2020新外研版必修三英语Unit 6-Disaster and hope单元测评（含答案+听力音频+听力原文）.docx

1、第六单元测评第六单元测评 (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.Where does the woman want to go? A.The bus station. B.The train station. C.The airport. 2.When will the woman take a vacation?

2、A.At the end of this month. B.Next week. C.Next month. 3.Where the man can find an apartment? A.In the newspaper. B.In the Internet. C.On the notice board. 4.Why doesnt the man get excited from skiing? A.He doesnt enjoy skiing. B.He is too tired to be excited. C.He goes skiing often. 5.What are they

3、 talking about? A.The woman received a job offer. B.The woman got a promotion at work. C.The woman did bad on an interview. 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.What did

4、the man complain about? A.The hot weather. B.The busy work. C.The awful work. 7.What is the woman hoping for? A.It is getting dark very soon. B.The temperature is falling down. C.It will rain in no time. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9题 8.What will the man do as a salesman? A.To work at local bookstores. B.To sell

5、 children books to bookstores. C.To write education books for children. 9.What will the man do next? A.Go for an interview. B.Educate children. C.Buy some books on children. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12题。 10.When will the man fly to Boston? A.On September 12. B.On September 30. C.On September 13. 11.Why can

6、t the man leave on Monday? A.Because theres no seat left. B.Because he is too busy. C.Because there is heavy fog. 12.Whats the mans phone number? A.52378651. B.42376851. C.53278641. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16题。 13.What is the man planning to do? A.Read books at home. B.Find a new job. C.Go snowboarding. 1

7、4.Why didnt the man rent a cabin? A.Because his cousin had one there. B.Because it was too expensive to rent. C.Because it was far away from the ski spots. 15.How many people may go to Big Bear? A.3. B.4. C.5. 16.What will the woman do next? A.Talk about the trip. B.Prepare for the trip. C.Have a go

8、od dinner. 听第 10段材料,回答第 17 至 20题。 17.What is the speaker mainly talking about? A.Reading devotes to a longer life. B.Taking exercises helps keep healthy. C.More and more old people like watching TV. 18.How long was the research carried out? A.50 years. B.17 years. C.12 years. 19.Which helps the brai

9、n most? A.Books. B.Newspapers. C.Magazines. 20.How long do the people over 65 spend watching TV every day? A.3.5 hours. B.4.4 hours. C.2.3 hours. 第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分 50分) 第一节(共 15小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Lizzies diary from Antarctica (南极洲) Day 3:Tuesday December 2 We pla

10、nned to go to Rothera that morning.Wed be staying there for the next two weeks.Because Antarctica is the windiest place on earth,sometimes you cant fly at all. We had a nervous wait over breakfast to find out if wed be leaving that day.People have to stay in Stanley for weeks while the pilots wait f

11、or good weather. It turned clear at 9:30 and we took off at 10:30 on a little red plane called a Dash-7.But even when we were in the air,there was still a chance we wouldnt be able to fly the whole day. Day 4:Wednesday December 3 After waking up in the Antarctic for the first time today I can unders

12、tand why everybody who comes here falls in love with the place.It is really beautiful. Were staying at Rothera Survey base with mountains of ice all around.It is about minus 20 today which for me is very cold,but the regulars(常客) here are often seen walking around in T-shirts! Day 5:Thursday Decembe

13、r 4 I woke up to another beautiful sunny day here in the Antarctic.Im told its a bit colder today,about minus 50 ,but its not very windy so it feels warmer.Those of us who are new to the base have to do a special training course before were allowed to go off base to other stations or to go snowboard

14、ing over the nearby hill. Day 7:Saturday December 6 Not a cloud in the sky and its warm enough to sit outside (in a jacket).The most amazing thing about this place is how the scenery (风景) changes every day.At first I thought I was going mad.Id step outside in the morning and think,“Im sure that big

15、mountain of ice wasnt there yesterday.” Its because the sea ice is always movingslowly thankfully! 21.Lizzie sat outside wearing a jacket on . A.Tuesday B.Wednesday C.Thursday D.Saturday 22.What could stop Lizzie from leaving Stanley for Rothera? A.Strong winds. B.Thick clouds. C.Mountains of ice. D

16、.Low temperatures. 23.How did Lizzie feel during her stay in the Antarctic? A.Afraid. B.Nervous. C.Amazed. D.Bored. B Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S- shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterra

17、nean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas,which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets. “Storm at Sea”, a short poem written around 700, is generally reg

18、arded as one of mankinds earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic. When the wind is from the west All the waves that cannot rest To the east must thunder on Where the bright tree of the sun Is rooted in the oceans breast. As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull.It is an oc

19、ean that moves, impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling. It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breathperhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean,but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach.I

20、t mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.It is filled with symbiotic existences, too; unimaginable quantities of creatures, little and large alike, mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub- ocean vita

21、lity.And it has a psychology.It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions rough and wild; always it is strong and striking. 24.Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is . A.always energetic B.lacking in liveliness C.shaped like a square D.favored by ancient poets 25.

22、What is the purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage? A.To describe the movement of the waves. B.To show the strength of the storm. C.To represent the power of the ocean. D.To prove the vastness of the sea. 26.What does the underlined word “symbiotic” in the last paragraph mean? A.Liv

23、ing together. B.Growing fast. C.Moving harmoniously. D.Breathing peacefully. 27.In the last paragraph,the Atlantic is compared to . A.a beautiful and poetic place B.a flesh and blood person C.a wonderful world D.a lovely animal C Youll need to take a deep breath before hearing this news.An astonishi

24、ng 93% of kids around the world live in environments with air pollution levels that are damaging their health,according to a new report by WHO. Air pollution is to blame for the deaths of 543,000 kids under 5 in 2016,with more than one in four deaths of children under five years old being related to

25、 environmental issues.Exposure (暴露)to air pollution can damage the health of kids in a variety of ways,either causing or being associated with everything from low birth weight to childhood obesity and so on. “The large toll of disease and death revealed (揭示)by these new data should result in an urge

26、nt call to action for the global community especially for those in the health department WHO stated.“Strong action to reduce exposure to air pollution offers an opportunity to protect the health of children.” The report stressed that health experts should communicate with families,communities and po

27、licy-makers about the serious risks of air pollution exposure.“ Although more researches into how air pollution affects childrens health will continue to be valuable,there is already evidence to justify strong,swift action to prevent the damage it clearly produces,” WHO added. Disease caused by dirt

28、y air is more common in low-and-middle in some countries,especially those in Africa,South-East Asia,and Western Pacific regions.Poor countries in these areas have the highest levels of exposure to household air pollution due to the use of polluting fuels and technologies for basic needs like cooking

29、,heating and lighting. Advised solutions include cleaner transport,cleaner cooking and heating fuels and technologies energy-efficient housing and urban planning,safer industrial technologies and better waste management. 28.What is the second paragraph mainly about? A.The way to fight air pollution.

30、 B.The serious result of air pollution. C.The illnesses children are suffering. D.The deaths caused by air pollution. 29.What does the underlined word “toll” in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Number. B.Threat. C.Fact. D.Report. 30.What are health experts asked to do? A.Do more researches. B.Find ways to fight

31、air pollution. C.Make the serious risks known. D.Develop cleaner fuels and technologies. 31.What can we learn from the text? A.Researches of this kind have stopped. B.Air pollution caused 543,000 kids death in 2016. C.Nothing can be done to stop air pollution at present. D.Air pollution is more seri

32、ous in low-and-middle-income countries. D Green roofsroofs that are planted with vegetation(植被)may improve the indoor air quality of commercial buildings by cutting the amount of ozone coming into the buildings from the outside,according to new research from Portland State University. The findings a

33、dd to the already known environmental benefits of green roofs,including reducing carbon dioxide,decreasing storm water runoff and cutting down on urban heat,according to PSU researchers. The researchers from PSUs departments of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,Biology and the universitys Honors

34、College,set up measuring devices on the roof of a big-box retail(零售) store in North Portland that was split between a green roof and a more conventional white roof. They measured the air coming into the building from outdoor intake vents(通风孔),and found that the air coming in from the green roof area

35、 had modestly lower ozone levels than the air coming in from the unplanted area.They found that the vegetation trapped and filtered the ozone in the outdoor air. The trapping effect is a process known as dry deposition,in which airborne particles collect or deposit themselves on solid surfaces.Its a

36、 natural process that is key to removing pollutants from the atmosphere. The study was conducted over a two-day period.The authors said the findings bring about a longer-term studyone that could include measuring other pollutants as well as ozone. 32.Which of the following is NOT the benefits of gre

37、en roofs? A.Increasing storm water runoff. B.Cutting the amount of ozone. C.Cutting down on urban heat. D.Reducing carbon dioxide. 33.What do we know about the measuring devices used by researchers? A.They were put in a store. B.They helped filter the ozone. C.The air was measured by them. D.They ma

38、de the green roof cleaner. 34.What does the underlined word mean? A.Change. B.Increase. C.Remove. D.Absorb. 35.What is the best title of this passage? A.Green roofsa good way to improve indoor air quality B.The trapping effecta key to removing pollutant C.Lower ozone leversa solution to air pollutio

39、n D.Ozonea harmful air for peoples health 第二节(共 5小题;每小题 2.5分,满分 12.5分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。 I work as a meteorologist(气象学家) in Tampa,Florida.Its my job to follow hurricanes(飓风) and provide information about them to scientists. I was working for the National Meteorological Offi

40、ce in Bracknell,near London,in the autumn of 1995,and I saw a documentary called Storm Chasers with family. 36 Two months later I came across an ad for a meteorologist to work in Florida.I was interviewed over the phone,moved to the US,and started to work here in Tampa in May 1996. 37 I have been al

41、l over the world hunting hurricanes.Its exciting to end up in different cities and different countries day after day.If you are a meteorologist,you have to love flying.I also love working with top scientists. 38 For me,its like a classroom in the sky.People often ask me what an average day is like.I

42、n fact,theres no such thing as an average day in my job! 39 We often take off at a moments notice to hunt storms. Next,I would like to join a space program and be the first meteorologist in space. 40 There arent any hurricanes! If you also want to be a meteorologist,study math and science and get a

43、degree in meteorology.I have taken the hurricane hunter path,but you could do research. A.I have learned so much from them. B.What I like most about my job is the travel. C.Its a wonderful job and the pay is pretty good. D.It all depends on the weather,and you cant control that. E.However,I havent c

44、ome up with an experiment to do in space yet. F.Because of the job,Im away from my family who all live in the UK. G.It was about hurricane hunters and I thought,“Wow,thats an interesting job!” 第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分 30分) 第一节(共 15小题;每小题 1分,满分 15分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入 空白处的最佳选项。 In the dictionar

45、y of Jessica Cox,a woman aged 36 from Tucson,Arizona,there seems to be no such wordscant or impossible.How does that 41 ? Jessica was born without 42 but that has only stopped her doing one thing:using the word “cant.” While she 43 prosthetic limbs (义肢) as a child,she finally gave them up and used h

46、er feet to 44 everyday tasks.“Prosthetic limbs can never 45 the tactile (触觉的) ability of flesh and bonebut my feet have that ability,” she said. She has lived with her 46 since birth with no explanation as to why she was born without what most of us 47 as essential (基本的) parts,she has been proving t

47、hat she can do 48 people with arms can do,achieving what most people are proud of.With her feet,she can eat with chopsticks,type on a keyboard,play the piano and even surf on the sea.To our 49 ,she became the first armless black belt in the American Tae Kwon Do Association.But what 50 people most is

48、 that in 2008,she became the first 51 to fly a plane with her feet, 52 her a Guinness World Record. Now Jessica and her husband are working together touring the world as Jessica gives encouraging speeches.“I wanted to 53 others not to let fear stand in the way of their opportunities.” So,next time you are 54 to tell yourself,“I cant possibly.”,remember this outstanding woman and change the vocabulary in your 55 . 41.A.take down B.take place C.take apart D.take up 42.A.arms B.legs C.feet D.ears 43.A.dressed B.equipped C.wore D.chewed 44.A.perform B.operate C.