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Unit 13 We're trying to save the earth!单元测试 （A卷·夯实基础）
（时间：60分钟，满分：100分）
一、词汇填空（本题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分。）
1．What a hot day! The sun is _____________（照耀）so brightly that I can’t open my eyes.
2．The medicine tastes very bitter (味苦的) but it ________ (奏效) well.
3．In Ningbo, everyone knows that things in blue rubbish bins can be ____ (回收利用).
4．You’d better keep your voice down in some ______ (公开的) places like libraries.
5．Tigers and lions are very ________ （残忍的） animals. You shouldn't be close to them when you visit a zoo.
6．Look! The workers are ________ (搬运) some heavy bags.
7．The ________ (优点) of travelling is that we can learn different kinds of culture.
8．There is a spider under the ________ (底部) of the bottle.
9．The winner is a beautiful girl who ________ (穿着) a skirt.
10．Look! The young people are m_______ cows on the farm.
11．We should take cloth bags when shopping instead of p____ bags.
12．Most of us can’t a________ to buy the car, for it costs a lot of money.
13．Some kids are f_________ bread to the ducks.
14．I am very t________. Could you please give me some water to drink?
15．It’s time to go to bed. Would you mind _______ off the TV now?
二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。）
16．To get in touch with each other, wechat __________ (use) more often than QQ now.
17．All the parents _________ (invite) to our class meeting next Tuesday afternoon.
18．She looks so sad! Do you know what __________ (happen) to her!
19．The beggar ______ (refuse) to enter the room because he was very dirty.
20．—Do you have problems if you ______ (offer) this job?
—Well, I’m still thinking about it.
21．I’ll go to the library as soon as I finish what I _______ (do).
22．Over $30,000 ________ (raise) for a children’s hospital by a British girl several months ago.
23．—What’s that noise?
—Oh, our engineer________（test）the old machine.24．Will you be kind enough to hold the door open for me as I ________ (carry) too many things to spare a hand?
25．— Here comes the bus! Where is Nancy?
— She can’t go with us. She ________ (show) some visitors around our school.
三、单项选择（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。）
26．—Would you like to ________ my birthday party this Saturday?
—Sorry, I have an important meeting to ________.
A．attend; join B．take part in; attend C．join; take part in D．attend; join in
27．—Listen! Somebody is singing in the next room. Who ________ it be? Is it Amy?
—No, it ________ be her. She is at school now.
A．can; can’t B．may; won’t C．will; may not D．must; mustn’t
28．Mike and his friends are singing and dancing in the garden. They ________ a good time now.
A．having B．are having C．haven’t D．don’t have
29．Linda often ________ homework at night, but now she ________ TV.
A．do; watches B．does; is watching C．does; watches D．is doing; is watching
30．Don’t switch the TV. Jack and I ________ this film.
A．am watching B．watched C．are watching D．watch
31．If you study hard in English, you can turn boring words _______ exciting words.
A．to B．over C．into D．off
32．— How much did you _______ the new skirt?
— Fifty dollars.
A．spend B．pay for C．cost D．take
33．—Many wild animals are in great danger.
—Let’s ________ to save them.
A．take off B．take down C．take action D．take after
34．Although he looks ________ , he is very kind and friendly.
A．ugly B．nice C．good D．happy
35．—Recycling paper is really easy.
—________. But it is hard to do that all the time.
A．I don’t think so B．I hope so C．I disagree D．I agree
四、完形填空（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。）
The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was ___36___ cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she___37___ but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler, what happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, Mum,” said the boy. “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the
___38___. She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us
to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is ___39___ I can do to make difference.”
“Let me tell you a story,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a
beach. There he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach. They were pushed up by the waves（波浪）,
and it was too far up for them to make their way back by ___40___. The man shook his head as he walked along,
‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry for those starfish. He went on
walking and just at that time he was ___41___ to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the
sea as ___42___ he could. ‘How silly you are, my son!’ the man said. ‘There are so many starfish. Can you throw
all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘___43___ I can’t help them all, I can make a difference
to this one, and this one, and this one.’ ”
“Thinking for a moment, the man ___44___ to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to
himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the ____45____ person.’ ”
36．A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing
37．A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off
38．A．air B．land C．water D．environment
39．A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
40．A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves
41．A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry
42．A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high
43．A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though
44．A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited
45．A．shortest B．tallest C．smallest D．biggest
五、阅读理解（本题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分。）
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You can see a sea turtle named Herman, an octopus（章鱼）called Octavia, and a seal named Lidia at the
Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D．C．Rather than real animals, they are actually artworks made out
of plastic rubbish from the ocean.
These artworks are part of a traveling exhibition called “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea”. The WashedAshore project, led by the artist called Pozzi, works to raise attention about plastic pollution in oceans.
More than 315 billion pounds of plastic litter the world’s oceans today. Most of the plastic is rubbish from
towns and cities, as well as rubbish that people leave on beaches. Rainwater, winds, and high tides bring the trash
into the ocean or into rivers that lead to the ocean. Once it is under the waves（浪）, the plastic begins to break up
into smaller and smaller pieces.
Thousands of sea animals die each year from eating plastic bags and other things. Each year, millions more
pounds of plastic end up in the ocean. A recent study found that if that continues, by 2050 the total weight of plastic
will be more than that of all the fish in the ocean.
The Washed Ashore project is working to stop that from happening. Since 2010, Washed Ashore volunteers
have collected 38,000 pounds of plastic trash from more than 300 miles of beaches. They helped Pozzi create more
than 60 artworks of sea creatures（生物）harmed by plastic pollution.
“These artworks are a powerful warning of our personal role and global responsibility in preserving
biodiversity（生物多样性）on land and in the sea,” says Dennis Kelly, director of the National Zoo.
46．What is the purpose of the artworks shown at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo?
A．To let people know about animals in the ocean.
B．To introduce one way of recycling plastic trash.
C．To warn people of plastic pollution in the ocean.
D．To show Pozzi’s great gift for creating artworks.
47．According to the passage, what is the source of plastic pollution in the ocean?
A．Rubbish from towns and cities. B．Rubbish left on beaches by people.
C．Plastic bags broken up by waves. D．Litter created by human activities.
48．The data in Paragraph 5 is given to prove that________.
A．plastic pollution will be less serious in the ocean
B．more and more artworks of sea creatures will be made
C．the Washed Ashore project has made great achievements
D．volunteers can solve the ocean pollution successfully by 2050
49．What’s Dennis Kelly’s attitude towards the artworks?
A．Worried. B．Active. C．Against. D．Not caring.
50．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Stopping Environmental Pollution B．Working for Washed Ashore
C．Collecting Plastic Trash D．Turning Rubbish into ArtB
If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milky tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps:
First, pour out any leftover (残留物) into a wet waste bin. Second, put the paper wrapper into a recyclable waste
bin. Third, throw the single-use cup and straw (吸管) into a dry waste bin.
Sound complex (复杂的)? You’ll have to get used to it. From July 1, 2019 on, people in Shanghai are required
(要求) to sort (将……分类) their garbage according to strict rules. Many other cities in China are planning to
create similar garbage-sorting rules.
Why should we sort our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing amount of waste we are producing.
Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to China Economic Net. Most of this
waste is buried (填埋) in landfills (垃圾填埋场), which may pollute water and soil. Moreover, we are running out
of space for new landfills.
In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials,
while wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer (肥料). But in order to recycle efficiently (有效率
地), we need to sort our garbage.
Can’t garbage-processing companies do the sorting job for us? They can. But that requires a lot of work and
costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can sort our own garbage. Besides, the
troublesome task of sorting might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milky tea?
51．The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A．the importance of garbage-sorting B．the way to sort wet waste
C．the rules of garbage-sorting D．the kinds of garbage-sorting
52．What can we learn from China Economic Net?
A．People in Shanghai are required to sort the garbage.
B．Many cities are planning to create garbage-sorting rules.
C．We are producing more and more waste.
D．Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year.
53．How much of our waste can be recycled?
A．About 30%. B．About 45%. C．About 55%. D．About 90%.54．What are the benefits of garbage-sorting?
a. reduce pollution b. recycle things c. make more money d. produce less waste e. save space for landfills
A．abc B．bcd C．abe D．cde
55．The writer’s purpose is to tell us that _______.
A．how we sort garbage
B．we shouldn’t produce waste
C．we can recycle garbage and get some money
D．we should sort garbage
六、补全对话（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分。）
根据对话内容,从下列选项中选出恰当的选项补全对话,其中有两项多余。
（Mr Smith is giving a class. Suddenly some bottles drop out of Nancy’s desk. S is for Mr Smith; N is for
Nancy.）
S: What’s the noise there?
N: Sorry, Mr Smith. ____56____
S: (Walking over to take a look.) Wow, so many bottles!
N: I’m collecting waste bottles.
S: ____57____
N: Because I want to make some vases for our class out of them.
S: ____58____ You can put a big paper box at the back of our classroom. Then we all can help you collect the
bottles.
N: ____59____
S: Have you already made some vases?
N: ____60____ But I haven’t finished painting them yet.
S: Can you show them to us next week?
N: No, problem. I think I can finish them tonight and I’ll bring them here tomorrow.
A．That’s an interesting idea.
B．No, I haven’t started yet.
C．Some of my bottles dropped onto the floor.
D．Yes, I’ve made two.
E．Why do you collect those bottles?
F．That would be impossible.G．Thanks for your advice.
七、完成句子（本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分。）
61．有时候坏事能够变成好事。
Sometimes a bad thing can _______ _______ _______ a good one.
62．这里过去有大片的森林和成千上万的鸟儿。
There ________ ________ ________ a great forest with thousands of birds.
63．我弟弟上周扔掉了许多旧衣服。
My brother ________ ___________ lots of old clothes last week.
64．我们必须趁早采取行动，否则就来不及了。
We must ________ ________ before it is too late.
65．通往北京的火车票半小时前就卖光了。
The tickets to Beijing ________ ________ ________ half an hour ago.
七、书面表达（共20分。）
你校将以“绿色生活，从我做起”为主题，组织英语征文比赛。请你以“Going Green Starts with Small
Things”为题，根据表格内容写一篇文章参赛。词数100左右。
内容要点 具体做法 理由
绿色出行 步行或骑自行车上学
节约用电（或水、食物
厉行节约 ……
等）
其他方式 ……
提出倡议 ……
Going Green Starts with Small ThingsEveryone can make small changes in lifestyle and make a difference to
reduce pollution and waste.
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