高中英语Module2AustraliaandNewZealand_SectionⅠ自我小测外研版.docx

Module 2 Australia and New Zealand-Section.单项选择1What you like may not be what I like.Yes，one mans meal is another mans _.Apoison BmedicineCmeal Dfood2As_ mountains beyond our hometown are becoming greener and greener，they have become_ home to a large amount of wild life.Athe；/ Bthe；aC/；a Dthe；the3While the sea has offered people food for thousands of years，it_ thousands of people in one day in the tsunami in Southeastern Asia.Aswallowed BateCcheated Dwasted4We must do whatever we can to help those who are _.Ain addition Bin troubleCin advance Din charge5The Chinese ship，Tiunyu 8，was reported_ off the east coast of Kenya in November,2008.Ato be attackedBto have been attackedCto be attackingDto have been attacking6Whether ways will be found to help China _ the current world financial crisis is just _ worries the public.Aprevent；that Bsurvive；whatCforbid；that Dquit；what.根据句意和首字母或汉语提示写出单词的正确形式1Some mushrooms are extremely p_.2He swallowed some type of _(毒物)3The bell is _(巨大的)，weighing over 40 tons.4The outline of the mountains was clearly _(看得见的)5He _(移居) to Australia when he was young.6Algeria was formerly a French _(殖民地)7This kind of poison is d_.8He _(咽下) the last of his coffee and asked for the bill.用所给词或短语的适当形式填空visibleby comparisonin troublemeet withbe responsible foron the bottom ofbe home tomarkput together1It is a _ star in the sky.2Xishuangbanna _ Golden Monkeys.3He _ an old friend at the meeting.4It was a bad year for films，_ both quantity and quality.5_，trips by sea offer a great variety of civilized comforts.6Youll be _ if you dont watch your step.7She is my child，and I _ her.8The potter carved his name _ the pot.9For oil _ try a proprietary dry cleaner.10Your department spent more last year than all the other departments _.阅读理解The Maori are Polynesians living in New Zealand ever since the 11th century.Their exact origin is unknown.They call the islands Aotearoa，The Land of the Long White CloudTheir own name comes from MaUri，which means Children of HeavenTheir nickname is Vikings of the Sunrise，because they are fierce warriors.Originally they were hunters，but soon became peasants，living on agriculture.Today about 300 000 Maori are mainly living in the cities，but they remain closely connected to their tribes.Their tribal groupings are derived from the people of each canoe，settling in New Zealand in the early times.Their villages are consolidated with in the centre of the marae，an open space on which the meeting house is located.This building is the symbolic body of the ancestor.Around the fort sites a palisade(木栅栏) with watch tower is built.In these watch towers pahu，huge wooden plates，functioning as alarm gongs，were suspended.The Maori religion is closely related to nature and to the ancestors.Nature itself is considered a living being and thus the interaction between man and nature is bound by rules and ceremonies.The notion(概念) tapu (sacred)，from which the word tabu is deduced，is still a central notion in contemporary Maori society.Despite the western influences a good part of the Maori religion remained intact(完整的)Many ceremomies are still carried out and are often associated with traditional visual arts and traditional music.We mainly discuss here the traditional revival music and not the commercial modern Maori music.1Where did the Maori exactly come from?AThe islands Aotearoa. BAsia.CAustralia. DIt is unknown.2The Maoris watch tower is called “_”ATiki BpahuCtapu DMaUri 3From the passage we know that_.Athe Maori are mainly living a hunting life nowBthe Marois watch towers are mainly made of stonesCthe Maori religion is closely related to nature and to their ancestorsDthe western influences have greatly changed the Maoris life4In the next part，the author would most probably discuss _.AagricultureBthe commercial modern Maori musicCthe traditional revival musicDthe Maoris costume参考答案.1解析：one mans meal is another mans poison是句英语谚语，字面意思是“一个人吃的饭是另一个人的毒药”，即“人各有所好”。答案：A2解析：第一个空用the表示特指“我们家乡那儿的群山”；home表示“家园，栖息地”时，前面不用冠词。答案：A3解析：swallow吞没，吞并；eat吃；cheat欺骗；waste浪费。句意：数千年来，尽管大海一直给人类提供食物，但是在东南亚的海啸中它一天之内就吞没了数千人。答案：A4解析：in addition另外，加之；in trouble 在困境中；in advance提前，预先；in charge负责，主管。句意：我们要尽力帮助那些陷入困境的人。答案：B5解析：ship和attack之间是被动关系，排除C、D两项；不定式后的完成时表示attack的动作发生在主句动作report之前。答案：B6解析：第一个空考查动词辨析。survive在此表示“艰难地度过”；第二个空为由what引导的表语从句，what在从句中作主语。答案：B.1答案：poisonous2答案：poison3答案：massive4答案：visible5答案：emigrated6答案：colony7答案：deadly8答案：swallowed.1答案：visible2答案：is home to3答案：met with4答案：in terms of5答案：By comparison6答案：in trouble7答案：am responsible for8答案：on the bottom of9答案：marks10答案：put together.1解析：细节理解题。由文章第一段中“Their exact origin is unknown.”一句可知答案。答案：D2解析：细节理解题。由文章第四段“In these watch towers pahu，.”可知答案。答案：B3解析：由文章第二段中“Originally they were h