1、Unit 2-单元综合能力测评(时间:120分钟满分:150分)第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)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.Why does the man apologise to the woman?A.He ordered a wrong table.B.He called her by mistake.C.He went to the wrong address.2.What does
2、the plant need at present?A.More water.B.A large pot.C.Enough sunshine.3.What is the woman probably doing?A.Waiting for her plane.B.Seeing the man off.C.Shouting at the man.4.What does the woman want to buy?A.A beach blanket.B.Some pictures.C.Some film.5.What meets with a problem?A.The mans car.B.Th
3、e womans car.C.A taxi.第二节(共15小题;每小题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.How much should the man pay in total?A.$115.B.$120.C.$125.7.What does the woman advise the man to do?A.Rethink before shorten
4、ing the pants.B.Tailor the pants himself.C.Put the pants in a bag.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.Where are the speakers?A.In the mans office.B.In a restaurant.C.In the womans house.9.What is the man upset about?A.Low salary.B.Evening classes.C.Heavy work.听第8段材料,回答第10-13题。10.When will the woman present?A.On Septem
5、ber 7.B.On September 8.C.On September 9.11.What did Rachel and Sam ask about?A.The time of the meeting.B.The information on the hotel.C.The change of the schedule.12.How will the man get everyone to know the details of the meeting?A.By phone.B.By e-mail.C.By letter.13.What will the woman do in the m
6、orning?A.Write several reports.B.Meet Rachel and Sam.C.Prepare her lunch.听第9段材料,回答第14-16题。14.Why doesnt the woman take the direct flight?A.She wants to visit Chicago.B.Its much more expensive.C.Its time is too early.15.When does the womans flight leave?A.On Saturday afternoon.B.On Sunday morning.C.O
7、n Sunday evening.16.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Customer and travel agent.B.Manager and secretary.C.Guide and tourist.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17.Where was Jean Henri Dunant from?A.Italy.B.Switzerland.C.Australia.18.Why was the Red Cross started at first?A.To help the wounded.B
8、.To fight against the war.C.To provide the villagers with food.19.What is the Red Cross?A.An international organisation.B.An official symbol.C.A medical centre.20.What is the symbol for first aid in Australia?A.A red cross on a white background.B.A white cross on a red background.C.A white cross on
9、a green background.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。AYesterday night,over a dinner with my elder brothers family,a topic of happiness came up.My wife,Marla,a psychologist,was sharing Csikszentmihalyis concept of “flow” with us.Marla explained that according
10、 to the research on flow,people are happiest when they are absorbed in a task that is just challenging enough for them to experience a sense of mastery(熟练掌握).A few moments later my brother,Yuri,offered the following opinions:“The first and only,necessary and sufficient factor for happiness is to sto
11、p associating happiness with pleasure.The twohappiness and pleasurehave nothing to do with each other.”This morning,with my cup of coffee,I searched through a pile of books on my bedside table and at the bottom found a book by Bertrand Russell,I started reading but didnt finish.In it,I found the fol
12、lowing thought:“The human animal,like others,is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life,and when he is satisfied with his whims (突发奇想) without effort,the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness.”The conversation came full circle:people are happiest
13、when they are in a state of flow (Csikszentmihalyis language).which is the effortful devotion in a moment.which has nothing to do with pleasure.Indeed,as Yuri insisted:happiness-as-pleasure is a myth;the association between happiness and pleasure is nothing but a semantic (语义的) habit;psychologically
14、,the twohappiness and pleasureare arguably different;and breaking up this association between pleasure and happiness might,in fact,be a powerfully first step in pursuit of happiness.As I look back on the exchange,I recall that there was an effort,a struggle to find a common understanding about this
15、seemingly difficult ideaa struggle that made me happy.21.What is the purpose of writing this passage?A.To tell readers how to be happiest.B.To advise readers to read Bertrand Russell.C.To look back on the happy night.D.To show different opinions on family gathering.22.According to Marla,people feel
16、happiest when they .A.get what they want without effortB.involve themselves in a challenging task C.master the happiest around themD.experience things that can bring pleasure23.What writing style is used by the author to explain happiness?A.Giving examples.B.Offering arguments.C.Making comparisons.D
17、.Using quotes.BAll parents have sky-high hopes for their children.We want them to be confident and content.What can parents do to help their kids grow up to lead happy lives?Experts advise:1.Helping them find their talents.In order to succeed,children need to feel theyre good at something.So expose
18、your children to as many interests as possible;then let them choose those they like best.2.Applauding their achievements.A study found that students whose parents paid attention to their abilities were far more likely to do well in schooland in lifethan students whose parents didnt show such support
19、.So celebrate your kids achievements,no matter how small they are.3.Praising their efforts.Kids wont always come out on top.Still,they deserve kudos (赞誉) for trying their best.Ten-year-old April Cutler,for example,has had trouble with math since the second grade.“She usually gets Cs on her report ca
20、rd,but last year she was determined to get As and worked hard at it,” says her mom.“When the first grading period ended,April was disappointed when she got a B minus in math,” Lueille continues.“But my husband and I told her we were very proud that shed improved.That inspired her to try even harder.
21、She got a B plus for the next period!”4.Letting them make decisions and mistakes.Making his/her own decisions increases a childs sense of control and builds his/her self-esteem (自尊).And allowing kids to make wrong decisionsso long as doing so wont harm themhelps kids learn from their mistakes.5.Enco
22、uraging them to solve their own problems.As they grow,children need practice in communicating,standing up for themselves and compromising.One of the best places to learn these skills is at home.So the next time your child runs to you complaining that her brother is blaming her,step back and let them
23、 work it out.24.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To encourage parents to admire their kids.B.To show how to praise kids.C.To help kids study harder.D.To give advice on how to help kids become mature.25.What can we learn from the example of April Cutler?A.Praising kids efforts can help them make
24、greater progress.B.Setting a high goal makes kids feel discouraged.C.Solving problems by themselves helps kids feel confident.D.Interest is the best teacher.26.Why should parents allow kids to make mistakes?A.Making mistakes is a normal thing for a kid.B.Adults also make mistakes now and then.C.Kids
25、 can learn something valuable from their mistakes.D.Making mistakes wont harm kids.C You may not have heard of Ashoka,but for the past 27 years,this association,founded by Bill Drayton,has fought poverty (贫穷)and sickness,promoted education and encouraged small businesses.To support these worthy caus
26、es,Ashoka provides money for the worlds most promising “changemakers” seeking to solve (解决) urgent problems and would like to create a world in which every citizen is a changemaker. Drayton believes that anyone can become an agent for change.The important thing is to simply give yourself permission.
27、If you see a problem that you care about,you can help solve it.The young in particular are willing to accept this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy,healthy,contributing adult.In fact,it is many young peoples ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve socia
28、l conditions.An excellent example is an Ashoka project started in 1995 in Dhaka,which handled the rubbish problem facing the city,helped local farmers and provided an income for poor people there.When Masqsood and Iftekhar began to study the problem of all the uncollected rubbish that lay in Dhakas
29、streets,attracting tats and disease,they discovered that 80% of it was natural waste.So they educated the poor people in the city to compost (把制成堆肥)this waste.They knew that they would have a market for the end product because local farmers were struggling with chemical fertilisers (化肥) which were e
30、xpensive and had reduced the natural minerals in the soil over the years.At first,they were refused,but once they were able to persuade them that there was money to be made,the project took off.In 2009 sales were $14,000. Drayton is optimistic that in ten years Ashoka will be making really serious,p
31、ractical progress in bringing about social change by changing the way we look at economic development.27.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A.Changemakers B.Businessmen C.Social Conditions D.Rubbish Problem28.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably re
32、fer to?A.The local farmers.B.Masqsood and Iftekhar.C.Drayton and his team.D.The poor people in Dhaka.29.It can be concluded from the passage that anyone can become a changemaker if he.A.considers Draytons conceptB.gets permission from AshokaC.tries to improve social conditionsD.is a young,happy and
33、healthy adult30.The authors attitude towards Ashokas programme can be described as .A.changingB.forgivingC.cautiousD.positive第二节(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。Distance runners often worry about “hitting the wall” during training or races,when negative thoughts become so o
34、verpowering that they make it difficult to continue.31 At that time,the bodys glycogen (糖原) supplies become exhausted.As a result,many runners feel exhausted and discouraged,slow their pace,have trouble focusing and want to quit or walk.32 Here are a few sports psychologist-approved techniques to tr
35、y,which could have major benefits for an athletes performance and well-being.Make a motivational song list.Distracting yourself with some great tunes can help you make it to the finish line faster.33Try the partner system.A running partner can keep you motivated and on-track,and might even improve y
36、our performance,research shows.34 A study on weight-lifters found that mental practices can be as effective as physical practice,resulting in actual muscle increases.Visualising your if-then plan,for instance,could improve your chance of success.Try “attention narrowing”.35 Last year,an NYU study fo
37、und that focusing on an object on the horizon makes the distance feel shorter,and leads runners to go faster and perform better than those who let their minds wander.With these helpful strategies,your next personal record might be just around the corner.A.Plan what to do.B.Visualise achieving your g
38、oal.C.Finding ways to move past those kinds of experiences is very vital.D.“Hitting the wall” typically happens around 20 miles in a marathon.E.Runners who focus their eyes on an object in the distance get there faster.F.There is evidence that saying motivational things to oneself benefits a lot.G.S
39、tudies show athletes run,bike and swim farther and faster when listening to music.第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The mental aspect of athletics is underrated.The common expression,“athletics is 90 percent 36 and 10 percent physical,” is often
40、 used by coaches,and stresses that mindsets make a huge 37 in competitions.“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you 38,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation.“The mental aspect has to 39,especially when youre talking about the
41、 best of the best.In the Olympic Games,everyone is talented.Everyone 40 hard.Everyone does the work.What 41 the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.”Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery,or 42,to perform at their best.Research on the brain patterns of
42、 43 found that the patterns activated when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated 44 when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental 45 can be almost as effective as physical training.One study,published in the JournalofSport&ExercisePsychology in 1996,found
43、 that 46 weight lifting caused 47 changes in muscle activity.“Mental imagery 48 on many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain:motor control,attention,perception,planning,and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in PsychologyToday.“Sothe49 is getting trained for actual performance during visualisat
44、ion.Its been found that mental practices can enhance motivation,increase confidence,improve motor performance and 50 your brain for success.”51 visualising is more than just thinking about an upcoming event.52 athletes use visualisation,they truly feel the event taking place in their minds eye.“Duri
45、ng visualisation,she incorporates (整合) all of her 53 into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post 54 a speed skater she works with.“She feels her forefoot pushing off the track,she hears her skating splits,and she sees herself racing ahea
46、d of the competitors.She experiences all of the elements of her race 55 before executing (完成) her performance.”36.A.luckyB.intelligentC.mentalD.strategic37.A.differenceB.importanceC.improvementD.challenge38.A.so longB.so farC.so muchD.so high39.A.turn onB.show offC.take upD.set off40.A.thinksB.moves
47、C.runsD.trains41.A.breaksB.pushesC.decidesD.distinguishes42.A.activationB.visualisationC.motivationD.perception43.A.athletesB.gymnastsC.weightliftersD.skaters44.A.regularlyB.normallyC.finallyD.similarly45.A.connectionB.practiceC.performancesD.directions46.A.imaginingB.consideringC.reviewingD.dreaming47.A.fewB.usualC.actualD.strange48.A.impactsB.increasesC.slowsD.follows49.A.brainB.bodyC.attentionD.memory50.A.helpB.applyC.useD.prepare51.A.ThoughB.ButC.ThusD.Otherwise52.A.UnlessB.AfterC.WhenD.Until53.A.observationsB.spiritC.determinationD.senses54.A.toB.forC.aboutD.with55.
