人教新课标选修六：Unit 2 Poems 单元测试A卷（含答案）
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选修六 Unit 2 Poems
单元测试A卷
一、阅读理解
A
Planning a trip to Italy is half about the history and beauty and half about the food. Enjoying everything that Italian cuisine has to offer can be daunting, especially since most of the really exciting options are outside the big cities.
Alba
Alba's greatest culinary(烹饪的) offering is the Festa dei Tartufi at the White Truffle Fair which takes place every weekend in October and November. It offers world-famous truffles from the local area, as well as the Truffle Show.
The fair also features folk traditions as well as the food and drink, particularly aimed at educating children and thus making the event fun for all the family.
Minori
Minori is known for its handmade pasta—particularly Scialatielli, a thick and short pasta similar to linguine, which features heavily in local menus, along with pastries made from the local lemons.
Procida
The main attraction, however, is the food—the local lemons, often called "bread lemons". They are the main ingredient for a popular local dish: lemon salad, in which the lemons are flavoured and garnished with garlic and mint.
Naples
Naples made its stamp on culinary history with the invention of the pizza and has maintained it to the modern-day Italy by having more stars from the Michelin Guide than any other Italian city. It plays host to numerous food festivals, including the Marco Island Seafood and Music Festival, and the Mercato Spring Fling and Food Festival. The former, founded to raise money for charity, takes place in March each year over the course of three days. The latter is only a month later, in April, with Mercato restaurants providing a range of food and bar options.
1.What is the advantage of Alba, compared to the other three places
A.Various foods. B.The cheapprice.
C.The educational fair. D.Local menus
2.Where can you go if you are interested in "bread lemons"
A.Alba. B.Minori. C.Procida. D.Naples.
3.Which of the following is not the feature of Naples
A.It has many food festivals. B.It makes contributions to charity.
C.It has many great cuisine chefs. D.It is known for its handmade pasta.
4.What is the passage most probably taken from
A.A research paper. B.A travel guide.
C.A geography textbook. D.A magazine.
B
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn’t have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny’s mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans’ corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1.Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _____.
A.the strength of family unity B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks D.the best way of giving a lesson
2.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family _____.
A.started a business in 1975 B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
3.What can we infer about the An daughters
A.They did not finish their college education.
B.They could not bear to work in the family business.
C.They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D.They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A.How to Run a Corporation B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream D.Family Unity Builds Success
C
We have encountered a crisis around the corner. You mean global warming The world economy No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who's responsible Actually, it's more like, what is responsible The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it—Facebook, Twitter, etc. You can write your own list.
There's been a warning about the imminent death(濒临死亡) of literate civilisation for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movie, then radio, and then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it also has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before—there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than traditional paper books.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialisation. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long "digests" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—we will be incapable of reading any long materials or anything that requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilisation. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
1.Which of the following is not an advantage of e-books
A.Multimodal contents. B.Environmental friendliness.
C.Convenience for readers. D.Imaginative design.
2.How does the author probably feel about single-sentence-long novels
A.Unclear. B.Worried. C.Impersonal. D.Positive.
3.According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _____ to survive in the fast-changing society.
A.good judgement B.high sensitivity
C.good imagination D.the ability to focus
4.What is the main idea of the passage
A.Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.
B.Interconnectivity is a feature of the new reading experience.
C.Technology is both an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.
D.Technology offers a greater variety of reading devices.
D
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase the understanding of black culture in America.
Her poems described the condition of the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen. Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha. Maud Martha received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.
In some other poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, "Corners on the Curving Sky".
By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.
1.What does the text mainly talk about
A.The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. B.The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.
C.The understanding of black culture. D.The struggles of black women.
2.What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph
A.She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.
B.She was good at using the language of poetry.
C.Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.
D.Her poems were mainly about the African experience.
3.The author develops the passage mainly by _____.
A.providing examples B.using statistics
C.comparing opinions D.describing her experiences
4.What might the author talk about in the following paragraph of the passage
A.The difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks met. B.The poems related to political issues.
C.The awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained. D.The racial inequality the black had to face.
二、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。
Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the world. OK means all right or acceptable. It expresses agreement or approval.
①__________Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw(乔克托语).The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word okay. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth century.
But many people doubt this.Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word “OK” in reports published in the 1960s.He said the word began being used in the 1830s.②__________Some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters OK. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his name---O and K---on each object people gave him to send on the train.
③__________The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840.They called their group the OK club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin was born---Old Kinderhook, New York.
Then there is the expression A-OK. It is a space-age expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.” ④__________One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.
There are also funny ways to say okay. ⑤__________These expressions were first used in the 1930s.Today, a character on the American television series “The Simpsons” says it another way. He says okely-doke.
A.Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke.
B.Still others say a political organization invented the word.
C.Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.
D.But many experts don’t agree on what the expression means.
E.Still, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
F.It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.
G.However, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age.
三、阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Value of Education
I have just started my job as an English Language Assistant in the Parisian suburbs. I was 1 by how rich Paris really is. The 2 of the buildings and the large amount of luxurious(豪华的) monuments completely 3 the city's rich reputation. I was also very surprised at how 4 the suburbs are: in the UK, traditionally, the suburbs are the 5 part of a city, but here it is the complete opposite.
The schools that I teach in are located just outside of Paris and are not as wealthy as the ones in the centre of the city. However, the 6 here are so eager to learn my language.
For my first lesson I 7 some postcards and souvenirs to show my pupils what my hometown is like in the UK. They were so excited by my postcard of my town's 8 and my souvenir of the Welsh dragon. For us in the UK, a postcard of the castle is not necessarily the most exciting thing but, for these pupils it 9 real-life magic and mystery. I realized that in their suburbs there are no castles or famous monuments. All those things 10 to Paris.
One of the teachers told me that despite the 11 that these children live only four kilometers away from Paris, some of them have never been there throughout their entire lives. I 12 a chance for them to discover another world.
I never 13 , until my job in France, just how 14 education really is. For these children it represents an opportunity to do something different; it represents hope for their 15 and that is priceless.
1.A. impressed B. encouraged C. delighted D. frightened
2.A. history B. color C. appearance D. architecture
3.A. enjoy B. represent C. ruin D. acquire
4.A. different B. large C. quiet D. beautiful
5.A. dirtiest B. poorest C. richest D. easiest
6.A. people B. farmers C. pupils D. workers
7.A. brought in B. took in C. asked for D. gave up
8.A. scenery B. advantages C. mountain D. castle
9.A. meant B. practised C. lost D. explained
10.A. survive B. belong C. allow D. happen
11.A. habit B. effort C. fact D. disadvantage
12.A. spoiled B. kept C. offered D. provided
13.A. proved B. admitted C. knew D. realized
14.A. convenient B. valuable C. practical D. simple
15.A. families B. academics C. abilities D. futures
四、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。
Two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia were sold for more than ?8 million ($9 million) at auction Tuesday, more than 1,000 times the ①__________ (estimate) price. The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle Dadian, was ②__________ (original) commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, the third ruler of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned (统治) from 1402 to 1424. More than 2 , 000 scholars worked ③__________ the encyclopedia between 1404 and 1408, according to a press release from Beaussant Lefèvre, the Paris-based auction house that made the sale.
The Yongle Dadian is the largest encyclopedia in the world, and originally consisted of 22,877 ④__________ (chapter). In 1562, the Jiajing Emperor, the 11th Ming ruler, ⑤__________ (order) two copies of the encyclopedia to be made, but the original ⑥__________ (lose) due to the many wars, thefts and fires that occurred under the Ming Dynasty (1368—1644), the auction house said. ⑦__________ the two volumes sold Tuesday are copies, they are extremely rare, with only 400 known volumes, or 4% of the original encyclopedia, left in ⑧__________ (exist), according to Beaussant Lefèvre.
The books, ⑨__________ measure 20 inches by 12 inches, were written in red and black ink on paper. While ⑩__________ (print) techniques had been developed at the time, the encyclopedia was written by hand due to its length.
五、假设你是学校学生会主席李华,你校近期将举办一场有关急救知识的讲座。请你以学生会的名义用英语写一则书面通知。内容如下:
1. 时间、地点;
2. 活动内容;
3. 注意事项。
注意:
1. 词数80左右,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
2. 可增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Notice
To help students learn more about first aid, our school will hold a lecture.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please remember to come on time.
Students' Union
六、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
Paul and Marie lived in Hossegor, a fashionable seaside resort(度假村) on the Atlantic coast of southern France. They were both in their late fifties. She had dark eyes and black hair while he was a little taller, with gray eyes.
They started a small company when they were young. Through many years of hard work, they established themselves against strong competition. They always worked many hours every day together in their office, often until late into the night, even on weekends, knowing that only very good work would provide them with loyal customers and success.
After years, they were able to buy a pretty little apartment in a modem building with a balcony(阳台) overlooking a large and beautiful garden that featured a beautiful lawn, some decorative bushes all around, some trees here and there, a small pond in the middle, and even a decorative fountain.
Inside their apartment, everything was very tidy, yet a bit artistic. There were some nice pictures on the walls—dreams of beauty in nature—and on a glass shelf, Paul's collection of toy locomotives(火车头), symbols of his dreams of exciting travel. Actually, Marie had been interested in drawing and painting since she was a little girl, but she had no time to develop her talent because of her busy work.
Thus went week after week and year after year until a terrible accident happened to their company, causing a heavy financial loss to them. One of their ships, carrying a variety of goods, knocked into a floating iceberg on its trip to America. As a result, the ship got very badly damaged with all its goods and staff on board. When the couple heard the bad news about their ship they burst into tears. Paul became greatly depressed while Marie, who felt less desperate(绝望的) then, tried her best to calm him down by saying that everything would be all right as long as they didn't lose heart. Gradually, Paul managed to calm himself down and began to face reality. Consequently, they had no choice but to close their company.
It was not long before they had difficulty in supporting themselves.
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One day they went to an art exhibit in town.
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答案以及解析
一、
A.答案：1-4 CCDB
解析：1.细节理解题。根据小标题Alba下的The fair also features folk traditions as well as the food and drink, particularly aimed at educating children and thus making the event fun for all the family.可知, 阿尔巴的集市的活动具有教育意义, 这是阿尔巴的优势。故选C项。
2.细节理解题。根据小标题Procida下的The main attraction, however, is the food—the local lemons, often called "bread lemons". 可知, 在普罗奇达可以品尝到"面包柠檬"。故选C项。
3.细节理解题。根据小标题Minori下的Minori is known for its handmade pasta...可知, 以手工制作的意大利面而闻名的地方是米诺里。故选D项。
4.推理判断题。本文主要介绍了几个意大利城市及其特色美食, 结合第一段中的Planning a trip to Italy is half about the history and beauty and half about the food.可知, 本文出自一篇旅游指南。故选B项。
B.答案：1.A; 2.B; 3.C; 4.D
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知,Helene把几只筷子系在一起就是要让女儿们知道一个家庭团结起来的力量就像这些系在一起的筷子一样。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段说明可知,Helene和她丈夫于1975 年离开越南的家,当时他们没有多少钱,故选B。
3.推理判断题。根据第三段说明可知,Helene的女儿们都上了大学,但后来她们都回到家里工作,因为她们知道只有家庭团结才能成功,再结合文章开头可知,这都是受到了Helene对她们教育的影响。
4.主旨大意题。文章紧紧围绕着家庭团结才能获得成功这一主题展开,故用D项作为标题较为贴切。
【长难句分析】Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful.即使家庭成员有时相互也不能赞成对方,他们还是共同协作,让生意成功。even though引导让步状语从句;they worked together to make the business successful是主句;主句中的to make the business successful是动词不定式作目的状语,其中的successful充当宾语补足语。
C.答案：1-4 DBBC
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第三段中的Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than traditional paper books.可知, 电子书使阅读更方便、更环保; 根据第四段中的...an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links to texts, pictures, and videos.可知, 电子书的内容模式多样。文章中没有提到电子书的设计富有想象力。故选D项。
2.推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的War and Peace in a sentence You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—we will be incapable of reading any long materials or anything that requires deep concentration.可知, 作者对"一句话概括长篇小说"这种状况感到担忧。故选B项。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.可知, 我们的社会要能够设想出现这种人的可能性: 他既完全和现代科技合拍, 又能理解这个不断变化、令人迷惑的世界。由此推知, 能理解这个不断变化、令人迷惑的世界的人应该是高度敏感的人。因此人们需要了解现代技术并拥有高度敏感性才能在快速变化的社会中生存。make sense of是答题的关键信息。故选B项。
4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 本文主要论述了科技给传统阅读带来的机遇和挑战。故选C项。
D.答案：1-4 BBAB
解析：1.主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 文章主要介绍格温德琳 布鲁克斯的诗歌。故选B项。
2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的She was an expert at the language of poetry.可知, 格温德琳 布鲁克斯擅长使用诗歌语言。故选B项。
3.推理判断题。根据文章列举的A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, Maud Martha, "Corners on the Curving Sky"可知, 作者主要是通过举例来写这篇文章的。故选A项。
4.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.可知, 文章最后提到格温德琳 布鲁克斯写了与政治相关的诗, 由此可推知文章接下来可能要介绍她的有关政治的作品。
二、答案：E; F; B; G; A
解析：【文章大意】文章主要介绍了“OK”一词的来源,专家们对此持有不同的观点。
1. E 根据下句“Some people say it came from the Native... ”可知,这里说的是“OK”一词的出处,E项“然而,语言专家们对‘一同的来源持有不问的意见。”符合语境,故选E。
2. F 根据“Some foreign-born people wrote ‘all correct, as ‘o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t’”可知,另一种观点是“OK”是“all correct”的一种不同的拼写方法,故选F。
3. B 根据“The organization supported .. They called their group the OK club. ”可知,这里说的是一个组织创造了“OK”一词,故选B。
4. G 根据“It is a space-age expression. ”可知,本段前一部分介绍的是“OK”一词是随着太空时代而出现的,而最后一句说“OK”一词最早是在电话被发明的初期开始使用的。本段讲了两种不同的观点,G项起到了承上启下的作用,故选G。
5. AThese expressions指代上句提到的短语,只有A项中提到了短语“okey-dokey"和“okey-doke”,故选A。
三、答案：1-5 ADBAC 6-10 CADAB 11-15 CDDBD
解析：1.句意：巴黎是多么富有给我留下了深刻的印象。be impressed by留下深刻印象，为固定短语。encourage 鼓励;delighted高兴的;frightened 害怕的。由下文"I was also very surprised at..."可知，作者对巴黎的奢华、富有印象深刻。故选A项。
2.句意：大楼的建筑（architecture）和很多奢华的纪念碑完全体现了这个城市富有的名声。history 历史;color色彩;appearance外观。根据the buildings和monuments可知是指建筑方面。故选D项。
3.句意：大楼的建筑和很多奢华的纪念碑完全体现了（represent）这个城市富有的名声。enjoy 享受;ruin毁灭;acquire获得。巴黎的建筑最能体现出这座城市的奢华。故选B项。
4.句意：我对郊区的不同（different）也感到非常惊讶……large大的;quiet安静的;beautiful美的。前文形容巴黎市区的奢华，而郊区完全不同。故选A项。
5.句意：……在英国，传统上，郊区是一个城市最富有的（richest）部分，但在这里，它是完全相反的。dirtiest 最脏的;poorest最贫穷的;easiest最容易的。上文的how rich Paris really is 可知，巴黎市区很富有，但是巴黎郊区并不富有，这和英国不同。故选C项。
6.句意：然而，这里的学生（pupil）是如此渴望学习我的语言。people人们;farmer农民;worker工人。根据下文show my pupils可知是指学生。故选C项。
7.句意：在我的第一节课上，我带来了（bring in）一些明信片和纪念品……take in 吸收，欺骗;ask for要求;give up放弃。作者拿了明信片和纪念品到课堂去给学生看。故选A项。
8.句意：我的小镇城堡（castle）的明信片和威尔士龙的纪念品让他们兴奋不已。scenery 风景;advantage优势;mountain山。从下文的a postcard of a castle可知，是关于一座城堡的明信片。故选D项。
9.句意：……但对这些学生来说，它意味着（mean）现实生活中的神奇和奧秘。practise 练习;lose失去;explain解释。明信片让这些学生看到了他们生活之外的神奇的世界。故选A项。
10.句意：所有的那些东西都属于（belong to）巴黎。survive生存，存活;allow允许;happen发生。所有那些东西在巴黎市区才会有。故选B项。
11.句意：其中一位老师告诉我，尽管这些孩子住在离巴黎只有四千米的地方，但他们中的一些人一辈子都没有去过那里。habit习惯;effort努力;disadvantage不利之处。despite尽管，表示让步关系。故选C项。
12.句意：我为他们提供了（provide）一个发现另一个世界的机会。spoil宠坏，溺爱;keep保持，保留;offer提供。offer和provide都有"提供"的意思，但用法不同。表示"给某人提供……"时，offer是offer sth. to sb. 或offer sb. sth.;provide是provide sth. for sb.。故选D项。
13.句意：直到我在法国工作，我才意识到（realize）教育到底多有价值。prove证明;admit承认;know知道。作者直到此时才意识到教育的价值和重要性。故选D项。
14.convenient方便的;practical实用的;simple简单的。从下文that is priceless可知，作者认为教育是无价的（valuable）。故选B项。
15.句意：……它代表着他们对未来（future）的希望，那是无价的。family家庭;academic大学教师;ability能力。hope与future 相关联。故选D项。
四、答案：estimated; originally; on; chapters; ordered; was lost; Although; existence; which; printing
解析：本文是一篇新闻报道,主题语境是人与社会。文章主要介绍了百科全书——《永乐大典》的相关信息。在周二的巴黎拍卖行Beaussant Lefèvre拍卖会上,一本罕见的中国古代百科全书的两册抄本以超过800万欧元(900万美元)的价格成交,是预估价的1000多倍。
①考查非谓语动词。句意:在周二的拍卖会上,两册罕见的中国古代百科全书以超过800万欧元(900万美元)的价格成交,是预估价的1000多倍。estimate与price构成逻辑上的被动关系,故填estimated。
②考查副词。句意:这部百科全书被称为《永乐大典》,最初是由明朝第三位统治者永乐皇帝委托制作的,他在位时间为1402年至1424年。此处要用副词修饰动词,故填originally。
③考查介词。句意:此次拍卖的巴黎拍卖行Beaussant Lefèvre发布的新闻稿称,在1404年至1408年间,有2,000多名学者参与了这本百科全书的编纂工作。短语work on“从事……”,故填on。
④考查名词复数句意:《永乐大典》是世界上最大的百科全书,最初共有22,877章。chapter是可数名词,故填chapters。
⑤考查动词的时态。句意:拍卖行称,1562年,明朝第11任统治者嘉靖皇帝下令制作两册百科全书,但由于明朝(1368-1644年)期间发生的多次战争、盗窃和火灾,原件已丢失。由In 1562可知时态是一般过去时,故填ordered。
⑥考查动词的时态和语态。由上文可知时态是一般过去时,主语the original与lose之间是被动关系,故填was lost。
⑦考查连词。句意:尽管周二售出的两册都是抄本,但它们极其罕见,Beaussant Lefèvre称,目前已知的百科全书只有400卷,占原始百科全书的4%。根据句意,此处与下文之间是让步关系,故填Although。
⑧考查名词。短语in existence“现有,存在”,故填existence。
⑨考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。句意:这些书长20英寸,宽12英寸,用红、黑墨水写在纸上。此空是一个非限制性定语从句的引导词,先行词为物,故填which。
⑩考查名词。句意:虽然印刷术在当时已经发展起来,但由于百科全书的长度,它是手写的。名词短语printing techniques“印刷技术”。故填printing。
五、答案：
Notice
To help students learn more about first aid, our school will hold a lecture.
The lecture by Mr. Jonah, an expert on safety education, will be held from 2: 00 to 3: 00 this Friday afternoon in the school hall. As scheduled, he will first give students some brief instructions on first aid knowledge with pictures, and then he will invite students to practice taking part in some emergency situations where they will be tested on what they have learned. After the lecture, students will have a discussion in their own classroom about different first aid treatments in different emergencies.
Please remember to come on time.
Students' Union
六、答案：
It was not long before they had difficulty in supporting themselves. In reality, they were unable to afford some necessities in life such as food and clothes, let alone the luxuries that they had been used to possessing. Gradually, Paul came up with an idea to sell their apartment to overcome the financial obstacles, but it was rejected by Marie instantly. After all, the apartment meant a lot to them and selling it was apparently unbearable. However, what other ways could they find to solve the problem
One day they went to an art exhibit in town. There they saw a picture about a scene of their town but they agreed that it was not impressive. No sooner had Marie returned home than she set about drawing a picture about the same scene. Surprisingly, Paul praised her for it and encouraged her to draw more, which greatly increased her confidence. What was more satisfying to them was that a friend offered to purchase it at a high price. It was then that the turning point of their life really arrived.
单元测试A卷
一、阅读理解
A
Planning a trip to Italy is half about the history and beauty and half about the food. Enjoying everything that Italian cuisine has to offer can be daunting, especially since most of the really exciting options are outside the big cities.
Alba
Alba's greatest culinary(烹饪的) offering is the Festa dei Tartufi at the White Truffle Fair which takes place every weekend in October and November. It offers world-famous truffles from the local area, as well as the Truffle Show.
The fair also features folk traditions as well as the food and drink, particularly aimed at educating children and thus making the event fun for all the family.
Minori
Minori is known for its handmade pasta—particularly Scialatielli, a thick and short pasta similar to linguine, which features heavily in local menus, along with pastries made from the local lemons.
Procida
The main attraction, however, is the food—the local lemons, often called "bread lemons". They are the main ingredient for a popular local dish: lemon salad, in which the lemons are flavoured and garnished with garlic and mint.
Naples
Naples made its stamp on culinary history with the invention of the pizza and has maintained it to the modern-day Italy by having more stars from the Michelin Guide than any other Italian city. It plays host to numerous food festivals, including the Marco Island Seafood and Music Festival, and the Mercato Spring Fling and Food Festival. The former, founded to raise money for charity, takes place in March each year over the course of three days. The latter is only a month later, in April, with Mercato restaurants providing a range of food and bar options.
1.What is the advantage of Alba, compared to the other three places
A.Various foods. B.The cheapprice.
C.The educational fair. D.Local menus
2.Where can you go if you are interested in "bread lemons"
A.Alba. B.Minori. C.Procida. D.Naples.
3.Which of the following is not the feature of Naples
A.It has many food festivals. B.It makes contributions to charity.
C.It has many great cuisine chefs. D.It is known for its handmade pasta.
4.What is the passage most probably taken from
A.A research paper. B.A travel guide.
C.A geography textbook. D.A magazine.
B
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn’t have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny’s mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans’ corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1.Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _____.
A.the strength of family unity B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks D.the best way of giving a lesson
2.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family _____.
A.started a business in 1975 B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
3.What can we infer about the An daughters
A.They did not finish their college education.
B.They could not bear to work in the family business.
C.They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D.They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage
A.How to Run a Corporation B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream D.Family Unity Builds Success
C
We have encountered a crisis around the corner. You mean global warming The world economy No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who's responsible Actually, it's more like, what is responsible The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it—Facebook, Twitter, etc. You can write your own list.
There's been a warning about the imminent death(濒临死亡) of literate civilisation for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movie, then radio, and then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it also has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before—there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than traditional paper books.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialisation. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long "digests" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—we will be incapable of reading any long materials or anything that requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilisation. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
1.Which of the following is not an advantage of e-books
A.Multimodal contents. B.Environmental friendliness.
C.Convenience for readers. D.Imaginative design.
2.How does the author probably feel about single-sentence-long novels
A.Unclear. B.Worried. C.Impersonal. D.Positive.
3.According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _____ to survive in the fast-changing society.
A.good judgement B.high sensitivity
C.good imagination D.the ability to focus
4.What is the main idea of the passage
A.Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.
B.Interconnectivity is a feature of the new reading experience.
C.Technology is both an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.
D.Technology offers a greater variety of reading devices.
D
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase the understanding of black culture in America.
Her poems described the condition of the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen. Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha. Maud Martha received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.
In some other poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, "Corners on the Curving Sky".
By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.
1.What does the text mainly talk about
A.The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. B.The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.
C.The understanding of black culture. D.The struggles of black women.
2.What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph
A.She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.
B.She was good at using the language of poetry.
C.Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.
D.Her poems were mainly about the African experience.
3.The author develops the passage mainly by _____.
A.providing examples B.using statistics
C.comparing opinions D.describing her experiences
4.What might the author talk about in the following paragraph of the passage
A.The difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks met. B.The poems related to political issues.
C.The awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained. D.The racial inequality the black had to face.
二、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。
Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the world. OK means all right or acceptable. It expresses agreement or approval.
①__________Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw(乔克托语).The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word okay. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth century.
But many people doubt this.Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word “OK” in reports published in the 1960s.He said the word began being used in the 1830s.②__________Some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters OK. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his name---O and K---on each object people gave him to send on the train.
③__________The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840.They called their group the OK club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin was born---Old Kinderhook, New York.
Then there is the expression A-OK. It is a space-age expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.” ④__________One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.
There are also funny ways to say okay. ⑤__________These expressions were first used in the 1930s.Today, a character on the American television series “The Simpsons” says it another way. He says okely-doke.
A.Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke.
B.Still others say a political organization invented the word.
C.Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.
D.But many experts don’t agree on what the expression means.
E.Still, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
F.It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.
G.However, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age.
三、阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Value of Education
I have just started my job as an English Language Assistant in the Parisian suburbs. I was 1 by how rich Paris really is. The 2 of the buildings and the large amount of luxurious(豪华的) monuments completely 3 the city's rich reputation. I was also very surprised at how 4 the suburbs are: in the UK, traditionally, the suburbs are the 5 part of a city, but here it is the complete opposite.
The schools that I teach in are located just outside of Paris and are not as wealthy as the ones in the centre of the city. However, the 6 here are so eager to learn my language.
For my first lesson I 7 some postcards and souvenirs to show my pupils what my hometown is like in the UK. They were so excited by my postcard of my town's 8 and my souvenir of the Welsh dragon. For us in the UK, a postcard of the castle is not necessarily the most exciting thing but, for these pupils it 9 real-life magic and mystery. I realized that in their suburbs there are no castles or famous monuments. All those things 10 to Paris.
One of the teachers told me that despite the 11 that these children live only four kilometers away from Paris, some of them have never been there throughout their entire lives. I 12 a chance for them to discover another world.
I never 13 , until my job in France, just how 14 education really is. For these children it represents an opportunity to do something different; it represents hope for their 15 and that is priceless.
1.A. impressed B. encouraged C. delighted D. frightened
2.A. history B. color C. appearance D. architecture
3.A. enjoy B. represent C. ruin D. acquire
4.A. different B. large C. quiet D. beautiful
5.A. dirtiest B. poorest C. richest D. easiest
6.A. people B. farmers C. pupils D. workers
7.A. brought in B. took in C. asked for D. gave up
8.A. scenery B. advantages C. mountain D. castle
9.A. meant B. practised C. lost D. explained
10.A. survive B. belong C. allow D. happen
11.A. habit B. effort C. fact D. disadvantage
12.A. spoiled B. kept C. offered D. provided
13.A. proved B. admitted C. knew D. realized
14.A. convenient B. valuable C. practical D. simple
15.A. families B. academics C. abilities D. futures
四、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。
Two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia were sold for more than ?8 million ($9 million) at auction Tuesday, more than 1,000 times the ①__________ (estimate) price. The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle Dadian, was ②__________ (original) commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, the third ruler of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned (统治) from 1402 to 1424. More than 2 , 000 scholars worked ③__________ the encyclopedia between 1404 and 1408, according to a press release from Beaussant Lefèvre, the Paris-based auction house that made the sale.
The Yongle Dadian is the largest encyclopedia in the world, and originally consisted of 22,877 ④__________ (chapter). In 1562, the Jiajing Emperor, the 11th Ming ruler, ⑤__________ (order) two copies of the encyclopedia to be made, but the original ⑥__________ (lose) due to the many wars, thefts and fires that occurred under the Ming Dynasty (1368—1644), the auction house said. ⑦__________ the two volumes sold Tuesday are copies, they are extremely rare, with only 400 known volumes, or 4% of the original encyclopedia, left in ⑧__________ (exist), according to Beaussant Lefèvre.
The books, ⑨__________ measure 20 inches by 12 inches, were written in red and black ink on paper. While ⑩__________ (print) techniques had been developed at the time, the encyclopedia was written by hand due to its length.
五、假设你是学校学生会主席李华,你校近期将举办一场有关急救知识的讲座。请你以学生会的名义用英语写一则书面通知。内容如下:
1. 时间、地点;
2. 活动内容;
3. 注意事项。
注意:
1. 词数80左右,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
2. 可增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Notice
To help students learn more about first aid, our school will hold a lecture.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please remember to come on time.
Students' Union
六、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
Paul and Marie lived in Hossegor, a fashionable seaside resort(度假村) on the Atlantic coast of southern France. They were both in their late fifties. She had dark eyes and black hair while he was a little taller, with gray eyes.
They started a small company when they were young. Through many years of hard work, they established themselves against strong competition. They always worked many hours every day together in their office, often until late into the night, even on weekends, knowing that only very good work would provide them with loyal customers and success.
After years, they were able to buy a pretty little apartment in a modem building with a balcony(阳台) overlooking a large and beautiful garden that featured a beautiful lawn, some decorative bushes all around, some trees here and there, a small pond in the middle, and even a decorative fountain.
Inside their apartment, everything was very tidy, yet a bit artistic. There were some nice pictures on the walls—dreams of beauty in nature—and on a glass shelf, Paul's collection of toy locomotives(火车头), symbols of his dreams of exciting travel. Actually, Marie had been interested in drawing and painting since she was a little girl, but she had no time to develop her talent because of her busy work.
Thus went week after week and year after year until a terrible accident happened to their company, causing a heavy financial loss to them. One of their ships, carrying a variety of goods, knocked into a floating iceberg on its trip to America. As a result, the ship got very badly damaged with all its goods and staff on board. When the couple heard the bad news about their ship they burst into tears. Paul became greatly depressed while Marie, who felt less desperate(绝望的) then, tried her best to calm him down by saying that everything would be all right as long as they didn't lose heart. Gradually, Paul managed to calm himself down and began to face reality. Consequently, they had no choice but to close their company.
It was not long before they had difficulty in supporting themselves.
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One day they went to an art exhibit in town.
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答案以及解析
一、
A.答案：1-4 CCDB
解析：1.细节理解题。根据小标题Alba下的The fair also features folk traditions as well as the food and drink, particularly aimed at educating children and thus making the event fun for all the family.可知, 阿尔巴的集市的活动具有教育意义, 这是阿尔巴的优势。故选C项。
2.细节理解题。根据小标题Procida下的The main attraction, however, is the food—the local lemons, often called "bread lemons". 可知, 在普罗奇达可以品尝到"面包柠檬"。故选C项。
3.细节理解题。根据小标题Minori下的Minori is known for its handmade pasta...可知, 以手工制作的意大利面而闻名的地方是米诺里。故选D项。
4.推理判断题。本文主要介绍了几个意大利城市及其特色美食, 结合第一段中的Planning a trip to Italy is half about the history and beauty and half about the food.可知, 本文出自一篇旅游指南。故选B项。
B.答案：1.A; 2.B; 3.C; 4.D
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知,Helene把几只筷子系在一起就是要让女儿们知道一个家庭团结起来的力量就像这些系在一起的筷子一样。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段说明可知,Helene和她丈夫于1975 年离开越南的家,当时他们没有多少钱,故选B。
3.推理判断题。根据第三段说明可知,Helene的女儿们都上了大学,但后来她们都回到家里工作,因为她们知道只有家庭团结才能成功,再结合文章开头可知,这都是受到了Helene对她们教育的影响。
4.主旨大意题。文章紧紧围绕着家庭团结才能获得成功这一主题展开,故用D项作为标题较为贴切。
【长难句分析】Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful.即使家庭成员有时相互也不能赞成对方,他们还是共同协作,让生意成功。even though引导让步状语从句;they worked together to make the business successful是主句;主句中的to make the business successful是动词不定式作目的状语,其中的successful充当宾语补足语。
C.答案：1-4 DBBC
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第三段中的Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than traditional paper books.可知, 电子书使阅读更方便、更环保; 根据第四段中的...an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links to texts, pictures, and videos.可知, 电子书的内容模式多样。文章中没有提到电子书的设计富有想象力。故选D项。
2.推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的War and Peace in a sentence You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—we will be incapable of reading any long materials or anything that requires deep concentration.可知, 作者对"一句话概括长篇小说"这种状况感到担忧。故选B项。
3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.可知, 我们的社会要能够设想出现这种人的可能性: 他既完全和现代科技合拍, 又能理解这个不断变化、令人迷惑的世界。由此推知, 能理解这个不断变化、令人迷惑的世界的人应该是高度敏感的人。因此人们需要了解现代技术并拥有高度敏感性才能在快速变化的社会中生存。make sense of是答题的关键信息。故选B项。
4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 本文主要论述了科技给传统阅读带来的机遇和挑战。故选C项。
D.答案：1-4 BBAB
解析：1.主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 文章主要介绍格温德琳 布鲁克斯的诗歌。故选B项。
2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的She was an expert at the language of poetry.可知, 格温德琳 布鲁克斯擅长使用诗歌语言。故选B项。
3.推理判断题。根据文章列举的A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, Maud Martha, "Corners on the Curving Sky"可知, 作者主要是通过举例来写这篇文章的。故选A项。
4.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.可知, 文章最后提到格温德琳 布鲁克斯写了与政治相关的诗, 由此可推知文章接下来可能要介绍她的有关政治的作品。
二、答案：E; F; B; G; A
解析：【文章大意】文章主要介绍了“OK”一词的来源,专家们对此持有不同的观点。
1. E 根据下句“Some people say it came from the Native... ”可知,这里说的是“OK”一词的出处,E项“然而,语言专家们对‘一同的来源持有不问的意见。”符合语境,故选E。
2. F 根据“Some foreign-born people wrote ‘all correct, as ‘o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t’”可知,另一种观点是“OK”是“all correct”的一种不同的拼写方法,故选F。
3. B 根据“The organization supported .. They called their group the OK club. ”可知,这里说的是一个组织创造了“OK”一词,故选B。
4. G 根据“It is a space-age expression. ”可知,本段前一部分介绍的是“OK”一词是随着太空时代而出现的,而最后一句说“OK”一词最早是在电话被发明的初期开始使用的。本段讲了两种不同的观点,G项起到了承上启下的作用,故选G。
5. AThese expressions指代上句提到的短语,只有A项中提到了短语“okey-dokey"和“okey-doke”,故选A。
三、答案：1-5 ADBAC 6-10 CADAB 11-15 CDDBD
解析：1.句意：巴黎是多么富有给我留下了深刻的印象。be impressed by留下深刻印象，为固定短语。encourage 鼓励;delighted高兴的;frightened 害怕的。由下文"I was also very surprised at..."可知，作者对巴黎的奢华、富有印象深刻。故选A项。
2.句意：大楼的建筑（architecture）和很多奢华的纪念碑完全体现了这个城市富有的名声。history 历史;color色彩;appearance外观。根据the buildings和monuments可知是指建筑方面。故选D项。
3.句意：大楼的建筑和很多奢华的纪念碑完全体现了（represent）这个城市富有的名声。enjoy 享受;ruin毁灭;acquire获得。巴黎的建筑最能体现出这座城市的奢华。故选B项。
4.句意：我对郊区的不同（different）也感到非常惊讶……large大的;quiet安静的;beautiful美的。前文形容巴黎市区的奢华，而郊区完全不同。故选A项。
5.句意：……在英国，传统上，郊区是一个城市最富有的（richest）部分，但在这里，它是完全相反的。dirtiest 最脏的;poorest最贫穷的;easiest最容易的。上文的how rich Paris really is 可知，巴黎市区很富有，但是巴黎郊区并不富有，这和英国不同。故选C项。
6.句意：然而，这里的学生（pupil）是如此渴望学习我的语言。people人们;farmer农民;worker工人。根据下文show my pupils可知是指学生。故选C项。
7.句意：在我的第一节课上，我带来了（bring in）一些明信片和纪念品……take in 吸收，欺骗;ask for要求;give up放弃。作者拿了明信片和纪念品到课堂去给学生看。故选A项。
8.句意：我的小镇城堡（castle）的明信片和威尔士龙的纪念品让他们兴奋不已。scenery 风景;advantage优势;mountain山。从下文的a postcard of a castle可知，是关于一座城堡的明信片。故选D项。
9.句意：……但对这些学生来说，它意味着（mean）现实生活中的神奇和奧秘。practise 练习;lose失去;explain解释。明信片让这些学生看到了他们生活之外的神奇的世界。故选A项。
10.句意：所有的那些东西都属于（belong to）巴黎。survive生存，存活;allow允许;happen发生。所有那些东西在巴黎市区才会有。故选B项。
11.句意：其中一位老师告诉我，尽管这些孩子住在离巴黎只有四千米的地方，但他们中的一些人一辈子都没有去过那里。habit习惯;effort努力;disadvantage不利之处。despite尽管，表示让步关系。故选C项。
12.句意：我为他们提供了（provide）一个发现另一个世界的机会。spoil宠坏，溺爱;keep保持，保留;offer提供。offer和provide都有"提供"的意思，但用法不同。表示"给某人提供……"时，offer是offer sth. to sb. 或offer sb. sth.;provide是provide sth. for sb.。故选D项。
13.句意：直到我在法国工作，我才意识到（realize）教育到底多有价值。prove证明;admit承认;know知道。作者直到此时才意识到教育的价值和重要性。故选D项。
14.convenient方便的;practical实用的;simple简单的。从下文that is priceless可知，作者认为教育是无价的（valuable）。故选B项。
15.句意：……它代表着他们对未来（future）的希望，那是无价的。family家庭;academic大学教师;ability能力。hope与future 相关联。故选D项。
四、答案：estimated; originally; on; chapters; ordered; was lost; Although; existence; which; printing
解析：本文是一篇新闻报道,主题语境是人与社会。文章主要介绍了百科全书——《永乐大典》的相关信息。在周二的巴黎拍卖行Beaussant Lefèvre拍卖会上,一本罕见的中国古代百科全书的两册抄本以超过800万欧元(900万美元)的价格成交,是预估价的1000多倍。
①考查非谓语动词。句意:在周二的拍卖会上,两册罕见的中国古代百科全书以超过800万欧元(900万美元)的价格成交,是预估价的1000多倍。estimate与price构成逻辑上的被动关系,故填estimated。
②考查副词。句意:这部百科全书被称为《永乐大典》,最初是由明朝第三位统治者永乐皇帝委托制作的,他在位时间为1402年至1424年。此处要用副词修饰动词,故填originally。
③考查介词。句意:此次拍卖的巴黎拍卖行Beaussant Lefèvre发布的新闻稿称,在1404年至1408年间,有2,000多名学者参与了这本百科全书的编纂工作。短语work on“从事……”,故填on。
④考查名词复数句意:《永乐大典》是世界上最大的百科全书,最初共有22,877章。chapter是可数名词,故填chapters。
⑤考查动词的时态。句意:拍卖行称,1562年,明朝第11任统治者嘉靖皇帝下令制作两册百科全书,但由于明朝(1368-1644年)期间发生的多次战争、盗窃和火灾,原件已丢失。由In 1562可知时态是一般过去时,故填ordered。
⑥考查动词的时态和语态。由上文可知时态是一般过去时,主语the original与lose之间是被动关系,故填was lost。
⑦考查连词。句意:尽管周二售出的两册都是抄本,但它们极其罕见,Beaussant Lefèvre称,目前已知的百科全书只有400卷,占原始百科全书的4%。根据句意,此处与下文之间是让步关系,故填Although。
⑧考查名词。短语in existence“现有,存在”,故填existence。
⑨考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。句意:这些书长20英寸,宽12英寸,用红、黑墨水写在纸上。此空是一个非限制性定语从句的引导词,先行词为物,故填which。
⑩考查名词。句意:虽然印刷术在当时已经发展起来,但由于百科全书的长度,它是手写的。名词短语printing techniques“印刷技术”。故填printing。
五、答案：
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To help students learn more about first aid, our school will hold a lecture.
The lecture by Mr. Jonah, an expert on safety education, will be held from 2: 00 to 3: 00 this Friday afternoon in the school hall. As scheduled, he will first give students some brief instructions on first aid knowledge with pictures, and then he will invite students to practice taking part in some emergency situations where they will be tested on what they have learned. After the lecture, students will have a discussion in their own classroom about different first aid treatments in different emergencies.
Please remember to come on time.
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六、答案：
It was not long before they had difficulty in supporting themselves. In reality, they were unable to afford some necessities in life such as food and clothes, let alone the luxuries that they had been used to possessing. Gradually, Paul came up with an idea to sell their apartment to overcome the financial obstacles, but it was rejected by Marie instantly. After all, the apartment meant a lot to them and selling it was apparently unbearable. However, what other ways could they find to solve the problem
One day they went to an art exhibit in town. There they saw a picture about a scene of their town but they agreed that it was not impressive. No sooner had Marie returned home than she set about drawing a picture about the same scene. Surprisingly, Paul praised her for it and encouraged her to draw more, which greatly increased her confidence. What was more satisfying to them was that a friend offered to purchase it at a high price. It was then that the turning point of their life really arrived.