1、Unit 1 Face values B卷 能力提升2021-2022学年高二英语外研版(2019)选择性必修三单元测试AB卷本试卷满分120分,考试时间100分钟。第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分）第一节 (共15小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分37.5分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AFind your new favorite West End musicals, from heart-warming adaptations and award-winning scores to extremely funny musicals and must-se
2、e London shows. The Lion King Enjoy songs such as Circle Of Life. The award-winning adaptation of Disneys The Lion King features music by Elton John, plus outstanding costumes and wonderful special effects. The Lion King delights all ages with rhythms of Africa and touching stories of love and life.
3、 Prices from 43.05Call 077-533-0589 for Booking! The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webbers famous musical, The Phantom of the Opera, tells the tale of a shadowy character who attempts to make Christina the leading lady of the Paris Opera. With a fantastic plot and breathtaking scene, this long-r
4、unning show is one of the must-see musicals in London. Prices from 30.75 Call 077-916-4545 for Booking! ThrillerLive See ThrillerLive, a musical in memory of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. The show joined Londons West End after three UK tours and popularity across Europe. Celebrate the career of
5、 the King of Pop during non-stop hits at this top London theatre show. Prices from 32.72Call 077-816-3148 for Booking!School of Rock Rock out at this award-winning new musical. Based on the 2003 movie, School of Rock follows the story of Dewey Finn and his discovery to transform a class of A-grade s
6、tudents into a real rock group. But will they make it to the Battle of the Bands? Booking until Feb. Prices from 18.00Call 077-317-8315 for Booking!Matilda The Musical Be wowed by the Royal Shakespeare Companys multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical. Roald Dahls celebrated story burst
7、s into life in this West End musical by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin. Children and adults alike will be delighted by the little girl with an extraordinary imagination. Prices from 24.00Call 077-517-8367 for Booking! 1. Why is The Phantom of the Opera special？A. Because of its excellent costumes.B. B
8、ecause of its experienced actors.C. Because of its attractive story.D. Because of its beautiful songs.2. Which of the following musicals would most probably catch the eye of both kids and adults?A. The Phantom of the Opera.B. Matilda The Musical.C. School of Rock.D. ThrillerLive.3. What is the main
9、purpose of the passage?A. To analyze musicals.B. To criticize musicals.C. To advertise musicals.D. To evaluate musicals.BMom and I were putting the finishing touches on dinner, and my little niece Jessica came in to set the table. Instead of going to the dish cabinet, she went into the pantry where
10、there was a stack of old, mismatched dinner plates on the bottom shelf.When she had set all six places, she stood back and sighed, Oh, Grandma, your plates are so beautiful. Ours are all alike! We had a good laugh at her innocent remark, but as I think back to all those years ago, I believe she was
11、right. Those plates were beautiful.Mom worked for the local council on aging as a housekeeper. She did many of the litlle things that allowed elderly people to stay in their own homes. Most of her clients got Meals on Wheels, a service in the 1970s. They received a hot lunch and a cold snack to have
12、 later in the evening. This is really not very much food. Every evening Mom would make to-go meals on these mismatched plates covered with aluminum foil, and then deliver then to the people who she knew didnt get enough to eat.This was about ten years before microwave ovens became common so it was i
13、mportant that the food be on a plate that could be reheated in a regular oven. Instead of a cold sandwich and macaroni salad, Moms clients dined on Beef Manhattans, pan-fried chicken or meatloaf, along with veggies and a piece of pie or cake. Mom and Dad did this even after Mom left her job, and Mom
14、 continued after Dads death until all her former clients had either passed away or moved out.When I was cleaning out Moms house after her death, I kept one as a souvenir(纪念品). That plate is a sweet reminder of the lessons of generosity and caring for ones neighbor that were modeled for me by my pare
15、nts.1. Why did the author think those plates beautiful?A. They were not all alike.B. They were little Jessicas pride.C. They were collected from different places.D. They were symbols of the parents kindness.2. What did the authors mother do to earn a living in the 1970s?A. Be a housewife.B. Run Meal
16、s on Wheels.C. Deliver food to houses.D. Do housework for the old.3. Why did the authors mother make to-go meals?A. It was her job.B. She was good at cooking.C. She wanted to help beyond her duty.D. Her family didnt have enough to eat.4. What is the best title for the text?A. Plates of SympathyB. A
17、Precious SouvenirC. Services for the SeniorD. A Kind-hearted MotherC Part drama, part dark comedy, the film To the Bone talks about a young womans struggle with anorexia(厌食症). Though the film has already got generally positive reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, it has caused a hot debate about w
18、hether it could be harmful to those with eating disorders. Critics of the film have focused on the leading role Lily: a thin, young, white woman with anorexia. They think therere some plots that have made eating disorders look like trends instead of life-threatening illnesses. According to the Natio
19、nal Institute of Mental Health, anorexia has the highest mortality rate (死亡率) of any mental illness. Thirty million Americans struggle with eating disorders at some point in their life. Director Marti Noxon based the film on her own battle against anorexia. She was aware of the films potential to ha
20、ve harmful effects and then tried to be really careful in the way she showed how Lily looked. You want to help other people understand something that theyve never experienced, but you also want people who have experienced it to feel understood and seen, she added. We are balancing a lot. I want to a
21、void the idea that the perfectionism of anorexics is their most obvious character. The film caught the attention of Liana Rosenman, who founded Project HEAL, an organization that helps eating disorder sufferers afford treatment. I think it is very powerful, Rosenman said. There is a sense of humor a
22、nd wisdom in it as well as just understanding what its like to have an eating disorder. Project HEAL recently played To the Bone in New York and Los Angeles, but it has faced sharp criticism from members of their community on social media.1.What do we know about the film To the Bone from Paragraph 1
23、?A.It tells of the growth story about a girl.B.People have no interest in it.C.It is popular among young people.D.It has received mixed comments.2.What do Noxons words suggest?A.She admitted the film is harmful to people.B.She tried hard to make the film benefit people.C.All those suffering from ano
24、rexia want to be perfect.D.People who havent experienced anorexia cant understand it.3.Whats Rosenmans attitude towards the film?A.Supportive.B.Negative.C.Uncertain.D.Unconcerned.4.Wheres the passage probably from?A.A medical magazine.B.A health column.C.A film review.D.A newspaper report.D We smile
25、 because we are happy, and we frown because we are sad. Recent studies suggest that our emotions are driven by their related facial expressions. This February psychologists at the University of Cardiff in Wales found that people whose ability to frown is lessened by botox injections(肉毒杆菌注射) are happ
26、ier, on average, than people who can frown. The researchers administered an anxiety and depression questionnaire to 25 females, half of whom had received botox injections to stop frowning. The botox injected people reported feeling happier and less anxious in general. In a related study from March,
27、scientists at the Technical University of Munich found that the botox subjects had much lower activity in the brain circuits(回路) involved in emotional processing and responsesin the amygdala, hypothalamus and other parts of the brainas compared with controls who had not received treatment. The conce
28、pt works the opposite way, too. People who frown during an unpleasant procedure report feeling more pain than those who do not, according to a study published in May 2008 in the Journal of Pain. Researchers applied heat to the forearms of 29 participants, who were asked to either make unhappy, neutr
29、al or relaxed faces during the procedure. Those who exhibited negative expressions reported being in more pain than the other two groups. No one yet knows why our facial expressions influence our emotions as they seem to. The associations in our mind between how we feel and how we react may be so st
30、rong that our expressions simply end up strengthen our emotionsthere may be no evolutionary reason for the connection.1. What can we know about the result of the study from Paragraph 2?A. The ability to frown should be stopped by injection.B. Less frowns make people happier.C. Women love to frown an
31、d feel sad.D. Half women have no ability to feel happy.2. What did scientists do in the related studies?A. They asked the participants to frown or smile.B. They copied the expressions of the participants.C. They asked the participants to stay negative.D. They exposed the participants to heat.3. What
32、 does the underlined word neutral in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Humorous.B. Ambitious.C. Caring.D. Calm.4. What does the passage talk about?A. Facial expressions influence our emotions.B. Facial expressions are driven by emotions.C. Why people feel happy and frown.D. Botox injection is useful and meaningfu
33、l.第二节 (共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Unless you think youre the smartest, who doesnt want to be smarter? Of course I want to be smarter too. So I try to find out whos the real smart guy that maybe I can learn from. _ They probably do social media. Not always, but p
34、robably._ They also use this to ensure they can feed their brains with things they otherwise wouldnt have come across. _ They never bother their head about the problem of work-life balance and somehow manage to seem 100% engaged in what theyre doing, and theyre taking appropriate steps behind the sc
35、enes to make sure their lives are well balanced. They know they are the smartest in the room, but they dont spend much time talking about that. _That is, they challenge themselves to make everyone else in the room the smartest person too. They never, ever, under any circumstances, make you look stup
36、id, even though it would be easy to do so. Theyve learned through bitter experience that the only thing that happens when you make someone look bad is that you look bad yourself. If they are managers, they will make every effort to get people more connected and more popular than them in their teams.
37、_ Theyre not threatened because they know that smartness is synergistic (相互促进的).A.It is not only a chance to listen.B.They know it is an advantage to them.C.They take it as a personal challenge instead.D.They will be smiling even when things go wrong.E.Now Ive got an answer about whether someones sm
38、art.F.They also ensure their smart people look smarter than them.G.They deal with home, work and personal interests perfectly.第二部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分）第一节 (共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分） Jake and Max Klein are twin brothers who have a passion for volunteering. Their family have always done community 1 , At a young
39、 age, they chose to 2their familys gifts at their birthday parties, but asked them to donate money to a charity. When they were seven, Jake and Max were interested in 3 with a family friend at the local homeless shelter to help cook. 4 , it turned them down because they were too 5 and they had to be
40、 fourteen to cook. This led them on an endless 6to come up with a way to help other kids who were also facing a 7 challenge: wanting to help but8 because of their age. So, Kids That Do Good was 9to show ways to kids or adults, at any age, and they could join the community and make a 10 . The small 1
41、1 has grown into a large website that brings thousands of 12 visitors each year. Jake and Max say that their website brings 35, 000 unique viewers, of those viewers, Kids That Do Good has 13kids to 16,000 organizations. Jake and Max are 14 with school and after-class activities and other community s
42、ervice promises. Kids That Do Good also has blog posts that advise kids on 15 their own charitable event.1. A. surveysB. servicesC. dutiesD. businesses2. A. sort outB. play withC. give upD. put away3. A. travellingB. volunteeringC. cookingD. recycling4. A. travellingB. volunteeringC. cookingD. recyc
43、ling5. A. shyB. awkwardC. weakD. young6. A. taskB. abilityC. chanceD. determination7. A. publicB. similarC. sharpD. direct8. A. jokedB. blamedC. deniedD. praised9. A. advisedB. allowedC. namedD. created10. A. judgmentB. differenceC. commentD. decision11. A. planB. effortC. projectD. experiment12. A.
44、 pleasedB. satisfiedC. amazedD. interested13. A. connectedB. exposedC. contributedD. attracted14. A. familiarB. patientC. busyD. content15. A. rememberingB. describingC. celebratingD. building第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分）在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 As teenagers, we do have some troubles when growing up, b
45、ut we can get rid of them correctly and _ (wise). First, some of us are upset_ their images and looks. They are unnecessary and not important at all. We neednt care about them. It is ones inner beauty_ matters. Second, we sometimes seem to be_(understand) by our teachers, parents and classmates._(fa
46、ce) with this, we can find_ proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them,_(try) to remove the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Third, we may fall behind others,_ makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage ourselves to
47、work efficiently, full of_(determine). At last, some of us dont have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy. Isnt it strange? _long as we have done some, thats enough. And we can learn how to spend money. 第三部分 写作(共两节,满分40分）第一节 (满分15分)假设你是李华,你的英国笔友Jack来信说他对中国古典文学非常感兴趣,托你买一本相关的书寄给他,请给予回复。内容包括:1.推荐的书及理由;2.说
