Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
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. —I’m just fed up with my sister’s constant com-plaint!
—_____
A. I agree with you.
B. It doesn’t matter.
C. I suggest you have a talk with her.
D. It’s none of your business.
22. There is usually _____ trade between _____ neigh-boring countries, for example China and Russia.
A. a; the B. 不填; 不填
C. a; 不填 D. 不填; the
23. The new teacher feels very upset, because children _____ her in class since the first day.
A. interrupted B. are interrupting
C. were interrupting D. have been interrupting
24. — Peter, I was told you were late again this morning.
— Well, I’m very sorry, Mr. White. If only I _____ by taxi.
A. come B. will come
C. have come D. had come
25. Our company treats all employees equally _____ where they come from.
A. due to B. apart from
C. rather than D. regardless of
26. Marie had prepared everything for the meeting, only _____ that was cancelled at the last minute.
A. to be told B. told
C. telling D. to tell
27. Don’t be so optimistic yet. After all, the manager is just _____ that the plan succeeds.
A. announcing B. accepting
C. assuming D. agreeing
28. This new discovery of oil is _____ great significance to this area’s economy.
A. of B. for C. in D. on
29. You should _____ the food for the little baby, or he may choke on it.
A. cut down B. cut up
C. cut out D. cut off
30. Looking ahead _____ sooner or later — as we all know, luck favors only the prepared mind.
A. paid off B. pays off
C. will pay off D. has paid off
31. Tom is a hard-working student, which is _____ he always gets a high score in tests.
A. why B. what C. when D. where
32. The middle-aged couple dream of moving to a small town after retirement, _____ people know little of.
A. it B. one C. that D. what
33. The famous academy dates back to the 1930s, _____ was full of conflicts and wars throughout Europe.
A. which B. when C. what D. that
34. I’m not satisfied with the suggestion that we should increase the budget, so is there any _____ solution to the problem?
A. personal B. primitive
C. similar D. alternative
35. It was by using the way taught by his desk-mate _____ John worked out the math problem finally.
A. who B. with whom
C. that D. in which
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。
A little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, 36 he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his 37 .
When he had gone about three blocks, he 38 an elderly man. The boy sat down next to him and 39 his suitcase. He was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked 40 , so he offered him a drink.
The man 41 it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he 42 him another one.
The man 43 smiled at him. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy 44 it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he 45 , ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man 46 him his biggest smile ever.
When the boy 47 home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of 48 on his face. She asked him what made him so happy.
He replied, “I had lunch with God, and God’s got the most beautiful 49 I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. His son was 50 by the look of joy on his face and asked him the 51 question as the little boy’s mother. The elderly man replied, “I ate and drank in the park with God.” However, he 52 , before his son responded, “You know, he’s much 53 than I expected.”
Too often we underestimate the 54 of a touch, a smile, a kind word, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. We should treat the people we meet 55 ; they come into our lives for a reason. Embrace all equally!
36. A. if B. so C. but D. or
37. A. work B. study C. journey D. exploration
38. A. came across B. picked up C. learned from D. took away
39. A. hid B. opened C. examined D. ignored
40. A. worried B. anxious C. thirsty D. tired
41. A. refused B. avoided C. received D. accepted
42. A. lent B. bought C. made D. offered
43. A. again B. still C. only D. just
44. A. imagined B. realized C. announced D. pretended
45. A. played around B. sat around C. turned around D. got around
46. A. gave B. promised C. supplied D. begged
47. A. left B. called C. missed D. returned
48. A. joy B. confidence C. disappointment D. horror
49. A. drink B. food C. face D. smile
50. A. sad B. nervous C. amazed D. excited
51. A. same B. strange C. unique D. unusual
52. A. replied B. added C. reminded D. thought
53. A. braver B. shorter C. younger D. cleverer
54. A. power B. quality C. favour D. difficulty
55. A. differently B. proudly C. calmly D. kindly
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 ★
Indra Nooyi is one of the most famous company leaders in the world, never far from the top of any ranking of powerful women. She has been chief executive of PepsiCo since 2006, but has effectively been helping to drive its strategy since 2001, when she became president and chief financial officer for the group.
Born in Chennai, India, Nooyi took an MBA at the Indian Institute of Management in Kolkata, and worked for two years for Johnson & Johnson in Mumbai, before crossing the Atlantic.
“All I had was $500 and a scholarship from Yale,”she says.“I had the immigrant feeling, arriving in the US in 1978: I had to do an extra-good job — if it didn’
t work out, where was I going to go?”Every day, Nooyi says, she asks herself, “Did I earn the right to be CEO of this company today?”
Nooyi arrived at the soft drinks and snacks giant in 1994. Working with Roger Enrico, former CEO of PepsiCo,“we drew a map of what PepsiCo should look like in 10 years’ time.”
Nooyi anticipated the trend towards healthier eating and started to position the brand according to the trend. Nooyi has also contributed greatly to the market growth of Gatorade, Pepsi’s sports drink. Nooyi also announced a new unit responsible for developing nutrition products using fruit, vegetables and grains.
“The creation of this Global Nutrition Group is part of our long-term strategy to grow our nutrition businesses,”Nooyi said in a statement. And when she says, “We want our employees to be thrilled to come to work every day,” she means it.
In the battle of the colas, Pepsi is in a weaker position than Coca-Cola, so it tries harder. Nooyi, too, tries harder. She talks about her sense of gratitude to the US for giving her the chance, about wanting some day to“pay back”in public life.
56. When Indra Nooyi arrived in the US in 1978, she _____.
A. wanted to take an MBA in Yale
B. had only $500 and a scholarship
C. began to work with Enrico
D. applied for a job in PepsiCo
57. According to the text, Pepsi _____.
A. doesn’t pay as much attention to colas as before
B. asks its employees to be relaxed when working
C. has no interest in marketing sports drink
D. puts much effort into its nutrition businesses
58. The underlined word “anticipated” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by _____.
A. saw B. created C. stopped D. continued
59. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To advertise Pepsi.
B. To introduce Indra Nooyi.
C. To show the history of Pepsi.
D. To stress the importance of creativity.
B ★★
Camp Illahee was founded as an all-girls camp in 1921 by Hinton McCloud, a Mississippi educator, and his wife. Their purpose was to give campers some exercise, skills and truth to respect the natural world and all its wonders. Illahee usually accepts more than 250 campers from more than 30 states, but it keeps its staff-to-child ratio (比例) at 1 to 3.
The camp offers six periods throughout the summer, ranging from five days to four weeks. Camp tours are offered to new parents and campers twice daily at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 828-883-2181, or click here.
The Typical Camp Illahee Daily Schedule
7:30 a.m. - Wake-up Bell
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
9:15 a.m. - Gymnastics
9:45 a.m. - Arts & Crafts
11:45 a.m. - Horseback Riding
1 p.m. - Lunch
2 p.m. - Rest Hour
3 p.m. - Choice Period
4 p.m. - Canoeing
5:05 p.m. - Rock Climbing
6:15 p.m. - Dinner
7:30 p.m. - Evening Program
9:30 p.m. - Bedtime
Sports activities offered at Illahee include swimming, tennis, horseback riding, basketball, and gymnastics. Arts and crafts activities offered include drawing,
jewelry making, painting, woodworking, basket weaving, paper making, needlecraft, watercolor, cooking, drama, dance and singing. The camp wants parents to feel totally secure sending their children off for the summer and offers a lot of Questions and Answers on our website. Please click to find answers to the questions in which you are interested.
60. Camp Illahee limits its campers to _____.
A. students from Mississippi
B. girls and their parents
C. nature lovers
D. girls only
61. Campers can choose to participate in the activities they like _____.
A. between 2:00-3:00 pm
B. between 3:00-4:00 pm
C. between 9:15- 9:45 am
D. between 7:30- 8:30 am
62. We can learn from the text that _____.
A. the camp lasts about a month at most
B. campers can learn different languages in the camp
C. newly-arriving parents can tour the camp at any time
D. parents have to answer questions in order to get registered
C ★★★
The world’s earliest known fish hooks (钩) show that humans fished in the open sea for much longer than previously thought. Past studies have shown that early humans were able to cross the open ocean as far back as 50,000 years ago, but evidence that they could fish while in the open sea dated back only to 12,000 years ago.
“In most areas of the world, evidence for our early ancestors’ coastal exploitation (开发) was drowned by rising sea level,” said researcher Sue O’Connor.
Now O’Connor and her colleagues have found evidence of prehistoric fishing tools and the remains of large fish such as tuna (金枪鱼) at a cave shelter known
as Jerimalai, located in the Southeast Asian island nation of East Timor. Their discovery uncovered fishing hooks made from bone that date back to about 42,000 years ago.
“It’s possible that people caught the tuna in the deep channel that lies off the coast of the Jerimalai shelter,” O’Connor said.
The site, first uncovered in 2005, also included bone points, shell beads, the remains of fish, turtles, bats and birds, and nearly 10,000 stone tools. The island of Timor has very few land animals overall and only small birds call the island home, perhaps explaining why the ancient people here went fishing. About half the fish remains at the site came from fish such as tuna. Catching such fast-moving fish requires much planning and complex technology, suggesting that early humans developed these skills earlier than previously thought.
Some other scientists might say that most of the fish bones seen are from young fish, and thus might have been caught more easily off the coast as opposed to in open waters. While this may be the case, it’s still not easy to catch tuna — it requires nets set in deep water.
63. According to Sue O’Connor, evidence for our early ancestors’ coastal exploitation _____.
A. indicated tuna was a common dish for our early ancestors
B. showed the trend of sea movement
C. was buried in cave shelters
D. was difficult to find
64. Sue O’Connor’s study advanced the date of humans’ fishing in the open sea by _____.
A. 50,000 years B. 42,000 years
C. 30,000 years D. 12,000 years
65. Why did the ancient people on the island of Timor go fishing according to the text?
A. The island was too small for the large population.
B. It was very easy to catch fish around the island.
C. There were few animals on land for food.
D. People there loved eating fish.
66. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Some scientists have studied the same case much earlier than Sue O’Connor.
B. The result of Sue O’Connor’s study needed to be tested in deep water.
C. It was not easy for Sue O’Connor to carry out the study.
D. Some scientists doubted Sue O’Connor’s study.
D ★★
It goes without saying that human intelligence is very advanced as opposed to plants and other living creatures. People’s capacity to fully understand, reason, organize, solve problems, display emotional intelligence, learn, communicate and think abstractly is out-standing. It is believed to be much more emphasized (强调) nowadays, when bright folks are normally one level higher than everyone else.
Nowadays many people are of the view that a high intelligence quotient (IQ) is an excellent assistance in pulling through life. Statistics reveal that whatever activity enabling the brain to function and operate, no matter whether in the form of difficulties or other obstacles (障碍) that can be overcome by this specific body area, has a positive effect on it.
So every time you are making full use of your mind for right answers in a quick crossword or if you are answering difficult riddles, you might be, in fact, raising the probabilities of increasing your intelligence. You could play effective brain games like crosswords, chess, riddles, puzzles, Internet games, word games and other games. These are useful in raising your intelligence primarily because they let you think in a different way as you make an effort to uncover answers to certain problems. Aside from this, this form of brain training continually encourages the brain to function and widen its capacity to concentrate and learn.
Needless to say, you’ve to make sure that you make the most of these brain exercises by not cheating yourself. Lastly, if you progress to a much more complicated level, try your best to answer difficult problems with no hints or clues so that you are able to further force your brain to work on its own.
67. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The benefits of thinking and other brain exercises.
B. The difference between mankind and other creatures.
C. The reasons for emphasizing human intelligence.
D. The high level of human intelligence.
68. According to the author, many people increase their IQ in order to _____.
A. be one level higher than others
B. deal with difficulties in life
C. play games such as riddles
D. enable the brain to function
69. According to the text, through continuous brain training, people can _____.
A. learn a certain skill quickly
B. become a confident person
C. communicate with others well
D. concentrate in their class
70. What does the author mainly advise in the text?
A. Making good use of brain exercises to increase your intelligence.
B. Playing brain games to prevent brain disease.
C. Solving difficult problems on your own.
D. Getting rid of Internet games.
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。
As a student, you can do well on a test if you have good knowledge of the information that is being tested.
71 The DETER strategy can help you do your best on any test. Each letter in DETER reminds you what to do.
D = Directions
Read the test directions very carefully. Ask your teacher to explain anything about the test directions you do not understand. 72
E = Examine
Examine the entire test to see how much you have to do. Only by knowing the entire task can you break it down into parts that become manageable for you.
T = Time
73 If there are different points for items, plan to spend the most time on the items that count for the most points. Planning your time is especially important for essay tests.
E = Easiest
74 If you get stuck on a difficult item that comes up early in the test, you may not get to answer items that test things you know well.
R = Review
If you have planned your time correctly, you will have time to review your answers. 75 Also make sure to review the test directions to be certain you have answered all items required.
A. Once you have examined the entire test, decide how much time you will spend on each item.
B. But using a strategy when taking the test helps you to show what you know.
C. Only by following the directions can you achieve a good score on the test.
D. The second E in DETER reminds you to answer the easiest items first.
E. Use the time to make them as complete and accurate as possible.
F. In my opinion, you should follow the advice when taking a test.
G. Do you know what these letters stand for?
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。
One day my uncle had been riding a horse in rain when he reached a small restaurant. Wet and coldly, and he wanted to warm himself very much. However, the restaurant was too crowded with people that he could not get near the fire. “Taking some fish to my horse!” he called out to the waiter. “Sorry, sir. But a horse didn’t eat fish!” the waiter answered. “Never mind, just do as I tell you,” my uncle said. The crowd of people felt surprising at the strange order. To see a horse eat fish, all of whom ran out. Having the whole room to himself, my uncle sat down besides the fire and began warm himself.
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
假设你叫李华,周末在一家历史博物馆作义务讲解员。请你根据右图及汉语提示,写一篇简短的英语短文,以便向外国游客介绍该文物。
注意:
1. 词数:120左右;
2. 参考词汇:五层彩绘陶仓楼 Five-story Colored Pottery Storage Building
【参考答案】
21-25 CBDDD 26-30 ACABC
31-35 ABADC 36-40 BCABC
41-45 DDABC 46-50 ADADC
51-55 ABCAD 56-60 BDABD
61-65 BADCC 66-70 DDBDA
71-75 BCADE
76. ... riding a horse in rain ... rain前加the
77. Wet and coldly ... coldly → cold
78. ... and he wanted to ... 去掉and
79. ... restaurant was too crowded ... too → so
80. “Taking some fish to ... Taking → Take
81. … a horse didn’t eat ... didn’t → doesn’t
82. ... people felt surprising at ... surprising → surprised
83. ... all of whom ran out. whom → them
84. ... sat down besides the fire ... besides → beside
85. ... began warm himself. warm前加to或warm → warming
One possible version:
Welcome, everyone! It’s my honor to be your guide here.
The exhibit before you is named Five-story Colored Pottery Storage Building, which dates back to the Dong Han Dynasty. It is 145 centimeters in height and was dug up in Mazuo Village, Jiaozuo, Henan Province.
As you can see, the building is made up of five stories. There is a yard on the ground floor and the top floor looks like a hat. It is interesting to see a man standing by the window of the fourth floor. He might be the owner of the building.
If you have any questions about the exhibit, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thank you.