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1、单元质量评估(三)(时间：100分钟满分：120分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AIf you are planning on travelling，there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.First of all，always check and doublecheck departure(出发) time.It is su
2、rprising how few people really do this carefully.Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten.My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10：50.When I arrived at the airport，the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed.There
3、fore，I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards (信用卡)，it is still important to have some local money in cash (现金)Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed.The only
4、way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars，I offered to pay in pounds instead.“Listen! I only take real money！” the driver said angrily.You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your dest
5、ination before you leave.I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May，when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester，to places like Athens，Rome or Madrid，where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.【语篇解读】本文为说明文，主要介绍了如何做好旅行的准备工作。1Where
6、is the writer most probably from?ABritain.BThe USA.CItaly. DGreece.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的“when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester”可知A为正确选项。答案：A2When the writer found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver，he_Aasked the driver to give him a free rideBoffered to pay in poundsCgave the driver
7、some fake (假的) moneyDtried to pay by credit card解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的“offered to pay in pounds”可知答案。答案：B3Generally，in May the weather in London is_Awarm and dry Bcold and dryChot and wet Dcool and rainy解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段的“heavy suits and raincoats”可知D为正确选项。答案：D4The writer mainly tells us_Ahow to make life ea
8、sierBhow to be well prepared for a tripChow to enjoy ourselves on the tripDhow to schedule our trip解析：主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了如何为旅行做好准备。答案：BBIt was a village in IndiAThe people were poor.However，they were not unhappy.After all，their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day，some visitors
9、 from the city arrived.They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs.However，they did not have enough frogs of their own，and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing.There were millions of frogs in the fields around，and t
10、hey were no use to the villagers.All they had to do was to catch them.Agreement was reached，and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs.Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money.For the first time，the people were able to dream of a better future.But the dr
11、eam didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at first，but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well.More worrying was that the children fell ill more often，and，there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the
12、 children getting weak.They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂)and medicines.Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening.It was the frog.They hadnt been useless.They had been doing an important jobeating insects.Now with so many frogs killed, the i
13、nsects were increasing more rapidly.They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now，the people are still poor.But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs.These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.【语篇解读】印度有个村庄，那里的人们虽然很穷，但活得很开心。但是
14、自从他们把田里所有的青蛙都捉了卖钱后，生活变得不再平静。5From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers_Aworked very hard for centuriesBdreamed of having a better lifeCwere poor but somewhat contentDlived a different life from their forefathers解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“The people were poor.However，they were not unhappy.”可知，他们虽清贫但还算幸福。A项原文
15、未提及；B项是后文所述之事；D项与第一段中的信息恰恰相反。答案：C6Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?AThe frogs were easy money.BThey needed money to buy medicine.CThey wanted to please the visitors.DThe frogs made too much noise.解析：细节理解题。由第三段首句“This seemed like money for nothing.”及后面的叙述可知，村民们认为对他们无用的青蛙是能让他们快速发财致富的东西，故选A。答案：A7What might be the cause of the childrens sickness?AThe crops didnt do well.BThere were too many insects.CThe visitors brought in diseases.DThe pesticides were overused.解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段最后一句“They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.”可知，由于害虫增加，导致农作物损失，疾病蔓延，从而引起儿童患病，
