課后達標檢測25　Unit 2　The universal language

　　(建議用時：70分鐘)

　?、?單項填空

　　1．After so many days on the way，even Charles cheered up at the ________ of the food.

　　A．lookB．sight

　　C．sign

　　D．appearance

　　2．Car sales have ________ by a quarter compared with the past year.

　　A．differed

　　B．shrank

　　C．failed

　　D．declined

　　3．—Did they attend the opening ceremony?

　　—They ________，but they were late and quit it.

　　A．would

　　B．would have

　　C．didn’t

　　D．will have to

　　4．(2024·湘潭模擬)The boy’s ________ expression on his face suggested that he must have met across something________.

　　A．terrifying；terrified

　　B．terrified；terrifying

　　C．terrified；terrified

　　D．terrifying；terrifying

　　5．In the earthquake，parents were willing to do ________they could ________ their children.

　　A．whatever；save

　　B．whatever；to save

　　C．what；saving

　　D．what；to save

　　6．(2024·江蘇常州調研測試)On AIDS Day，the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to.

　　A．referred to being

　　B．referred to be

　　C．refer to being

　　D．refer to be

　　7．—Why don’t you do some shopping in the second－hand store?

　　—Well，the goods there are ________，but ________.

　　A．more expensive；worse

　　B．more expensive；not as bad

　　C．cheaper；good enough

　　D．cheaper；not as good

　　8．(2024·衡陽八中月考)The little child ________ go out alone at night，so he ________ walk in the dark that night.

　　A．daren’t；didn’t dare to

　　B．doesn’t dare；dare not to

　　C．isn’t dare to；dared not to

　　D．doesn’t dare to；dare not to

　　9．Bruce has brains.In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has ________IQ.

　　A．a high

　　B．a higher

　　C．the higher

　　D．the highest

　　10．It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine.________，we’d better take it to the garage immediately.

　　A．Otherwise

　　B．If not

　　C．But for that

　　D．If so

　　11．He even didn’t know they two ________ each other for a year.

　　A．have been in love with

　　B．have fallen in love with

　　C．fell in love with

　　D．had been in love with

　　12．His parents’ unhappy marriage ________ a shadow and left a big scar on Tony’s faith toward marriage.

　　A．carved

　　B．replaced

　　C．cast

　　D．stood

　　13．________ in Japan，the ________ film gained popularity among Japanese fans.

　　A．Set；heartbreaking

　　B．Being set；heartbreaking

　　C．Set；heartbroken

　　D．Being set；heartbroken

　　14．The chair looks rather new，but in fact it is too hard to ________.

　　A．sit

　　B．sit on

　　C．be sat

　　D．be sat on

　　15．(2024·鹽城中學高三綜合測試)—Did you like your stay there?

　　—________.It was too hot and there was too much traffic.

　　A．Not a little

　　B．You’ve got me there

　　C．Not really

　　D．Come off itⅡ.完形填空

　　(2024·湖南高考名校聯考信息優化卷)Suzie Gilbert has made healing and releasing wild birds a way of life. After moving away from a big city in 1990, her __1__ for animals—feathered ones in particular—led her to __2__ at the Hudson Valley Raptor Center, where she cared for injured birds and ended up volunteering there for 11 years.

　　As the children grew older, it became more and more difficult for her to make the __3__ to the center. Then a crazy idea took hold: why not start her own facility for birds?

　　“I studied for my test, got my license and __4__ what I thought was going to be just a very small operation，” explains Gilbert with a quiet laughter. “I didn’t think that I would take in injured birds. I thought I would build a flight cage so that injured birds who had recovered could practise __5__. It was going to be mostly feeding and making sure everything was OK and then __6__ them.”

　　But then she would get those __7__ phone calls. “I kept saying, ‘Only this one more time. I’ll just take in an injured bird one more time.’ But someone else would call and say，‘It’s you or nothing.’ That got me.”

　　Bit by bit, her __8__， the children in particular, became essential to her work. “The children have helped me through a lot of __9__ times，” says Gilbert. “And sometimes birds die, and you’re really sad. And then life goes on. It’s also good to take a tiny little baby songbird and __10__ it grow up. The changes are amazing.”

　　Gilbert herself has learned a lot from the birds she cared for. “We regard them as really easily broken creatures, but they have the most __11__ will to live. I have seen birds with terrible injuries, and yet somehow they keep going. I am amazed at their __12__. They’re my role models.”

　　1.A.happiness

　　B．curiosity

　　C．dream

　　D．passion

　　2．A.work

　　B．volunteer

　　C．help

　　D．stay

　　3．A.visit

　　B．greeting

　　C．trip

　　D．break

　　4．A.performed

　　B．took

　　C．opened

　　D．closed

　　5．A.walking

　　B．running

　　C．flying

　　D．singing

　　6．A.saving

　　B．releasing

　　C．fathering

　　D．finding

　　7．A.unimaginable

　　B．boring

　　C．satisfying

　　D．unavoidable

　　8．A.parents

　　B．members

　　C．families

　　D．relatives

　　9．A.happy

　　B．hard

　　C．important

　　D．comfortable

　　10．A.notice

　　B．watch

　　C．feel

　　D．make

　　11．A.strong

　　B．right

　　C．easy

　　D．weak

　　12．A.feather

　　B．step

　　C．courage

　　D．breathⅢ.語法填空

　　(2024·湖南高考名校聯考信息優化卷)In 1971, in the small Spanish village of Belmez, Maria Pereira said a human face appeared on her cement (水泥) kitchen floor. It wasn’t long 1.____________ she destroyed the floor and replaced it—and a new face quickly appeared.

　　More and more faces continued to appear on 2.____________ floor of Maria Pereira’s kitchen, attracting thousands of visitors every day. Some were male, some female, some 3.____________， and some small. Later, she discovered that the house, built around 1830, clearly stood above a graveyard (墓地) used 4.____________ the Romans, Spanish Muslims and then Medieval Christians.

　　But did Maria Pereira just paint the faces 5.____________？ If so, she never benefited financially 6.__________ all the attention. She lived a simple life in that same house and eventually died in 2004.

　　Of course, scientists have found 7.____________ possible to analyze the molecular changes in the whitewash and prove 8.____________ some fakery (假貨) was involved. Many now believe that the paintings were actually created by Maria’s son, Diego Pereira.

　　Ⅳ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024·長沙高三模擬考試)Along rocky coastlines of the Arctic Ocean，a change is taking place，perhaps as great as disappearing sea ice but less evident to the eye.The ecological base is changing，with existing algae(海藻)replaced by warmth and light－loving species.It might not seem like much，but algae form the base of ocean food chains，and the change is happening fast.

　　“The character of these far－ranging changes，confirmed by our statistical analyses，provides a convincing case for tipping points(臨界點)being crossed，”wrote researchers led by the scientist Susanne Kortsch who studies life in the sea.For scientists，tipping points aren’t just pop－culture shorter way of saying，but refer to a specific type of conversion：happen quickly and not develop from one thing to another in a single smooth series of stages，with one set of conditions translating into another.

　　About life in the sea，that’s been seen in the western Mediterranean，now controlled by animals with no backbone，and Caribbean coral reefs(珊瑚礁)now filled by algae.As for the Arctic，they’ve been discovered，but mostly on land or in freshwater lakes and swamps.

　　Kortsch and her University of Tromso colleagues went to sea，examining two Arctic bays(海灣)in the western Svalbard islands.Researchers have studied those bays for more than three decades.Between 1980 and 2010，the region’s summer ice－free season lengthened by an average of 3.3 days per year.

　　“Such changes aren’t simple，”say Kortsch’s group.They’re what ecologists call regime shifts(穩態轉換)，in which one set of plants and animals is almost entirely replaced by another.They’re not limited to two bays but appear on much of the Arctic Ocean’s shores，either.How will these changes influence food chains？It stands to reason that some changes will occur，but accurate data is needed.“At present，we simply don’t know the answers，”Kortsch said.

　　The researchers do infer that these new coastline ecosystems could be more productive than before.Warming in the Arctic is accelerating at twice the average global rate.By 2050 the Arctic Ocean may be completely ice－free in summer.For these new coastline ecosystems，only one thing can be said with certainty: It’s not going to be like what it was.

　　1．The reason why algae are very important to the ocean is that ________.

　　A．they can keep sea ice from disappearing

　　B．they form the base of ocean food chains

　　C．they form the top class of ocean food chains

　　D．they can become main food of mankind

　　2．What does the underlined word“conversion”in Paragraph 2 mean?

　　A．Change.

　　B．Dialogue.

　　C．Challenge.

　　D．Choice.

　　3．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．Kortsch’s group has studied the environment in the Arctic Ocean for three decades

　　B．tipping points refer to sea ice in the Arctic Ocean which is disappearing gradually

　　C．how the food chains would be influenced still needs study

　　D．life in the sea can’t be influenced by the changes in the Arctic Ocean

　　4．What conclusion can we infer from the last paragraph?

　　A．The Arctic Ocean will keep the same situation in the next two decades.

　　B．The Arctic Ocean’s situation suggests global warming is quickening sharply.

　　C．Regime shifts occur only in several regions of the Arctic Ocean.

　　D．New coastline ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean could be less productive than before.

　　5．What’s the best title for the passage?

　　A．Arctic Coastlines Being in Face of Danger Now

　　B．Serious Atmospheric Problems in Arctic Coastlines

　　C．Ways to Improve Arctic Coastline Environment

　　D．Arctic Coastlines Hitting Ecological Tipping Point

　　B

　　A study in China’s Qin Mountains，which is home to around 270 pandas—about a fifth of the world’s wild population—predicts that the amount of bamboo will decline(減少) this century as the global warming continues.

　　“The pandas may face a shortage of food unless they can find alternative food resources，”a team of researchers from the U．S.and China warn in the journal Nature Climate Change.

　　The international symbol of environmental conservation efforts，the giant panda is a picky eater.99% of its diet consists of bamboo.It eats up to 38 kilograms per day.This means the black－and－white bear’s survival is closely linked to a thriving(繁榮的) bamboo habitat.

　　Bamboo itself also has a slow reproductive rate，flowering only every 30 to 35 years，which means it would be slow to adapt to a change in a local climate，according to the researchers.

　　Based on the data gathered for this study，researchers predict that three bamboo species which make up almost the entire diet of the pandas in Qin Mountains，will all but disappear in a warmer climate.

　　“Results suggest that almost the entire panda habitat in the region may disappear by the end of the 21st century，”the study’s authors write.

　　The calculations are based on different warming scenarios(方案)projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—ranging from rises of 2℃ to 5℃ in summer by the 21st century’s end，and 3 to 8℃ in winter.

　　These predictions were made based on data on rainfall and emission of greenhouse gas as well as historical growth patterns，to consider the future of bamboo.

　　Already，deforestation(濫伐森林)is threatening the survival of about half of all bamboo species worldwide.

　　The researchers say bamboo distribution has historically fluctuated in response to changes in the climate.

　　In modern times，though，even if other areas were to become climatically more suitable for bamboo growth，these would be far away and fall outside the present network of protected panda reserves.

　　The findings should be used “for proactive planning to protect areas that have a better climatic chance of providing adequate food sources”．

　　6．What is the problem with giant pandas?

　　A．Their habitat is disappearing.

　　B．Their number is reducing sharply.

　　C．They will not have bamboo to eat.

　　D．They have difficulty in reproducing.

　　7．What do we know about pandas?

　　A．They feed chiefly on bamboo.

　　B．They are particular about partners.

　　C．They are sensitive to climate changes.

　　D．They are native to Qin Mountains.

　　8．What is typical of bamboo?

　　A．It flowers for a short period.

　　B．It can live for as long as 35 years.

　　C．It grows only in warm regions.

　　D．It is slow in reproducing itself.

　　9．Which word can replace the underlined word “fluctuated” in Paragraph 10?

　　A．formed

　　B．changed

　　C．disappeared

　　D．worsened

　　10．Why can’t pandas get access to bamboo in other areas?

　　A．They are limited to nature reserves.

　　B．They don’t like walking far away.

　　C．They are feed with all kinds of food.

　　D．They are not allowed to walk freely.

　　.閱讀填空

　　Binge drinking used to mean drinking to excess (過度) over several days.Now，however，the term refers to the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.