1、1 单元综合能力评估一单元综合能力评估一(Module 1) (满分：150 分 时间：120 分钟) 第卷(选择题 共 100 分) 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。 1. What is the woman going to do this evening? A. Go out dancing. B. Take c
2、are of Catherine. C. Dance with Catherine at home. 2. What will the man buy for Sarah? A. A plant. B. Chocolate. C. A birthday card. 3. How will the speakers go to the restaurant? A. By car. B. By bus. C. By taxi. 4. Why does the man learn Chinese? A. To write a paper. B. To visit China one day. C.
3、To communicate with a friend. 5. When will the speakers play tennis? A. On April 16th. B. On April 15th. C. On April 6th. 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 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、
4、7 题。 6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. 2 B. Wife and husband. C. Customer and shop assistant. 7. How many steaks does the woman want? A. Twelve. B. Four. C. Three. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至第 10 题。 8. Why will the woman go to Paris? A. To visit a friend. B. To do bu
5、siness. C. To go sightseeing. 9. When will the speakers meet? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. 10. How will the woman inform Steve? A. By phone. B. By email. C. By fax. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至第 13 题。 11. Where is the camera? A. In the womans bag. B. In the mans hand luggage. C. In the woman
6、s hand luggage. 12. What is the womans attitude towards the mans words? A. Nervous. B. Happy. C. Impatient. 13. What did the woman probably forget? A. The tickets. B. The passports. C. The travellers cheques. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至第 17 题。 14. What are the speakers doing? A. Looking at some pictures. B. T
7、aking a trip abroad. C. Making a trip plan. 15. Where is the mans first stop? 3 A. In Bali. B. In India. C. In Thailand. 16. What happened to the man in Fiji? A. A man hurt him. B. A girl asked him to marry her. C. A man asked him to marry his daughter. 17. What is the nationality of the salesgirl?
8、A. Swiss. B. Chilean. C. Argentinian. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至第 20 题。 18. What is the speaker? A. A radio host. B. A ticket seller. C. A band leader. 19. How much money will be donated to a childrens hospital per ticket? A19. B28. C38. 20. How should people pay for the tickets? A. In cash. B. By credit ca
9、rd. C. By check. 听力材料 Text 1 M: I thought you were going out dancing this evening. W: I was, but I cancelled my plans because Catherine came down with a headache. Text 2 M: Im just going out for a newspaper. Can I get you anything? W: Its Sarahs birthday today. Ive got her a card, but can you buy he
10、r some chocolate? M: But Sarah says she prefers a nice plant. Ill get that. Text 3 M: Would you like to go to that new restaurant tonight? W: Id love to! But only if we can take a taxi. Its all the way at the end of the bus line. M: OK. We can take one directly from work. Text 4 W: Why are you takin
11、g that Chinese class? 4 M: For email. I have a pen friend in China and he doesnt understand English. Text 5 M: Were playing tennis on Saturday, April the fifteenth, right? W: Yes, were playing on Saturday, but thats the sixteenth. Text 6 W: Hi. Are you and David still there? I want you to buy someth
12、ing else. M: Yes, were here. What shall I get? W: A bottle of milk, a dozen eggs, coffee beans and a loaf of wheat bread. Then Id like three steaks. They looked so good last time I was there. M: Umm. Anything else? W: Youd better write this down. Ever since you turned 40, your memory isnt what it us
13、ed to be! We also need some medicine. The baby is running a slight fever. M: Got it. Even my 40yearold brain can remember that much. Text 7 M: Hello, Karen. Its John. Ive got your telephone message yesterday about the meeting. Im sorry I didnt get back to you. W: Thats OK. But Im flying out to Paris
14、 for business and we need to meet before I leave. Is Tuesday all right for you? M: Not really. How about Thursday? W: Fine. Ive got to be in the office on Thursday morning anyway. How about lunchtime? M: Well, thats fine by me, but we should find out if Steves available then, as well. W: Thats true.
15、 Ill send him an email now. Bye. Text 8 M: You didnt forget to pack the camera this year, did you? W: No George, its in your hand luggage. M: And the travellers cheques? Have you got them in your bag? W: Yes George. You ask me the same questions every time we go away. M: I know, and you still manage
16、 to forget something. W: Well, next year you can see to everything yourself. Now, calm down and give me the tickets! M: The tickets? What tickets? Dont tell me you left them on the kitchen table! Text 9 W: It must be very strange to be back home after such a long time. M: Yes, it is. I mean, its lov
17、ely to see everybody. W: Lets have a look at these photos then. This looks nice. Where is it? M: Where do you think it is? W: Ah, well.it must be somewhere really hot. I suppose it could be Thailand or Bali, or it could even be India. 5 M: Its India. Thats my first visit. I was nearly hurt in a figh
18、t between the locals. Oh, look at this one. Its in Fiji. This man wanted me to marry his daughter. She was beautiful. W: Oh, a Fijian wedding.that wouldve been fun. Ah, look at this photo. It is a bit different. Oh, the clothes in the shop are so beautiful. Whos the girl by the way? M: Oh, yes.er, s
19、hes Argentinian. W: It cant be Argentina, can it? Maybe its Chile? M: No, its the southern part of Argentina. And now she works as a salesgirl in Switherland. Text 10 W: Youre listening to Radio South. Here is some information about a pop concert. The group Red River will come to London soon. They w
20、ill be in London from the 28th of October to the 2nd of November. After that they will be in Oxford from the 4th of November until the 9th. Tickets are quite expensive they cost 38 each, but half of that money will go to a childrens hospital. Tickets will sell quickly for this famous band so book ea
21、rly. To book a ticket for a London concert, telephone 3830065 between 10：00 am. and 10：00 pm. Have a credit card number ready. They dont accept cash or check. The London concerts will be in South Bank Hall. Its very easy to find. The best way to get there is to take the train. The concert hall is in
22、 Main Street. See you there. 答案：15 BACCA 610 BCBCB 1115 BCAAB 1620 CCAAB 第二部分：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。 A 2014东北三省三校第二次联考Ive often wondered if I might do more good as a travel agent rather than as a psychologist. It seems that I have been m
23、ore dramatically affected by certain kinds of travel experiences than I ever have. My trip to Iceland is a fine example of that. The plan was to spend two days in a remote mountain hut in Iceland. I was working on a photographic book about winter in Iceland and needed to capture images of this amazi
24、ng region of high mountain peaks, smoky volcanoes, and lakes with floating icebergs. The moment after we arrived, the weather turned extreme making visibility impossible. It snowed so much and the wind blew so hard that we couldnt leave the tiny hut. To stay warm, we walked around in circles much of
25、 the day inside the tiny hut. We tried to call for help but the radio did not work. Day after day, we watched our supplies of food and fuel grow dangerously short. We got acute cabin fever (幽居病) and started going for walks and ski expeditions outside. Even when the weather finally broke, nobody came
26、 to get us even though it was three days beyond our scheduled pickup. By the time the rescue team came to pull us out, we had all given up hope. From then on, the world looks different to me, as does my life. It would have taken me years 6 of psychotherapy to get to the same point. Almost everyone h
27、as a story to tell, and interestingly, most of these experiences were not altogether pleasant at the time. In fact, it appears that the most constructive life changing journeys were those that involved some sorts of awful and uncomfortable events that forced the person to develop new resources, incr
28、ease confidence, and solve problems in new ways. 21. The writer went to Iceland to _. A. enjoy the natural beautiful floating icebergs B. take photos about the region for a book C. collect materials for psychological research D. challenge the high mountains there 22. During the trip in Iceland, thos
29、e travellers faced difficulties EXCEPT that _. A. they got lost in the mountain B. they were short of food and fuel C. they couldnt see the surroundings clearly C.they failed to get in touch with the rescue team 23. From Paragraph 3, we learn that the travellers _. A. were in despair before they wer
30、e rescued B. stayed in the hut for three days altogether C. got sick because of going for ski outside C.got rescued immediately the weather turned fine 24. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. The writer is a travel agent who loves difficult challenges. B. In Icelan
31、d the weather is always extreme and it snows a lot. C. The travellers were so depressed that they needed psychotherapy. C.Awful journeys may become lifechanging events that inspire people. 文章主要讲了作者去冰岛旅行的经历，并由此引发的思考。 21. B 细节题。根据第二段中 The plan was to spend two days in a remote mountain hut in Iceland.
32、 I was working on a photographic book about winter in Iceland and needed to capture images of this amazing region of high mountain peaks, smoky volcanoes, and lakes with floating icebergs.可知作者去冰岛是为一本书拍这一地区的照片，故选 B。 22. A 细节题。根据第三段中 Day after day, we watched our supplies of food and fuel grow dangero
33、usly short.The moment after we arrived, the weather turned extreme making visibility impossible.以及 We tried to call for help but the radio did not work.可知，只有 A 选项 没有提到，故选 A。 23. A 细节题。根据 By the time the rescue team came to pull us out, we had all given up hope. 可知在他们被救援之前，这些旅行者已经绝望了。故选 A。 24. D 归纳题。
34、根据 In fact, it appears that the most constructive lifechanging journeys 7 were those that involved some sorts of awful and uncomfortable events that forced the person to develop new resources, increase confidence, and solve problems in new ways.故选 D。 B 2014贵州省六校第二次联考Silence is unnatural to man. He b
35、egins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conve
36、rsation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋 喋不休的人). He knows that ninetynine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a
37、 waxwork figure (蜡塑人像) The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner p
38、arty one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors. Those who hate to pick up the we
39、ather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have
40、nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists. 25. According to the author, people ma
41、ke conversation to _ A. exchange ideas B. prove their value C. achieve success in life D. overcome their fear of silence 26. By “the buzzing of a fly” (Para. 1), the author means“_” A. the noise of an insect B. a low whispering sound C. meaningless talks D. the voice of a chatterbox 27. According to
42、 the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors _. A. about whatever they have prepared B. about whatever they want to 8 C. in the hope of learning something new D. in the hope of getting on well 28. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage? A. To discuss why people like talking about
43、 weather. B. To encourage people to join in conversations. C. To persuade people to stop making noises. D. To explain why people keep talking. 文章大意：沉默是金，文章作者主要解释了人为什么会不停的交谈。 25. D 细节理解题。文章的第一段 Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence.可知交谈是克服沉默的恐惧。故 D 正确。 26. C 词义理解题。根据文章第一段大意
44、及最后一句 but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure 可知 the buzzing of a fly 为“无意义 的交谈”之意。故 C 正确。 27. B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句 he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors 可以得出答案。故 B 正确。 28. D 主旨大意题。根据大意可知文章作者主要解释了人为什么会
45、不停的交谈。故可 知文章作者的写作目的。故 D 正确。 C 2014泉州市毕业班质检Whats the greenest place in America? If you answered something like the warm sunlight of Santa Barbara, youd be wrong. The greenest place in America has almost no sign of nature the buildings outnumber the treesand the air isnt all that great. What it has is
46、 density(密度)and efficiency the twin qualities that finally define green in the global warming time. Applying those standards ， the greenest place in America is New York Cityparticularly, the overcrowded, overpriced island of Manhattan, which produces 30% less percapita(人均)greenhouse gas than that of
47、 the nation. Its that density that makes Manhattan so green. Manhattans population density is 800 times the national average. Density comes with negatives ， certainlysmall living spaces ， air pollutionbut it also enables amazing efficiencies.Over 80% of Manhattanites travel to work by public transpo
48、rt, by bike or on footcompared to an average of about 8% everywhere else in the country. Manhattans apartment buildings are far more energyefficient than the houses in the suburbs. Whats true of New York City is more or less true of other American urban areas, which explains why a growing part of th
49、e environmental movement now focuses on greening cities, hoping to attract more Americans back downtown. Theres an effort to make cities more sustainable(可持续的)，by improving public transport，reducing air pollution and upgrading energy efficiency. But even more important, it is quite urgent to change decades of government 9 policies that have been in favor of the suburbs ，with di