Unit Fifteen Senior Two
I. 单项填空（10分）

1.We all write _____, even when there is not much to say.
　A. now and then 　　　　　　B. by and by  

C. step by step 　　　　　　 D. more or less
2. What he said just now _____ me of that American professor.
　 A. mentioned 　B. informed 　C. reminded 　　D. memorized
3. What he has done is really _____. Now his parents are ____ him.
　　A. disappointing; disappointed at

B. disappointing; disappointed about
C. disappointing; disappointed with  

D. disappointed; disappointing by
4. “We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob, _____ out of the window.
　 A. looking 　　　B. to look 　　 C. looked 　　　　 D. having looked
5. _____ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet 　　　

at home.
A. To wait 　　　　　　　　　　B. Have waited

C. Having waited 　　　　　　　 D. To have waited
6. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _____ in the kitchen.
　 A. smoke 　　B. smoking 　　　C. to smoke 　　　D. smoked
7. I can hardly imagine Peter______ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
　 A. sail 　　　 B. sailing 　 C. to sail 　　　　　　D. to have sailed
8.——I must apologize for _____ ahead of time.
—— That’s all right.
　A. letting you not know 　　　　 B. not letting you know

C. letting you not now　　　　   D. letting not you know
9. To his great _____, he failed to get a Doctor’s degree after graduation.
　A. disappoint 　　　　　　　　 B. disappointing

C. disappointed 　　　　　　　 D. disappointment
10. _____ to take his adventure course will certainly learn a lot of useful skills.
　 A. Brave enough students 　　　 B. Enough brave students
　 C. Students brave enough 　　　 D. Students enough brave
11. Amuel Clements, _____ Mark Twain, became a famous writer.
　　A. was known as 　　　　　　 B. known as

C. was known for 　　　　　　D. known for
12. She didn’t remember _____ him before.
　　A. having met 　　　　　　　　 B. have met

C. to meet 　　　　　　　　　　D. to having met
13. _____ a reply, he decided to write again.
　　A. Not receiving 　　　　　　B. Receiving not

C. Not having received 　　　 D. Having not received
14. I’ve had my radio_____ so soon because my father had me _____ it.
　　　A. repair; done 　　　　　　B. repaired; do

C. repairing; do 　　　　　　D. repaired; done
15. Only by _____ too much money can we live through these months.
　　 A. wasting 　　　　　　 B. no wasting

C. not wasting 　　　　　D. wasted
16. It is no use_____ now. He is busy.
　　 A. asking him coming 　　　 B. to ask him coming

C. asking him to come 　　　D. to ask him to come
17. _____ from his clothes, he is not so poor.
　　 A. Judged 　　　　　　　　B. Judging

C. To judge 　　　　　　　 D. Having judged
18. He stood there for a while with his hands _____.
　　 A. raising　  B. raised 　 C. rose　　  D. risen
19. A new cinema _____ here. They hope to finish it next month.
　　　A. will be built 　　　　　　　 B. is built

C. has been built 　　　　　　　D. is being built
20. Mr. Johnson is very kind and friendly _____ his students, but he is also very strict _____ him.
　　　 A. with; to 　　　　　　　　　 B. to; with

C. to; to 　　　　　　　　　　 D. with ; with
II．完形填空（20分）

It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few  21　 .On their faces was confidence（信心）.This was their 　22　  exam—then on to graduation（毕业）and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 　23　 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt　24　  and able to take control（控制）of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n）　25　 task, as the professor had said they could bring 　26　  books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not　27　  each other during the test.
　28　 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 　29　  on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed 　30　  the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 　31　 faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?”　32　  a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 　33　  .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I  34　  ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 　35　  many things about the 　36　 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common（普遍）in everyday 　37　  .” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all　38　  this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just 　39　 .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the 　40　  he taught.
21. A. seconds 　　　B. minutes 　　 C. hours 　　　D. days
22. A. only 　　　　 B. first 　　　　C. very 　　　 D. last
23. A. would 　　　　B. must 　　　 C. had to 　　　D. used to
24. A. glad 　　　 B. ready 　　　 C. sorry 　　　　 D. nice
25. A. interesting 　B. necessary 　　C. easy 　　　　 D. unusual
26. A. no 　　　　 B. either 　　　 C. any 　　　　　D. some
27. A. listen to 　　B. look at 　　　 C. care for 　　　D. talk to
28. A. Hardly 　　 B. Happily 　　　C. Quickly 　　　D. Carefully
29. A. appeared 　 B. changed 　　　C. failed 　　　　D. stopped
30. A. then 　　　 B. as 　　　　　 C. before 　　　 D. after
31. A. pleased 　　 B. worried 　　　C. surprised 　　 D. moved
32. A. Not 　　　　B. Once 　　　　C. Only 　　　　D. Even
33. A. all 　　　　 B. none 　　　　 C. one 　　　　 D. it
34. A. wondered 　 B. enjoyed 　　　C. hated 　　　　D. expected
35. A. even 　　　 B. already 　　　 C. so 　　　　　D. still
36. A. exam 　　　 B. subject 　　　 C. question 　　 D. college
37. A. job 　　　　 B. class 　　　　 C. practice　　  D. study
38. A. pass 　　　　B. fail 　　　　　 C. take 　　　　D. start
39. A. begun 　　　 B. completed 　　 C. failed 　　　 D. succeeded
40. A. subject 　　　B. things　　　　  C. words 　　　D. lessons
III．阅读理解(40分)

　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 A
Mrs. Miller hated the Titanic and considered it as her rival in love (情敌). “This ship is now lying on the bottom of our swimming-pool, and will appear no more,” said she in great anger.
Several months ago, after James Miller, her husband, saw the film Titanic, he was crazy about the romantic(浪漫色彩的) ship. As soon as he got home he rushed upstairs into loft (阁楼): there was a model ship there. Immediately he set out to model it after the Titanic. “So far I’ve seen the film 28 times,” said James, “ and I intend to see a 29th time. I can remember every detail. To get it to reappear, I’ve looked up a large number of materials.”
Mr. Miller spent more than five months changing the ship. During the time so much attention did he pay to the ship that he took little care of food and his wife. Mrs. Miller was very sad and angry. On the very day when the model ship was completed, the coldly-treated woman pulled the ship to their swimming-pool, broke its bottom and sank it.
James was very sad, saying, “My Titanic has sunk, and my heart is broken.”
41. Mrs. Miller hated the Titanic because _________.
 A. her husband was drowned on it

B. it drew her husband away from her
C. the film was too interesting and her husband couldn’t stop seeing it
D. it was too large for their loft
42. Which is the correct order of the story?
a. Mrs. Miller sank the ship. 　b. Mr. Miller saw the film. 　　　 c. Mr. Miller was sad.
d. Mr. Miller was so crazy about the ship that he changed the ship after the model of he Titanic.

e. Mr. Miller paid little attention to Mrs. Miller.
A. a, e, c, d, b 　　　B. b, d, e, a, c 　 C. b, e, d, a, c 　　　　D. a, b, d, e, c
43. Mrs. Millers sank the Titanic in order to _________.
　 A. draw her husband back from craziness 　　　　 B. get her husband sad
　C. get her husband back to her 　　　　　　 D. get the world shocked
44. In order to get the Titanic to reappear, Mr. Millers did everything but _______.
　　A. set out on the Titanic B. see the film many times
　　C. look up materials D. spend months rebuilding the ship
　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B
Ellis Island is located in New York. Harbor Ellis Island is open daily year-round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p. m. , with extended hours during summer. It is closed December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations(捐款)are gratefully(充满感激)accepted.
At Your Fingertips
Park information (212)363-7620
Emergencies (212)363-3260
Ferry(渡船) boat information (212)269-5755
Lost and found (212)363-7620
Dining, gifts, & audio tour (212)344-0996
Transportation
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry: Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a. m. (ferry schedule subject to change)
Hours: May vary; call the number below
Closed: December 25
Ferry fees:(Includes Liberty and Ellis Islands) adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; children(age 3 to 17), $3. (group rates are available for 25 or more adults)
Ticket & schedule information: (212)269-5755
45. In summer, visitors will have ______ to visit Ellis Island.
　A. no enough time 　　　　　　 B. a longer time

C. a shorter time 　　　　　　　 D. a wonderful time
46. Which number would you call if your friend were suddenly ill?
　A. (212)344-0996 　　　　　　 B. (212)363-7620

C. (212)363-3260 　　　　　　 D. (212)269-5755
47. Which of the following is not true?
　A. People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.
　B. The boats departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 a.m. all the year round.
　C. Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.
　D. Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.
48. We may infer from the passage that _________.
　A. visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boat 　　　　 B. there are more visitors in winter
　C. Ellis Island is open every day 　　　　　　　　　　D. Boat is the only transportation to Ellis Island
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C
Business activities are becoming increasingly worldwide as many firms spread their operations into markets abroad. Many U.S. firms, for example, are trying to enlarge markets by doing business in China, India, Latin America, and Russia and other Eastern European countries. Multinational Corporations (MNCs), which operate in more than one country, at once, especially move operations to wherever they can find the least expensive employees who are able to do the work well. Production jobs requiring only basic or repetitive skills — such as sewing, computer pieces — are usually the first to be moved abroad. MNCs can pay these workers a small part of what they would have to pay in their countries, and often work them longer and harder. Most U.S. multinational businesses keep the majority of their upper level management, marketing and finance within the United States. They employ some lower level managers and a large number of their production workers in offices, factories, and buildings in developing countries. MNCs based in the United States have moved many of their production corporations to Central and Latin America, China, India, and Southeast Asia.
Merger is also becoming more common than in the past. In the United States, for example, tobacco product and food producer R.J. Reynolds Industries bought food giant Nabisco Brands to form RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp, in 1985, and in 1995 the industrial power generator, electronics, and machine producer Westinghouse Electric Corporation bought media production company CBS Inc.
49. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
　A. Business Abroad 　　　　　　　　　B. Modern Business Development
　C. Spread of MNCs 　　　　　　　　　 D. Business in the Developing Countries
50. Why do many U.S. firms move their factories to Central and Latin America, China, India, and Southeast Asia?
　A. To help those countries to develop their industries.

B. To get rid of the gap between the poor and the rich.

C. To produce more production.

D. To gain more value from the cheap employees.
51. The word “Merger” in the first sentence of the last paragraph refers to .
　A. joining 　　　B. bargaining 　　 C. separating 　　D. competing
52. What can we learn from the passage?
　A. Worldwide business will be popular.

B. Employees will be inexpensive.
C. People shouldn't work for foreign firms.

D. Small companies should keep on preventing bei.

D
David Beckham was born in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was in football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award（奖金）. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team.
In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.
His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996～1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.
53. Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 1?
　 A. success 　　　　　B. interest 　　　　C. prize 　　　　　 D. skill
54. The unusually surprising way that he scored goals______.
　　A. helped him to gain many prizes for Essex

B. kept him playing for Leeds United
C. offered him the chance to join the national team

D. made him popular in many British homes

55. Which of the following shows the right order of what Beckham experienced?
a. Beckham played his first football league game.
b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award.
c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team.
d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp.
e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex.
A. e, d, a, c, b 　 B. b, e, d, a, c 　　　C. e, b, a, d, c 　　　 D. b, d, e, c, a

56. The passage is mainly talking about______.
A. how Beckham became a successful football player
B. what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals
C. when Beckham became famous all over Britain
D. why Beckham could win in football league games
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  E
The majority of astronauts（宇航员）from America have been men. At the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts.
Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very different. Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L.Judy Resnick was born in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. She was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel.
Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided to find a teacher who could accompany astronauts into space. They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary school teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over, 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L.She was also a very good communicator and she immediately established a very good relationship with the news media(radio, television and newspapers). It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight.
Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. It is partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe’s place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people.
57. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that .
　 A. Judy was against the idea of having women in space at first
　 B. Judy was the first woman selected for astronaut training
　 C. Judy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35
　 D. Judy carried out a programme during her second space travel
58. Christa McAuliffe was chosen for training because .
　A. she was popular with the news media

B. she expected to give history lessons in space
　C. she was an excellent teacher and communicator
　D. she made the students in space very excited
59. The reason why there was great interest in Flight STS-51-L is that .
　A. both Christa and Judy got PhD degrees in the same year
　B. a young secondary school teacher was on the flight
　C. students were going to learn more about space travel
　D. it was the first time for women to travel in space
605. What would be the best title for the passage?
　A. Two Astronauts　　　　　B. Flight STS-51-L

C. Traveling in Space 　　　 D. The Training Programme
Ⅳ．短文改错（10分）

It is almost five years since I begin to learn 　　　　　　　61________

English. I’m glad to say I’m getting along good with 　 　　　62________
it. But first I came across a lot of difficulties. I couldn’t 　　　　63________
pronounce English sounds well, so could I remember the 　　　64________
words I had learned. In class, I couldn’t understand that 　 　　65________
the teacher had said. I almost lost heart when the 　 　　　　　66________
teacher told me, “Keeping on, and you’ll do well.” I 　　　　　 67________
was great encouraged. I started working hard at English. 　 　　68________
Under the help of his and my classmates, I made some 　　 　　69________
progress. I’m very pleased, but I will work hard. 　 　　　　　70________

V．书面表达（20分）

根据提示和要求拟一口头通知稿。

1. 事件：美国一残疾人－－史密斯来校演讲。

2. 10月25日下午2－4点，第二教学校201室。

3. 他将介绍他是如何克服困难的。他在9岁时，一次事故中失去左腿和右臂，通过努力他能生活自理，并学有所成。

4. 听完演讲分组讨论：如何鼓励、帮助残疾人，怎样向史密斯教授学习。

5. 词数100 左右

keys:
1 – 5 ACCAC 　 6 – 10 BBBDC 　　11 – 15 BACBC　　 16 – 20 CBBDB  21---25BDABC  26---30 CDBAC 　　31---35 BACDD 　 36---40 BCAAD
41---45BBCAB  46---50 CBDDB 　 51---55 ACBCD 　　56---60 ACCBA
61. begin → began 　62. good → well 　63. first前加at 　 64. so →　nor
65. that →　what 　 66. √ 　　　　　 67. Keeping → Keep 68. great →greatly
69. Under → With　 70.hard →harder

One possible version:

　　　Attention please! I've something to tell you.

　　　Professor Smith－an American disabled person will come to our school to give us a lecture from 2 to 4 o'clock on the afternoon of October 25 in Room 201, the No. 2 teaching building. His lecture is about how he smoothed away all sorts of difficulties. When he was nine years old, he lost his left leg and right arm in an accident. He struggled in his life and managed to look after himself. He achieved great success in his work, too.

　　　 After the lecture we will have a discussion in groups on how to encourage disabled people, how to help them and how to learn from Professor Smith.

　　　That's all. Thank you.

（命题人 付勇）