1、1第二单元测试卷（A）姓名班级 得分第 I 卷（选择题 共60分）一、听力（共20分）第一部分 听对话回答问题（计10分）本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。( ) 1. What time is it now?A. B. C.( ) 2. What does Davids father do?A. B. C.( ) 3. Which direction will the woman turn to when she gets to a
2、 hospital? A. B. C.( ) 4. Where was Alice yesterday? A. B. C.( ) 5. What are most probably on show in the exhibition? A. Some famous paintings. B. A lot of inventions. C. Many fashions.( ) 6. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. A mans full name.B. The telephone inventor.C. When the tel
3、ephone was invented.( ) 7. What problem does the boy probably have?A. He cant remember what he has learned in English class.B. He cant write programs.C. He cant listen carefully in English class.( ) 8. Why cant the girl go to the boys party?A. Because she doesnt know the way.2B. Because she will go
4、to her piano lesson.C. Because she will have an English lesson.( ) 9. What information can we get from what the woman says?A. Who Mother Teresa was.B. Where Mother Teresa helped others.C. Why she admires Mother Teresa.( ) 10. What does the girl want the boy to do? A. To carry her bag. B. To leave wi
5、th her. C. To carry the rocks.第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题（计10分） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。听一段对话，回答第1112小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入第一篇短文。( ) 11. When was Norman Bethune born? A. In 1890. B. In 1891. C. In 1912.( ) 12. What are they mainly talking about? A. Helping othe
6、rs. B. Going into space. C. Great people.听第一篇短文，回答第1315小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入下一篇短文。Flood warningCause It has been raining 13 so far.Result There will probably be a flood 14 .Advice People living 15 the town should move to a high place. ( ) 13. A. for seven weeks B. for half a mo
7、nth C. for a week( ) 14. A. this evening B. tomorrow evening C. tomorrow morning( ) 15. A. in the west of B. in the centre of C. in the east of听第二篇短文，回答第1620小题。( ) 16. When did Yang Liwei go into space?A. On 15 Oct. 2003. B. On 15 Oct. 2013. C. On 16 Oct. 2003.( ) 17. How many times did he circle ar
8、ound the Earth? A. 21. B. 14. C. 38.( ) 18. What time did Yang land safely? A. At 6:21 a.m. B. At 6:22 a.m. C. At 6:23 a.m.( ) 19. Where did Yang show that he was pleased with his job? A. On a bus. B. In the spaceship. C. On a plane.( ) 20. How long did Yang spend in training to become a spaceman?A.
9、 Ten years. B. Five years. C. 1,350 hours.二、单项选择（共15分，每小题1分） ( ) 21. He became astronaut and some years later he went into space.A. an; / B. a; a C. the; / D. an; the( ) 22. can help us to plant trees in the park tomorrow morning?A. Who you think B. Who do you thinkC. Whom do you think D. Whom you t
10、hink( ) 23. Have you him recently? No. He hasnt written to me for a long time.A. met with B. found out C. heard from D. thought of3( ) 24. Do you know who set up the worlds largest computer software company?Yes. It is . A. Thomas Edison B. Nelson Mandela C. Karl Marx D. Bill Gates( ) 25. The African
11、 lion is a very large cat, the king of the forest.A. worked as B. known as C. served as D. called as( ) 26. He is very glad that he has to make a delicious cake.A. succeeded B. finished C. come D. managed( ) 27. Mary, together with her two younger sisters, going to Beijing next week.A. is B. was C.
12、are D. were( ) 28. A document that shows you are allowed to do something is called “ ”. A. a record B. a report C. a licence D. a note( ) 29. Why didnt you answer my phone just now? Sorry, I in the kitchen.A. cooked B. is cooking C. has cooked D. was cooking( ) 30. Do you know when America ?A. was d
13、iscovered B. discovered C. is discovered D. has discovered( ) 31. Dont eat that apple. Its gone . A. red B. away C. bad D. out( ) 32. He ran too fast and was out of , so he fell onto the ground.A. way B. control C. condition D. use( ) 33. This is the factory we went to the day before yesterday.A. wh
14、ich B. if C. where D. when( ) 34. His line is busy now. Im sure he is talking . A. in the room B. on the airC. next to the river D. on the phone( ) 35. Do you know ? He is the person that invented the telephone.A. how is Alexander Bell B. who Alexander Bell isC. when Alexander Bell is D. if is Alexa
15、nder Bell三、完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）In America, where labour (体力劳动) costs are so high, “do-it-yourself” is a way of life. Many people 36 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses. 37 they may also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 38 that publishes childrens book
16、s with the help of computers. 39 other book companies also publish that way, this company is unusual. It “personalizes” (使个性化) the book by having the computer 40 the reader the main character in the book. Here is 41 they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. She has some pets and friends. The
17、 computer uses all the information to make up a story 42 pictures. The story is then printed up. “This book is about me,” a child who 43 such a book might say. So the company is called the “Me-Books Publishing Company”.44 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their picture
18、s, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 45 , in this way, children are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.( ) 36. A. make B. build C. buy D. repair( ) 37. A. Suddenly B. Only C. Once D. Soon( ) 38. A. director B. person
19、C. company D. computer( ) 39. A. However B. Although C. That D. Unless4( ) 40. A. make B. to make C. allow D. to allow( ) 41. A. what B. how C. why D. where( ) 42. A. with B. about C. for D. except( ) 43. A. prints B. borrows C. sells D. receives( ) 44. A. Writers B. Children C. Companies D. Friends
20、( ) 45. A. impossibly B. imaginative C. importantly D. inactive四、阅读理解（共15分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。APeople often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius (天才) of his age. There are only a few people in history, who have changed the lives of other people as much as the inventor
21、of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a chil
22、d he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But
23、 he knew, too, that thinking could give people enjoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand why someone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discover
24、ing the secrets of nature and using them to make people happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work. ( ) 46. What is genius according to Thomas Edison? A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work. C. Useful ideas. D. Useful inventions.( ) 47. How did Edison always
25、 deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them? A. To write down what he had learned. B. To carry out a new experiment.C. To make them useful in life. D. To share them with others.( ) 48. Edison couldnt understand .A. how anybody enjoyed life B. if anybody loved workingC. why anybody loved th
26、inking D. why somebody was tired of life( ) 49. Was Edison a good thinker or a good worker? A. He was a good thinker.B. He was either a good worker or a good thinker.C. He was a good thinker and he was a good worker, too.D. He was neither a good thinker nor a good worker.( ) 50. What does the last s
27、entence in the passage mean? A. Edison was born to be a great inventor.B. Edison was able to live another 100 years.C. Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.D. Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.BNoah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in America. Few people went to col
28、lege at that time, but Noah loved so much to learn that his parents 5let him go to Yale. Noah graduated in 1778. He wanted to study law, but his parents didnt have more money to send him to school. So, in order to make a living, Noah taught in some schools. Later he studied law. Noah didnt like Amer
29、ican schools. Sometimes 70 children of all ages studied in one-room schoolhouses with poor books and untrained teachers. Their books came from England. Noah thought Americans should learn from American books, so in 1783, Noah wrote his own textbook A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. Fo
30、r 100 years, Noahs book taught children how to read, spell and pronounce words. It was the most popular American book of its time. When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did that because Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words di
31、fferently. He thought that all Americans should speak in the same way. He spent over 27 years writing his dictionary. When Noah finished his dictionary in 1828, at the age of 70, the first American dictionary came out. It had 70,000 words. Noah did many things in his life. He wrote textbooks, edited
32、 (编辑) magazines and so on. When Noah Webster died in 1843, he was considered an American hero.( ) 51. What can we infer according to Paragraph 1?A. Noahs parents were not very rich.B. Nobody wanted to go to college at that time.C. Yale was the best middle school in America.D. Noah studied law in som
33、e schools.( ) 52. Why did Noah write his own textbook?A. Because there were too many children in one classroom.B. Because teachers were very old and not well trained.C. Because the books from England were very expensive.D. Because he thought Americans should use American books.( ) 53. Which of the f
34、ollowing is not mentioned in the passage?A. What Noahs textbook taught children.B. How long Noah wrote his own textbook.C. Why Noah wrote his own textbook.D. What the title of Noahs textbook is.( ) 54. What does the underlined phrase “came out” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean?A. was published B. w
35、as sold out C. was praised D. passed( ) 55. At what age did Noah die?A. 70. B. 75. C. 80. D. 85.CImagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You
36、 have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device (装置) which uses satellites (卫星) to find the users position (位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know w
37、here you are.GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have elect
38、ronic (电子的) maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell 6you the name of the street.There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group o
39、f satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.Some people think that in
40、 the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. It is becoming cheaper and more and more accurate (精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.( ) 56. According to the passage, with the help of the GPS
41、, people .A. cant be lost in a new cityB. cant find their way in different countriesC. can learn about the culture of an unknown placeD. can spend the least time getting to another place( ) 57. We can learn from the passage that .A. there are three parts to the GPSB. a GPS cant be put into a watchC.
42、 a GPS can help you start your carD. the GPS is becoming more and more expensive( ) 58. The underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”.A. Receivers B. GPS devices C. Satellites D. Ground stations( ) 59. The passage is mainly about .A. the history of the GPS B. the introduction of the GPSC. the
43、shape of the GPS D. the three parts of the GPS( ) 60. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?A. All GPS devices have electronic maps.B. People in many countries will use the GPS for free.C. The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites.D. The GPS will become more and more common
44、in everyday life.第II 卷（非选择题 共60分）五、填空（共15分，每小题1分）A)根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。61. There were also great (发明者) in ancient China. They invented many great inventions.62. He once (服役) in the army for ten years.63. The sea covers almost three-fourths of the Earths (表面).64. For (更进一步的) information, please
45、write to our company.65. This kind of medicine has been (广泛地) used and has saved many peoples lives.B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。66. Lets go out to the airport. The plane (land) ten minutes ago.67. “My son has won the first place in this maths competition,” she said to me with(proud).68. He opened the d
46、oor and (step) out of the room.69. She finished the difficult work on time (success).770. Dont send (message) with your mobile phone when in class.C)根据句子意思，用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空。71. Listen! What (happen) outside now?72. The kite was (spin) out of control in the sky.73. You can consider (do) it in a differ
47、ent way.74. All of us like the film (direct) by Feng Xiaogang.75. Hed rather (stay) at home at the weekend.六、根据汉语意思完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）76.他40岁时去世了。He .77.上个月他和谁结婚了？last month?78.为了买房，他们已经攒了一些钱。a house.79.他把业余时间都用在历史研究上了。He devoted the study of history.80.不要放弃希望。继续工作。. Work on.七、任务型阅读（共10分，每空1分）阅读下面的短文，根
48、据文中信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）Some people succeed, while others may not. This is because some people have certain qualities, which others do not have.The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic (乐观). If you do not expect to win, you will not try as hard as people who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear aim and a reason for doing something because motivation (动机) is a key to getting success. If you do not have an aim, then you
