UNIT 6 单元仿真验收性评价
(时间:100分钟 满分:120分)
第一部分:阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Four Outdoor Spring Activities for Kids
While we're tempted to stay inside where it's temperature controlled and comfortable, getting outside is important for a child's development.I'm sure you'll find so many fun outdoor spring activities to do with your kids.They provide them with vitamin D from the sun,strengthen their bodies, enhance problem solving and critical thinking skills, help children appreciate nature, and so much more.
Kid made Bird Feeder
Our kid made bird feeder is made from recycled materials and birdseed.Simply have your children fill each bowl in the egg carton (蛋盒) with birdseed and hang it in a tree when you're finished.This project helps kids work on measuring, pouring, concentration, hand eye coordination and other skills.
Exploring Life at the Pond
Go to a local pond to explore there for a couple of hours.Study the pond ecosystem, search for creatures in the water and outside it, such as fish, worms, turtles and birds.Use our free printable to check off each creature or plant as you find it.This helps stimulate the curiosity about nature of your loved ones.
DIY Seed Bombs
Learn how to make homemade seed bombs to give as gifts to friends and neighbors.These earth friendly seed bombs are made with recycled paper and can be planted directly into the soil.Include seeds from your favorite grasses or flowers in the seed bombs.
Gardening with Kids
Gardening is one of the best spring outdoor activities that you can do with your children.It helps kids learn patience, responsibility and self confidence.Plus, knowing how to grow your own food is a valuable skill!
1.Which activity may best stimulate kids' environmental awareness
A.Kid made Bird Feeder and DIY Seed Bombs.
B.Kid made Bird Feeder and Gardening with Kids.
C.Exploring Life at the Pond and DIY Seed Bombs.
D.Gardening with Kids and Exploring Life at the Pond.
2.What can you do at Exploring Life at the Pond
A.Find out what birds like to eat.
B.Learn how to grow food.
C.Make earth friendly seed bombs.
D.Study a variety of wildlife.
3.For whom is the text intended
A.Parents. B.Children.
C.Teachers. D.Travelers.
B
Thirty five years ago, with just one acre of land, a couple of seeds and a bucket of hope, one Nigerian born scientist began his mission to defeat famine (饥荒) on his continent.
News of the drought across Africa in the early 1980s troubled Nzamujo.Equipped with a PhD in microbiology and his faith, he travelled back to Africa.There, he found a continent ecologically rich, diverse and capable of producing food.He believed drought wasn't the only reason for widespread hunger, and that sustainability had been left out.
Nzamujo began designing a “zero waste” agriculture system that would not only increase food security, but also help the environment and create jobs.In 1985, he started his sustainable farm “Songhai” in Benin, a country in western Africa.
Nzamujo lives on the farm and constantly updates his techniques.He owes Songhai's success to his degrees in science and engineering.But he also thanks his spiritual and cultural roots, and his father — a driving force in his life — who encouraged him to pursue his studies to the highest degree and to use Songhai to share his knowledge.
Songhai has several “eco literacy” development programs.They range from 18 month training courses for farmer enterprisers, to shorter stays to learn techniques like weeding.People come from all over the world to study Nzamujo's methods.
After seeing success on his first zero waste farm, he expanded it throughout western Africa.Today, the Songhai model is applied across the continent.Nzamujo says they've trained more than 7,000 farmer enterprisers and more than 30,000 people in total since it began.
Nzamujo believes zero waste agriculture is now steadily tackling the issues he set out to defeat:hunger, unemployment and environmental declines.And he wants to see it go further.
4.Which factor related to famine was unnoticed in Nzamujo's eyes
A.Poor soil. B.Water shortage.
C.Lack of resources. D.Unsustainability.
5.What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3
A.Introduce a solution.
B.Give examples to the readers.
C.Add some background information.
D.Summarize the previous paragraphs.
6.How does Songhai help to ease the problem of famine
A.By offering land.
B.By trading seeds.
C.By educating farmers.
D.By selling technology.
7.Which of the following can best describe Nzamujo
A.Critical and careful.
B.Learned and responsible.
C.Optimistic and generous.
D.Considerate and ambitious.
C
What would you do if you ever found yourself lost in the wild To find out, you can join a weekend survival course in the Australian Outback.This vast area is famous for its extreme desert climate.
To survive, your first task will be to find water, a rare but necessary thing in the desert.Animals such as ants and seed eating birds are strong indicators of water.You can also cut and suck water from the roots and leaves of plants.Trees like the desert oak have roots near the surface.But be careful.The branches of gum trees are a rich source of water, but the leaves are poisonous, so don't eat them.
The best place to build a shelter is in an area with the least amount of sunlight, like between sand dunes (沙丘) or in a trench (壕沟).To make a trench, dig a hole big enough to lie down in and use the extra sand to create a barrier or wall on each side.This can help to shield you from the glare and baking heat of the sun.
Nights can be cold, so knowing how to make a fire is very important.One way to build a fire is to use the hand drill method.This is one of the oldest and simplest ways to start a fire.It involves rolling a stick between your hands while pressing it onto a piece of wood with dry tinder (引火物) below.The idea is to use friction to create enough heat to make the tinder start burning.This can be a lot of work.
As for food, you'll have to be open minded.Some forms of life can be ugly to look at but can provide you with enough protein to survive.They may even taste good, like scrambled eggs!
8.Which of the following can provide the water you need
A.Leaves of gum trees.
B.Roots of desert oak.
C.Roots of gum trees.
D.Ants and seed eating birds.
9.What does the underlined word “shield” mean in paragraph 3
A.Protect. B.Bury.
C.Prevent. D.Change.
10.What principle does the method of building a fire in the wild work on
A.Heat. B.Pressure.
C.Friction. D.Movement.
11.What's the writer's purpose of writing this text
A.To advertise a survival course.
B.To introduce some daily living skills.
C.To describe lives in a famous desert.
D.To tell us some survival skills in deserts.
D
70% of the global population is likely to live in urban areas by 2050.Feeding residents requires complex supply chains that are easy to collapse.But a new generation of farmers hope to address this by bringing nature back into our cities.
“I view urban agriculture as a wonderful Trojan horse (特洛伊木马),” says Nicolas Brassier, owner of Peas & Love, an urban farm that has expanded to seven sites across France and Belgium in the past two years.Brassier and his business partner Maxime Petit share the idea of using urban agriculture to bring food production closer to the people who eat it.But they also hope to make cities nicer places to live by reintroducing nature to them.
To do this, they developed a concept where residents pay for access to an urban farm with a combination of individual land, shared growing spaces and a broad range of activities around food production and transformation.The farm is cultivated (耕作) by employees and subscribers.
The key to Peas & Love's idea is making use of space that would otherwise be bare.At first glance, cities might not seem to have much available land for farming among the pavements and buildings.But the flat roofs of many commercial buildings in cities are space just waiting to be cultivated.
The Peas & Love story is representative of a growing French movement to address the aging population of farmers.Half of the rural farmers in France will reach retirement age within the next decade.
But what “new” space can cities offer Some urban farms, like Peas & Love, use unexpected sites in cities to create “third places” where people can reconnect with nature.Office building roofs, railway tracks and even underused parking lots can now host urban farms.
12.Why is the figure mentioned in the first paragraph
A.To show the collapse of complex supply chains.
B.To explain the people's living condition in urban areas.
C.To compare the life in urban areas with that in rural areas.
D.To introduce the cause of bringing nature into urban areas.
13.What is the essential part of Peas & Love's idea
A.Expanding Peas & Love into many cities.
B.Taking advantage of potential farmland.
C.Addressing aging population of farmers.
D.Bringing food production nearer to people.
14.Which site can be available to reconnect with nature in cities
A.Railway platform.
B.Underground parking lots.
C.Commercial building roofs.
D.Running track.
15.Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A.Bring agriculture into urban areas
B.Offering urban areas new space
C.Making urban areas nicer places to live in
D.Addressing the aging population of farming
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The carbon footprint shows how much carbon dioxide a person emits (排放) in everyday life.It measures the amount of fossil (化石) fuels and electricity someone uses up as well as the carbon footprint of the products they buy.When we use our cars or heat our homes with carbon dioxide, various other gases are set free.__16__
You can measure your carbon footprint by using a calculator that you can find on various websites.__17__ In America for example, every citizen produces about 28 tons of carbon dioxide and other dangerous gases a year; in Great Britain the amount is about 10 tons.
__18__ The way we travel, for example, has a major effect on our environment.Use your bike or walk for short distances.Public transport is a way of getting to places without putting a burden on the environment.__19___ Many environmental experts, however, argue that it often saves energy to buy food that is produced naturally in faraway places than consuming food grown locally in greenhouses.In your home you can contribute to saving energy by turning off lights if you don't need them or by avoiding the use of air conditioners.Recycling plastic glass and paper can also reduce your carbon footprint dramatically.
__20__ Only if we concentrate on reducing carbon emissions together can we hope to make our environment better.
A.Many people travel between cities and suburbs every day.
B.The carbon footprint is usually measured in tons of CO2 per year.
C.These emissions lead to a thicker atmosphere and global warming.
D.It is also vital to persuade others to take the same steps that you do.
E.There are many actions you can take to reduce your carbon footprint.
F.The websites also provide carbon storage tools and methods for individuals.
G.Buying local food is another way of restricting emission into the atmosphere.
第二部分:语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Here I was on my way towards Mount Qomolangma.After a steep climb, it was time for our lunch __21__.Suddenly came a dog that perhaps sniffed the smell of food and __22__ me.My sympathy was aroused and I __23__ my lunch with him.To my surprise, he stayed and kept me __24__.I called him Sheru.
The movement towards the summit was tough in the dark, but Sheru kept ahead of me to explore whether it was __25__.The cold winds were blowing pretty fast.I came to a spot where I placed my left foot by accident on a steep slippery rock, lost my __26__ and slipped near the cliff (悬崖).I had a lucky __27__ but I lost my hand torch (手电筒).I couldn't move without it.So I shouted out for my __28__, who were moving ahead of me, __29__ the winds were too fierce to let my voice be heard.Sheru ran ahead fast and he __30__ one of my mates and pulled him towards me.__31__, he had a spare torch and I could __32__again.
Finally, we __33__ the top of the mountain before sunrise.After we went down back to our base camp, Sheru __34__ without a goodbye.Maybe he was afraid that I was sorry to see him leave.But he __35__ his friendship on my memory deeply.
21.A.break B.party
C.event D.meeting
22.A.interrupted B.approached
C.begged D.ignored
23.A.brought B.checked
C.shared D.exchanged
24.A.silence B.comfort
C.company D.shelter
25.A.distant B.special
C.high D.safe
26.A.memory B.mind
C.balance D.confidence
27.A.guess B.escape
C.decision D.chance
28.A.partners B.directors
C.instructors D.competitors
29.A.so B.and
C.or D.but
30.A.accused B.limited
C.stopped D.attacked
31.A.Eventually B.Luckily
C.Naturally D.Obviously
32.A.march B.relax
C.celebrate D.refresh
33.A.missed B.crossed
C.abandoned D.reached
34.A.died B.fled
C.disappeared D.moved
35.A.impressed B.promoted
C.spent D.focused
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
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。
Arctic foxes live on the land and sea ice within the Arctic Circle.Winter in the Arctic is unlike winter in most parts of the world.From October to February, the sun never rises to give __36__ (warm) and light.
__37__ (luck), these small foxes have __38__ (use) adaptation for living in the icy Arctic.Their thick fur coat keeps their body at a comfortable 104°F.Their long tails act like a blanket, __39__ (keep) the Arctic foxes warm when they wrap the tails around their body to sleep.And their white coats make it difficult for predators such as wolves and polar bears to find __40__ (they) among the ice and snow.
When they don't need__41__(avoid) predators or keep warm, Arctic foxes are __42__ the hunt for food.They prefer to eat small rodents (啮齿动物), but when times are tough, they'll eat ___43___ they can find.
If an Arctic fox can't find food, or if the weather __44__(get) really bad, it can dig a snow hole and hunker down (蹲下) for up to two weeks.Once the animal can get out of its hole, it'll try to hunt again.With food in its belly, the Arctic fox has __45__ better chance of making it through another long, dark winter.
第三部分:写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华,你校的美国交换生Johnson想要和你一起参加青少年活动中心举办的生存训练暑假夏令营活动,并询问有关情况。请你给他回复一封信,内容包括:
1.活动时间和地点;
2.参加条件(年龄、费用、注意事项等)。
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
第二节(满分25分)
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。
A. J. shut the door of the truck. “Ready,” he said. His dad started the truck. It was six o'clock and freezing, but the strong morning sun promised warmer temperatures. It had been colder than normal over the past week, and the ground and ponds were already frozen.
“After we check on the cows,” Dad said, “you should have some time to practice roping cattle.” A. J. wanted to enter the rodeos (牛仔竞技表演) in which cowboys rode wild horses, and caught cattle with ropes.
The best professionals could break from the gate on horseback, rope a calf (小牛), and hog tie the calf in less than ten seconds. So far, A.J. needed nearly a minute and a half, but he'd only been at it for a few months.
The truck bounced down the dirt road. In a few minutes, they passed through the field gate.
A. J. pulled a pair of telescopes (望远镜). The black spots of cows on the far hill took shape. The cows gathered around the pond. A. J. guessed they wanted the water locked under the ice. Suddenly, they heard extremely frightened shouts from one cow. Dad stopped the truck, and he and A. J. stared at the frozen pond anxiously.
A calf lay on the ice in the middle of the pond. A cow, no doubt the calf's mother, stood onshore, shouting desperately. The calf struggled to get up but slipped and fell each time.
The morning sun seemed warmer. Too warmer. A. J. knew that the situation was urgent. If the calf lay there too long, she could fall through the ice and drown. Dad eased the truck down the hill and stopped at the edge of the pond. “No telling how long she's been there,” he said. “The ice could be about to melt. I don't think we can risk it.” Dad shook his head, “It's just not safe.”
注意:1.续写词数应为150左右; 2.请按如下格式作答。
A. J. watched the calf, whose eyes were wide with fear.
It would be just like rodeo practice, A. J. thought, trying to stay calm.
UNIT 6 单元仿真验收性评价
第一部分
语篇解读:本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个适合孩子的户外春季活动。
1.选A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Our kid made bird feeder is made from recycled materials and birdseed.”以及倒数第二段中的“These earth friendly seed bombs are made with recycled paper and can be planted directly into the soil.”可知,孩子自制的喂鸟器和DIY种子炸弹最能激发孩子的环保意识。
2.选D 细节理解题。根据Exploring Life at the Pond部分中的“Study the pond ecosystem, search for creatures in the water and outside it, such as fish, worms, turtles and birds.”可知,你可以通过“探究池塘生命”活动研究各种野生动物。
3.选A 推理判断题。根据第一段及下文可知,文章主要介绍了四个适合孩子的户外春季活动。由此推知,文章面向的是父母。
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了学识渊博且有责任心的Nzamujo博士回到非洲,设计“零浪费”农业系统,创立“Songhai”农场,帮助那里的人们缓解饥荒问题。
4.选D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“He believed drought ...sustainability had been left out.”可知,他认为干旱并不是大范围饥荒的唯一原因,可持续性被人们忽略了。据此可知,在Nzamujo看来,人们没有注意到农业的不可持续性问题。
5.选A 推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知,Nzamujo开始设计一个“零浪费”农业系统,这不仅会提高粮食安全,而且可以帮助改善环境和创造就业机会;1985年,他在西非国家贝宁开办了他的可持续农场“Songhai”。据此可推知,第三段旨在介绍Nzamujo的解决方案,即“零浪费”农业系统。
6.选C 细节理解题。根据第五段内容可知,Songhai有几个“生态读写能力”发展项目。项目包括为农民企业家提供为期18个月的培训课程,和在短期内学习除草等技术。据此可知,Songhai项目通过培训农民来帮助缓解饥荒问题。
7.选B 推理判断题。 根据第二段中的“News of the ...travelled back to Africa.”可知,获得微生物学博士学位的Nzamujo得知非洲人民遭受饥荒时,带着自己的知识,怀着信仰回到非洲,去帮助那里的人们。由此推知,Nzamujo不但学识渊博而且有责任心。
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了在沙漠等极端野外环境下正确求生的策略。
8.选B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“You can also cut and suck water from the roots and leaves of plants.Trees like the desert oak have roots near the surface.”可知答案。
9.选A 词义猜测题。对上文介绍的庇护处要建在阳光最少的地方、壕沟的每一侧要设置屏障或墙等进行逻辑分析可知,shield应是“保护”的意思,此处表示保护你不被太阳晒伤。
10.选C 细节理解题。根据第四段的“The idea is to use friction to create enough heat to make the tinder start burning.”可以分析判断出,它的工作原理是摩擦“friction”。
11.选D 写作意图题。通读全文内容——尤其是第一段的内容——可知,本文主要介绍了在极端环境下的求生策略。
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文,主要讲的是Peas & Love这个城市农场将农业带进城市的理念和它所带来的启示。
12.选D 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知,第一段提到这个数字是为了介绍将自然引入城市的原因。
13.选B 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句和第四段的第一句可知,Peas & Love理念中最重要的部分是利用潜在农田,即把原本空荡荡的空间变成一个城市农场。
14.选C 推理判断题。 根据最后一段的“Some urban farms ...host urban farms.”可知,在城市中,可以与自然重新连接的地方是商业建筑屋顶。
15.选A 标题归纳题。通读全文——尤其是第一段的最后一句和第二段的“Brassier and his business partner ...to them.”——可知,本文主要讲的是Peas & Love这个城市农场将农业带进城市的理念和它所带来的启示,因此最好的标题是A选项“将农业带入城市地区”。
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章指出了减少碳排放量的重要性,并且提出了减少碳排放量的方法。
16.选C 前文中的“carbon dioxide,various other gases”对应选项C中的These emissions。所以选项C切合文意。
17.选B 根据后文“例如,在美国,每个公民每年产生约28吨二氧化碳和其他危险气体;在英国,这个数字约为10吨。”可知,碳足迹通常以每年的二氧化碳吨数来衡量,所以选项B切合文意。
18.选E 根据后文“短距离使用自行车或步行。公共交通是一种不给环境带来负担的出行方式。”可知,此处是指减少碳排放量的措施,所以选项E切合文意。
19.选G 根据后文“然而,许多环境专家认为,购买远方自然生产的食物往往比消费温室里本地种植的食物更节省能源。”可知,此处是指购买当地食物也可以减少你的碳排放量。所以选项G切合文意。
20.选D 根据后文“只有我们集中精力一起减少碳排放,我们才有希望使我们的环境变得更好。”可知,此处是号召人们一起行动起来。所以选项D切合文意。
第二部分
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在登珠峰的时候,遇到了一只流浪狗并与它分享了自己的食物,后来这只狗在作者登山遇到危险时帮了作者。
21.选A 在爬了一段陡坡后,作者他们到了午饭时间。break是名词,意为“间隔,休息”,符合语境。
22.选B 突然来了一只狗,那只狗大概闻到了食物的香味,并靠近了作者。
23.选C 这激起了作者的同情心,他与那只狗分享了他的午餐。
24.选C 让作者感到惊奇的是,那只狗留了下来,一直陪着他。keep pany意为“陪伴某人”,是固定搭配。
25.选D Sheru探路是要看看是否安全。
26.选C 根据前后文可知,作者不小心左脚踩在一个很滑的陡峭岩石上,他滑了一下,失去了平衡,滑到了悬崖边上。
27.选B 作者走运,逃过了掉下悬崖的危险,但他的手电筒掉了。
28.选A 没有手电筒不能前行,所以作者大声地呼喊着走在前面的同伴,但是因为风太大,同伴听不到他的声音。
29.选D 分析句间逻辑关系可知,此处表转折。
30.选C Sheru飞快地朝前跑去,它拦住作者的一个同伴,并将作者的同伴往后面拉。
31.选B 幸运的是,作者的同伴有备用的手电筒。有了手电筒照明,作者又可以前行了。
32.选A 根据上文可知,作者的同伴有备用的手电筒,因此作者又可以前行了。
33.选D 最后,作者他们在日出之前到达了山顶。
34.选C 返回营地之后,那只狗没有向作者告别就消失了。
35.选A 作者猜想Sheru是害怕看到作者伤心。但是Sheru的这份友谊深深地印在了作者的记忆中。
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了生活在寒冷北极的北极狐的情况。
36.warmth 考查名词。and是并列连词,light是名词,所填词也应该是名词形式,与light作并列的宾语。
37. Luckily 考查副词。修饰整个句子,应该用副词形式,且句首单词首字母要大写。再根据句意,此处意为“幸运的是”,故填Luckily。
38. useful 考查形容词。修饰名词adaptation应该用形容词形式;此处意为“有用的”,故填useful。
39. keeping 考查非谓语动词。句子主语Their long tails和keep之间是逻辑上的主动关系,所以应该用现在分词作状语。
40. them 考查代词。动词find后应该用人称代词的宾格形式作宾语;主语是their white coats,此处用人称代词的宾格them与主语中的their相对应。
41. to avoid 考查非谓语动词。此处是短语don't need to do ...“不需要做……”。故填to avoid。
42. on 考查固定短语。此处是短语on the hunt for“正在寻找”。
43. whatever 考查宾语从句。分析可知,此处引导宾语从句,且在从句中作宾语,表示“任何事物”。
44. gets 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。在if引导的条件状语从句中,从句用一般现在时表示将来的动作;主语the weather是单数意义,get应用第三人称单数形式。
45. a 考查冠词。此处是短语have a chance of doing ...“有机会做……”;此处用不定冠词表示泛指,意为“一个”;better的发音以辅音音素开头,其前应用不定冠词a修饰。
第三部分
第一节 参考范文:
Dear Johnson,
The summer holiday is around the corner.Knowing that you are interested in the summer camp, I'm writing to tell you some relevant details about it.
The summer camp is scheduled to begin on July 10th and last for a month.The ages of participants are limited to a range of 12 to 18.Those who decide to participate are required to sign up on the Internet and pay 6,000 yuan to cover the expense.You are advised to wear sports clothes and shoes.Considering safety,you'd better take along some medicine in case of injury.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 参考范文:
A. J. watched the calf, whose eyes were wide with fear. Though frightened, the calf gathered all her strength to get up but slipped over and over again. Seeing the danger, the mother cow let out shouts with horror and cast helpless glances at A. J. and his dad as if begging them for help. An atmosphere of sadness blanketing the whole world, every nerve in A. J.'s body screamed at him that he must save the poor calf. All of a sudden, an idea came into his mind like a flash.
It would be just like rodeo practice, A. J. thought, trying to stay calm. He rushed to the truck to grab the rope quickly, aimed it at the calf and let it go. Luckily, he made it at the first attempt! With palms sweating, he and his dad struggled to pull the calf out of the frozen pond. After what seemed like a century, they managed to save the calf. Seeing the calf running to her mother happily, A. J. felt comforted and glad that what he had learned helped save a life.