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1、 高中英语真题:单元检测(一).语言知识及应用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节 完形填空(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。The subject of what separates art and design has been debated for a long time.Artists and designers both create visual works using a(n)_1_ knowledge background，but their reasons for do

2、ing so are _2_ different.Some designers consider themselves artists，but few artists consider themselves _3_.So what exactly is the difference between art and design？Perhaps the most fundamental difference that we can all agree on is their _4_.Typically，the process of creating a work of art starts wi

3、th nothing，a blank sheet of paper.A _5_ of art is born from a view or value that the artist holds within himself or herself.They create the art to share that feeling with others，to _6_ the viewers to relate to it，learn from it or be _7_ by it.The most renowned and successful art today is something t

4、hat establishes the strongest _8_ connection between the artists and their _9_.By contrast，when a designer sets out to _10_ a new piece，he almost always has a _11_ starting point，whether a message，an image，an idea or an action.The designers job isnt to invent something _12_，but to communicate someth

5、ing that already exists，for a purpose.That purpose is almost always to motivate the audience to do something：buy a product，use a _13_，visit a location，or learn certain information.The most _14_ designs are those that most effectively _15_ their messages and motivate their consumers to carry out a ta

6、sk.1A.unique Bseparate Cshared Daccepted 2A.entirely Boccasionally Chardly Dunnecessarily 3A.inventors Bdesigners Cwriters Dviewers 4A.purpose Bproduct Cinterest Dcost 5A.love Btype Cpart Dwork 6A.stop Ballow Crequire Dmove 7A.understood Bfooled Cinspired Ddiscouraged 8A.political Bsocial Cphysical

7、Demotional 9A.supporters Baudiences Cbuyers Denemies 10A.sell Bimagine Ccreate Ddraw 11A.fixed Bgood Cstrange Dpositive 12A.surprising Bspecial Ccreative Dnew 13A.phone Bservice Clanguage Dname 14A.important Bcreative Csuccessful Dunusual 15A.learn Breceive Cconfuse Dcommunicate 第二节 语法填空(共 10 小题；每小题

8、 1.5 分，满分 15 分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Parks provide people 16._ a place to amuse 17._ for a while.In recent decades，however，many parks have been designed to provide 18._(entertain)We call them theme parks.The new parks are usually huge places and have a 19._(vary)of t

9、hings to see and do.Theme parks have a certain ideaa certain themethat the whole parks are based 20._.The 21._(old)theme park in the world is Disneyland.It seems like a magical world which can make your dream come true.But if you are interested in traditional culture and history，go to Dollywood,22._

10、 you can have fun 23._(learn)all about Americas historical southeastern culture,24._ you can go to Camelot Park,25._ world of fantasy about ancient England.阅读(共两节，满分 50 分)第一节 阅读理解(共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。A Are the British people Europeans？This may seem a strange que

11、stion to Africans and Asians，who tend to think of all white men as Europeans.But the British，when they are in Britain，do not regard themselves as Europeans.The Europeans，to them，are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel，who have never learnt how to speak Englis

12、h.Europe is“the Continent”：a place full of interest for British tourists，but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved.Thus，although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe，yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very，very i

13、nsular.They feel，and in many ways are，different from the rest of Europe and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them，or even to understand them，in time of need.Where did the British people come from？This is an extraordinary interesting question，since they are a mixture of

14、many different races，and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe.Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century BC.，but there had been at least three invasions before that.The first of these was by a darkhaired Mediterranean race called the

15、Iberians.The other two were by Celtic tribes：first the Gaels，whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish，some of whom still speak the Gaelic language；and second the Britons，who gave their name to the whole island of Britain.These were the people whom the Romans conquered.The Romans gave the Bri

16、tons a good deal of their civilisation，but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers，so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the“barbarians”，i.e.the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.26The purpose of the passage is to_.Atalk

17、about Europeans Bdiscuss the origin of British people Cargue for the superiority of British people Dcompare the Europeans with Africans and Asians 27It can be known from the passage that_.Amost people think white people are Europeans Bthere are many Africans and Asians living in Europe Cwhite men ar

18、e Europeans in the eyes of Africans and Asians Dthe British people think of themselves as Europeans 28It can be inferred from the passage that_.AEuropeans are those who are unable to speak English Bthose who invaded Britain came from the other side of the English Channel C is a place full of interes

19、t for those excitable foreigners DBritain is the source of almost all the wars in Europe 29Why do the British people feel very insular?AThey are different from those people in the continent.BThey sometimes fail to support the continental countries in time of need.CThey are separated geographically f

20、rom the continent.DThey are considered very difficult to understand.30Which of the following might be discussed after this passage?AThe Germanic tribes which invaded.BThe civilisation the Romans gave.CThe Romans who did not settle in.DThe survival of the British people in the first century BC.B As a

21、 seal rests on ice floating on the Antarctic Ocean，it should feel safe.But it is about to become a victim of a group of killer whales who have developed a great skill to catch seals.The killer whales work together as a group to create large waves that wash seals off the ice.Scientists who have disco

22、vered the technique，which has only been seen in killer whales hunting in the pack ice of the Antarctic，say it is so effective that it produces a meal for the whales three out of every four times they use it.Dr Robert Pitman，a marine scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in

23、 California，said，“The killer whales were very good at knowing in advance if they were going to be able to wash a seal off a piece of ice and they were always successful in getting the seal into the water.Sometimes the seal was washed off but managed to flee.However，it was not very often.”Dr Pitman a

24、nd his colleague Dr John Durban helped BBC capture the wavewashing behaviour on camera.By swimming in formation(队列)towards the ice from as far away as 150 feet，the whales created a bow wave in front of their bodies.When they reached the block of ice where the seal was hiding，they dove under the ice，

25、kicking their tails in a powerful stroke(击)to create a large wave that washed over the ice and knocked the seal into the water where they could grab it and drown it.Research has shown that there are at least four types of killer whales living in the Antarctic，all of which have different colour patte

26、rns and hunting behaviour，and eat different things.The largest killer whale hunts minke whales in open water while the ice killer whales mainly hunt seals.A third type of killer whale mainly preys on penguins and the fourth dives deep to hunt fish.31According to Paragraph 1，killer whales hunt a seal

27、 on a piece of ice by _.Apushing the ice onto the ground Bknocking hard on the ice together Ccreating large waves to wash it off the ice Dfollowing it all the time until it swims in the sea 32It is implied in the passage that _.Akiller whales often stay hungry Bkiller whales usually hunt alone Ccomp

28、etition among killer whales is very fierce Dkiller whales are very good at hunting seals at sea 33What does the underlined word“flee”in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?AMove.BEscape.CStruggle.DFight.34What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?AHow Dr Pitman and his colleague work.BHow killer whales find seals

29、.CHow killer whales hunt seals.DHow killer whales eat a seal.35We can know from the last paragraph that _.Aice killer whales show interest in most sea animals Bdifferent types of killer whales usually prey on different things Cthe killer whales that hunt penguins are the smallest killer whales Dit i

30、s hard to tell the differences among the four types of killer whales C Australia，with the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west，is a very large country，while its population is very small.Another interesting fact is that one out of five Australians was not born in Australia.Most

31、of the population is in the southeast part.Three out of every five people live in five big cities.Sydney is the biggest city with the population of 3 million.Melbourne in Victoria has a population of about 3 million.Brisbane，Adelaide and Perth each has about one million.All of these cities，except Pe

32、rth，which faces the Indian Ocean，are in the east and southeast of the country.The capital city of Australia，Canberra，is not very big.Only about a quarter of a million live there.Hobart in Tasmania，which is to the south of the mainland of Australia，is even smaller and Darwin，the capital of Northern T

33、erritory，is a very small city.It has a population of under 40,000.36What is the population of Australia according to this passage?AAbout 3,000,000.BAbout 15,000,000.CAbout 30,000,000.DAbout 45,000,000.37Over _ of the population of Australia live in the east and southeast part.A1/2 B1/3 C1/4 D2/3 38W

34、hich of the following cities has the second largest population?ACanberra.BMelbourne.CVictoria.DSydney.39Which of the following maps shows the right positions of Canberra，Perth，Hobart and Darwin?(CCanberra；PPerth；HHobart；DDarwin)40The passage is mainly about _.Athe big cities of Australia Bthe area o

35、f Australia Cthe history of Australia Dthe distribution of Australias population D Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island.The park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club(now Hong Kong Jockey Club)and opened on 10 January,1977.The park

36、 is operated by Ocean Park Corporation，which is a statutory(法定的)department.It offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for commercial purposes.In the early operation of the park，the main sources of income for the park were the tickets and the funding

37、from the Jockey Club.Since the ticket price was low，most of the time Ocean Park was operating under deficit(财政赤字)On 1 July,1987，the government established a 200 million trust from the funding of Jockey Club，under the Ocean Park Corporation Ordinance.This separated Ocean Park from Jockey Club and bec

38、ame a nonprofit organization；it needed to be responsible for its own income and was allowed to use commercial means to operate the park.Since it was permitted to use commercial means to operate，it gradually raised its ticket price and the deficit turned into profit.In 1992,3 million visitors visited

39、 the park.Since 1998，the East Asian financial crisis(金融危机)and the passing away of the killer whale，the park recorded a deficit for a couple of years.Although it was allowed to host 2 pandas in 1999，the number of visitors did not go up and Ocean Park was forced to close its water attractions and the

40、Old Village attraction and turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand.Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme，Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 20042005，the highest since the park opened.In March

41、 2005，Ocean Park made its redevelopment plan.On 23 November,2006，Ocean Park held a groundbreaking ceremony for its redevelopment.41Ocean Park Hong Kong _.Awas built with the money from the government Bneeded to be responsible for its own income at the beginning Cwas a great success once it was opene

42、d Dmainly got income from the tickets and donations at the beginning 42According to the passage，Ocean Park Corporation _.Abelongs to the Jockey Club Bis an official organization Cis a nonprofit organization Dcannot use commercial means to operate 43How many deficits has the Ocean Park experienced so

43、 far?A1.B2.C3.D4.44Ocean Park Corporation took all of the measures to overcome the deficits EXCEPT _.Araising ticket price Bhosting a new killer whale Ctrying to attract young customers Dhosting 2 pandas 45Which of the following statements is NOT true?AOcean Park Hong Kong is a theme park.BOcean Par

44、k Hong Kong made its redevelopment plan in March,2005.CThe East Asian financial crisis didnt have any influence on Ocean Park.DAt present，Ocean Park Hong Kong attracts many mainland visitors.第二节 信息匹配(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先请阅读下列院校音乐系的相关信息：AIn this department they have risen

45、to fame by some great violin players born there.The students there have several comfortable places to practice their violin and some other instruments.Meanwhile the students have a chance to practice other instruments，such as the piano，the drum.BIn this department they dont plan to bring up a musici

46、an.They teach the students how to appreciate all types of music，especially for the students who love to be a listener，not a player of the drum.This is their first choice.CThis department is home of the guitar players.If the students havent played the guitar and hope to learn from the beginning，this

47、is likely to be their favorite place.Of course，they are also able to learn country music，jazz and so on.DIn this department you can learn jazz，opera，classical but jazz is the best and the most famous.They have experienced jazz teachers and they have won a lot of national contests.At the same time yo

48、u can improve your skills in playing the guitar and the piano here.EAs is known to all，the piano is more versatile than any other instrument.In this department only the students who have learned the piano for at least five years can be admitted.They are good at teaching advanced learners.After the h

49、ard practice，the students have a chance to enjoy all kinds of music.FIn this department they do well in teaching instruments，especially the drum.They have excellent drums and every student has a chance to practice every day.All the teachers are very patient and experienced.Whats more，the students ca

50、n learn rock，classical music and jazz.请阅读下列五位学生的基本情况，然后匹配信息。46Kevin likes jazz very much.He wants to make a living by it in the future.His favorite instrument is the guitar and he also wants to get his skill of playing the guitar better.()47Robert started to play the violin when he was five.His favo