1、单元综合测评.阅读理解(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)ALooking for something entertaining to do？Check out some awesome festivals around the world.KoninginnedagThe NetherlandsKoninginnedag or Queens Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Although the birthday of the current Queen，Beatrix，is actual
2、ly during the winter，she has celebrated it on April 30th，the countrys official “Queens Day”since 1949.Orange is the national color，and the streets become a sea of feather boas(围巾)and body paint as crowds gather in the plazas and on boats in the rivers.Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party，wi
3、th many live music events， but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.Thai Elephant DayThailandThai Elephant Day is a national holiday in Thailand.Thai Elephant Day has been celebrated on March 13th of every year since 1998.Because the elephant is the national animal of Thailand，it is hi
4、ghly respected and treasured.During the festivals elephants are honored during a ceremony in which they are fed bananas，other fruit，and sugarcane.The Fire FestivalShetlandOn the last Tuesday in January the entire town of Lerwick，Shetland goes up in flames.At the festival，youll find yourself sitting，
5、dancing，or stumbling around the largest bonfire youve ever seen in your life.The festival lasts only one day but takes the entire year to plan.Be prepared for an evening of singing，dancing，and fastpaced activity，and dont worry about making it to work the next dayits a national holiday!HoliIndiaHoli，
6、the Festival of Colors，is a Hindu celebration full of joy and one of Indias most important holidays.On the day of the last full moon of the lunar month，usually late February or early March，the air is full of brightcolored powder.The festival is celebrated differently throughout the country，with bonf
7、ires and music，but the cheerful spirit is common throughout Hindu communities around the world.【语篇解读】 作者向我们介绍了世界上一些非常有趣的节日。1What do we know about Koninginnedag?AIt is celebrated on the day of the current Queens birthday.BIt is not celebrated outside the city of Amsterdam.CEveryone must wear orange c
8、lothes to celebrate it.DIt has a history of more than sixty years.【解析】 细节理解题。根据第二段的“Although the birthday.since 1949.”可知这个节日已经有 60 多年历史了。【答案】 D2The festival celebrated on March 13th in Thailand is held to_.Ashow peoples respect for their QueenBshow Thai peoples respect for elephantsCask people to pr
9、otect endangered animalsDhelp people relax by singing and dancing【解析】 推理判断题。根据第三段的“Thai Elephant Day has been celebrated on March 13th of every year since 1998.”可知这是泰国的大象日，又根据“they are highly respected and treasured”可推断这个节日是为了表示对大象的敬重。【答案】 B3Why dont people have to worry about working the day after
10、the Fire Festival?ABecause people are allowed to sleep at work the next day.BBecause the activities are too simple to get people tired.CBecause people dont have to go to work the next day.DBecause the festival ends very early at night.【解析】 细节理解题。根据第四段的“dont worry about making it to work the next day
11、 its a national holiday”可知第二天是全国性的假日，不用上班。【答案】 C4If you are interested in the Festival of Colors，you should go to_.AIndia BShetlandCThailand Dthe Netherlands【解析】 细节理解题。根据末段的“Holi，the Festival of Colors.important holidays.”可知应该去印度。【答案】 AB 【导学号：32222048 】My mother always told us there is no use crying
12、 over spilt milk.That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed.She also told us you have to break some eggs to make an omelet(煎蛋卷)This means you have to do what is necessary to move forward.My mother believed you are what you eat.A good diet is important for go
13、od health.She would always give us healthy food.She liked serving us meat and potatoes for dinner.The meat and potatoes can also mean the most important part of something.People always said my father was the salt of the earth, because he would never pour salt on a wound, or make someone feel worse a
14、bout something that was already a bad experience.However, sometimes he told us a story that seemed bigger than life.So we had to take it with a grain(粒)of salt.That is, we could not believe everything he told us.My manager at work does not always know what is going on in our office.Yet she is right
15、about one thing: there is no such thing as a free lunch.Something may appear to be free, but there may be a hidden cost.When we fail to see problems at work, the manager tells us to wake up and smell the coffee.We need to pay more attention and fix the problem.I once made a big mistake at the office
16、 and felt silly.I had egg on my face.Over the weekend, my friend invited me to watch a football game on television.But I do not like football.It is not my cup of tea.I hope I have given you food for thought, that is, something to think about.【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了英语中一些惯用语所使用的场合。5. When problems came up, the
17、 authors mother told them to_.Agive up Bhurry upCbe careful Dkeep calm【解析】 细节理解题。根据第一段的句子“My mother always told us there is no use crying over spilt milk.That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed.”可知当问题出现时，作者的妈妈告诉他们要保持冷静。所以 D 项符合原文之意。故选 D。【答案】 D6Which of th
18、e following is used to describe the most important part of something?AThe milk and eggs.BThe salt and water.CThe tea and coffee.DThe meat and potatoes.【解析】 细节理解题。根据第二段的句子“The meat and potatoes can also mean the most important part of something.”可知“The meat and potatoes”可以被用来描述最重要的部分。所以 D 项符合原文之意。故选
19、D。【答案】 D7. In peoples eyes, the authors father_.Aalways feels unhappyBalways tells liesCis a very nice manDis a good storyteller【解析】 细节理解题。根据第三段的意思可知在人们的眼里，作者的爸爸是个很好的人。 “the salt of the earth”指“善良而诚实的人 ”，所以 C 项符合原文之意。故选 C。【答案】 C8If a girls face turns red because she does a wrong thing, she may say “
20、_”AI am what I eatBI have egg on my faceCIt is not my cup of teaDIm the salt of the earth【解析】 细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句“I once made a big mistake at the office and felt silly.I had egg on my face.”可知如果一个女孩因为做了错事脸变红了，她可能会说“我丢脸了。 ”所以 B 项符合原文之意。故选 B。【答案】 BCAn Australian company，Smart Car Technologies ，has deve
21、loped a system that lets drivers know when theyre speeding.When the technology becomes commercially available，it could help leadfooted drivers avoid tickets and also save lives.The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in t
22、heir automobile fleets.The product， called Speed Alert，links realtime location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a drivers PDA or programmable mobile phone.The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a cars speedometer.In fact，i
23、t is entirely portable.It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have builtin GPS receivers.If a driver exceeds the speed limit， the speed is shown and an alert sounds.Michael Paine，an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant，was hired to analyze the product.He told L
24、ive Science that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic”about what theyre now calling “intelligent speed alert”Other research，according to Paine，shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding.There is also a potentially controversial future use：“ Since the syste
25、m is so portable，it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving， ”Paine said.“The system even has the capability to record speeding violations，so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.”The product will soon go on sale in Sydney.9What
26、s the purpose of the new product?ATo inform us of the new car system.BTo introduce some improvement in cars.CTo limit certain drivers to safe driving.DTo popularize the builtin car system.【解析】 推理判断题。文中第一段提到这个系统能够帮助驾驶员降低速度减少收到罚单的几率并能够保证司机的驾驶安全。根据这些分析我们可以发现 C 项正确。【答案】 C10The second paragraph mainly ta
27、lks about_.Athe project of the builtin productBwhy the system becomes popularCthe functions of GPS in carsDhow the product is programmed【解析】 段落大意题。通读第二段我们可知该段主要讲述了这种产品的运行程序。【答案】 D11Which of the following is TRUE of Speed Alert according to Michael Paine?AMost of the traffic deaths can be avoided.BSp
28、eeding violations can be easily found out.CThe system will excite some teenage drivers.DThe product will not be available for adults.【解析】 推理判断题。文章最后一段提到的 Michael Paine 的看法。A 项的说法是错误的。C 项没有根据，文中仅提到了这个产品对 teenagers 的限制。D 项说法错误。故文中提到 teenagers 的超速驾驶将会被记录下来，故 B 项正确。【答案】 B12What can be the best title of
29、the passage?ASpeed Alert and Its Future UseBProgress in Carmaking ScienceCWarning for Adventurous DriversDNew InCar Device against Speeding【解析】 标题归纳题。本文介绍限制汽车超速的装置，因此选 D。【答案】 DDA new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.Frank Hurleys pictures would be outstanding
30、undoubtedly firstrate photojournalismif they had been made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the
31、 damaged wooden ship.The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegianbuilt threemaster that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarcticas Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passa
32、ge by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and
33、 wellresearched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scotts last journey， completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the worlds imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchantnavy officer who ha
34、d got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been publish
35、ed.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。1914 年到 1916 年间，一群海员和科学家踏上了南极探险之路。结果他们在回来的路上发生海难，其中一个摄影师在临死之前拍摄了大量的照片，并把照片封存在破损的木船的冰块箱里。通过这些照片我们可以了解到那次不太成功的探险经历。13What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?AThey were made last week.BThey showed undersea sceneries.CThey were found by a cameraman.DThey recorded a disastrous
36、 adventure.【解析】 细节理解题。由题干中的 the photos taken by Hurley 定位到文章第二段开头。该段说这些照片即使是上个星期拍的也堪称佳作，故 A 项错误；该段中还说照片是在一次海难之后拍的，故 D 项正确；文章没有说拍摄的是海底景观，故 B 项错误；拍摄者是摄影师，但没有说是一名摄影师发现了这些照片，故 C 项错误。【答案】 D14Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?AFrank Hurley.BErnest Shackleton.CRobert Falcon Scott.DCaro
37、line Alexander.【解析】 推理判断题。由题干中的“第一个到达南极” 这条信息定位到第三段。被发现的照片所展示的这次旅行是为了获得比 Robert Falcon Scott 船长先前的探险更大的收获，该船长在 1912 年就到达了南极。由此推断 Robert Falcon Scott 是最先到达南极的人，故选 C 项。【答案】 C15What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?AArtistic creation.BScientific research.CMoney making.DTreasure h
38、unting.【解析】 细节理解题。题干的 Alexander 在最后一段出现，the 1914 voyage 指本文谈到的 Endurance 这艘船的探险，该段开头说，这个作家在她的小说 The Endurance 中说，在那时，探险就已经是纯商业活动(a thoroughly commercial effort)了，因此 1914 年航行的目的是赚钱(money making)，故选 C项。【答案】 C.阅读填句(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)Jacks birthday was coming soon, so he asked his dad for a bicycle
39、 so that he would not need to walk to school anymore._16_ Jack got a book instead but he did not complain.One bright and sunny day while Jack was walking past a store on his way to school, he saw a big boy on a bike.The bike was too small for the boy._17_.The boy was popular in Jacks school.He recog
40、nized him.The boys name was Tom.Tom seemed to have broken his leg.Jack picked up Toms bike which was not damaged and rode to the nearby hospital to get help._18_Jack rode Toms bike to school so he would not be late for class.After school, Jack quickly rode the bicycle to Toms house with a book for h
41、im._19_ He had to stay at home for a rest till his leg was healed(痊愈)To Jacks surprise, Tom got a new bike on his birthday in two months time and Jack could have Toms old bike.He was very happy._20_Jack visited Tom every day till Toms leg was healed.ALuckily, Tom was not too seriously injured.BAs th
42、e boy was turning around a corner, the bike crashed(撞) into a tree.CFrom then on, they became good friends.DTom gave his new bike to Jack to show his thanks.EHowever, his dad had lost his job and did not have much money.FJack found it interesting and couldnt help laughing.GA few minutes later, docto
43、rs came and brought Tom to the hospital.【答案】 1620 EBGAC.完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)I had worried myself sick over Simons mother coming to see me.I was a new_21_， and I gave an honest account of the students work.In Simons case，the grades were awfully low.He couldnt read his own handwriting._22_h
44、e was a bright student.He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension.His work in no way reflected his_23_.So when Simons mother entered the room，my palms(手掌心)were sweating.I was completely_24_for her kisses on both my cheeks.“I came to thank you， ”she said，surprising me beyond speech._
45、25_me，Simon had become a different person.He talked of how he_26_me，he had began to make friends，and for the first time in his twelve years，he had_27_spent an afternoon at friends house.She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the_28_I had nurtured(培养)in her son.She kissed me again and left.I
46、sat，stunned( 惊呆) ，for about half an hour，_29_what had just happened.How did I make such a lifechanging difference to that boy without_30_knowing it？What I finally came to_31_was one day，several months before，when some students were_32_reports in the front of the class，Jeanne spoke_33_，and to encoura
47、ge her to raise her voice，I had said， “Speak up.Simons the expert on this.He is the_34_one you have to convince，and he cant hear you in the_35_of the room.”That was it.From that day on，Simon had sat up straighter，paid more attention，_36_more ，and became happy.And it was all because he_37_to be the l
48、ast kid in the last row.The boy who most needed_38_was the one who took the last seat that day.It taught me the most_39_lesson over the years of my teaching career，and Im thankful that it came_40_and positively.A small kindness can indeed make a difference.21A.cleaner BreporterCteacher Dmonitor【解析】 从下一句中的关键词“students”可得出对应的身份“teacher” 。故选 C。【答案】 C22A.Or BAndCSo DBut【解析】 空格前说 Simon 的成绩很差，阅读不行；空格之后说，他是一个聪明的孩子。句意上构成转折关系。故选 D。【答案】 D23A.abilities BcourageCfeelings Ddream【解析】 根据上文说他的思维能达到成人的深度，并未在他糟糕的学业表现上被体现出来。故选 A。
