1、第三单元检测(A) (时间:120 分钟 满分:150 分)第卷第一部分 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。W:I ask at the bookstore about that book you mentioned,The New African Art,but I cant find it.M:Oh,but the title is A
2、fricans New Heart.We have just been talking about Africans New Paints,so it is not surprising that you got the wrong title.1What is the correct title of this book?A.The New African Art. B.Africans New Heart. C.New African Hearts.答案:BW:What are the requirements for the course?M:Therell be a quiz ever
3、y Monday and a final exam.Also,youre required to go to the language lab two hours each week.2What class is this?A.Chemistry.B.History.C.Foreign language.答案:CW:You can change planes in either Chicago or Denver.M:You mean theres no direct flight from New York to Phoenix?3Where does the man want to go?
4、A.New York.B.Chicago.C.Phoenix.答案:CM:Professor Atkinson,can I see you after this class?W:Im due at a meeting thenhow about the same time on Friday?4When does the woman advise them to meet?A.After class on Friday.B.Before class on Friday.C.After todays meeting.答案:AM:Now,this one shows the view right
5、out of my hotel room.W:Wowit looks just like a postcard!5What are the speakers probably doing?A.Booking a hotel.B.Writing postcards.C.Looking at photographs.答案:C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
6、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。W:When did you start smoking?M:Well,I started when I was,er,about sixteen,and I really started because I.well,I think my family smoked and that really made me want to,er.really,somehow it was like growing up.W:Yeah.M:And,of course,my friends around me were smoki
7、ng.I do remember when I first started that I didnt really draw cigarettes at all because I didnt really know how to do it and I didnt think it was very pleasant;and its only as time goes by you get more and more used to that until finally youve realized you,you cant give up.And,in fact,when I first
8、started I used to pretend that I couldnt give up,because it was like being a grown-up.And,of course,by the time it really happens,its too late.6When did the man begin smoking?A.At primary school.B.At the age of 18.C.At the age of 16.答案:C7Which is NOT the reason why the man started smoking?A.His fami
9、ly smoked.B.The cigarette tastes good.C.When he smoked,he appeared to be a grown-up.答案:B听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 11 题。W:Do you like pop music,Carl?M:Yes,when Im willing to.Have you got a large collection?W:No,not very many.Weve only ever played them at parties.Were jazz fans really.Theres a lot of good jazz
10、 on the radio at the moment.Do you listen to any of them?M:Sometimes,when Im not working.W:What are you studying here,anyway,Carl?M:Im doing a year at the Slade,and Im also trying to learn some English.W:I dont know about the Slade,but your English is excellent.You must have been very well taught.M:
11、Youre joking!W:No,Im not,honestly.There isnt much we can teach you.I suppose you intend to visit lots of art museums in London.M:Yes,I hope so.The Tate,the National Exhibition,the British Museum and as many others as I can go to.W:Well,since youre an art student,you wont have to pay the entrance tic
12、ket like the rest of us.M:I dont know anybody paid.W:They didnt use to,but the Government decided recently that we had to pay for our art.Personally,I think itll cost them more to collect the money than theyll get back in return.But still,children will get in free as before and the money is supposed
13、 to be used to buy new pictures,isnt it?8When does the woman play her pop records?A.When she is at home.B.When she takes part in parties.C.When she performs in the concert.答案:B9Where does the woman listen to jazz?A.At home.B.On the tape recorder.C.On the radio.答案:C10What is the man mainly studying i
14、n England?A.English. B.Art. C.Painting.答案:B11Who can visit the art museums for free?A.All but children.B.Children and art students.C.All but foreigners.答案:B听第 8 段材料,回答第 12、13 题。M:Is there a problem with learning a language?W:Mmm.my brain.No,I get,um.er.yeah,no,I dont think what it is actually,is tha
15、t my English language grammar,er,isnt good enough,and I can talk in the present tense,in French,but,er.I dont know the English tenses well enough to know what it is that Im trying to do.M:But when you speak English,do you think of the grammar?W:No,because it comes naturally.M:But isnt that the way y
16、ou should learn French,too?W:Probably.12What foreign language is the woman learning?A.French. B.English. C.German.答案:A13What does the man think the womans problem is?A.She doesnt have a good memory.B.She thinks too much of the grammar.C.She has not learned grammar well.答案:B听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 16 题。W:H
17、ere it is.Friday night.Do you want to go dancing?M:Well,not really.Im kind of tired.I had a pretty hard week.But how about going out to listen to some music?W:What kind of music?M:How about a little light jazz?W:Yeah.That sounds nice.M:What about the Club Blue Note?W:Ive never heard of it.M:My offic
18、e manager was there last week.He said the food and music are wonderful.W:Really?What kind of food do they serve?M:Mostly sandwiches and salads.W:Is it expensive?M:He said the prices are very good.So,do you feel like trying it?W:I cant agree more.Ill just get my coat.14When does the conversation take
19、 place?A.In the morning.B.In the afternoon.C.In the evening.答案:C15What does the man suggest?A.Going to a concert.B.Going dancing.C.Going to a cinema.答案:A16Which of the following is TRUE?A.The woman agrees to go with the man.B.The woman disagrees with the man.C.The woman says she has a cold so she ca
20、nt go.答案:A听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。If you ask some people “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer:“In my sleep!” These are people who have taken part in one of recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods.Scientists say that this sleep-study method speeds lang
21、uage learning greatly.In one experiment,ten lessons were broadcast over the radio.Each lesson lasted 12 hours from 8 p.m.to 8 a.m.The first three hours of English grammar and new words were given with the students awake.At 11 p.m.a light music was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the n
22、ext 3 hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears.At 2 a.m.a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to review the lesson.Then soft songs sent him back to rest again while the radio went on.At 5 oclock the noise woke up his sleep an
23、d he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.17What is the main idea of the passage?A.How to improve written English.B.Sleep-study method and experiment.C.Sleep-teaching advantages and disadvantages.答案:B18How long did each lesson last on the radio?A.24 hours. B.12 hours.
24、C.6 hours.答案:B19How many hours was the new lesson taught before the students went to sleep?A.3. B.12. C.6.答案:A20What did the student have to do before breakfast?A.Sleep with the radio on.B.Listen to the soft songs.C.Review the lesson for a few hours.答案:C第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)第一节(共 12 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分
25、 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“My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus,California.“Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course.” These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program(CBEP),a par
26、ticular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading,writing and math skills,and more.The children dont just plan any city.They map and analyze(分析)the housing,energy,and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its
27、needs in 100 years.With the aid of an architect(建筑师)who visits the classroom once a week,they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations.“Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom,” says the teacher who developed this program.“They are able to use
28、 their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame,because there are no wrong answers in a future context.In fact,as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program,an elected official and planning group make all the design decisions for the model city,and the teacher st
29、eps back and becomes an adviser.”CBEP is a set of activities,games,and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving;observing,analyzing,working out possible answers,and judging them based on the childrens own standards.21The program is designed . A.to direct kids to build sola
30、r collectors B.to train young scientists for city planningC.to develop childrens problem-solving abilitiesD.to help young architects know more about designing 答案:C解析:细节理解题。从第三段的 “CBEP is a set of activities,games,and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving”看出,此计划是为了提高孩子们解
31、决问题的能力。22An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom . A.to find out kids creative ideasB.to discuss with the teacherC.to give children lecturesD.to help kids with their program答案:D解析:细节理解题。从第二段的 “With the aid of an architect(建筑师)who visits the classroom once a week,they invent new ways to mee
32、t these needs and build models of their creations.”看出,建筑师来教室是为了帮助孩子们解决程序中遇到的问题。23Who is the designer of the program?A.An official. B.An architect.C.A teacher. D.A scientist.答案:C解析:从第二段的“says the teacher who developed this program”看出老师是设计者。24The children feel free in the program because . A.they can
33、design future buildings themselvesB.they have new ideas and rich imaginationC.they are given enough time to design modelsD.they need not worry about making mistakes 答案:D解析:从第二段的“because there are no wrong answers in a future context”看出,孩子们感到自由的原因是不用担心犯错误。BIts not the flashiest car in the world.Not e
34、ven close.But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars cant:run on solar energyenergy from the suns light and heat!Joshua Beehtold,14,and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville,Vermont,worked many months to get Helios ready for the 1999 American Tour de Sol(“Sol
35、” is the Latin word for “sun”).They named their car after Helios,the sun god in Greek mythology(神话).The 4-year-old Tour de Sol encourages the use of “green”,or environmentally friendly cars to help reduce pollution and save energy.Its not a race.Cars are judged on fuel efficiency(耗油量)rather than spe
36、ed.In the week-long event,44 cars took the 350-mile tour from Waterbury,Connecticut,to Lake George,New York.Of the 23 student cars,Helios was the only one built by middle school students.A teacher drove Helios,but the children talked with people wherever they stopped along the road.“That was my favo
37、urite part,” says Anna Browne,15.“We explained how the car runs.”Due in part to old,inefficient batteries,Helios finished fourthout of fourin its kind,the sun-powered class.“We were there for the fun of it,” Anna says.“Were proud of Helios,” says Ariel Gleicher,14.“Its a car thats good for the envir
38、onment.”25What is special about the car Helios in the text?A.It was built by middle school students.B.It has an attractive design.C.It was made in 1971.D.It won the fourth prize.答案:A解析:细节理解题。从第三段最后一句 “.Helios was the only one built by middle school students.”看出,Helios 之所以特殊,是因为它是由中学生制造的。26How many s
39、un-powered cars took part in the race?A.1. B.4.C.23. D.44.答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据最后一段的第一句 “Due in part to old,inefficient batteries,Helios finished fourthout of fourin its kind,the sun-powered class.”的 out of four 看出,一共有四辆太阳能赛车参赛。27What would be the best title for the text?A.The making of HeliosB.1999 Ameri
40、can Tour de SolC.Sun-powered cars on the roadD.Use of green cars in Connecticut答案:C解析:主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲几个中学生制造的太阳能赛车上路参加比赛的事情,所以最好的题目是 Sun-powered cars on the road。28The students felt proud of Helios because . A.it could run as far as 350 milesB.it was favoured by many childrenC.it had high-quality batt
41、eriesD.it was driven by clean energy答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据最后一句 “Its a car thats good for the environment.”看出,学生们对 Helios感到骄傲的原因是:它是由绿色能源驱动的。C(2016全国高考甲)Five years ago,when I taught art at a school in Seattle,I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.I pu
42、t a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student,and said:“Make something out of the Tinkertoys.You have 45 minutes today-and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start.They waited to see what the rest of the class would do.Several others checked the instruct
43、ions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.Another group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.I
44、was delighted at the presence of such a student.Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work.His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染 ) other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside.I ran the risk of losing those st
45、udents who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare,“But Im just not creative.”“Do you dream at night when youre asleep?”“Oh,sure.”“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”The student would tell something wildly imaginative.Flying in the sky or in a time machine or gr
46、owing three heads.“Thats pretty creative.Who does that for you?”“Nobody.I do it.”“Really-at night,when youre asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime,in class,okay?”29The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to . A.know more about the studentsB.make the lessons more excitingC.raise the stude
47、nts interest in artD.teach the students about toy design答案 A解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“.I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.”可知,这位老师最初给学生布置这个任务目的是了解这些学生。故选 A 项。30What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.He liked to help his teacher.
48、B.He preferred to study alone.C.He was active in class.D.He was imaginative.答案 D解析 推理判断题。根据文章第三段可以得知,这个男孩组装好的玩具堆满了美术教室的一个架子,家里的卧室也被占了相当大的地方。“我”为能有这样一位有创造力的学生而倍感欣慰。他的存在意味着“我”的课堂上有了一位意想不到的教学助手,他的创造力会感染其他学生,让他们也参与进来。由此可以看出这个男孩是有创造力、有想象力的。故选择 D 项。31What does the underlined word “downside”in Paragraph 4
49、probably mean?A.Mistake. B.Drawback.C.Difficulty. D.Burden.答案 B解析 词义猜测题。根据文章第四段可知,鼓励孩子有这种想象力也会有不利的一面。要冒一定的风险,可能会失去那些有不同思维方式的学生。必定有人会说“我就是没有创造力”。因此可以看出此段重在介绍上述这种做法存在的弊端。因此 B 项正确。32Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A.To help them to see their creativity.B.To find out about their sleeping habits.C.To help them to improve their memory.D.To find out about their ways of thinking.答案 A解析 推理判断题。文章第四段最后一句“But I m just not creative.”引出下文师生间的对话,根据文章最后一句“Try doing it in the daytime,in cl
