Module 11 Unit 1-2 阶段检测

（满分100分）

第一节单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

1. ― You have been on tour for a week in our city during National Day. What do you think about it?

― Oh, what different Suzhou! It isnt I saw last.

A. /; the one

B. a; the one

C. a; one

D. /; one

2. This is one of the explanations people hang stockings in front of the fireplace for Father Christmas to put presents in.

A. why

B. for which

C. for why

D. that

3. ― Your sister almost all her spare time to studying when she was in high school.

― Thats right, or she great success in the College Entrance Examination.

A. devoted; wouldnt have achieved

B. spent; wouldnt have achieved

C. devoted; hadnt achieved

D. hadnt spent; couldnt achieve

4. ― Where did you get to know her?

― It was on the farm we both once worked in the 1990s.

A. that

B. which

C. when

D. where

5. ― What kind of food do you prefer?

― but Japanese.

― How about Korean, then?

A. Something

B. Nothing

C. Anything

D. Everything

6. ― Not long ago he inherited ten thousand pounds from his grandpa, and now he is penniless. He spent his money carelessly on many worthless things.

― As the old saying goes, .

A. gold is the dust that blinds all eyes

B. a fool and his money are soon parted

C. he is the salt of the earth

D. nothing venture, nothing have

7. ― Whats wrong with you?

― Oh, I am sick. I so much ice cream just now.

A. shouldnt eat

B. mustnt eat

C. couldnt have eaten

D. shouldnt have eaten

8. China achieved a marvelous at the 16th Asian Games, first in the gold medal count with 199 gold medals.

A. improvement; to rank

B. progress; ranked

C. goal; has ranked

D. breakthrough; ranking

9. ― How about the performance?

― Wonderful! Well, you know, this performance is being held for the of the disabled, hoping to raise about their lives.

A. benefit; concern

B. prize; praise

C. profit; money

D. interest; level

10. ― I hear that a modern church is to be built near our school.

― Im afraid that it doesnt the surroundings.

A. fit in with

B. come up with

C. keep up with

D. get along with

11. ―What do you think of this dress, darling?

―Er ... sorry, dear. I . What did you say?

A. didnt listen

B. hadnt listened

C. havent listened

D. wasnt listening

12. ― Havent I told you that I like the beef welldone?

― Yes, but I it longer than I usually do.

A. was cooking

B. cooked

C. had cooked

D. will cook

13. ― Was your holiday trip to Europe amazing?

― Not really! But we got back safe, before the European airspace restriction caused by the Icelandic volcano ashes.

A. steadily

B. gradually

C. smoothly

D. fortunately

14. the stress and pressure from her job, she bore the burden of caring for her sick mother.

A. As long as

B. As far as

C. As soon as

D. As well as

15. ― OK, ＄500, but that is my last offer.

― .

A. Good idea!

B. What did you say?

C. Oh, its up to you.

D. OK, its a deal.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section. A small advertisement held my 16. It read, “Easy job. Good wages. No experience 17.” It sounded like the job I was 18. Easy job. Good wages. Those four words 19 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 20. Easy job. Good wages. Easy job. Good wages. Easy ...

When I got to the place I saw a series of large 21 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 22 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes. 23 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches. All had their 24 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 25 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching the labels on 26.

I sat down on a 27 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle. As the minutes went by I noticed that the 28 of the water started to 29 from my hand to my body. But 30 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 31 by the minute into a fullblown tomatocolored finger. A numb pain began to be felt 32 from my right thumb. Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.

After three hours of this I told the manager Id 33. He figured I had 34 69 cents at 23 cents an hour. With the money, I left the working place. “Easy job. Good wages.” came to my brain again. Looking at my hands, I 35 myself, “Can easy job get good wages?”

16. A. eyes

B. attention

C. decision

D. breath

17. A. necessary

B. relevant

C. practical

D. primitive

18. A. running after

B. looking for

C. heading for

D. looking after

19. A. circled

B. moved

C. flashed

D. attacked

20. A. letter

B. sign

C. advertisement

D. post

21. A. baskets

B. bowls

C. pots

D. basins

22. A. hiding

B. sticking

C. rising

D. breaking

23. A. In

B. Above

C. Under

D. Around

24. A. arms

B. hands

C. legs

D. feet

25. A. knife

B. snail

C. bottle

D. brush

26. A. that

B. those

C. them

D. it

27. A. chair

B. bench

C. bottle

D. sofa

28. A. smell

B. coldness

C. color

D. steam

29. A. spread

B. travel

C. recycle

D. accelerate

30. A. worse

B. better

C. more

D. rather

31. A. going

B. finding

C. growing

D. becoming

32. A. sooner or later

B. here and there

C. one by one

D. little by little

33. A. adapt

B. equip

C. bargain

D. quit

34. A. taken

B. offered

C. earned

D. created

35. A. thought

B. asked

C. found

D. hated

第三节阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Youre in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

“I cant believe it ― a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isnt it beautiful? And its a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”

They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. Its nice and the price is right. Youve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover (暗中进行的) marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that dont pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation―consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they dont trust ads.

So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive (欺诈性的), but marketing manager Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.”

However, one might ask what exactly is “real” about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Adverting managers would say its no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You dont know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

36. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could .

A. get the sweater at a lower price

B. be heard by people around

C. be admired by other shoppers

D. decide on buying the sweater

37. Undercover marketing is effective mainly because .

A. MTV generation dont trust traditional ads

B. people believe if a person looks cool, the product seems cool, too

C. traditional ads fail to persuade people to buy things

D. it reaches people without being noticed.

38. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. The two girls enjoy wearing Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because its too direct.

D. Undercover marketing will surely be stopped soon by the government.

39. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Two Attractive Shoppers

B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

C. Ways of Advertising

D. Undercover Marketing

B

You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. Its just that they do not recognize that their idea could be the start of an invention.

Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they dont let them slip away.

For example, the inventor of the dishwasher, American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.

Like Cochranes, most inventions are created to solve a problem. So, the first and most important step is to find the problem.

You can start by looking at what is wrong with things you use now. You can ask grandparents or neighbours if they remember ever saying: “I wish someone would invent something for...” Or you can look at people in different areas such as on the street, or at school. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement.

Remember to record your ideas and work. This will help you develop your invention and protect it when it is completed.

The next step is to think about possible solutions. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of many, varied, and unusual ways.

You can often come up with a solution for a problem by looking at it from a different angle (角度) or thinking about it in a new way.

Example 1 ― instead of thinking of shoes as protecting your feet from the ground, think of using something to protect the ground from your feet.

Example 2 ― instead of thinking about how you can carry oranges home from a store, think of how they can come to you by delivery or growing your own.

Example 3 ― instead of experimenting with only one solution, can you put two or three solutions together, or arrange them in different orders?

And if one solution doesnt work, can it be put to other uses? That was how yellow postit notes (N次贴) came about ― a “failed” adhesive (粘合剂) experiment proved a weak adhesive had good uses too!

After all, most inventions are not brand new. They do not come out of nowhere, but come out of things or ideas that already exist. And the hardest part of inventing, even for a lot of inventors, is coming up with a problem and finding a solution. Once you have an idea, you can always get help building your invention.

This problemsolving technique can also work in your everyday lives. So, why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world?

40. The main idea of this story is .

A. how to improve the world

B. that you can invent and how you will be able to do so

C. problemsolving technique

D. how inventors invent great things

41. What makes inventors different from other people is probably that .

A. they consider every idea as an invention

B. they are full of creative ideas

C. they enjoy solving problems for others

D. they look for problems and try to solve them in a new and better ways

42. What made Josephine Cochrane decide to invent the dishwasher?

A. Her love of parties.

B. Her dislike of dishwashing.

C. Her desire for something that could do the dishwashing better.

D. Her love of using various machines in her house.

43. The underlined phrase “come about” probably means to .

A. come into being

B. used up

C. work

D. disappear

C

A chip inserted in a young quadriplegics (四肢麻痹患者) brain is already improving his quality of life. Soon the benefits may be more widespread.

A 25yearold man unable to move from the neck down recently did what many assumed impossible. After a knife attack that had left him paralyzed, all he could move was his head, which he used to push a switch and call for a nurse. And he could turn his wheelchair by blowing into a straw near his face. That was it.

Then last June, a Foxborough (Mass.) company called Cyber Kinetics opened the mans skull and inserted a special chip no larger than a baby aspirin. That insert has given him a few additional and precious abilities. When connected to a special computer via a cable, the chip translates the young mans thoughts into commands that let him move a cursor across a PC screen and open email. He can draw a circle with a computer painting program. And he can use a robotic hook (钩) to perform simple tasks like picking up a candy and sliding it across a table.

All he has to do is to think.

Several new studies have begun or been completed in the past year. In fact, more than half of the scientific papers in this field, called braintocomputer interaction (BCI), have been published in the past two years, notes Jonathan Wolpaw, a research physician at Wadsworth Center, the New York State Health Dept.s research laboratory.

Brain surgeries (手术) are no longer rare: Thousands of Parkinsons disease patients have had special devices inserted in their brains to ease uncontrollable shaking and other symptoms. The inserts themselves have improved, so the body doesnt reject them as furiously (猛烈地). And significant development has been achieved in software used to interpret the brains signals and change them into commands understood by computers.

But increased demand for thought technology remains the biggest reason for the fields progress. Today, 4 million Americans live with paralysis according to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.

Scientists hope that thought technology will reduce the impact of such disabilities. People with spinalcord injuries, for example, often lose their ability to walk because the communications network between their brain and their legs has been interrupted. The brain still commands the leg muscles to move, but they dont hear its orders.

Thought technology, scientists hope, will bridge this communications gap. “Our goal is for you to see paralyzed people eating at a restaurant and for you not to know that they are paralyzed,” says John Donoghue, founder and chief scientific officer at Cyber Kinetics.

44. What was the young mans trouble after a knife attack?

A. It was impossible for him to do anything.

B. By no means could he call for a nurse.

C. He could not use his organs under the neck.

D. He was unable to move his head.

45. What can we learn from Paragraph Six?

A. There used to be a lot of brain surgeries.

B. There has been some progress in the field of thought technology.

C. People with Parkinsons disease reject the use of the chip in their brains.

D. No software has been developed to interpret the brains signals.

46. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Communications gap

B. Thought technology

C. American quadriplegics

D. Human brains

D

Henry Ford, American car manufacturer, founded the Ford Car Company and produced Type T cars. He succeeded in making America a big car country.

Growing up on a faraway Michigan farm, Henry Ford knew little of farming ― but he soon showed signs that he belonged to a new generation of Americans interested more in the industrial future than in the agricultural past. His father, William, hoped that his eldest son would join him on the farm, enable it to become larger, and at last, take it over. But Henry hated farm work and did everything he could to avoid it. It was not that he was lazy. Far from it. Give him a mechanical job to do and he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its repetitive tasks, that frustrated him. “What a waste it is,” he wrote years later, remembering his work in the fields, “for a human being to spend hours and days behind a slowly moving team of horses.”

So Henry turned his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became interested in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing clocks and watches for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom. In 1876, Henry left the farm, and three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit. By this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henrys fascination.

According to Henry himself, he first saw a steamdriven road engine one day in 1877 when he and his father, in their horsedrawn farm wagon, met one on the road. The engine driver stopped to let the wagon pass, and Henry jumped down and went to him with many technical questions about the engines performance. From then on, for a while, Henry became fascinated with steam engines.

A chance meeting with an old coworker led to a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company, the leading force in another new industry. Power stations were being built and cables being laid in all of the United States major cities; the age of electricity had begun. But although Henry quickly learned the rules for his new job ― so quickly that within four years he was the chief engineer at the Detroit power plant ― his interest in fuel engines had control of his life. At first in the kitchen, and later in a shed at the back of his house, he spent his spare time in the evenings trying to build an engine to his own design.

Henry learned it was a slow, hard business to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made separately, checked and rechecked, and tested. Every problem had to be worried over and solved by the builder. To ease the burden, Henry joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years before they had succeeded in building a working car. It was a simple one, fixed on bicycle wheels and driven by a rubber belt that connected the engine to the back wheels. Henry called it the “Quadricycle”.

47. Henry tried to avoid farm work because .

A. he was lazy

B. farming was a waste of time

C. he didnt like working with horses

D. the daily life and work on the farm was boring

48. Henry was most interested in .

A. clocks and watches

B. steam engines

C. electricity

D. fuel engines

49. To build an engine was slow and painstaking for the builders because.

A. they didnt know how to do it

B. they didnt have enough money

C. they had no car wheels

D. they had no machines and the job was complicated

50. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Henry began to like machines in his childhood.

B. Henry built his first working car with his own efforts.

C. It took them two years of hard work to build their first car.

D. Their first car was more like a bicycle with four wheels.

第四节任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格1个单词。

Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, says that a study of 1,000 Brits revealed that the six most common sleeping positions can indicate personality types.

“We are all aware of our body language when we are awake but this is the first time we have been able to see what our subconscious posture says about us,” Idzikowski said. “Whats interesting is that the profile behind the posture is often very different from what we would expect.” The research also links certain sleeping positions with health risks. Some aid digestion while others spur on snoring (打鼾) and restlessness.

Here are the six common sleeping positions and correlated personality types and health implications, according to this study.

Fetus position ― A whopping 41% of participants sleep in this curledup manner. Women are twice as likely to rest like this and it is listed as the most common position. These sleepers are said to have a tough appearance but are still sensitive and may appear to be shy but warm up quickly.

Log position ― If you sleep on your side with both arms down, you are a social, easygoing person who is trusting, sometimes to the point of being gullible. The study showed 15% of people sleep like a log.

Yearner position ― A close third is the sidelying position with both arms out in front of the body, with 13% of partipants sleeping like this. Yearners are noted to be openminded and still cynical, suspicious, and stubborn about sticking to decisions once they are made.

Soldier position ― These sleepers lie on their backs with arms down and kept close to the body. This 8% study is said to be reserved, quiet, without fuss, and hold themselves and others to a high standard. Soldier sleepers have a higher likelihood for snoring due to the flatback position, which may not cause them to wake up often but may result in a less restful nights sleep.

Freefall position ― Those people who lie on their bellies with arms under or wrapped around a pillow with head turned to the side, make up 7% of the population studied. Freefallers are brash, outgoing, and are very uncomfortable with criticism.

Starfish position ― Sleepers who lie on their backs with arms up near their head or the pillow account for 5% of participants. These people tend to be listeners with great patience, and are uncomfortable being the center of attention. People who sleep in starfish position are more likely to snore and to suffer from a poor nights sleep more often.

Title: sleep position and your personality

Scientists have come to the 51 that sleep positions can indicate personality types. Despite our 52 of body language while awake, scientists have found it interesting that the profile behind the subconscious posture is of great 53.

Fetus positionThose who curl up while sleeping are usually 54but shy and sensitive indeed.

Log positionPeople who sleep like a log usually 55 others and easy to be cheated.

Yearner position Those who 56 on their sides with arms in front are not easy to change their minds.

Soldier positionThese sleepers are more 57 to snore and experience poor sleep.

Freefall positionThis kind of sleepers are outgoing but feel uncomfortable with 58.

Starfish positionThe sleepers listen to others with 59but dislike being paid 60 to.

第五节书面表达 (满分25分)

假定你是李华，英语课上你们班级就“好学生的标准”展开讨论, 结果如图所示。请你根据思路图提示的内容，写一篇英语短文，总结讨论结果，并谈谈自己的看法。

注意：

1．开头语已经给出, 不计入总词数；

2．根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯；

3．词数：150左右。

好学生的标准

身体健康

有礼貌

心理健康

有面对困难的勇气

Most people think that only a person who is good at studying is a good student.

参考答案

单项选择

1-5 BCADC6-10 BDDAA11-15 DBDDD

完型填空

16-20 BABCC21-25 DBDBC

26-30 DBBAA31-35 CDDCB

阅读理解

36-39 BDCD40-43 BDCA

44-46 CBB47-50 DDDB

任务型阅读

51. conclusion

52. awareness

53. difference

54. toughlooking

55. trust

56. lie

57. likely

58. criticism

59. patience

60. attention

书面表达

One possible version:

Most people think that only a person who is good at studying is a good student. But I dont completely agree. The standard of a good student should not only be his or her marks, but also the following aspects.

First of all, its important to have a healthy body and a sound spirit. On the one hand, a healthy body gives a student courage in the face of difficulties and danger, while on the other hand a sound spirit means that a student is able to bravely face various challenges. Besides, a good student should also be creative, quick to learn, polite to his or her teachers and parents, and have other good qualities.

In short, I think students should be judged based on all the criteria we have for judging a human being, not just on their grades.

（作者：张克印，江苏省淮安中学）

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