2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 Unit 3 Environmental Protection Period 1素養(yǎng)檢測(cè)新人教版選擇性必修第三冊(cè)

1、2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 unit 3 environmental protection period 1素養(yǎng)檢測(cè)新人教版選擇性必修第三冊(cè)2020-2021學(xué)年高中英語 unit 3 environmental protection period 1素養(yǎng)檢測(cè)新人教版選擇性必修第三冊(cè)年級(jí)：姓名：unit 3 environmental protection課時(shí)素養(yǎng)檢測(cè) 九unit 3period 1. 閱讀理解a(2020桂林高二檢測(cè))a rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spr

2、eading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16. rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere, warming th

3、e rest of the world. losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world. in the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources: land for crops, wood for paper and othe

4、r products, land for raising farm animals. this action affects the environment as a whole. for example, a lot of carbon dioxide in the air comes from burning the rainforests. people obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

5、there are two main reasons for this. firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. secondly, cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the worlds wood supply. rainforests a

6、re often called the worlds drug store. more than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. however, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. it is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the worlds shrink

7、ing(萎縮的) rainforests. 【語篇概述】本文講述了熱帶雨林在人類生活中的重要作用, 號(hào)召大家保護(hù)雨林, 不要亂砍濫伐。1. rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they _. a. reflect more heat into the atmosphereb. bring about high rainfall throughout the worldc. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16d. reduce the effect of heat

8、from the sun on the earth【解析】選d。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. . . all over the world. 可知選d項(xiàng)。2. what does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to? a. we will lose much more than

9、 we can gain. b. humans have begun destroying rainforests. c. people have a strong desire for resources. d. much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests. 【解析】選a。 代詞指代題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句people obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will b

10、enefit. 可知, 人們這樣做會(huì)得不償失的。故下一段的畫線單詞指的是“我們會(huì)失去更多”。故選a項(xiàng)。3. what can be inferred from the text? a. we can get enough resources without rainforests. b. there is great medicine potential in rainforests. c. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land. d. the level of annual rainfall affects wind pat

11、terns. 【解析】選b。 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段more than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. . . it is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the worlds shrinking rainforests. 可知, 熱帶雨林里有很多藥用植物可供我們開發(fā)利用。故選b項(xiàng)。4. what might be the best title for the text? a. h

12、ow to save rainforestsb. how to protect naturec. rainforests and the environmentd. rainforests and medical development【解析】選c。標(biāo)題歸納題。本文在第一段就點(diǎn)出了主題: 熱帶雨林對(duì)環(huán)境的影響很大, 下文介紹了具體的情況。故選c項(xiàng)。b(2020宜賓高二檢測(cè)) scientists think they have answered a mystery: how some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly. a few million y

13、ears ago, the largest whales averaged about 15 feet long. then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale(須鯨) became huge. modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. nicholas pyenson of the smithsonian natural history museum said, “why is that? ”“it happened in the glance of

14、an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to figure out what happened, ” said graham slater, lead author of the study. their study has suggested an answer: ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food supply for whales. the researchers used fossil records of th

15、e smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales, which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. using computer simulations(模擬) and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation i

16、n the oceans changed and winds shifted. slater and pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator(赤道) and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat. baleen whales which have no teeth feed by eating huge amounts of fish they capture. toot

17、hed whales, like sperm whales(抹香鯨), hunt individual fish, so the ocean changes that made food less evenly spread out didnt affect them as much. but baleen whales hunt schools of fish. olivier lambert at the royal belgian institute of natural sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. but he

18、said the lack of fossils in certain time periods is an issue. as oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales were smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving. 【語篇概述】本文為說明文, 以鯨魚為例分析了一些海洋動(dòng)物生長變快、體積變大的原因, 指出氣候變化引起海洋變化, 全球變暖導(dǎo)致部分鯨魚面臨生存困難的問題。5.

19、 what does the underlined sentence mean in para. 3? a. the change of baleen whales happened too quickly. b. the change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore. c. researchers paid little attention to the change of baleen whales. d. researchers thought the change of baleen whales was unimportan

20、t. 【解析】選a。句意理解題。根據(jù)下文中的which makes it harder to figure out what happened可推知, 畫線句子指這種變化在進(jìn)化的過程中只是匆匆一瞥, 形容其速度之快, 故選a項(xiàng)。6. what played the key role in baleen whales becoming huge? a. man-made climate change. b. the water circulation in the oceans. c. their eating a huge amount of fish. d. the increase of

21、food supply for whales. 【解析】選d。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句、第四段最后一句及第五段最后一句可知, 由于海水流向和鯨魚食物來源的變化, 須鯨能捕獲到更多魚群, 隨著食物增多, 其體積變大, 故選d項(xiàng)。7. what do we know about sperm whales and blue whales according to the passage? a. sperm whales eat more food. b. blue whales live much longer. c. blue whales usually swallow schools o

22、f fish. d. sperm whales prefer to hunt schools of fish. 【解析】選c。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句可知, 藍(lán)鯨屬于須鯨; 又根據(jù)第五段最后一句可知, 須鯨能捕獲魚群, 由此可推知, 藍(lán)鯨也能捕獲魚群, 故選c項(xiàng)。8. what can we infer from the last paragraph? a. there are no whale fossils now. b. the whales may become even bigger. c. olivier lambert thinks the study is perfect.

23、 d. global warming has threatened the whales. 【解析】選d。推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句可知, 氣候變暖引起海洋變化, 造成鯨魚將面臨生存困難的狀況, 故選d項(xiàng)。. 閱讀填句根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng), 選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。recycle everything, especially paper! there is a large amount of paper a college student goes through per semester. 1we know that these things ca

24、nt be avoided, but the way you handle the use of all the paper can really help create a better green campus. buy green. 2 paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. theyre slightly more expensive than the normal products, but its worth it to make a green ca

25、mpus. walk and bike to school. most campuses, especially those that are trying to become an eco-friendlier campus, have pretty good public transit. 3 walking or biking will help make your campus a green university. 4 a water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in cla

26、ss or while riding a bike. this will save the environment by decreasing the amount of plastic waste on your campus. buy used clothing. it is usually thought of as something to do to save money. 5recycling clothes minimize the use of resources to make clothing. a. carry a water bottle. b. dont use pl

27、astic bottles to drink water. c. buy recycled goods as much as possible. d. it is also good for the environment! e. on top of that, almost all universities are pedestrian(行人) friendly. f. it includes class notes, term papers, student newspapers and so on. g. universities call on all the students to

28、learn to recycle all the waste paper. 【語篇概述】本文就如何低碳生活提出了幾點(diǎn)建議。1. 【解析】選f。本題所在段落的主題句是小標(biāo)題 “recycle everything, especially paper! ”, 據(jù)此可知, 本段敘述的是紙的循環(huán)利用, 且空格處應(yīng)承接上句, 故答案為f。 2. 【解析】選c。 根據(jù)下文“ paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. ”中的關(guān)鍵詞recycled goods可知答案為c。 3.

29、【解析】選e。根據(jù)本部分的小標(biāo)題“ walk or bike to school. ”可知, 本段敘述的是學(xué)生的出行方式。只有e選項(xiàng)講述的是此方面內(nèi)容, 故答案為e。 4. 【解析】選a。本空所在位置決定了答案應(yīng)該是個(gè)小標(biāo)題, 能夠概括本部分內(nèi)容。根據(jù)首句“a water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in class or while riding a bike. ”可知, 本段敘述的是水瓶的問題, a選項(xiàng)能夠概括本段內(nèi)容, 故答案為a。5. 【解析】選d。d選項(xiàng)中的it指代的是“bu

30、y used clothing”, 且also good for the environment與上文 something to do to save money呼應(yīng)?！舅仞B(yǎng)培優(yōu)】【話題小寫作】假如你是李華, 是某中學(xué)生英語報(bào)的小記者, 你和你的同學(xué)一起就環(huán)境污染的原因做了調(diào)查, 請(qǐng)你根據(jù)調(diào)查結(jié)果用英語寫一篇文章, 并在文中提出保護(hù)環(huán)境的建議。環(huán)境污染的原因如下: 1. 汽車排放廢氣; 2. 工廠燃燒各種燃料; 3. 人類過度消耗各種資源。注意: 1. 詞數(shù)80個(gè)左右。開頭已經(jīng)給出, 不計(jì)入總詞數(shù); 2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié), 以使行文連貫。recently my classmates and

31、i have made a survey about the reasons for environmental pollution. _【參考范文】recently my classmates and i have made a survey about the reasons for environmental pollution. there are three main reasons for the pollution. first of all, more and more people buy cars, which give off a great deal of waste

32、gas. second, a lot of fuel like coal, petrol and natural gas is consumed in factories, which produces too much carbon dioxide. in addition, large quantities of resources including water and electricity are overused by humans. immediate action should be taken now. we should turn off the lights when l

33、eaving the rooms, turn off the tap in time and use things that can be recycled. wed better walk or cycle instead of driving a car. what we do every day will surely make a difference to our environment. 閱讀理解were often reminded of the importance of preserving the planet as we see it for future generat

34、ionsand children at st oswalds ce primary school chester certainly agree. nine-year-old isobel kelleher from the schools hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take note. “sometimes they can be busy and i dont think they think they can make a difference, but if everyone does a little bit it all ad

35、ds up, ” she tells huffpost uk. “we started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags that are polluting them, ” she says. “fish can eat the plastic and they can die, or we might even eat the fish ourselves. ”mr timms, isobels teacher, has been spearheading a new pr

36、oject at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. the entire hummingbirds class, which is made up of 9-and 10-year-old pupils, has been busy writing poems and creating online video adverts to warn adults about the serious sit

37、uation of our oceans and wildlife. mr timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. “we sometimes overlook how much we can really learn from children, ” he says. “it has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that the

38、ir children have been asking them to stop using plastic, and to recycle more, and even stopping them using plastic straws. ”mr timms is proud of his hummingbirds class. “the message that they would like to send to world is simple: stopping this isnt someone elses job, and it wont be ok if we just le

39、ave it. ”【語篇概述】本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了“蜂鳥班”積極響應(yīng)一個(gè)環(huán)保教育項(xiàng)目。該班由九歲和十歲的學(xué)生組成, 他們通過寫詩和制作在線視頻廣告來提醒成年人注意環(huán)保問題。1. what can we infer about adults according to isobel kelleher? a. they just pretend to be busy. b. they havent done their part well. c. they can do nothing to stop pollution. d. they have started to care about the oc