高二英语选择性必修第二册版Unit1单元测试能力提升原卷版.docx

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高二英语选择性必修第二册版Unit1单元测试能力提升原卷版

Unit1单元测试能力提升（原卷版）

I.阅读理解

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AnOnlineEvent

Dependingonadvancedtheoryandbrandnewresultsfrompowerfultelescopes,Mackexplorespossiblefinalsfortheuniverseandwhatthey’dlooklike.Ifyou’reinterestedinallofthis,you’rewelcometoMack’sinspiringlecture,afterwhichthere’llbeaquestionandanswersession.

Earlybirdticketsoffer￡12discountbeforeOctober6.

Yourticketincludes:

●Livelecturelasting60minutesincludingQ&AwithKatieMack

●Accesstoarecordingofthetalksothatyoucanwatchitoveragainwiththenext12months

●AdditionalcontentfromNewScientistmagazine

Aboutthespeaker:

KatieMackisknownforherhumorouscommentsandformakingscienceaccessible.Shehasover350,000followersincludingJKRowlingonTwitter.Throughouthercareerasaresearcher,Mackhasstudieddarkmatter,blackholes,andtheformationofthefirstgalaxies.HernewbookTheEndofEverythingisagreatexplorationofthedestructionoftheuniverse.

Eventinformation:

Thisonlineeventwillstartat1:

00pmonThursday,October13.

Bookinginformation:

Ticketscan’tchangetoanyotherNewScientistevent.Refund（退票）canonlybedoneifNewScientistcancelsthisevent.NeitherNewScientistnoritsparentcompanywillberesponsibleforanyadditionalexpensescausedbyticketholdersinrelationtotheevent.TicketsareavailableaheadoftimethroughEventbrite.

1.Whatwillthelecturebemainlyabout?

A.Thefutureoftheuniverse.B.Thehistoryoftheuniverse.

C.Theformationoftheuniverse.D.Thecharacteristicsoftheuniverse.

2.Whatwillticketholdersbeallowedtodo?

A.Refundiftheyarenotavailable.B.Discusswiththespeakerintime.

C.ObtainafreeCDaboutthelecture.D.WinsomeNewScientistmagazines.

3.WhatisafactaboutKatieMackaccordingtothetext?

A.Sheisfamousforwritingsciencefiction.

B.Shehasmadegreatachievementsinphysics.

C.Sheisoneofthemostpopularscientistsonline.

D.Shehasdrawnmanyapprovedconclusionsonspace.

2

2020isspecial.Whenwedipintothemodel“suspendedclass,ongoinglearning”duringthepandemic（大流行）ofNCP,haveyouthoughtoftheinventorsthatsupplyustheconvenienceonthecomputers?

Here,let’sknowarespectablepersonwholeftusafewmonthsago.

LarryTesler:

computerscientist,aniconofearlycomputing,diedattheageof74inthisspring.MrTeslerstartedworkinginSiliconValleyintheearly1960s,atatimewhencomputerswereinaccessibletothevastmajorityofpeople.Itwasthankstohisinnovations,whichincludedthe“cut”,“copy”and“paste”commandsthatthepersonalcomputerbecamesimpletolearnanduse.Xerox,whereMrTeslerspentpartofhiscareer,paidtributetohim.“Theinventorofcut/copy&paste,find&replace,andmore,wasformerXeroxresearcherLarryTesler,”thecompanytweeted.“Yourworkdayiseasierthankstohisrevolutionaryideas.”

MrTeslerwasbornintheBronx,NewYork,in1945,andstudiedatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Aftergraduating,hespecialisedinuserinterface（界面）design,thatis,makingcomputersystemsmoreuser-friendly.Heworkedforanumberofmajortechfirmsduringhislongcareer.HestartedatXeroxPaloAltoResearchCenter（Parc）,beforeSteveJobsinvitedhimforApple,wherehespent17yearsandrosetochiefscientist.AfterleavingApplehesetupaneducationfirm,andworkedforbriefperiodsatAmazonandYahoo.

In2012,hetoldtheBBCofSiliconValley:

“There’salmostacustom--afteryou’vemadesomemoney,youdon’tjustretire,youspendyourtimefundingothercompanies.”

“There’saverystrongelementofexcitement,ofbeingabletosharewhatyou’velearnedwiththenextgeneration.”headded.

4.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothesecondparagraph?

A.MrTeslerinnovatedthecomputer.

B.MrTeslerinventedthe“cut”,“copy”and“paste”commands.

C.MrTeslerspentpartofhiscareerasadatamaninXeroxcompany.

D.Mostpeoplehavemanychancestousecomputersintheearly1960s.

5.HowmanycompaniesdidLarryTesleronceworkedin?

A.threeB.fourC.fiveD.six

6.WhichwordcanbestdescribeMrTeslerasascientist?

A.selflessB.friendlyC.specialD.humorous

7.Whatwillthepassagecontinuetotalkaboutafterthelastparagraph?

A.Educatingthenextgeneration.

B.Discussinghisretiredlife.

C.ShowingtheprospectoftheSiliconValley.

D.Sharinghisknowledgewiththenextgeneration.

3

Therearemanycolorsinnature.Butdoyouthinkthatacolorhasweight?

Ithinkyou'llsay"no".ButI'mafraidyouarewrong.Ifyoudon'tbelieveit,youmaydoasmallexperiment.

First,puttwoobjectswiththesameweightintotwoboxes.Thencovertheboxes.Third,wraponeboxwitharedpieceofpaper,theotheronewithwhitepieceofpaper.OK.Nowholdtheboxeswithyourhandonebyone.Itiscertainthatyouwillthinktheredoneisalittleheavier.

Whydoyouthinkso?

Ascientistfoundthatdifferentcolorshavedifferentweightsinman'smind.Thatistosay,everycolorhasitsownweightinourmind.

Thescientisttoldusthatcolorsalsohavesmell.Canyousmellthecolor?

Ofcoursenot.Thenwhydidthescientistsayso?

Thatisbecauseeverycolorstandsforkindoflightwithacertainwavelength（波长）.Itreachesourbrainthroughsenseorgans.

Accordingtothisdiscoveryscientistssaythatpeopleacceptthecolorstheylike,andrefusethecolorstheyhate.Soyourbodyandmindwillbehealthybyusingthecolorsyoulike.Oryou'llbenervousorevengetill.Forexample,youlikeblueandhatered.Ifyoustayinaroomwithredwindows,wallpaperandfurniturefortwohours,you'llfeelyouhavebeenthereforfourhours.Butiftheroomisblue,you'llfeelyouhavebeenthereforonlyanhour.Andifapersonwalksoutofablueroomandintoaredroom,histemperaturewillrise.Thatmeansourbodytemperaturewillchangewithdifferentcolors.

8.Whatcanweknowfromtheexperiment?

A.Thetwoboxeshavethesameweight.

B.Colorscanchangetheweightofanobject.

C.Theredpaperisheavierthanthewhitepaper.

D.Colorshavedifferentweightsinpeople'smind.

9.WhatcanweinferfromParagraphs?

A.Themealofcolorsischangeable.

B.Peoplecansensethelightfromcolors.

C.Peoplecansmellthecolorsthroughthenose.

D.Allthecolorshavethesamesmellfortheblind.

10.

WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Whitecolorisheavierthanredcolor.

B.Peoplenaygetilliftheyrefusethecolorstheydon'tlike.

C.Peoplecanstaylongerinredroomsthaninbluerooms.

D.People'sbodytemperaturewillchangewithdifferentcolors.

11.Thepassageisprobablya（n）________.

A.shortnovelB.newsreport

C.sciencereportD.advertisement

II.七选五

Everyscientificfieldusesthescientificmethodtoconductexperiments.Performingexperimentsisveryimportantinthefieldofpsychology（心理学）.Beforebeginningastudy,however,anyscientistwhowishestoperformanexperimentshouldbefamiliarwiththestepsofthescientificmethod.12.

◆Formahypothesis（假设）.Itisaneducatedguessaboutwhatwillhappenduringthestudy.13.Comingupwithahypothesisbeforeyoustartcanhelpguideyourexperiment.

◆Planoutastudy.Planningouttheexperimentisessentialbecausethepsychologistneedstoknowiftheyhavetime,materials,andtestingareapreparedbeforehand.Thisstepalsohelpsthescientisttodetermineiftheywillbeperformingdescriptiveorexperimentalresearch.Theidealsituationistoalwaysperformexperimentalresearch.14.Descriptiveresearchsimplycollectsdataregardingtheproblemandformsahypothesisaccordingtothedata.

◆Collectdata.15.Ifthedatacollectedisnotrecordedandorganized,theentireeffortsofthestudymaybewasted.Thebestwaytodothismaybetorecordtheproceedingssothatnodetailsarelost.

◆Analyzethedata.Onceallthedatahasbeencollectedandorganized,itmustbeanalyzed.Usingpreviousresearchorscientificinformationabouttheproblem,thepsychologistmustapplythenewdatagathered.

◆Publishtheinformationlearned.Thefinalstepofthescientificmethodinpsychologyispublishingtheresultsofthestudy.16.Mostpsychologicalexperimentsarepublishedinscientificjournals.

A.Itisbasedonscientificfacts,notjustopinions.

B.Readontofindouthowtousethescientificmethodinpsychology.

C.Beforepsychologistsstarttheexperiment,theymustplanoutthesteps.

D.Thishelpsotherpsychologiststolearnaboutandusethenewinformation.

E.Thescientificmethodhasprovedtobeaneffectivewaytoconductresearch.

F.Tofullyunderstandthestudy,eachpartoftheexperimentmustberecorded.

G.Sometimes,however,thisisimpossibleanddescriptiveresearchwillhavetobeused.

III.完形填空

Thoughpeoplehavediscussedtherelationshipbetweenscienceandnatureformanyyears,thereisnoconsensual（统一的）explanation.Whilesomeviewscienceasapowerfultoolin17nature’ssourceofpower,othersviewitasadanger.OneexampleisBarryCommoner’sarticle,Unraveling（解开）theDNAMyth,whichexplainstherecentdevelopmentsinDNAtechnologyandexpresses18.AnotherexampleisNathanielHawthorne’sshortstory,TheBirthmark.Itisataleaboutafamousscientist,Aylmer,whoseemstobeunravelingnature’sdeepestsecretsonebyone.Despiteallofhis19andvastunderstandingofscience,Aylmerisunabletodirectthatknowledgeinto20freefromnature’sgrasp.Hewasunabletoridhiswifeofherbirthmarkand,intheend,killedher.

Despitethedifferentpresentationsoftheconcepts,thoughtimeseparatedthetwomen,bothpiecesexpressasimilarviewontherelationshipbetweenscienceandnature.Bothpiecessuggestthatnatureis21andholds