Unit 2 A life's work A卷 基础练习-（2019）新外研版高中英语选择性必修第三册单元测试AB卷.docx

1、Unit 2A lifes work A卷 基础练习2021-2022学年高一英语外研版(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。AWhere Is Spring Break Where is Spring Break going to be? The options are endless. Do you want to get your blood pumping from thrilling tr

2、avels? Look no further! These tours and destinations will keep you on your toes all week long. Panama: This underrated destination is a little known secret of the most travelers! Through this tour youll get to hike, snorkel(浮潜) and explore all the best sights this beautiful country has to offer! Eig

3、ht days tours for $250/day. Canada: This diverse country is full of options. Explore the east of Canada and visit cities such as Montreal, Quebec or Toronto. If youre feeling adventurous, explore the western part of the country with a Canadian Rockies Tour. During this twelve days tour you will hike

4、 a glacier to beautiful scenery and wander through postcard worthy villages. Tours to Canada for $200/day. Iceland: Check off one of the seven wonders of the world with a tour of the Northern Lights and Golden Circle. Spend seven days full of adventure like hiking glaciers, snowshoeing through Thing

5、vellir National Park, relaxing in the Geysir Hot Springs and of course experiencing the glory of the Northern Lights! Seven days tours for $300/day. South Africa: Discover the diverse culture and wildlife that makes up South Africa. Your tour plan includes a journey along the coast known as Rainbow

6、Nation. Here you will enjoy beautiful scenery, a hunting travel through Addo Elephant National Park and the wildlife in Tsitsikamma National Park. Nine days tours for $230/day.1.What is the similar characteristic of the travels mentioned in the text?A.Exciting.B.Risky.C.Educational.D.Environmental.2

7、.As a destination, what can we think of Panama according tothe text?A.Panama is not famous for most travelers.B.You can go to Panama for enjoying surfing.C.Panama offers an option to hunt in the park.D.Panama has diverse culture and wildlife.3.Which destination costs tourists the most money?A.Panama

8、.B.Canada.C.Iceland.D.South Africa.B Nov. 21 is World Hello Day. It began back in the 1970s as part of an effort to make the world more peaceful. It was created by the United Nations just after the war between Israel and Egypt in 1973. Thephilosophy(理念) behind it is: Say Hello and stop war. It sound

9、s like a fine idea, but most of us know that simply saying Hello wont bring about world peace. Still, on a smaller range, the simple act of saying Hello to someone can make a lot of difference. This might not be obvious. After all, its such a casual thing and requires so little effort. You raise you

10、r head to someone as you pass by them in the school corridor(走廊), say Hello then its over. Although we might not realize it, a small thing like a greeting can mean a lot to a person. Many people are lonely because theyre shy. They find it difficult to communicate with people, even though they want t

11、o. It leads to them feeling cut off. On this basis, maybe its a good idea, not just on Nov. 21, but every day, to remember to say Hello to as many people as you can. The stranger who hears your greeting may secretly smile in their heart. You might even make their day. Greeting other people is the ea

12、siest way to be polite. Politeness is the way we individual humans link up with the rest of the human world outside of our circles of family and friends. Politeness is one of the aspects of culture that makes us a society rather than just many individuals living in the same space. No one said it bet

13、ter than the French author Joseph Joubert: Politeness is the flower of humanity. A Hello to a stranger is a small thing, and often neglected(忽视), but through it we can make the world better for another person.1. What is World Hello Day intended for?A. Philosophy.B. Peace.C. Politeness.D. War.2. Why

14、do many people feel lonely?A. They are unwilling to communicate with others.B. They are too shy to communicate with others.C. They are very fond of living alone.D. They dont like doing things as others do.3. What has an effect on people most?A. Raising heads to others.B. Doing something casually.C.

15、Meeting in the school corridor,D. The simple act of saying Hello.4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. We should neglect a small thing.B. Saying Hello to others is powerful.C. The flowers make the world better.D. No one is better than Joseph Joubert.C Despite the anxiety that the first dig

16、ital novel caused in 1993, publishers werent too concerned that e-books would one day replace printed books. However, that attitude was changed suddenly in 2007 when Kindle came onto the market, which led to e-book sales jumping up to 1,260%. Since then, e-books popularity has continued to rise stea

17、dily. The publishing industry seemed to have lost all the possible ability to regain its position. Will printed books eventually become a thing of the past? According to Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company, printed books just for reading will, in 10 years from now, be unusual.

18、 Not so unusual that a kid will say,Mommy,whats that? but unusual enough that on the train youll see one or two people reading something printed, while everyone else is reading on a tablet computer screen. And Shatzkin believes that the demise of print is sure to happen, though such a day wont arriv

19、e for perhaps 50 to 100 or more years. Robert Stein, founder of The Institute for the Future of the Book, however, believes that books wont disappear entirely, at least not anytime soon. Print will exist, and it may have an artistic value, he says. He predicts that the distance between writers and r

20、eaders will be made less obvious by a social reading experience in which authors and consumers can digitally interact with each other to discuss any passage, sentence or line. Should print really disappear entirely? According to Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Reading and Language Research

21、 at Tufts University, electronic reading can negatively affect the way the brain responds to the text, including reading comprehension and the ability to pay attention to details like the order of events. My worry is that well have a short-circuited (短路的) reading brain, excellent for gathering infor

22、mation but not necessarily for forming critical, analytical deep reading skills, Wolf says. He hopes that we continue to keep a bi-literate society one that values both the digital and printed words. A full reading brain circuit is a huge contribution to the intellectual development of our species.

23、Anything that threatens it deserves our attention.1.How did publishers feel about the rising e-book sales inspired by Amazon Kindle?A.Worried.B.Excited.C.Curious.D.Doubtful.2.What does the underlined word demise in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A.Rise.B.Death.C.Adjustment.D.Popularity.3.According to Rob

24、ert Stein, paper books will exist because of _.A.the artistic valueB.the digital interactionC.the growing popularityD.the traditional design4.It can be concluded from the last paragraph that Wolf holds that _.A.e-reading will strengthen the power of our brainB.digital books and paper books should no

25、t coexistC.e-reading will make us more critical and thoughtfulD.we should not risk losing a full reading brain circuitD While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the new CCTV tower and the National Center for the Performing Arts, many exce

26、llent Chinese architects are making great efforts to take the center stage. Their efforts have been proven fruitful. Wang Shu, a 49-year-old Chinese architect, won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prizewhich is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in architectureon February 28. He is the first Chinese

27、 citizen to win this award. Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art (CAA). His office is located at the Xiangshan campus(校园) of the university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Many buildings on the campus are his original creations. The style of the campus is qu

28、ite different from that of most Chinese universities. Many visitors were amazed by the complex architectural space and abundant building types. The curves(曲线) of the buildings perfectly match the rise and fall of hills, forming a unique view. Wang collected more than 7 million abandoned bricks of di

29、fferent ages. He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors. This creation attracted a lot of attention thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese elements(元素). Wangs works show a deep understanding of modem architecture and a good

30、 knowledge of traditions. Through such a balance, he had created a new type of Chinese architecture, said Tadao Ando, the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize. Wang believes traditions should not be sealed in glass boxes at museums. That is only evidence that traditions once existed, he said. Many Chin

31、ese people have a misunderstanding of traditions. They think tradition means old things from the past. In fact, tradition also refers to the things that have been developing and that are still being created, he said. Today, many Chinese people are learning Western styles and theories rather than foc

32、using on Chinese traditions. Many people tend to talk about traditions without knowing what they really are, said Wang. The study of traditions should be combined with practice. Otherwise, the recreation of traditions would be artificial and empty, he said.1. Wangs winning of the prize means that Ch

33、inese architects are _.A.following the latest world trendB.getting international recognitionC.working harder than ever beforeD.relying on foreign architects2.What impressed visitors to the CAA Xiangshan campus most?A.Its hilly environment.B. Its large size.C. Its unique style.D. Its diverse function

34、s.3.What made Wangs architectural design a success?A.The mixture of different shapes.B.The balance of East and West.C.The use of popular techniques.D.The harmony of old and new.4.What should we do about Chinese traditions according to Wang?A.Spread them to the world.B.Preserve them at museums.C.Teac

35、h them in universities.D.Recreate them in practice.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。 George Church, a leading professor of genetics at Harvard University, is planning to create a dating app that can match users based on their genetic agreement. _.Two people consid

36、ering going on a date take out their smartphones first and check each others genetic table to see whether there are any undesirable genes that cannot be determined from his/her outward appearance. Genetic deficiencies (基因缺陷) that might lead to diseases in offspring will be screened out first. Heart

37、disease? No. Immune deficiency? No. Hemophilia? No. _. Eye color, height preference, curly or straight hair. In the end, only those with the genes that promise the users a perfect child will date. It sounds terrible. If the app becomes a reality, it could split people into different camps based on t

38、he genes they carry. Some might argue that even now people are not wholly equal to each otherthere are the rich and the poor to begin with. _. Genes, on the other hand, are fixed, with no hope of changing at least in the near future. Church didnt have this divisive goal in mind. In an interview, he

39、said he hoped to let people know the genetic deficiencies in their mating partners so as to minimize the chances of giving birth to children with diseases. _. The problem is not so much with genetic technology, which can help people find possible diseases before birth, and possibly even cure them th

40、rough gene editing. But it would be a mistake to let everybody know of each others genetic information and make choices on that basis. _. Gene sequencing (基因排序) is becoming increasingly popular with many people choosing to know their genes better. It is reaching a stage where it becomes urgent for t

41、he law to protect such information and avoid possible leaks.A.He will make it.B.This is how it works.C.That in turn calls for legislation (立法).D.The app will be popular with different people.E.Then comes the turn of harmless appearance characteristics.F.But he will not be able to stop the above-ment

42、ioned possibility.G.However, one can always struggle to improve ones quality of life.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） The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a(n) 1 carpenter in the village Billund but with ambition. As a young ma

43、n, Christiansen turned his love of playing with wood into2 and, in 1916, he opened his own shop. At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, just as he was looking to expand his business, his sons3 set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire,4 the ent

44、ire building and the familys home. Despite a total5 , Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply6 a larger workshop.7 , tragedy continued to strike. In 1929, the great Depression hit the world, and his wife died in 1932. Affected by financial and8 disaster, Christiansenlaid off many of his wor

45、kers and9 to make ends meet. Little did he know that those tragedies would be of importance to his business to 10 . Since times were so hard, Christiansen made the difficult decision to use his wood to create 11 goods that might actually sell. The decision didnt 12 at first. But his love of toys pus

46、hed the company ahead, even when it was 13 the toughest times. It 14 he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck whose mouth opens and closes when pulled, is now still a hot 15 . In 1

47、949, his company created its plastic bricks called the Automatic Binding Bricks. And the toy became more and more popular as the years passed.1.A.ordinaryB.differentC.sensitiveD.skillful2.A.preferenceB.gratitudeC.fortuneD.business3.A.anxiouslyB.nervouslyC.blindlyD.accidentally4.A.protectingB.abandoningC.destroyingD.repeating5.A.successB.lossC.painD.failure6.A.designB.drawC.removeD.build7.A.HoweverB.ThusC.BesidesD.Anyway8.A.naturalB.historicalC.personalD.artif