外研版选修八Module 2《The Renaissance》综合技能测试

Module 2 综合技能测试
时间90分钟满分100分
Ⅰ.单项填空(每题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．The lecture was so________that I slept right through it.
A．tired
B．bored
C．dull
D．interesting
答案：C题意：那个讲座如此枯燥以致我整个过程都在睡觉。

由后一分句的意思可知那个讲座非常枯燥，故选dull。

如果选A或B项，则其正确形式为tiring或boring。

2．—Do you know whether Matthew is in now?
—He has just________London on business. He'll be back in a week.
A．been on
B．returned form
C．left for
D．left to
答案：C题意：“你知道马修现在在家吗？”“他刚到伦敦出差了，一周后回来。

”leave for表示“出发去某地”，符合语境。

have been to和return from“表示去过某地已经回来”。

3．When he draws, he is especially good at making the________of colors look realistic.
A．shade
B．shadow
C．shape
D．subject
答案：A题意：他作画时非常擅于将颜色的明暗调试得接近实物。

shade此处意为“(图画等中的)阴影；阴暗部分”，符合题意。

shadow指“(具体的人、物投下的清晰)影子”；shape指“形状”；subject指“(绘画、摄影等的)主题”。

4．—Why are you looking pleased?
—Oh, I've just had a job________.
A．to offer
B．offered
C．offering
D．being offered
答案：B题意：“你为什么看起来这么高兴？”“噢，我刚得到一份新工作。

”因为a job和offer存在逻辑上的动宾关系，应该用过去分词作定语。

5．He took pieces of another author's________，changed them a little, and then tried to pass them off as his own ideas.
A．work
B．a work
C．the work
D．works
答案：D题意：他把别人著作中的话改头换面算作自己的意见。

work作“著作，作品”讲是可数名词，由pieces of和them可知，此处work指多部作品应该用复数形式。

6．After drinking several cups of wine，he began to feel its________ and became uncomfortably hot all over.
A．affect
B．effort
C．power
D．effect
答案：D题意：几杯酒下肚，他开始酒力发作，浑身燥热。

由题意可知他酒后感觉到了酒精的作用或效果，故选择effect。

affect为动词，“影响”；effort为名词，“努力”；power为名词，“力量”。

7．Faced with difficulty，the government leader ________to people for calm.
A．applied
B．accustomed
C．appealed
D．added
答案：C题意：面临困难，政府领导人呼吁人们保持镇静。

appeal to同定搭配，“呼吁”；apply to“应用”；accustom...to...“习惯”；add to“增加”，均不符合题意。

8．—What made Bill so angry?
—________. His girlfriend promised to come at 8：30，but she hasn't come yet.
A．Having kept waiting
B．Being kept waiting
C．To be keeping wait
D．Being kept waited
答案：B题意：“什么使比尔如此生气？”“他被迫在等待，他女朋友答应8：30来，可是现在还没到。

”所缺部分应是what的具体内容，在句中作主语，又因为正在等待的动作是被动的，故需用现在分词的被动语态形式。

keep doing表示“一直做某事”。

9．Just like trying to fish out the moon from the bottom of the sea，it is impossible to invite him to________an official post.
A．take up
B．take to
C．take out
D．take over
答案：A题意：你想请他出山，就好像海中捞月一样不现实。

take up“从事，开始(干某事)”，符合题意。

take to“喜欢”；take out“拿出来”；take over“接管”。

10．Secretary Wang will give a thank-you speech________everyone when the meeting is over.
A．instead of
B．on behalf of
C．on the behalf of
D．owing to
答案：B题意：会议结束的时候，王书记将代表大家致谢辞。

on behalf of是固定搭配，意为“代表”。

instead of“而不是”；owing to“因为”。

11．Water from poisoned wells may________deadly cancers.
A．result from
B．suffer from
C．lead to
D．lie in
答案：C题意：污染的井水可能会导致致命的癌症。

lead to意为“导致”，表示主语是宾语的直接原因，符合题意。

result from“源于”；suffer from“遭受”；lie in“在于”。

12．A person should stand on his own legs rather than________others for life.
A．depend on
B．insist on
C．carry on
D．hold on
答案：A题意：做人要自立自强，不能依赖他人生活。

depend on此处意为“依靠，依赖”，其宾语可以是人，也可以是事物。

insist on“坚持”；carry on“继续”；hold on“抓
住”。

13．Please make sure to________prompt medical care for any specific health problems.
A．search
B．find
C．seek
D．look
答案：C题意：请务必找出及时治疗特定健康问题的医疗措施。

seek意为“寻找”，符合题意。

search sth.表示“搜索某物”，find sth.表示“找到某物”，而look是不及物动词不能直接加宾语。

14．Our company's customer service policy is that we will gladly replace goods at cost price for cracks and accidental damage for________two years.
A．up at
B．up to
C. up with
D．up on
答案：B题意：我们公司的客户服务政策是：如果商品在两年内出现裂缝或意外损坏，我们愿意按成本价为顾客更换。

up to属于同定搭配，此处意为“达到(某个数量)”。

15．—You're going to publish my new book.Are you serious?
—________.It’s to be published next month.
A．No，I am not
B．No，I was just joking
C．Yes, I do
D．Yes, I have never been more serious
答案：D题意：“你要出版我的新书，你当真吗？”“是呀，我是认真的。

”后面的It’s to be published next month提示前面所说的话是非常确定的。

形容词的比较级和否定词连用表示最高级的意思，故选D项。

Ⅱ.完形填空(每题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)，选出最佳选项。

I have a dream, and I stay determined, work hard, and do everything in my power to make it
a reality.
Growing up, I had a lot of __16__ things in my life, but just recently, I experienced a __17__ that I consider, a significant __18__ towards my dream for life. During my primary school years, achieving A's was never an easy task __19__ a mild learning disability. My disability leads to low quality-test-taking ability, and it __20__me a lot with the SAT(学业水平测试), of which the Verbal Section was really to my __21__. During high school, __22__，I achieved almost all A's in daily course valuations which I am very __23__. The SAT of course was the only thing __24__ me back from getting into the school of my choice. When I got a letter from the school, saying my SAT score did not __25__ the minimum for allowable admission, I began to lose __26__.
Later, I __27__ my admission advisor and asked him if there was anything else I could do to __28__ my application. He gave me a second __29__ to improve my scores and gave me suggestions of how to really __30__ for the SAT. So, I bought a thick SAT preparation book, and __31__ for 3 hours each day before the test.
I finally took the test, and remained __32__for 4 weeks before I received my final score, 50 points more than before. My advisor sent my application to an appeal committee, __33__them that I really have the drive to go to their school and my daily grades were top-class. This just __34__that a simple test score doesn't mean anything when it comes to measuring a person's intelligence and potential. Eventually I was __35__.
No matter how rough the sea may get, never give up.
16．A.successful
B．boring
C．hard
D．urgent
答案：A此处用successful，句子意思是：在成长过程中，我经历过许多次成功。

17．A.failure
B．success
C．pleasure
D．sorrow
答案：B根据后文提到的事件可知此处用success。

18．A.step
B．way
C．lesson
D．jump
答案：A根据后文的towards可知此处用step。

19．A.except for
B．despite of
C．as a result
D．due to
答案：D此处应用介词短语，意思是“由于；因为”；用due to。

20．A.helped
B．encouraged
C．affected
D．confused
答案：C所填词作谓语，意思是“影响”；用affected。

21．A.advantage
B．disadvantage
C．unluckily
D．otherwise
答案：B本句意思是：其中动词部分的确是我的弱点，因此用disadvantage。

22．A.however
B．but
C．or
D．and
答案：A由后文的high school可知此处表高中与小学的对比，所填词表示转折，用however。

23．A.proud of
B．worried about
C．interested in
D．addicted to
答案：A由前文的“I achieved almost all A's in daily course valuations”可知此处用proud of。

24．A.leading
B．welcoming
C．holding
D．frightening
答案：C所填词用非谓语动词，作后置定语，hold back构成固定短语，意思是“阻止”，用holding。

25．A.pass
B．reach
C．equal
D．lower
答案：B本句意思是：……说我的学术水平测试成绩没有达到录取分数线，因此选B。

26．A.hope
B．weight
C．sight
D．face
答案：A lose hope“没有希望了；失去希望”。

27．A.argued with
B．called up
C．looked for
D．pointed to
答案：B此处用called up，意思是“打电话”。

28．A.improve
B．withdraw
C．promote
D．replace
答案：A由后文的improve my scores可知此处构成improve one's application短语，意思是：改进某人的申请。

29．A.time
B．hand
C．book
D．chance
答案：D句子意思是：他给我又一次提高我的分数的机会，用chance。

30．A.apply
B．cheat
C．run
D．prepare
答案：D所填词与后面的for构成短语prepare for“为……做准备”。

31．A.searched
B．prayed
C．drilled
D．predicted
答案：C此处用drill，意思是：练习，训练。

32．A.nervous
B．calm
C．innocent
D．careless
答案：A由前文的remain可知此处用nervous。

33．A.begging
B．ordering
C．convincing
D．persuading
答案：C此处所填词意思是：“使信服”，用非谓语动词作状语，选C。

34．A.tells
B．shows
C．indicates
D．impresses
答案：B本句意思是：这仅仅表明，当衡量一个人的智力和潜力时，一次简单的考试成绩不能说明什么。

因此选B。

35．A.praised
B．rejected
C．arranged
D．admitted
答案：D句子意思是：最后我被录取了。

be admitted by a famous university“被一所名校录取”。

Ⅲ.阅读理解(每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下面的文章，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A
The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.
During the opening ceremonies(仪式), after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels(骆驼)transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs(传统文化). On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.
The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.
Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale_of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down——their legs and feet straight up in the air——all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful!
36．The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.
A．has a very long history in North Africa
B．is held in the same place on the same day
C．is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara
D．is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries
答案：C根据第一段最后一句话It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.可知：参加撒哈拉节的主要是当地人。

37．Before the races begin，________take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.
A．musicians, dancers, horses and hares
B．camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares
C．horsemen, dancers, camels and dogs
D．musicians, officials, camels and horses
答案：D在撒哈拉节的开幕式上先后进行如下的项目：政府官员发表祝词；群众游行；骆驼的行进表演；马匹的盛装表演；音乐家和舞蹈演员的传统文化表演；男子的吹牛角和击鼓表演；长发女子的舞蹈表演；狗群追逐兔子，赛骆驼以及赛马比赛等。

38．The underlined word “finale”in the fourth paragraph most probably means the________of the opening day.
A．first part
B．middle
C．last part
D．whole
答案：C开幕式上的最后一个节目是激动人心的赛马比赛，所以“finale”表示“戏剧的最后一场；结局；最后的一个乐章”等意思。

39．This passage mainly tells readers________.
A．what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival
B．how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival
C．what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival
D．how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival
答案：A本文介绍了撒哈拉节(Sahara Festival)的节日盛况。

B
To get a good mark in examination has been regarded as being most important for a student, and it is also what parents always expect their children to do. But is it enough? These days increasing attention has been paid in schools across the country to what is called quality education. It means that a student, apart from doing well in exams, should develop his skills in other ways so as to turn himself into a qualified graduate for modernization of the motherland.
Quality education, said Xing Jizu, Party Secretary of the Education bureau of downtown Hongkou District Shanghai, aims to help students to gain a high moral standard, a strong sense of patriotism(爱国), a strong wish for learning, as well as a sound mind and body.
“We need reforms(改革)to achieve our goal for quality education，” Mr. Xing Jizu told SSP. He also outlined what they had planned.
Xing said that return of Hong Kong to the mainland in July 1997, for example, was regarded as a very good chance for the education advances. So a lot of related activities were organized at all the schools in Hongkou.
Besides, all schools in the district were advised to set up after-class art of science groups. Student's art festival is to be held in each school every year. As for physical education, every student is required to have at least one hour of exercise a day. Every year, a sports meet will take place at each school.
“What we are doing is by no means to weaken the importance of the regular classroom teaching or exam results，”Xing pointed out. “Instead, we hope that through quality education, students can learn more, in less time, in an easier way. Only in this way can we bring up children fit for the bright future of China.”
40．The writer thinks that to get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as most important for a student is________.
A．completely right
B．one-sided
C．completely wrong
D．only a single standard of a good student
答案：B根据第一段第三句至第五句话可知：好的成绩对于学生来说只是一个方面。

41．The word “outline” means“________”．
A．give main points of
B．to tell something about education
C．answer some questions of
D．draw a picture of
答案：A根据上下文之间的意思可知：outline表示“概述”；例如：He listened as I outlined my reasons.他听我扼要地叙述了我的理由。

此外，outline也可以表示“画出或标出(某物的)轮廓、外形”；例如：Outline a map of North America. 画一幅北美的略图。

但该意与文章内容不符，所以选A。

42．The text tells us that________.
A．quality education is a must in schools
B．politics must be put in the first place
C．students should be able to bear hardships and stand hard work
D．it is never late to learn
答案：A文章最后一段明确表明素质教育的重要性和必要性。

43．Schools carry out quality education________.
A．to make students study hard
B．to train students to be useful persons of ability for socialist construction in our country C．to make students to have strong physique(体格)
D．to make students to master more knowledge of science
答案：B根据文章的最后一句话可知：素质教育的目的在于培养学生成为社会主义建设的有用人才。

C
Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilization(文明)，broken up by long “dark
ages”in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last men.
However, most ideas about “the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? That's much more difficult”．
When men and women lived by hunting 50 000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50 000 years from now, we may seem as primitive(原始的)in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us.Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can't think of.
So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live on because we are careless or greedy(贪婪)or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.
Second, by trying to escape from present and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set your imagination free when you think about the future.
44．A particular mention made of Stapledon's book in the opening paragraph________.
A．serves as description of human history
B．serves as an instruction to the discussion
C．shows a disagreement of views
D．shows the popularity of the book
答案：B开头作者提到了一本书，用意是开启话题，展开讨论。

45．The text discusses men and women 50 000 years ago and 50 000 years from now in order to show that______.
A．human history is extremely long
B．life has changed a great deal
C．it is useless to plan for the next 50 years
D．it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future
答案：D作者写道：五万年前靠狩猎为生的原始人怎么会想象出我们所过的生活？同样的道理，对于从现在起五万年后的人们来说，我们此时的想法也许显得太原始了。

46．Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to________.
A．tools used in farming
B．ideas about modern life
C．unknown things in the future
D．hunting skills in the Stone Age
答案：C编造的词汇代表未知的东西。

47．According to the writer of the text, imagining the future will________.
A．serve the interests of the present and future generations
B．enable us to better understand human history
C．help us to improve farming
D．make life worth living
答案：A文中“如果我们因为疏忽、贪婪和纷争把地球上的生活环境毁灭了，后人是不会原谅我们的”。

换句话说，对未来的想像还可以使我们减少对地球的破坏，以使子孙后代不因此受损害。

D(2018·四川)
Honesty comes in many forms. First there's self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear_through_smoke_and_mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I'm not. I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it. “Always be a first-class version(版本)of yourself, instead of a second—class
version of somebody else.”
Then there's honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you've ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can't do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that：
In my second year of study, there w ere three kids in my math class w ho didn't do w ell. I w as really good at it. I w ould charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I'd w rite on a little piece of paper all the right ans w ers, and hand them off.
At first I felt like I w as making money, kind of a nice job. I w asn't thinking about ho w it could hurt all of us. After a w hile I realized I shouldn't do that any more, because I w asn't really helping them. They w eren't learning anything, and it w ould only get harder do w n the road. Cheating certainly w asn't helping me.
It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄) into your PBA and will build strength.
主旨大意：诚实有很多形式，每个人都应该诚实。

每一次诚实的行动就是在为你的个人发展账户储蓄，诚实对你的未来发展起很大作用。

48．The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors”in the first paragraph means“________”．
A．to be honest
B．to be unreal
C．to become clear
D．to come from an imagined world
答案：B推理判断题。

由前一句：“Is what people see the real article”可知，“do you appear through smoke and mirrors”是其对立面，前面是real，后面就是“unreal”。

49．Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland's words?
A．Be your true self rather than follow others.
B．Don't copy others or you can't be the first class.
C．Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.
D．Don't learn from others unless they're excellent.
答案：A推理判断题。

第一段讲的是self-honesty，四个选项中，只有A项有true self 与之对应。

50．What does the author expect to show by Jeff's story?
A．Honesty can be of great help.
B．A bad thing can be turned into a good one.
C．Helping others cheat can do good to nobody.
D．One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.
答案：D推理判断题。

由第二段第四句可知，作者举例例证“行动上的诚实”，即“你只要做错了事，一定不会不知道”。

51．In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express________.
A．one must be brave to be honest
B．it's difficult to be honest when others are not
C．one should be honest when making a deposit
D．honesty in one's actions can help him in the future
答案：D推理判断题。

由最后一段最后一句话可知，诚实就是为未来储蓄可能。

E(2018·江苏)
When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously(同时地)about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what's happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen—they can't do both—and they don't understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships—not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the
screen.
During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.
Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.
There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls' mothers talked to them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Beha v iour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of their children. Since a girl's brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually disappointed to receive only short grunts in reply.
主旨大意：女性喜欢交谈，不管是在看电视还是打电话的时候，这是因为女性想通过交谈发展友谊。

52．While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ________.
A．are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends
B．can both talk and watch the screen at the same time
C．think they can have a good time and develop relationships
D．have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands
答案：C细节判断题。

由第一段最后一句话“Besides, women consider that...at the screen”可知。

53．After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to ________.
A．experience the happy time again
B．keep a close tie with her
C．recommend her a new scenic spot
D．remind her of something forgotten
答案：B细节判断题。

由第三段第一句中“...but a woman sees it as a means of bonding.”可推知。

54．What does the author want to tell us most?
A．Women's brains are better organized for language and communication
B．Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.
C．Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.
D．Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.
答案：A推理判断题。

最后一段Dr.Michael Lewis的实验验证了女性喜欢交谈与其大脑构造有关，从而说明女孩比男孩善于交谈不是社会条件造成的。

而且全文都在讲述女性善交谈，通过交谈结交朋友。

55．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk
B．Talking Maintains Relationships
C．Women Love to Talk
D．Men Talk Differently from Women
答案：C推理归纳题。

本文围绕的主题是女性通过交谈发展友情结交朋友，而且她们喜欢交谈。

因此C项准确概括了全文。

Ⅳ.书面表达(满分25分)
假设你叫李华，半年后将高中毕业，两个月前你参加了雅思(IELTS)考试，成绩为6分。

你想毕业后去澳大利亚留学。

为此，你给悉尼大学的国际学生招生部发了一封电子邮件，告诉他们关于你自己的一些情况，也询问一些相关事宜。

以下是你想了解的：1．对国际学生英语水平的要求；
2．是否需要中国的高考成绩；
3．申请入学的截止日期(deadline)是哪一天；
4．申请费用(application fee)；
5．如果申请成功，何时可以收到入学通知；
请根据上面的信息写一封电子邮件。

词数：100左右
To：furtherinfo @io. usyd.deu.au
From: Lihua@ sina.
Subject：Interested in studying at Sydney University
Dear Sir or Madam，
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 参考范文：
Dear Sir or Madam，
My name is Li Hua, a student from China. I'll graduate from high school in six months. Two months ago I took the IELTS and my score is 6. I'm very interested in studying in your university and I'd appreciate very much to get the following information from you：
1．What is your English requirement for international students?
2．Do you need my college entrance exam results in China?
3．What is the deadline for this year's application?
4．How much is the application fee?
5．When will you send me the letter of acceptance if my application is accepted?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully，
Li Hua。