2022版高考英語一輪復習單元檢測二十二GreatScientists外研版必修4

1、2021版高考英語一輪復習單元檢測（二十二）GreatScientists外研版必修4PAGE PAGE PAGE 15單元檢測（二十二） Great Scientists.閱讀理解AOne day Thomas Alva Edison was given a letter by his teacher. His teacher asked him to give it to his mother. Edison thought it was something nice. After he returned home, he proudly gave it to his mother, sa

2、ying “My teacher let me give this letter to you.”Not knowing what it was, Edisons mother opened it, and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she looked at her son and read out the letter aloud, “Your child is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesnt have enough good teache

3、rs to train him. Please teach him yourself.”The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill. They could no longer stand him and decided to stop him from going to school. However, Edisons mother didnt give up on her son. She taught him at hom

4、e.Many years after Edisons mother died and he was already one of the greatest inventors, one day he was looking through the old family things. Suddenly he saw a piece of folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. It read, “Your son is addled (mentally ill). We wont let him

5、come to school anymore.”Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child, but, by his hero mother, he becomes the genius of the century.”Having faith in those we love is very important. We should have faith in those around us. Even if others have given u

6、p on you, you should have faith in yourself.語篇解讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章主要介紹了愛迪生小時候被學校開除，但他媽媽沒有責備他，而是用善意的謊言鼓勵他，并讓他在家接受教育，最終，愛迪生成為一名偉大的發(fā)明家的故事。1How did Edisons mother probably feel when reading the letter?ARelaxed.BSad.CProud. DCalm.解析：選B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“. and then her eyes opened wide. With tears in her eyes, she

7、 looked at her son and read out the letter aloud .”及下文內(nèi)容可知，愛迪生的媽媽讀那封信時應該很難過。2In the teachers opinion, Edison_.Awasnt hard to trainBwas really a geniusCwas too clever to teachDwasnt a normal child解析：選D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought

8、 he was mentally ill.”可知，愛迪生的老師們認為他精神不正常。3What did Edisons mother do after knowing the teachers decision?AShe asked him to invent things.BShe sent him to another school.CShe let him get educated at home.DShe asked him to study by himself.解析：選C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“However, Edisons mother didnt give up on he

9、r son. She taught him at home.”可知，愛迪生的媽媽并沒有放棄他，而是讓他在家接受教育。4The passage is meant to show that _.Ateachers should love their studentsBparents know their children the bestCwe should have faith in others and ourselvesDmost children can be geniuses if encouraged解析：選C主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文，尤其是最后一段可知，本文是想告訴我們：要對別人及自己有

10、信心。BWomen Nobel Peace Prize laureates (獲獎者) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize, even though it may have been a womans peace activism (行動主義) which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women among the winners has increased.1Baroness

11、Bertha von SuttnerA friend of Alfred Nobel, Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s, and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society. When Nobel died, she bequeathed (遺贈) money for four prizes for scientific achievements, and one for peace. In 1905,

12、she was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.2Jane AddamsJane Addams, best known as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago, was active in peace efforts during World War with the International Congress of Women. Jane Addams also helped to found the Womens International

13、 League for Peace and Freedom. She was nominated (提名) numerous times, but the Prize went each time to others until 1931. She was, by that time, in poor health, and could not travel to accept the Prize.3Mother TeresaBorn in Skopje, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India and focuse

14、d on serving the dying. She was skilled at publicizing her orders work and thus financing the expansion of its services. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in bringing help to suffering humanity.4Wangari MaathaiWangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977,

15、 which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion (流失) and provide firewood for cooking fires. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, honored for her contribution to sustainable development and peace.語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章向我們介紹了四位女性諾貝爾和平獎得

16、主。5What can we know from the first paragraph?AWomen contributed less to the world than men.BWomen were not as active as men in keeping the world peace.CWomen won more Nobel Peace Prizes than men in recent decades.DWomen Nobel Peace laureates are still fewer in number than men.解析：選D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句中的“W

17、omen Nobel Peace Prize laureates are fewer in number than men”可知答案為D。6What can we learn about Jane Addams?AShe set up a settlement house.BShe was a friend of Alfred Nobels.CShe accepted the Prize in person.DShe made the effort to keep the peace during WWII.解析：選A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)2.Jane Addams介紹中的內(nèi)容“. best kno

18、wn as the founder of HullHouse, a settlement house in Chicago”可知答案為A。7Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of _.Aher fight for freedomBthe international peace movementCher contribution to environmental protectionDher work in bringing help to suffering humanity解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)4.Wang

19、ari Maathai介紹中內(nèi)容可知，萬加麗馬塔伊為環(huán)保事業(yè)做出了突出貢獻。.閱讀七選五A small mammal lives in the rocky cliffs of Tian Shan, a mountain range in northwest China. But scientists dont know much about this tiny creature known as the Ili pika. _1_In fact, it had been more than 20 years since anyone had seen an Ili pika. But Weid

20、ong Li, who first discovered the animal, and a team of volunteers combed the mountains looking for the animals. _2_“They found it hiding behind a rock, and they realized that they had found the pika，” Tatsuya Shin, a Chinese naturalist said.Li was studying diseases in a mountainous region of northwe

21、st China when he first discovered the 8inch mammal in 1983. _3_ In 1985, he found two more pikas. When researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences took a closer look at Lis discovery, they confirmed that it was indeed a new species.In the early 1990s, scientists estimated that there were about 2,

22、000 Ili pikas running across mountain cliffs in China. Now there are probably fewer than 1,000. Li thinks that the Ili pika population has decreased by nearly 70 percent since he saw the first one in 1983.“This tiny species could be extinct anytime，” Li said. “_4_”Big changes to the Ili pika habitat

23、 are probably contributing to the pikas lower population. In addition, Ili pikas dont reproduce often, and other animals are eating grass where they live. Changes in local temperatures have driven Ili pikas to higher elevations (海拔) in the mountains.Li and others are encouraging wildlife groups to help protect this creature. Li searches fulltime for Ili pikas. _5_ Li is also working to create a wildlife reserve to help protect Ili pikas.AIt became endangered soon.BThey finally spotted one