第二十四单元检测A

1、第二十四单元检测(A)(时间:120分钟满分:150分)第卷第一部分听力(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)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。M:After Ive finished reading this book,I can lend it to you if you are interested.W:If Im interested?Ive been trying to borrow it ever

2、ywhere.1What does the woman mean?A.She has no interest in the book.B.She can get the book everywhere.C.She wants to read the book very much.答案:CW:I still havent received my score on the final test.Maybe I should call to check on it.M:Dont worry.It takes two weeks to receive your score.2Whats the wom

3、an anxious to know?A.Her test time.B.Her score.C.Her telephone call.答案:BM:I want to buy two tickets for tomorrows fashion show.W:Where would you like to sit,in the front or back of the hall?3Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In the hall.B.At the fashion show.C.In the booking office.答

4、案:CM:We need a fourth player for tennis this morning.Do you want to join us?W:Ive got a class at 9 a.m.But Carol is free and she is really good at tennis.4Who will be a fourth player?A.Carol.B.The man. C.The woman.答案:AM:Have Thomas and Lily set a date for leaving?W:No,they havent.But Thomas said the

5、yd like to leave next Monday or Tuesday.M:Id like to see them off at the airport.Will you go with me?W:Sure.5What will the two speakers do?A.Set a date for their appointment.B.Go and see their friends off.C.Leave for a new place.答案:B第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中

6、选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6至8题。M:Hello.W:Hello.Have you found a house for me?M:Yes,I have a big house to show you.Its only $200,000.W:Oh.Thats too expensive for me.M:Well,I have another one on Bank Street.W:How much is it?M:Its only $86,00

7、0.But it has only one bedroom.W:Oh.Thats not big enough.I need a house with two bedrooms.M:Ill come some other time.W:Thanks anyway.6What did the woman ask the man to do for her?A.Look for a house.B.Rent a house.C.Sell a house.答案:A7What does the woman think of the first house?A.Too expensive.B.Too b

8、ig.C.Too small.答案:A8Why does the woman dislike the second house?A.Its too faraway.B.Its too expensive.C.Its not big enough.答案:C听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。W:Excuse me,are you in a hurry?M:Well.There is a performance in about ten minutes and Im late.I usually walk but its raining,so I have to take a taxi.W:What

9、did you do before you became a clown?M:I taught music in a middle school.W:Do you like your job?M:Yes,very much.I like to see people laugh.W:What do you have to do to make people laugh?M:I have to think of all sorts of funny actions and expressions but Im good at doing that and people,especially chi

10、ldren like me.W:I know that.I wish you success tonight.9What are the two speakers talking about?A.The mans job.B.The womans job.C.The weather.答案:A10Why is the man in such a hurry?A.To see a performance.B.To have a performance.C.To have a music class.答案:B11How does the man make people laugh?A.Using a

11、ctions and expressions.B.Using words.C.Using instruments.答案:A听第8段材料,回答第12至14题。M:Anna?Anna?W:Peter?Is that you?M:Yeah.What a surprise!W:Its been a long time.M:I know.Its been.What?Five years?W:Five years.Oh my gosh.I cant believe it!M:I know.Its incredible.What do you do now?W:Well,I just got a job a

12、t a publishing company.M:Great.What do you do?W:Im an assistant editor.Im working on three book projects.Its so great.M:Wow.Sounds busy.W:Yeah.Can you remember me in high school?I didnt like to be busy,just liked to have a lot of free time,and be with my friends.But now I sort of like being busy.M:W

13、ow,thats a change.So are you shopping?Spending a lot of money?W:No,Im just looking around.I dont spend a lot of money on clothes.M:I know what you mean.I dont either.Im so glad to see you again.Well,take care,Anna.W:Wait.Im just about to have lunch.Want to come along?M:Sure.That would be great.12How

14、 long havent they seen each other?A.Five months.B.Five years.C.Four years.答案:B13Where does the woman work?A.In a bookstore.B.In a clothing shop.C.At a publishing company.答案:C14What will they do?A.Have lunch.B.Go to work.C.Go shopping.答案:A听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。W:Hi,Bill,can you tell me how it happened?M:S

15、ure.I was climbing a mountain in New Hampshire last year.Suddenly the weather became really bad.There was a lot of snow and we couldnt see anything.We got lost.Well,we spent four days on the mountain.The temperature was 20 degrees below zero.We didnt have any equipment or food.W:So what happened?I g

16、uess someone found you,right?M:Yes,but we were very sick.I couldnt move my legs because of the cold.I spent two months in the hospital.The doctors removed my legs.W:So you lost your legs,but you want to try your best to stay active.M:Thats right.In fact,I decided to make some new legs for myself.I r

17、ealize that no one has to be physically disabled.We can use modern technology to help us.W:And you built these great new legs.Can you go mountain climbing again?M:Yes,I can.In fact,these are better than climbing shoes.The spring design means they are much more powerful.15What happened when the man w

18、as climbing a mountain?A.He got trapped in a cave.B.He lost his equipment and food.C.He got lost in bad weather.答案:C16What caused the loss of the mans legs?A.A bad fall in the mountain.B.Low temperature.C.An unsuccessful operation.答案:B17What did the man decide to do after losing his legs?A.Use techn

19、ology to fight his disability.B.Set up a club for the disabled.C.Design new climbing shoes.答案:A听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。Im honored to be a judge for the English Speech Competition.As a judge and college teacher,Id like to share with you some tips on how to be successful in the competition,which will help i

20、n preparing for the competition.First,its better to use familiar words.Many competitors hold the belief that complicated words sound impressive.In fact they usually destroy understanding.Also,learning when and how to pause is not only a major challenge,but also important as one gains more confidence

21、 during these moments of silence.One thing I want to mention is that during these pauses,do not fill the silence with “uh” “er” or “um”.They are annoying.Next,remember to strike the right balance between good pronunciation and fluency.Pronunciation is more important.Remember,personal appearance play

22、s an important role in making a speech.Judges always see the competitors before they begin to speak.My main advice is simple:Be yourself.My last advice for you is that practice makes perfect.In conclusion,I wish every one of you success in the competition.18What does the passage mainly talk about?A.

23、Advice before the speech competition.B.Advice after the speech competition.C.Advice during the speech competition.答案:A19What is the speaker?A.A judge and organizer.B.A college teacher and judge.C.A college teacher and competitor.答案:B20What is the wrong belief of many competitors?A.Familiar words des

24、troy understanding.B.Complicated words destroy understanding.C.Complicated words sound impressive.答案:C第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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。AThere have been great changes in the lives of women.During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the t

25、ime of a womans life spent in caring for children.A woman getting married at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties,and would be likely to have seven or eight children,of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.By the time the youngest was fifteen,t

26、he mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years,during which custom,chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work.Today women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and i

27、s likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty.Even while she has to look after children,her work is lightened by household appliances(家用电器)and convenience foods.This important change in womens way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on womens economic position.Even a few y

28、ears ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job.However,when they married,they usually left work at once and never returned to it.Today the school-leaving age is sixteen;many girls stay at school after that age,and though women tend to marry younger,mor

29、e married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born.Many more afterwards,return to full or part-time work.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage,with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life,and wi

30、th both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home,according to the abilities and interest of them.21According to the passage,around the year 1890 most women married . A.at about twenty-fiveB.in their early fiftiesC.as soon as possible after they were fift

31、eenD.at any age from fifteen to forty-five解析:根据第一段第三句“A woman getting married at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties.”可知答案为A项。答案:A22We are told that in an average family in 1890 . A.many children died before they were fiveB.the youngest child would be fif

32、teenC.seven or eight children lived to be more than fiveD.four or five children died when they were five解析:根据第一段第三句“.of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.”可推知答案为D项。答案:D23When she was over fifty,the late 19th century mother . A.would expect to work until she diedB.was usually

33、 expected to take up paid employmentC.would be healthy enough to take up paid employmentD.was unlikely to find a job like the mother nowadays解析:根据第一段中的“.the mother would have been in her early fifties and.made it unusual for her to get paid work.Today.when she is forty-five and is likely to take pai

34、d work until retirement at sixty.”可知答案为D项。答案:D24Many girls,the passage says,are now likely to . A.marry so that they can get a jobB.leave school as soon as they canC.give up their jobs for good after they are marriedD.continue working until they are going to have a baby解析:根据第二段中的“.Today the sch

35、ool-leaving age is sixteen.more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born.”可知答案为D项。答案:DBHappiness is contagious,researchers reported on Thursday.People with the most social connectionsspouses,friends,neighbours and relativeswere also the happiest,the data sho

36、wed.“Each additional happy person makes you happier,” Christakis said.“Imagine that I am connected to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others.It is this fabric of humanity,like an American patch quilt.”Each person sits on a different coloured patch.“Imagine that

37、these patches are happy and unhappy patches.Your happiness depends on what is going on in the patch around you,” Christakis said.“It is not just happy people connecting with happy people,which they do.Above and beyond,there is this contagious process going on.”And happiness is more contagious than u

38、nhappiness,they discovered.“If a social contact is happy,it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent,” Fowler said.“A friend of a friend,or the friend of a spouse or a sibling(兄弟姐妹),if they are happy,increases your chances by 10 percent,” he added.A happy third degree friendthe frie

39、nd of a friend of a friendincreases a persons chances of being happy by 6 percent.“But every extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that youll be unhappy by 7 percent,” Fowler said.The finding is interesting and it is useful,too,Fowler said.“Among other benefits,happiness has been shown to ha

40、ve an important effect on reduced mortality(死亡率),pain reduction,and improved cardiac(心脏的)function.So better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to promote a healthier society,” he said.The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $5,000 extra increase

41、d a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.“A happy friend is worth about $20,000,” Christakis said.25According to the research,your happiness . A.has nothing to do with your workmates or schoolmatesB.has something to do with anyone who has a close relationship with youC.depends

42、 on those who are in favour of you or are against youD.has little to do with what social connections you have解析:推理判断题。根据第二段、第三段内容可知,快乐感会不断传递和扩散,你的配偶、朋友、邻居、亲戚等的快乐指数会直接影响你的快乐程度,故选B项。答案:B26The underlined word “contagious” in the first paragraph means “”. A.infectious B.beautifulC.effectiveD.prior解

43、析:词义猜测题。第一句是全文的主题句。由文章第二、三、四三段可知,快乐感可以在人们之间传播,故contagious的意思是“有感染力的,有传染性的”。答案:A27It can be inferred that. A.happiness spreads as fast and widely as unhappinessB.unhappiness spreads faster and more widely than happinessC.happiness spreads faster and more widely than unhappinessD.the spread of un

44、happiness has not been studied by researchers解析:推理判断题。根据第六段“And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness,they discovered.”一句可推知选C项。 答案:C28What does Christakis mean by saying “A happy friend is worth about $20,000”?A.A happy friend can help you bring in a wealth of $20,000.B.A happy friend is a

45、wealth which is worth about $20,000.C.A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 2%.D.A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 8%.解析:句意理解题。结合上一段中的“that having $5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent”可知,一个快乐的朋友带给你的快乐相当于大约$20,000带给你的快

46、乐,也就是$5,000 的四倍,即一个快乐的朋友给你带来快乐的几率为8%,故选D项。答案:DCWhen you turn on the radio,you hear an advertisement.When you watch television,you hear and see an advertisement.If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine,again you find an advertisement.If you walk down the street,you see one advertising board a

47、fter another.All day,every day,people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention.As a result,advertisements are almost everywhere.In the West,advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work.Many TV stations,newspapers,magazines,radio stations are privately owned.The govern

48、ment does not give them money.So where does the money come from?From advertisements.Without advertisements,there would not be these private businesses. Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is?Through the years,people have given different answers to the question.For some people the advertisi

49、ng was a means of keeping your name before the public.And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told”.Now more and more people describe it in this way:advertising is the paid,non-personal,and usually persuasive(有说服力的)description of goods,services and ideas by identified sponsors(明确的出资

50、者)through various media.First,advertising is usually paid for.Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see,read,and hear over the various media.Second,advertising is non-personal.It is not face-to-face communication.Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed direc

51、tly at you,in reality,it is directed at large groups of people.Third,advertising is usually persuasive.Directly or indirectly it tells people to do something.All advertisements try to make people believe that the product,idea,or service advertised can do good to them.Fourth,the sponsor of the advert

52、isement must be identified.From the advertisement,we can see if the sponsor is a company,or an organization,or an individual.Fifth,advertising reaches us through traditional and non-traditional mass media.Included in the traditional media are newspapers,magazines,radio,television,and films.Non-tradi

53、tional media include the mail,matchbox covers,and billboards.29The existence of the privately owned mass media depends financially on . A.the governmentB.their owners familiesC.advertisementsD.the audience解析:细节理解题。第二段提到“TV stations,newspapers,magazines,radio stations”等私营的大众传媒的资金来源于广告。答案:C30Acco

54、rding to the passage,who are most probably paying for the advertisements?A.Companies.B.Organizations.C.Individuals.D.All of the above.解析:推理判断题。从最后一段中的“From the advertisement,we can see if the sponsor is a company,or an organization,or an individual.”可以找到答案。答案:D31Which of the following is considered

55、non-traditional mass media?A.Newspapers.B.The mail.C.Magazines.D.Films.解析:细节理解题。由文章最后一句“Non-traditional media include the mail,matchbox covers,and billboards.”可知B项正确。答案:B32According to the passage,which of the following statements about the features of advertisements is NOT true?A.Advertising must b

56、e honest and amusing.B.Advertising is meant for large groups of people.C.Advertising tells people to do something directly or indirectly.D.The sponsors are always mentioned in the advertisements.解析:推理判断题。B、C、D三项在短文中已提到,A项未提及。故选A项。答案:ADI was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert

57、last Friday.The advertisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00.Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30,the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break.Unfortunately,the theatre is on the other side of the town,and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good.But if you are lucky,you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.Last Monday,I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus.By the time I saw one come around the corner,there was not enough time l