1、学年高中英语 模块检测一新人教版必修2模块检测(一)(时间：100分钟满分：120分)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。APeople in the United States honour their parents in two special days：Mothers Day，on the second Sunday in May，and Fathers Day，on the third Sunday in June.These days are set aside to
2、 show love and respect for parents.They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens(公民)They give children love and care.These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers.More mothers now work outside the home.More fathers must help with
3、 childcare.These two special days are celebrated in many different ways.On Mothers Day people wear carnationsA red one symbolizes a living mother.A white one shows that the mother is dead.Many people attend religious services to honour their parents.They are also the days when people whose parents a
4、re dead visit the cemetery(公墓)On these days families get together at home，as well as in restaurants.They often have outdoor barbecues on Fathers Day.These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.Another tradition is to give cards and gifts.Children make them in school.Many people make their o
5、wn presents.These are valued more than the ones bought in stores.It is not the value of the gift that is important，but it is“the thought”that counts.Greeting card stores，candy makers，bakeries and telephone companies do a lot of business during these holidays.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，讲的是美国人通过不同的方式庆祝父亲节和母亲节，以此表
6、达对父母的爱和尊敬。1Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?AParents bring up children.BParents give love and care to children.CParents educate children to be good people.DParents pass away before children grow up.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“They raise their children and educate them to
7、be responsible citizens.They give children love and care”可知，D选项不是孩子爱父母、尊重父母的理由，故选D项。答案：D2What do you know from the passage?AMothers Day and Fathers Day are both in May.BFew women worked outside the home in the past.CNot all the children respect their parents.DFathers are not as important as mothers
8、at home.解析：推理判断题。根据第一段倒数第二句话“More mothers now work outside the home”中的“More”可以推断出，以前很少有女性外出工作，故选B项。C项内容文章未提及。答案：B3Which do you think is right about “carnation”？AIt only has two kinds of colours.BIts a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.CIt refers to the special clothes people wear on these
9、days.DPeople should wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是“A red one symbolizes a living mother.A white one shows that the mother is dead”可以推断出carnation指一种代表对妈妈的爱和最好的祝福的花，故选B项。文中提及了康乃馨的两种颜色，但并未说它只有这两种颜色，故A项错；根据第二段内容可知，C项错；D项错在太绝对，母亲节那一天会佩戴康乃馨，但文章并未提及只能在那一天。答案：B4On Mot
10、hers Day and Fathers Day，_Apeople usually have family partiesBeveryone goes to visit the cemeteryCchildren always go to parents homeDhandmade cards are the most valuable gifts解析：细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第三句话“On these days families get together at home，as well as in restaurants”可知，在父亲节和母亲节这两天，人们通常举行家庭聚会，故选A项。答案：
11、ABLondon has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper.Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.In order to read this magazine you have to have a decoder.Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about.There
12、 is a wide choiceeverything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index(索引)page which has an easytoremember page number, 100 for example.Then you start choosing what you want to read.The news is on pages 101
13、to 109，so you push out the numbers and the news appears written across your screen.Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly coloured weather map appears on the screen.But the weather is terrible, so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the weeks b
14、est bargains.But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report.It is very simple to use.But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time.Journalists type new materials directly onto the screen and w
15、hole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.London already has three services.One, transmitted(输送) by ITV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts.Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well pu
16、blicized.BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere.But many people would agree that this is a breakthrough(突破) as great as the invention of printing, which could change not just our reading habits but our whole way
17、 of life.【语篇解读】本文介绍了伦敦的一种新式的不用印在纸上的报纸，它是印刷业的一个突破，它不仅将改变人们的阅读习惯，还将改变人们的生活方式。5The novelty(新颖)of the magazine lies in _Aits paperlessnessBits unique viewpointCits simplicity in operationDits quickness in transmission解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“But it is not printed on paper.”可知答案选A。答案：A6The underlined word “it”
18、refers to the_Adecoder BmagazineCprogramme Dsubject解析：细节理解题。根据前文“In order to read this magazine”，可知此处it指代的是magazine。答案：B7We can know from the passage that _Athe magazine can be bought at any shopBmost of the postmen in London will lose their jobs some dayCeveryone can read this magazine if they have
19、 a televisionDthe readers can get all kinds of information staying at home解析：细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“.everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.”可知答案选D。答案：D8The passage is mainly about _Aa new magazine printed in LondonBa popular TV programme about magazinesCan advanced technology helpin
20、g people to communicateDan uptodate way of keeping up to date解析：主旨大意题。本篇文章最后一句为全文主题句，由此句可知，D项为正确选项。答案：DCEdward Wilson is Americas，if not the worlds，leading naturalist.In The Future of Life，he takes us on a tour of the worlds natural resources.How are they used？What has been lost？What remains and is
21、it able to continue with the present speed of use？Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity (生物多样性)of our earth.Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection，Henry David Thoreau.He compares todays Walden Pond with that of Thoreaus day.Wilson wi
22、ll use such comparisons for the rest of the book.The problem is clear：man has done great damage to his home over the years.Can the earth，with human help，be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?Biodiversity，Wilson argues，is the key to settling many probl
23、ems the earth faces today.Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it.A mere hundred species are the basis of our food supply，of which but twenty carry the load.Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of，which will be a way to r
24、educe the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.At the end of the book，Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment.If you are to continue to live on the earth，you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.【语篇解读】文章介绍了美国著名
25、生物学家威尔逊的著作The Future of Life中的一些有关自然保护的观点。9Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _.Alearn how to farm scientificallyBbuild homes for some dying speciesCmake it clear what to eatDuse more species for food解析：细节理解题。从文章第三段的语句“Wilson suggests changing this situation.of the natural homes
26、 of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.”可知威尔逊建议保持地球生物多样性的方法之一就是寻求更多的可以利用的物种。答案：D10We can infer that the text is _Aa description of natural resourcesBa research reportCa book reviewDan introduction to a scientist解析：推理判断题。从文章开头的“In The Future of Life，he takes us on a tour of the worlds natura
27、l resources.”到结尾处的“At the end of the book，Wilson discusses the importance of human values.”可知该文是介绍一本书的大概内容。答案：C11This passage probably is adopted from a _Atextbook Btravel journalCnewspaper Dscience journal解析：推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，本文介绍了美国著名的生物学家爱德华威尔逊的著作The Future of Life中的一些有关如何开发、利用和保护自然资源的情况，属于科普文章，故应该刊
28、登在某种科学杂志上。答案：DDA mansion(豪宅) may symbolize the American dream. But the fact is, for most immigrants, the closest one they ever get to is the neighbouring bushes.Such is the case with 63yearold Catalino Tabia, Calif. Hes a gardener with a 6th grade education. He came to America to make his dreams com
29、e true, but ended up fulfilling everyone elses.“I always wanted to be somebody，” Tabia said.“But now I just want the opportunity to help others.”That is why, not long ago, Tabia started the Bay Area Gardeners Foundation. Its a charity aiming at helping smart kids like Noel Chavez, whose dream was to
30、 become the first in his family to graduate from college.Unfortunately, since Noel is still waiting for his citizenship, hes not qualified for financial aid.And after just a few months of going to school fulltime and working fulltime, he was ready to give in.“Im working too much. Im not going to do
31、it. Its impossible. But then you get some help, and thats my break.” The break was a $ 1，500 scholarship from the Gardeners Foundation. In the last two years, the foundation has awarded 13 such prizes to lowincome kids, regardless of citizenship. And Tabia plans to give out hundreds more.How does a
32、gardener come up with that kind of cash? “I was thinking and thinking and suddenly, the clients! ” he said.“Thats where the money is coming from. We work for clients with a lot of money. ” Tabia and his gardener friends just started knocking on those mansion doorsand the checks have been rolling in ever since. “The
