Unit 6 Birdwatching
一、单项选择(共15小题;共45分)
从下面各题所给选项中,选择最佳选项。
1. —Do you want to eat some _____ today?
—Yes, thanks.
A.fish
B.fishes
C.fishing
2. Please turn on the lights. I can't see the words on the blackboard _____.
A.finally
B.carefully
C.clearly
3. _____ is a sport in which two people fight each other with their hands, while wearing very large thick gloves.
A.Boxing
B.Racing
C.Tennis
4. (2019 湖南娄底期末)—Do you like some _____?
—Yes, I do.
A.tomato
B.fruit
C.pear
选出划线部分读音不同的选项。
5. Which of the following word matches the sound /ra?s/?
A.race
B.rose
C.raise
D.rice
从下面各题所给选项中,选择最佳选项。
6. Which word of the following doesn't have the same stress as the others?
A.Almost.
B.Maybe.
C.Percent.
7. Mind-map is a kind of reading strategy. It means you draw a picture about the article you have read and it can express the ideas _____.
A.slowly
B.loudly
C.clearly
8. Which word of the following has a different stress from the others?
A.Clearly.
B.Result.
C.Below.
9. —What's wrong with my eyes, doctor?
—I'm afraid you have to wear glasses to help see things _____.
A.sadly
B.luckily
C.clearly
10. —Stop talking like that. It will lead to greater differences between us.
—So, what do you think we should do?
A.cause
B.show
C.explore
11. —Have you watched the movie the Left Ear?
—Yes, I _____ it last night with my sister.
A.have watched
B.watched
C.will watch
D.was watching
12. Luckily, the firemen managed to _____ the fire from spreading.
A.prepare
B.provide
C.prevent
D.protect
13. I've got everything ready for the big dinner now, except for some _____.
A.egg
B.fish
C.tomato
D.apple
从下面各题所给选项中,选择最佳选项。
14. (2019江苏泰州中考) I can't hear you _____; something may be wrong with my telephone.
A.carefully
B.clearly
C.quietly
D.slowly
15. _____ us from the sun, we need to wear sunglasses.
A.Protect
B.To protect
C.Protecting
D.Protected
二、完形填空(共1小题;共40分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的选项中,选择最佳选项。
For most children, the happiest way _____16_____ spending their time is playing a game. It doesn't matter what the game is. Things become better when they need a partner to _____17_____. On the one hand, it is good for children to learn _____18_____ to make friends. On the other hand, children can learn what is winning is and what is losing. If a child only _____19_____ winning during the game, then for him, it is funny to play a game only when he wins. But if he finds a better partner, he will get _____20_____ and he doesn't want to go on playing.
It's _____21_____ duty to make their children know that: you _____22_____ always win and there are many unhappy moments in life when you have to learn how to lose. The idea is to compete (竞争) , to prove (证明) you are _____23_____, not only to win.
In a word, _____24_____ is not funny only when you win. It is funny when you enjoy it and try your best to win. If you are just a little unlucky, don't _____25_____ a lot. You will surely prove you can do it some other day.
16. A.to
B.with
C.of
17. A.play
B.play with
C.play together
18. A.what
B.who
C.how
19. A.thinks out
B.thinks about
C.think over
20. A.happy
B.happiness
C.unhappy
21. A.parents'
B.parent's
C.parents
22. A.can
B.can't
C.will
23. A.best
B.good
C.bad
24. A.play a game
B.playing game
C.playing a game
25. A.worry
B.be worry
C.worry about
三、阅读理解(共2小题;共20分)
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。
26. Do you know Australia? Can you find it on the map? It is a big island (岛屿) in the south of the earth. Most people there live near the coast (海岸). ______ Not many people live there, but many animals do!
______ They are kangaroos (袋鼠). Kangaroos are big. They have long back legs and they can jump very fast. ______ They spend their first few months in their mother's pouch (育儿袋).
You may also know koalas. Some people think they look like teddy bears (泰迪熊)! ______ Koalas are kind of lazy. ______ They stay there to keep cool.
Do you love Australian animals? If so, why not take a vacation there?
A.They spend most of their time sleeping in the tree.
B.The middle of Australia is very dry.
C.But they're not bears at all.
D.Do you know Australia's most famous animals?
E.Baby kangaroos are very interesting.
27. Carlito Pizarras lived on the island of Bohol, in the Philippines. When he was a boy, Carlito was an expert at catching tarsiers (眼镜猴). He gave the tarsiers to his father who sold them as pets.
One day, Carlito decided to have his own pet tarsier. ______. So he read about tarsiers in the town library. The only information he found was that tarsiers ate charcoal (木炭). He gave his pet plenty of charcoal, but it soon died. After losing two more pet tarsiers, he decided to see for himself what tarsiers ate. He went into the forest at night and patiently watched the tarsiers carefully.
______. It wasn't charcoal. It was the insects (昆虫) inside the charcoal. Carlito fed his next pet lots of insects. But the tarsier weakened and finally died.
Carlito said, "______." He discovered that tarsiers were very shy and nervous. They didn't want to be touched.
They also didn't belong in cages (笼子). Some wanted to get out so badly that they hurt themselves trying to get out of the cages.
One day, Carlito made an important decision. He said, "______."
Later, Carlito spent all his time protecting the tarsiers. People call him the "Tarsier Man". Because of him, a group of businessmen started the Philippine Tarsier Foundation in 1996.
______. Now he's the hero of the tarsiers. "I hope there will be more people who'll treat them with love," he said.
A.It took me almost a year to realise that they can't be kept as pets
B.But he didn't know how he would keep it alive
C.Long ago, Carlito was the tarsiers' enemy
D.Carlito found out what tarsiers really ate
E.My father was angry when I told him that I didn't want to kill tarsiers any more
四、书面表达(共1小题;共15分)
书面表达。
28. 假如你是刘洋,你正在和你的笔友詹姆斯(James)在QQ上聊关于宠物的话题。你告诉他你有一只宠物猫,他想知道你的宠物的一些信息。请你根据以下提示写一篇英文短文回复给他。
提示问题:
1. What does it look like?
2. Where and how did you get it?
3. What does it like best?
要求:
1. 语句通顺、语意连贯、语法正确;
2. 包含对所给提示问题的回答,并可适当发挥;
3. 50词左右。
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案
第一部分
1?. A
【解析】
此题考查的是名词和动名词的辨析。句意:——今天你想吃鱼肉吗?——是的,谢谢。fish 鱼肉,不可数名词;fishes 鱼,可数名词,表鱼的种类;fishing 钓鱼,动名词。
因此,正确答案是A。
2?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是副词辨析。句意:请把灯打开,我看不清黑板上的字。finally 最后;carefully 小心地;clearly 清楚地。
因此,正确答案是C。
3?. A
【解析】
此题考查的是名词辨析。句意:拳击是两个人戴着又大又厚的手套,用手互相搏斗的运动。boxing 拳击;racing 赛跑;tennis 网球。
因此,正确答案是A。
4?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是名词的辨析。句意:——你想要一些水果吗?——是的,我要。tomato 西红柿;fruit 水果;pear 梨子;some 一些,后面修饰不可数名词原形以及可数名词复数形式,tomato和pear都是可数名词,放在some后面要用复数形式;fruit作水果时为不可数名词,所以接在some后直接用原形。
因此,正确答案是B。
5?. D
【解析】
此题考查的是语音。句意:下面哪个单词与音标/ra?s/匹配?race [re?s];rose [r??z];raise [re?z];rice [ra?s]。
因此,正确答案是D。
6?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是语音。句意:以下哪个单词的重音与其他单词不同?almost ['??lm??st];maybe ['me?bi?] ;percent [p?'sent]。C选项重音位置与其他选项不同。
因此,正确答案是C。
7?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是副词的辨析。句意:思维导图是一种阅读策略。它的意思是你画一幅关于你读过的文章的图片,它可以清楚地表达你的想法。slowly 缓慢地;loudly 大声地;clearly 清楚地。
因此,正确答案是C。
8?. A
【解析】
此题考查的是语音。句意:下列哪个单词的重读与其他的不一样?clearly ['kl??l?];result [r?'z?lt];below [b?'l??]。
因此,正确答案是A。
9?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是副词的辨析。句意:——医生,我的眼睛有什么问题?——恐怕你必须戴眼镜去帮助看清楚东西。sadly 悲伤地;luckily 幸运地;clearly 清晰地。根据句意,应该用“清晰地”。
因此,正确答案是C。
10?. A
11?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是时态。句意:——你已经看过《左耳》这部电影了吗?——是的,昨天晚上我和我的姐姐看了。由last night可知该句为一般过去时,所以动词watch要用过去式。
因此,正确答案是B。
12?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是动词辨析。句意:幸运的是,消防员成功阻止了大火蔓延。prevent…from doing sth. 阻止……做某事;prepare 准备;provide 提供;protect 保护。
因此,正确答案是C。
13?. B
14?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是副词的辨析。句意:我听不清你说话,我的电话一定出了什么问题。carefully 仔细地;clearly 清楚地;quietly 安静地;slowly 慢慢地。
因此,正确答案是B。
15?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是动词不定式。句意:为了防晒,我们需要戴太阳镜。protect 保护,动词,此处用不定式表目的。
因此,正确答案是B。
第二部分
16?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是固定短语。句意:对大多数孩子来说,度过他们时间最快乐的方式就是玩游戏。the way of doing sth. 做某事的方式,固定短语;the way to do sth. 做某事的方式,固定短语。
因此,正确答案是C。
17?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是动词和短语辨析。句意:当他们需要一个一起玩的伙伴时,事情会变得更好。play with sb. 和某人玩,与to构成不定式形式在句中作后置定语;play together 一起玩,在一起玩;play 玩,动词。
因此,正确答案是B。
18?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是连词的辨析。句意:一方面,对孩子们来说,学会如何交朋友是件好事。what 什么;who 谁;how 如何。
因此,正确答案是C。
19?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是短语的辨析。句意:如果一个孩子只想着在比赛中获胜,那么对他来说,只有在他获胜时,玩游戏才是有趣的。think out 想出;think about 考虑;think over 仔细考虑。
因此,正确答案是B。
20?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是名词和形容词的辨析。句意:但是如果他找到一个更好的伙伴,他会变得不快乐,他不想继续玩下去。happy 高兴的,快乐的,形容词;unhappy 不高兴,不快乐的,形容词;happiness 快乐,幸福,不可数名词。
因此,正确答案是C。
21?. A
【解析】
此题考查的是名词所有格的辨析。句意:让孩子们知道这是父母的责任。parents' 父母亲的;parent's 父亲或母亲的;parents 父母亲。
因此,正确答案是A。
22?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是情态动词的辨析。句意:你不可能总是赢,生活中有很多不愉快的时刻,你必须学会如何失败。can 能;can't 不能;will 将要。
因此,正确答案是B。
23?. B
【解析】
此题考查的是形容词和最高级。句意:这个想法是为了竞争,为了证明你是好的,不仅仅是为了赢。best 最好的,形容词good的最高级;good 好的;bad 坏的,差的。
因此,正确答案是B。
24?. C
【解析】
此题考查的是短语和动名词。句意:总之,当你赢了,玩游戏不仅仅是一种娱乐。play a game 玩游戏;play 玩,动词,动名词为playing;在句中作主语应用动名词形式。
因此,正确答案是C。
25?. A
【解析】
此题考查的是短语和动词。句意:如果你只是有点不走运,不要太担心。有一天你肯定会证明你能做到。worry 担心,动词;worry about... 担忧......,担心......;be worried about... 担心......,担忧......。
因此,正确答案是A。
第三部分
26?. B;D;E;C;A
【解析】
第一空:句意:澳大利亚中部非常干燥。结合上下句可知答案。
因此,正确答案是B。
第二空:句意:你知道澳大利亚最有名的动物吗?根据下句“They are kangaroos (袋鼠). 它们是袋鼠。”可知答案。
因此,正确答案是D。
第三空:句意:袋鼠宝宝很有趣。结合下句提到“在育儿袋里”可知答案。
因此,正确答案是E。
第四空:句意:但它们根本不是熊。结合上句提到“一些人认为它们看起来像泰迪熊”可知答案。
因此,正确答案是C。
第五空:句意:它们花大部分时间睡在树上。结合上句提到“lazy 懒惰的”可知答案。
因此,正确答案是A。
27?. B;D;A;E;C
【解析】
第一空:句意:但是他不知道怎么让它活着。结合下文“So he read about tarsiers in the town library.所以他在镇上的图书馆看有关眼镜猴的资料。”可推知答案。
因此,正确答案是B。
第二空:句意:Carlito找到了眼镜猴实际上吃什么。由下文“It wasn't charcoal. It was the insects (昆虫) inside the charcoal. 它不是木炭。它是一种木炭里的昆虫。”可知他找到了眼睛后吃什么。
因此,正确答案是D。
第三空:句意:意识到它们不能作宠物养花了我近一年时间。结合下文“ He discovered that tarsiers were very shy and nervous. They didn't want to be touched.他发现眼镜猴非常害羞紧张。它们不想被触摸。”可知Carlito意识到了这种动物应该被保护,而不是关在笼子里当做宠物,由此可推出答案。
因此,正确答案是A。
第四空:句意:当我告诉我父亲我不再想杀眼镜猴时他非常生气。由下文“Later, Carlito spent all his time protecting the tarsiers. 后来,Carlito把所有时间花在保护眼睛猴上。”可知他不再杀眼镜猴,而是保护它们。
因此,正确答案是E。
第五空:句意:很久之前,Carlito是眼镜猴的敌人。由文中“When he was a boy, Carlito was an expert at catching tarsiers.当他还是一个男孩的时候,Carlito是捉眼镜猴的专家。 Now he's the hero of the tarsiers. 现在他是眼镜猴的英雄。”可推知他以前是眼镜猴的敌人。
因此,正确答案是C。
第四部分
28?. I have a very lovely cat and its name is Lulu. It is white with big eyes and long hair. It also has a pair of short ears. I bought it from a pet store, and it just cost me 50 yuan. Like other cats, Lulu likes fish best. It likes bread, too. Every day, I play with it after school. It gives me a lot of happiness.
【解析】
好单词:
1. lovely 可爱的
2. white 白色的
3. buy 购买
4. happiness 快乐
好短语:
1. a pair of 一双
2. cost sb. … 花费某人……(金额)
3. play with 和……玩耍
4. after school 放学后
5. a lot of 很多
好句式:
It is white with big eyes and long hair. 它是白色的,长着大眼睛和长毛。