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1、单元检测(三).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 film starts out on a normal day in a typical American high school.Friends _1_ in the dining room and boys play football.But theres a big surprise when the movie _2_ with two students going crazy in the _
2、3_shooting and killing people.This is “Elephant”，_4_ in just 20 days；it stars real high school kids.American director Gus Van Sant had no readymade lines.The student actors made up their own _5_，with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own _6_.Although it may not sound very high q
3、uality，the _7_ won the Palme dOr(金棕榈奖) for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25th.The film is based on the _8_ at a high school in the US.，where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999.The _9_ of the movie refers to the old expressio
4、n about a problem thats as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house.The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims and the killers.It shows how high school is a _10_ experience for everyonefun and friendly，or hard and lonely.In many ways，the two _11_ who carry out the shoot
5、ing，act like ordinary kids.They joke around with one boys mother as she serves them cakes and play the piano.But，there are hints of the anger they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied (欺负) at school.The other plays _12_ video games.But Van Sant isnt _13_ their killings on either bullying or violen
6、t games.In fact，the film doesnt offer any reason why school violence happens.“I didnt want to _14_ anything.Its up to the _15_ to draw its own conclusions，” said the 51yearold director.1A.chat BsleepCswim Dfight2A.starts BendsCbegins Dtalks3A.cinema BchurchCschool Dstation4A.discussed BlastedCshown
7、Dfilmed5A.faces BdialogueCmind Dclothes6A.teachers BparentsClives Dfamily7A.victims BboysCfilm Ddirector8A.playing BfightingCteaching Dshooting9A.actors BdirectorCkillers Dtitle10A.different BsameChappy Dsad11A.teachers BboysCactors Dgirls12A.sexy BlivelyCviolent Dhealthy13A.blaming BpraisingCscoldi
8、ng Dspending14A.tell BshowCexplain Dstop15A.audience BstudentsCkillers Dlisteners第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题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。Many years ago，when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital，I got to know a little girl 16._ (name) Lisa who was suffering from a r
9、are and serious disease.Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion(输血) 17._ her fiveyearold brother,18._ had miraculously(奇迹般地) survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies(抗体) needed to fight the 19._ (ill)The doctor explained the situation to her little brother，an
10、d asked the boy 20._ he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking 21._ deep breath and saying，“Yes，Ill do it if it can save Lisa.”As the transfusion progressed，he lay in a bed next to his sister and 22._ (smile)，as we all did，seeing the color
11、 returning 23._ her cheeks.Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice，“Will I start to die right away？”Being young，the boy had 24._ (understand) the doctor；he thought he was going to have to give her all 25._ blood.阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节阅读理解(共20
12、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。AStudies show farmland in Africa is often lacking in important nutrients.But researchers say a combination of farming methods may help.Researchers wonder how to increase production without necessarily clearing more land to grow additional crops.American r
13、esearchers say that can happen with greater use of an agricultural system called perenniation.It mixes food crops with trees and perennial plantsthose that return year after year.Soil scientist John Reganold says，“One of the major problems is that the soils are fairly poor in most of the regions.So
14、how do you grow food crops on poor soils？There have to be food production systems that can build the soil and improve the yield.”Mr.Reganold says poor soil may have resulted from years of weathering that washed away many nutrients.He says some farmers may have done more harm than good.“They have bee
15、n actually using farming practices where theyre not putting in organic matter.Theyre not putting in fertilizers.They cant afford those things.And it just runs the soil down.So theyre worsening the situation.”The scientist says the word perenniation defines three systems that are already used in Africa.The oldest of the three is called evergreen agriculture.This is where
