Unit 5 The Power of nature 单元测试（人教版选修6，重庆专用）
(满分：150分，时间：120分钟)
第卷(共115分)
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。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．What can we infer about the film City of Life and Death?
A．Lu Chuan played a role in it.
B．It's about China's ancient history.
C．It's about Japan's invasion to China.
2．Who will live in the house?
A．No one.
B．Grandpa.
C．George and his brother.
3．How old is the woman's school now?
A．3 years old.
B．50 years old.
C．53 years old.
4．What can we learn from the conversation?
A．Peter will go to see the man.
B．The woman will inform Peter of the news.
C．The woman hasn't seen Peter recently.
5．Where is the man going?
A．The theater.
B．The airport.
C．The railway station.
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。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 does the man make this phone call?
A．To buy a table.
B．To reserve a table.
C．To sell a table.
7．At what time did Mr.Miller want to go at first?
A．At 7：00.
B．At 9：00.
C．At 8：00.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What are they talking about?
A．Thanksgiving.
B．New Year.
C．Christmas.
9．Who will the two speakers invite?
A．The man's sister and her family.
B．The woman's sister and her family.
C．Their friend's family.
10．What are they going to buy?
A．Sandwich.
B．Chicken.
C．Turkey.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．Why has the woman been studying a lot recently?
A．Because she failed her last exam.
B．Because she wants to complete her homework.
C．Because she has to prepare for the exams.
12．What has the man just finished doing?
A．Swimming.
B．Taking an exam.
C．Eating dinner.
13．What will happen tomorrow according to the conversation?
A．The man will have an exam.
B．The man and the woman will study together.
C．The man and the woman will have lunch together.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．Where are the two speakers?
A．In a theatre.
B．In a classroom.
C．In a restaurant.
15．What reason did the woman give for being late yesterday?
A．She visited her grandfather.
B．She was ill and went to hospital.
C．The bus had broken down.
16．What did the woman say about her grandmother earlier?
A．Her grandmother was going to have an operation.
B．Her grandmother had already had an operation.
C．Her grandmother was working in a hospital.
17．What can we learn about the woman?
A．She is often late for school.
B．She always tells lies to her grandpa.
C．She often forgets to set the alarm clock.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．When did Huar start?
A．In February,1998.
B．In July,2000.
C．In July,1998.
19．Why do teenagers around the country love Huar?
A．Because Huar is the only boy band in China.
B．Because the members of Huar are teenagers，too.
C．Because they think Huar's songs reflect their life experiences.
20．What do we know about Huar's latest album?
A．It includes some different music elements.
B．It is Chinese traditional instrumental music.
C．It is purely punk music.
听力材料
Text 1
M：Will you go to see the film City of Life and Death by director Lu Chuan?
W：Sure.We should never forget the miserable history when Japan invaded our country.
Text 2
W：George and his brother are going to live in your old family house.
M：But no one's been there since Grandpa died.
Text 3
M：Your school seems quite new.How old is it?
W：Well，this building was built 3 years ago，but our school was founded 50 years ago.
Text 4
M：I haven't seen Peter for a long time.Will you tell him that I want to see him？
W：All right.I'll tell him as soon as I see him.
Text 5
W：Would you like to go to the theater with me?
M：I'd love to.But I have to meet my aunt.Her train is due at 10 o'clock.
Text 6
W：Red House Restaurant.May I help you?
M：I'd like to book a table.
W：For how many?
M：Just two.
W：For what time?
M：8：00.
W：I'm sorry，there aren't any tables left for 8：00，but we can give you one for 7：00 or 9：00.
M：All right.9：00 then.
W：May I have your name，please?
M：Miller.
W：A table for two at 9：00 for Mr.Miller.
M：Thank you.
Text 7
W：Do you realize it's November already？Thanksgiving Day will come.
M：Gee，you're right.It's time we decided what we are going to do this year.Do you feel like inviting your sister and her family over?
W：Sure.After all，they invited us last year.
M：Good.That's settled.Why don't you give them a call and see if they can come?
W：Sure.Randy，can you help me with the shopping？We need to get a turkey.
M：Right.Let's get a nice big one.
Text 8
M：Hey？Linda！I haven't seen you for a while.What have you been doing?
W：Oh，hi，David.I've been studying a lot lately for my exams.All of my classes seem to have exams during the same week.
M：Oh，that's awful！Where are you going now?
W：I'm heading to the gym.I've been sitting at my desk all day and I need some exercise.Do you want to walk there with me?
M：Actually，I'm on my way back from the gym.I have just had swimming practice and I'm going to have dinner.
W：Well，I guess I'll see you around.
M：Hey，why don't we meet at the dining hall tomorrow for lunch？Maybe we'll be able to relax and talk.
W：OK.What time?
M：How about one o'clock?
W：Sounds great.I'll see you then.
Text 9
M：You often come to school late.Yesterday，for example，you...
W：Yes.I'm very sorry about that.You see，my alarm clock didn't work and...
M：Your alarm clock？But you told me yesterday that the bus had broken down.
W：Oh，did I？I just forgot to say that my clock didn't work，either.
M：It's a good story.Now tell me again why you want tomorrow off.
W：Well...er...you see，my grandfather is ill.He is in the hospital and...and he's going to have an operation.I want to visit him.
M：Oh，I see.So your grandfather is ill as well.
W：As well？I...I...I don't understand.
M：Neither do I．When we began this conversation，you said your grandmother was ill.And you didn't say she was going to have an operation！You said she had already had one！And by the way，you also said she was in an old people's home，not in the hospital.
Text 10
Huar is not the only boy band in China，but it may be the only one that values fun more than anything else.Their album Dynasty of Your Life has been a hit since it was released on July 28th,2000.Fans stormed the FAB music store in Wangfujing，a Beijing shopping street.They waited for hours just to get the band members’ autographs.
Started in February,1998，Huar was said to be the “first adolescent band”in China：Da Zhangwei，the soul of the band，was only 15；drummer Wang Wenbo 16；and the oldest one，bass player Guo Yang was 20.
Their first two albums On the Other Side of Happiness and The Strawberry Statement were mainly punk rock.Thanks to them，punk music became more widely known in China.Teenagers around the country love Huar because they feel their songs reflect their life experiences.
Their latest album has different music elements such as Indian music，Peking Opera and some Chinese traditional instrumental music.Some people think Huar is beginning to lose their punk character.But fans welcome the changes.“Flowers have grown up，”said a junior student in Nanjing.
答案 1.C 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.C 16.B 17.A 18.A 19.C 20.A
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．In 1768，________commander of the Endeavour, James Cook, met Joseph Banks, who was appointed________president of the Royal Society 10 years later.
A．/; /
B．the; /
C．the; the
D．/; the
答案 B [第一空表示特指，故用定冠词，第二空president表示职务，前面不加冠词。故选B项。]
22．Tom is said________in Africa，but no one really knows how soon he will be back.
A．travels
B．to travel
C．to be travelling
D．travelled
答案 C [从下句“没有人真正知道过多久他才会回来”可看出汤姆正在非洲旅行，用sb is said to do这一基本句式。如果表示“据说某人/某物正在干某事”，就要用不定式的进行时表示正在进行的动作或状态。]
23．The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, her long hair________.
A．flowed in the breeze
B．was flowing in the breeze
C．were flowing in the breeze
D．flowing in the breeze
答案 D [her long hair与 flow是主动关系，这是“独立主格结构”作状语。]
24．She________the company's accounts，looking for evidence of fraud.
A．glanced through
B．got through
C．went through
D．glanced at
答案 C [考查动词短语辨析。句意：她仔细地检查公司账目，寻找诈骗罪证据。A、D两项均意为“粗略地看”；B项意为“到达；办完；接通”；C项意为“经历；通过；仔细检查；做完”。由句意可知选C项。]
25．There are________ approaches to English teaching. But not all of them are equally efficient for our Chinese students.
A．variety
B．accurate
C．original
D．diverse
答案 D [句意：有许多英语教学方法，但它们不一定都对中国学生同样有效。A项应说成a variety of；B项意为“准确的，精确的”；C项意为“原始的”；D项意为“不同的，多种多样的”。]
26．—Can you imagine a volcano________suddenly before you?
—Oh, it must be terrible!
A．erupted
B．erupting
C．being erupted
D．to be erupted
答案 B [imagine 后接动名词的复合结构作宾语。]
27．My mother always gets a bit________if we don't arrive when we say we will.
A．anxious
B．ashamed
C．weak
D．patient
答案 A [根据句意“如果我们不能在我们说的时间到达，母亲总是有点焦虑”知选A项。anxious焦虑的；ashamed羞愧的；weak虚弱的；patient耐心的。]
28．The fridge is________for one year.The company will repair or replace it if it breaks down within a year.
A．permitted
B．promised
C．arranged
D．guaranteed
答案 D [句意：这款冰箱保修(guarantee)一年，一年内坏了的话公司会来修理或给换一台新的。guarantee“对……提出保证，保修”，符合句意。permit允许，许可；promise承诺；arrange安排。]
29．As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only________.
A．occasionally
B．anxiously
C．practically
D．urgently
答案 A [occasionally adv.偶尔地；anxiously adv.焦急地；practically adv.实用地，实际的；urgently adv.紧急地。句意：因为在一个边远的地区工作，所以他只能偶尔地回去看望他的父母。]
30．The engineers are so busy that they have zero time for outdoor sports activities，________they have the interest.
A．wherever
B．whenever
C．even if
D．as if
答案 C [考查连接副词。even if意为“尽管，即使”，此处________they have the interest应为even if引导的一个让步状语从句。wherever“无论在哪里，无论到哪里”，whenever“无论何时”，as if“仿佛，好像”都不符合题意。句意：这些工程师们太忙了，即使他们有那个兴趣，也没有时间进行户外活动。]
31．I called the airline to________my flight reservation a week before I left for Canada.
A．appoint
B．obtain
C．confirm
D．admit
答案 C [考查动词词义辨析。由句意可知，我提前一周给航空公司打电话的目的是想确定一下我动身去加拿大的航班预订。appoint任命；obtain得到；admit承认；confirm确定。根据句意应选C项。]
32．________and no way to reduce her pain and suffering from the terrible disease, the patient sought her doctor's help to end her life.
A．Having given up hope of cure
B．With no hope for cure
C．There being hope for cure
D．In the hope of cure
答案 B [考查独立主格结构。 A、D两项的结构放在原句中不合适，故首先排除；由句意“病人让医生帮助她结束她的生命”，可以判断出此处是对治愈没有希望，所以C项也不对。]
33．The ancient church was almost________before the firefighters managed to control the big fire.
A．burned down
B．burned at
C．burned off
D．burning up
答案 A [从题意看“教堂几乎被烧毁”，可用 burn down或 burn up 表示此意。但D项burning up 语态不对。只有A项适合题意。]
34．Hearing a man following her, she________and ran as fast as she could.
A．feared
B．panicked
C．afraid
D．frightened
答案 B [panic 可用作不及物动词，表示“恐慌”。fear vt. 害怕；C项构成 be afraid of “害怕”；D项 frighten“使害怕”或 be frightened at“害怕……”。]
35．—People should spare no effort to protect the environment.
—________ Air pollution, as is known to all, does harm to our health.
A．All right.
B．Why not?
C．Go ahead.
D．Absolutely.
答案 D [考查口语答语。由句意知应选D项“当然，对极了”，表示同意前者的观点。]
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5：15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to __36__my daughter from school. Our plan was to go__37__together. I had finished work at about 4 o'clock and then__38__to the post office. Then I stopped__39__at a shop in order to get some__40__fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat after our swim.
I was driving along a high road on my way to the school. Over my road was another way for cars coming the other way. I was__41__so I put the bag of apples in the seat__42__ me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. I slowed down. Then__43__started to shake. I didn't know what was happening.__44__something had gone wrong with my car. I drove__45__slower. I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn't move. The bottom parts of both my legs and my__46__were hurting badly and I couldn't move them. All around me was__47__. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I__48__what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could__49__the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I__50__people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken__51__. I called out“I'm here！”．I heard a shout，and soon__52__climbed to the side of the bridge near my car，“How are you doing？”he asked.
“Not too bad，”I said，“but my feet and legs__53__as if they're broken.”
“We'll have you out of there just as__54__as we can，”he said. They didn't get me out__55__the next morning. I had been in my car for 14 hours.
【语篇解读】 在作者去学校接女儿的路上，地震发生了……
36．A.take
B．bring
C．get
D．send
答案 C [get sb from school 从学校接某人。]
37．A.swimming
B．shopping
C．climbing
D．skating
答案 A [根据下文的We like to have some fruit to eat after our swim判断， 此处应为go swimming。]
38．A.arrived
B．came
C．got
D．gone
答案 D [我在四点钟做完了工作然后“去”邮局。]
39．A.off
B．away
C．over
D．here
答案 A [stop off 是固定词组，意为“短暂停留，中途停留”。]
40．A.dried
B．fresh
C．expensive
D．hard
答案 B [我买了一些“新鲜的”水果。]
41．A.happy
B．excited
C．surprised
D．hungry
答案 D [根据下文的started to eat推断，此处应为 hungry。]
42．A.before
B．below
C．beside
D．behind
答案 C [根据普通常识，司机驾车时如果拿东西方便，应是在他左右两侧。]
43．A.my car
B．my hands
C．my feet
D．the road
答案 A [因为他正在驾驶汽车，所以他感到震动的是汽车。]
44．A.Perhaps
B．Surely
C．Suddenly
D．Quickly
答案 A [根据前句他不知道出了什么事，下句应是不太肯定的猜测。]
45．A.much
B．more
C．even
D．a little
答案 C [我开车“甚至”更慢了。]
46．A.feet
B．arms
C．hands
D．fingers
答案 A [前面是both my legs，所以此处为feet，腿与脚是相连的整体。]
47．A.dark
B．quiet
C．cold
D．noisy
答案 B [由下一句的“但是我听到下面有喊叫声和吵闹声”可知，我的周围很安静。]
48．A.was told B．found out
C．discovered
D．remembered
答案 D [根据语篇理解，应为“记起了……”，故填 remembered。]
49．A.see
B．hold
C．catch
D．reach
答案 D [我能“够得着”苹果袋。]
50．A.heard
B．saw
C．found
D．recognized
答案 A [然后我“听到”人们朝我这边走来。]
51．A.railway
B．road
C．car
D．trees
答案 B [一队人过来看看是否有人压在断裂的“路”面下。]
52．A.a stranger
B．a friend
C．my daughter
D．a driver
答案 A [根据上下文理解，应为陌生人。]
53．A.feel
B．look
C．seem
D．appear
答案 A [我的脚和腿“感觉”都断了。]
54．A.fast
B．easy
C．soon
D．possible
答案 C [as soon as we can表示时间上尽可能早，尽可能快。而as fast as we can指速度上尽可能快。根据语篇含义从车上把他拽出来只能从时间上尽快而不能从行动速度上尽快。]
55．A.on
B．to
C．until
D．after
答案 C [not...until...直到……才……。]
第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。
A
Britain's seed bank，the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planet's wild plant species，has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010.
The Millennium Seed Bank Project，run by Kew Gardens－one of the oldest botanical gardens－will officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday，a pink，wild banana from China.More than 50 countries are now on board with Kew's giant task but vast places of the globe，including India and Brazil，still need to join in and donate seeds，director Paul Smith said.
The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1.5 billion seeds.Its goal is to help protect the planet's biodiversity during a time of climate change.
The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction(灭绝)in Southwest China from agricultural development.It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption.
Stored at minus 20 degrees centigrade，the seeds can last for thousands of years and await the day that scientists hope never comes when the species no longer exist in the wild.
“It is a race against time”，Smith said，“because in the last decade alone,20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild”．He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct this century.
“It is urgent and it is happening now.An area，the size of England，is cleared of primary vegetation(植被)every year，”Smith said.
Because most of the world's food and medicines come from nature，protecting wild plant species is quite important，scientists say.There are already many other seed banks safeguarding food crops，which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity.
For Kew's next goal－to collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020－the botanists need 10 million pounds a year，or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted.
【语篇解读】 在气候变化，很多物种濒临灭绝的情况下，伦敦种子银行的开办、运营无疑具有重大意义。
56．What's the final purpose of the Britain's seed bank?
A．To collect enough money for the project.
B．To safeguard food crops.
C．To protect wild plants from extinction.
D．To help scientists study wild plants.
答案 C [细节理解题。由第一段和第四段内容可知，伦敦种子银行旨在通过收集自然界的植物种子以达到保护自然界生物多样性的目的。]
57．The wild banana seed in China is in danger because of________.
A．the expanding of farming work
B．the climate change in this area
C．the large number of Asian elephants
D．human's large consumption
答案 A [细节理解题。由第五段第一句可知，这种香蕉在中国西南部面临灭绝是因为农业的发展，故本题选A项。]
58．We can learn from the passage that________.
A．the seeds in the bank can be used now and then spread all over the world
B．India and Brazil haven't joined in the Seed Bank Project at present
C．there is only one seed bank in the world at present
D．the wild plants in places like India and China will never die out
答案 B [推理判断题。由第三段Paul Smith的话可知，印度和巴西还没有参与种子银行捐种子的活动，故选B项。其他三项与文章内容不一致。]
59．What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A．The extinction of plant species.
B．The Millennium Seed Bank Project.
C．Britain's seed bank.
D．Kew Gardens' next goal.
答案 B [细节理解题。本文主要讲的是伦敦种子银行和它所进行的“千年种子库计划”，结合It所在句子可知，是这项计划在和时间赛跑。因此选B项。]
B
Wind，water，fire and ice－these powerful natural forces shaped the land of America in the past.They are still changing it today.The Colorado River slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon(大峡谷)．
Wind and rain storms hit the land from time to time.Fires sometimes burn down forests and destroy the homes of wild animals.This happened in Yellowstone Park in 1988.
Dead volcanic(火山) mountains such as Haleakaia on Maui and Crater Lake in Oregon are beautiful to look at.But there are several active volcanoes in the US，especially along the Pacific Coast.There are also many earthquakes in this area.Scientists can do nothing to control earthquakes or volcanoes.This was shown clearly on May 10,1980.At 8：32 that morning，Mount St.Helens in Washington state erupted. The top of the mountain was blown off.
Over 60 people－campers，scientists，journalists，and forest workers were killed.Hundreds of square miles of forests were knocked down.In towns over 100 miles away，day suddenly became night. An ash cloud hid the sun for many hours.Towns and fields in Washington，Oregon，and Idaho were covered with dirty gray ash.
Scientists knew that Mount St.Helens might erupt soon.But no one could say when. Scientists had asked people to move away because the volcano was becoming dangerous.But Harry Truman would not leave his home.Now it is covered with many feet of dirty ash.
But slowly，life is returning to the dead area around the mountain.Grass and small plants are becoming to grow again.Deer and birds have been seen.The land will never be the same as it once was. Perhaps Mount St.Helens will erupt again.But this is all part of nature's pattern of change，and man has little power to control it.
【语篇解读】 作者通过the Grand Canyon的形成过程向我们描述自然的力量。
60．What is the best title for this passage?
A．Wind，water，fire and ice
B．Volcano's beauty and danger
C．The Power of nature
D．Natural forces shape beautiful land of America
答案 C [主旨大意题。作者是想通过the Grand Canyon的形成过程向我们描述自然的力量。 ]
61．There are several active volcanoes in the US, which mainly lie________.
A．along the Colorado River
B．in Yellowstone Park
C．along the Pacific Coast
D．in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
答案 C [细节理解题。从第三段第二句话“But there are several active volcanoes in the US, especially along the Pacific Coast”可知美国境内的活火山主要分布在太平洋沿岸。 ]
62．After the eruption of Mount St.Helens，what made the sky turn dark?
A．The smoke.
B．The clouds.
C．The fog.
D．The ash.
答案 D [细节理解题。从第四段的“An ash cloud hid the sun for many hours”可知火山爆发产生的灰尘使得天空变暗了。 ]
63．The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 5
refers to________.
A．the body of old Harry
B．the location(place)of Harry's home
C．the opening on the top of Mount St.Helens
D．the place where Harry probably died
答案 B [词义猜测题。该段提到“But Harry R. Truman... would not leave his home”，接下来文章说“Now it is covered with many feet of dirty ash”，因此it在这里指Harry's home。 ]
C
The ground we walk on seems firm, but deep under the earth and under the sea the rocks change and move. In some parts of the world there are“fire mountains”， which we call volcanoes. From time to time they burst open and throw out fire and burning ash. These volcanoes are very dangerous.
Hong Kong does not have any volcanoes but there are many in Indonesia and Philippines. There is also a famous mountain near Tokyo, Japan, which is a volcano too. Its name is Mount Fuji. For much of the year, it is covered with snow.
One of the most famous volcanoes which erupted(喷发)in recent times was Krakatoa, on an island in Indonesia. The first explosions(爆发)took place on 20th May, 1883, but the big eruption did not come until the 26th and 27th August of that year. The people on the island were used to the explosions by that time, and so they were completely unprepared for this terrible happening. Almost all the people on the island died and the explosion also made huge waves in the sea, which drowned(淹死)many people on the other island nearby. After the eruption was over, people saw that the whole northern part of the island had completely disappeared. Scientists say that 15 cubic(立方)kilometers of rocks and ash were thrown up in the explosion. The noise of the explosion was heard nearly 5,000 kilometers away in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and the city of Jakarta was completely dark for about two and a half hours.
【语篇解读】 本文以日本的富士山为重点，介绍了世界火山的一些情况。
64．There are many volcanoes________.
A．everywhere in the world
B．under the earth and the sea
C．in Hong Kong
D．in Indonesia
答案 D [从“In some parts of the world there are fire mountains, which we call volcanoes.”和“Hong Kong does not have any volcanoes but there are many volcanoes in Indonesia and Philippines. ”看出火山并不是到处都有，排除A项和B项，香港没有火山，排除C项，故选D项。 ]
65．Mount Fuji is famous just because________.
A．it is covered with snow for much of the year
B．it is a volcano
C．it is near Tokyo
D．it is in Japan
答案 B [从“There is also a famous mountain near Tokyo，Japan，which is a volcano too. Its name is Mount Fuji. For much of the year，it is covered with snow.”看出富士山出名主要是因为它是一座火山。 ]
66．The people near Krakatoa were unprepared when it had its biggest explosion because people there________.
A．had never met any explosions of the volcano before
B．were used to the explosions of the volcanoes by that time
C．didn't want to leave their island
D．could do nothing but wait
答案 B [从“The people on the island were used to the explosions by that time，and so they were completely unprepared for this terrible happening.”看出当地的人们已经习惯了它的爆发，因此，当最大的爆发发生时，人们没有准备。 ]
67．People who lived 5,000 kilometers away from Krakatoa could________.
A．see that 15 cubic kilometers of rocks and ash were thrown up
B．hear the noise of explosion
C．see the huge waves
D．see that Krakatoa was dark
答案 B [从“The noise of the explosion was heard nearly 5,000 kilometers away in the middle of the Indian Ocean...”看出几乎5 000千米远的人们都能够听到它的声音，故选B项，并不一定能够看到岩石和灰烬，排除A项。 ]
D
As they migrate(迁移)，butterflies and moths choose the winds they want to fly with，and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction.This new finding suggests that insects may employ some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances.Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind.
Fascinating as their skills of flight are，migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because
many long distant trips
happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently
have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights.
To their surprise，though，the insects weren't passive travelers on the winds.In autumn，for example，most light winds blew from the east，but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried
them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their winter homes.Even in the spring，when most winds flowed northward，the insects didn't always go with the flow.If breezes weren't blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go，the insects changed their body positions to compensate.Many migrating birds do the same thing.
The study also found，butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along.By adding flight speeds to wind speeds，the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour.The findings may have realworld applications.
With climate warming，migrating insects are growing in number.Knowing how and when these pests move could help when farmers decide when to spray their crops.
【语篇解读】 随着它们的迁徙，蝴蝶和飞蛾在飞行中会选择风向，并且如果它们走错了方向，它们会改变身体的位置。
68．What's the main idea of the text?
A．Insects migrate with the seasons.
B．Wind helps insects greatly in migrating.
C．Windsurfing insects have real direction.
D．Scientists have trouble in observing insects.
答案 C [主旨大意题。通读尤其从文章第一句：“随着它们的迁徙，蝴蝶和飞蛾在飞行中会选择风向，并且如果它们走错了方向，它们会改变身体的位置”可知：蝴蝶和飞蛾有自己的方向。]
69．Scientists originally thought that________.
A．insects always waited for their favourable winds
B．insects chose the winds they wanted to ride
C．insects were just blown about by the wind
D．insects positioned themselves in the winds
答案 C [细节理解题。从第一段最后一句“科学家们很长时间以来认为昆虫会任由风的摆布”可知选C项。]
70.It is not easy to study the migrating behavior of the insects because________.
A．the little creatures can fly very fast
B．they have no regular migrating courses
C．the wind's direction is hard to foresee
D．their flight is long and high above ground
答案 D [细节理解题。从第二段第一句中的“ because
many long
distant
trips
happen thousands of feet above ground”可知选D项。]
71．We can learn from the text that________.
A．insects fly in the way birds do
B.
insects travel more easily in autumn
C．insects never position themselves when flying low
D．insects rest a lot when the wind pushes them along
答案 A [细节理解题。从第四段最后一句Many migrating birds do the same thing可知选A项。]
E
One of Britain's leading feepaying schools, Wellington College, is to offer classes on happiness to fight against the negative influences in society caused by materialism(功利主义)and celebrity obsession(名誉崇拜), its headteacher announced.
Wellington school was founded in 1853 and currently has 750 boys aged 13 to 18 and 50 girls aged 16 plus. Fees range from 6,132 pounds per term for day pupils to 7,665 pounds per term for boarders.
“We are introducing classes on happiness，” said Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College. “We have been focusing too much on academics and missing something far more important.”
A psychologist will oversee a pilot project teaching “happiness lessons” from the start of the next academic year. Pupils aged 14 to 16 will be given one lesson a week, learning skills such as how to manage relationships, physical and mental health, negative emotions and how to achieve one's ambitions.
The college's religious education staff will teach the course as a complement to, rather than a substitute for, usual religious education classes, said Seldon, who is also a political critic and author.
“To me, the most important job of any school is to turn out young men and women who are happy and secure，” explained Seldon.“Celebrity, money and possessions are too often the touchstones for teenagers and yet these are not where happiness lies. Our children need to know that as societies become richer, they don't become happier—a fact regularly shown by social science research.”
【语篇解读】 这是一篇教育类阅读材料。心理健康教育一直是教育工作者所关注的问题，为培养出快乐的、可靠的年轻一代，在英国校园将推出“快乐学”新课程。
72．Wellington school is to offer students classes on happiness because ________.
A．students want to learn more about materialism and celebrity obsession
B．students have poor knowledge about materialism and celebrity obsession
C．students are often unhappy about the courses taught at school
D．the school wants to smooth away the bad effects caused by materialism and celebrity obsession
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第一段惠灵顿学院校长的介绍，推出此课程的目的是为了抵制由功利主义和对名誉的崇拜造成的不良社会影响。]
73．Which statement is true according to the text?
A．Wellington College has been focusing much attention on happiness lessons.
B．Science research shows that the richer people are, the happier they will become.
C．British teenagers often judge things by celebrity, money and
possessions.
D．Happiness lessons will take the place of religious education classes in college.
答案 C [事实判断题。惠灵顿学院的男教师安东尼·塞尔顿在短文最后一段提到：名誉、金钱和财产常常成为青少年们衡量事物的标准，但这些东西都不是快乐的真谛。]
74．In happiness lessons, students learn the following EXCEPT ________.
A．how to get along with others
B．how to become wealthy and famous
C．how to get rid of negative emotion
D．how to keep healthy both in physical and mental ways
答案 B [细节理解题。根据第四段内容“14岁至16岁的学生每周上一节快乐学课，他们将学到诸如如何处理人际关系、保持生理和心理健康、消除消极情绪以及如何实现人生理想等技巧”，B项内容不在其中。]
75．The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．new classes on happiness for British students
B．something about Willington College
C．the British education system
D．British teenagers' attitude to life
答案 A [主旨大意题。根据短文首句“英国主要私立学校之一的惠灵顿学院将推出‘快乐学’课程”及下文的阐述可得答案。]
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文填词(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：(1)汉语提示，(2)首字母提示，(3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
There is a new market near my house.My mother often goes there and buys w________ we need for our meals.But I76.________
had never been there before.Yesterday I went to the market with my mother.There were ________ many people that we77.________
could hardly make our way out of the ________(人群)．There78.________
were ________ kinds of vegetables，fish and fruit everywhere.79.________
People were talking about the goods and the prices.The sellers' shouts could be ________(听见) every now and then.I80.________
remembered that the day b________ I had asked Mother to buy81.________
some fresh fish.Most of the fish there was f________，but we82.________
had not much trouble ________(找到) some fresh fish at the83.________
other part of the market.My mother bought something else as well.It was my ________ time to go to the market，and I was84.________
________(深深) impressed by what I saw in the market.85.________
答案 76.what [what在此处表示“所需要的东西”。]
77．so [so...that...表示“如此……，以至于……”。]
78．crowds [此处用名词crowd的复数形式为宜。]
79．all [all kinds of意为“各种各样的”。]
80．heard [根据语境此处用hear的过去分词形式。]
81．before [根据后文的过去完成时态，此处填before为宜。]
82．frozen [根据语境此处用freeze的过去分词形式为宜。]
83．finding [have trouble (in) doing sth.意为“做某事有困难”。]
84．first [根据语境这是我“第一次”到市场。]
85．deeply [副词deeply修饰动词impress。]
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
据报道，北京时间2011年3月11日日本发生地震，造成重大人员伤亡。假如你是李华，你们班要举行“如何在地震中求生”的英语演讲比赛，请向同学们简要介绍地震求生知识。
要点如下：
1．简要介绍日本地震状况以及地震求生常识的重要性；
2．地震时，如果在户外，不要乱跑，待在远离建筑物的地方；
3．如果来不及离开建筑物，迅速躲到桌子或其他结实的家具下面，留出足够的呼吸空间。
注意：
1．词数：120左右；
2．文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
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Hello_everyone，
My_name_is_Li_Hua.My_topic_today_is_how_to_survive_an_earthquake.
As we all know, a terrible earthquake happened in Japan on March 11, 2011 Beijing time, in which tens of thousands of people were injured or killed.
If we know some common knowledge of surviving an earthquake, we can save our lives. The following are the tips for you when you come across an earthquake.
If you are outdoors, just lie on the ground and be sure to keep away from buildings. Don't have to run around or it can throw yourself down. The earthquake may put any buildings to the ground and something falling down will injure you.
If you are indoors, try to go outside.
But if you don't have enough time, staying inside is possibly safer. Hide yourself under the table or other firm furniture, which not only provides the protection to you, but also a big breath space.
That's all.
Thanks for your listening.