高中英语Module4 单元质量检测四外研版选修8.docx

1、高中英语Module4 单元质量检测四外研版选修8单元质量检测(四)(时间：100分钟满分：120分).阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AEnglish ConversationLeader: Mandi Ashmoreenglish iwclausanne. orgWe meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse.We chat for about an hour and discuss everything.Mandi asks “students” to con

2、tact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue (举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.French Conversation, Advanced BeginnerLeader: Marielle Sulmonifrenc

3、hconvo iwclausanne. orgIm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage.I hold an advanced beginners French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：3016：00.We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere.I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with

4、no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.French Language Lab, BeginnerLeader: Maija Remlingerfrenchlab iwclausanne.orgThe group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：0016：30 at the clubhouse.The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy Fr

5、ench Reader”， working on proper pronunciation and phrasing.During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.French Conversation, AdvancedLeader: Juliette Brullfrench iwclausanne.orgWe meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：3011：

6、00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.语篇解读：本文为应用文，主要介绍了四个语言学习俱乐部，内容包括俱乐部的负责人、联系方式以及俱乐部的活动。1.Why are you advised to contact Mandi?ATo check the arrangement.

7、BTo exchange ideas.CTo decide the topics.DTo ask for leave.解析：选A细节理解题。根据English Conversation中的“contact her on Monday to confirm the class .”可知，与Mandi联系是为了确认俱乐部的课程安排。2Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language?AEnglish Conversation.BFrench Conversation, Advanced.CFrench Lang

8、uage Lab, Beginner.DFrench Conversation, Advanced Beginner.解析：选C推理判断题。根据French Language Lab, Beginner中的“working on proper pronunciation and phrasing”和“work on oral comprehension”可知，该俱乐部更注重基础语言知识的学习。3Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films?AMandi Ashmore. BMarielle Sulmoni.CM

9、aija Remlinger. DJuliette Brull.解析：选D细节理解题。根据French Conversation, Advanced中的“sometimes we see a French movie”以及“Leader: Juliette Brull”可知，该俱乐部有时会观看法国电影，其负责人为Juliette Brull。BI started to learn English from the first grade. That year I was six. In class I learned basic phrases for greeting and describ

10、ing objects. I dont have much memory for the first year of English learning. The only thing that I still remember is reading vocabulary list. A classmate of mine who was good at English would lead the whole class to read the list. One of the new words that I learned that year was “earth”. “The earth

11、 orbits the sun，” he said in Chinese. Every time we came to the word “earth”， he would repeat that sentence. I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.My family moved when I was in my second grade, and I transferred (转学) to a private school. My English class continued. Luc

12、kily I could use the same series of text books.I stayed in the same private school for my junior high school, which is from the 7th to the 9th grade. In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled “Good Morning” and the content wa

13、s still basic greetings.Following was one year of high school life: a_different_school,_the_same_story.Then my family moved again, and I began to really use English. We came to America. I attended a couple years of high school, and now Im in college. I learn to write essays and start to read books i

14、n English. I can see my progress. However, I still have a lot of space to improve. In writing, the flow between sentences isnt good and Im still using basic words. In speaking, maybe because I hang out with Chinese speaking friends too much, it takes me time to think when telling long stories.4In Gr

15、ade One, the author admired that classmate because he _.Acould speak two languagesBhad a very wide vocabularyCoften led the whole class to readDknew about the earth and the sun解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段的“I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.”可知，答案应选D项。5How did the author most p

16、robably feel during the first English class in junior high school?AMoved. BInterested.CDisappointed. DRelaxed.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第三段的“In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled Good Morning and the content was still basic greetings.

17、”可推断，作者当时很失望。6The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means in senior high school the author _.Adidnt live a very difficult lifeBliked her new school very muchClearned English in a different wayDhad to learn simple English all over again解析：选D句意理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，作者进入初中后英语又得从头学习，而画线句子的意思是：进入高中后还是这样。故选D项。7

18、What do we learn about the author now?AShe is looked down upon by others.BShe still isnt very fluent in English.CShe has no chance to speak Chinese now.DShe likes practicing English through telling long stories.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第五段的However后面的内容可推断，作者现在英语还不是很流利。CSunitha Suresh was a college student when

19、her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldnt always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother a

20、nd made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So fathe

21、r and daughter decided to work together on a study.It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the pati

22、ents took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.To measure pain, the researc

23、hers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on

24、 a 10point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.Children dont tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain

25、medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.8What made Sunitha start the study?AHer grandmothers desire for music.BHer majoring in biomedical engineering.CHer grandmothers listening to music after the operation.DHer sympathy for patients who s

26、uffered from illnesses.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain”可知，她祖母在手术后听音乐的经历使她开始做这项研究。9How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion?ABy observing. BBy making comparison.CBy asking ques

27、tions. DBy analyzing causes.解析：选B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，研究者主要是通过对比三组实验对象在听了音乐、故事或静音后对疼痛的感知程度来判断他们所采取的方式是否有助于减轻痛苦来得出结论的。10What do we know about the research?AIt is of greater benefit to children.BIt should also be conducted on adults.CIt shows children suffer more from pain medication.DIt finds more and mor

28、e children are on pain medication.解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们从该研究中受益更多。11What may be the best title for the text?AReaching for your playlist to ease painBSunitha does an experiment with her fatherCSunithas grandmother likes to listen to musicDStopping using pain medication on children解析：选A主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了S

29、unitha和她父亲的一项研究，表明听音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦。DPublic libraries have had another bad year. They are like local railways. People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, there is so little time these days.To the US historian Matthew Battles the library is a metaphor (隐喻) for the l

30、and of chance, a place where, lost in the piles, new Americans could “dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop (背景幕布) that reflects only the reader”. In Britain, the library was a grammar school, a teachyourself academy, a way of learning.Digitization

31、has changed everything. The public library is no longer a place sacred to knowledge. Its walls have been bombed open. So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying. P

32、rint was yesterday, one more victim of the great digital wipeout. But Waterstones last year stopped selling Kindles and changed the shelf space to physical books. It saw a 5% rise in sales. Though the bookshop has suffered, the book has not.But these are buyers, not borrowers. The library must rediscover its specialness. This strength lies not in books, but in its readers, in their