2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity单元测试试卷之二(23页word版)

2019学年度人教版选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity单元测试试卷之二第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AQuick TalkIn the exciting thriller Baby Driver, the actor and DJ, Ansel Elgort, 23, plays a music-obsessed (对音乐着迷的) getaway driver trying to escape from a life of crime.Your character gets turned on to new music from iPods he finds in stolen cars. Who has influenced your taste?Eve Beglarian, a composer (作曲家) and friend of my mother’s, made me my first iPod (playlist). One of the songs was Easy by the Commodores. The auditions (试演) for Baby Driver weren’t going well, and director Edgar Wright said,“Do you know any songs that you know every word to?” I remembered Easy. He said, “When you’re ready, I want you to sing it.” He told me that that was what got me the role. I guess I have to thank Eve.At times the movie plays like a very complex music video.They filmed very rhythmically. If I wasn’t wearing earphones, I was wearing an earwig —like a radio, but it’s tiny and you can he ar things in your ear. Whatever the audience hears, we heard while filming.How much did you get to drive?They only let me drive when no one else was in the car, so that wasn’t often. They didn’t want me to kill Jamie Foxx.You’re known for your brave and confident fashion choices. When did you start caring about style?I must have been in the sixth grade. I wore the same red Adidas sweatpants every day, a white T-shirt and blue shoes. I was like a cartoon character.After young-adult films like The Fault in Our Stars and Divergent, were you eager to be in a more adult film?I don’t look at The Fault in Our Stars as a teenage movie. I looked at it like, this is a great script (剧本) and a good character, and I was excited to do it. But of course I was looking forward to being part of a “real” movie. If it meant working with Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm, sign me up.21. What helped Ansel get the role in Baby Driver?A. Edgar’s suggestion.B. Eve’s recommendation.C. His excellence in driving.D. His performance of a song.22. What do we know about Ansel?A. He is pretty stylish.B. He likes cartoon films.C. He is a driving enthusiast.D. He has starred in two films.23. How does Ansel find the movie The Fault in Our Stars?A. It’s encouraging.B. It’s worth seeing.C. There’s no film worse than it.D. There’s room for improvement.BImagine telling Einstein to stop studying physics. Imagine telling Picasso to stop painting. Could they stop doing the things they loved? This is what people tried to do to Sophie Germain.Sophie’s love was mathematics. She fell in love with it when she was only 13 years old and decided to become a mathematician. However, it was very unusual for a girl from a middle-class family to study math in the early eighteenth century in France.Sophie’s parents wanted her to be like other girls. When she studied math, they tried to stop her. Sophie didn’t want to stop. She studied secretly at night, bycandlelight, when her parents slept. Sophie’s parents found out, and they took away her candles. That didn’t stop Sophie. She found more candles. Finally, her parents decided to let Sophie study.When Sophie was 18 years old, a school for mathematician opened in Paris. Sophie couldn’t take classes there because it was for men only. However, she didn’t let this discrimination (歧视) against women stop her. She started writing letters to math professors at the school. She asked them questions, and she wrote about her ideas. However, she didn’t sign her own name on the letters. She used a man’s name, Monsieur LeBlanc. This idea worked, and the professors responded to her letters. After a while, one professor asked to meet the brilliant (杰出的) Monsieur LeBlanc. Imagine his surprise! Monsieur LeBlanc was a woman. The professor didn’t tell anyone. He kept Sophie’s secret.Sophie is famous for her excellent work on a difficult math problem that was a challenge for many other mathematicians. She is also famous for her studies of metal as a building material. Years later, engineers used her ideas to build skyscrapers (摩天大楼), such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sophie’s hometown.Today, on the base of the Eiffel Tower, there are 72 names of brilliant French scientists and mathematicians. These people all made great contributions to the world. However, th ere’s one important name that’s missing: Sophie Germain.24. What was Sophie’s parents’ first reaction to her love for math?A. They disagreed on it.B. They gave it their full support.C. They considered it as childish.D. They pretended not to know about it.25. How did Sophie manage to keep in touch with some mathematicians?A. She signed a male name.B. She was dressed as a man.C. She told them of her love for math.D. She sent them her published essays.26. Which of the following can best describe Sophie?A. Honest and responsible.B. Ambitious and sensitive.C. Determined and talented.D. Patient and single-minded.27. What does the author suggest about Sophie in the last paragraph?A. Her ideas influenced 72 scientists.B. Her efforts were widely recognized.C. Her contribution deserved a mention.D. Her name was written on the Eiffel Tower.CThe island of Cuba is no bigger than Pennsylvania. Yet when it comes to nature, the island is one of the most important places on the planet. That is the message of ¡Cuba!, an exhibit that opened in November at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), in New York City.“The biodiversity (生物多样性) of Cuba is part of Cuban identity,” Ana Luz Porzecanski says. She is the director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at AMNH and one of the two curators (a person in charge of a museum exhibit) of the exhibit.Detailed recreations of four habitats transport typical parts of Cuba’s landscapes and seascapes to New York. They include ancient caves and a network of reefs (珊瑚礁). One area features live anole lizards, a Cuban tree frog, and a Cuban boa.Cuba boasts more than 6,500 species of plants, 161 kinds of reptiles, 65 types of amphibians, 42 species of mammals, and 367 bird species. One of those is the bee hummingbird. Weighing far less than an ounce (about 28 grams), it is the smallest bird on Earth.Much of the wildlife found in Cuba exists only there. That gives scientists a unique opportunity to study how plants and animals develop and survive.“Cuba is a very exciting place for us to look at all these different processes,” says Christopher Raxworthy. He is in charge of one department of the museum and a cocurator of the exhibit. “But that also creates great challenges for conservation.”Climate chang e is threatening Cuba’s wildlife. Some species may even disappear. The country is taking steps to protect its plants and animals. But AMNH hopes ¡Cuba!will show how important the country’s natural world is to everyone.28. What can be known about ¡Cuba!?A. It shows Cuba’s rich biodiversity.B. It compares the islands on the planet.C. It features Cuba’s social development.D. It opens in a museum in Pennsylvania.29. What does the underlined word “boasts” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Increases.B. Needs.C. Has.D. Expects.30. What does Christopher find challenging?A. To organize the exhibition.B. To observe plants and animals.C. To study the unique species of Cuba.D. To protect the native wildlife of Cuba.31. What is the best title for the text?A. Cuba fights climate changeB. Travel from Cuba to AmericaC. Wildlife conservation faces threatD. AMNH’s Cuba exhibit explores biodiversityDAs Antarctic ice continues to melt at an alarming rate, scientists warn that the well-being of penguins native to the area is becoming increasingly threatened.According to a new report, the welfare and existence of at least half of the world’s 18 penguin species will be badly affected if the warming of the Antarctic Peninsula continues. Experts say that a big part of the problem is related to food: Less ice means less krill (磷虾), a cornerstone (基石) of the Antarctic ecosystem and a mainstay of a penguin’s diet.“When you look at all penguins they are largely in trouble,” said Oxford University penguinologist Tom Hart, who spends a few months every year observing penguins along the Antarctic coast. “We’re so concerned because we’re seeing great changes to their populations. They’re probably not going to go extinct anytime soon, but the environment is changing ver y fast.”Emperor penguins, Adelies and chinstraps, for example, live entirely in the Antarctic. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), both emperor penguins and Adelies are considered “near threatened.” Even populations of chinstraps, not usually considered a vulnerable (易危的) species, have “declined by up to 50 percent in the last 30 years,” Hart said. “The general public doesn’t realize that penguin populations are declining so fast.”In an interview with the BBC in 2009, Professor Hart warned that emperor penguins could face near-extinction by the end of the century if global warming continued at its present rate.“Regardless of their environmental preferences, we see a connection between climate change and penguin populations through the loss of habitat of their main food source,” Dr Wayne Trivelpiece, the report’s lead author said. “As warming continues, the loss of krill will have a far-reaching effect throughout the Antarctic ecosystem.”Since krill feed on phytoplankton (浮游植物) that grow under ice cover, warming waters and disappearing sea ice have contributed to decreasing Antarctic krill populations. According to Al Jazeera, other recent studies have shown that krill in the Southern Ocean may have declined by about 80 percent since the 1970s.“Simply put, without krill, most of the life forms in the Antarctic would disappear,”National Geographic said.32. What problem will penguins face?A. Loss of habitat.B. A shortage of food.C. Population increase.D. Colder environment.33. What is Tom Hart’s attitude toward the penguins’ situation?A. Uncaring.B. Optimistic.C. Doubtful.D. Worried.34. Why does the author mention chinstraps in Paragraph 4?A. To blame human beings’ unawareness.B. To underline the dangers penguins face.C. To give an example of an extinct species.D. To show how penguins react to global warming.35. What do the last two paragraphs suggest?A. Krill loss may have disastrous results.B. Warming waters bring more phytoplankton.C. Sea ice disappearance causes krill’s overproducing.D. Phytoplankton are a key diet of Antarctic creatures.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。