Module 9 Units 1—2 阶段检测

石勇

一、單项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Dad， wheres my            sneaker？ Ive found only one， but I am going to play soccer.

A. others B. the other

C. other D. another

2. In Britain there is not a great difference between summer and winter. Some tourists actually enjoy the British weather， surprising as it         seem.

A. must B. might

C. can D. would

3. The explorer took only such men and things        he really needed into the jungle with him.

A. who B. that

C. which D. as

4.          prize for the winner of the competition is              two-week holiday in Paris.

A. The; 不填 B. A; 不填

C. A; the D. The; a

5. —David， its Frank. Do you have a few minutes？ I need to see you.

—                   . But I hope “a few minutes” doesnt turn into an hour.

A. I m afraid not B. It doesnt matter

C. I dont think so D. I guess so

6. The e-Membership                       you to stay in any HI hostel and receive at least 10 percent discount on accommodation charges compared to a non-member.

A. enables B. allow for

C. entitles D. grant

7. I know that deep in your heart you have questioned whether my current circumstance is somehow your fault， if the reckless stupidity of my past is somehow a failure on your                          .

A. respect B. part

C. account D. sense

8. The girl is going to study abroad next month and                  when he was young.

A. so her father was B. so her father did

C. so was her father D. so did her father

9. Your son has already made great progress in his language learning，                he is still young.

A. to consider B. considering

C. having considered D. considered

10. —Did your father phone you shortly after the accident？

—No， it was a fortnight      he gave me a phone call.

A. since B. when

C. while D. before

11.                     our foreign policy， we now have multiple threats， very few of which involve the traditional battles of the past.

A. In honor of B. In terms of

C. In charge of D. In defence of

12. Football is a sport                 players hold the ball and run with it， like in rugby. Rugby， soccer and football greatly                                 Australians，                         watch sports for the thrills they bring.

A. in which; appeal to; that

B. where; appeal; who

C. where; appeal to; who

D. in which; appeal; who

13. On the grass lay a young man，                    crossed under his head.

A. his hands B. whose the hands

C. whose hands D. the hands of which

14. A new iPhone costs about                      of a second-hand one.

A. three times the price

B. the price of three times

C. as much as the three times price

D. three times more than the price

15. In British university， no subjects are                     . Students can study whatever they want.

A. optional B. alternative

C. compulsory D. absolute

二、完形填空（共20小題;每小题1分，满分20分）

Neetu Sarkars story is an example of human and sporting achievement. Her cash-strapped parents  16  her to a 43-year-old man with mental disabilities in her home village when she was just 13.  17  for her life， Neetu ran away in three days. Angered at her， Neetus family soon  18  her into marriage with another man. Within a year， at the age of 14， she was a mother to twin sons. Her second husband was  19  and they had to rely on his mothers  20  for their day-to-day needs. To make ends  21 ， Neetu started working as a construction laborer and did a series of odd jobs.

All through this， she was fascinated with  22 . But in her village， which had a poor sex ratio， the gender roles were  23 . In an interview， she said， “ 24 ， my family wouldnt let me fight. I used to wear a dress while wrestling. I really wanted to wrestle. Then they got me married. Then I had children... People would  25  my husband not to let me wrestle. But my husband would support me，” she said. “He would say， ‘you dont even have to  26 ; I dont want your medal or  27 ... I want you to pursue your passion.” With his  28 ， she started working towards becoming a wrestler.

Every morning at three， Neetu was up to run 10 kilometers， so that village elders wouldnt  29 . Dedicated and hard-working， she soon brought her  30  under control and started training at the National Stadium in Rohtak， which is one and a half hours from her village. Her financial condition was still poor， so she  31  to be a student to avoid having to pay the bus fare to the stadium. The efforts  32 . By 2013， Neetu had already  33  herself as the topmost junior in the 51-kg category. In the Senior National Championship that took place in 2014， she won bronze in the 53-kg category， having her first  34  of success.

Now， Neetus adventure into the world of wrestling gives people the courage to hope， no matter how  35  situation is.

16. A. sent B. offered

C. reduced D. sold

17. A. Pursuing B. Looking

C. Fearing D. Shaping

18. A. forced B. struck

C. led D. pressed

19. A. laid out B. laid aside

C. laid down D. laid off

20. A. pension B. bonus

C. insurance D. allowance

21. A. meet B. satisfy

C. stand D. loose

22. A. boxing B. wrestling

C. weightlifting D. jumping

23. A. rigid B. slim

C. racial D. tiny

24. A. Previously B. Initially

C. Personally D. Generally

25. A. persuade B. advise

C. urge D. require

26. A. go B. beat

C. win D. compete

27. A. appreciation B. disappointment

C. contentment D. victory

28. A. support B. inspiration

C. interest D. help

29. A. impact B. suspect

C. comment D. interrupt

30. A. weight B. balance

C. power D. energy

31. A. pretended B. attempted

C. cheated D. assisted

32. A. let off B. took off

C. paid off D. kicked off

33. A. respected B. established

C. honored D. regarded

34. A. appetite B. feeling

C. touch D. taste

35. A. fierce B. complex

C. tough D. violent

三、閱读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）

A

For many students in the UK today， deciding whether or not to go to university can be as much about affordability as it is about ambition and aspiration.

In the past， students in the UK could apply to a university or college. They were sure that even if they came from a low income family， their tuition fees and some of their living （or maintenance） costs would be covered by a local authority grant （拨款）. A university education was， in a financial sense， open to all and the number of students attending university grew yearly.

Sadly， it seems， those days are long gone. The turning point came in 1998， when the Labour Government introduced tuition fees of ￡1，000 a year and， instead of giving students a maintenance grant， asked them to cover their own living expenses with a repayable student loan. Only students on the lowest incomes were entitled to a grant.

The flood gates had been opened. As time passed， the ceiling on tuition fees rose， and although applicants from Scotland， Northern Ireland and Wales still qualified for varying levels of subsidy （补贴）， by 2009 / 10 students in England often found themselves facing tuition fees over ￡3，000 a year.

In 2011 the Government announced that， from 2012， universities could charge fees of up to ￡9，000 a year. Although the Government sweetened the pill by stating that postgraduates did not have to begin repaying their student loans until they were earning more than ￡21，000 a year， the news created over-dissatisfaction. Many students argued that it was unfair that students should have to begin their work life loaded with huge debt， while others complained that the changes would bring back a class divide to university education. These views were reflected in the number of students applying for a university place， which by January 2012 fell by more than 22，000. The Universities Minister， David Willetts， stood by the decision to increase tuition fees， saying that they would not “put universities finance on a bearable footing” and that they would accelerate “a stronger focus on high quality teaching.”

36. From the first paragraph， we can infer that                in attending university.

A. affordability plays more important roles than ambition and aspiration

B. ambition and aspiration are more important than affordability

C. affordability is as important as ambition and aspiration

D. ambition and aspiration make a greater difference

37. We can put the sentence “But the biggest change was still to come” at the beginning of Paragraph                  .

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 5

38. The underlined part “sweetened the pill” in the last paragraph possibly means               .

A. made a sweet pill

B. made the change appear good

C. increased the pill

D. reduced the pill

39. The writer                   the change about university education fees.

A. is in favor of

B. is opposed to

C. takes no notice of

D. is neither for nor against

B

Eyeglasses correct many different types of sight problems， including nearsightedness， farsightedness or astigmatism （散光）. Trying to understand those different numbers on an eyeglass prescription （驗光单） requires understanding the measurements optometrists （验光师） use when fitting you for corrective lenses （镜片）.

Diopters （屈光度）

The numbers on your prescription are given in diopters， whose short form is. It is used to measure the focusing power， or amount of correction.

O.S. and O.D.

Optometrists use the Latin short form O.S. and O.D. to distinguish between your eyes. O.S. refers to your left eye， while O.D. refers to the right eye. Generally， your prescription will show a number for O.S. and O.D. （given in diopters）. The farther this number is on a number line from zero， the more correction your eyeglasses should provide. A plus sign means the eye is farsighted， while a minus sign means the eye is nearsighted.

Spherical Value

This plus or minus number for each eye is called the spherical value， or the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness you have. Its short form is “S”.

Cylinder

If you have an astigmatism， the optometrist will also measure its degree. The higher the number （given in diopters） marked as the cylinder of astigmatism， （its short form is “C”）， the more astigmatism there is in that eye.

Axis

An astigmatism is also measured in terms of its axis， which is a number between 0 and 180. The axis of the astigmatism does not relate to the amount of cylinder， just the location of the irregularity of the astigmatism on that particular eye.

40. If you need a pair of corrective lenses， the optometrist will first value the numbers of              .

A. Diopters B. Spherical Value

C. Cylinder D. Axis

41. From the prescription above we can learn that Li Hua                    .

A. is farsighted B. is nearsighted

C. has no astigmatism D. is normal in sight

42. The text is probably taken from                  .

A. an education report

B. a school bulletin

C. a local newspaper

D. an encyclopedia （百科全書）

C

I feel it enormous responsibility， as a mother of two little girls， to lead you down a path that is relatively healthy when it comes to beauty and self-image.

In a lot of womens eyes Ive probably already failed in that respect due to the amount of pink princess Barbie （芭比娃娃） mess cluttering up （堆满） Veras room. But I will say something about Barbie： I played with that stuff for a solid decade when I was growing up and here I am now at a healthy weight with a healthy outlook on my body and image. I have a successful career. If Barbie was really so damaging to my femininity （女性气质） and self-image I highly doubt I could list all of the accomplishments.

But I get it too. Its hard for women to maintain a healthy self-image. I have girlfriends around whom I have to brace myself to see， because just being around them makes me self-conscious. I look at old pictures of my mother and wonder why Ive never been able to be as skinny as she was. And then I have friends who are thinner than their mothers ever were. We women go round and round in circles， holding hands and trying to be one another sometimes. Men like to think we dress and style ourselves for them， but why would we when they hardly notice？ Ive never tried so hard to look good when I know Im about to meet up with a stylish girlfriend. Its she who will notice my slimmed-down waist or the thinnest， little bracelet on my arm.

And I have no doubt that the two of you， Veronica and Juliette， will endlessly compare yourselves to each other. You will wonder why one of you got longer legs or shinier hair. The thing Ill tell you is this： not even the prettiest of us feel settled. The girl you think looks the most perfect in the world is probably the girl who wants to change herself more than anyone else.

Dont take these on. You are not worthless. You are so full of love and light and you should let it shine through your every second. If someone pushes you down for standing tall then just push yourself back up and stand even taller. And know that the reason they push you down in the first place is just because theyre scared.

43. From the second paragraph， we can infer that the author                     .

A. regrets buying so much Barbie stuff for her daughters

B. thinks loving Barbie makes her not confident about her self-image

C. owes her beauty and success to playing with Barbie

D. thinks playing with Barbie caused no damage to her beauty and success

44. In the third paragraph， the author intends to show that                      .

A. women tend to be proud of their beautiful friends

B. she cares much about her appearance

C. she feels proud of her mothers beauty

D. women tend to admire others and compare with each other

45. Which of the following is true according to the passage？

A. The author is disappointed that few men take notice of her slim figure.

B. The author cares more about looking good before her girlfriends.

C. Girls should constantly compare themselves with others to improve their beauty.

D. Only the prettiest girl can feel confident about her beauty.

46. The author advises her daughters that                     .

A. they should be cautious not to be pushed down by others

B. they should care much about their strong points instead of appearances

C. they should try to grow taller than others

D. they should care more about others opinions

D

I have only once been in trouble with the law. The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time， but it makes a good story now. What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent fate in court.

It happened in February about twelve years ago. I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October. I was still living at home at the time.

One morning I was in Richmond， a suburb of London near where I lived. I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go traveling. As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry， I was taking my time， looking in shop windows， strolling in the park， and sometimes just stopping and looking around me. It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall.

It was about half past eleven when it happened. I was just walking out of the local library， having unsuccessfully sought employment there， when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me. I thought he was going to ask me the time. Instead， he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me. At first I thought it was some kind of joke.

But then another policeman appeared， this time in uniform， and I was left in no doubt.

“But what for？” I asked.

“Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence.” he said.

“What offence？” I asked.

“Theft.” he said.

“Theft of what？” I asked.

“Milk bottles，” he said， and with a perfectly straight face too！

“Oh，” I said.

It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area， particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

Then I made my big mistake. At the time I was nineteen， had long untidy hair， and regarded myself as part of the sixties “youth counterculture”. As a result， I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident， so I said， “How long have you been following me？” in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage. I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation， and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable （品行不端的） character.

A few minutes later a police car arrived.

“Get in the back，” they said. “Put your hands on the back of the front seat and dont move them.”

They got in on either side of me. It wasnt funny any more.

At the police station they questioned me for several hours. I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation. When they asked me what I had been doing， I told them Id been looking for a job. “Aha，” I could see them thinking， “unemployed”.

Eventually， I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates Court the following Monday. Then they let me go.

I wanted to conduct my own defense in court， but as soon as my father found out what had happened， he hired a very good lawyer. We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses， including my English teacher from school as a character witness. But he was never called on to give evidence. My “trial” didnt get that far. The magistrate （法官） dismissed the case after fifteen minutes. I was free. The poor police had never stood a chance. The lawyer even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police.

And so I do not have a criminal record. But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on. I had the “right” accent， respectable middle-class parents in court， reliable witnesses， and I could obviously afford a very good lawyer. Given the obscure nature of the charge， I feel sure that if I had come from a different background， and had really been unemployed， there is every chance that I would have been found guilty. While asking for costs to be awarded， my lawyers case quite obviously revolved （回轉） around the fact that I had a “brilliant academic record”.

Meanwhile， just outside the courtroom， one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police. “You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you，” he said to me reproachfully （责备地）.

What did he mean？ Probably that I should have looked outraged and said something like， “Look here， do you know who youre talking to？ I am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record. How dare you arrest me！” Then they， probably， would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps， and let me on my way.

47. The court never asked the authors English teacher to give evidence because                       .

A. the time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes only

B. the author wanted to conduct his own defense in court

C. the case was dismissed before the trial reached that stage

D. he was found to be unqualified as a character witness

48. The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if                          .

A. the magistrate had been less gentle

B. he had really been out of work

C. he had been born in a lower-class family

D. both B and C

49. In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author， the whole thing might not have occurred if                            .

A. he had protested strongly at the time

B. he had begged to be allowed to go home

C. he hadnt wandered aimlessly

D. he had tried to look cool

50. We can see from the passage that the author                            .

A. has broken the law only once

B. has never broken the law

C. has broken the law on more than one occasion

D. once broke the law without knowing it

四、單词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

51. Her account was so a                  that I felt so confused.

52.                  （移民） to Canada has increased in recent years， giving many cities a more international feel.

53. Many m                gathered at the port to pick up their products and then sold them on the market.

54. It was after Mr Green retired that I was         （任命） as the director of the department.

55. Well e         with many advanced facilities， the school now takes on a modern look.

56. One of the reason that so many people take the Civil Service Examination （公务员考试） every year is that they can get a          （稳定的） job.

57. Not c         with the salary， he quit his present job and went to another big firm.

58. The customer finally got angry at the          （笨拙的） waitress who spilled his coffee all over the table.

59. Many people in Australia o         their love of sport to the perfect weather conditions for it.

60. Great changes have taken place in the town. It is hard for you to a         it with a small village 10 year ago.

五、书面表达（满分20分）

61. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Please put your phone down Daddy， we havent finished the story！ Hearing these heartfelt words from my four-year-old daughter was an uncomfortable wake up call. How had I let the shiny electronic box in my hand take so much of my attention that it could even interrupt a short bedtime story with my precious children？

Its no exaggeration to suggest that our mobile devices are in danger of taking over our entire lives. Time Magazine found that 68% of users take their devices to bed with them， 20% check their phones every ten minutes and one third report feeling anxious when briefly separated from their beloved gadget. According to Osterman research， 79% of respondents take their work-related device on vacation and 33% admit to hiding from family and friends in order to check Facebook and Twitter. Its hard to deny that these are worrying trends.

写作内容

1. 用约30个单词概述上文的主要内容;

2. 结合上述信息，用约120个单词论述：

（1） 科技的发展是否意味着人们的生活更幸福。（选择“是”或“否”并论述你的观点）

（2） 你认为在生活中应当如何处理人和科技的关系。

写作要求

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;

3. 不必写标题。

参考答案

一、1—5 CBDDD 6—10 CBDBD 11—15 BCAAC

二、16—20 DCADA 21—25 ABABB26—30 CDABA 31—35 ACBDC

三、36—39 CDBB 40—42 ABD 43—46 DDBB 47—50 CDAB

四、51. ambiguous 52. Immigration 53. merchants

54. appointed 55. equipped 56. steady

57. content 58. clumsy 59. owe 60. associate

五、One possible version：

A fathers concern that smartphone is depriving him of his precious family time does not stand alone. Favorable opinions as there are， the majority of Americans today view technology as hazardous.

【选择“是”】

However， no pains， no gains. The world evolves as human technology leaps forward， and in the process there is bound to be sacrifices. The definition of happiness may vary， but a more connected， convenient， and creative society is undeniably nothing a modern man wouldnt have desired. With digital devices booming around， we are given so many choices that our minds have been freed to a degree our ancestors could never anticipated.

That being said， to make sure technology doesnt get in the way， you need to unplug from the information highway and share your journey with your family and friends from time to time. A balance between men and computers will lead to an ultimate happiness.

【選择“否”】

True， a high-tech world seems a new Eden， but it wont last any longer than the old one. Putting down their phones， lifting up their misty eyes， and waking up at night， people suddenly realize that， with all their family living by， they are alone.Children forgot how and why they should return their parents love because it were never given; classic literature is left rotten on the shelves because no one bothers to look away from their screen.

To stop yourself getting “high” instead of “happy”， read a book， go outdoors，or simply pay a visit to your parents. There are things to pursue in life other than thumbing up tweets. Enjoy a tech-free day and see what real happiness means.