高中英语 单元测评(四)新人教版必修1

1 单元测评(四)

(时间：90分钟 满分：110分)

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节；满分30分)

第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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

A little railroad engine was working in a station yard, pulling a few cars on and off

the switches (道岔)．

One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight­cars asked

a large engine in the station yard to take it over the hill.“I can't; that is too much

a pull for me，” said the great engine. Then the train asked another engine, and another,

only to hear excuses and be refused.

Hopelessly, the train asked the little engine to draw it up the grade (坡道) and down

on the other side. “I think I can，”puffed (喘气) the little engine, and put itself in

front of the great heavy train. As it went on, the little engine kept bravely puffing faster

and faster, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.”

As it neared the top of the grade, which had discouraged the larger engines, it went

more slowly. However, it still kept saying, “I — think — I — can. I — think — I —

can.”

And actually it could. Because of its hard work and determination, the little engine

achieved what much bigger engines could not. The engine's heart was filled with the joy

of achievement. “I thought I could. I thought I could，” it said.

This is a very famous story. Don't you love the brave little engine? No matter how young

you are, you can also be like the little engine by simply believing in yourself.

1．What's the job of the engines that morning?

A. To take a line of cars over a grade.

B. To pull some goods off the switches.

C. To pull a few cars to the train station.

D. To take some freight­cars to the station yard.

答案与解析 A 根据第二段内容可知，这个任务是要把一长列沉重的货车车厢拖过一个陡坡。

2．In the last paragraph, the author intends to ________.

A. persuade us to achieve something at a young age

B. tell us the importance of the quality of engines

C. encourage us to achieve our goal by trusting ourselves

2 D. advise us to make a plan for our future as soon as possible

答案与解析 C 根据最后一段的末尾句可知，作者认为自信心和勇气是人们事业成功的关键。

3．Which of the following words can best describe the little engine?

A. Strong and powerful.

B. Silly and unlucky.

C. Brave and confident.

D. Clever and patient.

答案与解析 C 小机车给读者的印象应是勇敢自信。

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Actions Speak Louder than Words

B. Engines Come in Different Types

C. Nothing to Lose, Nothing to Gain

D. The Little Engine Made It

答案与解析 D 本文讲述了一个小机车通过自己的自信心和勇气，完成了一件超出自己能力范围的事情，故D为最佳标题。

B

Having lived in California until 1970，my family has felt a number of earthquakes. We

have been fortunate, however, to have suffered no bodily harm or property (财产) damage.

There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the

present. The site lists the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact

location of any quake that measured more than 6.0. There are only a few quakes that stand

out in my memory and, luckily，none is shown in the website. So, my personal experience

with earthquakes might be considered insignificant.

There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget. The first one was in 1955

and our oldest daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California.

As the shaking became stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our

fruit trees with the other. All three of us (my daughter, I and the tree) shook for two

or three minutes that to us felt like hours.

The second one was in 1963. Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern

California. The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel

toward the_famous_landmark.

My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California. It was in my

sixties and I was alone in an old church. As the building started to shake, I quickly headed

for the door to go outside. I remember I said a little prayer — something like, “Help

3 me get out of here in time, Dear Heavenly Father”. Minutes later, I was safe outside.

语篇解读 作者回忆了自己经历的三次地震。

5．The earthquakes the author has experienced ________.

A. all caused bodily harm

B. are all recorded in a website

C. all measured more than 6.0

D. all happened in California

答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据第三段的“The first one was in 1955 ... in California.”和第四段第二句以及第五段的“My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in

California.”可知答案。

6．What does the underlined part “the famous landmark” refer to?

A. A church.

B. Disneyland.

C. A building destroyed by an earthquake.

D. The place where the author was born.

答案与解析 B 推理判断题。根据“Our entire family was visiting Disneyland”可知答案。

7．Which of the following statements is NOT true about the third earthquake?