外研版高中英语选修八Module 1 Deep South - 单元测

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Module 1 Deep South - 单元测
一、单词拼写(根据中文提示拼写单词)（共9小题；共9分）
1. Now in some countries thousands of people are living in (极度的) poverty.
2. The meeting discussed how to (促进) the co-operation between the two countries.
3. Some people suffer a(n) (不正常的) fear of being in open places.
4. I was (麻木的) with shock when I saw the mark E on my paper.
5. The professor's (讨厌的) speech made all of us lose interest in the course.
6. I've got nothing left when I get back home and it's the most (令人沮丧的) place to be.
7. The sudden heavy snow (阻止) them from going on a picnic.
8. An ambulance will wait outside the exam classrooms in case of (紧急情况).
9. Genius is one percent (灵感) and ninety-nine percent perspiration(汗水).
二、单词拼写(单句首字母填空)（共6小题；共6分）
10. She is in a poor s of health. I think she needs to see a doctor.
11. They want to know what the d of the well is.
12. When he moved to Canada, the children a to the change very well.
13. Rescuers tried their best to save the visitors who were t in Taiwan by typhoon.
14. Although we are facing new difficulties and s challenges, I am sure we can get through to the finals.
15. The USA wants to control Iraq to get the right of oil e .
三、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）
16. before you act can help you avoid many accidents.
A. Think
B. Thinking
C. Thought
D. Being thought
17. I agree that punishment is not the answer to the problem of crimes.
A. modest
B. fragile
C. severe
D. delicate
18. I don't want like I'm speaking ill of anybody, but his plan is unfair.
A. to sound
B. to be sounded
C. sounding
D. to have sounded
19. Don't give me answers to these questions. What I want is your creative ideas.
A. conventional
B. unconditional
C. permanent
D. frequent
20. No student go out of school after eleven o'clock at night without the teacher's
permission.
A. shall
B. must
C. will
D. may
21. It gives his life a flying start he has gone abroad for further education.
A. what
B. when
C. that
D. how
22. Some people believe has happened before or is happening now will repeat itself in the
future.
A. whatever
B. whenever
C. wherever
D. however
23. --- Can I borrow this novel?
--- Sorry. Only teachers and students in our school enjoy the .
A. opportunity
B. status
C. privilege
D. convenience
24. It took a long time for the connection between body temperature and illness .
A. to make
B. to be made
C. making
D. being made
25. John may phone tonight. I don't want to go out he phones.
A. in case
B. in that case
C. so that
D. in case of
四、完形填空（共20小题；共30分）
War, money and power are a few things that countries and people are concerned about. 26 I agree that those things are important, I believe that everyone should start to 27 more on a growing problem—global warming.
Global warming will not only 28 our country and our generation, but also the entire 29 and future generations. It is 30 because the weather has been a lot warmer over the past few years, which 31 the melting(融化) of the ice in the Antarctic. This will soon cause water levels to 32 and flood parts of the world.
Many people ignore this problem because they feel 33 they can't do anything about it and have more 34 things to worry about. If we all 35 so, then our ozone layer (臭氧层) will be 36 and the planet will no longer be able to make life continue to exist. We should do our best to limit the use of our planet's 37 resources and keep our air clean. 38 , future generations will suffer from our 39 .
Some might feel that they can't stop global warming from 40 . But if every person does his or her part in keeping the air clean, then it will become a 41 effort. Sure, there are some things that cause pollution and that we won't be able to 42 change. This may include cars burning oil, but we can 43 adjust some of these things. People can start carpooling, taking the bus, riding their bikes, or 44 just walking.
If everyone takes 45 now, I believe we can start seeing remarkable results within a few years.
26. A. When B. As C. How D. Though
27. A. depend B. focus C. hang D. remark
28. A. annoy B. interrupt C. affect D. confuse
29. A. world B. continent C. industry D. climate
30. A. failing B. completing C. changing D. occurring
31. A. lies in B. results in C. suffers from D. escapes from
32. A. reduce B. rise C. drop D. move
33. A. as if B. in case C. even though D. if only
34. A. popular B. suitable C. important D. difficult
35. A. do B. keep C. like D. find
36. A. protected B. strengthened C. destroyed D. surrounded
37. A. unlimited B. natural C. recycled D. industrial
38. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Instead
39. A. illnesses B. failures C. decisions D. mistakes
40. A. continuing B. arriving C. improving D. disappearing
41. A. physical B. mental C. national D. worldwide
42. A. slightly B. fully C. hardly D. slowly
43. A. at least B. at most C. at first D. at last
44. A. yet B. even C. still D. thus
45. A. time B. turns C. action D. arms
五、阅读理解（共17小题；共34分）
A
I was going to die in Antarctica, I was certain. An image of my frost-covered body, pale and lifeless, filled my mind as I glanced around. In all directions the empty wilderness of Antarctica stretched away from me, the only feature on the landscape was the division between snow and sky. I gazed sadly at my team. They were rapidly disappearing over the horizon.
I was leading an expedition(探险队) attempting to reach the south pole. The team was made up of ordinary women from all around the world—from Jamaica, India, Singapore and Cyprus—many of whom had never seen snow, or spent a night in a tent, before we set off. Our aim was to be the most international all-female team to reach the South Pole.
As I watched, the rest of the team had marched on, unaware that I was not with them. By the time I realised that my sledge was firmly stuck, the team were already a long way ahead of me. I called out to Era, my teammate from Brunei. "Era! Stop!"
Getting no response I called again, but my shouts were carried away in the opposite direction by the wind. Seconds passed. Nothing. I was gradually being left alone, completely defenseless against the fatally low temperatures of Antarctica.
My strength increased when I thought of a cold, lonely death. I pulled again my sledge, which moved a little. I removed the ice with my ski-pole and boot, desperately trying to break the sledge free. The sledge shot forward, knocking me off balance. I struggled to my feet and set off after the team.
I caught up just as Reena, my teammate from India, looked behind her and noticed there was one person missing. She swung around on her skis in shock and spotted me in the near distance.
As we continued, my panic slowly faded. For the rest of the day each of the team was glancing over their shoulder every few minutes. They were not going to risk losing me again.
46. What is special about the expedition team?
A. They were all female.
B. They were all professional.
C. They made the longest expedition.
D. They had been strictly trained.
47. What made the author get her sledge out of the ice was .
A. the shouts from her teammates
B. her strong desire to live
C. the sudden change in wind direction
D. the natural beauty ahead
48. At last, each of the team members kept looking back .
A. to avoid being attacked from behind
B. to make sure that none fell behind
C. to check the distance they had covered
D. to keep a record of the route they took
49. Which may be the best title of the passage?
A. How to Survive in Antarctica
B. A Mysterious Trip to the South Pole
C. A Female Expedition Team
D. Being Left Behind in the Snow
B
As the world's largest terrestrial carnivore (陆地食肉动物), the polar bear is the king of the great white north. Adult males can measure more than 9 feet in length and weigh between 770 and 1,430 pounds. The polar bears have a strong body while their heads are narrow with small, rounded ears.
Polar bears can be found in northern Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia, and there have been reports that polar bear tracks have been found as far north as the North Pole. The 5,000,000-square-mile range of the polar bear circles the Arctic and contains pieces of open water where seals are easily caught.
Polar bears live on the annual Arctic sea ice that provides a platform from which they can hunt. They hunt seals on the sea ice by breaking into seal dens in the sea ice. The dens aren't visible from above, but seeing is less important than smelling to a polar bear—with their sharp sense of smell, polar bears can sense the breathing holes of seals in their dens beneath the snow and ice. As the southern edge of the Arctic ice cap melts in summer, polar bears are forced to stay on land and spend their summers fasting(禁食), living off body fat stored from hunting in spring and winter.
With about 22,000 polar bears living in the wild, the species is not endangered at the moment, but its future is far from certain. Climate change is causing the disappearance of sea ice from which polar bears hunt seals. Sea ice in the Arctic is melting earlier and forming later each year. People have reached an agreement that controls the hunting of polar bears and directs each nation to protect their habitats, but it does not protect the bears against the biggest man-made threat to their survival: global warming. If current warming trends continue, scientists believe that polar bears may disappear within 100 years.
50. Polar bears search for seals mainly through their .
A. eyes
B. ears
C. noses
D. necks
51. The underlined word "dens" in Paragraph 3 most probably means " ".
A. the skin of the wild animals
B. the home of wild animals
C. the breathing hole of seals
D. water of the deep sea
52. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. A polar bear measures at least 9 feet long.
B. Polar bears can be found in both the North Pole and the South Pole.
C. Polar bears stop hunting in summer because seals are hidden at that time.
D. Polar bears may die out as a result of climate change.
53. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the polar bear is an endangered species at present
B. we should protect seals in order to keep the food chain in the Arctic
C. the polar bear can be found near the North Pole and the South Pole
D. people will do something to protect polar bears
C
Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise: More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctic this summer. In 1992-1993, 6,750 visited Antarctica, according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putting both tourists and the environment in great danger.
Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first. Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial passenger ship to sink beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctic's fragile(脆弱的) environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.
The accident was not unexpected. Both the US and UK had warned a conference of the Antarctic Treaty member countries in May that the tourism situation in this area was a potential disaster. The US said in a paper, people "should take a hard look at tourism issues now, especially those related to ship safety." Although the Antarctic seas are relatively(相对地) calm, floating ice causes a potential threat to ships. The owner of the Explorer blamed the sinking on a fist-like hole in the ship created by ice.
Many of the other large ships now visiting Antarctica are not designed especially against thick ice. Such ships generally can only come to the continent in summer. But the tourist rush is pushing ships into dangerous situations. "The increasing number of ships operating in Antarctic means that the ship are under great pressure to get there in time for the key visiting sites," the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of member countries.
As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situation. There are no obvious answers as to who is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment. There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want it to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?
54. Which of the following is true according to this passage?
A. Antarctica tourism has a history of about 22 years.
B. The number of tourists to the Antarctic is over 5 times as large as that of 22 years ago.
C. The tourism boom has caused holes in the floating ice in the Antarctic.
D. The Antarctica Treaty is responsible for the problem.
55. The sinking of the Explorer .
A. led to a conference about the tourism situation in the Antarctic
B. was caused by the rough seas
C. had been predicted
D. did harm to the Antarctic
56. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. a Disneyland will be built in the Antarctic
B. fewer people are visiting the Antarctic because of the warnings given
C. not all the ships are suitable to go to the Antarctic
D. some ships take risks visiting the Antarctic in other seasons rather than in summer
57. In this passage, the writer suggests that .
A. people had better not make a tour of the Antarctic
B. ships to the Antarctic should be built strong enough
C. there should be legal controls over tourism in the Antarctic
D. the Antarctic's environment is fragile
58. What attitude does the writer hold towards Antarctic tourism?
A. Supportive.
B. Positive.
C. Indifferent.
D. Anxious.
D
Tens of thousands of baby penguins face starvation after two giant icebergs broke off the Antarctic ice sheet and blocked their parents' way to feeding areas.
Adelie and emperor penguins nesting on the Ross Island are now forced to walk long distances over the icebergs to obtain food for their chicks, born during the November-December breeding season.
“The penguins are having to walk 50 km further than usual to reach the sea," said Dean Peterson. The flightless birds travel on land at just one to two km per hour.
The problem could halve the chick survival(存活) rate at the three Adelie penguin colonies on Ross Island—estimated at 130,000 breeding pairs. In all Antarctica, there is an estimated three million Adelie penguin breeding pairs.
Around 12,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins, the largest penguin species at up to four feet tall, are also affected.
The icebergs broke from the vast Ross Ice shelf, south of New Zealand, in March 2000 and are now sandwiched between Ross Island and Franklin Island, 93 miles to the north.
Scientist Peterson estimated that penguins were taking days to make the round trip to the sea to fish, and then back to their nests to regurgitate(反刍) food for their chicks.
“At that point they were quite tired and probably don't have much to regurgitate," he said. Penguins already have long odds on reaching adulthood, with only 10 percent surviving beyond adolescence(青春期).
“We are probably looking at halving that again—we are sitting down at maybe the five percent rate," Peterson said, adding some penguins already appeared to be leaving the Ross Island to breed elsewhere.
Penguins come ashore to breed and then take it in turns to leave the nest to fetch fish and other sea food to feed their young.
Researchers say large blocks of the Antarctic ice sheet are breaking off for several reasons, including global warming.
Emperor and Adelie penguins are limited to Antarctica. The emperors weigh up to 66 pounds while Adelie penguins are much smaller, weighing around 11 pounds.
59. After the long trip, the mother penguins .
A. are too fired to feed their young
B. can't bring up much to feed their young
C. are too hungry themselves
D. have already eaten up all the food
60. The underlined phrase “have long odds on" probably means .
A. have little chance of
B. have no difficulty in
C. spend long time in
D. have great hope of
61. From what scientist Peterson said, we infer that .
A. the survival rate of penguins is dropping
B. there are few penguins left on Ross Island
C. the present situation can cause the penguins to die out
D. penguins usually have a high survival rate
62. Which of the following best supports the main idea of the passage?
A. Global warming caused the icebergs to break off.
B. The long trip made mother penguins too tired to feed their young.
C. The change of weather affects penguins.
D. Broken icebergs endanger penguin chicks.
答案
一、单词拼写(根据中文提示拼写单词)
1. extreme
2. promote
3. abnormal
4. numb
5. tiresome
6. depressing
7. discouraged
8. emergency
9. inspiration
二、单词拼写(单句首字母填空)
10. state
11. depth
12. adapted
13. trapped
14. severe
15. exploration
三、单项选择
16. B 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. A
21. C 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A
四、完形填空
26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. A
36. C 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. A
41. D 42. B 43. A 44. B 45. C
五、阅读理解
46. A 47. B 48. B 49. D 50. C
51. B 52. D 53. D 54. B 55. D
56. C 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A
61. A 62. D Common Progress Please Criticize。