2018_2019学年高中英语Module2TheRenaissance单元质量检测二外研版.docx

单元质量检测(二)(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。AShakespeares Birthplace and ExhibitionHenley Street, StratforduponAvon Tel: 01789 204016Shakespeares birthplace was the childhood home of William Shakespeare. Take a step back in time and see what life was like for the young Shakespeare growing up in StratforduponAvon. The house has been exactly furnished, and includes both original and copy items similar to those which would have been there in the house when Shakespeare was a boy. Beautiful painted cloths hang on the walls, brightly colored fabrics fill the rooms and his fathers glove workshop has been recreated. At the back of the house is a beautiful garden containing many plants, herbs and flowers mentioned in Shakespeares plays.The neighboring exhibition shows Shakespeares life and focuses on many rare local items connected with him, as well as a copy of the first edition of his collected plays published in 1623.Limited disabled access Many restaurants close to Shakespeares birthplaceTown center parkingGift shops Allow at least 45 minutes to visit the house and the exhibitionAdult 6.70Child 2.60Family 15.00SummerMidWinterJun.Aug.Apr.May， Sep.Oct.Nov.Mar.openLast EntryOpenLast EntryOpenLast EntryMondaySaturday9 am5：30 pm10 am5 pm10 am4 pmSunday9：30 am6 pm10 am5：30 pm10：30 am4 pm1How much would they pay if a couple with their two children visit the exhibition?A5.2.B13.4.C15. D18.6.解析：选C细节理解题。结合题干可知，是一家人去参观莎士比亚故居，结合文章图表中的“Family 15.00”可知，一家人去参观需要15。2What is the deadline to enter the exhibition on Friday in July?A4 pm. B5 pm.C5：30 pm. D6 pm.解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章图表时间“Jun.Aug.”和对应的“MondaySaturday”并结合题干可知，7月的周五参观莎士比亚故居最迟的时间是下午5点30分。3What can we see in Shakespeares birthplace?AOld furniture. BAncient restaurants.CColored gloves. DShakespeares plays.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段的第三句“The house has been exactly furnished, and includes both original and copy items similar to those which would have been there in the house when Shakespeare was a boy”可知，在莎士比亚故居可以看到一些保留下来的旧家具，故选A。BBuying folk art paintings has been a passion of mine.I found some pieces recently.The problem was that I could only afford one and I was having trouble in deciding which one to buy.The first painting was a work of Bill Dodge.He created it in 1962 and named it First Trolley To Van Nuys.The painting shows the center of a town, with a lot of people in the windows and on the street.Thomas Chambers is one of Americas most famous folk artists.The painting of him shows a fishing scene with villagers and boats.It may have great value in the future.But it doesnt suit my taste.Another folk art piece was painted by Rev.Howard Finster in 1988.It is titled Howard in 1944.The smile on this portrait is very engaging (迷人的) and it makes me smile just as big.Alligator Fisher is a folk art painting created in 1940.The blue of the bayou (海湾) is very calming and the trees give it a very Southern feel.There is a house in the painting and I like this one very much.It reminds me of Louisiana, where I was born.A Letter from My Mother is one that I found during a journey.The look on the girls face is so serious and sad.The painting itself is great; it just makes me feel sad.I had no idea where this folk art painting should hang.At last, I decided to buy the one that can give me a good mood every day.What is more important than a good mood?4What do we know about the folk art painting by Bill Dodge?AIt is a portrait of the painter.BNot many houses can be seen in it.CIt was created in the middle of 1960s.DIt tells something about peoples life in a town.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段的“The painting shows the center of a town, with a lot of people in the windows and on the street.”可知这幅画展示了一个小镇上的生活片段。5As for the painting by Thomas Chambers, the author didnt _.Aknow where it was createdBthink it would be valuableCthink it was suitable for him/herDknow what its meaning was解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段的“But it doesnt suit my taste.”可知作者不是很喜欢这幅画。6How did the author most probably feel about the painting Alligator Fisher?ACalm.BScared.CSurprised. DUnhappy.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第五段的“The blue of the bayou (海湾) is very calming”可推断作者看到画中这片海湾时应该感到很平静。7What was the problem with A Letter from My Mother?AIt cost too much.BIt was upsetting.CIt wasnt well painted.DIt was too large.解析：选B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“The painting itself is great; it just makes me feel sad.”可知这幅画的问题就是看起来让人难过。CIt happens to most firsttime fish keepers. They run to a fish store, pick out the bestlooking fish, and get all the things they need for their tanks. Then they fill up their tanks and put their fish in the water. Over the course of the next week, their fish arent looking so good. Then all of a sudden, all of their fish start to die off.Luckily, there is an explanation. Ammonia (氨) and nitrite (亚硝酸盐) are toxic to fish. You see, keeping fish in a tank produces ammonia. If a fish is placed in a new tank, the tank wont be equipped with the ability to change that ammonia into a less harmful chemical. And thats why they die.To avoid the whole failure, you have to understand a little something called the Nitrogen Cycle (氮循环). After ammonia is produced in a tank, a kind of bacterium that is naturally found in water (a bacterium that consumes ammonia and produces nitrite) reproduces itself to form a large enough area to change all ammonia into nitrite. As the concentration (浓度) of nitrite increases, the same thing happens to nitrite, which happened to ammonia. A group of bacteria that change nitrite into nitrate (硝酸盐) form in large numbers. The cycle takes about one week to several months, depending on your technique. When a tank reaches a point where it can change all ammonia and nitrite being produced in a tank to nitrate before they reach harmful concentrations, it has finished the Nitrogen Cycle it is safe for fish.So before you ever place a fish into a tank from now on, use some skills to make it do that first. To do so, slightly increase ammonia concentration of your tank. If after 24 hours, your tank has no mark of ammonia or nitrite, you can ensure that its cycled. You just need to perform a partial water change and your tank is ready for fish.语篇解读：本文是说明文。新手养鱼经常遇到这样的问题：他们刚养不久的鱼相继死去。这是因为新鱼缸没有经过氮循环，从而导致鱼中毒死亡。8What can we learn from Para. 1?AIts really hard for people to keep fish well.BThe author feels very sorry for those dead fish.CNew fish keepers begin to raise fish in a hurry.DPeople have no idea how to use their tanks well.解析：选C推理判断题。第一段描述了养鱼新手经常会遇到的问题：他们刚养的鱼很快就死了；由第二段的最后两句可知这是因为新买的鱼缸没有经过氮循环，从而导致鱼中毒而死；由此可推知，作者在第一段中想说明新手养鱼太仓促了。9Which of the following can replace the underlined word “toxic” in Para. 2?AOpen. BHarmful.CFamiliar. DBeneficial.解析：选B词义猜测题。由第二段的“the tank wont be equipped with the ability to change that ammonia into a less harmful chemical”可推知，ammonia和nitrite这两种化学物质对鱼类有害。10What do we know about the Nitrogen Cycle?AIt makes sure of fishs safety.BIt provides all the nutrition fish need.CIt increases the concentration of ammonia.DIt produces more chemicals to clean the tank.解析：选A细节理解题。由第三段的内容尤其是最后一句“it has finished the Nitrogen Cycle it is safe for fish”可知，新买的鱼缸经过氮循环之后，人们就可以用它来养鱼了；故选A。11Which question cant be answered in the text?AWhats the right way to raise fish in a new tank?BWhat happens during the Nitrogen Cycle?CWhy are fish in a new tank likely to die?DWhy is nitrate less harmful to fish?解析：选D推理判断题。文章第一段介绍了养鱼新手常遇到的问题，第二段解释了造成这种问题的原因，第三段具体介绍了氮循环的过程，最后一段介绍了用新鱼缸养鱼的正确方法；D项在文中没有涉及，故选D。DOne of the strangest features of motherhood is that the vast majority of mothers prefer to cradle their babies in the left arm. Why should this be? The obvious explanation is that the majority of mothers are right handed and they wish to keep their right hand free.Unfortunately, this explanation cannot apply, because lefthanded mothers also favor their left arm for holding their babies. The precise figures are 83 percent for righthanded mothers and 73 percent for lefthanded mothers.The most likely explanation is that the mothers heart is on the left side and, by holding the baby in her left arm, she is unconsciously bringing her baby closer to the sound of the heart beat. This is the sound the baby heard when it was inside the mothers womb and which is therefore an association with peace, comfort and security.Tests were carried out in nurseries where some babies were played the recorded sound of a human heart beat, and, sure enough, went to sleep twice as quickly as the others. We also know that the sound of mothers heart is quite audible inside the womb and that the unborn baby has a welldeveloped hearing.It is interesting that fathers show less of this leftside bias (偏爱) than mothers, suggesting that the human female is better programmed than her partner for carrying a baby. Alternatively, she may unconsciously adjust her holding behavior to make baby fell more secure. Some new observations on our closest animals relatives, the chimpanzees and gorillas, have revealed that they also show a strong bias for holding their babies on the left side. The precise figures were 84 percent for chimpanzees and 82 percent for gorillas, remarkably close to the human percentages.Recently a possible additional value in cradling babies on the left side has been suggested. It has been pointed out that, because, the two sides of the brain are concerned with different aspects of behavior, it is possible that the mother, in cradling the baby to her left, is showing the baby her “best side”It is claimed that the emotions are expressed more strongly on the left side of the human face and that she therefore gives the baby a better chance to read her emotional mood changes as it gazes up at her. Furthermore, the mothers left eye and ear are more tuned into emotional changes in her baby than her right eye and ear would be. So in addition to the babys seeing the more expressive parts of its mother, there is further advantage that the mother herself is more sensitive to the leftheld baby. This may sound farfetched, but just possibly, it could provide a slight extra benefit for those mothers displaying the strange onesided bias when cradling their infants.How does a bias occur? Do the mothers have an instinctive preference for it, or do they learn it by trial and error, unconsciously adjusting the position of the babies until the babies are calmer? The surprising answer is that it seems to be the baby not the mother who controls the bias. Observation of new born infants when they were only a few hours old revealed that they come into the world with a preprogrammed tendency to turn their head to the right. If the new born baby is gently held in a dead central position and then released, it naturally swings to the right far more often than to the left. This happens in nearly 70 percent of babies. This may be only a part of explanation, because the holding bias is 80 percent not 70 percent, but it adds a further intriguing chapter to the story. 12How does the author develop Paragraph 1?ABy giving an example as a hook. BBy giving a general statement and narrowing it down.CBy asking a question and showing an answer.DBy explaining the importance of understanding a phenomenon.解析：选C写作手法题。根据第一段中的“Why should this be? The obvious explanation is that the majority of mothers are right handed and they wish to keep their right hand free.”可知， 第一句说明一个现象，并对此提出疑问，然后进行解释。由此可知，选项C符合题意。13The underlined word “audible”in Paragraph 3 means _.Asoft BclearCweak Ddistant解析：选B词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“.and that the unborn baby has a welldeveloped hearing”可知，还在子宫内未出生的婴儿有着发育健全的听力系统。由此可推知，B项符合语境，即婴儿在子宫内时，母亲的心跳声是很清晰的。14Whats the main idea of Paragraph 5?AThe left side of the human face expresses emotions more strongly than the right.BA mothers left eye and ear are more sensitive to the emotional changes in her baby.CA baby may be more able to “read” its mothers emotions than was previously believed.DHolding her baby in the left arm may improve a mothers emotional communication with it.解析：选D段落大意题。根据第五段中的“It is claimed that the emotions are expressed more strongly on the left side of the human face and that she therefore gives the baby a better chance to read her emotional mood changes as it gazes up at her.”可知，人的左半边脸的表情更加丰富，更有利于和孩子进行感情交流和沟通。因此D项符合语境。15What is the authors tone when he discusses why most mothers cradle their babies in the left arm?ACautious. BDisapproving.CSubjective. DFavorable.解析：选A推理判断题。根据文章中多处出现的语气不确定的词可知，作者探讨为什么大多数母亲都是左手抱婴儿这一问题的态度是比较谨慎的。例如第二段中most likely explanation，第五段中的 a possible additional value, it is possible that ., but just possibly .以及第六段中的This may be only a part of explanation .等。 .阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。History is a record of what has happened in the past._16_ The really fascinating thing is that much of history has been repeated time and again.It allows us to learn from the past, both the mistakes made and the successes achieved.One of the benefits of history is reading how other people both famous and totally unknown have overcome tremendous challenges in their life. These challenges, although particular to a person, or to a certain time in the past, or occurring in a different country or culture, all convey the same thing._17_18_ He encountered many failures while on the road to finally inventing the modern day light bulb.He could be held out as an example of a person who never gave up._19_ However, he did not let those failures stop him.He had a dream and he just kept trying different things until he did reach success.Or, consider the story of Abraham Lincoln who managed to become President of the United States even though he suffered many setbacks and personal losses.Most of us only realize the success of Mr.Lincoln becoming President._20_ His life was not an easy one.His story is one that motivates us to keep moving forward no matter what obstacles we have in life.AHistory has a lot of influence on us.BTake for example the story of Thomas Edison.CHistory has some very unique qualities about it.DI am sure he was discouraged by his many failures.EThey convey wisdom in their short stories of perseverance.FFew of us knew about the many challenges he had to overcome.GOnly those with courage to face challenges can hope to live their dreams.16解析：选C根据上一句“History is a record of what has happened in the past.”及空后的“The really fascinating thing is that .”可知选C。17解析：选E根据空前内容可知，虽然对于某个人、对于过去某个特定的时间或者对于发生在一个不同国家与文化的事情来说，这些挑战是很独特的，但都传达相同的内容。这里承接上文，故选E。18解析：选B根据下文中的“He encountered many failures while on the road to finally inventing the modern day light bulb.”可知选B。19解析：选D根据空后的“However, he did not let those failures stop him.”可知选D项。20解析：选F根据上文提到“Most of us only realize the success of Mr. Lincoln becoming President.”可知，许多人只看到林肯成为总统的成功，却很少有人知道他是如何克服这些困难的。故选F。.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “life persists”I _21_ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, _22_， working on a paper. Out of nowhere, those words came _23_ off the page in a quote (引语)：“In the midst of death life persists; in the midst of _24_ truth persists; in the midst of darkness light persists.”Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more. Then I_25_ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was _26_ to hear what hed think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to _27_ it a few times, but once he _28_ it, he laughed.“All I can say to that is totally _29_，” he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and _30_ to find that quote.“Why is that？” he asked.“Well, spring is a sure _31_ that life persists. And it just makes me _32_.”He laughed again, and then _33_ his lovely voice, he recited for me his _34_“spring time” words：“The desert shall rejoice (高兴), and _35_ as the rose does . even with joy and singing.”Many years later, _36_ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming (盛开的) cactuses, I could _37_ hear my granddad laughing：“The desert shall rejoice.”Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of _38_ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of _39_ and the green of spring. Spring _40_ us that were alive forever.语篇解读：本文是夹叙夹议文。文章讲述的是作者有感于春天的活力，从偶然读到的一段话联想到生命的意义与坚持。生命长存于漫漫沙漠的植物中，长存于冬去春来的绿意中。冬去春来，生命依然长存，而我们也要继续前行。21A.looked forBhappened onCpicked out Dmade up解析：选B根据语境可知，几年前坐在大学的图书馆里作者偶然遇到这两个单词“life persists”。happen on“偶然遇到或发现”，符合语境。pick out“挑选，辨别出”；make up“编造”。22A.bored BconcentratedCtired Dconfused解析：选A根据下文中的“Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more”可知，作者当时在图书馆里的心情是很烦闷的。故选bored“厌倦的，烦闷的”。23A.running BdancingCrushing Dmoving解析：选B这两个词突然从书页上的引语中跃入作者的眼帘。dancing在此形象生动地描述了这两个词所富含的美好活力以及作者遇到它们的偶然性。24A.fear BaccusationCsuspicion Duntruth解析：选D在死亡中，生命依然坚持；在谎言中，真理依然长存；在黑暗中，光明依然永驻。根据句中的death与life, darkness与light的对应关系可知，此处应填truth的反义词。untruth“虚假，不真实”，符合语境。accusation“控告”；suspicion“怀疑”。25A.called BvisitedCconsulted Dinformed解析：选A根据下文中的“on the phone”可知，作者给爷爷打电话。call“(给)打电话”，符合语境。visit“看望，拜访”；consult“咨询”；inform“告知”。26A.patient BconfidentCupset Ddesperate解析：选D根据语境及上文中的“I loved to talk with him”可知，作者很想听听爷爷(对这句话)是怎么看的。desperate“极想，渴望”，符合语境。patient“耐心的”；upset“不安的”。27A.copy BprintCr