1、单 元 训 练 金 卷 高 三 英 语 卷 （ B）英 语 7 Units 3-5注 意 事 项 ：1 答 题 前 ， 先 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 准 考 证 号 填 写 在 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 上 ， 并 将 准 考 证 号 条 形 码粘 贴 在 答 题 卡 上 的 指 定 位 置 。2 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 每 小 题 选 出 答 案 后 ， 用 2B 铅 笔 把 答 题 卡 上 对 应 题 目 的 答 案 标 号 涂 黑 ，写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。3 非 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 用 签 字 笔 直
2、 接 答 在 答 题 卡 上 对 应 的 答 题 区 域 内 。 写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。4 考 试 结 束 后 ， 请 将 本 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 上 交 。第 卷第 一 部 分 听 力 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 30 分 ） 略第 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 ，
3、 并 在 答 题 卡上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。ANeed inspiration? Happy background music can help people get the creative juice flowing.Simone Ritter, at Radboud University in the Netherlands, and Sam Ferguson at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, have been studying the effect of silence and different types of
4、 music on how we think.They divided 155 volunteers into five groups. Four of these were each given a type of music to listen to while taking a series of tests, while the fifth group did the tests in silence. The tests were produced to judge two types of thinking: divergent thinking, which refers to
5、the process of creating new ideas, and convergent thinking, which is how we find the best solution to a problem. Ritter and Ferguson found that people were more creative when listening to music they thought was positive, coming up with more special ideas than the people who worked in silence.“We als
6、o performed other types of music that were sad, anxious and calm, and didnt see this effect,” says Ferguson. “It seems that the type of music present is important, rather than just any music.” In addition, no type of music helped convergent thinking, suggesting that its better to solve problems in s
7、ilence.Ritter and Ferguson write that their finding could be used to improve creative thinking in places like educational institutions or laboratories, but Irma at the University of Helsinki in Finland, says happy music may help creativity by setting off the release of dopamine, a brain chemical inv
8、olved in pleasure and relief. “Dopamine also increases creative thinking and goal-directed working,” says Irma. And she also thinks happy music may not help convergent thinking because this kind of thinking relies more on logic and less on creativity.21. How does happy background music help people w
9、ork?A. By making people enjoy the juice. B. By influencing peoples behavior.C. By inspiring people to work less. D. By improving peoples creativity.22. What can we learn from the passage?A. Dopamine can direct our convergent thinking.B. Divergent thinking helps find the best solution.C. Divergent th
10、inking helps produce the new ideas.D. Dopamine can reduce our divergent thinking.23. What could be the best title for the passage?A. Happy Music Makes You Lively B. Happy Music Excites Your CreativityC. Happy Music Keeps You Clever D. Happy Music Simplifies Your WorkBI was walking along the deserted
11、 main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to get in touch with the Automobile Association. Low gray clouds were drifting across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea.
12、It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.I could see no call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job
13、, but the town was completely dead.Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the towns only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint, I hurried forward but stopped in astonishment when I
14、 saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was very fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat and rubber boots. I could not see his facehe was bending forward over the phone with his back pressed against the glass and didnt even raise his head at the sound of my coming nea
15、rer and nearer. Carefully and surprisedly, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.24. The author was walking through the small seaside town _.
16、A. late morning B. before midnight C. early morning D. late evening25. The weather of the day was _, when the story happened.A. stormy, damp and clear B. windy, cold and cloudy C. rainy, cold and clear D. rainy, windy and cold26. Why was the author astonished when he saw that there was a man in the
17、call box? Because _.A. the man inside was still wearing a raincoatB. he didnt expect it to be taken upC. the man had his back with himD. the man did not seem to be moving27. The author waited, standing a few feet away from the box because _.A. it was bad manners to overhear others phone callsB. the
18、man didnt notice his comingC. he wanted to have a cigarette to calm himself downD. it was not safe to be close to the boxCWe once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.“You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sh
19、eets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sh
20、eets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. Im going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while anoth
21、er practiced looking serious, wise and rich.Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our post
22、er and let the space draw the viewers attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair c
23、hance, and then alwaysalwaysrewarding the same old winners.I believe I drew a sailboat, but I cant say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.Minutes passed.No one came along to give me the grand
24、 prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.I was still sitting at my desk, thinking. What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.28. What was the teachers requir
25、ement for the poster?A. It must appear in time. B. It must be done in class.C. It must be done on a construction sheet. D. It must include the words on the blackboard.29. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means _.A. formed an idea for B. made an outline forC. made some space f or D.
26、 chose some colors for30. After seeing the good students designs, some students _.A. loved their own designs more B. thought they had a fair chanceC. put their own designs in a corner D. thought they would not win the prize31. We can infer from the passage that the author _.A. enjoyed grown up trick
27、s very muchB. loved poster competitions very muchC. felt surprised to win the competitionD. became wise and rich after the competitionDHave you ever thought why there are very few great people? I think there is probably only one great person out of 10,000 at best and most probably much less than tha
28、t. Most people want to be great, right? But why only very few of them become great? Here is the reason: most people do not pay the price of greatness.I think this one is quite obvious. Now, the next question is: if there are so many people who want to be great, why only very few of them actually pay
29、 the price? The answer to the question explains the difference between the almost 100% people who want to be great and the much less than 0.01% people who actually can be so.The reason why very few people actually pay the price is this: the road to greatness is continuously painful for a long time.
30、Greatness requires sacrifices(牺牲) and there is no sacrifice without pain. This kind of sacrifice makes the process continuously painful for a long time. If you want to be good, it will be painful only every now and then and many people can still handle it. But being great is a totally different leve
31、l. The pain is much deeper and it is continuous. Very few people can endure this kind of pain and thats why there are very few great people. Most people naturally choose things that bring pleasure to them. Its unnatural to choose pain over pleasure, let alone doing it continuously for a long time.Bu
32、t thats what I believe is the secret to greatnesschoosing pain over pleasure continuously for a long time.32. The reason why there are very few great people is that _.A. only less than 0.01% people actually want to be greatB. most people have no ability to be greatC. most people are not willing to e
33、xperience the hardship to be greatD. only less than 0.01% people have the ability to be great33. Which of the following sayings would the author agree to according to the passage?A. No pains, no gains.B. Do one thing at a time and do well.C. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.D. Never put o
34、ff what you can do today until tomorrow.34. To be great, all that it takes is _.A. to suffer only every now and then B. to be very cleverC. to get along well with othersD. to choose pain instead of pleasure for a long time35. The underlined word “endure” in the passage is closest to “_” in meaning.A
35、. remain alive or continue to exist for a long timeB. be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complainingC. get over something unpleasantD. deal with something unpleasant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。Have you ever had the following experi
36、ence? You have been given the task of organizing a conference, which includes a must-do list about a mile long.There is the conference site, the guest list, the materials, the technology and even the food and drink to think about and plan. If you are beginning to feel the stress, slow down and take
37、a breath. 36 Write down your goals. You will need to clearly define what you hope to accomplish about this conference because this will shape the rest of your decisions. 37 Develop your budget. 38 Then break that budget into different parts such as the conferences site fees, material fees and speake
38、rs fees. Stick to your budget, and make sure your assistants are keeping their monetary(货币的) limits as well.39 When searching for locations, keep in mind the number of participants and the convenience of the location, including parking and the closeness to public transportation, airports and hotels.
39、 Your goal of finding a place to hold the conference should be making it as easy as possible for participants to attend.Seek help from the staff of the conference site. If you have chosen a site that is known for holding conferences, you can seek help from the staff there as organizing meetings is w
40、hat they do every day. 40 They should be able to answer any questions and provide advice when needed.Of course, full preparations also include a walk-through. Go to the site and meet with the staff the day before to be certain that everything is in place and to take care of any small details.A. Choo
41、se your conference site.B. Decide on a schedule for the meeting.C. Make full use of this important resource.D. Read the following skills to figure out how to organize a conference.E. Seek help from your colleagues to support every aspect of the meeting.F. Knowing what you want to achieve eases the s
42、tress of moving forward.G. You can do nothing without knowing how much money you have to spend.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 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。I remember believing in Santa when I was a very young girl. However, as I grew older, I learned ma
43、ny 41 that “proved” his nonexistence. Always 42 by nature, I was determined to use 43 to decide whether Santa Claus was 44 .The first year of tests 45 when I was 5. I decided that if I 46 all night on Christmas Eve, I could see if Santa really came down the chimney. 47 , that was a useless 48 . I fe
44、ll asleep that year, and when I woke up, I saw a 49 wrapped present under the 50 .At age 7, I came up with another test to see if Santa was real. That year, I didnt send out my Christmas letter to Santa because I wanted 51 for Christmas, but this turned into a plot. By then, I 52 knew Santa wasnt re
45、al, but I wanted enough 53 to support this. That year was 54 , because on Christmas Eve, my mother dragged me to our local Wal-Mart and led me around the toy section. I 55 to say a word, but did let my eyes 56 on a ballet set. I 57 that “Santa” wouldnt know what I wanted because he shouldnt be able
46、to read my 58 . However, mother would know everything that caught my eyes in the store. If I got the ballet set the next morning, I would have my evidence. Christmas morning, there was the ballet set, sitting under the tree again. 59 I didnt use it much, mother ended up returning it a few days later
47、. She 60 Santa was generous enough to leave a receipt. That was the end to my task to discover the existence of Santa.41. A. theories B. facts C. situations D. choices42. A. cautious B. typical C. curious D. independent43. A. data B. exams C. tricks D. tests44. A. real B. wise C. believable D. gener
48、ous45. A. worked B. happened C. succeeded D. failed46. A. called up B. turned up C. stayed up D. made up47. A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. However48. A. attempt B. suggestion C. effect D. struggle49. A. roughly B. clearly C. beautifully D. obviously50. A. bed B. tree C. chimney D. table51. A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something52. A. hardly B. never C. already D. usually53. A. evidence B. confidence C. idea D. experience54. A. amazing B. strange C. interesting D. admiring55. A. hated B. tried C. attached D. refused56. A. focus B.
