1、单 元 质 量 评 估 (三 )一、单项选择（共 10 小题；共 10 分）1. Mary was wearing a diamond necklace borrowed from her friend, hoping to make herself noticed at the party.A. abruptly B. merely C. fairly D. shortly2. He has talents by which he might himself.A. expose B. admire C. distinguish D. hide3. - Mum, its fine today.
2、 I want to skate on the lake.- Dont you think the ice is too thin to your weight?A. stand B. bear C. catch D. take4. His aunts letters him of those beautiful days when they used to live together in his hometown.A. call up B. call for C. call on D. call at5. Hardly could he this amount of work in suc
3、h a short time.A. get through B. get off C. get into D. get down6. I ride a bicycle to go to work every day and have a deep impression that the bicycle is very in our daily life.A. convenient B. available C. possible D. personal7. The furniture, with its modern style and bright colors, suits modern
4、houses and their gardens, but looks in the garden of a traditional home.A. out of question B. out of orderC. out of sight D. out of place8. On receiving the assignment, we at once to work.A. set about B. set out C. set off D. set aside9. To be honest, the role John plays in this film doesnt come up
5、to my , though he is one of my favorite actors.A. excuses B. explanations C. experiences D. expectations10. As far as the American children are concerned, the Christmas is with excitement, happiness and gifts.A. associated B. get C. deal D. satisfied二、完形填空（共 20 小题；共 30 分）Tired and exhausted, I came
6、back home from work. I found the front door was 11 open and I felt a little scared. Did I carelessly forget to lock it after I left? I looked around 12 to see what could be 13 . Why would someone come into my home only to 14 with nothing?After searching every inch, I realised that everything was 15
7、I had left it. No 16 cushions, broken lamps, or 17 emptied out on the carpet. Feeling much 18 , I looked out my oversized window of my dining room at Ms. Sullivans house. Jimmy, the little boy next door was visiting her. Jimmy cared a lot about Ms. Sullivan and was very concerned with her health aft
8、er she became ill. She used to 19 Jimmy when he was just a baby.Forgetting about the 20 with my front door, I decided to walk over to Ms. Sullivans house to see how she was 21 . With a warm hello, she invited me into her home. I noticed twelve beautiful roses delicately presented on the table next t
9、o her bed. They looked exactly like the 22 on my dining room table in front of my oversized window. With a pleasant smile, she told me Jimmy brought them to her as a “get-well gift“. Suddenly Jimmy 23 out of his seat in an instant and said that he had to go home for a while to do some homework but h
10、e promised to be back to 24 in on Ms. Sullivan.Talking for a while, Ms. Sullivan began to get very tired so I gave her my phone number in case she 25 needed help, and left her home. I thought about how 26 it was for little Jimmy to be so concerned for Ms. Sullivan. I got home, laughing at how 27 I w
11、as the morning about what had happened over 28 . I walked past the dining room and noticed my roses 29 in the vase were missing. Without a second 30 , I glanced out the window at Ms. Sullivans house and with a smile on my face. I turned off the light in the room and went to sleep.The next morning my
12、 doorbell rang. I opened the door and Jimmy was there.11. A. easily B. slowly C. slightly D. silently12. A. tensely B. patiently C. eagerly D. calmly13. A. burning B. losing C. lacking D. missing14. A. get B. deal C. steal D. leave15. A. what B. where C. that D. how16. A. worn B. changed C. unwashed
13、 D. overturned17. A. lockers B. kettles C. drawers D. coats18. A. eased B. angry C. surprised D. curious19. A. watch B. guard C. follow D. visit20. A. accident B. experience C. incident D. condition21. A. working B. doing C. sleeping D. acting22. A. lamps B. vases C. roses D. gifts23. A. stood B. ra
14、n C. stepped D. jumped24. A. look B. check C. pick D. call25. A. ever B. still C. only D. just26. A. smart B. sensitive C. sweet D. thankful27. A. strange B. nervous C. careless D. wrong28. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing29. A. growing B. sitting C. lying D. arranging30. A. thought
15、 B. intention C. expectation D. delay三、阅读理解（共 20 小题；共 40 分）AIn a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and Englishand all at the same time. This sounds incredible(难以置信的), but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at USs Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germ
16、anys University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.One application(应用软件), called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a
17、 speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the program.Another prototype(雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language
18、 they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous(同时的) translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,“ Waibel said.Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display (LCD) screen.Then theres the Muscle Translat
19、or. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a persons face, according to researchers.During a demonstration he
20、ld last Thursday in CMUs Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthedwithout speaking alouda few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer s
21、creen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish, “Let me introduce our new prototype.“This particular gadget(器具 ), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language“. “The idea behind the univers
22、itys prototypes is to create good enough bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,“ Waibel said.With spontaneous(自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with
23、 local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.31. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. A Lecture Translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.B. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.C. Muscle Tran
24、slators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.32. What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?A. Lecture Translation. B. Muscle Translator.C. Multiple Translator. D. Translation Prototype.33. Whats the final
25、 destination of inventing the language translators?A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.34. Wh
26、at can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?A. The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.B. The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.C. With the help of the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want
27、 to say something without saying the exact words at all.D. The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.BYou are careful with your money: you collect all kinds of coupons; look for group-buy deals if you eat out; you dont buy clothes unless in a sale. Does all this make you a wis
28、e consumer?Lets do the math first: you walk into a coffee shop and see two deals for a cup of coffee. The first deal offers 33 percent extra coffee. The second takes 33 percent off the regular price. Whats the better deal? Well, they are about the same, youd think. And youd be wrong. The deals appea
29、r to be equal, but in fact, they are different. Heres the math: Lets say the standard coffee is 10 yuan and lets divide the amount of coffee into three portions(部分). That makes about 3.3 yuan per portion. The first deal gets you 4 portions for 10 yuan (2.5 yuan per portion) and the second gets you 3
30、 portions of coffee for about 6.6 yuan (2.2 yuan per portion) and is therefore a better deal.In a new study published by the Journal of Marketing, participants were asked the same question, and most of them chose the first deal, the Atlantic website reported. Why? Because getting something extra for
31、 free feels better than getting the same for less. The applications of this view into consumer psychology(心理) are huge. Instead of offering direct discounts, shops offer larger sizes or free samples.According to the study, the reason why these marketing tricks work is that consumers dont really know
32、 how much anything should cost, so we rely on parts of our brains that arent strictly quantitative.There are some traps we should be aware of when shopping. First of all, we are heavily influenced by the first number. Suppose you are shopping in Hong Kong. You walk into Hermes, and you see a 100,000
33、 yuan bag. “Thats crazy.“ You shake your head and leave. The next shop is Gucci, a handbag here costs 25,000 yuan. The price is still high, but compared to the 100,000 yuan price tag you just committed to your memory, this is a steal. Stores often use the price difference to set consumers expectatio
34、n.Another trap we often fall to is that we are not really sure what things are worth. And so we use clues(暗示) to tell us what we ought to pay for them. US economist Dan Ariely has done an experiment to prove this. According to the Atlantic, Ariely pretended he was giving a lecture on poetry. He told
35、 one group of students that the tickets cost money and another group that they would be paid to attend. Then he informed both groups that the lecture was free. The first group was anxious to attend, believing they were getting something of value for free. The second group mostly declined, believing
36、they were being forced to volunteer for the same event without reward.Whats a lecture on poetry by an economist worth? The students had no idea. Thats the point. Do we really know what a shirt is worth? What about a cup of coffee? Whats the worth of a life insurance policy? Who knows? Most of us don
37、t. As a result, our shopping brain uses only what is knowable: visual(视觉的) clues, invited emotions, comparisons, and a sense of bargain. We are not stupid. We are just easily influenced.35. The first paragraph of the passage is intended to .A. ask a question B. introduce a topicC. give some examples
38、 D. describe a phenomenon36. The writer takes the math for example in Paragraph 2 to show .A. consumers usually fall into marketing trapsB. consumers expectation is difficult to predictC. consumers purchasing power is always changingD. consumers rely on their own judgment when shopping37. What consu
39、mer psychology is mentioned in the passage?A. The first number has little influence on which item should be bought.B. Consumers never use visual clues to decide how much should be paid.C. Getting something extra for free is better than getting the same for less.D. Consumers never rely on parts of th
40、e brains that arent strictly quantitative.38. What can we know from US economist Dan Arielys experiment?A. Arielys free lecture enjoyed popularity among students.B. The students actually didnt know what the lecture was worth.C. The second group was willing to be volunteers without reward.D. The firs
41、t group was eager to find out the value of Arielys lecture.CA cyclic(周期的) drop in the suns radiation can cause unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for snowstorms.Scientists have know
42、n for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation measured by sunspots on the surface reaches a peak then falls. But explaining a clear link to weather has proved harder.“Our research confirms the observed link between solar change and regional winter climate,“ lead author S
43、arah Ineson of the UK Met Office told the reporters in an email. The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Monday.Her team focused on data from the recent solar minimum during 2008-2010, a period of unusual calm for the sun and extreme winters in the United States and parts of Euro
44、pe that shut down air travel and disrupted(使混乱) business.The researchers found that a reduction in ultraviolet(UV，紫外线的) radiation from the sun can affect high-altitude wind patterns in the North Hemisphere(半球), causing cold winters.“While UV levels wont tell us what the day-to-day weather will do, t
45、hey provide the exciting prospect of improved forecasts for winter conditions for months and even years ahead. These forecasts play an important role in long-term possibility planning,“ Ineson, a climate scientist, said.Ineson and colleagues from Imperial College London and the University of Oxford
46、used satellite data that more accurately measures UV radiation from the sun and found a much greater change than previously thought.They found that in years of low activity, unusually cold air forms high in the atmosphere over the tropics(回归线). This causes a redistribution(重新分配) of heat in the atmos
47、phere, making easterly winds that bring freezing weather and snowstorms to northern Europe and the United States and milder weather to Canada and the Mediterranean.When solar UV radiation is stronger, the opposite occurs.Inesons team used the data in a complex computer model that simulates(模拟) long-
48、term weather patterns. The model successfully reproduced what scientists have observed happening in the upper atmosphere during changes in solar radiation.More study was needed, though. A key uncertainty in the experiment lay in the satellite data used, because it covers only a few years. “So questions remain concerning both accuracy and also applicability to other solar cycles,“ she said.39. The new finding claims cold winters in the North Hemisphere can be caused by .A
