2013-2014学年高一英语人教版必修三Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars 单元练测（含答案解析）

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Unit 4 Astronomy:the science of the stars
单元练测卷（一）
（时间：100分钟 满分：120分）
Ⅰ.单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）
1. —I’m afraid that the manager will ask me to leave the company.
—________!It can’t be that bad.
A. Good luck B. Cheer up
C. No problem D. No doubt
2. His wife gave ________ birth to a baby girl last week, which gave him ________ great pleasure.
A. the; the B. the; /
C. /; the D. /; /
3. I admire Stephen Hawking greatly, whose ________ about black holes has a great effect on astronomy.
A. theory B. practice
C. way D. method
4. The talk between the two countries has started in a friendly ________ and hopefully an agreement will be reached.
A. environment B. situation
C. chance D. atmosphere
5. At present, ________ I want is a few days’ rest.
A. which B. that
C. what D. whether
6. People hope that measures will be taken to ________ house prices rising.
A. keep B. prevent
C. protect D. support
7. Keep on working hard, and you’ll succeed ________.
A. at the same time B. at one time
C. at a time D. in time
8. Fortunately the workers all went home after work when the fire ________ in the building.
A. broke up B. broke off
C. broke down D. broke out
9. It hasn’t been decided ________ a new plan should be made or not.
A. when B. where
C. which D. whether
10. The driver in front of us ________ at the red light and we stopped behind him.
A. pulled off B. pulled up
C. got over D. put up
11. Please ________ for the possible falling building material while crossing the building field.
A. watch out B. bring out
C. take out D. pick out
12. ________ we are tired, let’s listen to some light music to be relaxed.
A. As soon as B. Even though
C. Ever since D. Now that
13. Hearing the puzzling news, she had a very ________ look on her face.
A. puzzled B. disappointed
C. interested D. excited
14. The old woman was counting the eggs ________ by the hens during the month.
A. laid B. lied
C. lay D. lain
15. The young man, who is a software designer, earned ________ his friend, a teacher in a senior middle school.
A. twice as many as B. as many as twice
C. twice as much as D. as much as twice
Ⅱ.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）
My husband and I were cleaning windows together yesterday. We have the double-hung（双吊钩）__16__ that you can pull forward and flip（翻转），allowing us to __17__ the inside and the outside surfaces.
My husband was __18__ one window—and it popped out（跳出）of its frame! Well, our __19__ is for sale and the last thing we needed was for something to __20__.
He was so __21__ and tried with all his strength to get it __22__ together, using a few less than pleasant words(I am sorry to say). After twenty minutes he still could not get it __23__. That’s when my 23-year-old __24__ told his dad to __25__ for a minute and he would try to fix it with me.
It’s amazing how you can see things more clearly and do things more __26__ when you are __27__. He and I fixed the window in three minutes! I called my husband in to see! He couldn’t __28__ it!
I know this isn’t really a gift __29__, in a way, it was. My son __30__ my husband to leave, to cool down, and __31__ him from the worry for a moment. And my son fixing it with me was a __32__ to me, because I saw him as a man instead of the kid he always seems to be in my __33__.
Calm is good. Breathe through __34__ times and maybe even take a break from stressful times. Return with a clear mind and things will usually __35__ much better!
16. A. doors B. chairs
C. tables D. windows
17. A. destroy B. smooth
C. clean D. dry
18. A. washing B. painting
C. repairing D. changing
19. A. furniture B. house
C. home D. car
20. A. break B. dirty
C. lose D. fly
21. A. interested B. delighted
C. worried D. excited
22. A. up B. away
C. out D. back
23. A. separated B. delivered
C. fixed D. added
24. A. son B. nephew
C. student D. daughter
25. A. put away B. walk away
C. give away D. take away
26. A. fortunately B. difficulty
C. slowly D. easily
27. A. calm B. equal
C. nervous D. frightened
28. A. hate B. doubt
C. believe D. satisfy
29. A. or B. so
C. and D. but
30. A. asked B. forced
C. ordered D. promised
31. A. kept B. freed
C. saved D. protected
32. A. surprise B. wonder
C. gift D. hurt
33. A. power B. hand
C. turn D. eyes
34. A. easy B. happy
C. exciting D. difficult
35. A. break out B. turn out
C. pull out D. make out
Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket.
“I just miss—I miss being unknown, ”he said. “I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can’t take a walk. ”
His dream, he said, was to“go through Central Park and watch folks passing by...spend the day watching people—I miss that. ”
Faced with criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting relaxed.
“It’s the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours, ”he told Hearst magazines.
Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed to change, such as the “kabuki dance（日本歌舞）”among political parties before serious policy discussions begin. His comments may be seen as an excuse by critics who have accused him of appearing too cold, and being slow to engage in important issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the U. S. government last week.
Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr. Obama has already racked up（打）60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W. Bush did in his eight years.
In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr. Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century.
36. What do the second paragraph and the third paragraph mainly tell us
A. Obama likes to watch folks passing by.
B. Obama likes going shopping with his girls.
C. Obama likes to take a walk.
D. Obama wishes to enjoy simple pleasures.
37. According to Obama, he plays golf to________.
A. get relaxed
B. show his ability
C. avoid criticism
D. show his advantage over the former presidents
38. What does the underlined word“It”refer to in the fifth paragraph
A. Playing golf.
B. Getting relaxed.
C. Changing some ways of Washington.
D. Watching people.
39. What is the best title of the passage
A. Obama complains about lack of privacy as president
B. Obama can’t live a normal life
C. Obama is often criticized
D. Obama likes to play golf
B
Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.
The Greeks studied astronomy over 2, 000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of stars. They could see their places in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help them study the starry
heavens.
Each new tool added to the files of astronomy; it helped man reach out into space. Until there were telescopes（望远镜），man knew little about the moon. They did not know that the planet called Saturn（土星）has rings around it. Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets.
Before the spectroscope（分光镜），man did not know what kind of gases is in the sun or other stars. Without the radio telescope（电望远镜）we did not know that radio noises come from far out in space.
Today, astronomy is a growing science. We have learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole
history of astronomy.
40. The passage mainly tells us________.
A. the spectroscope helps man know what kind of gases is in the sun and other stars
B. there are nine planets in space
C. there was much noise in space
D. science can’t grow fast without modern technology
41. Thousands of years ago, ________.
A. man watched the stars with their eyes
B. telescopes helped man to study the stars
C. man knew nothing about the sky
D. man knew Saturn had rings around it
42. When the Greeks watched the stars, they knew all of the following except ________.
A. the color of the stars
B. the size of the stars
C. the movement of the stars
D. what the stars were made of
43. Man now knows ________.
A. the moon has rings around it
B. there are six planets
C. Saturn’s rings can be seen by human eyes
D. radio noises come from far out in space
C
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes（撞击） through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead.
Of course he is not dead. With any luck he is not even hurt. Why Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars even catch fire, are professionals. They do these for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress（床垫）. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft plastic.
But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is“blown up”in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff（悬崖）a thousand feet high. His parachute（降落伞）failed to open, and he was killed.
In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stunt-girls too!
44. Stuntmen are those who________.
A. often dress up as actors
B. prefer to lead dangerous lives
C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions
D. often fight each other for their lives
45. Stuntmen earn their living by ________.
A. playing their dirty tricks
B. selling their special skills
C. jumping out of high windows
D. jumping from fast moving trains
46. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________.
A. he needs little protection
B. he will be covered with a mattress
C. his life is endangered
D. his safety is generally all right
47. What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman
A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.
B. The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C. Parachutes must be of good quality.
D. The cliff is too high.
D
In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical（热带的）Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen become the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that are called hurricanes, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people.
The great storms that hit the coast start as soft circling wind hundreds—even thousands—of miles out to sea. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the southeast winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist（潮湿）air flows in at the bottom of such a wind, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process（过程）, the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is changed to energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to move in a counter clockwise motion（逆时针运动）.
The life of a hurricane is only about nine days, but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The energy in the heat released（释放）by a hurricane’s rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the United States for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction（毁灭）in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6 to 12 inch downpours, causing sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the sea—the mountains of water moving toward the hurricane center. The water level rises as many as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.
48. When is an ordinary tropical storm called a hurricane
A. When it begins in the Atlantic and Caribbean seas.
B. When it hits the coastline.
C. When it is more than 75 miles wide.
D. When its winds reach 75 miles per hour.
49. What is the worst thing about hurricanes
A. The terrible effects of water.
B. The heat they give off.
C. That they last about nine days.
D. Their strong winds.
50. Here the underlined word“downpours”means ________.
A. heavy rainfall
B. dangerous waves
C. the progress of water to the hurricane center
D. the increasing heat
51. Which statement about a hurricane is WRONG
A. It travels more than 75 miles per hour.
B. It usually stays about 9 days.
C. It usually causes 6 to 12 inch downpours.
D. It sometimes brings the sea water level to the height of 15 feet.
E
As of 2020, space tourism will become a reality. You can book flights with 330 other people who want to fly into space. At this time, the cost is ＄200, 000 per flight, but it is expected that the cost will soon come down. It is estimated that by 2025 about 15, 000 people will fly into space every year.
No doubt these advances will lead to new extreme sports for brave people to try. By 2025 a famous actress that wants to give her career a boost might try to ride a surfboard（冲浪板）in space, through the atmosphere, and then sail past a beach in California before landing on the nearby ocean, and then surf back to the beach. The surfboard will be extra large, and it can control weather.
At the start of the flight, she will have to wear a space outfit and be strapped onto the surfboard which will act as protection. But as it gets lower in height and it becomes warmer, she can start taking off her clothes. The world’s media will watch and report on every move as she throws each piece away, and watch as the pieces quickly burn up. As she gets lower and glides the surfboard over to the beach near Los Angeles, she will get rid of the rest. So she will be wearing a bikini as she glides in and lands on the ocean and then goes on to surf into the beach.
The only foreseeable problem with this extreme sport is that a day will have to be found in which there isn’t too much garbage in the ocean.
52. What’s the best title of the passage
A. Surf in space.
B. Space tourism.
C. Family life in the space.
D. Space environment.
53. The actress will try the extreme sport to ________.
A. become famous overnight
B. improve her career
C. experience fun
D. find her boyfriend
54. According to Paragraph 3, what’s the CORRECT time order for the following actions
a. takes off her clothes
b. surfs into the beach
c. gets lower in height
d. wears a space outfit
A. dcab B. dcba
C. abcd D. acbd
55. What happens to the clothes the actress throws away
A. They float in the air.
B. They burn up.
C. They turn into plastic.
D. They fall into the ocean.
Ⅳ. 书面表达（满分35分）
假如你叫李华，你的好朋友李明英语听力水平不高，每次考试因此失很多分。他很苦恼，特向你求助。请分析他目前听力存在的若干问题，并给他写一封信提出一些切实可行的建议。词数：100左右。
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答案与解析
1. B 考查情景交际。句意：“恐怕经理会要我离职。”“振作起来！事情不会那么糟糕。”Good luck祝好运；Cheer up高兴起来，振作起来；No problem没问题；No doubt毫无疑问。结合句意选B。
2. D 考查冠词。句意：上周他的妻子产下一女婴，这给他带来了很大的快乐。give birth to生产，产下；pleasure高兴、快乐，为不可数名词。
3. A 考查名词辨析。句意：我非常崇拜史蒂芬·霍金，他的黑洞理论对天文学产生了很大影响。theory理论；practice练习；way方法；method方法。结合句意，选A。
4. D 考查名词辨析。句意：两国之间的谈判在友好的氛围中开始，希望会达成一致协议。environment环境； situation处境；chance机会；atmosphere氛围。结合句意应选D。
5. C 考查名词性从句。句意：目前，我需要的是几天的休息时间。主语从句中缺少引导词，并且缺少动词want的宾语，故选C。
6. B 考查动词固定搭配。句意：人们希望采取措施阻止房价上升。prevent...(from)…阻止……做……。keep...from…阻止……做……，但是介词from不能省略。
7. D 考查time短语。句意：坚持努力工作，总有一天你会成功的。at the same time同时；at one time以前；at a time一次；in time迟早，总有一天，及时。结合句意选D。
8. D 考查break短语。句意：幸运的是，当这座楼里火灾发生时，工人们都下班回家了。break up分解，分手；break off折断；break down出故障，身体垮掉；break out（战争、疾病、火灾等的）突然爆发。
9. D 考查名词性从句。句意：是否应该制订一个新计划还没有做出决定。根据句意，此处需要“是否”之意的词，且从句中不缺少成分，故选D。
10. B 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们前面的司机在红灯处停下了车，我们停在了他的后面。pull off脱下；pull up使车停住；get over克服；put up张贴，搭起。结合句意选B。
11. A 考查动词短语。句意：穿过建筑工地时，请小心可能掉下来的建筑材料。watch out留心，当心；bring out使弄明白；take out拿出；pick out认出。结合句意应选A。
12. D 考查从属连词。句意：既然我们都很疲劳，那就让我们听一些轻音乐来放松一下。as soon as一……就……；even though即使；ever since自从；now that既然。结合句意应选D。
13. A 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：听到这个令人迷惑的消息，她脸上露出非常困惑的表情。puzzled困惑的；disappointed失望的；interested感兴趣的；excited激动的。结合句意选A。
14. A 考查短语lay eggs。句意：这位老妇人在数母鸡这个月下的蛋。lay（下蛋）的过去式、过去分词均为laid，故选A。
15. C 考查倍数表达法。句意：这位年轻人，一位软件设计者，挣的钱是他的朋友，一位高中老师的两倍。倍数要置于as...as结构的最前面，故选C。
16. D 由文章第一句话“My husband and I were cleaning windows together yesterday. ”可知，“我们”有双吊钩的“窗户”，这样的“窗户”便于你能向前推并翻转。
17. C 第一段提到：昨天“我”和丈夫一起擦窗子。由此可知是便于“我们”“擦洗”窗户的里面和外面。故clean“把……弄干净”符合语境。
18. A 由文章第一段可知，夫妻二人正在擦洗窗户，此处指的应该是“我”的丈夫正在“洗”一扇窗户。故wash“冲；洗”符合语境。
19. B 由语境可知应该是“我们”的“房子”要出售。
20. A 由前面的“... and it popped out of its frame!”可知，窗子坏了。故此处应该表示“我们”最不需要的事情就是东西“坏了”。break“打破、弄坏”符合语境。
21. C 由下文中的“...using a few less than pleasant words (I am sorry to say). ”可知，丈夫感到那么不安(worried)。
22. D 由上文中提到的“it popped out of its frame”知应该使窗户恢复原样。get... back意为“恢复”，符合语境。
23. C 由下文中的“…and he would try to fix it with me. ”可知，丈夫尽力把窗户“安装”在一起。
24. A 由倒数第二段中的“And my son fixing it with me”可知答案。
25. B 由下文中的“I called my husband in to see!”可知，儿子告诉他的父亲走开一会儿……。walk away“走开”符合语境。
26. D 由前面的“clearly”及后面的语境可知应该用“easily”合适。
27. A 由最后一段第一句话“Calm is good. ”可知当你“镇定”的时候，看事情更清晰，做事情更容易。
28. C 由上一段中的“After twenty minutes he still could not get it...”可知丈夫二十分钟后仍没能把窗户安装好。再由“He and I fixed the window in three minutes!”可知，他无法“相信”！
29. D 由上下文语境可知是转折关系。故选but。
30. A 由上下文语境可知，应该是儿子“让”自己的父亲走开一会儿。
31. B 儿子帮助父亲从焦虑中摆脱出来。free…from…意为“使……摆脱……”，符合语境。而keep...from…阻止……；protect...from…保护……免受；save...from…从……挽救……，均不符合语境。
32. C 由本段第一句知，“我”知道这并不真的是一份礼物，但是在某种程度上，它又是。故推知，“我”的儿子和“我”一起修理窗户，对“我”而言是一份“礼物”。
33. D 在母亲眼中的儿子。故用“in one’s eyes”。其他三项均不符合语境。
34. D 由and可知此处表并列，与其后stressful对应的应为D项，其余选项不符合语境。
35. B 带着清醒的头脑返回，事情将通常产生更好的结果。
【语篇解读】当上美国总统的奥巴马怀念昔日的自由时光，抱怨现在的生活没有属于自己的空间。
36. D 段落大意题。由第二、三段可以看出奥巴马希望享受简单平凡的快乐，如逛街、散步、看人来人往等。D项为概括内容，而A、B、C三项都是其中的细节。
37. A 细节理解题。由第四段…he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting relaxed. 可以得知奥巴马认为他打高尔夫是为了放松。
38. A 词义猜测题。第五段段首的It应该指的是第四段中提到的“打高尔夫”。
39. A 主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文主要讲述的是奥巴马抱怨当总统之后缺乏自己的空间，怀念以前的简单自由的生活。
40. D 主旨大意题。文章第一段为主题段，此段的最后一句话为主题句，其他段都是围绕这一主题展开的，故答案选D。其他选项为细节。
41. A 细节理解题。由第一段第三句话可知，在古代人们主要通过肉眼来观察星球。
42. D 细节理解题。由第二段可知，只有D项的内容“星球是由什么组成的”没有提到。
43. D 推理判断题。由第四段最后一句可推知，现在人们已经知道无线电噪声来自遥远的太空。
【语篇解读】当你从电视上看到诸如人从很高的窗户摔出、从快速行驶的列车上跳下、撞击汽车等一系列惊险动作时，千万不要以为那是演员的真实表演，其实那都是由特技演员代演的。
44. C 推理判断题。从第二段内容可以作出正确判断。
45. B 推理判断题。通读全文可知，stuntmen是具有特别技能的人，由此可知答案为B。
46. D 细节理解题。从第三段…they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. 可以肯定答案是D。
47. A 推理判断题。根据第五段中的They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed.可知答案为A。
【语篇解读】本文为说明文，介绍了飓风形成的过程和危害。
48. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的…the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that are called hurricanes…可推知此题答案为D。
49. A 细节理解题。根据最后一段中Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane. 与Worst of all is…可推知此题答案为A。
50. A 词义猜测题。根据构词法downpour由down（向下）与pour（倾泻）组成可猜出其意义。也可根据最后一段中的causing sudden floods（导致突然的水灾）推出其意义。
51. D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话The water level rises as many as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.可知，水位已高出正常水位15英尺，这显然与D项内容不符。
【语篇解读】本文展望了2025年可能出现的太空冲浪。
52. A 主旨大意题。从第一段最后一句It is estimated that by 2025 about 15, 000 people will fly into space every year. 可推知答案。
53. B 细节理解题。从第二段第二句By 2025 a famous actress that wants to give her career a boost might try to ride a surfboard in space可知选B。
54. A 推理判断题。根据事件发生的先后顺序不难推断出答案。
55. B 细节理解题。从第三段第三句…and watch as the pieces quickly burn up. 可知选B。
One possible version:
Dear Li Ming,
I’m sorry to hear that you are not doing very well in your English listening. As a result, you scored quite low in each test. As for this, you’d better consider the following three problems and follow my advice.
First, do you have a good vocabulary If not, you’d better make a plan to enlarge your vocabulary by memorizing a few words and expressions every day.
Second, how much time do you spend listening to English materials every day On average, the time ranges from 10 to 20 minutes every day.
Third, how well do you make use of your listening skills In fact, mastering such basic skills is important and necessary, like going through the questions and answers quickly, predicting what the conversation is about, and trying to decide its main idea.
As you know, practice makes perfect. So long as you keep on trying, you are sure to make great progress. Looking forward to your good news.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
单元练测卷（二）
（时间：100分钟 满分：120分）
Ⅰ.单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分,满分15分）
1. ________ come into leaves or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.
A. Trees B. The trees
C. That trees D. What trees
2. The fire ________ through the hotel very quickly but everyone was able to get out.
A. spread B. got
C. lived D. went
3. At first, I was not too sure about the answer to the question of the first importance. However, ________ I worked it out at last with her help.
A. to my joy B. to my disappointment
C. in a word D. in other words
4. The supermarket was on fire. ________ 500 people were caught in it, as was reported.
A. As many as B. As much as
C. As well as D. As far as
5. I hurried to school ________ I wouldn’t be late for class.
A. as if B. so that
C. now that D. because of
6. ________ you’ve passed the test, you can drive a car on your own. But you still should be careful.
A. Even if B. However
C. Now that D. Unless
7. I forgive him, for I believe he will realize my kindness ________. I’ll just wait for that moment.
A. of course B. in fact
C. after all D. in time
8. The villagers were often in ________ clashes with each other in those years before the agreement was reached.
A. interesting B. peaceful
C. violent D. spiritual
9. She started as an office junior, and ________ became the director of the whole company.
A. in surprise B. in return
C. in turn D. in time
10. We suggested that they provide an effective warming system ________ many of the disasters ________.
A. keep; happening
B. to prevent; from happening
C. stop; from being happened
D. to prevent; from being happened
11. The custom of arranged marriages still ________ in many countries.
A. appears B. lays
C. lives D. exists
12. She felt ________ about her future.
A. puzzle B. puzzling
C. puzzled D. puzzles
13. She gave birth ________ three daughters and two sons all her life.
A. for B. at
C. to D. on
14. Which material can be thrown into the sea ________ the nature of the material.
A. depend on B. depends on
C. rely on D. relies on
15. The deer ________ when the animals, harmful to them, disappeared.
A. multiplied B. produced
C. laid D. developed
Ⅱ.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher I do. Her name was Mrs. White.
I don’t remember much about what we learned in her __16__, but my mother once told me we used to __17__ a lot. And I would __18__ what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many __19__. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a“Good”!That made my heart
filled with __20__, but worried my mother. So one day when she met Mrs. White, she asked her why she never __21__ my mistakes; why she never red-penciled in the wrong __22__ of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
My mother said Mrs. White said“The children are just __23__ to get excited about using words, about __24__ sentences. I don’t want to dampen（减弱）that __25__ with red ink. Spelling and grammar can __26__. The wonder of words won’t...”And maybe she didn’t __27__ it exactly like that because it was a long time ago and __28__ my mother told me was just what she could remember.
Thanks to Mrs. White, I __29__ up learning to use words with loving __30__. I had no qualms（顾虑）about writing what I meant __31__ I couldn’t quite spell it out. A thought comes into my mind that if Mrs. White had used her red pen precisely（精确地）, I __32__ wouldn’t be telling you about this now. I look __33__ now and think she must have been a rather __34__ teacher—to exercise such red-pen-restraint（不纠错）—to __35__ the joy, wonder and excitement of expression.
16. A. expression B. school
C. class D. home
17. A. sing B. write
C. draw D. speak
18. A. bring back B. hand out
C. hand in D. make up
19. A. signatures B. mistakes
C. words D. stars
20. A. regret B. sadness
C. happiness D. worry
21. A. saw B. found
C. changed D. corrected
22. A. meanings B. spellings
C. use D. place
23. A. beginning B. leading
C. happening D. choosing
24. A. reading B. discovering
C. forming D. hearing
25. A. thought B. patience
C. courage D. excitement
26. A. wait B. advance
C. disappear D. return
27. A. accept B. prove
C. agree D. say
28. A. that B. what
C. which D. how
29. A. grew B. stood
C. added D. gave
30. A. doubt B. ability
C. confidence D. opinion
31. A. as if B. now that
C. if only D. even if
32. A. hardly B. usually
C. probably D. actually
33. A. back B. round
C. up D. out
34. A. beautiful B. interesting
C. unusual D. strict
35. A. show B. let
C. enjoy D. allow
Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
As the hot tears rolled down her face, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The words reverberated（回响）in my mind: Widowed or divorced（离异的）
“Well, you could call me widowed, ”she replied. “My husband died five months ago today. ”
“I’m so sorry, ”I said. “I needed it to fill out your credit application. ”
“Don’t worry about it, honey, ”she said. “If I never thought about it, I would not remember the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of marriage, each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word‘love’．”
I began to deal with her credit application, words hung in the air. My mind was not focused on the task, and I was unsuccessful in my first few attempts. After I finally completed it, she continued in a heart-to-heart. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger.
“Have you ever been married ”she asked.
I couldn’t help but laugh. I hadn’t even thought about getting married. Besides, I looked nothing like a married woman.
“Ah, no, ”I replied. “I’m only 16. ”
“Sixteen ”she murmured（嘟嚷）. “That’s a great age, an age of lessons. There’s so much worth learning. ”
She then spoke in a whisper, sharing the one lesson that I will carry with me the rest of my life. “Never take anyone for granted（不把……当回事）. If you are in love with someone, let it be known as often as you feel it. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry. The ridiculous arguments you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time. ”
I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me.
36. The author asked the woman the question out of ________.
A. necessity B. kindness
C. curiosity D. respect
37. What can we know about the woman
A. She broke up with her husband.
B. She got married 50 years ago.
C. She was angry with the author.
D. She was thankful to the author.
38. According to Paragraph 5, the author failed in her first few attempts to do her work probably because ________.
A. she was regretful for asking the question
B. she was not very familiar with her job
C. she was thinking about what the woman said
D. she was wondering what the woman would say next
39. What lesson did the author learn from the woman
A. Take others seriously.
B. Never speak to a stranger.
C. There is so much worth learning.
D. There is nothing more important than love.
B
A walk through the Amazon rainforest today, you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15, 000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same
For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted（反应）to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer. Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change If it gets drier, will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2 Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past. Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake muds. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments（沉淀物）, which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）. So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
40. The underlined phrase“mopping up”in the second paragraph means“________”.
A. cleaning up B. taking in
C. wiping up D. giving out
41. How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2.
B. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick.
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
42. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.
43. The best title for this passage may probably be ________.
A. Studies of the Amazon
B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests
D. Changes of the Rainforests
C
Thinking about what to cook every day is a daunting task for most women. Many times, women spend most of their time in the shopping market thinking about what groceries to buy, and end up with a whole lot of stuff in the fridge and kitchen cupboard which they finally throw away. It also leads to a waste of time and more importantly, money. Thus, it is very important to be organized in this matter, and the easiest way of doing this is by family menu planning.
Many shopping malls offer sale on groceries and food items on some particular days of the week. You can plan out your family menu plan according to that. First of all, check your fridge and cupboard and make a list of things that are available to you. As per this, make out a list of dishes that you are going to have for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week. Then make your grocery list of what you would need for your menu plan. Doing this every time before you go to the grocery shop would help in cutting down on your expenses, and also save the frequent trips you make to the grocery store.
Before starting to make the plan, think about which days you would be very busy and which you would have less work. If you usually have to stay late at your work place on Thursdays, plan out certain easy dinner ideas or eat out on Thursdays. As everyone is at home on Saturdays and Sundays, put in some special dishes on your menu plan for these days. You may also need a menu plan for holiday cooking as the kids would be at home the whole day. However, it is important to remember that though there are certain rules in menu planning, your meal plan should be flexible（灵活的）too. If on some day, you have to do overtime at work or you fall sick, you can exchange that day’s menu with some other day.
If you are not comfortable with weekly or monthly menu planning, you can choose a single day family menu plan. Here, you can check what is left over in the refrigerator and make your meal plans accordingly（相应地）.
Whichever family menu planning method you choose, the result would be that you no longer have to worry about daily meals. It is also one of the best ways of giving your family a healthy diet and teaching good eating habits to your kids.
44. According to the passage family menu planning is a way of ________.
A. winning prizes because of well-organized menu plans
B. eating healthily inside and outside the family all the time
C. learning how to cook professionally in a short period of time
D. deciding and organizing what the family should eat for a period of time
45. How do you save money and time when you want to buy things in the grocery store
A. Making a long-term menu plan.
B. Buying things that you like most.
C. Making a list according to the menu plan.
D. Making plans to buy things at a lower price.
46. Before you make your menu plans you should first ________.
A. buy as many things back as possible
B. make an everyday work-and-play plan
C. search information about the nearby grocery stores
D. check what is left in your refrigerator and cupboard
47. What is stressed in the last paragraph
A. Menu plans for kids.
B. Healthy diets and eating habits.
C. The importance of menu planning.
D. The different menu planning methods.
D
Galloping（飞奔）on horseback across a rocky plain, a man rides with a golden eagle on his hand. As a rabbit runs out from behind a large stone, the eagle runs after the rabbit.
Golden eagles can spot prey a mile away. But this eagle is not hunting for herself; she’s claiming it for her master.
The bird’s owner, named Baitolda, is a member of a group of Kazakh people who have trained eagles for hundreds of years. For these Kazakhs, who live in Mongolia, a country in Asia, these birds are both hunting companions and honored family members. Eagle hunters, called burkitshi in the Kazakh language, are some of the most respected members of their community. And Baitolda is one of the best.
“The eagle must depend on the hunter for food, ”says Baitolda. “If she learns how to feed herself, she might go wild and not come back. ”
One of Baitolda’s techniques is to set the bird on a high stone, hold up a rabbit leg and call, “Kaa, Kaa”to get the eagle to speed toward him. The eagle quickly learns the lesson: returning to her owner means lunch!
Baitolda is one of about 150, 000 Kazakhs who still live a traditional nomadic（游牧的）lifestyle. When the seasons change, families load up camels, and sometimes trucks, with their belongings and walk through the mountains on horseback to find fresh grass for their sheep. Only in winter do families return to permanent houses.
During the journey, Baitolda’s eagle rides on his hand and has a place inside the family’s tent. But the eagle also earns her keep. The foxes and hares she catches provide fur for the family’s winter clothing.
When an eagle turns eight, Kazakhs traditionally let the bird go back into the wild to forget her training. As a burkitshi named Khopei says, “They have to live free to make more eagles. ”
48. What can we learn about the burkitshi from the passage
A. They have taught eagles special skills for centuries.
B. They are not good at hunting across a rocky plain.
C. They depend on the horses for food.
D. They are still living a miserable life.
49. If Baitolda calls“Kaa, Kaa”, the golden eagle will ________.
A. fly back to him to get some food
B. fly back to him to drop the prey
C. fly away to catch a rabbit
D. fly away to find grass
50. The underlined word“prey”in Para. 2 refers to ________.
A. a large stone
B. a rabbit leg
C. a person who hunts wild animals
D. an animal caught by another animal
51. What is the passage mainly about
A. The Kazakhs’ extremely simple lifestyle.
B. Hunting with golden eagles is a tradition among the burkitshi.
C. Golden eagles are hoping to be back into the wild.
D. Golden eagles provide people with winter clothing.
E
Last year we began recycling all of our glass, paper and plastic. We changed all light bulbs（灯泡）throughout our home to those energy-saving bulbs, and we stopped purchasing bottled water. In addition, we made it a point to use reusable bags when grocery shopping.
Although I was proud of all the changes we had already made, I felt that we could take it a step further for the new year and do more. I was especially interested in teaching my kids to become more involved in learning how important it is to take care of the environment.
I figured that, in our own way, we were already giving something back to Mother Earth. But wouldn’t it be great if we could give more to organizations that support causes（事业）which help the less fortunate around the world What I decided to do was to give the money we earned from recycling to charity. My seven-year-old son, Brayden, would even be able to join in, as he was responsible for sorting the items and taking them to the recycling center with me. He would help me decide which charity to support. He could help to do the research about the various charities on the Internet. I loved the idea of teaching my son that it doesn’t matter how much you give, and that what matters is that you give. The smallest donation can make a difference.
As this year comes to a close, we are all proud of the steps we have taken to make a difference. And next year, although the dollar amount won’t be huge, we will go on doing our part to help the environment and make this world a better place. All of the changes we make don’t have to be huge, but if everyone becomes involved, just think of the difference we could make.
52. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Donate your money to charity.
B. Children should learn how to recycle.
C. Give as much as what you have to charity.
D. The smallest thing can make a difference to the world.
53. What does the underlined part“a step further”in the second paragraph refer to
A. The author recycled things in his life.
B. The author taught his son to do something to protect the environment.
C. The author donated more money to those in need.
D. Everyone should make huge changes to the world.
54. What can we learn about Brayden according to the fourth paragraph
A. He joined his parent for those good deeds.
B. He had a negative attitude towards recycling.
C. He had been involved in charity for almost seven years.
D. He took some waste things to the recycling center himself.
55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. The author taught his son that how much he gives to others is most important.
B. The author donated all the money he earned from work to charity.
C. The author recycled things at home to protect the environment.
D. The author decided which charity to support by himself.
Ⅳ.短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A few days ago, I watched a interesting TV program. It was 56. ________
about the problem of the traffic in our cities. It seems
57. ________
that a great deal of damages is done by traffic. All our
58. ________
cities are suffered from this. There are too many cars
59. ________
in the street. Sometimes, it’s fast to walk than to go by 60. ________
car or bus. The problem has been getting worse for long 61. ________
time. This is only one problem between thousands of others in 62. ________
our cities. All sorts of terrible things were happening to 63. ________
our cities. The problem is, “What can we do about it ”
64. ________
Our roads were never designing for such a heavy traffic. 65. ________
It takes longer and longer to get from one place to another.
Ⅴ. 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是一名高一新生。因家境贫寒，交不起学费，在本学期开学之初，你面临辍学。后因得到了美籍华人Ms Huang的帮助得以继续学业。Ms Huang从小学到大学一直在中国接受教育，后来到美国留学，虽并不十分富裕，却心系家乡的学生。当你得知这些情况后，十分感动，下决心要更加努力学习，力争更大的进步。请你据此写一篇英语报告，向全班同学介绍这一情况，并发表你的感言。
注意：（1）词数：120左右；
（2）开头语已给出，但不计入总词数。
Boys and girls,
I am from a poor family. My grandparents are over 80 years old and they often fall ill because of their old age. ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案与解析
1. C 主语从句中不缺句子成分，但其连接词不能省略。
2. A 显然此处表示“火灾蔓延”，只有A项可以表达此意。
3. A to my joy令我高兴的是；to my disappointment令我失望的是；in a word总之；in other words换言之。A项符合题意。
4. A as many as和as much as都可表示“多达”，前者修饰可数名词，后者修饰不可数名词。
5. B 考查状语从句引导词的选用。从wouldn’t一词可看出“我”急匆匆去学校是为了上课不迟到，故选B项。
6. C now that相当于since，意为“既然，由于”。
7. D in time在此处意为“不久的将来”。
8. C 句意：村民们在协议达成之前的那些年里彼此之间经常发生暴力冲突。冲突不会是“有趣的”“平安的，和平的”“精神的”，而只能是“激烈的，暴力的”。
9. D 句意：她起初只是一名办公室职员，最终成了整个公司的主管。in surprise吃惊地；in return作为回报；in turn轮流，依次；in time终于；及时。
10. B 本题考查短语prevent/stop/keep...from doing sth.。happen为不及物动词，不能用于被动语态；第一个空处的结构表目的，作目的状语，故用动词不定式。
11. D 句意：包办婚姻的风俗仍在很多国家存在。exist in存在于。
12. C 句意：她对她的将来感到迷惘。feel puzzled about...对……感到迷惑（惘）的。puzzled adj. （人）迷惑的，迷惘的；puzzling adj. （物）令人迷惑的。
13. C 考查固定搭配give birth to“生产，生育，分娩”。句意：她一生生育了三个女儿和两个儿子。
14. B 句意：哪种材料可以扔进大海取决于材料的性质。当“信赖，依靠”讲时，depend on可以与rely on换用；当“取决于”讲时，只能用depend on。
15. A 句意：当对鹿的生存有威胁的动物消失后，鹿繁殖很快。A项“繁殖”；B项“生产”；C项“放置，下蛋，产卵”；D项“发展”。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇回忆录。作者回忆了他的幼儿园老师Mrs. White，她用“不纠错”的方法来培养孩子们的写作兴趣。
16. C Mrs. White是作者的幼儿园老师，此处指“在她的课堂（class）上”。
17. B 由下一句的wrote可知当时我们常常写（write）很多东西。
18. A 下文说妈妈看了我所写的东西，那么肯定是我放学后把这些东西“带回”（bring back）了家。
19. B 由下一句中的corrections一词可推出，需要纠正的是“错误”(mistakes)。
20. C 作业中尽管有些错误，但是总有小星星甚至“优秀”的评语，这让我感到非常高兴（happiness），由下文的but也可推出此处应是与worry相对的词。
21. D 由上文的no red corrections可知：老师对错误不进行改正（corrected）。
22. B 该句与下一段老师的回答中的Spelling and grammar…相呼应。
23. A 作者当时正上幼儿园，所以刚开始（beginning）学习使用单词来表达。
24. C 用所学的词来造（forming）句。
25. D 由上文get excited可知老师说“不想通过纠错来减少孩子们写作的激情（excitement）”。最后一句的joy, wonder and excitement也有提示。
26. A Mrs. White认为对于初学者来说，兴趣和热情是很重要的，相比之下，拼写和语法方面的问题则可以暂缓处理（wait）。
27. D
28. B 因为作者在回忆，这些话是他妈妈转述的，并且这已是很久之前的事了，所以他也无法确定老师的原话是否真的是这样“说”（say）的，他妈妈所说的只是她能记得的。
29. A
30. C 由于Mrs. White当初的教育方法，使我在成长（grew）历程中，在用词上总是充满自信（confidence），这一点从下一句的描述中可得知。
31. D 尽管（even if）有些单词我无法正确拼写，但我总能无所顾虑地表达我所想表达的。
32. C 如果老师经常给学生纠错，极有可能会打击学生的自信心，作者“很可能”（probably）也就不会跟我们谈论这件事情了。
33. A 作者在回忆过去的事情，所以用look back，表示“回忆”。
34. C 根据文章的中心思想和破折号后面的说明，此处应填unusual，说明这位老师一定是一位“与众不同的”老师。
35. D 她的做法让（allow）孩子们体会到（自由）表达的快乐、神奇和兴奋。
【语篇解读】与一位老妇人的偶遇，让作者明白了一个重要的人生哲理：在生活中不要不把别人当回事，要认真对待我们身边的每一个人。
36. A 细节理解题。根据第三段的I needed it to fill out your credit application.可知，作者是出于“工作需要”才问那位老妇人这个问题的，故选A项。
37. B 细节判断题。由第二段可知那位老妇人的丈夫去世了，而不是他们离婚了，故A项不正确；从第四段第一句可以看出老妇人并未因为这个问题而生作者的气，她后面所说的话只是为了宽慰作者，并没有感激之意，故C项和D项都不正确；根据Even after 50 years of marriage可知B项正确。
38. C 推理判断题。从第五段的words hung in the air可知作者还在想着老妇人刚才所说的话，所以无法专心工作。
39. A 推理判断题。由最后两段内容可知作者从老妇人那里学到的让她受用一生的道理是：不要不把别人当回事，要认真对待我们身边的每一个人，故选A项。
40. B 词义猜测题。根据第二段第二句“...helping to slow global warming. ”及第三句可推知mopping up和taking in的意思相同。
41. D 细节题。根据第二段的内容（尤其是最后一句话）可推知应选D项。
42. C 主旨大意题。根据第二段最后一句“So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled...”可知资料的收集不是很容易，故选C项。
43. C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲的是亚马逊热带雨林难以预料的变化，故C项描述得最准确。
【语篇解读】本文主要说明了制作menu plans的一些注意事项及其给家庭饮食带来的好处。
44. D 细节理解题。根据全文内容，family menu planning是家庭里对于每日，每周，甚至每月的一日三餐所作的规划：需要吃什么，怎么样吃。
45. C 细节理解题。本文中突出的是在去购买用餐所需物品之前要先按照menu plan作出相应的清单，以了解所需从而节约时间和金钱。
46. D 细节理解题。文章两次提到在作menu plans之前要先看一下你的冰箱和橱柜都已经有了什么，还缺少什么，以使其更加的节约实用。
47. C 细节理解题。作者在文章最后一段中给出了menu plans的重要意义。从“不用再忧虑每餐都吃些什么”到“可以给家人提供健康的饮食及培养孩子的良好习惯”都说明了menu plans的重要性。
【语篇解读】哈萨克族牧民能将金雕训练成出色猎手，经过训练的金雕，可以在草原上长距离地追逐猎物。
48. A 细节判断题。由文章第三段首句“The bird’s owner, named Baitolda, is a member of a group of Kazakh people who have trained eagles for hundreds of years.”可知答案。
49. A 细节理解题。由文章第五段可知，Baitolda的手里拿着兔子腿，他一叫，金雕就向他飞去吃他手里的食物。
50. D 词义猜测题。由后一句“But this eagle is not hunting for herself; she’s claiming it for her master.”可知这里指金雕能发现一英里以外的猎物。
51. B 主旨大意题。文章主要讲金雕和金雕的训练者的故事，B项概括全面。
【语篇解读】以身作则，言传身教。你的每一点努力都会对孩子、对社会产生大的影响。
52. D 主旨大意题。A、B、C三项都比较片面，不能概括全文。由最后一段的总结可知，只要我们每个人都来参与，就可以使世界有所不同。
53. B 细节理解题。由第二段可知，作者为自己对环境所作的贡献而骄傲，但是还想再进一步。由下文可知，作者对于教会儿子保护环境，对社会作出回报很感兴趣，后来孩子确实也学了很多。
54. A 细节推理题。由第四段第一、二句可知，作者的儿子Brayden跟他一起做保护环境和慈善的事情。
55. C 推理判断题。由第一段回收玻璃、纸、塑料，换节能灯泡以及使用环保购物袋等可知，作者一家从家做起来保护环境。
56. a→an 57. 去掉第二个the
58. damages→damage 59. suffered→suffering
60. fast→faster 61. for后加a
62. between→among 63. were→are
64. √ 65. designing→designed
One possible version:
Boys and girls,
I am from a poor family. My grandparents are over 80 years old and they often fall ill because of their old age. Though my parents work hard from dawn till dark, they cannot earn enough money to cover my school fees so that I almost had to drop out of school. At the beginning of this term, I received some money from Ms Huang, a Chinese-American, which enabled me to continue my study. I learned that Ms Huang studied in China from primary school to university and then she went to America to further her education. Though she is not very rich now, she is willing to help the poor children in China. I do appreciate her help and I have made up my mind to study much harder so that I can make greater progress.
That’s all. Thank you.
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欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。 www.