2014-2015学年人教版高中英语选修8单元测试题及答案解析6份单元测评2.doc

单元测评(二)Unit 2Cloning(时间：90分钟满分：110分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节；满分30分)第一节(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AIve loved books for as long as I can remember. When I was a child and my mother finished washing the evening dishes, shed read books to me like Curious George and Little Black Sambo in her quiet voice. I always enjoyed listening to the stories, but I wanted to learn to read so that I could read to myself.When I was in first grade I read Go Dog Go by myself. One weekend morning while my parents were still asleep, I got up and read the whole book. When my parents woke up, I told them what Id done. First they felt quite astounded and couldnt believe their ears, but they soon felt proud.Finally, I got a job in a bookstore and started buying books at a 30% discount (折扣). I kept every book I bought and whenever I looked at the books on my book shelf I felt a lot of excitement and energy. I loved all my books and I began collecting a lot of books. I have a home office with twelve book shelves and two large book cases. My office was filled with books. Every shelf was filled with books and the builtin desk that was completely covered by books that ran across the whole surface of the desk. I even had books lying on the floor.There was one big problem with this. My wife wanted to use the builtin desk and she repeatedly asked me to create space for her. I finally decided to clear out some of the books. In fact, I removed about half the books I owned. Not only was the desk completely clear, some book shelves were only half full. To my surprise, I felt a new sense of peace and freedom.语篇解读本文是记叙文。作者自小就喜欢读书，后来在书店找了一份工作，家中藏书无数。1Before the writer went to school, he often _.A. helped his mother wash the dishesB. read books all by himselfC. had stories read to him by his motherD. forgot what he had read答案与解析C细节理解题。由第一段内容可知，在作者小时候，母亲晚上洗碗后会读书给他听。作者很喜欢听这些故事，但是他还是很渴望自己能读书。2The underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_”A. worried B. surprisedC. embarrassed D. disappointed答案与解析B词义猜测题。由画线词后面的“不敢相信自己的耳朵”可以推断出astounded意为“惊讶的”。3The third paragraph is written mainly to show _.A. how much the writer loved booksB. how small the home office isC. how good it is to work in a bookstoreD. how fun it is to have books around答案与解析A推理判断题。由第三段中的“I kept every book I bought and whenever I looked at the books on my book shelf I felt a lot of excitement and energy. I loved all my books and I began collecting a lot of books.”可以推断出正确答案为A项。4Why did the writer decide to remove some books?A. To create some space for himself.B. To achieve a sense of peace.C. To make his office tidy and clean.D. To meet the requirement of his wife.答案与解析D细节理解题。由最后一段中的“My wife wanted to use the builtin desk and she repeatedly asked me to create space for her. I finally decided to clear out some of the books.”可知正确答案为D项。BSummer school is something a kid will never forget. For some, its a way to advance past their classmates. For most, summer school is a requirement in order to graduate with their classmates. I can remember being forced into taking a summer school course. It was not the school that forced me into this awkward situation; it was my mother.I was a 16yearold kid in a new school. My school did not offer summer courses so I had to take my course at an alternative school in the city. It was an experience I will never forget. I was not concerned with making friends. I was there to get credit (学分) for a course that I should have received credit for the previous semester. It was my doing that landed me in the situation and it was important that I understood this.The fees were lowest but the experience was amazing. I enjoyed. I didnt miss the day. The course was from Monday to Friday for an entire month. I passed the course with an A. I was thrown into an awkward situation and actually enjoyed it. My friends didnt even know I took the course. Most of them were still sleeping by the time my course ended each day.Awkward situations are so important for personal growth. This situation made me feel more independent. I made friends. I finally understood what sacrifice and hard work were all about. While attending college, I remembered how much I enjoyed summer school and I chose to take summer school in my first three years of college. Some kids get pushed too much but some dont get pushed enough. I was never pushed enough.Enable your children to struggle for success. If your child needs summer school you explain to them why its important. Some parents are surprised by the situation and may want to be more involved in their childrens education. Follow through and follow up.语篇解读本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自己被迫参加暑期学校后变得更加独立、能交到好朋友，而且明白了努力工作终有回报，说明了暑期学校对学生很重要，希望大家能积极参与学习。5Most students go to the summer school in order to _.A. find good jobs after graduationB. become top students in their classC. have a chance to make more friendsD. graduate successfully on time答案与解析D细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“For most, summer school is a requirement in order to graduate with their classmates.”可知，D项正确。6What made the author go to summer school for the first time?A. What he had done.B. His mothers wish.C. His own requirement.D. Study competition.答案与解析B细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“It was not the school that forced me into this awkward situation; it was my mother.”可知，B项正确。7Which of the following was NOT the benefit got by the author through attending summer school?A. It helped him get rid of bad habits.B. It helped him make new friends.C. It helped him understand what sacrifice and hard work were.D. It increased his independence.答案与解析A细节理解题。根据第四段第二至四句“This situation made me feel more independent. I made friends. I finally understood what sacrifice and hard work were all about.”可知A项符合题意。CNoahs Ark (诺亚方舟) has set sail again. Crossing stormy scientific waters, todays ark is not carrying animals two by two to safety. Rather, it could produce unlimited numbers of presently endangered animals.Noah is the name given in advance to the clone of a dead gaur, a rare type of endangered wild ox found in India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. The new Noah is expected to be born any day now to Bessie, a cow living on a farm in Iowa Cows have given birth to gaurs before, but Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT), a small biotechnology company in Massachusetts, is using a crossspecies technique to clone a different species.Bessies ultrasound (超声) tests look good, but is the concept a sound one? Robert Lanza, ACTs vice president of medical and scientific development, says that the technique “presents exciting possibilities” that may help rescue endangered species and perhaps even avoid extinctions. Other scientists argue that such approaches are unlikely to make a significant contribution to the support of the endangered species, especially if their habitats have been destroyed.If Bessies little gaur is delivered safely, the birth will come as an encouragement to many biologists in the US and Europe who are involved. In particular, though, Noahs arrival will give courage to the scientists at ACT, who recently signed a deal with Spanish officials to attempt to clone the bucardo, an extinct mountain goat native to the Pyrenees Mountains. The last bucardo died a year ago. Scientists had already kept a quantity of its cells, and ACT hopes to transfer them into other goats eggs some time soon.语篇解读克隆技术可以像诺亚方舟拯救人类一样拯救濒临灭绝的动物。8We know from the passage that ACT _.A. has kept many cells of endangered creaturesB. has succeeded in cloning many animalsC. is trying out a new technique in cloningD. is a global biotechnology firm答案与解析C细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，该公司正在利用一种跨物种技术克隆物种。9Some scientists dont think highly of cloning endangered animals because _.A. the living areas of these animals no longer existB. they think its useless to save them by cloningC. they dont have the proven technologyD. it is too dangerous to do so答案与解析A细节理解题。根据第三段末的“Other scientists argue that . their habitats have been destroyed”可知A项正确。10How many ACT cloning experiments are mentioned?A. One. B. Two.C. Three. D. Four.答案与解析B细节理解题。此公司承担了克隆gaur和bucardo两项任务。第二节(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。Everyone wants to be happy. When you decide to be happy you are opening the door to love and inner peace. Many people are ready to spend millions of dollars to find happiness. _11_ It is a choice. As you programme your mind towards happiness，sooner or later your negative thoughts become fewer and happiness becomes part of your life._12_ Your past is carried into the present moment. You can change at any time. If you continue to think the same thought you remain bound. Once you change your thinking and beliefs, your attitude towards life changes, _13_ Your attitude controls your happiness, health, wealth and etc, so a good attitude always gets good results.If you want to be happy you cannot live in the past. Your past cannot be changed. _14_ But you can learn from your past failures. God has given you the power to control your mind. Once the mind starts to control you, your life will be a disaster. _15_ A gardener works day and night keeping his garden free of weeds and insects and growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, so if you want to be happy you have to tend the garden of your mind, weed out all the useless and impure thoughts.A. You have to learn how to control your mind.B. and your attitude controls your life.C. Happiness can be described as a feeling of joy, excitement, pleasure and calmness.D. and your attitude is everything about you.E. To be filled with happiness you need a clean mind.F. Even your creator cannot change your past.G. you will be a different person.答案11.C12.E13.G14.F15.A第二部分英语知识运用(共两节；满分45分)第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。For quite a while now, I have been looking for someone very special to give my very last smile card to.Today, when I sat down in a Thai _16_， I noticed a man walk by and sit down a few tables away from me. He had a small dish of yogurt (酸奶), which he ate _17_， scraping (刮) the sides of the dish to get it all out. As my eyes _18_ his, I saw a sad, lonely man with dirty hair. He had dirt on his coat and pants, obviously from _19_ outside. I was pretty sure he was _20_.I looked at my food and felt _21_ that I had this full plate of food _22_ he had nothing, not even a hint of (一丝) a smile on his face. I went over and asked him if he was _23_. He nodded. Then he gestured that he had no _24_.He saw me reach into my pocket and I said “_25_ me”. In a flash, he was behind me. I paid for another plate of food that _26_ him to pick anything he wanted. His plate was piled _27_ when he sat back down at his table. I sat there and _28_ him every so often, while he enjoyed his food.When I finished _29_， I remembered the smile card that I had been saving. On my way out, I gladly passed it to him. He did not _30_ when I said have a good day and placed the _31_ in front of him, but he _32_ said “Thank you”As I walked away, I _33_ with all of my heart that my last smile card had brought a smile to this mans face. I hoped that, one day in the _34_， he would also have the _35_ to pass the card on.16A. hotel B. restaurant C. office D. house17A. happily B. luckily C. quickly D. healthily18A. saw B. met C. avoided D. observed19A. waiting B. working C. playing D. sleeping20A. alone B. ill C. homeless D. lazy21A. proud B. terrible C. great D. ashamed22A. so B. unless C. though D. but23A. dirty B. full C. clean D. hungry24A. family B. house C. money D. job25A. Follow B. Tell C. Excuse D. Forgive26A. ordered B. allowed C. needed D. helped27A. high B. low C. long D. short28A. noticed B. heard C. remembered D. watched29A. drinking B. speaking C. eating D. thinking30A. took out B. look ahead C. look up D. look back31A. plate B. card C. yogurt D. coat32A. angrily B. bravely C. jokingly D. clearly33A. said B. promised C. hoped D. declared34A. end B. beginning C. past D. future35A. opportunity B. time C. dream D. energy答案与解析语篇解读本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者请一位流浪者吃饭并赠予他微笑卡的故事。16B由下文的“a small dish of yogurt”及第三段中的“I had this full plate of food”可推测，作者坐在一家泰国“餐馆(restaurant)”。17C由下文的“scraping the sides of the dish to get it all out”可推测，该男子很饿，因而他吃酸奶的速度很快，故选quickly。18B由下文的“I saw a sad, lonely man”可知，此处指作者的目光和男子的目光“相遇(met)”。19D见下一题解析。20C由上文的“He had dirt on his coat and pants”可推测，男子在室外“睡觉(sleeping)”，因而作者肯定地认为他“无家可归(homeless)”。21B由下文的“I had this full plate of food . he had nothing”可知，作者感到很“糟糕(terrible)”。22D“I had this full plate of food”与“he had nothing”形成鲜明对比，故选but。23D见下一题解析。24C由下一段中的“I paid for another plate of food .”可推测，作者问男子是否“饿(hungry)”。男子点头并用手势表示自己没有“钱(money)”。25A由下文的“he was behind me”可知，作者让男子“跟(Follow)”她走。26B由下文的“him to pick anything he wanted”可知，作者为该男子又买了一份食物，这使得他可以尽情享用美食，故选allowed。27A由上文男子很饿的事实可知，此处应该是说男子盘中的食物堆得很“高(high)”。28D当男子享用食物时，作者时不时地“看看(watched)”他。29C由第三段中的“I looked at my food and felt . I went over and asked him if he was .”可推测，作者帮男子买食物之前并没有吃完自己的东西，帮男子买单后才回到座位继续吃，因而此处指作者“吃(eating)”完。30C男子很饿，只顾着享用自己的食物，作者向他告别并赠送卡片时，他都顾不上“抬头看(look up)”。31B由上文的“I remembered the smile card . I gladly passed it to him”可知，此处指作者将微笑“卡(card)”放到男子的面前。32D由but可知，上文的“He did not .”与下文的“said Thank you”是转折关系，故此处应选“clearly (清楚地)”。33C由下文的“with all of my heart that my last smile card had brought a smile to .”可知，作者“希望(hoped)”那张微笑卡已经让男子脸上绽放微笑。34D由下文的“he would also .”可知，此处表示“未来(future)”的某一天。35A由语境可知，作者希望男子将来有“机会(opportunity)”将那张微笑卡传递下去。第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。(Zheng Tong is talking with her friend Xing Yang about human cloning.)Zheng: Do you know anything about human cloning, Xing Yang? Some say it could be a good thing _36_ others think it could have a terrible impact _37_ society. What do you think?Xing: Im in _38_ of the second view. In my opinion, the evil use of human cloning will lead to very dangerous consequences. What about you?Zheng: I dont agree with _39_. I believe nothing can stop the advance of science.Xing: Sounds _40_(reason). However, I cannot accept your argument because it is still very dangerous to be tried on humans. In addition, if the technique is used by ambitious leaders, they could even clone themselves to commit a crime. Peace would disappear from the world if this _41_(happen)Zheng: So in your opinion, banning human cloning is necessary?Xing: Yeah, _42_(exact)Zheng: But I think we may benefit from the technique. For example, it could help a heartbroken mother _43_ has lost her son if her son could be cloned. It is still too soon to say _44_ cloning is a good or bad thing.Xing: Thats true.Zheng: Now that we want to know much more about human cloning, why not search for the information about it on the Internet?Xing: Thats _45_ good idea.答案与解析36while空格前后两者为对比和转折关系，故填while。37on根据固定短语have a(n) .impact on .“对有影响”可知该空填介词 on。38favour根据固定短语in favour of“赞成”结合语境可知该空填favour。39you根据上下文可知Zheng不同意Xing的说法，故填代词you。40reasonable所给词在句中作系动词sound的表语，应用形容词形式，故填reasonable。41happened/were to happen/should happen根据该句语境可知该句是虚拟语气，是对将来的假设，故if从句用should do/were to do/did三种形式。42exactlyexactly “的确”，表赞同对方的意见。43who/that先行词是mother，指人，空格后面的从句中缺少主语，故填who/that引导定语从句。44whether根据句中暗示词or可知，该空填whether。45aThats a good idea.“好主意”。第三部分写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节短文改错(每小题1分，满分10分)英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号()，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。3必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, so does my life. At about 9：00 am., I go to the bookstore with my friends. There was a lot of new books. I didnt know what one to buy because these books were all useful to me. At 10：00, we went to cinema. The film was called The Earthquake of Tangshan but some people were waiting outside the booking office. It took to us about two hours to see it. Having seen the film, everyone was deeply moving. Some friends even burst out tears.Thats a really wonderful film. It is very worth seeing again. What a happy day! I hope tomorrow I will be even happier!答案Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, so m