单元检测题（人教版新课标选修十 unit 4-5）
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Book 10 Units 4-5同步评估
第二部分： 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。
21. —I have been offered a job. Can I accept it?
—It’s ______ you.
A. according to B. due to
C. up to D. because of
22. You don’t let me have a try. If I took this work, I ______ another way.
A. will adopt B. would adopt
C. adopt D. adopted
23. This jacket’s too big, even with a sweater ______.
A. above B. outside
C. beyond D. underneath
24. I’m very busy at the moment but I hope to ______ answering your letter next week.
A. get through with B. do with
C. set down to D. get round to
25. He managed to escape from Germany after the war and lived abroad for years ______ White.
A. after the name of B. under the name of
C. of the name of D. in the name of
26. And she would ______ from everybody else with her bright coloured caps.
A. get out B. set out C. speak out D. stand out
27. More time ______，we should have done it much better.
A. giving B. gives C. given D. gave
28. She married him of her own choice against her parents’ ______.
A. thought B. will C. opinion D. idea
29. ______ nothing to do, we went home.
A. There was B. There being
C. There to be D. It being
30. The new secretary is a quick, ______ worker, and the boss is quite satisfied with her.
A. efficient B. frequent C. messy D. effective
31. Gone are the days when women were looked down upon, and the idea of ________ of opportunity for men and women has come here to stay.
A. equality B. quality
C. quantity D. reality
32. Mary ______ her sister in appearance but not in character.
A. resembles B. recounts
C. rejoices D. resolves
33. Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is ______ of good books.
A. it B. one C. this D. that
34. Mike’s a good salesman, but his cold manner does ______ put people off.
A. intend to B. mean to
C. tend to D. want to
35. It didn’t take long for them to ______ the cheat, who pretended to be an expert in this field.
A. look through B. go through
C. see through D. live through
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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was a cold Tuesday night and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get 36 to eat. I had read the sign: “Don’t give money to beggars.” So I 37
my head and kept walking.
“I am really homeless and I am really 38 ! You can come with me and 39 me eat!” But I kept on walking.
The matter bothered me for the 40 of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two 41 he had been lying. I tried to find some excuses for my 42 to help by thinking that government agencies, churches and charities (慈善团体) were there to feed him. 43 , you are not 44 to give money to beggars.
One day, while I was 45 my weekly garden column (专栏) for the Anchorage Daily News, I 46 an idea. Bean’s Café 47 hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens for Bean’s?
The idea began to 48 . People would fax me or call when they 49 something to Bean’s. In 1995, the Garden Writers Association of America (GWAA) 50 their annual meeting and 51 learning of the program, Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry. The original idea was to have every 52 of the GWAA write or talk about planting a row for the hungry 53 during the month of April. Garden editor Joan Jackson raised more than 30,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables in her first year, and
54 GWAA how the program could really work.
If every gardener plants one row for the hungry, we can make a difference. Maybe then I will stop feeling 55
about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.
36. A. nothing B. everything
C. anything D. something
37. A. shook B. nodded C. kept D. hid
38. A. thirsty B. hungry C. drunk D. sick
39. A. have B. help C. watch D. make
40. A. rest B. whole C. spare D. days
41. A. in case B. even if
C. as though D. now that
42. A. success B. preparation
C. failure D. absence
43. A. However B. Therefore
C. Instead D. Besides
44. A. considered B. required
C. recognized D. accepted
45. A. writing B. reading
C. advertising D. combining
46. A. put up with B. looked for
C. carried out D. came up with
47. A. employs B. raises C. feeds D. creates
48. A. take in B. take off
C. take up D. take over
49. A. contributed B. planted
C. promoted D. promised
50. A. attended B. addressed
C. developed D. held
51. A. after B. before C. since D. once
52. A. beggar B. director C. member D. gardener
53. A. daytime B. sometimes
C. anytime D. sometime
54. A. approved B. showed
C. designed D. instructed
55. A. puzzled B. concerned
C. regretted D. confused
第三部分： 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★
Although Ripton Rosen was a white boy living in a luxurious penthouse (豪华顶层公寓), he liked to play baseball with his black teammates of the same street. Ripton sometimes invited the boys to his home to play video games. As time went on, several of them became frequent visitors to the 16th-floor penthouse. In time, the group developed into five regulars (常客): Will and Kindu, Philippe Medina, Juan Carlos Robinson and Carlos Suarez.
“In the beginning, it was just a lot of kids moving all over the place,” says Michael, Ripton’s father. Things then began changing in small ways. When the Rosens realized Carlos wasn’t attending school because he didn’t have suitable clothes, they bought him some. Then one night, they took the group to a bookstore after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other needs. “The boys had no interest in books at all,” Michael says. Back at the penthouse, he insisted they sit down to read aloud and start a half-hour reading period before video games or television every day.
Slowly the five black boys became a necessary part of the Rosen family. Housework was assigned, including cleaning, loading the dishwasher and walking Mr. Jenkins, the family dog.
The boys’ own families were puzzled by what was happening. “My mom didn’t believe me when I told her about the penthouse,” says Kindu. “She thought I was involved with something bad.” Juan Carlos’s mother, Esther Ruiz, wondered, “Why would the Rosens be doing this?” But as time went on, she noticed changes in her son. “He was getting responsible. The Rosens are the best.”
56. The Rosens bought Carlos some clothes so that _____.
A. he would study harder
B. he would feel comfortable
C. he could go to school
D. he could serve the family
57. The underlined words “other needs” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to the need of _____.
A. knowledge B. power C. status D. money
58. We learn from the passage that the Rosens _____.
A. devoted themselves to fighting discrimination
B. knew a lot about how to encourage children
C. regarded friendship as the most important thing
D. treated the black boys with great kindness
59. How did the boys’ own families probably feel about the Rosens at last?
A. Uneasy. B. Grateful. C. Satisfied. D. Sorry.
B★★
Have you ever been to a wedding and simply loved the bride’s bouquet (花束)? More than likely some part of it was the Hawaiian Wedding Plant. This foreign houseplant can be enjoyed by anyone, not just brides. With a little proper attention and careful planning on location, this foreign houseplant, native to Madagascar, can be brought into the home where it can become an interesting focus.
Caring for the Hawaiian Wedding Plant is not much different than that of any other houseplants that may already be in your home. The only difference between this type of houseplant and others is the amount of the basic requirements that this foreign houseplant needs to survive and perform beautifully. During the growing season, this plant requires its wet soil, but when winter rolls around, this plant needs its soil to be kept drier.
Hawaiian Wedding Plants should also be potted in well-
-drained (排水) soil and placed in a location that receives full sun. That the soil must be kept wet does not mean that it should sit in water, so the soil must drain easily or this plant will not survive. Water the plant daily and feed this plant every two to three weeks with a little fertilizer for acid-loving plants. Prune (修剪) in early spring, even as early as February. If these needs are met, this plant will stay beautiful.
The most special feature of this foreign houseplant is its long lasting blooms (开花) combined with its unbelievable sweet smell. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant blooms the heaviest in the spring months, but has been known to bloom in any warm months, so do not be surprised to find blooms most time of the year except maybe in the dead of winter.
60. Why does the author mention wedding and bouquet in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a Hawaiian wedding.
B. To attract the readers’ interest in the passage.
C. To show the beauty of the flower.
D. To teach the readers to choose proper bouquets.
61. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant comes from _____.
A. Hawaii B. China
C. Madagascar D. Alaska
62. Which of the following are the growing conditions of Hawaiian Wedding Plant?
a. Wet soil. b. Lots of fertilizer.
c. Proper sunshine. d. Some acid.
A. a, c B. a, b C. b, c D. a, d
63. What does the underlined phrase “in the dead of winter” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. At the end of the winter.
B. At the beginning of the winter.
C. In deadly condition in winter.
D. In the coldest part of winter.
C ★★
Have you heard of the saying, “If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well”? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effort towards perfection in whichever job one does. It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major one like organizing a business meeting in your later life.
Perfection is nothing but attention to details. If it is your job to dust the furniture at home, dust it so that not a single spot of dirt shows from any angle. If your task is to make the beds, make them so that not a single crease (皱痕) shows on the bed-covers.
There are only two ways to do a job: either sloppily, or well. If you choose the latter path, you need to realize that any job that qualifies as “your” work deserves nothing less than your best. Perfection is an attitude that can be cultivated (培养) with just a little effort. It is a habit that stands one in good stead in later life. Let us prove with an example: you may be asked to turn in an essay on, say, wildlife, for a school project. Instead of writing carelessly a few facts that you already know, you could make the project more effective by looking up reference books, encyclopedias (百科全书) or websites for additional information. You could then go over the finished essay for slips (疏漏) and errors, and provide pictures where necessary. If you make it a habit to put in extra effort in your school homework, will it not help you to handle more difficult projects at the college or university level?
As Michelangelo, the famous 16th century sculptor and painter, once put it: Trifles (琐事) go to make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
64. According to the passage, to achieve perfection is _____.
A. to realize the quality of the work
B. to pay attention to details of one’s work
C. to do as many jobs as possible
D. to form the habit of doing things ahead of time
65. The underlined word “sloppily” in Paragraph 3 may mean _____.
A. badly B. patiently C. carefully D. slowly
66. What can be inferred from the third paragraph?
A. It is necessary to provide pictures for your essay.
B. Websites are the sources of information you want.
C. Perfection is a habit that promises a good future.
D. You should make much effort to develop perfection.
67. The purpose of writing this passage is to _____.
A. introduce the famous painter Michelangelo
B. advise us to do the things that are worth doing
C. explain to us the meaning of the perfection
D. expect us to give our best to our work
D ★★★
The Second Annual Reel Civil Rights Film Festival
The festival features documentaries （纪录片） and films related to the 1957 desegregation (废除种族隔离) crisis at Central High School and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The festival is free and open to the public. Tickets can be picked up at Market Street Cinema on the day of the show and will be distributed (分发) on a first-come- -first-served basis. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
2:00 p.m. — Mighty Times: The Children’s March (40 min.). This film tells the story of how the young people of Birmingham, Alabama braved police dogs in 1963. Their bravery moved President Kennedy to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
4:00 p.m. — Disney’s The Ernest Green Story (101 min.). The personal story of Ernest Green, the only senior among the nine black students who desegregated Little Rock High School in 1957.
7:00 p.m. — The Clinton 12 (86 min.). The title refers to the 12 black students who desegregated the all-white high school in Clinton, Tennessee in 1956.
Note: All Saturday showings will be preceded (在……之前) by The Apollos (6 min.), a film in honor of those who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday.
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
2:00 p.m. — Disney’s Ruby Bridges (90 min.). The true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, one of the first black students to desegregate a public elementary school in New Orleans.
4:00 p.m. — Silas Hunt: A Documentary (63 min.). The story of the first African-American in modern times to enter a major southern university in 1948. His entrance into the University of Arkansas set into the desegregation of higher education throughout the country.
7:00 p.m. — The Lost Year (60 min.). This story details a series of events during the 1957-1958 school year when 3,665 black and white Little Rock students were locked out of their high schools while their teachers still gave classes in empty classrooms.
For more information, please call 501-374-1957 or visit us on the web at www.nps.gov/chsc or contact Market Street Cinema at 501-312-8900 or www.marketstreetcinema.net.
68. According to the passage, the desegregation of higher education first happened in _____.
A. New Orleans B. Arkansas
C. Alabama D. Tennessee
69. The story is directly related to the introduction of the Civil Rights Act in the film _____.
A. Ruby Bridges
B. The Ernest Green Story
C. The Lost Year
D. Mighty Times: The Children’s March
70. The film “The Lost Year” implies that at that time _____.
A. many teachers were also involved in the Civil Rights Movement
B. the white students would like to miss classes with the black
C. the situations of the desegregation were going well
D. the high schools couldn’t take in enough students
71. Which of the following shows the right information about the Film Festival?
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
Start Time
2, 4 and 7 p.m.
Location
Little Rock High School
Cost
FREE for children
Contact
501-374-1957
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sun 2/17/08
Start Time
2, 4 and 7 p.m.
Location
Market Street Cinema
Cost
$2 for adults
Contact
www.marketstreetcinema.net
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
2:00 p.m.
Ruby Bridges
4:00 p.m.
Silas Hunt: A Documentary
Cost
FREE
Contact
www.nps.gov/chsc
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
2:00 p.m
Mighy Times: The Children’s March
4:00 p.m.
The Ernest Green Story
Cost
FREE
Contact
501-312-8900
E ★★
Schools that serve healthier foods, offer nutrition education and reward students for nutritious eating habits can make a major difference in preventing childhood obesity (肥胖). Schools that used such a multifaceted (多层面的) nutrition program reduced the number of overweight children by 50 percent.
“The serious consequences of childhood obesity have pushed us to find solutions that reach greater numbers of children,” Gary Foster, director of Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education, said in a prepared statement. “We focused on school, because children spend most of their lives there and eat at least one if not two meals there.”
In the study, five Philadelphia schools introduced a School Nutrition Policy Initiative (SNPI) that included:
Getting rid of less healthy snacks and sodas available at school or replacing them with water, low-fat milk or 100 percent fruit juice.
Training teachers to teach about nutrition and giving students 50 hours of nutrition education during the year.
Rewarding kids with raffle (抽彩) tickets to win prizes when they practice healthy snacking.
Encouraging parents and students to purchase healthy snacks outside of school, and challenging the kids to eat better and be more physically active.
Over the course of two years, researchers followed students in grades 4 to 6 at these schools and five control schools, measuring the weight, height and physical activity of all 1,349 students before and after the study period. Only 7.5 percent of students in schools with the new nutrition policy became overweight, compared with 15 percent of students who became overweight in the control schools. The nutrition policy appeared even more effective for black students.
Despite the success, researchers expressed concerns that some students still gained weight. They suggested that stronger interventions (干预) should be needed, such as increasing physical education time and changing the nutrition environment outside of schools. The researchers also recommend prevention programs begin even earlier than fourth grade.
72. The passage mainly talks about _____.
A. preventing kids’ overweight through various measures taken by school
B. improving kids’ study by changing school environ-
ment
C. trying to find proper ways to improve kids’ nutrition
D. how to prevent childhood obesity through proper exercising
73. All the following belong to the multifaceted nutrition program EXCEPT _____.
A. serving healthier foods
B. offering nutrition education
C. praising good eating habits
D. increasing physical education time
74. Which of the following is the result of the SNPI carried out by five Philadelphia schools?
A. The obesity rate was reduced a lot.
B. Students could avoid snacks on purpose.
C. It seemed less effective for black students.
D. Students formed the habit of doing exercise.
75. It can be inferred from the passage that in order to really stop childhood obesity, ______.
A. families should bear the most responsibilities
B. stronger or additional interventions are needed
C. family, school and society should work together
D. the School Nutrition Policy Initiative is the only solution
第四部分： 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）
How warmly the word “home” is to us! Everyone has 76. ________________
his or her home that full of love. Homes can shelter us 77. ________________
for wind. Whatever difficulties we meet, we often want to come 78. ________________
back home for help. Homes are places for parking. When we 79. ________________
are tiring from studying or working, home is the first word 80. ________________
appearing in our minds so we can have a good rest at home. 81. ________________
When we feel frustrated and hopeful just like struggling in the 82. ________________
desert, homes were like drops of water to inspire us to survive. 83. ________________
In a word, homes offer us help when we are in the trouble; 84. ________________
homes give us courage when we are afraid; homes present me 85. ________________
self-confidence when we are defeated.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
某一实验组对创造新的植物种类进行了长期的研究和实验。假如你是参与该实验的研究人员，请根据以下信息用英语写一篇100词左右的介绍文字。
实验目的：通过嫁接的方式，把农作物变成木本植物。
实验步骤：
1. 在实验室环境下，把棉花嫁接到一些亚洲沙漠树种上，如红柳、沙枣等；
2. 把幼苗移植到户外自然环境下。
阶段性成果：幼苗在实验室环境下已经成活, 下一步将把幼苗移到户外，在自然条件下生长。
实验意义：实验成功后，植物的抗自然灾害能力将会大大加强，增加森林覆盖率，并能改善地球生态环境。
参考词汇：木本植物 woody plants；嫁接 graft (v.)；森林覆盖率 forest coverage；
红柳 Branchy tarmarisk；沙枣 Oleaster
【参考答案】
21-25 CBDDB 26-30 DCBBA
31-35 AADCC 36-40 DABCA 41-45 BCDBA
46-50 DCBAD 51-55 ACDBC 56-60 CADBB
61-65 CADBA 66-70 CDBDA 71-75 DADAC
76. warmly → warm 77. that后加is或删去that
78. for → from 79. √
80. tiring → tired 81. so → because
82. hopeful → hopeless
83. were → are 84. 去掉the
85. me → us
One possible version:
In order to create new plant species, we have been doing research on how to change agricultural produce into woody plants by means of grafting. At the first stage of our experiment, we grafted cotton to the trees such as Branchy tarmarisk and Oleaster, which mainly grow in the desert areas in Asia. So far, the young plants have come out and are growing prosperously under lab conditions. The next stage is to move the plants outdoors to be tested under natural conditions.
Should we succeed, the new plants would be more capable of fighting against natural disasters and the forest coverage would be increased. As a result, the whole ecosystem would be improved.
第二部分： 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。
21. —I have been offered a job. Can I accept it?
—It’s ______ you.
A. according to B. due to
C. up to D. because of
22. You don’t let me have a try. If I took this work, I ______ another way.
A. will adopt B. would adopt
C. adopt D. adopted
23. This jacket’s too big, even with a sweater ______.
A. above B. outside
C. beyond D. underneath
24. I’m very busy at the moment but I hope to ______ answering your letter next week.
A. get through with B. do with
C. set down to D. get round to
25. He managed to escape from Germany after the war and lived abroad for years ______ White.
A. after the name of B. under the name of
C. of the name of D. in the name of
26. And she would ______ from everybody else with her bright coloured caps.
A. get out B. set out C. speak out D. stand out
27. More time ______，we should have done it much better.
A. giving B. gives C. given D. gave
28. She married him of her own choice against her parents’ ______.
A. thought B. will C. opinion D. idea
29. ______ nothing to do, we went home.
A. There was B. There being
C. There to be D. It being
30. The new secretary is a quick, ______ worker, and the boss is quite satisfied with her.
A. efficient B. frequent C. messy D. effective
31. Gone are the days when women were looked down upon, and the idea of ________ of opportunity for men and women has come here to stay.
A. equality B. quality
C. quantity D. reality
32. Mary ______ her sister in appearance but not in character.
A. resembles B. recounts
C. rejoices D. resolves
33. Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is ______ of good books.
A. it B. one C. this D. that
34. Mike’s a good salesman, but his cold manner does ______ put people off.
A. intend to B. mean to
C. tend to D. want to
35. It didn’t take long for them to ______ the cheat, who pretended to be an expert in this field.
A. look through B. go through
C. see through D. live through
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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was a cold Tuesday night and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get 36 to eat. I had read the sign: “Don’t give money to beggars.” So I 37
my head and kept walking.
“I am really homeless and I am really 38 ! You can come with me and 39 me eat!” But I kept on walking.
The matter bothered me for the 40 of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn’t have killed me to hand over a dollar or two 41 he had been lying. I tried to find some excuses for my 42 to help by thinking that government agencies, churches and charities (慈善团体) were there to feed him. 43 , you are not 44 to give money to beggars.
One day, while I was 45 my weekly garden column (专栏) for the Anchorage Daily News, I 46 an idea. Bean’s Café 47 hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens for Bean’s?
The idea began to 48 . People would fax me or call when they 49 something to Bean’s. In 1995, the Garden Writers Association of America (GWAA) 50 their annual meeting and 51 learning of the program, Plant a Row for Bean’s became Plant a Row for the Hungry. The original idea was to have every 52 of the GWAA write or talk about planting a row for the hungry 53 during the month of April. Garden editor Joan Jackson raised more than 30,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables in her first year, and
54 GWAA how the program could really work.
If every gardener plants one row for the hungry, we can make a difference. Maybe then I will stop feeling 55
about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.
36. A. nothing B. everything
C. anything D. something
37. A. shook B. nodded C. kept D. hid
38. A. thirsty B. hungry C. drunk D. sick
39. A. have B. help C. watch D. make
40. A. rest B. whole C. spare D. days
41. A. in case B. even if
C. as though D. now that
42. A. success B. preparation
C. failure D. absence
43. A. However B. Therefore
C. Instead D. Besides
44. A. considered B. required
C. recognized D. accepted
45. A. writing B. reading
C. advertising D. combining
46. A. put up with B. looked for
C. carried out D. came up with
47. A. employs B. raises C. feeds D. creates
48. A. take in B. take off
C. take up D. take over
49. A. contributed B. planted
C. promoted D. promised
50. A. attended B. addressed
C. developed D. held
51. A. after B. before C. since D. once
52. A. beggar B. director C. member D. gardener
53. A. daytime B. sometimes
C. anytime D. sometime
54. A. approved B. showed
C. designed D. instructed
55. A. puzzled B. concerned
C. regretted D. confused
第三部分： 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★
Although Ripton Rosen was a white boy living in a luxurious penthouse (豪华顶层公寓), he liked to play baseball with his black teammates of the same street. Ripton sometimes invited the boys to his home to play video games. As time went on, several of them became frequent visitors to the 16th-floor penthouse. In time, the group developed into five regulars (常客): Will and Kindu, Philippe Medina, Juan Carlos Robinson and Carlos Suarez.
“In the beginning, it was just a lot of kids moving all over the place,” says Michael, Ripton’s father. Things then began changing in small ways. When the Rosens realized Carlos wasn’t attending school because he didn’t have suitable clothes, they bought him some. Then one night, they took the group to a bookstore after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other needs. “The boys had no interest in books at all,” Michael says. Back at the penthouse, he insisted they sit down to read aloud and start a half-hour reading period before video games or television every day.
Slowly the five black boys became a necessary part of the Rosen family. Housework was assigned, including cleaning, loading the dishwasher and walking Mr. Jenkins, the family dog.
The boys’ own families were puzzled by what was happening. “My mom didn’t believe me when I told her about the penthouse,” says Kindu. “She thought I was involved with something bad.” Juan Carlos’s mother, Esther Ruiz, wondered, “Why would the Rosens be doing this?” But as time went on, she noticed changes in her son. “He was getting responsible. The Rosens are the best.”
56. The Rosens bought Carlos some clothes so that _____.
A. he would study harder
B. he would feel comfortable
C. he could go to school
D. he could serve the family
57. The underlined words “other needs” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to the need of _____.
A. knowledge B. power C. status D. money
58. We learn from the passage that the Rosens _____.
A. devoted themselves to fighting discrimination
B. knew a lot about how to encourage children
C. regarded friendship as the most important thing
D. treated the black boys with great kindness
59. How did the boys’ own families probably feel about the Rosens at last?
A. Uneasy. B. Grateful. C. Satisfied. D. Sorry.
B★★
Have you ever been to a wedding and simply loved the bride’s bouquet (花束)? More than likely some part of it was the Hawaiian Wedding Plant. This foreign houseplant can be enjoyed by anyone, not just brides. With a little proper attention and careful planning on location, this foreign houseplant, native to Madagascar, can be brought into the home where it can become an interesting focus.
Caring for the Hawaiian Wedding Plant is not much different than that of any other houseplants that may already be in your home. The only difference between this type of houseplant and others is the amount of the basic requirements that this foreign houseplant needs to survive and perform beautifully. During the growing season, this plant requires its wet soil, but when winter rolls around, this plant needs its soil to be kept drier.
Hawaiian Wedding Plants should also be potted in well-
-drained (排水) soil and placed in a location that receives full sun. That the soil must be kept wet does not mean that it should sit in water, so the soil must drain easily or this plant will not survive. Water the plant daily and feed this plant every two to three weeks with a little fertilizer for acid-loving plants. Prune (修剪) in early spring, even as early as February. If these needs are met, this plant will stay beautiful.
The most special feature of this foreign houseplant is its long lasting blooms (开花) combined with its unbelievable sweet smell. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant blooms the heaviest in the spring months, but has been known to bloom in any warm months, so do not be surprised to find blooms most time of the year except maybe in the dead of winter.
60. Why does the author mention wedding and bouquet in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a Hawaiian wedding.
B. To attract the readers’ interest in the passage.
C. To show the beauty of the flower.
D. To teach the readers to choose proper bouquets.
61. The Hawaiian Wedding Plant comes from _____.
A. Hawaii B. China
C. Madagascar D. Alaska
62. Which of the following are the growing conditions of Hawaiian Wedding Plant?
a. Wet soil. b. Lots of fertilizer.
c. Proper sunshine. d. Some acid.
A. a, c B. a, b C. b, c D. a, d
63. What does the underlined phrase “in the dead of winter” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. At the end of the winter.
B. At the beginning of the winter.
C. In deadly condition in winter.
D. In the coldest part of winter.
C ★★
Have you heard of the saying, “If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well”? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effort towards perfection in whichever job one does. It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major one like organizing a business meeting in your later life.
Perfection is nothing but attention to details. If it is your job to dust the furniture at home, dust it so that not a single spot of dirt shows from any angle. If your task is to make the beds, make them so that not a single crease (皱痕) shows on the bed-covers.
There are only two ways to do a job: either sloppily, or well. If you choose the latter path, you need to realize that any job that qualifies as “your” work deserves nothing less than your best. Perfection is an attitude that can be cultivated (培养) with just a little effort. It is a habit that stands one in good stead in later life. Let us prove with an example: you may be asked to turn in an essay on, say, wildlife, for a school project. Instead of writing carelessly a few facts that you already know, you could make the project more effective by looking up reference books, encyclopedias (百科全书) or websites for additional information. You could then go over the finished essay for slips (疏漏) and errors, and provide pictures where necessary. If you make it a habit to put in extra effort in your school homework, will it not help you to handle more difficult projects at the college or university level?
As Michelangelo, the famous 16th century sculptor and painter, once put it: Trifles (琐事) go to make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
64. According to the passage, to achieve perfection is _____.
A. to realize the quality of the work
B. to pay attention to details of one’s work
C. to do as many jobs as possible
D. to form the habit of doing things ahead of time
65. The underlined word “sloppily” in Paragraph 3 may mean _____.
A. badly B. patiently C. carefully D. slowly
66. What can be inferred from the third paragraph?
A. It is necessary to provide pictures for your essay.
B. Websites are the sources of information you want.
C. Perfection is a habit that promises a good future.
D. You should make much effort to develop perfection.
67. The purpose of writing this passage is to _____.
A. introduce the famous painter Michelangelo
B. advise us to do the things that are worth doing
C. explain to us the meaning of the perfection
D. expect us to give our best to our work
D ★★★
The Second Annual Reel Civil Rights Film Festival
The festival features documentaries （纪录片） and films related to the 1957 desegregation (废除种族隔离) crisis at Central High School and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The festival is free and open to the public. Tickets can be picked up at Market Street Cinema on the day of the show and will be distributed (分发) on a first-come- -first-served basis. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
2:00 p.m. — Mighty Times: The Children’s March (40 min.). This film tells the story of how the young people of Birmingham, Alabama braved police dogs in 1963. Their bravery moved President Kennedy to introduce the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
4:00 p.m. — Disney’s The Ernest Green Story (101 min.). The personal story of Ernest Green, the only senior among the nine black students who desegregated Little Rock High School in 1957.
7:00 p.m. — The Clinton 12 (86 min.). The title refers to the 12 black students who desegregated the all-white high school in Clinton, Tennessee in 1956.
Note: All Saturday showings will be preceded (在……之前) by The Apollos (6 min.), a film in honor of those who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday.
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
2:00 p.m. — Disney’s Ruby Bridges (90 min.). The true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, one of the first black students to desegregate a public elementary school in New Orleans.
4:00 p.m. — Silas Hunt: A Documentary (63 min.). The story of the first African-American in modern times to enter a major southern university in 1948. His entrance into the University of Arkansas set into the desegregation of higher education throughout the country.
7:00 p.m. — The Lost Year (60 min.). This story details a series of events during the 1957-1958 school year when 3,665 black and white Little Rock students were locked out of their high schools while their teachers still gave classes in empty classrooms.
For more information, please call 501-374-1957 or visit us on the web at www.nps.gov/chsc or contact Market Street Cinema at 501-312-8900 or www.marketstreetcinema.net.
68. According to the passage, the desegregation of higher education first happened in _____.
A. New Orleans B. Arkansas
C. Alabama D. Tennessee
69. The story is directly related to the introduction of the Civil Rights Act in the film _____.
A. Ruby Bridges
B. The Ernest Green Story
C. The Lost Year
D. Mighty Times: The Children’s March
70. The film “The Lost Year” implies that at that time _____.
A. many teachers were also involved in the Civil Rights Movement
B. the white students would like to miss classes with the black
C. the situations of the desegregation were going well
D. the high schools couldn’t take in enough students
71. Which of the following shows the right information about the Film Festival?
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
Start Time
2, 4 and 7 p.m.
Location
Little Rock High School
Cost
FREE for children
Contact
501-374-1957
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sun 2/17/08
Start Time
2, 4 and 7 p.m.
Location
Market Street Cinema
Cost
$2 for adults
Contact
www.marketstreetcinema.net
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
2:00 p.m.
Ruby Bridges
4:00 p.m.
Silas Hunt: A Documentary
Cost
FREE
Contact
www.nps.gov/chsc
EVENT INFORMATION
Event Date
Sat 2/16/08
2:00 p.m
Mighy Times: The Children’s March
4:00 p.m.
The Ernest Green Story
Cost
FREE
Contact
501-312-8900
E ★★
Schools that serve healthier foods, offer nutrition education and reward students for nutritious eating habits can make a major difference in preventing childhood obesity (肥胖). Schools that used such a multifaceted (多层面的) nutrition program reduced the number of overweight children by 50 percent.
“The serious consequences of childhood obesity have pushed us to find solutions that reach greater numbers of children,” Gary Foster, director of Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education, said in a prepared statement. “We focused on school, because children spend most of their lives there and eat at least one if not two meals there.”
In the study, five Philadelphia schools introduced a School Nutrition Policy Initiative (SNPI) that included:
Getting rid of less healthy snacks and sodas available at school or replacing them with water, low-fat milk or 100 percent fruit juice.
Training teachers to teach about nutrition and giving students 50 hours of nutrition education during the year.
Rewarding kids with raffle (抽彩) tickets to win prizes when they practice healthy snacking.
Encouraging parents and students to purchase healthy snacks outside of school, and challenging the kids to eat better and be more physically active.
Over the course of two years, researchers followed students in grades 4 to 6 at these schools and five control schools, measuring the weight, height and physical activity of all 1,349 students before and after the study period. Only 7.5 percent of students in schools with the new nutrition policy became overweight, compared with 15 percent of students who became overweight in the control schools. The nutrition policy appeared even more effective for black students.
Despite the success, researchers expressed concerns that some students still gained weight. They suggested that stronger interventions (干预) should be needed, such as increasing physical education time and changing the nutrition environment outside of schools. The researchers also recommend prevention programs begin even earlier than fourth grade.
72. The passage mainly talks about _____.
A. preventing kids’ overweight through various measures taken by school
B. improving kids’ study by changing school environ-
ment
C. trying to find proper ways to improve kids’ nutrition
D. how to prevent childhood obesity through proper exercising
73. All the following belong to the multifaceted nutrition program EXCEPT _____.
A. serving healthier foods
B. offering nutrition education
C. praising good eating habits
D. increasing physical education time
74. Which of the following is the result of the SNPI carried out by five Philadelphia schools?
A. The obesity rate was reduced a lot.
B. Students could avoid snacks on purpose.
C. It seemed less effective for black students.
D. Students formed the habit of doing exercise.
75. It can be inferred from the passage that in order to really stop childhood obesity, ______.
A. families should bear the most responsibilities
B. stronger or additional interventions are needed
C. family, school and society should work together
D. the School Nutrition Policy Initiative is the only solution
第四部分： 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）
How warmly the word “home” is to us! Everyone has 76. ________________
his or her home that full of love. Homes can shelter us 77. ________________
for wind. Whatever difficulties we meet, we often want to come 78. ________________
back home for help. Homes are places for parking. When we 79. ________________
are tiring from studying or working, home is the first word 80. ________________
appearing in our minds so we can have a good rest at home. 81. ________________
When we feel frustrated and hopeful just like struggling in the 82. ________________
desert, homes were like drops of water to inspire us to survive. 83. ________________
In a word, homes offer us help when we are in the trouble; 84. ________________
homes give us courage when we are afraid; homes present me 85. ________________
self-confidence when we are defeated.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
某一实验组对创造新的植物种类进行了长期的研究和实验。假如你是参与该实验的研究人员，请根据以下信息用英语写一篇100词左右的介绍文字。
实验目的：通过嫁接的方式，把农作物变成木本植物。
实验步骤：
1. 在实验室环境下，把棉花嫁接到一些亚洲沙漠树种上，如红柳、沙枣等；
2. 把幼苗移植到户外自然环境下。
阶段性成果：幼苗在实验室环境下已经成活, 下一步将把幼苗移到户外，在自然条件下生长。
实验意义：实验成功后，植物的抗自然灾害能力将会大大加强，增加森林覆盖率，并能改善地球生态环境。
参考词汇：木本植物 woody plants；嫁接 graft (v.)；森林覆盖率 forest coverage；
红柳 Branchy tarmarisk；沙枣 Oleaster
【参考答案】
21-25 CBDDB 26-30 DCBBA
31-35 AADCC 36-40 DABCA 41-45 BCDBA
46-50 DCBAD 51-55 ACDBC 56-60 CADBB
61-65 CADBA 66-70 CDBDA 71-75 DADAC
76. warmly → warm 77. that后加is或删去that
78. for → from 79. √
80. tiring → tired 81. so → because
82. hopeful → hopeless
83. were → are 84. 去掉the
85. me → us
One possible version:
In order to create new plant species, we have been doing research on how to change agricultural produce into woody plants by means of grafting. At the first stage of our experiment, we grafted cotton to the trees such as Branchy tarmarisk and Oleaster, which mainly grow in the desert areas in Asia. So far, the young plants have come out and are growing prosperously under lab conditions. The next stage is to move the plants outdoors to be tested under natural conditions.
Should we succeed, the new plants would be more capable of fighting against natural disasters and the forest coverage would be increased. As a result, the whole ecosystem would be improved.