选修八综合检测

1、选修八 (Unit 1 Unit 5) 综合检测(满分： 150 分时间： 120 分钟 )第 卷第一部分听力 (共两节，满分 30 分 )第二部分英语知识运用 (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。21 I stood there facing _ beauty ofnature and felt sort of excited all feelingsfloated in _ mind.A a； theB the；theC/ ；/D /； the22 The way

2、he did it was different _ we were used to.A in whichB in whatCfrom whatD from which23Please keep in mind that your exercise is _ tomorrow, and that I wont accept anydelayed paper.A particularB beneficialCdueD bound24.)In face of failure, it is important to _ a good state of mind.A keep upB keep onCk

3、eep outD keep off25 He pointed to _ looked like a tomb and said ， “ Ghost”A thatB whatCwhichD as26 There is no doubt that if farmers keeptaking land, giant pandas will have _ tolive.A anywhereB everywhereCsomewhereD nowhere27 Many organizations here gathered to _ the government to stop buying nuclea

4、rarms.A call outB call inCcall forD call up28 To show our respect, we usually have to take our gloves off _ we are to shakehands with.A whicheverB whenever29 Hey ， if you can enjoyt that at a sensible volume, please use the earphone. I mstudying. Oh, I m sorry. I _ realize it _ you.A don t; bothersB

5、 didn t; botheredCdon t；was botheringD didn t; was bothering30 The next bus will come 20 minutes later. _ ， let s go there for a coffee.A SomehowB AnywayCMeanwhileD Therefore31 Mum, Shirley is always working late into night. What s she up to? Oh, she _ for an important exam.A preparesB has been prep

6、aringChad preparedD is preparing32 A failure once more! If only I _ my parents!A listen toB listened to33 )It was a bad year for the film industry, _ both quantity and quality.A in terms ofB in case ofCas a result ofD in face of34_ Yao Ming has retired from the NBA, the pleasure we have got by watch

7、ing himplay basketball at home and abroad will last long.A AlthoughB IfCSinceD Once35 You have made a few spelling mistakes in your composition, but _ ， it is fairlygood.A on the wholeB generally speakingCabove allD on the one hand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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A 、B、C 和 D) 中，

8、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。You Are Going PlacesOne day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I work at alocal restaurant in town as a cashier, seater and waiter.I went to work feeling _36_. And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. Itsthe same thing over and over again._3

9、7_ with customers who complain about their foodand where they are _38_ is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to _39_ a lot of us _40_ but we manage to deal with it.Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the window. It happened to be the very _41_near where I keep the dirty _42_ in

10、 the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and _43_ running all over the house, it was crazy._44_ these elderly women were watching _45_ I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.When they _46_ their meals, I took

11、their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to mefor a while about school, how I was doing, what _47_ I was in and what I planned to do in the future._48_ they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a _49_and gentle voice,“ You are going places.” And that was it. They left

12、50 the and I had tearsin my eyes, because they gave me _51_ to believe in myself. They _52_ my spirit from being down and gave me a(n) _53_ to keep on working hard.People used to tell me that I couldnt have a career in _54_ until I had a degree. Im nowa co- anchor(联合主持人 ) of a student- produced tele

13、vision _55_. And the best thing is: Imonly 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.36 A.tiredB excitedCup37 A.DealingCTalking38 A.satClaidD downB HelpingD MeetingB seatedD seating39 A.attractCadjust40 A.employeesCboss41 A.roomCspot42 A.dishesCclothes43 A.menCservers44 A.AndCButB avoidD annoyB

14、customersD employersB boxD kitchenB roomsD chairsB womenD peopleB OtherwiseD So45 A.whatB howCwhere46 A.finishedCordered47 A.placeCmarkD whyB completedD gotB gradeD position48 A.BeforeCAs49 A.confidentClowB WhileD AfterB loudD pleasant50 A.kitchenCrestaurant51 A.abilityCimagination52 A.put downB hou

15、seD tableB courageD timeB picked upCtook over53 A.excuseCpresent54 A.televisionCschool55 A.companyCshowD pointed outB reasonD permissionB govemmentD hospitalB stationD advertisement第三部分阅读理解 (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，从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B、C 和D)中，选出最佳选项。AIt was about 11 15 p m. on the

16、passenger ship California .The night Was freezing cold and the water was filled with ice from the North Pole, making it difficult for the ship to sail on.In the radio room， operator Cyril Evans listened to the radio- talk between a nearby passenger ship and the telegraph station on the Canadian isla

17、nd of Newfoundland.Evans interrupted it and said.“ We restopped and surrounded by ice.Be careful as you pass throughthese waters.” The radio operator on the nearby ship replied ，“ I m too busy to talk now.I have many messages to send to the telegraph station.” Twenty minutes later ， as he turned off

18、 his radioand went to bed, Evans could still hear the ship sending its passengers telegrams.Earlier in the evening the California captain,s Stanley Lord ， had seen another ship approaching.It looked about the size of his own, but attempts to contact the ship failed.It lay darkand mysterious about 10

19、 miles away.At 12 40 am. there appeared a sudden flash of light justover the mystery ship. Captain Lord ， thinking the ship might need help ， ordered his officers to signal the ship by lamp.There was no reply.Three more rockets then exploded, none appeared to go higher than halfway up the mast of th

20、e mystery ship.Then at about 2 00 am. it turned and slipped into the darkness.In the light of the dawn there was no mystery ship, but 20 miles away was the scene of agreat disaster.Unfortunately, the mystery ship had stopped directly in front of the California ， preventing people on board from seein

21、g clearly.If this ship had not been there, Captain Lordwould have recognized that the rockets were SOS rockets that came not from the mystery ship butfrom a more distant ship which theCaliforniacould not see.If Cyril Evans had kept his radio onfor just 30 minutes more he would have heard SOS signals

22、 coming from that distant ship he spokewith the night before.That ship was the Titanic which was sinking fast， leaving 1500 ofpassengets dead.It was April 14,1912.56 From whose point of view is the story told?itsA People on the Titanic .BPeople on the California .CPeople at the telegraph station.D P

23、eople on Newfoundland.57 Why were the rockets really fired?A To celebrate the iourney.B To signal for help.CTo contact the Titanic .D To warn other ships.58 What is the main function of the last paragraph of this passage?A It shows how unlucky the Titanic was.BIt describes how the Titanic sank.CIt i

24、ndicates that the people on the CaliforniaD It lists how many people died in the disaster.were careless.Bacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassiswas one of the most private women in the world, yetwhen shewent to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed(展现 )herselfas she did nowhe

25、re else.Afterthe death ofher second husband， Greek shippingmagnate( 巨头 )AristotleOnassis，Jacqueline s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige madea suggestion that she consider a career(职业 )in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to

26、 find there some ideas about how to live her own life. Shebecame not less but more interested in reading.For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline workedas a publishereditors，first at Viking ，then at Doubleday，pursuing(追求 )a late-life career longerthan her two marriages combined.Duringher timein

27、 publishing ， she was responsible formanagingand editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books wereIn the Russian Style and InventiveParis Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts BillMoyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations i

28、nto a book， ThePower of Myth .The bookwent on to become an international best-seller.She dealt, too， withMichael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography( 自传 )， Moonwalk .Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for hersocial relations ，but she soonproved her worth.Her choices ， suggestions a

29、nd widespread social relations were of benefitbothto the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself.In thebooks she selected for publication ， shebuilt on a lifetime ofspending time by herseff as a reader and left a record of thegrowth of hermind.Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her_r

30、ole_as_First_Lady ， in_the_end ，was_overshadowed_by_her_performance_as_an_editor.However ， fewknewthatshehadachieved so much.59 We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline_.A became fond of reading after working as an editorBwas in charge of publishing 100 booksCpromoted her books through social r

31、elationsD gained a lot from her career as all editor60 The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_.A Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First LadyBJacqueline s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editorCJacqueline was more successful as an editor than

32、asFirst LadyD Jacqueline s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor61 What can be inferred from the passage?A Jacqueline s two marriages lasted more than 20 years.BJacqueline s own publishing firm was set upentuallyev.CJacqueline s views and beliefs were reflected in thebooks she edit

33、ed.D Jacqueline s achievements were widely known.62 The passage is mainly_.A an introduction of Jacqueline Ba brief description of Jacqueline Ca brief account of Jacqueline D an analysis of Jacquehne s life both as First Lady and as an editor s lifelong experiences s career as an editor in her last

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44、rity to enter at least three attractionsD Madame Tussauds will be included in priority admissionDIn today s world of cellphones，mini laptops and MP3 players, most people have at least one timetelling tool with them.Since these devices are so common， is time running out for the 500-year-old watch ？ A

45、ccording to some consumers ， yes.New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “ anextra piece of equipment with no necessary function ”Many young adultsagree and use their cellphones to tell time.Louis Galie, a senior vice president at Timex，said thatfewer young people wear watches today than

46、 five years ago.As a result, some people claim thatthe_watch_industry_is_at_a_crossroads.However,watchmakersoptimisticallysaythatwatchesregainpopularitywhenconsumers reach their 20s and 30s.By then， they are willing to spend money on a quailty timepiece that doesn just keep good time.Fifty years ago

47、，watchmakers boasted about their products accuracy.But in recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessorybusiness.And for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.“ Complicationsfeatures” that go beyond simple timekeeping a

48、re an important partof a watch s image.Todaywatches offer a lot of fe atures that suit almost any personality. Thesefeatures include altitude trackers, compasses，lunarcalendars.USB drives, and even devices thatmeasure theeffectiveness of golf swings!Creativity is also a key element in today s watche

49、s，Japanese.ForexamplewatchmakerTokyoflash makes watches that don t even look like watches.The company s popular Shinshokumodel uses different color lights to tell time.It looks more like a futuristic(未来主义的 )braceletthan a watch.Another Japanese watchmaker, EleeNo ，makes a“ handless” watch.Using a ri

50、ng ofcircles to keep time ， this watch makes an excellent conversation piece.Whether a watch communicates fashion sense， creative flairor a love of sports，consumers want their timepieces to stand out.Nowadays， everyone has the same kind of gadget(小玩意儿 )in their bags ， so people want to make a statem

51、ent with what s on their wrists.Will thisintelest in wrist fashion last ？ Only time will tell!67 Why aren t watches popular with young people as before?A Because watches cannot keep good time as cellphones,mini laptops and MP3 players.BBecause watches are featured by the disadvantages of simple func

52、tion.CBecause watches are too expensive to afford.D Because watches don t have beautifuI appearance as other modern time-tellingtools.68 What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A Watch-making is facing a survival crisis challenge.BWatch-making is faced with the developing opportunity.CWatch-making becomes the sunrise industry.D Watch-making has a specific development target.69 It can be implied that_.A people will gradually lose interest in