高中英语模块综合测评1北师大版2

模块综合测评(一)

Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

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Researchers have found a village that may have been home to the builders of Stonehenge.The village of small houses dates back to about 2，600 BC.That's about the same time Stonehenge was built.“Clearly，this is a place that was of great importance，”said researcher Mike Parker Pearson.

The ancient houses are at a site known as Durrington Walls.It is about 3.2 kilometers from Stonehenge.Researchers believe Stonehenge was a memorial site or cemetery for the villagers.The village also had a wooden version of the stone circle.It may have been used by people attending festivals at Stonehenge.

Eight of the houses have been dug up.Researchers say there may be as many as 25 of them.The wooden houses were square and about 5 meters along each side.There are signs that there were beds along the walls.There are also signs of a storage unit.The houses also had fireplaces.

Two of the houses were separate from the others.They may have been the homes of community leaders.Researchers say those didn't have the household rubbish that was found in the other homes.

Stone tools，animal bones，arrowheads and other things were found through out the village site.

Stonehenge is a popular tourist spot in England.It is a huge circle made out of stones，which were placed in a grass field in southern England.The stone arches were made with two stones at the bottom and one across the top.All of the stones weigh a lot more than a big car.Scientists have long wondered not only how people built Stonehenge，but also why.

【语篇解读】研究人员发现了遗迹“巨石阵”的村落遗址，本文就此对“巨石阵”作了主要介绍。

1．The passage is mainly about．

A．researchers working at Stonehenge

B．a village site near Stonehenge

C．the wooden version of Stonehenge

D．builders of Stonehenge and the houses

【解析】文章第一段中第一句提到研究人员发现了著名遗迹“巨石阵”附近的一个村落遗址。它可能是“巨石阵”建造者们居住的村子。故B项概括全面。

【答案】 B

2. What can be inferred about Stonehenge from the passage?

A．Stonehenge was built before 2，600 BC.

B．Stonehenge was built in the village.

C．Stonehenge was built for the community leaders.

D．Stonehenge was important for the villagers.

【解析】第一段中第二句表明A项错误；根据第二段第二句可知B项也不对；根据第二段第三句可知C项错误；根据第一、二段最后一句可知D项正确。巨石阵对村庄很重要。

【答案】 D

3. What can we learn about the village site?

A．The wooden version of the stone circle was a memorial.

B．Household rubbish can be found in all the houses.

C．People can still see beds and storage unit in the houses.

D．Each of the wooden houses is about 25 square meters.

【解析】根据第三段第三句村子里的老房子是正方形的，每边长约5米，可知每个房子的面积约为25平方米。

【答案】 D

4. The stone arches was a bit like the shape of．

【解析】根据最后一段第三句可知石拱是由下面的两块石头，上面再横着放一块石头建成的，所以应该是字母“n”形的。故选A。

【答案】 A

B

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Researchers at the University of California，Los Angeles studied people doing web searches by recording their brain activity.“What we saw was that people who