Unit 1 Past and present 学情评估卷 (时间：90分钟 满分：120分) I. 单项选择 (共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分) 从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 1. ( )It was _____ honour for Tu Youyou to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in her _____. A. a; eighty B. an; eighties C. /; eighty D. an; eightieth 2. ( )— Lucy hasn’t come back from the library _____. —I know. I have _____ called her. A. already; yet B. yet; yet C. already; already D. yet; already 3. ( )My hometown has changed a lot _____ the underground was put to use. A. unless B. since C. if D. when 4. ( )People have built more and more tall buildings here _____ the years. But at the same time, the city has become more _____. A. on; empty B. to; creative C. over; crowded D. since; famous 5. ( )—Why do you prefer traveling by high-speed train to taking a coach —Because it’s not only much more _____, but also much _____. A. expensive; more comfortable B. crowded; safer C. convenient; faster D. expensive; more special 6. ( )—How did your family go on a trip to Beijing last summer holiday —_____. It was fast, comfortable and suitable for long-distance travel. A. Took a coach B. By bike C. By car D. By high-speed train 7. ( )In the past few years, China _____ great progress in science and technology. A. make B. makes C. made D. has made 8. ( )—What do you think of the smart parking system — Fantastic! It _____ us a lot of time _____ a parking space before the system was built. A. used to take; to find B. is used to taking; finding C. used to take; finding D. is used to take; to find 9. ( )—Why do we spend so much time on reading in class — Because the ability to read and understand is _____ all learning. It helps you learn every subject better. A. at the heart of B. on the way to C. at the cost of D. at the speed of 10. ( )[谚语] —I have spent three nights preparing for the exam. —It is bad for your health. As a saying goes, “_____.” A. You are never too old to learn B. Actions speak louder than words C. You can’t burn the candle at both ends D. Every dog has its day II. 完形填空（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Have you ever been to Saihanba It is a very big forest 11 in Chengde, Hebei. In Mongolian, its name 12 the “beautiful highland”. Just as its name suggests, endless forests and grasslands are dotted with clear lakes. Saihanba 13 to be a royal (皇家的)hunting ground. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi liked Saihanba so much that he made 14 there a royal activity. In 1860, 15 a shortage (缺少)of money, the land was open to all people. In the following years, cutting down trees and wildfir esquickly 16 the forests and grasslands. By the 1950s, Saihanba had become poorl and 17 animals or plants. The plans to rebuild a national 18 in Saihanba started in the 1960s. In 1961, a group of six scientists travelled to Saihanba and studied the possibility of 19 trees there. They 20 fo ... ...
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