人教版高中英语选修七高中选修模块七水平测试试卷

高中英语学习材料

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广东省普宁市2009-2010学年高中选修模块七水平测试试卷

英语

本试题分为第一卷＆第二卷两部分，考试时间为120分钟，满分150分。

第一卷（三部分，共110分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分35分）

作题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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15小题；每小题2分，满分30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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间. 每段对话或独白读两遍.

听第l段对话，回答第1—2题。

1. What is the profession of the woman?

A. A famous singer.

B. A famous teacher.

C. A famous sports star.

2.Why didn’t the woman want to go back to her former school?

A. Because she was not a good student at that time.

B. Because she hated all the teachers there.

C. Because she was busy working.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 听第2段对话，回答第3—5题。

3. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Parent and teacher.

B. Close friends.

C. Neighbors.

4. What can you learn from the dialogue?

A. The man is making some complaint to the woman.

B. The man is making some suggestion to the woman.

C. The man is satisfied after talking to the woman

5.Why is not the result of children’s noise?

A. The man couldn’t work.

B. The man couldn’t sleep.

C. The man couldn’t eat.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 听第3段独白，回答第6—8题。

6. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. At the man’s home.

B. In a restaurant.

C. In a company.

7.Why does the woman come to do the man’s house?

A. She wants to have dinner with them.

B. She comes to return some books.

C. She wants to learn how to cook.

8. Who does the cooking now?

A. The man.

B. The man’s wife.

C. The woman.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 听第4段对话，回答第9—11题。

9. Who ought to get on the train among the professors?

A. The other two.

B. The third two.

C. None of them.

10. Why did the other two professors come to the railway station?

A. To catch the train.

B. To say good-bye to Professor Egghead

C. To meet their friends.

11. What do you learn about these professors?

A. They are serious.

B. They are helpful.

C. They are absent-minded.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 听第5段对话，回答第12—15题。

12. What time is it when the man and woman check the proposal?

A. 1:00 p.m.

B. 8:00 p.m.

C. 4:00 p.m.

13.Why can’t they finish the proposal tomorrow?

A. They have to go the office by midnight.

B. It has to go the post office by midnight.

C. They have to go home by midnight.

14. What are they going to do in case of a mistake?

A. They have to read all the corrections.

B. They have to copy it again.

C. They have to write in any correction by hand.

15.What’s the woman going to start with?

A. The plan.

B. The business.

C. The costs for the products. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------第二节：听取信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

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听下面1段独白。请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16~20的空格中。录音读两遍。你有90秒钟的作答时间。

A Recycling Plant

Materials recycled by paper

16._________ metal tins

Waste recycled by 17._________

Tools separating metal tins 18._________magneta

Way of recycling paper 19._________and crushing it until it becomes

20._________and wet

第二部分：语言知识与运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to 21 others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998. 22 the pain and treatment that he endured inspired me to be a more kind and 23 person. I realized life is just too 24 and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making 25 why I couldn’t do them.

My dad 26 a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able

to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not needed. That was excellent 27 because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That 28 me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also 29 money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I 30 blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very

31 and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.

I would like to 32 one of my favorite quotes with you all.

“In an average lifetime, a person 33 about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world I wonder 34 your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the 35 you’re given.”

I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.

21. A. advise B. ask C. help D. understand

22. A. Suffering B. Watching C. Discovering D. Bringing

23. A. stronger B. independent C. giving D. receiving

24. A. short B. wonderful C. dangerous D. boring

25. A. efforts B. promises C. excuses D. plans

26. A. refused B. had C. learned D. stopped

27. A. expression B. knowledge C. news D. sense

28. A. forced B. inspired C. allowed D. expected

29. A. raised B. kept C. paid D. hid

30. A. check B. test C. donate D. sell

31. A. secretly B. clearly C. peacefully D. wildly

32. A. share B. divide C. record D. repeat

33. A. conveys B. owns C. measures D. walks

34. A. where B. why C. when D. if

35. A. materials B. miles C. world D. wealth

第二节：语法填空（共10 小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often 36 parents and teachers we do not allow our children to have the right. We convey either by words 37 by actions that failure is something to be ashamed 38 , and that nothing but top 39 (perform) meets with our approval.

When I see a child under this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie. He was 40 shy, nervous perfectionist. His fear of failure 41 (keep) him from classroom games that other children played delightedly. He seldom answered questions for fear 42 he might be wrong. He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn’t made a mistake. I tried my best to build up 43 self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, 44 Mary Anne, a student teacher, was appointed to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie 45 (include), adored her. With her frequent encouragement, Donnie became confident.

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.

You might think that I don’t want to spend my summer reading, but that’s not the problem: I love reading. On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got “A Gather ing of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and librarians don’t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mother’s calls “spinach books”: good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.

This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation,

my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” by American author Edith Wharton. I’m sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence”—some might even say it’s their favorite book.

But I don’t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.

“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn’t imagine being in love, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life.

Most of my required summer reading has been like that—books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don’t think exciting plots make for “good literature”. To me, though, a good writer describes events an d characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.

If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.

46. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because _______.

A. he doesn’t like reading in summer vacation

B. he hates the English teacher assigning homework

C. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids

D. he hates August

47. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be ______.

A. romantic

B. out of date

C. pure

D. entertaining and educational

48. The author listed such books as “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” because he thinks ______.

A. they can change his opinion

B. he can learn a lot more from them

C. they are of literary value, and enjoyable

D. he has to do as teachers tell him to

49. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be one who _______.

A. uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next

B. describes events and characters in different ways

C. is learned

D. is full of imagination

50. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?

A. I Don’t Like Reading on the Vacation

B. Why Can’t Teachers Set Us Fun Books?

C. Teachers, Don’t Set Us Any Reading Assignments

D. Teachers, Set Us Free

B

Decisions, decisions! Our lives are full of them, from the small ones to the life-changing. The right to choose is central to everyone. Yet sometimes we make bad decisions that leave us unhappy or full of regret. Can science help?

Most of us know little about the mental processes that lie behind our decisions. Luckily, what psychologists are finding may help us all make better choices. Here are some of their amazing discoveries to help you make up your mind.

Consider your emotions. You might think that emotions are the enemy of decision-making, but in fact they are a part of it. Whenever you make up your mind, your brain’s emo tional centre is active. University of Southern California scientist, Antonio Damasia, has studied people with damage to only the emotional parts of their brains, and found that they were unable to make basic choices about what to wear or eat. Damasia thinks this may be because our brains store emotional memories of past choice, which we use to help the present decision-making.

However, making choices under the influence of an emotion can greatly affect the result. Take anger for example. A study by Nitika Garg of the University of Mississippi and other scientists found the angry shoppers were more likely to choose the first thing they were offered rather than considering other choices. It seems that anger can lead us to make quick decisions without much thinking.

All emotions affect our thinking and motivation，so it may be best to avoid making important decisions under their influence. Yet strangely there is one emotion that seems to help us make good choices. The American researchers found that sad people took time to consider the various choices on offer, and ended up making the best choices. In fact many studies show that people who feel unhappy have the most reasonable view of the world.

51. What does the underlined word “central” mean?

A. in the middle

B. easy to reach

C. important

D. having power

52. Damasia’s study suggests that ________.

A. emotions are the enemy of decision-making.

B. our brain has nothing to do with decision-making.

C. people with physical damage find it hard to make up their minds.

D. our emotional memories of past choices can affect present decisions.

53. According to the text, what may help us make better decisions?

A. To think about happy times.

B. To make many decisions at a time.

C. To stop feeling regretful about the past.

D. To learn about the process of decision-making.

54. Why are angry shoppers more likely to choose the first thing they are offered?

A. They often forget their past choices.

B. They make decisions without much thinking.

C. They tend to save time when shopping.

D. They are too angry to bargain.

55. What do we learn from the text?

A. Emotions are a part of decision-making.

B. Sad people always make worse choices.

C. No emotion seems to help us make good choices.

D. Only sad feelings affect our thinking and motivation.

C

Economics has long been known as an unpleasant science. But is any economist so dull as to criticize Christmas? At first glance, the holiday season in western economies seems a treat for those who are concerned with such things as GDP growth. After all, everyone is spending; in America, sellers make 25 % of their yearly sales and 60 % of their profits between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even so, economists find something to worry about in the nature of the purchases being made.

Much of the holiday spending is on gifts for others. At the simplest level, giving gifts involves the giver's thinking of something that the receiver would like — he tries to guess her preferences, as economists say — and then buying the gift and delivering it. Yet this guessing of preferences is often done badly. Every year, ties go unworn and books unread. And even if a gift is enjoyed, it

may not be what the receiver would have bought if they had spent the money themselves.

Interested in this mismatch between wants and gifts, in 1993 Joel Waldfogel, then an economist at Yale University, attempted to estimate the disparity(差距) in dollar terms. He asked students two questions at the end of a holiday season: first, estimate the total amount paid (by the givers) for all the holiday gifts you received; second, apart from the emotional value of the items, if you did not have them, how much would you be willing to pay to get them? His results were unpleasant: on average, a gift was valued by the receiver well below the price paid by the giver.

The most conservative(保守的) estimate put the average receiver’s valuation at 90% of the buying price. The missing 10% is what economists call a deadweight loss; a waste of resources that could be avoided without making anyone poorer. In other words, if the giver gave the cash value of the purchase instead of the gift itself, the receiver could then buy what she really wants and be better off for no extra cost. It suggests that in America, where givers spend $40 billion on Christmas gifts, $ 4 billion is being lost annually in the process of gift giving. Add in birthdays, weddings and non Christian occasions, and the figure would balloon. So should economists call for an end to gift giving, or at least press for money to become the gift of choice?

56. Why do some people regard the holiday season in western economies a treat?

A. Because the economic situation in US has been depressing.

B. Because American sellers make a quarter of their yearly sales through holiday season.

C. Because holiday spending can speed up GDP growth.

D. Because sellers can make as much profit as 60 % over holiday season.

57. What's the main idea for the second paragraph?

A. In many cases the gifts cannot meet the receivers’ needs.

B. The purchases made over holiday season are actually a waste of money.

C. It's really not easy to guess the others’ preferences.

D. Much of the holiday spending is on gifts for others.

58. The purpose of Joel Waldfogel's study is to _____.

A. prove the mismatch between wants and gifts

B. estimate the disparity between wants and gifts in economic terms

C. spark new ideas of economic studies on holiday spending

D. discover the exact cost of holiday spending on gift giving

59. Economists think of the misusing 10% of holiday spending as a deadweight loss because

_______.

A. the cash value of the purchase is lower than the buying price

B. it is actually a waste of resources in economic terms

C. with the money the receivers can be better off for no extra cost

D. it makes many people even poorer for spending more on unwanted gifts

60. According to the passage altogether how much money is wasted every year on gift giving?

A. About $4 billion.

B. About 10% of the total value.

C. About $40 billion.

D. Much more than $4 billion.

IV. 写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

某英文报“健康生活”栏目正在讨论有关健康食品、体育锻炼与少年儿童肥胖的问题。请根据提示中李明的情况写一篇短文。

写作内容：

1、李明一年多前养成坏习惯：吃大量垃圾食品、零食，躺在沙发上看电视；

2、发胖，连上楼梯都困难；

3、从饮食、锻炼等方面改变生活习惯；

4、数月后，健康如初。

写作要求：

1、必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给的内容；

2、将5个句子组织成连贯的短文；

3、文章开头已给出，不计入句数。

A healthy diet and regular exercise may help to prevent obesity among children. Take Li Ming for example. Li Ming used to be a healthy boy, but _____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Luck or hard work

Is it luck or hard work that brings success? The answer is “hard work”. One’s efforts bring him success and not his luck. It is said, “Triumphs don’t come without effort.”

Luck favors only those who help themselves. The harder you work, the luckier you get. A man works day and night giving up all his play and delight and moves ahead to earn success and when he earned it people called it luck. This excellence is in fact not luck, but result of a lot of hard work. Any idea cannot become a success unless we work hard on it.

Today we are leading a happy and comfortable life due to hard work of someone else. We have bulbs to remove the darkness in a room; this was possible by hard work of Edison. We chat over phone with our friends, enjoying which has resulted by the hard work put in by Alexander Graham Bell.

The world lifts its hats up to one who puts 50 percent of their efforts and on its head for those few soul who devote 100 percent thus. “Success accompanies only those who work hard and not the ones who hardly work.”

[写作内容]

(1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

(2) 然后以120个词就“成功是靠运气还是努力”这个主题发表你的看法,

并包括如下要点：

A. 人们对如何取得成功看法有哪些?

B. 他们有何实例证明自己的观点？

C. 你的观点如何？为什么？

[写作要求]

(1) 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容,

但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

(2) 标题自定。

(3) 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

参考答案及评分标准

听力（每小题2分，共30分）1~5. AACAC 6~10. ABABB 11~15. CBBCC （每小题1分，共5分）16. glass 17. machines 18. huge 19. beating 20. soft

完形填空（每小题2分，共30分）

21-25. CBCAC 26-30. BCBAC 31-35. BADAB

语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）

36.as 37.or 38.of 39.performance 40.a

41.kept 42.that 43.his 44.when 45. included

阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

46-50.CDCAB 51-55. CDDBA 56-60. CABBD

Ⅳ：写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

A healthy diet and regular exercise may help to prevent obesity among children. Take LiMing for example. Li Ming used to be a healthy boy, but over a year ago, he got into the habit of eating a lot of junk food and snacks and spending a lot of time lying on the sofa, watching TV, and he did little exercise. As a result, he put on so much weight that he found it difficult to climb the stairs.

So LiMing decided to change the unhealthy life style and began to have a balanced, healthy diet. He also took part in various sports activities such as swimming, skating, running and playing basketball. Months later, Li Ming became as fit as before.

第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

Good Luck Always Comes With Hard Work

It is hard work rather than luck that brings people success. Those who are considered to be successful must have been working hard to achieve their goal and their success can also benefit others.

Some people argue that one can not succeed unless he works very hard. There are many examples to show that success comes from hard work. One example is that Madam Curie had been working all day and all night before she made the great discovery of radium.

Other people think that luck and opportunity are more important than hard work. They argue that even if one works hard, he can not succeed without luck and opportunity. For instance, a film

star, Zhang Ziyi, could never be famous if she was not given a chance to play a role in the film.

I think that both hard work and good luck are important. If one wants to be successful, he has to work hard on one hand and he has to seize the opportunity and luck on the other. These two factors are essen tial for one’s success.