学年高中英语Unit1Breakingrecords单元跟踪测评新人教版选修9.docx

1、学年高中英语Unit1Breakingrecords单元跟踪测评新人教版选修9Unit 1 Breaking records单元跟踪测评(总分：150分时间：120分钟)选择题部分第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。1What does the man think of disabled at

2、hletes?AThey have to be taken good care of.BThey should be respected.CThey are unfortunate. 答案 B2How did the woman learn about the job?AA friend told her about the job. BShe saw an ad in the newspaper.CShe heard about it months ago.答案 A 3Why is Tracy so happy?AShe has received the latest issue of th

3、e journal.BShe has won the first prize for her research.CShe has got her paper published in a journal.答案 C 4Whats the weather forecast?AThere will be heavy smog in all areas.BThere will be heavy fog in the east.CThere will be fog in all areas by midnight.答案 C 5What do the speakers think of the music

4、?AWonderful.BUnacceptable.CPleasant.答案 B第二节(共15小题；每题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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What does the man teach the woman to do?AWrite her report. BUse her computer. CClean her room.答案 B7How does the

5、woman feel in the end?AWorried. BConfused. CRelaxed.答案 C听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8What is Alma busy doing?APreparing for her grandpas birthday party.BWorking on her biology paper.CArranging her familys gettogether.答案 B 9What do you know about Almas family?AThey live quite close to each other. BThey often have

6、 big parties. CThey have a close relationship.答案 C 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10How much of the entertainment section is about stars affairs?AAlmost 70%.BAlmost 50%.CAlmost one third.答案 B11Why do some media publish untrue stories about stars?ATo promote sales.BTo promote reputation.CTo mislead the public.答案 A

7、 12What is the mans opinion?AThere should be more newspaper sections about stars.BThe media should report more other matters than the stars affairs.CThe public figures should protect their privacy more carefully.答案 B听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13Where does Thomas Manning work?AIn the Guinness Company.BAt a rad

8、io station.CIn a museum.答案 A14Where did the idea of a book of records come from?AA birdshooting trip.BA visit to Europe.CA television talk show.答案 A15When did Sir Hughs first book of records appear?AIn 1875. BIn 1950. CIn 1955.答案 C16What are the two speakers going to talk about next?AMore records of

9、 unusual facts.BThe founder of the company.CThe oldest person in the world.答案 A听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What was Annie Oakley famous for? AHer perfect shooting skills.BHer good performance in the film.CHer adventure in traveling.答案 A18What can we learn about Annie Oakley? AShe grew up in the American Wil

10、d West.BShe ever fought in a battle.CShe acted in a traveling show.答案 C19Why did Annie Oakley begin to learn hunting?ATo support her family.BTo teach herself living skills.CTo make her dream come true. 答案 A20At what age did Annie Oakley die?A46. B56. C66.答案 C听力原文第一节Text 1W：Have you ever watched the

11、Paralympic Games, a competition for disabled athletes?M：Yes. Watching these athletes is a moving experience. Because disabled athletes have to make more efforts to succeed than normal people.W：I cant agree more.Text 2M：How did you find your job？Was it advertised in the paper?W：I looked and looked fo

12、r months without finding anything. Then a friend told me about this job. So I applied and got it.M：Oh, what a good friend!Text 3M：Tracy, you look happy. Did you win a prize?W：More than that! Ive just received the new issue of the journal, and you know, my article is in it.M：Oh, great. It must be the

13、 article on classroom research, I guess. Congratulations!Text 4W：Its nearly 10 oclock. Lets listen to the weather forecast.M：Heres the weather forecast. Fog is spreading from the east, and itll affect all areas by midnight. Itll be heavy in some places.W：Should we postpone the plan of picnic?Text 5M

14、: Uh, I wish someone would change this music.W: Im so happy you said that. I thought I was the only one who didnt like it.M: Dont worry.Youre not.I think its a little strange and a little loud, too.W：Very strange and very loud.第二节Text 6W: Im having a hard time getting the information for my report.M

15、：Thats easy. You only have to search the Internet to get what you want.W：Really? But how?M: So click here，then up to the top. Then open that window. Yeah, that one.W：ErHumGot it.M：And thats it. Youre done.W: I see. That is pretty easy after all. Now I can get what I need in my room!Text 7M：Hi, Alma.

16、 Where have you been?W：Oh, hi, Colin.I was just at the library.I have to hand in my biology paper tomorrow.M：Tomorrow? Oh, no! I thought it wasnt due till Monday.W：Oh, dont worry. It is due on Monday. But Im going away for the weekend and wont be back till Monday night.M：Oh, where are you going?W：Ca

17、lifornia. Were having a family party. Its my grandfathers ninetieth birthday, so all the relatives are going. He planned the whole thing himself.M：Wow! Thats great. How many people will be there?W：Around sixty. My family is big and spread out but were pretty close. Have you started working on your b

18、iology paper?M：Yeah. Im busy with it now.Text 8W：What are you reading, Tom? You look so attentive.M: I am reading the Entertainment Section of the newspaper. Oh, do you believe that nearly half of the section is taken up by some stars affairs? I wasted money to buy such rubbish news.W: In almost eve

19、ry form of media, a great deal of attention is paid to the personal lives of the stars. It seems that the public cannot get enough of this kind of news.M: The practice leads people to pay more attention to these matters than they otherwise would.W: The media should respect the privacy of every indiv

20、idual, including public figures. They may have chosen to be in the public eye, but that does not give the public the right to know everything about them.M: Yes, you are right. And many stories about famous stars are untrue. They are only gossip reported to increase the sales of magazines and other m

21、edia.W：They are unfair to the famous and mislead the public.M: I believe that the media should focus on matters other than the private lives of public figures.W: In this way, they can appeal to a wider audience and encourage people to develop other interests.M：I completely agree with you.Text 9W：Whe

22、re can you look if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is, or who the oldest person in the world is? There is only one place where youll find all these information, and thats in the Guinness Book of World Records. This morning we have someone from the Guinness Company that prod

23、uced that famous book, Thomas Manning. Welcome to the program, Thomas!M：Thanks, Sue. Its a pleasure to be here. W：Perhaps you could start by telling us where the idea for the book came from. M：Well, it was first suggested in the early 1950s. Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness，was out

24、 shooting birds with some friends. A bird flew away so quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe, and if it wasnt the fastest, he wondered what was. W：So I suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information and he cou

25、ldnt find it? M：Yes, thats exactly what happened. And this made Sir Hugh think there must be other people in the same situation who wanted this kind of information. He thought that, like himself, people would be interested in finding facts of all records to satisfy their curiosity. W：So the idea for

26、 a book of records was born. And when did the first book come out?M：A few years later, in 1955. So, to answer your first question: the tallest person in the world is 231.7cm tall. And the oldest person is Jeanne. L. Calment，who was born in February, 1875.W：There are also some rather strange records,

27、 arent there, Thomas?M：Yes, thats right. Did you know, Sue, that the shortest time it is takenText 10Annie Oakley was a woman who became famous for her ability to shoot a gun and hit very small objects.There are hundreds of stories about her.Many of the stories involve her adventures in the American

28、 Wild West.Others tell about her travels with native Americans. However, most of the stories are not true.She did not grow up in the Wild West, nor did she fight in any battles.Annie Oakley was a performer in a traveling Wild West show. She used her skills at shooting a gun to become one of the most

29、 famous sharpshooters in American history.Annie Oakley was born in 1860 in Ohio. Her family was very poor. At the age of 8, she decided to help them earn money.She taught herself how to shoot her grandfathers gun and began hunting animals for food and then sold the animals to the people in her town.

30、 When she was 15, she had made enough money to pay for her familys farm.Soon her ability to shoot a gun became well known in her town. She got the name Little Sure Shot because of her shooting ability and because she was only 1.5 meters tall. However, she left the people who loved her on November 3,

31、 1926.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AWhere do you find out about the worlds longest walk? The worlds tallest man? The worlds oldest woman? You know the answer. It is the Guinness Book of World Records. How would people find unusual facts without this book?The Guinness Book did not exist until 1951. Here is what happened. The managing director of Guinness Brewery was a curious man. He want