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学年高二英语人教版选修8Unit1Alandofdiversity单元检测
一、单词拼写
根据下列各句句意和首字母提示写出对应单词的正确、完整形式。
根据下列各句句意和首字母提示写出对应单词的正确、完整形式。
1．Itsuddenlyo________tomethatIcoulduseacomputertodothejob.
2．Hepaused,a________lostinthought.
3．Theteachersaidthatyouranswerwasbynom________satisfactory.
4．Them________agreedtothisdecisionandonlyafewwereagainstit.
5．I________meanstheprocessinwhichpeopleenteracountryinordertolivepermanently.
6．Thewinecontainsasmallp________ofalcohol.
7．TheCongressofR________EqualityorCOREisaU．S.civilrightsorganizationthatplayedanimportantroleintheCivilRightsMovementfromitsfoundation.
8．Whenwewentoutoftherailwaystation,Johntoldmetostaywiththel________whilehefoundataxi.
9．Itwasicy,andpeopleweres________andslidingallalongthestreet.
10．Theyi________atubeinhismouthtohelphimbreathe.
11．B________isaplacewherebreadandcakesaremadeorsold.
12．Hestoppedandg________thehandleofthedoor.
13．Hisgrandmothersoldallherc________topayforhimtogotocollege.
14．Somecelebratetheholidaybytellingwhattheyaremostt________for.
15．Hes________hurriedlythismorningandcuthimselfbadly.
答案：
1.occurred 2.apparently 3.means 4.majority 5.Immigration 6.percentage 7.Racial 8.luggage
9．slipping 10.inserted 11.Bakery12.grasped 13.cattle 14.thankful 15.shaved
二、词类转换
用括号内所提供单词的适当形式完成句子。
1．The________betweenthemisnotso________fortheyaretwins.（distinct）
2．Weareconsumersoftime,andthe________ofusalsotendtowastethe________timeinourdailylife.（major）
3．Hesuffered________withoutcomplainingduringthetripandhis________experiencegavehimachancetolearnindependence.（hardship）
4．Hewas________asthepresidentagainandsomethoughtthe________wasatotalfailure.（elect）
5．Anewlawhasbeenbroughtintodiscourage________prejudiceandaskequalrightsfordifferent________.（race）
答案：
1.distinction,distinct 2.majority,major
3．hardship,hard 4.elected,election 5.racial,race
三、完成句子
根据所给的汉语提示完成英语句子。
1.当他到达旅馆的时候，第一件想做的事就是把行李放下，洗个澡，再刮一下胡须，然后出去走走。
Whenhearrivedatthehotel,thefirstthinghewantedtodowasto____________________，haveashoweranda________，andthenwalkaround.
2.许多非法移民觉得他们待在美国像是种惩罚，因为只有少数人得到了公正的待遇，被允许住在美国。
ManyillegalimmigrantsfeltthattheirstayinAmericawaslikea________becauseonlyafewofthemgotjusticeand______________________livethere.
3.民政部门试图想办法让海鸥减少噪音，但没有成功。
_________________triedtoreducethenoisemadeby________butfailed.
4.许多英国农民为那些因为疯牛病而被杀死的牛感到悲痛。
ManyEnglishfarmers________________whichhadtobe________becauseof“madcowdisease”.
5.虽然我家离市中心很远，但没有空气污染和交通堵塞的问题。
Althoughmyhouseis____________________ofthecity,ithasnoairpollutionortrafficjams.
答案：
1.leavehisluggage/baggage,shave
2．punishment,wereallowedto
3．Thecivilauthorities,seagulls
4．mournedtheircattle,killed
5．farfromthecenter/nowherenearthecenter
（测试时间：
120分钟 评价分值：
120分）
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
A
IndustrialpollutionisnotonlyaproblemforthecountriesofEuropeandNorthAmericabutalsoanextremelyseriousprobleminsomedevelopingcountries.Forthesecountries,economicgrowthisaveryimportantaim.Theywanttointroduceindustries,andsotheyputfewcontrolsonindustrieswhichcausepollution.
Cubatao,anindustrialtownof85，000peopleinBrazil,isanexampleoftheconnectionbetweenindustrialdevelopmentandpollution.In1954,Cubataohadnoindustry.Todayithasmorethantwentylargefactories,whichproducemanypollutants（污染物）.Thepeopleofthetownaresufferingfromthepoisonousmattersintheirsurroundings,andthebadeffectscanbeclearlyseen.Birthshortcomingsareextremelycommon.Amongchildrenandadults,lungproblemsaresometimestwelvetimesmorecommoninCubataothanthoseinotherplaces.
ItistruethatBrazil,likemanyothercountries,haslawsagainstpollution,buttheselawsarenotenforcedstrictlyenough.Itischeaperforcompaniestotakenonoticeofthelawsandpaythefines（罚款）thantobuytheexpensiveequipmentthatwillreducethepollution.Itisclear,therefore,thateconomicgrowthismoreimportanttothegovernmentthantothehealthoftheworkers.However，theresponsibility（责任）doesnotcompletelyliewiththeBraziliangovernment.TheexampleofCubataoshowsthatinternationalcompaniesarenotactinginaresponsibleway,either.AnumberoffactoriesinthetownareownedbylargecompaniesfromFrance,Italy,andtheUS.TheyaredoingthingsinBrazilthattheywouldnotbeabletodoathome.Iftheycausedthesameamountofpollutionathome,theywouldbeseverely（严厉地）punishedorevenputoutofbusiness.
1．Wherecanwefindtheindustrialpollutionisaveryseriousproblem?
A．Intheocean.
B．Insomedevelopedcountries.
C．Insomeislands.
D．Insomedevelopingcountries.
解析：
事实细节题。
根据文章第一段第一句中“extremelyserious”可知，污染特别严重的是发展中国家。
答案：
D
2．HowisthehealthofthepopulationofCubatao?
A．Therearemoreheartdiseasesamongpeoplewholivenearchemicalfactories.
B．Morepeoplesufferfromlungdiseasesbecauseofpoisonousmatter.
C．TheirhealthisaffectedbypollutantsthesamewayasthatofotherBrazilians.
D．Babiestherearefoundnotasbrightasthosewholiveinotherplaces.
解析：
事实细节题。
根据文章第二段最后一句可知答案为B项。
答案：
B
3．WhydosomeforeigncompaniesliketosetuptheirplantsinBrazil?
A．TheinvestmentenvironmentinBrazilissuitableforthem.
B．TheywillnotbeseverelypunishediftheycausepollutioninBrazil.
C．TheycanmakemuchmoneybecausetheydonothavetopayBrazilianworkersmuch.
D．TheycanactinanirresponsiblewayinBrazilbecausetherearenopollutionlawsthere.
解析：
事实细节题。
根据文章第三段最后一句可知答案为B项。
答案：
B
B
AmadeoPeterGiannini（1870—1949）wasalittlemanbymanystandards.ThesonofItalianimmigrantstoAmerica，hewasstillviewedas“foreign”bymanystandards.Toprovehimself，heenteredthewholesaleproducebusiness，andbecameasuccesswhilehewasstillayoungman.Buthisheartwasnotinpotatoesandtomatoes.Itwasthiscommonmanwhostruggledagainstaworldthatseemedtoservetherich.
Tofightagainstthetrend，GianniniopenedtheBankofItalyinSanFranciscoin1904.Itwasofferingsavingsaccountsandmakingloansto“littlepeople”thatotherinstitutionsturneddown.Hisacceptanceoftheirbusinesswasbasedsolelyoncharacter.Andwithinayear，hisdeposits（存款）amountedtomorethan$700，000.
Butlessthantwoyearsafteropening，heencounteredhisfirstmajorchallenge，thegreatSanFranciscoearthquake.Sototalwasthedestructionthathewasforcedtogetupatemporarybankimmediately，infrontoftheformerbuilding，withheavywoodenboardssetacrosstwobarrels.Hishoursextendedintotheeveningtoservetheworkingman，insteadofclosingupat3pmlikemostbanks.Hebasedhisbusinessonopennessandtrust，makinghisreputationbyhelpingthecityrebuild.ThenheexpandedtheBankofItalyacrossCaliforniabreakingwithanAmericantraditionofindependentlocalbanksbyprovidinghisegalitarian（平等主义的）bankingservicesto“littlefellows”intheYugoslavian，Russian，Mexican，Portuguese，Chinese，Greek，andotherimmigrantcommunities.Bythemid1920s，heownedthethirdlargestbankinthenation.
In1928，GianniniputhisbanksintoagiantholdingcompanyhecalledTransamericaCorporation，reflectinghisnewambition.In1930，heformedtheBankofAmerica，whichwouldeventuallybecomethelargestintheUnitedStates.Asameasureofitssuccess，itwithstoodtheGreatDepression，fundinglargeindustrialandagriculturalgroupsaswellasCalifornia'sfastdevelopingmovieindustryandeventheGoldenGateBridge.WhenGianninidiedonJune3，1949，attheageof79，hundredsofordinarypeopleshowedupforhisfuneral.
4．AmadeoPeterGianniniwasregardedasalittlemanprobablybecause________．
A．hewastheyoungestsonofItalianimmigrantstoAmerica
B．hewasshortandpoorwhenhefirstcametoAmerica
C．hecamefromordinarypeopleandwasdevotedtohelpingthem
D．hemadehisfortunefromsmallbusinessesatfirst
解析：
推理判断题。
根据文章第一段和第二段可知，AmadeoPeterGiannini是一位普通的意大利移民的儿子，他致力于帮助普通人。
答案：
C
5．AmadeoPeterGianniniwouldofferloanstopeopleif________．
A．theyheldpromisingbusinesses
B．theywereItalians
C．theypromisedtopaymoreinterestthanothers
D．theywerehonestenough
解析：
推理判断题。
根据第二段第三句可知，AmadeoPeterGiannini仅仅凭客户的人品放贷。
第三段“Hebasedhisbusinessonopennessandtrust”也为该题提供了答题依据。
答案：
D
6．AmadeoPeterGianniniwasprobablythefirstto________．
A．buildaforeignbankinAmerica
B．setupindependentlocalbanksinAmerica
C．foundachainofbanksacrossCalifornia
D．offerloanstoimmigrantcommunities
解析：
事实细节题。
文章第三段说明AmadeoPeterGiannini结束了美国只有地方独立银行的传统，在整个加利福尼亚开办了银行。
答案：
C
7．Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?
A．TransamericaCorporationquicklybecamethelargestinAmerica.
B．ThesuccessofCalifornia'smovieindustryowedalottoGiannini.
C．GianninimadealargeamountofmoneyfromtheGoldenGateBridge.
D．GianninisufferedalotduringtheGreatDepression.
解析：
推理判断题。
文章最后一段说明，AmadePeterGiannini资助了加利福尼亚快速发展的电影业。
答案：
B
C
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NewYorkhasbeenfamousas“thecitythatneversleeps”，butreallythistitlebelongstoCairo.Egyptisa“young”countryandthemajorityofitspopulationisunder30yearsold.ThecitizensofCairogooutfordinnerandfunatabout8pmanydayoftheweek，andthisgoesforeveryone：
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