高中英语译林版选修一：Unit 2 培优提能限时练二

培优提能限时练

（二）（限时60分钟满分

72.5分）I.阅读理解（共7小题；每小题

2.5分，满分

17.5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AMusic,nature andpicnics in the sunhere arethe bestoperas tocatch thissummer.Opera HollandPark,LondonFor amixture ofurban andcountry operas,this open-air theatreis builteach summerright in theheart ofone of the mostquiet parksof London.Book earlyas ticketssell outfast,and rememberto bringa wrapor blanketto keepyourself warmonchillier summerevenings!July4to August3,operahollandpark.comGlyndebourne FestivalOpera,East SussexGlyndebourneis one of theoldest operafestivals in the world.lt attracts some of the world,s greatestartists.Besides,the festivalis theperfect occasionto puton yourblack tieor eveningdress,enjoy alongpicnic duringthe90-minute interval（|i]fe）.Summer festivalsdon,t getbetter thanthis.，July8to August25glyndebourne.comThe GrangeFestival,HampshireSurrounded bylots ofgreen plantsand overseeinga picturesquelake,the GrangeFestival inHampshireis certainto beone of the mostimpressive visualfeasts（视觉盛宴）you11ever see.Arrive abit earlyto takeinthecountryside views.During thelengthy interval,you11enjoy aromantic dinner-an essentialpart of the festival.July6to August6,Grange ParkOpera,SurreyThough it，s relativelynew,the festivalattractssome of theworld stop talentand thisyear seditionis nodifferent,featuring performancesby one of theworld smost charmingmezzo-sopranos,JoyceDiDonato,and thecharismatic baritoneSimon Keenlyside.July6to August13,语篇解读这是一篇应用文文章主要介绍了英国的四个歌剧节的情况丁

1.What shouldyou doif yougo toOpera HollandPark A.Put onyour bestdress.Jenny sgreat surprise,they won!But it was aclose competition.If ithadn tbeen forJenny stalent andCarls quickreaction,they wouldnt havewon.Jenny andCarl werereally excited.B,Book ticketsearly.C.Enjoy aromanticdinner.D.Perform on the stage.答案B解析细节理解题根据Opera HollandPark,London部分中“Book earlyas ticketssell outfast..chillier summerevenings!”可知，如果你要去Opera HollandPark,你应该早点订票故选B

2.Which of the followingmay havethe mostbeautiful naturalenvironmentA.Opera HollandPark.B・Grange ParkOpera.C.The GrangeFestival.D.Glyndebourne FestivalOpera.答案C解析细节理解题根据The GrangeFestival,Hampshire部分中的第一段可知，The GrangeFestival拥有最美丽的自然环境故选C

3.What isthe purposeof theauthor inwriting thetextA.To attractmore visitorsto Britain.B.To informyou oftraveling destinations.C.To advertisesome placesof interest.D.To introduceBritish operafestivals.答案D解析写作意图题根据第一段“音乐、自然和阳光下的野餐以下是今年夏天最好的歌剧”并结合文章主要介绍了英国的四个歌剧节的情况，可推知，作者写这篇文章的目的是介绍英国的歌剧节故选DBThe200th anniversaryof thebirth of Charlotte Bronte,whose novelJane Eyrehas attractedgenerationsof readers,is beingmarked inBritain today.Fans arehosting a birthday party inthe house in northern England where Charlotte and her sistersEmily andAnne grewup and wrote their books.The anniversaryreflects theglobal popularity of theBrontes,whose worksare seenas amongthe mostimportant everwritten byfemale authors.A wreath（花环）will belaid forBronte inWestminster Abbey tomorrow and a ballet version（版本）of Jane Eyre isopening next month,while theNational Portrait Gallery is hosting an exhibition in her honour.The BronteParsonage Museumin Haworth,a remotevillage inYorkshire,draws tensof thousandsofvisitors fromaround theworld eachyear,and thesisters booksare animportant partof Britishbookshopsand schoolcurriculums.Charlotte,Emily andAnne Brontewere aclergyman s（牧师）daughters whowrote forpleasure anddreamtof becomingpublished authorsbut fearedthey wouldnot betaken seriouslybecause theywerewomen.They thereforeadopted thepen namesof Currer,Ellis andActon Bellwhen theysent JaneEyre,Wuthering Heights,Agnes Greyand TheTenant ofWildfell Hallto publishersinthe1840s.Emily Brontefell illand diedin1848,followed byAnne thefollowing year.Charlotte livedfor afurthersix yearsbefore dyingin Haworthin1855at age

38.J cineEyre,which hasnever beenout ofprintin Britain,tells thestory of JaneEyres youthas anorphan andhow shefalls inlove with her employer,Mr Rochester,while workingas ateacher.Charlotte Bronte,s otherworks includeShirley and Villette.Her biographerClaire Harmantold theBBCthis monththat she was someone“who longedto beforever known,but reliedon anonymity（匿名）in orderto achieveit；a womanmuch moreconcerned abouttruthfulness thanpersonal fame and someonewhoput intowords herown terriblesufferings...as beingthe onlyway todeal with them.”语篇解读这是一篇记叙文文章介绍了夏洛特诞辰200周年纪念活动，并简单介绍了她们三姐妹的生平以及别人对她们评价

4.What doesthe underlinedword“marked“in paragraph1meanA.Celebrated.B.Announced.C.Informed.D.Signed.答案A解析词义猜测题根据前文“The200th anniversaryofthebirth of Charlotte Brontev和下文“Fans arehosting abirthday partyinthehouseinnorthernEnglandwhereCharlotteandher sistersEmily andAnnegrew up andwrotetheirbooks.”可知，marked在此处意为“庆祝”,指庆祝夏洛特诞辰200周年故选A项

5..What isthe secondparagraph mainlyaboutA.The globalpopularityofthe Brontes.B・The activitiesin honorofCharlotteBronte s200th birthday.C.The introductionto CharlotteBronte sbirthday party.D.The achievementofCharlotteBronte andhersisters.答案B解析段落大意题由文章第二段中的^hostingabirthdayparty和“A wreath（花环）will belaid forBrontein WestminsterAbbeytomorrowandaballetversion（版本）ofJaneEyre isopeningnextmonth,whilethe NationalPortraitGalleryishostinganexhibitionin herhonour.v可次口，该段主要讲夏洛特诞辰200周年纪念活动的内容故选B项

6.Why didthe Brontesuse pennames whensending theirworks topublishersA.To takepleasure.B・To attractreaders attention.C・To meetpublishers requirement.D.To avoidprejudice.答案D解析推理判断题根据第四段中的“but fearedthey wouldnot betaken seriouslybecause theywerewomen”可知，由于她们担心自己是女性而不被重视，所以用笔名来避免偏见故选D项

7.We caninferfrom ClaireHarman swords thatCharlotte.A.was unwilling to beknown foreverB,achieved successby meansof anonymityC.dealt withher sufferingsby writingthem outD.valued personalfame most答案c解析细节理解题由文章最后一段中的“a womanmuch moreconcerned abouttruthfulness thanpersonalfameand someone whoput intowords herown terriblesufferings...as beingthe onlyway todealwith thernn可知，夏洛特把自己承受的苦难以文字的形式呈现出来，借此来应对这些苦难故选C项H.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项After alifetime ofbringing natureback,Sir David Attenborough wantsus to get outof ourcomfortzones andhelp savethe naturalworld.I thinkit,s terriblethat childrenshould1without knowingwhat atadpole（蝌蚪）is.lt isvery2,“he says.He seesa verydifferent worldArctic seaice has3andsomeofthe reefswhere hedived arelifeless.His latestfilm,A LifeOn OurPlanet,highlights thelarge scaleofhumanity simpact on

4.He says,the earthis heatingupandcould possibly5it intosudden,catastrophicdisaster.Probably noone elsealive has6as muchontheEarth ssurface asAttenborough.He warned if wedont mindour ways,we will7life aswe knowit,including ourselves.For somany years,he travelledwith justa leathersuitcase.His wifewould seehim offat theairport,never knowing8when hewould return.In1997,when hewas filminga9about birdlife,his wifesuffereda seriousillness.He flewto herbedside justin time for herto squeezehis10before shedied.Afterwards,he11himself intohis workagain.These days,more oftenhe isin arecording studioso hestresses it，s filmcrewswho spendmonths capturingfootage（镜头），not hethat shouldtake the

12.Despite his13,he remainsmodest.The futureis atstake not for himbut forthe next14,he says,uWe arerepresentatives of a very15damaging species.“So justbe modest.Don twaste.语篇解读这是一篇夹叙夹议文文章讲述了DavidAttenborough为了警醒人们保护环境所做出的努力和他本人对他所做的事情的态度

2.A.awful B.amazingC.courageous D.excellent答案A解析awful可怕的；amazing令人惊奇的；courageous勇敢的；excellent杰出的根据上文的terrible可知，空处应使用近义词awful故选A项

3.A.spread B.expandedC.recovered D.shrunk答案D解析spread传播;expand扩展；recover恢复；shrink缩小根据后文的asome ofthe reefswhere hedivedare lifelessv可知，情况在恶化因此推测海冰在缩小故选D项

4.A.nature B.humansC.rate D.cities答案A解析句意他的最新电影《我们星球上的生命》强调了人类对自然的大规模影响nature大自然；human人类；rate比率；city城市故选A项

5.A.click B.remindC.tip D.fix答案C解析句意他说，地球正在升温，可能会导致突如其来的灾难click点击；remind提醒；tip倾斜，推翻；fix修理tip…into…为固定搭配，意为“使……陷入……”故选C项

6.A.retumed B.fixedC.pressed D.seen答案D解析return返回；fix修理；press按压；see看见因为从后文中得知Attenborough多年来一直致力于自然保护并拍摄相关影片，所以作者说没有哪一个人如同Attenborough一样看到那么多的地球表面故选D项

7.A.come outB.take overC.wipe outD.bring out答案c解析come out出来；take over接管；wipeout消灭；bring out出版根据前文的“warnedifwe dont mindourways”的条件句可知，空处应使用wipe out,表达其严重后果故选C项

8.A.quite B.hardC.fast D.luckily答案A解析句意他的妻子会在机场为他送行，永远不知道他什么时候回来quite相当；hard困难地；fast迅速地；luckily幸运地not knowquite…为固定表达，意为“不太清楚”故选A项

9.A.relief B.seriesC.text D.reaction答案B解析relief宽慰；series剧集；text文本；reaction反应根据前文中的film可知，空处应使用series,意为“拍居U集”故选B项

10.A.chest B.handC.face D.hair答案B解析chest胸；hand手；face脸；hair头发结合常识和空前的squeeze可知，空处应使用hand,其他选项不符合题意故选B项

11.A.awarded B.approachedC.recognized D.threw答案D解析句意后来，他又投入到工作中award奖励；approach接近；recognize辨认出；throw扔，投入throw oneselfinto sth为固定短语，意为“投入做某事”故选D项

12.A.credit B.rewardC.money D.chance答案A解析句意这些天，他更经常地待在录音棚里，所以他强调，应该归功于那些花费数月时间拍摄镜头的电影工作人员，而不是他credit信用，名誉；reward奖励；money金钱；chance机会，可能性take thecredit为固定短语，意为“把功劳占为己有”故选A项

13.A.stress B.observationC.fame D.explanation答案c解析stress压力；observation观察；fame名誉；explanation解释由Despite可知，空处应使用fame,与下文的modest形成对比故选C项

14.A.community B.generationC.race D.species答案B解析community社区；generation代，辈；race种族，比赛；species种类根据前文的notforhim可推出，应该是next generation故选B项

15.A.precious B.curiousC.attractive D.powerful答案D解析precious珍贵的;curious好奇的；attractive有吸引力的；powerful强有力的根据后文的So justbe modest.Don twaste.v可知，人类是有强大的破坏性的物种，因此才要谦虚故选D项HI.语法填空共10小题；每小题

1.5分,满分15分阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式In oneofthe most amazing

1.discover in recent years,scientists ata EuropeanInstitute

2.find awayto turnone chemicalthat causesair pollutioninto aresource.Carbon dioxideis aform ofpollution

3.release fromthe burningof fuelssuch ascoal,oil andwood.Transportation andelectricity productionareits majorsources.The researchersat RutgersUniversity havecreated

4.unusual techniquewhichchanges carbon dioxide intovaluable raw materials.Using cheapand plentifulmetals,the process

5.efficient turnscarbondioxidegas intowater andcarbon blocksthat canbe usedas buildingblocks.Theprocess is99%efficient,which isthe mainreason

6.account forthis result.Products thatcan beproducedby thistechnique includerawmaterialsfor usein clothing,chemical and

7.medicineindustries.The scientistshave alsocreated acompany

8.develop commercialapplications forthistechnique.As afamous Americanengineer putsit,Pollution isnothing butthe resourceswe arenotharvesting.

9.the developmentand applicationof thisnew technology,people mayfind valuein

10.oncewas consideredto beharmful waste.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文，欧洲研究所的科学家们发现了一种方法，可以将一种导致空气污染的化学物质转化为一种资源

1.答案discoveries解析考查名词复数oneof后跟名词的复数形式，表示“……中之一故填discoveries

2.答案have found解析考查动词的时态和主谓一致根据前文的inrecentyears可知用现在完成时，主语scientists是复数，故谓语用复数形式，故填have foundo

3.答案released解析考查非谓语动词句中is作谓语，故空格处用非谓语动词形式，pollution和release之间为被动关系，因此空格处用过去分词表被动，在句中作后置定语，故填released答案

4.an解析考查冠词technique为可数名词，此处表泛指，前面需加不定冠词，unusual发音为元音音素开头，因此不定冠词用an,故填an

5.答案efficiently解析考查副词空格处用副词修饰动词turns,efficient的副词形式为efficiently,意为“有效地”，故填efficiently

6.答案accounting解析考查非谓语动词which引导的非限制性定语从句中谓语为is,故空格处用非谓语动词形式，reason和account for（解释）之间为主谓关系，因此空格处用现在分词表主动，作后置定语，故填accountingo

7.答案medical解析考查形容词空格处用形容词作定语，修饰名词industries,medicine的形容词形式为medical,意为“医疗的，故填medicalo

8.答案to develop解析考查不定式句意科学家们还成立了一家公司来开发这项技术的商业应用根据句意可知，空格处用不定式表目的，故填to develop

9.答案With解析考查介词由the developmentand applicationof thisnew technology及语境可知，此处表示“随着这项新技术的发展和应用”，表示“随着“应用介词with,位于句首，首字母需大写，故填With

10.答案what解析考查宾语从句分析句子可知，in后为宾语从句，从句中缺少主语，因此空格处应用引导词what,故填whatIV.读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文Jenny isa fifth-grader.She isoneofthemostpopular girlsin herclass becauseshe isamong thebrightestinherclass.She cando themost cartwheels（侧手番羽）in arow,but mostof all,she hasa talentfordance.Last year,she enteredthe schools dancecompetition andwon the first place.Since thatday,she hasbeenthe classattraction.This year,the schoolis holdinganother dancecompetition,but therehas beenachange.The competitionhas tobe donein pairs.Jenny sclass wasexpecting herto winagain thisyear.But Jenny was unsure.She wantedto enterthecompetition,but shehad neverdanced witha partnerbefore.She decided to asksomeofthe boysin herclassto enterwithher.They allsaid nobecause theydid not know how to dance.She finallydecidedtoturn tooneofher closestfriends,Carl.Carl wasunwillingtojoin at firstbecause healso didntknowhowto dance.But Jennyinsisted andhe finallyagreed.However,she wasstillworried becauseshe knewit wasgoing tobe moreofachallenge becauseCarl wasnot agood dancer.Thecompetition wasin twomonths,and onlytime couldtell whetherthey wouldwin ornot.Jenny andCarl spentthefirsttwo weeksmemorizing thesteps oftheir dancewiththehelp oftheirteacher.Carl waspretty clumsyatfirst.Jenny hadto devotesome timeto helpingCarl improvehisskill.Fortunately,he finallygot thehang ofit.They spentthe restofthetime perfectingtheir moves.Theday ofthe competitionwas near.Jenny andCarl werebeginning toget nervous.注意续写词数应为150左右The dayofthecompetition arrived._________________________________________________They wereoff toa greatstart._____________________________________________________【参考范文】The dayofthecompetition arrived.Since Jennywon lastyear scompetition,shewasto performwithCarl last.As eachpair tookthe stageone byone,Jenny grewmore anxious.Carl noticedthis andtold her,It11be okay,Jenny.You aregreat,andVm surewe11win.”Jenny feltbetter afterhearing CarlTswords.Soon,itwas their turn.They walkedon stageand begantodanceas soonastheirsong startedtoplay.They wereoff toa greatstart.The crowdbegan cheeringthem on.Suddenly,Jenny trippedand nearlyfell.Carl managedtogether backup intimefortheir endingpose.Jennywasupset becauseof herfault.Shortly aftertheir performance,the judgeswere readyto announcethe winner.To。