Unit 2 Great minds堂上测试卷
(时间：45分钟
满分：60分)
I. 单项填空(15分)
1. _______is not easy for a foreigner to learn to speak Chinese.
A. It B. This C. That D. There 2. --- How far is it from Tianjin to Changsha?
--- It is a ________ flight from Tianjin to Changsha.
A. 2-hour-long B. 2-hours-long C. 2 hour’s long D. 2 hour long 3. Dad, you have worked for three hours. Stop _______ and have a rest, please.
A. to work B. working C. work D. works
4. It was ________ lovely weather _________ we decided to spend the day on the beach.
A. such a; that B. such; that C. such; as D. so; that 5. Mr Li is always patient to give me _________on how to work out the problems.
A. an advice B. many advice C. some advice D. some advices 6. Paul is funny. He often plays jokes _______ his classmates.
A. at B. to C. for D. on 7. If you don’t study hard. you'll ________ your parents ________.
A. let, down B. write, down C. look, up D. cheer, up 8. --- I feel a bit hungry now.
--- Why ________for dinner with us?
A. not you B. don' t you go C. not to go D. don’t go 9. It is hard to finish the work, but we'll keep ________ until we make it. A. try B. tried C. trying D. to try 10. ---Why do you like this novel?
--- Because the _______ in it is exciting.
A. achievement B. seat C. lecture D. action Ⅱ.完形填空(10分)
How would you use a radio or a telephone if had no electricity or batteries? These __l1__ bothered (使烦恼) British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in2019 he __12__ a wind-up(装有发条的) radio. It doesn’t need electricity or batteries. You wind it up __13__ hand. It plays for about an hour. Then you wind it up __14__. Today it's made in South Africa.
Then in 2019, Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by __15__. The shoes contain(含有) a small battery that is powered when you __16__. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern __17__ to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn't have a university degree in degree in engineering. In __18__, he left high school before graduating(毕业). He just loves __19__ things to help people. He never knows __20__ ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream. 11. A. dreams B. problems C. wonders D. wishes 12. A. invented B. improved C. borrowed D. copied 13. A. in B. at C. on D. by 14. A. then B. slowly C. again D. finally 15. A. sun B. shoes C. caps D. wind 16. A. sleep B. walk C. rest D. chat 17. A. communications B. exhibitions C. suggestions D. instructions 18. A. fact B. order C. need D. time 19. A. buying B. selling C. making D. collecting
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20. A. while B. because C. unless D. when Ⅲ. 阅读理解(10分)
“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?
Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered \watch? But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring(钟表的主发条)?He soon found he could make it with whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don 't lose heart, and don 't ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose. 21.From the passage, we know some great things come from
A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. thinking 22. The idea of Isaac Newton’s discovery was from ___________.
A. the falling of an apple B. the cleaning of a garden C. the falling of a tree D. the moving of a lid 23. The achievement of James Watt was that he___________.
A. kept thinking B. found the steam in the kettle C. improved the steam engine much D. watched the lid move up and down 24. The right order of the following sentences
①James Ferguson made a wooden clock. ②James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.
③James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone. A. ③②① B.②③① C.②①③ D.③①② 25. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Learn to ask for help. B. A difficult lesson to learn.
C. It is easy to say \
D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose. IV. 根据汉语意思完成句子(10分) 26. 我不想让我的观众失望。
I don't want to _________ my __________ ___________. 27. 他们是如此坏的男孩儿, 以至于没有人想和他们交朋友。
They are _______bad boys ________ nobody wants to make friends with them. 28. 男孩儿们主动提出帮助老人。
The boys ________ _________ _________ the old man. 29. 在比赛中他们轻而易举地获得了冠军。
They won the first place _______ ________in the race. 30. 她的梦想是成为一名科学家。
Her dream is _________ _________a scientist. V. 书面表达(15分)
根据下面的提示,用英语写一篇介绍世界著名剧作家莎士比亚的短文。
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提示:1.莎士比亚是一位英国剧作家兼诗人。在他的一生中,他写了大约39部戏剧,154首短诗和几 首长诗。他的一些戏剧非常著名,例如《哈姆雷特》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。
2. 莎士比亚1564年出生在英国。在上学的时候，他就喜欢戏剧, 毕业时他决定当一名演员。大约1592年他去了伦敦并加入了一家戏剧公司,他成了一名成功的演员并开始写戏剧。莎士比亚在52岁时去世。
3.莎士比亚全世界闻名,今天你仍然能看到他的戏剧用英语和其他许多语言在演出。
参考词汇: writer of plays and poems(剧作家兼诗人), short poems(短诗), Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Romeo and Juliet(《罗密欧与朱丽叶》), a theatre company(一个戏剧公司) 参考答案
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