（2019新教材）外研版高中英语必修一英语刷题课时练17（含答案）.doc

1、刷题课时练刷题课时练 17Unit 6Section Discovering Useful Struct ures 阅读理解 A As I stuck in the mud (泥), with my bike on top of me, I wondered what had forced me to come here. Madagascar is not a good place for a cycling holiday: one of the worlds poo rest countries, only 11 percent of roadway is paved (铺). Sout

2、h of the town of Antalaha, where I started, the road was in wo rse condition. I appeared from a week in the wilderness and reached the start of the Route National 5 at Maroantsetra, but my dream of a smooth road and speed was suddenly destroyed by mud. The “worst road in the country” changed my bicy

3、cle into a burden (负担) for days. Finally, I_was_claimed_by_the_road. Tir ed. Alone. As I wiped (擦) the mud from my face and looked upwar ds, I was greeted by a Malagasy man. He helped me stand up and smiled playfully while he pointed to my bike, which sat next to his. I started again. But I fell aga

4、in in the mud. Angri ly, I told him to go on, but if he understood he showed no si gn of it. His smile forced me back onto the bike. We continue d like this for hours. But I fell less. Studying my quick guide, slowly I learned. As we passed through a village, a group of children saw me and shouted l

5、oudly. His only words were: “Their parents tell them while people steal and eat them. Fun ny, no？” I tried to ask why, but he had already set off. I tried to catch up; as I got closer, he took it as a challenge and sped u p. We raced along the road. I rode a little faster and I was ju st behind, abo

6、ut to catch up with him. With a smile, he sped up and was away, leaving me breathless. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了作者在 非洲马达加斯加骑行遇到困难的时候， 一位当地人激励自己继续 骑行的故事。 1What was in the authors mind when he was in the mu d? AHe considered his experience a special pleasure. BHe made up his mind to continue challenging

7、himself. CHe tried to think out a new road for cycling in Antala ha. DHe regretted having the cycling holiday in Madagascar. 答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据第一段中的“I wonder ed what had forced me to come here”及下文对马达加斯加当 地路况的介绍可知，作者来到这里骑行发现路况很差，这让他后 悔不已。故选 D 项。 2What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mea n? A

8、The author chose another road. BThe author decided to ask for help. CThe author lay on the road for a rest. DThe author had no confidence to ride on. 答案与解析：D句意理解题。根据第二段中的“but my d ream of a smooth road. for days”及 Tired 可知，泥泞的道路 使作者疲惫不堪，让他失去了继续骑行的信心。故选 D 项。 3How did the Malagasy man help the author?

9、 ABy showing him the right way. BBy wiping the mud from his bike. CBy riding in front of him all the way. DBy teaching him how to ride in the mud. 答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Studying my quick guide”及第四段中的“I tried to catch up; as I got closer, he took it as a challenge and sped up”可知，那个马达 加斯加男人一直在作者前面骑行来鼓励

10、他。故选 C 项。 4Whats the best title for the text? AA lonely tripBA bicycle race CA lesson in cyclingDA road in Madagascar 答案与解析：C主旨大意题。根据文中作者在马达加斯加 骑行遇到困难时受到一位当地人的帮助可知，作者从中受益匪 浅。故选 C 项。 B Raccoons are smaller relatives of bears. They are native to North America, but they can also be found in Asia and Eu

11、ro pe. Raccoons live in wooded areas close to water, but they ca n be often found near urban areas. There are about 7 different species of raccoons. Pygmy raccoon is the only endangered s pecies. Raccoons usually reach 40 to 70cm in length and weigh b etween 526kg. Raccoons that live in colder clima

12、tes are larger and heavier. They have grayish fur, black masks around eyes and long tails covered with black and brown bands. Because o f their tails, they are also called “ringtail” Raccoons_are_omnivores. They like to eat insects, eggs, s mall mammals, fruit, berries, garbage, and so on. Raccoons

13、ha nds look like humans. They each have five fingers and are us ed to collect food, open shells, door or trash cans. Raccoons o ften place food in water before they start to eat it. They have highly sensitive sense of touch and water increases their sensiti vity even more. By touching the food, they

14、 get better insight a bout things they will eat. They are easily adaptable (适应的) to various environment s. They can live in hollow (中空的) trees equally happily like they can in useless cars. Raccoons live on their own and hunt at night. They dont hibernate (冬眠), but they spend the cold est days of wi

15、nters in their holes. Mating (交配) season takes place from January to mid Ma rch. Two months later, female will give birth to 34 babies. Th eir tails dont have bands, and the mask around eyes is still m issing. Mother is very protective and she will teach them how to survive and what to eat as they b

16、ecomeready to leave the hole. Raccoons usually can live only 1.8 to 3.1 years in the w ild, but they can live up to 20 years at a zoo. Raccoons can pass rabies, a kind of disease, to homeraise d animals and people, which is very dangerous. Whats more, t heir waste often has roundworms. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明

17、文。文章主要向我们介绍了 与浣熊有关的一些知识。 5What do we learn about raccoons? AThey love living near water. BThey are at risk of dying out. CThey love getting close to humans. DThey only live in areas far from urban areas. 答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据第一段的“Raccoons li ve in wooded areas close to water”以及第三段的“Raccoons often place fo

18、od in water before they start to eat it.”可推断， 浣熊喜欢住在水边。故选 A 项。 6What does the author most probably mean by saying “Raccoons are omnivores”？ AThey dont hibernate. BThey are very large animals. CThey are sensitive to foods tastes. DThey feed on many different types of food. 答案与解析：D句意理解题。根据第三段的“They li

19、ke t o eat insects, eggs, small mammals, fruit, berries, garbage, and so on.”可推测，作者是指：浣熊是杂食动物。故选 D 项。 7What are raccoons good at? AFinding food in deep water. BUsing their feet to open food. CAdapting to a new environment. DTelling differences among smells. 答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第四段的“They are ea sily adapt

20、able to various environments.”可知，浣熊很擅长在新 的环境里生活。故选 C 项。 8After reading the text, we can say that _. Araccoons like attacking humans Bpeople consider raccoons very lovely Craccoons and bears have a lot in common Dits better that humans keep away from raccoons 答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据末段的“Raccoons can pass rabi

21、es, a kind of disease, to homeraised animals and peo ple, which is very dangerous. Whats more, their waste often h as roundworms.”可推测，人还是不要接触浣熊比较好。故选 D 项。 C Angus, Doris, Gabriel and Kamil are some of the 21 nam es that have been chosen to be given to storms in the UK in the 2016/17 season. The Met

22、Office, the UKs national weather service, decide d to give storms boys and girls names in 2015 in the same way as they did in America. The Met Office hopes that naming big storms will mean people are more aware (意识到) of them and how dangerous t hey can be. Derrick Ryall, from the Met Office, said, “

23、We ha ve seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises peop les awareness of storms before they break.” In the past, the same UK storm could be given different names by different organisations. “We noticed that many orga nisations during the last couple of winters, when we have had bad storms

24、, started giving names to them. Think back to the S t Judes Day storm in 2013, and the socalled Hurricane Bawb ag in Scotland in 2011. But it led to confusion (混乱)， ” a M et Office spokeswoman said. According to the Met Office, there is a name for each lett er of the whole alphabet (字母表), except for

25、 Q，U，X，Y an d Z. That is the same as the naming tradition used in America. And not all storms will be big enough to get names only those expected to cause great damage. If there are more than 21 storms in a year, the Met Offic e will start again with another name beginning with “A”. H owever, accord

26、ing to Met Office spokeswoman Lindsay Mears, “Its unlikely we would get through the whole alphabet in on e season. We had 14 storms in the very bad winter of 2013/14, and if the naming system had been in operation then we wou ldnt have used the whole alphabet.” 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了英国为 暴风雨命名的情况。 9W

27、hy are storms in the UK named? ATo increase public awareness of them. BTo remind people of their short stay. CTo follow what other countries did. DTo meet the needs of its people. 答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据第三段中的“naming b ig storms will mean people are more aware of them and how dangerous they can be”和“how nami

28、ng storms elsewhere in t he world raises peoples awareness of storms before they brea k”可推断，英国为暴风雨命名是为了增强人们对暴风雨的了解 和防范意识。故选 A 项。 10Examples are given in Paragraph 4 to show _. Atherere many storms to name in a year Borganisations named storms differently Csome storms names are similar to others Dsom

29、e storms names are hard to understand 答案与解析：B推理判断题。本段的主题句是“In the pa st, the same UK storm could be given different names by diffe rent organisations， ”下文通过举例说明该主题。故选 B 项。 11What do we know about the names given to storms? AStorms will be given names whatever their sizes. BSerious storms will be giv

30、en boys names. C21 letters will be used to begin the names. D21 names will be given at most in a year. 答案与解析： C细节理解题。 根据倒数第二段中的“there is a name for each letter of the whole alphabet, except for Q, U, X, Y and Z”和最后一段中的“If there are more than 21 storms in a year”可知， 在为暴风雨命名的时候， 会以 21 个字 母(字母表一共 26 个字

31、母，除了 Q，U，X，Y，Z 之外还有 21 个)开头。故选 C 项。 12What can be learned from Lindsay Mears? AThere are not too many big storms yearly. BAction will be taken to prevent storms. CThere are usually 14 storms in a year. DThe naming system will not change. 答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Lindsa y Mears”所说的“Its unlikely we would get through the whol e alphabet in one season. We had 14 storms in the very bad winter of 2013/14. we wouldnt have used the whole alphabe t”可推断，她认为英国每年不会发生那么多暴风雨，因此不会 使用完 21 个字母作为名字的开头来命名暴风雨。故选 A 项。