江苏省无锡市外国语学校2021--2022学年学年第一次月考英语试题（含答案）

Test for Units 3-4

一、单项选择

1. Life is like ______ ocean. Only ______ strong-willed can reach the other side.

 A. a; /    B. then; a    C; an; the    D. /; a

2. ---She sold her treasures to help others, though it was ______ her family’s wishes.

 ---It’s so kind of her.

 A. against   B. above    C. on    D. for

3. I’ve wanted to read Peter Pan for long, ______ today I finally borrowed the book from the library.

A. or    B. but    C. and    D. since

4. Jane Austen, the writer of Pride and Prejudice, wrote many stories of love. However, she ______ single her life.

A. reminded   B. require    C. remained   D. refused

5. ---I didn’t see you at Jim’s party last week.  ---I thought I ______, but more work stopped me.

  A. needed   B. must    C. could    D. might

6. Excuse me, could you tell me ______?

A. whether World War II was broken out  B. who your best friend is

C. where is the nearest hospital    D. why did my school team lose the game

7. My parents have a low opinion of K-pop, they think most Korean songs are not worth ______ at all.

A. listening to   B. being listened to  C. listening   D. being listening to

8. ---Mom, I’ve just got a new job in a big company. 

---Congratulations! Try to make yourself ______ so that the company doesn’t want to lose you.

A. valuable   B. comfortable   C. fashionable   D. strong

9. Spud Webb has influenced me most. His stories give me much ______ to face all kinds of difficulties.

A. luck    B. wealth    C. courage   D. decision

10.  The future of a country lies in its youth. That’s ______ the Chinese government set a plan to guide its youth toward better development.

A. how    B. whether   C. what    D. why

11.  What ______ most is that he told a lie.

A. proves    B. races    C. matters   D. admires

12. ---My mobile phone doesn’t work. I need a new one. 

---Why not have it ______? Maybe nothing serious.

A. displayed   B. changed   C. checked   D. charged

13.  ---Simon, it’s 10:00 p.m. Go to bed now!

---But I can’t. I have to ______ to study for tomorrow’s exam.

A. get up    B. stay up   C. wake up   D. put up

14.  ---What a good ______ you’ve given me! Thanks a lot.

---Don’t mention it.

A. advice    B. progress   C. information   D. suggestion

15.  ---What shall we do now?     ---______ it’s raining hard, let’s stay at home.

A. So    B. Since    C. Though   D. If

16. ---Boys, please tell me something about the new film The Hunger Games, OK?

---Sorry, ______ Frank ______ I have ever seen it.

A. either; or   B. not only; but also  C. neither; nor   D. both; and

17. ---I feel stressed from time to time. Could you offer me some advice?

---______ going to the teacher for help?

A. Why don’t you   B. What about   C. Why not   D. You’d better

18. I was replying ______ a letter from my pen friend ______ the doorbell rang.

A. /; when    B. To; While   C. /; while   D. to; when

19.  On November 11, many young people spend ______ money shopping in TMALL.

A. a number of  B. the number of  C. a great deal   D a great deal of

20.  ---How is Peter getting along with his new work? ---______. You know, he is always the lucky dog.

A. Just so-so   B. I have no idea  C. Ask him yourself  D. Never better

二、完形填空

I take after my mother. From her I took over a curious nature, a sense of adventure and right red hair. However, I did not receive a talent for __21__ from her.

My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart. She found a strict Russian woman to be my piano teacher when I was four. I did whatever the teacher told me in order to __22__ her. “Feel the music,” she always told me, I “felt” it. But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with a(an) __23__ expression.

Once, in order to __24__ my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). I put on the tape recording until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to __25__ why I always missed the same note. She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.

Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them __26__.

Then my mother hit on another idea. She took me to a drama teacher. __27__, the teacher put me into painting scenery(舞台布景) instead of teaching to sing. Immediately I fell in love with this active and practical world, and I discovered that I had a skill for building and painting. I loved the __28__ of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful!

I’m a sculptor now, and every day I __29__ once again the pleasure of being fully involved in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful feeling. I realize that my mother was trying to give me this feeling. Perhaps she went about it in the wrong way, but her heart was in the right __30__.

21.  A. music    B. sports    C. cooking   D. writing

22. A. praise    B. please    C. believe   D. help

23. A. excited   B. nappy    C. angry    D. shy

24. A. stop    B. continue   C. begin    D. escape(逃避)

25. A. require   B. argue    C. wonder   D. expect

26. A. secretly   B. perfect    C. quietly    D. polite

27. A. Otherwise   B. However   C. Moreover   D. For example

28. A. challenge   B. change    C. risk    D. advice

29. A. create    B. consider   C. share    D. experience

30. A. reason    B. meaning   C. way    D. place

三、阅读理解

A

Grand Opening

Bentwood Truck Museum Saturday,

November 8, at 10:00 A.M.

After eighteen mouths of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the Bentwood Truck Museum is ready to open. The old factory on the corner of Palmer Street and Norman Drive had been scheduled to be destroyed. When Roger Haygood heard about the plans to tear down the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. Then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum.

During the past year and a half, the old building has been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. Instead of a dark and dull house, the building has become a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past.

The museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. There is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 1937 fire engine. Our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. Our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow truck.

You can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice-cream truck. Rides are $2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in Bentwood.

Help us celebrate our grand opening by bringing your family and friends! There is something to interest everyone who attends. The Bentwood Truck Museum is a special piece of our history.

         To get to Bentwood Truck Museum, take Route 29 (Kingston Highway) to Palmer Street.

         Go south on Palmer Street for one block and take a left onto Norman Drive.

         You will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left.

         Parking is available across the street, on you right.

31. In which of the following can visitor take a ride?

A. A school bus.  B. A bakery truck.  C. A milk truck.  D. A mail truck.

32.  Where is Bentwood Truck Museum?

A. On Kingston Highway.      B. On Robert Street.

C. On Norman Drive.       D. On Elliot Street Truck

33.  What is special about this museum?

A. It exhibits trucks dating back to 200 years ago.

B. It is not possible for you to drive to the museum.

C. It’s transformed from an old factory by volunteers.

D. It is built because an old factory has been destroyed.

B

Remember

by Christina Rossetti

Remember me when I am gone away,

Gone far away into the silent land;

When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by day

You tell me of our future that you planned:

Only remember me, you understand

It will be late to counsel(劝告) then or pray(祷告),

Yet if you should forget me for a while

And afterwards remember, do not grieve;

For if the darkness and corruption(腐化堕落) leave

 A vestige(残留部分) of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

Than that you should remember and be sad.

34. The speaker asks the addressee(收件人) to remember “me when I am gone away.” Based on the evidence in these lines, when will the speaker be gone?

A. The speaker will be gone in a year.   B. The speaker will be gone tomorrow.

C. The speaker will be gone as soon as possible.  D. The speaker will be gone after death.

35.  Which word shows a change in thinking halfway through the poem?

A. “When”(line 3)  B. “then”(line 8)  C. “Yet”(line 9)  D. “For”(line 11)

36.  What is a theme of this poem?

A. There is no point in planning for the future because everyone is going to die at last.

B. If you love someone, you should spend more time counseling that person than praying for that person.

C. If someone you love dies, moving on and being happy is better than remembering and being sad.

D. If someone you love dies, remembering and being sad is better than moving on and being happy.

C

Sophia is smart, talented and incredibly nice. As a team leader, she wishes Nathan, a member of her history project, did his part as required. But rather than criticize him, Sophia offered polite encouragement trying to push him instead, only to find that Nathan kept falling behind. It ended up that other team members, who had to take on more work, complained about both Sophia and Nathan, while Nathan himself complained that he was not treated fairly.

How did poor Sophia get into this mess? The primary reason was that Sophia failed in a key aspect of leadership- the duty to provide clear feedback(反馈)for team members. This isn’t simply a duty but a correctness.

Failing to question or criticize Nathan’s work, Sophia was in fact unkind. Many people are not a failure, like Nathan in this case; they’re just in the wrong place, and still left in the dark. What they really need is feedback from their leaders. However, Sophia, in this case, withheld a gift from Nathan.

“You’d better use open, honest, continuous and clear feedback,” says Harry Kraemer, a professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University, “to help figure out someone’s best fit- in their particular job or in the organization.”

This approach also prevents surprises. It’s not uncommon to see someone suddenly removed from a team. They may have deserved it, but with a kind leader, they wouldn’t have been caught off-guard because they would have been receiving open, honest, continuous and clear judgment of their performance.

Then why is it so hard for leaders to give good feedback? “We like to be liked,” Kraemer says. So we avoid anything that may cause unpleasantness, but that kind of feedback usually helps members find the right place for them. “If you like to be liked, the chance of being respected is extremely low. However, if you start off focusing on being respected, you have a chance of being liked.” Kraemer adds. The most difficult part for the leader, of course, involves criticizing someone. That is what a nice leader finds hard.

Back to Sophia’s case. Not telling Nathan how he was on the team only made a hard situation worse. But with a different mindset, she could have set herself and Nathan up for success.

37. The expression “caught off-guard” in Paragraph 5 probably means “______”.

A. kicked out carelessly B. treated unexpectedly C. sent out unfairly   D. guided effortlessly

38. The writer probably agrees that ______.

A. being nice to team members is likely to win leaders great respect

B. criticizing team members results in serious complaints to the leader

C. open and honest communication is a must for leaders and team members

D. praise and encouragement from leaders bring out better team performance

39.  According to the writer, what Sophia should do is ______.

A. patiently encouraging Nathan to try his best

B. gradually having Nathan dropped out of the project

C. politely showing Nathan the improvement he made

D. clearly telling Nathan her judgment of his performance

40.  Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. To be nice or to be kind?      B. To be liked or to be criticized?

C. Is it necessary for leaders to be pleasing?   D. Is it helpful for leaders to be demanding?

D

 The secret the aroma

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示) at the entrance? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the same? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no. But while a shop’s scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is provided as an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.

A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers’ intention to purchase increased by 80 percent.

When it comes to the best shopping streets in Paris, scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales. That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.

Some years ago, the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’ disproving attitude and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic commerce(e-commerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and- mortar stores(实体店) can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination. And scent is just one way to achieve this.

Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department, and coconut scent in the swimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.

41.  According to the passage, what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand stores?

A. Unique scents.        B. Friendly assistant.  

C. Soft background music.      D. Attractive window display.

42.  E-shops are mentioned in the passage to ______.

A. show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores

B. urge shop assistants to change their attitude

C. push stores to use sights and sounds

D. introduce the rise of e-commerce

43.  Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The sport goods company once found an 80 percent increase in purchase.

B. For stores in Paris, the smell is more important than the window displays.

C. Both the E-commerce and the real stores focus on the attractiveness of goods.

D. Many famous stores nowadays are trying hard to find the ideal scent.

44. The main purpose sf the passage is to ______.

A. compare(对比) and evaluate(评判)   B. examine ne and assess(评价)

C. argue(辩论) and discuss     D. inform(通知) and explain

四、词汇运用

45. It’s easy to make your __________ (发音) perfect because of your strong local accent(口音).

46.  These products are so expensive that I __________ (简直) don’t know who will buy them.

47.  All the students were asked to write their names on the __________ (字典) covers after they got them in class.

48.  Don’t lose heart. I am sure you can improve your marks __________ (通过) hard practice.

49. On some celebration, even the __________ (严格) scientists we’ve known have a sense of humour.

50.  Do you have problems reading English __________ (出声地)?

51. My classmates do plenty of __________ (研究) to find out the cheapest way of traveling there.

52. As a parent, Mrs. Smith really wants to see her children __________ (success) when they grow up.

53. After playing computer games all night, Jim couldn’t stay __________ (wake) the next day.

54.  The whole country was surprised at so many great __________ (achieve) of China these years.

55. His __________ (think) of being a volunteer teacher in poor areas makes us surprised.

56.  The young mother walked into the baby’s bedroom __________ (silence) not to wake the sleeping child up.

57. He is an __________ (usual) man with great business talent.

五、动词填空

58.  The more you study, the more questions you will think of __________ (ask).

59. When I entered the room, the teacher, together with his students, __________ (dance) to the music.

60. Some people believe that dreams can tell us what __________ (happen) in the future.

61.  The traffic rule says the children under the age of 4 and __________ (weigh) less than 40 pounds must be in child safety seats.

62. The rocks that Jim and Harry found __________ (take) to the library for further study last week.

63. Nowadays, the small village __________ (remain) what it was like ten years ago, natural and beautiful.

64.  Should the books borrowed last week __________ (return) to the library?

65. His mother was angry with him for he __________ (play) the computer games for 3 hours.

66. Thanks to my English teacher, __________ (catch) up with my classmates.

67.  The boy chatted with his online friends happily, __________ (forget) all about his homework.

68. __________ (not laugh) at the classmates who failed in the exam, will you?

70. I don’t know what I should pay attention to __________ (control) my weight.

六、完成句子

71. 上个月，这些可怕的事件萦绕在每个人心头。

These terrible accidents _________________________________________________________ last month.

72. 主人回家后，小偷别无选择，只能躲在衣柜里。

 After the house owner came home, the thief ____________________________________ in the wardrobe.

73. 我想知道你这个年纪的孩子会怎么处理这样的问题。

I want to know ____________________________________________________________ such a problem.

74. 直到儿子被警察逮住，这位老父亲察觉到儿子所做的事情。

The old father _________________________________ his son did until his son was caught by the police.

75. Tom的父母想知道他在哪些科目已取得长足进步。

Tom’s parents wonder which subjects ______________________________________________________.

76. 他的话差点把我逼疯了。

What he said _________________________________________________________________________.

77. 我们的老师经常建议我们要及时复习所学内容。

Our teachers usually advise us ___________________________________________________________.

78. 我父母以前过于在意我的考试成绩导致我一考试就焦虑。

My parents ____________________________________________ that I was worried before every exam.

七、阅读填空

An 11-year-old blind girl is proud of walking alone every day to and from school. Why? She has to walk past so many buriers(障碍物) in her way. The girl’s home is near the school, yet her mother fallows her without letting her know.

The case of the girl shows the barrier-free facilities(设施) are not enough in her city. Many other cities are short of barrier-free facilities as well. There’s no well-designed path for the blind. In fact, in the early 2000s, some cities started to build barrier-free facilities for disabled people. However, almost 20 years later, only a few large cities have had facilities of high quality.

It’s common that sidewalks are taken up with barriers. Few workers are sent to move them away, so it’s dangerous for the blind to walk on them. Also, some other barrier-free facilities are badly destroyed(毁坏). Only a few workers are assigned(分配) to do the task of repairing the broken ones.

Some ideas can make a difference-build more barrier-free facilities and employ mere workers to protect them--but hard to be into practice, because both of them require money. In a word, more money is needed to carry on with the work. It’s our duty to make like easy/for disabled people, so that they can live without barriers some day.

答案

一、CACCC, BAACD, CCBDB, CBDDD

二、ABCDC, BBADD

三、DCC, DCC, BCDA, AADD

四、pronunciation, simply, dictionaries’, through, strictest, aloud, research, succeed, awake, achievements, thought, silently, unusual

五、to ask, was dancing, will happen, weighed, were taken, remains, be returned, (had) played, have caught, forgetting, Don’t laugh, to control

六、71. were on everyone’s mind    72. had no choice but to go into hiding

 73. how a child of your age will deal with  74. didn’t realise what

 75. he has made great progress in   76. nearly drove me mad

 77. to go over what we have learnt in time  78. paid too much attention to my marks

七、secret, Problems, neither, except, easily