选修9Unit1单元跟踪测评.doc

Unit 1　单元跟踪测评
(总分：150分　　　　时间：120分钟)
选择题部分
第一部分　听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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 does the man think of disabled athletes?
A．They have to be taken good care of.
B．They should be respected.
C．They are unfortunate.
答案 B　
2．How did the woman learn about the job?
A．A friend told her about the job.
B．She saw an ad in the newspaper.
C．She heard about it months ago.
答案 A　
3．Why is Tracy so happy?
A．She has received the latest issue of the journal.
B．She has won the first prize for her research.
C．She has got her paper published in a journal.
答案 C　
4．What's the weather forecast?
A．There will be heavy smog in all areas.
B．There will be heavy fog in the east.
C．There will be fog in all areas by midnight.
答案 C　
5．What do the speakers think of the music?
A．Wonderful.　　B．Unacceptable.　　C．Pleasant.
答案 B
第二节(共15小题；每题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，各小题将给出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、7题。
6．What does the man teach the woman to do?
A．Write her report. B．Use her computer.
C．Clean her room.
答案 B　
7．How does the woman feel in the end?
A．Worried. B．Confused.
C．Relaxed.
答案 C　
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is Alma busy doing?
A．Preparing for her grandpa's birthday party.
B．Working on her biology paper.
C．Arranging her family's get­together.
答案 B　
9．What do you know about Alma's family?
A．They live quite close to each other.
B．They often have big parties.
C．They have a close relationship.
答案 C　
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．How much of the entertainment section is about stars' affairs?
A．Almost 70%.
B．Almost 50%.
C．Almost one third.
答案 B　
11．Why do some media publish untrue stories about stars?
A．To promote sales.
B．To promote reputation.
C．To mislead the public.
答案 A　
12．What is the man's opinion?
A．There should be more newspaper sections about stars.
B．The media should report more other matters than the stars' affairs.
C．The public figures should protect their privacy more carefully.
答案 B　
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．Where does Thomas Manning work?
A．In the Guinness Company.
B．At a radio station.
C．In a museum.
答案 A　
14．Where did the idea of a book of records come from?
A．A bird­shooting trip.
B．A visit to Europe.
C．A television talk show.
答案 A　
15．When did Sir Hugh's first book of records appear?
A．In 1875. B．In 1950.
C．In 1955.
答案 C　
16．What are the two speakers going to talk about next?
A．More records of unusual facts.
B．The founder of the company.
C．The oldest person in the world.
答案 A　
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What was Annie Oakley famous for?
A．Her perfect shooting skills.
B．Her good performance in the film.
C．Her adventure in traveling.
答案 A　
18．What can we learn about Annie Oakley?
A．She grew up in the American Wild West.
B．She ever fought in a battle.
C．She acted in a traveling show.
答案 C　
19．Why did Annie Oakley begin to learn hunting?
A．To support her family.
B．To teach herself living skills.
C．To make her dream come true.
答案 A　
20．At what age did Annie Oakley die?
A．46. B．56.
C．66.
答案 C
听力原文
第一节
Text 1
W：Have you ever watched the Paralympic Games, a competition for disabled athletes?
M：Yes. Watching these athletes is a moving experience. Because disabled athletes have to make more efforts to succeed than normal people.
W：I can't agree more.
Text 2
M：How did you find your job？Was it advertised in the paper?
W：I looked and looked for months without finding anything. Then a friend told me about this job. So I applied and got it.
M：Oh, what a good friend!
Text 3
M：Tracy, you look happy. Did you win a prize?
W：More than that! I've just received the new issue of the journal, and you know, my article is in it.
M：Oh, great. It must be the article on classroom research, I guess. Congratulations!
Text 4
W：It's nearly 10 o'clock. Let's listen to the weather forecast.
M：Here's the weather forecast. Fog is spreading from the east, and it'll affect all areas by midnight. It'll be heavy in some places.
W：Should we postpone the plan of picnic?
Text 5
M: Uh, I wish someone would change this music.
W: I'm so happy you said that. I thought I was the only one who didn't like it.
M: Don't worry.You're not.I think it's a little strange and a little loud, too.
W：Very strange and very loud.
第二节
Text 6
W: I'm having a hard time getting the information for my report.
M：That's easy. ⑥You only have to search the Internet to get what you want.
W：Really? But how?
M: ⑥So click here，then up to the top. Then open that window. Yeah, that one.
W：Er…Hum…Got it.
M：And that's it. You're done.
W: ⑦I see. That is pretty easy after all. Now I can get what I need in my room!
Text 7
M：Hi, Alma. Where have you been?
W：Oh, hi, Colin.⑧I was just at the library.I have to hand in my biology paper tomorrow.
M：Tomorrow? Oh, no! I thought it wasn't due till Monday.
W：Oh, don't worry. It is due on Monday. But I'm going away for the weekend and won't be back till Monday night.
M：Oh, where are you going?
W：California. We're having a family party. It's my grandfather's ninetieth birthday, so all the relatives are going. He planned the whole thing himself.
M：Wow! That's great. How many people will be there?
W：Around sixty. ⑨My family is big and spread out but we're pretty close. Have you started working on your biology paper?
M：Yeah. I'm busy with it now.
Text 8
W：What are you reading, Tom? You look so attentive.
M: I am reading the Entertainment Section of the newspaper. Oh, ⑩do you believe that nearly half of the section is taken up by some stars' affairs? I wasted money to buy such rubbish news.
W: In almost every form of media, a great deal of attention is paid to the personal lives of the stars. It seems that the public cannot get enough of this kind of news.
M: The practice leads people to pay more attention to these matters than they otherwise would.
W: The media should respect the privacy of every individual, including public figures. They may have chosen to be in the public eye, but that does not give the public the right to know everything about them.
M: Yes, you are right. ⑪And many stories about famous stars are untrue. They are only gossip reported to increase the sales of magazines and other media.
W：They are unfair to the famous and mislead the public.
M: ⑫I believe that the media should focus on matters other than the private lives of public figures.
W: In this way, they can appeal to a wider audience and encourage people to develop other interests.
M：I completely agree with you.
Text 9
W：Where can you look if you want to know how tall the tallest person in the world is, or who the oldest person in the world is? There is only one place where you'll find all these information, and that's in the Guinness Book of World Records. ⑬This morning we have someone from the Guinness Company that produced that famous book, Thomas Manning. Welcome to the program, Thomas!
M：Thanks, Sue. It's a pleasure to be here.
W：⑭Perhaps you could start by telling us where the idea for the book came from.
M：Well, it was first suggested in the early 1950s. ⑭Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness，was out shooting birds with some friends. A bird flew away so quickly that no one was able to shoot it. Sir Hugh wondered whether this bird was the fastest bird in Europe, and if it wasn't the fastest, he wondered what was.
W：So I suppose he went to the nearest library to look for the information and he couldn't find it?
M：Yes, that's exactly what happened. And this made Sir Hugh think there must be other people in the same situation who wanted this kind of information. He thought that, like himself, people would be interested in finding facts of all records to satisfy their curiosity.
W：So the idea for a book of records was born. ⑮And when did the first book come out?
M：⑮A few years later, in 1955. So, to answer your first question: the tallest person in the world is 231.7cm tall. And the oldest person is Jeanne. L. Calment，who was born in February, 1875.
W：⑯There are also some rather strange records, aren't there, Thomas?
M：Yes, that's right. Did you know, Sue, that the shortest time it is taken…
Text 10
Annie Oakley was a woman who ⑰became famous for her ability to shoot a gun and hit very small objects.There are hundreds of stories about her.Many of the stories involve her adventures in the American Wild West.Others tell about her travels with native Americans. However, most of the stories are not true.⑱She did not grow up in the Wild West, nor did she fight in any battles.Annie Oakley was a performer in a traveling Wild West show. She used her skills at shooting a gun to become one of the most famous sharpshooters in American history.
⑳Annie Oakley was born in 1860 in Ohio. ⑲Her family was very poor. At the age of 8, she decided to help them earn money.She taught herself how to shoot her grandfather's gun and began hunting animals for food and then sold the animals to the people in her town. When she was 15, she had made enough money to pay for her family's farm.Soon her ability to shoot a gun became well known in her town. She got the name Little Sure Shot because of her shooting ability and because she was only 1.5 meters tall. However, ⑳she left the people who loved her on November 3, 1926.
第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Where do you find out about the world's longest walk? The world's tallest man? The world's oldest woman? You know the answer. It is the Guinness Book of World Records. How would people find unusual facts without this book?
The Guinness Book did not exist until 1951. Here is what happened. The managing director of Guinness Brewery was a curious man. He wanted answers to some questions about records. For example, he wanted to know what was the fastest flying game bird in Europe. But he was frustrated. There was no book to answer questions like this.
The director, Sir Hugh Beaver, contacted the McWhirter twins. They were brothers who owned a research agency. He asked them to put together a new reference book. It would include all kinds of unusual records. The brothers quickly accepted. The first edition of their book was published in 1955. Soon the Guinness Book of World Records was a best seller. It has sold more copies than any book except the Bible. A new edition is published every year.
Where do all the book's records come from？They are a combination of things like natural wonders, sports records, and stunts (How many people would push an egg with their noses if they weren't trying to get to the book？). But the editors try to keep things honest. All records must be verified_by an investigator. Only then are they printed.
The Guinness Book is a big business. It is published in dozens of languages. There are TV shows and museums. It is proof of how interested people are in strange pieces of information.
语篇导读
本文为说明文，介绍了《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》的相关情况，包括它的发起人、纪录来源和入选标准等。
21．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The McWhirter twins.
B．A history of the Guinness Book.
C．Unusual records in the Guinness Book.
D．The director Sir Hugh Beaver.
解析 B　主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，本文介绍的是《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》的历史，故选B项。
22．What can we know about the McWhirter twins from the passage?
A．They recognized that Sir Hugh Beaver's idea for a book was a good one.
B．They owned so good a research agency that they liked to help others.
C．They wanted to publish the book so that they set up a search agency.
D．They wanted to know the answers to some questions about records.
解析 A　推理判断题。根据第三段内容可推出，McWhirter兄弟很欣赏Sir Hugh Beaver的想法，认为他出本书的观点很好，故选A项。
23．What does the underlined word “verified” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Questioned. B．Written up.
C．Proved the truth of. D．Blocked.
解析 C　词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句及上一句可知，编者努力忠实于事实，所有的纪录都必须经过调查人员的证实才能出版印刷，由此可知，verified意为“证实”，故选C项。
B
Eat less and exercise more—it has long been a magic word for reducing those extra weight.But now it seems that all the hard work may have been in vain.
Scientists say there are ten other reasons why people just keep getting bigger.They say that sleeping habits, central heating, medicines and even some pollutants(污染物质) can play a role in weight gain.
Traditionally, people have focused on diet and exercise to solve the problem.However, the scientists from top U．S. and Canadian universities say that other things must be considered.
Lack of sleep could be partly the reason.In recent years, the average night's sleep has dropped from nine hours to just seven.Sleep shortage changes levels of the hormones that control food intake and body fat and increase hunger and appetite.
If it is too hot or too cold, we burn calories to cool down or heat up.But if the temperature is just right, the calories may be turned into body fat instead.
Those who take medicine to control their blood pressure can often put on weight.Similarly, studies have shown that going on the pill can add to a woman's weight.
Mother nature may also be the reason, with our body shape being partly inherited(遗传的). The overweight are also more likely to settle with partners of a similar size. And their children are more likely to be obese(肥胖的).
And the use of pollutants is on the rise, say the researchers.The man­made chemicals in pesticides(杀虫剂) and plastics can lead to weight gain.
Your mother's age and your weight at birth are also important, with older woman more likely to have obese children and underweight babies having a bigger chance of being obese in later life.
We also tend to put on weight as we get older.Finally, giving up smoking can also help pile on the pounds.
The scientists from Yale, Cornell and Johns Hopkins said there was some evidence supporting poor diet and lack of exercise as the main causes of obesity.
语篇导读
本文为说明文。科学家发现，体重增加与睡眠习惯、适宜的温度、药物、甚至某些污染物等都有关。
24. Which is commonly thought to be effective in losing weight?
A．To have operation to cut extra fat.
B．To take pills and avoid fatty food.
C．To sleep less to burn more calories.
D．To have less food and take more exercise.
解析 D　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Eat less and exercise more就是人们普遍认为有效的减肥方法，故选D项。
25．What would women prefer to do to have healthy children?
A．To have only one child.
B．To marry at an older age.
C．To marry a strong husband.
D．To give birth to a baby at younger age.
解析 D　推理判断题。第九段中谈到母亲的年龄和孩子的肥胖症有关。高龄母亲生产的婴儿容易患肥胖症。因此，母亲应趁年轻早生产，避免孩子将来发胖，故选D项。
26. Which of the following statements would the author agree to?
A．Lack of sleep leads you to take in more food.
B．Unpleasant weather leads you to put on weight.
C．Obese parents are not likely to have fat children.
D．Medicine for blood pressure helps you lose weight.
解析 A　推理判断题。第四段谈到失眠可以改变体内荷尔蒙的水平，导致摄入食物增加，造成肥胖。因此A项陈述符合文中作者的观点，故选A项。
C

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood