二、语法选择
We often watch aliens(外星人) on TV or in the movies. Do you believe there __1___ aliens? We’ll make a phone call and you __2__. A group of American can help. They made a device(装置) to “talk” to aliens. If you want to talk to__3__alien, you only need __4__ www.talktoalien.com, call at 1-900-2260 and say, “Hello, aliens,__5__ is Earth calling. Can you hear me ?” You can say _6_ you want.
But now, they only take phone calls from people in the US. The call is ＄3.99 every minute. Since the hotline __7__ in the February, www.talketoaliens.com has got hundreds __8__ calls. There is one call __9__ three minutes. They are also trying to send people’s e-mails, photos and videos __10__ space. ( ) 1. A. is B. are C. was D. were ( ) 2. A. know B. will know C. must know D. should know ( ) 3. A. one B. a C. an D. the ( ) 4. A. visit B. visiting C. to visit D. visited ( ) 5. A. this B. that C. it D. there ( ) 6. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything ( ) 7. A. begin B. began C. beginning D. to begin ( ) 8. A. in B. with C. of D. on ( ) 9. A. every B. each C. between D. among ( ) 10. A. out of B. into C. onto D. over
三、完形填空
Jim Smith was a poor boy. One day he was very cold and _1_. He came to a house and asked a young _2_ only for a glass of water. But the lady was so _3_ that she gave him a large glass of hot milk.
Jim drank it and then asked, “How much should I _4_you ?
“You don’t need to pay.” She replied. Jim _5_ her from the bottom of his heart.
Years later, Jim became a _6_. One day, the woman was sent to his hospital. She was seriously ill. He recognized(认出) her at once and decided to _7_to save her life.
The operation(手术) was _8_, but the cost was high. After looking at the woman’s bill, Jim wrote something on it. When the woman received the bill, she didn’t dare(不敢) to look at it. _9_, something on the side of the bill caught her attention(注意). She began to _10_ the following words:
Paid in full with one glass of milk.
( ) 1. A. hot B. hungry C. cool D. strong ( ) 2. A. woman B. man C. husband D. waiter ( ) 3. A. angry B. beautiful C. lucky D. kind ( ) 4. A. give B. buy C. pay D. send ( ) 5. A. thanked B. forgot C. missed D. understood ( ) 6. A. teacher B. doctor C. worker D. driver ( ) 7. A. say hello B. do his best C. give away D. get back ( ) 8. A. awful B. beautiful C. careful D. successful ( ) 9. A. However B. Whenever C. Especially D. Hardly ( ) 10. A. write B. remember C. read D. guess
四、阅读理解
A
Denis was a thief. He wrote a letter to another thief Pat. But the police got the letter. It reads: BNLD ZS LHCMHFGS ZMC GZUD SGD SGHQSX ONTMCR VHSG XNT.
what's it about? How can you read it? The policemen were quick. They studied the letter carefully and soon found out what they wanted. Now let's suppose(假设) you were a policeman. Can you rend Denis’ letter? Maybe you need some help: when Denis wanted a letter, he wrote down the letter before it in the alphabet(字母表).Now can you read Denis' letter? What must Pat do? When? And what did Denis want? 1. The letter before B and C are A and B. The letter before A and B are _____. A.C and B B.Z and A C.A and B D.Z and B 2. In the letter Denis asked Pat to go at ______. A. noon B. midnight C. five o'clock D. eight o'clock 3. “The policemen were quick.” .This sentence means the policemen ______. A. read the letter soon after they got it B. could run very fast C. were very clever D. were very careful
4. Suppose Pat asked Denis to “meet at the railway station.” What would he write? A.LDDW XS WKH UDLDZDB VSZSHNM B.LDDS CV VJG TCKNYCA VCVKQPY C.LDEU BU UIF QZHKVZX TUVUJPO D.LDDS ZS SGD QZHKVZX RSZSHNM 5.What’s the best title(标题) of this passage? A.A strange Letter B.A slow Thief C. The Clever Policemen D. How to read a Letter
B
A bug flies by a plant. This plant has a pretty red flower. The bug smells something wonderful. So it goes nearer and nearer to the flower. Then it sees some leaves on the plant. They are long and green and good to eat. But they look strange. They are folded together. The bug flies over and sits on one. Oooops! That’s the end of the bug.
This poor bug has landed on a plant that eats bugs! Meat-eating plants use special ways to trap(诱捕) bugs. Some have pretty flowers. They look so nice and smell so sweet that bugs fly directly (直接地) into them. But there is no way they can get out. The plant keeps the bug there. It uses the bug as food. That’s how the plant lives.
There are many kinds of plants that eat bugs. Each plant has a special ways to catch bugs. The leaves of one plant bite together when the bug lands on them. Other plants have sticky(粘性的) leaves. These leaves roll up(卷起来) with the bugs trapped inside them. One kind of this plant has little hairs on its leaves. They hold anything that comes along so it can not get away . Then the leaves close up around the food.
You can keep a plant like this in your home. Don’t worry. You won’t have to catch bugs to feed. Just go to a flower store. There you can get special food for it. If not,
you can just give it bits of meat.
1. The sentence “Oooops! That's the end of the bug.” means______. A. Oh! Its food is missing B. Ah! Its life ends
C. Oh, bad! It disappears suddenly D Oh! It flies away at once 2. Why is that the end of the bug? A. It gets hurt and can’t fly again B. It likes eating sweet things
C. The plant on which it lands will eat. D. It wants to live on leaves forever.
3. From this passage, we can know that a bug is ______. A. a kind of plant B. a kind of sugar C. a kind of flower D. a kind of very small insect (昆虫) 4. If you have a plant that eats bugs, you _____. A. must catch bugs to feed it
B. can go to a flower store for special food C. should give it some vegetables D. need to give it some rice or milk
5. The passage tells us that some plants ________. A. are meat-eating B. have mouths to eat insects C. have sticky hairs D. need special food in a flower store
C
The Harp Seal is one of nature’s most beautiful and lovely creatures(生物). Many years ago it was hunted for its white fur. Catching or killing Harp Seal is now against law.
The Seals spend the summer months moving in large groups. Harp Seals close their noses and ear holes when swimming deep in water, but they have to come out of the water for air from time to time. Their favourite place to rest is on the top of icebergs(冰山).
The mother Harp Seal gives babies in February or March and feeds her children for 14—18 days. Baby Harp Seals begin to lose their white fur at around six to eight weeks of age. When they grow up, the Harp Seals have brown skin. At birth, Harp Seals weigh 12kg but can weigh up to 130kg as they become grown-ups. Harp Seals eat small fish, shrimps(虾) and krill(磷虾). However they are living in different places. Father Harp Seals can live as long as 29 years while mother Harp Seals usually live for more than 30 years.
Since the Canadian Government passed laws to keep the baby seals from hunters, their numbers have gone up to more than one million. Now every year, thousands of visitors crowd to the pack ice(大片浮冰上) to witness the wonderful picture of newly-born Harp Seals.
1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Keeping Harp Seals. B. Harp Seals.
C. Hunting Harp Seals is not allowed. D. Life span(生命期) of Harp Seals. 2. In the past Harp Seals were caught or killed_____.
A. for their meat B. because they were dangerous C. for their fur D. because they were easy to catch 3. A grown Harp Seal is ____.
A. brown in color and weighs 12kg B. white in color and weighs up to130kg C. white in color and weighs 12kg D. brown in color and weighs up to130kg 4. What can you know from the passage ? A. Harp Seals only enjoy shrimps
B. Today, killing Harp Seals is illegal(不合法的)
C. The baby seals are protected by the US government.
D. The Harp Seals move in large groups during the winter months. 5. The underlined word “witness” in the last sentence means_____. A. report B. visit C. see D. write
D Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger(饥饿). These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. 60-year-old Park Geun-hye (朴槿惠) was elected (选举) the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country's first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” She told the cheering people in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” Barack Obama (born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita, Kansas. 1. When Mo Yan was young, his family might be ______. A. big B. poor C. rich D. small 2. When was Park Geun-hye born? A. In 1952. B. In 1955. C. In 1961. D. In 1987. 3. Where did Barack Obama born?
A. In Kansas. B. In Kenya. C. In Columbia. D. In Hawaii. 4. Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A. The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.
B. Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C. Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. D. Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. 5. The three passages may be from ______. A. an email B. a letter C. news D. an ad
五、写作运用 单词拼写
1. Don’t worry. This is not an i__________ test. 2. Einstein was a great s__________.
3. Luckily, n__________ was hurt in the accident.
4. I s___________ realized someone was looking at me. 5.Li Ming bought a n __________computer last week. 完成句子
1.饭后散散步对身体有好处。
_________ _________ _________ __________after dinner is good for health. 2.地球上还有很多东西要我们去探索发现。
There is still many things in the world for us________ _________ _________. 3.研究发现这些植物大约是在一百年前小消失的。
The research found that these plants_______ _______about one hundred years ago. 4.他是那个岛上唯一的人。
He was the only_______ _______on the island. 5.咱们收拾好东西到乡下去过一个星期吧。
Let’s pack up and spend a week______ ________ _______.
单元达标检测答案： 一、CBDBB DDCCA 二、BBCCA DBCAB 三、 BADCA CBDAC
四、A篇 BBCDA B篇BCDBA C篇 BCDBC D篇 BADAC
五、单词拼写 1.intelligence 2.scientist 3. nobody 4. suddenly 5.notebook
完成句子1. Going for a walk 2. to find out 3.died out 4. Human being 5. in the countryside