1、1 单元综合检测单元综合检测(三三) 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 San Fernando Carriage Tour Mark (4.5)：based on 41 reviews 204 Alamo Plaza San Antonio Explore the San Fernando Cathedral area by a 40- minute Victorian carriage ride.You can choose a narrate
2、d (带讲解的)tour to learn about the colorful history of the church，or a non- narrated tour for a more quiet and romantic ride.At the center of San Antonio and the focus of the tour，the Cathedral was originally a settlement location for people sent by King Philip of Spain in 1731. San Antonio & Alamo Hel
3、icopter Tours Mark (5.0)：based on 71 reviews 8535 Mission Road San Antonio Gift shop on- site Accessible to the disabled The tours provide a chance for passengers to combine the excitement of a helicopter flight with the surprising views of San Antonio countryside.Each flight has room for 3 people m
4、ax.Both cameras and video cameras are permitted.The Ultimate Helicopter tour lasts about 45- 48 minutes and the Short Ride tour lasts about 6- 8 minutes. Downtown Delicacy San Antonio Food Tour Marks (5.1): based on 97 reviews 1015 Navarro St San Antonio If you are looking to visit some of San Anton
5、ios best restaurants，be sure to join in the tour.After meeting up with your expert tour guide，youll start your 3- hour journey through downtown San Antonio and stop along the way at 5 different restaurants and even a few of the citys parks. 2 City Sightseeing San Antonio Tour Marks (4.8): based on 1
6、7 reviews 216 E Crockett St San Antonio Double- decker bus tour takes about 60 minutes if you do not take of at any of the 18 sops. Appropriate for all ages The City Sightseeing Tour is the perfect way to enjoy everything that San Antonio has to offer. 【语篇解读】 文章介绍了四个旅游景点。 1During the San Fernando Ca
7、rriage Tour，you can . Avisit a historic site Bdrive cars on your own Ctravel with a free guide Dlearn about the history of Spain A 推理判断题。根据 San Fernando Carriage Tour 中“Explore the San Fernando Cathedral area by a 40- minute Victorian carriage ride.At the center of San Antonio and the focus of the t
8、our，the Cathedral was originally a settlement location for people sent by King Philip of Spain in 1731.”可知， 在the San Fernando Carriage Tour 旅行期间，你可以参观一个历史遗迹。故选 A。 2The San Antonio & Alamo Helicopter Tours allow people to . Ahave lunch in some parks Bdo some volunteer service Cfly with a large group
9、of people Dtake pictures during the journey D 细节理解题。根据 San Antonio & Alamo Helicopter Tours 中“Both cameras and video cameras are permitted.”可知，The San Antonio & Alamo Helicopter Tours 之旅允许人们在旅途中拍照。故选 D。 3What do we know about Downtown Delicacy San Antonio Food Tour on the list? AIt takes the least t
10、ime. BIt is the most popular tour. 3 CIt is held in the countryside. DIt invites some food experts. B 推理判断题。根据 Downtown Delicacy San Antonio Food Tour 中“If you are looking to visit some of San Antonios best restaurants，be sure to join in the tour.After meeting up with your expert tour guide，youll st
11、art your 3- hour journey through downtown San Antonio and stop along the way at 5 different restaurants and even a few of the citys parks.”可知，关于名单上的 Downtown Delicacy San Antonio Food Tour，我们知道这是最受欢迎的旅游。故选 B。 B A fresh and gentle wind on your face，soft sand under your feet and blue waters as far as
12、the eye can see.Is there any other Olympic sport that is played in such pleasant conditions as beach volleyball? “Ive gone to a lot of beautiful places，and met a lot of beautiful people.That wouldnt have happened if I had been playing another sport，” said Randy Stoklos， Americas most famous beach vo
13、lleyball player. The sport began as a four- a- side game on beaches in Southern California in the 1920s.The first recorded two- man game took place there in 1930，and the first tournament was held in Los Angeles 18 years later.The winners were awarded a case of Pepsi.In the 1950s， women started playi
14、ng and the sport soon spread to Europe and South America.Yet at that time，beach volleyball was more an entertainment show than a sport ， with beauty contests included.The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1983 and beach volleyball developed into a fast， athletic sport.Its world
15、- wide popularity won beach volleyball a place at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta，where 24 male teams and 16 female teams took part.At present，the US and Brazil are the best in the world at beach volleyball. The game came to China in the early 1990s and there have been national tournaments since 1994.I
16、t became an official event at the Eighth National Games in 1997.Chinas You Wenhui and Wang Lu finished ninth in the womens beach volleyball world championships in Brazil. 【语篇解读】 文章通过对沙滩排球场景的描述及美国著名沙滩排球运动员 的评论引出了沙滩排球的历史。 4 4The passage is mainly about . Athe history of beach volleyball Bhow to play b
17、each volleyball Cthe importance of beach volleyball Dwomens beach volleyball in China A 主旨大意题。文章前两段的目的是引出话题“沙滩排球”，而第三、四 两段则主要是讲述了沙滩排球的历史。 5According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE? ABeach volleyball was first played like other Olympic sports. BBeach volleyball began on beac
18、hes in Southern California. CBeach volleyball has always been an entertainment show rather than a sport. DWomen started playing beach volleyball in South America in 1945. B 细节理解题。 根据第三段第一句可知 B 项正确。 其余三项均描述错误。 6When did beach volleyball officially become an Olympic event? AIn 1948. BIn 1950. CIn 1996
19、. DIn 1997. C 细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句可知选 C。 7According to the passage，we can learn that . Ain 1996，beach volleyball became an official event in China BChinas beach volleyball team is the best in the world CChinas beach volleyball players won the first place in Brazil Dbeach volleyball came to China in the
20、early 1990s D 推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知 D 项正确。 C Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it steamy，warm， damp and thick.But if you had been there around 15,000 years ago，during the last ice age，would it have been the same? For more than 30 years，scientists have been arguing about how rain
21、forests might have reacted to the cold，dry climate of the ice ages，but till now，no one has reached a satisfying answer. Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the 5 atmosphere and helping to solve global warming.Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million
22、tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 given off in the UK each year.But how will the Amazon react to the future climate change? If it gets drier，will it survive and continue to draw down CO2? Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage
23、in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past. Unfortunately，collecting information is incredibly difficult.To study the past climate，scientists need to look at fossilized pollen (花粉) kept in lake mud.Going back to the last ice age means drilling down into lake
24、 sediments (沉淀物)，which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery.There are very few roads and paths， or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes.Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest，but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled (未取样) So far， only
25、 a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon forest reacts to climate change. 【语篇解读】 文章主要介绍了科学家是如何在亚马逊热带雨林工作的，以 揭开亚马逊热带雨林的神秘之处。 8How do scientists study the past climate change? ABy predicting the climate c
26、hange in the future. BBy drilling down deep into land sediments. CBy taking samples from rivers in the Amazon. DBy analyzing fossilized pollen in lake mud. D 细节理解题。根据文中第三段“To study the past climate，scientists need to look at fossilized pollen kept in lake mud.”研究过去气候，科学家需要看保存在 湖泥中的花粉化石。故选 D。 9What i
27、s needed for drilling down into lake sediments? AThe latest helicopter. BThe special equipment. CThe light machinery. DThe narrow path. B 细节理解题。根据文中的第三段“Going back to the last ice age means drilling down into lake sediments，which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery.”回到上一个冰河时代意味着下钻到湖泊沉
28、淀物，这需要专门的设备 6 和重型机械。C 选项错在 light。故选 B。 10What is the purpose of writing the passage? ATo attract more peoples attention to CO2. BTo call on people to protect rainforests. CTo inform people of how scientists work on rainforests. DTo warn people to stay away from the danger of rainforests. C 推理判断题。这是一
29、篇科普文章，通常写作目的是提供信息。A 选项 是吸引更多人对二氧化碳的注意，和文章无关；B 选项是号召人们保护雨林， 此文不是强调保护雨林；D 选项是警告人们远离雨林的危险，文章没有讲到雨 林的危险。故选 C。 11The best title for the text may be . AMystery of the Rainforest BClimates of the Amazon CThe History of the Rainforest DChanges of the Rainforest A 主旨大意题。根据第一段“But if you had been there around
30、 15,000 years ago，during the last ice age，would it have been the same? For more than 30 years， scientists have been arguing about how rainforests might have reacted to the cold，dry climate of the ice ages，but till now，no one has reached a satisfying answer.”人们 对于雨林怎样应对变化的天气一直没有满意的答案，二、三段讲述的是科学家采 用不同
31、的方法去检测，而且没有结果，所以标题为“雨林的神秘”是最恰当的。 B、C、D 选项都仅仅是文章提到的部分信息。故选 A。 D Researchers are looking into new ways to generate efficient photovoltaic energy (光伏能源) and for this they have been inspired by the v- shaped posture of the Cabbage White butterfly(菜粉蝶) Photovoltaic energy is the science behind solar powe
32、r，where light is turned into electricity.It is a two- set process.Step one is a photoelectric effect，caused by sunlight.The second step is an electrochemical process，which generates an electric current. 7 To improve the collection of sunlight，a research group has been inspired by the resting posture
33、 of the Cabbage White butterfly.The species has a natural range across Europe，Asia，and North Africa.To many farmers，the butterflies are regarded as a pest；to others，they are pretty to look at.To one research group the butterflies are an inspiration. The butterfly adopts a v- shape in order to heat u
34、p its flight muscles before taking off.By creating solar panels(太阳能电池板)in this formation，scientists think that the quantity of power that a solar panel can produce can be increased by around 50 percent. The Cabbage White butterfly is different to many other butterflies in using the v- formation.On c
35、loudy days butterflies need to wait to receive enough sunlight in order to fly.However，by using the v- posture，the Cabbage White butterfly is able to take in more energy more quickly than other butterflies.In addition，the butterfly can reflect sunlight from its wings，which allows its flight muscles
36、to be warmed to an ideal temperature. The new research was conducted at the University of Exeters Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) and the Centre for Ecology and Conservation.Discussing the findings with Laboratory Manager magazine，lead researcher Professor Tapas Mallick stated：“Biomim
37、icry(仿生学)in engineering is not new.However，this research shows pathways to develop low cost solar power that have not been done before.” 【语篇解读】 为了提高阳光的收集，一个研究小组受到了卷心菜白蝴蝶休 息姿势的启发，正在研究新的方法来生成高效的光伏能源。这项研究表明，开发 低成本太阳能的途径是前所未有的。 12Which can be the best title for the text? AThe future of solar power BThe
38、butterfly effect theory CCool things about the Cabbage White butterfly DButterflies contribute to solar power revolution D 主旨大意题。 通读全文可知， 研究人员受到了卷心菜白蝴蝶休息姿势的 启发研究高效的光伏能源，选项 D 符合题意。 8 13What is the main purpose of Cabbage White butterflies using the v- posture? ATo look prettier. BTo take a good rest.
39、 CTo prepare for flight. DTo protect themselves. C 细节理解题。根据第四段“The butterfly adopts a v- shape in order to heat up its flight muscles before taking off.”可知，卷心菜白蝴蝶采用 v 型姿势是为了 准备飞行，故选 C。 14What is Tapas Mallicks attitude towards the research? APositive. BCasual. CSkeptical. DDisapproving. A 推理判断题。根据最后
40、一段 Tapas Mallick 所说的话“Biomimicry(仿生 学)in engineering is not new.However，this research shows pathways to develop low cost solar power that have not been done before.”可知，Tapas Mallick 对这项研究 持积极态度。故选 A。 15Where is the text most probably taken from? AA lesson plan. BA book review. CA science report. DA
41、personal diary. C 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述利用仿生学研究光伏能源， 因此这篇文章最有可能摘自于科学报告，故选 C。 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。 Do you have the experience of digging out your suitcase，deciding what to bring and being afraid that youve forgotten something? 16 Hope they can trans
42、form the way you pack. Keep a Basket Handy Do you wait until the last minute to pack? Keep a basket in your bedroom， living room， or bathroom that you can use to throw in items youll need to pack as you come across them. 17 Besides，you can just put the contents of the basket into your suitcase if yo
43、u are in a hurry to leave for the airport. Buy Wrinkle- free Clothing 9 You wont need to worry about carefully packing your items of clothing if theyre made from wrinkle- free materials. 18 Youll still look fresh and bright when you are in them at your destination. Keep Old Packing Lists Chances are
44、 that you end up taking trips that require you to pack similar items.Keep old packing lists from former vacations to the beach，ski resort，and citythat way，youll always have a list of at least the basics. 19 So you dont need to waste your effort to remember where you left your hand- written packing l
45、ists. Schedule a Packing Time Time can slip away from you before a tripyou may be caught up at work，at home，or be occupied with other responsibilities of daily life. 20 That way，you will not need to do your packing crazily from the last minute to 1 oclock on the day you leave. AThis makes you less l
46、ikely to forget the stuff. BThe best way to do this is to save them on your computer. CBuy necessary stuff when you arrive. DDetermine a night well in advance of departure to pack. E Thats why Ive distilled (提炼) the art of packing down to some essential tips. FJust ball them up or put them at the bo
47、ttom of the suitcase. GRolling your clothes is the best way to save space for the suitcase. 【语篇解读】 文章介绍了为懒人们提供的四个打包技巧。 16E 根据空格后的“Hope they can transform the way you pack.(希望能改 变你平时杂乱的打包方式)”，得知前面是提供一些技巧，they 指的是技巧，所 以 E 项：为此我将打包的艺术浓缩成一些有用的技巧，符合题意。故选 E。 17A 根据空格前的“Keep a basket in your bedroom，living
48、 room，or bathroom that you can use to throw in items youll need to pack as you come across them.(在自己的房间、客厅或是浴室放上一个篮子，当你看到旅游需要用的东西 时就将它们扔进去。)”得知前面给你提供技巧，接下来就要讲这样做的好处： 这样至少你不会忘记带什么，故选 A。 18F 根据空格前的“You wont need to worry about carefully packing your items of clothing if theyre made from wrinkle- free materials.(假如你的衣服是由抗 10 皱布艺制成的，你就不用小心翼翼地打包了。)”由此得知你可以将它们滚成球 或是折成任意形状来填补箱子底部。这样当到达目的地换了衣服，你看上去还是 清爽整洁。故选 F。 19B 根据空格后的“So you dont need to waste your effort to remember where you left your hand- written packing lists.(这样你就不用费力去记你将手写清 单放在哪里。)”得知前面是提供技巧：最好是将清单保存到电脑中。故选 B。 20 D 根据空格后的“That way，
