高二英语选修8(外研版)：Module 7 综合技能测试

Module 7 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．This is your last chance to go abroad for further education; don't ________ it away.
A．take B．keep
C．put D．throw
答案：D take away“拿走”；keep away“使……不靠近”；put sth. away“把……收拾好”；throw away“浪费；放过(机会)”。

2．The room is too small for all of us ________.
A．living in B．live in it
C．to live in D．to live in it
答案：C在too...to...结构中，动词不定式的宾语如果同是本句的主语，应省去其宾语，即D项中的it要省去。

3．If you are feeling so tried, perhaps a little sleep would ________.
A．act B．help
C．serve D．last
答案：B该句意思是：如果你感到很疲劳，也许睡一会儿会有所帮助。

4．The crazy fans ________ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.
A．were waiting B．had been waiting
C．had waited D. would wait
答案：B用完成进行时态表示狂热的影迷一直等待着，等了两个小时。

5．I intended to compare notes with a friend, but unfortunately ________ couldn't spare me even one minute.
A．they B．one
C．who D．it
答案：A考查代词。

根据句意可以知道：我想和任何一位朋友交流一下感想，但他们都不能抽出一分钟的时间。

6．—English has a large vocabulary, hasn't it?
—Yes. ________ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A．Know B．Knowing
C．To know D．Known
答案：A考查“祈使句＋and＋陈述句”句式结构。

7．We wanted to get home before dark, but it didn't quite ________ as planned.
A．make out B．turn out
C．go on D．come up
答案：B turn out“结果是”；不像计划的那样。

8．It was required that each student ________ enough food for the picnic.
A．bring B．brought
C．would bring D．had brought
答案：A受require的影响，本句使用“should＋动词原形”构成虚拟语气(should可以省略)。

9．—What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game.
—________. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A．It just depends B．It's up to you
C．All right D．Glad to hear that
答案：B It's up to you.“随你的便”。

所提供的情景“Whatever you want to do is fine
with me”说明对方所做的事都会使说话人高兴。

10．—Brad was Jane's brother!
—________ he reminded me so much of Jane!
A．No doubt B．Above all
C．No wonder D．Of course
答案：C no wonder“难怪”，因为Brad是Jane的兄弟，他经常提到Jane就没有什么奇怪的了。

11．Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company, ________ as 3M.
A．knowing B．known
C．being known D．to be known
答案：B过去分词known作Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company的定语。

12．The Chinese language is generally thought by the foreign learners to be the hardest ________.
A．to learn B．to be learnt
C．learning it D．to learn it
答案：A句型“sth.＋be＋adj.＋to do(须及物)”，及物的不定式的逻辑宾语应是句子主语。

13．We had three sets of garden tools and we seemed to have no use for ________.
A．none B．either
C．any D．each
答案：C根据have no use可确定应用any。

因为any用于否定句中。

either用于否定句表示“也不”。

14．Because the shop ________，all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A．has closed down B．closed down
C．is closing down D．had closed down
答案：C现在进行时有时可表示将要发生的事，特别是在计划中即将发生的事。

根据下文all the T-shirts are sold at half price可判断出商店即将关门。

15．Anyway, that evening, ________ I'll tell you more about later, I ended up staying at Rachel's place.
A．when B．where
C．what D．which
答案：D这是一个非限制性定语从句，which在定语从句中作about的宾语。

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。

A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn't move. What was the __16__ was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of __17__ as a result of exhausted (用尽的) battery. Nothing could be done but to __18__ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the __19__ of the rescue.
It is almost __20__ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his __21__：“First of all I checked up my __22__ conditions and found myself not in deadly danger. As there was no __23__ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from __24__. In this way I dozed (打盹) off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the __25__ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men __26__ to explore a mountain cave and got lost. __27__ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of __28__. Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the __29__ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the __30__ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to __31__ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light flashing not far away.
Don't you think that you can compare it with __32__itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. __33__ you that it's unclear yet and needn't put up struggle __34__. It seems to be a negative (消极的) attitude, __35__ a person who can do so must have
foresight as well as a great courage in the first place.
16．A.hopeless B．worst
C．more D．best
答案：B短语what's the worst意为“更糟的是”，结合语境，不难作出正确选择。

17．A.service B．way
C．control D．work
答案：D短语go out of work“不能工作；失去工作能力；不能用了”的意思。

18．A.cry B．lie
C．wait D．sleep
答案：C表示：除了等待之外，另无选择。

19．A.delay B．success
C．team D．arrival
答案：D相当于the rescue arrived。

20．A.untrue B．unimaginable
C．possible D．useless
答案：B几乎是不可相信，难以置信的是他竟能忍受如此长的时间。

21．A.plan B．decision
C．explanation D．excuse
答案：C explanation“解释；说明”的意思。

22．A.physical B．mental
C．working D．medical
答案：A这里根据文章意思应指“身体”状况。

23．A.method B．way
C．tool D．strength
答案：B此处为“方法；途径”的意思，所以选择way。

24．A.rotting B．spreading
C．bleeding D．running
答案：C keep the wound from bleeding意思是“防止伤口流血”。

25．A.loss B．failure
C．disappointment D．sadness
答案：B for the failure of...相当于for the failure of an exploration adventure...。

26．A.had B．managed
C．tried D．planned
答案：C努力做某事的意思。

结合文章意思，不难作出正确选择。

27．A.Willing B．Unable
C．Determined D．Deciding
答案：B由于get lost所以Unable to find a way out in the dark。

28．A.hearing B．sight
C．feeling D．direction
答案：D相当于they were too frightened to have a sense of direction。

29．A.rescue B．village
C．local D．brave
答案：A结合语境理解，此处为“救援人员”。

30．A.end B．top
C．opening D．side
答案：C此处为“山洞出口”的意思。

31．A.save B．help
C．stop D．calm
答案：D这里是“保持沉着/镇静”的意思。

32．A.adventure B．work
C．life D．mankind
答案：C同人生、生活作比较。

33．A.Mind B．Watch
C．Imagine D．Warn
答案：A祈使句：Mind you意思是“请注意；听着”的意思。

34．A.really B．immediately
C．carefully D．hopefully
答案：B这里的意思是“不要急于或慌慌忙忙地做事情”。

35．A.and B．so
C．but D．while
答案：C此处为语境转折的用法。

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
Slang is one of those things that everybody can recognize and nobody can define(定义). Not only is it hard to wrap slang in a definition, it is also hard to distinguish(区别)it from such similar things as collquialisms(口语), provincialisms(方言), jargon(行话), or trade talk(行业话)．Usually, slang tends to be transient. Thus parents are often laughed at by their children when this older generation uses slang which considered to be the height of fashion in their own youth. Of course the slang teenage children use today is very different from that of their parents. Indeed it might ever be some obscure(晦涩的)foreign language as far as the older generation is concerned for it is totally beyond their understanding!
It is often said that a slang term stops to be a slang when it is“accepted by the dictionary.”This is not really the case. You will find many slang terms listed in dictionaries and still slang terms. The term stops to be slang when it drives out or uses its respectable synonym(同义词), or when it acquires that cannot be expressed otherwise.
Such things have happened. The term“hot dog”was once a slang term, but it couldn't be considered so now. No one in America would go up to a counter and order “a sausage sandwich.”Similarly, “varsity”，originally a slang contraction(缩写)of university, has acquired a special meaning which only it expresses and is no longer slang. Jazz, when it means particular kind of music, is scarcely a slang form, since there is no more respectable word meaning that kind of music.
36．Which would be the title for this passage?
A．Slang
B．Slang terms and their meanings
C．How to understand slang terms
D．Slang terms and other forms of language
答案：A主旨归纳题。

本文介绍的是“俚语”及其形成、变化等各方面的情况。

37．Parents are often laughed at by their children when________.
A．they want to be at the height of the fashion
B．they use out-of-date slang
C．they try to learn from their children
D．they want to follow the fashion
答案：B细节理解题。

文章第二段说明俚语变化很快，所以当父母说自己当时流行的俚语时会遭到孩子的嘲笑，因为这些俚语现在已经不时兴了。

38．The last paragraph is intended to show________.
A．when a slang word is no longer slang
B．when a slang word disappears
C．how slang words are used
D．how to understand slang words
答案：A主旨归纳题。

文章第四段是紧跟第三段来的。

文章第三段说明什么时候“俚语”不再是俚语，第四段是举例来说明这一问题。

39．The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means________.
A．long-lasting B．short-lived
C．easy to understand D．hard to understand
答案：B词义理解题。

文章第二段说明俚语过时非常快，父母用俚语会遭到孩子的嘲笑，因此单词的意思是“短暂的”。

B
Given a good shopping position and the right amount of money available, an educated person ought to be able to make a small steady living out of a bookshop. It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small independent bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop and the local milkman. But the hours of work are very long—I was only a part time employee, but my employer put in seventy hours a week, apart form regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books. It is an unhealthy life too. As a rule, a bookshop is very cold in winter, because if it is too warm the windows get steamed up, and a bookseller depends on the display in his windows trying to bring customers into his shop. Books give off more dust and dirtier dust than anything else yet invented, and the top of a book is the place where every fly prefers to die.
But the real reason why I should not like to be back in the book trade for life is that while I was in it, I lost my love of books. A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books, and that gives him a dislike for them; still worse is the fact that he is always dusting them and moving them to-and-fro. There was a time when I really did love books—loved the sight and smell and feel of them—if they were fifty or more years old, that is. Nothing pleased me so much as to buy a lot of them for 50 pence at a country auction sale; there is a peculiar flavour about the knocked—about unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection; little known eighteenth century poets, out of date geography books, one or two volumes of forgotten novels. For occasional reading—in your bath, for instance or late at night when you are too tired to go to bed—there is nothing as good as a very old picture story book.
But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop I stopped buying books. Seen in a mass, five or ten thousand at a time, books were dull and even a little sickening. Nowadays I do buy one occasionally, but only if it is a book that I want to read and can't borrow, and I never buy rubbish.
40．To be successful, a bookseller needs to be ________.
A．wealthy B．independent
C．clever D．hard-working
答案：D细节辨认题。

如果想要成功的话一个书商应怎么做。

文章第一段第三句指出：开书店工作时间很长，我仅仅是一个兼职雇员，但每周也得工作七十小时，还得外出购书。

由此可以看出，开书店非常辛苦，要成功必须努力工作。

41．Why is running a bookshop a good way to earn a living?
A．The work is enjoyable.
B．The work is easy.
C．There are large number of enthusiastic customers.
D．The owner will never be forced out of business by bigger shops.
答案：D细节辨认题。

为什么说开书店是一种谋生的好办法。

见文章第一段第二句，意为：开书店的买卖并不难学，而且通常也不会被大书店挤垮，因为它主要为邻近的人们服务。

42．Why are bookshops unpleasant places to work in?
A．They are dusty. B．The smell is terrible.
C．They are dump. D．They are too warm.
答案：A细节辨认题。

为什么说书店的工作环境不好。

见文章第一段最后一句，意为：书籍比其他任何物品都要散发出更多更脏的灰尘，而许多飞虫也常常在书面上死去，可见书店的环境较脏。

C
“What's your English name？” I asked in my first oral class. “Goat”came the reply. I tried to keep myself from laughing, as I'm sure the poor boy had no idea of the other meanings associated with the word goat：“a dirty old man”or“a foolish person”．
Later, my thoughts turned to why Chinese students take an English name. Obviously, for foreign teachers such as me, English names help us to learn names and recognize students more
rapidly. And it's a means of easily setting up communication with Westerners.
As Sharon, a student displays her knowledge of Western culture and ideas. Once Sharon has graduated, if she is fortunate to find employment that involves(涉及)regular communication across international boundaries, relationships will be smoothed if others can easily remember her name.
Parents in English-speaking countries do not usually choose words at_random to name their child. For every parent who seeks to be truly creative by inventing a unique name, there will be nine others selecting from a recognized book of names. These books have been passed on from generation to generation.
While English names do have meanings, this is rarely of great importance for parents in making their choice. Often, associations with heroes, pop idols(偶像)will influence(影响)a decision. My son's name, Luke, was chosen because of a film“Cool Hand Luke”，with the US star Paul Newman. Other names are chosen because of family connections, after a beloved grandfather, for example.
There are a great many names to choose from, and at any time some will be more fashionable(时髦的)than others. When our present Queen was crowned, many baby girls were christened Elizabeth, while Princess Diana's marriage to Charles led to a generation of Dianas. Most parents seeking to be original or unique(特殊)look through lists for names that haven't been used regularly in recent years.
So, if you are thinking of taking an English name stop and think. Before you accept any old name, make sure you are happy with its sound, its meaning and its associations.
43．How did the author feel when she heard the name“Goat”given by one of her students?
A．Surprised.B．Funny.
C．Angry. D．Disappointed.
答案：B直接信息题。

从文章第一段作者忍住不笑可知。

44．The student named Sharon was mentioned in the third paragraph to show________.
A．an unsuitable English name can cause trouble in communication
B．a proper English name can help a person to find a job more easily
C．English names are easy for foreigners to remember
D．proper English names help to set up easy international communications
答案：D推理判断题。

通过文章第二段作者所给的例子看，作者是想证明，好的英语名字有助于跨文化间的交流。

B项太片面。

45．The underlined phrase in the fourth paragraph probably means________.
A．in a careful way B．in a different way
C．in a careless way D．with no meaning
答案：C语意理解题。

通过划线短语后面的内容可知，英国父母在给孩子起名字时煞费苦心，而前面又是否定句，因此可知短语的意思是“随意地；不经意地”。

46．We can conclude from the sixth paragraph that________.
A．English people admire power and heroes
B．English people do not consider the meaning when choosing a name
C．English people are easy to be influenced by fashion in choosing a name
D．English people prefer to choose a special name
答案：C推理判断题。

通过关键词可知，英国父母在给孩子起名字时，也追求时髦。

47．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Be Careful in Choosing an English Name
B．English Names and Their Meanings
C．How English People Get Their Names
D．Chinese Names and English Names
答案：A主旨归纳题。

概括文章最后一段可得出结论，作者介绍的一切都是让中国学生在给自己起英文名字时，要注意名字的音、意及其关联意义，不能乱来。

B项干扰性最大，作者介绍英国人的起名习惯，但说明意义并不太重要，因此并没有特别说明名字的含义；C 项仅仅是文章的侧面；作者并没有拿中国名字和英语名字做对比因此也不能选D。

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Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts(帐户)in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials. A student won't usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit(信用). Some banks allow students to overdraw by ￡100 or so, and still don't make charges(though they do charge interest)．48．A student from Japan who has been staying in England for a year intends to go to college in a few months will________.
A．get money if he is taking a first degree course
B．be unable from any LEA when he has finished his course
C．get money from any LEA when he finishes his course
D．have to open a bank account before he gets any money
答案：B细节理解题。

从第一则广告中“although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not”．可得出答案。

49．A 31-year-old nurse wishes to be qualified(适合)as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was 25. How much extra money will she get a year?
A．none. B．￡155.
C．￡615. D．￡515.
答案：C推理判断题。

广告对学生补助一项提到，工作三年以上，年龄29岁以上的学生可获得最高达￡615的补助。

50．A student who can not walk has to buy a wheelchair costing 750 to go to classes. How much of the cost will he have to pay himself?
A．￡150. B．￡250.
C．￡500. D．￡750.
答案：B细节理解题。

广告对残疾学生的补助规定，残疾学生买特殊工具获得最高达￡500的补助。

51．You are a new student. Why may a bank welcome you as a customer?
A．They know you receive money regularly.
B．They charge students extra money.
C．They hope you will be rich in the future.
D．They need student accounts in their time.
答案：C推理判断题。

广告最后提到有些银行对学生优惠，是希望他们以后会变成富裕的官员。

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52．LSAT is most probably ________.
A．an admission test given by a law school
B．an essay written by admitted law students
C．information on business and college
D．information on GPA
答案：A细节理解题。

后面的scores“分数”可作为提示。

53．With the three books, the Princeton Review aims at ______.
A．offering students guides in making a difference in their jobs after university graduation B．offering guide on the writing of application essays for American universities
C．giving information on how some applicants made it into the schools of their choice
D．showing students who want to get into the college how to write successful essays
答案：B推理判断题。

三本书的内容都提到教学生怎样写大学入学论文。

54．College essay is different from the other two books in that ________.
A．it is sold at a lower price and has different back covers
B．it contains interviews with admissions officers and advice from them
C．it gives examples of actual essays written by students who made it into the schools of their choice
D．it contains sections on how to avoid language mistakes
答案：D细节理解题。

比较三本书的内容可知，只有College Essays涉及到写作的基础问题：语法和标点符号。

55．What's the purpose of writing the three texts?
A．To sell the books.
B．To make the books easier to read.
C．To show the importance of the schools.
D．To introduce new authors.
答案：A推理判断题。

本文介绍了三本怎样写应试论文的书，目的当然是推销了。

Ⅳ.书面表达(满分25分)
(2009·福建)某英语报社拟成立“微笑俱乐部”，现向外界征募会员。

要求申请者提交一篇题为“I want to Smile”的英语短文。

请你以申请者的身份，根据以下思路图的提示用英语写一篇短文。

注意：1.根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯；
2．词数：120左右
I Want to Smile
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There are many advantages of smiling. It can not only make us happy, but also please others. If we smile at life, life will smile on us in return. So I want to smile at all whenever and wherever possible.
First, I would like to smile at my parents because they have given me life and take all the trouble to bring me up. They arrange almost everything for me. With their help, I have made great
progress. I would like to say “Thank you” to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, for only in this way can I gain more confidence in smiling my troubles away and live a better life.
In a word, let's greet every day with a smile. Tomorrow is another day.。