1、单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： Unit 1 单元检测题第一部分：听力（略）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）21._ fashion differs from country to country may reflect a cultural difference from one aspect.A. What B. That C. This D. Which22. _ scientists know where a storm will happen, winds will suddenl
2、y change, carrying the storm to a new direction.A. Even if B. Since C. Despite D. Unless23._ she couldnt understand was _ fewer and fewer students showed interests in her lessons.A. What; why B. That; what C. What; because D. Why; that24. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Lets see _.A. who is he B. w
3、ho he is C. who is it D. who it is25. When doing your history homework on the Civil War by typing in details to Google, a list of related books will _ .A. come on B. come up C. come down D. come across26. Drama is a huge part of British culture and has been _ with great success to other parts of the
4、 world.A. delivered B. performed C. exported D. shown27.The place _the bridge is supposed to be built should be _ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.A. which,; where B. at which; which C. at which; where D. which; in which28. Whats the model plane look like?The wings of the plane are _ of its b
5、ody.A. more than the length twice B. twice more than the lengthC. more than twice the length D. more twice than the length29. Being young means having all kinds of possibilities, so you should challenge your limits and go _ your boundaries.A. beyond B. for C. over D. above30. You can only tell the b
6、ad news to Sophia, Black and Allen, _ it should be kept.A. among them B. among whom C. between them D. between whom31. Why _ you stay in the countryside, where it is not convenient to go shopping?But Ive found it rather valuable for my health.A. can B. must C. may D. shall32. Here is _ basic equipme
7、nt you need for hiking and _ basic tips for successful hiking.A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /33. The school themselves admit that not all children will successful in the jobs _ they are being trained.单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： A. in that B. for that C. in which D. for which34. -What attracts pe
8、ople to California is its pleasant climate and relaxed lifestyle.-This is _ each year a great number of people from all over the world try to _ to California.A. how; immigrate B. Why; immigrate C. because; remove D. why; remove35. The most exciting thing for him was _ he finally found two tinned fru
9、its in _ seemed to him to be a servants bedroom .A. that; what B. what; what C. that; that D. what; that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,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B 、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。After watching Cheryl, my daughter-in-law, through the six long months her mother suffered towards 36 , I think
10、the most painful moments can be in the waiting to say good-bye.Cheryl 37 the two-hour trip over and over to be with her mother. As her mothers pain intensified (加剧 ) and more medication was needed to ease her into sedation (镇静状态),Cheryl sat for hours of silent vigil (守夜 ) by her mothers 38 .Each tim
11、e she kissed her mother before leaving, her mother would tear up and say, “Im sorry you drove so 39 and sat for so long and I didnt even 40 to talk with you.”Cheryl would tell her not to 41 , it didnt matter. Still her mother felt she had let her down and 42 at each good-bye 43 the day Cheryl found
12、a way to give her mother 44 reassurance (放心 ) her mother had given to her so many times.“Mom, do you remember when I made the high school basketball team as a substitute (替补队员)?” Cheryls mother nodded. “Youd drive so far and sit for so long and I 45 even left the bench to play. You waited for me aft
13、er every 46 and each time I felt bad and apologized to you for wasting your 47 .”“Do you 48 what you would say to me?”“I would say I didnt come to see you 49 , I came to see you.”“Well, now I say the same words to you. I didnt come to see you 50 , I came to see you.” Her mother understood and smiled
14、 as she floated back into 51 .Their afternoons together 52 quietly into days, weeks, and months. Their love 53 the spaces between their words. To the last day they ministered to (照料)each other in the 54 , love given and received just by seeing each other. A love so strong that, even in this deepened
15、 silence that followed their 55 good-bye, Cheryl could still hear her mothers love.单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： 36.37.38.39.40.41.42.4344.45.46. 47. 48.49.50. 51.5253.54.55. A. evening A. plannedA. houseA. farA. pretendA. worryA. complainedA. untilA. enoughA. usuallyA. successA. moneyA. regretA. failA. p
16、layA. bedA. passedA. filledA. excitementA. specialB. life B. madeB. windowB. dangerouslyB. wantB. talkB. criedB. fromB. moreB. alwaysB. gameB. timeB. understandB. sitB. talkB. sleepB. changedB. becameB. stillnessB. painfulC. illnessC. imaginedC. bedC. fastC. needC. comeC. refusedC. sinceC. a differe
17、ntC. neverC. runningC. energyC. rememberC. talkC. sleepC. dreamC. flowedC. neededC. sadnessC. usualD. death D. beganD. roomD. darklyD. wake up D. cryD. apologizedD. afterD. the sameD. oftenD. failureD. hopeD. meanD. playD. leaveD. dangerD. spentD. formedD. darknessD. last第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分
18、 40 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。ATURIN, Italy, Feb. 15, 2006 (Xinhua net) - Chinese Wang Meng won the womens 500m short track speed skating Wednesday night, reaping Chinas first gold medal in the Turin Winter Olympic Games.The Olympic debutant (初次参赛者) led all the way to clock 44.345 seco
19、nds, winning the nations third winter Olympic gold medal after Yang Yangs two in 2002.Bulgarian Evgenia Radanova, world record holder and 2002 silver medalist, had to settle for a silver again with a time of 44.374 seconds. Canadas Anouk Leblang-Boucher got the bronze in 44.759 with Chinese Fu Tiany
20、u disqualified for cross tracking.The 20-year-old Wang, who has won four World Cup races over 500m, proved herself as the most consistent short tracker in the world. Her victory helped ease Chinas pain of losing an expected gold in the womens 500m long-track speed skating when World Cup leader Wang
21、Manli came second to Russias Svetlana Zhurova on Tuesday.Like Chinas Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang, Wang jumped onto the podium and waved excitedly to the cheering crowd. “Until I jumped onto the podium did I know my name had not yet been announced,“ Wang said, laughing. “I was just so excited a
22、nd anxious to get onto the podium.“South Koreans Kang Yun-Mi and Jin Sun-Yu, tipped as biggest threats to Chinese skaters before the competition, were edged out in the semifinals. 56. Which of the following statements is true?单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： A. Wang Manli had been expected to win the womens
23、500m long track speed skating but she failedB. Evgenia Radanova became world record holder in 2002.C. Wang Meng won the first gold medal in the Turin Winter OlympicGames.D. Svetlana Zhurova came second together with Wang Manli.57.Why did Wang Meng jumped onto the podium before her name was announced
24、?A. Because Liu Xiang had done so before.B. Because she didnt understand the language.C. Because the cheering crowd wanted her to do so.D. Because she was so excited and anxious.58. How many skaters are mentioned in this passage?A. 10 B. 9 C. 11 D. 859. Which of the following explanations is closest
25、 in meaning with the underlined word “edged out” in the last paragraph?A. forbidden to take part B. kicked out C. chosen D. picked outBWith the number of college graduates climbing to a record high this yearsome 2.12 million are entering the job market, an increase of 670,000, or 46.2 percent, over
26、last year, many people are asking if Chinas first “McDonalds generation“, born in the early 1980s,can stand the intense competition and find a place in the job market. They say this will be a test of both Chinas job market and its carefree younger generation.“Do not worry. Well get whatever we want“
27、，they tell each other to ease their own anxiety.Born in the early days of the countrys reform and opening to the outside world, growing up in the market economy, the youngsters, familiar with McDonalds and Mickey Mouse, love to eat hamburgers, and wear foreign brand jeans and T-shirts and worship Bi
28、ll Gates. Compared with their parents, they enjoy more freedom in looking for a joband with that freedom coming burdens.These college graduates are seen scouring recruitment information in newspapers and journals, the Internet and job markets nationwide.Shortly after hotel management major, Hao Wenh
29、ua, a young woman from Chongqing in Southwest China, failed the recruitment test of a five star hotel in Guilin, South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. She appeared at a job market in Nanning, approximately 300 kilometers from Guilin, looking rather tired.Many businesses and companies say th
30、at they would take on experienced staff rather than the new graduates who are short of the experience of how to succeed in todays fast paced society. 60. Which of the following groups of people belongs to Chinas first McDonalds generation? A. People who were born in the early days of Chinas reform a
31、nd opening to the outside world. B. People who like to eat hamburgers and wear foreign brand clothes.C. People who admire Bill Gates. D. People who lack the experience of how to succeed in todays fast changing world.61.What can we infer from the story of Hao Wenhua in the passage? We can infer_ . A.
32、 that there are many chances to find jobs in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionB. that hotel management is not a good major in college C. that there is intense competition in the job market 单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： D. that many businesses and companies dont like new college graduates 62.What is the bes
33、t title for the passage? A. Fierce Competition in the Job Market.B. McDonalds Generation Has Grown up. C. McDonalds Generation Faces Job Hunting.D. The Number of College Graduates Climbs to the Highest Point.CYour mobile phone rings, and instead of usual electronic signals, its playing your favorite
34、 music. A friend sends you a favorite song to cheer you up. One day, a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone.The mobile business is getting into the music business. For the moment, the interest is in pleasant ring tones, but some companies are hoping to take full ad
35、vantage of the next generation of mobile phones-all purpose gadgets that blend phone, personal stereo, video player and Internet browser into one. Finally, record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers.The fans could pass music or songs along to fri
36、ends- a kind of musical trading card. Unlike Internet tracks, mobile phone downloads would be easy for record companies to control, said former record industry official Ralph Simon, who is now chairman of your mobile, based in Santa Monic, California. “If you pass a song along to other phones throug
37、h a network, each phone can be charged,” said Simon. “Its like going through a toll (收费)gate. Theres more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”Massachusetts-based converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that let people record tunes on their voice ma
38、il or send music as presents to friends. Finally, people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along. The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.“A mobile phone is not a listening machine, and youll be disappointed if you think you can change it into
39、a radio,” said Ohad Ouziel, a creative manager for Converse in Israel. “But if someone sends you a song while you are on vacation, you appreciate the feeling.” 63. The title of this passage should be _.A. Wonderful Mobile Phones B. The Music Business C. The Internet, A Modern Invention D. Music On Y
40、our Phone64.The underlined word “blend” (in Paragraph 2)probably means _. A. send B. become C. combine D. compare65.Record companies _ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.A. are worried about B. are interested in C. try hard to stop D. take no notice of66.According to Ralph Simon
41、 it would be easier to_ through the mobile phone network than on the Internet.A. protect the copyright of music works B. send personal messagesC. pass music to friends D. send voice mail单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： DJune 26,2000the Human Genome Project, a great 3 billion,15-year task aimed at drawing the
42、 genetic map of humans, is now more than 90 percent completed. The scientific and medical communities are very excited about the chances genetic research provides for getting rid of diseases and prolonging human life. But those communities and policy makers also are careful about the scientific door
43、 they are opening as the project uncovers the mysteries of life.For the last few years, the genetic advances in fast developing field of biotechnology(生物学) have provided material for all kinds of work, but the developments of modern science in unlocking the secrets of the human genetic code have ope
44、ned a world of possibilities for human health, as well as for the popular imagination。While European and Japanese researchers are making rapid progress in decoding human DNA, the leading organization for genetic research in the US, which began in 1990, is “unlocking the code“ of the human body to le
45、arn how to defeat fatal diseases. Already, the Human Genome Project has become widely known and praised for finding the genes connected with terrible diseases, and making progress toward separating the genes that show a sign of breast cancer or AIDS.Once these genes are found and studied, researcher
46、s can develop new ways to attack infections, and genetic diseases. Medical companies are very interested in mapping the human genome, as they expect to develop lots of new drugs for these diseases. 67. Why did the scientists work hard at mapping the Human Genome? A. Because it can destroy many illne
47、sses. B. Because its completion can help them get rid of many diseases. C. Because it can provide a lot of chances of work. D. Because they wanted to be better known than others.68.Which country studied the genes most rapidly in the world? A. Japan. B. Germany. C. The United States D. European count
48、ries. 69.All of the following statements are correct except that_.A .if the genes can be found, scientists can study many new ways to cure illnessesB. the USA began the genes study early in the 19th centuryC. many medical companies show great interest in drawing the human genome map D. the scientists have made great progress in connecting the ge
