Module4Great Scientists

（满分120分；时间90分钟）

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）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

1. Who gave Lucy the cell phone？

A. Her mother. B. Her father. C. Her brother.

2. Where will the woman go first？

A. To the school. B. To a friends house. C. To the post office.

3. What can we infer from the conversation？

A. John was sure that he did better in the next exam. B. The spoken exam is easier than the written part.

C. John probably failed in the exam.

4. Who is a nurse？

A. Marys mother. B. Mary. C. Mr wilson.

5. Where does the conversation take place？

A. At a hospital. B. At the womans. C. In an office.

第二节（共15小题；每小题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，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，每小题将给出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至7题。

6. Why cant the girl go to the movie？

A. She has to review her lessons. B. She has seen the movie before. C. She doesnt want to go with the boy.

7. What does the boy think about the girl？

A. She never studies hard. B. She studies very well. C. She wont pass the exam.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is Mikes wife？

A. A nurse. B. An artist. C. A teacher.

9. What will speakers do on Saturday？

A. Go to a friends house B. Go to the theatre. C. Go shopping.

10. What does Mike call the man and woman to do？

A. To see a film with them. B. To buy tickets for him and his wife.

C. To go to his parents house for dinner.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What do you think the man probably is？

A. A warm-hearted bus driver. B. A manager in a taxi company. C. A kind-hearted policeman.

12. What is in the womans handbag beside some money？

A. An ID card. B. A postcard. C. An IC card.

13. What happened to the woman？

A. She had an accident. B. She left her handbag in a taxi. C. She has been stolen in the morning.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Who is Larry？

A. Janes new neighbour. B. A postman. C. Janes boy friend.

15. Where is Janes house？

A. Next to Larrys. B. Near the post office. C. Across the street.

16. When did Larry move in？

A. Two days ago. B. Twelve days ago. C. Twenty days ago.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many Americans are now studying in colleges and universities？

A. 700，000. B. 7，000，000. C. 1，700，000.

18. What do American college students today have strong opinions about？

A. What good and bad is. B. What old and new is. C. What right and wrong is.

19. What do young Americans know much about？

A. Their parents. B. Their lifestyle. C. Their childhood.

20. What is difficult to know much about according to young Americans？

A. The truth of their own lives. B. The beliefs in American families.

C. The formation of American families.

第二部分 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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MUNICH—Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci were in the club； Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are also among its most famous members. Left-handed people， however， are considered less intelligent or unskillful with their hands.

Schools in many countries may allow children to write with their left hand， but in the meantime “the idea that children should be re-educated to write with the right hand has not yet been removed from the heads of many parents and grand-parents，” says Elizabeth Werthmueller of the Left-handers Initiative in Fulda in central Germany.

International Left-handed Day was held on August 13，1976， and it was a public holiday in the US.

Nowadays interest is steadily growing and there are several advice centers to provide advice and actively campaign against the opinion that left-handers are unskillful.

Psychologist and psychotherapist （精神病医生） Johanna Barbara Sattler， who founded the first advice center for left-handers in Munich in 1985， can only shake her head over some of the conclusions shes heard. “Left-handed people die nine years earlier than right-handers” is just a rumor.

Sattler thinks that the process of changing writing hands means a sudden attack on the brain. Memory and speech weaknesses are the results， she says， because left or right-handedness， which scientists say is in any case inherited （遗传）， is controlled by the hemispheres （大脑半球） of the brain. These are connected to the opposite body-half by crossed nerves.

In left-handers， the right hemisphere is functionally leading. It is primarily responsible for determining space preferences and thought. This explains why left-handed people are often described as particularly creative.

But in the workplace， they often have problems in using technical machines. However， it is always better to choose another job than to retrain to use the right hand， according to Sattler.

In contrast to 30 years ago， left-handers are no longer forced to switch to their right hand in German schools， yet many teachers still have no idea how they can help left-handers with practical advice. Instead， these children often have to hear that they have to get along with “the problem” themselves.

21. Paragraph 1 tells us that ____ .

A. some famous people are left-handers B. famous people are members in this special club

C. left-handers are less skillful with their hands D. scientists in the world are mostly left-handers

22. From Paragraph 2 we learn that ____ .

A. many parents insist that students write with both hands

B. students in certain schools must write with their left hand

C. many parents insist that students write with their right hand

D. students in cretain schools sometimes write with their left hand

23. According to Sattlers opinion， changing writing hands is ____ .

A. reasonable B. interesting C. scientific D. unnecessary

24. Which of the following statements is true about left-handers？

A. They are often simple-minded. B. They are unskillful in the workshop.

C. They are trying to defeat right-handers. D. They are often full of creative ideas in their work.

25. From the last paragraph we find that ____ .

A. left-handers at German schools feel disappointed.

B. German students seldom get help from their teachers.

C. peoples opinion about left-handers has started to change.

D. left-handers at German schools find no trouble doing anything.

B

Crows （乌鸦） eat many different kinds of foods. They like many kinds of seeds， grasses， and fruits. Crows eat insects such as beetles （甲虫）. A crow will eat smaller birds and their eggs. Crows that live near the shore often eat shellfish. Most crows live in the wild， but sometimes a crow is kept as a pet. One family in Africa had two pets， a crow and a puppy （小狗）. One day the puppy vanished. Its owner looked for it but couldnt find it anywhere. They feared that their dog was lost forever in the woods.

At about the same time the puppy vanished， the crow began to eat in an unusual way. Instead of eating its dinner all at a time， the crow would take a piece of food and fly away with it， then in a little while it would come back and do it again. The people were curious about the crows new eating habits， so one day they followed the bird. The crow led the people into the woods， where they found their puppy with its leg caught in a trap （陷阱）. The crow had been sharing its dinner with the puppy and had managed to keep the young dog alive for six days until help came.

26. Which of the following is true of crows？

A. They are clever and kind to dogs. B. They are lovely and kept as pets.

C. Most crows live near the shore. D. They eat many kinds of things.

27. The underlined word “vanished” means ____.

A. escaped B. died C. hurt D. disappeared

28. Which of the following statements is true？

A. The trap was set by a hunter.

B. The crow shared its food with the trapped puppy.

C. The crow in the story often ate in an unusual way.

D. The crow took food to the woods in order to make the people feel curious.

29. The story suggests that ____.

A. crows are dogs friends B. crows can be clever

C. dogs are careless D. dogs are clever

30. People in this story ____.

A. were careless B. disliked animals

C. cared about their crow D. cared about their animals

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was growing up， I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctors Id ever known. When Dr. Gibbs wasnt 31 lives， he was planting trees. His house was very big， and his lifes 32 was to make it a forest.

The good doctor came from “No pains， no gains” school of gardening. He had some interesting 33 about plant management. He 34 watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled （宠坏） them， and that if you 35 them， they would grow 36 . So you had to make things 37 for them and got rid of the weak trees early.

He talked about how watering trees made for 38 roots， and how trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots in 39 of water. He planted an oak and， 40 watering it every morning， he would 41 it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that， and he said it was to get the trees 42 .

Dr. Gibbs 43 a couple of years after I left home. But the trees he planted are 44 now.

I planted some trees a few 45 ago， and I carried water to them for a whole summer， and prayed （祈祷） over them. A few years of careful care has 46 in trees that grow weaker and weaker. Whenever a cold wind blows， they 47 .

So Im 48 my view to life， because life is hard. Too many times we want to live a comfortable life. In fact， what we need to do is to pray for 49 that reach deep into the earth， so when the rains fall and the winds blow， we wont be 50 .

31. A. losing B. enjoying C. saving D. killing

32. A. goal B. career C. time D. money

33. A. activities B. theories C. instructions D. texts

34. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. often

35. A. watched B. spoiled C. planted D. watered

36. A. taller B. weaker C. stronger D. faster

37. A. hard B. comfortable C. easy D. different

38. A. deep B. high C. shallow D. low

39. A. honor B. case C. face D. search

40. A. instead of B. because of C. as a result of D. except for

41. A. treat B. destroy C. cover D. beat

42. A. recognition B. attention C. spirit D. judgement

43. A. passed by B. passed away C. passed out D. passed over

44. A. straight B. impressive C. strong D. dead

45. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days

46. A. brought B. led C. experienced D. resulted

47. A. react B. die C. shake D. escape

48. A. experimenting B. changing C. keeping D. exploring

49. A. roots B. bodies C. branches D. feet

50. A. put down B. given away C. brought up D. swept away

第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I asked my uncle， who plays 51 piano well， whether he would assess （评定） the tone of a second-hand piano I was hoping 52 （buy）. We arrived 53 the house and Uncle Frank looked the piano over， then 54 （sit） down， and played several classical 55 （piece）. When he finished， we told the family that we 56 （call） them in 15 minutes.

Outside， Uncle Frank said that 57 the wood was battered （坏掉的）， the sound was good and we should buy it. When I phoned the woman back， she sounded as if she was crying. 58 （concern）， I asked， “Whats the matter？” “We didnt know the piano could play like that，” she 59 （reply）. The piano wasnt for sale， and her daughter had to begin 60 （take） piano lessons.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 短文改错（满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同学之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/＼），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Lin Qiaozhi， the specialist in womens diseases， lived 1901 to 1983. She devoted her whole life to help women of China， especially that in the countryside. To cut the death rate of having and caring for baby in the country， she gave some simple rules in her book for women to follow for keeping their babies clean， healthy， but free from sickness. She was so busy in her career that about 50，000 babies are safely delivered by her own. Devoted to her patients， she chose not to have a family of her own and often worked lately at night to deliver a baby for a poor family after a days tired work.

第二节 书面表达（满分20分）

科技推动社会发展，改变人们的生活。请根据以下要点提示，以“How to Become a Scientist？”为题写一篇英文短文。

要点提示：1. 努力学习是基础；2. 兴趣与独立思考；3. 坚持的精神。

词数：100词左右。

How to Become a Scientist？