2019届高考英语一轮复习练习：选修62Unit 2知能演练轻松闯关 含解析

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Ⅰ阅读理解
A
(2018·成都高中毕业班摸底测试)The world record holder for the number of university degrees is a 70­year­old Italian.
Mr.Luciano Baietti lives in the town of Velletri near Rome and spends his days walking around his small house and garden.But every morning as early as3o’clock，he pulls out his textbooks and starts studying.
He now holds15bachelors or master’s degrees from universities across Italy，and is already attempting his16th.
“Thanks to books，I feel free，”he tells the BBC journalists.“After all，the words share the same root，”he says，referring to the Italian words libro(book)and libero(free)．The certificates proving his talent hang on the walls of his study，showing people that he was writing new pages in the Guinness Book of Records.In2002he got his eighth degree in motor skills.And before that he already had degrees in sociology，literature，law，political science and philosophy，most from Rome’s famous La Sapienza University,one of the oldest in the world.
Since then，he has added seven other degrees to his list，including one in criminology(犯罪学)，one in military strategies and the latest one in tourism in February2017.All of these three were from online universities.
“Each time I set myself a new challenge to see how far my body and my brain can go，”says Mr.Baietti.
【解题导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。

来自意大利的70岁的Luciano Baietti先生是已获得大学学位总数最多的世界纪录保持者。

1．What can we know about Mr.Baietti from the passage?
A．He has a wide range of learning.
B．He is the oldest world record holder.
C．He has got crazy about getting degrees.
D．He got all his degrees by going to school.
A解析：推理判断题。

根据第三至五段可以推断Luciano Baietti先生的学习范围非常广泛。

a wide range of 意思是“广泛的，多种多样的”，所以选项A正确。

2．Why has Mr.Baietti tried to get so many degrees?
A．To show his talent.
B．To challenge himself.
C．To become popular.
D．To break the world record.
B解析：细节理解题。

根据最后一段中的“Each time I set myself a new challenge to see how far my body and my brain can go”可知选项B正确。

3．Where does this passage most probably come from?
A．A newspaper.
B．A biography.
C．A travel magazine.
D．A story book.
A解析：推理判断题。

根据全文尤其是第四段Luciano Baietti先生接受BBC采访的信息可以推断本文应该是一篇新闻报道。

所以选项A正确。

B
(2018·南昌模拟)Next time you are blamed for bad behavior,mainly blame it on the whole apple,pear or any other uncut food that your parents packed in your lunch box.That’s because biting into anything that requires the use of the front teeth,is likely to cause rude behavior in kids!At least that’s the conclusion some researchers from Cornell University have made,after observing the behavior of12students at a summer camp.
The researchers began by dividing the students into two groups.On the first day,one group was given chicken on the bone.The other was provided with the same chicken cut into delicious,bite－size pieces so that the only way to eat it was with a fork.The following day,the food was exchanged,so that the first group received the small pieces and forks,while the second,enjoyed the chicken on the bone.Each day the camp counselors also gave the kids strict instructions to let them stay within a circle with a9－foot radius.
The researcher recorded both the meal time and then asked behavioral experts to evaluate what happened.They agreed that the kids that were required to bite the food were twice as likely to show aggressive behavior and disobey the adults,as those that focused on eating their food with forks.Of course,the latter also showed some rude behavior.If that isn’t bad enough,the former group was also more likely to leave their special circle and even,stand and jump on the picnic tables!
This has made Mr.Wansink,who led the research and his team,conclude that for some reasons,kids that bite into their food are more likely to exhibit bad behavior than those forced to eat with forks.Therefore,he advises parents to cut up the food they serve to their kids to enjoy a peaceful meal!
【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。

研究表明，孩子吃东西的方式可能会影响他们的行为举止。

4．What probably results in kids’bad behavior?
A．The way kids bite into food.
B．The way food is cooked.
C．The unhealthy food kids eat.
D．Their attitude toward the food.
A解析：细节理解题。

根据第一段第二句That’s because biting into anything that requires the use of the front teeth,is likely to cause rude behavior in kids！可知，孩子表现粗鲁和吃东西的方式有关。

故选A。

5．Paragraph2mainly shows________．
A．the result of the research
B．the time on the research
C．the way the research went on
D．the difficulties the research faced
C解析：段落大意题。

根据第二段的内容可知，研究者做了一个实验，主要是为了研究孩子的粗鲁表现是否和吃东西的方式有关。

在实验中孩子们被分成两组，然后在两天里分别用不同的方式吃东西。

故本段主要
写的是实验方式。

故选C。

6．What can we learn about the students at the summer camp?
A．They enjoyed the food there very much.
B．They exhibited different levels of rude behavior.
C．They were asked to bite the food with care.
D．They were likely to behave badly frequently.
B解析：细节理解题。

根据第三段第二句They agreed that the kids that were required to bite the food were twice as likely to show aggressive behavior and disobey the adults,as those that focused on eating their food with forks.可知，因吃饭方式的不同，两组孩子粗鲁的行为出现的次数明显不同。

故选B。

7．What does Mr.Wansink advise parents to do?
A．To eat with their kids often.
B．To teach their kids how to eat food.
C．To serve their kids with small pieces of food.
D．To show their kids good behavior often.
C解析：细节理解题。

根据最后一段最后一句Therefore,he advises parents to cut up the food they serve to their kids to enjoy a peaceful meal！可知，Wansink先生建议家长把孩子吃的食物切成小块。

故选C。

C
(2018·江西赣中南五校联考)In its early history，Chicago had floods frequently，especially in the spring，making the streets so muddy that people，horses and carts got stuck.An old joke that was popular at the time went like this：A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street.Asked if he needs help，he replies，“No，thanks.I’ve got a good horse under me.”
The city planner decided to build an underground drainage(排水)system，but there simply wasn’t enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.
An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt.This raised the level of the city’s streets by as much as12feet.
This of course created a new problem：dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago.Building owners were faced with a choice：either change the first floors of their buildings into basements，and the second stories into mainfloors，or hoist(吊起)the entire buildings to meet the new street level.Small wood­frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily.But what about large，heavy structures like the Tremont Hotel,which was a six­story brick building?
That’s where George Pullman came in.He had developed some house­moving skills successfully.To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel，Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews(螺旋千斤顶)beneath the building’s foundation.One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly10jackscrews.At Pullman’s sign each man turned his jackscrews by the same amount at the same time，thereby raising the building slowly and evenly.Astonishingly，the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation，and many of its guests didn’t even。