Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?综合检测题（有答案）

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Unit 9 综合检测题
I．单项填空（15分）
1. -Would you like some juice or coffee?
-__________. I like green tea instead.
A. Either B. Neither C. Both
2. -Is Jim in the office?
-No, he __________ to the dining hall.
A. goes B. would go C. has gone D. had gone
3. -Is your father or mother a teacher?
-__________. My father is a doctor and my mother is an office worker.
A. Both B. Either C. Neither D. None
4. -Who taught you Japanese?
-Nobody. I learned it by __________.
A. myself B. my C. me
5. -Do you know the Englishman?
-Yes. I __________ him for two years.
A. get to know B. have known
C. knew D. got to know
6. -I hear Mr. Zhang has gone to Beijing for a meeting.
-Really? Do you know when he __________?
A. leaves B. was leaving
C. has left D. left
7. Our foreign teacher Mr. Green __________ us English since three years ago.
A. has taught B. is teaching C. taught D. teaches
8. -Hello, may I speak to Mr. Smith?
-Sorry, he isn’t in. He __________ the office.
A. has been to B. has gone to C. has been away
9. We have some problems __________ to the top in an hour.
A. get B. to get C. getting D. got
10. -Would you like to watch the 3-D film Titanic with me?
-Certainly. I don’t mind seeing it again although I __________ it twice.
A. saw B. was seen
C. have seen D. had seen
11. About __________ of the students in Grade Nine this year were born in __________.
A. three five; 1996 B. three fifths; 1990s
C. third fifth; 1997 D. third fifths; 1990s
12. Thanks to Project Hope, __________ children have better lives.
A. thousands of B. thousands C. thousand
13. __________ you like, I will offer you.
A. Whenever B. Whatever C. However D. Whoever
14. -Where's Guangdong?
-It's __________ the south of China.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
15. I am not sure __________ we will visit you next Saturday.
A. whether B. that C. what D. where
II．完形填空(10分)
In Britain, weather is a common subject of conversation. "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it l ?" “I think it's going to snow." People often 2 a conversation 3 these words.
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other.
One man may say, "Do you see 4 in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow." 5 will say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east. But I think we are going to have fine weather tomorrow. "
People often 6 the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him, "It's going to rain." He won't believe anything else. When friends have a picnic, they are 7 the weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit down and eat their lunch while it rains.
Almost everyone 8 what the weatherman says. But he doesn't always 9 what we want, and sometimes he makes mistakes. Still he usually comes 10 to being correct (正确的) than anyone else.
1. A. is rain B. will rain C. will rainy D. will be rain
2. A. set off B. make C. begin D. stop
3. A. in B. by C. with D. for
4. A. cloudy it is B. it is cloudy C. cloudy is it D. is it cloudy
5. A. One man B.A man C. Other man D. Another man
6. A. look for B. look up C. look at D. ask for
7. A. very sure B. sure enough C. so sure D. too sure
8. A. hears B. listens C. hear from D. listens to
9. A. ask us B. tell us C. speak us D. say to us
10. A. close B. closer C. closest D. the most close
III．阅读理解(40分)
A
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is John Brown. Mr. Brown works in an office in New York.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Brown could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped (困住) ! He started to shout, but nobody heard him. Then Mr. Brown remembered that it was a holiday in America. Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Brown to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers (同事) came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Brown came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Brown says, "I only use elevators if they have telephones in them."
1. What does Mr. Brown think of working on the weekend?
A. It is happy. B. He doesn't mind.
C. It can be dangerous. D. He refuses to do it.
2. How long was he in the elevator?
A. From Saturday to Monday.
B. From Tuesday to Saturday.
C. More than three days.
D. More than two days.
3. Why did Mr. Brown spend so long in the elevator? Which of the following is NOT a reason?
A. It was a three-day holiday.
B. He had no food or drink.
C. The elevator stopped between two floors.
D. There was no telephone in the elevator.
4. How was Mr. Brown able to get out of the elevator?
A. The president discovered the elevator wasn't working.
B. The elevator started to work soon again.
C. His co-worker who worked on the weekend helped him out.
D. His co-workers found him when they came back to work on Monday.
5. What is the best title for this story?
A. A Busy Weekend B. An Interesting Elevator
C. Trapped in an Elevator D. Elevator Safety
B
Sally Cooper was worried about her health. She could not walk vey quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.
"I suppose I had better go to the doctor," she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem. "I’m not surprised at all," he said. "It's obvious what your problem is."
He looked her over and then gave her some advice. "If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Cooper." he said, "you will have a heart attack. It could kill you."
Sally Cooper was very worried when she heard what the doctor said. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher's shop.
“I'd like ten pounds of steak (牛排) , please," she said.
"Certainly, madam," the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (秤盘).
"That's just under ten pounds," he said.
"That's big enough," Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out the price.
“At $4.99 a pound that will be $ 49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?"
"Oh, I don't want to buy the meat," Mrs. Parker said.
"If you don't want to buy it, why did you ask me to get it for you?" the butcher replied angrily.
"My doctor told me that I am overweight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like. "
6. Why did Sally Cooper visit the doctor?
A. She had had a heart attack.
B. She had a problem with her health.
C. She was unhappy about her weight.
D. She could not sleep well.
7. What did the doctor advise her to do?
A. To lose weight. B. To eat more meat.
C. To come and see him again. D. To look after her heart.
8. Why did Mrs. Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?
A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.
B. She wanted to lose weight.
C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.
D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.
9. What was Sally Cooper's real problem?
A. She ate too much steak. B. She weighed too much.
C. The doctor did not know. D. She could not walk very quickly.
10. What did the doctor think might happen to Sally Cooper?
A. She might put on more weight.
B. She might stop eating too much.
C. She might have a heart attack.
D. She might go to another doctor.
C
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上) into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.
Hawking is probably the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert on black holes. He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning and the end of the universe.
"My goal is simple," Hawking once said. "It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all."
Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He selects his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer (音响合成器) .
"I have had the disease for most of my life," Hawking once said. "Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work."
Although Hawking is such a disabled man, he made great achievements. He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics(理论物理) .
11. Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ___________.
A. he was sent to hospital for tests
B. his mother made him see a doctor
C. he was twenty years old
D. he visited his family at Christmas time one year
12. From the text we can learn ___________.
A. Hawking is more famous than Einstein
B. Hawking is less famous than Einstein
C. both Hawking and Einstein are very famous
D. neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous
13. What does the underlined pronoun “it” stand for?
A. The goal B. The magic C. The universe D. The book
14. In this passage the word "incurable" means “___________”.
A. 无法治愈的 B. 难以确诊的
C. 常见的 D. 可以治愈的
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Stephen Hawking B. A Famous Book
C. Live as Hawking Does D. A Clever Man
D
Xinjiang Yumin Mountain Flower Festival opened yesterday. It opens once a year. This is the fourth Flower Festival. It shows the great beauty of this area. The festival will last for 100 days. Visitors can visit the beautiful mountainous county (县) during the Flower Festival. They will enjoy a beautiful flower world.
Yumin is in the western part of Xinjiang. There are 24 rivers going through the area. The special geographical position（地理位置）and proper weather have made the county one of China's most interesting places. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful flowers, green grass, blue sky and so on.
The county is home to more than 1,000 kinds of plants. Different kinds of flowers come out in May every year. It's so beautiful. There are also more than 90 kinds of animals. In the past, it was known only by a small number of outdoor travel fans. But now it's very famous. So if you want to go on a trip to Yumin, you can start your trips in early May, when most of the county's wild flowers come out.
16. Does Xinjiang Yumin Mountain Flower Festival open once a year?
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17. How long will the fourth Flower Festival last?
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18. Why has Yumin become one of China's most interesting places?
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19. How many kinds of plants are there in the county?
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20. When is the best time to visit Yumin?
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IV．词汇（10分）
(A)根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
l. It's ___________（安全）to cross the street when the traffic lights turn green.
2. We should ___________（鼓励）children to live alone.
3. It is ___________（不寻常的）to finish the task in five minutes.
4. Many plants become green in ___________（春天）.
5. She ___________（害怕）snakes and frogs.
(B)用所给词的适当形式填空
6. Bill likes Chinese food very much, but he doesn't like ___________ (India) food at all.
7. The boy is ___________ (usual). He can carry the big box.
8. -How many ___________ (fox) can you see in the picture?
-Five.
9. It's much better for wild animals to live in a ___________ (nature) environment than in a zoo.
10. I have never been to an ___________ (amuse) park before.
V．根据汉语完成句子（5分）
1．-你去过说英语的国家吗？ -没有去过。
-___________ you ever ___________ ___________ English-speaking countries?
-No, I ___________.
2．这个孩子要了五十元钱去买一些CD。
The child ___________ 50 yuan ___________ some CDs.
3．我妈妈在这家医院当医生已经十三年了。
My mom ___________ ___________ a doctor in this hospital ___________ 13 years.
4．我正在考虑乘飞机去往上海，而不是乘火车。
I'm thinking about ___________ to Shanghai rather than ___________ there ___________ train.
5．他们两个以前都不喜欢看电视。
___________ of them ___________ watching TV in the past.
VI．补全对话（5分）
Jack: Hi, Tom. I haven't seen you for a long time. 1___________
Tom: I have been to Xi'an.
Jack: Really? 2___________
Tom: By plane.
Jack: How long did it take you to fly there?
Tom: 3___________
Jack: Why did you go there?
Tom: 4___________
Jack: Did you have a good time there?
Tom: Yes, I enjoyed myself very much.
Jack: 5___________
Tom: Thanks a lot.
VII．根据短文意思，从方框中选择合适的单词填空，使短文通顺、完整（5分）
by, quarter, island, holiday, discover, neither, other, especially, amusement, population
I had a great time last weekend. I went to an 1 park with my parents. It is on an 2 . We went there 3 boat. When we got to the island, we 4 there were many foreigners there. Most of them are from Europe, 5 from England. They said they wanted to travel all over the world. They always have wonderful trips every year. The 6 on the island is l,000. A 7 of them work for the amusement park. Some of them are tour guides and 8 are taxi drivers. After dinner, we took a ride around the island. My parents liked this island very much. 9 of them wanted to go home then. What a good 10 we had!
VIII．书面表达（10分）
根据汉语提示，以A Wonderful Day in Beijing World Park为题写一篇80词左右的短文。
星期天，Millie和同学们乘了近两个小时的大巴来到了北京世界公园。一路上Millie都觉得不舒服，但一进北京世界公园，看到人造的(man-made)世界各地一百多处名胜古迹，她立刻被吸引了。他们玩得很高兴，还拍了许多照片。
A Wonderful Day in Beijing World Park
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16. Yes. / Yes, it does.
17. The festival / It will last for 100 days. / For 100 days. / 100 days.
18. Because of the special geographical position and proper weather.
19. More than / Over 1000 kinds of plants.
20. In May / early May.
IV. 1. safe 2. encourage 3. unusual 4. spring 5. fears 6. Indian 7. unusual 8. foxes 9. natural 10. amusement
V. 1. Have, been to, haven’t 2. asked, for 3. has been, for 4. flying, going, by 5. Neither, likes
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VII. 1. amusement 2. island 3. by 4. discovered 5. especially 6. population 7. quarter 8. others 9. Neither 10. holiday
VIII. One possible version:
A Wonderful Day in Beijing World Park
On Sunday, Millie and her classmates visited Beijing World Park. The bus trip took them about two hours. Millie felt sick for the whole trip. But as soon as she was inside the park, she was attracted by the wonderful attractions. There are more than 100 man-made places of interest from all over the world.
Millie and her classmates had a wonderful time in Beijing World Park and they also took lots of photos. What a wonderful day Millie had!