单元过关检测(一).doc

单元过关检测(一)

Unit 1　Getting along with others

(时间：100分钟，满分：120分)

Part Ⅰ　Language Knowledge(45 marks)
Section A(15 marks)
Directions：For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
1．(2014·长沙十五中高二期中)Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple，but it remains ________ whether they will enjoy it.
A．to see B．to be seen
C．seeing D．seen
2．(2014·株洲二中月考) I dislike ________ when others laugh at me in public or think poorly of me behind.
A．that B．it
C．those D．them
3．—How do you know the exact number of the deaths in the Japanese earthquake?
—________ the latest CCTV news.
A．In search of B．According to
C．As a result of D．On top of
The pianist Kong Xiangdong is believed________to the perfect combination of Chinese folk music and classic music.
A．to have contributed B contributing
C．to contribute D．having contributed
5．(2014·怀化三中高二期中)We had nothing to do but ________ on ourselves.
A．depending B．to depend
C．depended D．depend
6．Jim made________a rule not to borrow money from others all his life, and he kept it!
A．it B．that
C．what D．which
7．________ applying for hundreds of jobs，he is still out of work.
A．Rather than B．Despite
C．Because of D．Besides
8．(2014·常德淮阳中学高二期中)—My room gets very cold at night.
—________．
A．So is mine B．So mine is
C．So does mine D．So mine does
9．________ some people claim they can predict the future，there is no scientific basis behind it.
A．As B．Once
C．While D．Because
10．There is no ________ that I’ll apologize to him again.It’s totally his fault this time.
A．use B．wonder
C．way D．doubt
11．(2014·株洲二中月考)I ________ here in time，but I met an old friend of mine.I stopped and talked with him for some time.
A．shouldn’t have come B．must have come
C．needn’t have come D．could have come
12．Sense of happiness of citizens has little，________，to do with the size of a city.
A．if ever B．if any
C．if at all D．if anything
13．(2014·长沙十五中高二期中)I wanted to find a new boyfriend，but my best friend told me ________．
A．to do B．not to do
C．not to D．not doing
14．(2014·常德朗州高级中学高二期中) Bill suggested ________ a meeting on what to do for the project.
A．having held B．to hold
C．holding D．hold
15．To________good relationships with your teachers and classmates，you should learn to share ups and downs with them.
A．keep up B．add up
C．bring up D．take up
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Section B(18 marks)
Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He __16__，“You mean fortunately.”He explained that I should be glad of the __17__ exercise that the hill provided.
My __18__ to the hill has now changed.I used to __19__ as I approached it but now I tell myself the following.This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to __20__ and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally，I have a smile of __21__ as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We can’t achieve anything with a(n) __22__ life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to __23__ a university degree. She wrote，“Character can’t be developed in __24__ life.” Douglas Bader who had both legs amputated(截肢) was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying pilots.
Actually，for most of us，we may not __25__ such difficulties as Helen Keller and Douglas Bader both did. Since they both could overcome their own __26__，and achieved great success，we everyone also can. If we choose a positive attitude，I am __27__ sure that we can succeed.Just make up your mind when you meet difficulties.
16.A.reacted B．replied
C．criticized D．reflected
17．A.much B．proper
C．extra D．necessary
18．A.attitude B．access
C．entrance D．affection
19．A.climb B．confuse
C．comment D．complain
20．A.put on weight B．gain weight
C．lose weight D．take weight
21．A.satisfaction B．devotion
C．decoration D．caution
22．A.tough B．difficult
C．easy D．reasonable
23．A.gain B．drop
C．accomplish D．admire
24．A.happy and difficult B．funny and meaningful
C．kind and pretty D．peaceful and quiet
25．A.come about B．come across
C．come after D．come at
26．A.adventures B．fortunes
C．disadvantages D．hardships
27．A.timely B．frequently
C．formally D．definitely
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Section C(12 marks)
Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Every living thing in an ecosystem(生态系统) depends in some way upon other living and nonliving things in the ecosystem.
The living things in an ecosystem are 28.____________ producers or consumers.Producers don’t eat other living things.Producers make food.Green plants are called primary producers.Plants use nonliving nutrition，such as 29.____________ chemicals in soil and water to help them make food.They use energy in sunlight to make food.They also use carbon dioxide in air to make food.
Consumers are animals eating 30.____________ living things.Animals 31.____________ only eat plants are called herbivores(食草动物)．Herbivores are primary consumers.Rabbits，mice，32.____________ plant­eating insects are primary consumers.
Animals eating other animals are called carnivores(食肉动物)．Carnivores 33.____________ bears and hawks are secondary consumers.
Ecosystems also have decomposers(分解者)．Decomposers break 34.____________ dead plants，animals and animal wastes.They turn dead material and waste 35.____________ chemical nutrition.Plants take in the nutrition with their roots.They use the nutrition to make more food.
Part Ⅱ　Reading Comprehension(30 marks)
Directions：Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
When Boris left school，he could not find a job.He tried hard and pestered his relatives，but they had problems of their own.He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps.Boris grew annoyed，then depressed，then a little hardened.Still he went on trying and still he failed.He began to think that he had no future at all.
“Why don’t you start your own business？” one of his uncles told him.“The world is a money­locker.You’d better find a way of opening it.”
“But what can I do？”
“Get out and have a look round，” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way.“See what people want；then give it to them，and they will pay for it.”
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end.Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer.He worked hard，made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit.A few months later，he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself.He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good：in the wrong position，too expensive or with some other snag.But at long last，he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor­cycles.Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed.At last，Boris had managed to open the money­locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
36．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Goodwill is the key to success
B．The world is a money­locker
C．No education，no future
D．Difficulty of starting a small business
37．Which of the following best describes Boris’ job hunting experience?
A．Surprising.　　　　　　　 B．Encouraging.
C．Boring. D．Disappointing.
38．Boris start his career by ________．
A．cycling around the town
B．developing a waste ground
C．repairing cycles
D．buying empty shops
39．Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because ________．
A．it was not so expensive
B．he had a lot of old customers there
C．he could make good use of his skills there
D．there were good opportunities there
40．We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris ________．
A．still couldn’t make good profits
B．set off in a successful career
C．found a lot of gold coins by accident
D．had great difficulty running his business
B
For high school leavers starting out in the working world，it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find all internship(实习)．In some countries，schools have programs to help students onto the path to work.In the Unites States，however，such programs are still few and far between.
Research shows that if high schools provide career­related courses，students are likely to get higher earnings in later years.The students are more likely to stay in school，graduate and go on to higher education.
In Germany，students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships.German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment.
But in America，education reform programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world.Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four­year college track.Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable kids with no jobs and no skills.
Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teaching them valuable practical skills at high school.James Madison High School in New York，for example，encourages students to choose classes on career­based courses.The school then helps them gain on­the­job experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.
However，even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work，the job market is daunting．In the US，unemployment rates for 16­to 19­year­olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row.
“The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience，they become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job，”said Michael，a researcher in the US.
41．In the author’s opinion，American high school leavers ________．
A．have enough career­related courses
B．need more career advice from their schools
C．perform better in exams than German students
D．can get higher earnings in later years
42．According to Robert Schwartz，________．
A．there is no need for kids to go for higher education in the US
B．students should get contact with the working world at high school
C．education reform should focus on students’ performance in exams
D．teenagers in the US can’t miss out on the summer job experience
43．What can be inferred from the text?
A．Unemployment rates for US teenagers remain high at the moment.
B．Students with career­based courses never have problems finding a job.
C．US companies work with schools to prepare young people for future employment.
D．High school leavers with no practical skills can’t find a job absolutely.
44．What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Arguments about recent US education reform.
B．Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers.
C．The lack of career­based courses in US high schools.
D．Advice for American high school leavers.
45．The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 6 most probably means ________．
A．discouraging B．interesting
C．creative D．unbearable
C

Many people think that listening is a passive business.It is just the opposite.Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work.It is because they do not realize this，or because they are not willing to do the work，that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else.An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’．Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires，to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside，stepping_into_his_or_her_shoes．Moreover，since listening well involves bracketing，it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person.Sensing this acceptance，the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener.True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
Most of the time we lack this energy.Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well，what we are usually doing is listening selectively.Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder，as we listen，how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us.Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening，or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.
It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的)．In about a quarter of the patients I saw，surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法)，before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained.There are several reasons for this phenomenon，but chief among them，I believe，was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to，often for the first time in years，and for some，perhaps for the first time ever.
The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________．
A．experiencing the speaker’s inside world
B．directing the talk to the desired results
C．focusing on one’s own mind
D．preparing a topic list first
What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A．What to listen to. B．Problems in listening.
C．How to listen well. D．Benefits of listening.
According to the author，in communication people tend to ________．
A．open up their inner mind
B．set aside their prejudices
C．listen actively
D．listen purposefully
According to the author，the patients improved mainly because________．
A．they had partners to talk to
B．they knew the roots of problems
C．they knew they were tru