1、单元质量评估(三)Unit 3(120 分钟 150 分)第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分 30 分)第一节(共 5 小题; 每小题 1. 5 分, 满分 7. 5 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题 , 从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后, 你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What has happened to Jerry? A. He has found a new job in Europe. B. He has asked for sick leave. C. He has g
2、one to visit his mother. 2. What time is it in New York? A. Its 5: 00 p. m. . B. Its 7: 00 p. m. . C. Its 10: 00 p. m. . 3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a restaurant. B. In a hospital. C. In a shop. 4. Why does the woman go to the main post office? A. To post a letter. B. T
3、o send a telegraph. C. To meet a friend. 5. Which hat does the woman want to buy? A. The taller one with a bunch. B. The taller one with a single flower. C. The smaller one with a single flower. 【听力材料】Text 1W: I wonder what has happened to Jerry. He hasnt been around for at least 2 weeks. M: He took
4、 leave to see his mother in Europe. Text 2W: Oh, no! I meant to call my mom, but its too late to call today. M: Yeah. Your mom lives in London, not here in New York. Theyre five hours ahead of us. So, its already midnight there. Text 3M: We were really lucky. We got the last available table for two.
5、 Did you see the long lines behind us? W: Yeah, Im glad that we didnt have to wait long. Im starving! Text 4W: Drive me to the main post office. M: Oh, theres a post office here. Why not just post your mail here? W: Oh, Im not posting mail or sending a telegraph. Im visiting a friend who lives near
6、there. M: I see. Text 5M: Can I help you? W: Id like to buy a hat. M: What kind of hat are you looking for? What about this one with the flower? We have this style with the single flower, or with a small bunch. W: Single flower would be better. But I prefer that taller one, because it would add to m
7、y height. 答案: 15.CBACB 第二节(共 15 小题; 每小题 1. 5 分, 满分 22. 5 分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题 5 秒钟; 听完后, 各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料, 回答第 6、7 题。6. How does the man want the steak done? A. Medium. B. Medium well. C. Well done. 7. What
8、does the man prefer to go with the steak? A. French fries. B. Fried potatoes. C. Boiled potatoes. 听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。8. When did the womans license stop being valid? A. 2 days ago. B. 4 days ago. C. 7 days ago. 9. Where does the conversation take place? A. In the police station. B. In the garage. C
9、. In a bank. 听第 8 段材料, 回答第 1012 题。10. Who is the womans sixth novel written for? A. Children. B. Teenagers. C. Adults. 11. What does the woman think of Durban? A. It is secret. B. It is quiet. C. It is adventurous. 12. What does the woman like? A. Writing in the mornings. B. Listening to any comment
10、s. C. Telling others her schedule. 听第 9 段材料, 回答第 1316 题。13. How many people went on the trip together? A. Four. B. Twelve. C. Eighteen. 14. What is most important on family trips? A. Having some privacy. B. Spending time with the children. C. Visiting as many places as possible. 15. What is the clos
11、est city to where the man stayed? A. Cordoba. B. Madrid. C. Sevilla. 16. How does the man feel about the trip now? A. Quite tired. B. Very grateful. C. A little disappointed. 听第 10 段材料, 回答第 1720 题。17. When will the fire arrive close to Lakewood? A. By six oclock in the evening. B. By five oclock in
12、the evening. C. By six oclock in the morning. 18. Where shouldnt residents go to escape the fire? A. Springfield. B. Western Hill. C. Point Cabina Station. 19. How long will it take residents to reach the safe zone? A. Less than ten minutes. B. Less than twenty minutes. C. Less than thirty minutes.
13、20. What are residents advised to do before they leave? A. Leave all pets behind. B. Stay calm and do not panic. C. Tell the state police where they are going. 【听力材料】Text 6W: May I take your order now, sir? What would you like to have? M: Id like some steak. W: How would you like it cooked? Medium,
14、medium well or well done? M: Medium well, please. W: OK. What would you prefer to go with the steak, boiled potatoes, fried potatoes or French fries? M: Id like French fries. W: All right. What would you like to drink, wine or soft drinks? M: I think a glass of orange juice will do. Text 7M: There i
15、s just one problem, madam. Your drivers license is no longer valid. W: What? M: Yes. Today is the 19th, and your drivers license was valid through the 17th. Im afraid we cant accept it. Do you have another form of ID? W: Not with me. My passport is at home, but thats 30 minutes away. M: I do apologi
16、ze, but this is our policy. If you want to continue with your deposit, you might have to go home and get it. W: Thats OK. Ill just come back tomorrow with my passport. I need to try to get a new license now. Otherwise, I wont be able to drive home! M: Uh. . I will ask a man to drive you home. W: Its
17、 very kind of you! Text 8M: Welcome to our studio, Ms Edward. Your sixth novel has just been published. Its different from your earlier novels, isnt it? W: Yes, it is. I have been known for my adventure novels for children, but this time I want to experiment with science fiction. M: Is it still writ
18、ten for teenagers? W: No. It is for adults. M: You are here in New York to promote the book, but you actually live in the mountains. Am I right? W: Yeah. I live in a small town called Durban. There are only 4, 500 people living there. I like the peace of the country. M: Tell us about your schedule.
19、W: I get up at six and work until lunch. I never do any writing after lunch. I prefer to write in the mornings. M: Does anyone in your family read your work before its finished? W: Oh, no. I dont want any comments until Ive finished a book. I keep it quite secret. Text 9W: Larry! Its great to see yo
20、u. M: I just came back from vacation with Marthas family. W: Where did you go? M: Well, her parents were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, so they paid to go to Spain! W: Thats awesome. How many people went? M There were twelve adults and six kids. :W: Wow. If you put more than four member
21、s of my family together, it would be a disaster. M: Mine, too. But Marthas family is wealthy. They rented a farm, and Martha and I had our own cottage. So it was easy to get privacy when we ,wanted it. Thats very necessary on family trips. W: So what did you do on this farm? M: We cooked and ate tog
22、ether, and played games. But we also took day trips in the car. W: I would be scared to drive around a foreign country. M: Not so bad We were only about forty-five minutes from Sevilla and an .hour from Cordoba. We went to Madrid, too. But that was four hours away. W: Have problems driving? M: No. E
23、verything went surprisingly well. Now that Im back home, I just feel really grateful for that. Text 10M: This is the Lakewood Public Address System. This is not a test like the one we had last week. I repeat, this is not a test. The Western Hill Fire is spreading toward Lakewood much quicker than we
24、 hadexpected. Currently, we expect the fire to come within twenty miles of Lakewood by six oclock this evening. We are therefore requiring all residents to leave this area immediately. Springfield to the north, Point Cabina Station to the east, and Galveston to the south are all in the safe zone It
25、will take less than thirty minutes to drive to any of these towns. .Take as many things as you can fit in your car, but do not delay. We have orders from the state police to make sure that the entire town of Lakewood is empty by five oclock today You have plenty of time to get all your .family membe
26、rs, pets, and belongings together, so there is no need to panic. Stay calm, but get started as soon as possible. 答案: 610.BAACC 1115.BACAC 16 20.BABCB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, 从每题后所给的四个选项(A 、B 、C 和 D)中, 选出最佳选项。AA cultures values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor h
27、as been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who disliked humor, “Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden thought of feeling far better than others. ”He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness. However, Mordechai Gordon, Ph. D of E
28、ducation, insists, “Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious. ”I agree with Gordon. Learning to look at the world through humor is important. In the United States, every four years an election occurs. Without humor as a way to express their feelings, how el
29、se would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the way of lemming? Television shows like“The Daily Show”have become important parts of American culture. They are mothering the masses by metaphorically(隐喻地)airplane-ing politics into our mouths. They make politics fun. Of course, politi
30、cs is only one type of humor. Social humor helps people through the twists and turns of the human condition. American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self-image. On the topic of self-image, Hari Kondabolu stands out. He has a joke about the popular musical group“The Pussycat Dolls”, describing the
31、ir hit song“Dont Cha”as a negative representation of women. He points out an obvious offence in American culture. A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner. Amongst other things, mates look for an outstanding funny bone i
32、n a potential partner. Of course, humor is not always used for good purposes. Humor can be linked to vulgarity(庸俗)and racism, but, like everything else, it has potential to unite human beings by allowing us to laugh at ourselves, our failures and our connection with one another. Though life may seem
33、 tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles(皱纹)to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasnt aware of. With that in mind, remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity. 【文章大意】一种文化的价值能通过其幽默感表现出来。本文作者介绍了自己对幽默的看法, 并决定用幽默
34、的态度来面对生活。21. Hobbes believed that humor_. A. was only a way to laugh at others to make oneself feel betterB. resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beingsC. had the power to mirror personal glory and national valuesD. was for people to view the world from another angle【解析】选 A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知, Thomas
35、 Hobbes 不喜欢幽默, 并从他的话中“Laughter is nothing. . . better than others. ”可知, 应选择 A。22. What is the authors attitude towards political humor? A. Worried. B. Disappointed. C. Curious. D. Appreciative. 【解析】选 D。观点态度题。根据文章第三段中的“Without humor. . . way of lemming? ”及“They make politics fun. ”可知, 作者对于政治幽默持赞赏的态度。
36、appreciative“ 欣赏的, 赏识的”。23. The fourth paragraph is developed mainly_ . A. by example B. by processC. by comparison D. by classification【解析】选 A。推理判断题。根据文章第四段的内容可知, 作者是通过举例子来支撑自己的观点的, 因此选择 A。24. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs? A. Chaplin wasnt aware of being laughed at. B. The author
37、feels helpless and sad about getting older. C. Never be the one who laughs at other people. D. The author is determined to face life with a sense of humor. 【解析】选 D。推理判断题。根据文章的最后两段可知, 尽管生活有时候会很艰难, 但仍然有连卓别林都没有意识到的幽默, 要记得用幽默的态度来面对生活, 应选择 D。B About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired hot boy named Charl
38、ie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London Theatre. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance; above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldnt get work and so he wandered about the city streets. Sometimes he
39、was sent away to a home for children who had no parents. But twenty years later this name Chaplin became the greatest, best-known, and best-loved comedian in the world. Any visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Chaplins filmstrips(胶片). People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the
40、tears ran down their faces. Even people who dont understand English can enjoy Chaplins films though most of them are silent. It isnt what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesnt depend upon words and languages. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the wo
41、rld. Acting out, without words, common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. Its a kind of world language. Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day, 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. The world was astonished at t
42、he news of the death and burst into sadness. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了卓别林作为喜剧演员的经历及成就。25. Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre? A. Because he had no money to buy a ticket. B. Because he wanted to get a returned ticket. C. Because he wanted to play a part in a play in order to m
43、ake a living. D. Because he wanted to see the famous actors or actresses after the performance. 【解析】选 C。推理判断题。从第一段中的 hungry 一词及 hoping to get work in show business 可判断出。26. It was_that made people enjoy his films. A. wonderful dialoguesB. the beautiful musicC. his funny appearanceD. his own manner o
44、f acting【解析】选 D。推理判断题。由第二段中的倒数第三句: 表演一些对于全世界人来说相同的小事可知答案选 D。27. The reason why Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy is that_. A. most of his films were silentB. he knew how to make people laughC. he could not only act but also write comediesD. he acted out the common human situations best in his co
45、medy【解析】选 D。推理判断题。从第二段的最后两句可知无声的表演在喜剧中扮演重要角色, 并且它是一种世界性语言, 卓别林也因此被认为是喜剧之王。28. Whats the best title for this passage? A. Charlie Chaplin, a Famous Humorous ActorB. Charlie Chaplin, a WorkerC. Charlie Chaplin, a Small BoyD. Charlie Chaplin, a Director【解析】选 A。主旨大意题。本文主要说明了卓别林作为喜剧演员的成就。B 、C 和 D 太片面。CIt
46、is not unusual for people to speak two or three languages; theyre known as bilinguals or trilinguals. Speakers of more than three languages are known as polyglots. And when we refer to people who speak many languages, perhaps a dozen or more, we use the term hyper-polyglot. The most famous hyper-pol
47、yglot was Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th century Italian cardinal(红衣主教), who was said to speak 72 languages. This claim sounds absurd. If you assume each language had 20, 000 words, Mezzofanti would have to learn a word a minute, six hours a day, for eleven yearsan impossible task. But Mezzofanti was t
48、ested by critics, and they were all impressed. Did Mezzofanti have an extraordinary brain? Or are hyper-polyglots just ordinary people with ordinary brains who manage to do something extraordinary through hard work? U. S. linguist(语言学家)Stephen Krashen believes that outstanding language learners just
49、 work harder at it and then they acquire unusually strong language ability. As an example, he mentions a Hungarian woman who worked as an interpreter during the 20th century. When she was 86, she could speak 16 languages and was still working on learning new languages. She said she learned them mostly on her own, reading fiction or working through dictionaries or textbooks. Some researchers argue to the contrary. They believe that there is such a thing as a talent
