2021-2022学年新教材高中英语 Unit 4 Everyday economics 单元检测(含解析)外研版选择性必修第四册.doc
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1、单元综合检测(四)第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWalter Peak High Country Farm, on the western shores of Lake Wakatipu, is famous in history.Its sheltered bays were used as camping sites by Maori travelling to the Mararoa and Oreti Rivers on Moa hunting and pouna
2、mu (greenstone) gathering expeditions.Things to doSituated on picturesque Lake Wakatipus western shores, the farm is the perfect place to spend a few relaxing hours.The Farm Tour itself is a wonderful, interactive experience for the whole family, with something to keep everyone entertained and happy
3、.Our rural host will meet you after you leave the steamboat and take you for a walking tour of the farmyard.The first stop is the holding pens (畜栏), where you can help feed the sheep and deer, and even get up close to the Scottish highland cattle.Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the
4、charming Colonels Homestead for morning or afternoon tea.Afterwards the farmer will lead you over to the shearing shed (剪羊毛棚) where you can watch the farm dogs rounding up sheep on the hills, and see the farmer cut the wool off a sheep.You will then board the steamboat for your cruise back to Queens
5、 town.Ticket InformationChild Ticket: $22.00Adult Ticket: $77.00Visitor InformationOPENING TIME: 10 amCLOSING TIME: 4 pmAdditional InformationAll tickets purchased at My Fun must make a booking at 6434418166.Please mention your My Fun bar code (条形码) number when making your booking.Please print out y
6、our voucher (收据) and take along with you to the attraction.Tickets are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.Terms and ConditionsPurchase of the tickets depends on our partners terms and conditions.【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了瓦尔特峰高原农场以及参观农场的时间、票价等相关事宜。1Where can a visitor have morning tea?AOn the
7、steamboat.BAt the holding pens.CIn the shearing shed.DIn the Colonels Homestead.D细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Then walk slowly through the lakeside gardens to the charming Colonels Homestead for morning or afternoon tea.”可知,游客可以在Colonels Homestead喝茶。故选D。2How much should a parent with a child pay for the Farm Tour?
8、A$99.B$121.C$176.D$198.A细节理解题。根据Ticket Information部分中的“Child Ticket: $22.00”与“Adult Ticket: $77.00”可知,如果父母之一和一个孩子参观,需要(7722)99美元。故选A。3A visitor who has bought tickets at My Fun must _Atake the voucher to the FarmBcontact My Fun and get a discountCtell the Farm your My Fun bar code numberDcall 643441
9、8166 to print out the voucherA细节理解题。根据Additional Information部分中的“Please print out your voucher and take along with you to the attraction.”可知,游客在My Fun买了票后, 必须带着收据去农场。故选A。BThere is always no lack of ordinary people taking action for extraordinary change.Aghan Oscar is just among them.Thirteen years a
10、go, Aghan bothered by the everincreasing quantity of plastic waste in this lowincome suburb of Nairobi decided to find a way to recycle it.Now his company, Continental Renewable Energy Co.Ltd (COREC) produces poles for use in construction, farming and road signs.So far hes sold 96,000, and he says h
11、is potential for growth is limited only by the considerable expense of setting up plastic recycling plants.Most of Aghans customers are farmers and developers who once used wooden fence poles.Customers say they have other benefits as well.“I have fenced my piece of land three times using wood posts,
12、 but most of the time the fence was vandalized (故意破坏) by villagers who used the posts as firewood,” said Caleb Kapten.“Now plastic posts have stopped the problem.”The Kenya National Highways Authority is one of CORECs biggest customers.It approached the company after road signs were vandalised by cr
13、iminals who sold the metal poles to steel manufacturing companies.Aghan reckons (估计) that CORECs products have saved the government millions of shillings, besides preventing road accidents.And he also points out that COREC has been able to conserve large numbers of trees by producing plastic poles.W
14、hen Aghan started this recycling business in 2003, most of his employees were his family members due to financial constraint (限制)Now he employs 250 young people to collect plastic waste.Fifty more youths work on the production line, where the waste is sorted according to quality before being crushed
15、 and washed, melted and cast into different shapes.The poles are then arranged by shape and size for sale in the yard of the recycling plant.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。受日益增多的塑料垃圾所扰的Aghan创办了自己的公司来解决这个问题,他们回收利用废弃塑料来生产塑料杆儿用于建筑、农业和交通领域。4Whats the biggest challenge of Aghans future career?AThe poor technology in rec
16、ycling.BThe high cost of building factories.CThe increasing piles of plastic waste.DThe limited policy support in recycling.B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“his potential for growth is limited only by the considerable expense of setting up plastic recycling plants”可知,未来事业面临的最大挑战是建造塑料回收工厂的费用过高。故选B。5How was Caleb Kapte
17、ns problem finally solved?AHe gave up fencing his land.BHe guarded the land more carefully.CHe replaced the wood posts with plastic ones.DHe got some donated metal posts.C细节理解题。根据第三段的内容,尤其是“Now plastic posts have stopped the problem.”可知,Caleb Kapten的问题因使用塑料杆儿来代替木杆儿而得到解决。故选C。6What does the last parag
18、raph suggest?AGreat difficulty facing Aghan.BStrict standards of plastic poles.CVarious ways of making plastic poles.DThe complex process of recycling plastic waste.D推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知,他雇用很多年轻人来收集塑料垃圾,另外有许多年轻人在生产线上工作,对废物进行分类,然后粉碎、清洗、熔化和铸造,最后出售。从而推断出,将废弃塑料回收再利用需要耗费巨大的人力,其过程复杂繁琐。故选D。7Which best shows t
19、he structure of the text?A. B.C. D.D细节理解题。通读全文可知,第一段属于主旨段,引出本文的话题;第二段讲的是Aghan创办了自己的公司,生产用于建筑、农业和路标的塑料杆儿;第三段和第四段分别介绍塑料杆儿在农业和交通领域的应用,属于对第二段内容的扩展;第五段主要介绍这种塑料杆儿的生产过程,与第二段是并列关系。故选D。CFrom Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw.Many be
20、lieve that music helps boost creativity, but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that belief.Their findings indicate music actually stymies creativity.To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants complete verbal insight problems designed t
21、o inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music played in the background.They found that background music “significantly damaged” the participants ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.The research team also tested background noises such as those
22、commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects creativity.The tasks were simple word games.For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower.Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined
23、 to form a common phrase or word.The single word, in this case, would be “sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc)Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to three different types of music:music with unfamiliar lyrics, instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.“We fou
24、nd strong evidence of damaged performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,” says coauthor Dr. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University.Dr.McLatchie and his colleagues theorise that music interferes with the verbal working memory processes of the brain, blocki
25、ng creativity.Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the studys authors believe that was the case because library noises create a “steady state” environment that doesnt disrupt concentration.Its worth mentioning that even familiar music with wellknown lyrics damage
26、d participants creativity, regardless of whether or not it caused a positive reaction, or whether participants typically studied or created while listening to music.“To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music strengthens creativity, and instead demonstrate that music, regar
27、dless of the presence of semantic (语义的) content (no lyrics, familiar lyrics or unfamiliar lyrics), consistently disrupts creative performance in insight problemsolving,” the study reads.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了音乐对于人们创造力的激发可能会起到阻碍作用。实验团队通过实验发现,音乐会阻碍人们在文字上的创造力,然而经常在图书馆听到的噪音却不会对人造成影响,因为图书馆内的声音处于较为稳定的状态。总而言之,
28、研究发现无论歌词多么好,音乐都会阻碍人们的创造力。8Why are Mozart and Metallica mentioned at the beginning?ATo prove they are very creative.BTo introduce the topic of the text.CTo show the importance of music.DTo offer some background information.B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Many believe that music helps boost creativity, but an internat
29、ional study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that belief.”可知,作者以莫扎特的音乐为例,人们在画画、写作的时候都会听音乐,很多人认为音乐会帮助他们激发创造力,然而英国和瑞士的一项研究却发现事实正好相反。另外,分析文章可知,本文为说明文,文章第一段通过举例子来引出文章的主旨。故选B。9What does the underlined word “stymies” in the first paragraph probably mean?ABlocks.BBoosts.CInspires
30、.DStrengthens.A词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“Many believe that music helps boost creativity, but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that belief.”可知,大多数人都认为音乐能激发创造力,但一项研究表明他们的发现可能会挑战大多数人的信仰,即音乐反而会阻碍人们的创造力。故选A。10If the participants were given the words “fire”,“place” an
31、d “book” during the game, a proper answer could be _AmanBstoreCworkDbirthC推理判断题。根据第二段中的“participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower.Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word”可知,在这项实验中,实验者会给被试者
32、三个单词,然后要求被试者找出和这三个单词相关联的词,同时还可以组成共同的短语或词。根据题意,work与这三个词可以组成相关联的词:fireworkfirework烟火,placeworkworkplace工作场所,bookworkworkbook练习册。故选C。11What do we know about the study?AThe tasks were very difficult for participants to finish.BAll participants were exposed to two different types of music.CMusic with fa
33、mous lyrics didnt harm participants creativity.DLibrary background noises hardly affected participants creativity.D细节理解题。根据第四段中的“the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the studys authors believe that was the case because library noises create a steady state environment that doesnt
34、 disrupt concentration”可知,图书馆内的背景音乐对于人们的创造力似乎没有什么影响,因为这种声音一直都是保持一个稳定的状态,是不会打扰到人们注意力的集中的。故选D。DWhile waiting to pick up a friend at the airport,I had one of those life changing experiences.While waiting,I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two bags.He stopped right next to me to greet his family.
35、First,he greeted his youngest son as he laid down his bags.They gave each other a long and loving hug.I heard the father say,“Its so good to see you,son.I missed you so much!”His son smiled somewhat shyly,and replied softly,“Me too,Dad!”Then the man stood up,looked at his oldest son and said,“Youre
36、already quite the young man.I love you very much!”They too hugged a most loving hug.His son said nothing.No reply was necessary.While this was happening,a baby girl was squirming(蠕动) excitedly in her mothers arms.The man said,“Hi,baby!”as he gently took the child from her mother.He quickly kissed he
37、r face all over and then held her close to his chest.After several moments,he handed his daughter to his oldest son and declared,“Ive saved the best for last!”and gave his wife the longest,deepest kiss I ever remember seeing.He looked at her eyes for several seconds and then quietly said,“I love you
38、 so much!”For an instant,they reminded me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇) but I knew they couldnt be.I was puzzled for a moment,then realized how totally I was lost in the wonderful show of unconditional love not more than an arms length away from me.I was surprised to hear my own voice nervously ask,“Wow!How lo
39、ng have you two been married?”“Fourteen years.”he replied without leaving his eyes from his wifes face.“Then,how long have you been away?”The man finally looked at me,still giving his joyous smile and told me,“Two whole days!”【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章描述了作者在机场见到才分别两天的家人时的温暖场面。12The author got the life changi
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