上海民办位育中学初三（上）英语第六单元测试 题
Unit 6
Part I Listening Comprehension
Part II Vocabulary and Grammar
I. Choose the best answer.
26. Which of the following underlined parts has a different pronunciation?
A. communic__________te B. purch__________se C. insur__________nce D. neckl__________ce
27. Two ____________________________________________________________ were arrested today. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word?
A. [ˈsəspekts] B. [ˈsʌspekts] C. [səˈspekts] D. [sʌˈspekts]
28. ______________________________Whites are spending their holiday in Hawaii, and they have ______________________________great time in nature.
A. /; the B. the; a C. a; the D. the; /
29. It’s not rare in ______________________________that the people in ______________________________fifties are going to school for further study.
A. 90s; the B. the 90s; / C. 90s; their D. the 90s; their
30. This is ______________________________part of the interview with Mr. Spence, ______________________________headmaster of the school.
A. /; / B. /; the C. a; the D. a; a
31. The UK, ______________________________Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a country famous ______________________________its history.
A. consisted of, for B. consisting of, as C. consisting of, for D. consisted of, as
32. The computer system ______________________________suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.
A. broke down B. broke out C. broke up D. broke in
33. Recycling is one way to protect the environment; reusing is ______________________________.
A. another B. the other C. one another D. one
34. Just go to the shop, show them the dress, and require that they ______________________________the damage.
A. will pay for B. are paying for C. must pay for D. should pay for
35. The trip is of great fun. ______________________________can be really enjoyable unless you join it.
A. Nothing B. Something C. Everything D. Anything
36. --Shall we have a smoke here?
--No, we ______________________________because the worker is carrying some petrol.
A. won’t B. mustn’t C. can’t D. needn’t
37. Many middle school students hope they ______________________________at a TOP high school in the future.
A. to study B. study C. will study D. could study
38. Mur. Smith, at the age of 30, ______________________________a house he really liked ______________________________just 150 thousand dollars.
A. paid, for B. purchased, for C. spend, on D. had bought, for
39. ______________________________our Surprise, Susan’s beautiful hair reached below her knees and made ______________________________almost an overcoat for her.
A. In, them B. In, her C. To, itself D. To, herself
40. The teacher wondered whether those ______________________________at the back of the classroom could hear him.
A. seating B. sit C. seated D. sat
41. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier, ______________________________it more difficult.
A. doesn’t make B. not make C. not making D. not to make
42. Was it on a lonely island ______________________________he was saved one month after the boat sank.
A. where B. that C. which D. when
43. From the ____________________ look on my teacher’s face, I know she was ____________________ with the results.
A. satisfying; satisfying B. satisfied; satisfied
C. satisfying; satisfied D. satisfied; satisfying
44. On the ground ____________________ a sick goat, whose life was in danger.
A. lay B. laid C. lying D. laying
45. We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is ____________________ cheaper than ____________________ on the
Third Street.
A. too, one B. $20, the one C. quite, any D. so, anyone
46. --The tickets to Texas ____________________ out.
--Oh. Flights ______________________________fast at festivals.
A. are selling; sell B. have been sold; sold
C. were sold; are sold D. have been sold; sell
47. Always remember to put such dangerous things out of children’s ____________________.
A. touch B. sight C. reach D. distance
48. The police were trying as hard as they could ____________________ the innocent held by the ____________________.
A. save, guilt B. to save, guilt C. to save, guilty D. saving, guilty
49. Nick, it’s good ____________________ you to read some books ____________________ China before you start your trip there.
A. of, in B. of, of C. for, for D. for, on
50. ____________________ by the horrible earthquake, many buildings needed to be repaired in the capital of Haiti.
A. Destroyed B. Destroying C. To be destroyed D. Having destroyed
51. As the story ____________________, the truth about the strange figure is slowly discovered.
A. begins B. happens C. ends D. develops
52. To be great, you must be smart, confident, and, ____________________, honest.
A. therefore B. above all C. at least D. after all
53. ____________________ I really don’t like detective stories, I find his work impressive.
A. While B. Since C. If D. As
54. --Do you think I could borrow your bicycle?
--____________________
A. How come? B. Take your time. C. Yes, go on. D. Yes, help yourself.
55. --Hi, Tracy. Would you like to go to the cinema with us tonight?
--______________________________, Jane, I really want to enjoy a film with you but I have to work.
A. With pleasure B. My pleasure C. Good idea D. Thanks
II. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because ____________________56____________________ I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics , it did not ____________________57____________________ me in the least to be the
only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to trouble me. My every ____________________ 58____________________ --jobs, research papers, awards -- was viewed through the lens of gender politics. So were my failures.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth went a sentence that would ____________________59____________________ become my reply to any and all of these: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to ____________________60____________________ with gender issues.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my ____________________61____________________ at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will ____________________62____________________ their scientific research and a wish for children. And I don’t ignore those concerns. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight ____________________63____________________ talking about.
III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
64. Thanks to the CCTV on the street, few ______________________________had been reported recently.
65. The boy stood even ______________________________to her mother so that they could warm each other.
66. The thief broke into the building, in the ______________________________that it contained money.
67. We thought of selling the old furniture, but we also considered that it might be ______________________________.
68. A group of gunmen attacked a prison and set free dangerous ______________________________.
69. Altogether, three arrests were made with the ______________________________one made just last night.
70. The students are required to draw their own ______________________________from that experiment.
IV. Complete the sentences with the given verbs in their proper forms.
71. Mom was angry with Tom-because he still hadn’t had his room ______________________________.
72. Nick is looking for another job because he feels nothing he does ______________________________the boss.
73. The officer’s made sure the innocent ______________________________safe from harm.
74. We are suggested the facts ______________________________for steady progress.
75. Unlike many others in the field, he had no difficulty ______________________________mistakes.
76. Write about something tough that happened to you and how you ______________________________with it.
77. The detective ______________________________new proof of the mysterious robbery since last month.
V. Rewrite the sentences as required.
78. I suppose every pupil has a PE lesson. （改为反义疑问句）
I suppose every pupil has a PE lesson, __________________________________________________?
79. The small vase weighs 3 kilograms. The big vase weighs 6 kilograms. （两句合并成一句）
The bigger vase is ______________________________________________________________________of the smaller one.
80. I never heard Jones cheat in the exam. （改为被动句）
Jones ______________________________never __________________________________________________cheat in the exam.
81. Jill’s the owner of the black earring near the sofa. （赞同句转换）
The black earring near the sofa __________________________________________________Jill.
82. The police put David in jail ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. （划线部分提问）
____________________the police put David in jail?
83. Not only the students but also the teacher wishes for a holiday. （赞同句转换）
The teacher ______________________________________________________________________the students ______________________________for a holiday.
84. someone, Jane’s, her, stealing, checked, necklace, about, Alan, story （连词成句）
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
A. Choose the best answer.
Real policemen hardly recognize any similarity between their lives and what they see on TV—if they ever get home in time. There are similarities, of course, but the cops don’t think much of them.
The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolves round the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of his time is spent in casual chatting with passers-by or in dramatic confrontations with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty — or not — of stupid, small crimes.
Most television crime dramas is about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks — where failure to produce results reflects on the standing of the police — little effort is spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence. So, as well as being overworked, a detective has to be out at all hours of the day and night interviewing his witnesses and persuade them usually against their own best interests, to help him.
85. The first sentence implies that ______________________________.
A. the life of the real policemen and that of the policemen on TV are totally different
B. the real policemen will find the similarities if they can get home in time
C. the policemen shown on TV can always get home in time
D. the real policemen seldom can get home in time to watch TV
86. It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law ______________________________.
A. so that he can catch criminals in the streets
B. because many of the criminals he has to catch are dangerous
C. so that he can justify his arrests in court
D. because he has to be as professional as a lawyer
87. The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ______________________________.
A. exciting and glamorous B. full of danger
C. devoted mostly to routine matters D. wasted on unimportant matters
88. When murders and terrorist attacks occur, the police ______________________________.
A. prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away
B. make great efforts to try to track down their man
C. try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation
D. usually fail to produce results
89. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Policemen and Detective B. Policemen’s Life - Fun and Fantasy
C. Drama and Reality D. The Real Life of a Policeman
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child’s language development than mothers, a new study ____________________90____________________.
Researchers selected 92 families from 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. ____________________91____________________, it was a group of well-educated middle-class families, with married parents both living in the home.
When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, recording all of their ____________________ 92____________________. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
The scientists ____________________ 93____________________ the total number of expressions of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other aspects of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not ____________________ 94____________________ in the length of expressions or proportion of questions asked.
Finally, the researchers analyzed the children’s speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mother’s level of education, the ____________________95____________________ of child care and the number of different words the father used.
The researchers are ____________________ 96____________________ why the father’s speech, and not the mother’s, had an effect. “It’s well
established that the mother’s language does have an impact,” said Nadya Pancsolar, the lead author of the
study“.
It ____________________97____________________ be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had already had a strong influence on
their children’s speech development, or it may be that mothers are contributing in a way we didn’t measure in the study.”
90. A. reports B. informs C. assumes D. suggests
91. A. Moreover B. Overall C. In all D. luckily
92. A. speech B. action C. expression D. response
93. A. recorded B. measured C. included D. estimated
94. A. change B. speak C. differ D. specialize
95. A. effect B. intensity C. quality D. strength
96. A. aware B. unaware C. sure D. unsure
97. A. should B. could C. had to D. used to
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the websites you’ve visited. Or perhaps someone will casually（随意地）glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling h____________________98____________________.
Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen.
Psychologists tell us boundaries（边界）are healthy, that it’s important to reveal （暴露）yourself to
friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few of them r____________________99____________________ today. The digital bread crumbs（面包屑）you leave everywhere make it easy for s____________________100____________________ to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple 谷歌 search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world w____________________101____________________ you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that m____________________102____________________? For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no." When asked about privacy, most Americans say they are concerned about l____________________103____________________ it. A survey found an overwhelming worry about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change behaviors in an
effort to p______________________________104____________________
their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths （ 收 费 站 ） to
a____________________105____________________ using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few refuse supermarket loyalty cards.
D. Answer the questions.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a program which is based on the simple and powerful friendship. It provides friendship and fun by matching easily-hurt young people with a volunteer adult who can be both a role model and a helpful friend.
Volunteer come from all parts of life—married, single, with or without children. Big Brothers and Big Sisters do not just take the place of parents or social workers. They are tutors: someone to trust, to have fun with, to talk and go to when needed.
A Big Sister and Little Sister will usually spend one hour, and three times a month for at least twelve months. They enjoy simple activities such as a picnic at a park, cooking, doing sports or going to a football match. These activities improve the friendship and help the young person develop self-respect, confidence and life goal.
Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations can be found throughout the world. It is the largest and most well-known provider of tutor services and has been operating for 25 years.
Emily and Sarah have been matched since 2008. Emily is a 15-year-old girl who has experienced some difficulties by her schoolmates at school. “ I was pretty sure there was something wrong with me.”
Emily’s mum came across Big Brothers Big Sisters and thought it would be good to Emily by providing different information about herself other than just depending on schoolmates to judge her self-worth.
Sarah wanted to join in a volunteer program. “From the Internet, I found out how to be a part of it. I
thought it would be fun for me to enjoy making time to do something because sometimes it is all work and no play.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters has been useful and enjoyable to both Emily and Sarah. They love and look forward to their time together and the relationship has certainly helped Emily be more comfortable in being the amazing and happy girl she is!
106. Is Big Brother Big Sisters a kind of activity?
107. What does Big Brothers Big Sisters supply for young people?
108. How long is a Big Sister and Little Sister usually expected to work within a year?
109. Where can you find Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations?
110. Who has Emily been matched with in Big Brothers Big Sisters?
111. According to the passage, how does Emily become an amazing and happy girl?
