习题外研版选修8 Module 2课下能力提升十.docx

1、习题外研版选修8 Module 2课下能力提升十课下能力提升(十).根据提示写出单词的正确形式1We owe (应给予，感激) a lot to our teachers.2This meat is so tough I can hardly chew (咀嚼) it!3For dessert (甜食), you can have ice cream or apple pie.4Children should learn above all how to observe good manners (礼仪) at table.5The fillings (馅) can be either mea

2、t or vegetables.6A lot of poisonous (poison) waste from the chemical works polluted the river. 7His cakes were so tasty (taste) that he sold them in dozens.8We climbed up energetically and breathed the fresh air greedily (greed)9Xiao Wang is doing his best to meet the_requirements (require) of his p

3、arents.10The students begin their classes at a fixed (fix) time.选词填空owe . to， end up， make out， go against， be obsessed with， get used to， according to， to ones surprise 1Jack went_against his parents wishes and married a blind girl.2Yesterday Lucys birthday party ended_up with a Happy Birthday song

4、.3Jane couldnt_make_out what David was saying, but she pretended to listen to him carefully.4We owed our success to good luck.5After hearing the concert, she is_obsessed_with classical music.6He got up late in the past, and now he has got_used_to getting up early.7To_our_surprise he has been away fr

5、om home for years.8They both played the game according_to the rules.完成句子1第一次去深圳时我迷了路。I lost my way the_first_time I went to Shenzhen.2难怪他非常生气，他的妈妈不允许他玩电脑游戏。No_wonder he was quite angry; his mother didnt allow him to play computer games.3他说他确实来看过我，但是我当时不在。He said he did_come to see me, but I wasnt in

6、.4你在睡觉前闻一闻这些花，可能会终得美梦。Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just end_up_with_sweet_dreams.5尽管他们是兄弟俩，他们却毫无共同之处。Though they are brothers, they have_nothing_in_common.阅读理解AThe spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and for the environment. Those finding

7、s come from a new report in the journal Nature.David Tilman is a professor at the University of Minnesota. In the study, he examined information from 100 nations to show what people ate and how diet affected health. Mr Tilman noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industri

8、alized (工业化), population increased and earnings rose. More people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet. The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker.“The food, let us say, in the 15 richest nations of the world, ri

9、ght now contains about 400 or 500 extra calories (热量) a day that are eaten beyond what people need, and that leads people to gain weight.”David Tilman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases like diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Diabetes is shooting to very high rates in the

10、 United States and across Europe. Heart disease is a major cause of death in the Western nations. Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these same health problems.A diet bad for human beings, it seems, is also bad for the environment

11、. As the worlds population grows, experts say more forests and areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for raising cattle. These areas will be needed to meet the increasing demand for food.Mr Tilman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, “a dilemma”， a situation wh

12、ere it is very difficult to decide what to do. He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.1Why did people get fatter in the 1960s?AThey ate foods high in calories.BThey adopted a western lifestyle.CThey set aside little time for exercise.DThey had a better life and became lazie

13、r.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第二段最后三句可知人们接受了西方的饮食，它们含有很多的糖、脂肪、油和肉，因为它们含有较高的卡路里，所以吃这些东西很容易发胖。2According to the text, overweight people may suffer the following diseases EXCEPT _.Adiabetes Bskin diseaseCcancers Dheart disease解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段的第一句“David Tilman says overweight people are at greater risk for diseases li

14、ke diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.”可知选B项。3What can we infer from Paragraph 5?AThere will be fewer and fewer forests.BPeople wont care about the environment.CThe worlds population will grow faster than ever.DRaising cattle will be the most moneymaking business.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第五段中第二、三句可知森林将会变得

15、越来越少，人将会变得更多，但没有提到人口增长会更快，故选A项。4What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?ATo tell people effective ways to keep healthy.BTo call on people to give up the Western diet.CTo show the problems industrialized nations are facing.DTo draw peoples attention to environmental protection.解析：选B

16、写作目的题。根据文章的最后一句可知所有的这些问题的解决办法就是摆脱西方的饮食。BThe World Health Organization (WHO) says the widespread use of sugar in food products and drinks is a major concern in many areas. So WHO officials are calling on governments to require taxes on sugary drinks. The officials believe the taxes also would reduce

17、the risk of health problems resulting from obesity (肥胖)Obesity is a condition in which the body stores large, unhealthy amounts of fat. A new report says that in 2014 more than onethird of the adults in the world were overweight, and 500 million were considered obese. The United Nations agency estim

18、ates that in 2015, 42 million children under age 5 were either overweight or obese. Almost half of these boys and girls live in Asia and onefourth in Africa.The U. N. agency blames unhealthy diets for a rise in diabetes cases. There are more than 400 million cases of the disease worldwide. The WHO s

19、ays 1.5 million people die from it every year. It says the use of sugar in food products and drinks is a major reason for the increase in rates of obesity and diabetes.Temo Waqanivalu is with the agency. He told VOA that taxing sugary drinks would reduce consumption and save lives. Waqanivalu noted

20、that Mexico enacted a 10 percent tax on sugary drinks in 2014. He said by the end of the year, there was a 6 percent drop in the consumption of such drinks. Among poor people, the number of people who consumed sugary drinks dropped by 17 percent.The WHO says people should limit the amount of sugar t

21、hey consume. It says they should keep their sugar intake to below 10 percent of their total energy needs, and reduce it to less than 5 percent for improved health.语篇解读：本文是说明文。鉴于目前世界肥胖人口数量的增长，世界卫生组织呼吁政府向含糖饮料征税，希望以此来降低其消费量。5Why are taxes on sugary drinks required?ATo limit their use and popularity.BTo

22、 readjust the economic structure.CTo warn people to change their lifestyle.DTo ensure the markets diverse development.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The World Health Organization (WHO) says the widespread use of sugar in food products and drinks is a major concern in many areas. So WHO officials are calling on

23、governments to require taxes on sugary drinks”可知此举是为了限制含糖饮料的使用及盛行。故选A。6What do the figures in the second paragraph suggest?AAdult obesity is ignored at present.BObesity is a severe worldwide problem.CObesity can block economic development.DObesity is most serious in developed countries.解析：选B推理判断题。根据

24、第二段中的“in 2014 more than onethird of the adults in the world were overweight, and 500 million were considered obese”“in 2015, 42 million children under age 5 were either overweight or obese. Almost half of these boys and girls live in Asia and onefourth in Africa”可知，作者在第二段中引用多种数据是为了说明肥胖在全球范围内是一个严峻的问题

25、。故选B。7What does the underlined word “enacted” mean in the passage?AAbolish. BPass.CPromise. DReduce.解析：选B词义猜测题。根据上文的“taxing sugary drinks would reduce consumption and save lives”可知，对含糖饮料征税会减少消费和挽救生命，下文Waqanivalu所举的墨西哥的例子就是为了印证这一观点，故画线词所在句表示的是墨西哥在2014年通过了对含糖饮料征收10%的税的法律。由此可知，画线词意为“通过(法律)”，故选B。8What d

26、oes the example of Mexico prove?ATax policies are unfair to the poor.BSugary drinks are a threat to health.CThe poor consume more sugary drinks.DTaxing sugary drinks makes a difference.解析：选D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“. by the end of the year, there was a 6 percent drop in the consumption of such drinks. Among

27、poor people, the number of people who consumed sugary drinks dropped by 17 percent”可知，作者援引墨西哥的例子是为了说明对含糖饮料征税是起作用的。.阅读七选五When it comes to the Internet, passwords which people often use are under fire. _1_ Research has shown that passwords are not a very good way to protect sensitive information. Peop

28、le would use some random characters, numbers and symbols. Furthermore, a unique password would be used for every site or application the user uses. Unfortunately, the more complex they become, the more people are likely to forget their passwords. The longer the passwords are, the more easily forgott

29、en they are._2_Google is trying to kill off the password on Android devices by introducing the Trust API, which does what simple passwords cannot. It gives developers a framework for securing their applications using a number of security systems and metrics (指标) on the device. A Trust Score will be

30、generated based on the metrics the device gathers. _3_The Trust Score will be generated based on both metrics like your device location, face scanning, fingerprint and so on. Taken one at a time, these metrics are not secure. But taken together, these metrics will help define the real “you”_4_This s

31、ummer, Google will be running tests with some banks to see if Trust API meets their needs before rolling out to all developers later this year. It may take another year for apps and popular sites to start using the Trust API.This is a pretty exciting change. Passwords have been around for long and a

32、lthough the security of systems has been improved, the convenience of systems hasnt been improved much. _5_ Maybe that neverending conflict between security and convenience will be able to take a break once the Trust system comes out.AGoogle appears to have the best of them.BActually its been under fire for a long time.CPeople tend to care more about