高中英语版高中英语人教版选修6同步练习题Unit 5 The power of nature单元综合测评.docx

1、高中英语版高中英语人教版选修6同步练习题Unit 5 The power of nature 单元综合测评单元综合测评(时间：100分钟；满分：120分) .阅读理解(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.AThough doing washing is relatively effortless,most people hate the work,which is probably why this new shirt produced by an American company,called Wool & Prince,

2、is producing so much interest.According to Mac Brown,the shirts creator,the seemingly ordinary shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! Of course,any shirt can be worn for that long,if smell is not a problem.However,the Wool & Prince shirt is different because it remains as fresh sme

3、lling as it was the first day it was put on.And it never needs ironing,because it never wrinkles.While that may sound magical and even impossible,it is true.The secret to their success lies in the raw material used to make the shirt wool instead of cotton.Not only are wool fibers about four times st

4、ronger than cotton,but thanks to the natural crimp(皱褶),they also do not wrinkle as easily.But most importantly,the fiber is better at allowing moisture to escape.Sweat in itself is not smelly.It just gets that way when in contact with the human skin.Therefore,the fact that the fabric allows it to go

5、 off gives the shirt the “super power” to stay fresh after so many wears.You can get this magical shirt for $98,which is the current selling price on fundraising site Kickstarter.The company hopes to use the funds collected to begin producing the shirts.If things go well,Wool & Prince is planning to

6、 introduce other clothing,including similar dresses for women.Well,youve got your favorite pair of jeans already.You might as well add your new favorite shirts youll never have to wash or hang up either.They are surely a perfect match!1What is the character of the special shirt made by Mac Brown?AIt

7、 can be worn for straight days without washing.BIt has no smelly problems like other shirts.CIt remains as fresh smell as the first day its put on.DIt doesnt need washing and never wrinkles.【解析】细节理解题.根据第二段中的句子However,the Wool & Prince shirt is different because it remains as fresh smelling as it was

8、 the first day it was put on.And it never needs ironing,because it never wrinkles.可知其特征是“它总是和第一天穿上时一样有清新的气味”,所以选择C项.【答案】C2The fourth paragraph mainly tells us _Athe advantages of the special shirtBthe causes of keeping freshCwhy the special shirt doesnt wrinkle easilyDit is beneficial to human skin【

9、解析】主旨大意题.第四段提到：羊毛纤维的强度是棉花的四倍、不褶皱、透气好等,所以本段主要说的是这种特殊衬衫的好处.【答案】A3If you want to buy the special shirt,_Ayou must book in advanceByouve to go shopping at a storeCyoull be presented with dresses for womenDyou can click the site Kickstarter【解析】细节理解题.根据第五段中的句子You can get this magical shirt for $98,which i

10、s the current selling price on fundraising site Kickstarter.可知“目前应该在网上买”.【答案】DBJapanese bookseller Yoshiyuki Morioka has come up with a highly unusual concept for a bookstore.He sells books of a sort at a time in a shop located in Ginza,Tokyos luxury shopping district.You might argue that its hardly

11、 a bookstore if you cant go in and spend at least a few hours looking through hundreds of books,but Morioka never intended to create a classic bookstore.He notes that its like a weekly suggested reading service.You just go in and directly pick up the book chosen for the week,relieving yourself of th

12、e burden of choice.“Before this bookstore,I had been running another one in Kayabacho for ten years,” Morioka said.“There,I used to organize book launches(新书发布)During such events,a lot of people visited the store for a single book.I started to believe that perhaps with just one book,a bookstore coul

13、d be managed.”To finance the store,Morioka sold his huge collection of Japanese wartime propaganda(宣传资料)The store is very small,with walls and ceiling barely covered with a thin coat of white paint.An oldfashioned cupboard with many drawers serves as the counter,while a wooden table in the center di

14、splays the title of the week.The bookstore serves as an exhibition of the book and its plot,making the story come alive.Morioka also asks the author to be at the bookstore for as much time as possible.It isnt clear how Morioka goes about choosing which book to sell.However,he has sold out a total of

15、 2,000 books up to now.“The concept of this bookstore seems to have gained the sympathy of people,and I receive a number of guests from all over the globe,” he said.【语篇解读】本文为记叙文,题材为新闻广告类.日本书商盛冈三行在奢侈品店林立的东京银座开了一家书店,每周只向读者出售一种书籍.4What makes Moriokas bookstore special?AIt is in the shopping center.BThe

16、 authors act as salesmen there.CIt only sells a kind of book every week.DThe stories in the books are performed there.【解析】细节理解题.由第一、二段可知,日本书商盛冈三行的创意不同寻常：他新开了一家书店,自开张以来,书店每周都只出售一种书籍.【答案】C5According to Morioka,his new concept _Abrings convenience to peopleBis against booklaunch eventsCagrees with the

17、classic bookstoreDgives people more choices in reading【解析】推理判断题.由第二段可知,盛冈三行指出,他的书店更像是每周提供一次推荐阅读的服务机构.人们进去直接拿起可供购买的书,消除了读者挑选的负担.【答案】A6What do we know about Morioka?AHe doesnt know how to run a business.BHe got money support by selling his collections.CHe got the idea of the new bookstore from readers

18、.DHe opened the bookstore to organize book launches.【解析】细节理解题.由第三段可知,盛冈三行为了筹建这家书店卖掉了他囤积的战时宣传资料.【答案】B7What can we learn about the bookstore?AIt is welldecorated.BIt has been well received.CIts daily sales are 2,000.DIt offers service to the Japanese only.【解析】细节理解题.由最后一段可知,到现在为止,盛冈三行共卖出了两千本书.他说这种书店创意得

19、到了许多人的认可,他的顾客来自世界各地.由此可推测,他的书店已被大众所接受.【答案】BC 【导学号：35142050】Different people like doing different things；different people have different hobbies.My brother is fond of collecting stamps.He has a very good collection and he is proud of it.His stamps can tell you about different people and different cou

20、ntries.My brother often says that his hobby is popular with people of all ages.Collecting stamps is easy and interesting.It is great fun.You begin to learn many interesting facts about history and famous people when you start to collect stamps.At first people collect every kind of stamp.But soon the

21、y begin to make special collections.Sometimes they specialize in stamps of one subject only,for example,birds,animals,flowers or sports.Birds or sports,are your theme.This kind of collecting is called thematic.My brothers collection is thematic.His theme is fish.My best friend,Alice,is a collector t

22、oo.She is fond of collecting badges(徽章)Her collection is also thematic.Her theme is sports.She keeps her badges on the wall.When you come into her room you can see them all there.My grandfather collected coins when he was a boy.Some people collect dolls.My uncle does.When he travels he always brings

23、 home dolls from different countries.Some people collect pictures,cups,toys,toy soldiers,books,pencils and many other things.But collecting things is not the only hobby people have.Some people are fond of travelling or gardening.Very many boys and girls are fond of sport and that is their hobby.My a

24、unts hobby is taking pictures and my mother is fond of music.If you have one,what is your hobby?8The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to_Astamps BbadgesCbirds Dflowers【解析】词义理解题.从前句的She keeps her badges on the wall可知,这里的them指的是那些挂在墙上的徽章,故选B项.【答案】B9From the last paragraph,we can infer that

25、_Athe writers hobbies are travelling and gardeningBcollecting is a favorite hobby of many peopleCdifferent people have different hobbiesDboys have different hobbies from those of girls【解析】推理判断题.由最后一段的travelling or gardening和sport,taking pictures,music等可知不同的人有不同的爱好,故选C项.【答案】C10Which of the following

26、is the best title for the text?AInteresting hobbiesBWearing badgesCCollecting stampsDEnjoying music【解析】主旨大意题.本文主要介绍了各种各样的业余爱好,尤其是提到了作者的弟弟等人的集邮爱好等,同时也指出了爱好的形式是不同的,因此A项符合主题.【答案】A11The author develops the third and the fourth paragraphs mainly by_Acause and effect Border in spaceCorder in time Dexample

27、s【解析】细节理解题.第三、四段主要运用了举例子的方法对人们各种各样的爱好进行表述,故D项为正确答案.【答案】DDBlueeyed people have been living in Europe for at least 7,000 years,scientists have discovered.A man who lived on the Iberian Peninsula before Europeans became farmers probably had blue eyes but dark hair and skin,according to scientists who h

28、ave sequenced (按序排列 ) his DNA.This surprising combination of eye,hair and skin coloring may not have been unusual during his lifetime,but it is no longer seen among modern Europeans,reported by the journal Nature.The man,a Neolithic huntergatherer known to scientists as La Brana ,is of great interes

29、t to scientists because he offers a snapshot (简况) of what was in Europeans DNA before agriculture spread through the continent.Experts have theorized that certain genetic feature spread quickly among humans after they adopted the farming lifestyle.La Brana shows that at least some of their predictio

30、ns were correct.The mans skeleton,along with that of a male companion,was discovered in 2006 in a cave in what is now northeastern Spain.The site,known as La BranaArintero,sits about 5,000 feet above sea level,and the cave provided a cold,refrigeratorlike environment that preserved his DNA.In the la

31、b,scientists were able to remove enough DNA from a single tooth to reconstruct La Brana s entire genome.They compared it to the DNA of other ancient Europeans (including Otzi,the 5,300yearold mummy found in an Alpine glacier) and determined that he was a closer match with huntergatherers than with f

32、armers.When it came to genes that would influence La Brana s appearance,the researchers found that their 7,000yearold subject had versions of two skin pigment(色素) genes that are either very rare or nonexistent among Europeans today.Then they looked at other places in the genome that influence pigmentation(色素沉着) and found a