1、 UNIT3 FASCINATING PARKS（单元测试卷）（单元测试卷） (满分：120 分 建议用时：120 分钟) 第一部分 阅读(共两节， 满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 25 分， 满分 375 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 The city of San Francisco is a wonderful tourist attraction that offers many different things to see and do. The best way for a traveler to get a
2、good look at the city is to take one of the many different tours there Walk to Tour the City When touring the city by walking, you arent going to walk much. Whats more, there are far more benefits. This kind of tour allows you to see as many buildings of the city as possible. A tour of the city on f
3、oot usually focuses on a more localized neighbourhood level, which can be very interesting in a number of different ways. Hit the Waters of San Francisco Bay The waters of San Francisco Bay have played an important role in the citys development over the last century. Touring San Francisco from the w
4、ater is completely unique way for you to see this wonderful city. Take a Bus Tour If you want to see a wide variety of attractions from all over the city, one of the best things you could do is to book a tour through our company that offers services here. A bus tour of San Francisco is one of the mo
5、st complete ways to experience the city. Tour San Francisco From the Air While it is one of the most expensive ways to see San Francisco, touring the city from the air is one of the most unique and exciting ways to see the city. Seeing the city from high above allows you to get a full view of the ci
6、ty as tour guides point out attractions from high above. If you do decide to tour San Francisco by air, youll be creating memories that you wont forget forever. We are a travel agency, providing high- quality services and discounts. For more information, please click here. 1How should you tour San F
7、rancisco in order to appreciate its buildings? ABy air. BBy bus. COn foot. DBy boat. 2What can we learn about the waters of San Francisco Bay? AThey have high- quality sea water. BThey are explored on a localized level. CThey were not in use until the last century. DThey have helped the city to deve
8、lop. 3Where can we most probably read this text? AIn a magazine. BIn a newspaper. COn a website. DOn TV. B Fifty years ago I had a young family of three boys. My husband Johnny and I left them with a friend while we made a rare trip to the cinema in Liverpool. It was dark and pouring with rain but w
9、ith the headlights shining on the road, we saw something ahead of us. Johnny pulled to a stop and I jumped out, ran to the grass edge and grabbed a small, wet, and frightened creature. I wrapped it safely in my woollen hat and insisted that my husband turn back and head for home. We thought it was a
10、 baby rabbit because it had long ears and was grayish- brown in colour. Once home, we filled a box with torn- up newspaper and a warm towel. We named our new animal Bobsy as we had no idea of its sex. Sadly though, on the third day with us, it caught its back foot in a door and we quickly realised i
11、t was broken. We rushed to the vet(兽医), who said, “Its only a rabbit. Ill put it to sleep. ” Our response was a very determined, “No way！” We found another vet and told that she was a baby hare. We were told we should continue to keep her in her box for a week and her foot would heal. After her reco
12、very, Bobsy learnt to use the kitty litter tray. She would comb her long ears with her front paws. The local paper heard about this and came to our house to take her photo and write a story about her. We had her for seven wonderful years before we moved to New Zealand and we will never forget her. 4
13、Why did Johnny stop his car suddenly? AHe came across a friend. BThe headlights went out. CHis car broke down on the road. DHe noticed something in front of him. 5What happened to the little animal on its third day with the family? AIt slept on a door. BIt was stuck in a door. CIts foot got seriousl
14、y injured. DIt fell off from the top of a door. 6Which best describes the familys attitude towards the rabbit? AConsiderate. BCruel. CHopeless. DIndifferent. 7What is the passage mainly intended to do? ATo tell the importance of protecting small animals. BTo remember unusual experiences with a small
15、 rabbit. CTo persuade people to give generously and receive thankfully. DTo make the rabbit widely known to local people by paper. C I have traveled to many places the jungles where the water is unsafe; places with the wildest animals. Friends always ask why I, a middle- aged woman with no athletic
16、talent, go to such places. I never know how to answer just I want to put my toes in the mud of adventure. I stopped traveling nine years ago after I suffered a stroke(中风) caused by a disease, APS. To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me that traveling to remote places without medical help woul
17、d be risky. A slip on a damp temple step, even a slight traffic accident, would no longer be mere annoyances. My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps a feast in Texas; a visit to my mom in Virginia. They all came back, the freedom, the excitement and the fresh air. The first real test
18、 of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband in visiting China. After we had toured a temple, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan(平底雪橇). Before the stroke it would have seemed like fun for me. But now I stepped back. I feared. My mind screamed warnings of a fall
19、 or a crash. Then gathering confidence from nowhere, I lowered myself and took the flying toboggan ride, which marked my adventure travels coming back. Since then, Ive dared to take challenges and have challenged many places. But I watch my medicine like an eagle. I get my blood tested. I weigh the
20、risks. Then, if I decide its okay, like that toboggan ride down the mountain, I just jump in, let go and enjoy the ride. I think I travel for hoping to broaden my world and keep me connected with friends and families. Most of all, saying “yes” to travel is related to my APS. If I let myself be afrai
21、d to travel, then my APS will win. 8How do the authors friends react to her adventures? AThey try to stop her. BThey dont understand her. CThey admire her. DThey are inspired. 9What do we know about the authors return to travel? AShe followed her doctors advice. BShe gradually overcame challenges. C
22、She was encouraged by her husband. DShe got more enthusiastic about toboggan. 10What does the visit in China mean to the author? AA turning point. BA fun experience. CA health alarm. DA life- and- death test. 11Whats the main reason for the author to continue her adventures now? ATo relax herself. B
23、To broaden her mind. CTo keep herself connected. DTo fight her disease. D Can I talk about salary at work? In a word: yes. As the HR company Insperity put it in a recent blog post: Can your employees discuss their salaries or wages with their co- workers? Yes. Even if you have a company policy again
24、st it? Yes. The freedom to discuss your salary at work is a protected right under the labor law. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 protects your right to discuss the conditions of your employment, including issues related to safety and pay, even when youre not protected by a union. Talking ab
25、out salary with colleagues can be uncomfortable, since theres such a taboo about discussing money matters, but its an important step towards achieving equal pay for equal work. One barrier, however, stems from how we think of our own financial worth. Too many people I talk to wrongly consider their
26、salary a reflection of their worthiness, a statement about their skills, experience, or value. At the end of the day, if we can all separate our selfworth from our salaries a bit more, itll become easier to talk frankly with our colleagues. Asking about money outright can be tough, so one trick Ive
27、picked up along the way is to ask for your colleagues to confirm or deny. For instance, you might volunteer your salary first and ask “Does that sound right to you? ” by way of comparison. Or, lets say youre interviewing for a promotion to become a manager. You might ask a fellow manager about the k
28、ind of salary you should expect by saying, “Im seeing salaries for this kind of position ranging from $65， 000 to $70， 000 does that seem accurate to you？” This way, even if your colleague isnt comfortable sharing their salary outright, they can help you identify if your expectations are appropriate
29、. 12What makes co- workers uncomfortable to talk about salaries? AThe safety issue. BThe labor law. CThe wrong idea about salaries. DThe reflection of their worthiness. 13What does the underlined word “taboo” in Paragraph 3 refer to? AA prohibited practice. BA firm belief. CA general agreement. DA s
30、ocial custom. 14What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 4? AOne of my interview experiences. BMy way of asking about money. CThe method of raising questions. DAn example of getting promoted. 15What can be the best title for the text? AHow to Discuss Salaries at Work BWays of Talking About Salaries
31、CDo Salaries Stand for Self- worth? DCan Salaries Be Talked About at Work? 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 25 分， 满分 125 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。 Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical(亚热带的) wilderness in the country. _16_ It is also the third largest national park in the lower fort
32、y- eight states, after Death Valley and Yellowstone. Each year, more than one million people visit the Everglades. _17_ The expansive wetlands stretch across more than six hundred thousand hectares. It is a place where plants and animals from the Caribbean Sea share an ecosystem with native North Am
33、erican species. Unlike most other national parks, Everglades National Park was created to protect an ecosystem from damage. The Everglades is home to about fifteen species that federal officials say are threatened and endangered. 18 In addition, more than three hundred fifty bird species and three h
34、undred species of fresh and saltwater fish live within the park. The Everglades is also home to forty species of mammals and fifty reptile species. _19_ They include what is said to be the largest growth of mangrove trees in the western world. Gumbolimbo trees, known for their peeling red skin, stra
35、ngler figs and royal palms are also among the areas plant life. The countrys largest living mahogany tree also lives in the Everglades. In recent years, environmental experts have learned about the damage to the Everglades. They say the balance of nature there has been destroyed. 20 However, efforts
36、 to protect the area are continuing so people from all over the world may continue visiting this biological treasure. AThe future of the Everglades is not clear. BVisitors to the Everglades will see many exotic plants. CThe park is home to several rare and endangered species. DExperts believe that t
37、he Everglades has a very bright future. EThe park is very beautiful and attracts millions of tourists every year. FThey include the Florida panther, the American crocodile and the West Indian manatee. GThe Everglades is considered one of the great biological wonders of the world. 第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30
38、 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。 I always remember one Christmas when we_21_ outside of town. My older brother had a job in a different city but he always made it home to _22_ the holidays. During the few days before Christmas Day, we _23_ a violent snowst
39、orm with powerful winds. It was so bad that the country road was almost impassable. The day before Christmas was more _24_ than I had ever imagined. My older brother was stuck at a strangers home where he had been _25_ to stay overnight because of the storm. The person was _26_ enough to let him sta
40、y until morning. But, the _27_ was that he couldnt get his car to start and there was no assistance available. So, my dad and I _28_. We were lucky enough to make it to where my brother was _29_. After his car warmed up, he thought it much wiser to head back to his place rather than try and make it
41、home for Christmas. So we headed in _30_ directions. The drive back got even worse. We got stuck in a huge snowdrift. A(n) _31_ had to be made. We placed a shovel(铲子) about ten feet behind the car to warn anyone else that there was an obstruction(障碍物) ahead. We left the cars in the _32_， wrapped(包裹)
42、 blankets around our heads and _33_ on top of the snowdrifts. We made it about a mile up the road to a neighbours farmhouse where we _34_ for the next mile walk home. We all made it safely home that night. Christmas was very special that year. It didnt matter if there were _35_ or not under the tree
43、 the next morning. We each got our gift the gift of life, home with our family safe and sound. What better gift is there? None. 21A. hid Blived Crelaxed Dwaited 22A. remember Bdevelop Ccelebrate Dcollect 23A. predicted Bdiscovered Cremembered Dexperienced 24A. popular Benjoyable Cimportant Dmemorabl
44、e 25A. ordered Bforced Cinvited Drefused 26A. kind Bstrict Csmart Dcurious 27A. fact Bresult Cproblem Dmessage 28A. gave in Bset out Cmoved on Dturned back 29A. working Bwaiting Csleeping Dstudying 30A. desired Bsimilar Copposite Dforward 31A. excuse Bpromise Cchange Ddecision 32A. snow Bgarage Cchu
45、rch Dbackyard 33A. danced Bdrove Cwalked Dstayed 34A. woke up Bgot out Clooked out Dwarmed up 35A. rewards Bmeals Cleaves Dgifts 第二节(共 10 小题；每小题 15 分， 满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文， 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Palace Museum，36_(know) as the Forbidden City, welcomed 37_(it) 17 millionth visitor on December 13,
46、 becoming the museum with the most visitors in the world. The number of visitors has continued growing since it 38_(reach) the milestone with 10 million in 2009There is 39_ increase of 625% from last year in the number of visitors. Although the Palace Museum has limited daily visitors 40_(protect) t
47、he ancient architecture, the number of off- season visitors has grown 41_(steady) this year. Over the last decade, the museum has produced more than 10，000 cultural items 42_(range) from notebooks to lipsticks. The official Weibo account of the Palace Museum, with more than 6 million followers, 43_
48、keeps showing the palaces charm of four seasons by posting beautiful 44 _ (photo) regularly, plays an important role in interacting with the young people and promoting the museum. The fundamental reason why the Palace Museum has become so popular among young people is that it strikes the right balan
49、ce between preserving history 45_ providing many interesting interactive displays. 第三部分：写作(共两节， 满分 40 分) 第一节(满分 15 分) 假如你是李华，你的加拿大朋友 Mike 在与你同一城市的国际学校读书。你收到他的邮件了解到他最近因为一次考试不及格而烦恼，请根据以下内容给 Mike 写一封回信。内容包括： 1宽慰； 2给予改进学习的建议(查找失败原因，向老师求助)； 3邀请周末去打篮球。 注意： 1词数 80 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3作文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 D
50、ear Mike， _ Yours， Li Hua 第二节(满分 25 分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Ariana caught another whiff(难闻的味道) and tried to hold her breath. She moved away slightly, but Ashley only moved closer and continued talking. Ariana felt trapped. She wanted badly to tell Ashley that she didnt smell very go