高中英语unit4Pygmalion单元检测题新人教版选修8.docx

1、高中英语unit4Pygmalion单元检测题新人教版选修8unit4 Pygmalion.阅读理解ASleep is a basic human need, as basic as the need for oxygen. Getting a good nights sleep is not only directly related to how we feel the next day, but to our longterm health as well. Still, many of us suffer from at least occasional insomnia (失眠).

2、Even more of us report at least one night of restless sleep per week that leaves us feeling ill and irritable. This is a serious problem. If you think otherwise, consider this. People who sleep four hours or less per night are twice as likely not to survive in six years as those who sleep the normal

3、 eight hours or so. Given the seriousness of sleep, how can we make sure that we rest well and stay healthy? While there are no one hundred percent reliable methods, here are some suggestions from sleep experts. If you do have trouble sleeping and these methods dont help, its important that you see

4、a doctor before insomnia causes your health to suffer. Start with these suggestions, though.If you cant sleep in the middle of the night, dont get up. Exposing yourself to bright light will affect your body clock and worsen your insomnia. Avoid naps (小睡), except for a brief tentofifteenminute nap be

5、tween 2：00 and 4：00 pm.Get regular exercise each day, but finish at least six hours before bedtime. Exercising in the evening can help keep you awake. Take a hot bath for thirty minutes within two hours of bedtime. The bath will warm you, relax you, and make you feel sleepy.Keep your bedroom dark, q

6、uiet, and well ventilated (通风的)Keep a regular schedule seven days a week. Sleeping late on the weekends can lead to insomnia during the week.Get at least half an hour of sunlight within thirty minutes of waking. Without the sunlight, your body doesnt know its awake. Keep the face of the clock in you

7、r bedroom turned away, and dont find out what time it is when you awaken in the night.Pleasant Dreams!语篇解读：睡眠无小事，但怎样才能睡好呢？本文给出了很多好办法。1The first paragraph is mainly intended to _.Aoffer possible reasons for insomniaBshow the importance of a good sleepCgive some advice on how to have a good sleepDanal

8、yze the relationship between sleep and insomnia解析：选B段落大意题。根据第一段第一句“Sleep is a basic human need, as basic as the need for oxygen.”及后面的内容可知，第一段主要强调好的睡眠的重要性。2The underlined word “irritable” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_”Aannoyed Bsurprised Cenergetic Deager解析：选A词义猜测题。根据画线词前的ill可知，此处应选择与ill意思相近的

9、表示不适的词，故选A项。3Which behavior would worsen your insomnia?AWalk around the room with the light on in the middle of the night. BHave a hot shower one hour before going to bed.CKeep a regular schedule every day, even on weekends.DAvoid glancing at the clock when you wake up in the night.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一条建

10、议中的“Exposing yourself to bright light will affect your body clock and worsen your insomnia.”可知，应选A项。4To help you get a good nights sleep, you _.Amust take naps from time to timeBhad better stay in bed late on the weekendsCshould go to bed at a regular time every nightDare to be exposed to as much su

11、nlight as possible解析：选C细节理解题。根据第六条建议“Keep a regular schedule seven days a week. Sleeping late on the weekends can lead to insomnia during the week.”可知，应选C项。BIn George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, the storyline centers around three main characters: Eliza Doolittle, Professor Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pi

12、ckering. Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl who is under the instruction of Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering to learn proper grammar and phonetics. Eliza can be characterized as a very sensitive and emotional person. She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men. Her personality clashes (冲突) wi

13、th the personality of Professor Higgins in an extreme way. Professor Higgins is an arrogant (傲慢的), workobsessed expert in phonetics who views Eliza simply as an experiment. He is a bachelor who has never found a place for women in his life due to his obsession (痴迷) with language. Colonel Pickering i

14、s a gentleman from India who is also an expert in language. He is gentler than Higgins and treats Eliza with respect while maintaining a professional interest in her. These three make up the main action of the play as Eliza learns speech of the upper class from them. She manages to pass herself off

15、as a Hungarian princess at a formal party. This achievement makes Eliza give_credence_to the efforts of Higgins and Pickering. After experiencing life in the upper class, Eliza settles for a lowerclass life with a man who loves her for who she is and wants to marry her. After some small and unimport

16、ant disputes, Eliza and Higgins remain friends later. Other memorable characters include Mrs. Higgins who maintains an authoritative figure over her grown son and Mr. Doolittle who rises from a dustman to a respected speaker in the community.I think that this is a good book because it shows that hap

17、piness can be achieved without wealth and fame. I highly recommend it due to its emphasis on grammatical and phonetic correctness.语篇解读：作者分析了Pygmalion 中人物之间的关系，谈到了自己阅读本书的体会，并向读者推荐这本书。5Eliza learns speech of the upper class because _.A. she wants to do an experimentBshe wants to marry a gentlemanCshe

18、has to play a princess at a partyDshe wants to be treated respectfully解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“She seeks to be treated like a duchess by men.”可知，Eliza Doolittle 想让人们像对待公爵夫人那样对待她，也就是说她想让别人毕恭毕敬地对待她。6What does the underlined part “give credence to” in Paragraph 1 mean?ABelieve. BChange.CFancy. DObtain.解析：选A

19、词义猜测题。根据上文可知，Eliza 想让人们像对待公爵夫人那样对待她，而通过 Higgins 和 Pickering 的努力后，她成功冒充成了公爵夫人，由此可知，这次成功使 Eliza 相信 Higgins 和 Pickering 的努力。7The passage is probably _.A. a research paper Ba teaching planCa book report Da diary解析：选C推理判断题。作者首先分析了Pygmalion 中人物之间的关系，然后谈到了自己阅读本书的体会，并向读者推荐这本书，因此这篇文章可能是一篇读书报告。8Who treats Eli

20、za Doolittle in a more respectful way?AHenry Higgins. BColonel Pickering.CMrs. Higgins. DMr. Doolittle.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段中“Colonel Pickering is a gentleman from India who is also an expert in language. He is gentler than Higgins and treats Eliza with respect while maintaining a professional interest i

21、n her.”可知，Colonel Pickering 对待Eliza Doolittle 更加和蔼。CIs early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop childrens physical, sensory (感觉的), communicational and social development. Early childhood education has become a conc

22、ern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten.There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education. Studies have shown that orphan children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally d

23、elayed (耽搁), causing failure in school, and even in life. Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programmes are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to prison.There are also negativ

24、e parts of putting a child in formal education programmes too early. Time Magazine online explains that the younger the child, the less his chances of catching up with firstgrade work. I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programmes became frustrated and

25、bored with school before they finished high school. Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start childhood education earlier.Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary

26、 years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”， as the gains are lost in middle and high school years. It seems that environment is a bigger factor on lifes success than early education. Head Start programmes have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement ga

27、p in poor and middle school children. Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.9The government values the early childhood education in order to _.Adevelop the childrens communicationBhelp the children to learn by playingCget the children prepared for the kindergartenDtrain the childre

28、n formally and regularly解析：选C细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知，政府重视早期教育是为了让孩子们为入学做好准备。10What can we know about the studies from Paragraph 2?AChildren with good early education may have a rich life.BThe orphan children are usually unhappy in their life.CChildren without early education can do well at school.DHead Sta

29、rt programmes are helpful to the poor children.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，Head Start programmes帮助贫穷的孩子为入学做好准备，降低他们接受公众帮助或进监狱的可能，由此可知选D项。11The explanation of Time Magazine online suggests _.Aearly childhood education is helpless to childrens gradeBit is good for young children to receive early educationCe

30、arly education can help children improve their gradesDthe younger the children are, the cleverer they will be解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知，时代周刊认为，接受早期教育的年龄越小，小孩就越不可能表现得好，所以早期教育对学生没有什么帮助作用。12What attitude does the author hold towards early childhood education?AApproving. BOpposed.CObjective. DSubjective.解析：选

31、C推理判断题。综观全文，作者对于儿童早期教育进行了客观分析，认为其有值得肯定的一面，又有不利的一面，需要不断完善，找出弥补方法，故C项正确。DMen who wear pink shirts to work earn more and are more qualified (胜任的) than those who favour traditonal colours such as white or blue, according to a recent survey.Researchers also found that men who wear pink are more likely to

32、 get praise from female colleagues and are more confident characters in the office.A typical pink shirt wearer earns D|S 1,000 more a year than those who choose other colours, the survey of 1,500 male office workers found. Men who wear pink are also twice as likely to have a masters degree as those who favour white shirts, with one in ten pink shirt wearer