1、1 单元综合检测单元综合检测(五五) 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。 A Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home. What to Expect The host will provi
2、de accommodation and meals.Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health. Meal Plans Available *Continental Breakfast *Breakfast and Din
3、ner *Breakfast，Packed Lunch and Dinner Its important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal，bread and tea or coffee.Cheese，fruit and cold meat are not normally part
4、 of a Continental Breakfast in England.Dinner usually consists of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert，fruit and coffee. Friends If you wish to invite a friend over to visit，you must first ask your hosts permission.You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families
5、feel it is an invasion of their privacy. Self- catering Accommodation in Private Homes Accommodation on a room- only basis includes a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room.This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long- stay
6、 student.However，it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit 2 those who need to practise English at home quite as much. 【语篇解读】 本文是写给要到英国学习语言的人看的，主要介绍了英国的 Homestay 的特点以及具体的信息。 1Which of the following will be provided by the host? ARoom cleaning. BMedica
7、l care. CPhysical training. DFree accommodation. A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句“Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week.”可知A项Room cleaning是对方提供的服 务之一，故 A 选项正确。 2What does Continental Breakfast include? ACheese and cold meat. BFruit and coffee. CFruit juice and bread. DDessert and tea. C
8、 细节理解题。根据“Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal，bread and tea or coffee.”可知早餐包 括果汁、面包、茶、咖啡等。故 C 选项正确。 3Whats the advantage of self- catering accommodation for students? ATo practice English. BTo be independent. CTo make more friends. DTo enjo
9、y warm family atmosphere. B 细节理解题。由文中最后一段的“This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long- stay student.”可知， self- catering accommodation 可以给学生提供一个独立的生活方式。故选 B。 B Britains seed bank，the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planets wild plan
10、t species，has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010. The Millennium Seed Bank Project，run by Kew Gardensone of the oldest botanical gardenswill officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday，a pink， wild banana from China. More than 50 countries are now on board with Kews giant task bu
11、t vast places of 3 the globe，including India and Brazil，still need to join in and donate seeds，director Paul Smith said. The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1.5 billion seeds.Its goal is to help protect the planets bio- diversity during a time of climate
12、change. The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction(灭绝) in southwest China from agricultural development.It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption. Stored at minus 20 degrees centigrade，so they can last for thousands of years， the se
13、eds await the day that scientists hope never comeswhen the species no longer exist in the wild. It is a race against time，Smith said，because in the last decade alone,20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild.He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct
14、 this century. “It is urgent and it is happening now.An area， the size of England， is cleared of primary vegetation(植被)every year.” Smith said. Because most of the worlds food and medicines come from nature，protecting wild plant species is quite important，scientists say.There are already many other
15、seed banks safeguarding food crops，which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity. For Kews next goalto collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020the botanists need 10 million pounds a year，or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted. 【语篇解读】 和动物一样，
16、植物也面临灭绝。阅读本文，你会了解到英国 一家世界唯一的种子库的目标及所取得的成就。 4Whats the final purpose of the Britains seed bank? ATo collect enough money for the project. BTo safeguard food crops. CTo protect wild plants from extinction. DTo help scientists study wild plants. C 推理判断题。 根据文章叙述可知搜集种子的目的是为了防止一些植物的 灭绝。 4 5The wild banana
17、 seed in China is in danger because of . Athe expanding of farming work Bthe climate change in this area Cthe large number of Asian elephants Dhumans large consumption A 细节理解题。根据文章第五段提到的“from agricultural development” 可知 A 项正确。 6We can learn from the passage that . Athe seeds in the bank can be used
18、 now and then all over the world BIndia and Brazil havent joined in the Seed Bank Project at present Cthere is only one seed bank in the world at present Dthe wild plants in places like India and China will never die out B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段提到的“including India and Brazil，still need to join in and donate
19、seeds，”可知印度和巴西还没有参加。 7What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to? AThe extinction of plant species. BThe Millennium Seed Bank Project. CBritains seed bank. DKew Gardens next goal. B 代词指代题。根据下文叙述“在过去二十年就有 20 种已搜集的植物灭 绝”可知 it 是指的“该机构”。 C Imagine this: Youre at the movies seeing the lat
20、est box- office hit.The leading actor chases down the films bad guy before winning over the beautiful leading lady.What does he do next? He sucks on a cigarette. Whats wrong with this picture? Doesnt the beautiful woman see her heros yellow teeth? Doesnt she smell his smoky breath? And wouldnt the g
21、ood guy have trouble chasing，since smoking causes a person to cough? But you dont see any of that when someone smokes cigarettes in the movies.And there is a lot of smoking in movies.Actors light up in more than 50 percent of youth- rated (G，PG，PG - 13) movies，according to the American Legacy 5 Foun
22、dation，which aims to put an end to smoking among young people.That means that Hollywood is showing 14 billion images of smoking to young people every year. All that exposure to on- screen smoking can influence teens to smoke.The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) argues that 44 percent
23、of teens who begin smoking do so because theyve seen smoking in movies.The CDC reports that teens are two to three times more likely to start smoking after seeing repeated smoking scenes in movies than teens who are lightly exposed to smoking in movies. Several organizations are working to remove sm
24、oking in youth- rated movies.And adults are not the only ones who care about this issue.Many teens are actively involved.Livia Clandorf,16，of Chatham，New York，is a member of Reality Check，an organization that educates teens about what it considers to be the manipulative(巧妙处理的) practices of tobacco c
25、ompanies.Livia participated in an event called a “movie stomp(跺脚)”Reality Check rents out a movie theater and screens a youth- rated film that shows smoking.Every time audience members see smoking，they stomp their feet and show disapproval by shouting “boo” 【语篇解读】 本文主要写了电影中一些吸烟的镜头导致青少年开始吸烟， 这已经引起了社会
26、的反感。 8What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage? ATo provide background information of a movie. BTo attract readers attention to the topic. CTo describe a plot in a movie. DTo offer some basic knowledge of cigarette. B 推理判断题。本段主要描述了电影里吸烟的场景，因此可知，本段在于 引出本文话题，即电影中吸烟对青少年的影响，故选 B。 9What is the
27、picture you are asked to imagine like according to the author? AIts touching. BIts beautiful. CIts frightening. DIts unreasonable. D 推理判断题。 根据第二段的一系列的问句 Whats wrong with this picture？Doesnt the beautiful woman see her heros yellow teeth？Doesnt she smell his smoky breath？And wouldnt the good guy have
28、 trouble chasing，since smoking causes a person to cough？(这张照片怎么了？美女没有看到她主人公的黄色牙齿 6 吗？难道她没有闻到他那股冒烟的气息吗？那个好男人难道不会因为吸烟引起 一个人咳嗽而很难追上他吗？)可以看出作者认为这幅图片是不合理的，所以答 案选 D。 10What can be inferred from the CDCs words? AOver 50 percent of teens smoke. BTeens should watch more movies. CMany movies cause teens to sm
29、oke. DTeens are less likely to smoke than adults. C 推理判断题。根据第四段“that 44 percent of teens who begin smoking do so because theyve seen smoking in movies.(44%的青少年开始吸烟是因为他们在 电影中看过吸烟。)”所以答案选 C。 11When will participants in a “movie stomp” stomp their feet? AWhen they are active. BWhen they are excited. CW
30、hen they feel like smoking. DWhen they see smoking scenes. D 细节理解题。 根据最后一段“Every time audience members see smoking， they stomp their feet and show disapproval by shouting boo ”所以答案选 D。 D Blue Planet IIs latest episode focuses on how plastic is having a devastating effect on the ocean and slowly pois
31、oning our sea creatures.Researchers recently also found that sea creatures living in the deepest place on Earth， the Mariana Trench， have plastic in their stomachs.Indeed，the oceans are drowning in plastic. Though it seems now that the world couldnt possibly function without plastics， plastics are a
32、 remarkably recent invention.The first plastic bags were introduced in the 1950s，the same decade that plastic packaging began gaining in popularity in the United States.This growth has happened so fast that science is still catching up with the change.Plastics pollution research，for instance，is stil
33、l a very early science. We put all these plastics into the environment and we still dont really know what the outcomes are going to be.What we do know， though， is disturbing.Ocean plastic is 7 estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year.Nearly 700 species，including endangered ones，are kn
34、own to have been affected by it.One in three leatherback turtles， which often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish， have been found with plastic in their bellies.Ninety percent of seabirds are now eating plastics on a regular basis.By 2050，that figure is expected to rise to 100 percent. And its not ju
35、st wildlife that is threatened by the plastics in our seas.Humans are consuming plastics through the seafood we eat.I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a disaster，worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change.But ocean plastic is not as complicated as climate change.There
36、 are no ocean trash deniers (否认者)，at least so far.To do something about it，we dont have to remake our planet energy system. This is not a problem where we dont know what the solution is.We know how to pick up garbage.Anyone can do it.We know how to dispose (处理) of it.We know how to recycle.We can al
37、l start by thinking twice before we use single- use plastic products.Things that may seem ordinary，like using a reusable bottle or a reusable bagwhen taken collectively，these choices really do make a difference. 【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了蓝色星球二最近的研究方向主要聚焦在塑料 对海洋产生的影响上。 12Why is plastics pollution research still
38、a very early science? AThe plastics pollution research is too difficult. BPlastics have produced less pollution than coal. CThe world couldnt possibly function without plastics. DPlastics have gained in popularity too fast for science to catch up. D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句“This growth has happened so fas
39、t that science is still catching up with the change.”可知，塑料应用普及得太快， 相应的科学研究无法跟上其普及节奏。 因为导致塑料污染研究仍然是一门非常早 期的科学。故正确答案为 D。 13How did the author support his opinion in Paragraph 3? AHe presented data. BHe mentioned remarks from experts. CHe used examples from his own experience. 8 DHe used the strategy o
40、f comparison and contrast. A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“millions of marine animals.Nearly 700 species，One in three，Ninety percent of seabirds”等词句可知，作者在本段中使 用数据来说明塑料对海洋生态造成的严重影响。故正确答案为 A。 14What can we infer about climate change? AClimate change is caused by human activities. BSome people cast some doubts on cli
41、mate change. CClimate change is less important than ocean pollution. DOcean plastic is more complicated than climate change. B 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段倒数第二、三句“But ocean plastic is not as complicated as climate change.There are no ocean trash deniers (否认者)，at least so far.”可知，海洋塑料问题没有气候变化那般复杂，至少目前，还没有人 对海洋塑料问
42、题否认。 由此推知目前已有人对气候变化表示质疑。 故 B 项正确。 15What is the main idea of this passage? AOcean plastic is a global issue. BThe oceans become choked with plastic. CBlue Planet II has left viewers heartbroken. DPlastics gain in popularity all over the world. B 主旨大意题。 通读文章可知， 文章首段点出当前海洋塑料污染问题严重、 海洋生物受到威胁，接着用数据说明海洋生
43、物受到塑料威胁的严峻程度，并说明 海洋塑料污染借由海洋生物进一步影响人类自身的事实。 可以看出文章主要围绕 着“海洋塑料污染严重”这一内容展开。 B 项“海洋被塑料堵塞了”体现了文章 主要内容。故 B 项正确。 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。 Thanks to world- famous Colombian writer Garcia Marquez，many people think of Latin America as a land of magic.In his b
44、ooks，impossible things happen. 16 It may come from the mix of different cultures and ethnicities (种族) in Latin America.Although some of these differences have caused conflicts，they have 9 also been a source of beauty，as well as encouraged people in Latin America to be more open- minded. Latin Americ
45、a includes more than 30 countries and areas located south of the United States in the American continent.From north to south，it starts from Mexico in North America， goes through the Caribbean and ends at the southernmost tip of South America. Latin Americas environment is quite diverse.People can en
46、joy sunshine in the Caribbean islands，ride horses on the green grasslands of the Pampas，and explore volcanoes and snow- capped mountains in the Andes. 17 Many of the worlds most unique plants and animals live there. There is also a diverse mix of people in Latin America. 18 In countries like Mexico
47、and Colombia，over half of the population is of mixed ethnicity.However， most of them speak the same languagesSpanish or Portuguese. 19 Latin American people have created the samba，rumba，cha cha and tango.These dance styles require dancers to hold each other closely and move passionately. 20 Latin Am
48、erica is an open and romantic place.Its impressive natural environment， historical contributions and cultural traditions have made it unique and influential. AIt has natives，Africans and Europeans. BWhere does the magic in his books come from? C They are cheerful and can bring strangers together. DI
49、t even has the worlds biggest rainforestthe Amazon. EMany people in Latin America have open and romantic hearts. FThe music and dance of Latin America are quite well- known. GTo most people，Latin America is a land of happiness and passion. 【语篇解读】 由于世界著名的哥伦比亚作家加西亚 马尔克斯，许多人认 为拉丁美洲是一块神奇的土地。文章介绍了拉丁美洲的有关事宜。 16B 下文提示“它可能来自拉
