高中英语必修三 单元素养评价(四)（英语）

1、PAGE 温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。单元素养评价(四)Unit 4 (120分钟150分)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。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。Text 1M: Lily is going to make a presentation to the class this afternoon,

2、 Sophia. W: Oh, really? I thought it was Michaels turn. 1. Who will speak at the meeting this afternoon? A. Lily. B. Sophia. C. Michael. 答案: AText 2M: Hi, Mum. Could you check if I left my report in my room? W: No, I didnt find it, Ben. Your dad drove you to school this morning; you should ring him

3、up. 2. What will Ben probably do next? A. Check his room. B. Write his report. C. Call his father. 答案: CText 3W: Have you got any idea what to buy for Emmas birthday? M: Well, Ill get her a new sharpener, and Ive promised to take her to the cinema. What about you? W: Oh, I havent decided yet. Ill pr

4、obably buy her a new music record as she likes it so much. 3. What gift will the woman probably get for Emma? A. A music record. B. A sharpener. C. A movie ticket. 答案: AText 4M: Mary, youve told me about your parents. So, are there any other people in your family? W: Yes. There are still my grandpar

5、ents and my brother. M: Oh. You are so lucky to live in such a big family. 4. How many people are there in the womans family? A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven. 答案: BText 5W: National Bank, can I help you? M: Yes, please. What are your business hours? W: We open at 9: 00 am and close at 4: 00 pm during the

6、week, on Saturday we close one hour earlier, and we are closed on Sunday. 5. When does the bank close on Saturday? A. At 2: 00 pm. B. At 3: 00 pm. C. At 4: 00 pm. 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三个选项中选出最佳选项。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

7、段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。Text 6W: Wed like some information, please. We want to go to Spain. M: OK. What do you want to know? W: Well, first of all, we want to know the price of a ticket to Madrid. M: When do you want to go? W: We really dont know. In June, or maybe in July. M: I see. Well, in May

8、and June, the price is $480. But its less in March and April. W: And what about in July? M: Its more in July. W: More? How much is it then? M: Its $525. 6. How much will it cost if a couple goes to Madrid in May? A. $920. B. $960. C. $1, 050. 答案: B7. What can you learn from the conversation? A. Fewe

9、r people go to Madrid in July. B. The man has decided to go to Madrid in April. C. The price goes up and down in different months. 答案: C听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。Text 7M: Hello, Nora, I heard about a flat that might interest you girls. Its near the central bus station on the main road, and about 75 pounds a w

10、eek, quite reasonable. The problem is, its only got two bedrooms, but I expect two of you could share. W: Well, Ive got to have my own room, because Ive been working at home most of the time, any other information? M: Yes, its got a very big and well equipped kitchen, and I know you like cooking. So

11、 thats another point in its favor. But there is a small sitting room, and not much furniture yet. So let me know quickly if you want it or it will be taken. 8. What do we know about Nora? A. She prefers a room of her own. B. She likes to work with other girls. C. She lives near the city center. 答案:

12、A9. What is good about the flat? A. It has good furniture. B. It has a big kitchen. C. It has a large sitting room. 答案: B听第8段材料, 回答第1012题。Text 8M: Hi, Grandma! Im calling to say happy birthday. I hope youre having a good day. W: Thank you, Michael! Its great to hear from you. Its been a while since

13、we talked last time. M: I know, Grandma. Im sorry. Ive been so busy with school and activities lately. Im captain of the basketball team this year. And Im also applying to colleges for next fall. W: Oh, Michael, Im so proud of you! Youre a very accomplished young man. Do you know where you want to g

14、o to college? M: I really want to go to the University of Southern California, but they might not let me in! Its a very good school, and its very difficult to be accepted there. W: Well, Im sure they will take you, honey. Youre a special young man. Youve really made your grandfather and me so proud.

15、 10. Why does Michael feel sorry? A. He is having a lot of problems. B. He forgot his grandmothers birthday. C. He hasnt called his grandmother for a long time. 答案: C11. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Michaels birthday. B. Michaels grandfather. C. Michaels busy schedule. 答案: C12. How

16、 does Michael probably feel about going to college? A. Confident. B. Worried. C. Disappointed. 答案: B听第9段材料, 回答第1316题。Text 9W: I can help the next person in line. M: Thats me. Hi! I need to mail this package. W: Okay, great. Where is it going? M: Its going to St. Louis, Missouri. And I need it to get

17、 there as fast as possible. Its my mothers birthday present, and her birthday is tomorrow. I dont want it to be late. W: Okay, sir. I can do that. QUOTE . Well have to deliver it overnight, which will cost extra money. Lets see. . . it will be $32. 50 to get the package there tomorrow. Will you pay

18、with a credit card or cash? M: I have cash. And please mark “FRAGILE” on the box. W: What is in here, sir? Is there anything dangerous? Any liquids or chemicals? M: No, there is just a box of chocolates and a cup. But I dont want the cup to break. W: Okay, sir. We will have it leaving Atlanta and ar

19、riving in St. Louis tomorrow, by way of Memphis. Heres your receipt, and have a great day! 13. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a bank. B. At a drugstore. C. At a post office. 答案: C14. Where is the mans mother? A. In Atlanta. B. In St. Louis. C. In Memphis. 答案: B15. Why is there extra c

20、ost for the man to pay? A. He is paying for overnight service. B. He is paying with a credit card. C. He has a fragile item. 答案: A16. What is the man giving to his mother? A. Some cash. B. Chocolates and a cup. C. A box of cookies. 答案: B听第10段材料, 回答第1720题。Text 10W: Good evening, folks. Its Mary here

21、with the 7: 00 News Report. In sports news today, the New Hampshire State womens basketball team won their sixth straight game on Saturday over the University of Ohio. This gives New Hampshire State a chance of attending the championships later this year. There was a big lightning storm in Hampton e

22、arlier this week. Many residents have been without power since Monday. A small earthquake hit the New York area this morning, but luckily, there have been no reports of any injuries. This afternoon, a three-car accident was reported on Highway 10. Two people were rushed to the hospital in an emergen

23、cy. According to a source at the scene, only one person was able to walk away from the crash. In happier news, a dog and her nine puppies were rescued from a pipe in Dover yesterday. They are all alive and well. If you would like to adopt one of the puppies, call the Dover Humane Society at the numb

24、er listed on the screen. The Concord School District is raising money to start their art and music classes again. If you would like to donate, we will get the information to you shortly. Now over to a commercial break. We will return soon with the weather forecast. Keep it tuned right here, everyone

25、! 17. How many games has the New Hampshire State womens basketball team won continuously? A. Six games. B. Seven games. C. Ten games. 答案: A18. Where was the earthquake? A. In New Hampshire State. B. In Ohio. C. In New York. 答案: C19. What happened in the car accident? A. Two cars were involved. B. On

26、e person managed to escape injury. C. Three people were seriously hurt. 答案: B20. Why is the Concord School District raising money? A. For classes. B. For their sports teams. C. For local dog rescues. 答案: A第二部分阅读(共两节, 满分50分)第一节(共15小题; 每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThere is an a

27、ncient Chinese story about a giant man named Kua Fu who chases the sun. He drains (喝干) the Yellow and Wei rivers during his race and finally dies of dehydration(脱水). His failure has reminded people of the unstoppable power of the sun for centuries. And yet, scientists throughout history have tried t

28、o better understand the most important star in our sky. On Aug. 12, 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe(探测器), marking the start of its trip to the sun. The probe itself is almost as big as a car and needed the help of a powerful rocket to escape Earths orbit, change direction and reach the su

29、n. In order to reach the sun, the probe must complete seven flights of Venus, using the power of the planets gravity to change its path, sending it toward the sun. But thats not the only difficult part of the journey. As the probe approaches the suns corona(日冕), it will have to bear temperatures rea

30、ching 1, 400 , as well as deal with serious radiation. So how will the probe survive? According to NASA, a special shield (保护罩)has been used, which is a special 11. 5 cm-thick carbon-composite shield that will be positioned between the probe and the suns corona. Its advanced technology like this wil

31、l make the probes trip to the sun much smoother. If everything goes as planned, the probe will reach a speed of 692, 018 kilometers per hour as it orbits the sun, setting a new record for the fastest man-made object in history, NBC noted. It will fly close to the sun 24 times between 2018 and 2025,

32、NBC added. The “mission to touch the sun” will “not only make history by answering questions that have puzzled scientists for decades, but it may also lead to the discovery of new phenomena that are completely unknown to us now, ” Raouafi told Discovery Magazine. “This mission has the potential to p

33、ush solar research into a new direction, ” he added. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。古有“夸父逐日”的故事, 自古至今人们一直未停止对太阳的探索。近日, 美国国家航空航天局发射了帕克太阳探索器, 人类“逐日”的梦想终于要实现了。21. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. A powerful rocket. B. The probe. C. Venus. D. The planets gravity. 【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据上文的In order

34、to reach the sun, the probe must complete seven flights of Venus可知, 此处是指利用行星引力的力量改变探测器的路径, 使它朝向太阳, 因此, 此处的it是指probe, 故选B。22. What do we know about the Parker Solar Probe? A. Its the fastest probe ever designed. B. It has an 11. 5-inch-thick shield. C. It was designed to carry a powerful rocket. D. I

35、ts twice the size of a car. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段的If everything goes as planned, the probe will reach a speed of 692, 018 kilometers per hour as it orbits the sun, setting a new record for the fastest man-made object in history, NBC noted. 可知, the Parker Solar Probe是曾被设计的最快的探测器, 故选A。23. The probe will

36、meet the challenges except_. A. the route to the sunB. the heat near the sunC. the distance to the sunD. the radiation from the sun【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段的the probe must complete seven flights of Venus, using the power of the planets gravity to change its path和As the probe approaches the suns corona, it

37、will have to bear temperatures reaching 1, 400, as well as deal with serious radiation. 可知, 探测器将会遇到去太阳的路线, 太阳的温度和太阳的辐射的挑战, 但没有到太阳的距离问题, 故选C。24. Whats the main purpose of the last paragraph? A. To stress the importance of advanced technology. B. To prove the mission is the greatest move in human hist

38、ory. C. To suggest there is a long way to go in solar exploration. D. To show the mission will fill a gap in solar research. 【解析】选D。目的意图题。根据上文主要介绍了“触日任务”, 再结合本段内容, 尤其是This mission has the potential to push solar research into a new direction. 可推断出, 本段的目的是想证明这一任务将填补太阳能研究的空白, 故选D。B“Hello, Earth! Can y

39、ou hear me? ” Thats the voice more than 400, 000 people received recently. It was from Philae, a space vehicle that landed on a comet in 2014. However, its transmissions (传送信号) back home went silent since then. It took a long time for Philae to make its way across the solar system and reach comet 67

40、P/C-G. The space vehicle got there aboard the Rosetta probe (探测器), which has been circling around the comet since Philae separated from it in November, 2014. Philaes job was to collect materials to study the comets composition. And for about two and a half days after landing, it did just that, sendi

41、ng the information back to scientists on Earth. But Philaes landing on the comets icy surface had not been smooth. While touching down, it jumped up and ended up in the shadow of something like a huge rock. Philae runs on solar power, but there was no light in the place where it landed. In the end,

42、it failed to work. However, as comet 67P/C-G moved closer to the sun, more sunlight reached the space vehicle, allowing it to power up and come back online. Philae then sent something to Rosetta, which passed on the information back to Earth. “We only received the information for about 85 seconds, b

43、ut thats enough to let us know it is alive and well, ” says Stephan Ulamec, who works for the European Space Agency. “We hope to work out where it landed exactly on the 4-kilometer-wide comet. Now we plan to change how Rosetta moves so that Philae can keep on communicating and receiving instructions

44、. ”【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲了彗星着陆器在登陆彗星失联后又获重生的太空探索故事。25. Hearing Philaes voice, those people must have felt _. A. afraid B. calmC. excited D. worried【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第一段中的“Philae. . . landed on a comet in 2014. However, its transmissions back home went silent since then. ”可知, Philae于2014年着陆彗星后就失联了, 所以当人们再次听到

45、它传来的声音时一定很兴奋, 故选C项。26. According to the text, Philae _. A. was damaged when it landedB. moved around comet 67P/C-GC. needs light and gas to keep workingD. helps scientists learn about a comet【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第三段首句“Philaes job was to collect materials to study the comets composition. ”可知, Philae的任务是帮助科学

46、家们了解一颗彗星的相关情况, 故选D项。27. What Stephan says in the text suggests that _. A. Rosetta will move around another cometB. Philae will continue to work for scientistsC. most comets are as wide as four kilometersD. he wonders whether Philae is still alive【解析】选B。细节理解题。由最后一段尾句“Now we plan to change how Rosetta

47、 moves so that Philae can keep on communicating and receiving instructions. ”可知, Philae将会继续为科学家们服务, 故选B项。COf all the planets, none has captured the worlds imagination like the Mars. Its reddish color and changes in brightness over time make the planet an unforgettable sight. In Cosmos, the televisio

48、n science series from the 1980s, scientist Carl Sagan talked about some traditional ideas about the Mars. Some of these ideas are from the English science fiction writer H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds. Others are from the mistaken science of Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who believed i

49、ntelligent beings lived on the Mars. Wells described Martians as threatening. Lowell imagined them as the hopeful engineers of great works. Carl Sagan said that both ideas influenced the public deeply. Today, the Mars continues to excite humansnot as the object of science fiction but of scientific s

50、tudy. Space scientists have collected a wealth of information from spacecraft that have orbited, landed on and dug into the Martian surface. The Smithsonians “Mars Day” offered a chance for people of all ages to touch the Mars, or at least a piece of it. Allison and Alycia from Silver Spring, Maryla

51、nd, brought their children, Grace, Sam, Ryan and Emma. They heard about the Mars and its geology from experts. They could see a test version of the Viking landers that reached the Mars in July of 1976. They also saw meteorites (陨星) known to have come from the red, or reddish planet. Eight-year-old S

52、am learned that the ancient description of the Mars as red is not exactly right. He said, “Its actually orangish more than red and its also kind of brown, too. ” Emma is six. She learned about the volcanic activity that has shaped the surface of the Mars. She said, “The closest thing to the Marsthe

53、stuffis from volcanoes mostly. ”“Mars Day” offered Allison and Alycias children a chance to learn more about a world that they are very likely to set foot on within their lifetimes. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 在火星日人们可以有机会对火星有更好的了解和认识。28. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. Why Martians were considered threaten

54、ing. B. Why the Mars has captured the worlds imagination. C. What people generally thought of the Mars in the past. D. How H. G. Wells got the idea for his science fiction. 【解析】选C。段落大意题。通读第二段可知, 这一段主要是讲人们关于火星的一些传统认识, 故选C。29. It is implied in Paragraph 3 that_. A. todays space scientists still know n

55、othing about the MarsB. todays space scientists are very interested in the MarsC. science fiction films are no longer set in the MarsD. space scientists havent made any progress in knowing the Mars【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Today, the Mars continues to excite humansnot as the object of science fiction but

56、 of scientific study. Space scientists have collected a wealth of information . . . ”可推断, 现在的航天科学家们对火星很感兴趣。故选B。30. Sam would probably agree that_. A. the Mars is not really redB. no meteorites have come from the MarsC. the Mars cannot be described as a little brownD. the ancient description of the M

57、ars color is true【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第四段“He said, Its actually orangish more than red and its also kind of brown, too. ”可知, Sam认为火星并不是红色的, 而是橘黄色甚至带点褐色。故选A。31. How soon does the author think that humans will set foot on the Mars? A. He thinks it may happen this year. B. He thinks it will always remain a d

58、ream. C. He thinks it will come true within hundreds of years. D. He thinks it may happen in the following decades. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据末段中的“a world that they are very likely to set foot on within their lifetimes”可推知, 作者认为人类在接下来的几十年内就有可能登上火星。故选D。DIn Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps firefighters. T

59、he computer, which works very fast, has information about all the 350, 000 street addresses in the city. Within two or three seconds after a call is received, the computer provides necessary information for the firefighters. The information is then sent to them by radio from the computer centre in t

60、he City Hall. The exact place of the burning building and its size, type and any other details are clear to them. The Kansas City computer system also has a medical record of each of the citys 900 firefighters. This kind of information is especially useful when a firefighter is injured. With the inf