学年新教材高中英语单元素养评价二新人教版必修1.docx

1、学年新教材高中英语单元素养评价二新人教版必修1单元素养评价（二）第二部分阅读(共两节, 满分50分)第一节(共15小题; 每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AHe never felt well on his journey home. He was sick. But this time, it was getting worse. He finally reached home and saw his mother and wife, who were ignorant of the fact that that hap

2、piness was not going to last long. The disease showed its symptoms again. He ignored and gave his time to his family. In between, he saw dreams and kept noting those dreams in a notebook. Things were getting worse. It had been almost 10 months since his return. No doctor, no medicine. His family tri

3、ed to make him feel better in vain. But, he kept noting down his dreams and thoughts in a notebook, even in such a terrible health condition. That unexpected day finally came. His mother got a shock. After all, he was too young to die. His wife cried her eyes out. He was turned into ashes. But not h

4、is notebook. Dear readers, this is a true story. That man was none other than our respected maths master Srinivasa Ramanujan. That notebook I was talking about was full of new mathematical discoveries but without any proofs(证明)of them. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, Ram

5、anujan made great contributions to it, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. During his short life, Ramanujan independently produced nearly 3, 900 results. His work has opened entirely new areas of mathematics and inspired a vast amount of further research. Nearly

6、 all his claims have now been proven correct. We lost him at a very young age of 32 years. What he could have accomplished if he would have lived for some more years! 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Ramanujan在生命的尽头不忘继续书写自己的梦想新的数学发现, 后被数学界所认可而且将被继续研究。21. What are the dreams he kept writing down in a notebook abou

7、t? A. New mathematical discoveries. B. Proofs of some mathematical problems. C. Ways to treat his disease. D. Doctors and medicine. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段的But, he kept noting down his dreams and thoughts in a notebook. . . 和第六段的That notebook I was talking about was full of new mathematical discoveries b

8、ut without any proofs of them. 他一直把自己的梦想和想法记在笔记本上, 而那个笔记本就是写满了未被证实的新的数学发现, 故选A项。22. What do we know about Srinivasa Ramanujan? A. He had a habit of daydreaming. B. He received no formal training in mathematics. C. He proved many unsolvable mathematical problems. D. He stopped studying maths and retu

9、rned home because of illness. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第六段的Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics. . . 可知, Srinivasa Ramanujan没有受过正规的数学训练。故选B项。23. What might be the authors attitude towards Ramanujans death? A. Inspired. B. Shocked. C. Guilty. D. Sorry. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段“我们在他32岁的时候就失去了他

10、。如果他能多活几年, 他会取得多大的成就啊! ”可知, 作者对于Ramanujan的去世深表遗憾, 故选D项。BThe birth of Britains first cloned dog has been considered “a waste of money” and scientists said the process raised serious ethical (伦理的) concerns. Sooam Biotech, a company in Seoul, said it had cloned the puppy, named Mini-Winnie, from a 12-y

11、ear-old dog belonging to Rebecca Smith, who lives in the west London. She had won a contest run by the company which hoped to sell the service to pet owners for 60, 000 pounds a time. Mini-Winnie was born after scientists took skin cells from Smiths pet and dropped them into donor eggs to make embry

12、os (胚胎). The puppy must remain in Republic of Korea for six months to satisfy British quarantine (检疫) laws. But researchers warned that while a cloned dog might look similar to its biological parent, it would be a very different animal. “You would have many chances of replicating (复制) your favorite

13、pet by choosing one from Battersea Dogs Home, ” said Robin Lovell-Badge, a geneticist at the National Institute for Medical Research in London. Dusko Ilic, a stem cell scientist at Kings College London, said, “It is extremely unlikely that a puppy cloned from a favorite pet will behave in the same w

14、ay. As time passes by, the differences will be more and more pronounced, especially personality traits. It is an absolute waste of money. ”The cloning process is controversial (有争论的) because the animals are often born with diseases or die soon after birth. I think, its unnecessary to try to clone pe

15、ts for pet owners. First, its really costly. Second, the cloned pet is actually another dog. Third, there are many homeless dogs for people to adopt in shelters. So why not just adopt a dog instead? 【文章大意】这是一篇议论文。作者主要以英国出生的第一只克隆狗为例, 以及引用多方人士的评论来证明自己认为克隆宠物是完全没有必要的。24. What may be the reason for Sooam

16、 Biotechs work on cloning pets? A. To pay back to society. B. To make money out of it. C. To comfort sad pet owners. D. To win an important contest. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第二段的She had won a contest run by the company which hoped to sell the service to pet owners for 60, 000 pounds a time. 可知这只克隆的小狗赢得了该公司举办的

17、一项竞赛, 该公司希望将这项服务以6万英镑的价格卖给宠物主人。由此可见Sooam Biotech克隆宠物的原因是从中挣钱。25. Why doesnt the cloned dog enter Britain now? A. Because people in Britain are against it. B. Because the company is afraid that it will die. C. Because it needs to stay in Republic of Korea for research. D. Because British quarantine l

18、aws dont allow it. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段的The puppy must remain in Republic of Korea for six months to satisfy British quarantine laws. 可知克隆狗现在不进入英国的原因是这只小狗必须在韩国待六个月, 以符合英国的检疫条例。26. What can we learn from what Dusko Ilic said in Paragraph 4? A. Cloned pets are usually not lovely. B. Cloned pets can be v

19、ery disappointing. C. Its possible to replicate ones favorite pet. D. A cloned dog looks similar to its biological parent. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第四段中It is extremely unlikely that a puppy cloned from a favorite pet will behave in the same way. . . It is an absolute waste of money. 从最喜欢的宠物身上克隆出来的小狗几乎不可能有同样的行

20、为。这完全是浪费钱。可知Dusko Ilic对这种克隆狗的存在并没抱有积极的态度。27. According to Paragraph 5, why is the cloning process controversial? A. It is costly. B. It is too difficult. C. It can spread diseases. D. The result is unsatisfactory. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第五段的The cloning process is controversial because the animals are often

21、born with diseases or die soon after birth. 克隆过程是有争议的, 因为动物往往生下来就有疾病或不久便会死去。可知, 结果并不令人满意。C(2020无锡高二检测)Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift. It is not always t

22、he case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesnt seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether theyd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 perce

23、nt did not. The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how varying the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car nowand no one can get one yetbut among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly invol

24、ved. Actually, this isnt surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited moving or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-ca

25、ses for driverless cars. This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones. When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are easily noticeable based on factors not related to age. College gra

26、duates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education, 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less. Where a person lives matters, too. More

27、people who live in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas. While theres reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a persons age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. On

28、ce driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them. 【文章大意】本文介绍了一个新科技, 无人驾驶汽车, 这项科技受到各个年龄段的人的欢迎。28. What happens when a new technology appears? A. It often leads to great inventions in other related fields. B. It contributes greatly to

29、 the advance of society as a whole. C. It further widens the gap between the old and the young. D. It usually draws different reactions from different age groups. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段“Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outn

30、umber older people on the front end of a technological shift”可知, 新科技出现, 它通常会引起不同年龄群体的不同反应。故选D。29. What does the author say about the driverless car? A. It does not seem to create a generational divide. B. It will not necessarily reduce road accidents. C. It has given rise to unrealistic expectations

31、. D. It may start a revolution in the car industry. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段“When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesnt seem to be a clear generational divide”可知, 作者对无人驾驶汽车的看法是, 认为它并没有产生不同年龄段的代沟。故选A。30. Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people? A. It helps with their movi

32、ng. B. It saves their money and energy. C. It adds to the safety of their travel. D. It makes their life more interesting. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知, 无人驾驶汽车可以帮助老年人出行, 所以也受到老年人的欢迎。故选A。31. What is likely to affect ones attitude toward the driverless car? A. The field of their special interest. B. The location of their living place. C. The amount of training they received. D. The length of their driving experience. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Where a pe