高中英语 模块综合测评2 Modules 34 外研版选修6.docx

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高中英语模块综合测评2Modules34外研版选修6

模块综合测评

（二）　Modules3～4

Ⅰ.阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

TheoperahouseinSantaFe,NewMexico,isoneofthemostbeautifuloperahousesintheUnitedStates.Itissmallandopen,withoneroofoverthestagewheresingersperformandanotherroofoverpartoftheaudience.Thisoperahouseinthemountainisoneofthebestoperahousesinthecountry,whichmayseemsurprisingbecauseperformancesareonlygivenduringsevenweeksinthesummer,andbecauseSantaFeisaverysmallcity.

OnereasonwhytheSantaFeOperaissogoodisthatitattractsmanyexcellentyoungsingers.TheyallhopetosinginfamousoperahouseslikeMetropolitaninNewYorksomeday,andtheyworkhardtobecomewellknownduringthesummer.Themusiciansanddirectorsareexpertswhocomefromthebestorchestras（管弦乐队）andoperasinthecountryduringtheirvacations.TheyenjoyworkingtherebecausetheyliketoliveinSantaFe,whichisnearboththemountainsandthedesert.Itisverybeautifulthereinsummer.

ThestategovernmentofNewMexicoadvertisestheSantaFeOperainnewspapersalloverthecountry,andagreatmanytouristscometoNewMexicobecauseoftheopera.Still,mostoftheaudiencedocomefromSantaFeandothernearbycities，andalltheseatsinthetheateraresoldforeveryshow.

ThereisonlyonethingthatsomepeopledonotlikeabouttheSantaFeOpera,andthatisthecoldweather.Becausethetheaterisopen,performancescannotstartbeforeitgetsdarkatnineo'clockintheevening,andthenthemountainairbecomesverycool.Sometimespeoplecomplainaboutthecoldair,butbecausetheoperasaregood,thesepeoplecomebackagainwearingwarmcoats.

1．Thispassagemainlyintroduces．

A．amountaincityB．youngmusicians

C．anoperahouseD．thetouristsinSantaFe

【解析】　主旨大意题。

通读全文可知本文主要是介绍“theoperahouseinSantaFe，NewMexico”。

【答案】　C

2．YoungsingerscometoperforminSantaFeOperabecause．

A．themusicqualityishigh

B．theyenjoytheclimatethere

C．theywanttobefamous

D．theylikethescenerythere

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句“TheyallhopetosinginfamousoperahouseslikeMetropolitaninNewYorksomeday，andtheyworkhardtobecomewellknownduringthesummer.”可知年轻的音乐家们选择在圣菲歌剧院演出是为了出名。

【答案】　C

3．WhydosomepeopleNOTliketheSantaFeOpera?

A．Becauseitisalwayscoldallyearround.

B．Becausethetheaterisopen.

C．Becausetherearesomanypeople.

D．Becausethestructureoftheoperaisnotgood.

【解析】　细节理解题。

最后一段前两句“ThereisonlyonethingthatsomepeopledonotlikeabouttheSantaFeOpera，andthatisthecoldweather.Becausethetheaterisopen...”说人们不喜欢该剧院的唯一一点就是寒冷，因为剧院是露天的，故选B。

【答案】　B

4．Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthat．

A．theoperahouseisopen

B．musiciansalwaysspendvacationsinSantaFe

C．thegovernmentadvertisestoattractmore

D．performancesareheldinSantaFeonlyonSunday

【解析】　细节理解题。

最后一段第二句“...thetheaterisopen.”可知剧院是露天的。

【答案】　A

B

Americansarefamousforbeingfriendlytopeople.Theirfriendships,however,tendtobeshorterandmorecasual（随意的）thanfriendshipsamongpeoplefromothercultures.ItisnotuncommonforAmericanstohaveonlyoneclosefriendduringtheirlifetime,andconsiderother“friends”tobejustsocialacquaintances（泛泛之交）．ThisattitudeprobablyhassomethingtodowithAmericanmobilityandthefactthatAmericansdisliketobedependentonotherpeople.Theytendto“compartmentalize”（划分）friendships,having“friendsatwork”“friendsonthesoftballteam”“familyfriends”andsoforth.

BecausetheUnitedStatesisahighlyactivesociety,fullofmovementandchange,peoplealwaysseemtobeonthego.Inthishighlychargedatmosphere,Americanssometimesseemabrupt（无礼的）orimpatient.Theywanttogettoknowyouasquicklyaspossibleandthenmoveontosomethingelse.Sometimes,theyaskyouquestionsthatyoumayfeelverypersonal.Noinsultisintended;thequestionsusuallygrowoutoftheirtrueinterestorcuriosity，andtheirimpatiencetogettotheheartofthematter.

Andthesamegoesforyou.Ifyoudon'tunderstandcertainAmericanbehaviororyouwanttoknowmoreaboutthem,donothesitatetoaskthemquestionsaboutthemselves.Americansareusuallyeagertoexplainallabouttheircountryoranything“American”inwhichyoumaybeinterested.Theyexplainsomuchinfactthatyoumaybecometiredoflistening.Itdoesn'tmatterbecauseAmericanstendtobeuncomfortablewithsilenceduringaconversation.Theywouldrathertalkabouttheweatherorthelatestsportsscores,forinstance,thandealwithsilence.

Ontheotherhand，don'texpectAmericanstobeknowledgeableaboutinternationalgeographyorworldaffairs,unlessthosesubjectsdirectlyinvolvetheUnitedStates.BecausetheUnitedStatesisgeographicallydistantfrommanyothernations,someAmericanstendnottobeawareofwhatgoesoninotherpartsoftheworld.

5．Accordingtothepassage,Americans'attitudetowardsfriendshipis．

A．thatitisunusualtohaveonlyoneclosefriend

B．moreinformalthanthatinothercountries

C．toregardallfriendsasonlysocialacquaintances

D．todividefriendsintoseveralgrades

【解析】　推理判断题。

由第一段第二句可以推知美国人对待友谊较为随意，不太正式。

【答案】　B

6．Thewords“highlycharged”inParagraph2mostprobablymean“”．

A．extremelyexpensive

B．muchcheerful

C．highlyresponsible

D．fullofmobilityandchange

【解析】　词义猜测题。

认真阅读并分析其所在句及前一句可知，该词组是对前面一句话内容的概括，由此可见应表示“充满流动性和变化的”。

【答案】　D

7．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A．Americansknowalotaboutinternationalaffairs.

B．FriendshipsamongAmericanstendtobemoreformal.

C．Americansalwaysseemtobeonthemove.

D．Americansliketocooperatewithotherpeople.

【解析】　推理判断题。

由第二段首句中的“...peoplealwaysseemtobeonthego.”可知答案。

【答案】　C

8．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat．

A．Americanswanttotakepartinallkindsofactivities

B．curiosityisthemajorcharacteristicofAmericans

C．Americansdonotknowhowtodealwithsilence

D．Americans'charactersareinfluencedbytheirsocialandgeographicalenvironments

【解析】　推理判断题。

由文章第一段第四句可知，美国人对待友谊的态度可能与美国人的流动性以及他们不喜欢依赖别人有关；由第二段首句可知，美国是一个充满活力、充满流动性和变化的社会。

这一切都表明美国人的性格受社会影响。

文章最后一句表明美国人的性格也受其地理位置的影响。

故D项正确。

【答案】　D

C

MichaelJacksonwasontheroadofperformingwhenhewasfiveyearsold.Asisknowntoall,theroadtofameandfortuneisalong，hardonetotravel.

Michaelrememberedthoseearlyyearswhenhewasyoung.“Myfatherwasamachineoperator，”heexplained，“andheworkedatasteelplant（＝factory）．MymotherworkedatSears,abigdepartmentstore.Buttheywerebothmusicians.”

Michael'sfatherJoeJacksonrealizedthathissonshadalotoftalent,andheknewhecouldtrainthemtobecomefinemusicians.Inthosedaystherewereplentyofmusicgroupsandsomeofthemwereverygood.Heknewifhissonsweretostandout,theywouldhavetobethebest.

Practicemakesperfect.AndtheJacksonboyspractised!

Graduallythegrouptookshape.WhentheJacksonstookthefirstprofessionaljob，theirtotalpaywasonlyfivedollars!

Theykeptonworking.Theyplayedatparties.Theyenteredbigcontests.Theyworkedatclubs.Thenwordofthisgroupbegantogetaround.Allofasudden，theJacksonFivebecamepopularinthecountry:

theirfirstalbumsoldamillioncopies!

Michael，11yearsoldthen,wasthestar.Itjustdidn'tseempossiblethatsomuchtalentcouldcomefromsuchayoungperformer.

ThenMichaelgotachancetodosomesolosongs.InthefollowingyearsMichaelwasalwaysonthetop.OnemillionrecordsofhisweresoldinNewZealand，whichhasonlyatotalpopulationofthreemillion!

WhenMichaelwaseighteen,heenteredanotherfieldofhiscareer—acting.“Iplantostarinmovies，”hetoldhisfriends,“butofcourse,myfirstloveismusic.”

Michaelwrotealotofhisownsongs.“Songscameaboutinthestrangestways，”hesaid，“I'lljustwakeupfromsleepingandthereisawholesongcomingintomyhead.AndthenIputitdownonthepaper.”Whateverhewasdoing，itworked!

Still,withallhissuccess,Michaelmanagedtokeephisheadcalm.“Ijustdoadifferentjobfromotherpeople，”hesaid，“butitdoesn'tmakemethinkI'mbetterthanotherpeople.”

Tobequitehonest，hisfansjustlovedtohearandwatchhim!

9．Fromthisstorywecanseethat．

A．MichaelJackson'sparentsenjoyedmusicalot

B．Michael'smotherworkedinafactorywhenhewasyoung

C．Michael'sfatherspentalotoftimeindrinking

D．Michaelbegantoearnmoneywhenhewasonlyfouryearsold

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“Buttheywerebothmusicians.”可知本题答案为A。

【答案】　A

10．BeforetheJacksonsbecamewellknown，．

A．noonewouldliketoheartheirsongs

B．theyonlyplayedmusicinthestreets

C．theycouldnotmakemoney

D．theyhadalotofpracticeinmusic

【解析】　推理判断题。

从第四段中的“Practicemakesperfect.AndtheJacksonboyspractised...Theyplayedatparties.Theyenteredbigcontests.Theyworkedatclubs.”可知本题答案为D。

由第四段中的“Thenwordofthisgroupbegantogetaround.”可知并不是没有人喜欢听他们的歌曲，故A项不正确；B项说法过于片面；由第四段中的“WhentheJacksonstookthefirstprofessionaljob，theirtotalpaywasonlyfivedollars！

”可知C项不对。

【答案】　D

11．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A．AboutonepersoninthreeboughtarecordofMichael'sinNewZealand.

B．Michaelbegantoactinfilmswhenhewasfiveyearsold.

C．AllofMichael'ssongswerewrittenbyotherpeople.

D．Michaelthinksthatheismuchmorecleverthanothers.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第五段中的“OnemillionrecordsofhisweresoldinNewZealand，whichhasonlyatotalpopulationofthreemillion！

”可知A项正确。

根据第六段的内容可知B项不正确；由第七段中的“Michaelwrotealotofhisownsongs.”可知C项不对；根据倒数第二段中的“...butitdoesn'tmakemethinkI'mbetterthanotherpeople.”可知D项错误。

【答案】　A

12．Thispassagemainlytellsus．

A．whyMichaelissopopularallovertheworld

B．howtheJacksonsbecamesuccessful

C．howMr.Jacksontrainedhischildren

D．howMichaelbecomessopopularalloverth