Unit 5 Rhythm 单元测试题
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Unit 5单元测试题
第一部分： 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分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. —Excuse me, do you mind my opening the window?
—______.
A. No, not at all B. Very well, thank you
C. Yes, you can D. No, I’m afraid I can’t
2. The film Hero was ______ great success, bringing in a lot of money to ______ cinema.
A. 不填；the B. a；the
C. 不填；不填 D. a；不填
3. She said she’d phone her parents ______ she arrived in Beijing.
A. the moment B. at the moment
C. for the moment D. in a moment
4. —Oh, my God! I’m very busy now. Could you help me with the housework?
—Er, well, I ______ help you.
A. am going to B. could
C. will D. have to
5. —It’s a nice day, isn’t it?
—Yes, it’s ______ that I’d like to go to swim.
A. so warm weather B. such warm weather
C. so warm a weather D. such a warm weather
6. He could run faster than any other kid in the school ______ he was only eleven years old.
A. as if B. though
C. as long as D. since
7. Diets are most effective when ______ with exercise.
A. competed B. combined
C. appeared D. connected
8. William Shakespeare occupies a(n) ______ place in drama.
A. creative B. powerful
C. extreme D. unique
9. Some teenagers like to exercise ______ loud pop music.
A. for B. after C. to D. against
10. We all enjoyed ourselves at the concert. The wonderful performances of the artists have made a deep ______ on us.
A. opinion B. relation
C. feeling D. impression
11. Tony got a “D” in the exam, ______, he failed the exam.
A. in my opinion B. in favor of
C. in the end D. in other words
12. They never remained ______ with their achievement.
A. satisfying B. satisfy
C. satisfied D. to be satisfied
13. Debbie ought to attend school this autumn, but she ______ up early in the morning.
A. isn’t used to get B. isn’t used for getting
C. used not to get D. isn’t used to getting
14. How did the movie finally ______? I couldn’t wait to see the ending.
A. come out B. come across
C. come off D. come away
15. ______ the Internet you can book a hotel online without leaving the office
A. Used B. Use C. Using D. To use
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Eddie had a new car. It was the fastest, most expensive and most beautiful car in 16.
Eddie 17 to show people his car. He 18 put it in the garage when it was raining. Eddie didn’t like rain 19 he wanted people to see his car. He wanted them to say, “Oh, Eddie, that’s an expensive car,” or “Oh, Eddie, that’s the most beautiful car I have ever 20.”
One day, Eddie was standing 21 his house along the street, talking to some people about his car. Then it 22 to rain.
“Oh, my goodness!” cried Eddie. “It’s raining. Wait a minute please!” He 23 into his house. Where were the keys to his 24? He couldn’t find them. He 25 through the front door. Horrible rain was falling on his car. Eddie 26 an umbrella and was ready to run back out into the 27.
“Why do you 28 the umbrella?” asked Eddie’s little sister Carol.
Eddie laughed. “You 29 little girl! Can’t you see it’s raining?”
“But if you don’t like the rain you can 30 in your car.”
Eddie 31. “Silly Carole! The umbrella isn’t for me. It’s for my car.” Eddie put up his umbrella and stood in the rain, 32 the umbrella over his car. More people came to 33 .
“You see, Carole,” said Eddie. “People are coming to see my car. It’s the 34 car in England.”
“Oh, Eddie, you are so silly!” said Carole. “They haven’t come to see your car. They’ve come to see a 35 man holding an umbrella over a car.
16. A. England B. America
C. France D. Germany
17. A. wanted B. decided C. planned D. loved
18. A. always B. only C. never D. nearly
19. A. because B. when C. until D. if
20. A. taken B. bought C. seen D. driven
21. A. outside B. inside C. under D. behind
22. A. used B. started C. stopped D. came
23. A. walked B. ran C. escaped D. moved
24. A. office B. kitchen
C. garage D. bedroom
25. A. looked up B. looked for
C. looked around D. looked out
26. A. picked up B. picked out
C. put up D. put out
27. A. garden B. dark C. street D. shop
28. A. search B. need C. like D. repair
29. A. careless B. simple C. silly D. funny
30. A. sleep B. lie C. rest D. sit
31. A. talked B. shook C. jumped D. laughed
32. A. placing B. putting
C. holding D. supporting
33. A. watch B. laugh C. help D. stare
34. A. newest B. biggest C. fittest D. best
35. A. proud B. crazy
C. strange D. responsible
第二部分： 阅读理解 （共20小题; 每小题2分,满分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
The farmer and the stork
After the long winter, the farmers finally were planting their fields. This made the birds very glad, for now there would be millions of seeds to steal! While some of the birds were careful, the cranes (鹤) were daring; they stole seeds from right under the farmers’ noses. The cranes considered stealing is fun, and that morning they asked a simple-minded stork (鹳) to come along for the fun.
The stork went along, not knowing what the cranes were up to. But the party ended unexpectedly when the birds all got caught in the trap of the farmer’s net, who had set the trap for just that purpose.
When the farmer discovered the birds in his trap, the stork asked for mercy (怜悯).
“Please, Farmer, sir, I am a stork. I come from a good family that is honest and true. I went along with the cranes, but I had no idea they were going to steal from you,” the bird said.
“You may come from a good family, but I caught you with the birds who were stealing. So you will receive the same punishment!” replied the farmer.
You are judged by the company that you keep.
36. When did the story happen?
A. At the end of winter.
B. In the middle of autumn.
C. During the spring season.
D. At the beginning of summer.
37. The farmer set the trap in order to ______.
A. catch the birds
B. hunt birds for food
C. punish the stork
D. warn the cranes of danger
38. The author thought the stork simple-minded because the bird ______.
A. begged the farmer for forgiveness
B. acted without consideration
C. joined the cranes just for fun
D. was fooled by the stupid cranes
39. How did the stork feel when he was caught in the farmer’s trap?
A. Disappointed. B. Angry.
C. Unhappy. D. Regretful.
B
Woody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America’s traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music. Lomax recorded many of Woody’s songs for the Library of Congress.
Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntington’s Disease (亨廷顿氏病) in 1929 when he was seventeen years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woody’s health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital.
While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of America’s greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice (公平).
Woody Guthrie stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody’s eyes would become brighter and his defiant (叛逆的) spirit would shine through.
40. According to the passage, Woody died at the age of ______.
A. 38 B. 44 C. 55 D. 63
41. From the passage we can learn that Woody ______.
A. set an example to American folk singers
B. became popular when he was very young
C. learned a lot from young folk singers
D. sang and wrote for all kinds of people
42. Which of the following is NOT true about Huntington’s Disease?
A. It killed Woody’s mother.
B. It was the cause of Woody’s death.
C. Woody suffered from it all his life.
D. It was a deadly disease.
43. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. America’s own music
B. A fighter for social justice
C. This land is your land
D. A folk music hero
C
A young man named Matt Vongsykeo, 14, has saved a baby from the wreckage (残骸) of a car. The four-month-old baby boy, found hanging in his capsule (襁褓) when Vongsykeo climbed into the car in Melbourne’s Springvale, escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital.
But the child’s 33-year-old mother, from Endeavour Hills, died in hospital following last night’s high speed crash, which left three other people injured.
A car on the wrong side of the road is thought to have been traveling at well over 100 kph when it hit three other vehicles. Vongsykeo said he heard the crash from his house and found a Holden Jackaroo rushed against a brick wall. He heard a baby crying.
“There were two grown men standing outside the car and they couldn’t get in, so I had to climbed in and get the baby out,” he said. “I had to do it quickly because there was a window below me and I was afraid that was going to break.”
Vongsykeo told how he took out the baby in his arms and called to see if there was anyone else in the car. He found the baby’s mother unconscious (无意识的).
“I thought she was dead so I just rushed out.” he said. “She entered consciousness later on and I went around and started talking to her and getting her to talk to me and stay with me.”
He said he comforted the mother and told her baby was safe.
Vongsykeo refused the idea that he was a hero.
“I’ve lived for 14 years. If something had happened to me ... I’ve lived for 14 years. That baby hasn’t and I wanted to give him a chance.”
44. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A woman lost her life in a car crash
B. A traffic accident in Springvale
C. A young man saved a baby after car crash
D. A young man did what he should do
45. The underlined words “Holden Jackaroo” in the third paragraph refer to “ ______”.
A. the woman’s car
B. the woman’s name
C. Vongsykeo’s baby
D. Vongsykeo’s car
46. Why did the other two men not go to save the baby?
A. Because there was a broken window.
B. Because they were afraid of death.
C. Because they made the accident happen.
D. Because it was difficult for them to enter the car.
47. According to the passage, we know that Matt Vongsykeo was ______.
A. shy B. brave
C. proud D. worried
D
England, France, and Switzerland all played elec-tronic music at the 1967 world’s fair (博览会), held in Canada. They used it as background music for their exhibits.
What exactly is electronic music? Sounds are produced not on common musical instruments but with electronic ones. Electro-magnetic vibrations (电磁震动) are changed into sound waves.
Electronic music is not new. It first began to amaze listeners in the early 1900s. They thought the new music strange. They said it was music for a haunted (闹鬼的) house.
Electronic music developed at different speeds in different parts of the world. In 1906, an American invented a telharmonium, which made use of alternating electrical currents (交流电). In Russia, Leon Theremin, a physicist-musician, invented the boxlike instrument that bears his name. Musicians stood in front of the instrument and waved their hands in the air.
Electronic music continued developing. In 1948 “Concrete music” was first played. It was put forward by a French engineer, Pierre Schaeffer. Street noises, radio commercials, conversation, and other sounds were recorded on tapes. The tapes were then run backward. Different kinds of sounds were produced when the speed of the tape was made faster or slower.
In 1955, the electronic synthesizer (音响合成器) was invented. Looking something like a combination between a piano and a computer, the synthesizer can produce all the tones that the human ear can hear.
Many people question whether these different sounds are music. Experts say we must get used to new sounds before we can enjoy them. Today, some listeners say they enjoy the new music very much.
48. This passage mainly tells us about ______.
A. the history of electronic music
B. all kinds of pop music
C. people who question the new sounds
D. musical instruments which change history
49. According to the passage the theremin refers to ______.
A. musical work
B. a tape recording
C. a boxlike music instrument
D. a Russian physicist-musician
50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Few listeners enjoy the new music very much.
B. Electronic music cannot be used for background music.
C. Russian engineers get more ideas than French engineers do.
D. Electronic music has a history of about 100 years.
51. Concrete music was the idea of ______.
A. a Russian composer
B. a Canadian musician
C. an English physicist
D. a French engineer
E
If you traveled back in time with your library card, hoping to check out some ancient books, you would discover that libraries were quite different long ago. Books were few and valuable, and no librarians encouraged you to take them home. In fact, you would get in trouble if you did!
Five thousand years ago in Mesopotamia, the Sumerians tied their clay tablets (土制简册) together with string and stored them in baskets. Librarians called the Keepers of the Tablets carefully guarded the books, and you would not be able to check them out because they were so fragile (易碎的). If you think it is bad to have kept a book longer than the date when you should have returned it to the library, imagine having to face an angry keeper after breaking a clay tablet! At about the same time in history, Egyptians kept scrolls (卷轴) in the temples, but the common Egyptian never saw those books and surely couldn’t take them home!
One other place you would probably visit on a tour of ancient libraries was the great Chinese Imperial (帝国的) Library in the Forbidden City, which belonged to the Emperor of China. However, this library wasn’t at all like our public libraries today. If you were a commoner, you couldn’t even go into the Forbidden City. If you did manage to jump over its high walls and into the library, the Imperial librarians would certainly summon the guards to get rid of you! In the library, the emperor studied selections from his 36,000 books. Few Chinese people could read the books 5,000 years ago.
The Greeks handled things differently. They gave everyone the chance to borrow books because they loved learning. Their libraries contained scrolls on all subjects from mathematics to myths. They built the greatest library in the world in Alexandria. Alexandria was on the northern coast of Egypt, and the great library of Alexandria existed for more than 900 years. It contained over 700,000 scrolls, which equaled 100,000 modern books. The librarians wanted their library to have a copy of every book ever written, so soldiers searched all the ships that came into the port. When the soldiers found books, they took them!
52. The underlined word “summon” in Paragraph 3 means “______”.
A. invite B. order
C. allow D. greet
53. Who were easier to read a book in ancient time？
A. The Sumerians. B. The Greeks.
C. The Egyptians. D. The Chinese.
54. Alexandria’s library was special because ______.
A. all the books inside it were taken by force
B. the books inside it were the earliest copies
C. it had quite a large collection of books at that time
D. it had the valuable copy of books at that time
55. This passage is written to tell us that ______.
A. why it was difficult to borrow books in ancient time
B. what the libraries were like in ancient time
C. how different the ancient libraries are from the modern ones
D. what the books were made of in ancient time
第三部分： 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
I like music very much, especial popular songs. 56. ______________
I even get to the habit of listening to them while 57. ______________
do my homework. Those pleasant songs often make 58. ______________
that easy for me to work out even the most difficult 59. ______________
problems. However, this is just in where my mother 60. ______________
and I disagree. She insists that I turned off the 61. ______________
recorder and pay attention to what I am doing. 62. ______________
I really have hard time explaining my feelings to her. 63. ______________
It is real that people of different ages understand things 64. ______________
differently and that it is hard for people holding to 65. ______________
different views to get on well.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
根据下面表格提示，用英语写一篇关于传统中国音乐与现代中国音乐的文章。
Comparison (比较)
Traditional Chinese music
Modern Chinese music
What instruments are played?
Pipa, erhu, suona, guzheng, huqin, etc.
Drums, guitars and keyboard, or traditional instruments.
When is the music played?
At weddings, during festivals, etc.
All the time over the radio, on TV, even in the street.
Who writes the songs?
Songs are often handed down from generation to generation.
Musicians and stars.
What are the songs about?
Love, life, news and legends.
Love, life and society.
参考答案：
1-5 ABACB 6-10 BBDCD 11-15 DCDAC 16-20 ADBAC
21-25 ABBCD 26-30 ACBCD 31-35 DCADB 36-40 CABDC
41-45 ACDCA 46-50 DBACD 51-55 DBBCB
56. especial → especially 57. 第一个to → into
58. do → doing 59. that → it
60. 去掉in 61. turned → turn
62. √ 63. hard 前加a
64. real → true 65. 去掉to
One possible version：
Traditional Chinese music is played with traditional instruments such as pipa, erhu, suona, guzheng, huqin, etc. The songs are mainly about love, life and news. Some songs tell us legends long long ago. And they are often handed down from generation to generation. In the past, the best chance to hear it was during a festival or at a wedding.
Modern Chinese music, on the other hand, is played with drums, guitars and keyboard. Some songs use traditional instruments as well. The young musicians and stars write new songs and people can enjoy them all the time over the radio, on TV or even in the street.
One thing that hasn’t changed very much is that they both are about love and life. Whether they change or not, our love for music and life never changes.
第一部分： 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分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. —Excuse me, do you mind my opening the window?
—______.
A. No, not at all B. Very well, thank you
C. Yes, you can D. No, I’m afraid I can’t
2. The film Hero was ______ great success, bringing in a lot of money to ______ cinema.
A. 不填；the B. a；the
C. 不填；不填 D. a；不填
3. She said she’d phone her parents ______ she arrived in Beijing.
A. the moment B. at the moment
C. for the moment D. in a moment
4. —Oh, my God! I’m very busy now. Could you help me with the housework?
—Er, well, I ______ help you.
A. am going to B. could
C. will D. have to
5. —It’s a nice day, isn’t it?
—Yes, it’s ______ that I’d like to go to swim.
A. so warm weather B. such warm weather
C. so warm a weather D. such a warm weather
6. He could run faster than any other kid in the school ______ he was only eleven years old.
A. as if B. though
C. as long as D. since
7. Diets are most effective when ______ with exercise.
A. competed B. combined
C. appeared D. connected
8. William Shakespeare occupies a(n) ______ place in drama.
A. creative B. powerful
C. extreme D. unique
9. Some teenagers like to exercise ______ loud pop music.
A. for B. after C. to D. against
10. We all enjoyed ourselves at the concert. The wonderful performances of the artists have made a deep ______ on us.
A. opinion B. relation
C. feeling D. impression
11. Tony got a “D” in the exam, ______, he failed the exam.
A. in my opinion B. in favor of
C. in the end D. in other words
12. They never remained ______ with their achievement.
A. satisfying B. satisfy
C. satisfied D. to be satisfied
13. Debbie ought to attend school this autumn, but she ______ up early in the morning.
A. isn’t used to get B. isn’t used for getting
C. used not to get D. isn’t used to getting
14. How did the movie finally ______? I couldn’t wait to see the ending.
A. come out B. come across
C. come off D. come away
15. ______ the Internet you can book a hotel online without leaving the office
A. Used B. Use C. Using D. To use
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Eddie had a new car. It was the fastest, most expensive and most beautiful car in 16.
Eddie 17 to show people his car. He 18 put it in the garage when it was raining. Eddie didn’t like rain 19 he wanted people to see his car. He wanted them to say, “Oh, Eddie, that’s an expensive car,” or “Oh, Eddie, that’s the most beautiful car I have ever 20.”
One day, Eddie was standing 21 his house along the street, talking to some people about his car. Then it 22 to rain.
“Oh, my goodness!” cried Eddie. “It’s raining. Wait a minute please!” He 23 into his house. Where were the keys to his 24? He couldn’t find them. He 25 through the front door. Horrible rain was falling on his car. Eddie 26 an umbrella and was ready to run back out into the 27.
“Why do you 28 the umbrella?” asked Eddie’s little sister Carol.
Eddie laughed. “You 29 little girl! Can’t you see it’s raining?”
“But if you don’t like the rain you can 30 in your car.”
Eddie 31. “Silly Carole! The umbrella isn’t for me. It’s for my car.” Eddie put up his umbrella and stood in the rain, 32 the umbrella over his car. More people came to 33 .
“You see, Carole,” said Eddie. “People are coming to see my car. It’s the 34 car in England.”
“Oh, Eddie, you are so silly!” said Carole. “They haven’t come to see your car. They’ve come to see a 35 man holding an umbrella over a car.
16. A. England B. America
C. France D. Germany
17. A. wanted B. decided C. planned D. loved
18. A. always B. only C. never D. nearly
19. A. because B. when C. until D. if
20. A. taken B. bought C. seen D. driven
21. A. outside B. inside C. under D. behind
22. A. used B. started C. stopped D. came
23. A. walked B. ran C. escaped D. moved
24. A. office B. kitchen
C. garage D. bedroom
25. A. looked up B. looked for
C. looked around D. looked out
26. A. picked up B. picked out
C. put up D. put out
27. A. garden B. dark C. street D. shop
28. A. search B. need C. like D. repair
29. A. careless B. simple C. silly D. funny
30. A. sleep B. lie C. rest D. sit
31. A. talked B. shook C. jumped D. laughed
32. A. placing B. putting
C. holding D. supporting
33. A. watch B. laugh C. help D. stare
34. A. newest B. biggest C. fittest D. best
35. A. proud B. crazy
C. strange D. responsible
第二部分： 阅读理解 （共20小题; 每小题2分,满分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
The farmer and the stork
After the long winter, the farmers finally were planting their fields. This made the birds very glad, for now there would be millions of seeds to steal! While some of the birds were careful, the cranes (鹤) were daring; they stole seeds from right under the farmers’ noses. The cranes considered stealing is fun, and that morning they asked a simple-minded stork (鹳) to come along for the fun.
The stork went along, not knowing what the cranes were up to. But the party ended unexpectedly when the birds all got caught in the trap of the farmer’s net, who had set the trap for just that purpose.
When the farmer discovered the birds in his trap, the stork asked for mercy (怜悯).
“Please, Farmer, sir, I am a stork. I come from a good family that is honest and true. I went along with the cranes, but I had no idea they were going to steal from you,” the bird said.
“You may come from a good family, but I caught you with the birds who were stealing. So you will receive the same punishment!” replied the farmer.
You are judged by the company that you keep.
36. When did the story happen?
A. At the end of winter.
B. In the middle of autumn.
C. During the spring season.
D. At the beginning of summer.
37. The farmer set the trap in order to ______.
A. catch the birds
B. hunt birds for food
C. punish the stork
D. warn the cranes of danger
38. The author thought the stork simple-minded because the bird ______.
A. begged the farmer for forgiveness
B. acted without consideration
C. joined the cranes just for fun
D. was fooled by the stupid cranes
39. How did the stork feel when he was caught in the farmer’s trap?
A. Disappointed. B. Angry.
C. Unhappy. D. Regretful.
B
Woody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America’s traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music. Lomax recorded many of Woody’s songs for the Library of Congress.
Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntington’s Disease (亨廷顿氏病) in 1929 when he was seventeen years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woody’s health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital.
While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of America’s greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice (公平).
Woody Guthrie stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody’s eyes would become brighter and his defiant (叛逆的) spirit would shine through.
40. According to the passage, Woody died at the age of ______.
A. 38 B. 44 C. 55 D. 63
41. From the passage we can learn that Woody ______.
A. set an example to American folk singers
B. became popular when he was very young
C. learned a lot from young folk singers
D. sang and wrote for all kinds of people
42. Which of the following is NOT true about Huntington’s Disease?
A. It killed Woody’s mother.
B. It was the cause of Woody’s death.
C. Woody suffered from it all his life.
D. It was a deadly disease.
43. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. America’s own music
B. A fighter for social justice
C. This land is your land
D. A folk music hero
C
A young man named Matt Vongsykeo, 14, has saved a baby from the wreckage (残骸) of a car. The four-month-old baby boy, found hanging in his capsule (襁褓) when Vongsykeo climbed into the car in Melbourne’s Springvale, escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital.
But the child’s 33-year-old mother, from Endeavour Hills, died in hospital following last night’s high speed crash, which left three other people injured.
A car on the wrong side of the road is thought to have been traveling at well over 100 kph when it hit three other vehicles. Vongsykeo said he heard the crash from his house and found a Holden Jackaroo rushed against a brick wall. He heard a baby crying.
“There were two grown men standing outside the car and they couldn’t get in, so I had to climbed in and get the baby out,” he said. “I had to do it quickly because there was a window below me and I was afraid that was going to break.”
Vongsykeo told how he took out the baby in his arms and called to see if there was anyone else in the car. He found the baby’s mother unconscious (无意识的).
“I thought she was dead so I just rushed out.” he said. “She entered consciousness later on and I went around and started talking to her and getting her to talk to me and stay with me.”
He said he comforted the mother and told her baby was safe.
Vongsykeo refused the idea that he was a hero.
“I’ve lived for 14 years. If something had happened to me ... I’ve lived for 14 years. That baby hasn’t and I wanted to give him a chance.”
44. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A woman lost her life in a car crash
B. A traffic accident in Springvale
C. A young man saved a baby after car crash
D. A young man did what he should do
45. The underlined words “Holden Jackaroo” in the third paragraph refer to “ ______”.
A. the woman’s car
B. the woman’s name
C. Vongsykeo’s baby
D. Vongsykeo’s car
46. Why did the other two men not go to save the baby?
A. Because there was a broken window.
B. Because they were afraid of death.
C. Because they made the accident happen.
D. Because it was difficult for them to enter the car.
47. According to the passage, we know that Matt Vongsykeo was ______.
A. shy B. brave
C. proud D. worried
D
England, France, and Switzerland all played elec-tronic music at the 1967 world’s fair (博览会), held in Canada. They used it as background music for their exhibits.
What exactly is electronic music? Sounds are produced not on common musical instruments but with electronic ones. Electro-magnetic vibrations (电磁震动) are changed into sound waves.
Electronic music is not new. It first began to amaze listeners in the early 1900s. They thought the new music strange. They said it was music for a haunted (闹鬼的) house.
Electronic music developed at different speeds in different parts of the world. In 1906, an American invented a telharmonium, which made use of alternating electrical currents (交流电). In Russia, Leon Theremin, a physicist-musician, invented the boxlike instrument that bears his name. Musicians stood in front of the instrument and waved their hands in the air.
Electronic music continued developing. In 1948 “Concrete music” was first played. It was put forward by a French engineer, Pierre Schaeffer. Street noises, radio commercials, conversation, and other sounds were recorded on tapes. The tapes were then run backward. Different kinds of sounds were produced when the speed of the tape was made faster or slower.
In 1955, the electronic synthesizer (音响合成器) was invented. Looking something like a combination between a piano and a computer, the synthesizer can produce all the tones that the human ear can hear.
Many people question whether these different sounds are music. Experts say we must get used to new sounds before we can enjoy them. Today, some listeners say they enjoy the new music very much.
48. This passage mainly tells us about ______.
A. the history of electronic music
B. all kinds of pop music
C. people who question the new sounds
D. musical instruments which change history
49. According to the passage the theremin refers to ______.
A. musical work
B. a tape recording
C. a boxlike music instrument
D. a Russian physicist-musician
50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Few listeners enjoy the new music very much.
B. Electronic music cannot be used for background music.
C. Russian engineers get more ideas than French engineers do.
D. Electronic music has a history of about 100 years.
51. Concrete music was the idea of ______.
A. a Russian composer
B. a Canadian musician
C. an English physicist
D. a French engineer
E
If you traveled back in time with your library card, hoping to check out some ancient books, you would discover that libraries were quite different long ago. Books were few and valuable, and no librarians encouraged you to take them home. In fact, you would get in trouble if you did!
Five thousand years ago in Mesopotamia, the Sumerians tied their clay tablets (土制简册) together with string and stored them in baskets. Librarians called the Keepers of the Tablets carefully guarded the books, and you would not be able to check them out because they were so fragile (易碎的). If you think it is bad to have kept a book longer than the date when you should have returned it to the library, imagine having to face an angry keeper after breaking a clay tablet! At about the same time in history, Egyptians kept scrolls (卷轴) in the temples, but the common Egyptian never saw those books and surely couldn’t take them home!
One other place you would probably visit on a tour of ancient libraries was the great Chinese Imperial (帝国的) Library in the Forbidden City, which belonged to the Emperor of China. However, this library wasn’t at all like our public libraries today. If you were a commoner, you couldn’t even go into the Forbidden City. If you did manage to jump over its high walls and into the library, the Imperial librarians would certainly summon the guards to get rid of you! In the library, the emperor studied selections from his 36,000 books. Few Chinese people could read the books 5,000 years ago.
The Greeks handled things differently. They gave everyone the chance to borrow books because they loved learning. Their libraries contained scrolls on all subjects from mathematics to myths. They built the greatest library in the world in Alexandria. Alexandria was on the northern coast of Egypt, and the great library of Alexandria existed for more than 900 years. It contained over 700,000 scrolls, which equaled 100,000 modern books. The librarians wanted their library to have a copy of every book ever written, so soldiers searched all the ships that came into the port. When the soldiers found books, they took them!
52. The underlined word “summon” in Paragraph 3 means “______”.
A. invite B. order
C. allow D. greet
53. Who were easier to read a book in ancient time？
A. The Sumerians. B. The Greeks.
C. The Egyptians. D. The Chinese.
54. Alexandria’s library was special because ______.
A. all the books inside it were taken by force
B. the books inside it were the earliest copies
C. it had quite a large collection of books at that time
D. it had the valuable copy of books at that time
55. This passage is written to tell us that ______.
A. why it was difficult to borrow books in ancient time
B. what the libraries were like in ancient time
C. how different the ancient libraries are from the modern ones
D. what the books were made of in ancient time
第三部分： 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
I like music very much, especial popular songs. 56. ______________
I even get to the habit of listening to them while 57. ______________
do my homework. Those pleasant songs often make 58. ______________
that easy for me to work out even the most difficult 59. ______________
problems. However, this is just in where my mother 60. ______________
and I disagree. She insists that I turned off the 61. ______________
recorder and pay attention to what I am doing. 62. ______________
I really have hard time explaining my feelings to her. 63. ______________
It is real that people of different ages understand things 64. ______________
differently and that it is hard for people holding to 65. ______________
different views to get on well.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
根据下面表格提示，用英语写一篇关于传统中国音乐与现代中国音乐的文章。
Comparison (比较)
Traditional Chinese music
Modern Chinese music
What instruments are played?
Pipa, erhu, suona, guzheng, huqin, etc.
Drums, guitars and keyboard, or traditional instruments.
When is the music played?
At weddings, during festivals, etc.
All the time over the radio, on TV, even in the street.
Who writes the songs?
Songs are often handed down from generation to generation.
Musicians and stars.
What are the songs about?
Love, life, news and legends.
Love, life and society.
参考答案：
1-5 ABACB 6-10 BBDCD 11-15 DCDAC 16-20 ADBAC
21-25 ABBCD 26-30 ACBCD 31-35 DCADB 36-40 CABDC
41-45 ACDCA 46-50 DBACD 51-55 DBBCB
56. especial → especially 57. 第一个to → into
58. do → doing 59. that → it
60. 去掉in 61. turned → turn
62. √ 63. hard 前加a
64. real → true 65. 去掉to
One possible version：
Traditional Chinese music is played with traditional instruments such as pipa, erhu, suona, guzheng, huqin, etc. The songs are mainly about love, life and news. Some songs tell us legends long long ago. And they are often handed down from generation to generation. In the past, the best chance to hear it was during a festival or at a wedding.
Modern Chinese music, on the other hand, is played with drums, guitars and keyboard. Some songs use traditional instruments as well. The young musicians and stars write new songs and people can enjoy them all the time over the radio, on TV or even in the street.
One thing that hasn’t changed very much is that they both are about love and life. Whether they change or not, our love for music and life never changes.