一、单项选择（共20分）
（ ）1. —I went to see you at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, but you weren’t at home.
—Oh, I ________ a film with my parents in a cinema. A. saw
B. was seeing
C. have seen
D. am seeing
（ ）2. Bob was sleeping at home ________ someone knocked at the door.
A. what
B. when
C. because
D. if
（ ）3. ________ I was walking home from school, I met an old friend.
A. Because
B. Until
C. Although
D. While
（ ）4. —Where is your mother, John?
—She is cooking in the ________. A. bathroom
B. bedroom
C. kitchen
D. living room
（ ）5. You weren’t at home. I wasn’t at home, ________.
A. too
B. also
C. either
D. neither
（ ）6. During the past two years, several earthquakes ________ in different places of the world.
A. happen
B. happened
C. takes place
D. take place
（ ）7. The family ________ at the lunch table when someone came to tell them what had happened at ________.
A. were sitting; Mr. Brown C. was sitting; Mr. Brown
B. were sitting; Mr. Brown’s D. was sitting; Mr. Brown’s
（ ）8. —I called you just now, but you weren’t in.
—Sorry, I ________ the reading room. A. was in
B. have gone to
C. studied
D. had been to
（ ）9. —________ did you sleep last night?
—It was bad. I was reading too late to fall asleep. A. How long
B. How far
C. How soon
D. How
（ ）10. ________TV at that time?
A. Do you watch
B. Have you watched D. Are you watching
C. Were you watching
二、完形填空（共30分）
One day, when I was five years old, my mother was washing the kitchen floor. I was telling her about a new girl in my school when she suddenly asked, “Who are your 11 friends?” “Jill and Jaime.” I had been friends with Jill 12 I was about three years old, and I really liked Jaime.
My mother stopped cleaning the 13 . “Well, what about your 14 Karen and Cindy? Why aren’t they your best friends?” She seemed 15 as if I hurt her feeling.
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“But they’re my sisters.” “Yes, but they can still be your best friends. Friends may come and go, but your sisters will 16 be there for you.”
At that time, the idea of my two sisters being my closest friends seemed 17 to me. We sometimes 18 about toys, food or watching on TV. And they weren’t the same 19 as me. We all had our own friends at school.
However, my mother never let the three of us 20 that: Sisters are lifelong friends. She would often tell us how 21 we were. She took us to places 22 . So we developed common 23 . Today I share（分享） things with my sisters that I don’t share with 24 else. It was twenty-three years ago that my mother first asked me 25 were my best friends. Today she doesn’t have to. She always knows. （ ）11. A. new
B. foreign B. before
C. best C. when C. dishes
D. normal D. until D. floor D. friends D. happy D. always D. excellent D. studied D. weight D. remember D. naughty D. secretly D. language D. others D. anything
（ ）12. A. since （ ）13. A. room （ ）14. A. brothers （ ）15. A. nervous （ ）16. A. never （ ）17. A. similar （ ）18. A. fought （ ）19. A. class
B. windows B. sisters B. polite B. often B. strange B. played B. height B. forget B. clever B. together
C. classmates C. upset
C. sometimes C. interesting C. lived C. age
（ ）20. A. know （ ）21. A. lucky
C. remind C. lazy C. alone C. interests C. nobody C. what
（ ）22. A. differently （ ）23. A. books （ ）24. A. anyone （ ）25. A. who
B. company B. something B. where
三、阅读理解（共15分）
One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to a town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and lend him a hand.
Just at that moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt disappointed when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn’t help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. “I see you need help,” he said, “and I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other. They lifted it together and put it on the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“It’s quite easy,” the great man answered. “When you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”
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（ ）26. What did the poor farmer take to a town?
A. A bag of coins. C. A bag of rice.
B. A bag of wheat. D. A bag of apples.
（ ）27. Why couldn’t the poor farmer lift the bag of wheat?
A. Because he was too young to lift the bag. B. Because he was too old to lift the bag. C. Because the bag was too heavy for him to lift. D. Because the bag was too large for him to lift.
（ ）28. The poor farmer felt ________ when he saw the great man.
A. happy C. afraid
B. good D. sad
（ ）29. When he saw the poor farmer in trouble, the great man ________.
A. went away without stopping B. asked another farmer to help him C. came up to help him D. gave him a lot of money
（ ）30. The great man asked the poor farmer to pay him ________.
A. by giving him money B. by giving him a horse C. by giving him a bag of wheat D. by helping others
四、根据汉语意思完成下列句子（共15分） 31.我的闹钟发不出响声了，因此我起床迟了。
My alarm clock didn’t ________ ________ so I got up late. 32.当他醒来时，太阳升起来了。
When he ________ ________, the sun was ________. 33.听到那个坏消息，他们非常生气。
They were very angry when they ________ ________ the bad news. 34.我们正在操场上玩得很开心的时候，铃响了。
We were ________ ________ on the playground when the bell rang. 35.他和他的朋友一起步行回家，一路上都很沉默。
He and his friends walked home together ________ ________. 五、书面表达（共20分）
根据下面的表格，写一篇短文。描述一下昨天晚上大家所做的事情。词数：50～70。 （短文开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
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my father my mother and my aunt my grandmother my grandfather my cousin the neighbors read a newspaper cook in the kitchen talk with her friend watch TV practice the piano dance Last night was a very busy night in our house. I started doing my homework at 6:00 p.m. At that time, ______ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ At 9:00 p.m., I finished my homework. But I didn’t think I learned a lot.
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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 单元测试
答案解析
一、【答案】1.B 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.C 二、 11.【答案】C
【解析】根据后文出现的Why aren’t they your best friends?可知，这里妈妈问作者谁是她最好的朋友，故选C。A是根据a new girl设置的干扰项，B和D与文意不符。 12.【答案】A
【解析】本句的前半句为过去完成时，因此这里应该选A，我从三岁起就跟Jill是朋友。B、C和D与文意和语法均不符。 13.【答案】D
【解析】根据文章第一句my mother was washing the kitchen floor可知，应选D，表示“妈妈停止了擦地板”。A、B和C文中没有提到。 14.【答案】B
【解析】根据下一段的“But they’re my sisters.”可知这里应填sisters，选B。A、C和D均不符合文意。 15.【答案】C
【解析】作者的妈妈因为作者不认为她的两个姐妹是她最好的朋友而感到难过，故选C。其余选项不符合当时妈妈的感受。 16.【答案】D
【解析】本题考查频度副词。朋友来来去去，但是你的姐妹将总会为你在那儿，故选D。其他频度副词与上下文语境不符。 17.【答案】B
【解析】根据下文作者的描述，她和姐妹们抢玩具、抢食物、抢电视，因此那时对她来说，自己的姐妹是她最好的朋友的想法似乎很奇怪，故选B。 18.【答案】A
【解析】她和姐妹们有时抢玩具、抢食物或者抢电视，故选A。fight about意为“为……而争吵，为……而打架”。B、C和D与文意不符。 19.【答案】C
【解析】她的两个姐妹跟她年龄不同，她们在学校里都有自己的朋友，故选C。“班级”“身高”和“体重”都不符合文意，故排除A、B和D。 20.【答案】B
【解析】妈妈从未让她们忘记这一点，故选B。D与文意相反，注意本句中的否定词never，A和C不符合上下文语境。 21.【答案】A
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【解析】妈妈经常告诉她们，她们有多幸运。妈妈这样说是因为她们有姐妹做自己一生的朋友，故选A。 22.【答案】B
【解析】从后文的common推断，妈妈带她们一起活动，故选B。“不同地”“单独地”和“秘密地”与上下文逻辑关系不符。 23.【答案】C
【解析】由于妈妈带她们一起行动，所以她们发展了共同的兴趣爱好，故选C。develop an interest意为“培养兴趣”。 24.【答案】A
【解析】作者今天与姐妹分享她不会与其他任何人分享的东西，因此A符合语境。 25.【答案】A
【解析】文章最后一段又回归主题，故选A，who were my best friends。其他几个疑问词不符合语境。 三、 26.【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，贫穷的农夫带着一袋麦子到镇上去，故选B。A、C和D文中均未提到。 27.【答案】C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知，农夫不知道该怎么办，因为袋子太沉了，他自己搬不动，故选C。农夫的年龄和袋子的大小文中都没有提及，故排除A、B和D。 28.【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，当农夫看到是大人物走过来时，他感到很失望，故选D。A和B与农夫的感受正好相反，故排除。C也与文意不符。 29.【答案】C
【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段可知，大人物一走近农夫就下了马，帮助农夫把麦子抬上马背，因此选C。 30.【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，大人物说，在他人遇到困难的时候，农夫也提供帮助，就是农夫对他的报答，故选D。大人物并未要求农夫给他钱、马或麦子，故排除A、B和C。
四、【答案】31.go off 32.woke up rising 33.heard about 34.having fun 35.in silence
五、【答案】One possible version:
Last night was a very busy night in our house. I started doing my homework at 6:00 p.m. At that time my father was reading a newspaper. My mother and my aunt were cooking in the kitchen. My grandmother was talking with her friend. My grandfather was watching TV. My cousin was practicing the piano. There was a lot of noise in the next room. It seemed that the neighbors were dancing. At 9:00 p.m., I finished my homework. But I didn’t think I learned a lot.
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