A Test for Unit 4 Book 1
一．阅读理解（20分）
A (17年高考全国)
I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.
I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.
The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.
Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
1. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1?
A. Efforts made in vain.
B. Getting injured in his work.
C. Feeling uncertain about his future. D. Creatures forced out of their homes. 2. Why was the author called to Muttontown?
A. To rescue a woman.
B. To take care of a woman. C. To look at a baby owl. D. To cure a young owl.
3. What made the chick calm down?
A. A new nest. B. Some food. C. A recording. D. Its parents.
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4. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?
A. It’s unexpected. B. It’s beautiful. C. It’s humorous. D. It’s discouraging.
B
Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟) on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.” 5. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?
A. To remember the birth of jazz. B. To protect cultural diversity.
C. To encourage people to study music. D. To recognize the value of jazz.
6. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Jazz becoming more accessible.
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B. The production of jazz growing faster. C. Jazz being less popular with the young. D. The jazz audience becoming larger.
7. What can we infer about Moran’s opinion on jazz?
A. It will disappear gradually. B. It remains black and white.
C. It should keep up with the times. D. It changes every 50 years.
8. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Exploring the Future of jazz B. The Rise and Fall of jazz C. The Story of a jazz Musician D. Celebrating the Jazz Day 二．任务型阅读（10分）
If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping, I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 81 . The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 82 We slept in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor’s bill for my son’s food poisoning.
I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness. 83 Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.
84 We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.
85 It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style. A. This time there was no tent.
B. Things are going to be improved.
C. The trip they took me on was a rough one.
D. I was to learn a lot about camping since then, however. E. I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping.
F. After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping.
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G. There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall. 三．完形填空（30分）
My mother asked me to call my grandmother. What could we have a ___11___ about? Nothing! I just did what she told me and___12___ called my grandmother.
When she ___13___ the phone, I planned to have a small 10-minute exchange. ___14___ she invited me to lunch at her house so we could ___15___ together. Hesitantly, I agreed.
After hanging up the phone, I immediately ___16___ agreeing to the lunch date on Saturday.
Surprisingly, my Saturday morning wasn’t ___17___. I found it was nice to see her. I forgot the time ___18___ her stories about her recent trip to Europe and her sewing class. I wasn’t ___19___ that 60-year-old people had a social life. It turned out that her ___20___ wasn’t mundane (平凡的) as I thought. I was happy to have spent time with her. We planned to meet ___21___ at her house. My mom didn’t have to ___22___ me any more.
This time I didn’t feel the gloom (忧郁). ___23___ I wanted to ask were building up in my mind: What was my grandfather like? What did you do at my age?
As we looked through pictures, I was ___24___. I had never seen, nor imagined, my grandmother as a young girl. She reminded me of myself. I learned that as humans, we ___25___ human experiences, no matter what age.
She told me about the time she and her friends went swimming in the lake late at night and the first time she met my ___26___. “You would have adored him. He was the funniest man I’d ever met.” We sorted through there shoeboxes of photographs, each with a ___27___ story.
Ever since that ___28___ phone call to my grandmother, we have talked at least once a week. I regret not calling her earlier. She has ___29___ me what can’t be learned in a textbook: being open to new things, enjoying the simple things, and appreciating what life has given me. I have ___30___ a new perspective(视角) on life.
11. A. chance B. dream C. secret D. conversation 12. A. nervously B. appropriately C. painfully D. calmly 13. A. attached B. showed C. heard D. answered 14. A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides 15. A. swim B. chat C. shop D. cook 16. A. avoided B. enjoyed C. forgot D. regretted 17. A. funny B. special C. boring D. tiring 18. A. listening to B. belonging to C.looking forward to D. living up to 19. A. aware B. sure C. clear D. afraid 20. A. wisdom B. life C. strength D. success
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