（2021新人教版）高中英语必修第二册第二单元测评 （含听力）.zip

1、第二单元测评 (时间:120 分钟总分:150 分) 第一部分听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What does the man want to do? A.Fly a kite. B.Go to the park. C.Play on the Internet. 2.What will the girl buy this evening? A.

2、Sunglasses.B.A scarf.C.Gloves. 3.What does the man suggest the woman do? A.Take a taxi. B.Walk to the hotel. C.Ask someone else for help. 4.Who is the woman probably? A.A hotel clerk. B.A police officer. C.The mans wife. 5.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.A birthday party. B.New Years g

3、ifts. C.The mans parents. 第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒 钟;听完后,各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6.How does the man probably feel? A.Excited.B.Nervous.C.Regretful. 7.What will the man do next? A.Talk t

4、o Samantha. B.Dance with the woman. C.Attend a graduation ceremony. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。 8.What will the man do with his girlfriend on Qixi Festival? A.Go to a movie. B.Go to a concert. C.Eat at a nice restaurant. 9.According to the woman,what would be a special gift? A.A song. B.A poem. C.A piece of

5、 jewelry. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10.How does the man want his hair cut? A.All off the back. B.All off the sides. C.A little off the top and sides. 11.What did the man complain about? A.The woman cut his hair too short. B.The woman cut his ear accidentally. C.The towel was too dirty. 12.Why cant the

6、 man complain directly to the manager? A.The manager is on vacation. B.The manager is out to lunch. C.The manager is dealing with another customer. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13.Who is the woman? A.The boys aunt. B.The boys mother. C.The boys grandmother. 14.What did the woman enjoy doing when she was

7、young? A.Playing with a cat. B.Doing art projects. C.Taking photographs. 15.What does the boy like? A.He is shy. B.He likes to paint. C.He doesnt have many friends. 16.What does the woman imply about her husband? A.The boy looks just like him. B.He held the boy before she did. C.He passed away. 听第 1

8、0 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.Where will visitors go on the first day of the tour? A.Arches National Park. B.Temple Square. C.Goblin Valley. 18.What do we know about Little Wild Horse Canyon? A.Its very narrow. B.Its in northern Utah. C.It was formed by an earthquake. 19.What is included in the tour price

9、? A.Entrance fees. B.Three meals a day. C.Transportation in Utah. 20.When can you make a reservation for the tour? A.Two weeks in advance. B.One week in advance. C.Four days in advance. 第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A When Fluffy the cat dis

10、appeared from her home in Navarre,Ohio,her owner spotted her high in a pine tree.Ellen Albert wasnt immediately concerned because everyone guaranteed her that cats always came down when they were hungry. That was on a Friday.On Sunday,when the white kitty showed no sign of leaving and was still high

11、 in the tree,Ellen Albert called Erie Valley Fire and Rescue for help with her pet. “Fluffy was about 40 feet in the air.Too high for the ladders we carry,”Ryan Shanower of Erie Valley Fire and Rescue said.“She was also near some power lines that caused a threat.We tried cat food on day two of her b

12、eing there and figured by evening shed be down.High winds and hard rain made the rescue attempts more difficult.” Fire Chief Rick Annen told his theory about how the kitty ended up so far up the tree.Annen saw hawks(老鹰) sitting on a building across the street and noticed Fluffys regular collar and f

13、lea collar were both missing.He figured a hawk had picked up Fluffy by the collars and she had gotten free and fallen high in the pine tree. By day three,the rain had stopped enough,but Fluffy still wouldnt or couldnt move.The fire department reached out to a local tree service to see if theyd lend

14、a hand to the frightened cat.They showed up with a bucket truck they use to trim(修剪) tall trees.Once the bucket truck was up in the air,Fluffy was down in a minute or two. It was a happy ending,for sure,but not a common days work for these firefighters. 21.What added to the difficulty in rescuing th

15、e cat? A.Bad weather. B.No effective tools. C.The power lines. D.The cats weakness. 22.What can we know about Fluffy the cat? A.It tended to climb trees when hungry. B.It climbed up to the pine tree on Friday. C.Its situation might be caused by a hawk. D.Its collars were on the top of the pine tree.

16、 23.How did people rescue the cat finally? A.They got the tree trimmed. B.They used a long enough ladder. C.They employed a bucket truck. D.They pushed it to come down. B Millions of years ago dinosaurs lived on the earth.In the days of dinosaurs the whole earth was warm and wet.There were green for

17、ests and they could find enough to eat.Later,parts of the earth became cold and dry,and the forests there died.Then dinosaurs could not find enough to eat.This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out. We can guess another reason.New kinds of animals came on the earth.Some had big brains and were f

18、ast and strong.They could kill dinosaurs. There may be other reasons that we dont know about yet.Scientists are trying to make more discoveries about dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes(形状).Some were as small as chickens,while some were about 90 feet long. There were also terrible fig

19、hts between dinosaurs.They might have happened more than 100 million years ago.Though there was no man to see any of the fights,we can be told by the animals footprints(足迹)that fight did take place. 24.According to the passage,dinosaurs did exist only on the earth. A.for millions of years B.millions

20、 of years ago C.more than 100 million years ago D.when it was warm and wet somewhere 25.One reason why dinosaurs died out is that. A.there were too many dinosaurs B.parts of the earth became warm and wet C.there were many green forests D.they couldnt find enough to eat 26.We can see from this passag

21、e. A.scientists are trying to make some dinosaurs B.dinosaurs are dangerous enough C.dinosaurs are worth studying further D.scientists know nothing about dinosaurs 27.Those terrible fights can be explained by. A.footprints of the animals B.imagination C.rocks and forests D.dinosaurs eggs C More than

22、 two thirds of the worlds polar bears will be wiped out by 2050,according to a shocking new study.By then,scientists say,global warming will have melted 42 percent of the Arctic sea ice.By 2100,only a very few of these important creatures will be left. The report has been produced by the US Geologic

23、al Survey.The scientists have publicised their findings in the hope of influencing US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne,who has been asked to put polar bears on the US endangered species list. Polar bears depend on floating sea ice as a platform for hunting seals,which are their main food.Without e

24、nough ice,polar bears would be forced to go onto the land,where they are poorly skilled hunters,and would be unlikely to adapt to the life on the land in time.Experts say few little bears would survive and the stress could make many females unable to get pregnant. The team of American and Canadian s

25、cientists spent six months studying bears,on the ground,from spotter planes and in the lab,using computer models.Some team members fear the result is even worse for the bears than what their report says.They say the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere in the world and much faster than their compu

26、ter had been forecasting.Satellite observations have shown that the ice has decreased to an all-time low. However,not everyone in the scientific community believes that global warming is happening on such an alarming scale.Another investigation has found that polar bears are still being hunted by we

27、althy “sportsmen” who want their skins and heads.At least ten international companies offer bear-hunting trips. 28.What do we know about Dirk Kempthorne according to the passage? A.He is an animal scientist. B.He is a protector of animals working for the US government. C.He was asked to put polar be

28、ars on the US endangered species list. D.He offered to put polar bears on the endangered species list. 29.Why will polar bears die out if there is not enough sea ice? A.Because polar bears cant catch enough food without ice. B.Because polar bears eat ice when they feel thirsty. C.Because polar bears

29、 will be easily found by hunters without ice. D.Because most female bears are used to giving birth under ice. 30.After a six-month study,some scientists fear that . A.there is something wrong with their computers B.polar bears will disappear even faster than they ever expected C.their computer model

30、s are not as accurate as they expected D.global warming will destroy everything in the Arctic 31.What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? A.The forecast about the future of polar bears is not correct. B.Global warming wont have any effect on hunting trips in the Arctic. C.Polar be

31、ars are an endangered species as a result of bear-hunting. D.People dont pay enough attention to the protection of endangered species. D It was a village in India.The people were poor.However,they were not unhappy.After all,their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day,some

32、 visitors from the city arrived.They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs.However,they did not have enough frogs of their own,and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places. This seemed like money for nothing.There were millions of frogs in the fields ar

33、ound,and they were no use to the villagers.All they had to do was catch them.Agreement was reached,and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs.Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money.For the first time,the people were able to dream of a better future.But

34、 the dream didnt last long. The change was hardly noticed at first,but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well.More worrying was that the children fell ill more often,and,there seemed to be more insects around lately. The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failin

35、g and the children getting weak.They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines.Soon there was no money left. Then the people realised what was happening.It was the frog.They hadnt been useless.They had been doing an important jobeating insects.Now with so many frogs kil

36、led,the insects were increasing more rapidly.They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases. Now,the people are still poor.But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs.These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. 32.From Paragraph 1 w

37、e learn that the villagers . A.worked very hard for centuries B.dreamed of having a better life C.were poor but somewhat content D.lived a different life from their forefathers 33.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? A.The frogs were easy money. B.They needed money to buy medicine. C.They want

38、ed to please the visitors. D.The frogs made too much noise. 34.What might be the cause of the childrens sickness? A.The crops didnt do well. B.There were too many insects. C.The visitors brought in diseases. D.The pesticides were overused. 35.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text? A.H

39、appiness comes from peaceful life in the country. B.Health is more important than money. C.The harmony between man and nature is important. D.Good old days will never be forgotten. 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。 Ali Crumpacker studied the photos of two bobcat(

40、短尾猫) kittens on her computer screen.“36,” said Crumpacker,director of The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona,California. It also looked like the kittens hadnt been cleaned in a whilesomething a mother bobcat would do.Crumpacker decided to examine. The photos had been taken by someone who saw

41、 the kittens in his backyard.37.So he asked the centre staff to save the two bobcat kittens.Centre staff arrived at his house,set up humane(人道的) traps and then waited for the kittens to return.To their surprise,one of the kittens was already there,drinking from the pool! 38.The staff hoped they woul

42、d soon be on their way to recovery. More than 380 injured and orphaned animals like this bobcat pair came through the Wildlife Center last year.39. “We always get them when theyre really down,” says Kim Spall,who looks after these animals.“But then to see them go back out in the wild.its just really

43、 beautiful.” Some animals,however,are not able to return to the wild.For them,the centre becomes a permanent shelter.40.All are cared for with love. A.Theyre too young to be on their own B.Animals are our best friends so we cant hurt them C.Ali Crumpacker set out to photo animals in their natural ha

44、bitat D.Worried that they might be orphans,he knew the Wildlife Centre could help them E.After being caught,the kittens were brought to the centre for medical exams F.Each of the animals lives in conditions as close to their natural habitat as possible G.The staff nursed the animals back to health a

45、nd prepared them for return to the wild 第三部分语言知识应用(共两节,满分 45 分) 第一节(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项。 We find different kinds of animals in the world.Some animals,such as tigers and lions live in big forests and they are called 41 animals.Some others like s

46、heep and dogs are 42 by men and they are called domestic(驯养的) animals.These animals are very different from one another,but we can 43 them into big groups:those that eat other animals and those that eat grass and leaves.Animals like the 44 belong to the first group. Animals are 45 great use to human

47、 beings.Men 46 wild animals for their fur and meat.Domestic animals are 47 more important to men.Without them,life will be 48.People make use of animals in many 49.Cows and pigs are useful to mens 50 .They are 80% of the 51 men eat every year.Skin of some animals can be 52 into expensive overcoats a

48、nd shoes,which are warm and comfortable and 53 a long time.They are very welcome in 54 countries.Wool,which is now one of the most important materials for textile(纺织品)55,comes from a special kind of animals.From cows,we get milk.And we shouldnt 56 that some domestic animals are kept for transport.Ma

49、ny people still ride horses 57 the horse is uncommon today.Arabs ride on camels 58 travel in deserts for days without 59.In some places animals are still used to plough the field.60 is clear that men just cant live without these animals. 41.A.wildB.rareC.terribleD.native 42.A.trappedB.treatedC.soldD

50、.kept 43.A.separateB.divideC.sellD.look 44.A.goatB.tigerC.cowD.horse 45.A.withB.toC.forD.of 46.A.huntB.discoverC.raiseD.care 47.A.quiteB.littleC.evenD.very 48.A.smoothB.difficult C.easyD.perfect 49.A.waysB.groupC.placesD.kinds 50.A.lifeB.workC.familyD.food 51.A.mealB.meatC.dinnerD.soup 52.A.putB.tur