高中英语Unit1Alandofdiversity单元综合测新人教版选修8.docx

1、高中英语Unit1Alandofdiversity单元综合测新人教版选修8Unit 1 A land of diversity - 单元测 一、适当形式填空(单句适当形式)（共5小题；共5分） 1. As the wages were low, there were few (apply) for the job. 2. It suddenly (occur) to him that he had left his keys in the office. 3. The rural (reform) have achieved good results, and there has been a

2、 noticeable change in the countryside. 4. With the chance (slip) through your fingers, it is no use crying over spilt milk. 5. , she took no notice of the mistakes in the experiment. (apparent)二、单词拼写(单句首字母填空)（共10小题；共10分） 6. Li Ming was e our monitor for his excellent leadership. 7. Problems i the op

3、portunities; challenges mean the development. 8. You could h a dress for the ball if you cant afford to buy one. 9. In the winter break I went n , just stayed at home.10. All our l must be checked over before we are on board a plane.11. My mother suffered all kinds of h throughout her life.12. The m

4、an buried in the grave was wearing gold earrings, which made him a man of d .13. The m of the students studying in our school can go to university.14. No one shall avoid p for the wrong things that he/she does.15. You should g the opportunity. If you let it go, it wont come again.三、翻译(根据中文提示完成句子)（共5

5、小题；共5分）16. 政府已经采取措施使这个风俗得以延续下去。The government has taken measures to make this custom .17. 我借助报纸上的一则广告找到了我的自行车。I found my bike a notice in the newspaper.18. 他们在加拿大定居下来，习惯了新的生活方式。(词数不限)They settled down in Canada and for themselves.19. 他想申请在昨天报纸上刊登的销售人员一职。(词数不限) (apply)He would like the position as a

6、salesman advertised in the newspaper yesterday.20. 他情愿独自经商，而不愿与其他人合伙。(词数不限) (team)He preferred to go into business alone rather than anyone else.四、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）21. This price the cost of all the accommodation and food. A. takes up B. takes off C. takes over D. takes in22. - What a mess! You are a

7、lways so lazy! - Im not to blame, mum. I am you have made me. A. how B. what C. that D. who23. They are singing and dancing to their high spirits despite great hardships. A. keep up B. set up C. bring up D. pick up24. With houses flooded away, people had to live in the tent. A. lots of; a great deal

8、 of B. a great deal of; a good many C. plenty of; many D. many a; much25. From space, the earth looks blue. This is about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water. A. why B. how C. because D. whether26. wants to get the job will be responsible for the daily cleaning of the office. A. A

9、nyone B. Whichever C. Who D. Whoever27. Exactly the potato was introduced into Europe is uncertain, but it was probably around 1565. A. whether B. why C. when D. how28. It is said that many streets in this city have been for cultural protection. A. left out B. carried out C. marked out D. stood out2

10、9. The message you intend to convey through words may be the exact opposite of others actually understand. A. why B. that C. which D. what30. - Id like to invite you to my birthday party this evening. - Thanks, but Ill have time Im not sure at the moment. A. while B. whether C. that D. when五、完形填空（共2

11、0小题；共30分） My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our 31 to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that 32 us human, we are

12、 almost the 33 . I believe there is more that unites us than 34 us. My mother came to the US from India. She is 35 enough that she got her service 36 in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose 37 came from Germany in the mid-1800s. It seems 38 to admit now, but I never 3

13、9 that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk 40 the street of our church together. They were 41 in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands 42 together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was.

14、I knew them as my parents 43 I realized their skin color. Im sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race 44 walking down the street, I see the mixed race first and the couple second. When my parents married in 1966, there were 45 places in this country that had laws 46 mixed marriage. 47 , my whit

15、e grandfather, 48 father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage. Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others 49 . Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all 50 . But deep down inside us, down in ou

16、r DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.31. A. feature B. character C. nature D. quality32. A. gets B. lets C. has D. makes33. A. same B. different C. familiar D. similar34. A. differs B. divides C. parts D. splits35. A. yellow B. white C. dark D. brown36. A. turn

17、ed out B. turned down C. turned over D. turned back37. A. ancestors B. parents C. family D. origin38. A. silly B. wise C. stupid D. foolish39. A. noticed B. looked C. watched D. observed40. A. in B. up C. out D. down41. A. entering B. running C. attending D. participating42. A. rocking B. shaking C.

18、 swinging D. waving43. A. unless B. after C. before D. until44. A. marriage B. couple C. double D. twins45. A. always B. also C. almost D. still46. A. allowing B. preventing C. encouraging D. banning47. A. Therefore B. However C. But D. Otherwise48. A. which B. whose C. that D. what49. A. long B. hi

19、gh C. tall D. kind50. A. similar B. familiar C. unique D. same六、阅读理解（共15小题；共30分）A John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks. Fortunatel

20、y he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard dont succ

21、eed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.” These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work dont mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chic

22、ago. Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. Johns mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of wordsas an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish

23、 a magazine for blacks. While others discouraged him, Johns mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn(典当) her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine for blacks. It is natural that difficulties and failures followed J

24、ohn closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mothers words in mind.: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!” Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in Americaworth $150 million.51. Johns mother decided to move to Chicago because . A. his father died when John was

25、very young B. life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown C. John needed more education badly D. there were no school for Negroes in their hometown52. Johns mother . A. didnt believe in or depend on others B. thought one could be whatever one wanted to be C. believed one would succeed wi

26、thout working hard D. thought no one could succeed without working hard53. The sentence “Nothing beats a failure but a try” means . A. if you try, you would succeed B. a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try C. a try is always followed by a failure D. no failure can be beaten unless you tryB

27、San Francisco Is Now an Asian City When Jeannie Gant left Hong Kong in 1993 to move to the US, she chose San Francisco because she knew she could find her favourite dishes. And also because San Franciscans better know the fact that the Asian community(团体) is not one, she added. Tell them that you ar

28、e Korean or Chinese, and they will know the difference. This year San Francisco will become the only city in the US besides Honolulu(檀香山) with more Asians than whites. For the Chinese population particularly, this is a historic event, says David Lee, executive(执行的) director of the Chinese-American V

29、oter Education Committee. Lee says that Chinese make up about 65 percent of San Franciscos Asian population. But he says it is important to remember that they were welcomed here. The founding fathers of San Francisco, who were Irish and Italian, did all they could to prevent the Chinese and Asians i

30、n general from growing as a community. Lee says, Now 100 to 150 years later, the Asian community has developed in ways that were unimagined just 50 years ago, when almost all of San Franciscos Chinese lived in a five or six block area known as Chinatown. The city now is the heart of Asian America, h

31、e says. Travel anywhere in Asia, ask which American cities people have heard of, and San Francisco will be at the top of the list.The immigration(移民入境) trend started in 1965. Through the 70s and 80s there were many Asians coming, that continues today. African American families are being taken the place of from low income neighborhoods in the south of the city by Asian immigrants who have more capital, he says. Asians have begun to have their influence politically by becoming American citizens and registering(登记) to vote.54. How many cities are there in America, where there are mo