新人教版必修3高中英语Unit 1 Festivals around the world单元综合检测卷附答案.docx

1、新人教版必修3高中英语Unit 1 Festivals around the world单元综合检测卷附答案Unit 1 Festivals around the world第卷第一部分阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AAre the British people Europeans？This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians，who tend to think of all white men as Europea

2、ns.But the British，when they are in Britain，do not regard themselves as Europeans.The Europeans，to them，are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel，who have never learnt how to speak English.Europe is “the Continent”：a place full of interest for British tourists，

3、but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved.Thus，although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe，yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very，very insular.They feel，and in many ways are，different from the rest of Europe a

4、nd they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them，or even to understand them，in time of need.Where did the British people come from？This is an extraordinary interesting question，since they are a mixture of many different races，and all these races invaded Britain at various times

5、 from Europe.Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century BC.，but there had been at least three invasions before that.The first of these was by a darkhaired Mediterranean race called the Iberians.The other two were by Celtic tribes：first the Gaels，whose descen

6、dants are the modern Scots and Irish，some of whom still speak the Gaelic language；and second the Britons，who gave their name to the whole island of Britain.These were the people whom the Romans conquered.The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilisation，but they never settled in Britain

7、in very large numbers，so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the “barbarians”，i.e.the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.1The purpose of the passage is to .Atalk about EuropeansBdiscuss the origin of British peopleCargue for the superi

8、ority of British peopleDcompare the Europeans with Africans and Asians答案B解析主旨大意题。由第一段第一句“Are the British people Europeans？”和第二段内容可知B项正确。2It can be known from the passage that .Amost people think white people are EuropeansBthere are many Africans and Asians living in EuropeCwhite men are Europeans in

9、 the eyes of Africans and AsiansDthe British people think of themselves as Europeans答案C解析细节理解题。由第一段第二句“This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians.as Europeans.”可知C项正确。3It can be inferred from the passage that .AEuropeans are those who are unable to speak EnglishBthose who invaded Britai

10、n came from the other side of the English ChannelCBritain is a place full of interest for those excitable foreignersDBritain is the source of almost all the wars in Europe答案B解析推理判断题。通读第一段内容可推出B项正确。4Why do the British people feel very insular?AThey are different from those people in the continent.BTh

11、ey sometimes fail to support the continental countries in time of need.CThey are separated geographically from the continent.DThey are considered very difficult to understand.答案C解析细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句“Thus，although geographically.it is a separate island has made its people feel very，very insular.”可知C项正确。

12、BUnlike most other holidays，the history of April Fools Day，sometimes called All Fools Day，is not totally clear.The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582，in France.Before that year，the New Year was celebrated for eight days，beginning on March 25.The cele

13、bration reached the highest point on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX，the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历) was introduced，and New Years Day was moved to January 1.However，because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today，many people did not receive the new

14、s for several years.Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered “fools” by other people.They were often sent on “fools” errands(徒劳无益的工作) or were made the targets of jokes.This developed，over time，into a tradi

15、tion of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April.The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century.It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France.April Fools Day thus developed into an international fun feast，so to speak，wi

16、th different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.5According to an earlier calendar，New Years Day in France was .AMarch 25 BJanuary 1CApril 1 DApril 3答案C解析细节理解题。从第一段可知。6Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools Day?AFrance. BEngland.CScotland. DAm