Unit 2 单元检测 外研版(2019)选择性必修第一册.docx





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1、外研版选择性必修第一册Unit 2 单元检测第一部分听力(略)第二部分阅读(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。ABookstores are a travelers best friends:they provide convenient shelter in bad weather,and they often host readings and other cultural events.Here is a look at the worlds six greatest bookstore
2、s.Adrian Harringtonsince 1971.Rare books;rare first editions;leather-bound sets and general antiques(古玩)Address: 64A Kensington Church Street,Kensington,London,England,U.K.Another CountryKreuzberg,Berlin,Germany.Another Country is an English language second-hand bookshop which is mostly used as a li
3、brary.They have about 20,000 books that you can buy or borrow.Some regular events are held at the shop,such as readings,cultural events,social evenings and film nights.Atlantis BooksOia,Santorini,Greece.Atlantis Books is an independent bookshop on the island of Santorini,Greece,founded in 2004 by a
4、group of friends from Cyprus,England,and the United States.Throughout the year it has hosted literary festivals,film screenings,book readings,and good old-fashioned dance parties.Barts BooksOjai,California,U.S.A.“The Worlds Greatest Outdoor Bookstore”,a bookstore founded by Richard Bartinsdale in 19
5、64.Shelves of books face the street,and regular customers are asked to drop coins into the doors coin box to pay for any books they take whenever the store is closed.10 CorsoComoMilan,Italy,Extensive selection of publication on art,architecture,design,graphics and fashion,along with a strong emphasi
6、s on photography.It was founded in 1990 in Milan,Italy,by Carla Sozzani.The BookwormA bookshop,library,bar,restaurant and event space,now with five locations in three cities in ChinaBeijing,Suzhou and Chengdu.The interconnecting rooms with floor-to-ceiling books on every wall are light and airy in s
7、ummer,yet warm and comfortable in winter.21What can we learn about the above bookstores?AThey are travelers best friends.BThey usually host readings.CThey are the greatest bookstores in the world.DThey are all in Europe.22Where can we watch films according to the passage?AIn Another Country and 10 C
8、orsoComo.BIn Another Country and Atlantis Books.CIn Atlantis Books and The Bookworm.DIn Atlantis Books and 10 CorsoComo.23What is special about Barts Books?ACustomers can buy books even after it is closed.BBooks are put in outdoor shelves.CIt has the longest history in the world.DCustomers should pa
9、y for books in coins.答案CBABIn the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden stand(木架) with a small notepad(记事本) and a hole for a pencil.Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother.Over forty years since my earliest memories of the ki
10、tchen pad and pencil,five houses later,the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did.Surely it cant be the same pencil.The pad is more modern,but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all the
11、se years,” I say to her,walking back into the living room with a sheet of paper and the pencil.“You still use a pencil.Cant you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply.“It works perfectly well.Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen.I never knew when I might want to note down an idea,and I
12、 was always in the kitchen in those days.”Immediately I can picture her,hair wild,blue housecoat covered in flour,a wooden spoon in one hand,the pencil in the other,her mouth moving silently.My mother smiles and says,“One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline,and I had a brilliant thought,but
13、the stand was empty.One of the children must have taken the paper.So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back.It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary
14、 my mother was,and is,as a gifted mathematician.I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work.Later,when my mother is in the bathroom,I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards.Sure enough,on the back of the smallest one,are some penciled marks I recogni
15、ze as mathematics.Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years,rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard,invisible(看不到的) exhibits at every meal.24Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?ATo leave messages.BTo list her everyday tasks.CTo note d
16、own maths problems.DTo write down a flash of inspiration.25What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand?AIt has great value for the family.BIt needs to be replaced by a better one.CIt brings her back to her lonely childhood.DIt should be passed on to the next generation.26The author f
17、eels embarrassed for .Ablaming her mother wronglyBgiving her mother a lot of troubleCnot making good use of time as her mother didDnot making any breakthrough in her field27In the authors mind,her mother is .Astrange in behaviorBkeen on her researchCfond of collecting old thingsDcareless about her a
18、ppearance答案DBCBCThere is some unwelcome news for students preparing for exams and officers putting in long hoursyou dont need that “refreshment(提神) break” as much as you may think.Scientists believed it was not easy for people to continue their work if they felt the need to have a snack or a rest to
19、 make them feel better.They argued that the only way to regain willpower is by supplying more energy to our bodies with rest,food or entertainment.But psychologists have challenged this theory,saying weak willpower is in your head.They found that a persons mindset(理念) and belief about willpower dete
20、rmine how long and how well theyll be able to work on a tough mental exercise.“If you think of willpower as something thats limited,youre more likely to be tired when you perform a difficult task,” said Professor Veronika Job.“But if you think of willpower as something that is not easily depleted,yo
21、u can go on and on.”The researchers led by Mr.Job designed an experiment to test the students beliefs about willpower.After a tiring task those who believed or were led to believe that willpower was a limited resource performed worse on standard concentration tests than those who thought of willpowe
22、r as something they had more control over.Mr.Job said,“Students who may already have trouble studying are being told that their powers of concentration are limited,and they need to take frequent breaks.But a belief in willpower as a non-limited resource makes people stronger in their ability to work
23、 through challenges.”The findings could help people who are battling with temptation(诱惑):people following strict diets and doing exercise regularly to lose weight,people trying to overcome addictions,employees facing a tight deadline.Willpower isnt driven by a biologically based process as much as w
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