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综合检测题（Units 1-3）
温馨提示：检测时量：60分钟，总分：120分（笔试部分）
I. 阅读理解（共三节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读选择（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence—other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived in the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol.These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate （磷酸盐）on the island.In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which was a very important fertilizer for farming.The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine.When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil.Then it takes away the material it wants.Strip mining totally destroys the land.Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world.Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined.Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.This will probably never happen.
1. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text？
A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems.
B. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
C. To show the importance of money
D. To give a warning to other countries
2. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _.
A. phosphate overmining B. soil pollution
C. farming activity D. whale hunting
3. Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem？
A. Its phosphate mining cost much money
B. It spent too much repairing the island
C. Its leaders misused the money
D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
4. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph？
A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
B. The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.
C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans
D. The phosphate mines were destroyed
B
Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl.
One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl（珍珠） necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace, and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll tell you what. I'll buy you the necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list of housework that you can do to pay for the necklace. And don't forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay？" Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her.
Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her grandma gave her a brand-new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls. How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere to kindergarten, bed and when she went out with her mother to run errands（差事）.
The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower. Her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green!
Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite story.
One night when he finished the story, he said, "Jenny, do you love me？"
"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you," the little girl said.
"Well, then, give me your pearls."
"Oh! Daddy, not my pearls!" Jenny said. "But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her？ You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay？"
"Oh no, darling, that's okay." Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. "Good night, little one."
A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, "Do you love me？"
"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you."
"Well, then, give me your pearls."
"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her？ She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it and braid（编辫子）it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want her, Daddy," the little girl said to her father.
"No, that's okay," her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. "God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams."
Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling." Here, Daddy," she said, and held out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father's hand.
With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet （天鹅绒） box. Inside of the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls. He had had them all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing.
5. Which statement is NOT correct？
A. Jenny loves her father very much.
B. Jenny’s pearl necklace can turn green when it is wet.
C. Jenny has other toys she loves very much besides the necklace.
D. Jenny didn’t want to give up her necklace though she did so.
6. The reason why little Jenny wanted to give her father doll and toy horse is that __________.
A. they were lovely
B. she liked them very much
C. they were worth much more
D. she loved her necklace too much
7. The reason why little Jenny wanted to give her father doll and toy horse is that _.
A. they were lovely
B. she liked them very much
C. they were worth much more
D. she loved her necklace too much
8. What does the writer mainly want to tell us through the loving story？
A. Whatever you want, you need to earn it yourself.
B. Life is both disappointing and hopeful at the same time.
C. Your parents are always the people who would like to spoil you.
D. Only if you show your real deep love to others, will you get the same in return.
C
Money matters, no matter who or where you are. So when China’s currency the yuan was devalued （贬值） against the US dollar for three straight days in mid-August, the world felt the effects. As CNN put it: “If China sneezes, the world catches a cold.”
Why does it matter so much？
The exchange rate is the term for the comparison of two currencies. It says how much one currency is worth in terms of （换算） the other.
“Exchange rates play an important role in a country’s level of trade. It is one of the most important determinants （决定因素） of a country’s relative level of economic health,” wrote Jason Van Bergen of F. A higher currency makes a country’s exports more expensive and imports cheaper, and vice versa （反之亦然）.
Devaluation means the same amount of RMB can be exchanged for fewer USD. For example, on Aug 11, the exchange rate of RMB to USD was 6.23, which meant $1 was worth the same as 6.23 yuan. Two days later, the rate changed to 6.4, meaning the value of RMB had dropped by 2.7 percent.
So what does a weaker currency mean for our lives？
It first affects those who want to travel to, or study in, the US. If your former classmate is leaving for a preparatory （预科） school in the US at the end of August, it now costs about 1,800 yuan more to exchange currency for 10,000 US dollars than it did earlier this month. However, since many currencies have decreased in value, the value of yuan is still relatively high despite the recent devaluation. This means it costs 1,200 yuan less to get 10,000 Canadian dollars now than it did in March.
Even if we don’t have plans to travel abroad, though, we could still be affected. For example, your mother will have to pay more if she buys directly from overseas websites with US dollars. And chances are that imported chocolate and potato chips will soon be a bit more expensive in your local supermarket.
However, the weaker yuan is good news for Chinese exporters. It makes Chinese exports less expensive and it could boost the overseas sales that have been among the main reasons for China’s economic growth during its rise over the past 30 years.
Just as Erik Britton of Fathom, a London-based economic consulting firm, told The Guardian: “We’re all going to feel it: we’ll feel it through commodities （商品）, not just from China but from everywhere that has to compete with it; and we’ll feel it through wages.”
“The devalued yuan will force China’s Asian rivals （竞争对手）, such as Indonesia and South Korea, to compete even harder,” wrote Heather Stewart, economics editor of The Guardian. “The result may be cheaper Christmas presents.”
9. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the first paragraph？
A. Chinese yuan is weaker than the US dollar.
B. China's currency devaluation has an effect the whole world.
C. China's economy is the most important in the world.
D. China's economy is healthier than that of other countries.
10. According to the passage, it can be learned from the passage EXCEPT _
A. The higher China’s currency is, the less expensive potato chips from America become.
B. In March people spent 1,200 yuan more to get 10,000 Canadian dollars than they do today because Canadian dollars increased in value.
C. China’s currency’s devaluation against the US dollar in mid-August makes students studying in America pay more school fees.
D. People who work in Fathom will be greatly affected on account of the weaker yuan.
11. The passage implies that _ .
A. The yuan’s devaluation contributes a lot to China’s economic growth.
B. Exchange rates are the most important factor determining a country’s relative level of economic health
C. The yuan’s devaluation has a great impact on all the countries in the world.
D. Chinese exports sell well overseas because of their high quality
12. What's the best title of the passage？
A. Currency devaluation
B. China's economy downturn
C. Chinese currency change impacts
D. Global competition（竞争）caused by devaluated yuan
第二节 阅读表达（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
请阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容完成表格的空白。每个空白处只能填一个单词。
Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How you like it?” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”
Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.
“There’s still a lot strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College, “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.
“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-old, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”
Topic：Generation Gap Getting 13. _
The Earlier Generation
There was more distant ralationship between generations.
Parents and children moved in separate orbits.
They were 14. _ to talk about subjects such as sex and drugs.
The Present Generation
Though the generation gap still exists, it isn't getting wide
Kids dress the clothes are similar to their parents'.
Advantages
Listen to music together.
Talk about interests thay have in common.
Have parent-child activities showing respect and friendship.
Disadvantages
Contribute to children's less respects to parents.
Make parents often get 15. _.
Mr. Ballmer's view
Sharing interests does make a difference.
第三节 阅读补充（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Why do some people have many friends while others do not?
16. However, it is not so. Let’s look at two psychological experiments which will give you the key to happy interpersonal relations. The first experiment is called the ―Hawthorne effect"after Hawthorne, Illinois, where the experiment took place. A group of psychologists examined the work patterns of two groups of workers in the Western Electric Company.17. .The psychologists changed the working conditions for one group twice but left the other group alone. They were surprised to find that productivity increase on both occasions and in both groups. They concluded that the increase in productivity came from the attention given to the workers by the management. It had increased their motivation （积极性） and so they had worked harder. In other words, if you take an interest in others ,they will want to please you and you will have good relations with them.
18. After Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in the 1960s, a teacher, Jane Elliott, living in an all – white town decided to help her class of young children understand why the Civil Rights Movement had been necessary in America. She divided the class into two groups: one with blue eyes and the other with brown eyes. Other eye colours such as hazel or green were excluded fro
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