北师大版~Unit 18阶段练测卷 ( 二 )

阶段练测卷 - Unit 18阶段练测卷（二）（2）一、单项选择（共15小题；共15分）1. The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 was stronglyimpressed my memory.A. toB. overC. byD. on2. the circumstances, we must give up the plan.A. On view ofB. In view ofC. In the view ofD. With view of3. If you think that treating a woman well means always her permission for things, thinkagain.A. getsB. gotC. to getD. getting4. I didn't to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.A. assumeB. supposeC. meanD. hope5. You should understand the traffic rule by now. You've had it often enough.A. explainingB. to explainC. explainD. explained6. The environment is exactly everything that can affect us in any .A. suspectB. prospectC. perspectiveD. aspect7. When different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticingthe many similarities.A. comparedB. being comparedC. comparing8. Although the wind has , the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.A. turned upB. gone backC. died downD. blown out9. in a white uniform, he looks more like a cook than a doctor.A. DressedB. To dressC. DressingD. Having dressed10. We all the city library an important part of public service.A. considerB. regardC. look uponD. think of11. Eugene's never willing to alter any of his opinions. It's no use with him.A. to argueB. arguingC. arguedD. having argued12. I don't agree your idea, but I won't argue you it at the moment.A. to; with; onB. on; with; overC. to; with; aboutD. about; to; with13. I'd his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community, and thenmake a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.A. take into accountB. account forC. make up forD. make out14. At a rough estimate, Nigeria is Great Britain.A. three times the size asB. the size three times ofC. three time as the size ofD. three times the size of15. Don't worry. Work hard and you'll succeed .A. in timeB. on timeC. ahead of timeD. at times二、完形填空（共20小题；共30分）Shopping on the Internet, or shopping online, is becoming more and more popular. More and more people are using the 16 to buy things. Why do people use the Internet to shop? Some people say that it is more 17 . They do not have to leave their homes to order something, and they can shop for anything that they want at any 18 , day or night. 19 say that they can find things for sale that they can't find in the stores near their 20 . Still other people say that they can find better 21 on the Internet.If you want to buy something on the Internet, you need a credit card. You have to type your credit card 22 and information on the website and send it to the 23 over the Internet. You have to be sure that the store will not use your 24 in the wrong way. You do not want someone to get your credit card number and 25 something to your account. Of course, you always have to be 26 with your credit card number, 27 some bad people sometimes steal credit card numbers from 28 and restaurants too.For people who are too 29 to shop online, the Internet is a good place to go window shopping. Window shopping is 30 you go to a store and look at the things for sale, but do not plan to 31 anything. Window shopping is 32 on the Internet. You can see what kinds of products are 33 and how much they cost. You can visit stores with 34 near you, or you can visit stores that are 35 on the Internet.16. A. cash B. Internet C. card D. computer17. A. encouraging B. attractive C. interesting D. convenient18. A. place B. shop C. time D. cost19. A. Others B. Many C. Few D. A few20. A. offices B. homes C. cities D. towns21. A. prices B. goods C. clothes D. foods22. A. teller B. user C. number D. holder23. A. bank B. account C. server D. store24. A. number B. money C. card D. information25. A. buy B. sell C. charge D. make26. A. grateful B. thoughtful C. careful D. helpful27. A. however B. even though C. unless D. because28. A. banks B. stores C. cinemas D. post offices29. A. poor B. careful C. proud D. nervous30. A. when B. where C. how D. what31. A. buy B. see C. keep D. find32. A. unsafe B. easy C. uncertain D. cheap33. A. modern B. new C. available D. popular34. A. branches B. assistants C. saleswomen D. goods35. A. always B. sometimes C. only D. all三、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）ADomestic(not wild) horses now pull ploughs, race in the Kentucky Derby, and carry police. But early horses weren't tame(willing to do what people ask) enough to perform these kinds of tasks. Scientists think the first interactions humans had with horses were far different from those today.Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. Over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. This was the first step in domestication.As people began to tame and ride horses, they chose to keep those animals that had more desirable characteristics. For example, people may have chosen to keep horses that had a gentle personality so they could be ridden more easily. People who used horses to pull heavy loads would have chosen to keep stronger animals. Characteristics like strength are partly controlled by the animals' genes. So as the domesticated horses reproduced, they passed the characteristics on to their young. Each new generation of houses would show more of these chosen characteristics.Modern day horse breeds come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This variety didn't exist in the horse population before domestication. The Shetland horse is one of the smallest breeds—typically reaching only one meter tall. With short, strong legs, the animals were bred to pull coal out of mine shafts (矿井) with low ceilings. Huge horses like the Clydesdale came on the scene around 1700. People bred these heavy, tall horses to pull large vehicles used for carrying heavy loads.The domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. For example, horses were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. Using them to pull ploughs and carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. Before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. Riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. That encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. The new form of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world.36. Before domestication horses were .A. caught for sportsB. hunted for foodC. made to pull ploughsD. used to carry people37. The author uses the Shetland horse as an example to show .A. it is smaller than the Clydesdale horseB. horse used to have gentle personalitiesC. some horses have better shaped than othersD. horses were of less variety before domestication38. Horses contributed to the spread of culture by .A. carrying heavy loadsB. changing farming methodsC. serving as a means of transportD. advancing agriculture in different areas39. The passage is mainly about .A. why humans domesticated horsesB. how humans and horses needed each otherC. why horses came in different shapes and sizesD. how human societies and horses influenced each otherBGeneration Next is usually a powerful unknown.Sometimes called Generation Y, sometimes called the Millennials(千禧代), this group of 16 to 25-year-olds live in a world of hightech advances, increasing racial diversity(种族多样化) and economic growth. And it is a generation expected to affect major social change."This is us," said Katie Stroud, 16, from South Carolina, US. "This is how we are. Take it or leave it."The problem is, they're proving hard to define(定义)."This group is unique," said Ken Shin, a sociology professor at the University of South Carolina. "They have different values. They're more tolerant(宽容的)."Generation Y is expected to do great things—to move beyond thought to action."As a generation, they are the strongest and most intelligent," said Joyce Fields, a professor at Columbia College in South Carolina.Generation Y has grown up in a digital, instant-messaging(短信交流) age. DVDs, iPods and cellphones are just part of everyday life for this Internetsurfing generation."I feel that we're very smart," said Shawn Rumph, 18, of Columbia, S. C. "Look at all the technology we have to help us learn."Since they have grown up in good times, for Generation Y, success and wealth are almost certain. Their attitude, therefore, shows that they're optimistic and materialistic, Fields said.Richard Perry, an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student, agrees that Generation Y is materialistic. "Everybody is into new stuff," he said.To marketers selling soda, music, clothes and computers, members of Generation Y look like human dollar signs.With a "buy now, pay later" mentality(思维模式), this group is assaulted(攻击) with Web ads and TV commercials aimed at getting them to part with their and their parents' money.Despite the insistence on having modern-day conveniences, in many ways Generation Y is traditional, experts say. Getting an education and having a family are important.Besides, some Generation Y members say they are comfortable with racial diversity and expect discrimination to disappear.Elizabeth Pope, 16, of South Carolina, said Generation Y probably will elect the first female or minority-race president.In any case, Fields is confident in Generation Y. "I think we're in good hands."40. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Information AgeB. A Future GenerationC. Comparison of Two GenerationsD. Tech Generation41. From the passage we can conclude the writer's attitude toward Generation Y is .A. objectiveB. optimisticC. activeD. passive42. What can we infer from the passage?A. Generation Y is often praised for racial discrimination by social experts.B. Generation Y tends to follow traditional life style and start their own business.C. Generation Y often has troubles with old generation because of different values.D. Generation Y values a family life in a modern society.43. According to the passage Professor Joyce Fields has confidence in Generation Y because .A. they live comfortably with racial diversity and expect discrimination to disappearB. they look like human dollar signs and their success and wealth are almost certain in good timesC. they show their wisdom, power and affect major social change in a high-tech worldD. they have all the modern technology to help them and become more and more cleverCMost of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors(统治者) and generals and soldiers, while the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or manured(施肥) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers.People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars(纪念柱) in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages(野蛮人); so to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently---this, after all, is what conquerors and generals have done---is not being civilized. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side can kill off greater number of the other side, and then saying that the side which has killed most has won. And not only has it won, but, because it has won, it has been in the right. For that is what going to war means; it means saying that power is right.This is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed or mutilate(disabled). And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets---while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life---nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.44. In the opening sentence, the author indicates that .A. most history books were written by conquerors, generals and soldiersB. history book tell us far more about conquerors, generals and soldiers than actual creators of civilizationC. those who rally helped human civilization forward is not mentioned in history books at allD. conquerors, generals and soldiers should be least mentioned in history books45. According to the passage, most people believe that the greatest countries are those that .A. built the highest pillars for their conquerorsB. were ruled by the greatest number of conquerorsC. won the greatest number of battles against other countriesD. were beaten in battle by the greatest number of other countries46. In the author's opinion, the countries that conquered a large number of other countries are .A. certainly both the most powerful and most civilizedB. neither the greatest nor the most civilized in any wayC. possibly either the most civilized or the most powerful in a wayD. likely the most powerful in some sense but not the most civilized47. The meaning of the last sentence in Paragraph 2 is that .A. fighters believe that the winner is right and the loser wrongB. only those who are powerful have the right to go to warC. those who are right should fight against those who are wrongD. only powerful nations might win the right to rule weak onesDTwo years ago this month, Doubleday published a historical thriller with an announced first printing of 85 000 and high hopes that a little-known writer named Dan Brown would catch on with the general public."We surely expected to have a huge success, but I don't think anyone dreamed it would become a historic publication," says Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group.If the Harry Potter books stand as the essential popular read for young people, then The Da Vinci Code has captured the crown for grownups. The moment it came out, the book remains high onbestseller lists even as it begins its third year since publication. Publishers and booksellers say Brown's novel has worked by combining narrative excitement and disputed-historical details.Twentyfive million books, in 44 languages, are in print worldwide and no end is in sight. Booksellers expect The Da Vinci Code to remain a bestseller well into 2005. A planned film version by Oscarwinning director Ron Howard should bring in even more readers. And at a time when consumers are supposedly minding their budgets, sales for the $24. 95 hardcover have been so good that Doubleday still has set no date for a paperback."It's been our No. 1 fiction book for two years in a row, and I can't remember another time that happened," said Bob Wietrak, vice president of merchandising for Barnes & Nolbe Inc. "People come into our store all the time and ask for it or ask for books that are like it."Thanks to The Da Vinci Code, about the only books that seem able to keep up are Brown's previous novels. Deception Point, first released(发行) in 2001, now has 3.7 million copies in print, according to Simon & Schuster, Brown's previous publisher. Angels and Demons, published in 2000 and featuring(由… 主演) "Da Vinci" protagonist(主角) Robert Langdon, has more than 8 million copies in print.The great success of The Da Vinci Code has been helped by wide access, with the book on sale everywhere from Walmart to airports to supermarkets, often proving more popular than the mass market paperbacks available at the same outlets(销路).48. What the publisher Stephen Rubin said in Paragraph 2 implies that .A. he liked The Da Vinci Code very muchB. he had predicted that the novel would be popular with the young before publishing itC. he had never expected the novel would be such a great successD. he had dreamed he would make a historic publication in the world publishing history49. According to the passage, which of the following are considered to be the factors(因素)leading to the novel's success?a. the good advertisements made by the publishers and the booksellersb. the planned film version of the novel to be directed by an Oscarwinning directorc. the low price of the bookd. the wide and different sales methodse. the curious storytelling wayf. the help from Harry Potter booksg. the excellent design of the book's coverA. b,d,gB. b,d,eC. a,c,gD. a,d,f50. From the passage we can see Dan Brown's previous novels before The Da Vinci Code came out.A. were very cheapB. were of poor qualityC. did not draw big readersD. had already made him world-famous51. The main purpose of this passage is to tell people about .A. the contents of the book The Da Vinci CodeB. the author of the book The Da Vinci Code -Dan BrownC. the economic efficiency of the book The Da Vinci CodeD. the amazing success of the book The Da Vinci CodeEJurassic Park (《侏罗纪公园》) could become a reality with dinosaurs making a comeback after a discovery last week. Scientists found remains of a dinosaur's blood vessels(血管) and cells. In theory, DNA from these cells could be used to clone the long dead dinosaur.A team from North Carolina State University found the remains in a fossil(化石) of the leg bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex(暴龙) in Montana, US.The last dinosaurs on Earth died some 65 million years ago, but they left bits of themselves behind wherever they lived. Around the world, dug-up bones and fossils have given scientists many ideas about what the animals were like.Preserved by minerals, the newly discovered leg bone was hard. So the scientists used a liquid to dissolve(溶解) the minerals. A week later, the remaining material was soft and stretchy(有弹性的), which surprised the researchers.Some of the materials appeared to be a network of blood vessels. Out of these, the researchers were able to squeeze(挤出) tiny, round, dark-red and deep-brown structures that seemed to be ancient blood cells.Scientists are overjoyed by this discovery because most fossils come from hard body parts, like bones and shells, which last a long time. Soft tissues, like skin, muscle, and organs are very hard to find because they tend to break down more quickly.Scientists think that the new discovery will help them to better understand how fossils form. Future finds should also help flesh out how the dinosaurs lived.They were also very excited by the possibility of having some dinosaur DNA. From that scientists could create a real life "Jurassic Park".In the Hollywood movie, scientists reproduced dinosaurs from the DNA they found in a mosquito fossil and disaster soon followed.52. Scientists are excited .A. because they have got dinosaur DNAB. about making a movie called "Jurassic Park"C. because they found the liquid to dissolve fossilsD. because it's very hard to find soft tissues in fossils53. The latest discovery can tell us .A. what the animals were likeB. how fossils formC. how the dinosaur livedD. how to get dinosaur DNA54. What does the underlined phrase "flesh out" mean in the article?A. add more details or information toB. take more photos ofC. make the public know more aboutD. find the answer to55. Why is the latest discovery very important?A. It could make it possible to make dinosaurs return to the former positionB. it could throw light on how dinosaurs lived many years agoC. It could prove what dinosaurs were likeD. It could explain why dinosaurs died some 65 million years ago四、短文改错（共10小题；共10分）Though a great progress has been made in science these years, there are still many people live in poor conditions. They make their living with collecting and selling used things. They have not enough money because their children cannot go to school. Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now? The answer lie in the population explosion. A president of a developing country once said: “It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to 'produce' children without limit.” Although these little words sound simple enough, they have clear pointed out one of the cause of the population explosion.56. 57. 58. 59. 60.61. 62. 63. 64. 65.五、作文（共1小题；共25分）66. 某海外学校举办英语夏令营，开设了课程：园艺、烹饪、防身术（self defense）、护理。