2018-2019学年人教版高中英语选修8 Unit2单元质量检测试卷(二)含答案
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1、单元质量检测( 二)(时间:100 分钟 满分:120 分).阅读理解(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AResearch advances over the past decade have told us that, with a little work, we humans can clone just anything we want, from frogs to monkeys and probably even ourselves! So, we can clone things, but w
2、hy would we want to? Lets look at some of the reasons people give to justify cloning.1Cloning for medical purposesOf all the reasons, cloning for medical purposes has the most potential to benefit a large number of people. Cloning technologies might reduce the time needed to make a transgenic animal
3、 model, and the result would be a population of genetically identical animals for study.2Cloning stem cells for researchStem cells are the bodys building blocks which might be used to repair damaged or diseased organs and tissues. Researchers are currently looking on cloning as a way to create genet
4、ically defined human stem cells for research and medical purposes.3Reviving endangered or extinct speciesThe dinosaur was an extinct species. Could we really clone dinosaurs? In theory? Yes. What would you need to do this? A wellpreserved source of DNA from the extinct dinosaur, and a closely relate
5、d species, currently living, that could serve as a surrogate (代用的) mother. In reality? Probably not. Its not likely that dinosaur DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. However, scientists have tried to clone species that became extinct more recently, using DNA from wellpreserved tissue s
6、amples.4Cloning humans?Why would anyone want to clone humans? Some reasons are to help infertile_couples have children or to replace a deceased child. However, there are the risks involved. For example, how sure can we be that a cloned baby will be healthy or what might go wrong?语篇解读:人们认为通过克隆可以复制一切生
7、物,并提出了几个理由来支持克隆,如出于医疗目的的克隆、克隆干细胞进行研究、拯救濒危的或灭绝的物种。有人甚至希望通过克隆来使不能生育的夫妇实现拥有自己孩子的梦想。1Whats the main idea of the whole passage?AWhy people want to use cloning.BHow to clone animals.CCloning is of great use for people and animals.DThe development of cloning.解析:选 A 主旨大意题。从第一段最后提出的问题及四个副标题可以看出,本文讲述的是人类想要使用克
8、隆技术的原因,故选 A 项。2Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ACloning is mainly used for cloning human beings.BIn the far future, we will have the live dinosaurs on earth.CCloning human beings may cause a lot of trouble.DGenetically human stem cells are used for cloning human beings.解析:选 C
9、 细节理解题。A 项中 mainly 的表述不准确,克隆技术也同样应用于植物和其他动物;B 项信息与事实不符,根据第四段可知,恐龙将来很可能不会生活在地球上;根据第三段可知,D 项表述错误。故选 C。3The underlined phrase “infertile couples” in the last paragraph probably means _.Acouples who just marriedBcouples who are unable to bear childrenCcouples who dont like bearing childrenDcouples who w
10、ant to bear more children解析:选 B 词义猜测题。通读画线短语所在的句子可以推断出 infertile couples 的意思是“不能生育的夫妇” 。BDo you have lunch at school? Do you like having lunch at school? School dinners (that means“lunch”) are a hot topic in the UK these days and there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lu
11、nchtime. Some people think that school meals are unhealthy; some people say that they are much better than in the past and others say that midday meals should be free for all school children.A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK. There is usually a main c
12、ourse, a dessert and a drink. Parents often pay in advance online. School dinners must include food groups such as fruit and vegetables, protein (for example meat, fish or cheese) and carbohydrate (for example rice or pasta). There are rules about how the food is prepared, for example there are limi
13、ts on the quantity of fried food.Martha Payne, from Scotland, started a blog called Neverseconds about her school dinners when she was just nine years old. She posts photographs of her lunch every day and gives the food a grade out of ten. The grade depends on the quality and quantity of the food an
14、d how healthy it is. She doesnt always give good grades. Her complaints include too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food. Many people read her blog and young people from all over the world post pictures of their school meals on Neverseconds.Jamie Oliver, the celebrity British chef,
15、 is concerned about school dinners. He thinks that they need to be healthier and tastier. Jamie helped to promote Marthas blog by tweeting (在推特上留言) about it and Neverseconds became very popular, very quickly on social media websites. On the blog, Martha also collects money for charity. The money is
16、used to provide food for more than 600,000 poor children around the world.语篇解读:本文是一篇议论文。主要论述了学校午餐成为热门话题以及人们对此所持的观点。4School dinners can be a hot topic in the UK these days because _.Aparents cannot afford to pay for themBthey have led to many healthy problemsCpeople have different opinions about them
17、Dthere are no rules about how the food is prepared解析:选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中的 “there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lunchtime”可知,因为人们对学校午餐有不同的意见,所以这成了热门话题。故答案选 C。5What do you know about the typical school dinner?AIts free for all school children.BIt costs about 2 pounds a
18、day.CIts low in protein and carbohydrate.DIt has no fruit and vegetables.解析:选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句 “A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK.”可知,对于一个英国中学生而言,标准的学校午餐每天要花费大约 2 英镑。其他三个选项都有悖于文章内容。故答案选 B。6Which of the following is the example of the underlined word “
19、complaints”?AHe has never phoned me since we parted.BShe posts photographs every day in her blog.CThey are always doing their work pretty well.DToday we had pizza, salad, then an apple for dessert.解析:选 A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的 “She doesnt always give good grades . too much fried food, small quantities and ha
20、ir in the food.”可知,她也会抱怨食物不好。故画线词意为“抱怨” 。A 项意为“自从我们分开以来他从未给我打过电话”属于抱怨的例子。故答案选 A。7How did Martha Paynes blog become popular?AJamie Oliver helped to promote it.BMany people collected money for it.CPoor children could get free food from it.DMartha Payne spent most of her time on it.解析:选 A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第
21、三句 “Jamie helped to promote Marthas blog . very popular, very quickly on social media websites.”可知,Jamie 通过推特宣传 Martha 的博客 Neverseconds,使之广受欢迎。故答案选 A。CMusic is magic! Music speaks louder than words and it is a “language” that the whole world can understand. A piece of music can produce a response in
22、 the heart and mind. Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal, music has a spiritual effect on a person. Different kinds of music influence people in different ways.I have listened to music all my life. When I was 12 years old, the Beatles came to America and my whole
23、world opened up. Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America. Their influence changed the way we dressed, looked, acted and spoke, and even our culture. The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just under three months after the assassin
24、ation (暗杀) of President John Kennedy, which had put America into a great depression. And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer. This means that it mixes the spirit of the comp
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