牛津高中英语模块五第一单元测试卷.doc

高二牛津高中英语第五模块第一单元阶段测试
考试时间：100分钟 满分：120 2013.10
第一节：单项选择
1. Mrs. Taylor has ______8-year-old daughter who has ______ gift for painting. She has won two national prizes.
A. a; a B. an; the C. an; a D. a; the
2. Mrs Green prefers a restaurant in a small town to ________ in so large a city as New York.
A. it　 B. those　 C. this 　 D. one
3. Statistics show that men have ________ as women do whatever vehicles they drive.
A. twice serious accidents as many　 B. serious accidents as many twice
C. serious accidents as twice many　 D. twice as many serious accidents
4. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we need to have factual knowledge ______ our thinking.
A. upon which to base　　 B. which to be based on
C. which to base D. to which to be based
5. In today's competitive economy, ________ everyone is trying to do more with less, you've got to figure out a way to profit from the very beginning.
A. how　 B. where　 C. which 　 D. that
6. ________ some teenagers don't realize is ________ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.
A. What; that 　 B. That; what 　 C. What; how 　 D. That; how
7. The camera was out of function yesterday, so we don’t know who ________ for the theft.
A. blames B. was to blame C. blamed D. will blame
8. —I'm going to Syria. Would you please tell me about your experiences there?
—________.Let's discuss it over dinner.
A. By all means 　 B. It just depends　 C. Never mind　 D. Go ahead
9. This special school accepts all disabled students, _________ educational level and background.
A. according to B. regardless of C. in addition to D. as a consequence of
10. — I don’t suppose the police know who did it.
—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and _______ now.
A. has been questioned B. is being questioned C. is questioning D. has questioned
11. Harry was so outgoing that he _______ the other children very well in kindergarten.
A. got along with B. put up with C. came up with D. dropped out of
12. You can’t ________ him to lead the way. He is a new comer here.
A. rely on B. insist on C. believe on D. turn on
13. Drink a glass of milk before you go to bed, and you may just ________ a sound sleep.
A. keep up with B. put up with C. end up with D. catch up with
14.—Bob feels really sorry, Jean.
— I wouldn’t accept his excuses unless he takes back what he said.
A. What for? B. So what? C. No doubt. D. No wonder.
15. Every time the class teacher walks past the window, the two boys pretend _________ closely.
A. listening B. to listen C. to have listened D. to be listening
16. ______to that famous university surprised us all, for he was absent from school for a whole year..
A. He being admitted B. He admitted C. His being admitted D. His admitted
17. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door________"Sorry to miss you；will call later."
A. read 　　 B. reads　　 C. to read 　   D. reading
18. ________ blood if you can and many lives will be saved.
A. Giving B. Give C. Given D. To give
19. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, _________it more difficult.
A. not make B. not to make C. not making  D. do not make
20. While building a tunnel through the mountain, _______ .
A. an underground lake was discovered B. there was an underground lake discovered  
C. a lake was discovered underground D. the workers discovered an underground lake
21. The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see _______the next year.
A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out  D. to carry out
22. ____in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Being founded B. It was founded C. Founded D. Founding
23. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only______ the film stars had left.
A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told
24. I don’t think it wise ________ the hard work that they have refused to do.
A. for you to take on B. of you to take on C. for you taking on D. of you taking on
25. The government is appealing to us to live a green life. So you shouldn’t have the water _______ while you are brushing your teeth.
A. run B. to run C. to be running D. running

第二节：完型填空
Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul. 
The other day I was feeling quite   26  , having just been laid off from my job. With so many  27   to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
   I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the   28  . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the  29   I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice   30  me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take   31   to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn't know. 
She might have felt my   32   for she occasionally looked in my direction. 
    By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked  33   and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her  34 , "Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?"
She explained to me that she sees so many  35  people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by  36  motivational music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, "I have been going through a   37  time lately, but you've made me   38   again."
"I'm happy that I could be   39  to you," she replied. "Why are you so sad?"
  I told her my story and said, "I'm not so  40  about what to do…."
"You see, here's the  41  ," she responded. "When you were walking, your head was down." She looked me in the eyes and went on, "Don't look defeated, because  42   comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should  43  more …lift your head up."
        I was really  44  by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time. 
      So  45   in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.

26. A. lonely    
27. A. bills    
28. A. listeners
29. A. trees   
30. A. shocked   
31. A. courage
32. A. mood    
33. A. aside  
34. A. quietly
35. A. negative  
36. A. creating
37. A. tense  
38. A. enthusiastic
39. A. available
40. A. sure    
41. A. problem
42. A. success
43. A. concentrate
44. A. occupied 
45. A. however  
B. dizzy  
B. fees    
B. traffic   
B. avenue  
B. comforted   
B. energy  
B. presence  
B. down    
B. deliberately
B. unhealthy
B. sharing  
B. wonderful
B. emotional
B. essential 
B. ashamed  
B. crisis    
B. opportunity
B. look   
B. impressed
B. wherever  
C. awful
C. fines
C. instrument
C. buildings
C. excited
C. patience
C. thought
C. off  
C. curiously
C. unconscious  
C. enjoying
C. rough
C. dynamic
C. superior 
C. particular   
C. conflict
C. aid  
C. smile 
C. inspired
C. whoever  
D. breathless   
D. prices       
D. background   
D. crowd        
D. amused       
D. technique    
D. appreciation 
D. over         
D. seriously    
D. elderly      
D teaching      
D. crazy        
D. hopeful    
D. helpful      
D. anxious      
D. solution     
D. happiness    
D. fight        
D. satisfied    
D. whenever    

第三节：阅读理解
A
A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
46. We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.
A. kind and warm-hearted B. well-informed
C. good at cheating others D. foolish and rude
47. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.
B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.
C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.
D. The farmer’s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.
48. The underlined word “ingredient” (Paragraph 7) refers to ______.
A. the mouse B. the pig C. the snake D. the chicken

B
According to a new survey, more than half of the parents in the United States are helping, or have helped or supported their adult children who have been hit by high unemployment and poor wages. It showed that present economic conditions are discouraging young adults from leaving home and forcing those who have already gone, so called boomerang(回旋镖) kids, to return.
“Parents are continuing their financial involvement longer than we expected, ” said Ted Beck, president of National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
About 60 percent of parents questioned in the survey said they are helping their adult children who are no longer in school financially. Half are providing housing and nearly half are helping with living expenses.
For an increasing number of adult children, the situation is bad. Two－thirds of adult children, aged 18 to 39, who are not in school said they faced tougher financial pressure than previous generations, according to the survey. And nearly one－third of the parents agreed that it was easier for them to find their financial feet than for their children.
Parents are helping their children out of genuine(真诚的) concern because they don't want to see them struggle. But Beck said that parents who make sacrifices to help their adult children should be careful about their own finances.
“If you are taking on extra debt or delaying retirement to help your adult children, you could be making a mistake and putting your own financial future in danger，” Beck warned.
Boomerang children can also cause other problems for their parents. Thirty percent of parents said they have given up privacy since their adult children moved back home, while more than a quarter have taken on added debt, and seven percent have delayed retirement. But the survey also showed that 42 percent of adult children living at home are helping with the cooking and cleaning.
49. According to the passage, boomerang kids here refer to ________.
A. married adult children
B. grown－ups living with parents
C. adult children independent and successful in life
D. adult children depending on parents for financial support
50. Which of the following matches the result of the survey?
A. About 30% of parents offer their adult children housing.
B. One－third of adult children earn money more easily than their parents.
C. Two－thirds of adult children are faced with financial problems in school.
D. About 50% of parents give money to their adult children to cover the daily cost.
51. What is Ted Beck's suggestion to the parents?
A. Asking their children to help with the housework.
B. Being cautious in helping their children.
C. Leaving their children to struggle to live.
D. Putting off their time of retirement.
52. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Adult children are less independent
B. Parents help support adult children
C. Bad conditions affect children a lot
D. Spoiled generation in the United States

C
It is almost like a reflex(条件反射) whenever we have a runny nose or a cough we reach for the antibiotics(抗生素). But maybe you should think twice before you start taking those pills next time you have a bit of a cold. Many doctors warn that we are overusing and sometimes misusing antibiotics to treat common diseases. This could have bad results.
Across the world, the problem of antibiotic resistance is growing, and the situation is especially bad in China. The average amount of antibiotics each Chinese person takes every year is almost three times the international level and ten times the level in the United States, Xiao Yonghong, a professor in Peking University, told the Guangming Daily on October 19.
It is a common wrong idea that antibiotics work for all diseases right down to everyday coughs and colds. In fact, antibiotics only work against bacteria, and not viruses. Most forms of the common cold and flu are caused by viruses, so antibiotics are useless against them.
The process of curing a disease is like a war. Antibiotics kill many kinds of bacteria which make you sick, but sometimes they also get “confused” and kill antibodies(抗体) in your body that should be helping to kill viruses.
Sometimes the enemy bacteria may change themselves in order to fight back. When antibiotics are used wrongly or too often, the bacteria can develop faster. This worsens the infection and makes it harder to treat. Because of resistance to antibiotics, once treatable diseases are becoming fatal(致命的) again.
In recent years, different kinds of “superbugs” have been showing themselves in man