2019_2020学年高中英语Module4WhichEnglish单元质量检测（四）外研版选修8.docx

单元质量检测（四）(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。AEnglish ConversationLeader: Mandi Ashmoreenglish iwclausanne. orgWe meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse.We chat for about an hour and discuss everything.Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue (举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.French Conversation, Advanced BeginnerLeader: Marielle Sulmonifrenchconvo iwclausanne. orgIm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage.I hold an advanced beginners French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：3016：00.We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere.I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.French Language Lab, BeginnerLeader: Maija Remlingerfrenchlab The group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：0016：30 at the clubhouse.The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”， working on proper pronunciation and phrasing.During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.French Conversation, AdvancedLeader: Juliette Brullfrench We meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：3011：00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.语篇解读本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了四个语言学习俱乐部，内容包括俱乐部的负责人、联系方式以及俱乐部的活动。1Why are you advised to contact Mandi?ATo check the arrangement.BTo exchange ideas.CTo decide the topics.DTo ask for leave.解析：选A细节理解题。根据English Conversation中的“contact her on Monday to confirm the class .”可知，与Mandi联系是为了确认俱乐部的课程安排。2Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language?AEnglish Conversation.BFrench Conversation, Advanced.CFrench Language Lab, Beginner.DFrench Conversation, Advanced Beginner.解析：选C推理判断题。根据French Language Lab, Beginner中的“working on proper pronunciation and phrasing”和“work on oral comprehension”可知，该俱乐部更注重基础语言知识的学习。3Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films?AMandi Ashmore.BMarielle Sulmoni.CMaija Remlinger. DJuliette Brull.解析：选D细节理解题。根据French Conversation, Advanced中的“sometimes we see a French movie”以及“Leader: Juliette Brull”可知，该俱乐部有时会观看法国电影，其负责人为Juliette Brull。BI started to learn English from the first grade. That year I was six. In class I learned basic phrases for greeting and describing objects. I dont have much memory for the first year of English learning. The only thing that I still remember is reading vocabulary list. A classmate of mine who was good at English would lead the whole class to read the list. One of the new words that I learned that year was “earth”. “The earth orbits the sun，” he said in Chinese. Every time we came to the word “earth”， he would repeat that sentence. I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.My family moved when I was in my second grade, and I transferred (转学) to a private school. My English class continued. Luckily I could use the same series of text books.I stayed in the same private school for my junior high school, which is from the 7th to the 9th grade. In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled “Good Morning” and the content was still basic greetings.Following was one year of high school life: a_different_school,_the_same_story.Then my family moved again, and I began to really use English. We came to America. I attended a couple years of high school, and now Im in college. I learn to write essays and start to read books in English. I can see my progress. However, I still have a lot of space to improve. In writing, the flow between sentences isnt good and Im still using basic words. In speaking, maybe because I hang out with Chinese speaking friends too much, it takes me time to think when telling long stories.语篇解读：作者讲述了她从六岁一直到大学学习英语的经历。4In Grade One, the author admired that classmate because he _.Acould speak two languagesBhad a very wide vocabularyCoften led the whole class to readDknew about the earth and the sun解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段的“I was secretly admiring him because he knew the earth orbits the sun.”可知，答案应选D项。5How did the author most probably feel during the first English class in junior high school?AMoved. BInterested.CDisappointed. DRelaxed.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第三段的“In junior high school, I hardly felt my English skill improved because the first English class here was still titled Good Morning and the content was still basic greetings.”可推断，作者当时很失望。6The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means in senior high school the author _.Adidnt live a very difficult lifeBliked her new school very muchClearned English in a different wayDhad to learn simple English all over again解析：选D句意理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，作者进入初中后英语又得从头学习，而画线句子的意思是：进入高中后还是这样。故选D项。7What do we learn about the author now?AShe is looked down upon by others.BShe still isnt very fluent in English.CShe has no chance to speak Chinese now.DShe likes practicing English through telling long stories.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第五段的However后面的内容可推断，作者现在英语还不是很流利。CSunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldnt always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.Children dont tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.语篇解读本文是说明文。听音乐可以让人们感到不太焦虑，从而减轻手术后的痛苦。8What made Sunitha start the study?AHer grandmothers desire for music.BHer majoring in biomedical engineering.CHer grandmothers listening to music after the operation.DHer sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain”可知，她祖母在手术后听音乐的经历使她开始做这项研究。9How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion?ABy observing.BBy making comparison.CBy asking questions. DBy analyzing causes.解析：选B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，研究者主要是通过对比三组实验对象在听了音乐、故事或静音后对疼痛的感知程度来判断他们所采取的方式是否有助于减轻痛苦来得出结论的。10What do we know about the research?AIt is of greater benefit to children.BIt should also be conducted on adults.CIt shows children suffer more from pain medication.DIt finds more and more children are on pain medication.解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们从该研究中受益更多。11What may be the best title for the text?AReaching for your playlist to ease painBSunitha does an experiment with her fatherCSunithas grandmother likes to listen to musicDStopping using pain medication on children解析：选A主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了Sunitha和她父亲的一项研究，表明听音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦。DPublic libraries have had another bad year. They are like local railways. People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, there is so little time these days.To the US historian Matthew Battles the library is a metaphor (隐喻) for the land of chance, a place where, lost in the piles, new Americans could “dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop (背景幕布) that reflects only the reader”. In Britain, the library was a grammar school, a teachyourself academy, a way of learning.Digitization has changed everything. The public library is no longer a place sacred to knowledge. Its walls have been bombed open. So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying. Print was yesterday, one more victim of the great digital wipeout. But Waterstones last year stopped selling Kindles and changed the shelf space to physical books. It saw a 5% rise in sales. Though the bookshop has suffered, the book has not.But these are buyers, not borrowers. The library must rediscover its specialness. This strength lies not in books, but in its readers, in their desire to gather, share with each other, hear writers and experience books with a group. It is in plays, concerts, comedy, lectures, debates, quizzes, performances of every sort. It should combine coffee shops, book exchanges, playgroups, art galleries, museums and performances.Ever since the days of Alexandria, the library has been the palace of the mind, the “University of All”. The Internet has removed its complete control of knowledge, but cannot copy its sense of place, its joy of human gathering.语篇解读本文是议论文。文章讨论了图书馆的数量虽然减少了，借书的人少了，但是书却并没有消失。12What is stressed by mentioning Matthew Battles?AThe meaning of the American Dream.BThe role of libraries in Americans life.CThe things people can learn in a library.DThe decrease in the number of libraries.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段可知，Matthew Battles强调了图书馆是机会之地，人们可以在图书馆中寻求自己的个人成功等，说明了图书馆对于人们的影响。13What did people use to think about books?ADigital technology left books dying.BA lot of books were becoming rubbish.CPhysical books took up too much space.DBooks in libraries were better than ebooks.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段中的“So much rubbish is said and written about the death of books. Five years ago, when Amazon ebook sales were higher than those of paperback copies, it was assumed the book was dying”可知，过去人们认为数字技术的出现，使得实体书快要灭亡了。14How can the library gain its popularity again?ABy offering readers better books.BBy holding live events for readers.CBy buying more books to fill its shelves.DBy providing relaxed atmosphere for readers.解析：选B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，在数字时代，图书馆要想重新恢复它是知识代表的称号，需要举办各种现场活动。15What might be the most suitable title for the text?ALibraries are dying but not for booksBLibraries will have no physical booksCLibraries are not about books any moreDLibraries play new roles in modern times解析：选A标题归纳题。本文主要讨论了随着数字技术的发展，图书馆的作用似乎越来越小了，但是书并没有消亡。.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。We usually dont mind when people call us by positive nicknames (绰号). _16_ But when people call us by cruel nicknames, it can be difficult to get them to stop. So what should you do?Ask your friends to give it a rest. Maybe you tripped (绊倒) over your feet a few times, and your friends started calling you klutz, thinking that you dont really mind. _17_Leave a nickname behind. Sometimes, life gives us a chance to start fresh. _18_ If youre moving from elementary school to middle school, let your friends know that you dont want to go by your old nickname.Ignore those who call you by a nickname. If the kids calling you by a bad nickname arent your friends, you should do your best to ignore them. _19_ It may be hard to pretend that it doesnt hurt, but if you get angry or obviously upset, it will just encourage them to use the nickname all the time._20_ Remember that if you have a bad nickname now, you probably wont always be stuck with it. Just look at Elvis Presley! When he first started singing onstage, he wiggled (摆动) his hips so much that cruel critics and the audience nicknamed him Elvis The Pelvis. He never stopped wiggling. People soon found it impossible to ignore his talent and began to call him The King of Rock & Roll.AIf it does bother you, tell them.BBelieve that things will change.CIf the kids refuse to stop, talk to your teacher.DIt feels good when these nicknames get repeated.EAlthough words can be hurtful, they cant change who you really are.FThe chance can be a good time to get rid of a nickname that you dont like.GIf you act like they arent hurting you, theyll eventually get bored and stop.语篇解读本文是说明文。文章介绍了如何不再让别人叫你的绰号。16解析：选D根据该空前的“positive nicknames”及该空后的But可知，此空内容与好听的绰号有关，故“当这些绰号被重复时会感觉很好”正确。17解析：选A结合“Ask your friends to give it a rest”可知，举这个例子是为了说明如果绰号让你感到恼怒的话，要告诉你的朋友。18解析：选F结合该空前的“Sometimes, life gives us a chance to start fresh”及该空后的“从小学到中学”可知，这个机会是你摆脱你不喜欢的绰号的好时机。19解析：选G根据该空后的内容可知，该空内容与“绰号与伤害”有关，故G项“如果你表现得好像他们不会伤害到你的话，他们最终会感到无聊并不再叫你的绰号”正确，且与下文形成对比。20解析：选B从该空后的内容可知，举Elvis Presley的例子是为了说明要相信事情将会改变。.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。Access to electricity has always been limited for people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a remote village in Peru. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 _21_ a flood damaged the power station in the area. The villagers were _22_ to turn to kerosene (煤油) lamps, which are not only expensive but also _23_ because of the poisonous matter they give off._24_， the researchers and students at the Universidad de Ingenieray Tecnologa (UTEC) in Lima, Peru heard about their _25_ situation and came up with a creative solution. They _26_ a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be found _27_ in the Amazonian rainforests where the village is located. Called Plantalmparas, the _28_ draws energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to _29_ an LED bulb.While that may sound complicated and even impossible, it is quite _30_. The waste produced by plants undergoes oxidization (氧化作用) in the soil, which produces electrons (电子). The UTEC team placed electrodes (电极) inside the soil to _31_ the energy and store it in the lamps batteries for _32_ use. The researchers say a single charge can light an LED bulb for two hours enough _33_ for people to get their evening chores done. The university _34_ ten such lamps to Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge _35_！ Elmer Ramirez, UTECs professor, believes the plant powered lamps could also help improve the lives of thousands of other _36_ rainforest communities, 42% of which have no access to _37_.This is not the _38_ time the students and professors of UTEC have come up with a(n) _39_ solution to a problem. In 2014, to deal with Perus severe _40_ pollution they created a large advertising board that could be used as an air purifier (净化器) as well!语篇解读本文是说明文。秘鲁UTEC大学的师生为了解决偏远乡村用电难的问题发明了一种利用植物和土壤供电的灯。21A.afterBthoughCunless Duntil解析：选A根据本句中的“from bad to worse”可知，在洪水毁了当地的发电站“后(after)”， Nuevo Saposoa村用电难的问题更加严重。22A.advised BtaughtCasked Dforced解析：选D没有电，村民们“被迫(forced)”使用煤油灯。23A.disappointing BinconvenientCstrange Ddangerous解析：选D根据本空后的“the poisonous matter”可知，使用煤油灯很“危险(dangerous)”。24A.Fortunately BSuddenlyCCertainly DUsually解析：选A根据下文内容可知，“幸运的是(Fortunately)”，UTEC大学的师生们想出了一个好主意帮助村民。25A.real BembarrassingCbad Dunstable解析：选C根据上文内容可知，Nuevo Saposoa村的村民无电可用，情况很“糟糕(bad)”。26A.bought BdesignedCdiscovered Drepaired解析：选B根据本空后的“a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil”可知，他们“设计出(designed)”一种利用植物和土壤供电的灯。27A.in detail Bin timeCin harmony Din abundance解析：选D只有制作新型灯的材料容易获得，这项发明才有可能得到广泛使用。故此处in abundance(大量地)符合语境。28A.village BlampCrainforest Dsoil解析：选B根据本空前的Called和本空后的“draws energy”可知，这种“灯(lamp)”名叫Plantalmparas，从植物中获取电能。29A.light up Bmake upCgive up Duse up解析：选A本空前的it指代本句中的energy，表示这种灯利用从植物中获得的电能“点亮(light up)”LED灯泡。30A.widespread BstraightforwardCwellknown Dlaborsaving解析：选B本句开头的While表示对比或相反的情况，因此这里指尽管从植物中获取电能听上去很复杂，甚至不可能，但其实并“不难(straightforward)”。31A.waste BsaveCproduce Ddirect解析：选C根据本空前的“placed electrodes (电极) inside the soil”可知，UTEC大学的团队把电极放进土壤就是为了“发(produce)”电。32A.additional BfreeCregular Dlater解析：选D根据本句中的store可知，把电能存进电池里是为了“以后的(later)”使用。33A.energy BspaceCtime Dbrightness解析：选C根据本空前的“two hours”可知，两个小时的“时间(time)”足够人们完成夜间琐事了。34A.distributed BsoldClent Dreturned解析：选A根据上文内容可知，UTEC大学的师生发明这种新型灯就是为了帮助Nuevo Saposoa村的村民，所以他们完成发明后给该村“分发了(distributed)”十个这种灯。35A.success BchallengeCchange Dsurprise解析：选A根据下句中的“could also help .”可知，这些灯很“成功(success)”，所以UTEC大学的教授认为它们也可以被推广到其他地方。36A.nearby BsmallCremote Dancient解析：选C根据上文内容可知，UTEC大学的师生为了解决偏远乡村Nuevo Saposoa村用电难的问题才发明了这种灯，因此这里指将这种灯推广到其他用“电(electr