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1、第一单元检测(时间:90分钟满分:120分)一、阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AThat warm day was the only day of the week without rain.I opened the door,took a seat and began to enjoy the wonderful sunshine.Suddenly,I noticed that the house near mine had been sold.An elderly lady w
2、as in front of the door,with some beautiful flowers beside her.I walked to her.She looked to be in her early eighties and had the prettiest white hair.“Hi!My name is Karmen,” I said smiling brightly at the old lady.She smiled back and said,“Hello,Karmen.Im Kitty.” Her voice was very strong for someo
3、ne at her age.Later,I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to help her.From that day on,I often visited her and helped her with her housework and sometimes she gave me some delicious food.A year passed,and I considered her to be one of my best friends.One day,I walked over for m
4、y morning visit and knocked on the door,but there was no answer.I knocked again,and she still didnt turn up.So I let myself in,using the key she had given me.I checked her living room and then her kitchen.I finally went into her bedroom,and she was lying peacefully on her bed.Beside her there were t
5、wo notes.One was her will(遗嘱),which said all that she had would be given to me.The other was a thank-you note.I went to her bedside and cried sadly.Though several years has gone by,I still miss her deeply.Whenever I look at the beautiful flowers in front of her house,I remember the wonderful friends
6、hip we had.1Through visiting the old lady,the author learned that the old lady .A.disliked all her relativesB.had no one to look after herC.didnt want to live with her familyD.was looking for someone to look after her答案B解析根据第二段中的“Later,I learned that she was alone and had no family or relatives to h
7、elp her.”可知,没有人来照顾她。所以本题选B项。2What can we learn from the passage?A.The old lady was not kind.B.The author didnt have any good friends.C.The old lady didnt know how to make food.D.The author got along very well with the old lady.答案D解析根据短文第二、三段描述可知,作者和这个老人相处得很好,以至于最后将财产都给了作者。3What does “turn up” mean i
8、n Paragraph 3?A.appearB.leaveC.tryD.change答案A解析由下文描述可知,此处指的是这个老人还没有出来开门,没有出现,故turn up与appear意思相同。所以本题选A项。4In order to thank the author,the old lady decided to.A.give the author her favourite flowersB.let the author know she was her best friendC.give the author a key to her houseD.leave all that she
9、had to the author答案D解析根据第三段中的“One was her will,which said all that she had would be given to me.The other was a thank-you note.I went to her bedside and cried sadly.”可知本题选D项。BTake a look at teenagers around,dressed in baggy-pants,drinking soft drinks such as coke,reading Japanese cartoons.Whether yo
10、u are in Beijing,Wuhan or Hong Kong,you will get the same impression.But should we copy others or should we maintain our differences?It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language,dress in the same style,eat the same food and play the same games.If the world was like this,
11、you wont feel strange in any corner of the world.But just imagine living in such a strange world.How dull and colourless it would be!Different kinds of food that people can taste,the colorful and fashionable clothes that we wear and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures
12、 that our ancestors left us.These differences represent their creativity and talent.And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives.When you travel to other places,you want to see different things.When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories.These differences in cul
13、ture make life colourful.But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing.In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes.Fast food stores are everywhere.Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performi
14、ng arts out of our lives.The colours of our life are disappearing.There is a joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colourful life.So lets take action to protect our colourful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.Its not difficult.Learning some folk songs,trying on a tra
15、ditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help.And Im sure you will enjoy it.5The passage is written to .A.explain cultural differencesB.convince readers to maintain cultural differencesC.predict the future of globalizationD.show some cultural phenomena(现象)答案B解析这篇短文主要讨
16、论了我们是该模仿他人还是保持自己的文化差异,并建议我们保持自己的文化差异。故选B项。6The author starts the argument by .A.mentioning certain cultural phenomena B.mentioning his view at the very beginningC.mentioning the opposite view at the very beginningD.giving examples of cultural differences 答案A解析根据短文第一段描述,可知作者首先列出了一些现象,继而才提出问题,故选A项。7The underlined word “shrinking” probably means “
