江苏省阜宁县东沟中学高一英语单元检测卷（三）

命题人：曾健 审核人：王长军 使用时间：2006-4-12

(命题范围： 模块三 Unit 3 Back to the past)

一、单项填空: （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. ----It’s cloudy outside. Please take an umbrella.

----____.

A. Yes, take it easy B. Well, it just depends

C. OK, just in case D. All right, you’re welcome

2. We cannot figure out _______ quite a number of insects, birds, and animals are dying out.

A. that B. as C. why D. when

3. Mr. White _____ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t’ show up.

A. should have arrived B. should arrive

C. should have had arrived D. should be arriving

4. Don’t leave the water while you brush your teeth.

A. run B. running C. being run D. to run

5. A modern city has been set up in was a wasteland ten years ago.

A. what B. which C. that D. where

6. They've us ￡150,000 for the house. Shall we take it?

A. provided B. supplied C. shown D. offered

7. ____ snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for entertainment when they had a picnic in the forest.

A. Not only they brought B. Not only did they bring

C. Not only brought they D. Not only they did bring

8. ---- The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned.

---- Oh, dear! She _______ a lot of difficulties!

A. may go through B. might go through

C. ought to have gone through D. must have gone through

9. The coffee is wonderful ! It doesn’t taste like anything I before .

A．was having B．have C．have ever had D．had ever had

10. ---- There’s coffee and tea: you can have .

---- Thanks.

A．either B．each C．one D．it

11. It’s so nice to hear from her. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A What’s more B That is to say C In other words D Believe it or not

_____ is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month.

A. It B. As C. That D. What

12. Every possible means ____ to prevent the air pollution，but the sky is still not clear．

A．is used B．are used

C．has been used D．have been used

13. He is the only one of the students who _________ a winner of scholarship for three years.

　　A. is B. are C. have been D. has been

14. Either you or the headmaster _________ the prize to these gifted students at the meeting.　　

A. is handing out 　　B. are to hand out 　　 C. are handing out 　 D. is to hand out

15.The missing boys were last seen ______ near the river.
A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play

二、 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，把握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words though they mean 16 at the time to the people who say them--can have great power.

I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional 17 for the last 24 years, mostly in advertising.

As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and 18 . He had few friends and no self-confidence(自信). Then one day, his high-school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would 19 the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything 20 about the chapter he wrote, or what 21 Mrs. Brauch gave him. 22 , what he does remember is the four words in the paper: "This is good writing."

Four words. They 23 his life.

" 24 I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was going to be," he said. "After reading her 25 , I went home and wrote a short story, 26 I had always dreamed of doing but never 27 I could do."

28 the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for 29 . She was encouraging, tough and honest. "She was just what I needed," Dalkoff said.

Later he was 30 as a co-editor of his high-school newspaper. His 31 grew; his knowledge broadened; he 32 on a successful life with great achievements. Dalkoff 33 that none of this would have happened had that woman not written those four words.

For his 30th high-school reunion, Dalkoff went back and visited Mrs. Brauch, who had retired. He told her what great 34 the four words had had upon his life and because she had given him the confidence to be a writer, he had been able to 35 that confidence on to the woman who would become his wife, who became a writer herself.

三、阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

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，并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

A

For a long time, people who fish have had to rely on luck to catch fish. Even big fishing ships, fitted out with radar and modern equipment, have their share of bad days. Wouldn’t it be nice if fish could be trained to come at the call of a whistle the way some days are trained?

Well, the days of “fish whistle” may be just around the corner. Japanese companies are working on methods that will train fish to return to harvest areas at the sound of an underwater whistle.

The method works like this: First, fish eggs are hatched in a laboratory. Whenever feeding time arrives, a whistle sounds. The young fish learn to return to their feeding areas at the sound of the whistle.

Later, the fish are set free at sea, near special-made under water “barns”. There, the whistle-plus-feeding program continues. Being well fed and sheltered, the fish continue to live around the barn. So when fishing time arrives, all the harvesters need to do is to sound the whistle, drop their nets, and draw in a lot of fish.

Many countries have closed their offshore fishing waters to ships from other countries. With fish whistle and barns, Japan hope to become less dependent on importing fish from other countries.

36. The word “around the corner” in the second paragraph means______.

A. a dead end B. impossible

C. very near D. not a through road

37. Which of the following statements is true?

A. For many years people depend on luck to catch fish.

B. Fish can never be trained like a dog.

C. Radar can always help catch more fish.

D. Well-equipped fishing ships never have a bad day in catching fish.

38. From the passage we learn that ______.

A. people are expecting the sea to offer more fish

B. Japan hopes to supple more fish to other countries

C. the harvesters can catch as many fish as possible now

D. many countries have taken measures to protect their fishing waters from foreign ships

39. On the whole, the passage is about ______.

A. a new fishing method

B. an experiment with fish

C. how to train fish

D. how to feed fish

B

While traveling abroad, Mr. Jackson ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for $500. “Send me the money by telegram,” he wrote, “to the Fisher Bank in P…”

After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. “Nothing has come for you,” he was told. As this went on, Mr. Frank got more and more worried. In the fifth week Mr. Frank was taken away by the policemen for failing to pay for the bill. He tried to explain the problem to them, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for sixty days.

When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher Bank. The clerk he spoke to was a new man. “Have you received $ 500 for me?” he asked. “My name is Jackson Frank.”

The clerk checked his books. “Yes, Jackson. It’s here. It came by telegram- let me see- oh, three months ago. We wondered where you were.” He showed Mr. Frank the order.

The order read: “Pay Mr. Jackson the sum of $ 500.”

“But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson.”

“Oh, that’s all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter “J” but it is your money.”

The clerk laughed. “It was a mistake, sir! We took your family name to be Jackson by mistake. We’re all human beings, aren’t we? And so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me. ”

Mr. Frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said, “We are all humans? But I think some humans need kicking.”

40. Mr. Jackson Frank was put into prison because ______.

A. he didn’t use his really name

B. he stole something

C. the police made a mistake

D. he couldn’t pay his bill

41. Mr. Jackson Frank didn’t receive his money in time only because ______.

A. he had made a mistake

B. the clerk was a human being

C. he had changed his family name

D. the clerk had made a mistake

42. By saying “But I think some humans need kicking.” Mr. Jackson Frank probably means ______.

A. he wants to kill the clerk

B. he wants to hit the clerk

C. he wants to laugh at the clerk

D. he wants to do the same to the clerk

C

Proverbs (谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We don’t normally put them in a composition or a letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples.

1) “Once bitten, twice shy.” If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go the same shop again.

2) “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one than to see two birds in a bush but not able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.

3) “Too many cooks spoil the broth (soup)”. When too many people do something, they get in each other’s way and do a bad job.

4) “To pour oil on troubled waters” is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.

5) “Don’t be a dog in a manger( 槽 )”means“ Don’t be selfish.” In a stable ( 马房 ), the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bark when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does want to eat the lay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.

6) “He is sitting on the fence” means that somebody will not say whether he is in favor of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.

7) “He who pays the piper calls the tune.” A piper is a musician. The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.

8) “You can’t get blood out of a stone” means that you cannot get something from a person who has not got any of the things you want. e. g. you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.

43. Peter has a bicycle which is much too small for him but he does not want to let his younger brother ride on it. His mother is angry and says to him: ______.

A. You can’t get blood out of a stone B. Don’t be a dog in a manger

C. The early bird gets the worm D. To pour oil on troubled waters

44. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a quarrel. Their friend, Mr. Brown, want to talk to them. When he came back, he told his wife that he had been trying to help the Smiths by ______.

A. pouring oil on troubled waters B. getting blood out of a stone

C. being a dog in a manger D. sitting on the fence

45. Mr. Wang paid for a new school. Some people didn’t like the design of the school but they didn’t argue with Mr. Wang because ______.

A. he was sitting on the fence

B. once bitten, twice shy

C. he who pays the piper calls the tune

D. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

46. Mrs. Lin wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs. Lin disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. So she said :“I won’t go there again because ______.”　

A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

B. I am sitting on the fence

C. once bitten, twice shy

D. too many cooks spoil the broth

47. Mr. Brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore, he might get a much better job with more money and a larger house. His wife didn’t want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she reminded him that ______.

A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

B. too many cooks spoil the broth

C. you can not get blood out of a stone

D. he who pays the piper calls the broth

D

In May 1944, when Ralph was a sailor stationed in the Pacific, he wrote a love letter to a girl named Gloria back in Chicago. He also wrote to his wife, Lillian. You can imagine Lillian’s surprise when she opened her letter and found Gloria’s included.

“Dear Gloria,” it began. “It’s about time I introduced myself. We haven’t met, yet I have heard so much about you, I must say I’ve fallen in love.”

“This confession might come as a shock, since you know nothing about me except what other people have told you. Don’t take them too seriously. I’m really not a bad fellow once you get to know me. And my feelings for you will never change as long as I live. ”

“I hope this makes the proper impression and you won’t think me too bold. Send me a picture. And please my love for you locked in your heart, to be opened only when I call for it in person.”

Gloria, now in her mid-40s, mailed me the letter, along with the one Ralph wrote in May 1994 to Lillian. Gloria was three months old when Ralph, her father, mailed them both. He’d been on a warship for ten months and had never seen her. He’s now 80 and still happily married to Lillian, Gloria’s mother.

48. After Lillian read the letters ______.

A. she was very angry with her husband B. she didn’t know what to do

C. she was very surprised D. she was glad and much amused

49. When Ralph wrote these two letters, he was ______.

A. in his 30s B. 50 C. in his 20s D. 80

50. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Lillian divorced Ralph after she read the letter

B. Gloria refused Ralph‘s love

C. Ralph remarried Lillian when he was 80

D. Ralph sent a letter to Lillian and one to Gloria in the same envelope

51. From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. Lillian hated Ralph

B. Ralph was an amusing man

C. Gloria didn’t think Ralph was a good boyfriend

D. Ralph put the two letters in one envelope by carelessness

E

It’s great to go on vacation, but it’s also nice to come home. Migrating(迁徙) birds seem to feel the same way. Birds such as black- tailed godwits, a migrating bird that can be found in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North Australia, fly south every winter. Then, they return home to spend the summer months with their life long partners.

Now, scientists have found, pairs of godwits often return to their summer breeding(繁殖) grounds within three days of each other, even though they spend the entire winter apart. It’s as if they arranged the date that they would meet up again.

Researchers in England, put colored leg bands on the birds. Then, they asked birdwatchers around Europe to report by email when they saw the birds during the winter.

The simplest way for birds to return at the same time would be to spend the winter together. After all, if they’re in different places, they can’t call each other on the phone and talk about when they’ll meet again. But, the survey found that couples usually spent the winter on the coast of Ireland while his mate was in France.

These findings are important for protecting the birds, scientists say. Black-tailed godwits live for up to 25 years. They spend their summer in Iceland, where they mate, but they spread all over other parts of Europe in winter. Once a pair mates, there’s a 90 per cent chance that they’ll return to mate with each other again the next year. So, protection of their wide web of holiday destination(目的地) is very important.

How do the birds arrange their date of return? Unless scientists find their feathered cell phones, that question will remain a mystery.

52. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Migrating birds all fly south every winter.

B. Migrating birds return home in summer.

C. Godwits often fly south in couples every winter.

D. Godwits often return home almost at the same time.

53. According to the passage we know that ______.

A. the birds return at the same time because they arrange the date before they part

B. the couples don’t spend their winters together because they want to live apart for some time

C. the birds use their special feathered cell phones to arrange their date

D. once two birds become a couple they are likely to mate again the next year

54. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. black- tailed godwits are loyal to their mates

B. black- tailed godwits return home only to spend their summers

C. we know how to find and feed black- tailed godwits

D. we know why couples of godwits usually spend their winters in different places

55. Which is the best title?

A. How Birds Spend Their Winters B. How Birds Spend Their Summers

C. Birds Come Back Home for Love D. Birds Are to Be Protected

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