M5Unit2第二部分英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié)單項填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）請認真閱讀下面各題，從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。21.Whateverhepromises,youcan’t___________anything.A.relyonhisdoing B.dependonhisdoingC.relyonhimtodo D.advisehimtodo22.Theworld’spopulationhasgrownby______itwasin1800.A.sixtimesmorethanwhatB.morethansixtimeswhatC.sixtimesmorethanwhichD.morethansixtimesthat23.Hismoneyhasbeen_________andhispatienceisalso__________.A.runout;runoutB.runoutof;runningoutC.runoutof;runoutD.runout;runningout24.Itissometimesdifficultto_________usefulinformationaswehavesomuchinformationtochoosefrom.A.makeoutB.workoutC.pickoutD.sortout25.---Badluck.Theydidn’tofferthejobtome.---_______.Youhavebeenwellpreparedfortheinterview.A.Sowhat?B.Whatif?C.Howcome?D.Whatabout?26.Thecomputerwasusedinteaching.Asaresult.notonly___________,butthestudentsbecamemoreinterestedinlessonsaswell.A.savedwasteachers’energyB.wasteachers’energysavedC.teachers’energywassavedD.wassavedteachers’energy27.Ihavelostallenthusiasmandinterestinthejob.Infact,__________Ifeelmypresentjobistoomuchforme.A.itistimethatB.thereisatimethatC.therearetimeswhenD.anytimewhen28.Largeamountsofcarbondioxidecomingfromcars_______themajorreasonforairpollutioninrecentyears.A.havebeenB.hasbeenC.isD.hadbeen29.Heseemstobequitesatisfiedbecausehissalaryhasbeen______tenpercentthisyear.A.cutbyB.risenbyC.raisedbyD.addedto30.After__________for69daysinamineabout2,041feetbelowthesurfaceofadesert，the33Chileminerswerefinallysavedon,2023.A.trappingB.trappedC.havingtrapped D.beingtrapped31.It’snecessarytobepreparedforajobinterview.___________willcertainlydoyougood.A.WelldressedB.WelldressingC.BeingwelldressedD.Tobewelldressing32.__________theprogram,theyhadtostaythereforanotherweek.A.NotcompletingB.NotcompletedC.NothavingcompletedD.Havingnotcompleted33.Thebell_____theendoftheperiodrang,____ourheateddiscussion.A.indicating;interruptingB.indicated;interruptingC.indicating;interruptedD.indicated;interrupted34.Thestormleft,________alotofdamagetothisarea.A.caused B.tohavecausedC.tocauseD.havingcaused35._______afteralongwalk,Henrycalledandsaidhecouldn’tcomeforourparty.A.HavingwornoutB.WearingoutC.WornoutD.Tobewornout第二節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題l分，滿分20分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A，B，C，D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Oneeffectivewayofdestroyinghappinessistolookatsomethingandfocusoneventhesmallestfault.It'slikelookingatthetiled(鋪瓦的)ceilingandconcentratingonthespacewhereonetileis36.OnceIheardabald(禿頭的)mansaid.“WheneverIenteraroom,37Iseeishair."Onceyou've38whatyourmissingtileis,explorewhethergettingitwill39makeyouhappy.Thendooneofthethreethings:getit,replaceitwithadifferent40,orforgetaboutitand41thetilesinyourlifethatarenotmissing.Weallknowpeoplewhohavehadarelatively42life,yetareoftenunhappywhilepeoplewhohavesufferedagreatdealbut43remainhappy.Thefirst44isgratitude.Allhappypeopleare45.Ungratefulpeoplecannotbehappy.Wetendtothinkthatbeingunhappyleadspeopleto46,butit'struertosaythatcomplainingleadstopeoplebecomingunhappy.Thesecondsecret,is47thathappinessisabyproduct(副產品)ofsomethingelse.Themostobvious__48_arethosepursuits(追求)thatgiveourlivespurpose—anything49_studyinginsectstoplayingbaseball.Themorepassionswehave,themorehappinessweare50__toexperience.Finally,thebeliefthatsomethingpermanentgoesbeyondusandthatour51hassomelargermeaningcanhelpustofeelhappier.We52aspiritualfaith,oraphilosophyoflife.Whateveryourphilosophy,itshould__53thistruth:ifyouchoosetofindthe54__ineverysituation,youwillbeblessed,andifyouchoosetofindtheawful,youwillbecursed.Aswithhappinessitself,thisis55yourdecisiontomake.36.A.different B.missing C.short D.broken37.A.nothing B.none C.all D.anything38.A.determined B.predicted C.assumed D.imagined39.A.completelyB.naturally C.hopefully D.really40.A.tileB.brick C.ceiling D.house41.A.lookon B.focuson C.counton D.decideon42.A.peaceful B.difficultC.easy D.ordinary43.A.certainly B.merely C.hardly D.generally44.A.secret B.factor C.rule D.key45.A.wealthy B.grateful C.proud D.generous46A.upset B.quarrel C.complain D.depress47.A.admitted B.assumingC.proving D.realizing48.A.sources B.results C.answers D.goals49.A.among B.from C.through D.for50.A.probable B.possibleC.likely D.capable51.A.value B.destination C.survival D.existence52.A.need B.lack C.demand D.expect53.A.involve B.include C.absorb D.mean54.A.worst B.best C.positive D.negative55.A.absolutely B.totally C.exactly D.Largely第三部分閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AWouldtheworldbemorepeacefulifwomenwereincharge?AchallengingnewbookbytheHarvardUniversitypsychologistStevenPinkersaysthattheansweris“yes”.InTheBetterAngelsofOurNature,Pinkerpresentsdatashowingthathumanviolence,whilestillverymuchwithustoday,hasbeengraduallydeclining.Moreover,hesays,“overthelongsweepofhistory,womenhavebeenandwillbeapeacefulforce.Traditionalwarisaman’sgame:tribalwomenneverbandtogethertoattackneighboringvillages.”Asmothers,womentendtomaintainpeacefulconditionsinwhichtobringuptheirchildren.Skepticsimmediatelyreplythatwomenhavenotmadewarsimplybecausetheyhaverarelybeeninpower.Iftheywereempoweredasleaders,thedisorderoftheworldwouldforcethemtomakethesamewarlikedecisionsthatmendo.MargaretThatcher,GoldaMeir,andIndiraGandhiwerepowerfulwomen;allofthemledtheircountriestowar.Butitisalsotruethatthesewomenrosetoleadershipbyplayingaccordingtothepoliticalrulesof“aman’sworld.”Itwastheirsuccessconsistentwithmalevaluesthatenabledtheirrisetoleadershipinthefirstplace.Inaworldinwhichwomenwereinthemajorityofleadershippositions,theymightbehavedifferentlyinpower.Soweareleftwiththebroaderquestion:doesgender(性別)reallymatterinleadership?Intermsoftraditionalopinion,variouspsychologicalstudiesshowthatmentendtowardsthehardpowerofcommand,whilewomenarecooperativeandnaturallyunderstandthesoftpowerofattractionandpersuasion.Thekeychoicesaboutwarandpeaceinourfuturewilldependnotongender,butonhowleaderscombinehardandsoftpowerskillstoproducesmartpolicies.Bothmenandwomenwillmakethosedecisions.56.WhichofthefollowingdoesPinkeragree?A.Humanviolencehasbeenincreasing.B.Menplayavitalroleintraditionalwar.C.Womenhavenotmadewarduetotheirpowerlessness.D.Womenprefertotakecareoftheirbabiesathome.57.TheauthormentionsMargaretThatcher,GoldaMeir,andIndiraGandhitosay.A.theywereallwomen B.theyalsoactedasleaders

C.theywereallheroes D.theyalsomadewar58.Howdidthesewomenrisetoleadership?A.Byenteringafamousuniversity. B.Byfollowingvaluessimilartomen’s.C.Byshowingtheirgoodcharacter. D.Byplayingpoliticalgames.59.Whatdoesthewriterintendtotellus?A.Warandpeacedependonwisepoliciesmadebymenorwomen.B.Wehadbetterchoosewomenasourleadersifwewantpeace.C.Womenaremorelikelytomakesmartpoliciesthanmen.D.Metendtoleadtheircountriestowar.BPeoplewhomultitaskallthetimemaybetheworstatdoingtwothingsatonce,anewresearchsuggests.Thefindings,basedonperformancesandself-evaluationbyabout275collegestudents,indicatethatmanypeoplemultitasknotoutofadesiretoincreaseproductivity,butbecausetheyareeasilydistracted(分心)andcan’tfocusononeactivity.And“thosepeopleturnouttobetheworstathandlingdifferentthings,”saidDavidSanbonmatsu,apsychologistattheUniversityofUtah.Sanbonmatsuandhiscolleaguesgavethestudentsasetoftestsandaskedthemtoreporthowoftentheymultitasked,howgoodtheythoughttheywereatit,andhowsensation-seeking(尋求刺激)orimperative(沖動)theywere.Theythenevaluatedtheparticipants’multitaskingabilitywithatrickymentaltaskthatrequiredthestudentstodosimplemathematicalcalculationswhilerememberingasetofletters.Notsurprisingly,thescientistssaid,mostpeoplethoughttheywerebetterthanaverageatmultitasking,andthosewhothoughttheywerebetteratitweremorelikelytoreportusingacellphonewhiledrivingorviewingmultiplekindsofmediaatonce.Butthosewhofrequentlydealwithmanythingsatthesametimewerefoundtoperformtheworstattheactualmultitaskingtest.Theyalsoweremorelikelytoadmittosensation-seekingandimpulsivebehavior,whichconnectswithhoweasilypeoplegetboredanddistracted.“Peoplemultitasknotbecauseit’sgoingtoleadtogreaterproductivity,butbecausethey’redistractible,andtheygetsuckedintothingsthatarenotasimportant.”Sanbonmatsusaid.AdamGazzaley,aresearcherattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,whowasnotamemberoftheresearchgroup,saidonelimitationofthestudywasthatitcouldn’tfindoutwhetherpeoplewhostartoutlessfocused towardmultitaskingorwhetherpeople’srecognizingandunderstandingabilitieschangeasaresultofmultitasking.Thefindingsdosuggest,however,whythesensation-seekerwhomultitaskthemostmayenjoyriskydistracteddriving.“Peoplewhoaremultitaskingaregenerallylesssensitivetoriskysituations.”saidPaulAtchley,anotherresearchernotinthegroup.“Thismaypartlyexplainwhypeoplegoinforthesesituationseventhoughthey’redangerous.”60.TheresearchledbySanbonmatsuindicatesthatpeoplewhomultitask__________.A.seekhighproductivityconstantlyB.preferhandlingdifferentthingswhengettingboredC.aremorefocusedwhendoingmanythingsatatimeD.havethepoorestresultsindoingvariousthingsatthesametime61.WhenSanbonmatsuandhiscolleaguesconductedtheirresearch,they_________.A.assessedthemultitaskingabilityofthestudentsB.evaluatedtheacademicachievementsofthestudentsC.analyzedtheeffectsoftheparticipants’trickymentaltasksD.measuredthechangesofthestudents’understandingability62.AccordingtoSanbonmatsu,peoplemultitaskbecauseoftheir________.A.limitedpowerincalculationB.interestsindoingthingsdifferentlyC.inabilitytoconcentrateononetaskD.impulsivedesiretotrynewthings63.Fromthelastparagraph,wecanlearnthatmultitaskersusually__________.A.driveveryskillfullyB.goinfordifferenttasksC.failtoreactquicklytopotentialdangersD.refusetoexplainthereasonsfortheirbehaviorCForthosewhoaretireddoingthelaundry,Samsunghasfoundananswer:awashingmachinethatcantellyouwhenyourlaundryisdoneviaasmartphoneapp(application).Strangethoughitmayseem—“mywifealreadydoesthat”wasacommonresponseamongattendeesviewingthedevicewhenitwasintroducedattheConsumerElectronicsShow(CES)thisweek—Samsungisjustoneofmanyappliancemakersracingtoinstall(安裝)alargenumberofinternet-connectedfeaturesinmachinesinanefforttomakethem“smart”.Lastyear,itwasarefrigeratorthattweeted.Thisyear,it’sWi-Fi-enabledlaundrymachinesandfridgesthatcantellyouwhenyourgroceriesaregoingbad.Thewashersanddryers,availablestartinginthespring,connecttoanysmartphonethroughadownloadableapplication.Thephonecanthenbeusedasaremotecontrol,sothemachinescanbeturnedonandoffwhiletheirownersisatworkoronthebus.Samsungsaysit’snotjustsomethingnew—theappconnectionactuallyhassomepracticaluses.“Ifyoustartedtodryclothesinthemorningandforgottotakethemout,youcangotoyourphoneandrestartyourdryerforthetimewhencomehome,soyourclothesarerefreshedandreadytogo,”saidspokespersonAmySchmidt.Thecompanyalsosaysthatwithelectricityrate(電價)varyingdependingonthetimeofday,morecontroloverwhenthemachinesareusedcanhelpsavemoney.Perhaps,butwhattheywillprobablyreallyaccomplishiswhatallgoodtechnologiesdo—enablelaziness.Ratherthangettinguptocheckonwhetherthelaundryisdone,userswillinsteadmonitoritontheirphoneswhilewatchingTV.64.Whatcanwelearnaboutthenewlaundrymachines?

A.Theycantellyouwhenyourclothesneedwashing

B.Theycanbecontrolledwithasmartphone

C.Theyaredifficulttooperate

D.Theyaresoldatalowprice65.WecanconcludeformSamsung’sstatementsthat___________.

A.theappconnectionmakeslifeeasierB.itisbettertodryclothesinthemorningC.smartphonecanshortenthedryingtimeD.weshouldrefreshclothesbackathome第Ⅱ卷（共45分）第四部分任務型閱讀（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當?shù)膯卧~。注意：每空格1個單詞。請將答案寫在答題紙（卡）上相應題號的橫線上ParentscanhelptheirseventhandeighthgradestudentsstandoutinandoutoftheirEnglishclassroombyintroducingthemtonewspapers.Newspapersnotonlyofferinformationoncurrentevents,buttheycanalsobeusedtotestyourchild’sknowledgeofgrammar,vocabulary,andmore.Who,What,Where,When,Why,andHow------Haveyourchildreadthefirstcoupleofparagraphsofanewsstory.Askthemtowritedownalloftheimportantfacts,suchaswho,what,where,when,whyandhow.Thishelpsparentstoseeiftheirchildrencomprehendthebasicfactsandinformationtheyread.Grammar------Parentscanmonitorachild’sunderstandingofgrammaticalpartsofspeech(詞性)withoutagrammartextbook.Askyourchildtoreadaparagraphinanarticleandthenlistaspecificnumberofnouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs,pronouns,prepositionsandthelike,whichservesmoreofatestoftheirgrammaticalknowledge.Encouragethemtolisteachofthesepartsofspeechinaparagraph.Then,rereadtheparagraphtoseeiftheymissedanything.Persuasion------Askyourchildtoselectanadvertisementfromthenewspaper.Havetheminvestigatehowspecificwordsorphrasesinfluencetheirfeelingsaboutaparticularproduct.Then,encouragethemtocreateanadvertisementoftheirownforanitemtheydonotlike.Tellthemnottoshowtheirtruefeelingsandtrytomakepeoplewanttobuythisunwanteditem.Afterthat,askthemtolistthepersuasivetechniquesusedintheirad.FactsvsOpinions------Selectaneditorialforyourmiddleschoolertoread.Haveyourchilddivideapieceofpaperintotwocolumns,onemarkedfact,andtheothermarkedopinion.Haveyourstudentdecidewhichcolumnitfitsunder.Thiswillhelpyourchildbetterunderstandfactsversusopinions.Anotherrelatedexerciseisrespondingtoaneditorial.Encourageyourchildtowriteletterstotheeditororresponsestoeditorialsorotherarticles.Beforeyourchildsendshisorherletter,checktheopinionsectiontoseewhatrequirementsthereare.HeadlinesandSynonyms(同義詞)------Askyourmiddleschoolertorewriteacoupleofheadlinesusingthesynonymsoftheoriginalwords.Comparetheheadlines.Dotheoriginalversionsortherewritessoundbetter?Thisisagreatexercisetohelpstudentslearnsynonymsandexpandtheirvocabulary.Ifyoufindyourseventhoreighthgradechildisstrugglingwiththesenewspaperactivities,itmaybeanindicatorthattheyhavefallenbehindintheirreadingskills.Theseactivitiesaredesignedwithaseventhoreighthgraderinmind;therefore,whiletheyareeducational,theyshouldbemoreofreinforcementinsteadofamajorreadingchallenge.OutlineSupportingdetailsAnapproachtolearning(66)_____________studentsinseventhandeighthgradestonewspaperscanbehelpfulinlearningEnglish.Newspaper(67______*Askstudentstoreadthefirstcoupleofparagraphsofanewsstoryandwritedowntheimportantand(68_____________factstoseeiftheycanunderstandthem.*Havestudentsreadanarticleandlistdifferentpartsofspeechtoimprovetheirunderstandingof69______________.*Selectanadandaskstudentstofindthepersuasiveexpressions(70_____________init,andthencreatetheirownadforaproducttheydislike.*Selectaneditorialandhavestudents(71____________betweenfactsandopinions.Afterthatencouragethemtowriteaaneditorial.*Askstudentstowriteafewsynonymsandcomparethemwiththe(73___________headlinestohelpthemwiththeirvocabularyexpansion.Possibleresults*Itmay(74)___________thatachildispooratreadingifheorshehas(75)_______withtheseactivities.*Theseactivities,designedforspecialgraders,cannotbeusedasamajorreadingchallenge.第五部分基礎知識和書面表達第一節(jié)單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）governmenthastakenmany____________(措施)tohelptheunemployed.ofthegoodsmustfitinwiththeneedofsociety.needtothinkmoreaboutr______________ourwaste.isoftenthecase,it’smuchcheapertobuygoodsinlargeq___________.onlyhaveasmallsupplyofwater,sowemustfocusonwaterc_____________.is___________（非法的）tocarrygunsinourcountry.havenothingp____________todothisevening.believethatthisstruggleisgoingtogoonanditmightwellbedecidedinthenext____________(十年).YangtzeRiverishometoawider__________offishandanimals.___________(全神貫注)washethatwedidn’tdaretomakeasound.第二節(jié)動詞填空（共10小題；每小題分，滿分5分）hurriedtothebookingofficeonly_____________（tell）thatalltheticketshadbeensoldout.

（make）thiscake,you’llneed2eggs,175gsugarand175gflour.

coulddonothingbut_____________(admit)tohisteacherthathewaswrong.89.—Comeon,pleasegivemesomeideasabouttheproject.

—Sorry.Withsomuchwork____________(fill)mymind,Ialmostbreakdown.wantedtobeindependentofherparents.Shetried____________(live)alone,butshedidn’tlikeitandmovedbackhome.,______________(struggle)formonthstofindajobasawaitress,finallytookapositionatalocaladvertisingagency.flowershisfriendgavehimwilldieunless______________(water)everyday.hebecameconscious,heremembered______________(attack)witharod.

94.Thisistheonlywaywecanimagine_____________(reduce)theoveruseofwaterinstudents'bathrooms.

isoneofthefunniestthings_______________(find)ontheInternetsofarthisyear.第三節(jié)完成句子（共20小題；每空分，共10分）96削減產量和減少我們制造購買的東西是我們的職責。Itisourdutytotryto____________________________________productionandreducethenumberofthingswemakeandbuy.97增加我們回收東西的數(shù)量，并且教給人們不危害環(huán)境的生活方式是大有好處的。Itwouldbegoodtoincreasetheamountofwastewerecycle,andteachpeople____________________________________thatdonotharmtheenvironment.98這里我想說的是，因為和很多環(huán)保顧問合作過，我知道健康的環(huán)境和發(fā)展是可能同時并存的。_____________________________________________________isthathavingworkedwithmanyenvironmentalconsultants,Iknowthatahealthyenvironmentanddevelopmentshouldbepossibleatthesametime.99我真的贊同我們應該更多的利用回收材料制造產品，減少原材料的使用，因為原材料的供應正變得越來越少。However,Idoagreethatweshouldproducemorethingsfrommaterialsthathavebeenrecycled,andlessfromrawmaterials,_____________________________isgrowingsmallerandsmaller.100種一棵小樹既便宜又方便，而且二十年后，當你看著長成的大樹，你會有種滿足感，因為知道你已經盡了自己的力來幫忙解決氣候變化的問題。Plantingasmalltreeischeapandeasy,andtwodecadesfromnow,whenyoulookat_______________________________________________alargetree,youwillfindasenseofsatisfactionknowingthatyoudidyourparttohelpsolvetheproblemofclimatechange.第四節(jié)句型轉換（共20小題；每空分，共10分）101.Peopleoftenhavethisbeliefthatdevelopmentisbadfortheenvironment._____________________________________________thatthisdevelopmentisbadfortheenvironment.102.Askingaround,Ifindmanypeoplewillingtopayalittlehigherpriceforthingsthatarefriendlytotheenvironment.Askingaround,Ifindmanypeoplewillingtopayalittlehigherpricefor________________________________things.103.Itisbeyonddebatethatwealsohaveaproblemwithpopulation.______________________________________thatwealsohaveaproblemwithpopulation.104.Sometimesweneedtotravellongdistances._________________________________