外研版高中英语必修二第四模块测评

第四模块测评
(时间:100分钟满分:120分)
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分: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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A
Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd.Take some time to find out about how one
man,who was determined to change the way we treated our planet,didn’t stop until he had made a difference.
In 1963,Senator Gaylord Nelson wasn’t happy with the earth’s condition.He wanted to clean
up the planet,solve pollution and environmental problems.A senator (参议员)is someone US citizens choose to help make laws,so Gaylord had a lot of power.He went to John F.Kennedy,the
President at the time,with his ideas.The President agreed that the planet’s environment was a serious issue,so President Kennedy went around the country on a five-day tour to promote the idea of cleaning up the planet.People began making small changes but it wasn’t enough.
A few years later,Senator Nelson decided to put one day aside every year for the cause of saving the planet.On April 22,1970,the first Earth Day was celebrated.More than 20 million people took part in Earth Day activities in 1970.Since then,Earth Day has become an international holiday.People all over the world are doing something to make the earth a cleaner,better place.
A rock band named Dramarama wrote a song about Earth Day in 1993 called What Are We Gonna Do.Encouraging your family to recycle on a regular basis is a good way to help the earth.
1.Who is Gaylord Nelson?
A.He is a lawyer.
B.He is the President of the USA.
C.He is a senator.
D.He is a rock singer.
答案C
解析细节理解题。

根据第二段内容可知,盖洛德·纳尔逊是一位参议员。

2.What did President Kennedy do to promote the idea of cleaning up the earth?
A.He named Gaylord Nelson senator.
B.He went around the country on a five-day tour.
C.He cleaned his office every day.
D.He decided to put one day aside for Earth Day.
答案B
解析细节理解题。

根据第二段倒数第二句中的“...so President Kennedy went around the country on a five-day tour to promote the idea of cleaning up the planet.”可知答案为B项。

3.Which of the following is better for us to do to help the earth?
A.To work hard to be a senator.
B.To take a five-day tour around the world.
C.To take part in Earth Day activities every year.
D.To recycle on a regular basis.
答案D
解析细节理解题。

根据最后一句“...to recycle on a regular basis is a good way to help the earth.”可知答案为D项。

4.Which of the following about Earth Day is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year.
B.Earth Day has become an international holiday since 1970.
C.Earth Day is celebrated by 20 million people every year.
D.Dramarama wrote What Are We Gonna Do about Earth Day in 1993.
答案C
解析细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段内容可知,第一届“地球日”庆祝活动有2000万人参加,而不是每年都是这些人。

故答案为C项。

B
Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again.They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food there.They are learning a lot about the deserts,but more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time.Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming deserts?Scientists think that people make
deserts.People are doing bad things to the earth.For example,scientists tell the people how important plants are for stopping land becoming desert,but people don’t pay enough attention to the green plants.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain.But they still don’t become deserts.This is because some green plants are growing there.Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places.Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier.Plants don’t let the wind blow the soil
away.When a bit of rain falls,the plants hold the water.Without plants,the land can become desert more easily.The present fact is that green plants on the earth are fewer and fewer.If there were no green plants on the earth,the whole earth would become desert.
5.Deserts .
A.never have any plants or animals in them before
B.can all be turned into good land soon
C.have little water or plants
D.make the earth drier
答案C
解析由文章第一段第二句“They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food there.”可推出deserts为缺水的地区,再由常识“沙漠就是缺水、少植物的地区”我们也可选出答案。

6.Small green plants are very important to dry places because .
A.they don’t let the sun make the earth into good land
B.they don’t let the wind blow soil away
C.they are green
D.they have leaves
答案B
解析本题由第三段第六句“Plants don’t let the wind blow the soil away.”可知植物可以阻止风把土壤吹走,由此得出答案B项。

7.After reading this,we learn that .
A.plants can keep dry land from becoming deserts
B.it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts
C.all places without much rain will become deserts
D.it is better for the dry land to grow grass than to grow trees
答案A
解析整篇文章都在告诉我们这样一个不争的事实:植物对于阻止土壤沙化起着非常重要的作用。

C
Passenger pigeons(旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours.
It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point,there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons—a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States,making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller,a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles(about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.
Sadly,the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most abundant,people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the mercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain,waited until pigeons had settled to feed,then threw large nets over them,taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.
By the closing decades of the 19th century,the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans’ need for wood,which scattered(驱散) the flocks and
forced the birds to go farther north,where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone,never to be seen again.
In 1897,the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons,but by then,no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County,Ohio,in 1900.For a time,a few birds survived under human care.The last of them,known affectionately as Martha,died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914.
8.In the 18th and early 19th centuries,passenger pigeons .
A.were the biggest bird in the world
B.lived mainly in the south of America
C.did great harm to the natural environment
D.were the largest bird population in the US
答案D
解析推理判断题。

由第一段的第二句以及第二段可知,在18世纪以及19世纪早期,旅鸽是美国数量最多的鸟类。

9.The underlined word“undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’.
A.escape
B.ruin
C.liberation
D.evolution
答案B
解析词义猜测题。

由第三段第一句开头的“Sadly”可知undoing表示一个“消极的,非人们所期望的”词义,故排除C项和D项;再由下一句可知旅鸽遭到人类的捕杀,故排除A项,选择B项。

10.What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?
A.To seek pleasure.
B.To save other birds.
C.To make money.
D.To protect crops.
答案C
解析推理判断题。

由第三段第三句和第四句可知,旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是人们为了挣钱。

11.What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?
A.It was ignored by the public.
B.It was declared too late.
C.It was unfair.
D.It was strict.
答案B
解析推理判断题。

由最后一段的第一、二句可知,虽然密歇根州通过了禁止捕杀旅鸽的法律,但那时已经为时已晚。

D
A typical lion tamer(驯兽师) in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip(鞭) and a chair.The whip gets all of the attention,but it’s mostly for show.In reality,it’s the chair that does the important work.When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face,the lion tries to focus on
all four legs of the chair at the same time.With its focus divided,the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next.When faced with so many options,the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.
How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion?How often do you have something you want to achieve(e.g.lose weight,start a business,travel more)—only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?
This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best,the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting
information.The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong
things,and so we take less action,make less progress,and stay the same when we could be improving.
It doesn’t have to be that way.Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your
face,remember this:All you need to do is focus on one thing.You just need to get started.Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people.If you have somewhere you want to go,something you want to accomplish,someone you want to become...take immediate action.If
you’re clear about where you want to go,the rest of the world will either help you get there or get
out of the way.
12.Why does the lion tamer use a chair?
A.To trick the lion.
B.To show off his skills.
C.To get ready for a fight.
D.To entertain the audience.
答案A
解析推理判断题。

由第一段可知,驯兽师拿着椅子的目的就是为了让狮子感到不知所措。

由此推出答案是A项。

13.In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?
A.They feel puzzled over choices.
B.They hold on to the wrong things.
C.They find it hard to make changes.
D.They have to do something for show.
答案A
解析细节理解题。

由第二段的最后“only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress”可知,人类和狮子的相似之处是:面临许多选择时会感到困惑。

14.What is the author’s attitude towards the experts mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A.Tolerant.
B.Doubtful.
C.Respectful.
D.Supportive.
答案B
解析推理判断题。

根据第三段第一句可知,专家们对最佳选择争论不休,而那些想提高生活的人们对这些矛盾的信息困惑不解,作者对此感到心烦。

由此可知,专家的做法无助于问题的解决,作者对他们持怀疑态度。

15.When the world is “waving a chair in your face”,you’re advised to .
A.wait for a better chance
B.break your old habits
C.make a quick decision
D.ask for clear guidance
答案C
解析推理判断题。

由第四段第二、三句可知,当你发现这个世界在你的面前挥舞着椅子时,你要做的事情就是把注意力集中在一件事情上,你需要的就是开始。

故选C项。

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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Choosing to Study Overseas
Every year,thousands of students choose to study in another country for a semester,the summer,or a year.Studying overseas can be an exciting experience for many people.
16
Living in another country can help you to learn a language,and about another culture.17
Overseas study may also look good on your future résumé.Many companies today want
employees who speak a second language,or have experienced living or working in another
country.
Making the right choice
Once you decide to study overseas,you have to make some choices.To choose the right country or school.Ask yourself:Where do I want to go and why?How much do I want to pay?18
Do I want to live with a host family,with roommates,or alone?
Getting ready to go
Get your passport and visa early!19Learn about the money.Bring some of it,and a
credit card,with you.
Once you are there
After the first few weeks overseas,many students will feel a little homesick.They may miss their family,friends,and familiar ways of doing things.20When you feel sad or homesick,try
to talk to others,or write about your feelings in a notebook.
A.You should improve your mother tongue before you go.
B.Why do it?
C.A large number of students can’t afford to study overseas.
D.How long do I want to study overseas?
E.Remember that it takes time to get used to a new place,school,and culture.
F.You will see the world in a new way,and learn more about yourself.
G.Before you go,learn some of the language,and read about some common customs in your host country.
答案16.B17.F18.D19.G20.E
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843,and moved to Montreal,Canada at the age of five with her family.While 21her ill elder sister throughout the years,Charlotte discovered she had a(n) 22in medicine.At 18 she married and 23 a family.Several
years later,Charlotte said she wanted to be a 24.Her husband supported her decision.
25,Canadian medical schools did not 26women students at the
time.Therefore,Charlotte went to the United States to study 27at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia.It took her five years to 28her medical degree.
Upon graduation,Charlotte 29to Montreal and set up a private 30.Three years later,she moved to Winnipeg,Manitoba,and there she was once again a 31doctor.Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps.Charlotte 32herself operating
on damaged limbs and setting 33bones,in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practising without a licence.She had 34 a doctor’s licence in
both Montreal and Winnipeg,but was 35.The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons,an all-male board,wanted her to 36her studies at a Canadian medical
college!Charlotte refused to 37her patients to spend time studying what she already knew.So in 1887,she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to 38 a licence to her but they,too,refused.Charlotte 39to practise without a licence until 1912.She died four years
later at the age of 73.
In 1993,77 years after her 40,a medical licence was issued to Charlotte.This decision
was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
21.A.raising B.teaching
C.nursing
D.missing
答案C
解析根据上下文可知,她姐姐生病了,所以她要对她进行护理。

raise“养育,抚养”;teach“教授”;nurse“护理,照顾”;miss“想念”。

故C项正确。

22.A.habit B.interest
C.opinion
D.voice
答案B
解析在她照顾姐姐的这几年里,她也渐渐对医学产生了兴趣,从而使她以后走上了医学这条道路。

habit“习惯”;interest“兴趣”;opinion“观点”;voice“嗓音”。

故只有B项正确。

23.A.invented B.selected
C.offered
D.started
答案D
解析她18岁结婚成家。

start“创建”。

故选D项。

24.A.doctor B.musician
wyer
D.physicist
答案A
解析根据第二段可知,她想当一名医生,并走向了求学的道路。

故选A项。

25.A.Besides B.Unfortunately
C.Otherwise
D.Eventually
答案B
解析她想学医,然而加拿大的医学院不招收女生。

这对她来说是“不幸地”,故选B项unfortunately。

26.A.hire B.entertain
C.trust
D.accept
答案D
解析学校不接收女生。

hire“租用”;entertain“娱乐,款待”;trust“信任”;accept“接收”。

根据句意可知D项正确。

27.A.history B.physics
C.medicine
w
答案C
解析加拿大的医学院不收女学生,因此她去了美国费城的女子医学院学习医学。

故选C项。

28.A.improve B.save
C.design
D.earn
答案D
解析她在那里学习了五年,并获得了学位。

improve“提高”;save“节省”;design“设计”;earn“挣得,赢得”。

根据句意可知D项正确。

29.A.returned B.escaped
C.spread
D.wandered
答案A
解析文章第一段介绍她在五岁时搬到了蒙特利尔,第二段又介绍主人公去了美国学习,然后学成归来,故此处应该是再次回到蒙特利尔,故只有A项正确。

30.A.school B.museum
C.clinic
b
答案C
解析根据下文31空后的doctor,可知回到家乡之后,她建立了一家私人诊所,成了一名医生。

故选C项。

31.A.busy B.wealthy
C.greedy
D.lucky
答案A
解析下文提到她的许多病人的情况,因此表示她忙于治病,再次成为一名忙碌的医生。

故选A 项。

32.A.helped B.found
C.troubled
D.imagined
答案B
解析她忙着给受伤的肢体做手术。

find oneself doing sth.“发觉自己处于某种处境”往往含有一种不自觉的意味。

33.A.harmful B.tired
C.broken
D.weak
答案C
解析根据前面提到的damaged可以得知,此处应为断骨。

故选C项。

34.A.put away B.taken over
C.turned in
D.applied for
答案D
解析但是她却始终没有医师执照,因此她在这两个地方申请获得医师执照。

put away“收起来,放好”;take over“接管”;turn in“上交”;apply for“申请”。

根据句意可知D项正确。

35.A.punished B.refused
C.blamed
D.fired
答案B
解析根据上文的but以及下文第38空后的“too,refused”可知,她被拒绝了。

故选B项。

36.A.display B.change
C.preview
plete
答案D
解析夏洛特是在美国完成医学专业学习的,而Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons想让她在加拿大的大学完成学习然后才能给她颁发执照。

同时根据下文的spend time studying 可知,选D项。

37.A.leave B.charge
C.test
D.cure
答案A
解析但是夏洛特拒绝这样做,她不能离开她的病人去上学,故此处要用leave“离开”。

故选A 项。

38.A.sell B.donate
C.issue
D.show
答案C
解析因此她于1887年诉诸曼尼托巴议会,要求颁发执照。

sell“出售”;donate“捐赠”;issue“发行,颁发”;show“展现”。

根据句意可知C项正确。

此外,40空后的句子也提到了issue这个词。

39.A.continued B.promised
C.pretended
D.dreamed
答案A
解析再次被拒之后,她继续无照行医,直到1912年。

故选A项。

40.A.birth B.death
C.wedding
D.graduation
答案B
解析上文提到她73岁去世,此处是1993年,应该是她去世之后77年。

故选B项。

第Ⅱ卷
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

A beautiful woman and a man were involved in a car accident.Both of their cars were 41. (bad) damaged,but neither of them was hurt.
After they came out of their cars,the woman said,“So you’re a man.That’s 42. (interest).I’m a woman.Wow,just look at our cars!But we’re unhurt.This must be a sign from God
that we 43.meet and be friends and live together in peace for 44.rest of our days.”
“Oh,yes,” the man replied,“I agree with you completely!This must be what God means!” The
woman continued,“And look at 45.,here’s another miracle.My car is 46.(serious) damaged but this bottle of wine hasn’t broken.Surely God wants us 47.(drink) this wine
and celebrate our 48.luck.” Then she handed the bottle to the man.The man nodded his head,49.(open) it and drank half the bottle and then handed it back to the woman.The
woman took the bottle and immediately put the cap back on,and handed it back to the man.
The man asked,“Aren’t you having any?” The woman replied,“No,I think I’ll just wait for the police 50.(come)...”
答案41.badly42.interesting43.should44.the45.this46.seriously47.to drink
48.good49.opened50.to come
第三部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处,每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear editor,
In the past my hometown was used to be a beautiful places.Thick trees and green grass could be seen in everywhere.In order to build house and grow more crops,people cut down more and more trees.With time went on,the whole forest was almost destroyed.Gradually the green hills have changed into wasteland.As a result,sandstorms struck us now and then,which we suffer a lot.But I do hope all the people should realise the terribly result from not caring about our
environment.What’s more,they should take good care of the forests and plant trees instead cutting
them down to improve our living conditions.
答案第一句:去掉was;places→place
第二句:去掉in
第三句:house→houses
第四句:With→As或went→going
第六句:struck→strike
第七句:But→So;terribly→terrible
第八句:they→we;instead后加of
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
每年的4月22日是世界地球日,请根据下面的内容提示,结合实际,以“Making Every Day Earth Day”为题写一篇英语短文。

词数100左右。

要点提示:
1.地球的现状和存在的问题(水污染、大气污染严重,许多动植物濒临灭亡……);
2.人们在“地球日”这天用什么行动关爱地球(清理污水、捡垃圾、步行上班、发表演
讲……);
3.号召人们把每一天都当作地球日,天天关爱地球。

词语提示:pollution,be in danger,clean up,rubbish(垃圾),give speeches(发表演讲),call on(号召)
答案Making Every Day Earth Day
Now the earth is in bad condition.For example,in some places,the air and water pollution are so serious that they cause many deaths.At the same time,many animals and plants are in danger because of the destruction of their habitats.
Luckily,we human beings have realised the problem.On April 22nd,millions of people across the world do something good for the earth.Some clean up beaches and water,some pick up rubbish,and others give speeches to call on more people to take action.But can we save the earth
only by one day’s work?The future of our planet depends on our efforts.What we should do is to
make every day Earth Day.Only by taking good care of it every day can we hope to live in harmony with nature.。