Unit 5单元测试卷
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. —The tower we had visited 3 months before was burnt to the ground last night.
—_____ What on earth were the firemen doing then?
A. How come? B. Absolutely!
C. Anything wrong? D. I’m frightened.
22. Mr. Johnson has shown a great interest in importing _____ scientific equipment ever since he was appointed _____ mayor of the city.
A. the; the B. 不填；不填
C. the; 不填 D. 不填; the
23. The candidate was about to get in the car _____ suddenly a man with a mask appeared and shot at him.
A. while B. after C. as D. when
24. In the factory, the helmets the workers wore varied _____ color according to their different posts.
A. from B. in C. with D. alongside
25. —Peter, let’s check what we still have left.
—Well, _____ is no use evaluating the total loss before the typhoon leaves.
A. one B. that C. it D. this
26. The man was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, his wife _____ comfortably in the sofa watching TV.
A. to seat B. seating
C. seated D. was seated
27. It’s said that non-smokers who are always around smokers have almost the same _____ of suffering from lung cancer.
A. potential B. occasion
C. hope D. opportunity
28. _____ to get there before noon, the postman set off in spite of the heavy fog.
A. Promising B. To promise
C. Having promised D. Promised
29. Food safety _____ to customers, which should be the minimum requirement for the food industry.
A. guarantees B. is guaranteed
C. is guaranteeing D. guaranteed
30. Conscious of the coming danger, the spy _____ his way to the balcony and jumped down, leaving the crowd in the hall puzzled.
A. showed B. lost C. stopped D. made
31. The novelist knew little about the precious document. _____, he had hardly heard of it before.
A. Instead B. Therefore
C. Actually D. However
32. The hunter was so _____ about his own safety that he didn’t even look at the warning notice before walking in the forest.
A. curious B. sad C. sure D. anxious
33. —What a mess! What are you doing?
—I’m _____ the drawer looking for the sweater.
A. going through B. glancing through
C. breaking through D. getting through
34. When it comes to talking about football, his favorite sport, with David, any time will _____ him.
A. suit B. fit C. match D. equal
35. Waving to her family on the platform, _____.
A. sorrow filled the girl’s mind
B. the girl could not hold back tears of sorrow
C. the girl began to wipe tears with her hands
D. the train began to move slowly
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ever so long ago, two young men, Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court.
Edmund said to the 36 : “I gave Oswald, who I
37 was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to 38 it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows 39 about it.”
40 his hand on his heart, Oswald said: “I swear (发誓) I know nothing about the 41 . I am afraid that Edmund has been 42 in his mental powers since he
43 .”
The judge said: “Edmund, were there any witnesses who could 44 that you gave the ring to Oswald?”
Edmund replied: “ 45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were 46 .”
Oswald said: “I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring.”
The judge said: “Edmund, go to that 47 again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald, you wait here in the meantime, 48 Edmund comes back.”
So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to
49 ? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning 50 the road.”
Oswald said: “Oh, my Lord, he wouldn’t have even 51 the tree yet — the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.”
When the judge heard this, he was very 52 .
“You were telling a 53 ! You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the 54 year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the 55 of always telling the truth.”
36. A. policeman B. doctor C. judge D. lawyer
37. A. defined B. expected C. noticed D. thought
38. A. hide B. sell C. keep D. break
39. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
40. A. Using B. Placing C. Waving D. Feeling
41. A. illness B. tree C. ring D. law
42. A. cheated B. affected C. inspired D. amused
43. A. went on B. went along C. went by D. went away
44. A. prove B. understand C. agree D. predict
45. A. Surprisingly B. Unfortunately C. Finally D. Generally
46. A. close B. wise C. alone D. busy
47. A. court B. field C. prison D. farm
48. A. while B. since C. once D. until
49. A. return B. wait C. leave D. walk
50. A. around B. ahead C. along D. aside
51. A. ignored B. reached C. planted D. remembered
52. A. sad B. worried C. angry D. terrified
53. A. lie B. joke C. story D. secret
54. A. same B. next C. only D. other
55. A. advantage B. difficulty C. question D. necessity
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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 ★
Dear Highlights,
My sister is always in a bad mood, which gets me in a bad mood. What should I do?
Tessa, Virginia
It can be hard to be around someone who is in a bad mood. Since you can’t change another person’s mood, try to focus on what you can control: your own mood and reaction.
You might find it easier to stay in a good mood if you leave your sister alone when she feels grumpy (脾气暴躁的). The next time she is in a bad mood, go to a quiet place in your house. Read, exercise, draw, listen to music — do something that makes you feel happy.
Your parents might have some good suggestions for you, too.
Dear Highlights,
I play soccer, but sometimes I play badly. How can I do better?
Jarom, Utah
To be good at anything, determination and practice are important. Listen closely to your coach, watch other players, then practice, practice, practice! Professional athletes continue to practice their sports each day, knowing that if they start to get lazy, they won’t keep or develop their skills.
In addition to practicing with teammates, you can work on drills on your own.
Learning more about the sport may help too. Your coach can likely direct you to some good resources on skills development.
Dear Highlights,
I was moved up a grade a few years ago. Now, almost everyone in my previous grade asks me why. It wouldn’t be a problem, except some boys ask over and over just to be annoying. What do I do?
Allison (by e-mail)
If you’re sure that they are trying to be annoying, you might respond with something humorous. For example, you could say something like “They told me that the lunch lines would be shorter.” Use the situation to turn annoying questions into something to laugh about.
56. What should Tessa do when her sister gets bad-tempered?
A. Accompany her.
B. Change her mood.
C. Try some happy things.
D. Leave her in a quiet place.
57. When talking about Jarom’s problem, Highlights especially stresses the importance of ______.
A. determination B. practice
C. team spirit D. the coach’s help
58. What’s Allison’s problem?
A. She cannot get along well with her classmates.
B. Some boys in her class annoy her on purpose.
C. She is fed up with being asked the same question.
D. Her friends cannot accept that she moved up a grade.
59. What can we learn from the answer to Allison’s question?
A. Laughter is the best medicine.
B. He who laughs last laughs longest.
C. A sense of humor makes you easy-going.
D. Humor can ease the tension in many situations.
B ★★
The secret of happiness could be as simple as remembering the good times and forgetting the regrets. People who look at the past through rose-colored glasses are happier than those who focus on negative past experiences and regrets, according to a new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
The study helps explain why personality has such a strong influence on a person’s happiness and the findings suggest that people with certain personality traits (特征) are happier than others because of the way they think about their past, present and future.
“We found that highly extraverted(外向型的) people are happier with their lives because they tend to hold a positive view of the past and are less likely to have negative thoughts and regrets. On the contrary, neurotic (神经质的) people are likely to have the exact opposite view of the past and are less happy as a result,” said Ryan Howell, assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University.
“This is good news because although it may be difficult to change your personality, you may be able to change your view of time and improve your happiness,” Howell said.
The authors suggest that enjoying happy memories or reframing (重新构筑) painful past experiences in a positive light could be effective ways for individuals to increase their life satisfaction.
“Personality traits influence how people look at the past, present and future and it is these different perspectives on time that drive a person’s happiness,” Howell said.
60. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ______.
A. view the past in a very positive way
B. look back with very beautiful glasses
C. have experienced a wonderful past
D. love glasses with a rose color
61. According to Howell, if you want to improve your happiness, you can ______.
A. change your personality
B. deny your painful past experiences
C. improve your life standard
D. change your perspective on time
62. The text is probably taken from a ______.
A. research paper B. lifestyle magazine
C. medical textbook D. fashion journal
C ★★★
David Beckham thinks he would be more useful as a player than a coach at the 2012 London Olympic Games when Britain fields (使参加比赛) its first Olympic football team since 1960.
The former England captain will be 37 when the Olympics come to London, but he says that fitness will not be an issue.
“There are several months to go and there are a lot of decisions to be made but I would love to be part of it,” Beckham told the BBC on Monday. “I’m sure I’d be better as a player than a coach so I’ll have to wait and see. I still feel as if I’m 21 when I’m playing. I still love the game like I did when I was 21. I still feel as fit.
“Everyone knows I have looked after myself eating-wise, fitness-wise. So I’m not in bad shape and I’ll continue to work hard and hopefully I can be part of it.”
Stuart Pearce, the manager of England under-21, the feeder team for the England national football team, is going to take charge of the team, with The Football Association administering the team and set to provide all the players.
The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations won’t be part of the team because of fears it would affect their independence and voting rights within FIFA.
Beckham was at the World Cup last year as a member of England coach Fabio Capello’s support staff (辅助人员) after being ruled out because of a serious injury.
While Beckham made the last of his 115 appearances for England in October 2009, he is still playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
But Beckham might not be with the Galaxy by the time the Olympics start in July 2012, with his five-year Major League Soccer contract coming to an end at the end of this year.
63. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to ______.
A. coaching staff at the World Cup B. England under-21
C. Britain’s Olympic football team D. the England national football team
64. Which of the following about Beckham and Fabio Capello is TRUE?
A. Fabio Capello was once Beckham’s coach.
B. Beckham was ruled out by Fabio Capello.
C. Beckham was part of Capello’s support staff.
D. Fabio Capello stopped playing because of Beckham.
65. We can learn from the text that _____.
A. Beckham hasn’t played for England for 2 years
B. Beckham will attend the 2012 London Games
C. 37-year old Beckham looks as young as 21
D. Beckham plays football every day to keep fit
66. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Beckham, a better player than coach
B. Beckham, a shining star at London Games
C. Beckham shows his unwillingness to be a coach
D. Beckham wants to be player at London Games
D ★★
Check out our tsunami facts and learn some interesting information related to these great walls of water that can cause so much destruction. Find out what causes tsunamis and read about some recent examples of tsunamis that have occurred around the globe.
The Japanese word for tsunami means harbor wave.
Tsunamis are sometimes referred to as tidal (受潮汐影响的) waves but this term has fallen out of favour because tsunamis are not related to tides.
Tsunamis are huge waves of water that are usually caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
As a tsunami approaches the shore (海岸), water may move back from the coast. If it is shallow (浅的) enough the water may be pulled back hundreds of metres. If you are in the area, you can know that a tsunami is on the way when you see this phenomenon.
Regions in tsunami danger zones often have warning systems in place to give people as much time as possible to move to a safe place.
When tsunamis hit shallow water (often near the coast) they slow down but increase in height.
An earthquake in the Indian Ocean off Indonesia in December 2004 caused a tsunami that killed over 200,000 people in 14 countries.
In March 2011, the Tohoku earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan caused a tsunami that was a major factor in the death of over 15,000 people.
The tsunami waves created by the Tohoku earthquake reached heights of over 40 metres in some areas, wiping out coastal towns and causing a number of nuclear accidents.
67. How many causes of tsunamis are mentioned in the text?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
68. In the Tohoku earthquake over 15,000 people died mainly because of ______.
A. the earthquake itself
B. the lack of warning systems
C. the tsunami caused by the earthquake
D. the nuclear accidents caused by the tsunami
69. What do we learn from the text?
A. The Japanese invented the term “tidal waves”.
B. The term “tidal waves” is used more often than tsunami.
C. When tsunamis slow down, their waves can reach 40 metres.
D. When hitting shallow water, tsunamis will rise higher.
70. The text is developed mainly by ______.
A. listing some facts
B. giving some examples
C. providing some numbers
D. making some comparisons
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to teach kids responsibility
We’d all like our kids to develop into responsible people. How can we help to ensure that our kids learn the lessons of responsibility? Here are some ideas:
Start them with tasks when they’re young.
71 They can do a lot more than you think if you’re patient and creative. Encourage them to begin at an early age, and this helps them build confidence and enthusiasm for later tasks in their life.
Don’t use rewards with your kids.
If you want your kids to develop a natural sense of responsibility, they need to learn what they do affects others not just themselves. 72
Use natural consequences when they make mistakes.
If they keep losing their baseball glove somewhere, let them deal with the consequences. Maybe they have to ask to borrow one for the game. 73 If you rescue them every time they make a mistake, they’ll never learn responsibility.
74
This is where they’ll learn it from. Take care of your stuff. Try to be on time. They’re watching you very closely.
Give them an allowance (零用钱) early in their life.
Let them make their own money decisions from an early age. They’ll learn their lessons in a hurry. 75
A. Model responsible behavior for your kids.
B. Maybe they have to buy a new one if it’s lost.
C. Don’t help them out if they run out of money.
D. Train your kids to be responsible and careful.
E. They won’t learn that if they’re focused on what they’re going to “get”.
F. Young kids have a strong desire to help out, even as young as age two.
G. They’ll pick up on this belief and they’ll tend to rise to the level of expectation.
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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
More and more Chinese middle school students have gone to abroad to study since the 1990s. Like many language learners said, the students usually become fluent in foreign languages and can gain the good knowledge of foreign cultures. They can also improve their understanding of their own culture.Besides, they have to learn what to depend in themselves. Studying abroad may have its disadvantage as well. Some students may fall behind in their studies. Some students may feel unsafe to stay abroad on their own. Moreover, their parents may be concerning about the high cost.
In my opinion, the students ought to finishing their college education in China and then take farther education abroad.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你校将举办以Man and Nature为主题的英语演讲比赛，请你结合所给要点，写一篇100词左右的演讲稿。
参考词汇：
和谐 harmony
生态平衡 ecological balance
生物多样性 biodiversity
参考答案：
21-25 ABDBC 26-30 CACBD
31-35 CCAAB 36-40 CDCAB
41-45 CBDAB 46-50 CBDAC
51-55 BCABD 56-60 CBCDA
61-65 DBCCA 66-70 DBCDA
71-75 FEBAC
76. ... have gone to abroad ... 去掉to
77. Like many language learners said ... said → say
78. ... gain the good knowledge ... the → a
79. ... learn what to depend ... what → how或去掉what
80. ... depend in themselves. in → on
81. ... have its disadvantage ...
disadvantage → disadvantages
82. ... feel unsafe to stay abroad ... feel后加it
83. ... be concerning about ...
concerning → concerned
84. ... ought to finishing ... finishing → finish
85. ... take farther education ... farther → further
One possible version:
Nature, in my opinion, is our friend not our enemy. That is to say, we should live in harmony with nature.
But how can we achieve this goal? First of all, we must try to respect the rules and laws of nature, and apply them correctly in our own life. Secondly, we ought to do what we can to protect the environment and achieve ecological balance. Lastly, we should love and protect all animals and plants to maintain biodiversity.
Only by living in harmony with nature, can we make our world a better place and enjoy a happy life.
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