2022年高中英语ModuleTheConquestoftheUniverse模块综合测评外研版选修 .pdf

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1、1 单元综合测评 (五) . 阅读理解 ( 共 15 小题；每小题2 分，满分30 分) AThe year is 2094.It has been announced that a comet (彗星 ) is heading towards the Earth.Most of it will miss our planet，but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth. On 17 July ，a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earths atmosphere

2、with a massive explosion.About half of the piece is destroyed ，but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound.The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed.Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole.The wall of water，a kilometer high，rushes toward

3、s southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour.Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned. Before the waves reach South America，the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina.Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains.The shock waves move no

4、rth into California and all around the Pacific Ocean.The cities of Los Angeles ，San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes.Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead，but the north wont escape for long.Because of the explosions，the sun is hidden by clou

5、ds of dust，temperatures around the world fall to almost zero.Crops are ruined.The sun wont be seen again for many years.Wars break out as countries fight for food.A year later，no more than 10 million people remain alive. Could it really happen？In fact ，it has already happened more than once in the h

6、istory of the Earth.The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years.Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared.Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space.The dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out.Will we

7、meet the same end? 1What is described in the passage? AA historic discovery. BA research on space. CA scientific adventure. DAn event of imagination. 【解析】推理判断题。 根据短文首句和最后一句结合短文内容可知，本文讲述的是一个想象出来的事件。故选D项。名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 15 页 - - - -

8、 - - - - - 2 【答案】D 2When the first piece hits the South Atlantic，it causes _. Ahuge waves B a hurricane Can earthquake D an Earth explosion 【解析】细节理解题。 由第二段第二、 三、四句可知， 当第一块碎片撞击南大西洋时，海水会沸腾，并引起巨大的海浪，故A项符合题意。【答案】A 3Why cant the northern half of the Earth escape for long? ABecause the land is covered wit

9、h water. BBecause wars break out among countries. CBecause people there can not live at the temperature of zero. DBecause the light and heat from the sun can not reach the Earth. 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段最后几句可知，由于太阳被遮住，地球温度过低，农作物被毁，北半球也坚持不了多长时间。故选D项。【答案】D 4By giving the example of dinosaurs，the author tries t

10、o prove _. A. the human beings will die out in 2094 Banimals could not live in the cold climate Cthe Earth could be hit by other objects in space Dwhat happened 65 million years ago was an invented story 【解析】推理判断题。 由最后一段倒数第三句可知，地球有被太空中其他物体撞击的可能。故选D项。【答案】C BEdmund Halley was an English scientist who

11、lived over 200 years ago.He studied the observations of comets ( 彗星 ) which other scientists had made.The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem.He could not figure it out.Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems. However ， Halley had a friend name

12、d Isaac Newton ， who was a brilliant mathematician.Newton thought he had already worked out the problem，but he could not find the paper on which he had done it.He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse (椭圆形 ) Now Halley set to work.He figured out the orbits of some of the

13、comets that had been observed by other scientists.He made a surprising discovery.The comets that 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 3 had appeared in the years 1531,1607 and 1682 all had the same orbit.Yet their appearances ha

14、d been 75 to 76 years apart. This seemed very strange to Halley.Three different comets followed the same orbit.The more Halley thought about it ，the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought.He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times.The co

15、met had gone away and had come back again. It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what would happen in the future.He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758.There were 53 years to go before Halleys prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet ap

16、peared in the sky.Halley did not see it，for he had died some years before.Ever since then that comet has been called Halleys comet，in his honour. 5Halley made his discovery _. Aby figuring out the orbit of one comet Bthrough his own careful observation Cby using the work of other scientists Dby find

17、ing Isaac Newtons paper 【解析】细节理解题。 根据第三段第二句可看出，哈雷的发现是在研究其他科学家的观察成果的基础上得出的。故选C项。【答案】C 6Halley made a surprising but correct prediction in the year _. A1704 B 1705 C1706 D 1707 【解析】数字计算题。 根据倒数第二段第三句可确定哈雷认为这颗彗星下次出现的时间是 1758 年，然后根据下一句确定这颗彗星是在1758 年前的 53 年出现的， 再用 1758 减去53 年就可以得出正确答案为1705 年。故选B项。【答案】B 7W

18、hich of the following is TRUE? AEdmund Halley is an American scientist. BHalley made his prediction by doing experiments. CIsaac Newton is an excellent mathematician. DThe orbit of a comet has the shape of a circle. 【解析】正误判断题。 根据第二段第一句可知，牛顿是一位出色的数学家，故C项正确。根据文章首句可知，哈雷是一位英国科学家，故A项错误；根据第三、四段以及第五段名师资料总结

19、 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 4 第一句可知， 哈雷的预言是在自己的计算和推理之后得出的，故 B项错误； 根据第二段最后一句可知，哈雷彗星的轨道是椭圆形的，所以排除D项。【答案】C 8This passage in general is about _. AHalley and other scientists Bthe orbit of a comet CNewton and Halley DHalley and Ha

20、lleys comet 【解析】主旨大意题。 文章自始至终都在介绍哈雷及他的发现。另外也可以从文章的首句和尾句看出本文的主旨大意。故选D项。【答案】D CParties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did.This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone. At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks.Accord

21、ing to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day.In addition, too many people in society are using smartphones while driving and as a result, they get into car crashes.34 perce

22、nt of teenagers admit to texting while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption.Peoples attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others. Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing wh

23、ile on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction.When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend：the person I am texting is more important than you.In addition, rel

24、ying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world.Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run. As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to

25、send a text or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people.The quality of this technology is hindering societal achievements and weakening the value of communication.Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face，but it is als

26、o lowering 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 5 societys ability to communicate. 【语篇解读】这是一篇议论文。讲述了人们在参加聚会、开车的时候，也在用手机发短信，这极大地影响了人与人之间的交流，甚至导致事故的发生。9The purpose of this text is to_. Acall for an end to use the smartphone while

27、driving Bappeal to us to pay attention to communication skills Cexpress a concern about the overuse of the smartphone Dadvise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone 【解析】主旨大意题。 全文通过描述人们在社交或开车的时候埋头玩智能手机的现象，指出了这一现象背后值得思考的话题：智能手机的过度使用已影响到了人们的日常生活和交流。作者对此表示担忧，因此选C。【答案】C 10The second para

28、graph is developed by_. Agiving examples Blisting figures Ccomparing facts Danalyzing the effects 【解析】写作手法题。 第二段讲述了人们使用智能手机的情况，比如聚会上、 开车时，并提到了开车时使用手机发短信的青少年的比重，因此该段是通过举例子来阐述其观点的。【答案】A 11The author advocates us to make new friends _. Aby using smartphones Bin a face-to-face wayCin different ways Dund

29、er a free circumstance 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的最后两句话“In addition，relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world.Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.”可知，作者提倡面对面交朋友，而不

30、是通过手机，因此选B。【答案】B 12Over-dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that_.Aparties and gatherings limit their social circle Bpeople are more and more narrow-minded名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 6 Cpeoples communication

31、skills are weakened Dface-to-face communication becomes less important【解析】细节理解题。由最后一段中的“The quality of this technology is hindering societal achievements and weakening the value of communication.”可知，对手机过于依赖会削弱交流的价值，因此选C。【答案】C DFrom the first use of the rocket to carry satellites into space to the se

32、tting up of space stations， human beings have been putting great efforts into space research.And so far，we have achieved many successes.But there are still numerous tasks in front of us and we should not cease trying progress. The international space station is an important step we should take in sp

33、ace exploration.It is not only helpful but also essential.It provides a proper space environment for many experiments that we have wanted to do for a long time.It is also a base for the observations of the earth and the universe.It could also be an important base for later travel to the moon and Mar

34、s.In a word，if we want to explore space more ，the first thing we should do is to set up a space station. As the space station costs a lot of money，it is hard for one country alone to establish one.The USA seems to be the only country that has the ability to build a space station alone， and it has tr

35、ied to do so，but not very successful.So it aggregated many other countries to work on it together.Though it is still extremely expensive ，it is much cheaper than doing it alone.It is really a job that needs everyones effort and will benefit everyone. But even so ，the funds needed are still a big pro

36、blem.As for the USA ，it seems that it has too many things to spend its money on.Although it is the richest country in the world，it has much debt every year.It has to make arrangements about its finance ，and try to find a balance in all these issues. 13 What is the authors attitude towards building a

37、nd developing the international space station? ASupportive. B Doubtful. CCritical. D Dissatisfied. 【解析】作者态度题。 根据第一段中的“ .we should not cease trying progress. ”和文中作者介绍国际空间站的重要性可知，作者对建设国际空间站持支持态度。【答案】A 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 15 页 - - - - -

38、- - - - 7 14From Paragraph 2 we learn that _. Athe necessity of building the international space station is not realized now Bmany experiments have been done in the international space station Cthe international space station is necessary for people to explore space more Dpeople have traveled to Mar

39、s from the international space station 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In a word ，if we want to explore space more，the first thing we should do is to set up a space station.”可知，国际空间站是进行太空探索所必需的。【答案】C 15 Which of the following aspects about building the international space station is NOT mentioned in the passage?

40、ADifficulties. BCooperation. CSignificance. DSpecific arrangements. 【解析】推理判断题。 第二段提到了建设国际空间站的重要性，第三段提到了建设国际空间站面临的困难和合作的重要性，但是文中没有涉及具体细节安排，故答案为D项。【答案】D . 阅读填句 ( 共 5 小题；每小题2 分，满分 10 分) “Helicopter parenting ”describes a style of raising children where parents are overprotective and do too much.It desc

41、ribes parents who watch over their kids at home and on the playground like a helicopter.Today，modern technology allows these helicopter parents to watch over from even far away._16_ Julie Lythcott wrote a book titled Break Free of the OverparentingTrap andPrepare your Kids forSuccess.In her book，she

42、 gives readers a closer look at this parenting style._17_ Julie Lythcott says she experienced the effects of helicopter parenting first-hand when she worked as dean of first year students._18_But many were unable to take care of themselves.They were turning to parents constantly for guidance，for pro

43、blem solving，to have them make the choice about something. So what can parents do if they want to break the over-parenting “helicopter” cycle ？_19_ Stop saying “we ”when you mean your son or your daughter.All too often a parent 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - -

44、- - - 第 7 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 8 woul d say “we are on the travel soccer team” Well ，no，your son is or your daughter is. Stop arguing with all of the adults in our kids lives.You need to teach your kids to advocate for themselves. Stop doing your kids homework. _20_Teach them to cross the stre

45、et，make a meal，and remember to put their own items in their backpacks，which becomes a briefcase one day. When kids have all the skills to take care of themselves ，they will be prepared for adulthood. AFour ways are offered to stop watching over your children. BShe also explains why parents should st

46、op it. CIts a good idea to encourage your kid to do the things he can by himself. DThey can give their children directions at any moment from anywhere. EBuild your kids skills. FThe freshmen were very smart and accomplished on paper. G Your kid is eager for more freedom，but should you give it to him

47、? 【答案】1620 DBFAE . 完形填空 ( 共 20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分 30 分) Dear God，I am really eager to share my thoughts and feelings with you.Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose_21_have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was_22_late

48、to tell them. I am _23_with the dear mother who is_24_alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change，_25_I do.As I grow older and _26_， I realize what an extraordinary person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her_27_，but they _28_ easily from my pen. How does a

49、daughter begin to _29_ her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into _30_ a child? For running after a toddler ( 学步的小孩 ), for understanding a moody _31_， for tolerating a college student who seems to know _32_？ For waiting for the day when a daughter _33_ w

50、ho her mother really is? How does a(n)_34_woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with _35_(when asked) or remaining silent when it is most _36_？ For not 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 8 页，共 15 页 - - - - - - - - - 9 saying