高中二册第５单元练习

任贵敏

第一部分：听力略（30分）

第二部分：英语知识运用

Ⅰ.单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分,满分15分）

1. The situation was so hard for all of us that we really had to ____ to pull through the hardship.

A. get together Ｂ. put together

C. hold together D. live together

2. ____, people who eat less fat and sugar but more fruit and

vegetables prove healthier than those who dont.

A. In fact B. In general C. In particular D. In turn

3. In my opinion, he loves that girl so much that his marrying her is only a ____ of time.

A. question B. problem C. doubt D. matter

4. This is a good chance for us to improve our living level, so we should ____ the most of it.

A. take B. get C. make D. gain

5. ____ great value, the suggestion that you came up with the day

before yesterday will soon be made use of in our work.

A. With B. Of C. In D. On

6. Tom is 190 centimeters tall and is without ____ the tallest student in our class.

A. question B. problem C. matter D. doubt

7. Almost every Chinese knows that the biggest star in our national flag ____ the Communist Party of China.

A. stands for B. stands by C. stands out D. stands up

8. It is said that the smokers in our factory ____ more than half of the number of the students in their school.

A. take up B. sit up C. stay up D. make up

9. It was not until he worked out the most difficult problems ____ he went to bed.

A. which B. what C. as D. that

10. With the price of the computer ____, I dont want to buy one at present.

A. rise B. rising C. to rise D. to be rising

11. As far as I know, the research group ____ famous scientists from all over the world.

A. is made of B. is made from

C. is made up of D. is made by

12. ____ from the present international situation, the war will not break out in a short time.

A. Judge B. Judging C. Judged D. To judge

13. Being the manager of a large company, you really should have a car of ____.

A. you B. yours C. yourself D. your own

14. ____ very poor, he could not even buy a new shirt for his son, which he felt ashamed of.

A. Be B. To be C. Being D. Been

15. Dont you know that some trees dont ____ fruit at all? I think it is a common sense and you should know it.

A. bear B. make C. produce D. bring

Ⅱ.完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）

Computer hackers(黑客) have now got their hands on mobile phones. A phone virus(病毒) program can __1__ your phone do things you have no control over, computer security experts __2__.

It might __3__ the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing company.

Or it could simply eat into the phones operating software, turning it __4__ and erasing your personal information.

Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners __5__ in Japan and Europe.

Mr Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security in Finland said a virus “can get your __6__ and send them somewhere else. And it can record your __7__.”

Mobiles are now able to surf the net, send e-mails and __8__ software. So they are easy __9__ for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.

“Its technically __10__ now,” said Stephen Trilling, director of research at anti-virus __11__.

“If the phone is connected to the __12__, it can be used to transmit threats and __13__just as any computer can.”

In Japan, if you opened a certain e-mail message __14__ your mobile, it would cause the phone to repeatedly __15__ the national emergency number.

So phone operators had to __16__ emergency calls until the __17__ was removed.

In Europe, mobiles short message service, __18__, SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage __19__.

Mobile users can __20__ virus, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones without Web links, some experts said.

1. A. get B. force C. make D. damage

2. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say

3. A. lead B. cause C. control D. call

4. A. off B. out C. down D. on

5. A. interested B. angry C. excited D. terrified

6. A. messages B. passages C. news D. information

7. A. voice B. passwords C. music D. address

8. A. make B. destroy C. download D. develop

9. A. jobs B. tasks C. subjects D. targets

10. A. impossible B. possible C. useful D. valuable

11. A. hardware B. software C. computer D. equipment

12. A. computer B. television C. Internet D. radio

13. A. strike B. visit C. hit D. attack

14. A. in B. by C. on D. with

15. A. send B. dial C. count D. press

16. A. cancel B. ban C. stop D. prevent

17. A. bug B. mistake C. fault D. e-mail

18. A. and B. nor C. or D. but

19. A. recorders B. computers C. TVs D. phones

20. A. stop B. avoid C. kill D. find

Ⅲ.阅读理解（共20题，每小题2分,满分40分）

(A)

Tilly Smith, an 11-year-old British girl, who was called “Angel of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by a tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004 and had been named “Child of the Year 2005” by readers of a French childrens newspaper.

Tilly Smith is a schoolgirl at Danes Hill School in Oxshott, Surrey, England. Back from Thailand she told her geography class how the sea slowly rose and started to foam(起泡沫), bubble, and form whirlpools(漩涡) before the big waves came.

“What Tilly Smith described as happening was exactly the same as Id shown on a video of a tsunami that hit the Hawaiian Islands in 1946,” said Andrew F. Kearney, Tillys geography teacher. “She saw the consequences of not acting when something strange happens.” Kearney said topics for sixth-grade pupils include earthquakes and volcanoes.

“We covered tsunamis because they can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes or landslides,” he added. “Ive taught this particular course for at least 11 years.”

Kearney uses audiovisual(视听教学的) teaching aids such as interactive whiteboards to exploit geographic information online (his class often visits nationalgeographic.com). Tillys class had looked up U.S. websites about tsunamis early warning systems.

“The teacher has a computer on the desk and can project different web pages onto the whiteboard,” Kearney said. “Its helped make great strides in teaching geography; it really brings it into the classroom.”

On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith saw “bubbles on the water and foam sizzling(发出嘶嘶声) just like in a frying pan” while walking on Phuket Island beach with her family. Her mind kept going back to the geography lesson Mr. Kearney gave just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand on vacation. She recognized these as the warning signs of a tsunami.

She told her parents and alerted the staff of the Marriott Hotel, where they were staying. The beach was evacuated(撤离) just minutes before the killer tsunami struck. It was one of the few on Phuket Island where no one was killed or seriously hurt.

1. The purpose of the passage is to tell us ____.

A. how geography is taught in British schools

B. how Tilly Smith used her knowledge to save tourists from tsunami

C. why Tilly Smith was named “Child of the Year 2005”

D. the relationship between classroom knowledge and its practical use

2. Which of the following words can best describe geography teaching in Britain? ____.

A. Practical B. Exciting C. Audiovisual D. Interactive

3. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to ____.

A. web page B. computer C. whiteboard D. geography

4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs? ____.

A. Tilly Smiths parents and the hotel staff had no knowledge of tsunamis

B. No other beaches on Phuket Island were evacuated before the tsunami struck

C. The warning signs of the tsunami were the same as Tilly Smith had learned

D. Tilly Smith and her family had not left the hotel room before the tsunami struck

(B)

You have heard the expression “horse sense”. As you may imagine, it came from the time when the majority(大部分) of people travelled in vehicles(车辆) drawn by horses. A horse does have a lot of common sense, and there are many true stories about horses having saved their drivers from danger of death.

Today for the most part, people travel by trains, ships, airplanes, and cars, but very little by the use of horses. Modern vehicles are all propelled by engines and an engine does not have any common sense. In case of danger, many horses could be depended on to help. Not so with the engine the driver must do all the things.

In recent years, the speed of travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed comes greatly increased danger. The driver of a powerful engine needs to be careful. A moment of being careless may cost a life. In order to drive safely, a person must be able to see clearly, and he must learn and follow carefully the rules for safety in the road. Greater attention is the price we pay for using a machine instead of a horse.

1. The passage as a whole is about ____.

A. safe driving B. engines

C. using horses D. modern machines

2. The underlined word “it” in the second sentence (Paragraph 1) means ____.

A. horse sense B. the horse

C. the driver D. the use of horses

3. Although not directly said, it can be reasoned(推理) from the

passage that ____.

A. an eye test is an important part of a drivers examination

B. a driver must know the rules of safety

C. a driver needs to be able only to tell red from green

D. greater attention is needed for a driver while driving a machine

4. Which of the following is NOT true? ____.

A. The driver of a car must follow the rules of safety

B. A driver must be able to see and hear well

C. It is better for vehicles to be pulled by horse than to be pushed by engine

D. Horses are known to have saved their drivers from injury

(C)

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or obtain, any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other various subjects. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charing Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central District of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and turn out their sacks of books on to small barrows which line the gutters. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, punce upon the dusty cascade. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence on old volume that may be worth many pounds.

1. According to the passage, the best-known streets in London contain- ing bookshops are ____.

A. in the East Central District

B. throughout the city

C. in some parts of the city

D. in the center of the city

2. Charing Cross Road is well-known for ____.

A. its bookshops of all sorts and sizes

B. its busiest bookshop

C. its cheapest bookshop

D. its most expensive bookshop

3. In the bookshops of Charing Cross Road you can get ____.

A. new books of any kind

B. second-hand books on various subjects

C. small dusty books

D. both A and B

4. Farringdon Road ____.

A. is the cheapest place for book buyers

B. selling books of all sorts and sizes

C. is the most convenient place for book buyers

D. has many large bookshops

(D)

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized(强调) the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You dont say!” “You dont say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic(适当的话题). “Well, Id better change the topic,” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly. Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words “You dont say!” I couldnt help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didnt request you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didnt you say ‘You dont say?”

“Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “‘You dont say actually means ‘Really! It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you dont pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1. At first, on hearing “You dont say”， I thought the foreigner meant ____.

A. he was not interested in the topic

B. he was only interested in the Great Wall

C. I had talked too much

D. I had to stop talking

2. The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means ____.

A. interesting B. important C. terrible D. unlucky

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage？____.

A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall

B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it

C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide

D. The Englishman had visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting

4. After the Englishman explained the idiom, ____.

A. I thought the Englishman had made me a fool

B. the Englishman became a real fool

C. I felt very silly

D. I became more careful in everything

(E)

British society is considered to be divided into three main groups of classes—the Upper Class, the Middle Class, and the Lower or Working Class. This is known as the Class system and it is important to know something about it if you want to understand British people and society. Most British people grow up with a deep knowledge and understanding of the class system even if they are not very conscious(意识到) of it. Most people know which class they belong to by the way they speak, their clothes, their interests or even the type of food they eat.

Social class is not only about behavior and attitudes. For example, although many upper class people are rich and may own a lot of land, having a lot of money does not make a person upper class. It is also important to come from a particular kind of family, have friends who are considered suitable, have been to a certain type of private school and speak with the right kind of accent. There are people who are poor but who do not think of themselves as working class， because their family background, education, political opinions, etc. are different from those of most working-class people. Many people do not like the class system but it is impossible to pretend that these differences do not exist or that British people do not sometimes form opinions in this way.

1. According to the passage, you cannot judge an Englishmans social class by ____.

A. where he was born B. the way he speaks

C. the clothes he wearsD. the interests he has

2. If an Englishman has much money, ____.

A. he belongs to the middle class

B. he must be a member of the upper class

C. he is not likely to be from the upper class

D. he may buy an upper class title with the money

3. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss? ____.

A. Many rich people do not belong to the upper class

B. Today many British people do not like the class system

C. Many poor people do not consider themselves as lower class

D. An Englishmans social class is determined by many factors(因素)

4. According to the passage, the idea of the class system in Britain ____.

A. exists only in the mind of foreigners

B. is deeply rooted in the British people

C. is now under severe attack

D. is regarded as a long system

Ⅳ.短文改错（共10题，每小题1分,满分10分）

The center of Wales is an area of high mountains.1.____

This is impossible to farm this land, so the Welsh 2.____

farmers keep sheeps instead. Because the ground is3.____

so hilly, they use dogs to move it from one hill4.____

and another. The weather in Wales is wetter. This5.____

is because the high mountains. The wind here often6.____

comes from the west. As it moves cross the warm7.____

Atlantic Ocean, the wind picks up water from sea.8.____

When this wind hits the mountain of Wales, the 9.____

air rises and the rain falls.10.____

Ⅴ.书面表达（满分25分）

最近，你校英语课堂采用了现代化教学技术，带来若干变化。请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一封信，客观地介绍这些变化。

注意：1. 信的开头已为你写好。

2. 词数：100左右。

Dear Editor,

Im writing to tell you about the changes that have taken place in our English classes since modern teaching techniques started to be used.

Key(2)