第三单元综合微评
(满分:120分 时间:90分钟)
第一部分 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
A flash mob (快闪族), which is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a short time,and then quickly break up.They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communication network.At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some distractions(消遣)such as waving their hands and exchanging books.Then, they quickly break up before the police can arrive.Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its location if the first one has been replaced for any reason.
Bill Lasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3, 2003 after the first attempt was foiled at Macy's department store.Lasik claimed that the activity was designed to make fun of hipsters(赶时髦的人) and call attention to the cultural atmosphere.
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people.Such an activity might seem amusing and untrue, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place.Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political and economic tools.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular.People use it to do many things.For example, in 2009, hundreds of his fans gathered singing and dancing Michael's famous song “Beat It” together to remember him.Flash mobs give people an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
1.The underlined word “foiled” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________.
A.forgotten B.announced
C.prevented D.remembered
2.What can you learn about the flash mob from the passage?
A.Because of lacking enough time the flash mob usually breaks up quickly.
B.It gives people the chance to come together to do something unusual.
C.The flash mob can be used in many fields just for fun.
D.Once the place for the activity is determined,it can't be changed.
3.The main purpose of the passage is ________.
A.to advise B.to encourage
C.to persuade D.to inform
4.The writer's attitude towards the flash mob is ________.
A.objective B.supportive
C.negative D.doubtful
答案:1.C 解析:foil意为“阻止”。
2.B 解析:由原文最后一段内容可知。
3.D 解析:由全文内容可知,本文主要向我们介绍“快闪族”。
4.A 解析:作者对“快闪族”持客观态度,故选A项。
B
Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose.But to protect its people,the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go.These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war.There,the traveller might not be safe.These countries are listed in a small book called a passport.
This passport is a government request(要求)for the safety of its travelling people.It is also a government's pledge(保证)that the people will obey the rules of the host country.
To receive a passport from the government,a traveller must prove that he is an American citizen(公民).An American cannot go abroad without a passport.Only certain close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports.
Stuck inside the passport is the traveller's picture.Children travelling with their parents are included in one parent's book.
Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year.An American traveller might carry plane tickets,money,clothing and many other things.But the most important thing that he carries in another country is his passport.
5.A passport is not needed when an American goes to________.
A.European countries
B.dangerous areas
C.Canada or Mexico
D.Russia and China
6.It can be inferred from the text that________.
A.Americans abroad need nothing except a passport
B.children can't travel to foreign countries
C.a traveller is not safe in most countries
D.Americans travel abroad a lot
7.Which statement does the text lead you to believe?
A.Some countries don't ask for foreign visitors for passports.
B.People should take good care of their passports.
C.Money is more important than a passport.
D.Children are never included in a passport.
8.Which is best supported by the text?
A.A passport is needed whenever an American is travelling.
B.Everyone in America can get a passport from the American government.
C.The American travellers abroad must obey the rules of foreign countries.
D.The American government allows its people to work in dangerous countries.
答案:[解题导读] 本文主要讲述了美国人几乎可以到任何地方去旅行,但为保护它的人民,美国政府列出了他们不能去的地方以及美国人去外国旅行时常需要带护照。
5.C 解析:通读全文,由文章第三段最后一句Only certain close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports.可知,一个美国人去加拿大或墨西哥不需要护照。
6.D 解析:从文章最后一段第一句Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year.可推出,美国人经常出国旅游。
7.B 解析:从本文的最后一段最后一句But the most important thing that he carries in another country is his passport.可知。
8.C 解析:A项与文意不符;并不是在美国的每个人都能得到美国政府护照,必须是美国公民,排除B项;从第一、二段可知D项不符合文意。
C
I travel a lot in my work,and what I dislike about my job is eating alone.It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking.So,room service for several nights was a better choice for me.
After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston,however,I needed to get out of my room.Although the restaurant opened at 6:30,I arrived at 6:25.The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论)about my “being there really early”.I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants.He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.
I was glad!He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work at nights,weekends and holidays.He said he hadn't enough time to be with his family.After 15 minutes,he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself.I noticed that before he went to the front desk,he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.
Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me.Before I left that night,some other waiters,even the cook,had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!
When I asked for my bill about one hour later,all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table,and presented me with a red rose.And I cried!What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.
9.The reason why the author hated to eat in the hotel restaurant is that the author didn't like________.
A.meeting strangers in the restaurant
B.being disturbed(打扰)by the noise around
C.the discomfort(不舒适)caused by eating alone
D.being pointed at or laughed at
10.From Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 we can know the waiter at the front desk is________.
A.honest and anxious
B.patient and cool
C.kind and hardworking
D.clever and pleasant
11.According to the passage,we know the author________.
A.travels a lot to learn different cultures
B.usually has meals in her room when in hotels
C.likes to see others laughing and talking
D.didn't pay the bill at the hotel in Houston
答案:9.C 解析:
细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知看到别人吃饭时有说有笑,作者倍感孤独,因此为了避免这种不适,作者选择了待在客房吃饭。
10.C 解析:推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可推出这名服务生很和善,从第三段第二、三句可知他工作很努力。
11.B 解析:细节理解题。从第一段最后一句可知作者常在客房里用饭。其他选项与文意不符。
D
Tourism wasn't as important as it is today.In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries.More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel.Special plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive than ever before.One person doesn't travel for the same reason as another.But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own.They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.
Tourism brings many changes in a country and in people's lives.People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men and women as guides to show visitors interesting places.There're new nightclubs and other amusements.International tourism is clearly a big business.
12.In the old days ________ could travel to other countries.
A.boys and girls, men or women, young or old
B.either kings or queens
C.both the poor and the rich
D.nobody but those who had money
13.More people travel today than in the past because________.
A.people have become interested in traveling
B.traveling today is easier than in the past
C.people now have spare money for travel
D.great changes have taken place in the world
14.What makes travel more attractive than before?
A.Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.
B.More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.
C.Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.
D.New hotels and restaurants have been built.
15.What is the best title of the passage?
A.The Change of Tourism
B.Tourism
C.The Importance of Tourism
D.The Cause of Tourism Change
答案:12.D 解析:由第一段的第二句内容可知。
13.C 解析:由第一段的第三句内容可知。
14.A 解析:由原文中第一段的第四句内容“Special plane fares...than ever before”可知选A项。
15.A 解析:本文主要讲述了旅游业的变化。
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。
What is your favorite colour?Do you like yellow,orange,and red?__16__.Do you prefer greys and blues?Then you are probably quiet,shy,and you would rather follow than lead.You tend to be pessimist.At least,this is what psychologists tell us,and they should know,because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference,as well as the effect that colours have on human beings.__17__.If you happen to love brown,you did so,as soon as you opened your eyes,or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
__18__.A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one;and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.
__19__.A black bridge over the Thames River,near London,used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀)than any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green.The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply.Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
__20__.It is an established fact that factory workers work better,harder and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A.If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.
B.They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as grow up- we are born with our preference.
C.The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.
D.On the other hand, black is depressing.
E.Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active.
F.Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.
G.Colours do influence our moods-there is no doubt about it
答案:16-20 ABGDE
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 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。
There is an English saying that goes,“He who laughs last,laughs best.”High School Musical star and teen attraction Zac Efron is__21__a lot these days.
__22__a young boy,Efron was bullied (欺负) in school because he was the smallest in his class and made__23__of because he looked a bit ugly.
But history,as they say,is a thing of the__24__.Now at 41,Efron is one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People,and is__25__around the world promoting the film High School Musical 3.
Efron was born and__26__in California.He took school seriously.__27__Efron,he would be mad if he got not an A __28__a B in school.It was his father who__29__him to act.He took part in school__30__and practised with a local theater group.He also took singing lessons.He__31__from high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film.But he put it off—__32__study movies when you can star in them?
Now he has signed on to star in a romantic comedy and to __33__in the remake of the popular movie,Footloose.Efron is also earning more than $5 million for his__34__in High School Musical 5.Not__35__for a 21yearold person.But Efron__36__remembers those bullies.
“You have to remember that bullies want to bring you __37__because you have something that they__38__,” Efron said.“Also,when people__39__your weaknesses,it is__40__ an opportunity for you to rise above.”
21.A.thinking B.doing
C.singing D.laughing
22.A.As B.Like
C.For D.To
23.A.little B.free
C.fun D.use
24.A.present B.past
C.moment D.time
25.A.visiting B.showing
C.turning D.traveling
26.A.grown B.risen
C.raised D.brought
27.A.According to B.Judging from
C.As for D.Owing to
28.A.or B.but
C.and D.nor
29.A.wanted B.promised
C.encouraged D.expected
30.A.meetings B.reports
C.lectures D.performances
31.A.graduated B.left
C.benefited D.started
32.A.how B.why
C.who D.when
33.A.play B.behave
C.move D.manage
34.A.result B.deed
C.effect D.role
35.A.good B.bad
C.familiar D.popular
36.A.even B.yet
C.still D.in
37.A.down B.up
C.on D.in
38.A.hate B.share
C.need D.envy
39.A.pick out B.point out
C.take out D.find out
40.A.probably B.simply
C.clearly D.fairly
答案:[解题导语] 本文介绍了著名演员Efron的成长过程。
21.D 解析:“笑到最后,笑得最好。”暗示了本文的主人公就是这样一个人,所以选D,与段首的句子保持一致。
22.A 解析:考查as作介词的一个用法,as作为。as a young boy=when he was a young boy。
23.C 解析:因为他看起来有点丑所以他被别人取笑。make fun of sb.的被动形式sb.be made fun of。
24.B 解析:历史顾名思义就是过去的事情。a thing of the past与过去有关的事情。
25.D 解析:根据下文可知现在他正在周游世界来宣传High School Musical 3这部影片。
26.C 解析:这里讲Efron在哪里出生及被抚养长大。sb.be raised=sb.be brought up。
27.A 解析:according to sb.根据某人的观点或某人说的话。
28.B 解析:考查固定句型。not...but...不是……而是……。
29.C 解析:为什么他会走上艺术道路,这都源于他的父亲对他的鼓励。encourage sb.to do sth.鼓励某人去做某事。
30.D 解析:他开始参加学校组织的表演。这是他艺术之路的开始。
31.A 解析:后面紧接着提到被大学录取,所以该空的意思是从高中毕业。graduate from从……毕业。
32.B 解析:句意:但是他推迟了去上大学——既然你能够在电影中扮演角色,那你为什么还去学习电影表演呢?所以选why表示反问。
33.A 解析:to play与前面的to star,都是讲他在影片中扮演角色。
34.D 解析:在电影中扮演的角色用role。
35.B 解析:能够取得这样的成就对于一个21岁的人来说已经不错了。not bad不错。
36.C 解析:但是Efron依旧记得那些仗势欺人者。
37.A 解析:考查短语的区别。bring sb.down让某人消沉,打败某人。
38.D 解析:envy羡慕,嫉妒。仗势欺人者想要打败你,可能源于你有一些让他们嫉妒的东西。
39.B 解析:句意:还有,当别人指出你的缺点的时候,这很可能是一个让你变得比别人出众的机会。point out指出,指明。
40.A 解析:见上题解析。probably有推测的含义。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(每空1词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A: I want to make lots of money __41__ I grow up.You know, money means happiness.
B:I'm surprised to hear that. __42__ do you think so?
A:Because with money we can buy new houses and beautiful clothes. We can even do a lot of sightseeing.
B:I don't think you're right in saying so.Though money is important,it doesn't mean __43__.
A:I'm __44__ (puzzle)! Why?
B:__45__(take)Einstein for example. He asked for a very small salary.
A:Why?Could you explain that __46__ me?
B:Well, to him happiness means __47__ (be)able to make scientific__48__ (achieve) .Do you know why many rich people are not happy?
A:No. I don't understand. Could you tell me?
B: That's because we __49__ friendship or love with money.
A:Ah. I see.Thank you for letting me know so much about __50__.
B:You're welcome!
答案:41.when 42.Why 43.everything 44.puzzled
45.Take 46.to 47.being 48.Achievements 49.can't buy 50.Happiness
第三部分 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,并在其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。
It is three years now since I graduate from No.1 High School.Last Sunday the class that I was on held a gettogether,which took us a long time prepare.It was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody and set a well time for all of us.We all enjoyed this precious day greatly,remember the time we spent together and the people they were familiar with.It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies.But they called back or sent greeting card from different places.
答案:It is three years now since I from No.1 High School. Last Sunday
the class that I was o held a gettogether,which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in touch with everybody and set a time for all of us. We all enjoyed this precious day greatly, the time we spent together and the people were familiar with. It was a pity some of us were not present as they had gone abroad for further studies. But they called back or sent greeting from different places.
第二节 表面表达(满分25分)
目前,学校存在少数学生考试作弊现象。某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文,标题是“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文稿。内容要点如下:
主要原因: 1.考试偏多,偏难;
2.不用功,懒惰;
3.取悦父母和老师。
个人看法: 1.作弊不对,违反校规;
2.要诚实,努力学习;
3.写出自己的其他看法。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.短文必须包括所有内容要点,可适当发挥;
3.短文标题与开头已为你写好,不计入总词数。
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.
[参考范文]
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It_is_known_to_us_all_that_some_students_cheat_in_examinations_at_school.
As students, we often take examinations at school, but from time to time we have too many exams which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and don't work hard at their lessons. Just for the reasons, when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.
In fact, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rule of schools. Just magine! If you were cheated by others , you would probably hate the behavior. As a saying goes,honesty is the best policy. So we students should be honest and try to get good grades by studying hard instead of cheating. What's more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.