cured C had treated D treated 25 When Tom woke up he found himself in bed with his bag beside him A lying laid B lying lay C lie lying D lied lied 26 one graduates from college he should still continue to learn A Even if B As if C Only if D As though 27 Turn off the TV Jack your homework now Mum just ten more minutes please A Should you be doing B Shouldn t you be doing C Couldn t you be doing D Will you be doing 28 I recommend an English Chinese dictionary which will be of great help to your studies A buying B bought C to buy D be bought 29 to go to college he studied harder and harder A Determining B Determined C Determine D Having determined 30 she is young she knows quite a lot A When B However C Though D Unless 31 I to your party but I was prevented by the heavy rain A had meant coming B meant to have come C have meant to come D meant coming 32 He said that the film when he to the cinema and he was sorry to have missed the first part of the film A had begun got B has begun got C had begun had got D began got 33 The newly published book mainly use in colleges is a bestseller this year A designed for B designed to C designing for D designing to 34 Mum asked if I her necklace A see B saw C have seen D had seen 35 Who can get the car A to run B running C ran D is running Section B 18 marks Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A B C and D Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context Nine year old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine But he was 36 by a series of photos which were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him white For the first time the boy began to doubt who he was I stood in front of the mirror and wondered if something was wrong with me Obama said However now the boy who used to 37 his identity doesn t see it as a problem any more but a n 38 for his successful career He made 39 by being elected as the first black president of the United States Obama s white mother and black father met during college in 40 but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia At 10 Obama 41 back to Hawaii where he lived with his grandmother At his class a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people Out of 42 Obama lied to his classmates that his father was a prince Things came to change after the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama to finally 43 his African origin He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator in U S history At the beginning of his campaign for the White House few people viewed Obama favorably Many 44 his unusual background which left him neither black enough nor white enough But Obama turned his 45 of growing up into a tool to make Americans believe There is not a black America and a white America a Latino America an Asian America There s the United States of America Obama s victory overcame centuries of 46 and fulfilled Martin Luther King s dream that a man should be 47 not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character 36 A shockedB amazed C attractedD angered 37 A satisfy with B struggle with Ctake pride in D turn down 38 A mark B feature C advantage D improvement 39 A a difference B a winner C historyD reputation 40 A Hawaii B Indonesia C New YorkD Africa 41 A decidedB turned C left D moved 42 A arroganceB curiosity C shameD embarrassment 43 A turn back to B face up to C take up withD give up to 44 A appreciated B respected C doubtedD refused 45 A damageB ache C pain D injury 46 A fears B prejudice C difficultiesD uncertainties 47 A defeatedB praised C judgedD accepted Section C 12 marks Directions Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people s daily life 48 these proverbs there are often interesting stories For example the proverb plucking up a crop to help it grow is based on the following story It is said that a short tempered man in the Song Dynasty was very anxious to help 49 rice crop grow up quickly He was thinking about 50 day and night But the crop was growing much slower than he expected One day he came up with an idea 51 he would pluck up his entire crop a few inches He did so the next day He was very tired after doing this for a whole day 52 he felt very happy since the crop did grow 53 His son heard about this and went to see the crop Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 54 course Being too anxious to help an event develop often 55 in the contrary to our intention Part Reading Comprehension 30 marks Directions Read the following three passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage A Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1876 Her parents both taught at school with small salaries Marie led a hard life as a girl especially after her mother stopped teaching to raise five children and take care of her poor health Marie s mother suffered from tuberculosis 肺结核 and died of it when Marie was ten When Marie was young she showed great interest in science She loved to study and hoped to become a scientist when she grew up Her parents encouraged her interest in science Excellent as she was in her studies she couldn t go on with the advanced education she needed because Poland was then ruled by Russia and women were not permitted to go to college In order to continue her education she cleared up many difficulties and entered Paris University where she lived a simple life and studied hard so she graduated with the highest grades in her class After graduation she took up scientific research in Paris University There she met Pierre Curie whom she married later Pierre joined her in her research into an unknown phenomenon radiation which a certain scientist had declared that uranium 铀 gave off The Curies spent several years trying their best to find the element that produced radiation Finally they succeeded in 1902 Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes one for physics in 1906 together with her husband and another scientist the other for chemistry herself in 1911 Madame Curie was a scientist of great achievement and the first woman ever to be honored in the Nobel Prize history 56 Why did Marie s family become poorer when she was young A Because her family had five children B Because her father got small salary as a teacher C Because her mother gave up her job D Because both of her parents were teachers 57 Marie couldn t continue the advanced education because A she wanted to help her father to support the family B her father couldn t afford to send her to college C her grades were very poor D colleges in Poland would not take women as students then 58 The underlined words cleared up in Paragraph 3 could be replaced by A tidied up B cured C solved D avoided 59 In 1906 a certain scientist shared the Nobel Prize with the Curies because A he depended upon the Curie s discovery B he made some contribution to the discovery C he persuaded the Curies to take up the research D the Curies were greatly encouraged by him 60 When did Marie Curie win the two Nobel Prize A 1902 1906 B 1906 1911 C 1876 1911 D 1902 1911 B Dogs may help save the day in the Philippines as they use their noses to smell out survivors buried by Friday s mudslide 泥石流 The team of dogs arrived in the Philippines from Spain and this Tuesday they were just beginning their work Search officials told CNN they hope the recent rain will wash away the smell of rescue teams so the dogs can do their job more accurately The dogs were brought in after sound equipment found sounds coming from deep inside the ruins at a place where a school stood before the mudslide covered tithe sounds could mean people are still alive under all the mud or it could just be the earth resettling On Monday rescue workers worked at the school site until three in the morning trying to locate survivors and they will begin digging again as soon as the dogs think they find someone Human teams from the US Malaysia and Australia are all trying to help too But so far they have not located any survivors yet Rescue workers told CNN that an earlier report that 50 survivors had been found was false How did all that mud bury the village in the first place On Friday 2 400 foot Mt Kanabec turned into a mudslide after two weeks of constant rain The mountain crumbled and the mud fell onto the village Guinsaugon burying the 1 800 people who lived there Out of the 300 houses in the village only 3 were not covered by the mud The village is on a southern Philippine Island called Levte Rescue efforts have been difficult because the village takes six hours to reach from the nearest airport Hopefully the dogs can help their human friends find survivors 61 According to the search officials words in the first paragraph we can learn that A the smell of rescue teams can disturb the dogs B the dogs can follow the smell of rescue teams C the dogs can t smell the rescue teams D the dogs can tell the differences between people and rescue teams 62 The main purpose of this passage is probably A to show the way to rescue the victims in the ruins B to introduce the instruments to save victims in a disaster C to tell readers that dogs can smell out victims buried in the ruins D to show how to train dogs to save victims in a mudslide 63 How many survivors were found by the dogs A 50 B Only a few C 1 800 D None 64 The reason why the rescue work wasn t going smoothly was probably that A the rain was heavy B so many people were buried C it was difficult to reach the village D these was little chance to save the survivors 65 The underlined word crumbled in the last paragraph can be replaced by A broke B shook C fell D moved C Even before my father left us my mother had to go back to work to support our family Once I came out of the kitchen complaining Mom I can t peel potatoes I have only one hand Mom never looked up from sewing You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes she told me And don t ever use that as an excuse for anything again In the second grade our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars swinging from one high steel rod to the next When it was my turn I shook my head Some kids behind me laughed and I went home crying That night I told Mom about it She hugged me and I saw her we ll see about that look The next afternoon she took me back to school At the deserted playground Mom looked carefully at the bars Now pull up with your right arm she advised She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow Day after day we practiced and she praised me for every rung I reached I ll never forget the next time crossing the rungs I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open One night after a dance at my new junior high I lay in bed sobbing I could hear Mom come into my room Mom I said weeping none of the boys would dance with me For a long time I didn t hear anything Then she said Oh honey someday you ll be beating those boys off with a bat Her voice was faint and cracking I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf She had never let me see her tears 66 Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom s attitude when she made the child peel potatoes A Cruel B Serious C Strict D Cold 67 From the passage we know monkey bars can help a child train A the skill to throw and catch things B the speed of one s hand movement C the strength and skill to hang and sway D the bodily skill to rotate round a bar 68 What does the sentence I saw her we ll see about that look in Paragraph 4 imply A Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it B The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up C Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher D What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity 69 When the child looked down at the kids they were standing with their mouths open because A they felt sorry for what they had done before B they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt C they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars D they were astonished to find the author s progress 70 The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is A the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep B the child s experience reminded Mom of that of her own C Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph D in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child s growth Part Writing 45 marks Section A 10 marks Directions Read the following passage Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer The X Factor 英国偶像 Britain s Got Talent 英国达人 American Idol 美国偶像 and Super girl TV talent shows are popular all over the world There are many reasons for that To start with the show can make the contestant 选手 famous overnight Susan Boyle was an ordinary English woman before she appeared on Britain s Got Talent in which she sang I Dreamed a Dream The video clip 片段 of her performance was viewed more than 50 million times within a few weeks Second the show offers a good opportunity to display one s talents Third everybody has a fair chance to be involved in the show regardless of the age and background Even if you can t perform in the show you can vote for your favorite contestant through cellphones and the Internet Fourth the fun and humorous style also appeals to young people Last but not least the modern media such as TV and the Internet contribute greatly to its rapid popularity However many people express concerns about TV talent shows They argue that the TV talent show misleads th