1、优质文档优质文档单元测评(一) Unit 1 Festivals around the world(时间：90 分钟 满分：110 分)第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节 语法和词汇知识(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1_ Dragon Boat Festival in China is held in _ memory of the famous poet, Qu Yuan.A. /; / B. The; theC. The; a D. The; /答案与解析 D 由普通名词转化成的专有名词
2、the Dragon Boat Festival，冠词 the 不能省去。in memory of 是固定短语，意为“纪念” 。2Although it was the first time for them to meet, it was _ they had known each other for years.A. even though B. as soon asC. as though D. as long as答案与解析 C 句意：尽管这是他们第一次见面，但他们好像认识很多年了。as though“好像” ，符合句意。even though“即使” ； as soon as“一就”
3、 ； as long as“只要” 。3Great changes _ in my hometown in the past 30 years and many villagers are living a happy life today.A. took place B. were taken placeC. have taken place D. have been taken place答案与解析 C take place 不能用于被动语态，故排除 B、D 两项；时间状语 in the past 30 years 常与现在完成时连用，故选 C 项。4You should forgive
4、your grandfather _ his forgetfulness; after all, he is over seventy.A. from B. forC. of D. over答案与解析 B forgive sb. for (doing) sth.“宽恕某人(做)某事” 。5 The new film is on this week, isnt it? It _ be. I will surf the Internet and find out.A. might B. needC. can D. must答案与解析 A 根据答语可知说话人还需要上网查实此事，故用 might，表示
5、某事发生的可能性。must 表示推测时，语气较肯定。优质文档优质文档6 Where does your little daughter want to go during her holidays? She always looks forward to _ to the Wutai Mountain.A. take B. takingC. being taken D. be taken答案与解析 C look forward to doing sth.中 to 是介词，后接动词ing 形式，又因 she与 take 之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故选 C 项。7Mr. Lee hasnt arri
6、ved. But its already 9 oclock. He should _ at any time.A. bring up B. turn upC. look up D. pick up答案与解析 B turn up“出现；到场” ，符合句意。bring up“扶养；培养；教育；提出” ； look up“查找” ； pick up“拣起；拾起；(开车)去接某人” 。8It seems that Peters sister is a(n) _ lady, for she always works more than 12 hours a day.A. confident B. sen
7、sitiveC. lively D. energetic答案与解析 D 由 for she always works more than 12 hours a day 可知选 energetic(精力充沛的)。9Later, the naughty boys _ to the English teacher for having played a trick on her the other day.A. apologized B. introducedC. turned D. complained答案与解析 A 句意：后来，那些调皮的男孩为不久前的一天戏弄英语老师“道歉(apologized
8、)”了。10(2013赣州十二县高一检测)When we worked in the same office, we _ often have lunch together.A. would B. shouldC. could D. ought to答案与解析 A 句意：当我们在一个办公室工作时，我们常在一起吃午饭。would 表“过去常常做某事” ，符合句意。11Though _ of the danger of hiking in such weather, the young men still wouldnt give up their plan.A. reminding B. rem
9、indedC. being reminded D. having reminded优质文档优质文档答案与解析 B 由于 remind 与其逻辑主语 the young men 之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用其过去分词形式。Though reminded of .相当于状语从句 Though they were reminded of .。12 Do you still believe in your roommate? Yes. I always hold the belief _ he is an honest fellow.A. what B. whetherC. that D. which
10、答案与解析 C hold the belief that .表示“相信” ， that 引导同位语从句。13After 10 years of hard work, the lady has turned into a movie star, _ she dreamed of becoming in her childhood.A. whose B. whatC. that D. which答案与解析 D 先行词是 movie star，引导词需在定语从句中充当 becoming 的宾语，应用which 或 that; 从句与主句间有逗号分隔，是非限制性定语从句，所以只能用 which。14C
11、hristmas used to be a western festival, but now it _ by people all around the world.A. is celebrated B. is to celebrateC. is celebrating D. has been celebrated答案与解析 A 主语 it(指代 Christmas)是 celebrate 所表示动作的承受者，故用被动语态；这里用一般现在时表示经常性、习惯性的动作。15 Hello, may I speak to Jack? _. May I take a message?A. Hold o
12、n, pleaseB. Ill ring him laterC. Sorry, he isnt here nowD. Just a moment, please答案与解析 C 从答语的后半部分 May I take a message？可知 Jack 当时不在，不能接电话。A、D 项表示“请稍等一下” ，B 项表示“我再打给他” ，均与句意不符，故只有 C 项符合句意。第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Kelly and Steve were excited. They
13、 were on holiday with their family in a fantastic place Rio in Brazil. The hotel was wonderful and it was near the beach! It was carnival time and that night there was a big _16_ in the street. Everyone had wonderful clothes _17_ different colours. Kelly and Steve wanted to go to the party, _18_ the
14、y went to a shop and bought some carnival clothes.优质文档优质文档When they _19_ at the hotel, they saw a tall, elegant woman in a black dress. She was _20_ diamonds on her fingers, shoes, clothes and in her hair. They _21_ from the manager she was Diana Diamond the famous film star and the diamonds _22_ th
15、ousands of pounds!At eight oclock Kelly and Steve were well _23_ for the party and went to the _24_ with their parents to have dinner. Suddenly they heard someone _25_.“Oh! My diamonds they are _26_！” Diana Diamond ran into the room and _27_.Kelly and Steve went out of the hotel. They saw a man in a
16、 black cat costume running away with the _28_. In the street there were thousands of people wearing _29_ costumes. It was _30_ to see him because of the party in the street.“There he is！” shouted Steve. “Hes going towards the mountain！”The black cat _31_ faster and faster but suddenly he stopped and
17、 fell to the ground. Kelly and Steve sat on the _32_ and he couldnt move. The police arrived and took him away to _33_. Kelly and Steve took the diamonds back to the hotel and gave them back to Diana Diamond. To show her _34_， Diana Diamond invited them to come to her extra special carnival party on
18、 the roof of the hotel and it was the best carnival party _35_！16A. meeting B. gatherC. party D. ball17A. in B. on C. with D. for18A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. besides19A. arrived B. reached C. got D. returned20A. dressing B. wearing C. having on D. putting on21A. knew B. understood C. re
19、alized D. learned22A. paid B. spentC. cost D. took23A. prepared B. changedC. sent D. called优质文档优质文档24A. store B. restaurant C. grocery D. market25A. singing B. cheering C. laughing D. screaming26A. broken B. robbed C. gone D. lost27A. cried B. whispered C. greeted D. declared28A. costume B. diamonds
20、 C. woman D. cat29A. colorful B. beautiful C. pretty D. lovely30A. easy B. difficult C. obvious D. exciting31A. walked B. drove C. rode D. ran32A. ground B. street C. man D. stone33A. station B. hotel C. prison D. crowd34A. thanks B. sadness C. happiness D. regrets35A. never B. ever C. even D. still
21、答案与解析 16C根据前面信息可知此时是狂欢节，而且下文也提到人们在举行晚会来庆祝。故选 C 项。17A 表示在某方面，应该用 in。这里指不同颜色的衣服。18B 根据前面的信息很容易判断出此处表示因果关系，故用 therefore。19A 根据后面的 at 可知此处应选 arrived。20B “wear”一词除了表示“穿戴”状态外，还可以表示“佩戴首饰” 。21D 根据 from the manager 可知此处表示“得知” ，故选 D 项。22C pay“支付”与 spend“花费”通常用人来作主语；而 take“需要”意义不符，只有cost“价钱为；需花费”用物作主语，所以答案选 C
22、项。23A 他们兄妹为晚会做好了充分的准备，所以选 A 项，此处表示状态，而不是动作。优质文档优质文档24B 根据下文 have dinner 可知应该是在餐馆里。25D 由下文可知迪安娜丢了钻石，她发现后肯定会 screaming“尖叫” 。26C gone“丢失的；不见的” ；而 lost 强调“遗失；迷路” 。此处表示钻石被偷，应该是不见了，所以选 C 项。27A 根据 25 空可知此处表示大声喊叫，应用 cry 一词，再根据 and 不难看出此处缺少并列谓语动词。所以 A 项为正确答案。28B 迪安娜丢失了钻石，这个黑衣盗贼肯定是带着钻石逃跑。29A 文章第 2 个空已经告诉我们来参加
23、晚会的人们穿着不同颜色的衣服，所以应用colorful 一词表示“五彩缤纷的” 。30B 因为街上满是狂欢的人们，所以追赶小偷就很难了。31D 小偷怕被抓，肯定疯狂逃跑，文章并没有交代小偷开车或骑车。32C 前文交代小偷在跑的过程中摔倒，这兄妹两人赶快坐到小偷身上把他抓住。33C 警察抓住小偷后会把他送往监狱。故 C 项为正确选项。34A 凯莉和史蒂夫帮助迪安娜找回了丢失的钻石，她肯定会表示感谢。35B 根据句意：这是他们过得最好的狂欢节，根据最高级可以知道，此处表示“曾经”之意，故用 ever。第二部分 阅读理解(共两节；满分 30 分)第一节 (共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20
24、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。AYasmin Eisenhauer, a teacher at Lowell School, told her class last fall that they were going to make the trees on their school grounds talk.“What? How are we going to do this？” thought Lusya Mae Engen, a student in Yasmins class.But the kids soon learned what
25、their teacher meant.“Were trying to get people to talk with the trees through technology， ” said Lusya.First, the students picked their own trees. Then, each student had to learn all about his or her tree, like how tall it was, how the trees leaves felt and looked, and during what season it flowered
26、. To get all the information, they used the Internet and some math.Next, the students wrote what they had learned about their trees and they recorded their own voices talking as if they were their trees, telling people all about who they were. That was the technology part.优质文档优质文档“It was really cool
27、 to connect technology with nature， ” said Azur Walla, another student in the class.The kids named their trees things like Dog N Woods, Harlo Tree or Freddy. They also added their own creative voices to the project, and asked people looking at the trees to sing a song in their shade (阴凉处) or give th
28、e trees a hug (拥抱)“My name is Charlotte. I was given this name by my friend Brooke. She is really nice and tries to visit me every day. What is your name？” Then “Charlotte” tells the listener all about her leaves, and how big she is. She ends by saying: “I hope you come back to visit me because of c
29、ourse I cant come to you.”The project took a whole year to complete. The kids met about once a week to work on it. Now visitors can visit the Lowell school grounds during offschool hours and take the tree tour with their cellphones by calling a phone number that is on a sign next to 22 trees.语篇解读 本文
30、是说明文，文章主要介绍了一所学校的学生在老师的引导下如何让树“说话” 。36How did Lusya feel when she heard what her teacher said?A. Disappointed. B. Surprised. C. Worried. D. Excited.答案与解析 B 推理判断题。根据第二段的“What? How are we going to do this？”可知，Lusya 听到老师说的话后感到很吃惊。37According to the text, Charlotte is _.A. the tree Brooke pickedB. a vis
31、itor to Lowell SchoolC. the organizer of the projectD. Brookes classmate and friend答案与解析 A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“I was given this name by my friend Brooke”和“tells the listener all about her leaves”等信息可知， Charlotte 是 Brooke选中的一棵树。38To carry out the project, the students have to _.A. become very creativeB. i
32、mprove their math skillsC. know a lot about new technologyD. be quite familiar with their trees答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第五段的“had to learn all about his or her tree”优质文档优质文档可知答案。BMy name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor
33、 named Claudius. I didnt like Emperor Claudius, and I wasnt the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have g
34、uessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposte
35、rous! I certainly wasnt going to support that law!Did I mention that I was a priest (牧师)? One of my favourite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candl
36、elit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers. One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. I was thrown in jail and told tha
37、t my punishment was death.I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.On the day I was to die, February 14,269 AD. I le
38、ft my friend a little note thanking a girl, who helped me keep my spirits up, for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, “Love from your Valentine.”39Valentine was put in prison because _.A. he secretly got marriedB. he attracted the emperorC. he didnt serve in the armyD. he helped young people ge
39、t married secretly答案与解析 D 细节理解题。由第三段的“Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly, of course.”可知答案。40Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Many young people visited Valentine after his arresting.优质文档优质文档B. It was Valentine that decided not
40、 to allow any more marriages.C. Valentine was excited about helping youths to get married secretly.D. Valentine was arrested, and sentenced to death.答案与解析 B 推理判断题。由第二段的“So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages.”可知答案。41The passage mainly tells us about _.A. how Valentine diedB. the Emperor
41、 of RomeC. the origin of Valentines DayD. how Valentines Day is celebrated答案与解析 C 主旨大意题。A、B 两项以偏概全；D 项文章内容没有涉及。CThe Childrens Groundwater Festival, first organized by the Groundwater Foundation 19 years ago, is celebrated every year in Nebraska, a state of the central United States in the Great Plai
42、ns. After organizing the festival for 16 years, the foundation passed the program on to the local community of Grand Island, Nebraska. The festival is an annual event for fourth and fifth graders of Nebraska. It is an interesting and energetic day filled with handson education. Water magic, folk sin
43、gers and musicians, storytellers, and bird shows add to the happy atmosphere during the festival. There are also some educational activities：Gooey Garbage: Children build a landfill (废物填埋场 ) and learn how a properlybuilt landfill can protect groundwater.Water Races: Children learn about water pollut
44、ion by racing a drop of water through a model.Well in a Cup: By building a small aquifer (蓄水层 ) in a cup, children learn about aquifers and drinking water wells.Tasters Choice: Children drink different types of water, from tap water to bottled water. Then they are taught about the treatment process
45、of each type of water.Theres No New Water: Students are taught to make a special glass container and learn about the water cycle.The Childrens Groundwater Festival not only has a great influence on Nebraskas people. So far, similar festivals have been held in nearly 40 American states, Mexico City,
46、several provinces in Canada, and New Delhi, India. People everywhere are realizing the importance of educating young people to learn and care about groundwater.优质文档优质文档For more information about this festival, remember to watch our program tomorrow evening. Ill be waiting for you.42We can learn from the passage that the Childrens Groundwater Festival _.A. was started in 1978 by the Groundwater FoundationB. is now organized by the Groundwater FoundationC. is aimed at educating college studen
