2020-2021学年新教材高中英语 Unit 2 Morals and Virtues Period 3课时素养检测（含解析）新人教版必修第三册.doc

1、Unit 2 Morals and Virtues课时素养检测七Unit 2Period 3. 阅读理解(2020邯郸高一检测)Ruby Kate Chitsey was heartbroken when she learned that a woman in the Arkansas nursing home where her mother worked had to give up her dog because she couldnt afford to feed it. The woman, Pearl, received only $40 a month from local he

2、alth care program and that had to cover expenses like haircuts, clothes and pet food. Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate couldnt believe there are almost 1 million other people like Pearl, trying to get by on so little. Shortly afterwards, Ruby Kate founded the project of Three Wishes for Rubys residents to

3、support seniors living in nursing homes across the U. S. She started asking people what items they wished they had and wrote their answers in a notebook, trying to realize three of their wishes. She thought maybe they would want money or cars, but was surprised their requests were so simple, which w

4、ere typically everyday items like fresh fruit, better toothpaste or shoes that fit. The first day, she and her mom bought nearly everything on the list. But then Ruby Kate began organizing donations so she could help realize more wishes. Later, she created an online campaign to help even more people

5、. The campaign raised more than $250, 000 from 6, 000 people worldwide. Thoughtful Ruby Kate got this years Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, an award that celebrates young people from across North America whove had a positive influence on people, their communities and the environment. Each year

6、, the Barron Prize honors 25 young leaders from ages 8 to 18. Fifteen top winners each receive $10, 000 to support their service work or higher education. “I feel valued for doing what matters to me being kind and am so glad the world took my voice seriously, ” Ruby Kate says. “Mostly, I do apprecia

7、te that Ive changed the world for the elderly I know. ”【语篇概述】本文为记叙文。主要讲述了小女孩Ruby Kate帮助养老院老人的故事, 她成立专门的组织并在网上众筹, 尽自己所能改善养老院老人的生活。1. How did Ruby Kate probably feel when she learned about the situation of people like Pearl? A. Upset. B. Surprised. C. Anxious. D. Excited. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句“Eleven

8、-year-old Ruby Kate couldnt believe there are almost 1 million other people like Pearl, trying to get by on so little. ”可推知, Ruby Kate当时觉得特别惊讶, 有这么多人生活如此困难。故选B。2. What can we know about the project founded by Ruby Kate? A. It has become very popular, especially online. B. It gives a hand to all the

9、elderly living in America. C. It satisfies most of the wishes from the old people. D. It depends on donations to continue its operation. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“But then Ruby Kate began organizing donations so she could help realize more wishes. ”可知, Ruby Kate是靠捐助来维持项目运行的, 故D项正确; A项无中生有, B、C两项都夸大了原文的意

10、思, 所以均不符合文意, 因此选D。 3. What can be a suitable title for the passage? A. Ruby and Her NeighborsB. Ruby and Her AwardC. Ruby and Her ProjectD. Ruby and Her Mother【解析】选C。标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了小女孩Ruby Kate成立专门的组织并在网上众筹, 尽自己所能帮助养老院老人的故事。因此C项做标题最合适, 故选C。. 阅读填句Award-winning novelist Jamaica Kincaid is talking with T

11、ime about her new book See Now Then. Your new book, See Now Then, features a Caribbean writer whose husband is a composer and who lives in the Northeast with two kids. Sounds like you. How autobiographical (自传的) is it? 1 But I wasnt thinking of myself. My own self, my own everyday life, is sort of v

12、ery untidy and smelly and kind of annoying under close observation. What do you mean, untidy and smelly? I like to be in my pajamas (睡衣) all day. Sometimes I dont wash for days because I like to read and sit around. 2 Im not fun to be with. Theres less in this book about slavery and race than in som

13、e of your previous work. 3Race is not particularly interesting to me. Power is. Slavery interests me because its against humanity and has not stopped. Its necessary to talk about that. So its not interesting to you that the most powerful man in America is black? Not really. As I say, race is not imp

14、ortant to me. The first time I saw Barack Obama, he gave a wonderful speech. But what made me really like him is that his wife came out and she was darker than he is. 4You went to the U. S. to be a maid. What do you think today when you see maids from the West Indies? That they probably are not as l

15、ucky as I was. Ive been extremely lucky my entire life. And Ive never said no to any kindness. 5A. I like to eat in bed. B. Ive always taken it and said thank you. C. Are you still interested in those topics? D. A lot of events in the book would seem to parallel my own life. E. Has your husband read

16、 this seemingly autobiographical novel? F. When you find someone you hate a lot, you should really look at it. G. Its so rare to see a black man married to a woman who is darker than he is. 【语篇概述】本文是应用文。牙买加琴凯德是当代英语文学界极为重要的作家。本文节选自时代周刊对她的访谈录。1. 【解析】选D。根据提问中的autobiographical可知, 记者问牙买加琴凯德这本书与自己的真实生活有多相

17、似, D项“这部书中的很多事件都很像我自己的生活”就是对这个问题的回答。2. 【解析】选A。根据提问中的untidy, smelly及本空前牙买加琴凯德对自己日常生活的描述可知, 她平时很邋遢, 故A项“我喜欢在床上吃东西”符合本段语境。3. 【解析】选C。根据回答中的interesting, interests可推测, 记者问牙买加琴凯德“你是否还对那些话题(奴隶制度和种族)感兴趣? ”。4. 【解析】选G。根据本段内容可知, 牙买加琴凯德开始真正喜欢奥巴马是当她看到奥巴马的夫人比奥巴马还黑后, 因为“很少见到一个黑人会娶一个比自己还黑的女人”。5. 【解析】选B。根据本空上一句可知, 对于

18、别人的慷慨行为牙买加琴凯德来者不拒, 由此可推断, 她“总是接受这些好意并道谢”。. 完形填空It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches when my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only twenty minutes to eat 1 we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit 2 that dinner was not ready. That night, I had

19、 a heavy heart about the tasks we did every day. We had become too 3 in our own tasks but seldom cared about those around us. We needed to do something to 4 some meaning into our lives. I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting, telling I wanted us all to think about d

20、oing a 5 for others every day. We all needed to note down the deed in the notebook. I thought one deed a day was too easy. 6, it was actually harder than it seemed because it had to be something 7 what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would no

21、t 8. We had a rough start. On some days, someone would not9to do a good deed, while on other days, we would just forget to write. After a few weeks, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to 10 what good deed I could do that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to 11 me the goo

22、d deed they had done. Now, after a year, I am happy to say it is making a(n) 12 in our lives. Instead of always 13 what the day will bring for us, we think about what we can do for others. Who can imagine doing a simple kindness a day would be so 14? My daughters benefited from it and felt inner joy

23、 that you can only experience by giving to someone else from your heart. You dont even look for anything in 15. Therefore, when someone does return the favor, it is an enormous and positive bonus. 【语篇概述】本文为记叙文, 讲述了作者发动全家每天做一件善事并记到日记本上, 日复一日, 这成为家里的传统, 同时家人们也感到这种善举的重大意义并从中得到快乐。1. A. afterB. beforeC.

24、unlessD. if【解析】选B。句意: 在把女儿们送去参加下一项活动前, 我们只有20分钟时间吃饭。此处与第一句中的a busy day相呼应, 也为下文想到做善事作铺垫。根据空后的. . . take the girls to their next activity可知, 空处表示“在之前”, 故选B项。2. A. delightedB. confusedC. embarrassedD. annoyed【解析】选D。留给吃饭的时间并不多, 而作者还没有做好饭, 因此, 丈夫似乎有点生气(annoyed)。delighted高兴的; confused困惑的; embarrassed尴尬的。

25、3. A. familiarB. interested C. absorbedD. successful 【解析】选C。根据but后的内容及下一句可知, 此处指作者一家太专注于自己的事却很少关心周围的人。be/become absorbed in sth. 专注于某事, 故选C项。4. A. come aboutB. bring backC. take upD. put off【解析】选B。本段是作者的反思, 结合空前的We needed to do something可知, 作者认为需要做些什么来找回生活的意义。come about发生; bring back带回; take up开始从事,

26、 占据; put off推迟。根据语境可知选B项。5. A. jobB. researchC. kindnessD. survey【解析】选C。根据最后一段第一句中的. . . doing a simple kindness a day及文中多次出现的good deed可知, 此处指为别人做一件好事(kindness), 故选C项。6. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Anyhow【解析】选B。句意: 然而, 事实上这比想象的要难得多, 因为它必须是我们已经做过的事情以外的事。根据上文中的too easy与空后的actually harder可知, 上

27、下句之间为转折关系, 故选B项。7. A. among B. from C. within D. beyond【解析】选D。根据下文中的. . . we already sent cards to every year would not _可知, 此处指平时做的事情以外的事, 故用beyond, 意为“超越; 在以外”。8. A. work B. cover C. last D. happen【解析】选A。work起作用, 奏效, 符合语境, 故选A项。cover覆盖, 报道; last持续; happen发生。9. A. continueB. rememberC. forgetD. sto

28、p【解析】选B。根据下文中的. . . while on other days, we would just forget to write可知, while表转折, 有时忘记记下来, 故空处应该是指有时会忘记去做好事。continue继续; forget忘记; stop阻止, 停下来。根据语境可知选B项。10. A. informB. determineC. remindD. memorize【解析】选B。几周之后, 作者发现自己早上醒来的时候会努力去决定(determine)当天该做什么好事, 故选B项。inform通知; remind使想起, 提醒; memorize记忆。11. A.

29、educateB. teachC. tellD. praise【解析】选C。根据空前的. . . began to rush to me及空后的. . . the good deed they had done可知, 女儿们放学后, 就冲向作者并告诉(tell)作者她们做了什么好事, 故选C项。12. A. effortB. commentC. decisionD. difference【解析】选D。根据下一句可知, 这是前后情况的对比, 即作者一家每天坚持做好事开始起作用了。 make a difference有影响, 起作用, 符合语境, 故选D项。make an effort努力; ma

30、ke a comment评论; make a decision做决定。13. A. understandingB. wonderingC. gainingD. believing【解析】选B。Instead表转折, 前后情况发生变化, 根据下文中的. . . think about what we can do for others可知, 现在作者一家总是想如何去为别人做点事, 由此可推测, 以前总是想知道生活会带给他们什么。wonder想知道, 故选B项。14. A. exhaustingB. disappointingC. shockingD. rewarding【解析】选D。根据下文中的

31、My daughters benefited from it and felt inner joy. . . 可知, 此处指从做好事中获得的好处, 即小小的善举也是会有回报的(rewarding), 故选D项。exhausting令人疲惫的; disappointing令人失望的; shocking令人震惊的。15. A. exchangeB. chargeC. returnD. order 【解析】选C。根据下文中的return the favor可知, 此处指你甚至不求任何回报。in return作为回报, 符合语境, 故选C项。in exchange作为交换; in charge管理,

32、负责; in order按顺序。. 语法填空A recent study shows that most adults did household chores 1. _ (active) when they were young. Most kids today do not do as many household chores(零活儿) as before, 2. _ same study shows. An expert said, “Parents today want their kids to spend more time 3. _ things that can bring

33、them money and honour. They have stopped 4. _(do)the one thing that has proven to bring success. That is doing household chores. ”Another study finds that compared with the kids 5. _ didnt do household chores, young adults beginning chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely 6. _ (succeed ). They had b

34、etter family relationships, did better in school, performed better at work and were more independent. Personal happiness 7. _(say) to come from strong relationships. It begins by learning to be kind and 8. _(help) to their parents at home. If your kids say they have to skip chores because it s time

35、they should deal with 9. _ (they) homework, youd better not let them off the hook. If you do, your children may think grades are more important than caring about others. “What may seem like small 10. _ (message) at the moment add up to big ones over time, ”says an expert. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文。一项研究表明现在的大部分

36、成年人小时候都做过家务, 而现在的大部分孩子却不像以前的孩子那样做家务了。1. 【解析】actively。考查副词。分析句子结构可知, 空处修饰谓语动词, 故要用副词形式 actively。2. 【解析】the。考查冠词。此处的“study”就是上文提到的那个“study”, 故用定冠词the表示特指。3. 【解析】on。考查介词。根据固定搭配 spend sth. on sth. 可知, 此处填介词on。4. 【解析】doing。考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知, 这里说的是“停止做某事”, 而不是“停下来去做某事”, 故用 stop doing sth. 。5. 【解析】who/that。考查

37、定语从句。分析句子结构可知, 空处在句中引导定语从句, 先行词为kids, 关系代词在从句中作主语, 因此本空填who或that。6. 【解析】to succeed。考查非谓语动词。此处是 be likely to do sth. 用法, 故填to succeed。7. 【解析】is said。考查动词的时态和语态。此处为“be said+动词不定式”结构, 且这里说的是现在的一般情况, 主语为“Personal happiness”, 因此填 is said。8. 【解析】helpful。考查形容词。本空应填形容词 helpful与kind并列作表语。9. 【解析】their。考查代词。ho

38、mework是名词, 所以填形容词性物主代词。10. 【解析】messages。考查名词复数。message是可数名词, 其前没有冠词, 故要用其复数形式。完形填空Dont Let Yourself Wait Too Long! I drive daily to work on Highway. Each spring 1 colorful wild flowers in the ditches 2 the road. There are some 3 golden flowers that have always caught my eyes. They bloom (开花) only in

39、 the morning hoursthe afternoon sun is too warm for them. Last spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look through the kitchen window while doing the 4 and enjoy the flowers. Those lovely golden flowers from the ditch, I had often thought, would look great in the bed alongside othe

40、r wildflowers. I 5 past the flowers every day, thinking Ill dig them home. “6, they may be hard to keep till the office time ends. ” Or, “Forget it, I dont want to get my good clothes dirty. ” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them out. My husband even gave me a folding shovel to be used f

41、or that expressed 7. One day on my way to the office, I was 8 to see the highway department had weeded out the ditches and the golden flowers were 9. “You have no one to blame but yourselfyou waited too long, ” I thought to myself. “You should have done it when you first saw them 10 this spring. ”Da

42、ys later, I heard the news that my sister has brain cancer. She is 12 years older than me and 11, because of age and distance, we hadnt been as close as we would have. I couldnt help but see the 12 between the golden flowers and the relationship between my sister and me. 13, thanks to God, we have s

43、ome time left to 14 some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us. And when I catch sight of the golden flowers again this spring, you can 15 Ill surely stop and transplant them to my garden. 【语篇概述】作者在每天上班的途中都会看到一些五彩缤纷的花。作者一直想着去把其中的金色的花挪到自己的花园里, 但是迟迟没有采取行动。终于有一天这些花被公路管理处铲除。自己的姐姐也患脑瘤, 作者因

44、为与姐姐年龄差距较大、距离较远而关系较为疏远。作者将两件事联系起来, 明白了一个道理, 那就是遇见美丽的事物, 要趁早行动, 以免让自己留下遗憾。1. A. growsB. bringsC. holdsD. removes【解析】选B。背景常识题。结合生活常识可知, 每年春天, 作者都能够看到五彩缤纷的野花, 也就是春天带来(brings)五彩缤纷的野花。grow意为“种植”; hold意为“抓, 握住”; remove意为“消除, 免除”。2. A. along B. off C. around D. in【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据上一句中的“drive daily to work on

45、 Highway ”可知, 作者在驾车上班的途中会看到野花, 也就是沿着公路的时候, along the road意为“沿着公路”, 符合语境。3. A. strangeB. superiorC. particularD. common【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“that have always caught my eyes”可知, 能够让驾车中的作者看到的花肯定是非同寻常的。particular意为“独有的; 挑剔的”, 符合语境, 正是因为这种花的卓尔不群, 才能引起作者的注意。strange意为“奇怪的”; superior意为“(在质量等方面)较好的”; common意为“

46、普通的”。4. A. damagesB. repairsC. dishesD. exercises【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据句中的“look through the kitchen window”可知, 作者在厨房里洗碗的时候, 可以透过窗户看到外面的花。do the dishes意为“洗碗”, 符合语境。5. A. stoppedB. walkedC. dashedD. drove【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据第一段第一句“I drive daily to work on Highway . ”可知, 作者每天都会驾车上班, 会经过这些花。drive past意为“开车经过”, 符合语境

47、。stop意为“停止”, walk意为“走路”, dash意为“猛冲”, 均不符合语境。6. A. Whats moreB. ThusC. Never mindD. However【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上一句中的“Ill dig them home”和本句中的“they may be hard to keep. . . ”可知, 作者想在家里种植那些野花, 也就是把那些花从野外搬到自己家的花园中, 但是又担心它们等不到自己下班的时候, 前后句之间是转折关系, 所以用however表示转折。7. A. pleasureB. angerC. purposeD. anxiety【解析】选C。

48、逻辑推理题。根据上文可知, 作者曾打算把那些花移到家中的花园里来养, 为此丈夫甚至给她准备过一把可折叠的铲子, 让她完成自己的计划。purpose意为“计划; 目的”, 符合语境。pleasure意为“乐趣”; anger意为“怒气”; anxiety意为“焦虑”。8. A. delightedB. shockedC. frightenedD. saddened【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“see the highway department had weeded out the ditches”可知, 作者曾经喜欢的花都被铲除了, 这让她感到很难过。saddened意为“伤心的”,

49、 符合作者的心情。delighted意为“高兴的”; shocked意为“震惊的”; frightened意为“害怕的”。9. A. fallingB. goneC. standingD. abandoned【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“weeded out the ditches”可知, 有一天作者在去上班的途中, 发现公路管理处把路边的那些花都给铲除掉了, 甚至自己一直非常喜欢的金色的花也不见了, 句中gone是一个形容词, 意为“不见了的”, 符合语境。10. A. bloomingB. smilingC. wavingD. nodding【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据第一段第

50、二句中的“colorful wild flowers”可知, 作者在上班的途中看到这些色彩缤纷的花开放。如果当时作者立刻做些什么, 或许就不会有现在的遗憾了。bloom意为“开花”, 符合语境。smile意为“微笑”; wave意为“挥手”; nod意为“点头”。11. A. unfortunatelyB. surprisinglyC. frequentlyD. interestingly【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“because of age and distance, we hadnt been”可知, 因为年龄和距离的关系, 作者和自己的姐姐不是很亲密, 而现在姐姐患病, 所

51、以作者既为姐姐感到不幸, 也为自己没有能够维护亲情而感到遗憾。unfortunately意为“不幸的是”, 符合语境。surprisingly意为“令人吃惊的是”; frequently意为“频繁地”; interestingly意为“有趣的是”。12. A. connectionB. combinationC. conditionD. competition【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“between the golden flowers and the relationship between my sister and me”可知, 作者将花和自己的关系与姐姐和自己的关系联系起

52、来进行比较, connection意为“联系”, 符合语境。combination意为“结合”; condition意为“条件, 情况”; competition意为“竞争”。13. A. SoB. In factC. StillD. Above all【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“thanks to God”可知, 作者感到庆幸的是, 自己还有时间去培养一些美好的回忆, 也就是自己还有时间弥补曾经因为没有身体力行而造成的缺憾。这里用still加强语气。14. A. rememberB. plantC. formD. harvest【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“that w

53、ill bloom every year for us”可知, 作者认为, 自己可以去培养值得回忆的东西, 让它们绽放在自己的心中。plant意为“种植”, 符合语境。remember意为“记得”; form意为“形成”; harvest意为“收获”。15. A. doubtB. wonderC. betD. understand【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据本句中的“Ill surely stop and transplant them to my garden”可知, 作者现在已经明白了其中的道理, 所以明年春天再次看到这些金色的花的时候, 肯定就会停下车来, 将它们移植到自己的花园里。you can bet指完全相信一件事。