1、第四单元检测( B) (时间:120 分钟 满分:150 分)一、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。M:Excuse me,where is the closest place to eat?W:Down the street about four blocks.I can take you there if you like.1What
2、is the man going to do?A.He is going to have dinner.B.He is looking for a hotel.C.He is trying to find the nearest street.答案:AM:I would be happy to teach you Chinese if you want to learn.W:It is not a bad idea.I come to China a lot.2Does the woman agree to the idea of learning Chinese?A.Yes.She will
3、 come to China to learn Chinese.B.Yes.She is planning to learn Chinese.C.No.She doesnt think it is a good idea.答案:BW:Are these carpets on sale too?M:No.These are selling at the regular price,four hundred and ninety-five.3Can the woman buy a carpet?A.Yes,but not at a special low price.B.Yes,at a spec
4、ial low price.C.No,they are not for sale.答案:AM:Could you please tell me if the Miami flight will be arriving on time?W:Yes,sir.It should be arriving in about ten minutes.4Where did the conversation most probably take place?A.In a railroad station.B.In an airport.C.In Miami.答案:BM:Good afternoon.This
5、is Mr White at the Friendship Hotel.Is Mr Black there?W:No,he is out to lunch.Ill be glad to take a message.5Where is Mr Black now?A.He is at the Friendship Hotel.B.He is in the office.C.He is at lunch.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
6、。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 67 题。M:Hello,Jane.W:Hello,Gill.Have you ever been to the Ocean Park?M:No,but Im going there tomorrow morning.W:Well,youll like it.Youll find a lot of kinds of fish there.What about the Science Museum?Have you been there yet
7、?M:Yes,I went there yesterday afternoon.We can learn a lot there.W:Yes,all the visitors coming to our city will surely go to visit the museum.By the way,dont forget to try some of the restaurants here.The food is great here.M:Yes,I certainly will.6When will the man go to the Ocean Park?A.That aftern
8、oon.B.The next morning.C.The next afternoon.答案:B7Where will all the visitors surely go?A.The Science Museum. B.The Ocean Park.C.Restaurants.答案:A听第 7 段材料,回答第 810 题。M:And whats the next problem?W:Why do English people so often say something about the weather when they begin talking with strangers?M:We
9、ll,of course,the weather in England is always changing.We never know what to expect.If you were in a country where the weather doesnt change much,it would be difficult to say much about it.But you asked why we talk about the weather to strangers.Thats an interesting question.Its probably because the
10、 weather is a safe subject to talk about.W:Its a way of reaching agreement.M:Ah yes.I begin by saying,“A cold morning,isnt it?” The other man says,“It certainly is.” I say,“Its been cold all week.” And the other man says,“Yes,were having a very cold spring.”W:So far youve agreed about everything.M:Y
11、es,then were beginning to feel friendly.But if we start with subjects on which disagreement is possible,politics,for example,we might not have become friendly.8What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A.Strangers.B.Husband and wife.C.Teacher and student.答案:C9Why do English people l
12、ike to talk about weather with strangers?A.Because it is interesting.B.Because they feel friendly by doing this.C.Because they want to know the weather condition.答案:B10What will happen if strangers talk about politics?A.They may not agree with each other.B.They may not be safe.C.They may have to sto
13、p their talk soon.答案:A听第 8 段材料,回答第 1113 题。W:Were going through the Suez Canal now,Mr Hunt.M:Hmm .it doesnt look very wide.How wide is it?W:About 60 meters .and its 162 kilometers long.M:Really?This is a big ship.How deep is the Canal?W:The average depth is about 10 meters .but theyre going to make i
14、t deeper.M:That will be a hard job,Im sure.W:Yes,it is.Well,Mr Hunt,are you going to Cairo today?M:Oh yes!How far is it?W:Its about 150 kilometers.M:Good.How long will it take to get there?W:Only three hours.11What is the average depth of the Canal?A.About 16 meters. B.About 20 meters. C.About 10 me
15、ters.答案:C12How long will it take to get to the capital from the Canal?A.Only three hours.B.About four hours.C.Nearly five hours.答案:A13How far is it from the capital to the Canal?A.About 15 kilometers.B.About 115 kilometers.C.About 150 kilometers.答案:C听第 9 段材料,回答第 1416 题。W:Why are your vegetables so e
16、xpensive?I can buy them at half the price down the road.M:But are they as good for you?The advantage of these vegetables is that they are green food so they are safe to eat and good for your family.W:But what is the advantage of having green food?I know all vegetables are good for you and those down
17、 the road look green too.M:Well!Let me explain.I would rather feed my family on green food than other vegetables because they are grown without chemical fertilizers(肥料).W:But the price is too high!I would prefer to buy good food if I can afford it.M:This is good value for money because youll have he
18、althier children.They will not have to go to the doctor so often and you will not have to go to the doctor so often and you will not have to take time off work.In the long run,youll benefit.W:Certainly Id like to buy what is safe and healthy.Perhaps Ill try some of your vegetables and if they are as
19、 good as you say,Ill be back next week!14What is the advantage of the mans vegetables?A.They are grown with good chemical fertilizers.B.They are safe to eat.C.They look green.答案:B15What does the woman think of the vegetables?A.They are too expensive.B.They are too green.C.They are grown in the bad e
20、nvironment.答案:A16What will be the result?A.The woman wont buy the vegetables.B.The woman will buy some vegetables.C.The woman will certainly buy the vegetables next week.答案:B听第 10 段材料,回答第 1720 题。Could I have your attention,please?Thank you.As I told you yesterday morning,this afternoon is our shoppi
21、ng afternoon.If you look on the back page of your tour programme,youll see a little map of the city centre,with the names of some of the shops marked.As you wont have too much time,Im just going to explain to you what they sell.Were now in the Friendship shopping centre.On your right is Larps,a very
22、 good place for shoes and boots,rather than gloves,bags,clothes or others.Opposite that is Li-Ning,a good place for sports goods.Not cheap,but really pretty.Next door to Li-Ning is a place for books.They have got books on almost every subject anyone has ever written about,airplanes to animals,but Ch
23、inese onlyso none of your English books,Im afraid.If you walk along,there are shops which sell cameras,radios,and so on,which you wont buy,Im afraid.If you are tired or would like to have a nice cup of afternoon tea,I suggest Splendid Tea Shop,where you can have British afternoon tea,with very good
24、home-made cakes,chocolates and others.The shop is two blocks away from here,but within walking distance.17What does the speaker do most probably?A.Hes a teacher.B.Hes a tour guide.C.Hes a shop assistant.答案:B18What does Larps sell?A.Bags. B.Shoes. C.Clothes.答案:B19What does the bookshop sell?A.Chinese
25、 books.B.English books.C.English-Chinese dictionaries.答案:A20Which shop is NOT in the shopping centre?A.Larps.B.Li-Ning.C.Splendid Tea Shop.答案:C二、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 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。A1970 was World Conservation(自然保护)Year.The United Nations wanted everyo
26、ne to know that the world is in danger.They hoped that governments would go into action(行动) quickly in order to conserve nature.Here is one example of the problems.At one time there were 1,300 different plants,trees and flowers in Holland,but now only 860 remain.The others have been destroyed by mod
27、ern man and his technology.We are changing the earth,the air and the water,and everything that grows and lives.We cant live without these plants.If we continue like this,we will destroy ourselves.What will happen in the future?Perhaps it is more important to ask “What must we do now?”The people who
28、will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today.A lot of them know that conservation is necessary.Many are helping to save our world.They plant trees,build bridges across rivers in forests,and so on.In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of two k
29、ilometres of their river.Young people may hear about a conversation through a record called “No Ones Gonna Change Our World”.It was made by the Beatles,Cliff Richard and other singers.The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.21If we continue to change the earth we live on we shall in the
30、 end. A.destroy the air and the waterB.destroy everything that grows and livesC.destroy the outer spaceD.destroy ourselves答案:D解析:由第一段最后一句可以得出答案。22What will happen in the future is decided by . A.the young of todayB.the young of tomorrowC.what we do todayD.how much we know about the earth答案:C解析:由第二段可
31、以推知,我们今天的所作所为决定着这个世界将来会发生什么事情。23“No Ones Gonna Change Our World” is . A.a call given by the BeatlesB.the name of a popular recordC.the name of a popular bookD.the name of a radio station答案:B解析:由第二段中的倒数第二、三句可以得出答案。24Some of the world famous singers made a record to collect money for . A.the United Na
32、tionsB.saving the useful thingsC.the conservation of natureD.the poor people of the world答案:C解析:由短文最后一句可知,这些歌手是为保护野生动物即保护自然而筹资。BAs many as 10 of the 17 kinds of penguins(企鹅) may be in danger of disappearing.The number of penguins has decreased(减少) by 30% since 1987.Penguins are black and white birds
33、 that live in the southern part of the world.They are common in South America,New Zealand,Australia and South Africa.Many live near cold waters.But some live near warm waters in Galapagos Islands.Penguins cannot fly,but they are fine swimmers.Penguins eat fish and krill (磷虾 ).The warming of the eart
34、h is the reason for the decrease in the number of penguins.The heating of the air has caused ocean waters to become warmer.Higher water temperatures have reduced the supply of fish and krill.Some years later these birds are completely unable to reproduce(繁殖).Besides,many adult penguins die of hunger
35、.Widespread(广泛的) fishing,exploration for oil and oil leaks (漏) also make penguins in danger.Poisonous things in ocean waters are another danger.Penguins also have their enemies,including wild dogs,sharks,seals and sea lions.News about penguins is not all bad,however.Several years ago,oil leaking fro
36、m a ship hurt 40% of the penguins in South Africa.The penguins became covered with oil.But thousands of people helped clean and treat the birds well.Then they returned the penguins to the wild.Now these South African penguins are reproducing in higher numbers than before the oil leaking.25The first
37、paragraph tells us that . A.some new kinds of penguins appear B.all the penguins are in danger of disappearing C.for more than 20 years,the number of penguins has decreased by 30% D.there are twenty-seven kinds of penguins in all答案:C解析:由第一段第二句中的 since1987 可知是二十多年来企鹅的数量减少了 30%。26What colours are peng
38、uins?A.They are black.B.They are white.C.They are black or white.D.They are black and white.答案:D解析:由第二段第一句可以得出答案。27We can learn from the passage that penguins . A.can swim better than flyB.can be found near Oceania(大洋洲)C.eat fish onlyD.live only in cold waters答案:B解析:企鹅不会飞,因此 A 项不正确;除了吃鱼,企鹅还吃磷虾,排除 C
39、项。而第二段提到人们可以在澳大利亚发现企鹅,因此 B 项(企鹅能够在大洋洲被发现)是正确的。由第二段第三、四句可知 D 项错误。28Which of the following is NOT the cause(原因)of penguins decrease in numbers?A.Oil leaking.B.Widespread fishing.C.Humans killing.D.Warming of the oceans.答案:C解析:由最后一段石油泄漏后 ,人们都主动帮助企鹅可知,人类对企鹅的态度相当友好。A、B、D 三项在第三、四段均提到了。CDemands for stronge
40、r protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.Studies by the Council of Europe,of which 21 countries are members,have shown that 45 per cent of reptile(爬行动物) species ( 种类) and 24 per cent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.Europ
41、ean concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum,an expert in the environment and natural resources division of the council,when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a British national park.The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the councils diploma for nature
42、 reserves of the highest quality,and Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once again.He was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks,and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today.But Dr Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that natu
43、ral environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.“No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction,” he went on.The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation should be replace
44、d by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.“We forget that they are the guarantee(保证)of life systems,on which any built-up area depends,”Dr Baum went on.“We could manage without most industrial products,but we could not manage without nature.However,our natu
45、ral environment areas,which are the original parts of our countryside,have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land.”29Recent studies by the Council of Europe have declared that . A.wildlife needs more protection only in BritainB.all species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dy
46、ing outC.there are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhereD.many species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe need protecting答案:D解析:从第一段最后一句可以得知有许多种爬行类动物和蝴蝶都面临着灭绝的危险。30Why did Dr Baum come to a British national park?A.Because he needed to present it with a councils diplom
47、a.B.Because he was concerned about its management.C.Because it was the only national park of its kind in Europe.D.Because it was the only park that had ever received a diploma from the council.答案:A解析:由第二段第二句“.DrBaumhadcometopresentittotheparkonceagain.”可知鲍姆博士到这儿来是再次向该公园授予证书的。31The last sentence in t
48、he second paragraph implies that . A.people should make every effort to create more environment areasB.people would go on protecting national parksC.certain areas of the countryside should be left intact(完整无缺的 )D.people would defend the right to develop the areas around national parks答案:C解析:由第二段最后一句
49、可以得知 ,鲍姆博士坚持认为自然环境需要平静地存在,暗示出某些地区不应该被人类打扰。32Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.We have developed industry at the expense of countryside.B.We have forgotten what our original countryside looked like.C.People living on islands should protect natural resources for their survival.D.We should destroy all the built-up areas.答案:A解析:最后一段告诉读者没有自然界人类就无法生存 ,而现在美丽的乡村已经成为重度污染的工业区。短语 attheexpenseof 的意思是“以为代价”。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处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。If you do not u
