高二英语外研版选修六习题：单元卷1 含答案

单元质量检测(一)

(时间：100分钟满分：120分)

Ⅰ.阅读理解(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

As the summer season heats up, some people like to take a dip into the ocean or the pools, and others like to dip into their summer reading.Here are some titles to get you started whether you are on the beach or just wish you were.

What I Remember Most by Cathy Lamb

Grenadine is falsely accused of a crime.Her ex­husband is unwilling to exonerate (使免罪) her unless she comes back to him.Grenadine leaves Portland and takes off for the mountains of central Oregon.In Pineridge, the collage artist and painter begins a new life, with new friends and high hopes that her old life doesn't catch up with her.

Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Dear Carolina is a heartwarming story written to baby Carolina by both her birth mother and her adoptive one.A tale of female friendship and family bonds, Dear Carolina is the right choice of humor, heart and romance for getting through a day on the beach.This is a story that proves families aren't born but are made.

French Coast by Anita Hughes

Set on the beautiful Cote D'Azur, French Coast is the best beach read.Filled with descriptions of the gorgeous clothes and locations found in Cannes, you will feel like you are walking along the Boulevard de la Croisette or sitting in a beach chair on La Plage.

Fugitive Colors by Lisa Barr

How far would you go for your passion？Fugitive Colors is a tale of friends, and the betrayal on the“eve”of the WWⅡ.Twists and turns, and loss and hope will keep the pages turning as you journey from Chicago to Paris and Berlin to New York.

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E．Reichert

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake is a delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant.Their accidental meeting turns into a sweet

romance of mistaken identities.

1．Grenadine leaves Portland and runs all the way to Pineridge because she ________．A．is accused of a crime not done by her

B．doesn't want to see her husband

C．really looks forward to a new life

D．has broken the law and has to escape

2．Whose book should you read if you want to read a moving story of a family?

A．Kristy Woodson Harvey's.

B．Anita Hughes'.

C．Cathy Lamb's.

D．Lisa Barr's.

3．The author thinks French Coast is the best beach read because it's ________．A．very fun to read

B．extremely relaxing

C．set on the Cote D'Azur

D．not long and can be finished soon

B

I did an experiment by talking to strangers recently.Here are some things I experienced during the experiment.

On October 9th, while visiting my family hometown for a wedding, I met a man sitting on the side of the hotel pool.We started talking.It turned out that he had just moved to the area with his family from Chicago.I told him what I knew about the community, the schools, and particular neighborhoods where he was looking to buy a house.He was grateful to me for my information.The interaction made me feel useful and valuable.

On May 20th, we had three men from a tree trimming(修剪) company visiting our house to cut back our trees.Normally, I would let them work outside without engaging them in conversation.This time, after they finished their work, I asked one of the tree trimmers, only half­joking, if they fell off trees frequently.One of the tree trimmers said that he had been climbing trees for 27 years and reported he had fallen out of a tree once and hurt his knee.I loved that conversation.I didn't always talk to someone whose job