2021-2022学年新教材高中英语 Unit 2 Exploring English Section Ⅱ Using language课时检测（含解析）外研版必修第一册.doc

1、Using language.阅读理解AWhile you visit the happiest place on earth, hope you dont hear these two phrases, or the tour might be about to turn into an unpleasant situation.Disney World and Disneyland are wellknown for being the happiest places in the world, but sometimes, some bad things happen.When they

2、 do, staff have code words (暗语) to let other staff know what has taken place without destroying your perfectly happy day with terrible details.According to the New York Post, one of the code words you can hear a worker say at Disney World is “White Powder Alert”， which means that guest has brought t

3、he ashes (骨灰) of dead relatives in order to make the happiest place on earth their final resting place.According to Susan Veness, author of Walt Disney World Hacks, this most commonly happens on the Haunted Mansion.This is illegal and can get those with ashes refused from Disney forever.The second D

4、isney code word you never want to hear is “Estop”. This one is a bit straighter and isnt used just for Disney.In order to remain as perfectly clear in an emergency situation as possible, workers in most amusement parks use the same phrase.It means “Emergency Stop”If ride must be shut down due to san

5、itary (卫生的) issue like someone getting sick or pouring ashes or a safety issue, an Estop is called and the ride is quickly shut down while park officials decide if the ride should be evacuated (疏散) immediately or simply paused for repair.No matter what code words are said, you will never want to hea

6、r a Disney cast member use these words.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了在迪士尼，希望你不要听到那两个不受欢迎的暗语，否则你的快乐旅行会变得很糟糕。1Why do staff in Disneyland use code words?AThey try to make tourists have a good day.BThey want to avoid quarrels with tourists.CCode words make communication easier.DCode words help tourists understand

7、situations better.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段中的When they do, staff have code words(暗语)to let other staff know what has taken place without destroying your perfectly happy day with terrible details.可知，迪士尼工作人员使用暗语的目的是避免某些糟心事破坏游客的快乐时光。故选A。2What will happen if tourists bring ashes of the dead to Disneyland?ASusan

8、Veness will criticize them seriously.BDisneyland will refuse them a visit forever.CThey will be driven to the Haunted Mansion.DThey will get no place to rest in Disneyland.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句This is illegal and can get those with ashes refused from Disney forever.可知，将骨灰带到迪士尼是违法的，会让其终生无法再次进入迪士尼。故选B。

9、3How is “Estop” different from “White Powder Alert”？AIt is used not only in Disneyland.BIt isnt used in dangerous situation.CIt is more difficult to understand.DIt describes a more terrible situation.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第四段第一句The second Disney code word you never want to hear is Estop. This one is a bit st

10、raighter and isnt used just for Disney.可知，“Estop”这个暗语更加直白，且不是只在迪士尼被使用。故选A。4What is the text mainly about?AAttractive and magical Disney.BSome emergency cases in Disney.CTips for having a good time in Disney.DTwo unwelcome code words in Disney.解析：选D主旨大意题。根据第一段内容并结合下文对两个暗语的介绍可知，本文介绍了两个在迪士尼不受欢迎的暗语。故选D。

11、BFacebook has developed a kind of AI (人工智能), translating between any pair of 100 languages without depending on first translating to English.Facebooks system was trained on a data (数据) set of 7.5 billion sentence pairs collected from the web across 100 languages though not all the languages had an e

12、qual number of sentence pairs.“What I was really interested in was cutting out English as a middle man.Globally there are plenty of countries where they speak two languages that arent English，” says Angela Fan of Facebook AI who led the work.For some language pairs, the new system shows obvious impr

13、ovements in translation quality.For example, translating from Spanish to Portuguese is extremely strong because Spanish is the secondmost spoken first language worldwide, meaning the researchers can get a lot of data.Translation between English and Belarusian also is improved because the AI can tran

14、slate Russian into English, which shares similarities with Belarusian.While the system isnt in use on the social network site.Facebook plans to put it to work soon to manage the 20 billion translations made every day when people click “Translate” on posts (帖子) written in more than 160 languages.“Fut

15、ure work will be done on other language，” says Fan “especially for languages where we dont have a lot of data, like SouthEast Asian and African languages.”The work “breaks away from the Englishcentric models and tries to build more different models”，says Sheila Castilho of the ADAPT Centre at Dublin

16、 City University, Ireland.“Thats pretty new and different.But its hard to know if the AI does a right translation work，” says Castilho.“The users may not know the other language, so they cannot judge the correctness of the translation.”语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了Facebook已经开发了一种能翻译100种语言的人工智能。5Whats Angela F

17、ans purpose of making the research?ATo collect data of all kinds of people.BTo avoid using English as a middle man in translation.CTo achieve her dream of becoming a translator.DTo make learning different languages easier.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段中的What I was really interested in was cutting out English as a

18、 middle man.Globally there are plenty of countries where they speak two languages that arent English可知，Angela Fan的研究目的是避免在翻译中使用英语作为“中间载体”。故选B。6Why is it easy to translate from Spanish to Portuguese by AI?APortuguese is similar to Spanish.BSpanish is spoken by the largest number of people.CResearcher

19、s have a good knowledge of the two languages.DThere is much data on Spanish.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段第二句For example, translating from Spanish to Portuguese is extremely strong because Spanish is the secondmost spoken first language worldwide, meaning the researchers can get a lot of data.可知，人工智能很容易把西班牙语翻译成葡萄

20、牙语，原因是西班牙语的资料数据很多。故选D。7What is Castilho worried about?AThe safety of AI translation.BThe way of using Facebook.CThe correctness of AI translation.DThe number of posts on the website.解析：选C推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句可知，Castilho担心人工智能翻译的正确性。故选C。8What is the text mainly about?AFacebook AI can translate any pair of

21、 100 languages.BFacebook wants to buy a new system.CFacebook AI can talk with the users.DFacebook has lost many users.解析：选A主旨大意题。根据第一段内容及下文的具体介绍可知，本文主要讲述了Facebook已经开发了一种能翻译100种语言的人工智能。故选A。.完形填空Sometimes people around you can change your life.The change may not be sudden or 1 ， but little habits can

22、produce big ideas that make you think about what is important in your life.The person who changed my life is Julia Masi.She has 2 me so many things that I will carry with me throughout my life.One thing Ive learned from Julia is how to balance 3 .Julia has shown me how to plan ahead so that I can fi

23、nish all my school work, enjoy sports and 4 have time for my friends.She has taught me that you can do anything if you are 5 never give up.Ive also learned that you can find anything 6 if you connect it with something that you enjoy.Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing on my co

24、mputer.Julia 7 the two and showed me a website called “” where you can 8 a word game that gives you 5 grains of rice to donate to the poor with every correct word.She 9 me to learn a hundred new words by filling up the rice bowl.I liked playing the game so much that I 10 about 1,000 words in just on

25、e month.Julia has always 11 me to try new hobbies.She showed me that going to the theater could help me become a better writer. 12 ， she taught me that discussing a play can excite an interest in reading.If it werent for Julia, I probably wouldnt have 13 how easy it is to help the poor.There are so

26、many ways that one person can 14 .Ive learned to be more appreciative of what I own.I am 15 for the opportunities that I have been given.I will continue to think of ways to help those less fortunate for the rest of my life.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过讲述茱莉亚如何帮助自己安排时间，克服学习中的困难，告诉我们一个人影响别人的方式有很多。1A.simpleBimpres

27、siveCnecessary Dslight解析：选B根据本空前的The change may not be sudden or以及表示转折的but可知，这种改变可能不会是突然的或令人印象深刻的。故选B。2A.taught BservedCoffered Dbought解析：选A根据本空前的The person who changed my life is Julia Masi.可知，茱莉亚改变了我的生活，因此她教会了我很多东西。故选A。3A.work BmoneyCcareer Dtime解析：选D根据本空后的so that I can finish all my school work,

28、enjoy sports and 4 have time for my friends可知，茱莉亚教会了我如何平衡时间。故选D。4A.never BseldomCyet Dstill解析：选D根据语境可知，提前计划好可以让我完成所有的作业，做一些运动，还有时间和朋友在一起。故选D。5A.excited BdeterminedCcareful Dpatient解析：选B根据本空后的never give up可知，只要你下定决心，永不放弃，你就能做任何事，故选B。6A.important BhardCpossible Dinteresting解析：选D根据本空后的something that yo

29、u enjoy可知，如果你把你所做的和你喜欢的东西联系起来，你会发现任何事情都有乐趣。故选D。7A.shared BrememberedCcombined Dseparated解析：选C根据本空后的the two and showed me a website called “”可知，我讨厌学习词汇，但喜欢玩电脑，茱莉亚把二者结合在一起，介绍给我一个叫“”的网站。故选C。8A.watch BplayCraise Dimprove解析：选B根据本空后的a word game可知，在这个网站上可以玩词汇游戏，故选B。9A.challenged BinvitedCpermitted Dreminde

30、d解析：选A根据本空后的me to learn a hundred new words by filling up the rice bowl可知，游戏中，她强烈建议我把饭碗装满来学100个新单词。故选A。10A.learned BreadCused Dspelled解析：选A根据本空后的about 1,000 words in just one month可知，只用了一个月我就学会了1,000个单词。故选A。11A.allowed BwarnedCforced Dencouraged解析：选D根据本空后的me to try new hobbies可知，她总是鼓励我尝试新爱好。故选D。12A.

31、Therefore BBesidesCHowever DOtherwise解析：选B根据本空后的she taught me that discussing a play can excite an interest in reading可知，此外，她还教我讨论戏剧可以激发阅读的兴趣。故选B。13A.realized BobservedCimagined Ddreamed解析：选A根据本空后的how easy it is to help the poor可知，没有茱莉亚，我可能不会意识到帮助穷人可以这么简单，故选A。14A.turn away Bmake a differenceCshow of

32、f Dmake a mistake解析：选B根据本空前的There are so many ways that one person can可知，一个人可以通过很多方式发挥作用，故选B。15A.eager BsorryCthankful Danxious解析：选C根据本空后的for the opportunities that I have been given可知，我对所得到的机会心存感激，故选C。.语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。When you graduate from high school or university, is learning

33、 finished? The answer 1 (be) no.In many countries, people continue learning all 2 (they) lives.Why is lifelong learning important? How can it help you? Lifelong learning can be useful in many ways.People 3 want to change jobs often return to study at a university.Some jobs require workers to keep le

34、arning new ways 4 (do) things.For example, 5 (doctor) must always learn about new illnesses and treatments.Lifelong learning can prepare people for unexpected changes, such as, losing your job and having to depend 6 new skills to find work.By continuing to learn, youll more 7 (easy) take advantage o

35、f new job opportunities.Lifelong learning can help people stay 8 (health) and independent.Many older people also feel that lifelong learning helps them stay close to young people.Lots of older people are now learning 9 to use computers.“I want to remain active .for my own health，” said Mr Salinas, 1

36、0 91yearold man taking computer classes.“I see my computer learning as part of an active life and something that I can share with my family.”语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章说明了终身学习的重要性。1is由全文语境可知，本文说明了终身学习的重要性，时态是一般现在时，主语The answer是单数，谓语也用单数形式。故填is。2their此处用形容词性物主代词修饰名词lives，指代主语people。故填their。3who/that空处引导定语从句，先行词

37、是People，且从句中缺少主语。故填关系代词who或that。4to do此处作名词短语new ways的后置定语用动词不定式。故填to do。5doctors此处泛指“医生”，doctor是可数名词，且前面没有冠词，应用复数名词表示泛指。故填doctors。6on/upondepend on/upon .为固定搭配，意为“依靠”。故填on或upon。7easily此处应用副词作状语，修饰动词短语take advantage of。故填easily。8healthystay相当于系动词be，此处用形容词与independent一起作并列表语，stay healthy意为“保持健康”。故填healthy。9how此处用“疑问词to do”结构作动词learning的宾语，由句意可知，表示方式“如何”。故填how。10a此处泛指“一位91岁老人”，91yearold的发音以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词。故填a。