Unit 6 Life in the future单元测试题
第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
请听下面5段对话,选出最佳选项。
1. How much is the TV set？
A. ＄60. B. ＄120. C. ＄90.
2. Where does this conversation take place？
A. At a restaurant. B. At a theater. C. At a station.
3. What is the woman going to do this evening？
A. Go to dinner. B. Visit her sister.
C. Go to the airport.
4. What does the man mean？
A. He has not well prepared.
B. He feels it will be easy.
C. He doesn’t mind about it.
5. What’s the man’s problem？
A. He doesn’t have enough time.
B. He doesn’t have a watch.
C. The library doesn’t have the articles he wants.
第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
请听下面5段对话或独白,选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Where does the conversation most probably take place？
A. In a bedroom. B. In an office. C. In the street.
7. What is wrong with the woman？
A. She has a stomachache. B. She has got the flu.
C. She has a toothache.
请听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What will the two speakers probably do？
A. Go traveling. B. Attend a meeting.
C. Go on business.
9. What time should they arrive at the airport？
A. Before 11:20 pm. B. Before 10:40 am.
C. Before 11:20 am.
10. What can we infer from the conversation？
A. They are going away for a long time.
B. Jim Campbell will take them to the airport.
C. They will go to the north.
请听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What are the two speakers talking about？
A. Sending an e-mail. B. Surfing the Internet.
C. Writing a letter.
12. How many hours does the woman probably spend
on the Internet every week？
A. About twelve hours. B. About two hours.
C. About six hours.
13. What can we learn about the woman from the conversation？
A. Her friend likes the Internet.
B. She owns a business on the Internet.
C. She has a little interest in the Internet.
请听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14. Where does the man want to go？
A. He wants to travel around the downtown area.
B. He wants to go to the White House Hotel.
C. He wants to go to the Red House Hotel.
15. How much does it cost to go to the hotel by taxi？
A. About 7 dollars. B. About 15 dollars.
C. About 50 dollars.
16. Which bus would the man take to go to the hotel？
A. Bus No. 13. B. Bus No. 30. C. Bus No. 14.
请听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Where did the story take place？
A. At the teacher’s office. B. At a studio.
C. In a classroom.
18. What were the students doing then？
A. Talking about their articles before a video camera.
B. Reading news on TV.
C. Celebrating the speaker’s birthday.
19. Why was the speaker so nervous？
A. She had never stood before a video camera before.
B. She had never talked about her own article before a video camera before.
C. This camera was different from the one she had once faced at home.
20. What was the speaker’s feeling to her class teacher？
A. Nervous. B. Afraid. C. Thankful.
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. Right， we write to each other — not ______ but now and then.
A. regularly B. normally C. absolutely D. actually
22. Her answer ______ “no” even after we begged her to reconsider our proposal.
A. kept B. left C. remained D. continued
23. I think my money is enough for my travel — ＄400 in traveler’s check and ＄100 in ______.
A. notes B. money C. cash D. credit
24. The research results seem to ______ a connection between poor housing conditions and bad health, but more work must be done to test it.
A. suppose B. analyse C. indicate D. prove
25. His attention which should be paid to ______ is now being drawn to ______ games.
A. studying; play B. his study; playing
C. his study; play D. study; play
26. ______ she couldn’t understand was ______ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lessons.
A. What; because B. That; what
C. What; why D. Why; that
27. Bob thought he couldn’t go to the party because he had too much homework， but he went______.
A. at all B. after all C. for all D. above all
28. ______ with the practical situation， Marxism was greatly developed in China at that time.
A. Comparing B. Compared
C. Combining D. Combined
29. After years of efforts， Chinese Olympic dream ______ in the end.
A. comes true B. has been come true
C. has been turned into reality
D. had been turned into reality
30. — What are you considering ______ the remaining building materials？
— You’re asking me! I’m also puzzled about it myself.
A. doing with B. dealing with
C. to do with D. to deal with
31. The fact is that there ______ a lot of goods waiting______ at the storehouse.
A. are; to be unloaded B. are; for being unloaded
C. is; to be unloaded D. is; for being unloaded
32. I like to study the ______ history of China very much.
A. contemporary B. now
C. nowadays D. today
33. I’ll ______ a computer to send her as a gift.
A. purchase B. borrow C. lend D. hire
34. The prisoner has completely ______ and proved to be a good man.
A. reformed B. performed
C. informed D. increased
35. It is ______ that she has gone back to her hometown to spend holidays with her parents.
A. certain B. sure C. certainly D. surely
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
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,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
When I woke up this morning，I thought my body had fallen apart. As I dragged myself to the bathroom，I groaned(呻吟) and remembered the 36 of yesterday that was responsible for my 37 .
My host family took me to Waterville Valley， New Hampshire，for 38 . When Gena， my host mum， 39 me out to the beginners’ lesson， I suddenly remembered the 40 day my mum dropped me off at elementary school. Both left me alone to 41 new challenges.
I had skied once before in Beijing. It was the last outing with my classmates 42 I left for America. The class trip was a lot of fun. 43 I didn’t know how to stop myself 44 down the hill and fell countless times， I was very 45 and kept on trying. This time， I was taught how to ski 46 : I learnt to make a wedge(“V”字形) and 47 in order to stop. The turn
48 me down because it took me across the hill， instead of straight 49 it. Even though I knew all the
50 ， I still panicked(惊慌) the first couple times I turned. I always 51 to control the direction in which I was going， and could only scream as I ran into trees.
When my instructor finally 52 my unskillful movements and went to help the others，I suddenly relaxed and began to turn 53 . I thought over my experience，and came up with the 54 : I do better without other’s 55 ， because then I have to learn to survive on my own.
36. A. excitement B. incident C. process D. accident
37. A. injury B. wounds C. pains D. situation
38. A. outing B. skiing C. exercise D. relaxation
39. A. drove B. picked C. called D. sent
40. A. first B. usual C. ordinary D. wonderful
41. A. offer B. avoid C. deal with D. face with
42. A. when B. until C. before D. since
43. A. Even so B. However C. Because D. Even though
44. A. rushing B. running C. driving D. walking
45. A. tired B. puzzled C. brave D. strong
46. A. safely B. quickly C. fast D. properly
47. A. turn B. switch C. change D. help
48. A. checked B. slowed C. let D. kept
49. A. over B. down C. through D. off
50. A. theories B. practice C. suggestions D. expectation
51. A. brought B. failed C. tried D. hurried
52. A. put away B. became tired of
C. paid attention to D. showed interest in
53. A. skillfully B. carefully C. difficultly D. differently
54. A. conclusion B. signal C. direction D. demand
55. A. happiness B. harm C. protection D. order
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
Apple a day may poison children
Children who eat an apple or pear a day may be exceeding(超过) the pesticide(杀虫剂) safety limit because of remains on the fruit， according to research.
Using data of the British Department of Environment on pesticides on fruit collected from supermarkets，scientists thought that each day some children would get a poisonous level of pesticides.
The research， published on Sunday， says the government repeatedly claims that the levels of pesticide are safe because，instead of measuring individual apples， researchers buy 10， crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe. This is the internationally agreed method of checking remains.
But government figures show that the pesticide is not averagely spread across the batch(一批)， and one or two apples could contain 90% or more of the pesticide in the batch.
It used mathematical modeling to measure exposure(暴露) to pesticides for children aged between 18 months and four years old. The pesticides involved can destroy children’s hormones and some are suspected(怀疑) of causing cancer.
The good news for British fruit growers is that samples grown in this country had lower residue level than imported fruit， so buying home-produced fruit will reduce the danger， said Emily Diamand， one of the Earth’s senior food researchers and one of the authors of the report.
56. The reason why “Apple a day may poison children” is that ______.
A. there are some pests in the apple
B. children would get a poisonous level of pesticides because of the remains
on the apple
C. there are always more pesticides on the apples produced in Britain
D. the apple is too hard for children to eat
57. The internationally agreed method of checking remains is to buy ______.
A. two apples，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe
B. five apples，crush them and test to see if they are safe
C. ten apples，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe
D. eighty apples， and then test them by crushing
58. The underlined word “residue” can be replaced by ______.
A. remains B. pesticide
C. poison D. medicine
59. Which of the following is NOT true？
A. The remains of the pesticides can do harm to the children’s health.
B. The remains of the pesticides can do harm to the children’s hormones.
C. Some remains of the pesticides are suspected of causing cancer.
D. For safety，we’d better not import apples from Britain.
B
We often think of future. We often wonder what the world would be like in a hundred years’ time.
Think of space， perhaps a permanent(永久的) station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed， permitting long journeys throughout the solar system(太阳系). When that time comes， people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine， too. Perhaps a cure will have been discovered for the most terrible of all diseases — cancer. Pollution is a problem we must solve. In a hundred years’ time it will have been controlled.
All the world will have been developed — even Antarctica. There will be large cities in Antarctica. We already have supersonic(超音速的) flight， but in a hundred years’ time we will have supersonic land travel as well.
We will have used up most of earth’s land to build our cities， so floating cities will have been built. The Japanese already have plans for cities of this kind. And there will be cities under the sea. The first of these will have been completed.
60. We will have developed ______ in a hundred years’ time， permitting long journeys all over the solar system.
A. cheap rockets for space travel B. a plane
C. a spaceship D. a satellite
61. Man will also have supersonic land travel ______.
A. in a year B. about half a century later
C. in the year 2050 D. about a century later
62. The last paragraph mainly talks about ______.
A. we’ll make good use of space on the earth
B. cities under the sea
C. Japan will first build floating cities
D. earth’s land is in danger
63. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. Travel in the Future B. Future Life
C. Where to Live in the Future D. Space Travel
C
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64. If you are very good at computer and want to find a job， you can search online by ______.
A. company B. job type C. location D. name
65. This passage probably comes from ______.
A. a magazine for children B. a report
C. the Internet D. a textbook
66. CareerBuilder.com offers the following EXCEPT ______.
A. the most functional and easy-to-use online job search for Science && Biotech jobs
B. many ways to get the job-searching done
C. names of the top companies hiring in Science && Biotech
D. Science && Biotech jobs
67. What is the probable purpose of writing this passage？
A. To introduce a job for you.
B. To introduce some companies to you.
C. To give some advice on offering a job.
D. To make you click their website more often.
D
Some people are pessimistic(悲观的) when they think about the future. They say that，a hundred years from now， we will have used most of the earth’s resources. We will have polluted our seas badly，and be unable to eat fish from them. We will have made the air so dirty that we will need to wear masks. The world’s population will have doubled， and we will have used all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left.
Other people believe that Man adapts very easily. They have a different idea of the future. How， in their views，will people be living in a hundred years’ time？
One architect believes that Man will move off the land. He suggests that the city of the future will be a huge， pyramid-shaped building， which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5，000 families will be living there，and the building will contain shops and schools as well as homes. By living on the sea，we will give the farmers more land to grow crops.
As for oil，people will no longer need it: we will be heating our homes with power from the sun. And we will not be short of minerals， because there are plenty under our oceans. At the moment， we do not have the technology to get them out. But， in a hundred years’ time， the optimists say， the new sea cities will be using these resources.
What will be in the shops in the year 3000？ What will people be wearing？ How will people be traveling？
Scientists who make predictions about the future suggest that， by the year 3000， shops will no longer exist. Computers will have replaced them; and people will order goods from home.
People will be wearing very light， thin clothes. By this time， scientists will have invented a fabric that keeps us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.
As for travel， the experts say that most people will be using public transport. Electric cars will be traveling through the streets day and night. Anybody will be able to stop one and use it.
An interesting picture. Unfortunately， we will not be there to see if these predictions come true.
68. Pessimists believe that in the future ______.
A. the seas and oceans will be full of houses
B. we’ll have used up all the resources
C. we will not have enough fish to eat from the seas
D. we will have polluted the air so badlly that it will be impossible for us to breath
69. Optimists suggest that ______.
A. all the land will be too polluted to be cropped on
B. pyramids will be the most commonly-used houses
C. people will be using the power from the sun instead of oil
D. we will be short of materials even though we get them from under the oceans
70. Scientists have made the predictions EXCEPT
______.
A. electric cars will be going along the streets continuously
B. the resources under the oceans will never be used up
C. people will order from home
D. people won’t suffer from cold any longer
E
It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan， a huge rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California’s beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark’s dream to climb El Capitan as long as he could remember. But how could a person without the use of his legs hope to try to climb it？
Mark knew he couldn’t finish the climb alone， but his friend Peter， an expert rock climber， would be there to lend a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven days to reach the top.
Peter climbed about 100 feet up and hammered a piton(岩钉) into the rock. Fastening(扎牢) one end of a 165-foot rope to the piton， he let the other end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt with a special tool. This tool would allow Mark to move upward， but would prevent him from falling even as much as a single inch. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-bar to the rope， using the same kind of tool.
Mark took a deep breath， pushed the T-bar up almost as far as his arms could reach， and began the first of the 7，000 pull-ups needed to reach the top. High above， Peter let out a cheer， “You’re on your way.”
Seven years before， at the age of twenty-one， he had fallen while climbing mountain， injuring his backbone. The fall cost him the use of his legs， but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful spirit.
For the first four days the two men progressed steadily(稳定地) upward without accident. But on the fifth day， a strong hot wind began to blow， and as time went by， it became stronger and stronger， causing Mark to sway violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that， he had to admit(承认) that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched solid rock again.
It took them one day more than they had expected， but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon， the crowd of people waiting on the top went wild with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman showned that if you set your heart and mind on a goal， no wall is too high，no dream impossible.
71. What had Mark Wellman long hoped to do？
A. To climb El Capitan.
B. To be the first to climb El Capitan.
C. To climb the highest mountain in California.
D. To help his friend Peter climb El Capitan.
72. How did Mark climb the mountain？
A. He fastened the rope to his wheelchair.
B. He hammered pitons into the rock so that he had something to hold on
to.
C. He held on to the T-bar and Peter pulled him up.
D. He pulled himself up using a T-bar and a special tool.
73. How did Mark lose the use of his legs？
A. He lost his footing and fell from the side of a mountain.
B. He fell during his second attempt on El Capitan.
C. His legs were broken by falling rocks.
D. While working out in the gym， he injured his backbone.
74. What was the worst problem Mark had during the climb？
A. He struck against the rock and hurt his arms.
B. A strong wind caused him to sway violently on his rope.
C. He kept falling several inches.
D. While swaying in space， he became terrified.
75. How did Mark deal with difficulties during the climb？
A. He admitted that he was frightened.
B. He often worried about his friend’s condition.
C. He was able to remain calm and full of hope.
D. He had to give up.
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)
Now I have taken more than ten years at school. As 76. ________
a child， I regarded the school a beautiful garden. I 77. ________
went to school happily and excited with a small bag. 78. ________
Time flew very fast. Now I’m studying at a senior 79. ________
middle school. Every day morning I go to school early. 80. ________
At class I enjoy the lessons of every teacher’s very much. 81. ________
In the evening， I do a lot of exercises， just like a farmer 82. ________
working hard， expect a good harvest. During breaks 83. ________
between class， I often go out to enjoy myself. I’m 84. ________
sure I’ll never forget wonderful time I spent at school. 85. ________
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
仔细观察上边漫画,以“My Future Hometown”为题写一篇100词左右的短文。
要点提示:
1、未来的家是一个绿色花园,四周是绿树、鲜花、青草、新房和高楼;
2、无需出门,你便可以听见鸟儿唱歌,看见鸟儿飞翔;
3、有时你很难把树与高楼辨别出。
注意: 短文可在忠实于漫画的基础上,适当发挥想象,增加细节,或简单评述,
但语意必须连贯。
参考词汇: 天堂 paradise