2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 Unit 2 Making a difference Period 4課時素養(yǎng)檢測外研版必修第三冊

1、2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 unit 2 making a difference period 4課時素養(yǎng)檢測外研版必修第三冊2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 unit 2 making a difference period 4課時素養(yǎng)檢測外研版必修第三冊年級：姓名：- 9 -課時素養(yǎng)檢測八unit 2period 4. 閱讀理解aflorence nightingale was born in a rich family. when she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. she

2、 also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. as a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. she enjoyed helping them. at last mind was made up. “im going to be a nurse, ” she decided. “nursing isnt the right work for a lady, ” her father told her. “then i wi

3、ll make it so, ” she smiled. and she went to learn nursing in germany and france. when she returned to england, florence started a nursing home for home. during the crimean war in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. what they saw there was terrible. dirt and dea

4、th were everywhere to be seen and smelled. the officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. but the brave nurse went to work. florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. her only pay was in smiles from the

5、lips of dying soldiers. but they were more than enough for this kind woman. after she returned to england, she was honored for her services by queen victoria. but florence said that her work had just begun. she raised money to build the nightingale home for nurses in london. she also wrote a book on

6、 public health, which was printed in several countries. florence nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today. 【語篇概述】本文主要講述了英國著名的護士南丁格爾的一生。1. when she was a child, florence _. a. loved to trav

7、el very muchb. knew what her duty in life wasc. loved to help the sick peopled. was most interested in music and drawing【解析】選c。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 “as a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. she enjoyed helping them. ”可知答案。2. what made florence make up her mind to become a

8、 nurse? a. her fathers support. b. her desire to help the sick. c. her education in germany and france. d. her knowledge from reading great books. 【解析】選b。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二、三、四段內(nèi)容: (she enjoyed helping them)盡管她的父親反對, 她還是決定選擇做了一名護士。3. during the crimean war in 1854, florence served in the front hospital wher

9、e _. a. she earned a little moneyb. work was very difficultc. few soldiers died because of her workd. she didnt have enough food or clothes【解析】選b。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段的“what they saw there was terrible. dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled. ”可知當(dāng)時的工作環(huán)境十分惡劣。4. the passage can best be described

10、as _. a. the life story of a famous womanb. a description of the nursing workc. an example of successful educationd. the history of nursing in england【解析】選a。主旨大意題。本文主要講述了著名的護士南丁格爾的一生, 故選a。bhave you winterized your horse yet? even though global warming may have made our climate more mild, many animal

11、s are still hibernating(冬眠). its too bad that humans cant hibernate. in fact, as a species, we almost did. apparently, at times in the past, peasants in france liked a semi-state of human hibernation. so writer graham robb, a british scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the french peasants

12、. as soon as the weather turned cold people all over france shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months on end. in line with this, jeff warren, a producer at cbc radios the current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed fundamentally since the inventi

13、on of artificial(人造的) lighting and the electric bulb. when historians began studying texts of the middle ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. the business of eigh

14、t hours uninterrupted sleep is a modern invention. in the past, without the artificial light of the city to bathe in, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves around midnight. the late night period was known as “the watch”. it was when people actually kept watch against wild

15、 animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbours. according to some sleep researchers, a short period of insomnia(失眠) at midnight is not a disorder. it is normal. humans can experience another state of consciousness around their sleeping, which occurs in the brief

16、 period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. this period can be an extraordinarily creative time for some people. the impressive inventor, thomas edison, used this state to hit upon many of his new ideas. playing with your sleep rhythms can be adventurous, as anxiety may set in. m

17、edical science doesnt help much in this case. it offers us medicines for a full nights continuous sleep, which sounds natural ; however, according to warrens theory, it is really the opposite of what we need. 【語篇概述】本文介紹了一些睡眠專家的研究成果, 這對人們?nèi)绾螌Υ吡?xí)慣有所啟示。屬于科普類說明文。5. the example of the french peasants sho

18、ws the fact that _. a. people might become lazy as a result of too much sleepb. there were signs of hibernation in human sleeping habitsc. people tended to sleep more peacefully in cold weatherd. winter was a season for people to sleep for months on end【解析】選b。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段講述的內(nèi)容, 聯(lián)系第一段最后一句 “in fact, as

19、 a species, we almost did. ”分析推定b項符合題意。c項為干擾項, 但原文未做比較而且也不符合中心意思, 故選b。6. the late night was called “the watch” because it was a time for people _. a. to set traps to catch animals b. to wake up their family and neighboursc. to remind others of the timed. to guard against possible dangers【解析】選d。細節(jié)理解題

20、。由第五段中最后一句“. . . it was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply. . . ”直接推斷出答案, 故選d。7. what does the author advise people to do ? a. sleep in the way animals do. b. consult a doctor if they cant sleep. c. follow their natural sleep rhythm. d. keep to the eig

21、ht-hour sleep pattern. 【解析】選c。細節(jié)理解題。綜合分析最后一段內(nèi)容可知作者建議人們遵循自然睡眠規(guī)律, 因此, c項符合題意。. 完形填空it happened many years ago. when henry ford decided to produce his famous v8 motor(發(fā)動機), he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders(氣缸)cast in one block, and 1 his engineers to produce a design for the

22、engine. the design seemed good on 2, but the engineers agreed that it was simply 3 to cast an eight-cylinder engine block in one piece. ford said, “produce it anyway. ”“but, ” they replied, “its impossible! ”“go ahead, ” ford commanded, “and 4 on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is

23、 required. ”the engineers went ahead. there was 5 else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff. six months passed and nothing 6. another six months passed, and still nothing happened. the engineers tried every plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the 7: “impossi

24、ble! ”at the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they 8 him they had found no way to carry out his orders. “go ahead, ” said ford, “i want it, and ill 9 it. ”they went ahead, and then, 10 by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered. fords determination won again! this stor

25、y may not be described in minute detail, 11 the sum and substance of it is correct. if you wish to get rich, think and youll find the secret of fords wealth is not 12 to seek. henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied the principles of 13. one of these is desire(渴望): knowing what

26、he wants. if you can do this, if you can choose and 14 these principles which made henry ford rich, you can 15 his achievements in almost any field of work. 【語篇概述】當(dāng)福特提出要制造v8 氣缸引擎汽車時, 工程師們認為是不可能的, 但是福特堅持不懈, 要求工程師們無論如何都要做出來, 最終如愿以償。1. a. stoppedb. invitedc. askedd. taught【解析】選c。詞匯辨析題。福特要求(asked)他手下的工程

27、師們著手設(shè)計一種引擎。2. a. paper b. pagec. newsd. words【解析】選a。固定搭配題。on paper 固定搭配, 理論上。整句話的意思是: 理論上看起來很好, 但是工程師們都跟福特說: “要把八個氣缸全放在一起, 壓根兒不可能?！?. a. unimportantb. commonc. realisticd. impossible【解析】選d。邏輯推理題。由下文的“but, ”they replied, “its impossible! ”可知答案為d項。4. a. stay b. putc. buildd. place【解析】選a。邏輯推理題。福特的意思是繼續(xù)

28、努力干(stay)這個工作, 直到你們成功。5. a. anythingb. somethingc. nothingd. everything【解析】選c。邏輯推理題。意思是“如果他們要繼續(xù)待在公司里, 他們別無(nothing)選擇”。6. a. continuedb. returnedc. leftd. changed 【解析】選d。邏輯推理題。由下文可知半年過去了, 情況沒有什么改變(changed)。7. a. order b. control c. questiond. sight【解析】選c。固定搭配題。他們嘗試著每種計劃, 但是看起來都不可能。out of the questio

29、n 固定搭配, 不可能的。8. a. showedb. toldc. warnedd. persuaded 【解析】選b。詞匯辨析題。他們再次告訴(told)他, 他們想不出有什么辦法可以做到他的指示。9. a. haveb. expressc. borrowd. help【解析】選a。詞匯辨析題。福特的意思是: 我就要擁有(have)它。10. a. whenb. unlessc. even ifd. as if【解析】選d。邏輯推理題。他們繼續(xù)努力, 后來仿佛(as if )遇到魔法一樣, 他們找出了秘密所在。11. a. butb. andc. sod. or【解析】選a。邏輯推理題。上下文有轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。這個故事也許說得不夠詳盡, 但是故事的要點都是真的。12. a. ready b. easyc. longd. far【解析】選d。固定搭配題。be not far to seek 固定搭配, 容易找到。13. a. wealth b. health c. successd. law【解析】選c。邏輯推理題。由上文“henry ford was successful. . . ”可知本篇內(nèi)容主要講的是成功(success)的原則。福特了解成功的原則, 也運用了這些原則, 所以他成功了。14. a. stick to