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1、单元综合测评(一).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)ALill was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community.At the age of 16, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income.In 1922, with limited education and skills, the futu
2、re didnt look bright for Lill.Her father demanded that Lill find a job as soon as possible, but she didnt have the confidence to ask for a job.One day, Lill gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door.She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager.In her broken English, Lill told h
3、er she was interested in the secretarial position.Margaret decided to give her a chance.Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lill, lets see how good you really are.” She directed Lill to type a single letter, and then left.Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was 11：40 am.Everyone wo
4、uld be leaving for lunch at noon.She thought she should at least attempt the letter.On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes.She pulled the paper out and threw it away.The clock now read 11：45.“At noon，” she said to herself，“Ill move out with the crowd, and they will never s
5、ee me again.”On her second attempt, things didnt get any better.Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though.She looked at the clock: 11：55five minutes to freedom.Just then, Margaret walked in.She came directly over to Lill, and put one hand on the desk and the o
6、ther on the girls shoulder.She read the letter and paused.Then she said, “Lill, youre doing good work！”Lill was surprised.She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret.With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow.She thought, “Well, if s
7、he thinks its good, then it must be good, I think Ill stay！”Lill did stay at Carhartt Overall Company for 51 yearsthrough two world wars and 11 presidentsall because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of selfconfidence when she knocked on the door.【语篇解读】文章主要叙述了莉莉
8、参加工作的第一天，尝试打一封信，尝试了好几次没有成功。最后受到玛格丽特的鼓励从而获得信心。1Why did Lill leave school at an early age?ATo learn English well.BTo earn money for her family.CTo get selfconfidence.DTo become a typist.【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二句提到的“.her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to co
9、ntribute to the family income.”可知B项正确。【答案】B2Who does the underlined word “someone” in the last paragraph refer to?ALills father.BLill herself.CA president.DMargaret.【解析】推理判断题。根据上文的叙述可知是玛格丽特给了她自信，从而使她一直在公司工作。【答案】D3What can we learn from Lills story?AEncouragement makes a difference.BHonesty is the be
10、st policy.CVirtue leads to success.DTime waits for no man.【解析】推理判断题。根据全文的叙述可知，由于玛格丽特给莉莉鼓励，从而使她有信心继续工作。【答案】AB(2015全国卷)My color television has given me nothing but a headache.I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of a lot of clot
11、hes that wouldnt fit.I let a salesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model.I realized this a day later，when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventyfive dollars less than I had paid.The set worked so beautifully when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signe
12、d off for the night.Fortunately，I didnt get any channels showing allnight movies or I would never have gotten to bed.Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static(静电)noise.For some reason，when certain shows switched into a commercial，a loud noise would sound for a few seconds
13、.Gradually，this noise began to appear during a show，and to get rid of it，I had to change to another channel and then change it back.Sometimes this technique would not work，and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound.I actually began to build up my arm muscles(肌肉)shaking my set.When
14、 neither of these methods removed the static noise，I would sit helplessly and wait for the noise to go away.At last I ended up hitting the set with my fist，and it stopped working altogether.My trip to the repair shop cost me $62，and the set is working well now，but I keep expecting more trouble.【语篇解读
15、】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者认为自己在售货员的欺骗下，购买了一台电视机，因为这种型号的电视机已停止生产，而且作者还多花了钱。不仅如此，作者在看节目的时候，电视还出现了静电噪音。文章着重描写了作者采取各种措施来消除这种噪音，比如换台、摇晃电视机等。最后作者花了很多钱修好了电视机。4Why did the author say he was fooled into buying the TV set?AHe got an older model than he had expected.BHe couldnt return it when it was broken.CHe could ha
16、ve bought it at a lower price.DHe failed to find any movie shows on it.【解析】细节理解题。A项“他购买的型号比自己所期望的要老”与文章第一段第三句话“我被售货员欺骗购买了一个已经停产的型号”有出入，可排除；B项“当电视坏了的时候，他不能退还”在文中没有提到；D项“他在这台电视上找不到任何电影”与第一段最后一句“幸运的是，我没有那种播放整夜电影的频道，否则一宿都不能睡觉了”信息不一致。根据第一段中的at seventyfive dollars less than I had paid(比我所付的钱少75美元)可知C项“他本可以以更低的价格买这台电视”正确。【答案】C5Which of the following can bes
