1、第一单元综合微评(满分：120 分 时间：90 分钟)第一部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B 、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AMore and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise.It is fun， healthy and good for the environment.Maybe thats why where are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on ro
2、ads worldwide today.Bikes can take you almost anywhere， and there is no oil cost!Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighbourhood.You may discover something new all around you.Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car.You can bike to work and benefit(受益)f
3、rom the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment.You dont even have to ride all the way.Folding (折叠)bikes work well for people who ride the train.Just fold the bike and take it with you.You can do the same on an airplane.A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase.You can also take a comm
4、on bike with you when you fly.But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites.Not all airlines are bicyclefriendly to travellers.Health Benefits of Bicycling.It helps to prevent heart diseases.Bicycling helps to control your weight.A 15minute bike ride to and from work three times
5、 a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.Bicycling can improve your mood(心情)Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better，more relaxed and selfconfident.Bicycling is healthier than driving.1From the passage，we know that bicycling is becoming very _.Asurprising BexcitingCexpe
6、nsive Dpopular2When you are riding your bicycle around your neighbourhood，you may_.Apollute the environment aroundB find something you didnt noticeCgo everywhere and use a little oilDget off your bike and begin to work3If you travel with a folding bike，you can fold it and _.Aget out of the carB take
7、 it onto a trainCput it in your purseDgo on airline websites4One of the benefits from bicycling is that_.Ayou can fold the bicycleB you will be friendly to othersCyou will be more relaxedDyou may get fatter and fatter答案：1.D 解析：由第一段第一句可知自行车越来越受到人们的欢迎。2B 解析：由第二段第二句内容可知。3B 解析：由第三段第二句可知答案为 B 项。4C 解析：由最后
8、一段的第一句内容可知答案为 C 项。BA student is learning to speak British English.He wonders(想知道) ：Can I communicate with Americans？Can they understand me？Learners of English often ask：What are the differences between British and American English？How important are these differences?Certainly there are some differen
9、ces between British and American English.There are a few differences in grammar.For example，speakers of British English say“in hospital”and“Have you a pen？” Americans say“in the hospital！”and “Do you have a pen？”Pronunciation is sometimes different.Americans usually sound theirs in words like“bird”a
10、nd “hurt”Speakers of British English in spelling and vocabulary.For example， “colour”and “honour”are British， “color”and “honor”are American.These differences in grammar，pronunciation，spelling and vocabulary are not important，however.For the most part，British and American English are the same langua
11、ge.5According to this passage，a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that _.ABritish people cannot understand himB American people cannot understand himCthe grammar is too hard for himDthe spelling is too hard for him6American English and British English are different in
12、 _.Aspelling BpronunciationCgrammar Dall of the above7What is not mentioned(提及)in the passage?AWhether there are differences between British English and American English.B Whether British English and American English are one language or two.CHow the differences between British English and American E
13、nglish came about.DHow important the differences are.8Most _say “Do you have a watch？”ABritish people BAmericansCchildren Dteachers答案：5.A 解析：由原文第一段的问句可知。6D 解析：由原文第二段的内容及第三段第一句可知：两者在拼读、发音和语法等方面存在不同。7C 解析：由第一段最后一句及最后一段可知 A，B，D 都已在原文中提及。8B 解析：由原文第二段第三句可知。CThere are lessons we learn in the classroom and
14、 lessons we just happen to learn，while in a classroom.“What Im teaching them to do is to extend themselves and to learn to do things they didnt do before， ”said Siena Professor Dr.Jim Nolan.That is what Nolan has had to do ever since September 6th.2010 when he was biking， went down an embankment(路堤)
15、and landed on his head.He broke his neck and spine(脊椎)We first met Dr.Nolan this past May as a quadriplegic(四肢瘫痪者)，walking again.His goal then was to get back into the classroom.Now，he is.“I was right up front with them when I rolled in.They surprisedly saw me in the wheelchair so I explained to the
16、m I have many challenges， ”said Nolan.Siena and Nolans occupational therapist worked to help him overcome those challenges.They went to his office，even his classroom.“I_can_do_anything_from_my_laptop_that_anyone_could_do_at_the_platform.There are times I will give them what I call lessons in perseve
17、rance.”said Nolan.The class he is teaching is a freshman forum class.The students are learning just as much about starting a new chapter in life as they are about school.Their professor is following a parallel path.He is sharing what he learned in physical therapy.“She asked me to move my legs a cer
18、tain way.I tried，and looked at her and said I cant do it.She said to me.I dont ever want to hear you say you cant do it again， ”said Nolan.Nolan says he realized at that moment that his future was up to him.Once unable to move his legs or arms，he is now walking 1520 minutes at a time with a walker a
19、nd is even driving himself to work.9Nolan became disabled _.Aafter he fell off his bikeB because of a traffic accidentCdue to his carelessnessDwhen he took exercise10The first time Nolan rolled in the classroom，the students felt_.Aupset BamazedCworried Dfrightened11What can we learn from the underli
20、ned sentence?ANolan has been very used to this kind of life.B Nolan can do things at the platform better than other teachers.CNolans laptop helps him a lot at the platform.DNolan prefers to give lessons at the platform.12What impresses us most about Nolan is his_.Aexperiences BlessonsCfamily Dwill答案
21、：9.A 解析：细节理解题。第三段提到：Nolan 骑自行车沿着路堤下行突然摔倒，脖子断了。可知是他从自行车上摔下导致了残疾。10B 解析：细节理解题。由第四段“I was right up front with them when I rolled in.They surprisedly saw me in the wheelchair so I explained to them I have many challenges， ”said Nolan.可知当他第一次摇着轮椅进教室时，学生们非常惊讶。11C 解析：推理判断题。该划线句句意为：我能用笔记本电脑做任何人在讲台上做的任何事情。可见
22、在讲台上笔记本电脑对他帮助很大。12D 解析：推理判断题。由 Nolan 能够在身体残疾后勇敢地面对现实、克服障碍、重返讲坛可知他意志坚强。DWhen another old cave is discovered in the south of France，it is not usually news.Rather，it is an ordinary event.Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody notices them.However，when the Lascaux cave complex w
23、as discovered in 1940，the world was amazed.Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes.Showing how people lived thousands of years ago.The scenes show people hunting animals，such as bison or wild cats.Other images depict birds and most noticeably，horses，which appear in more than 300 wall i
24、mages by far outnumbering(超出) all other animals.Early artists drawing these animals accomplished (完成)a monumental and difficult task.They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow
25、passages (通道 ) in the Lascaux complex.Unfortunately，the paintings have been exposed to the destructive(破坏性的)action of water and temperature changes，which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances，air movement has also damaged the images inside.Although they are not o
26、ut in the open air，where natural light would have destroyed them long ago，many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable.To prevent further damage，the site was closed to tourists (旅游者)in 1963,23 years after it was discovered.13Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passag
27、e?AWild Animals in ArtB Hidden Prehistoric PaintingsCExploring Caves RespectfullyDDetermining the Age of French Caves14What does the underlined word“depict”in the first paragraph mean?AShow. BHunt.CCount. DDraw.15Why was painting inside the Lascaux complex a difficult task?AIt was completely dark in
28、side.B The caves were full of wild animals.CPainting materials were hard to find.DMany painting spaces were difficult to reach.答案：13.B 解析：由全文内容概括可知。14A 解析：句中 depict 意为“表明；展示” 。15D 解析：由原文第二段内容可知。第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。_16_From 1825，according to IQ.scores；bu
29、t you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age.You are smartest in your 20s； around 10，your memory begins to go down，particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations._17_ Your vocabulary at the age of 45，for example，is three times as great as when you graduated from college.A
30、t 60， you brain has almost four times as much information as it did at the age of 21._18_You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24；the best professional sense from 40 to 49.Before the age of 24，we believe that our happiest years are yet to come；over 30，we believe that they are behin
31、d us.A National Health survey agrees after the age of 30，we become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself.If we keep our health，achieve professional and emotional goals， happiness，we feel ，will follow._19_Generally between 30 and 39，but the peak(顶峰)varies with different profess
32、ions(职业)Mozart wrote a symphony(效响曲)and four sonatas by the age of 8，and Mendelssohn composed his bestknown work A Midsummer Nights Dream at 17，but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39.Though the peak in most fields comes early，more Nobel Prize winners did their top research
33、in their late 20s and 30screative people continue to produce work with high quality(质量)throughout their lives _20_.AWhen are you most creative(创造性的)?B When are you happiest?CWhen are you smartest?DDo you know what IQ.refers to?E But your IQ.for other tasks goes up.FCreative people usually produce a
34、lot of works.GFor the“wellconditioned mind ”，there is no upper limit.答案：1620 CEBAG第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B 、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I will never forget that night，when I pulled into my driveway after a busy day of school and babysitting.I sti
35、ll _21_ to write a physics paper，which must be handed in the next day.There were many things on my mind.At that time I was having many problems with my family and friends，_22_I was in a very bad mood(心情)And I was unhappy with _23_ and the way that my life was going.A major _24_ I was struggling with
36、 was drug(毒品)use.For two years I had been smoking marijuana(大麻)and got used to it，_ 25_could not stop.I did not let drugs affect my grades or personality，but it made a(n)_26_in how I thought about myself.I had always been a good kid and still tried to be，but drugs brought me _27_.I frequently though
37、t about _28_ drugs were not something I wanted as part of my life.I wanted to _29_ but I was frightened to make it.I looked up at the sky as I got out of my _30_.The moon gave off tiny beams of light.The sky was a dark，inkblack colour _31_ millions of stars.I stood outside in the cool fall air for w
38、hat seemed a long time of heaven and _32_.The joy that I had not _33_ for ages came upon me.I closed my eyes to decide if this dream could be _34_.I slowly opened my eyes and caught a shooting star (流星)flying over treetops.Tears fell from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks.I had _35_ the true beauty of nature.Those few _36_ helped me find the _37_ to change.It is not easy to make the decision to stop using drugs.It is even harder to stop _38_.Giving it up has given me hope and a reason to be _39_ myself.It has helped me grow _40_ and more mature(成熟)
