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1、單元測試Class: Name: Marks: 滿分（150）第一部分 英語知識運用（共四節(jié)，滿分55分）第一節(jié) 語音知識（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）從每小題的A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項。1. surface 2.spreadcharactercourse第二節(jié) 情景A. createA. designA. meantA. chiefA. flourB. sausageB. gratefulB. reasonB. ChristianB. journeyC. hesieC. elegantC. realizeC. searchC. pourD

2、. agentD. originD. beanD. sandwichD. favour（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）Annie: Youre still havingnksgiving dinner at my house on Thursday, right?Paul: Yes.6 I was worried Id have to spend it alone after my parents went sightseeing in Finland.Annie: Why didnt you go with your parents? 7Paul: No. I have a lot of

3、work to do nextk.Annie: Oh, I see. Anyway, Im glad you wont be alone on a holiday. 8The more the merrier!Paul: I can not agree more.9Annie: Let me see. There are ten people altogether.Paul: 10Annie: No. Weve got everything.Paul: Come on. Ill bring a pie. Ill make a great pumpkin pie.Annie: OK.t woul

4、d be great! Im gettinggry just thinking about it.第三節(jié) 語法和詞匯知識（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）11. The conference was sucmidnight.s. Reporters asked many questions until it came toend atA. a; theB. a; anC. the; anD. /; an12. How do you find the book since you have read it? . It is boring.A. Quite by chanceB. I dont

5、 think much of itItll be great to have you cerate with us.nks again for the inviion.By the way, how many people will be there?Does it because of the cold weather in Finland?After all, they areing older.Then Im still hesiing about going there.Should I bring anything?C. A friend gave me the bookD.ts13

6、. I have no idea I should do to solve this problem. Can you give me some advice?A. howB. whatC.tD. whichn pretend deaf and dumb.D. to be14. You should be responsible for the incident ratherA. beingB. to have beenC. having been15. he grew older he losterest in everything except gardening.A. With16. P

7、ut the drinkA. andB. AlthoughC. AsD. Unlesshe fridge it will taste much better.B. butC. soD. or17. You to smoke here. There is a sign on the wall saying “No Smoking!”A. werent allowedC. arent allowed18. He has a collection of old coins,B. dont allowD. didnt allow some date back to the Tang Dynasty.A

8、. of whichB. about whichC. whenD.t19. I was walking along the river it started to rain. I sheltered under a tree until it stopped.A. asB. whileC. beforeD. when20. Were having a meeting in half an hour. An important deci at the meeting.A. will be madeC. will make21. is no need to dreB. is being madeD

9、. has madepits quite an informal gathering. Come as you are.A. ThereB.tC. ItD. This22. the students are compared to flowers, then teachers are the gardeners.A. AlthoughB. IfC. WhereD. Until23. Mr. Smith does not know how to persuade his son to his business after he retires.A. take over24. We all kno

10、wA. is consistedC. is consistingB. pass byC. drepD. make upt a year of twelve months, dividedB. consistsD. consistedo four seasons.25. I find listening to music , because it takes my mind off the prere of work.A. excitingB. amusingC. relaxingD.eresting第四節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）We found him a fewk

11、s ago, walking along the road in a rural area. He was jumon 26, andwe thought maybe his family was cing somewhere nearby, 27 we passed him by. A few hourslater, on our return trip, he was stillhe 28 place. When he saw us, he laid downhe middle of theroad, so we were 29 to get around him.We stopped t

12、he car and 30, trying to figure out if anyas around from whom he was 31.It didnt appear so. Then we took a good look at the dog. He had no collar (項圈) and he was really 32.We thought he was given up by his owner.My husband said, “If he doesnt 33 me when I pick him up to put himhe car, then we have a

13、new dog.” The dog 34 joined us with no fighfront seats and 36 us for picking him up.all. He 35 sticking his head betn the twoThe dog was 37 on the road for some time. He was extremely under 38. He was covered inscars and new 39. So, we fed him a lot over the next twoks and he gained over twenty poun

14、ds.We do love this dog. He had no 40, but he is a quick learner. He no longer 41 to get on the bed, but he does like sitting in one of the folding chairs. We figure he wishes to 42 being underfoot (擋路) when our daughter is dancing about, which she 43 often. She has stepped on him a few times.Whent 4

15、4, he simply moves. He does not bare his teeth. Since then, he hase a(n) 45ofour family.26. A. walls27. A. before28. A. dirty29. A. lucky30. A. looked around31. A. driven32. A. thin33. A. touch34. A. carefully35. A. imagined36. A. visiting37. A. clearly38. A. cover39. A. wounds40. A. messages41. A.

16、remembers42. A. start43. A. moves44. A. happens45. A. chanceB. carsB. thoughB. quietB. proudB. gave awayB. dividedB. differentB. leaveB. shylyB. allowedB. encouragingB. finallyB. weightB. painsB. mannersB. learnsB. adviseB. holdsB. beginsB. memberC. treesC. untilC. sameC. sorryC. came backC. carried

17、C. crazyC. biteC. nervouslyC. keptC. praisingC. alsoC. controlC. excusesC. knowledgeC. triesC. riskC. doesC. helpsC. honorD. ropesD. soD. smallD. unableD. settled downD. stolenD. curiousD. killD. happilyD. practicedD.nkingD. stillD. levelD. problemsD. familyD. returnsD. avoidD. choosesD. worksD. nei

18、ghbor第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）ADear Santa,Whatask this year? I have read each ad carefullyybox, and looked through the colorfuladshe newspr. There are so many lovely things, but I need nothing.I realize this as I walk up the hill on my strong legs. I can hear the air fill mygs. I fe

19、el the cold on mycheeks. I smell the smoke of the fireriver dotted with fat geese.t warms my home. I see the snow-covered mountains and the smallI need nothing. There are people who love me. There are people who five my sometimes bad temperhe store. There are shopkeepersand who toue with loving hand

20、s. There are neighbors who swho tolerate me when I donve enough money. There are kind fain public pla.There is a fat cat who often slideso my garage. Dogs and other cats share my hearth (爐床); I love tofeel their fur with my feet. There are hawkst teach their young how to fly, right there behind my h

21、ouse.There are deert wandero my yard and smell apples.Green beans, tomatoes, peas and carrots color my kitchen. And a full bucket (桶) of hand tools andney dried seeds promise next years rich harvest. I need nothing.Today I discovered a holey jeans. I felt the December air flow down my leg. Howerful

22、thehand ist sps the wind along the mountains! Santa, dear old soul, just give me another day like thisoney life.46. The author has read each ad in hisbox in order to .find something as a present for himselffind something as a present for his kidsget the news about vegetable priget the news about pet

23、 animals47. Whats the authors attitude towards life?A. Uncertain.B. Anxious.C. Hopeful.D. Dissatisfied.48. We can learn from the textt the author .A. is very old and in bad healthB. lives alone and has few friendsC. is too poor to pay food clothesD. may live close to mountains and riversBe a journal

24、ist and I wonder what makes a good journalist. In order to find the answer, II want totalked to Mary Harte who worked with the BBC for over 20 years as a journalist.“Youve got to have thedifficult job,” Mary said.erest. If you dont like it, you will not persist because journalism is a veryOut of exp

25、erience Mary told met it was very important for a journalist to watch and talk to people.She said, “What a journalist does is paing a littlcture of a story. The information has to be accurate.Therefore, you really have to be watching and listening.”lso emphasized (強調(diào)) the importance of experience. “

26、It is important to collemany skills assible to be able to stand out of the crowd. A lot of the skills come from experience, so you wont walk in the street and be a good journalist. You will be a good journalist because youve done it long enough,” shesaid.Mary said, “You will not get a job handed to

27、you. You will have to be prepared to put in long hours; youwill have to be prepared to ring people, and you will have to be prepared to have no money for quite a while. In a word, you will have to work hard for it. Then it gets to the stage where you love your job and you thinkWhy is somebody paying

28、 me to do somethingt I really love?”From what an experienced journalist said, I learnt it is not just about the skills, but also the pasrequired to workhe field of journalism.49. The underlined part “not persist” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “”.A. stay upB. stand o. give upD. keep up.50. In Par

29、agraph 2, Mary Harte mainlyls ustA. being a journalist iserestingjournalists will face a lot of difficultiesthe author must be fond of journalismmany people give up journalism51. According to Paragraph 3, Mary Harte thinkst it is important to .get accurate information through talking and watchingwat

30、ch what other journalists do to make a wonderful storytalk to people about how they want their stories to be writtenD. add as much information to a story assible to make it funny52. By saying “You will not get a job handed to you” in Paragraph 5, Mary Harte means the author.A. will note a journalist

31、will have to work hard for the jobwill not get any help from otherswill get tired of being a journalist soonCVolcan de Lodo El Totumo, ColombiaIf in Colombia atof February, you should make Cartagena part of your journey here betnDecember and March every year is the opportunity to get dirty. Bathingu

32、d from the Volcan de Lodo ElTotumo can be best described as a primal (原始的) experience. The volcano is small, looking more like alittle hill. If you reach the very top, youll discover gray mud. Its beved cleaning your skin.La Tomatina, Spaint the mud has a curing effect inItssibly the most famous foo

33、d fighthe world. So if you think tomatoes are only for salads, youare on a wrong track. In a small Spanish village named Bunol, on the last Wednesday of August every year,trucks dump (傾倒) about 120 tons of tomatoeshe streets of the town and tomato juice flows from there.El Dia de los Muertos (Day of

34、 the Dead), MexicoIn early November each year Mexicans gather in cemeteries(墓地)to hold a ceration.ts aceration of the dead. People smoke cigars and eat festive foods to show life goes on as they honor thosewho have died. The idea is based on the beft the spirits of the dead pay their famis a visit o

35、nOctober 31 and stay until November 2.World Ice Golf Chionship, GreenlandFor moren 10 years the World Ice Golf Chionship has been regarded as the most extreme golftournamenthe world. There golfers take extreme temperatures as theirtask to deal with. Then it willtake players time and patience to be a

36、ccustomed () to orange balls to play with. Determined by weatherconditions, the tournament is scheduled for March each year in Greenland.53. The text is mainly about .A.eresting holiday centers for travelersB. some unusual festivals and eventsC. strange customs around the worldD. spel sports events

37、in Europe54. Which of the following lasts the longest?A. Volcan de Lodo El Totumo.C. El Dia de los Muertos.55. The most challenging thing fB. World Ice Golf ChD. La Tomatina.ionship.olfershe World Ice Golf Chionship is.A. to reach GreenlandarchB. to walk on the ice instead of grassC. to make themsel

38、ves used to the weatherD. to find the orange ballshe snow56. El Dia de los Muertos is held in order to .A. pass their bef to the next generationB. visit the dead in a spel wayC. cerate the death of othersD. honor their antorsDAt 91, Philip Theil lives in a century-old house in Seattles University Di

39、strict andts the way hewants to keep it. “As far as Im concerned, I would not like to leave this place. Living in a group issomething I couldnt tolerate. Id kill myself before I have to dot.” Many elderly Americans, who can nolonger manage on their own, spend their final years in a nursing home. How

40、ever, the vast majority of seniorswould prefer to liveheir own homes as long assible.Theil says he and his wife manage pretty well right now. But the couple can feel their advancing age and realize they will soon need more help with basic household chores, like changing the light bulb at the top oft

41、he stairs.“To changet tube, I have to bring in a stepladder (折梯) and put it partly on the landing and partly onthe stairs and climb up,” Theil says. “Its frightening.”he old days, the Theils could ask their children tohelp them. But those young helpers have grown up and gone. “We have kids and we ca

42、ll them sometimes,but one livesunich, Germany, another lives in London and the third lives in New York,” Theil says.“Theyre not going to visit us for akend.”So the Theils would like to join a virtual (虛擬的) village, which provides a local network of voteershelthe elderly people in place. They help se

43、niors winything from transporion to home repairs anddog walking. The concept cameo being inton a decade ago and has since growno a nationalmovement.ost cases, the villages charge a membership (會員) fee from about $100 to moren $1,000per year. Once youre a member, some of the serviTheil wants to .live

44、 with his children togetherkill himself before moving outlive in his own home for his final yearsspend the rest of his life in a nursing homeare free.58. The difficulty for the Theils at present ist .A. the light bulbsheir house always break downthey cant do some household chores easilythey cant tak

45、e care of themselves at allthey miss their children too muchWhat can we learn about Theils family?The old couple cant depend on their kids helTheir children all live in foreign countries.Their children are too busy to go home.Theils wife cant manage on herself.them.According to the text, we learnthe

46、 number of the old peoplet .he US is increasing greyB. virtual villages help the old people stayheir own homeC. people often offer help to the old people for freehe USD. virtual villages havee popular around the world第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下框的A-F選項中選出能概括每一段的最佳選項，選項中有一項為多余項。What makes a heroses

47、ses a lot of noble qualities. The following are some of the qualities:A true hero is somehoCourage.Bravery.elligence.Selfleess.Conscience (是非感).Initiative (積極主動).A hero always puts others before himself. He cares little about his ownal troubles or benefits andmakes himself available when he is neede

48、d. Selfleess is one of the prime qualities which distinguish himfrom the rest of us. Whether it is a burning building, or the gun of a criminal, a hero always tries to save thepeople in danger, all at greatal risk.A hero knows whats right and whats wrong. He or she is able to distinguish betn what i

49、s correctand what is wrong something which requires a strong conscience. Often things of moral correctness areneither black nor white. In such a situation, a hero knows who to side wido.nd what is the correct thing toSticking to the right option often needs courage. Sometimes a hero needs to jump of

50、f the bandwagon(樂隊), to stick to what is right and he must not hesie. And not to hesie, he needs courage andmental strength.Apart from his growing family wealnd soundelligence, Batman had little to fall back on. Fightingwith the evil foris often a mental battle and one of the characteristics of a he

51、ro is to have. A lot of fightsare won wipresence of mind and a sense of good timing.elligence is often one of the very importantanswers to the question.While several of us may have the above very admirable character traits (特質(zhì)), very few of us wouldcome forward to display them. Can a man with courag

52、e,elligence, conscience and selfleess sitting onthe couake a hero? Not quite. A hero will ensuret he makes the best use of his gifts and tries to helppeople with his leadership skills. They say a man who comes forward in adversity (逆境) is a true hero, asoped to someho simply jumps on the bandwagon.I

53、t is in fact a combination of a few qualities. A hero who stands up for what is right fights toond nailto achieve it. A hero does notdown in face of injustice. He stands up and achieves the greater good.第三部分 寫作 (共三節(jié)，滿分55分)第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫 （共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）根據(jù)下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞寫出對應(yīng)單詞的正確形式，每空只寫一詞。66. He had (

54、隱藏) all his valuable things in a secret place before fleeing from home.67. When questioned, he (假裝) to know nothing about whad happened.68. The students held a grand (慶祝會) for their teacher on his 60th birthday.69. The operation, if sucsful, can (延長) his life for many years.70. Shes old enough to ha

55、ve the () to do as she likes.71. These rules are out-of-date, and should be ().72. China (進口) largeties of wine from Europe every year.73. To avoid (), the teams wore different colors.74. We need five more trucks to () the food to the flooded area.75. Its saidt his family has a large coffee (種植園) in

56、 Cuba.第二節(jié) 短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）請修改下面的短文。短文有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號()，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線()劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2. 只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。Today our class went out to do some cleaning. We gather at the school gate and started out earlyhemorning. Some collected the littershe park, some cleared the oldters off the walls, and other stthe street. We hoped to make our city more beautiful in our own hands. At the same time some of them wentto the public