学年高一英语上册课时精练试题1.docx

1、学年高一英语上册课时精练试题1Unit 12Culture Shock第一部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。You sometimes hear the argument that humans are “naturally vegetarian” or that they evolved as vegetarians.This is somewhat _1_ to pursue as the scientific evidence all in

2、dicates that we are omnivores(杂食者)，i.e.，we can _2_ on a wide variety of plant and animal foods.It also used to be _3_ that the great apes were all fruiteaters，but recent research shows that chimpanzees at least will _4_ and kill small animals and will eat carrion if they find it.The chimpanzee is th

3、ought to be our closest animal _5_.The extreme opposite concept，however，that of Man the Great Hunter，also seems to be _6_.In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee，Jared Diamond describes how he was invited on a hunt by a tribe in New Guinea who had retained(保留)Stone Age technology and _

4、7_ of thought in the 20th century.The days total bag was two baby birds，a few frogs，and a lot of mushrooms.Although the men of the tribe _8_ boasted of the large animals they had killed，when pressed for details，they _9_ that large animals were killed only a few times in a hunters career.These people

5、s stone tools were far more _10_ than the stone tools found on prehistoric sites，so Professor Diamond thinks it _11_ that prehistoric hunters could have enjoyed a much higher success rate than present-day huntergatherer tribes.It seems more likely that early humans ate carrion，small prey like baby b

6、irds，and a lot of plant foods.He cites a notable _12_ to this rule.The first humans to colonize a previously unoccupied island or _13_，e.g.，Madagascar，New Zealand，and America，found animals so _14_ that they didnt run away from hunters.In these instances，something like 80 percent of the large birds a

7、nd mammal species of such an area were _15_ in a relatively short time.【解题导语】 本文讲的是远古的人究竟是靠什么而生存的。1A.ridiculous BdangerousCterrible Ddisgusting答案A前文说到有人认为我们是自然素食者，而后文说有科学依据表明我们是杂食者，所以前面的说法是有点荒唐的，故选A。2A.eat Bwork Cfight Dsurvive答案D我们可以靠吃各种各样的植物和动物生存，故填D。3A.believed Bsaid Choped Dsuggested答案A后面是人们过去错误

8、的看法，故填A。4A.steal Bscratch Cattack Drob答案C后面是kill small animals因此应该先攻击后杀死小动物。5A.friends Bancestors Cspecies Drelative答案D根据前后语境，这里表示的是“黑猩猩被认为是与我们关系最密切的动物”，故选D。6A.untrue BunbelievableCunknown Dunconditional答案A下面是作者要说明这种极端相反的看法是正确与否，故选A。7A.manners Bhabits Ccustoms Dprinciples答案B在这里应是思维习惯，故选B。8A.occasion

9、ally BsuddenlyCfrequently Dshortly答案C根据后面的语境是他们频繁地吹嘘自己杀死了多少很大的动物。9A.remarked Bdeclared Cthought Dadmitted答案D承认一个猎手生涯中只有几次能杀死大猎物的机会。与前面boasted形成对比，故选D。10A.advanced BbackwardCmature Dgifted答案A这里指的是前面提到那些打猎人的石器工具要比史前文明时期的石器工具先进的多，故填A。11A.illogical BimpossibleCunnecessary Dabnormal答案B根据前面的语境，Professor D

10、iamond认为史前的打猎者要比现在的打猎者的打猎成功率高得多是不可能的，也与后面的more likely产生对比，故选B。12A.expectation BcircumstanceCexception Dcondition答案C下面是作者所列的这一规律一个例外。13A.country Bterritory Chomeland Dcontinent答案DMadagascar，New Zealand，America是岛屿或洲(指美洲)，故选D。14A.hold Btame Cwild Dviolent答案B根据语境及they didnt run away from hunters，应该这些动物温

11、驯。15A.killed Bprotected Ceaten Dcooked答案A这里的意思是指要依照这些事例，这么一个地区有80%的大动物早就在很短时间内被消灭掉了，故选A。第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Rivers are one of our most important natural resources.Many of the worlds great _16_ are located on rivers，and almost _17_ count

12、ry has at least one river flowing through it that plays _18_ important part in the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history，people _19_(use) rivers for transportation.The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi，and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile._20_ transportation，rivers gi

13、ve water to drink，water for crops，and chances for fun and recreation for the people _21_ live along their banks.However，large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems.As the cities grow _22_ size and industries increase in number，the water in the rivers becomes _23_(pollu

14、te) with chemicals and other materials.People are learning the _24_(important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean _25_ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.答案16.cities17.every/each18.an19.have used20.Besides21.who22.in23.polluted24.importance25.if第二部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节：阅读理解(

15、共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。AMs Tan，youve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.Thats because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.Why do you think you had so many false starts?I would say that my reasons were wrong: I was trying to prove that I wasnt just a motherdaughter storyteller，or I was trying to prove that I didnt just have to write about things t