人教版高中英语选修6-Unit 5 The power of nature综合技能测试（含答案解析）

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Unit 5　综合技能测试
满分100分，考试时间90分钟
Ⅰ.单项填空(每小题1分，共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。
1．—I wonder if I could know more about your new book by asking you some questions
—________.
A．Yes，ask.　　　　　　
B．Of course, go ahead.
C．Yes，help yourself.
D．Of course，why not
2．I do know some famous________that affected people seriously.
A．volcano eruptions
B．volcano's eruptions
C．volcano's eruption
D．volcanoes eruptions
3．Guizhou Province is a place with quantities of______resources.
A．invisible B．crystal clear
C．potential D．rich
4．Oceania is a(n)________continent where the platypus(鸭嘴兽)________．
A．only，existence
B．No.1，lives
C．unique, exists
D．seldom，came into being
5．You had better________your diet rather than take the same things all the time.
A．change B．differ
C．transform D．vary
6．Most air pollution is caused by the burning of________like coal, gas and oil.
A．fuels B．articles
C．goods D．products
7．The doctor had something unexpected to deal with，so he________his appointment with his patients.
A．stopped　　　 B．cancelled
C．prevented D．paused
8．I had just gone to bed after a tiring day________the phone rang loud enough to wake up the dead.
A．as B．when
C．after D．while
9．________is said that Tom has been to China for three times.
A．It　　　 B．There　　　
C．As　　　 D．That
10．The children were not________，because they enjoyed watching the________film on Superman.
A．bored，excited
B．boring，excited
C．bored，exciting
D．boring，exciting
11．Can you imagine________in space without wearing spacesuits
A．to walk B．walking
C．to walking D．walk
12．At the sight of the super star，the fans are always________with excitement.
A．trembling B．fearing
C．bored D．anxious
13．On turning on the computer，________.
A．Mum told me to have supper
B．a game appeared on the screen
C．there was something wrong with the mouse
D．I found a strange E mail
14．________，I went out for a walk.
A．There was nothing to do
B．There being nothing to do
C．There had nothing to do
D．There having been nothing to do
15．(2009海南－6)Edward, you play so well. But I________you played the piano.
A．didn't know B．hadn't known
C．don't know D．haven't known
Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分，共20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more__16__， waiting for the final school bell. Upon its__17__everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often__18__what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so__19__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David__20__. I can still remember he was always__21__a smile and willing to help. He always__22__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__23__just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__24__home.
Weeks passed and the__25__over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__26__before the holiday break. I smiled in__27__as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David__28__standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，” he said and__29__from behind his back a small box.__30__it to me, he said anxiously，“Open it.”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my__31__saw nothing. I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it' s__32__.”
“Oh no it isn't，” said David，“It's full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there.”
Tears filled my eyes__33__I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given__34__to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning__35__the little empty box set on my desk.
文章大意：尽管还是十月，学生们大都已经在盼望圣诞节的到来，只有戴维除外。他穿着破烂。我不理解他妈妈为什么在寒冷的天气还让他穿得如此单薄。但有一件事却让他与众不同。他在放学后总会帮我整理教室。在放假的那一天，戴维送给我一件礼物，是一个小盒子。但让我惊奇的是，里面什么都没有。戴维告诉我里面盛满了爱。他妈妈在临终前告诉他只能去体会，并不一定能看到或触摸到。后来我们成了好朋友。我会永远铭记盒子的意义。
16．A.anxious B．courageous
C．serious D．cautious
17．A.warning B．ringing
C．calling D．yelling
18.A.scolded B．wondered
C．realized D．learned
19．A.modestly B．naturally
C．inaccurately D．inappropriately
20．A.popular B．upset
C．special D．funny
21．A.expressing B．delivering
C．wearing D．sharing
22．A.practised B．wandered
C．studied D. stayed
23．A.would B．should
C．might D．could
24．A.aim at B．turn to
C．put off D．head for
25．A.argument B．excitement
C．movement D．judgement
26．A.school B．year
C．education D．program
27．A.relief B．return
C．vain D．control
28．A.weakly B．sadly
C．quietly D．helplessly
29．A.searched B．found
C．raised D．pulled
30．A.Holding B．Handing
C．Sending D．Leaving
31．A.delight B．expectation
C．appreciation D．surprise
32．A.cheap B．empty
C．useless D．improper
33．A.as B．until
C．because D．though
34．A.advice B．support
C．attention D．command
35．A.from B．behind
C．over D．towards
Ⅲ.阅读理解(每小题2分，共40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。
A
(2010四川)
I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives(观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.
With this unshakable belief, I , at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people's writing can one discover what works, what doesn't and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.
Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction(文学作品). As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter—the volume(量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
短文解析：本篇文章是记叙文。作者通过自己的亲身体验，讲述读书使人形成自己的独立观点，读书使人开扩视野的重要作用。
36．What can be inferred about the author as a child
A．He never watched TV.
B．He read what he had to.
C．He found reading unbelievable.
D．He considered reading part of his lifet.
37．The underlined word “voice” in the second paragraph most probably means “________”．
A．an idea
B．a sound quality
C．a way of writing
D．a world to write about
38．What effect does reading have on the author
A．It helps him to realize his dream.
B．It opens up a wider world for him.
C．It makes his college life more interesting.
D．It increases his interest in worldwide travel.
39．Which of the following can be the best title of this text
A．Why do I read
B．How do I read
C．What do I read
D．When do I read
B
The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often runed so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender hoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best in got.
Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates like to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工)tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.
Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill. There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required. For black tea, the young green leaves are first spread out on shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this, the leaves are passed through heavy rollers. This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste. Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment(发酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea. The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot air blower until they become rolled up black leaves. The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.
40．In the first paragraph, the word“pruning”means______.
A．regular cutting of the plants.
B．frequent watering
C．regular use of chemicals
D．growing the plants high in the mountain
41．One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that________.
A．they work harder than men do in picking
B．they can throw their picking more easily into the baskets
C．their fingers fit them better for the job
D．they can move easily find the twin leaves
42．How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph
A．Three.　 B．Four.　
C．Five.　 D．Six.
43．What's the writer's purpose in writing the passage
A．To introduce various methods of tea processing.
B．To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.
C．To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.
D．To inform readers of tea growing, picking and processing.
C
What would the world look like if it lost its battle against the greenhouse effect and global wamring We are talking worldwide disaster, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age.
This is the scene that faces those who see“The Day After Tomorrow”，a new Hollywood scifi(科幻)movie. It is in the second place in the US box office chart. Some say that the director, Roland Emmerich, has an uncontrollable desire to destroy the world, especially New York. In 1996, he made“Independence Day”， in which aliens destroy earth. Two years later, he brought“Godzilla”to the screen. This saw a giant Japanese monster appear in New York and almost tear the city to pieces.
“The Day After Tomorrow”shows disaster and destruction on a global scale—all thanks to the weather.
In the movie, Jack Hall, a weather scientist, is the first man to realize that a new ice age is coming. In one of several natural disasters, his son Sam becomes trapped in New York's Public Library when a tidal wave strikes the city. He is forced to fight rapidly dropping temperatures. And a pack of hunger wolves escaped from the zoo. Meanwhile, Jack must think of ways to save his son, himself and the whole world. He must follow a hard path north, as everyone else races south to live in warmer climes.
This film also brings a direct attack on the refusal of the current US government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is hoped that“The Day After Tomorrow”may encourage a change in the government's attitude towards environmental protection.
44．This text is meant to________.
A．introduce a famous director, Roland Emmerieh
B．introduce koland Emmerich and his films
C．introduce the film“The Day After Tomorrow”
D．warn people of the greenhouse effect
45．The three films mentioned in the text share the same features except that________.
A．they are all set with the background New York
B．a terrible disaster happens to New York in three of them
C．they are all sci fi(科幻)movies
D．they all take the second place in the US box office chart
46．What's the main idea of the last paragraph but one
A．The content of“The Day After Tomorrow”．
B．How Roland Emmerich designed the film.
C．How terrible the weather is.
D．How people fight agaist nature.
47．What does the writer think of the US government's work on environmental protection
A．It has been good so far.
B．It is far from satisfaction.
C．It is optimistic.
D．It is satisfactory.
D
The idea of light pollution has developed with the increase of lights in cities. In many areas, this light makes it difficult or impossible to observe stars and planets in the night sky.
There are a number of reasons why light pollution is important. One has become clear at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, California. Today, light from Los Angeles makes the night sky above Mount Wilson very bright. It is no longer an important reasearch center because of light pollution.
Light pollution threatens to reduce the scientific value of research telescoples in other important observatories. They include Lick Observatory near San Jose, California and Yerkes Observatory near Chicago, Illionis.
Light pollution is the result of wasted energy. Bright light that shines into the sky is not being used to provide light where it is needed on Earth. Poorly designed lighting causes a great deal of light pollution. Lights that are brighter than necessary also cause light pollution.
Most people in America are surprised to find out that they are able to see our own galaxy(星系)，the Milky Way, with their own eyes. But about three fourths of Americans cannot see the Miky Way because of man made light.
Objects in the night sky are resources that provide everyone with wonder. But light pollution threatens to prevent those wonderful sights from being seen.
48．Light pollution usually occurs________.
A．in cities B．in the country
C．in wild areas D．in developing countries
49．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A．Mount Wilson Observatory is the most important one in America.
B．Light pollution affects observatories only.
C．In the dark night people can observe the sky clearly.
D．Astronomers can observe the stars clearly by the lights of the cities.
50．The victims affected by the light pollution are________.
A．children B．grown ups
C．students D．observatories
51．The Milky Way is________.
A．a road where milk is sold along
B．a group of stars in the sky
C．a way with milk covering it
D．a way you can get free service of milk by
E
Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different belief. In addition, there is usually a greater wordly interest and greater_tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote(促进)social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed(无可争辨的)．
Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.
52．The following factors tend to promote social change except________.
A．different kinds of people
B．different points of view
C．different interests
D．different conditions
53．The underlined expression“greater tolerance”refers to“________”．
A．more respect for different beliefs and behaviors
B．quicker adaption to changing circumstance
C．greater willingness to accept social change
D．greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas
54．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE within a society
A．Social change is less likely to occur in technology than in values.
B．What people learned in their early times tends to change quickly.
C．The basic and emotional aspects of society tend to slow down social change.
D．Strange elements are likely to quicken social change.
55．Social change is easier if it takes place________.
A．step by step
B．between Black Americans and their white counterparts
C．among Black Americans
D．between Black Americans and other Americans minorities
Ⅳ.写作(25分)
(自贡市普高2010级第三次诊断性考试)
目前，中学生花钱大手大脚已成为一个令学校难以管理的问题。下面是一份关于零花钱的调查报告。请你以此为依据，写一篇100词左右的短文，呼吁大家关注此问题。短文的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。
来源 父母给的生活费
用途 多数用来买零食，MP4，新潮衣服或支付上网费用；少数用来支付生活费
危害 不知挣钱辛苦；盲目攀比；还可能沾染一些其他不良习惯
呼吁 ……
注意：
可根据内容适当增减细节，使语句连贯，符合逻辑，表达准确。
Nowadays, middle school students tend to be very free with their pocket money, which has become a difficult problem to solve for schools.
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1答案：B　句意：“当然可以，问吧”。
2答案：A　volcano eruption表示“火山喷发”。
3答案：C　句意：贵州省是一个潜在资源丰富的地方。
4答案：C　unique表示“唯一的；独一无二的”。
5答案：D　句意：你最好不断变换你的饮食而不是总一成不变。change“变化”；是通用词；vary用于不断变化的事物，尤指为了保持趣味和效力而变化；differ意为“相异；不同”；transform意为“使改变形态”。
6答案：A　句意：大多数空气污染是由于燃烧煤、天然气和石油等燃料引起的。fuel“燃料”。
7答案：B　句意：医生有一些突发事情要处理，因此他取消了和患者的约定。
8答案：B　when在此意为“这时；突然”。
9答案：A　it指代后面真正的主语即that引导的从句。
10答案：C　句意：孩子们一点也不厌烦，因为他们喜欢看令人激动的有关超人的电影。
11答案：B　imagine后跟v ing形式作宾语。
12答案：A　句意：一看到那位巨星，粉丝们总会激动得浑身颤抖。
13答案：D　句意：一打开电脑，我就发现了一封奇怪的电子邮件。
14答案：B　独立主格结构，相当于Because there was nothing to do.
15答案：A　句意：爱德华，你的钢琴弹得真不错，我并不知道你会弹琴。客观陈述过去的一个事实，采用一般过去时。
16答案：A　本题考查学生对文章的理解和对词义的辨析，anxious“焦急的；急切的”。
17答案：B　本题中its指的是school bell, 所以只能和ring搭配。
18答案：B　后面用的是“what kind of home life David had”，所以用wondered，意为“想知道”。
19答案：D　inappropriately“不适当地”；根据下文中的without a coat, boots, or gloves可知大卫穿着不合适。
20答案：C　special“特殊的；特别的”，上文中说到David穿得不好，下文中说到作者能记得的是大卫脸上一直挂着微笑，总是乐于助人，说明他与众不同。
21答案：C　wear“(面容等)呈现，显现”；在这儿wear a smile意思是“面带笑容”。
22答案：D　大卫在放学后待在学校摆齐凳子，拖地。故选D。
23答案：A　would“老是；总是”。
24答案：D　head for“朝……进发；前进”。在这儿是指大卫打扫完教室后回家。
25答案：B　excitement指学生期待已久的圣诞到来的兴奋之情。
26答案：A　before the holiday break显然是school day.
27答案：A　relief“轻松，宽慰”。
28答案：C　由上下文可知，这儿应是David静静地站在讲桌旁。
29答案：D　此处应是大卫从身后把那个盒子拉出来。
30答案：B　同时考查现在分词做伴随状语。hand sth. to sb. “把……交给某人”。
31答案：D　既然是送给老师的礼物，盒子里应该有东西，而老师打开后盒子是空的，所以感到惊奇。
32答案：B　由上文中的saw nothing和下文中的It's full of love。可知选B。
33答案：A　as 引导时间状语从句。
34答案：C　由前文中的We never talked much可知，作者并没对大卫注意(give attention to)太多。
35答案：B　由整篇文章可知，这儿是空盒子背后的意义。
36答案：D　根据首段第一、二句， “I grew up in a house...with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves....I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing”可知，作者是在一个以书为伴的环境中长大的，读书像呼吸那样已经成为生活必需。
37答案：C　根据文中 “...but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own …”可以推断出voice所表达的意思是“写作方式”。
38答案：B　由文章的最后一句“It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.”可得出答案。
39答案：A　文章作者主要以自己的亲身体验讲述读书的重要性。因此Why do I read？“我为什么读书？”作题目最佳。
40答案：A　词义猜测题。由句子“...because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves”可知，由于它能促使嫩芽的发出可推知为剪枝。
41答案：C　细节考查题。由第二段第二句中“...Their thin fingers can easily remove...”可知答案为C。
42答案：C　细节理解题。由第三段可知。“processing tea”有5个步骤，因此C项正确。
43答案：D　主旨大意题。由全文可知文章主要向我们讲述茶叶的种植、采摘以及加工。因此D项正确，其余选项都不全面。
44答案：C　主旨归纳题。文章借环保这一敏感话题引出文章的本意——介绍一部美国科幻影片。
45答案：D　细节判断题。由第二段第四句“In 1996, he made...”可知A、B正确；C在第二段首句已经点明。
46答案：A　主旨大意题。由倒数第二段内容可知，它是在介绍影片的主要故事情节。
47答案：B　细节推理题。由最后一段最后一句话“It is hoped that‘The Day After Tomorrow’may encourage a change in the government's attitude towards environmental protection.”可知。
48答案：A　细节理解题。作者谈到城市里的灯是光污染的主要地方，而不是乡村、偏远地区、发展中国家等地方。文章第一段“The idea of light pollution has developed with the increase of lights in cities”提供了本答案信息。
49答案：C　推理判断题。A项中的most important是错误所在；B项中的only一词与文章叙述不符；D项为常识性错误；天文学家观测天象不是借助城市的光源。从文中第二段可知灯光太亮不利于天象观测，即在漆黑的夜晚，没有灯光的破坏，才是观测天象的最佳时机。
50答案：D　推理判断题。本文主要讲了光污染对天文观测的影响，作者在文中提到了“observe stars and planets; observatory, astronomers”等都是推测答案的关键词汇。天文学家研究天象，但是由于光的原因，他们不能进行正常的研究，因此他们才是最大的受害者。儿童、学生、成年人的任务不是研究天象的，不是主要受害人。
51答案：B　细节理解题。从短文倒数第二段“Most people in America are surprised to find out that they are able to see our own galaxy(星系)，the Milky Way, with their own eyes. But about three fourths of Americans cannot see the Miky Way because of man made light.”可推测the Milky Way(银河)应是与太空有关。
52答案：D　细节推断题。由第一段知A、B、C均为社会变化的因素。
53答案：A　词义推断题。本文是介绍社会变化的，由文章第一段可知人员混杂的社会要比人员统一的社会更容易发生社会变化，因为他们的看待事情的方式不同，信念不同，有更多的利益冲突，可见这样的社会具有兼容与包容性。
54答案：C　细节判断题。由第二段第一句话可知A错，第二句可知B错。由“in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements”可知D错。
55答案：A　推理判断题。由第三段首句“Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual”可知。
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Nowadays, middle school students tend to be very free with their pocket money, which has become a difficult problem to solve for schools.
Generally, parents give their children some money every month as their living expenses. However, some students spend less on regular meals and everyday goods to save their pocket money with which they buy snacks, MP4 players, fashionable clothes and so on. What's worse, they spend it on playing computer games or surfing the Internet. Therefore, they don't know how hard it is to earn money. In addition, they are so young that they may learn to worship those with lots of pocket money blindly and fall into the bad habit.
In order to help the students, we should call on parents monitoring the pocket money. The school should take proper measures to educate the students and make them build up the good value of consuming.
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