人教版高中英语选修8Unit1单元检测含答案.docx

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人教版高中英语选修8Unit1单元检测含答案

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Americancultureisuniquebecauseitisformedanddevelopedundercertainconditions.Themajorfactorscontributingtothemakingofthisflewnationandtheformingofanewculturearethehardenvironment,ethnicdiversity（多民族）andpluralreligion,whichisquitedifferentfromothernationsintheworld.Whatismore,theseelementsarestillinfluencingtheAmericanculture.

TheearlyimmigrantswhowereEnglishPuritanssettleddowninnortheastpartofAmerica.From1607to1892,frontierswerepushedfurtherwest.Thefrontiersmenlookedforalandofrichresourcesandalandofpromise,opportunityandfreedom.Actuallytheylookedforabetterlife.Soindividualism（个人主义）,selfreliance,andequalityofopportunityhaveperhapsbeenthevaluesmostcloselyassociatedwiththefrontierheritage（遗产）ofAmerica.

Inhistory,peoplefromdifferentcountriesintheworldrushedtoAmericathreetimes.TheybroughttheirownculturetoAmericaandlateron,differentculturesweremixedtogether.ThustheuniqueAmericancultureisformed,acommonculturallifewithcommonlysharedvalues.

ThefundamentalAmericanbeliefinindividualfreedomandthefightofindividualstopracticetheirownreligionisatthecenterofreligiousexperienceintheUnitedStates.Thegreatdiversityofethnicbackgroundshasproducedreligiouspluralism;almostallofthereligionsoftheworldarenowpracticedintheUnitedStates.

Nowadays,wecanseethecontinualinfluenceofthethreeelementsinthecurrentAmericansociety.Americanfamilyistypicallyparentsandtheirunmarriedchildren.Middleagedandelderlypeoplegenerallydonotlivewiththeirmarriedchildren.ThepeopleinAmericahaveaverystrongdesiretostartanewlifeinanewplace.Quiteanumberofpeoplechangeresidenceseveryyear.TheaverageAmericanmovesfourteentimesinhislifetime.

1．Wecanlearnfromthisarticlethat________.

A．thefrontiersmenleftimportantsocietyvaluesforAmericanculture

B．theearlyimmigrantsbroughtabouttheuniqueAmericanculture

C．peopleintheworldoncerushedtoAmericabecauseofitsuniqueculture

D．theAmericanfamilymembersdon’tgetalongwellwitheachother

2．What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsAmericanculture?

A．Heiscriticalofit.

B．Headmiresitverymuch.

C．Hejuststatesthefacts.

D．Helooksdownuponit.

3．Thelastparagraphisabout________.

A．thefamilystructureinAmericansociety

B．theinfluenceofthethreeelementsinthecurrentAmericansociety

C．thenewlifestyleofAmericanfamily

D．thereasonwhyAmericanpeopleliketochangeresidences

4．Whatmightbethemostsuitabletitleofthisarticle?

A．TheImmigrantsinAmerica

B．WhyAmericanCultureisUnique

C．TheInfluenceofAmericanCulture

D．PluralReligionandAmericanCulture

B

TheUSAjustendureditshottestsummerin75yearsandthesecondhottestsummeronrecord,accordingtodatareleasedThursdayafternoonbytheNationalClimaticDataCenterinAsheville,N．C.

TheaverageUStemperatureduringthesummerof2011was74.5degrees,whichwas2.4degreesabovethelongterm（19012000）average.OnlytheDustBowl（沙尘暴）yearof1936,at74.6degrees,waswarmer.

Fourstates—Texas,Oklahoma,NewMexicoandLouisiana—hadtheirwarmestsummereverrecorded,theclimatecenteralsoreported.

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Reportlinksextremeweathereventstoglobalwarming.

AveragetemperaturesforthesummerinTexasandOklahoma,at86.8degreesand86.5degrees,respectively,exceededthepreviousstatewideaveragetemperaturerecordforanystateduringanyseason.

Texasalsosufferedthroughitsdriestsummeronrecord.Thestateisinthemidstofitsworstdroughtsincethe1950s.Morethan81%ofthestateislistedasexperiencingextremedrought,theworstcategory,accordingtoThursday’sUSDroughtMonitor.

ThedroughtmonitoralsoreportedthatathirdofthecontiguousUSAiscurrentlyinadrought.

Atotalof15statesintheSouthandEastsweltered（闷热）throughoneoftheirtop10warmestsummersonrecord.

“Basedonagovernmentindexusingresidentialenergydemandasanindicatoroftemperature，”thecontiguousUStemperature—relatedenergydemandwas22.3%aboveaverageduringsummer,theclimatecenternotedinanonlinereport.“Thisisthelargestsuchvalueduringtheindex’speriodofrecord,whichdatesto1895.”

Ontheotherside,twostates—OregonandWashington—hadacoolerthanaveragesummer,whileCaliforniahaditswettestsummeronrecord.

USclimatedatagobackto1895.TheclimatecenterdefinessummerasJune1Aug.31.Itwillreleaseglobaltemperaturedataforthesummerof2011nextweek.

5．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A．Theweatherinthesummerof1936wascoolerthanthissummerintheUSA.

B．TheweatherintheUSAthissummeristhesecondhottestoneonrecord.

C．TheaverageUStemperatureduringthesummerof2011isbelowthelongterm（19012000）average.

D．Theextremeweatherhasnothingtodowithglobalwarming.

6．Whatdoestheunderlinedwordmeaninthefifthparagraph?

A．Lessthan.　　　　　　　　　　　　B．Quickerthan.

C．Morethan.D．Betterthan.

7．Howmanywarmestsummersonrecordhaveatotalof15statesintheSouthandEastswelteredthrough?

A．OneB．Eleven.

C．NineD．Ten.

8．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A．SomethingabouttheweatherintheUSAthissummer.

B．ItisthehottestsummerintheUSAonrecord.

C．GlobalwarminginfluencingontheweatherintheUSA.

D．ItisthedriestsummerintheUSAthissummer.

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TheAmericaneducationsystemisunusualinthatitallowsstudentstotransferfromoneschooltoanother.

Decidingtotransferisaveryimportantdecisiontomakeduringyourcollegecareer.Ifyouarethinkingabouttransferring,hereissomeinformationyoushouldhavetogetstartedontheprogress.

Themostcommonreasonsfortransferringare：

1．Movingfromatwoyearcommunitycollegetoafouryearcollege/university

CommunityCollegesaredesignedtobetransferschoolsandofferonlythefirsttwoyearsofundergraduate（本科）study.Theirgraduatesoftengoontodothelasttwoyearsofabachelor’sdegreeatanotherschool.Manystudentschoosesuchanapproachtotheiruniversityeducation.Communitycollegetuitionislow,thoughmanycommunitycollegesoffergreateducations.

2．Gettingintoabetterschool

Forthosestudentswhowantasecondtryattheirdreamschoolsorforthosewhosimplywanttotradeup,transferringaftertheirfreshmanorsophomore（二年级）yearmightbeanoption（选择）.It’smucheasiertogetintoselectiveschoolsasasophomore/juniorthanasafreshman.

3．Majors

GiventhatUSschoolsgenerallyonlyrequirestudentstodeclaretheirmajorsintheirsophomoreyear,sometimesstudentsdonotrealizetheirpreferredmajorsareunavailableattheirschoolsuntilthey’veattendedclassesforafullyear.Studentstransferringforthisreasonarebestadvisedtoresearchwhichschoolsarehighlyrespectedintheirpreferredmajorsbeforemakingtheirtransferchoice.

Keepinmindthatsomecredits（学分）maynotbetransferable.Ifyouaretransferringfromatwoyearschooltoafouryearschool,youmayberequiredtoretakecoursethatyouhavealreadycompletedatthecommunitycollege.Furthermore,someschoolsrequireyoutocompleteaminimumnumberofcreditsatyournewschoolbeforeyoucangraduate（usually60creditsortwoyearsofcoursework）.Thismaydelayyourgraduationdate.

9．WhyistheAmericaneducationsystemspecial?

A．Becauseitpermitsstudentstochangefromoneschooltoanother.

B．Becauseitprovideshigheducation.

C．Becauseitstuitionislow.

D．Becausecollegeonlytakestwoyears’time.

10．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A．Communitycollegetuitionisnothigh.

B．It’snothardtogetintoselectiveschoolsasasophomorethanasafreshman.

C．Studentshadknowntheirpreferredmajorsareavailableattheirschoolsbeforetheyattendedclasses.

D．Someschoolsaskyoutocompleteaminimumnumberofcreditsatyournewschoolbeforeyoucangraduate.

11．Whatdoesthelastparagraphmean?

A．Somecreditsmaynotbetransferable.

B．Somecreditsmaybetransferable.

C．Whenyougotoanewschool,youneedn’tretakecourse.

D．Ifyoutransfer,yourgraduatedatemaybedelayed.

12．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A．Thetipsoftransferring.

B．Thinkhardbeforeyouchangeschools.

C．TheAmericaneducationsystem.

D．Decidingtotransferisveryimportantduringyourcollegecareer.

D

NeilKerwinbecameAmericanUniversity’s（AU）14thpresidentinSeptember2007.KerwinjoinedAUin1975andhasheldnumerousdepartmentandleadershippositions,includingheadoftheSchoolofPublicAffairs.Inthisinterview,hespeaksaboutdevelopingleadershipamongAUstudentsandinspiringthemtopublicserviceandthelessonshehaslearnedasthepresidentofAmericanUniversity.

“ThelongerIdothiskindofwork,thecleareritistomethatleadershipisacollectiveactivity.ThishappenshereatAmericanUniversityhundredsoftimeseverydayateverylevelofthedoingandmanaginghardworktoreachthosegoals.Simply,leadershipcannotbethefieldorresponsibilityofonepersonorasmallgroupatthetop.Atitsbest,itisuptotheorganization.”

“Apresident’sroleistomakethatclear,ensureithappens,andprovidespace,ideas,encouragementandacknowledgmentofaccomplishments.Vision（有远见卓识）isimportant,butonethatcolleagueshave