必修五Unit 2The United Kingdom本套试卷共120分。
考试时间100分钟。
选择题部分Ⅰ.阅读理解(共两节,满分35分)第一节(共10小题;每小题2.5分,满分25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。
AMost British people prefer to live in a house rather than a flat, and one of the reasons for this is that houses usually have gardens. The garden is a place where people can be outside and yet private.If a house has a front and back garden, the front is likely to be formal and decorative, with a lawn (an area of grass) or fancy paving and flower borders. The back garden usually also has a lawn and flower beds,and sometimes a piece of vegetable land or fruit trees. There is often a bird table (a raised platform on which food is put for birds) and a shed in which garden tools are kept.Many British people spend quite a lot of money on their gardens and even the smallest may contain many kinds of flowers and plants. For many British people gardening is a hobby and they take great pride in their gardens. Some towns and villages have competitions for the best-kept small garden. People with a small garden, or no garden at all can rent a piece of land, on which most people grow vegetables.There are garden centres near most towns, selling everything a gardener might need, from flowerpots to fish ponds as well as different plants.The British´s interest in gardening affects the appearance of whole towns. Public parks and traffic roundabouts often have bright displays of flowers in summer and public buildings have window boxes(窗口花坛) and hanging baskets. Towns and villages enter for the yearly Britain in Bloom competition.At weekends many British people like to visit famous gardens, such as that at Stowe near Banbury, built in the 18th century. Every summer the National Garden Scheme publishes a thin book listing private gardens belonging to enthusiastic gardeners which are open to the public on a particular day. Visitors like to look around and get ideas for their own gardens.1.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A.The British people love gardening as a hobby.B.The British people like showing off their gardens.C.Poor British people cannot afford gardening.D.The British people spend too much money on their hobbies.2. What can we know from Paragraph 5?A.Britain in Bloom is a worldwide competition.B.British parks are full of flowers all year round.C.The British´s interest in gardening is decreasing.D.Gardening improves the appearance of British towns.3. Why does the National Garden Scheme offer information on private gardens?A.Make the gardeners better-known.B.Help other gardeners find inspiration.C.Point out the importance of private gardens.D.Call on gardeners to compete with each other.BI left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old house in New Orleans.I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine.As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I´d left behind was gone…but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper(后保险杠)of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.4.How did the author feel when she left home?A. Disappointed.B. Worried.C. Tired.D. Unwilling.5.What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?A. Gathered.B. Struggled.C. Escaped.D. Hid.6.What might be the title for the passage?A. Lost it all, gained even moreB. Once gone, never returnedC. Caught in the hurricaneD. Trapped in a dilemmaCIn New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New York´s Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language(双语) programmes.Students are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Maths, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages so that they could learn about the culture of the other countries.Milady Baez is Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support. She says,“The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be travelling abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them.”Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin. “It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese and learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task I´m learning.Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the Russian-English programme keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents.The New York schools also offer dual-language programmes in seven other languages: Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Spanish. There are plans to add even more languages in the future. While these dual-language programmes are popular, educators in the US say that teaching English comes first. The US English wants to make English the official language of theUnited States.7. Why are many courses of public schools in New York City taught in both languages?A.To get the students to know the cultures of other countries.B.To encourage more students to go abroad to study further.C.To attract more students to study in the public schools.D.To show the advantages of studying in the public schools.8. How does the text introduce the fact that it´s vital to learn different languages?A.By making comparisons.B.By listing people´s attitudes.C.By clarifying the situation.D.By giving some numbers.9. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A.More languages have been added to the New York City schools.B.It´s unnecessary to learn more languages in New York City.C.English should be a must though different languages are taught.D.English is spoken by the largest number of people in the world.10. What is the best title of the passage?A.English, out of date?B.The newest fashion in New York CityC.The education in New York CityD.Dual-language, to be or not?第二节阅读七选五(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。
