新教材2021-2022学年英语外研版选择性必修第二册练习：单元素养提升UNIT 2 IMPROVING YOURSELF WORD版含答案.doc

1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。单元素养提升(二) Unit 2. 单句语法填空1. We are constantly (constant) being reminded to cut down the amount of fat we take in. 2. Some children miss out because their parents cant afford to pay for school trips. 3. While parents are busy, a cellphone i

2、s usually used to keep their kids occupied (occupy) for hours. 4. We can rely on it that the government will take effective measures to solve the air pollution. 5. The government has invested heavily in public transport. 6. Equipping (equip) themselves for the journey, the students set out immediate

3、ly. 7. I intend to take (take) full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need. 8. The proposed national identity card system would help to tighten security (secure) against tricks. 9. Some questions in this connection had been clarified (clarify) and we had a meeting to discuss them further.

4、10. What they had been motivated (motivate) to do was their personal interest; they are now having an inner motivation. . 选词填空switch on, thanks to, believe in, be responsible for, in control of, put aside, on reflection, be occupied with, throw in the towel, rely on1. Linda was occupied with the wor

5、k of redecorating her house. 2. On reflection, we can reasonably expect to see interest continue to rise in the future. 3. Dont rely on him to do anything. Hes just a talker. 4. Do you mind if I switch on the radio? 5. He promised he would never throw in the towel. 6. Thanks to his effort, it is mor

6、e successful than we have expected. 7. You should be in control of your fate. 8. She is my child, and I am responsible for her. 9. He has a little money put aside for a rainy day. 10. You can believe in him; hell never let you down. . 完成句子1. What if our plane is delayed and we cant make it to New Yo

7、rk tomorrow? 如果我们的飞机晚点了, 明天不能到达纽约怎么办? 2. It is said that not owning a car helps him save over $5, 000 per year and gives him so much financial freedom. 据说, 没有汽车每年他能省下5 000多美元, 也有很大的财务自由。3. By the window sat a young woman with a book in her hand. 窗边坐着一个年轻女子, 手里拿着一本书。4. The young mans aim is to start

8、up his own company after graduation. 那个年轻人的目标是毕业后开办一家自己的公司。5. David said that it was because of his strong interest in literature that he chose the course. 大卫说他选择这门课是因为他对文学的浓厚兴趣。. 阅读理解A(2021宁波高二检测)Two things changed my life: my mother and a white, plastic, daisy bike basket. I have thought long and

9、hard about it and its true. I would be a different person if my mom hadnt turned a silly bicycle accessory (配件) into a life lesson I carry with me today. It was summer and, one day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed and there it was in the window. White, shiny, plastic and deco

10、rated with daisies, the basket seemed so appealing and I knew I had to have it. “Mom, please can I please, please get it? Ill do extra chores for as long as you say. Ill do anything, but I need that basket. Please, Mom. Please? ”“You know, ” she said, gently rubbing my back while we both stared at w

11、hat I believed was the coolest thing ever, “If you save up, you could buy this yourself. ”“By the time I make enough itll be gone! ”“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you, ” She smiled at Roger, the bike guy. “For that long? He cant hold it for that long, Mom. Someone else will buy it. Please, Mom,

12、 please? ”“There might be another choice, ” she said. My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely out of reach in some hiding place I couldnt find. Each week I eagerly counted my growing nest egg earned by extra work here and there (washing the car, helping my mother make dinner, deliver

13、ing milk around the neighborhood). And then, weeks later maybe, I counted, re-counted and jumped for joy. Oh, happy day! I made it! I finally had the exact amount wed agreed upon. Days later, the unthinkable happened. A neighborhood girl Id played with millions of times appeared with the exact same

14、basket fixed to her shiny, new bike that already had all the bells and whistles. I rode my bike fast home to tell my mother about this disaster, this horrible turn of events. And then came the lesson Ive taken with me through my life: “Honey, your basket is extra-special, ” Mom said, gently wiping a

15、way my hot tears. “Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself. ”【文章大意】本文为一篇记叙文。作者回忆了自己的母亲对孩子不同寻常的教育方法。通过一个自行车篮子的事情, 母亲教会作者什么事情都要自力更生, 通过自己的努力得到的东西才是珍贵的。1. In Paragraph 1, the writer shows a sense of _. A. lonelinessB. gratitudeC. brightnessD. regret【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知, 有两件事改变了作者的一生,

16、要不是妈妈把一个不实用的自行车配件变成了作者今天随身携带的人生教训, 作者的人生将会完全不同。由此判断出, 作者表现出一种感激之情。故选B项。2. The writer finally got the basket she desired by _. A. waiting and sharingB. crying and beggingC. working and savingD. borrowing and returning【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段内容可知, 作者通过工作和攒钱得到了她想要的篮子。故选C项。3. What lesson did the mother want

17、 to teach the author? A. The fruit of ones labor tastes sweeter. B. After rain comes fair weather. C. Hard work leads to success. D. Tolerance and patience bring happiness. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself. 可知, 你的篮子很特别, 因为它是你自己付钱买的。结合短文的主要内容, 通过一个自行车篮子的事情, 母

18、亲教会作者什么事情都要自力更生, 通过自己的努力得到的东西才是珍贵的。由此判断出, 这位母亲想告诉孩子劳动换来的果实尝起来更甜。故选A项。B(2021衡水高二检测)Mom was a good cook. Her homemade chili sauce was second to none, and the things she could do with a chicken. . . well, it makes my mouth water to think about it. And I once offered to make my sister Kathys bed for a w

19、eek if she would give me the last slice of toast made by Mom. No doubt about it, Mom was a great cook most of the time. If a beef steak was placed in her frying pan, she turned into the anti-cook. She could turn that finest meat into a piece of hard protein with the smell of shoe leather. Of course,

20、 she really tried. One day, my brother Bud took me out for lunch in a popular restaurant and he ordered beef steaks. Since he was paying, I thought I should have at least one or two bites. But when the waitress served our steaks, I was surprised at how good they smelled. Suddenly I understood why ot

21、hers spoke of beef steaks lovingly. I wolfed down my steak. I was a born-again beef-eater. “You know, ” I said to Bud, “I used to think Mom was a great cook. But its hard to believe that her steaks came from the same animal as these steaks. ”“Mom is really a great cook, ” Bud said. “Think about it.

22、She grew up during the Great Depression. Thats when she learned to cook. How often do you think they had steaks? It is only recently that they could afford to buy steaks. So it isnt that she isnt a good cook. ”Its that way with all of us, isnt it? Even our strengths have elements (成分) of weakness. T

23、hats why great athletes still train and great actors still practice. Greatness isnt something we are; it is something we become. And that process of becoming includes learning and growing through both success and failure. 【文章大意】本文为夹叙夹议类文章。作者的母亲厨艺很好, 但是也有例外, 她做的牛排很糟糕。通过这个例子, 作者告诉我们, 一个人擅长的东西也会有弱点。所以优

24、秀的运动员仍然坚持锻炼, 优秀的演员依旧需要排练, 因为他们需要不断学习才能一直优秀。4. What does the underlined sentence mean? A. The authors mom was a good cook. B. The author loved his family members. C. Mom loved Kathy more than the author. D. The toast made by Mom was the authors favorite. 【解析】选A。句意猜测题。根据上文得知, 妈妈是一个不错的厨师。结合画线句句意“有一次为了吃

25、最后一片妈妈做的吐司, 我主动提出给妹妹凯西整理一周床铺。”可知, 这句话是为了说明妈妈是个好厨师。故选A。5. How did that eating in the restaurant affect the author? A. He realized that beef was the best meat. B. He started to like home-made beef steaks. C. He would eat beef steaks only in that restaurant. D. He didnt think beef steaks terrible anymo

26、re. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句可知, 妈妈能把一块上乘的牛排做成带有鞋子皮革味道的硬蛋白质, 根据第三段可知, 哥哥带作者去饭店, 当服务生上牛排时, 作者没想到牛排这么好闻, 明白了为什么别人都说牛排美味。由此可以判断出作者再也不认为牛排像妈妈烹制出来的那么难吃了。故选D。6. Why couldnt the authors mom cook beef steaks well? A. She couldnt afford good beef. B. She had little experience in cooking them. C. She seldom ate

27、meat when she was young. D. She actually wasnt good at cooking meat at all. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的内容得知, 妈妈成长于大萧条时期, 那时候学会做饭, 不可能经常吃到牛排, 最近才能买得起牛排。可以判断出, 作者的妈妈几乎没有烹饪牛排的经验。故选B。7. What can we learn from the passage? A. One is never too old to learn. B. Failure is the mother of success. C. Greatness sti

28、ll needs learning and growing. D. Everyone has both strengths and weaknesses. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句得知, 伟大不是与生俱来的, 而是我们逐渐变成的。变得伟大的过程包括在成功和失败中学习和成长。因此, 我们可以从这篇文章中学到: 伟大仍然需要学习和成长。故选C。. 语法填空If you live in the United States, the law says you cant have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 o

29、r 15, you can work part-time after school or 1. _ weekends, and during summer you can work forty hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are 2. _ (young) than 14, you cant earn your own money? Of course not! Kids 3. _ are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.

30、Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by 4. _ (clean) up other peoples yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (织) dog 5. _ (sweater) and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she 6. _ (start) taking art classes and showing her works to people. People have asked her 7. _ (draw) pictures

31、for them and they pay her for them. Earning 8. _(be) learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning 9. _skills you will need to succeed in life. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it. However, the five dollars that you earn will 10. _(probable) make y

32、ou feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。美国的孩子可以通过暑假打工或者帮别人做一些生活中的小事来挣钱。通过做这些事情, 孩子们不但挣到了钱, 还学会了日后生活的必备技能, 同时也体会到了通过自己劳动挣钱的乐趣。1. 【解析】on。考查介词。短语on weekends意为“在周末”, 故填on。2. 【解析】younger。考查形容词比较级。此处应填形容词作表语, 根据than判断用比较级形式, 故填younger。3. 【解析】who/that。考查定语从句。分析句

33、子结构可知, 此处应填定语从句关系词, 先行词Kids在从句中充当主语, 故用指人的关系代词who/that, 故填who/that。4. 【解析】cleaning。考查动名词。此处应填动名词形式作介词by的宾语, 故填cleaning。5. 【解析】sweaters。 考查名词。sweater是一个可数名词, 结合句意可知此处应该使用复数, 故填sweaters。6. 【解析】had started。 根据前面的said可知, 后面的start发生在said之前, 故使用过去完成时, 故填had started。7. 【解析】to draw。考查固定短语。短语ask sb. to do st

34、h. 意为“要求某人做某事”, 故填to draw。8. 【解析】is。考查时态。根据下文的are判断, 此处为一般现在时, Earning为动名词作主语, 看作第三人称单数, 故填is。9. 【解析】the。 考查冠词。根据后面的you will need to succeed in life可知, 此处特指skills, 故填the。10. 【解析】probably。 考查副词。此处应填副词修饰动词make, 故填probably。. 完形填空I had seven children, so our house was a scene of lively noise. But my gar

35、den helped me1. It was a place of life and 2 sunlight shone on green leaves and flowers lifted their blossoms. For a long time, I 3this place and kept it to myself. One afternoon, I went to the garden4. I had been expecting the sugar peas to be ripe, and I wanted the first taste. Suddenly a 5 voice

36、came to me. “Do you want to eat, Mama? ” Abbys big blue eyes sparkled (闪闪发光) 6 she was staring at me. I only had to smile, and pop the peas into her 7. She just loved how tasty they were. Then my seven-year-old girl put me in 8. “Mama, lets pick some more. Wont the others love them too? I cant wait

37、to9. ”I10 how selfish I had always been. I should not have kept the joys of 11 to myself for such a long time. The next day, when my children12 helping plant more seeds, I stopped feeling annoyed. 13, I began to enjoy their 14. I was surprised to find the work was happier with their help, and their

38、15 made time pass faster. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。一位为家庭所累的母亲常常独自在花园放松心情, 直到有一天被女儿发现并提议与家人分享收获, 她开始反思自己并学会与孩子们共享园艺的乐趣。1. A. entertainB. relaxC. workD. sleep【解析】选B。句意: 但我的花园帮助我放松。根据前文“so our house was a scene of lively noise”可知, 家里很吵闹, 所以此处表示花园可以帮助作者放松。故选B。2. A. activityB. workC. energyD. experience【解析】选C。句意:

39、这是一个充满生机和活力的地方阳光照在绿叶上, 鲜花盛开。activity活动; work工作; energy精力, 活力; experience经验, 经历。根据后文“sunlight shone on green leaves and flowers lifted their blossoms”可知, 这是一个充满生机和活力的地方。故选C。3. A. missedB. rememberedC. searchedD. guarded【解析】选D。句意: 很长一段时间, 我守着这个地方, 不让别人知道。missed思念, 错过; remembered记得; searched寻找; guarded

40、守卫。根据后文“and kept it to myself”可知, 此处表示作者守卫这个地方, 不让别人知道。故选D。4. A. secretlyB. securelyC. finallyD. straight【解析】选A。句意: 一天下午, 我偷偷地去了花园。secretly秘密地, 偷偷地; securely安全地; finally最后; straight径直。根据前文“For a long time, I _this place and kept it to myself. ”可知, 作者不想让其他人知道这个地方, 所以作者偷偷地去了自己的花园。故选A。5. A. calmB. litt

41、leC. loudD. strange【解析】选B。句意: 突然, 我听到一个小小的声音。根据后文“Then my seven-year-old girl”和常识可知, 因为这是作者的秘密花园, 所以7岁的女儿在小声地和作者说话。故选B。6. A. asB. sinceC. ifD. though【解析】选A。句意: Abby盯着我看, 蓝色的大眼睛闪闪发光。根据上下文可知, 空处需用as引导时间状语从句。故选A。7. A. eyesB. noseC. handsD. mouth【解析】选D。句意: 我只是笑了笑, 把豌豆塞进了她的嘴里。根据空后“She just loved how tast

42、y they were. ”可知, 此处指把豌豆放进了她的嘴巴里。故选D。8. A. shameB. sadnessC. troubleD. anger【解析】选A。句意: 然后, 我七岁的女儿让我感到羞愧。shame羞愧; sadness悲伤; trouble麻烦; anger生气。根据后文“how selfish I had always been”和前文描述可知, 因为这是作者自己的花园, 所以作者因为自己女儿的话而感到羞愧。故选A。9. A. eatB. askC. shareD. leave【解析】选C。句意: 我等不及要分享了。根据前文“Mama, lets pick some m

43、ore. Wont the others love them too? ”可知, 作者的女儿想要和他人分享豌豆。故选C。10. A. assumedB. realizedC. guessedD. believed【解析】选B。句意: 我意识到我一直是多么自私。 assumed设想; realized意识到; guessed猜测; believed相信。根据后文“I should not have kept the joys of _to myself for such a long time. ”可知, 作者意识到自己的问题。故选B。11. A. cleaningB. playingC. ga

44、rdeningD. enjoying【解析】选C。句意: 我不应该把园艺的乐趣留给自己这么长时间。cleaning清理; playing玩耍; gardening园艺; enjoying享受。根据第一段“But my garden helped me _. ”可知, 此处指的是作者的园艺乐趣。故选C。12. A. insisted onB. looked onC. turned onD. held on【解析】选A。句意: 第二天, 当我的孩子们坚持要帮我播撒更多的种子时, 我不再感到恼火。 insisted on坚持; looked on旁观; turned on打开; held on抓紧。

45、根据后文“helping plant more seeds”, 可知, 此处表示坚持帮助作者播撒更多的种子。故选A。13. A. HoweverB. InsteadC. OtherwiseD. Therefore【解析】选B。句意: 相反, 我开始享受他们的陪伴。 根据前一句中“I stopped feeling annoyed”和本句内容可知, 前后表达相反的意思, 需用副词instead。故选B。14. A. comfortB. inspirationC. companyD. praise【解析】选C。句意: 相反, 我开始喜欢他们的陪伴。 comfort安慰; inspiration鼓舞

46、; company陪伴; praise表扬。根据空后“I was surprised to find the work was happier with their help”可知, 作者喜欢上了孩子们的陪伴。故选C。15. A. noiseB. voiceC. cryD. laughter【解析】选D。句意: 我惊讶地发现在他们的帮助下工作变得更加快乐, 他们的笑声让时间过得更快。根据前文“happier”可知, 此处指的是笑声让时间过得更快。故选D。. 应用文写作(2021长春高二检测)假设你是某中学高二学生李华, 经历过许多次成功与失败的你一定有很多感谢的话要对关爱你的人说。恰逢感恩节来

47、临之际, 请你根据以下要点给他(她)写一封感谢信。要点如下: 1. 表达感激之情; 2. 回顾对你的帮助; 3. 表达祝愿。注意: 1. 词数80左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。Dear _, _Yours, Li Hua【参考范文】Dear Mom and Dad, How is everything going? With Thanksgiving Day approaching, Im writing to express my sincere gratitude to you both for the things youve done for me. Above al

48、l, Im grateful to you for bringing me into the world. I enjoy many successes and go through a number of failures, which makes me understand how much effort you have made to bring me up. Furthermore, Id like to thank you for your encouragement and love. It is you who first give me encouragement when I deal with difficulties, especially when I am not getting along well with my studies. All in all, I can say nothing but thanks to you both on this special occasion. Wish you all the best. Yours, Li Hua关闭Word文档返回原板块