高二英语unit4单元测试卷

高二英语Unit4单元测试卷
Unit4 A garden of poems
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. —Will you be able to finish your poem for the competition today?
—______.
A. I’d like it
B. I’m interested in it
C. I hope so
D. I’ll do so
2. It seemed to me that she was in trouble ______ Jack lived or died.
A. whenever
B. whether
C. if
D. no matter
3. The road sign is easy to read; the words ______ well.
A. make out
B. stand out
C. work out
D. turn out
4. We can’t go to the cinema with you. We’ve got a lot of work to ______ today.
A. pass through
B. look through
C. run through
D. get through
5. She looked very peaceful, and I was quite unafraid, ______ what had happened.
A. interested to know
B. interested knowing
C. interesting to know
D. interesting in knowing
6. The beautiful song always ______ my memories of my senior school time when I hear it.
A. calls on
B. calls for
C. calls up
D. call in
7. Women’s lives used to follow a predictable ______: school, then marriage and children.
A. pattern
B. design
C. style
D. form
8. This lack of definitiveness makes art difficult ______.
A. controlling
B. controlled
C. to control
D. be controlled
9. Modern poets are greatly loved because of their special ______ both in the language and images.
A. introduction
B. attraction
C. production
D. pronunciation
10. Things had not changed much in Paris during our ______ of nearly a month.
A. missing
B. lack
C. away
D. absence
11. Yet this is a process that, once ______, cannot be stopped
A. begins
B. having begun
C. beginning
D. begun
12. How ______ you say you hate me when you really don’t care what I do in my life?
A. can
B. must
C. need
D. may
13. No matter ______, he could not please the boss.
A. he worked hard
B. how hard he worked
C. how did he work
D. how hard did he work
14. ______ the old mother’s deeds, all of us couldn’t keep back our tears and began to cry.
A. Moved by
B. Moving with
C. To be moved by
D. To be moving by
15. —How shall we go to that airport?
—Well, I recommend ______ a taxi.
A. to take
B. taking
C. to taking
D. take
第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world. 16 springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the 17 areas like the desert. The control is possible even without possession of large areas of 18 land. In the early days of American west, gun fights were not 19 for the water resources, and laws had to be 20 to protect the water rights of the 21 and the use of the water resources accordingly.
22 is known to us all, there is not 23 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes. Deciding on the 24 of water that will be used in any particular period 25 careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more 26 . Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 27 the water supply forecast (预报).
The 28 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 29 than from the below. Interest is 30 in the ways to increase rainfall by manmade methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain 31 . With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be 32 , and with the help of a repeater station, they send the 33 data (数据) to the base station. The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 34 a button. In the near future, the forecast and use of water 35 probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground.
16. A. Using B. Holding
C. Owning
D. Finding
17. A. dry B. distant C. deserted D. wild
18. A. fine B. beautiful C. rich D. farming
19. A. unlawful B. unacceptable
C. unpopular
D. uncommon
20. A. made B. designed C. signed D. written
21. A winners B. settlers
C. fighters
D. supporters
22. A. That B. It C. What D. As
23. A. plentiful B. enough
C. any
D. much
24. A. type B. quality C. amount D. level
25. A. requests B. requires
C. means
D. suggests
26. A. effectively B. easily
C. conveniently
D. actively
27. A. leading to B. due to
C. owing to
D. according to
28. A. correct B. further
C. average
D. early
29. A. clouds B. sky C. air D. above
30. A. raising B. rising C. building D. lasting
31. A. rocks B. tips C. tops D. trees
32. A. taken care of B. made use of
C. piled up
D. saved up
33. A. picked B. produced
C. used
D. gathered
34. A. touching B. knocking
C. pressing
D. turning
35. A. might B. can C. will D. should
第三节：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
A scientist warned yesterday of the fire danger in a type of foam（泡沫） materials widely used for furniture (家具).
He said that within two minutes of a chair-catching fire there would be flames 15 feet high. It would take only another minute to envelop (wrap up) the whole room.
Mr. Kenneth Jones, the scientific officer of the North-Eastern Forensic（法庭的） Science Laboratory told an inquest（调查小组） at Wakefield, Yorkshire, “The spread of fire mixing this materials is very fast, and choking smokes are giving off.”
He warned that it was a waste of time to try to put out this type of flame. The best thing was to get out of the room and shut the door to prevent from dying of the choking smokes.
An accidental death was recorded on Richard Jolley, of Wakefield, who died in his bedroom from the choking smokes.
Mr. Jones said that in a house where a four-year-old boy died there was a three-piece bedroom set with this foam filling. He said, “Some half million tons a year are produced for 500 million armchairs.”
But the danger has been recognized and is being dealt with. A new product has just been developed in which the fire danger is reduced and will be put into use in a few months.
36. According to the opinion of a scientist, certain types of armchairs ________.
A. were very safe
B. should not be used because they were very dangerous
C. were widely used and supplied
D. will give off choking smokes
37. If an armchair of this type caught fire, ________.
A. the whole room would be on fire within three minutes
B. the whole room would be on fire within only one minute
C. the fire would last three minutes
D. things fifteen feet away would catch fire, too
38. Mr. Jones said it _______ a fire of this kind.
A. was necessary to put out immediately
B. would take a very long time to put out
C. was no use trying to put out
D. would waste much time to put out
39. In a few months, there will be a new product for armchairs which will ________.
A. be completely safe
B. be safe and widely produced
C. be dangerous if they catch fire
D. not be so easy to catch fire
B
The Nobel prizes are among the most important and internationally recognized prizes in the world. The prizes are given to honor great discoveries or special achievements by individuals or institutions. The fields in which the prizes are awarded are physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology (the study of living things), literature, world peace and economics.
The prizes were first given out in 1901 (except the economics prize, which began only in 1969) and since then they have been presented almost every year. The winners received a large sum of money, a medal and a certificate. They are admired and respected around the world for their hard work and the achievements they have made.
The prizes were created by a Swedish chemist called Alfred Nobel. Nobel was born in 1833, in Sweden. However, he was educated in Russia and the USA. Nobel devoted much of his life to his father’s b usiness, working with explosives. In 1864, his younger brother and several other people were killed in an explosion in a factory. After the terrible shock of his brother’s death, Nobel was determined to discover a way of making explosives safer to handle and use. He believed in the importance of his work, and he worked hard. In 1867, his hard work paid off, and he invented “dynamite”, a safer form of explosive.
Dynamite made Nobel very rich. When he died in 1896, he left around 9 million dollars. In his will, Nobel said that he wanted this money to be used to pay for annual prizes to be given to people who had done the most good for mankind each year. He also said that the nationality of the winners did not matter. The prizes were to be given to the people or institutions who had achieved the most regardless of which country they were from.
40. Anyone but ________ will possibly win a Nobel Prize.
A. a scientist who makes a great discovery in physics
B. a scientist who makes a special achievement in DNA
C. a woman who devoted herself to world peace
D. a black man who is working hard to give his four children a good education
41. Why did Nobel decide to invent dynamite?
A. Because his brother was killed in an explosion.
B. Because dynamite was a safer form of explosive.
C. Because his father worked with explosives.
D. Because dynamite could make explosives safer to handle and use.
42. What words describe Alfred Nobel best?
A. Selfish and clever.
B. Generous and wise.
C. Great and old.
D. Rich and powerful.
43. Six Nobel prizes are given out each year EXCEPT _______.
A. in 1902
B. in 1973
C. in 1971
D. in 1969
C
Speakers of different languages not only describe the world differently but think about it differently too, according to a new study.
Researchers used a cartoon cat Sylvester to study how language was reflected in the gestures people made. Dr. Sotaro Kita of the University of Bristol’s Department of Experimental Psychology（心理学）showed the cartoon to a group of native English, Japanese and Turkish speakers and then watched their gestures as they described the actions they had seen. He found speakers of the three different languages used different gestures to describe the same event, which appeared to reflect the way the structure of their languages expressed that event. For example, when describing a scene where the cat swings on a rope, the English speakers used gestures showing an arc trajectory（弧形轨迹） and the Japanese and Turkish speakers tended to use straight gestures showing the motion but not the arc.
Dr. Kita suggests this is because Japanese and Turkish have no proper verb to express the English meaning “to swing”. While English speakers use the arc gesture as their language can readily express the change of location and the arc-shaped trajectory, Japanese and Turkish speakers cannot as easily express the idea of movement with an arc trajectory so they used the straight gesture.
Dr. Kita said, “My research suggests that speakers of different languages cause different spatial (空间的) images of the same event in a way that matches the expressive possibilities of their own languages.”In other words, language influences spatial thinking at the moment of speaking.
44. Researchers watched the gestures the people made because they wanted to know _______.
A. how the structure of language changed
B. how language was reflected
C. whether they could express the same idea
D. whether they could describe what they had seen
45. Dr. Kita made a conclusion that _______, after watching the gestures of speakers of the three
different languages: English, Japanese and Turkish.
A. English was obviously better than Japanese and Turkish
B. Japanese and Turkish peo ple could not express the meaning of “swing”
C. every language had its own special way to describe things
D. no word in Japanese and Turkish could express some ideas of English
46. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. How people use different gestures to express the same event.
B. Language influences the way people think.
C. Differences between languages.
D. Differences between gestures.
47. What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word “readily” (in
paragraph 3)?
A. Specially.
B. Without difficulty.
C. With interest.
D. Willingly.
D
The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.
· Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further nighttime and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For children six or twelve years old, give half the adult dosage. For children under six years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.
· Each pill of the medicine is taken three times every day for those fourteen years old. As usual, a pill at 6:00 a.m. before breakfast, one before 11:00 a.m. and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart trouble.
· The medicine is for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep. Half for children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.
· The medicine is taken three times a day. Once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.
48. If one aged 22 with fever requires to get rid of the illness, he should take the _______ kind of medicine.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
49. ________ should stop taking the second kind of medicine.
A. Persons in a bad mood
B. Sleepless persons
C. Persons with heart trouble
D. Nervous persons
50. When an adult has a cold, he had better ______.
A. have about fifteen pills a day
B. have pills twice a day
C. have pills four times a day
D. have nine pills a day
51. How many kinds of medicine are used for the children six years old?
A. All of them.
B. Three kinds of medicine.
C. Two kinds of medicine.
D. Nearly not any medicine.
E
The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed (拥戴) as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway
I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound (南行的) Suzuki Alto collided (碰撞). The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.
“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,”he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car ... then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher（灭火器） from the bus, doused (泼洒) the flames, and several other workers controlled traffic.
However, he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.
“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back,” he said.
52. It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _______.
A. at noon
B. in the morning
C. in the afternoon
D. at night
53. Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter?
A. Brock Davis.
B. Bill McDermott.
C. Allan Goldsworthy.
D. The firefighters.
54. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The woman driver was driving north before the accident.
B. The first witnesses of the accident were passers-by.
C. The firefighters spent half an hour helping the woman out.
D. With the bus driver and his passengers’ help, the woman’s car didn’t burst into flames.
55. The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means ________.
A. the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor
B. the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can
C. everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully
D. the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation
第四节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Tomorrow I’m going to see my teacher who teaches56. ____________
my English in the middle school. She has completed thirty 57. ____________ years of teaching and gained a lot of experience with her 58. ____________ work. How lively and interesting whenever her class was! 59. ____________
The way she taught English impressed on us very much. 60. ____________
I had great difficulty with English grammar just before I 61. ____________ came to the school. It was she came to help me at once. 62. ____________ With her help, I made great progress in English. Once 63. ____________
I even get first place in an English examination. I 64. ____________ really owe my thank to her, my English teacher. 65. ____________
第五节：书面表达(满分25分)
假如你叫李华，是金山市某中学学生。

最近你校在为一批来自英国的学生征寻住宿家庭，你有意申请。

请根据右表提供的信息用英语给校长写封信，说明你申请的理由。

Dear sir,
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host families for the British students. ______________________________________________________
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Dear sir,
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host families for the British students. We have a large and clean house, which lies in a beautiful area of the city. I’m good at English and my parents are both professors of English. So I’m sure we won’t have any difficulty communicating with English speakers. My father is an excellent driver and we will be very glad to show foreign students around some nearby places of interest in our town by car. Last month we received two American students, and we had a great time. Besides, my mother cooks well, so the students will be able to enjoy delicious Chinese food. I would greatly appreciate it if I could have the chance to make friends with them.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua。