课后达标检测25 Unit 2 The universal language
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Ⅰ.单项填空
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．(2015·湘潭模拟)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．(2015·江苏常州调研测试)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．(2015·衡阳八中月考)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．(2015·盐城中学高三综合测试)—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
(2015·湖南高考名校联考信息优化卷)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.语法填空
(2015·湖南高考名校联考信息优化卷)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 (假货) was involved. Many now believe that the paintings were actually created by Maria’s son, Diego Pereira.
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
(2015·长沙高三模拟考试)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(临界点)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(海湾)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(稳态转换)，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(减少) 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(繁荣的) 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(滥伐森林)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.
.阅读填空
Binge drinking used to mean drinking to excess (过度) over several days.Now，however，the term refers to the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.
Alcohol stores，bars，and alcoholic drink companies make drinking seem attractive and fun.It’s easy for a high school student to get caught up in a social scene with lots of peer pressure.Certainly，one of the biggest areas of peer pressure is drinking.
Other reasons why people drink include: they’re curious — they want to know what it’s like to drink alcohol.They believe that it will make them feel good，not realizing it could just so easily make them sick and hung－over (宿醉未醒的)．They may look at alcohol as a way to reduce stress，even though it can end up creating more stress.They want to feel older.
Many people don’t think about the negative side of drinking.Although they think about the possibility of getting drunk，they may not give much consideration to being hung－over or sick.
You may know from experience that drinking too much can lead to difficulty concentrating，memory faults，mood changes，and other problems that affect your day－to－day life.But binge drinking carries more serious and longer－lasting risks as well.
If you think you have a binge－drinking problem，get help as soon as possible.The best approach is to talk to an adult you trust — if you can’t approach your parents，talk to your doctor，school counselor，church member，aunt，or uncle.It can be hard for some people to talk to adults about these issues，so an alternative could be a trusted friend or an elder sibling (兄弟姐妹) who is easy to talk to.
Title： ____________ Definition ●In the past: drinking to excess
2．____________
●At present: the consumption of 3.____________ amounts of alcohol over a short period of time
4.____________ ●For 5.____________：to reduce peer pressure
●For other people: to satisfy their 6.____________，to make them feel good，to reduce stress and to feel older
7.____________ ●Making people feel hung－over or sick
●Causing 8.____________ like difficulty concentrating，memory faults，mood changes，etc.
Tips on getting help ●Talking to a 9.____________
●Talking to a friend you trust or an elder 10.____________
Ⅵ.阅读简答
(2015·长沙重点中学月考)David Jones is probably not somebody you want to hang out with.Not because he isn’t a cool person，but because he is living with 40 deadly snakes.
Jones is living in a room for 121 days with more than three dozen constrictors，green mambas，boomslangs and other deadly snakes in an attempt to set a Guinness world record.The record for most days spent confined to a room with this particular number of snakes is 113，set by Martin Smit in 2008.
“I am hoping people will realize that we can live with these fantastic creatures without fearing and killing them.People come and see me here and are constantly amazed at how I am interact with these animals.The snakes are not restrained in any way and make the full use of the entire room including my bed，shower and toilet，” Jones explains.They mainly hide out in cupboards or on the various makeshift (临时的)branches or bushes that Jones has in their shared quarters.Once a week，someone brings captured mice and rats to offer as a sacrifice to the snakes.
David Jones is forced to move the snakes with a “hook stick” throughout the day，so that he can do things like sitting at his desk or typing on his laptop，his only means of contacting the outside world.
The snakes often drop on his pillow or shoulders as he’s trying to work or sleep，but there have so far been no instances of Jones being bitten by one of these deadly snakes.He said，“If I give them respect，we can live together happily.”
Jones is doing this for charity.All the money raised will go to a hospice(收容所)in his hometown of Crawley，near London.
1．What are constrictors，mambas and boomslangs？(No more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2．How is David Jones staying in touch with other people？(No more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3．Why don’t the snakes bite Jones？(No more than 6 words)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4．What are the purposes of David Jones’s doing so？(No more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________
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课后达标检测25
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．解析：选B。句意：在旅途中这么多天后，即使查尔斯一看到食物也兴高采烈起来。考查固定搭配at the sight of“一看到”。
2．解析：选D。考查动词词义辨析。differ“不同”；shrink“缩水”；fail“失败、衰竭”，均不符合语境，故排除。
3．解析：选B。考查省略和虚拟语气，对过去的虚拟用would have done，句中would have后省略了attended the opening ceremony。
4．解析：选B。terrified 表示所修饰的词所处的状态，意为“恐惧的”；terrifying表示所修饰的词所具有的特征，意为“令人惊恐的”。
5．解析：选B。题干中第一空可填whatever，因could后省略了动词do，第二空为动词不定式作目的状语，应填to save，因此最佳答案为B。
6．解析：选B。referred to 是过去分词作定语修饰the problems，be前省略了should，为虚拟语气，因为主句的谓语动词是demand。
7．解析：选D。考查形容词的用法。由语境结合常识可知，和新货比起来，二手店里的货物价格便宜，但是质量不如新货好。很明显这是把两种店里的货从价格和质量方面进行了比较，后面省略比较状语。
8．解析：选A。dare用作情态动词时，后接动词原形，主要用于疑问句、否定句和条件句中；当dare用作实义动词时，其后否定结构可以带to也可以不带to，且有人称和数以及时态的变化。根据时间状语that night可以判断本题表述过去的事情，所以正确答案是A。
9．解析：选B。此句实为Bruce has brains.In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has a higher IQ than him.之省略。省略than him后不仅句意仍然清楚，而且显得更为简洁。句意为“……我怀疑班上有没有哪个人比他智商更高”，即“我认为他可能是班上智商最高的”。
10．解析：选D。考查省略回答。题干前半句说“听上去汽车的发动机好像坏了”，后半句说“我们最好立刻去修理厂”，通过简单判断可知，这两个句子之间是顺承的关系，所以应该是“如果真的这样的话(发动机坏了)”。
11．解析：选D。be in love表状态，可与一段时间for a year连用，fall in love表动作，不可与一段时间连用。根据前文的He even didn’t know可知应该用过去完成时。
12．解析：选C。考查动词词义。句意：父母的不幸婚姻给Tony投下了阴影，给他对婚姻的信心留下了伤疤。cast“投下”，符合题意。
13．解析：选A。be set in“以……为背景”，分词作状语，不加being；heartbreaking“令人心碎的”；heartbroken“感到心碎的”。
14．解析：选B。考查固定句型too...to不定式主动表被动。故选B。
15．解析：选C。not really此处意为“不怎么喜欢”。
Ⅱ.完形填空
【解题导语】 Suzie Gilbert因为爱鸟，所以在一个鸟儿护理中心做了11年的志愿者。随着孩子们的长大，她去鸟儿护理中心工作变得越来越困难了。Suzie Gilbert就想到了在自己的家中建一个护理工作室。很多人都把手上的鸟儿送到她的工作室，孩子们也来帮忙。有些鸟儿的死去给她带来了悲伤，但小鸟的长大也给她带来了欢乐。
1．解析：选D。Suzie Gilbert既然做护理中心的志愿者，可见她非常喜欢鸟。故选D。
2．解析：选B。根据空后的“ended up volunteering there for 11 years”可知，她在那儿做志愿工作。其它几个选项不符合语境。
3．解析：选C。随着孩子们渐渐长大，对她来说去鸟儿护理中心做志愿者越来越难了。此处的trip指的是上文中的“去护理中心的行程”，不是旅游或度假。
4．解析：选C。Suzie Gilbert认真学习通过考试，获得执照并开办了她自认为很小的一个工作室。operation在此表示工作室，故要用open来与之搭配。
5．解析：选C。“我”原本的想法是做一个飞行鸟笼以便已经康复了的鸟儿练习飞行。由语境可知选C。
6．解析：选B。“我”的工作室的主要工作是喂食及在确保鸟儿一切完好之后放飞它们。
7．解析：选D。前文描写了作者本来的想法，但工作室成立之后，情况就不同了，不断有人打电话来，尽管作者一次又一次地说这是最后一次了，但每次都妥协了。由于Suzie Gilbert建了个保护鸟儿的工作室，别人碰到受伤的鸟儿打电话给她是不可避免的事。
8．解析：选C。根据空后的“the children in particular”可知此处指她的家人。
9．解析：选B。孩子们帮助“我”渡过了很多的艰难时期。下一句中提到“看到鸟儿死了，你会很悲伤，但生活总得继续。伴着一只小鸣鸟，看着它长大，这种变化又令人惊奇”。在这里“惊奇”与前面的“困难时期”形成对比。
10．解析：选B。参见上题解析。notice“注意到”；feel“感觉”；make“使，做”，均不符合语境。
11．解析：选A。我们认为鸟儿是一种很脆弱的动物，然而实际上它们有着最坚强的求生意志。由语境可知选A。
12．解析：选C。“我”对他们的勇气感到惊奇。它们就是“我”的模范。courage与上文内容相呼应。
Ⅲ.语法填空
【解题导语】 文章主要向我们介绍了一个世界未解之谜。
1．解析：考查连词。it wasn’t long before后接过去时，意为“没过多久就……”，是固定搭配。
答案：before
2．解析：考查冠词。此处表示前文中提到的“kitchen floor”，故填定冠词the。
答案：the
3．解析：考查形容词。此空与“and some small”相对应。故填large/big。
答案：large/big
4．解析：考查介词。此处表示这座房子所在的地方以前被用作墓地，故填by，表示“被……”。
答案：by
5．解析：考查代词。根据下文可知，此处是指“难道是Maria Pereira自己画的这些脸吗？”故此处用反身代词herself。
答案：herself
6．解析：benefit from是固定搭配，意为“从……中收益”。
答案：from
7．解析：考查代词。此处it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式。
答案：it
8．解析：考查宾语从句。空处引导宾语从句且在此处没有实际意义。故用that引导。
答案：that
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
【解题导语】 本文是一篇科普说明文。随着全球气候变暖，北冰洋的变暖速度是全球平均速度的两倍，这导致了北冰洋中的海藻被其他生物所取代，而海藻是北冰洋食物链的基础，从而导致北冰洋生态环境的变化。
1．解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的“...but algae form the base of ocean food chains”可知，海藻是海洋食物链的基础，所以它对海洋非常重要。故B项正确。
2．解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据该句中的“happen quickly...with one set of conditions
translating into another.”可知，画线词意为“变化”。故A项正确。
3．解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第五段最后三句中的“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’．..”可知，食物链是怎样受到影响的还有待于进一步研究。故C项正确。
4．解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句“Warming in the Arctic is accelerating at twice the average global rate.”可知，北冰洋变暖的速度是全球平均速度的两倍。由此可推知，北冰洋的形势表明，全球变暖的速度正在加快。故B项正确。
5．解析：选D。标题概括题。根据文章第一段第一句“Along rocky coastlines of the Arctic Ocean，a change is taking place，perhaps as great as disappearing sea ice...”以及下文内容可知，本文主要介绍北冰洋海岸的生态环境正在发生的变化以及科学家们对这一变化的研究。故D项最适合作为本文的标题。
B
【解题导语】 一项研究发现，在中国，濒危的大熊猫本来就因繁殖率低、栖息地迅速消失而受到威胁，如今它们还可能会因为气候变化失去主要的食物——竹子。
6．解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段和第二段的内容可知，中国的国宝大熊猫将来可能面临食物短缺的挑战。
7．解析：选A。推理判断题。根据文章的第三段可知，熊猫的食物的99%是竹子。故选A。
8．解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第四段可知，竹子自身的繁殖速度很慢，每30年到35年才会开一次花，这意味着竹子对当地气候变化的适应性很差。
9．解析：B。猜测词义题。根据第十段的内容可知，竹子的分布随着气候的变化而变化。故画线的词fluctuated与changed意思相近。
10．解析：选A。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，即使其他地方适合竹子生长，它们也远离大熊猫的保护区，因而大熊猫仍然无法食用。
Ⅴ.阅读填空
1．Binge drinking 2.over several days 3.large 4.Reasons 5.high school students 6.curiosity 7.Risks 8.problems 9.trusted adult 10.sister or brother
Ⅵ.阅读简答
1．They are deadly snakes.
2．By using his laptop./Through his laptop.
3．Because he gives them respect./Because he respects them.
4．He wants to set a Guinness world record and to raise money for charity.