1、 - 1 - 人教版（人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册英语单元测试）选择性必修第一册英语单元测试 AB 卷卷 Unit 1 B 卷卷 能力提升能力提升 一、阅读理解 1. Mother Teresa was a great woman, who did a lot to improve the social conditions of mankind. Due to her contribution to society, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 69. She was brought up in a Catho
2、lic family. When she was only seven, she lost her father. Even as a child, she was interested in the life of missionaries (传教士). At the age of 18, she decided that she would become a nun. She left her home and went to join the Sisters of Loreto. It was the first step that she made towards providing
3、services for mankind. On October 7th, 1950, Mother Teresa received Vaticans permission to start the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, the mission of which would be to take care of the needy, the homeless, and people who were shunned by society. Then it had a number of branches all over the countr
4、y. The journey of Mother Teresas Missionaries of Charity started with the creation of homes for the Dying. In 1983, Mother Teresa suffered from a serious heart attack while she was in Rome. However, she recovered. But, in late 1989, she got an attack again. Her condition went worse and in 1991, she
5、suffered from pneumonia. Taking her health problems into consideration, Mother Teresa decided to resign (辞职). A secret vote was conducted in which all the nuns voted for the stay of Mother Teresa except herself. So, she agreed to continue serving as the head of the Missionaries of Charity. Day by da
6、y her health was getting worse. On September 5th, 1997, exactly the ninth day after her 87th birthday, this great soul departed for heaven. 1.Why did Mother Teresa devote her life to the religious life? A.Because her parents had a deep influence on her. B.Because she wanted to provide services for o
7、thers. C.Because she thought the life of missionaries was simple. D.Because she came to know the Sisters of Loreto. 2.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word shunned? A.Cared. B.Concerned. C.Ignored. D.Affected. - 2 - 3.Why did Mother Teresa decide to resign from her post? A.She
8、 realized she couldnt fully serve the people in need. B.She was only worried about her condition. C.She wished to lead a more comfortable life. D.She knew a heart attack would take her life away at any time. 2. Helen Thayer, one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century, loves challenges. She sa
9、ys, I like to see whats on the other side of the hill. She has gone almost everywhere to do that. In 1988, at the age of 50, she became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. She pulled her own sled piled with 160 pounds of supplies, and during her trip no one brought her fresh supplies.
10、 Accompanied only by her dog Charlie, she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears. In fact, Charlie saved her life when one of them attacked her. Near the end of her trip, a forceful wind blew away the majority of her supplies. The last week of the trip, she survived on a handful of nuts
11、 and a little water each day. Helen goes to challenging places not only for adventure, but also for education. Before her Arctic journey, she started a website called Adventure Classroom. On the site, she shares her adventures in order to motivate (激发)students. She explains, Although kids often see
12、the world in a negative way, without hope for their future, we work to inspire them to set goals, plan for success and never give up. Helen grew up in New Zealand. Her parents were athletes and mountain climbers. Following her parents example, she climbed her first mountain at 9. Later, she climbed
13、the highest mountains in North and South America, the former USSR and New Zealand. In 1996, she took on another challengethe Sahara Desert. She and her husband, Bill, walked 2,400 miles across it! In 2001, she and Bill traveled on foot from west to east through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They hope
14、 to travel in China into Sichuan to study pandas this year. Helen plans to continue taking trips. Shell use her explorations, writing, photography and environmental work to create programs for her Adventure Classroom website. She wants to inspire her students never to stop facing challenges! 1.What
15、can we learn from Paragraph 2? A.Helen Thayer is the first person to reach the North Pole. B.Helen Thayer ate nothing during the last week of her trip. - 3 - C.Charlie prevented Helen being attacked by polar bears. D.Helen Thayer traveled to the North Pole together with her husband. 2.Why does Helen
16、 travel to different places worldwide? A.For education. B.For fun. C.For money. D.For fame. 3.Which is the best title for the text? A.The Woman Who Loves Adventure B.A Famous Woman C.A Woman Mountain Climber D.The Owner of Adventure Classroom 4.Which of the following places has Helen not visited yet
17、? A.The North Pole. B.The Sahara Desert. C.The Gobi Desert. D.Sichuan. 3. Every summer, my family and I visit our relatives in India and whenever we travel, my parents always remind me to drink only bottled or boiled water. On one of my trips to India, I saw children drinking water from the roadside
18、. I was troubled to learn that millions of people, most of them children in developing countries, die each year because of water-related diseases. Living in the US, I am lucky to be able to turn on the tap and get potable water (饮用水), while one sixth of the worlds population lacks access to clean wa
19、ter. This year, I entered the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. In late June, I learnt that I was selected as one of the top 10 national finalists of this famous middle school science competition. Over the summer, I worked with Dr Jim Jonza, my scientist mentor (导师) from 3M, and deve
20、loped a system that uses solar energy to purify water. My invention is green and cost-effective, and I am looking forward to implementing this in places that are affected by harmful water pollution. In October, my family and I flew to 3M headquarters in St Paul, Minnesota, where the final event was
21、to be held. For the last challenge, each of us had to present the invention we had been working on over the summer. The first place winner would win $25,000, a trip to Costa Rica, and the title of Americas Top Young Scientist. At the awards ceremony, all of us waited anxiously until one of the judge
22、s, Danny Forester, started announcing The winner, he Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is. You could hear a pin (大头针) drop as he opened the paper with the winners name, Deepika Kurup! As Americas Top Young Scientist. I was given an opportunities to show my invention on national televi
23、sion and deliver several presentations. One of the most important things I have learnt is that communication and teamwork are key to success. - 4 - 1.Why does the author mention her visits to India? A.To express her great love for India. B.To show the problem of unclean water. C.To explain the impor
24、tance of relatives. D.To compare eastern and western cultures. 2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word implementing in Paragraph 2? A.Researching. B.Changing. C.Finishing. D.Using. 3.How did the audience react as Forester opened the paper with the winners name? A.They appeared calm.
25、 B.They let out shouts of joy. C.They sat quietly. D.They dropped pins to the author. 4.How is the text mainly organised? A.In order of time. B.In order of complexity (复杂性). C.In order of place. D.In order of importance. 4. The Nobel Prize in Literature, which has been awarded annually almost every
26、year since 1901, netted(净赚) the winning author 747,000 pounds, a medal and a certificate, and the legal duty to deliver a lecture in Sweden at some future dates. The winner was selected, as usual, by the Swedish Academy, which also picked a second laureate (获奖者) this year to make up for the fact tha
27、t no prize was presented in 2018 because of a scandal(丑闻). The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 was awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic(百科全书式的) passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life. She won last years Man Booker
28、International Prize for her novel Flights. Her representative works include Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead and Primeval and Other Times. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 was awarded to the Austrian author Peter Handke for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity (语言的独创性)
29、has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience. His representative works include A Sorrow Beyond Dreams and Slow Homecoming. Before the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature winners, there were also two nominees(被提名者) who have attracted much attention. Chinese people were
30、 keeping an eye on the nominee Can Xue. Can Xue, whose real name is Deng Xiaohua, was born in central Chinas Hunan Province in 1953. She had a tough childhood, working as a worker in a street factory for eight years. Her life experience has formed her own unique literary path. Cans books have been t
31、ranslated and - 5 - published outside China. Frontier, published in the US in 2017, won attention and applause of the West. The other hot guess was the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami whose books and stories had been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated int
32、o 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. His work has received numerous awards. Internet users kept an eye on him in the Nobel Prize in Literature because he had become a hot guess for years. His representative works include Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore and 1Q8
33、4. 1.Why are two writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this year? A.To fill the prize gap of 2018. B.To attract more peoples attention. C.To inspire more outstanding writers. D.To satisfy the development of literature. 2.What made Olga Tokarczuk win the Nobel Prize in Literature? A.Her high
34、popularity. B.Her language skills. C.Her numerous works. D.Her writing style. 3.Which book can you choose if you are interested in Peters style? A.Flights. B.Slow Homecoming. C.Frontier. D.Kafka on the Shore. 4.Why did the Internet users pay close attention to Haruki Murakami? A.Because he had creat
35、ed hundreds of great novels. B.Because he had received lots of awards all the time. C.Because he had been supposed to win the prize for years. D.Because he had been recognized as the most popular writer. 二、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。 Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplac
36、e, Florence, Italy. When she was almost a year old, she returned with her family to England. Florence often helped her mother deliver food to the poor and sick. _ Her family was shocked because nursing was not a respected profession. But Florence was determined. She studied books on medicine. Later,
37、 she visited hospitals in France, Germany and Ireland and learned everything she could. _ In 1854, Britain was at war with Russia. Florence went to the British hospital in Scutari (now sk dar in Istanbul) and she was shocked. The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere
38、. _ Many soldiers died before receiving help. - 6 - The doctors wouldnt listen to Florence because they didnt like the idea of women in army hospitalsuntil one day 500 unexpected casualties (伤亡者)arrived. _ Florence made changes, making sure the men were washed and their injuries were cared for. Ever
39、y night she would check the patients with her lamp. When she returned home after the war, a fund had been set up in her honor. Many of the soldiers she had nursed had made contributions. Now she could set up the Nightingale Training School in London. After years of hard work, Florence Nightingale sa
40、w cleaner and more cheerful hospitals. _ All of this was because of the lady with the lamp. A. Nursing became an honored profession. B. There was no running water and no heat. C. She knew she had much to learn about nursing. D. Florence saw the soldiers health had improved. E. As she grew older, she
41、 decided to become a nurse. F. They soon realized that Florence knew what she was doing. G. Upon returning home, she was an expert on hospital management. 三、完形填空 If you were given one final wish, what would you wish for? Would you wish to visit a 1 place important to you? Perhaps you wish to talk to
42、 someone very dear to you? For the 70-year-old Peter Robson, it was a(n) 2 question. Peter was dying because of a serious lung disease. Due to his 3 , staff at the hospital asked his family if he had any last wish to make him at least comfortable. Peters last wish was to see his dog for the last tim
43、e. 4 , its almost impossible for his wish to be permitted because bringing pets of any kind is strictly 5 by the hospital due to possible issues with infection that may 6 . Peters family knew that the dying mans last wish wouldnt be granted. 7 , Peters nurses went out of their way to make Peters fin
44、al wish come true. Just 20 minutes after Peters 8 told the staff about his last wish, they 9 the go-ahead they didnt expect to come : they can now bring Shep to the 10 . Peter and Sheps reunion was both 11 and heartbreaking to watch. Peter was very 12 to - 7 - meet Shep again, and it was obvious tha
45、t Shep 13 the same way. Just hours after the two were 14 ,Peter passed away. Ashley Stevens, Peters granddaughter, said that Shep has been with Peter for eight years now. Peter 15 the pet dog after his wife died. The efforts of the nurses in charge didnt go unnoticed. Ashley posted on a social websi
46、te about her entire familys gratefulness for the nurses. (1).A.specific B.permanent C.abstract D.universal (2).A.regular B.unexpected C.easy D.helpful (3).A.position B.stage C.status D.condition (4).A.Similarly B.Naturally C.Eventually D.Unfortunately (5).A.permitted B.expected C.forbidden D.require
47、d (6).A.enter B.escape C.occur D.rush (7).A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead (8).A.friends B.family C.doctor D.nurses (9).A.accepted B.sought C.admitted D.received (10).A.shelter B.house C.hospital D.company (11).A.funny B.beautiful C.horrible D.strange (12).A.happy B.sad C.interested D.dis
48、appointed (13).A.gave B.made C.took D.felt (14).A.combined B.united C.linked D.trapped (15).A.left B.sacrificed C.held D.got 四、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。 Chinese female scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the _(discover) of artemisinin, which has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria. It is believed that it saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. Born in Ningbo, China in 1930,
