Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. 单元检测一、听力测试（15分）（一）听句子，选择你所听到的单词。

（5分）1. A. block B. blackboard C. backpack2. A. except B. unexpected C. expected3. A. hoax B. box C. case4. A. die B. lie C. pie5. A. cancel B. costume C. birthday（二）听对话及问题，选择正确的答案。

（5分）6. A. She got bad grades. B. She was ill. C. She was late for school.7. A. She watched TV. B. She overslept. C. She took a shower.8. A. No, she did. B. Yes, she did. C. No, she didn’t.9. A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didn’t. C. Yes, she didn’t.10. A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot.（三）听短文，选择正确答案。

（5分）11. What did Mike do before he went to bed last night?A. He did his homework.B. He talked with his mother.C. He watched TV.12.Why did Mike’s mother have to wake him up this morning?A. Because he went to bed so late that he couldn’t wake up.B. Because he wasn’t feeling quite well then.C. Because he went to bed too early last might.13. What did Mike have for breakfast this morning?A. Eggs.B. Nothing.C. Milk.14. What did Mike leave at home at first?A. His schoolbag.B. His watch.C. His bike.15. How do you think Mike would feel this morning?A. Excited.B. Pleased.C. Unhappy.二、单項填空（15分）16. ________ news it is! Nobody ________ it.A. What a surprising; believes.B. What surprising; believesC. How a surprising; believeD. How surprising; believe17. —When did the earthquake in Lushan happen?—It happened ________ 8: 02 ________ the morning of April 20, 2013. A. on; in B. at; in C. at; on D. on; on18. Our teacher often asks us ________ questions in groups.A. discussB.to discuss:C. discussingD. discussed19. —How many teachers are there in your school?—About four ________.A. hundreds ofB. hundredC. hundredsD. hundred of20. —All the oil in the world will have ________ some day.—Yeah. What shall we use for power then?A. given awayB. put awayC. run outD. set out21. —I wore sports shoes to the ball（舞会）yesterday evening by mistake!—Oh, dear, you must be very ________ at the ball!A. embarrassedB. satisfiedC. tiredD. surprised22. When I got to the hospital, Mary there.A. leavesB. leftC. has leftD. had left23. —What ________ do you want?—I’m not full. I want some more milk shake.A. otherB. moreC. anyD. else24. She got ________ John when she was 25 years old.A. marry toB. marry withC. married toD. married with25. Lucy called me to come to the party, but she herself didn’t ________.A. show aroundB. show upC. come outD. put up三、完形填空（15分）Life Is Full of Unexpected ThingsIt was the last day of school and I planned to travel to my friend’s hometown. I hadn’t seen him for years and this was a good 26 to meet him again.I was busy at school so it was rather 27 when I came back home. It was already 10 o’clock at night. Time was running out. After a hurried meal I left. 28 I found a taxi very soon. Asking the driver to drive me fast to the station, I relaxed for a while, imagining what my friend looked like now. I was soon at the station and was sure that I would be able to 29 the train. Unfortunately.I fell over on the way to the platform and lost some time. To my 30 when I reached the platform.I saw that the train had just left! It was the last train so I had to 31 home.My mother was glad to see me back as she had a bad feeling about my trip. But I was unhappy.I tried to relax and went to bed but I had a 32 sleep. The next morning I was very tired. As I was having breakfast the 33 arrived. I read over the pages and was shocked to 34 that the train I missed had an accident. How 35 I was that I missed the train!26. A. sign B. chance C. sense D. dream27. A. strange B. cold C. late D. quiet28. A. Finally B. Suddenly C. Strangely D. Luckily29. A. stop B. see C. catch D. miss30. A. satisfaction B. hope C. surprise D. joy31. A. call B. leave C. reach D. return32. A. deep B. bad C. great D. heavy33. A. newspaper B. ticket C. milk D. train34. A. find B. hear C. feel D. remember35. A. hopeful B. thankful C. careful D. painful四、阅读理解（20分）AWhen I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. The n I said. “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them, In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!” All my fri ends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.36. When he was young, the writer liked to ________.A. play with his brotherB. help his mother cookC. play jokes on peopleD. go swimming with his friends37. What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ________A. He got tired.B. He played a joke on his mother.C. Tony fell from the open window.D. His mother hit him.38. In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ________.A. swam fastB. called for helpC. would sink in waterD. couldn’t swim on in the water39. When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ________.A. took him to the hospital at onceB. came and saved him immediatelyC. thought at first he was joking againD. did nothing because the writer had lied to them40. The story tells us that ________.A. swimming is dangerousB. the writer is a naughty boyC. one can play jokes only on people he knowsD. if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust（信任）himBDave was a college student. His uncle was very rich, but he had no child of his own. Soon after Dave left college, his uncle died. He left Dave a lot of money.so Dave decided to set up his own company.He found a nice office, bought some new desks and chairs and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards his house.“It’s my first customer（顾客）!” he thought. He: quickly picked up the telephone and pretended （假装）to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York. The caller wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.The man knocked at the door while this was going on, and he came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation, Then he said to him, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent to fix（修理）your telephone.”41. Dave could set up a company of his own because ________.A. he got a lot of moneyB. he had borrowed a lot of moneyC. his father left him a lot of moneyD. he earned a lot of money42. Dave had been there for ________ when the man from the telephone company came.A. almost a weekB. two daysC. a few hoursD. a few days43. Why did Dave pick up his telephone when he heard someone coming?A. Because someone called him from New York.B. Because he wanted to let him know he was busy with his business.C. Because his uncle telephoned him at that time.D. Because many people called him.44. What did Dave’s company sell?A. Color TV sets.B. Houses.C. ClothesD. Food.45. Could Dave receive a telephone call from New York before the man from the telephone company came?A. No, he couldn’t.B. Of course, be could.C. Yes, we could.D. Yes, he could.五、朴全对话（5分）根据对话内容，从方框中选择适当的句子填入空白处，使对话完整。