2020版同步外研版高中英语必修二练习：MODULE 4 FINE ARTS 课时跟踪检测（一） WORD版含解析.doc

1、Module 4 课时跟踪检测(一)Introduction & Reading Pre-reading阅读理解ATwo newspapers that revealed government secrets about spying by the National Security Agency The Washington Post and The Guardian will share the Pulitzer Prize for public service, announced Monday.The Pulitzers are the best known and most hono

2、rable awards for the arts and journalism in the US. The Washington Post and Guardian stories were based on thousands of documents handed over by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. American and British lawmakers criticized the newspapers for revealing government secrets, but the Pulitzer judges, mostly journ

3、alists, praised what they called “authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the revealing fits into the larger system of national security.”The Pulitzer for fiction goes to Donna Tartt for her bestselling novel The Goldfinch. The Pulitzer judges called Tartts The Gol

4、dfinch “a beautifully written comingofage novel that touches the heart”. It follows a sad boys involvement with a famous painting which he takes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a terrorist bombing. USA TODAY named it one of our 10 favorite books of 2013. In a 4star review for USA TODAY, Ke

5、vin Nance called the novel a “very entertaining, darkly funny new book, that goes a long way toward explaining why its author is finally securing her place alongside the greatest American novelists of the past halfcentury, including John_Updike,_Philip_Roth,_Toni_Morrison_and_that_other_latterday_Di

6、ckensian,_John_Irvine.”The annual prizes, begun in 1917, are named for publisher Joseph Pulitzer and are administered by Columbia University in New York City. In 20 of the categories, each winner receives D|S10,000. The winner for public service in journalism is awarded a gold medal.语篇解读：文章介绍了普利策奖的获

7、奖者。1The Washington Post and The Guardian won the prize for _.Adisclosing government secretsBsupporting Snowden financiallyCpromoting new national securityDmaking the government annoyed解析：选A细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知答案。2What can we learn about The Goldfinch?AIt is based on many documents.BIt is a fiction of ter

8、rorist attacks.CIt has received favorable comments.DIt is badly thought of by judges.解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句话“The Pulitzer judges called Tartts The Goldfinch a beautifully written comingofage novel that touches the heart”可知答案。3What can we infer from the underlined names in the third paragraph?AThey ar

9、e all former Pulitzer Prize winners.BThey all support Kevin Nancys opinions.CThey are judges of this years Pulitzer Prize.DThey are outstanding American novelists.解析：选D推理判断题。前文提示“the greatest American novelists of the past halfcentury”他们中包括哪些人，所以答案只能选D了。4What is the main idea of the text?ADonna Tart

10、t and her bestselling book.BAnnual Pulitzer Prize winners announced.CDebates over what Edward Snowden did.DThe criteria of the annual Pulitzer Prize.解析：选B主旨大意题。根据文章内容和结构可知文章讲的是普利策奖的获奖者。BIn choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and

11、make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fairweather friends, who will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and

12、reliability (可靠)Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other persons place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also

13、 a good listener.At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells

14、 me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We s

15、hould enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience (经验) and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That i

16、s how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know Ive found a friend! 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了关于一个好朋友究竟应该具有的品质理解、诚信和可靠，并对各个品质进行了详细地说明。5Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is t

17、he most important in choosing a friend?AUnderstanding.BHonesty.CReliability. DA sense of humor.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段“Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend”可知作者最看重理解。故选A。6If you have fairweather friends, _.Athey will give you all that they have when you need helpByou will be refused when yo

18、u get into troubleCyou will become richDyou can be sure that you get real friends解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段“Sometimes you will meet fairweather friends, who will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away.”说明这样的朋友会在你遇到困难的时候离你而去。故选B。7Good friends need to _.Aalways

19、point out each others mistakesBbe helped with moneyCunderstand each others feelingsDhave money or luck解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第二段“A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling”说明好朋友要善于理解别人。故选C。8This passage mainly discusses _.Athe qualities of a friendBwhere to choose friendsChow to get alo

20、ng with friendsDthe importance of having a friend解析：选A主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段“How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠)”说明本文主要是关于一个好朋友究竟应该有什么样的品质。故选A。CFood we needHave you learned a lot about the kin

21、ds of food people need? They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑橘) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods

22、made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.What food countsPeople in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in diffe

23、rent countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesnt matter whether foods are eaten raw (生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It

24、 doesnt matter if a person eats dinner at four oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.How shall we do?There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the worlds populatio

25、n so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.语篇解读：文章是一篇说明文。说明全世界不同地区的人，有不同的饮食习惯，不论怎样，最重要存在两大问题，一是消除饥饿，二是吃出健康。9According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest

26、for your lunch?AChicken, apples, cereal, cabbages.BPotatoes, carrots, rice, bread.COranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes.DBeef, pork, fish, milk.解析：选A推理判断题。由文章第一段科学家列出的每天应吃的食物种类，包括蔬菜、水果、谷物、鱼肉蛋、奶、坚果，要均衡饮食，可推断出A答案包含的种类多。故选A。10It is important for people to eat _.Athree times a dayBdinner at twelve oclockCco

27、oked food all the dayDsomething from each of the seven kinds of food every day解析：选D细节理解题。由第二段最后一句话“The important thing is what you eat every day.”最重要的事是你每天吃什么。故选D。11Which of the following is NOT true?APeople in some places dont have enough to eat.BThere are too many people in the world.COne of the p

28、roblems is that no one is hungry.DThe scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.解析：选C细节理解题。根据最后一段“The first is to find some ways to feed the worlds population so that no one in hungry.”可知最重要的事是找到一个方法喂饱全世界的人，这样的话每个人都不会饿，并不是说没人不饿。故选C。12If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?AWhen people eat their lunch?BWhat to do with the two problems?CHow to cook food in different ways?DWhy people eat different kinds of food?解析：选B推理判断题。文章的最后一段讲的是两个问题，而且小标题是How shall we do？可推断下一段写如何做。故选B。