单元检测卷14

1、(学生用书见P267).单句填空根据句子的意思，用本单元所学的单词的适当形式填空。1.For months, people around the world have watched the strikes and protests in Athens. It seemed that nobody could stop them.2.To hold her birthday party well, they left the lights down to create a comfortable .3.He always brown-bagged his lunch, other execut

2、ives,who had their lunch in nearby restaurants.4.This decision made at the meeting represents the f interests of the people, so all the persons present at the meeting are very excited.5.“we are going to be a p in the Pacific because we are a Pacific nation as well as an Atlantic nation,” Obama said.

3、6.Reading in the sun is to your eyes, but many persons sitting on the grassland are reading books in the bright sunlight.7.The white hen an egg yesterday. The old granny boiled the egg and let her grandson eat it.8.But he also said the government must be willing to spend extra money to p people from

4、 starving.9.The expression on his face suggested that he was not able to work out the puzzling problem. So the teacher had to help him.10.Scientists are not sure about the of water on Mars, so whether humans can live on it isnt proved.完形填空One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed ther

5、e was a father and daughter 1 some things from a moving truck. Normally Im shy away from contact with 2 . That particular day， though， something was in me； I cant explain 3 ， but I felt like I should just help these people， even 4 something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck. So I 5 and i

6、ntroduced myself， welcomed them to the town， and asked them to give me a(n) 6 to put some proper shoes on. After I had flip-flops(夹趾拖鞋) on， I went over and helped them move all of their 7 into the apartment.After we finished， we talked some and I got to know my new 8 . It might seem unimportant， but

7、 it seems like people are less 9 and friendly to their neighbors these days；I wanted to 10 that， at least in my small 11 block. So we did talk， and theyre from Florida， just like me.At that 12 time in my life，I was going through a really difficult 13 with my girlfriend of 7 years. I didnt feel like

8、helping anyone or doing anything 14 ， but I figured why not？And Im glad I did. Also， as 15 would have it， their daughter is my age(college student) and we each had a mutual(相互的) 16 in one another. This developed into a friendship， and in the coming months， probably more.The 17 was the act itself， th

9、ough. I got to know my new neighbors and made some new friends in the 18 . And I felt really good about it. Since then， Ive tried 19 my comfort zone to perform other unplanned acts of 20 . So far， so good. Id encourage everyone else to do the same!1.A.stealing BburdeningCUnloading Dpacking11.A.house

10、 BschoolCApartment Dcompany2.A.teachers BstrangersCFriends Dparents12.A.particular BcommonCNormal Dusual3.A.which BwhyCWhat Dwhen13.A.breakout BbreakupCBreakthrough Dbreakdown4.A.with BaboutCFor Don14.A.primitive BpositiveCMeaningless Dimportant5.A.came up Bcame onCcame out Dcame back15.A.luck Bacci

11、dentCSuccess Dresult6.A.moment BhandCHour Dbreak16.A.choice BhabitCLove Dinterest7.A.treasure BgoodsCFurniture Dbelongings17.A.award BchanceCReward Dprize8.A.neighbors BgirlfriendCStudents Dclassmates18.A.game BprocessCProgram Ddirection9.A.open BafraidCCurious Dlucky19.A.expanding BdecreasingCReduc

12、ing Dclosing10.A.change BacceptCReceive Dobserve20.A.success BcourageCKindness Dconsideration.阅读理解 Environmentalists said our planet was doomed to die. Now one man says they are wrong.“Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. Species are being driven to die

13、 out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.But theres a growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the worlds environment. Ri

14、vers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting cleaner. The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and

15、the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.Now the attacks are increasingly coining from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groupswith profits of hundreds o

16、f millions of pounds a yearare using scare tactics(谋略) to gain donations. Lomborgs book doesnt deny global warmingprobably the biggest environmental threatbut destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.The Worldwatch Institute claims that “deforestation has been ac

17、celerating over the last 30 years”. But Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20 percent of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest areas depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost st

18、eady, at about 30 percent of total land area, since the 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, the UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk（缩小）by about 15 percent.Nor are all our species dying out. Some cam

19、paigners claim that 50 percent of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08 percent of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.Environmental groups

20、 claim that many of the improvements are the results of the success of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things arent as bad as predicted, and thats because behavior has changed.”1.In his book, The Ske

21、ptical Environmentalist, what is Lomborgs main argument?AOur planet is in bad shape.BThe worlds environment is improving.CThe total amount of forests in the world is not declining.DConservation efforts have been successful.2.What is Lomborgs main accusation of environmentalists?AThey scared people i

22、nto making donations.BThey overturned our basic assumptions about the worlds environment.CThey changed their behavior toward the environment.DThey only told people bad news about the environment.3.The underlined word “depleting” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “_”.AReducing BlimitingCExpandi

23、ng Daccelerating4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?AThe total area of forests in the world has increased significantly.BThe effects of global warming are not as bad as first expected.CIt appears that the bald eagle will now survive.DIn the last 50 years the number

24、of whales has increased. 七选五阅读根据短文内容，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。Putting together lunches that your children will enjoy can seem like a difficult task, as you struggle to meet the tastes of your kids with all of the food in the world. There are some tips for you to complete this and give your

25、kids a healthy treat at the same time.5Have your kids select their own lunchboxes or lunch bags. This will let them express their personal style and will allow them to make a choice. They can give the presentation of their lunch a personal touch that will make it more attractive. Most older kids pre

26、fer plain brown bags.6Buy a frozen ice pack or freeze the juice boxes you plan to include. 7 In this way, he or she doesnt end up with soggy sandwiches and other lunch problems. Containers are likely to “sweat”a little when they thaw, so wrap them up well to avoid any sogginess soaking through.Try t

27、o include a good combination of your childs favorite snacks and healthy choices. If you include a bland sandwich and a pile of carrot sticks, your child may end up putting the lunch on the trading block. But if you pack lunches with delicious treats and healthy choices, kids are more apt to eat ever

28、ything in the bag and look forward to lunch the next day.8Packing school lunches is often a task that moms and dads may fear, but it doesnt have to end up that way. 95. 6. 7. 8. 9. A.Like all things in life, packing school lunches is really all about balance.B.However, younger kids will jump at the

29、chance to pick a fun lunch bag.C.One of the first things you need to do is to make sure that your kids have the right containers for lunch.D.You can consult it with your children ahead of time.E.You can pack a school lunch that is both exciting and healthy, just by being a little creative.F.The froz

30、en juice will look inviting and make your child have a good appetite.G.This will help refrigerate everything in your childs lunch.答案.单句填空1.【答案】violent2.【答案】atmosphere3.【答案】unlike4.【答案】fundamental5.【答案】presence6.【答案】harmful7.【答案】laid8.【答案】prevent9.【答案】puzzled10.【答案】existence.完形填空语篇导读：作者曾经不喜欢帮助别人，一次偶然

31、地机会促使他主动帮新邻居搬行李。之后为了改变如今邻里之间关系冷淡的情况，他就主动与新邻居交谈，从而收获了很多。1.C根据下文“from a moving truck”及“something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck”可知是从车上卸东西。2.B新来的邻居，应该属于陌生人。句意：通常我都不愿意和陌生人接触。3.C根据前文“something was in me”所以本空格内应该是指“something”。句意：我内心有某种东西，我不能解释是什么(东西)，故用what。4.A此处的介词，应该和前边的动词help构成搭配，意思为“帮助某

32、人某事”。help somebody with something是符合这个意思的固定搭配。此题难点在于很多同学看不出与动词help的联系。5.A因此我走近他们，介绍自己。come up来，走近。come on祈使语气跟我来，来吧，快点来，进步，发展；come out出来；(花)开出，(书等)出版；come back回来，想起来，复原，恢复。6.A句意：给我点时间去换鞋。7.D treasure珍贵的东西；goods货物；furniture家具；belongings 所有物，财产，行李。根据语境，新搬来的邻居，应该包含所有物。8.A根据句意可知应该是和新邻居交谈。9.Abe open to是“

33、愿意接受”的意思。10.A句意：我决定改变这种情况。11.C句意：至少在我这个公寓大楼里要改变这种现状。apartment block意为“公寓大楼”。12.A根据上文照应“Normally Im shy away from contact with strangers. That particular day， though， something was in me”可知是在叙述那particular day发生的事情，所以答案为particular。13.B breakup分离，分手，分裂。14.B根据文章意思可知作者由于失恋不愿意去帮助别人或者去做一些积极向上的事。15.A as luck would have it为固定词组“碰巧”。16.D根据后面介词“in”可知答案首选interest。17.C句意：但是回报正是这个行为本身。reward回报。18.B in the process在这过程中。19.A comfort zone“一个让人感觉舒适而满意的环境”这里指，自己的交往范围。expand comfort zone 扩大满意环境。20.C acts of kindness意为“善举”。.阅读理解语篇导读：“环境一直在变坏，我们的星球末日将要来临”，这是环保主义者们发出的警告，然而兰伯格的新书却提出了完全相反的观点，他批驳了环保主义者们耸人听闻的言论。1.B