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Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
单元素养评估 A 卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
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）
阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Working as a vet(兽医), I met a family that taught me an unforgettable lesson. They came to
my clinic with their dying dog, Coco. I examined Coco and found she was old and had a serious
illness. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Coco, and that euthanasia(安乐死) would be
the best for the dog.
On that day, their little boy Eric seemed so calm, patting the old dog for the last time, that I
wondered if Eric understood what was going on.
The little boy seemed to accept Coco’s death without any difficulty. We sat together for a
while after Coco’s death. I explained that animals’ lives are shorter than human lives.
Eric, who had been listening quietly, said, “I know why.”
He said, “People need a lifetime to learn how to live a good life—like loving everybody all
the time and being nice, right?” The 6-year-old continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do
that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”
I’d never heard a more soft-hearted explanation as to why animals’ lives are so short. It has
changed the way I live. I see every day as the day that my life could be easily taken away, so I
try to live my life to the fullest.
1. What was the matter with Coco?
A. She had a stomachache. B. She had a headache.
C. She was old and dying. D. She was hurt by her friend.
2. Why was Eric so calm while patting the dog for the last time?
A. Because he didn’t know what was going on.
B. Because he didn’t know how to face Coco’s death.
C. Because he had another dog.
D. Because he accepted Coco’s death.
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A. The vet didn’t do anything for Coco.
B. The vet makes an effort to live a full life.
C. The vet has lived his life to the fullest.
D. The vet will keep more dogs.
B
A day in the life of 18-year-old David Lanster is full of teenage activities: school，baseball practice，
homework．And then he starts cooking．"Some nights I'm up until 1 am making pies，or even later if
we're cooking beef，" said the student at Ransom Everglades High School in Florida，US．
For the past year，Lanster and Kelly Moran，his classmate，have been hosting fancy dinner parties
at Lanster's parents' home．Their meals have 17 courses and are all made by them．Their guests used to
give them gifts to thank them，until the pair decided to do something nice for charity．"We got some
really great Miami Heat tickets，a nice watch，and many kitchen machines，" Lanster said．" But we
wanted to make this something positive for people rather than us．"
Lanster and Moran focused on Common Threads，a charity (慈善机构) that helps to teach kids in
poor neighbourhood to cook and make healthy eating choices．The young cooks ask their guests to give
however much they want as payment for their meals．It all goes to Common Threads because Lanster's
parents cover their food costs．After their last 12-person event，Lanster and Moran gave $1，600 to the
charity．Now，they're taking their show out of the kitchen and on the road．Lanster and Moran have
started to organise private dinner parties in a similar way: the host pays for the ingredients(食材)，and the
guests make a donation (捐赠) to a charity．
Outside the kitchen，the two are busy preparing their college applications．Neither is sure what they
will do in the future，but they've promised their parents that they'll leave cooking alone until they finish
high school．
4．Why does Lanster and Moran cook now?
A．To get gifts from guests．
B．To raise money for charity．
C．To become cooks．
D．To make healthier eating choices．
5．What can we infer about Lanster and Moran?
A．They will give up cooking forever．
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C．Their parents support cooking as a job．
D．They will stop cooking for college applications．
6．Which of the following words can best describe Lanster and Moran?
A．Selfish and reliable．
B．Creative and helpful．
C．Confident and careful．
D．Outgoing and patient．
7．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．A Great Cook
B．Eat as You Wish
C．Helping by Cooking
D．Cooking for School Fees
C
Micro plastics are tiny bits of plastic often too small to be seen. Plastic doesn't decompose like natural
materials. Instead, it just breaks into smaller and smaller pieces. No one knows exactly how much plastic is
in the oceans. Since the sea is so large and so deep, it s hard to get a good idea of how much plastic it
contains. But in recent years, scientists have made greater efforts to get a more accurate idea.
Some studies have suggested that since 1950. about 17 million metric tons(公吨)of plastic have
entered the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists believe that the plastic previously found on beaches and on the
surface of the water is only about 1% of all the plastic in the oceans. Researchers from the United Kingdom
(UK) want to find out where the other 99% was.
For two months in 2016 the researchers took samples at 12 different locations in the Atlantic Ocean
from the UK to South America. They collect water samples from three different depths in the top 200
meters. By running the water through special fllters(过滤器),they were able to collect the micro plastics,
which they could view and study with a microscope.
Based on their measurments. the researchers learned that just the top 200 meters of the Atlantic Ocean
holds between 12 and 21 million metric tons of plastics. But the Atlantic Ocean is very deep, and the
scientists only checked the top 200 meters. They say that if micro plastics are spread through the rest of the
Atlantic like they were in the top 200 meters, thin there arc probably about 200 million metric tons of micro
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Though the scientists only studied the Atlantic ocean the results suggest that there may be far more
micro plastic in all oceans than we realized. The problems go far beyond ocean pollution. Micro plastic
particles have been found just in everywhere around the world from Antarctica to the bottom of the sea.
Scientist predict that the amount of plastic entering our oceans is likely to triplet over the next 20
years. Having a good idea of how much plastic is already then might be a good first step to fighting the
problem.
8. What docs the underlined word “decompose” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. turn up B. break down C. give off D. bring out
9. What is the latest idea about the plastic in the seas?
A. Previous data of plastic consists of only a very small part.
B. There is only 17 million metric ton of plastic on the earth.
C. The amount of plastic in the seas is on the decrease in recent years.
D. The amount of plastic in the seas is increasing by 1 % yearly.
10. What is the author’s attitude according to the text?
A. Pessimistic. B. Confident. C. Objective. D. Conserved.
11. What does the author expect to take place?
A. More pollutants will turn out in the future. B.Measures will be taken to deal with plastic.
C. The oceans will be cleaned in the future. D. More people will be aware of plastic pollution.
D
Could the device, smartphone or PC, which you are using, affect the moral decisions you make when
using it? To test it, researchers presented multiple dilemmas to a sample set of 1, 010 people. The
participants were assigned a device at random.
One case of the questions participants were asked is the classic “trolley problem”: A runaway trolley is
heading towards five people tied up on a set of train tracks. You can do nothing, resulting in the deaths of
five people, or push a man off a bridge, which will stop the trolley. The practical response is to kill one man
to save five lives, which 33. 5 percent of smartphone users chose, compared to 22. 3 percent of PC users.
“What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems,
they were more likely to make more unemotional, reasonable decisions when presented with a highly
emotional dilemma, ” Dr. Albert Barque-Duran, the lead author of the study, told City University of
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂London. “This could be due to the increased time pressure often present with smartphones and also the
increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices compared to PCs. ”
As for why the researchers started this study, Dr. Barque-Duran noted, “Due to the fact that our social
lives, work and even shopping take place online, it is important to think about how the contexts where we
typically face moral decisions and are asked to engage in moral behavior have changed, and the impact this
could have on the hundreds of millions of people who use such devices daily. ”It’s clear that we need more
research on how our devices affect our moral decision-making because we’re using screens at an ever
increasing rate.
12. Why did the author mention the trolley problem?
A. To introduce a difficult problem to readers.
B. To introduce the aim of carrying out the study.
C. To show an example of the questions in the study.
D. To show the difficulty in dealing with dilemmas.
13. How do the smartphone users of the study behave in dealing with emotional dilemmas?
A. Calmly. B. Cruelly. C. Carelessly. D. Enthusiastically.
14. Dr. Albert believes that compared with PCs, smartphones ______.
A. help people bear more pressure
B. help people make decisions quickly
C. make people feel more mentally distant
D. make people stay happier to solve problems
15. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The importance of smartphones.
B. The significance of the study.
C. How to make moral decisions.
D. What affects people’s daily life.
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。
Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace，Florence，Italy．When she was almost a year
old， she returned with her family to England．
Florence often helped her mother deliver (运送)food to the poor and sick．__1__ Her family was
shocked because nursing was not a respected profession．
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France，Germany and Ireland and learnt everything she could．__2__
In 1854，Britain was at war with Russia．Florence went to the British hospital in Scutari (now
Üsküdar in Istanbul) and she was shocked．The hospital left men lying on the floor，and rats were
running everywhere．__3__ Many soldiers died before receiving help．
The doctors wouldn't listen to Florence because they didn't like the idea of women in army hospitals—
until one day 500 unexpected casualties(伤者)arrived．__4__ Florence made changes，making sure the
men were washed and their injuries were cared for．Every night she would check the patients with her
lamp．
When she returned home after the war，a fund had been set up in her honour．Many of the soldiers
she had nursed had made contributions (捐款)．Now she could set up the Nightingale Training School in
London．
After years of hard work，Florence Nightingale saw cleaner and more cheerful hospitals．__5__ All
of this was because of the "lady with the lamp"．
A．Nursing became an honoured profession．
B．There was no running water and no heat．
C．She knew she had much to learn about nursing．
D．Florence saw the soldiers' health had improved．
E．As she grew older，she decided to become a nurse．
F．They soon realized that Florence could give a hand．
G．Upon returning home，she was an expert on hospital management．
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节,满分45分)
第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Carl Kenton is a wealthy businessman. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his
motherland, he 1 his small company. Speaking of success, Kenton often tells us a story about
his extra(额外的) high “school” fee. He always owes his 2 to it.
At that time, Kenton, who already got a Ph.D. degree, decided to return to the homeland,
starting a company. Before 3 , he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years
of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂check. The watch on his wrist was also asked to be 5 down for a check. Kenton knew that
carrying the 6 goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 7 for his
watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 8 fake(假货). When he
was proud of his “smarts”, immediately, in the 9 of Kenton, the officers hit the watch, which
10 nearly $100,000, into pieces on hearing Kenton’s words. Kenton was 11 . Before he
understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 1 2 . For many times of entry-exit
13 he knew that only those people on the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special 1 4 .
The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and
1 5 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 1 6 using
and carrying fake and poor goods again, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his
face turned red, and he had nothing in mind even after 1 7 for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too.
He said that this made a deep 18 on him, because the extra high “school” fee that he had
ever paid made him realise the value of 19 , which he would 20 as the secret of his
success forever.
1. A. set up B. took up
C. went up D. picked up
2. A. success B. job
C. business D. luck
3. A. staying B. leaving
C. living D. coming
4. A. books B. things
C. savings D. pounds
5. A. put B. looked
C. taken D. lain
6. A. ordinary B. brilliant
C. special D. strange
7. A. one B. it
C. them D. these
8. A. priceless B. useful
C. worthless D. valuable
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C. process D. absence
10. A. paid B. spent
C. bought D. cost
11. A. disappointed B. generous
C. shocked D. calm
12. A. strictly B. peacefully
C. quickly D. absolutely
13. A. conditions B. experiences
C. experiments D. chances
14. A. event B. treatment
C. disaster D. challenge
15. A. stopped B. hoped
C. warned D. required
16. A. pointed out B. found out
C. sent out D. set out
17. A. landing B. flying
C. catching D. missing
18. A. expression B. idea
C. thought D. impression
19. A. honesty B. lies
C. bravery D. smarts
20. A. regard B. study
C. read D. act
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Famous scientist as he is, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer. He grows __1__ is called super
hybrid rice. As a young man, Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time,
hunger was a __2__ (disturb) problem in China. He wanted to increase rice harvests without __3__
(expand) the area of the fields. In 1973, a special strain of rice made __4__ possible to produce 20% more
of the crop in the same fields. Thanks __5__ his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the
world of __6__ (hungry). Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. He
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and he wants to export his rice so that it can be grown __9__ (wide) around the globe. Though he __10__
(struggle) for the past five decades, Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life. In his spare time, he
enjoys listening to violin music, playing mahjong, singing and reading.
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分 35分）
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分， 满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10
处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在该词下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last weekend I went fishing with my cousins by a river,where was two miles away from my home by
bike.When we were about to return for home,we found one of our bike lost.We were really nervous
then.Asking about the lost bike,nobody told the truth except me.And to my surprise,my parents don’t scold
me.Instead,they said I was a honest boy.I have benefited great from my family rules.I’m not the best at
school work,but classmates trust me and nearly everyone is willing to making friends with me.It helps me
know better about “Honesty is the best policy.”
第二节 应用文写作（满分25分）
假如你叫李华,英国汉语文化项目招募志愿者暑期去支教,你作为申请的一名高中毕业生,写一篇
80词左右的自我推荐信。
注意:开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/Madam,
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
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