单元综合测试卷二(Unit 2)时间:120分钟满分:120分姓名:分数:听力部分(25分)一、听力。
第一节听小对话,选择正确的选项。
对话读两遍。
(5分)(C)1.What does Li Tao think of the Dragon Boat Festival?A.Terrible.B.BoringC.Fantastic.(C)2.What did the boy do on New Year's Day?A.He played computer games with his brother.B.He went to a movie by himself.C.He saw a movie with a friend.(B)3.How was the Christmas party?A.Boring.B.Wonderful.C.Relaxing.(B)4.What will Sara dress up as for Halloween?A.A rabbit.B.A butterfly.C.A ghost.(B)5.Who will prepare dinner with Mother's Day?A.The boy and the girl's sister.B.The boy and the girl.C.The boy and the girl's father.第二节听长对话,选择正确选项。
对话读两遍。
(10分)听第一段对话,完成第6~7小题。
(C)6.What is Sam going to buy?A.Books.B.Cakes.C.Cards.(A)7.How much does Sam spend on Christmas gifts every year?A.About 1,000 dollars.B.About 1,200 dollars.C.About 1,500 dollars.听第二段对话,完成第8~10小题。
(B)8.Where did Ben take a trip?A.In America.B.In Australia.C.In Canada.(C)9.What does Ben think is great?A.Visiting his friends.B.Have a good rest.C.Eating delicious food.(B)10.What are the speakers going to do?A.To clean the house.B.To see the pictures.C.To prepare dinner.第三节听短文,选择正确选项。
短文读两遍。
(10分)(B)11.In which country is Diwali(排灯节) the most important holiday?A.In China.B.In India.C.In England.(C)12.When is Diwali celebrated each year?A.In September or October.B.In November or December.C.In October or November.(C)13.What do people usually do on the third day?A.Light their houses with lamps.B.Clean their houses.C.Welcome their goddess.(C)14.Which is the first day of the new year?A.The first day.B.The second day.C.The fourth day.(A)15.What's the passage mainly about?A.What people do during Diwali.B.The stories about how Diwali started.C.Some important festivals in the world.笔试部分(95分)二、完形填空。
(15分)When I was a boy,I never looked forward to January.It was a time of short,grey days and long,dark nights.The cold wind here in the mountains made waiting outside for the school bus very 16.The windows and the sidewalks were covered in ice at times.Even the floors were 17when I got up in the morning.The Christmas decorations(装饰品) had been 18and the tree had been thrown away.The holidays were over and now it was just winter.Days were almost no 19at all.Over the years,though,I began to find that winter had its own unique(独一无二的) joys.20it snowed,I would have days off.So I could 21sled(雪橇) riding,snowball fights and other activities with my brothers.The winter sunrise was so beautiful that it made my heart 22on the coldest days.The forests seemed to take on(呈现) a special 23when they were covered in snow.I would put on my 24socks and my warm sweater and then sit in my chair reading books on the dark winter days.Warm meals around the table seemed to 25much happiness in the winter months.They made our bellies(肚子) full and our hearts fuller.The 26of our lives here all have their own unique joys.It is just up to us to 27them.It is just up to us to create them.Keep your heart warm 28on the coldest,darkest days then.Fill your 29with the sunshine of kindness and joy.And let your love fly 30 a bird,from heart to heart,during the winter as well as in the springtime.(D)16.A.dangerous B.exciting C.strange D.painful(C)17.A.dirty B.old C.cold D.smooth(A)18.A.taken down B.put on C.shown up D.shut off(B)19.A.hope B.fun C.luck D.peace(A)20.A.When B.Unless C.Before D.Although(C)21.A.describe B.forget C.enjoy D.miss(D)22.A.hard B.soft C.cool D.warm(B)23.A.quilt B.beauty C.cotton D.sense(A)24.A.thick B.short C.new D.wet(D)25.A.prevent B.return C.require D.hold(B)26.A.stories B.seasons C.conditions D.choices(C)27.A.buy B.check C.find D.refuse(D)28.A.already B.only C.almost D.even(C)29.A.screen B.mouth C.life D.dream(B)30.A.from B.like C.with D.above三、阅读理解。
(30分)AAs we know,Americans have lots of public holidays every year.We'll introduce some of them in today's Daily Xiangjiang.Let's have a look.(D)31.For Americans,Thanksgiving Day is a good time to give thanks for .A.what the workers didB.what they have lostC.what the soldiers didD.what they have(A)32.Which of the following holidays is in September?bor Day.B.Independence Day.C.Memorial Day.D.Thanksgiving Day.(C)33.Where can you probably read the material above?A.In a storybook.B.In an advertisement.C.In a newspaper.D.In a sports magazine.BIn the long history of about 5,000 years,lots of Chinese festivals were created.Here are some of them.The Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar(阴历).Traditionally,on that day,people set off fireworks and pay a visit to their friends and relatives.They usually share jiaozi with their families,especially the northern Chinese.Also during the Spring Festival people don't sweep the room or argue with each other.The Qingming FestivalThe Qingming Festival is on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox(春分).All over the country,all the people go to worship their ancestors(祭拜祖先) and clean up the weeds growing on the ancestors' tombs(坟墓).In some areas,people are notallowed to use fire to cook food,so they only eat cold food.The Dragon Boat FestivalPeople celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th of the lunar calendar.The traditional activities on that day are dragon-boat racing and having zongzi.In some areas,people believe that the day is an evil day(凶日),and babies under one year old should be taken to their grandma's to avoid being hurt.The Mid-Autumn FestivalThe Mid-Autumn Festival takes place on August 15th of the lunar calendar.It is a special festival when people go back home,no matter where they are.People get together to enjoy the fullest and brightest moon of the year and have mooncakes.It is said that men are not allowed to take part in the moon-worship ceremony,because the moon is a woman.(B)34. What do people usually share with their families during the Spring Festival?A.Zongzi.B.Jiaozi.C.Mooncakes.D.Cold food.(A)35. Why do people eat cold food in some areas during the Qingming Festival?A. Because they are not allowed to use fire to cook food.B. Because they should go to worship their ancestors.C.Because they should clean up the weeds.D.Because they are so busy.(C)36. People usually have the activities of dragon-boat racing in China during the .A.Spring FestivalB.Qingming FestivalC.Dragon Boat FestivalD.Mid-Autumn Festival(D)37. What is the moon like during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the year?A.It's the fullest.B.It's the brightest.C.It's the biggest.D.It's the fullest and brightest.CA long time ago,a snake was caught in the forest andsold in the market.An old man bought the poor snake andbrought him home.The old man and his neighbors were all farmers.Theygrew lots of crops(庄稼),but there wasn't enough rainwater that year.One night,the old man saw the snake in his dream.He was no longer a snake but a dragon,and he was the god of rice.He said to the farmer,“In return for saving my lif e,I'll tell you a secret.Put me in the river.Then you will get enough rainwater for the crops.”The old man did as the dragon said,and it started to rain the very next day.The farmers were very happy.They poured a lot of rice into the river to thank the god of rice.However,when Almighty God learned about this,he got very angry.He gave an order to cut the dragon into pieces for telling the secret to the farmers.People felt very sad.On the second day of the second lunar month,they put ashes(灰) in the kitchen in the honor of a dragon.This is why we celebrate the Dragon Heads-Raising Day.(A)38.How did the god of rice help the farmers?A.He provided them with water.B.He gave them some food.C.He grew crops for them.D.He helped them find a river.(B)39.To thank the god of rice,the farmers .A.built a house for himB.poured much rice into the riverC.invited him to a partyD.cut the food into pieces(B)40.Why did Almighty God get angry with the god of rice?A.Because he made friends with humans.B.Because he told the secret to farmers.C.Because he wasted too much water.D.Because he did not follow Almighty God's order.(D)41.The correct order of the following events is .a.The farmer saw the god of rice in his dream.b.Almighty God got very angry.c.The farmer brought the god of rice home.d.The god of rice told the farmer the secret.A.acdbB.cabdC.abcdD.cadbD“For me,the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival is not as strong as before.When I was young,I looked forward to eating mooncakes and watching the moon with my family,” said Ma Lin,a woman in her fifties.“But now,the festival just seems like a common Saturday or Sunday.”Yang Lin,a professor from Nankai University,says the way people celebrate the festival has changed over the years.“In the past,it was terrible if you could not see your family during the Mid-Autumn Festival.Nowadays,people may just make phone calls to their families,but they still know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for families to get together.They can go home at any time if they want to,because transportation is more convenient(方便的).”We can find that businesses provide people with more ways of spending the festival.It means people have more choices(选择) on how to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival.Take the mooncakes for example.There are many kinds of mooncakes on sale during the festival,and we can choose among them for families according to their taste.Every one of us should play a part in protecting our traditional festivals,like the Mid-Autumn Festival.For example,we must value(重视) the stories behind them,because they are important parts of the festivals.Also,the government must call on people to value the festival of our own more than those of foreign countries.(B)42.The underlined word “atmosphere” in Paragraph 1 means “” in Chinese.A.特色B.氛围C.活动D.观摩(C)43.It is easier for people to go back home because.A.they have more holidays than beforeB.they don't live far from their workplacesC.transportation has become more convenientD.most families have their own personal cars(C)44.By giving the example of mooncakes,the writer mainly tells us .A.people love to go shopping during the Mid-Autumn FestivalB.the mooncakes on sale during the Mid-Autumn Festival are expensiveC.people are able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in more waysD.businesses try to make more money during the Mid-Autumn Festival(A)45.What can we learn from the passage?A.We should pay more attention to our own traditional festivals.B.Few people know about the stories behind the traditional festivals.C.We are too small to play a part in protecting the traditional festivals.D.The government hasn't played a part in protecting the traditional festivals.四、词汇运用。