Module1单元测试题.docx

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Module1单元测试题

Module1单元测试题2

第二部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

 A

      RecentlywetalkedwithDianeLucasofSaboutscrapbooking（剪贴薄制作）.

      Whatisscrapbookingexactly?

      WhenImakeascrapbookpage,Itakeafewofmyfamilyphotosandputthemintoapagethatusesbeautifulpaper,stickers,drawings,andwordstoshowthetheme（主题）.Forexample,thispageaboutmysoniscalled“FirstDayatSchool”.Here'saphotoofhimandoneofhisdrawings,andIdecorated（装饰）itwithstickers.Whenyoumakeascrapbook,youcanputwordsandpicturestogethertoshowtheimportanttimesinyourlife.It'slikeapersonalhistory.

      Howdidyougetstarted?

      WhenIwasachild,Ialwayssavedbitsofpaper,thingslikemovieticketsandvacationpostcards.Imademyfirstscrapbooktenyearsago,whenmyfatherdied.WhenIlookedthroughhisdesk,Ifoundthemostwonderfulthings—likemyparents'anniversarycards,andphotosfromhisarmydays.Icouldn'tthrowawayanything,soImadetwoscrapbookswithmycollections,formybrotherandme.

      Doyouknowotherpeoplewhomakescrapbooks?

      Oh,yes!

Wecallourselves“scrappers”,andweoftenhave“crops”,bigpartieswhereweallworkonourscrapbooks.Webringourscissorsandpapersandourboxesofphotos,andwetalkwhilemakingnewpages.It'satimeforenjoyment,whenfriendsshowpicturesandtellstoriesaboutourfamilies,andourlives.Atthesametime,wecreateabooktokeepthosememories.

      Whyisscrapbookingsopopularthesedays?

      Ithinkpeoplewanttorecordtheirfamilyhistory,andshowittootherpeople.Whenyoumakeascrapbook,youcanpassthestoriesontoyourchildren,andyourgrandchildren.Somanypeopletodaywanttodothat!

Weallhaveboxesofpictures,andweallwanttokeepthosememories.That'stherealmeaningofscrapbooking.

21.Scrapbookingrequiresthatthescrappershave_____.

A.abitofcreativity

B.goodhandwriting

C.richlifeexperiences

D.awideknowledgeofhistory

22.DianeLucasmadeherfirstscrapbook_____.

A.inhonorofherfather

B.whenservinginthearmy

C.withthehelpofherbrother

D.undertheinfluenceofherparents

23.WhatdoesDianeLucasthinkofthe“crops”?

A.They'rehardtohold.

B.They'reveryinteresting.

C.They'requitecompetitive.

D.They'refullofchallenges.

24.InDianeLucas'mind,scrapbookingisagoodwayto_____.

A.makefriends                                       

B.rewritehistory

C.educatechildren                     

D.sharepeople'sstories

B

Tabloids（小报）arenewspapersthatusuallyreportnewsaboutpeople.However,thestoriesoftenleavereaderswondering,“Couldthisreallybetrue?

”Readthefollowingstoriesfromthehottesttabloidsintown.

Brasilia,BrazilAfterGilbertoCarvalho—amillion-dollarlottery（彩票）winner—toldreportersthathisluckhadcomefromaparticularfishinaparkpond,morethan200otherBraziliansspokeupwithsimilarstories.Theyhadtouchedthisfishandsoonafterhadwonaprize!

Althoughthis“magicfish”isbeingstudiedandoff-limitstothepublic,manypeoplehavewonmoneysimplybytouchingitspicture.

Cleveland,Ohio,U.S.BruceZalmer,32,isfireproof.Hisskincanwithstand（禁得住）flameswithoutpainordamage.Andhislungscantakeinoxygenfromsmokyair.Medicalscientistsareamazedthatahumancouldhaveeitherofthesequalities,letaloneboth.AlthoughZalmerseeshimselfas“justaregularguy”,heoncesavedafamilyoffourfromaburningbuildingafterfirefightershadgivenuphope.

Nakuru,KenyaAstouristsinabuslookedoninamazement,aspaceshipcaught11elephantsfromawildlifepark.Thebusdriverhadstoppedatawateringholeandthetouristswerewatchingtheelephantswhenahugespaceshipappeared.Theshipshotdownapowerfulbeamoforangelightthatsuckedup（吸走）theelephantsandthenflewoff.Parkofficialsconfirmedthat11full-grownelephantshaddisappeared.

Monterrey,MexicoDoctorssaythathundredsofpeoplewhohadbeenoldandsickbecameyoungandhealthyagainbydrinkingfromawaterfountain （喷泉）inapublicpark.Parkofficialsremovedthefountainbecausecrowdswerebecomingadanger.Yetthepeoplewhohaddrunkitswaterremainedyoungandhealthy—andmadeothersyoungandhealthy,too,simplybyhuggingthem!

25.InBrasilia,it'ssaidthatthereisamagicfishthat_____.

A.bringspeoplegoodluck

B.knowshowtowinprizes

C.cancommunicatewithhumans

D.canrecognizedifferenttypesofmoney

26.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeBruceZalmer?

A.Smart.      B.Brave.

C.Dangerous.    D.Far-sighted.

27.Allthestoriesmentionedinthetextare_____.

A.reasonable        B.frightening

C.encouraging      D.unbelievable

C

Peoplewhorealizeandmastertheartofsmalltalkcanuseittoimproverelationships.Smalltalkcanleadto“big”talk—moreimportantdiscussions.Usingsmalltalk,youcanachievebigresults.Butmanypeopledohavefearsthatholdthembackfrommakingsmalltalk.

Foronething,thosewhorefusetomakesmalltalkusuallyfeartheunknown.WhenIwaslittle,mymomsaid,“Don'ttalktostrangers!

”Forsomepeople,thatchildhoodfearofstrangerscontinuesintoadulthood.

Supposeyouareatabusinessnetworkingeventandhavecheckedoutwhoisthereandfoundpotential（潜在的）conversationpartners.You'rereadytomakeyourmove,buttherearebutterfliesinyourstomach.Youaretoofrightenedtointroduceyourselftototalstrangers.

Consideradifferentsituationforthenextnetworkingeventyouattend.Toovercome（克服）yournervousness,youcanthinkofyourselfasanevent'shostandnotitsguest.Asahost,youwouldintroduceyourselftopeopleyoudon'tknowandintroducethemtoothers.Youcanplaytheroleofthehosteventhoughyouarenottheactualhost.Getinthehabitofholdingoutyourhandfirstandsaying,“Hi,mynameis...”

Anotherreasonwhypeoplerefusetoopentheirmouthisthefearofrejection（拒绝）.Anytimeyouopenyourmouthandspeak,youriskrejection.Ifyounevertalktopeople,youwon'tberejected.Butifyounevertalktopeople,youwillalsobeverylonely.ThebestwayI'vefoundtoovercomethefearofrejectionistofocusonhowIfeelwhenIamaccepted.

Soaskyourself:

whatdoIhavetolose?

Nothing!

WhatdoIhavetogain?

Possiblyeverything!

Thinkbacktowhenyoufirstmetyourbestfriendoranyimportantpersoninyourlife.Howdiditallstart?

Youprobablystartedwithsmalltalk.

28.InParagraph1,theauthorwantstotellusthatsmalltalkis_____.

A.worthdoing      B.hardtomake

C.oftenignored                  D.veryinteresting

29.Theunderlinedpart“therearebutterfliesinyourstomach”probablymeansyouare_____.

A.busy                              B.nervous

C.confident                      D.excited             

30.Whenyouareatabusinessnetworkingevent,youareadvisedto_____.

A.talkwiththehost    B.behaveyourself

C.trytobehelpful            D.playanactiverole

31.What'sthepurposeofthetext?

A.Toadvise.                   B.Todiscuss.

C.Todescribe.         D.Tointroduce.

D

Moby-DickisgenerallyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericannovels,anditsbiginfluencehasexpandedbeyondnationalborders.Overmanyyears,theLibraryofCongresshascollectededitionstranslatedintoSpanish,German,Russian,Japanese,KoreanandLithuanian.Butthelatesttranslationeschewsthewrittenwordaltogether,tellingthestorythroughemojiicons—thepictograms（picturesrepresentingwordsorphrases）seenintextmessagesande-mails.（EmojifirstappearedinJapaninthemid-1990s.）It'sagreatefforttoexplorewhetheremojiitselfisbecomingafree-standinglanguage.

InEmojiDick,eachandeverysentenceofHermanMelville'snovelistranslatedintotheemojilanguage.ThebookisthecreationofanengineercalledFredBenenson,whohasbeeninterestedinemojisince2009.Usingmorethan$3,500raisedfromKickstarter—theworld'slargestfundingplatformforcreativeprojects,hehadtheworkerbeesofAmazon'sonlineMechanicalTurk—aservicethatpayspeopletodosmallonlinetasks—gothroughthetextlinebyline.Morethan800 workersgotinvolvedintheproject.

Wouldemojiusersbeabletoappreciatethefantastictranslationofthenovel?

“Asaconceptual（概念化的）piece,it'ssuccessful,”Benensonsays,laughing.Asaword-for-wordtranslation,hethinksaround10percentofthesentencesdisplayflashesofcleverness.Ifoundmyselfsmilingatsomeofthemoreimaginativeefforts,suchaswhenalighted tomahawk （战斧） is made obvious bycombiningthesymbolsforfireandajudge'sgavel（小木槌）.

“It'suptothereadersof EmojiDick todecidewhethertotakeitseriously,”saysMichaelNeubert,adigital（数字化的）projectsexpertattheLibraryofCongress,whogotthebook.Whatinterestshimisthatitis“aworkofthisparticularmomentintime”—aspecialrepresentationofdigitallanguageforfuturegenerationstostudywhenemoji,andperhapsevencellphones,havegonethewayofthetelegraph（电报）.

32.Theunderlinedword“eschews”inParagraph1canbestbereplacedby_____.

A.avoids                   B.changes

C.finds                    D.invents

33.WhatcanwelearnaboutBenenson?

A.HewastheauthorofMoby-Dick.

B.Hewasthefirstonetouseemojiicons.

C.Hedidn'ttranslate Moby-Dick byhimself.

D.Hedesignedhisownsystemofpictograms.

34.AccordingtoNeubert,EmojiDick_____.

A.waswritteninexcellentdigitallanguage 

B.isahistoricalrecordofdigitallang