单元达标检测(二)　Cloning

1、.单元达标检测二Cloning【说明】本试卷总分值150分，考试时间120分钟。第一部分听力共两节，总分值30分第一节共5小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1How many guests are there in the hotel?ATwo. BFive. CSeven.2When does the bookstore close on Sundays?AAt 4：00 pm. BAt 5：00 pm

2、. CAt 8：00 pm.3What does the man usually have for his lunch?AFruit and bread.BChicken and rice.CFruit and rice.4What does the woman want the man to do?AHave dinner with her.BGive her a call.CAsk Jim to call her back.5What does the woman think of the products in the new shop?AFashionable. BCheap. CEx

3、pensive.第二节共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每题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，答复第6、7题。6What's the possible relationship between the two speakers?AMother and son.BParent and teacher.CTeacher and student.7What's the

4、 problem with Bob?AHe got low marks.BHe didn't attend the exam.CHe cheated in the exam.听第7段材料，答复第8至10题。8Why does the woman call the man?ATo do business.BTo have a lunch.CTo ask him to attend a meeting.9When will they meet?ANext Monday.BNext Tuesday.CNext Thursday.10When does the woman's musi

5、c class begin on Tuesday?AAt 11：30. BAt 12：00. CAt 12：30.听第8段材料，答复第11至13题。11What grades should the woman get to study at university?ATwo As and two Bs.BAn A and three Bs.CThree As and a B.12What subject is the woman worrying about?AMaths. BPhysics.CChemistry.13How will the woman get her results?ABy

6、e­mail. BBy post. CBy telephone.听第9段材料，答复第14至17题。14What sport does the woman like the best?ABasketball. BBaseball. CFootball.15When did the man start to play baseball?AWhen he graduated from high school.BWhen he was five years old.CWhen he was fifteen years old.16Why does the woman hate third b

7、ase?ABecause she thinks it is frightening.BBecause she can't move quickly.CBecause it's not challenging enough.17What day will the man join the baseball league?AOn Tuesday. BOn Thursday. COn Friday.听第10段材料，答复第18至20题。18How many people were injured in the road accident?AAt least 17 people.BAt

8、least 85 people.CAt least 60 people.19Why did car workers in London go on strike?ATo get good working conditions.BTo fight against long working time.CTo ask for a pay rise.20What will the next news item be?AA report about unemployment.BThe weather report.CA report about house prices.答案：15CABCC610BCB

9、CB1115CABAB1620ABACB听力材料Text 1W：Hi，Bill.Are there many people in the hotel now?M：No，there are not.The hotel is almost empty.There are only five other guests besides Mary and me.Text 2W：Is the bookstore open every day?M：Yes，it opens at 8：00 in the morning and closes at 5：00 in the afternoon.But on Su

10、ndays it closes an hour earlier.Text 3W：What do you usually have for your lunch?M：I usually have chicken and rice at a restaurant near my home.W：Oh.But I always eat fruit and bread.Text 4W：Can I speak to Jim，please?M：Sorry，he is not at home.He's having dinner with his friends at a restaurant.W：W

11、ould you please tell him to give me a call?M：No problem.Text 5W：Oh，your shoes are fashionable.Where did you get them?M：I bought them in that new shop in the city center yesterday.W：Wow！The shop opened last week.That's an expensive place!M：Yes，but these were cheap.Text 6W：Good evening.I'm Mrs

12、 Smith.Bob's mother.M：Oh，hello.Nice to meet you.Please，sit down.W：So，what's the problem with Bob？He's too lazy，isn't he?M：Yes，but that isn't what I want to talk to you about.W：Did he fail his maths exam again?M：Not exactly.He got high marks，but he copied all the answers from the

13、girl sitting in front of him.W：That Bob！Just wait till I get home!Text 7W：Hi，Bob.This is Betty.M：Hi，Betty.We never have time to see each other these days.W：That's why I'm calling.What about having lunch next Monday?M：Sorry，I can't.I've got a business lunch that day.How about Tuesday?

14、W：Oh，I've got my music class at 12：00 every Tuesday.The best day for me would be Thursday.M：Let me see.I've got a meeting at 11：30，but it should be finished by 12：30.How about a late lunch?W：Fine.I'll meet you in the coffee bar.M：Perfect.See you then.Text 8M：What subjects did you take?W：

15、Physics，chemistry，maths，and biology.M：Do you think you've passed?W：I'm sure I've passed，but I'm worried about what grades I'll get because I want to study medicine at university，and they won't give me a place unless I get three As and a B.M：Do you think you'll get them?W：

16、I don't know.I think I did OK，but I'm a bit worried about maths.M：When will you get your results?W：Tomorrow，by post.I'm really nervous，and so are my parents！As soon as the post comes，I'll write an e­mail to tell you the results.M：Well，good luck!W：Thanks.Text 9W：Hello，Nicholas.Wh

17、at sport do you like the most?M：I think I like baseball the best.How about you?W：I prefer basketball to baseball.I also play a little football.Did you play baseball when you were a kid?M：Yeah.I began to play baseball when I was five years old.I played for 15 years until I graduated from high school.

18、W：What position did you play?M：I think I tried every position，but for the last few years，I played third base.W：I hate third base.It's frightening when the ball is coming at you so fast.M：It was frightening at first，but after a while，I got used to it.If you have fast movement，then it's not re

19、ally a problem.I wish I could play again，but there aren't many opportunities around here.W：My boyfriend is in a baseball league.It's fun.Do you want to join their group?M：Oh，really？When do they play?W：They play either on Tuesdays or on Thursdays.M：Sounds like fun.I'm free on Thursdays.I&

20、#39;ll come out and join them next time.Text 10Good evening.I'm Peter Crane with the six o'clock news.At least 17 people were injured in a road accident on the Ml highway last night.The police said that the truck which caused the accident was traveling at about 85 miles an hour，well over the

21、 60­mile­an­hour speed limit.The accident took place when the truck hit a bus coming from the opposite direction.2，600 workers have walked out of a car factory in London to go on strike.The workers think they are very poorly paid.They have asked for a rise of 8.5%.There'll be a me

22、eting between their leaders and management later today.The latest unemployment figures have been released for this year.They show an increase of 150，263 on last year's figures.This brings the total number of the unemployed to about 1，490，000.It is said that this increase has been caused by the m

23、ovement of several factories from Britain to the Far East.Some experts are predicting that house prices will continue to rise this year.It's reported that house prices have increased by a third in the last five years.The average price of a three­bedroom house in south­east England is n

24、ow 255，900.And，now the weather for the weekend.第二部分阅读理解共两节，总分值40分第一节共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。 AThe research ship，Atlantis，pulled out of the port of St.George in Bermuda recently and headed off to sea in search of a mountain.Scientists from eight universities will spend a mo

25、nth aboard the ship searching for clues to a mystery.Their basic question: why has a high mountain risen from the ridges 山脊 and hills along a fascinating geological structure called the Mid­Atlantic Ridge? Far beneath the surface of the ocean，the 12，000­foot Atlantis Massif is nearly twice

26、 as tall as other mountains in the area，and no one is certain why.The Mid­Atlantic Ridge has long fascinated scientists，because it is one of the regions on the Earthall located underwaterwhere new crust 地壳 is formed.As the Earth's tectonic plates 地质构造板块 pull apart at the ridge，hot rocks fro

27、m below rise to the surface and cool into stone.Many centuries from now，the forces of nature will use some of those rocks to build new mountains along the shorelines，constantly reforming the planet that we call home.The ridge itself is enormous，winding south from Iceland for more than 6，000 miles，an

28、d it is one of the largest mountain ranges on the Earth.But it is completely underwater，usually at least 12，000 feet deep，except for the few areas where mountains poke 伸出 through the surface.However，most of the mountains along the ridge are relatively modest in size.That was why Donna Blackman of th

29、e Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California，was so surprised when she and Joe Cann of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom discovered the Atlantis Massif while mapping the ridge a few years ago.Mountains are common mid­ocean ridges，but this one is a dandy.It is four to six time

30、s wider than other mountains in the area and it towers over its neighbors like a mountain.Blackman wanted to know how it got there and why it was so big.She is the chief scientist on the expedition.Co­principal investigators are Deborah Kelly of the University of Washington，an expert on the int

31、eraction 互相作用 of fluids with oceanic rock，and Jeffrey Karson，a structural geologist at Duke University.语篇解读本文是一篇报道，介绍了科学家们将对一座海底高山展开研究的新闻。21The scientists aboard the ship intend to _Acollect information about the Atlantis MassifBexplore the mysterious underwater worldCstudy the geological structure

32、of BermudaDlook for the Mid­Atlantic Ridge解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“.recently and headed off to sea in search of a mountain.可知科学家们此次航行的目的是搜集关于一座海底山的信息。根据第一段最后一句可知这座山叫作Atlantis Massif，所以A项表述正确。答案：A22The second paragraph is mainly about _Athe history of the Mid­Atlantic RidgeBthe landscape of the

33、Mid­Atlantic RidgeCunusual things about the Mid­Atlantic RidgeDthe mountains along the Mid­Atlantic Ridge解析：段落大意题。根据文章第二段内容可知主要介绍了大西洋中脊独特的地质特点，C项最贴切。答案：C23We can learn from the text that _ADonna Blackman is a geologist from BritainBthe research team is made up of three scientistsCthe

34、Atlantis Massif was found by Blackman and CannDthe Mid­Atlantic Ridge is the largest mountain range on the Earth解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段的“.when she and Joe Cann of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom discovered the Atlantis Massif while.可知C项正确。根据第三段“That was why Donna Blackman of the Scripps

35、Institution of Oceanography in California，可知A项不正确；根据文章第一段第二句“Scientists from eight universities will.和文章最后三段介绍的只是其中三位主要的成员可以推知B项错误；D项文章没有提及。答案：CBStanding in the shower waiting for the water to heat up could be a thing of the past，along with all the wasted water.Three and a half years ago，Lindy Honey

36、church，a thirty­year­old Australian full­time mum living on a farm outside Launceston，didn't consider herself a very good water saver.Neither did her partner who often complained about it，and with good reason.Their farm had to rely on tank water and solar power，which meant water h

37、ad to be trucked in if the tank water ran out in summer.“I looked at where I could save because I could lead an easier life without the nagging， she said.Modeling her idea on a car thermostat 恒温器，Lindy used her kids' magnetic drawing board to design a device that diverts the cold slug of water b

38、ack down the hot water pipe.“The first aim when I started designing was to keep it really small and simple without having to use power.I wanted to keep it as something that everyone could use，said Lindy.She got a patent for her design and took it to some engineers to have it tested out.At first，even

39、 though the engineers were amazed that she wasn't an engineer，she said she sometimes found it hard to be taken seriously.“My age was a real factor because in the plumbing and manufacturing industries you're dealing with people who've got a lot of experience， she said.But the engineers so

40、on saw the potential of her design，which she estimated would save average families between 14，000 to 22，000 liters per year.“When you transfer that to the dollar savings on tank water，you have to buy water，it can be a saving of $600 per year， said Lindy.Armed with positive feedback from engineers an

41、d people using rainwater tanks，her design proved a great success.Soon she found a manufacturer early this year，and completed a state government commercial ready course to help her research，her markets and distribution channels.With an Australian Standard for her device just approved，she's about

42、to start manufacturing and wishes to see her products on the shelves within the next few months.Once that happens，Lindy plans to return to being a full­time mum.语篇解读文章主要讲的是一位澳大利亚家庭妇女创造了一种节水装置的故事。24The second paragraph of the text is mainly about _ALindy's unhappy familyBLindy's comforta

43、ble farm lifeCthe background to Lindy's inventionDthe procedure of Lindy's invention解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可以看出，第二段主要是介绍Lindy的创造背景，故答案为C。答案：C25It is _ that drove Lindy to invent a water­saving device.Aher dull life as a housewifeBthe difficulty in getting water on her farmCher husband's reque

44、stDthe need of increasing agricultural water解析：细节理解题。从文章第二段最后一句Their farm had to rely on tank water and solar power，which meant water had to be trucked in if the tank water ran out in summer可知，正是因为Lindy的农场得水困难才导致Lindy想创造一种节水装置，故答案为B。答案：B26What happened when Lindy first took her design to some engine

45、ers?AThey did not pay much attention to it.BThey believed it was a great invention.CThey helped her test it out immediately.DThey laughed at her because it was of no use at all.解析：推理判断题。根据文章第五段最后一句的后半句she said she sometimes found it hard to be taken seriously可知，那些工程师们对Lindy的设计并非很重视，故答案为A。答案：A27The u

46、nderlined word “nagging in Paragraph 3 probably means “_AdiscouragingBpraisingCencouraging Dcomplaining解析：词义猜测题。根据文章第二段第二句Neither did her partner who often complained about it，and with good reason可知，Lindy的丈夫经常因为水的问题抱怨她，故可推断答案为D。答案：DCHigh­tech clothing with embedded biosensors 生物传感器 and an Inter

47、net connection could respond to your mood and help you get through the day.The new “smart clothing contains wireless biosensors that measure heart rate and temperature，small speakers，and other electronics that are wirelessly connected to a handheld smart phone or Personal Digital Assistant PDAData f

48、rom the sensors is sent to the handheld device where it is changed into one of 16 emotional states，which clues 给暗示或提示 a previously­built database to send the wearer some inspirational messages.These “mood memos could be a text message，which scrolls on a display on the clothes' sleeve，a vide

49、o or a photograph displayed on the handheld device，or a sound that comes through the embedded speakers.The researchers have made two prototype 雏形 garments so far，a male version and a female version，and they plan to display them at museums over the next two years.They are also looking at medical and

50、fashion applications.The sounds，photos and videos sent to the wearer aren't arbitrary.Instead，the messages are spoken by a friend or loved one.“When you first wear the clothes，you turn on the device and you tell it what person you want to channel that day， said Professor Barbara Layne.“That coul

51、d be your lover who's away，your deceased 已故的parent，your best friend and whoever you want to be with that day.“During the day，you can set it for as many times as you want.The clothes will take your biometric readings，your bio­sensing data，analyze it on that emotional map and then go up to th

52、e Internet，to the database which relates that emotional state，and bring you back something that you need， said Layne.Layne and her co­developer Jams Jefferies，along with their team members have not yet pursued commercial applications but are showing a lot of interest.“The interest is really hug

53、e from all kinds of sectors，Layne said.“One example is the medical area，which could use the smart clothing to promote well­being，maybe for someone who's ill，either house­bound or in hospital where wearing this kind of jacket can make them feel better.语篇解读科学家们研制出一种新的智能衣服，穿上后，它可以根据你的心情来做

54、出反响，给你提供一些积极的信息，从而改善你的心境。28The underlined word “it in Paragraph 2 refers to _Aa handheld deviceBtemperature of the wearerCdata from the sensorsDheart rate of the wearer解析：代词指代题。从第二段中的Data from the sensors is sent to the handheld device where it is changed into one of 16 emotional states可知，被转化成16种情感状

55、态的是从感应器那里获得的数据，应选C。答案：C29What do we know about the new smart clothing?AIt will be sold in the market in two years.BIt sends out messages in 3 different forms.CIt can be changed into 16 different colors.DIt is made up of various electronics.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的and other electronics that are wirelessly co

56、nnected to a handheld smart phone or Personal Digital Assistant可知，这种智能衣服是由各种电子器件构成的。答案：D30The smart clothing is mainly used to _Ainspire a person according to his moodBaccompany a person as a friend or loved oneCprovide a person with academic informationDhelp a person remember his deceased parents解析

57、：细节理解题。由第五段中的bring you back something that you need和第二段中的send the wearer some inspirational messages可知，正确答案为A。答案：A31Who might benefit from the smart clothing first?ASoldiers. BPatients.CLawyers. DTeachers.解析：推理判断题。结合最后一段中研究人员给出的例子One example is the medical area和第三段的最后一句They are also looking at medic

58、al and fashion applications可知，正确答案为B。答案：BDWaldorf schools ban computers to help kids learn through creative and tactile 能触知的 tasks.Funny enough，many Silicon Valley bigwigs 大人物 are on board.This may be the era of wired classrooms，but not everyone is convinced computers help kids learn.The New York Times reported recently that many Silicon Valley parents，who work for top tech companies like Google and Apple，are sending their children to pricey Waldor