1、Unit 1 Great women and their achievements三、单元自测 1 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 2130 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。词数：221 完成时间：14 分钟难度：*I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has provided me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 21 , my mothe
2、r is telling me, “Dont watch the 22 when you say, “Im sorry”.Hold your head up and look at the person in the 23 , so hell know you mean it.“My mother thus made the key point of a successful apology: it must be direct. You must never 24 to be doing something else. You do not look through a pile of le
3、tters while apologizing to a person 25 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your fault. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 26 , by sending, flowers the next day without mentioning your bad manners.One of the important things you shou
4、ld do for an effective apology is readiness to 27 the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 28 for the other person to forgive us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 29 about themselves. That, after
5、 all, is the purpose of every apology. It 30 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for ones actions encourages others to take their share of the blame.21. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas22. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom23. A. mind B. soul C. face
6、D. eye24. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect25. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D. lower26. A. cruelly B. freely C. roughly D. foolishly27. A. raise B. perform C. admit D. bear28. A. situation B. need C. sign D. room29. A. wiser B. warmer C. better D. cleverer30. A. cares B. matters C. depends D.
7、 remains答案：本文阐述了一个观点，道歉要真诚，要敢于承担责任，同时也批评了一些“假”道歉的行为。21选 C 紧接着的就是作者回忆出来的内容。22选 B 与后面提到的 “要抬起头”正好相反。23选 D 道歉时看着对方的眼睛，以示真诚，在这一点上中西方是一样的。24选 A 根据上下文得知，道歉时要诚恳，不能假装着做别的事。所以这儿要用“pretend”。25选 D 职位一般论要用 “高、低”来衡量。不用 B 项“强弱 ”和 A 项“贵贱”26选 C roughly 此处表示对待客人不礼貌，服务不到位。27选 D bear the responsibility 承担责任。/ 5228选 D
8、leave no room 不留余地。29选 C better 表示“ 心情更舒畅” 未找借口的道歉，即真诚的道歉，对方的感觉一定很好。30选 B道歉者是全部还是部分承担责任这些都不太重要：关键是为所作所为主动负责，这也能促使别人共同承担责任。2. 语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 31-40 的相应位置上。词数：180 完成时间：9 分钟 难度：*Mr Vincent was tired of living in the big city where he worked. He w
9、anted to move to the country and 31 (live) in a house from which he could get to his office in the city early every day. He was looking for a house 32 he saw an ad in a newspaper one day. The ad said that a suitable house in a quiet area was up for sale at a 33 (reason) price, and the house was 34 a
10、 stones throw of a railway station 35 which there were frequent trains to the big city. “Thats exactly 36 I need.“ Mr. Vincent said to 37 . So he called the house agency and arranged to go down by train 38 next day to have a look at the house. The house agency met him at the station and they started
11、 walking. 39 took them at least 15 minutes to get to the house. 40 they reached, Mr. Vincent said angrily, “I should be very interested to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in the newspaper.“答案31live 32until 33reasonable 34within 35from 36what 37himself 38the 39It 40When31live， and 连接两个
12、动词不定式短语做 wanted 的宾语：32until，考查 until 引导的时间状语从句.33reasonable，reason 的形容词是加后缀 -able，表“合理的”：34within，介词“在之内”-35from，介词 from 加关系代词 which 引导限制性定语从句。36what，由 what 引导的名词性从句作表语：37himself，say to oneself 表“自言自语”：38. the 39It，It takes somebody some time to do something 句型，其中作 it 形式主语：40When，考查由 When 引导的时间状语从句：
13、3.阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。词数：315 完成时间：7 分钟 难度：*Washington: A research conducted at the University of Maryland looks at the numerous complex reasons as to why young children decide to include or exclude (排斥) other kids from their group of friends.It suggests that the kids de
14、cision-making process is much more complex than previously believed.“They take into account group information, ranging from cliques (小圈子) and networks, when deciding what makes a group work well. Sometimes kids are excluded because they lack social skills, but a lot of time it has nothing to do with
15、 that. Instead it has to do with what we refer to as group membership such as gender, race, nation, and culture,“ says Professor Melanie Killen, the Associate Director of the Centre for Children Relationships and Culture at Maryland, who led the 4-year project.Reporting their findings in the journal
16、, the researcher said whatever was the reason, individuals who experienced pervasive (普遍的) long-term exclusion from the group of friends suffered from depression, anxiety and loneliness.The study looked at two models to define how children make decisions regarding acceptance of other kids in their g
17、roup - the individual social deficit model and the inter-group social cognition (认同) model. While the former says that childrens rejection occurs due to social deficits like shyness, wariness or fearfulness, the latter says that it happens because of group dynamics, prejudice and exclusion.It was al
18、so found that the age of children was also a factor that influenced their decisions regarding other kids acceptance as friends.“With age, kids become more aware of group dynamics, conventions, customs, and rituals. With this comes a greater concern about group functioning, which can lead to exclusio
19、n which can be negative from a social justice viewpoint,“ says Killen.The researcher believes that her study may have many benefits, as it could provide insights into how to help when children are rejected by their peers.41. While making friends, kids think more about the following EXCEPT _.A. socia
20、l skills B. culture C. race D. gender42. The underlined word “deficit“ in Paragraph 5 may mean “_”.A. skill B. relationship C. weakness D. experience43. One of the major purposes of the research is to _.A. tell the reader how to tell inclusion from exclusionB. remind children to be careful while mak
21、ing friendsC. seek ways to help kids excluded by their peersD. stop the children belonging to the inter-group social cognition model44. While making friends, children exclude those of social deficit model to _.A. keep their groups purerB. make their groups more socially powerfulC. refuse other custo
22、ms and culturesD. prove their groups to be strict45. The proper title for this passage is _.A. Techniques of making friendsB. Social communication among kidsC. Making friends - a special cultureD. Kids complex way of making friends答案：孩子怎样在社会上交友？可以将他们分成几种类型？它们的特点是什么？本文将回答这些问题。41. A。 细节理解题。根据第三段第二、三句可
23、知：尽管孩子交友时有时排斥那些缺乏社会技巧的人，但是大多数时候是根据性别、种族、民族和文化等因素来确定的。42. C。 词义辨析题。本段最后一句对 social deficits 做了解释：诸如 shyness, wariness or / 54fearfulness，可见该词意思是指社会交往中的个性弱点。43. C。 细节理解题。可从最后一段得此答案。44. B。 综合理解题。第三段说 social deficits 型的孩子害羞、胆怯；倒数第二段说随着年龄的增长，他们会意识到 group dynamics（团体力量）的重要性，而且越来越关心 group functioning（团体的社会功
24、能） ，由此可知 B 是正确答案。45. D。 标题归纳题。本文第一段第一句就提出了主题：孩子交友时的接纳与排斥给予很多复杂的原因，恰好与 D 的内容相符。而且后面各段都围绕此主题在分析原因。4.基础写作(共 1 小题，满分 15 分) 周笔畅宣布退出“超女” 演唱会巡演，重返校园。有些学生认为她应该回校读书，有些学生则不以为然。如果你是她，你会选择退出还是留下?请根据以下表格的内容，以 Wise Choice 为题，为英语广场杂志写一篇英语短文。看 法 理 由应 该 回 校 读 书1 演 出 花 费 太 多 的 时 间 和 精 力2 不 能 集 中 精 力 学 习3 对 未 来 自 身 的
25、发 展 不 利应 该 参 加 演 出1 演 出 提 供 了 一 个 展 示 才 华 的 舞 台2 丰 富 演 出 经 验 ， 有 利 于 将 来 的 音 乐 生 涯3 不 应 使 歌 迷 们 失 望你的观点可以自由发挥。写作要求1行文应连贯，内容应完整。2题目和开头语已经给出。3用 5 句话完成。Wise ChoiceAfter the singing competition “Super Girls Voice“, Zhou Bichang declared that she would quit the “Super Girls“ tour and would go back to sch
26、ool studying. Some students think her choice is wise. _答案Wise ChoiceAfter the singing competition “Super Girls Voice“, Zhou Bichang declared that she would quit the “Super Girls”tour and would go back to school studying. Some students think her choice is wise, they think the tour takes up too much t
27、ime and energy.On the other hand, the others think it is unwise for her to quit the tour, they think that the performances offer a wonderful stage for her to show her singing talents in public. Taking part in the tour can also make her gain more musical experience, which will contribute a lot to her future musical career, and, she should not let her fans disappointed.In my opinion, I think that if I were her, I would choose to quit the tour. Anyway, learning at school is more important to ones life experience.
