高中英语选择性必修一 Unit1Peopleofachievement单元质量检测（原卷版）

1、绝密启用前人教（2019）版高中英语选择性必修第一册Unit 1 People of achievement 单元质量检测试题时间：120分钟 分值：150第一部分：听力测试（共两节，20小题；每小题1.5分，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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。1. What are t

2、he speakers probably doing?A. Learning a line.B. Shooting a film.C. Buying a camera.2. Why did the man go to Beijing last weekend?A. To meet his friend.B. To do shopping.C. To have lunch.3. What does the man mean?A. He has been out of work.B. He dislikes his present job.C. He refused the job offer.4

3、.What does the man have to do now?A. Finish checking his reference.B. Complete the research.C. Put the material in order.5. Why didnt Mary sleep well?A. She had a headache.B. She had a stomachache.C. She was troubled by the noise.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、

4、 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。6. How will the man travel with his friends this winter vacation ?A. By motorcycle.B. By bicycle.C. By tricycle.7. What do they collect money for ?A. The Education Project.B. The wild life.C. The disable

5、d people.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。8. What is the womans favorite subject?A. Art.B. Spanish.C. History.9. What does the woman want to be?A. A teacher.B. A doctor.C. A journalist.10. What is the woman planning to do straight after leaving school?A. Work as a journalist.B. Go travelling.C. Start university.听下面

6、一段较长对话，回答以下小题。11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Schoolmates.B. Workmates.C. Teacher and student.12 Why did Jeanie come here earlier?A. To meet her friend.B. To make a good impression.C. To review for the test.13. Whats Jacks attitude toward the test?A. He worries about it.B. He

7、is confident.C. He has to get an A听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。14. What do we know about the woman?A. She knew nothing about the band.B. She wants to join the band, too.C. She was a member of the band.15. How old was the man when he started to play base guitar?A. 15.B. 16.C. 21.16. Where does the man usually pl

8、ay music?A. In the city theatres.B. In the town square.C. In local clubs.17. Why does the man join the band?A. To make money.B. To have fun.C. To meet stars.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。18. When can the mans friend begin to take classes if he books his place now?A. In August.B. In September.C. In December.19. W

9、hat kind of classes may the mans friend prefer?A. Two-hour grammar ones.B. Eighty-minute grammar ones.C. Fifty-minute speaking ones.20. What does the woman suggest the man should do in the end?A Ask his friend to book his place.B. Pay for the classes right now.C. Meet the teacher soon.第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分

10、 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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhen it comes to the greatest inventions of the world, Chinas name is sure to be mentioned several times. There are hundreds of things which were invented by the Chinese.AlcoholShocked? I was because when they said alcohol

11、 I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never crossed my mind. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty. This period was about 2000 BC - 1600 BC. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was wid

12、ely consumed by people.TeaChina is the proud inventor of tea which was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese emperor around 2737 BC. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.The Mechanical ClockHave you ever wondered what on earth we would be

13、doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention without which things were incomplete. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. This was during 618 and 907.Silk FabricSilk, the favorit

14、e fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invention. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3

15、630 BC.21. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _.A. people in the US like alcoholB. beer was popular in the Xia DynastyC. Yi Di and Du Kang invented alcohol by accidentD. the author didnt know alcohol is a Chinese invention22. The author asks the question in Paragraph 4 to show _.A. ancient Chinese i

16、nventors were wiserB. many things in our lives are incompleteC. ancient Chinese people never wasted timeD. the invention of the mechanical clock is important23. Which of the following invention has a longer history?A. Tea.B. Alcohol.C. Silk fabric.D. The mechanical clock.BIt was a dark night. Thick,

17、 dark, gray clouds had made sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to greet me as I walked out on my porch. Still, I kept the porch light off because I didnt want to be surrounded by bugs and moths (飞蛾) on this sticky summer evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes adjust to the lac

18、k of light. My dog stood beside me waiting patiently for me to start her walk. It was then, though, that I saw them. First one blink of light at the far end of the meadow was followed by another and then another. I smiled. I recognized them at once as my firefly friends, who always showed up this ti

19、me of the year.I got so much joy watching them first as a child and then as an adult. They never became dull or boring and they always filled me with delight. When I was little I used to sit in the grass and watch them slowly fly around blinking on and off. I never caught and put one in a jar as som

20、e kids did because I was afraid I might kill it and I never wanted to hurt these messengers (信使) of light. Their time on this earth was so brief as it was. l tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always saddened me when they disappeared in the fall and it always made my heart sing when t

21、hey reappeared the next summer.I think I enjoy these little fireflies so much because I can see that we are like them in a lot of ways. Our time here on earth is brief. Often our light and love are more like on and off blinks rather than a steady shine. Lets share our light and love while we are her

22、e then.24. Why did the author turn off his porch light?A. To walk his dog.B. To adapt to surroundings.C. To avoid some insects.D. To greet special friends.25. What can we know about fireflies?A. They always saddened the author.B. Most kids caught and killed them.C. The author watched them every nigh

23、t.D. They usually brightened the author.26. What does the author mainly want to convey through the story?A. Value our short life in the world.B. Protect fireflies as well as possible.C. Devote ourselves as much as possible.D. Share as many inspiring stories as possible.27. What can be the best title

24、 for the text?A. Humans Best FriendsB. Messengers of LightC. A Special Summer NightD. Fireflies Shinning ForeverCThe first typewriters were big heavy metal machines that worked a bit like a piano Have you ever seen the inside of a real piano? You press a key and some levers( 杠杆) make a small tool in

25、side hit just the right piano string to make a note. Early typewriters were similar.They had all these levers with a metal letter at the end of each of them.You had to press a letter key quite hard to make the metal lever fly across and hit the paper. The first machine did have the letter keys in th

26、e order of the letters we learn. But the trouble was that if you hit two keys quickly the levers would jam(卡住). Jams were most likely when the two keys were close together on the keyboard.Christopher Sholes, an American inventor, succeeded in dealing with the problem.He tried many ways to avoid the

27、need to type two keys that were close together. The best way he could find was similar to the QWERTY keyboard we all use today. Sholes also made the name of his machine easy to type. He placed on the same line all the letters of the wordstypeand writer.He sold his invention to the Remington Company

28、which built and sold the first successful typewriters.Later, many other kinds of the letter keys have been tried. Some are said to be easier to learn or faster to use. But none has proved good enough to beat QWERTY.QWERTY was developed for the English language. The keyboard slightly differs around t

29、he world. For example AZERTY is commonly used for French, QWERTZ for German,and QZERTY for Italian. Perhaps you can find someone from India, Japan or Korea. Ask them to show you the keyboard they use in their language.28. What is the authors purpose in writing the first paragraph?A. To explain the d

30、ifference between the typewriter and the piano.B. To show how the piano influenced the typewriter.C. To tell why the typewriter was invented.D. To explain how the early typewriter worked.29. Why did Christopher Sholes change the order of the letters on the keyboard?A. To make people type quickly.B.

31、To solve the jam problem.C. To help people remember it easily.D. To put frequently used letters together.30. What do we know about the QWERTY keyboard from Paragraph 4?A. It was doubted at first.B. It still needs to be improved.C. Its better than other keyboards.D. It made the Remington Company succ

32、essful.31 What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. The keyboard is changing over time.B. The word QWERTYis out of date.C. The QWERTY keyboard is very popular.D. The keyboard changes with some languages.DScientists often compare coral reefs (珊瑚礁) to underwater rainforests, yet unlike the leafy

33、plant base of a forest, corals are animals. The soft creatures are naturally half-transparent and get their brilliant color from algae (藻类) living inside them. When corals experience stress from hot temperatures or pollution, they halt the interdependent relationship with algae, typically pushing th

34、em out and turning white. Corals are still alive when they are white, but theyre at risk and many eventually die, turning dark brown.Scientists around the world are looking for means to protect and maybe increase corals. One common option is to create more protected areas essentially national parks

35、in the ocean. Beyond nature preserves, some conservationists are looking for more hands-on methods. One research center in the Florida Keys is exploring a form of natural selection to keep corals remaining. The reef system in the Keys has been hit hard by climate change and pollution, which is espec

36、ially tough, because corals there help support fisheries worth $ 100 million every year.To keep the wild ecosystem alive, Erinn Muller, the centers director, and her team are harvesting samples of the corals that survived the environmental stress naturally, keeping them to make them reproduce, and t

37、hen reattaching them to the reef. They have 46,000 corals on plastic frames under the sea. So far, the center has regrown over 70,000 corals from five different species on damaged reefs.In the Bahamas, Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Chicagos Shedd Aquarium, focuses on corals with genes that c

38、ould make them natural candidates for restoration projects. He published a study of two Bahamian reefs, one that survived an extreme 2015 heat wave, and one that didnt. “We think their ability to deal with these higher temperatures is built into their genes,” says Cunning. Theres evidence of corals

39、evolving more quickly to resist rapidly warming climate. The big question scientists need to investigate, adds Gunning, is how much more heat corals can adapt to.32. What does the underlined word “halt” in the first paragraph mean?A. Weaken.B. Develop.C. Strengthen.D. End.33. What do Muller and her

40、team do to save corals?A. Restore the damaged reefs.B. Grow corals underwater.C. Create more protected areas.D. Move corals to unpolluted areas.34. What do Cunnings words suggest?A. Many corals have been genetically improved.B. Cooling down the waters is the key to rescuing corals.C. The highest tem

41、perature corals can survive is unclear.D. Reasons for corals surviving heat waves need investigation.35. Which is the text mainly about?A. The efforts made to save corals.B. The impact of climate warming on corals.C. The survival crisis faced by coral reefs.D. The relationship between corals and alg

42、ae.第二节（共5小题; 每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。As we know, mental health is in a worse situation among young people globally. _36_ This not only lowers quality of life, but has a negative impact on a teenagers growth. To get at the root causes of this decline, a gr

43、oup of scientists conducted a study and found the combination of high screen time and low “green time” greatly affects mental well-being. Children nowadays spend more time than ever in front of electronic devices.The average daily screen time for 8-to-18-year-olds was 7.5 hours in the U. S. ten year

44、s ago. As the study states, “This greatly goes above guidelines of 2 hours per day.” Now the condition is worse by the fact that so many schools are using technology to teach classes. Indeed some screen time can promote connections and enable tasks to be done more efficiently. _37_ In addition to tr

45、oubling nerve stimulation, too much screen time takes the place of important protective behaviors for mental health such as physical activity, getting adequate sleep and academic activities.The study authors suggest that green time could act as a cure for screen time, essentially balancing its negat

46、ive effects. _38_ The attention systems can be restored in natural environment when they are worn out, because they employ involuntary attention there, which is not tiring or effortful._39_ The great nature could potentially function as a psychological well-being promotion intervention (干预) for chil

47、dren and teenagers in a high-tech era. This knowledge could be a guide to public health departments that are struggling to restore happiness and cheer in countless anxious teenagers. _40_A. Teenagers urgently need more green time.B. Screen-based technology makes kids less attentive.C. The frequency

48、of depression and anxiety is increasing.D. There are many more ways, nevertheless , in which it is harmful.E. It suggests more outdoor projects like building parks could be fundamental.F. Paying constant directed attention to screens can raise directed attention tiredness.G. This study highlights th

49、at nature may currently be a potential public health resource.第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a

50、public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette ONeill gave a math _41_ to our class. When the papers were marked, she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.“There is really nothing new about _42_ in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. ONeill didnt even say a w

51、ord about it. She only asked the twelve boys to_43_after class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs ONeill asked _44_questions, and she didnt _45_ us either. She wrote on the blackboard the _46_words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to _47_ these words into our exercise books one hundred times.I dont

52、 _48_about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single _49_of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulays words, they _50_ seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give me a _51_to measure myself rather than others._52_of us are asked t

53、o make great decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. _53_the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the extra change received at the store be forgot

54、ten or _54_? Nobody will know except _55_. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.41. A. exerciseB. testC. problemD. lesson42. A. lyingB. guessingC. cheatingD. discussing43. A. comeB. leaveC. remainD. apologize44. A. manyB. noC. a great deal ofD.

55、 a number of45. A. gatherB. rejectC. helpD. scold46. A. aboveB. commonC. followingD. usual47. A. whisperB. illustrateC. copyD. fold48. A. worryB. hearC. talkD. know49. A. chanceB. accidentC. lessonD. feature50. A. evenB. stillC. thereforeD. however51. A. wayB. sentenceC. choiceD. reason52. A. AllB.

56、FewC. SomeD. None53. A. MustB. ShouldC. NeedD. Would54. A. paidB. rememberedC. containedD. returned55. A. meB. youC. usD. them第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Having lived and worked in several countries across three continents, Wong Yi-lok _56_ (consider) a worldwide citizen

57、by many of his friends. _57_, despite his many years abroad, Wong believes one must know where he or she comes from. A co-founder of three educational startups, Wong has a strong desire _58_ (contribute) to the advancement of online education in his country. He hopes to expand the worldview of young

58、 people so that they might have better _59_ (opportunity).Last year, Wong hosted more than 100 hours of _60_ (globe) online meetings with education experts, _61_ (include) the opening session of the Worldwide MOOC Conference on Dec. 11, attracting more than 10 million live attendees. MOOC refers to

59、free online courses, _62_ are made available over the Internet to a very large number of people.Thought Wongs parents never had the chance to go to college, they were aware of the importance of education. When _63_ (send) to study in the United Kingdom, Wong was 10 years old. _64_ didnt take long for him to adapt to living alone in a foreign country. All the overseas volunteer projects Wong participated in during his college days _65_ (strength) his determination to devote himself to the