人教版高中英语必修第二册：第五单元测评 (含解析)

1、第五单元测评(时间:120分钟满分:150分)第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)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。1.When does the store close late?A.On Thursdays and Fridays.B.On Tuesdays and Fridays.C.On Tuesdays and Thursdays.2.Who will probably hold a party?A.The

2、 womans friend.B.The man.C.The mans friend.3.What does the woman need badly?A.A pair of shoes.B.A dress.C.A cupboard.4.What are the speakers doing?A.Enjoying their honeymoon.B.Attending a wedding.C.Seeing a movie.5.What did the woman do last night?A.She gave her mother a gift.B.She danced with her f

3、riend.C.She did some shopping.第二节(共15小题;每小题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。6.Why does Mike call Mary?A.To remind her of the trip.B.To invite her parents to the trip.C.To ask her to hand in the repo

4、rt.7.What day is it today?A.Wednesday.B.Friday.C.Sunday.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.When does the shop close at weekends?A.At 6:00 p.m.B.At 6:30 p.m.C.At 9:00 p.m.9.How much will the woman get for the first three weeks work?A.$1,200.B.$1,400.C.$1,800.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10.What size of suit does the man want?A.Si

5、ze 40.B.Size 42.C.Size 44.11.Which colour does the man want especially?A.Dark grey.B.Blue.C.White.12.What do we know about the second suit?A.It is made of expensive material.B.It doesnt match the mans skin.C.It is slightly tight in the collar.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.What has the woman been doing this af

6、ternoon?A.Looking at the apartment ads.B.Reading interesting news.C.Decorating her apartment.14.When will the speakers have a baby?A.In 8 weeks.B.In 6 months.C.In 8 months.15.What does the man decide to do?A.Apply for a new job.B.Look at some apartments.C.Move out of the apartment immediately.16.Wha

7、t can we learn from the conversation?A.The speakers apartment has a dining room.B.The woman wants an extra bedroom.C.The woman got a raise last month.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17.Who is the speaker talking about?A.Her mother.B.Her friend.C.Her father.18.Why did the speaker consider herself lucky?A.She was t

8、he only child in her family.B.She had her father around all the time.C.Her parents were wealthy.19.Where did the speaker get on the school bus?A.At the bus stop two blocks away.B.Near the usual bus stop.C.Beside her house.20.What do we know about the speaker?A.She often made calls to her father in c

9、ollege.B.She was independent in high school.C.She used to do the cooking for her father.第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)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。AWhether youre a boy or a girl and whether youre a freshman or a senior,developing the following skills will help you achieve success in s

10、chool and in life.Time management.There are just 24 hours in each day.What you do with that time makes all the difference.While high school students have an average of 35 hours per week of class time,college students have an average of 15 to 18 hours per week.Manage your free time wisely and youll m

11、ake full use of each day.Good study habits.If youve got them,its great.If not,theres still time to develop them.Good study habits include the following:Always be prepared for class,and attend classes regularly.No cutting!Finish homework in a timely manner.Review your notes daily rather than study fo

12、r tests the night before.Set aside quiet time each day for study,even if you dont have homework or a test the next day!Good note-taking.You cant possibly set down everything the teacher says since we talk at a pace of about 225 words per minute.But,you do need to set down the important materials.Not

13、e-taking should be in a way thats the most helpful to you.You can try writing notes on different coloured cards.If you really have a problem with note-taking,you might ask your teacher if you can record daily lessons.Do whatever it takes!Review of daily notes.Dont wait until the night before the tes

14、t to review your notes.Go over your notes each day while the lecture is still fresh in your mind.Add any missing pieces.Compare your notes with a classmates notes.Review your notes each day to improve your learning and build towards your final goal:mastery of the subject or skill.21.If you want to f

15、orm good study habits,you should .A.get them as early as you canB.study for tests the night beforeC.set down all the teacher saysD.go over your notes every day22.What is the main advantage of reviewing daily notes?A.To help write down the important materials.B.To solve some problems with note-taking

16、 timely.C.To help you to master the subject greatly.D.To add any missing pieces to your notes.23.Whats the best title for the passage?A.Tips for Students to Achieve SuccessB.Wise Time Use and ManagementC.The Importance of Good Study HabitsD.Good Note-taking and Review of Daily NotesBRobby was 11 whe

17、n his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson.I prefer that students begin at an earlier age.Robby insisted that it had always been his mothers dream to hear him play the piano,so I took him in as a student.Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instruc

18、tions.But he just did not have any inborn ability.I only saw his mother from a distance.She always waved and smiled but never came in.Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons.I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try something else.I was also glad that he stopped coming

19、 for the sake of my career.However,several weeks before the recital(演奏会) of my students,Robby came,telling me that he never stopped practising and begged me to allow him to take part.I agreed but I made him perform last in the programme,so I could always save his poor performance through my “curtain

20、 closer”.I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozarts.Never had I heard a piece of Mozarts played so well by someone at his age.When he finished,everyone was cheering.I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy.“Ive never heard you play like that,Robby!Howd you do it?”“

21、Well,Miss Hondorf.Do you remember I told you my mom was sick?Actually she died this morning.She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she could hear me play.I wanted to make it special.I knew I could.”That night,Robby was the teacher and I was the student.He taught me so many important things

22、about life.24.Why did Robby stop coming to the piano lessons suddenly?A.He lost heart and believed that he would never make it.B.His mother was too sick to send him to the piano lessons.C.He thought his teacher disliked him.D.His mother died and he didnt need to play any longer.25.Which statement is

23、 NOT true according to the passage?A.The writer thought playing the piano shouldnt start too late.B.The writer thought that Robby had given up the piano lesson.C.The writer taught Robby carefully although he hadnt a gift for music.D.No one else could play the piece of Mozarts well.26.From the underl

24、ined sentence we can infer that .A.the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked himB.the writer thought Robby a bad advertisement for his teachingC.with Robby present,the other children couldnt play wellD.the writer couldnt teach so many students at a time27.What did the writer learn from Robby?A.

25、The meaning of true love.B.The meaning of giving up necessarily.C.The meaning of being kind to teachers.D.The meaning of believing in teachers.CMusic is not just a set of sounds and rhythms.Its influence on the brain is much deeper than any other human experience.Keep on reading to know all those am

26、azing powers of music.A recent study suggests that preterm(早产的) babies appear to experience less pain and feed more when listening to music.Experts led by Dr.Manoj Kumar of the University of Alberta,Canada,found that music had a beneficial effect on reducing pain for preterm babies experiencing pain

27、ful medical tests.It also appeared to benefit full-term babies during operations.Many people experiencing brain damage have speech and movement-related problems.Music can help recover from brain injuries.As a different and effective treatment,doctors often advise such patients to listen to good musi

28、c to improve the parts of the brain responsible for these two functions.When people with neurological(神经系统的) disorders hear a musical beat,it helps them to regain a balanced walk.Though music cannot make deafness disappear,it really can stave off the loss of hearing.There was an experiment involving

29、 163 people where 74 were musicians.Participants were asked to pass some listening tests.Musicians heard the sounds better than non-musicians,and this difference gets clearer with age.This means that a 70-year-old musician hears better than a 50-year-old non-musician,even in a noisy environment.Besi

30、des,music mends a broken heart.It is not about a thrown-away love,but about a heart attack.The matter is that music can help people recover from a heart attack or heart operation by reducing blood pressure,slowing down the heartbeat rate,and reducing anxiety.Listening to the quality music produces p

31、ositive emotions,improves the movement of blood,and expands blood vessels,thus,promoting quick recovery of the whole cardiovascular(心血管的) system.28.How does music affect preterm babies?A.It helps reduce their pain.B.It helps develop their potential in music.C.It helps improve their hearing systems.D

32、.It helps repair their neurological systems.29.What does the underlined phrase “stave off” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?A.导致B.增强C.延缓D.促进30.Why can music mend a broken heart?A.It has a positive effect on human body systems work.B.It can help people prevent diseases caused by anxiety.C.It helps make

33、 a person feel optimistic about life.D.It can help patients recover in a slow way.31.What may be the best title for the text?A.Who can benefit from musicB.The best time to listen to musicC.The way to choose quality musicD.How music affects our mind and bodyDOn Nov.18,1995,Itzhak Perlman,the violinis

34、t,came on stage to give a concert.If you have ever been to a Perlman concert,you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him.He was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child,and so he walks with the aid of two crutches(拐杖).The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to

35、 his chair and began his play.But this time,something went wrong.Just as he finished the first few bars,one of the strings on his violin broke.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.But he didnt.Instead,he waited a moment,closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.Of c

36、ourse,anyone knows that it is impossible to play a pleasant work with just three strings.I know that,and you know that,but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.When he finished,there was a breathtaking silence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.There was an extraordinary outburst

37、 of applause from every corner of the auditorium (礼堂).He smiled,wiped the sweat from his brow and then he said,“You know,sometimes it is the artists task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.And who know

38、s?Perhaps that is the meaning of lifenot just for artists but for all of us.So,perhaps our task in this fast-changing,puzzling world in which we live is to make music,at first with all that we have,and then,when that is no longer possible,to make music with what we have left.32.What made Itzhak Perl

39、mans performance at the concert special on Nov.18,1995?A.He was recovering from an operation.B.He was late for the stage.C.He had a quarrel with the audience.D.His string of violin got broken.33.Why didnt Itzhak Perlman accept the fact on the stage?A.He was a person of self pride.B.He thought the au

40、dience didnt see that.C.He decided to succeed with fewest conditions.D.He didnt see the string get broken at all.34.Why did the audience give heated claps to Itzhak Perlman?A.They were moved by his disease.B.They were moved by his spirit.C.They were laughing at his action.D.They were encouraging him

41、 to cheer up.35.What is the best title for the passage?A.When you lose the most important thingB.How can you give it up easily?C.Playing a violin with three stringsD.Playing a violin to yourself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。Too often a wrong view gets around us that i

42、t is our physical conditions that make us happy or unhappy.As a result,physical conditions have been overstated.36,that is,good standard of living,high goals that we want to achieve,surrounding ourselves with a nice house,nice cars,nice clothes,etc.37.But many times once we achieve our goals and are

43、 surrounded by what we thought would make us happy,we are still unhappy.Also on the other end of the stick,many,many people are unhappy now,because they have not achieved their goals and 38,which,as a result,adds to their dissatisfaction with life.So this is why so many people keep themselves for mo

44、st of their lives in a state of incompleteness and unhappiness,and this is why so many super successful people still arent happy.The reason is that 39.They think that the universe should give them what they want first and then theyll be happy.But that just puts a barrier in between them and happines

45、s,because of the way the universe is set up.The message here is to understand that your desires tell you where you want to put your focus in your life;however,40.You make yourself happy from the inside out.Not the outside in.Do not require certain conditions be met for your happiness,because it wont

46、 work anyway.A.We have different ways to get what really makes us happyB.they dont have what they want in lifeC.We set out to get happy by trying to control all the wonderful conditions around ourselvesD.they are never there to be found in lifeE.they should not control your happiness in this momentF

47、.We may think this is the key to our happinessG.they dont realise how to get happy第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。“Hi!How are you?” A woman smiled as she took the seat beside me.She had to lower herself slowly,squeezing her fat body into the s

48、eat,41 all available space.I 42 a little towards the window,feeling worried silently about the long hours of 43 I was going to experience with this woman beside me.She said,“My name is Laura.Im from Britain.If were going to spend six hours side by side on this 44,wed better be friends.” Then she sta

49、rted a conversation with me and didnt 45 my unfriendly reactions.She talked 46 about herself and her trip to Hong Kong.I gave her one-word answers to her questions about me.Not affected by my 47,she nodded as she made 48 about my answers.She was warm and considerate,49 that I had room to stretch in

50、my seat.I couldnt help but let down my 50 slowly.Laura was an interesting conversationalist.During our conversation,Laura 51 to make every crew member on the plane who 52 us walk away laughing at her jokes.I asked Laura,“Have you ever 53 losing some weight?” “No.I dont trust the advertisements from

51、slimming centres at all.”“You arent worried about the diseases that come with being 54?” “Not at all.You only 55 the diseases if youre worried about your weight all the time.I eat 56 and walk regularly;Im this size 57 I was born to be big!There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long

52、.” She drank her wine.“Besides,Im given so much happiness that I need a 58 body to hold all of it!Why would I lose weight to lose my happiness?”59 by her unusual reasoning,I smiled.I suddenly 60 that Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.41.A.findingB.makingC.fillingD.clearing

53、42.A.walkedB.turnedC.movedD.backed43.A.noiseB.discomfortC.silenceD.tiredness44.A.busB.trainC.flightD.ship45.A.look intoB.take notice ofC.look forD.take control of46.A.nervouslyB.angrilyC.sadlyD.excitedly47.A.coldnessB.disappointmentC.doubtD.disbelief48.A.notesB.commentsC.predictionsD.conclusions49.A

54、.finding outB.believing inC.making sureD.feeling like50.A.attentionB.attitudeC.ideaD.guard51.A.managedB.pretendedC.forgotD.failed52.A.chargedB.blamedC.servedD.warned53.A.suffered fromB.cared aboutC.benefited fromD.thought about54.A.overweightB.criticalC.embarrassedD.anxious55.A.controlB.getC.ownD.re

55、move56.A.slowlyB.hardlyC.healthilyD.probably57.A.ifB.becauseC.thoughD.until58.A.biggerB.thinnerC.lowerD.longer59.A.WorriedB.UpsetC.SurprisedD.Frightened60.A.provedB.imaginedC.realisedD.remembered第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Some students who had graduated visited their uni

56、versity professor.The conversation soon turned into 61.(complain) about stress in work and life.To offer his guests coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and 62.(return) with a pot of coffee and a variety of cupsporcelain,plastic,glass,some plain-looking and cheap,some nice-looking and expensive63.(tell) them to help themselves to the coffee.64.was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said,“All the nice-looking expensi