2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 1 Breaking records单元跟踪测评 新人教版选修9

unit 1 breaking records单元跟踪测评(总分：150分时间：120分钟)选择题部分第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1what does the man think of disabled athletes?athey have to be taken good care of.bthey should be respected.cthey are unfortunate. 答案 b2how did the woman learn about the job?aa friend told her about the job. bshe saw an ad in the newspaper.cshe heard about it months ago.答案 a 3why is tracy so happy?ashe has received the latest issue of the journal.bshe has won the first prize for her research.cshe has got her paper published in a journal.答案 c 4whats the weather forecast?athere will be heavy smog in all areas.bthere will be heavy fog in the east.cthere will be fog in all areas by midnight.答案 c 5what do the speakers think of the music?awonderful.bunacceptable.cpleasant.答案 b第二节(共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6what does the man teach the woman to do?awrite her report. buse her computer. cclean her room.答案 b7how does the woman feel in the end?aworried. bconfused. crelaxed.答案 c听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8what is alma busy doing?apreparing for her grandpas birthday party.bworking on her biology paper.carranging her familys gettogether.答案 b 9what do you know about almas family?athey live quite close to each other. bthey often have big parties. cthey have a close relationship.答案 c 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10how much of the entertainment section is about stars affairs?aalmost 70%.balmost 50%.calmost one third.答案 b11why do some media publish untrue stories about stars?ato promote sales.bto promote reputation.cto mislead the public.答案 a 12what is the mans opinion?athere should be more newspaper sections about stars.bthe media should report more other matters than the stars affairs.cthe public figures should protect their privacy more carefully.答案 b听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13where does thomas manning work?ain the guinness company.bat a radio station.cin a museum.答案 a14where did the idea of a book of records come from?aa birdshooting trip.ba visit to europe.ca television talk show.答案 a15when did sir hughs first book of records appear?ain 1875. bin 1950. cin 1955.答案 c16what are the two speakers going to talk about next?amore records of unusual facts.bthe founder of the company.cthe oldest person in the world.答案 a听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17what was annie oakley famous for? aher perfect shooting skills.bher good performance in the film.cher adventure in traveling.答案 a18what can we learn about annie oakley? ashe grew up in the american wild west.bshe ever fought in a battle.cshe acted in a traveling show.答案 c19why did annie oakley begin to learn hunting?ato support her family.bto teach herself living skills.cto make her dream come true. 答案 a20at what age did annie oakley die?a46. b56. c66.答案 c听力原文第一节text 1w：have you ever watched the paralympic games, a competition for disabled athletes?m：yes. watching these athletes is a moving experience. because disabled athletes have to make more efforts to succeed than normal people.w：i cant agree more.text 2m：how did you find your job？was it advertised in the paper?w：i looked and looked for months without finding anything. then a friend told me about this job. so i applied and got it.m：oh, what a good friend!text 3m：tracy, you look happy. did you win a prize?w：more than that! ive just received the new issue of the journal, and you know, my article is in it.m：oh, great. it must be the article on classroom research, i guess. congratulations!text 4w：its nearly 10 oclock. lets listen to the weather forecast.m：heres the weather forecast. fog is spreading from the east, and itll affect all areas by midnight. itll be heavy in some places.w：should we postpone the plan of picnic?text 5m: uh, i wish someone would change this music.w: im so happy you said that. i thought i was the only one who didnt like it.m: dont worry.youre not.i think its a little strange and a little loud, too.w：very strange and very loud.第二节text 6w: im having a hard time getting the information for my report.m：thats easy. you only have to search the internet to get what you want.w：really? but how?m: so click here，then up to the top. then open that window. yeah, that one.w：erhumgot it.m：and thats it. youre done.w: i see. that is pretty easy after all. now i can get what i need in my room!text 7m：hi, alma. where have you been?w：oh, hi, colin.i was just at the library.i have to hand in my biology paper tomorrow.m：tomorrow? oh, no! i thought it wasnt due till monday.w：oh, dont worry. it is due on monday. but im going away for the weekend and wont be back till monday night.m：oh, where are you going?w：california. were having a family party. its my grandfathers ninetieth birthday, so all the relatives are going. he planned the whole thing himself.m：wow! thats great. how many people will be there?w：around sixty. my family is big and spread out but were pretty close. have you started working on your biology paper?m：yeah. im busy with it now.text 8w：what are you reading, tom? you look so attentive.m: i am reading the entertainment section of the newspaper. oh, do you believe that nearly half of the section is taken up by some stars affairs? i wasted money to buy such rubbish news.w: in almost every form of media, a great deal of attention is paid to the personal lives of the stars. it seems that the public cannot get enough of this kind of news.m: the practice leads people to pay more attention to these matters than they otherwise would.w: the media should respect the privacy of every individual, including public figures. they may have chosen to be in the public eye, but that does not give the public the right to know everything about them.m: yes, you are right. and many stories about famous stars are untrue. they are only gossip reported to increase the sales of magazines and other media.w：they are unfair to the famous and mislead the public.m: i believe that the media should focus on matters other than the private lives of public figures.w: in this way, they can appeal to a wider audience and encourage people to develop other interests.m：i completely agree with you.text 9w：where can you look if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is, or who the oldest person in the world is? there is only one place where youll find all these information, and thats in the guinness book of world records. this morning we have someone from the guinness company that produced that famous book, thomas manning. welcome to the program, thomas!m：thanks, sue. its a pleasure to be here. w：perhaps you could start by telling us where the idea for the book came from. m：well, it was first suggested in the early 1950s. sir hugh beaver, the managing director of guinness，was out shooting birds with some friends. a bird flew away so quickly that no one was able to shoot it. sir hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in europe, and if it wasnt the fastest, he wondered what was. w：so i suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information and he couldnt find it? m：yes, thats exactly what happened. and this made sir hugh think there must be other people in the same situation who wanted this kind of information. he thought that, like himself, people would be interested in finding facts of all records to satisfy their curiosity. w：so the idea for a book of records was born. and when did the first book come out?m：a few years later, in 1955. so, to answer your first question: the tallest person in the world is 231.7cm tall. and the oldest person is jeanne. l. calment，who was born in february, 1875.w：there are also some rather strange records, arent there, thomas?m：yes, thats right. did you know, sue, that the shortest time it is takentext 10annie oakley was a woman who became famous for her ability to shoot a gun and hit very small objects.there are hundreds of stories about her.many of the stories involve her adventures in the american wild west.others tell about her travels with native americans. however, most of the stories are not true.she did not grow up in the wild west, nor did she fight in any battles.annie oakley was a performer in a traveling wild west show. she used her skills at shooting a gun to become one of the most famous sharpshooters in american history.annie oakley was born in 1860 in ohio. her family was very poor. at the age of 8, she decided to help them earn money.she taught herself how to shoot her grandfathers gun and began hunting animals for food and then sold the animals to the people in her town. when she was 15, she had made enough money to pay for her familys farm.soon her ability to shoot a gun became well known in her town. she got the name little sure shot because of her shooting ability and because she was only 1.5 meters tall. however, she left the people who loved her on november 3, 1926.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。awhere do you find out about the worlds longest walk? the worlds tallest man? the worlds oldest woman? you know the answer. it is the guinness book of world records. how would people find unusual facts without this book?the guinness book did not exist until 1951. here is what happened. the managing director of guinness brewery was a curious man. he wanted answers to some questions about records. for example, he wanted to know what was the fastest flying game bird in europe. but he was frustrated. there was no book to answer questions like this.the director, sir hugh beaver, contacted the mcwhirter twins. they were brothers who owned a research agency. he asked them to put together a new reference book. it would include all kinds of unusual records. the brothers quickly accepted. the first edition of their book was published in 1955. soon the guinness book of world records was a best seller. it has sold more copies than any book except the bible. a new edition is published every year.where do all the books records come from？they are a combination of things like natural wonders, sports records, and stunts (how many people would push an egg with their noses if they werent trying to get to the book？). but the editors try to keep things honest. all records must be verified_by an investigator. only then are they printed.the guinness book is a big business. it is published in dozens of languages. there are tv shows and museums. it is proof of how interested people are in strange pieces of information.语篇导读本文为说明文，介绍了吉尼斯世界纪录大全的相关情况，包括它的发起人、纪录来源和入选标准等。21what is the passage mainly about?athe mcwhirter twins.ba history of the guinness book.cunusual records in the guinness book.dthe director sir hugh beaver.解析 b主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，本文介绍的是吉尼斯世界纪录大全的历史，故选b项。22what can we know about the mcwhirter twins from the passage?athey recognized that sir hugh beavers idea for a book was a good one.bthey owned so good a research agency that they liked to help others.cthey wanted to publish the book so that they set up a search agency.dthey wanted to know the answers to some questions about records.解析 a推理判断题。根据第三段内容可推出，mcwhirter兄弟很欣赏sir hugh beaver的想法，认为他出本书的观点很好，故选a项。23what does the underlined word “verified” in paragraph 4 mean?aquestioned. bwritten up. cproved the truth of. dblocked.解析 c词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句及上一句可知，编者努力忠实于事实，所有的纪录都必须经过调查人员的证实才能出版印刷，由此可知，verified意为“证实”，故选c项。beat less and exercise moreit has long been a magic word for reducing those extra weight.but now it seems that all the hard work may have been in vain.scientists say there are ten other reasons why people just keep getting bigger.they say that sleeping habits, central heating, medicines and even some pollutants(污染物质) can play a role in weight gain.traditionally, people have focused on diet and exercise to solve the problem.however, the scientists from top us. and canadian universities say that other things must be considered.lack of sleep could be partly the reason.in recent years, the average nights sleep has dropped from nine hours to just seven.sleep shortage changes levels of the hormones that control food intake and body fat and increase hunger and appetite.if it is too hot or too cold, we burn calories to cool down or heat up.but if the temperature is just right, the calories may be turned into body fat instead.those who take medicine to control their blood pressure can often put on weight.similarly, studies have shown that going on the pill can add to a womans weight.mother nature may also be the reason, with our body shape being partly inherited(遗传的). the overweight are also more likely to settle with partners of a similar size. and their children are more likely to be obese(肥胖的). and the use of pollutants is on the rise, say the researchers.the manmade chemicals in pesticides(杀虫剂) and plastics can lead to weight gain.your mothers age and your weight at birth are also important, with older woman more likely to have obese children and underweight babies having a bigger chance of being obese in later life.we also tend to put on weight as we get older.finally, giving up smoking can also help pile on the pounds.the scientists from yale, cornell and johns hopkins said there was some evidence supporting poor diet and lack of exercise as the main causes of obesity. 语篇导读本文为说明文。科学家发现，体重增加与睡眠习惯、适宜的温度、药物、甚至某些污染物等都有关。24. which is commonly thought to be effective in losing weight?ato have operation to cut extra fat. bto take pills and avoid fatty food.cto sleep less to burn more calories. dto have less food and take more exercise.解析 d细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，eat less and exercise more就是人们普遍认为有效的减肥方法，故选d项。25what would women prefer to do to have healthy children?ato have only one child.bto marry at an older age.cto marry a strong husband.dto give birth to a baby at younger age.解析 d推理判断题。第九段中谈到母亲的年龄和孩子的肥胖症有关。高龄母亲生产的婴儿容易患肥胖症。因此，母亲应趁年轻早生产，避免孩子将来发胖，故选d项。26. which of the following statements would the author agree to?alack of sleep leads you to take in more food.bunpleasant weather leads you to put on weight.cobese parents are not likely to have fat children.dmedicine for blood pressure helps you lose weight.解析 a推理判断题。第四段谈到失眠可以改变体内荷尔蒙的水平，导致摄入食物增加，造成肥胖。因此a项陈述符合文中作者的观点，故选a项。cdaredevil climber alain robert, known as the french spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the 1,667foot skyscraper, taipei 101 in 2004.robert, dressed in red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101 storey office tower, reaching the top in around four hours.“it was a very big moment and i felt a lot of satisfaction though i was so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful.i felt completely eased.” said robert after taking the ride down in one of the towers lifts.several hundred onlookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering roberts progress through live pictures on a large television screen.at times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper stories.the 42yearold frenchman has covered scores of wellknown structures around the world including the empire state building and the eiffel towerwithout permission or any safety equipment or ropes.this time robert was wearing a harness(背带) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb.he used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections.he said that the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery.robert said he would not carry his pity the next time.语篇导读本文为记叙文，讲述了素有“法国蜘蛛侠”之称的攀爬者alain robert不畏寒风冷雨，成功地爬上了1 667英尺高的台北101大楼的经历。27what does the passage mainly tell us?aanother world record was broken by a frenchman.bthe french spiderman climbed the taipei 101 building.chow alain robert got the name “daredevil”dalain robert was praised for his great success.解析 b主旨大意题。文章开篇点题，第一段就讲robert在寒风冷雨中成功地爬上了台北101大楼，全文围绕此展开，故选b项。28what can we know about alain robert during his climbing up taipei 101 building?ahe never felt tired all the time.bhe never used his hands and feet.che stayed somewhere for a short rest.dhe was not seen on the television screen now and then.解析 d细节理解题。根据第三段可知，robert攀登大楼时在人们的视野中消失了，是因为有云朵突然飘过塔楼顶端，遮住了大楼上端，故选d项。29when alain robert climbed the empire state building，he was likely to _.ause only his hands and feetbbe 42 years oldccarry some safety equipmentdget permission of someone解析 a推理判断题。根据第四段中的without permission or any safety equipment or ropes可知，不借助任何安全设备或绳索，robert攀爬过世界各地好几十座著名的建筑，包括纽约帝国大厦和埃菲尔铁塔，故选a项。30what can we infer about alain robert according to the passage?ahe spent three hours climbing taipei 101.bhe chose a rainy day on purpose.che will climb taipei 101 a second time.dhe got lots of help from onlookers.解析 c推理判断题。根据最后一段中的he would not carry his pity the next time可推知，robert希望以后不用任何绳索重新爬上这座高楼，故选c项。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。may the first is an important date in the college admission process in the united states. this is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall. but ac