2019版高考英语一轮复习 单元检测（二十二）Great Scientists 外研版必修4.docVIP

单元检测（二十二） Great Scientists.阅读理解AOne day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, saying “My teacher let me give this letter to you.”Not knowing what it was, Edisons mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesnt have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edisons mother didnt give up on her son. She taught him at home.Many years after Edisons mother died and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We wont let him e to school anymore.”Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he bees the genius of the century.”Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given up on you, you should have faith in yourself.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要介绍了爱迪生小时候被学校开除，但他妈妈没有责备他，而是用善意的谎言鼓励他，并让他在家接受教育，最终，爱迪生成为一名伟大的发明家的故事。1How did Edisons mother probably feel when reading the letter?ARelaxed.BSad.CProud. DCalm.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段中的“. and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud .”及下文内容可知，爱迪生的妈妈读那封信时应该很难过。2In the teachers opinion, Edison_.Awasnt hard to trainBwas really a geniusCwas too clever to teachDwasnt a normal child解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill.”可知，爱迪生的老师们认为他精神不正常。3What did Edisons mother do after knowing the teachers decision?AShe asked him to invent things.BShe sent him to another school.CShe let him get educated at home.DShe asked him to study by himself.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“However, Edisons mother didnt give up on her son. She taught him at home.”可知，爱迪生的妈妈并没有放弃他，而是让他在家接受教育。4The passage is meant to show that _.Ateachers should love their studentsBparents know their children the bestCwe should have faith in others and ourselvesDmost children can be geniuses if encouraged解析：选C主旨大意题。根据全文，尤其是最后一段可知，本文是想告诉我们：要对别人及自己有信心。BWomen Nobel Peace Prize laureates (获奖者) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize, even though it may have been a womans peace activism (行动主义) which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women among the winners has increased.1Baroness Bertha von SuttnerA friend of Alfred Nobel, Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s, and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society. When Nobel died, she bequeathed (遗赠) money for four prizes for scientific achievements, and one for peace. In 1905, she was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.2Jane AddamsJane Addams, best known as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago, was active in peace efforts during World War with the International Congress of Women. Jane Addams also helped to found the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. She was nominated (提名) numerous times, but the Prize went each time to others until 1931. She was, by that time, in poor health, and could not travel to accept the Prize.3Mother TeresaBorn in Skopje, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India and focused on serving the dying. She was skilled at publicizing her orders work and thus financing the expansion of its services. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in bringing help to suffering humanity.4Wangari MaathaiWangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion (流失) and provide firewood for cooking fires. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, honored for her contribution to sustainable development and peace.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章向我们介绍了四位女性诺贝尔和平奖得主。5What can we know from the first paragraph?AWomen contributed less to the world than men.BWomen were not as active as men in keeping the world peace.CWomen won more Nobel Peace Prizes than men in recent decades.DWomen Nobel Peace laureates are still fewer in number than men.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的“Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates are fewer in number than men”可知答案为D。6What can we learn about Jane Addams?AShe set up a settlement house.BShe was a friend of Alfred Nobels.CShe accepted the Prize in person.DShe made the effort to keep the peace during WWII.解析：选A细节理解题。根据2.Jane Addams介绍中的内容“. best known as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago”可知答案为A。7Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of _.Aher fight for freedomBthe international peace movementCher contribution to environmental protectionDher work in bringing help to suffering humanity解析：选C推理判断题。根据4.Wangari Maathai介绍中内容可知，万加丽马塔伊为环保事业做出了突出贡献。.阅读七选五A small mammal lives in the rocky cliffs of Tian Shan, a mountain range in northwest China. But scientists dont know much about this tiny creature known as the Ili pika. _1_In fact, it had been more than 20 years since anyone had seen an Ili pika. But Weidong Li, who first discovered the animal, and a team of volunteers bed the mountains looking for the animals. _2_“They found it hiding behind a rock, and they realized that they had found the pika，” Tatsuya Shin, a Chinese naturalist said.Li was studying diseases in a mountainous region of northwest China when he first discovered the 8inch mammal in 1983. _3_ In 1985, he found two more pikas. When researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences took a closer look at Lis discovery, they confirmed that it was indeed a new species.In the early 1990s, scientists estimated that there were about 2,000 Ili pikas running across mountain cliffs in China. Now there are probably fewer than 1,000. Li thinks that the Ili pika population has decreased by nearly 70 percent since he saw the first one in 1983.“This tiny species could be extinct anytime，” Li said. “_4_”Big changes to the Ili pika habitat are probably contributing to the pikas lower population. In addition, Ili pikas dont reproduce often, and other animals are eating grass where they live. Changes in local temperatures have driven Ili pikas to higher elevations (海拔) in the mountains.Li and others are encouraging wildlife groups to help protect this creature. Li searches fulltime for Ili pikas. _5_ Li is also working to create a wildlife reserve to help protect Ili pikas.AIt became endangered soon.BThey finally spotted one last