2019_2020学年高中英语Unit2Theenvironment核心素养拓展练牛津译林版.docx

Unit 2 The environment核心素养拓展练素养解读2017版普通高中课程标准首次提出“学科核心素养”。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面文段就是围绕“文化意识”这一学科素养展开的，旨在帮助学生了解更多的健康知识，知道生命是如此短暂和珍贵，我们必须健康地生活下去。Wheredoesthemeatonourtablecomefrom? Itusuallycomesfromlivestocklikechickensandcows.Butdidyouknowthatmeatcanalsobemadeinalab？UScompanyJUSThasannouncedthatlabgrownmeatcouldbeonsome，restaurantmenusintheUnitedStatesandAsiabytheendof2018，TheIndependentreported.“Thesemeatsincludechickennuggets(鸡块)，sausageandfoiegras(鹅肝酱)，”JoshTetrick，CEOofJUST，toldTheIndependent.Labmeatissometimesreferredtoas“cleanmeat”Itismadeusingthestemcells(干细胞) oflivinglivestock.Thecellsneedtobegrowninalabforafewweeks.Forexample，makingahamburgerpatty(肉饼) takesaboutnineweeks，CNNreported.Thisisfasterthanraisingacow，whichusuallytakesover20weeks.Thefirstcleanmeatwasabeefburgerthatwasproducedin2013，butitwassaidtotastequitedry.Howdoescleanmeattastenow? CleanmeatsupporterstoldCNNthattheythinkittastesjustliketraditionalmeat.Cleanmeathasotheradvantages.Itishealthierthantraditionalmeat.Meatproducerscancontrolwhattypeoffatsgoesintothemeat.Theycanproducecleanmeatthatcontainshealthyfats，suchasomega3fattyacids(脂肪酸)Thiskindoffatisgoodforpeopleshearts.Cleanmeatcanalsohelptosolveglobalwarming.AccordingtoTheWashingtonPost，about14.5percentoftheplanetsgreenhousegasemissions(排放) comefromraisinglivestock.Thatsmorethantheemissionsfromeverycar，train，shipandairplaneintheworldcombined.Itispredictedthatswitchingtocleanmeatcouldlowergreenhousegasemissionsby96percent，TheIndependentreported.语篇解读本文是一篇科普说明文。美国JUST公司曾宣布，到2018年底，在美国和亚洲的一些餐厅菜单上可能会出现人造肉。人造肉的口感与传统肉无异，此外，人造肉比传统肉更健康、更环保。1Wheremaythemeatweeatcomefrominfuture?ACompanies.BGreenhouses.CLabs.DRestaurants.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“Butdidyouknowthatmeatcanalsobemadeinalab？”可知，在未来肉可能是在实验室里做成的，故C项正确。2Whatcanbeusedtomake“cleanmeat”？AStemcells.BFattyacids.CHamburgerpatties.DChickennuggets.答案A解析细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“Itismadeusingthestemcells(干细胞) oflivinglivestock.”可知，这种肉是利用活的家畜的干细胞做成的，故A项正确。3Whatistheadvantageofcleanmeat?AItisfatty.BItishealthy.CItisfree.DItissmelly.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“Itishealthierthantraditionalmeat.”可知，这种人造肉比传统肉更健康，故B项正确。4Whatdoweknowaboutcleanmeatfromthelastparagraph?AItcomesfromlivestock.BItcanbeswitchedoff.CItresultsinglobalwarming.DItbenefitstheenvironment.答案D解析推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“Cleanmeatcanalsohelptosolveglobalwarming.”可知，这种人造肉还可以帮助解决全球变暖问题。由此可以推断，这种人造肉有利于环境保护，故D项正确。Notes：.高频词汇raise vt.举起，抬起；提高，增加；筹集；提出；养育；饲养；种植.长难句分析The first clean meat was a beef burger that was produced in 2013，but it was said to taste quite dry.分析该句是由but连接