1、 Unit2 单元测评单元测评 (时间:120 分钟 满分:150 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。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.How does the man come here? A.By taxi. B.By bus. C.By car. 2.Why is Helen absent? A.She forgot to come. B.She wasnt invit
2、ed. C.She changed her decision. 3.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A.Husband and wife. B.Mother and son. C.Doctor and patient. 4.How much will the woman pay? A.20 dollars. B.12 dollars. C.2 dollars. 5.What does the man mean? A.He cant go to the cinema. B.He can go to the cin
3、ema on Saturday evening. C.He can go to the cinema on Saturday morning. 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。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、7 题。 6.When will the man go on holiday? A.In winter. B.In summer. C.
4、In spring. 7.Where is the man going? A.Italy. B.Switzerland. C.Austria. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10题。 8.What is the man? A.A physicist. B.A scientist. C.A salesman. 9.Where does this conversation most probably take place? A.On a train. B.On a plane. C.On a bus. 10.Why is the woman travelling? A.She will giv
5、e some lectures. B.She will visit a friend. C.She is on holiday. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13题。 11.Why is the woman calling? A.To book a table. B.To buy a table. C.To serve lunch. 12.When does this restaurant stop serving lunch? A.1 p.m. B.3 p.m. C.2 p.m. 13.How many people will come with the woman for lunc
6、h? A.Four. B.Two. C.One. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17题。 14.What is the man? A.A doctor. B.A nurse. C.A chemist. 15.What is wrong with the woman? A.She is too tired. B.She has a bad headache. C.She is ill from the rain. 16.What does the man tell the woman to do? A.Go around from time to time. B.Stay in bed a
7、nd take some medicine. C.Go to see him tomorrow morning. 17.Where does this conversation most probably take place? A.In the womans house. B.In the mans office. C.In a garden. 听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20题。 18.What does the speaker do? A.An animal doctor. B.A zoo keeper. C.A guide. 19.What is the speakers o
8、pinion about her job? A.Enjoyable. B.Well-paid. C.Easy. 20.What is the most interesting point of the speakers job? A.Taking care of animals. B.Working with children. C.Meeting different people. 第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A When we are kids,we
9、 dont know what we will overcome.At the age of thirteen,I fell ill.This illness lasted three years and I missed a lot of schooling.Doctors tried their best to help me as much as possible,but in the end this was something I just had to be used to.I felt little hope in life.However,in my junior year o
10、f high school,I had a turning point.I discovered my gift for writing and then I realized if I continued to let this problem hold me back,my dream would never come true.So my state of mind changed.Going through the difficulty also gave me the strong desire to write.Writing what mattered most to me he
11、lped me overcome what sickened me. During my freshman and sophomore(高中二年级的) year I did not learn much due to illness.So I became focused and determined and actually completed high school in two years instead of four.At the close of my junior year,I had straight As and became an honor roll student.Se
12、eing what I had accomplished,I realized that having disadvantages didnt mean it was impossible to achieve success. By becoming a writer,Ive become a reader.While performing community service at the library,I read to those who are less fortunate and unable to read.From pre-school children to the elde
13、rly,I enjoy my time reading to people of all ages.It is pleasing to see the awesome expressions on their faces as the words become a vision in their minds.Giving back is one of the greatest gifts you could give in life.It inspires me to write something people can learn from. 21.How did the author fe
14、el when he got ill? A.Optimistic. B.Nervous. C.Hopeless. D.Calm. 22.What led to the authors turning point in life? A.His efforts in study. B.His talent for writing. C.The change of his dream. D.The desire to read to others. 23.What can we learn about the author? A.The author enjoys imagining things.
15、 B.The author encourages others to read for life. C.The author wants to benefit others by writing. D.The author prefers to be a reader rather than a writer. B It amazed meevery time I saw Joe he was smiling.It didnt matter whether he had to stop at a stop light,or if he was the seventh person in lin
16、e at the bank,and the teller(出纳员) ended her job just before he got there.Joe always smiled.It made me wonder why he always seemed so happy. Having observed Joe with other people,I noticed something else too.Joe asked people how they were doing,and really seemed to listen to their answers.He showed p
17、ity to someone who was hurting,and had kind words,and offered to help in any way he could. It made me think what if I tried to smile more?An experiment began when I went to the supermarket.I smiled as I went up and down in the supermarket and people I didnt even know smiled back at me.Some even spok
18、e!The little kid in the cart who was giving his mother a hard time saw me smile;he stopped talking and then made a shy attempt at a smile.The man in the cart for the disabled needed help to reach for something,and I got it for him.The smile even transferred(转移)over to him,and he thanked me. As I dro
19、ve home,I was smiling.Now I know a smile is a small thing,but what if we all try to smile a few more times each day?I couldnt believe how great I felt.Nothing in my life had changed,but maybe it had.What I had learned was that such a small thing could lift not only my spirits,but also the spirits of
20、 those around me.So smile! 24.What do we know about Joe from paragraph 2? A.He has nothing to worry about. B.He lives a very hard life. C.He is kind and ready to help others. D.He often asks others to smile. 25.What experiment did the writer do? A.He smiled at others in the supermarket. B.He bought
21、people things in the supermarket. C.He helped anyone who needed help. D.He said kind words to others. 26.According to the passage,how was the writers experiment? A.It was a failure. B.It proved nothing. C.It was unacceptable. D.It was quite satisfying. 27.The writer wrote this passage most probably
22、to . A.explain why people smile B.tell us something about Joe C.tell us the true meaning of life D.suggest people smile more to others C The Most Beautiful Heart One day a young man declared that he had the most beautiful heart in the world.A large crowd flocked to admire his heart for it was perfec
23、t.There was not a flaw(瑕疵) in it. Suddenly,an old man appeared and said,“Why,your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old mans heart.It was full of scars.It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in,but they didnt fit quite righ
24、t,and there were several pointed edges.In fact,in some places there were deep holes where whole pieces were missing. The young man laughed and said,“Comparing your heart with mine,mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.” “Yes,”said the old man.“Yours looks perfect,but I will never trade my hea
25、rt with you.You see,every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love.I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them,and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces arent exact,I have some rough edges,which I cherish,beca
26、use they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away,and the other person hasnt returned a piece of his or her heart to me.These are the empty holes giving love is taking a chance. Although these cuts are painful,they stay open,reminding me of the love I have for
27、those people.I hope someday those people may return and fill the space.So now do you see what true beauty is?” The young man walked up to the old man,reached into his perfect heart,and ripped a piece out.He offered it to the old man. The old man placed it in his heart,then took a piece from his old
28、scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young mans heart.It fit,but not perfectly,as there were some rough edges. The young man looked at his heart,not perfect any more but more beautiful than ever,since love from the old mans heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side
29、. 28.The young man laughed at the old man in the beginning because he thought . A.his own heart was perfect while the old mans heart was ugly B.the old man was silly enough to misunderstand him C.young people should have a more beautiful heart D.he could command instant respect from the crowd 29.Why
30、 wouldnt the old man trade his heart with the young mans? A.He had exchanged his heart with somebody else. B.The young man refused to help people in need. C.He had a heart full of love shared with others. D.The young man was too vain to gain his trust. 30.The missing pieces in the old mans heart mea
31、nt . A.some people helped by the old man forgot to pay him B.giving love sometimes involved risks and hurt C.people who shared love should be grateful D.we should love a person without hurting ourselves 31.What made the young man feel his heart more beautiful than ever in the end? A.The moving story
32、 told by the old man. B.His fresh understanding of true beauty. C.Making good friends with the old man at last. D.The flowing love from the old mans heart into his. D At thirteen,I was diagnosed(诊断) with a kind of attention disorder.It made school difficult for me.When everyone else in the class was
33、 focusing on tasks,I could not. In my first literature class,Mrs Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it,all within 45 minutes.I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs Smith,you see,the doctor said I have attention problems.I might not be able to do it.” She glanced down at me through h
34、er glasses,“You are no different from your classmates,young man.” I tried,but I didnt finish the reading when the bell rang.I had to take it home. In the quietness of my bedroom,the story suddenly all became clear to me.It was about a blind person,Louis Braille.He lived in a time when the blind coul
35、dnt get much education.But Louis didnt give up.Instead,he invented a reading system of raised dots(点),which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind. Wasnt I the “blind” in my class,being made to learn like the “sighted” students?My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance.I com
36、pleted the task within 40 minutes.Indeed,I was no different from others;I just needed a quieter place.If Louis could find his way out of his problems,why should I ever give up? I didnt expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs Smith,so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next
37、daywith an “A” on it.At the bottom of the paper were these words:“See what you can do when you keep trying?” 32.The author didnt finish the reading in class because . A.he was new to the class B.he was tired of literature C.he had an attention disorder D.he wanted to take the task home 33.What do we
38、 know about Louis Braille from the passage? A.He had good sight. B.He made a great invention. C.He gave up reading. D.He learned a lot from school. 34.What was Mrs Smiths attitude to the author at the end of the story? A.Angry. B.Impatient. C.Sympathetic. D.Encouraging. 35.What is the main idea of t
39、he passage? A.The disabled should be treated with respect. B.A teacher can open up a new world to students. C.One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. D.Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges. 第二节(共 5小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 12.5分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Every perso
40、n has a great deal of love to give. 36 Here is a general guide to love. Say it.When you say the words “I Love You”,make sure you really mean it,and are willing to do anything for that special person. 37 If you love someone,you should understand how they feel,where they come from,and who they are.Rea
41、lise how they could also love you back just as well. Love unconditionally(无条件地).Giving unconditional love requires you to love without any expectations. 38 It seems difficult to only love and not demand anything in return in todays world where everyone is selfish.But even in this world we see many e
42、xamples of unconditional love,for example the love a mother gives to her child and the love between two life partners.To love unconditionally,you will have to learn to sacrifice yourself and your desires and also realise that someone may have a different way of showing his or her love for you. 39 Re
43、alise it can be lost.If you realise that you can lose the one you love,then you have a greater appreciation of what you have. 40 Dont make an idol of the person you love.This will place him or her under unnecessary pressure and will likely result in you losing him or her. Never stop loving.Even if y
44、ou have been hurt before,you should not stop giving love. A.Try loving just for the sake of love. B.Put yourself in someone elses shoes. C.There are many different ways to explain love. D.Think how lucky you are to have someone to love. E.Do not expect to be loved back in exactly the same way. F.It
45、does not make you a bad person to desire someone elses love. G.There are many different ways to love someone(or even yourself). 第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15小题;每小题 1分,满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 This morning,there was a young man from a mental illness house nearby coming to
46、our campus.I saw him 41 at the soda vending machine(自动售货机),looking for change in his pockets.It appeared that he didnt have enough 42 for soda at $1.5.I asked him how much he needed and he replied,“Just 2 quarters”.I reached into my pocket and 43 ,I had 2 lonely little quarters in my pocket.I gave t
47、he money to him and he was very happy and gave me the biggest 44 .I took him back to my office and gave him something to eat. Ive been 45 coins for several years in a can at the office.Im sure there was a(n) 46 amount of change in it.I 47 him the can and told him to change the coins into paper money
48、.I told him to make sure he 48 my can because it was meaningful to me.After a while,he brought the can back to me and 49 me $30 and some change.This was the contents of the 50 .He didnt understand that the money was 51 him and thought I just wanted him to do me a favour. We had a nice 52 about anima
49、ls,science,food etc.Then I handed him the $30 and change.I told him that I wanted him to 53 the money.He asked me why I was doing this for him.I replied,“You have a need and Im 54 that I can help.” Isnt it 55 what “just 2 quarters” can do?It made this young man happy,made me shed happy tears,and let
50、 him know that people care about him. 41.A.begging B.drinking C.standing D.working 42.A.time B.money C.space D.food 43.A.entirely B.exactly C.magically D.gratefully 44.A.smile B.fear C.partner D.present 45.A.counting B.saving C.donating D.searching 46.A.exact B.limited C.large D.full 47.A.lent B.sol