高中英语Module5 单元质量检测五外研版选修8.docx

1、高中英语Module5 单元质量检测五外研版选修8单元质量检测(五)(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATheres more to phone boxes than phonesAdoptThe red phone box is part of the character of many streets and villages around the UK. But with the mobile phone, many are no longer used and we are

2、 looking to remove them. For just 1 you can make sure the red phone boxes in your community enjoy a new life as something completely different, like a book exchange, or an art gallery.Click here to see what some local communities have already done. Download our Adopt A Kiosk brochure here, or if you

3、re ready to adopt one now, click here!BuyWouldnt it be great to impress your customers with a traditional red phone box in your places? Or maybe you badly want to own one yourself. Go on! You know its just what your garden needs!For more information, get in touch with our partners at X2Connect or ca

4、ll them at 4401636611110.AdvertiseThink about how many people pass by a phone box daily. Its a great way to get noticed. If youd like to advertise your business or campaign on the side of a phone box, get in touch to find out more.Talk to our partners at JCDecaux for more information.CashCombine a r

5、ed phone box with an ATM. Our company takes care of everything from site acquisition (站点获取) and installation (安装), gaining planning permission from local authorities, to preparations of the phone box and ATM as well as ongoing protecting and cleaning services.To find out more, fill out the callback

6、form below or call us.1What are you supposed to do if you adopt a phone box?ASell it online for new uses.BMove it to your own office.CReplace it with an art gallery.DRecycle it to serve your community.解析：选D细节理解题。根据Adopt部分的内容可知，所谓领养电话亭，就是将社区中不再运行的电话亭改造后重新投入使用，它可以有全新的用途。根据“what some local communities

7、have already done”可知，这些电话亭是以社区的名义领养的，改造后自然也是为了服务社区。2What do you need to get in touch with if you want to purchase a phone box?AX2Connect. BJCDecaux.CYour communities. DLocal authorities.解析：选A细节理解题。根据Buy部分的“get in touch with our partners at X2Connect”可知，若想购买电话亭可以联系X2Connect。3What is recommended if yo

8、u want to attract customers?AFixing an ATM in your phone box.BSelling small things in the phone box.COrganizing campaigns to sell phone boxes.DAdvertising your product on a phone box.解析：选D细节理解题。根据Advertise部分可知，每天电话亭周围的人流量很大，所以可以在上面做广告，用来吸引顾客。BOn Friday, December 11, 2015, I visited NASAs Lyndon B. J

9、ohnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.My first stop was the Space Food Systems Laboratory, where I met with Ben ONeil, a food scientist. He makes and packages food for astronauts in space. I got to taste mixed fruits, Italian veggies, beef ravioli, blueberry cobbler, shrimp cocktail, and a mango pea

10、ch smoothie. Space food tastes like the food we eat on Earth. Thats because it is. Space food is made out of ingredients you can find at your grocery store. A special process is applied to keep the important nutrients that space explorers need to stay healthy.Next, I met with astronaut Terry Virts,

11、who recently spent six months living and working on the International Space Station (ISS). “At an early age I wanted to be a pilot，” Virts told me. “But after reading the book Apollo, I decided to be an astronaut.” I asked if he was scared the first time he went into space. “No，” he said. “I was mor

12、e concerned with not letting anyone down. Now, thinking back, I should have been afraid because of the 40,000 pounds of explosives under me at takeoff.”As my visit continued, I learned about NASAs new Orion spacecraft that is designed to take astronauts farther into space than ever before. I talked

13、to Stu McClung, Orions spacecraft engineer, and toured the model spacecraft. McClung showed me the control panel (控制面板) and allowed me to strap into a launching seat. He also showed me a video that explains what happens when a spacecraft reenters Earths atmosphere.My last meeting was with Lucien Jun

14、kin, a NASA robotics engineer who helps to create rovers and humanoids. Rovers are space exploration vehicles and humanoids are robots that do work or activities in space similar to what humans do on Earth. I even got to drive a rover.4When tasting food provided by Ben ONeil, the author _.Afelt sad

15、about astronauts in spaceBnever wanted to try the food againCdidnt think the food tasted differentDlearned the food wasnt very nutritious解析：选C推理判断题。根据第二段的“Space food tastes like the food we eat on Earth. Thats because it is.”可推断，作者不觉得那些食物味道有什么特别的。5How did Terry Virts most probably feel after reading

16、 Apollo?AConcerned. BShocked.CConfused. DInspired.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第三段的“But after reading the book Apollo, I decided to be an astronaut.”可推断，Terry Virts读完这本书后很受鼓舞。6What did the author learn about from Stu McClung?ASpace travel.BEarths atmosphere.CAn advanced spacecraft.DThe history of spacecrafts.解析：选C细

17、节理解题。根据第四段的“As my visit continued, I learned about NASAs new Orion spacecraft that is designed .”以及“McClung showed me the control panel (控制面板) and allowed me to strap into a launching seat.”可知，从McClung那里，作者了解到了一艘很先进的飞船。7Which of the following did the author do last there that day?ATalk with an astro

18、naut.BDrive a model spacecraft.CTaste a mango peach smoothie.DDrive a space exploration vehicle.解析：选D细节理解题。根据末段的“I even got to drive a rover.”可知，作者在那里做的最后一件事是尝试开一个太空探测车。CUp until now, it has been believed big cats like the leopard (豹) originated in parts of Africa. However, an ancient skull unearthe

19、d recently indicates that big cats originated in central Asia not Africa as widely thought, paleontologists (古生物学家) reported on Wednesday.Dated at between 4.1 and 5.95 million years old, the fossil is the oldest remains ever found of a pantherine felid, as big cats are called. The previous felid rec

20、ord holder tooth fragments (碎片) found in Tanzania is estimated to be around 3.8 million years old.The evolution of big cats has been heatedly discussed, and the issue is complicated by a lack of fossil evidence to settle the debate.“This find suggests that big cats have a deeper evolutionary origin

21、than previously suspected，” said Jack Zeng, a paleontologist of the University of Southern California who led the probe (调查)Zeng and his team made the find in 2010 in a remote border region in Tibet. The fossil was found stuck among more than 100 bones that were probably deposited by a river that ex

22、ited a cliff. After three years of careful comparisons with other fossils, using DNA data to build a family tree, the team is convinced the creature was a pantherine felid.The weight of evidence suggests that central or northern Asia is where big cats originated some 16 million years ago. They may h

23、ave lived in a vast mountain shelter, formed by the uplifting Himalayas, feeding on equally remarkable species such as the Tibetan blue sheep. They then dispersed (分散) into Southeast Asia, evolving (进化) into the clouded leopard, tiger and snow leopard families, and later movements across continents

24、saw them evolve into jaguars and lions.The newly discovered felid has been called Panthera Blytheae, after Blythe Haaga, daughter of a couple who support a museum in Los Angeles, the university said in a news release.语篇解读：本文是一篇科普说明文。一块颅骨的出土推翻了一贯的结论，大型猫科动物起源于中亚，而不是非洲。该出土的颅骨证明了大型猫科动物的生活习性和进化过程。8Accord

25、ing to the passage, why is the evolution of big cats a hot issue?ABecause not many fossils have been found.BBecause they moved across continents.CBecause no equipment was available for accurate analysis.DBecause they have evolved into many different species of felid.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“has been heate

26、dly discussed, and the issue is complicated by a lack of fossil evidence to settle the debate”可知，A项正确。9Where was the new felid fossil found?AIn Tanzania. BIn Tibet.CIn California. DIn Southeast Asia.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第五段第一句“Zeng and his team made the find in 2010 in a remote border region in Tibet”可知，最新的

27、化石是在西藏发现的，故B项正确。10According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?ASome big cats evolved into jaguars 16 million years ago.BThe oldest fossil of big cats ever discovered is 3.8 million years old.CBig cats are later generations of snow leopards living in high mountains.DTibetan bl

28、ue sheep was a main food source for big cats in the Himalayas.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第六段第二句中的“feeding on equally remarkable species such as the Tibetan blue sheep”可知，大型猫科动物以与其同样引人注目的动物如西藏的岩羊为食，故D项正确。11What is the purpose of this passage?ATo promote wildlife conservation.BTo report on a new find in paleontolog

29、y.CTo introduce a new animal species.DTo compare the family trees of pantherine felids.解析：选B目的意图题。通读全文可知，本文第一段的第二句“However, an ancient skull unearthed recently indicates that big cats originated in central Asia not Africa as widely thought, paleontologists (古生物学家) reported on Wednesday”为文章主题句；据此可知，本

30、文旨在介绍古生物学方面的一项新发现，故B项正确。DThe concept of intelligent robots, as friends or enemies, dates back to ancient times. Reports of people admiring human likenesses and building humanlike robots date back to the days of ancient Greece and Egypt. AI has also featured prominently in pop culture, for example: t

31、he computer HAL 9000 in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and Arnold Schwarzeneggers robot character in The Terminator films.Since the field of AI was officially founded in the mid1950s, people have been predicting the rise of conscious machines. Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil refers to a point in

32、time known as “the_singularity”， when machine intelligence beats human intelligence. Based on the exponential (指数的) growth of technology according to Moores Law (which states that computing processing power doubles approximately every two years), Kurzweil has predicted the singularity will occur by 2045.Nevertheless, a number of prominent science and technology experts have ex