1、高中英语 必修第二册 1 / 17 Unit 2 单元测试单元测试 一、阅读理解（共两节，满分一、阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）分） 第一节（共 10 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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 More than 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 m
2、elted 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 Geological Survey. The scientists have publicized their findings in the hope of influencing US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who has been asked to
3、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 enough ice, polar bears would be forced to go onto the land, where they are killed by hunters, and would be unlikely to adapt to the life on t
4、he 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 scientists spent six months studying bears: on the ground, from spotter planes and in the lab, using computer models. Some team members fear th
5、e 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 computer had been forecasting, Satellite observations have showed that the ice has decreased to an all-time low. However, not everyone in the
6、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 wealthy “sportsmen” who want their skins and heads. At least ten international companies offer bear-hunting trips. 1. What do we know a
7、bout 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 bears on the US endangered species list. D. He offered to put polar bears on the endangered species list. 高中英语 必修第二册 2 / 17 2. Why
8、will polar bears die out if there is not enough sea ice? A. Because polar bears cant catch enough food without sea ice. B. Because polar bears eat ice when they feel thirsty. C. Because polar bears will be easily found by hunters without ice. D. Because most female bears are used to giving birth und
9、er ice. 3. 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 models are not as accurate as they expected D. global warming will destroy everything in the Arctic B
10、The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main point to remember is that the British often use understatement. Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, if someone gets very wet in a shower
11、 of rain, he might say, “Its a little damp（潮湿的） outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, “She isnt exactly friendly.” Understatement is often used in an unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly. Understatement plays an important
12、 part in British humor. Another key to understanding British humor is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidently falls over in the street. They also like to make jo
13、kes about people from different classes of society. They like to make jokes about their accents, the way they dress and the way they behave. Whats more, the British love to watch comedies （喜剧） about people who do not know how to behave in society. The comedies series Mr. Bean is a good example of th
14、is kind of humor. Mr. Bean is the character created by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean doesnt talk often, and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps what makes Mr. Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot
15、 do. Mr. Bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humor. Because of this, many people have become familiar with the British sense of humor. 高中英语 必修第二册 3 / 17 4. Why is it difficult for foreigners to understand British jokes? A. The
16、 British often enlarge the fact. B. British jokes are connected with many different cultures. C. British jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries. D. The British try to make out that something is less important than it is. 5. The author explains understatement by _. A. describing a process
17、 B. making comparisons C. following time order D. using examples 6. What can be the best title for the text? A. British Humor in Comedy B. Humor in Different Cultures C. Understanding British Humor D. Developing Your Sense of Humor C Where do the turtles go? Every summer, thousands of endangered gre
18、en sea turtles climb onto beaches around the world. Each mother sea turtle produces 100 or more eggs in a hole, and covers the hole with sand before she swims away. Two months later, the eggs hatch, and the baby turtles climb out of the sand and swim into the ocean. They dont reappear until they hav
19、e grown as large as dinner plates. Until now, no one knows where the baby turtles go or what they do. “If we dont know where these little turtles are, we cant protect them,” says Kim Reich, who helps solve part of the mystery. Her teacher, Karen Bjorndal, has studied green sea turtles for more than
20、30 years. Every year, Bjorndal goes to the Bahamas Islands. Many young sea turtles come here to live and eat at the end of their childhood. These turtles are the only sea turtles that live as plant eaters. In fact, their name may be a result of what they eat. The turtles dont look green but they do
21、have green fat. Scientists learned that the turtles eat green sea plants, which may turn their fat green. 高中英语 必修第二册 4 / 17 Between 2002 and 2004, Bjorndal caught 44 green sea turtles in the Bahamas. After testing them, she found something to support the 20-year-old idea: baby green sea turtles eat
22、meat before they turn to a diet of plants. In fact, they eat animals that live in the open ocean. Scientists still need to find where exactly green sea turtles grow. We now know that baby green sea turtles are out in the open ocean, but the open ocean is a big place. “It is really a problem,” says B
23、jorndal. The discovery may help us do a better job of protecting this sea animal. 7. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs? A. Baby turtles go to the ocean when they are three months old. B. Mother turtles leave the eggs alone after they produce them. C. No one knows when turtles appear on
24、 the beach. D. Mother turtles are as large as dinner plates. 8. Kim Reich does research on where baby turtles go because she wants to _. A. help her teacher B. prove an idea C. protect turtles D. become a scientist 9. What does Karen Bjorndals research prove about green sea turtles? A. The young liv
25、e in the Bahamas Islands. B. The young eat meat before turning to a diet of plants. C. They live in the open ocean for a lifelong time. D. They are the only sea turtles that live as plant eaters. 10. What does the underlined word “It” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Finding out where young turtle
26、s grow. B. Protecting this endangered sea animal. C. Changing young turtles eating habits. D. Living in the open ocean. 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。 高中英语 必修第二册 5 / 17 Top Tips for Better Writing There are many different types of writing, such as essays, lette
27、rs and speeches. Whatever your reason is and whatever your style is, there are some universal tips that will help you improve your writing: Be clear about your purpose The most basic question to ask yourself before you start is why you are writing. In an essay or assignment, your purpose is to conve
28、y information and draw conclusions. But if you are writing a business report, you may want to make recommendations. 11 Start with a plan 12 The result is often disjointed writing with parts that dont connect. Whatever you are writing, creating a clear plan is the first step to get your message acros
29、s quickly and in the most effective way. Guide readers through what you write Your task is to help readers understand your message quickly and precisely. 13 Each sentence, each paragraph should be relevant to what comes before and what comes after. You should use connected words and phrases to show
30、these connections. 14 Your aim in writing is to communicate ideas and information to other people, and you must keep that in mind with every word and sentence you write. Constantly ask yourself who you really write the information for. Write for the ear, not for the eye Once youve finished a draft o
31、f your speech, practice reading it out loud. 15 Revise it, so you are more comfortable giving your speech. You want to sound natural, no matter what the occasion is. A. Write for readers, not yourself B. Write for the aim, not for the words C. It sounds robotic, and employers hate it. D. Far too oft
32、en people write without a plan. E. Youll hear anything that sounds awkward. F. Whatever it is, keep your purpose in mind at all times to avoid going off topic. 高中英语 必修第二册 6 / 17 G. To do this, it is necessary to show them clearly how the different parts relate to each other. 二、英语知识运用（共两节，满分二、英语知识运用（
33、共两节，满分 45 分）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。 With supper finished, it was our time with Dad. Cindy, Tom and I climbed onto our couch. We all 16 Mom to turn on the old tape player. Dad had been piloting airplanes in Vietnam for the Air Force for a yea
34、r. Through the year, our family received at least one 17 a week from Dad. Mom played a part to us every day. Every day when Mom turned on the tape player, Dad 18 by asking each of us how our 19 had gone and what we had done. 20 to the tape machine as if he could hear every word, each of us told him
35、about our 21 . Because Mom wrote down our responses, Dad was kept 22 . In the following tape, he 23 our good deeds and 24 corrected our errors. After 25 told Dad their tales, he read to us from the book Mom had sent. The day Dad was to 26 , all of us were playing around the 27 . Then the gate in the
36、 fence opened. A tall man in a 28 walked through the gate. My eldest sister jumped off the diving board and ran towards the man. Mom ran behind. The man embraced Mom and kissed her. 29 by the scene, Tom and I looked at each other. Soon, the tall, uniformed man arrived at the pools edge and smiled 30
37、 at us. With the innocence of a four-year-old girl, I looked up and 31 , “Are you my father?” He burst into tears, knelt down, 32 us into his arms and said, “Yes, Im your father.” 33 I heard his voice, I 34 him as my father because it was the same 35 that I heard so frequently on tape. 16. A. waited
38、 for B. looked at C. agreed with D. asked for 17. A. letter B. book C. tape D. photo 18. A. began B. greeted C. ended D. faced 19. A. study B. night C. morning D. day 20. A. Listening B. Speaking C. Staring D. Turning 21. A. actions B. movements C. adventures D. events 高中英语 必修第二册 7 / 17 22. A. up-to
39、-date B. down-and-out C. out-of-date D. up-and-coming 23. A. talked B. praised C. showed D. presented 24. A. strictly B. angrily C. gently D. violently 25. A. anyone B. nobody C. someone D. everyone 26. A. leave B. get C. arrive D. depart 27. A. swimming pool B. house C. grassland D. playing ground
40、28. A. uniform B. suit C. T-shirt D. jean 29. A. Delighted B. Frightened C. Amused D. Puzzled 30. A. down B. up C. back D. into 31. A. asked B. shouted C. required D. cried 32. A. pushed B. carried C. puled D. sucked 33. A. Before long B. The moment C. Long after D. Just then 34. A. recognized B. re
41、alized C. understood D. found 35. A. sound B. voice C. man D. story 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88 , there is evidence 36 they range
42、all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been 37 （poor） studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. Modern methods 38 tracking
43、 polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid-1980s, and are expensive 39 （perform） consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut 40 （report） increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a 41 （believe） that populations are increasing
44、. Scientists have responded by 42 （note） that hungry bears may be congregating（聚集） around human settlements, leading to the illusion（错觉） that populations are 43 （high） than they actually are. Of 44 nineteen recognized polar bear 高中英语 必修第二册 8 / 17 subpopulations, three are declining, six 45 （be） stab
45、le, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data. 三、写作（共两节，满分三、写作（共两节，满分 40 分）分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分） 假定你是学校动物保护协会志愿者李华，你校留学生 Mike 对动物保护工作很热心，来信咨询你们协会 的日常工作内容和报名条件。请你写一封回信，内容包括： 1.工作内容：进社区宣传；照顾流浪动物等； 2.志愿者要求：有爱心，时间灵活； 3.报名方式。 注意： 1.词数 80 左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 3.参考词汇：动物保护协会 Animal Protection Associatio
46、n; 流浪动物 stray animals Dear Mike, _ _ _ _ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw a beautiful brooch（胸针）in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the pricefive dollarswas too high for Reuben Earle. Five dollars would buy almost a weeks food
47、for his family. Reuben couldnt ask his father for the money. Everything his father made through fishing went to his mother, Dora. Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together. The housework was 高中英语 必修第二册 9 / 17 never-ending, and she struggled to support their f
48、ive children but she was happy as her family and their well-being were all she cared about. Nevertheless, he opened the shops weathered（风化的） door and went inside, standing proud and straight in his flour-sack （面粉袋改做的） shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I dont have the money right now. Can you please hold it for some time?” “Ill try,” the shopkeeper smiled. “People around here dont usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.” Re
