高二Unit 16 The United States of America 单元测试题.docx

1、高二Unit 16 The United States of America 单元测试题高二Unit 16 The United States of America 单元测试题第一部分：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） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. What are the two speakers talking about? A. A book about London. B. A gift for the womans father. C. The womans father. 2. How does the man feel abou

2、t his job? A. He enjoys it. B. He doesnt like it at all. C. He feels it boring.3. What time is it now? A. 6:30. B. 4:30. C. 8:30. 4. What can we know from the conversation? A. The man washed the car. B. Tom and Peter washed the car. C. Someone else washed the car. 5. Who wants to borrow a camera? A.

3、 Alice. B. Jane. C. Mary. 第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. English. B. German. C. Learning of foreign Languages.7. How many foreign languages do they mention? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Where are the two

4、speakers? A. At the womans home. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hospital. 9. What is the man NOT allowed to eat according to the doctor? A. Fruit and certain meat. B. Vegetable salad. C. Sugar and snacks. 10. How long will the man probably be on a diet? A. 60 days. B. 180 days. C. 360 days.请听第8段材料，回答第1

5、1至13题。11. How many rooms are there in Mr Greens new house altogether? A. Seven. B. Five. C. Eight.12. Who likes to work in the garden? A. The man. B. The mans wife. C. The gardener.13. Whats Davids hobby? A. Playing basketball. B. Playing football. C. Listening to music.请听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Whats t

6、he matter with the woman? A. She has a bad cold. B. Her ear has gone wrong. C. She can spare no time to meet her cousin. 15. How is the womans cousin coming? A. By plane. B. By ship. C. By train. 16. What does the womans cousin look like? A. A short man with dark hair. B. A neither tall nor short ma

7、n with a beard. C. A tall man with glasses and fair hair.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whats the best way to travel a short distance in most cities? A. By car. B. On foot. C. By taxi.18. When is the heavy traffic hours on most city streets according to the passage? A. Between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm from Monda

8、y to Friday. B. Between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm from Monday to Friday. C. In the period of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm every day.19. Where can you cross the street in big cities? A. At any place. B. At the corner. C. At any place without traffic.20. Why may people not follow closely the traffic laws in small to

9、wns? A. The streets are not crowded. B. People dont like the laws. C. Cars take care of the people.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. The revolutionaries sacrificed themselves _ our country during the past years. A. at B. in C. of D. for22. He was alwa

10、ys _ for knowledge, and at last became an expert in the field of art. A. fond B. content C. brave D. greedy23. Because some of the floorboards had _ away, it was unsafe to walk on the floor. A. rotted B. destroyed C. wasted . washed 24. If youre _ to fly at night, you can get a much cheaper ticket.

11、A. like B. anxious C. greedy D. willing 25. Im considering _ a washing machine, which is considered _ a great help to my wife. A. buying; to be B. buying; being C. to buy; being D. to buy; to be 26. He tried to run away from the police and was charged with _ arrest. A. protecting B. defending C. res

12、isting D. enforcing 27. He succeeded in _ his weakness with his efforts. A. stretching B. overcoming C. breaking D. resisting 28. _ here in time, he came _ all the way. A. Getting; running B. To be getting; to run C. To get; running D. To get; to run29. The teacher insisted _ until we finished the w

13、ork. A. we not rest B. on our resting C. we rested D. we would not rest 30. Last year the factory _ over six million records. A. put forward B. put down C. put out D. put through31. The factory _ large numbers of tractors to the peasants. A. provides B. supplies C. ensures D. stores 32. The actresss

14、 _ into the world of politics surprised most people. A. entry B. effort C. effect D. faith33. Im bored. I have almost wasted the whole afternoon on it. _ A. Dont mention it. B. I would leave that question alone if I were you. C. You always have no patience. D. Leave me alone. Im bored too.34. Tomato

15、 soup that is usually sold at twelve cents a can is now _ for ten cents. A. for sale B. for show C. on sale D. on show35. _ the library, we were taken to see the meeting-room. A. To be shown B. To show C. Being shown D. Having been shown第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、

16、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 One of the things I always believed is that no matter how bad something is, you can 36 something valuable out of it. The 37 I wasnt sure of that was on September 11. I hear older people 38 about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Kennedys being murdered and how greatly those events 3

17、9 them in their lives. For my 40, the tragedy of September 11 can be 41 with that of Pearl Harbor. We will be talking about the terrible effect 42 our country, and our lives as the single human being, for years to come. It wasnt until a few weeks 43 September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some

18、 good did come from this tragedy. People seem 44 now, more understanding, more friendly. Little things that seemed to be such a bother before are no longer a 45 deal. Personally, I am more patient than I was. I realize life is too short, and 46, to let myself get upset over unimportant things. Life

19、is also too short to carry complaints and 47 Ive become more forgiving and understanding. Ive learned also that you cant take things for granted. You know how we always say “48 you later”. One thing Ive realized from September 11 is that you cant ever say for sure. 49 change in the blink (眨眼) of an

20、eye. People go to 50 and dont come back. One minute they are living and the 51 minute they are not. And, it doesnt 52 who you are because there is nothing you can do about it. We 53 know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the 54 of every minute we have. You try to learn from wha

21、t happened. You cant live by it. All you can do is just 55.36. A. grasp B. catch C. bring D. take 37. A. thing B. time C. event D. place38. A. think B. know C. talk D. learn39. A. affected B. taught C. disappointed D. improved40. A. opinion B. people C. generation D. children41. A. connected B. foll

22、owed C. compared D. mixed42. A. in B. on C. for D. to43. A. after B. before C. later D. ahead44. A. happy B. sad C. funny D. different45. A. little B. big C. small D. right46. A. terrible B. hard C. precious D. hopeless47. A. then B. therefore C. yet D. however48. A. See B. Call C. Meet D. Visit49.

23、A. Demands B. Things C. Buildings D. People50. A. offices B. factories C. work D. hospitals51. A. other B. another C. next D. last52. A. matter B. trouble C. mean D. realize53. A. always B. ever C. possibly D. never54. A. most B. use C. effort D. sense55. A. study B. work C. live D. play第三部分：阅读理解（共2

24、0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。A What a strange world this would be if everyone told the truth! Even though all world religions caution(告诫) people against lying, it seems that lying is a universal communication style. Most of us get angry at big liesespecially those in government

25、, business, and the social world. But how about truth-telling in our private life? Should we always tell the truth to husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and children? Do we? We all lie. National public opinion polls find that only about one in ten Americans say they never tell a lie. One study of col

26、lege students found that each student told about two lies a day. Half of all adults interviewed in a CBS New Poll last year admitted they had told a lie they regretted, and nearly as many said they had been deeply hurt by a lie someone told them. We all lie about lies. Researchers asked subjects to

27、describe the lies they told over a period of weeks. Subjects over-reported “white lies”(harmless liesI really like your dress) and under-reported serious lies( I graduated with honors). We lie differently to different types of people. We tell more lies to men than to women. Men and women tell more l

28、ies about themselves when talking to men, but more lies about others when talking to women. Men are particularly likely to lie about themselves. Women tell more lies than men, but only because women tell white lies in order to flatter or avoid confrontation (对抗). Lies are hard to detect(察觉). Surveys

29、 show that nearly everyone believes most people are truthful. Thats why people are so bad at detecting lies.56. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. When asked, the subjects admitted they told more serious lies. B. People are not good at detecting lies. C. White

30、 lies are harmless. D. Men tell fewer lies than women.57. The underlined word “flatter (in Paragraph 4)” probably means “_”. A. to anger somebody by telling a lie B. to praise somebody in order to win his favor C. to avoid somebody so as to escape payment D. to warn somebody by shouting58. Lies are not easy to detect because _. A. most people get angry at big lies B. people tell more lies about themselves C. nearly everyone believes most people are truthful D. everyone tells the truthBDefinition of Happiness A proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: “If you wa