1、Unit 11 The Media 高考一轮复习检测卷高考一轮复习检测卷 时间：100 分钟 满分：120 分 选择题部分 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节，满分共两节，满分 40 分分) 第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出 最佳选项。 A About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attendW1 classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementar
2、y(初等) and high school education by workingP1 at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public cyberschoolsW2 and that is about twice as many as two years ago. The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they
3、live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditionalW3 public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well. Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools hel
4、p students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far fromP2 school. Whatever the judgement of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Co
5、nnections Academy will take inP3 students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen. Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers
6、 by telephone or by sending e- mails through their computers when necessary. S Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduati
7、on. 1. What do we know from the text about students of a cyberschool? A. They have to take long bus rides to school. B. They study at home rather than in classrooms. C. They receive money from traditional public schools. D. They do well in traditional school programs. 2. What is a problem with cyber
8、schools? A. Their equipment costs a lot of money. B. They get little support from the state government. C. It is hard to know students progress in learning. D. The students find it hard to make friends. 3. Cyberschools are getting popular because _. A. they are less expensive for students B. their s
9、tudents can work at their own speed C. their graduates are more successful in society D. they serve students in a wider age range 4. We can infer that the author of the text is _. A. unprejudiced in his description of cyberschools B. excited about the future of cyberschools C. doubtful about the qua
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15、Uploading your advertisement is free and takes just minutes to do. Come on! Just go into action and you will get what you expect, even beyond your imagination.S 5. The following are benefits to choose HouseTrip EXCEPT that _. A. it provides a wide range of hotels for choice B. guests can get ideal h
16、otels at a very low price C. it is safe for guests to pay online by credit card D. guests can earn money through making comments 6. What can guests do during a HouseTrip? Go shopping in the markets. Change the arrangement of the property. Prepare a meal quickly in the kitchen. Show your rental prope
17、rty online for free. A. B. C. D. 7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. It is cheap to upload your advertisement on HouseTrip. com. B. Guests can also pay the host by cash through HouseTrip. C. The owners of the properties on HouseT decide the rent price. D. HouseTrip will pa
18、y the host the moment guests decide to check in. C David Rees runs a truly unique business. He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfectionsW1， using a variety of tools. I know what youre thinkingis this a joke? The 39- year- old businessman gets asked that question a lot, so in orde
19、r to explain his particular business he has created a special section on his website telling everyone that hes actually providing a real service.S It actually happens. You can supplyW2 your own pencil or you can have Rees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils. After that he mails it to you in a
20、 display tube with the shavings( 切 屑 ) in a separate bag, and a certificateW3 which states that the pencil is so sharp that it is considered a dangerous object. To achieve the desired result, the master sharpener uses all kinds ofP1 tools, including general sandpaper, pocket knives and even a specia
21、l $450 sharpening machine. “It depends onP2 what the customer wants to use his or her pencil for， ” he says. “That determines the most appropriate pencil- sharpening technique. Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols and others buy them because ofP3 their special memories of classic 2B p
22、encils. There also are journalists who prefer my pencils toP4 pens, especially in really cold weather when a pen will freeze up but a pencil wont.” $15 to have a pencil sharpened is a bit expensive though, right? Youre not the only one who feels that way, and David told us that his unique business h
23、as angered a lot of people. He admitsW4 his trade is a bit unusual. But there are those who actually value his service, as proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten. 8. David Rees has created a section on his website to _. A. raise money for his special business B. collect peoples comments on his
24、service C. present the products of his special business D. explain his special pencil- sharpening business 9. Whats most peoples attitude towards David Rees business? A. They cant accept it fully. B. They are very fond of it. C. They show no interest in it. D. They think it valuable. 10. What is the
25、 authors purpose of writing the passage? A. To introduce an unusual business. B. To show people some creative techniques. C. To teach people how to sharpen pencils. D. To make a brief introduction to a cartoonist. 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。 Tips for Learni
26、ng to Read a Foreign Language Lets suppose youve studied the basics of a foreign language and now wish to become more fluent in reading it. What do you do? _1_ Every foreign language was spoken for many years before it was written down. Theres good reason to believe that the spoken word comes more e
27、asily to us than the written page. When a person reads a foreign language out loud, it slows the pace down, and makes the reader pay more attention to each word. It helps us distinguish very similar words, and prevents us from skipping over those little words that are sometimes easy to miss when lea
28、rning to read a foreign language. _2_ Text sizes that are easy to read in English are harder to read in, say, Greek or Spanish. Of course, if you are having an extreme problem , the first thing you might want to do is have your eyes checked. But if that is not the problem, while you are learning to
29、read in a foreign language you may wish to select books with slightly larger text or to use reading glasses, even if you do not usually use them. _3_ Even when we are reading our native language, its easy to see that authors have favorite words and phrases and their own particular styles. As you are
30、 learning to read a foreign language you will see that the same principle applies. Once you have looked up a few of the writers favorite words, and once you have got used to his or her unusual features, it will become easier to read a text written in a foreign language. _4_ Even in English, when the
31、 author writes about something entirely outside of our own experience, it can be difficult to understand what he or she is saying. If you study the culture of the foreign language you are trying to learn, it will give the language context. _5_ When selecting materials for your study of a foreign lan
32、guage, remember its easier to keep reading a story if youre enjoying it. We shouldnt think of learning a foreign language as purely a chore. Get a novel that looks interesting or a book of short stories written in the foreign language you are studying. Because when we dont enjoy doing something, we
33、generally dont continue with it. And the more you learn, the more youll enjoy it. A. Look up words, but not every word. B. Sound out the language as you are reading it. C. Make sure the text is big enough. D. Take breaks. E. When reading a new author, go more slowly in the first few pages. F. Read s
34、omething thats fun. G. Learn something about the culture in which the language developed. 第三部分第三部分 语言运用语言运用(共共三三节，满分节，满分 55 分分) 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Some graduates one day went to see their university professor. Soon they began to comp
35、lainW1 about _1_ in work and life. Offering his _2_ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _3_ with a large pot of coffee and a variety ofP1 cups plastic, glass, crystal, some plain- looking, some beautiful, some cheap, some expensivetelling them to _4_ themselves to the coffee. They did so a
36、nd got a cup of coffee by themselves. When each student had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “Dear students, if you have _5_， all the nice- looking expensive cups I brought you have been _6_， leaving behind the plain and _7_ ones.S While it is _8_ that you want the best for yourselves, t
37、hat is the _9_ of your problems and stress.” “The cup itself _10_ no quality to the coffee. _11_ it is just more expensive and in some casesP2 it _12_ hides what we drink. _13_ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, _14_ you consciouslyW2 went for the best cups. And then you began _15_ other
38、 peoples cups.” Now consider this: _16_ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are _17_ tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not defineW3， nor change the _18_ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only onP3 the cup, we _19_ to enj
39、oy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Dont let the cups _20_ youenjoy the coffee instead. Thus, you can enjoy your life. 1. A. sorrow B. dream C. stress D. truth 2. A. guests B. customers C. fellows D. friends 3. A. carried B. arrived C. returned D. reached 4. A. adopt B. expose C. devote D
40、. help 5. A. noticed B. searched C. witnessed D. undertaken 6. A. sold out B. taken up C. brought in D. cut down 7. A. expensive B. various C. cheap D. beautiful 8. A. greedy B. selfish C. considerate D. normal 9. A. source B. answer C. point D. result 10. A. finds B. tells C. adds D. has 11. A. At
41、no time B. In most cases C. In no case D. At one time 12. A. even B. ever C. never D. hardly 13. A. Which B. That C. What D. Whether 14. A. so B. but C. and D. for 15. A. envying B. depositing C. talking D. winning 16. A. Love B. Future C. Life D. Failure 17. A. always B. just C. seldom D. almost 18
42、. A. quantity B. possession C. virtue D. quality 19. A. fail B. hesitate C. remember D. manage 20. A. salute B. distribute C. drive D. scare 非选择题部分 第二节 语篇语法填空(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词 的正确形式。 July 5，2005 Scotland The political leaders from eight of the worlds 1. (we
43、althy) nations will meet in Scotland this summer.They will discuss the topic of Africa 2. detail.There are many problems for African people 3. (solve) ， such as poverty ， sex education and health care administration.People from all over the world have demanded that leaders 4. (cancel) the debt of Af
44、ricas poorest countries to help them escape the 5. (pain) pasts. July 6，2005 London At 12：45 UK time today，London was 6. (announce) by the IOC in Singapore to be the host city for 7. 2012 Olympic Games.London now has the 8. (distinct) of being the first city 9. (host) the event three times.The good
45、news makes the people in London 10. delighted that they celebrate it everywhere. 第三节 短文改错（共 10 处错误，每处错误 1 分，满分 10 分） Dear Mr. Smith， Thank you very much for invite me to go and stay with you in Nanjing. Its the most beautiful city, and Ive been eager to see you again. So Im very sorry to tell you th
46、at I cant go this summer vacation, since Ive been promised to stay with my grandmother in the countryside. She is already 80 years old and miss me so much that I have no choice but do it. Im busy preparing for my college entrance exams in all these days, and I feel quite surely of myself. I wish I c
47、an go, and see you and Tom at the end this year. Best wishes for both you and Tom! Yours sincerely， Song Ping 第四部分第四部分 写作写作(满分满分 25 分分) 任务一：任务一：请根据提示，运用请根据提示，运用 UNIT 11 所学知识完成下面的小作文。所学知识完成下面的小作文。 1老师经常要求我们阅读英语文章以提高英语水平。(demand) 2我尝试读二十一世纪英文报(21st Century)，我觉得这份报纸 很适合我们学生。(attempt) 3报纸出版地点是北京，每周一期。(come out) 4版面内容包括国家大事、体育、娱乐、故事等。(consist of) 5我坚信只要我们多读，就会取得更大的进步。(as long as)