1、高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ 单元测试题 2 第 二部 分： 阅读 理解 （ 共两 节，满 分 40 分） 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 Interviewer: Mason, a clown ( 小丑) doctor. Ms Mason, what is a clown doctor? Ms Mason: Well, we a laugh. Interviewer: _ Ms Mason: , for example, bu
2、t then I make funny faces. They love it! Interviewer: Does it help the children to get better? Ms Mason: and enjoy themselves. Interviewer: How long have you been a clown doctor? Ms Mason: For three years. And before I became a clown doctor I taught at our local school for ten years. I really enjoy
3、working with children but I wanted to do something a bit different. Interviewer: And how long have you worked in London? Ms Mason: in Australia, and then I came to London last December, for Christmas. I go to six different hospitals in London and I see a lot of kids and teenagers too. Interviewer: W
4、hat do you enjoy most about the work you do? Ms Mason: Well, the best thing is seeing the children laugh. But I also love working with the doctors and nurses. Lots of them say they laugh too, when they see the children having fun. 21. Which of the following can be put in the blank in the text? 高考资源网
5、 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ A. How often do you meet them? B. What do you think of your job? C. Why do you want to do this job? D. What do you do to make them laugh? 22. Which of the following can best describe Ms Mason? A. Crazy and foolish. B. Proud and impolite. C. Humorous and caring. D. Bra
6、ve and imaginative. A. It is easy. B. It is admirable. C. It is surprising. D. It is useless. B I grew up in Malaysia. Since we did not have many toys, we used rubber bands ( 橡皮筋) to make a jump rope. Three years ago, when my daughters Michelle and Theresa were 9 and 12 years old, they were making b
7、racelets ( 手环) using rubber bands. It struck me that I knew how to do that. I like to impress my daughters and show them that their with the bands because my fingers were too big. Since I studied engineering, I decided to come up with a solution ( 解决办 法). I ran down to my basement and found a piece
8、of wooden board, some pushpins and hooks ( 图钉和钩子). With the help of these things, I managed to make a bracelet. One of my daughters said, So I started to put two, three, four, five rows together. I crossed the bands into diamond patterns using rainbow colors, which is how the Rainbow Loom ( 彩虹织机) go
9、t its name. My daughters were so excited that they showed the bracelets to their friends. We started to get requests for them. But they were still difficult to make. I thought, 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ small, easy-to- and a lot of support from my kids to perfect the idea. I tried to sell
10、 the loom by making videos about how to use it and taking my daughters to stores to show it. Many store owners thought it might be too difficult to use. For a year, we sold it only on our website. When it became popular with kids, it got noticed by toy stores. It is so exciting that a simple idea my
11、 kids and I came up with together at our living-room table has become a nationwide fad. 24. The author tried to show his daughters how to make bracelets but _. A. was refused B. regretted C. failed D. was misunderstood 25. The author made up his mind to find a method of _. A. making bracelets B. usi
12、ng a jump rope C. impressing his daughters D. inventing the Rainbow Loom A. looms B. bracelets C. friends D. rainbows 27. Wh A. They thought highly of it. B. They had a long wait for it. C. They showed a great interest in it. D. They thought there was no market for it. C Lots of kids love video game
13、s. In fact, they like them so much that they might Unplug that thing and find 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ It can be good advice, even if you were just about to crash through to the next level. Why? Too much of anything is just shown certain video games can improve hand-eye coordination ( 协调
14、性), problem- get enough active play exercise, kids can become overweight. Really overdoing video games also could affect other important stuff, like friendships and how well a kid does in school. And kids who play violent video games might act more aggressively ( 攻击性地). choose quality games and limi
15、t screen time which includes TV, computer, smartphone, and video game time combined to no more than 2 hours a day. A good game will be the right one for how old you are. Games are graded like movies and your mom or dad can help figure out which ones you should use. If you You might challenge ( 挑战) y
16、our mom, dad or even your grandma to swing the bat ( 球拍) in a game of baseball or try out some fancy moves in one of the dancing games. Could your grandma be a dancing queen? Time to find out! A. Wait for something. B. Take something back. C. Leave something alone. D. Think about something. B. prese
17、nt and future C. chances and challenges D. advantages and disadvantages 30. For kids who love video games, the author suggests they _. 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ A. try different kinds of games B. stay away from video games C. choose games according to their age D. spend more time on TV th
18、an on games 31. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. People of all ages can get fun from playing video games. B. Dancing is the best form of relaxation for adults. C. Baseball is a game suitable for all age groups. D. Games are a big challenge for adults. D Living on mountainous La Gomera,
19、one of West Africa, Juan Cabello takes pride in not using a mobile phone or the Internet to communicate. Like his father and grandfather, he uses Silbo Gomero, a language that is whistled ( 吹 口哨), not spoken, and that can be heard more than two miles away. performing dai People throughout La Gomera
20、are known to have used Silbo in the past as a way of communicating over long distances. A strong whistle saved farmers from walking over the hills to give messages or news to neighbors. Then came the phone. introduced as a compulsory subject ( 必修学科 effort to prevent the language from going silent. N
21、ow 3,000 students are studying it, but only a few people are believed to be able to communicate fully in the whistling language. portant cultural heritage ( 遗产 said department. 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ -like whistling has been found in parts of Greece, Turkey, China and Mexico, but none
22、is as developed as Silbo Gomero. One study is looking for signs of Silbo in Venezuela, Cuba and Texas, all places to which Gomerans have gone in the past during hard economic times. 语言学 上的 Plasencia said. And, as Cabello explains, 32. Juan Cabello uses Silbo Gomero _. A. in his daily life B. to lear
23、n computers C. just to make a living D. only when eating at restaurants 33. What can we learn about Silbo Gomero? A. It first started in Greece. B. It is in danger of dying out. C. It is helpful in keeping secrets. D. It is the oldest way of communicating. 34. Plasencia thi A. know the origins of Si
24、lbo Gomero B. find the values of Silbo Gomero C. have more cultural heritages D. protect Silbo Gomero 35. What is mainly described in the text? B. A famous performer. C. An unusual language. D. A mountainous island. 第 二节 （共 5 小 题；每小 题 2 分， 满分 10 分） 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ 根据短文内容， 从短文后的选
25、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。 Taras last-minute win Air contest at the Winter X Games at Mount Snow, Vermont. Tara Dakides, a regular winner of top events, won with the very last jump of the competition. After the first two jumps, Barrett Christy was in first place, with Tara in tenth position. 36
26、Christy jumped well, and Tara knew that her third and last jump had to be good. She jumped perfectly, a 540 turn, and the scores came up quickly on the board. 37 ll, much better than 38 . 39 Mammoth Mountain, will be there too. 40 A. Who will be the winner next time? B. When will their next competit
27、ion be? C. Christy jumped much higher than Tara. D. They told everyone that Tara was the winner. F. In the last round, Tara watched nervously as Christy did her final jump. G. She said the most important thing in the last jump was that she was more confident. 第 三部 分： 语言 知识运 用 （共 两节， 满分 45 分） 高考资源网 （ ） 您身 边的高考专家 高考资源网版权所有，侵权 必究！ 第 一节 ：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。 Boxing ( 拳击运动) is a popular sport that many people seem to be crazy about. Newspapers, magazines an
