2020-2021學年高二英語人教版選修6階段綜合檢測4 Word版含解析

1、階段綜合檢測(四)第二部分閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)第一節(jié)(共15小題；每小題25分，滿分375分)閱讀下列短文，從每小題所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出最佳選項。aat beaver meadows ranch on red feather lakes，colorado，there is a long list of outdoor winter activities for the entire familytake a winter vacation thereice fishingfor $10 a day，visitors can try their hand at ice

2、fishingice fishing is available from 9：30 amto 4 pmseven days a weekyou will need to bring your own ice fishing equipment because it cannot be rentedyou will need to have your fishing license toofor more about it，call 800­462­5870hot chocolate & cookies sleigh ridepassengers take a 15&

3、#173;to­20­minute sleigh ride through beautiful colorado countryduring the sleigh ride，you'll have the experience of stopping at an old­time cabin，warming yourself by a fire and eating cookies while drinking hot chocolateyou will need to contact them at 970­231­1955 to s

4、et up a time for your sleigh ridewinter horseback ridingexperience winter horseback riding while viewing the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding 840 acres where beaver meadows ranch makes its homeyou'll be guided on a tour by one of the expert wranglers (牧馬人) when the weather permitsone­

5、hour rides cost $35 per person and two­hour rides cost $50for more information，contact them at 866­881­7679 to set up your horseback riding winter activityother winter activities informationfor more information about beaver meadows ranch，or if you'd like to book a room for an adve

6、nturous holiday，call 970­881­2450it's not very often you can find a one­stop adventure spot full of winter activitiestake advantage of your free time this winter season and enjoy the outdoor scenery in colorado【語篇解讀】本文是廣告類閱讀，介紹了幾種在beaver meadows ranch的全家人冬季戶外活動，涉及活動內容，花費和聯(lián)系方式。1if

7、you want to enjoy sleigh rides，you will call a800­462­5870b970­231­1955c970­881­2450 d866­881­7679b細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)hot chocolate & cookies sleigh ride中“passengers take a 15­to­20­minute sleigh ride through beautiful colorado country”和“you will need

8、to contact them at 970­231­1955 to set up a time for your sleigh ride”可知這里可以滑雪橇，如果想滑雪橇可以聯(lián)系970­231­1955。2how much does a couple have to pay if they want to have a two­hour horseback ride?afifty dollarsbseventy dollarsca hundred dollarsdone hundred and forty dollarsc推理判斷題。根據(jù)wi

9、nter horseback riding中“one­hour rides cost $35 per person and two­hour rides cost $50”可知騎馬每人一小時35美元，兩小時50美元。如果一對夫婦想騎兩個小時的馬，需要支付50×2100。3where can you most probably read this passage?ain the latest newsbin a children's bookcin a travel guidedin a sportsman's diaryc推理判斷題。本文介紹了幾種

10、在beaver meadows ranch全家人冬季戶外活動，此類文章不屬于新聞，也不屬于兒童讀物或運動員日記，而是屬于旅游指導。bmost dog owners are convinced that their four­legged friends know exactly what they mean when they use certain words like “sit”，“stay”or “treat” however, researchers have always wondered whether dogs really understand human speec

11、h or if they rely on other information to get the meaning for example, does the word “fetch” form a picture of a stick or ball in the dog's mind, or does the dog bring back the object based on the owner's voice or gesture? a new study by scientists at atlanta's emory university seems to

12、indicate that “man's best friend” does indeed know what the owner is sayingthe researchers began by asking the owners of twelve dogs of various kinds to train their pets to identify two toys of different materials, such as a toy animal and a ball once the dogs had mastered the task, they took tu

13、rns inside a special scanner the owners then tested their dog's language skill by first calling out the names of the toys they had been trained to recognize and then saying meaningless words such as“bobbu” and“bodmick” while holding up random objects the dogs hadn't seen beforethe scans sugg

14、ested that the parts of the dogs' brains responsible for processing sounds showed different brain patterns when they heard words they were familiar with，compared with the ones they had never heard before while that was not enough to prove that the dogs were picturing their toys when they heard t

15、he word, it did indicate some sort of recognition the researchers believe this is an important step in understanding how dogs process languagesomething even more interesting was that the dog's brains showed a higher level of neural (神經的) activity at the sound of unknown words this is the exact o

16、pposite of what happens in human brains, which get more active at the sound of familiar words the researchers say the dogs may become cheerful at the sound of new words to try to understand them in the hope of delighting their masters “dogs want to please their owners, and perhaps also want to recei

17、ve praise or food，” says emory neuroscientist gregory berns, senior author of the studyhowever, though your pet may understand human speech, the scientists recommend using visual signals and smell for training “when people want to teach their dog a trick, they often use spoken commands because that&

18、#39;s what we humans prefer，” prichard says “from the dog's view, however, a visual command might be more effective, helping the dog learn the trick faster”【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。一項新的研究表明，狗的確能理解主人說的話。4what's the purpose of the new study?ato convince dog owners to understand their dogsbto advise dog

19、owners to treat their dogs kindlycto prove dogs follow owners' order by listeningdto test out how dogs get information from ownersd細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段尾句“a new study by scientists at atlanta's emory university seems to indicate that man's best friend does indeed know what the owner is saying”可知，亞

20、特蘭大的埃默里大學的科學家進行的一項新研究似乎表明，“人類最好的朋友”確實知道主人在說什么，并結合全文可知，該研究的目的是測試狗是如何理解主人的話的，故d項正確。5what does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?ainform the result of the researchbstate the process of the researchcstress the importance of the researchdintroduce the subjects of the researchb寫作意圖題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“the rese

21、archers began by asking the owners of twelve dogs of various kinds to train their pets to identify two toys of different materials, such as a toy animal and a ball”并結合該段內容可知，該段主要介紹了進行研究的過程，包括讓不同品種的狗識別不同材料的玩具等，據(jù)此可知，該段旨在介紹研究過程，故b項正確。6how do human brains and dog brains react to words?ahuman brains beco

22、me active in unfamiliar wordsbdog brains become delighted at unfamiliar wordschuman brains are not sensitive to familiar wordsddog brains show no response to familiar wordsb細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段前兩句“something even more interestingthis is the exact opposite of what happens in human brains, which get more active

23、 at the sound of familiar words”可知，對于不熟悉的單詞，狗的大腦呈現(xiàn)出高水平的神經活動，而人類的大腦相反，故b項正確。7what do scientists advise the owners to do in dog training?agive dogs oral commandsbteach dogs new trickscinvolve sight and smelldencourage faster learningc細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)尾段第一句“however, though your pet may understand human speech,

24、the scientists recommend using visual signals and smell for training”可知，盡管狗可能理解人類的語言，但科學家們建議使用視覺信號和嗅覺來訓練它們，故c項正確。cin washington，dc，only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on timemany factors influence that low rateone of the most important ones is whether the people aroun

25、d the students expect them to succeedso，for the past 40 years，a dc organisation has stepped in to give around 10，000 students the support and positive environment they need to thrive (茁壯成長)this organisation，called higher achievement，provides students with a welcoming space，help with class work，and c

26、aring teachersmore than 95 percent of students who complete higher achievement graduate from high school on timekatherine roboff is the group's executive director in the dc areashe gives several reasons for the group's successone is timinghigher achievement does not work with students who ar

27、e already in high schoolit works with students in middle schoolthey start high achievement at fifth or sixth gradein the us，that is usually age 11 or 12roboff says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth gradearound age 13they will have a greater chance of graduating fr

28、om high school and going to collegein other words，what happens in middle school has a huge impactthe years between ages 10 and 13 may affect a student's future more than anything that happens academically in high schoolroboff explains that students participate in higher achievement after school

29、and during the summer，when public schools take a break of about two monthshigh achievement students do homework，have community meetings，and work one­on­one with a tutor“the purpose of the programme is to help them use those after school and summer hours to become better prepared academical

30、ly and to develop their leadership skills and confidence so that by the time they get into eighth grade they are ready to get into some of the top high school”【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，美國華盛頓特區(qū)里只有69%的學生能夠完成高中學業(yè)，higher achievement給學生提供良好的環(huán)境以及有愛心的老師幫助這些學生完成學業(yè)，進入高校。8a little more than 30% of public school students

31、 in the us adrop out of schoolbwork hard at their lessonsccan't finish school on timedare expected to graduate from high schoolc細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句“in washington，dc，only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on time”可知美國公立學校里只有69%的學生能夠完成高中學業(yè)，也就是說超過30%的學生不能準時畢業(yè)。9what can we infer

32、 from the second paragraph?ahigher achievement is a great successbhigher achievement works with college studentscmany students have doubts about the organisationdhigher achievement has spread throughout the usa推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“more than 95 percent of students who complete higher achievement graduate

33、from high school on time”可知完成higher achievement的學生中超過95%的學生能夠準時高中畢業(yè)。說明higher achievement取得了很大的成功。10if students are doing well academically in eighth grade， athey are certain to go to collegebthey are to succeed when they grow upcthey don't need any help in their studiesdthey are more likely to f

34、inish high school on timed推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句“roboff says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth gradearound age 13they will have a greater chance of graduating from high school and going to college”可知roboff認為如果學生在八年級的時候成績比較好，他們就會有更大的可能性準時完成高中學業(yè)，然后進入大學。11what is the main ai

35、m of higher achievement?ato offer students advicebto help student get into top schoolscto teach students how to behave at schooldto provide students with different activitiesb推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段前兩句“so，for the past 40 years，a dc organisation has stepped in to give around 10，000 students the support and posit

36、ive environment they need to thrive (茁壯成長)this organisation，called higher achievement，provides students with a welcoming space，help with class work，and caring teachers”可知higher achievement給學生提供積極的環(huán)境以及有愛心的老師幫助這些學生完成學業(yè)，進入高校學習。dfrom self­driving cars to carebots for elderly people，rapid developmen

37、t in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by peoplebut experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses“the next fifteen years will se

38、e a revolution in how we work，and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces，” said peter andrew，director of workplace strategy for cbre asia pacifica growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence，social skills and the ability to use

39、artificial intelligencethe report is based on interviews with 200 experts，business leaders and young people from asia pacific，europe and north americait shows that in the us technology already destroys more jobs than it createsbut the report states：“l(fā)osing occupations does not necessarily mean losin

40、g jobsjust changing what people do” growth in new jobs could occur as much，according to the research“the growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know­how will directly challenge big companies，” it statesa 2014 report by pew research found 52 percent of experts

41、in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few yearsthe optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create，” according to aaron smith，the report's co­author“

42、technology will continue to affect jobs，but more jobs seem likely to be createdalthough there have always been unemployed people，when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobsthere is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change，” microsoft's jonathan gru

43、din told researchers【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。文章講述了現(xiàn)在新技術不斷涌現(xiàn)，從自駕車到老年人護理機器人。技術的發(fā)展一直代表著許多人通常從事的工作可能面臨威脅。但專家們現(xiàn)在認為，隨著人工智能不斷改變業(yè)務，2025年以前的近50%的職業(yè)將完全不必要存在。12we can infer from the text that in the future apeople will face many difficultiesbpeople will take up more creative jobscartificial intelligence will threaten pe

44、ople's livesdmost jobs will be done in traditional workplacesb推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“a growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence，social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence”可知未來人們將會從事更多創(chuàng)造性的工作，故選b。13according to the report， apeople won't necessarily lose jo

45、bsbbig companies will face fewer challengescsmall companies will win against big companiesdmost people will become interested in technologya細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“l(fā)osing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobsjust changing what people dogrowth in new jobs could occur as much，according to the research

46、”可知人們不一定會失業(yè)。14what is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?amixed bworriedchopeful ddoubtfulc細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“a 2014 report by pew research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed the

47、re would still be enough jobs in the next few years”可知pew research在2014年的一份報告中發(fā)現(xiàn)，52%的人工智能和機器人專家對未來持樂觀態(tài)度，并相信未來幾年仍有足夠的工作崗位。15jonathan grudin's words in the last paragraph suggest that athere will be enough jobs for peoplebthings will change a lot in a few yearscmany people will become unemployeddt

48、echnology will totally change future jobsa推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“technology will continue to affect jobs，but more jobs seem likely to be createdalthough there have always been unemployed people，when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobsthere is no shortage of things that need to be done

49、and that will not change，”可知人們會有足夠的工作。第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題25分，滿分125分)根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。with so many universities in the world，it is not hard to find your way to a universitybut to get a quality education and valuable credentials(證書)，you need to think about to attend and make the right

50、 choice 16 study programdifferent universities offer different majorsthe career you are interested in should guide you in finding the majoryou can choose to go to a university that specializes in a specific area or you can find one that offers the course you are interested in 17 professional trainer

51、suniversity professors and lectures own different abilities and the best you can do is ensure that the trainers at the university are qualifiedif you are trained by an expert in the area，you are more likely to stand out in your area 18 only in this way can you get professionally trained 19 the tuiti

52、on fees vary from one university to another and you need to make sure that you can afford the fees in the university you wish to attendif you are a student with good grades，you may be likely to get a scholarship，so fees won't be a problem for youstudy durationthis may be determined by the course

53、 you want to take and the levels of the university 20 and the duration may vary from university to universitywhen choosing a university，you should make sure it is suitable for youauniversity ranking in the worldbfinancial aspects of the universitiescdo careful research before you make up your minddw

54、hat really matters when you are selecting a university?ea bachelor's degree may take much longer than a master's degreeffind out as much information about the teacher resources as you cangtherefore，think about what you really want to get from the study at university【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。作者就如何選擇一所好的

55、大學提出了自己的建議。16d由“but to get a quality education and valuable credentials(證書)，you need to think about to attend and make the right choice”以及“study program，professional trainers，study duration”可知，d選項切題。17g由空處前面的內容可知，此段主要是說選大學所學專業(yè)的事情，而g選項正是對這一段的總結。18f由下文的“only in this way can you get professionally trai

56、ned”可知f選項承接下文。19b由“the tuition fees vary from one university to anotherafford the fees”可知，本段的主要內容是關于大學財務方面的問題。20e由“this may be determined by the course you want to take and the levels of the university”可知，你的學習時間可能由你想要上的課程和大學級別決定。而e選項正是對此列舉的一個例子。第三部分英語知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)第一節(jié)完形填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，從

57、每題所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出最佳選項。in 1948，my family drove to the singer sewing center and bought a brand­new electric singerthen ruby，my mother­in­law， 21 sewingafter supper，ruby would bend over the machine， 22 clothes for her children and neighborsthousands of dressesthe singer raised its needle millions of timesin 1987，ruby called us on the phone， 23 after thirty­nine years，her singer didn't workno repairman could fix it because parts were not 24 i went to a sewing machine store to buy oneher old one was 25 the new machines are plastic and have computersthey gi