步步高】高中英语 UnitThe Media单元检测二 北师大版必修.doc

单元检测(二)Ⅰ.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节　完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项During a recent holiday I visited Dusseldorf，a city in the former West Germany.The nine­day trip left a deep impression on me.I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at 7 pm.It was already __1__ outside.The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to __2__.I decided to telephone the youth hotel.But to use the phone I needed some __3__.I asked a lady for help.To my __4__ she gave me three coins to use.But all the phones in the __5__ needed phone cards.And phone cards could only be bought at post offices during the __6__.I was __7__ I would not be able to call the hotel.An old gentleman helped me.He couldn’t speak English but understand that I needed to __8__ a phone call.He showed me where the phone was and inserted his phone card.I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.The __9__ of the German people made me feel that I was not far away，and my first day in Germany wasn’t as __10__ as I expected.Whenever I went，I asked people for __11__.It surprised me that __12__ every young German could speak English fluently.Older Germans couldn’t speak English very well，but they would try to help me whenever they could.One middle­aged man I asked for direction even __13__ me to the place I was looking for.My __14__ in Germany totally changed my impression of Germans.Now I think the people couldn’t be more __15__.1．A.late B．darkC．light D．early2．A.visit B．eatC．stay D．keep3．A.cards B．informationC．money D．coins4．A.joy B．disappointmentC．emotion D．surprise5．A.hotel B．airportC．city D．pavement6．A.night B．daytimeC．trip D．rush­hour7．A.afraid B．sureC．glad D．eager8．A.make B．haveC．do D．answer9．A.use B．successC．care D．kindness10．A.interesting B．goodC．bad D．busy11．A.direction B．distanceC．travel D．serve12．A.almost B．evenC．only D．already13．A.came B．reachedC．moved D．drove14．A.experience B．victoryC．visit D．memory15．A.friendly B．unfriendlyC．cold­hearted D．valuable第二节　语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

As the plane circled over the airport，everyone sensed that something was wrong.The plane was moving 16.________(steady)through the air，and although the passengers 17.________(fasten) their seat belts，they were suddenly thrown forward.At that moment，the air­hostess presented.She looked very pale，18.________ was quite calm.Speaking quickly and almost in a whisper，she informed everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked if 19.________ of the passengers knew anything about machines.After a moment’s hesitation,20.________ man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin.Moving the pilot aside，the man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that 21.________(send) by radio from the airport below.To everyone’s relief，the plane，22.________ was dangerously close to the ground at the moment，soon began to climb.The man had to circle the airport several times to become familiar 23.________ the controls of the plane.The critical moment came 24.________ he had to land.The man,25.________(follow) the instructions，guided the plane toward the airfield，and it landed safely after a long run along the runway.Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节　阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

AAstronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air.They said “cheers”，clicked drinking bags and toasted NASA workers on the ground who were sipping their own version of recycled drinking water.The recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon and Mars.It also will save NASA money because it won’t have to ship up as much water to the station by space shuttle or cargo rockets.Besides，it’s important as the space station is about to expand from three people living on board to six.The recycling system had been brought up to the space station last November by space shuttle Endeavour，but it couldn’t be used until samples were tested back on Earth.So when it came time to actually drink up，NASA made a big deal of it.The three­men crew stood，holding their drinks and congratulated engineers in two NASA centers that worked on the system.“This is something that had been the stuff of science fiction，” Barratt said before taking a small mouthful.“The taste is worth trying.”NASA deputy space shuttle manager LeRoy Cain called it “a huge milestone”．The new system takes the combined urine of the crew from the toilet，moves it to a big tank，where the water is boiled off，and the vapor is collected.The rest of the urine is thrown away.The water vapor is mixed with water from air condensation，and then it goes through filters.When six crew members are aboard it can 。