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Unit 1 Managing yourself单元综合检测
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Despite constant efforts to tidy your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Traditionally, most methods advocate a roombyroom approach, but the KonMari Method, with its revolutionary categorybycategory system, leads to lasting results.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
When Stephen Covey first released the book, it instantly became popular because people suddenly noticed that their lives were headed in the wrong direction. Moreover, they realized that there were so many simple things they could do to navigate their life correctly. This book is a wonderful source of education for people about how to live life effectively and get closer to the ideal of being a “success” in life.
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Do you feel like your time is constantly being controlled by other people's agendas? If you answer yes, the way out is essentialism(精要主义).
It isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, and eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
In The Power of Habit, awardwinning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With acute intelligence, Duhigg is skilled at turning lots of complicated data or research into clear, interesting stories that are easy to follow. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exciting argument: Success depends, to a great extent, on our awareness of the mechanisms behind habits.
( ) 1. What makes the KonMari Method different from traditional tidying methods?
A. It focuses on roombyroom cleaning.
B. It targets only papers and clothes.
C. It requires repeated tidying.
D. It uses a categorybycategory system.
( ) 2. Which book of the four focuses on the principle of “less but better”?
A. The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.
B. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
C. Essentialism by Greg McKeown.
D. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.
( ) 3. Where is this passage most likely from?
A. A novel. B. A science report.
C. A book review column. D. A travel guide.
B
For fifteen years as a Toronto corporate lawyer, my life was measured in hours and deadlines. Efficiency was not just a habit; it was my identity. Then I joined a wilderness canoe(独木舟) trip in northern Quebec—a decision that would challenge everything I believed about time.
Our guide, a Cree elder named Joseph, moved with a deliberateness that initially frustrated me. Each morning, he spent nearly an hour making tea, watching the lake, reading the sky. I calculated how much ground we could cover. Three days later, I finally asked why we couldn't pack up faster.
He looked at me with something between amusement and pity. “Where are you going that's so important?” The question caught me off guard. I opened my mouth and realized I had nothing to say. A sudden emptiness washed over me, leaving me completely speechless. But his next words struck deeper. “My people have traveled these waters for thousands of years,” he said. “The ones who hurry make mistakes. They miss the signs. They tip their canoes in rapids they should have seen. The river doesn't care how fast you want to go.”
I brushed_off his words as romantic wisdom until we ran a set of rapids. I was in the bow, paddling hard, focused on speed. Joseph called from the stern(船尾): “Slow down. Feel the water.” I turned a deaf ear to him. Moments later, we caught an edge I hadn't noticed, and the canoe tipped, throwing us both into freezing water.
As we dragged the canoe ashore, Joseph said nothing. His silence was more overwhelming than any lecture. That night, sitting by the fire, I began to understand. My whole life had been about conquering time. But here, speed had literally sunk me.
I returned to Toronto with something fundamental shifted. When colleagues race through meetings, checking emails while pretending to listen, I find myself thinking of Joseph. The river still flows through me—a quiet reminder that some things cannot be rushed. The unhurried are not always slow; sometimes, they are simply wise enough to recognize what deserves their full attention.
( ) 4. What made the author speechless according to Paragraph 3?
A. His lack of communication skills.
B. Joseph's rude attitude towards him.
C. Joseph's simple but powerful question.
D. His embarrassment at his impatience.
( ) 5. What do the underlined words “brushed off” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Ignored. B. Rejected.
C. Embraced. D. Doubted.
( ) 6. What does the author's experience show?
A. Speed itself is an obstacle to real success.
B. Native wisdom offers answers to urban stress.
C. True progress requires knowing what matters.
D. Wilderness travel transforms anyone who tries it.
( ) 7. Which might be a suitable title for the text?
A. A Wise Cree Guide B. A Canoe Adventure
C. The Efficiency Trap D. The River's Pace
C
Though writing by hand is increasingly being overshadowed by the ease of computers, a new study finds handwriting helps people learn certain skills surprisingly faster and significantly better than learning the same material through typing or watching videos.
Brenda Rapp, a professor of cognitive science in Johns Hopkins University, led an experiment, in which 42 people were taught the Arabic alphabet, split into three groups of learners: writers, typers and video watchers. Everyone learned the letters one at a time by watching videos of them being written along with hearing names and sounds. After being introduced to each letter, the three groups would attempt to learn what they just saw and heard in different ways. The video group got an onscreen flash of a letter and had to recognize it. The typers would have to find the letter on the keyboard. The writers had to copy the letter with pen and paper. After as many as six sessions, the writing group reached this level of proficiency(熟练) faster than the other groups.
Next the researchers wanted to determine to what extent the groups could generalize this new knowledge. In other words, they could all recognize the letters, but could anyone really use them like a professional by writing with them, using them to spell new words and using them to read unfamiliar words? The writing group was best—decisively—in all of those things.
Rapp says it's because handwriting reinforces the visual and aural lessons. The simple act of writing by hand provides a perceptualmotor(感知运动) experience that unifies what is being learned about the letters (their shapes, their sounds, and their motor plans), which in turn creates richer knowledge and fuller truelearning.
Although the participants in the study were adults, the researchers expect they'd see the same results in children. The findings have implications for classrooms, where pencils and notebooks have taken a back seat in recent years to tablets and laptops.
( ) 8. In this study, what is the advantage of writing by hand?
A. It contributes to a faster and better learning.
B. It can't be replaced by computers and Internet.
C. It combines visual and aural images into study.
D. It never makes any mistake in the six sessions.
( ) 9. How were the people divided into groups in the experiment?
A. On the basis of their interest in letters.
B. According to their way of learning letters.
C. Considering the time spent in learning letters.
D. By their levels of proficiency in letters.
( )10. What effect do the researchers expect the study have on students?
A. Uncertain. B. Negative. C. Beneficial. D. Challenging.
( )11. What's the purpose of the text?
A. To advertise a method. B. To clarify a concept.
C. To introduce a research. D. To explain a phenomenon.
D
Batman may not have any superpowers, but his inspiration certainly does.
More than 1,400 bat species live around the world, except in Antarctica and a few remote islands. Over their 50 million years of evolution, bats have developed clever solutions to life's challenges, from a builtin sonar(声呐) system for finding food to fast, flexible wings that produce the fastest levelflight speed of any animal on Earth.
“There is still a lot to learn, but it is clear that bats really do have superpowers,” says Rodrigo Medellín, an ecologist. “Bats are showing us how to live a better life, for instance, by serving as models for healthy living and long lives.”
As a general rule in biology, smaller animals have shorter lives than larger ones. But bats are rule breakers: They're the longestlived mammals(哺乳动物) relative to their body size. Recently, scientists looked inside bats' cells for the secrets to their exceptionally long lives. They focused on telomeres(端粒), which are the protective structures found at the ends of chromosomes(染色体). In most animals, telomeres tend to get shorter with age. But the telomeres of the longestlived group of bats, Myotis, do not appear to shrink with age. Understanding why bats live so long may help humans live longer one day.
In addition to living longer, bats remain healthy throughout their lives, with very low risk of developing cancer. Furthermore, bats can carry deadly viruses without getting sick. So further research into their unique immune systems may actually give insight into how people can live with viruses and not get sick.
Beyond their own abilities, bats also support many other parts of their ecosystems. Three out of every four bat species eat insects. Many are pests that cause damage to important agricultural crops, such as cotton. Scientists estimate that insecteating bats may save US farmers about 1 billion per year. In addition, many bat species help improve plant health and diversity.
“Bats are unsung heroes of biodiversity,” says Medellín. “It's about time we appreciated them.”
( )12. What can be learned about bats from the text?
A. They fly the fastest of all land animals.
B. They are at low risk of falling sick with a virus.
C. They live mainly on the islands of Antarctica.
D. They are the longestlived animals given their size.
( )13. What did scientists recently find?
A. Animals' telomeres rarely shrink with age.
B. Myotis's telomeres do not shorten as they age.
C. Smaller animals usually live shorter lives than larger ones.
D. More research into bats' telomeres could help people live more healthily.
( )14. What is the author's intention in writing the last paragraph but one?
A. To show what bats feed on.
B. To call on people to protect bats.
C. To explain how bats benefit the farmers.
D. To highlight the importance of bats to the ecosystem.
( )15. What would be a suitable title for this text?
A. Bats Offer Clues to Treating Diseases
B. How Bats Deal With Life's Challenges
C. Scientists Unlock the Secrets to Long Lives
D. Why Bats Are Superheroes of the Animal World
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
While facing Monday, most of us may feel depressed. How can we overcome the depression? Here are the tips for you.
List things you desire to do.
Instead of focusing on the dull or difficult tasks that lay ahead of you, think about all the good to come. __16__ A good place to start is to think of one thing you are excited about for each category: at work, after work, and at the weekend.
Sleep to energize.
__17__ Take a nap to energize or get to bed earlier tonight to make up for lost sleep. It's worth taking this into account on Sunday to avoid a lack of energy on a Monday morning.
__18__
Though this may seem trivial, don't underestimate the power of an outfit. In fact, psychologists conclude that the strong link between clothing and mood suggests we should put on clothes that we associate with happiness, even when feeling low.
Set a pleasant schedule.
After a weekend of fun and taking it easy, it might be best to keep Monday's schedule a little lighter than other days. __19__ It means that instead of facing the most complicated stuff on a Monday, put some time into the easier tasks. Reduce Monday blues and any anxiety or stress by allowing yourself to do Monday with more ease. __20__
A. Wear your favourite clothes.
B. Sleep has a tremendous effect on our mood.
C. What you are wearing makes a deep impression on others.
D. This doesn't mean sitting around and drowning in your blues.
E. Sleeping too much is harmful either to our life or to our career.
F. Write out some things that you are currently looking forward to.
G. Putting less pressure on yourself is a good way to beat the Monday blues.
16. _______ 17._______ 18._______ 19._______ 20. _______
第二部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Andrea Lessing, an employee at Goodwill, Oklahoma, made a very surprising discovery at work. As she was checking out the box of clothing donations, she __21__ something other than sweaters. It __22__ she had found a sum of $42,000 among the clothes. The Goodwill employee added that she was __23__ by the finding and decided to inform her supervisor. Soon after that, the employees used the documentation of the donation to find the __24__ of the money and return it.__25__, the decision to return the money was a nobrainer for Lessing. Though she admitted that it was only human __26__ for her to think about the opportunities the money would give to her, she at last chose to be a good __27__ for her daughter, who is just six years old.
The Goodwill employee was also __28__ for her selflessness as the owner of the money gave her $1,000 to show his __29__. At first, Lessing was very surprised to receive the __30__ because she did not expect it. She also added that she didn't __31__ anything, including being on the news and becoming __32__ to people from different states and countries. Her only purpose was to do the __33__ thing. It seems Lessing is also a big __34__ in karma(因果报应) because she said that while a good deed may not come back __35__, it surely does in the end.
( )21. A. avoided B. touched C. cleaned D. smelled
( )22. A. turned out B. stood out C. worked out D. came out
( )23. A. satisfied B. excited C. annoyed D. shocked
( )24. A. winner B. collector C. owner D. donator
( )25. A. Obviously B. Suddenly C. Unfortunately D. Successfully
( )26. A. need B. knowledge C. mistake D. nature
( )27. A. guard B. friend C. model D. caretaker
( )28. A. admired B. rewarded C. honored D. remembered
( )29. A. thanks B. love C. generosity D. responsibility
( )30. A. pay B. money C. charge D. fee
( )31. A. lack B. like C. expect D. believe
( )32. A. related B. devoted C. used D. known
( )33. A. familiar B. right C. useful D. clever
( )34. A. believer B. reporter C. pioneer D. beginner
( )35. A. naturally B. smoothly C. immediately D. publicly
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Our ancestors did it out of necessity, but we are returning to their ways out of a desire to preserve the planet 36. _______ future generations. Claire Jackson investigated the return of our makedoandmend and it turns out that “fast” fashion has been replaced by a “slow” fashion 37._______ (move).
Reports that 300,000 tons of 38. _______(use) clothing ends up in UK landfill every year have led to a comeback of makedoandmend, encouraging increasing numbers of people to take a renewed interest in maintenance, 39. _______(buy) secondhand clothes and to choose quality over quantity.
“There used to be a feeling of shame attached to wearing secondhand clothes,” reflects Anita Taylor, a shop owner. “We're now meeting people 40. _______ are sourcing their clothes from agencies such as ours, having committed to not buying anything new for a year.”
In days gone by, wearing a 41. _______(visible) mended jacket would have been considered an embarrassment, but now it may be prized for 42._______ (it) beauty and practicality.
Despite the growing interest in mending, basic sewing skills—particularly among younger generations—43. _______(be) surprisingly scarce(不足的). If you really can't fix something, you can always repurpose it. By the way, it's all 44._______ matter of taste. No matter 45. _______ my motherinlaw may say, I happen to like my silver bracelet made out of an old fork very much.
第三部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华,请给你的英国笔友William写一封信,分享北京冬奥会的精彩瞬间。内容包括:
1. 询问近况;
2. 你印象最深刻的片段;
3. 你当时的感想。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear William,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn't see any rain soon we would lose everything. It was on that day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen in my life.
I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my sixyearold son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He wasn't walking in his usual way. He was obviously walking with a great effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. I went back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that unusual way toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, and then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill the water he carried. I followed him secretly as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns(刺) slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He might have a much greater purpose, I thought. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw the most amazing sight. Several large deer appeared threatening in front of him. But Billy walked right up to them, at the sight of which I almost screamed for him to get away. A huge buck(雄鹿) was dangerously close. But the buck neither threaten him nor even move as Billy knelt down. And then I saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from thirst and heat, lifting its head with great effort to lap(舔) up the water cupped in my beautiful boy's hands.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。
When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Instead of scolding him like his father, I decided to help him. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第一部分 阅读
第一节
1—5 DCCCA 6—10 CDABC 11—15 CBBDD
第二节 16—20 FBADG
第二部分 语言运用
第一节
21—25 BADCA 26—30 DCBAB 31—35 CDBAC
第二节
36. for 37. movement 38. used 39. to buy 40. who/that 41. visibly 42. its 43. are 44. a 45. what
第三部分 写作
第一节 One possible version:
Dear__William,
How are you doing? Have you watched the Beijing Olympic Winter Games recently? I'm writing to share with you something exciting.
I was amazed at a lot of exciting moments, among which a freestyle skiing player's perfect skills and quick mind left the deepest impression on me. She was weaving through the snow with ease when suddenly she almost lost control. But in the blink of an eye, she stopped her skid and rocketed through the rest of her run.
Seeing this, I couldn't help wondering how she had been going to great lengths to give such a fantastic performance.
Yours,
Li__Hua
第二节 One possible version:
__When__the__water__was__gone,__Billy__jumped__up__to__run__back__to__the__house.__I followed him back to a tap in our yard. He knelt there motionlessly, letting the drips slowly fill up his small “cup”. Just at that moment, his father returned. Thinking Billy was playing with water, he shouted, “Never waste water! If we ran out of the limited water, we would lose everything, even our lives.” Before Billy could make any explanation, he walked into the house angrily, leaving Billy weeping there.
Instead__of__scolding__him__like__his__father,__I__decided__to__help__him. I went up and held him in my arms. Wiping off his tears, I promised to help him save the baby deer. I found him a small pot to carry water. Holding the pot firmly, Billy walked toward the woods again. As I watched him disappearing into the woods, tears welled up in my eyes. Then came the miracle. Suddenly I felt a drop and then more drops dripping onto my face. I looked up in astonishment. Oh, it was rain! It was as if God was truly moved by Billy's sincere sharing and came to save us finally.
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