Book 7 Unit 1 Living well
第二部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（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。
21. —Mum, I’m going to take my driving test tomorrow.
—_____ I’m sure you will pass it.
A. Congratulations! B. Well done! C. Indeed! D. Good luck!
22. After running for such _____ long time, everyone was out of _____ breath.
A. a; 不填 B. 不填; the C. a; the D. 不填; 不填
23. Mark said that he was not suitable for the job, so he decided to _____ from the company.
A. suffer B. resign C. retire D. escape
24. Since Mr. Evans took over the firm last month, he _____ to the busy schedule.
A. adapted B. has adapted C. had adapted D. adapts
25. Since time is limited, let’s cut _____ the unimportant details.
A. off B. away C. up D. out
26. Many things that were once considered useful and _____, for example, tobacco, is now thought harmful.
A. beneficial B. suitable C. fulfilling D. accessible
27. When many of the other competitors were exhausted, Steven still had the energy _____ the marathon.
A. finishing B. finished C. to finish D. to have finished
28. —Tom, why didn’t you go to work today?
—Oh, the manager said he no longer wanted to see me again; _____, I was fired.
A. above all B. after all C. in other words D. in some way
29. Many people are congratulating Professor Li on _____ he has achieved in the field of art.
A. which B. who C. that D. what
30. We cannot expect her to do the homework _____ look after the children.
A. as good as B. as well as C. as far as D. as long as
31. The prisoner was released early because of good _____.
A. character B. reputation C. conduct D. dignity
32. —I don’t think _____ possible for little Julia to walk around without any assistance.
—But she made it.
A. this B. she C. that D. it
33. These chairs may look good, but they’re very un-comfortable _____.
A. to sit on B. to be sat on C. sit on D. sitting on
34. I _____ to change my mind when she said she approved of what I had come up with.
A. am about B. am C. was about D. was
35. My grandfather sat in the armchair by the fire, _____ the newspaper.
A. to read B. reading C. read D. to be reading
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
What’s on your life card?
There’s a book where the author, Elizabeth McCracken, suggests that everyone have a life card. This is 36 to a business card, but instead of listing what you do for a living, it 37 things that have happened in your 38 that you don’t want to explain, but would like people to 39 before dealing with you.
McCracken’s first child, her son, was born still and she writes about her 40. She talks about having to deal with insensitive (不顾他人感受的) comments and 41 conversations with others who didn’t know of what 42 and how she wished she had her 43 life card that said her first child had died.
Wouldn’t this be great? You could 44 those things that you most need others to understand before having a 45 with you. Your life card could 46 I have a child with a disability or my mother has cancer. With this 47, others could be more careful with their 48 so they didn’t cause unintentional harm.
But we don’t all have life cards. Instead we must endure (忍受) these 49 from
others who don’t know or 50. Perhaps this makes us stronger or at the very least we 51 to guard our hearts.
What it does 52 us is that we need to keep the idea of life cards in 53 when dealing with others. Think of what would go on your life card and with this, 54 others have their own tragedies and heartaches on their cards 55 you will deal differently with them.
36. A. familiar B. similar C. useful D. harmful
37. A. expresses B. shares C. suggests D. lists
38. A. dream B. life C. imagination D. past
39. A. know B. accept C. overcome D. hold
40. A. exercises B. effects C. experiences D. directions
41. A. boring B. uncomfortable C. polite D. wise
42. A. existed B. operated C. happened D. developed
43. A. only B. great C. strange D. own
44. A. put down B. hand out C. take over D. bring in
45. A. competition B. relationship C. holiday D. trade
46. A. find B. deny C. say D. forget
47. A. wealth B. gesture C. appreciation D. information
48. A. methods B. demands C. words D. appearances
49. A. differences B. hurts C. expectations D. diseases
50. A. understand B. complain C. mind D. look
51. A. promise B. learn C. afford D. like
52. A. spare B. pay C. lend D. teach
53. A. memory B. business C. mind D. hand
54. A. remember B. realize C. remind D. warn
55. A. because B. if C. and D. until
第三部分： 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。
A ★
Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but he doesn’t let this stop him.
The brave 26-year-old man plays football and golf, and swims, in spite of the fact that he has no arms or legs.
Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and makes him able to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up.
“I call it my chicken drumstick (鸡腿下段),” joked Nick, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles. “I’d be lost without it. When I get in the water I float because 80 percent of my body is lungs and my drumstick acts as a propeller (螺旋桨).”
“He’s very modest, but he gets marriage proposals (求婚) from women all the time,” said Nick’s friend Steve Appel.
“He would love to get married and start a family, but he’s waiting for the right girl to come along.”
When Nick was born his father was so shocked that he left the hospital room. His distraught mother couldn’t bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.
His disability came without any medical explanation, which was a rare case. Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them.
“My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy but she still blamed herself,” he said.
“It was so hard for them, but right from the start they did their best to make me independent. My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave me the courage to learn how to swim.”
56. We can learn from the text that Nick _____.
A. has a poor sense of balance
B. understands his mother very well
C. considers his small foot ugly
D. is disappointed with his health condition
57. What can we learn from what Steve Appel said?
A. Nick Vujicic is serious about his marriage.
B. Nick Vujicic is not popular with women.
C. Nick Vujicic is afraid of starting a family.
D. Nick Vujicic is not willing to get married.
58. The underlined word “distraught” in the text probably means _____.
A. cold-blooded B. bad-tempered C. really shy D. extremely upset
59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Nick’s parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill.
B. Nick is living in Melbourne, Australia now.
C. Nick’s father was to blame for his disability.
D. Nick learned to be independent at a young age.
B ★★
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60. If you want to enjoy full-content papers, you should choose _____.
A. China Daily iPaper B. China Daily Digest
C. China Daily News D. China Daily Video
61. What can we read in all of the four digital products?
A. News reports.
B. Economic analysis.
C. Unique views on China’s society.
D. Interviews with famous people.
62. For whom is the text most probably written?
A. Those who speak English.
B. China Daily’s readers.
C. Those who are interested in China.
D. iPhone and iPad users.
C ★★★
Television will turn 85 years old on September 7, 2012, and it has never looked better. In its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of low-budget programs. In spite of its shortcomings, it became popular. Between 1950 and 1963, the number of American families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population.
As the audience got larger, the technology got better. Television sets became more reliable through the 1960s. The reception (接收效果) improved. The picture improved. The major networks started broadcasting programs in color.
Even greater improvements were coming according to Sanford Brown, who wrote an article for the Post in 1967. Surprisingly, just about every prediction he made in the article became a reality. For example: All sets in the not-distant future will be color instruments. He also predicted that TV sets would become smaller, simpler,
more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the TV repairman out of work. Smaller sets do not, of course, mean smaller screens. TV engineers expect screens to get much bigger. However, today’s 3-D TV is even farther away, if it’s coming at all. There is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of people’s cold reception given to 3-D movies.
But the technology with the greatest potential, according to Brown, was cable television (有线电视), which was still in its early stages then. As he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive (互动的). It wasn’t cable television that gave Americans their electronic connection to the world, however. It was the Internet. He even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, big-screen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information at the touch of a button.
Brown ever said, “The future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent. It’s a question of what we want.”
63. What can we infer about television sets in the 1960s?
A. They were very popular with Americans.
B. The reception showed no improvement.
C. They showed black-and-white pictures.
D. They were out of order now and then.
64. According to Sanford Brown, the television of the future would be _____.
A. larger and larger B. more complex
C. cheap to repair D. less expensive
65. Which of the followings did Sanford Brown fail to predict?
A. Television’s good quality. B. The invention of 3-D TV.
C. The future office’s model. D. The potential of cable TV.
66. What is the text mainly about?
A. The shortcomings of television.
B. The bright future of television.
C. The development of television.
D. The invention of television.
D ★★
Heidemarie Schwermer’s unbelievable story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged teacher breaking away from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s Ruhr area.
One of the first things she noticed was the large number of homeless people, and this shocked her so much that she decided to actually do something about it. She had always believed the homeless didn’t need actual money to be accepted back into society, they only needed a chance to make themselves useful, so she opened a shop called “Give and Take”.
It was a place where anyone could trade stuff and skills for other things and skills they needed. The idea didn’t really attract many of Dortmund’s homeless people. Instead, her small shop was popular with many of the city’s unemployed folk who were eager to trade their skills and old stuff for something they needed.
Heidemarie Schwermer’s shop eventually became somewhat of a phenomenon in Dortmund and even caused its creator to ask herself some questions about the life she was living. She started to realize she was living with a lot of stuff she didn’t really need and decided not to buy anything else without giving some-thing away.
By 1995, the shop had changed her life so much that she was spending almost nothing, as everything she needed seemed to find its way into her life. So in 1996, she took the biggest decision of her life: to live without money. Her children had moved out so she sold the apartment in Dortmund and decided to live nomadically (流浪地), trading things and services for everything she needed. It was supposed to be a 12-month experiment, but she found herself loving it so much that she just couldn’t give it up.
15 years later, she still lives according to the principles of Give and Take, doing various chores for accommodation (膳宿) and loving every minute of it.
67. What is Heidemarie Schwermer’s unbelievable story about?
A. A strong woman who brought up two young children.
B. A generous woman who helped the homeless people.
C. A smart woman who opened a shop independently.
D. A special woman who has given up using money for 15 years.
68. Schwermer thought what the homeless actually needed was _____.
A. donations to improve their lives
B. chances to show their abilities
C. money to buy necessities
D. houses to live in
69. What effect did Schwermer’s shop eventually bring about?
A. The increase of the employment rate.
B. Her children’s dissatisfaction.
C. Huge profits and fame.
D. The change of her lifestyle.
70. In which year did Schwermer finally decide to live her life without money?
A. In 1989. B. In 1995.
C. In 1996. D. In 2011.
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。
State schools are different from private schools, in terms of their funding and administration. State schools receive most of their funds from the government while private schools rely on private sources, such as donations and organizations for their funding. 71 ____________________ Let’s look at some of the facts about educational problems in state schools.
The first educational problem of state schools is the larger school size and student population. 72 ____________________ This may be due to the free education offered in state schools. No matter what the reason is, students of state schools receive less individual attention, as compared to private school students.
Since state school education is free, the curricula (课程) and programs may not be as good as those of private schools. Usually, they offer the same programs and standardized tests for all the students. 73 ____________________ On the other hand, private schools offer various curricula and have their own assessment (评价)
system.
In state schools, all the students get admission, not considering the student’s talent. 74 ____________________ Sometimes, this may result in a slow learning pace for the talented students. On the other hand, private schools can reject a student who is not up to the mark. Therefore, many a time, private schools perform better in standardized achievement tests.
In spite of these problems in state schools, a study has shown that students from state schools get better grades in college than those from private schools.
75 ____________________
A. There are certain advantages of state school education.
B. They cannot deny any student who has applied for admission.
C. On average, most state schools are twice the size of private schools.
D. Another educational problem of state schools is higher rates of violence.
E. In short, what the students learn in state schools is decided by the state.
F. State schools have some educational problems com-pared to private schools.
G. So one can choose a school which will best meet his interests and abilities.
第四部分： 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Wang Dan, a quiet girl, is one that you can make friends. I got to know her three years before, when she was moved to the city with her parents. I still remember the afternoon that I first met her. She was working in a shoe shop where I was a regularly customer. We then began to talk and I learned that we all studied in the same school.
She took a part-time job in her spare time, hoped to be independent. Wang Dan gives me so much sunshines and makes me laugh so many. I have many friends here in the city, and never have I had a friend like her.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你叫李华，你的网友Mike对中国古典音乐很感兴趣，在他18岁生日之际，你买了一张阿炳的《二泉映月》（Er Quan Ying Yue）CD作为生日礼物寄给他，并根据CD封面上的提示对阿炳进行了简单介绍。内容如下：
阿炳：中国民间音乐家，34岁时双目失明，沦为街头艺人；代表作《二泉映月》闻名于世。
注意：
1. 词数：100-120；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
[参考答案]
21-25 DABBD 26-30 ACCDB
31-35 CDACB 36-40 BDBAC
41-45 BCDAB 46-50 CDCBA
51-55 BDCAC 56-60 BADDA
61-65 ADADB 66-70 CDBDC
71-75 FCEBG
76. ... can make friends. friends后加with
77. ... three years before ... before → ago
78. ... when she was moved ... 去掉was
79. ... the afternoon that I first ... that → when
80. ... a regularly customer. regularly → regular
81. ... that we all studied in ... all → both
82. ... hoped to be independent. hoped → hoping
83. ... so much sunshines ... sunshines → sunshine
84. ... laugh so many. many → much
85. ... and never have I had ... and → but
One possible version:
Dear Mike,
Happy birthday! I know you’ll turn 18 next week, so I want to express my best wishes to you.
These days, I have been considering what to buy as your birthday present, when suddenly I remembered you’re quite interested in Chinese classical music. So I bought you a CD named Er Quan Ying Yue composed by A Bing, a famous Chinese folk musician. A Bing went blind in both eyes at the age of 34 and had to play the erhu on the street for a living. He was best known for his masterpiece Er Quan Ying Yue, which enjoys great fame in the world. I hope you’ll like it.
Have fun on your birthday!
Yours,
Li Hua
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