1、 Unit4 单元综合测评单元综合测评 选择题部分 第一部分 听力略 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节(共 10 小题；每小题 2 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 On my first day of high school，I asked an eleventh- grader where my class was.And he told me it was “on the fourth floor，next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later th
2、at we dont even have a fourth floor and theres no pool either！Besides that，I didnt have any trouble with the older kid. I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load (工作量) and size of the school.I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hou
3、rs，so I had to learn how to make full use of time！ Our class size is around 550， but joining in clubs， sports，music，and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in every grade. The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself
4、，not just to get a good grade.There have been so many tests that Ive prepared for the night before.I have gotten an A， and not remembered anything later.Ive changed that this year， and I enjoy school so much more.Dont take easy classes just to have a simple year.If you have a choice between chemistr
5、y and sports，the first will prove to be a lot more useful! While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools，theyre also around in high schools.I have a lot of friends who promised theyd never drink or smoke，but are now partying every weekend.If you have “fun” and spend your nights
6、wasted instead of studying， you will regret it when youre applying for (申请) college.The“friends” who say youre a loser for not partying are really not your friends at all.Its hard to see your closest friends grow apart and go in different directions，but dont follow their footsteps.Create your own pa
7、th in life and make your own decisions. 21.What does the author think of high school? A.It requires hard work. B.There are very few activities. C.Its hard to meet new people there. D.There isnt enough time for homework. 22.The author advises high school students to . A.give up sports B.choose useful
8、 classes C.try their best to get good grades D.get ready for tests the night before 23.The last paragraph mainly tells us . A.about the trouble caused by drinking and smoking B.about the importance of making friends C.not to go to any party in high school D.not to lose ourselves in high school B As
9、a kid, Joanna Buckley wasnt interested in scienceuntil she had a chance to try it. That happened when she got a chemistry set as a gift. “Over the course of a few weeks, Id completed every experiment. But in the process, I polluted my parents dining room carpet and burnt the kitchen worktop with the
10、 spirit burner,” she says. Now science is Buckleys job. She works in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield in England. “I realize, firsthand, how important it is to have something or someone to show you why science is so great，” she says. Now the good news is that citizen scienc
11、e appears. Citizen science takes the fun of experimenting a step further than Buckleys at- home experiments. Thats because these experiments are real, looking for novel answers. “Compared with a oneoff experiment, whats cool about citizen science is that students get that this has a purpose，” says A
12、my Prunuske, who teaches microbiology and immunology at a medical college. “Students want to do a good job, because they know scientists are going to use the new data in their own research.” Jennifer Longs job is to coordinate (协调) education and outreach. She agrees with Prunuske. “Kids like that it
13、s real. And they like that its important, and that it matters.” Citizen science projects have made big discoveries. One found a previously unknown galaxy cluster (星系团). Another project helped assess how much damage a big earthquake had caused in Japan. And one of the first citizen science projects h
14、elped scientists learn where monarch butterflies go every winter. Some adults worry about teens losing interest in science. They hope that fun, exciting citizen science projects can help them keep engaged, Long says. And she has some evidence that its working. “Last year, we did have a couple of stu
15、dents say, I really think I want to be a scientist now” 24What is the purpose of Paragraph 2? ATo show experiments can make teens interested in science. BTo prove failure is the mother of success in science. CTo state that Buckley has a talent for science. DTo praise Buckley for her strong will. 25W
16、hy is citizen science more fun? AIt needs to seek for new solutions. BIt carries out experiments frequently. CIt must carry out experiments in groups. DIt is supposed to handle complex problems. 26What can we know from what Prunuske said? AShe participated in the experiment. BShe took pride in what
17、students took up. CCitizen science is popular with students. DScientists are willing to employ students. 27What is Longs attitude towards citizen science? AConcerned. BSupportive. CDoubtful. DUnclear. C Earthquakes strike suddenly at any time of the day or night， but theres no way to tell when.If an
18、 earthquake happens， it may cause many deaths， injuries and damage.So you need a good preparation ahead of time.Decide how and where your family will get together if separated.Choose an out- of- state friend or relative that the family members can call after the quake to report where they are and ho
19、w they are.Know the safe places in each room：under the strong tables，desks，or against inside walls.Keep enough food， water and other things， including a flashlight， a radio， medicines and clothing. During the earthquake，you should keep a clear head and never be too nervous to know what to do.Protect
20、 your head and neck with your arms.If possible， take a book， a pillow or any other things to protect yourself from falling glass and ruins.If you are indoors，you must immediately lie under any strong furniture.If outdoors， move to an open area away from trees， buildings， walls or power poles.If you
21、are in a narrow valley，move to the centre of it and look up for falling stones.If you are in a car，move to the side of the road and stop the car.Do not stop near buildings，power lines or on or under bridges.Stay in your car until the shaking stops. Do not move a badly injured person unless he is in
22、great danger after the earthquake.Do not use the telephone immediately unless there is a serious injury or fire.Turn on your radio for instructions and news reports.Be prepared for aftershocks.If you want to leave your home，post a message inside your home telling your family members where you can be
23、 found. 28.To prepare for an earthquake，we should make sure of . A.when an earthquake may happen B.the place where we can find our family C.how to receive instructions and news reports D.the money with which we can buy food and water 29.If we are driving when an earthquake happens，we should . A.find
24、 a strong building to hide in B.leave the car as soon as possible C.go on driving quickly to leave the area D.move to the side of the road and stop there 30.From the passage，we know that during an earthquake . A.we should keep calm and know what to do clearly B.the trees and walls can protect us if
25、we are outdoors C.we should protect our necks with a pillow or a book D.falling glass can be used to help us 31.After an earthquake，we should . A.move an injured person quickly B.use the telephone immediately C.turn on the TV to get news reports D.leave a message before leaving home D Ants know when
26、 an earthquake is about to strike, researchers have discovered. Their behavior changes significantly prior to the quake and they resume normal functioning only a day after it. Gabriele Berberich of the University of Duisburg- Essen in Germany presented these findings on Thursday at the European Geos
27、ciences Union annual meeting in Vienna according to Live Science. Berberich and her colleagues discovered that red wood ants preferred to build their colonies right along active faults in Germany. They counted 15,000 mounds (土堆) lining the faults. These faults are the places where the earth violentl
28、y bursts in earthquakes. Using a special camera that tracked changes in activity, Berberich and her colleagues tracked the ants round the clock for three years. They found that the ants behavior changed only when the quake was over magnitude (震级) 2. There were 10 earthquakes between magnitude 2.0 an
29、d 3.2 during this period, and many smaller ones. Humans can also sense quakes over magnitude 2 only. According to Berberich, normal ant activity consists of going about collecting food etc. during the day and resting in the night. But before an earthquake, the ants didnt go back to their mound in th
30、e night and moved around outside it. This strange and abnormal behavior continued till a day after the earthquake, Berberich told a news conference, according to Live Science. How do ants know an earthquake is coming? Berberich suggested that they could either be picking up changing gas emissions or
31、 noting tiny changes in the Earths magnetic fields (磁场). “Red wood ants have special cells which can detect changes in carbon dioxide levels. They also have special cells for detecting electromagnetic fields，” she said. Berberich and her colleagues are planning to continue the research in areas wher
32、e there are more and bigger earthquakes. 32Whats the meaning of the underlined word “resume” in Paragraph 1? AForm. BAvoid. CRecover. DImprove. 33Whats the function of the first paragraph? ATo lead to the main topic. BTo describe a new species of ant. CTo introduce a famous researcher. DTo tell how
33、to predict an earthquake. 34What happens to the ants before an earthquake? AThey have no appetite. BThey are too excited to rest. CThey get lost on their way home. DThey refuse to go inside their nests. 35What can we conclude from the last paragraph? AAnts can only detect smaller earthquakes. BThe r
34、esult of the research is completely reliable. CAnts may have two ways to predict earthquakes. DResearchers dont know how ants predict earthquakes. 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。 How to Be a Good Listener in Class Being a good student means being a good listener
35、. Whether youre a young student or entering college, its important to learn to pay attention in class and take good notes that will help you succeed. _36_. Be prepared for class When its time to go to class, make sure youve got everything that you need ready to go, so you wont have to miss anything
36、because youre struggling to catch up. _37_. In general, you need to make sure you have, for each class: notebooks, pencils already sharpened or pens that work well, books needed for class, assignments that are due and specialty stuff for a particular class. Look at the teacher _38_. When your teache
37、r is talking, your eyes should be to the front. Dont look out of the window, or at the kids next to you, or at the phone youre trying to hide under your desk. Look at your teacher and what is being presented. _39_ Concentrate on understanding the broad concepts, and dont try to catch every single wo
38、rd. Listen for key words and concepts that your teacher mentions, and pay attention to whats written on the board. Anything that the teacher takes the time to write down on the board is extremely important. Also, anything that is repeated multiple times is very important. Take good notes Have a diff
39、erent notebook for each class, and have some pencils or pens ready to go when you want to take notes. _40_. Its not necessary to have a total record of everything your teacher says. As long as you try to keep up and write down important ideas, taking notes is a good way of paying attention in class.
40、 AListen to important ideas BRemember what you hear COnly write down key words DGood listening starts with good watching EHave good note- taking materials ready to go FLearn to listen well and set yourself up for success by staying focused GYoull miss part of a lecture if youre trying to finish your
41、 homework before class starts 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 45 分) 第一节(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。 Earthquakes are common；thousands of them happen each day.But most are too 41 to feel.During a 42 earthquake， there is often a great noise first.Then the earth 43 terri
42、bly and many houses 44 down.Railway tracks break and trains go 45 lines; a great many factories are 46 ；thousands of deaths are caused，and many more lose homes. 47 the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 48 ，other disasters such as fires often 49 .More buildings are destroyed and more 5
43、0 caused. Man knows the 51 of a possible earthquake，and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes.More than 2，000 years ago， 52 ，a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 53 a machine which could find out from which 54 the seismic waves had come， and this machine is still 55 by scientis
44、ts today.Now we know much more about earthquakes and 56 they happen，but we still cannot 57 exactly when and where an earthquake will happen，and cannot 58 it from happening.So earthquakes are among the 59 disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. 60 ，scientists can help stop earthq
45、uakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths. 41.A.extreme B.weak C.frightening D.frequent 42.A.real B.exact C.big D.small 43.A.moves B.shakes C.jumps D.breaks 44.A.get B.put C.set D.fall 45.A.off B.on C.into D.behind 46.A.burst B.struck C.destroyed D.buried 47.A.Except B.Besides C.Inst
46、ead of D.Because of 48.A.lonely B.later C.themselves D.itself 49.A.follow B.copy C.come D.enter 50.A.quakes B.deaths C.difficulties D.results 51.A.information B.questions C.dangers D.frights 52.A.as a result B.in fact C.for example D.as well 53.A.invented B.discovered C.found D.bought 54.A.nation B.
47、direction C.item D.pace 55.A.improved B.repaired C.protected D.used 56.A.where B.when C.what D.why 57.A.persuade B.tell C.express D.point 58.A.frighten B.prepare C.prevent D.rescue 59.A.worst B.best C.most D.fastest 60.A.However B.But C.And D.So 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 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
48、括号内单词的正确形式 Living beside an active volcano(火山) means that small earthquakes are not unusual.Everybody here knows 61. they feel like，and they come 62._no surprise to the local people.For me，theyre a little different，though. What do you do when theres an earthquake？Most people would try to leave the b
49、uilding.I live on 63. third floor of a flat with several more stores above menobody wants 64. (trap) under that after an earthquake.I guess，if an earthquake came，I would probably just panic rather than think about what I need to do， such as hiding somewhere or 65. (run) out of the building. I had ne
50、ver felt an earthquake until last week.There was a small earthquake 66._ could hardly even be called an earthquake.I was not really 67._(frighten).To feel the earth move like that was just strange.Of course，it 68. (last) only a few seconds.I have spoken to the local people since the event and 69. (l
