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必修第一册 Unit 4 Friends forever
过关测试
（考试时间：60分钟 试卷满分：100分）
一、阅读理解（每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
体裁：说明文 话题：现代科技 难度：★★★★☆
We've been covering standing desks for a long time now because experts agree that sitting all day is killing us. We
want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthy. Over the years, there have been several solutions to this
from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones, portable desks to ones that change into shelves.
However, the most hightech and elegant solution has to be this new smart desk called the Stir Kinetic Desk. The
desk learns your daily behavior and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep
you moving without interrupting your work flow.
You can program specific sitting and standing intervals or let the desk set the schedule. If you tend to sit while
returning emails in the morning, but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call, the desk will learn
those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit them. Of course, the desk can always be manually lowered or raised
by using the touch screen on the lower left corner of the desk.
When switching positions, the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming up. If you're
not ready to switch positions at that time, you can tap the touch screen to stay sitting or standing for a while longer.
The builtin touch screen also keeps track of your daily sitting and standing times and tells you how many calories
you've burned. You can even set goals for how long or how often you want to stand. The desk also works with fitness
devices like the Fitbit to track your movements.
All of that smart technology doesn't come cheap though. The M1 desk, which is the everyday model, runs a steep
$2,990, while the more executive model with added features, the F1, goes for $4,190.
While expensive, it's worth that thinking of how much time we spend at our desks. Much like a good mattress
(床垫), a good desk that works with you is worth the investment. Hopefully in a few years these smart, integrated desks
will be more common and less expensive.
1．The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed to ________.
A. help users with their work
B. keep users moving all the time
C. get users to exercise while working
D. remind users of their working schedule
2．Which is the feature of the touch screen of the desk?
A. It can tell users when to change positions.
B. It can track users' changes of positions.
C. It can keep users in a fixed position.
D. It can detect users' health condition.
3．Which of the following can best describe the desk?
A. Productive but challenging.
B. Convenient but unaffordable.
C. Complex and impractical.D. Multifunctional and intelligent.
4．What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. To spend money on such a desk is rewarding.
B. We should get such a desk as soon as possible.
C. It won't be long before the desk is widely used.
D. Desks play a very important role in our daily life.
B
体裁：说明文 话题：自然生态 难度：★★★☆☆
Humans' invention of zero was vital for modern mathematics and science, but we're not the only species to
consider “nothing” a number. Parrots and monkeys understand the concept of zero, and now bees have joined the club,
too.
Honey bees are known to have some numerical (数字的) skills such as the ability to count to four, which may
come in handy when keeping track of landmarks in their environment. To see whether these abilities extended to
understanding zero, researchers trained 10 bees to identify the smaller of two numbers. Across a series of trials, they
showed the insects two different pictures displaying a few black shapes on a white background. If the bees flew to the
picture with the smaller number of shapes, they were given delicious sugar water, but if they flew toward the larger
number, they were punished with bittertasting food.
Once the bees had learned to consistently make the correct choice, the researchers gave them a new choice: a
white background containing no shapes at all. Even though the bees had never seen an empty picture before, 64% of the
time they chose it rather than a picture containing two or three shapes, the authors report today in Science. This
suggests that the insects understood that “zero” is less than two or three. And they weren't just going for the empty
picture because it was new and interesting. Another group of bees trained to always choose the larger number tended to
pick the nonzero image in this test.
In further experiments, the researchers showed that bees' understanding of zero was even more complex: for
example, they were able to distinguish between one and zero—a challenge even for some other members of the zero
club. Advanced numerical abilities like this could give animals an evolutionary advantage, helping them keep track of
predators (捕食者)and food sources. And if an insect can display such a thorough grasp of the number zero, write the
researchers, then this ability may be more common in the animal kingdom than we think.
5．According to the trials, the researchers have found that bees ________.
A. are as intelligent as parrots and monkeys
B. can count many numbers after being trained
C. can identify the smaller number quickly
D. understand the concept of zero
6．The researchers trained another group of bees to ________.
A. confirm the bees are able to identify the smaller number
B. find the big difference between the two groups of bees
C. prove the bees are interested in new things
D. show the bees can be distinguished easily
7．What do the researchers suggest in further experiments?
A. Bees should be trained more.
B. Numerical abilities could help predators find bees.
C. Insects are better at understanding zero than animals.D. Animals may display a thorough grasp of the number zero.
8．What is the best the title for the text?
A. New Findings About Bees' Concept of Zero
B. Experiments on Bees' Numerical Skills
C. Complex Trials About the Zero Club
D. A Science Report of the Species of Bees
C
体裁：记叙文 话题：社会文化 难度：★★★☆☆
“How much money am I getting this year? That's the question I ask my mom every February. And every year she
replies，“You will see” in her Chinese accent.
February usually marks the month of the New Year according to the Chinese calendar. But for me, Chinese New
Year is a payday. Usually I receive red envelopes (“hongbao”) which are the equivalent (同等物) of Christmas presents.
Instead of wondering what the present will be, it is the amount of money inside that is the mystery. I always have to
wait weeks to find out how much money my parents have in store for me.
I never knew how the traditions of Chinese New Year derived,_and I never gave it much thought, until my mom
forced me to attend a special Chinese school where I learned about the origins of the traditions behind the famous
celebration and had a knowledge of how the hanging of red lanterns or fireworks developed. But before that, the only
part of the holiday that had ever concerned me was the “hongbao” and as selfish as it may sound.
But now Chinese New Year is a wonderful holiday for me not because of the “hongbao”， but the profound
Chinese culture I have learned from the special school.
The excitement that comes with expecting Chinese New Year is one I will never get tired of. While the real
celebrations are taking place in China, my family holds its own traditions. I can always count on my mom to make
delicious Chinese food every year, and there is consolation (安慰) in knowing that as my sisters and I open our
“hongbaos”， our cousins so many miles away are doing the same.
9．What did the author care about most on Chinese New Year at first?
A. The amount of money she received.
B. The traditions behind the celebration.
C. Various activities during Chinese New Year.
D. The presents that her parents would give her.
10．What does the underlined word “derived” in Para. 3 probably mean?
A. Worked. B. Continued.
C. Began. D. Changed.
11．What can we infer about the author's mom?
A. She has a strong feeling towards China.
B. She knows little about Chinese traditions.
C. She always gives her children a lot of money.
D. She tends to surprise her children on western festivals.
12．What's the best title of the passage?
A. New Year Hongbao
B. My Mom and China
C. Closer Attachment to China
D. Unforgettable MomentsD
体裁：记叙文 话题：文化风俗 难度：★★☆☆☆
December 22 is a day to which I always look forward. It's winter solstice and a day for dumplings.
I often think about my adventure in a local restaurant last year that day. All day my Chinese friend at work talked
about “dumplings”， so I thought to myself, “Mmm... I'll go to my local dumpling restaurant for dinner.” It was
usually not very busy, and it had about 30 types of dumplings on its menu.
But when I arrived at the restaurant later that evening, I was shocked. The whole neighborhood seemed to be
inside, all shouting at once. The waiter pushed a menu into my hand. It had just six types of dumplings on it; he had
crossed out four. The busy man gasped (喘息) to me, “We're sold out！”
In the UK, we have turkey at Christmas, but in the weeks after, every sandwich is turkey and every soup is turkey,
because it takes that long to eat up the leftovers. You never have to fight for Christmas food—it's everywhere, for days
on end.
But on the Chinese winter solstice, everyone has dumplings on that one day alone. The waiter pushed me into a
seat at the only free table, which was covered with broken chopsticks, chicken bones and oil. “I don't mind what
kind！” I said, desperate for dumplings.
An hour and a half later, 15 dumplings arrived—cold, almost empty shells, containing a little uncooked meat.
Meanwhile, dumplings had been dropped on the floor and vinegar had been splashed (溅洒) everywhere. I ate, and then
got out of there as fast as I could.
13．Why did the author go to the dumpling restaurant for dinner?
A. Because she liked the dining environment there.
B. Because she was invited by her Chinese friend.
C. Because she loved to eat dumplings.
D. Because she wanted to experience the Chinese tradition.
14．When the author got to the dumpling restaurant, she ________.
A. found it was not busy there
B. was disappointed by what she experienced
C. was offered 30 types of dumplings to choose from
D. enjoyed the festival atmosphere
15．With the fourth and fifth paragraphs, the author intends to ________.
A. show how people in the UK celebrate Christmas
B. compare the way people in China and UK celebrate their festivals
C. inform readers of the popularity of turkey in the UK before Christmas
D. explain why people eat dumplings to celebrate winter solstice
阅读七选五 (每题2分，共10分）
(2019·邢台质检) 体裁：说明文 话题：音乐 难度：★★★☆☆
Anyone who loves to sing will probably tell you how good it makes them feel. __1__ But there are many different
physical, emotional and social benefits associated with singing that you may not realize.
● Singing improves your memory and cognition (认识). For one thing, there is no question that singing requires
you to use your memory in ways that you don't normally use even if you can't always remember all of the lyrics to your
favorite songs. __2__ For another thing, singers and musicians typically have higher IQ than nonmusicians. Singing
can improve your overall brain function and help you think a little clearer.
● __3__ A joint Yale and Harvard study showed that for some people living in New Haven, Connecticut, choralsinging promoted healthy minds and hearts, which increased the length of life.
● Singing lowers your blood pressure. There have been several case studies that have revealed that singing can
decrease blood pressure due to its calming and relaxing effect.__4__
● Singing brings people together and creates a sense of community. Singing in a choir or singing in any sort of
group environment with other people can be a fun, bonding activity.__5__ What's more, singing in a choir can decrease
depression in many adults.
A. Singing leads to a longer life.
B. Singing can cure various diseases.
C. It gives you an opportunity to share an experience with a group of people.
D. This is one excellent way to keep your brain remember things well as you age.
E. Although singing is good for your health, it is not good singing loudly in public.
F. It's no secret that singing can reduce your stress and bring much fun into your day.
G. Patients are able to calm themselves down and lower blood pressure by singing songs.
完形填空 （每题1分，共15分）
体裁：记叙文 话题：人与自然 难度：★★★☆☆
In 2009 we were staying at our cousin's house in Triora, Italy. Settled just above a window was a bird's nest which
my cousin said had been there for many years. Each year, different families of starlings (惊鸟) came back to make it
their _1__.
We knew they were _2__ because the chattering (鸣叫) of six newly hatched chicks woke us early every
morning. Standing on a chair, I __3__ to look into their nest. The first time I looked, the chicks were __4_ and almost
featherless. Their parents _5__ backwards and forwards, bringing food to _6__ their hungry and noisy chicks.
Being __7__ parents, whenever they saw me they screamed and flew at the window. So I could only see the
chicks when they weren't around.
_8__ the chicks were only a few days old, I realized the parents were teaching their young to fly. One brave
chick beat its wings a few times and then _9__ across the street landing on the roof of the house __10__. Well done, I
thought. The next day, my husband and I left for a tour and I was __ 1 1 __， thinking of how I would miss the rest
taking their first __ 1 2 __.
Two weeks later, on our return，the first thing I did was look in the nest. It was __ 1 3 __. Then, suddenly, I heard
the beating of wings and all eight of them were flying towards me. They __ 1 4 __ a semicircle, singing to me. I felt as
though they were saying，“Thank you for not harming us.” Then they flew off __15__ into the blue sky.
1． A. home B. playground
C. habitat D. garden
2． A. together B. away
C. back D. abroad
3． A. dared B. happened
C. managed D. continued
4． A. tiny B. lame
C. blind D. strong
5． A. slid B. wandered
C. swung D. flew
6． A. amuse B. satisfy
C. trick D. spoil7． A. protective B. caring
C. strict D. proud
8． A. Because B. Although
C. When D. If
9．A. stepped up B. took off
C. looked around D. fell down
10．A. opposite B. below
C. faraway D. behind
11．A. confused B. relieved
C. sad D. delighted
12．A. shower B. dive
C. bite D. flight
13．A. empty B. occupied
C. ruined D. dirty
14．A. drew B. arranged
C. designed D. formed
15．A. cautiously B. happily
C. shyly D. abruptly
语法填空 （每空1.5分 共15分）(原创) 体裁：说明文 话题：现代科技 难度：★★★☆☆
In 2019 big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom will start to deliver 5G. According to the Verge, 4G
was about speed and 5G will be about __1__ size of networks. These 5G networks will allow many more people to get
information __2__ (quick) and much more of it. Speaking to CNET, analyst Dan Bieler said that in the United States,
there will be “so much bandwidth (带宽) available that we will have pretty much unlimited access __3__ data”. Due to
the increased size of networks, data transfer will be much more __4__ (rely). The capacity (容量) will be large enough
for everyone __5__ (chat) on social media and watch movies on the phone.
Experts say 5G __6__ (aid) the development of selfdriving cars and health and pollution sensors (传感器) as well.
There is no doubt __7__ the infrastructure (基础设施) needed for 5G will be expensive. According to CNET, in the
__8__ (follow) 12 years until 2030 the industry will be spending nearly $2.5 trillion dollars worldwide. But if the smart,
artificially intelligent world we read so much about is to become a __9__ (real), this is an investment that will have to
__10__ (make)．
书面表达：（25分）
假定你是李华,针对校园内存在浪费粮食的现象,学校决定举行抵制浪费粮食的活动。请你代表学生会在学校
英文报上写一封倡议书,内容包括:
(1)活动的理由及目的;
(2)具体的做法;
(3)呼吁从我做起,节约粮食。
注意:
(1)词数100左右;
(2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(3)文章开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。Dear fellow students,
We all feel concerned when seeing leftovers piled in the bins of the canteen.
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