【配套K12】2019年高考英语一轮精选练Unit4Makingthenews含解析新人教版必修5

Unit 4 Making the news

李仕才

一、阅读理解。

（2018·四川成都高中毕业班检测）

Fans of the movie Finding Nemo may remember the terrifying fish that scares Dory and Marlin at the bottom of a trench.

But in reality this “monster”， a black seadevil， is only about 9 cm long，which would make it about a third of the size of Dory and potentially smaller than Marlin or Nemo.

While this inaccuracy may seem harmless， it could cause problems for future conservation efforts， as people are more likely to support conservation of adorable rather than scary­looking animals.

The black seadevil is just one of the mysterious “monsters”. From 2000 to 2010，scientists described about 1，200 new species in the Census of Marine Life. While this figure may seem astonishing， a further 5，000 individual dead creatures are in specimen（标本） jars， waiting to be described.

Specimens must be methodically collected， identified， and then the identity of new deep­water species must be confirmed.

If we call unusual deep­sea animals monsters， then we may harm their conservation as people are unlikely to be connected with them or care about saving them.

On the other hand， their rarity clearly makes them popular on social media sites. For other species， this has already resulted in increases in illegal trading for unusual p ets. Deep­sea species may potentially become illegally obtained specimens or food. Humans may end up eating these animals of the deep sea to extinction before their species are even known to science.

Every habitat on earth is interconnected， and whatever we as humans do has an influence on marine ecosystems. In reality， about 80% of our oxygen is produced by microorganisms（微生物） in the oceans. This makes our oceans both the lungs and lifeblood of our planet and we must all try harder to save them.

【解题导语】本文主要从电影里对深海物种的不准确认识，谈到了保护深海物种的重要性。

1.What can we know about the black seadevil in reality？

A.People benefit greatly from the oxygen produced by it.

B.Its body size is a big threat to fish like Dory and Nemo.

C.Its scary appearance will cause problems for conservation.

D.People didn’t know much about it when filming Finding Nemo.

D 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的“the terrifying fish that scares Dory and Marlin”并结合第二段的整体内容可知，拍摄这部电影时，人们对这种物种了解很少，故选

D。

2.What does the author think of the progress of describing new species？

A.Acceptable. B．Surprising.

C.Unsatisfying. D．Hopeless.

C 解析：观点态度题。根据第四段的最后一句可推知，作者认为科学家对海洋新物种的研

究不能令人满意，故选C。

3.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 7 probably refer to？

A.Their popularity on social media sites.

B.Their rarity among sea creatures.

C.Their conservation being harmed.

D.Their importance being ignored.

A 解析：代词指代题。根据第七段的第一句可推知，此处的this指代上文稀有物种在社交

媒体网站上受青睐的状况，故选A。

4.What can we infer about those unusual sea animals？

A.They are the lungs and lifeblood of our planet.

B.Confirming their identity is very urgent for protection.

C.Most of them are becoming illegally obtained specimens.

D.Adorable ones are more likely to be posted on social media sites.

B 解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第三段可推知，科学地认知稀有物种对于对这些物种的保

护很紧迫，故选B。

二、单句语法填空

1．It is necessary that we keep the young generation (inform) of the current affairs.

答案：informed

2．A man helping an old lady who fell on the floor to get up on a bus ended up (accuse) of causing her injury.

答案：being accused

3．Don’t defend him any more. It’s obvious that he (deliberate) destroyed

the fence of the garden even without apology.

答案：deliberately

4． (acquire) a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to study