1、高中英语必修三unit2单元测试题第二部分：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。AWinners of the third Healthy Lunchtime Challenge came to the White House on Friday, July 18, for a Kids State Dinner hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. They all came from America for a meal that featured
2、 a selection of kid-created recipes (食谱). Mrs. Obama told the winners and their parents that they set a strong example. The First Lady advised winners to “pay it forward” like last years winner fromDelaware, 10-year-old Braeden Mannering. He helped the homeless get food and clean water.President Bar
3、ack Obama made a surprise appearance at the event. He spoke about the First Familys favorite food.“You guys are leaders in your schools,”the president told the kids,“and youre helping to teach people the importance of good nutrition (营养), the importance of putting good food in your bodies so that yo
4、ure living healthy, active lives.”The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge was open to young people between the ages of 8 and 12 and their parents. The competition received about 1,500 recipes. They were judged in the first round on nutritional value, taste, creativity and affordability, and the story behind
5、 the recipe. Chefs then prepared the recipes in a second round of judging. The winners were chosen by a group of judges that included great chefs and nutritionists, etc.Before heading for the White House, the winners and their families visited the National Museum of American History to see the Food
6、exhibit and received healthy breakfast bags from the Walmart Foundation. After the dinner, the group headed for a tour of the White House Kitchen Garden. They all had a wonderful time.21. What can we learn about this years Kids State Dinner?A. It was held at a famous school. B. Some school leaders w
7、ere invited.C. It was hosted by President Obama. D. Some winning recipes were served.22. President Obama spoke at the event to _.A. describe his foodB. praise the winnersC. introduce healthy livesD. explain the importance of nutrition23. According to Paragraph 4, the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge _.A.
8、 was open to students onlyB. aimed to create delicious dishesC. included only chefs among its judgesD. took stories behind recipes into consideration24. What did the winners do after the Kids State Dinner?A. They toured the White House Kitchen Garden.B. They saw a great food exhibition.C. They shopp
9、ed in Walmart.D. They visited a museum.BLike all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams (阻塞) and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So the city began a scheme (计划) to improve the situation.Under the Velib scheme (Velib comes from vlo libert, or bicycle fr
10、eedom) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you dont return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But its only 1 a day or 29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), and th
11、ey are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!Parisis not the first city to have a scheme like this. But not everybody thinks its a great idea. One Parisian said, Th
12、ese bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they wont use a bicycle theyll still use their cars.A city spokesman said, The bicycle scheme wont solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fum
13、es, is a big problem. There arent any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier
14、 life, too.25. What can we learn about the Velib scheme?A. Its bikes have no baskets.B. Its bikes are light and colorful.C. It aims to make traveling easier.D. It owns more stations than the subway.26. If you use a Velib for 1 hour, you should pay _.A. 1 B. 30 C. 29 D. no money27. Why do some people
15、 disagree with the Velib scheme?A. The cost is rather high.B. Its hard to find a Velib station.C. Its not suitable for a long journey.D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.28. Whats the city spokesmans attitude towards the bicycle scheme?A. Doubtful. B. Positive.C. Uncaring. D. Worried.
16、CAt any given time, there are thousands of pairs of shoes in the Share Your Soles storehouse in the South Side Pullman neighborhood. They come from churches, schools and mens and womens clubs all over the country.There is seldom a shortage of shoes, said Director Mona Purdy, but she cant always say
17、the same for the money that will allow them to get where theyre needed. “Shoes are step one,” Purdy said. “But shoes dont get boxed and shipped without money.” So, Purdy said, she is giving an open invitation to the society to support the organizations yearly fundraiser (资金筹集活动). It will take place
18、this year on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Burnham Park Yacht Club, from 6 to 10 .Set up in 1999 by Purdy, Share Your Soles has given out more than two million pairs of new and gently used shoes to men, women and children in developing countries throughout the world. Purdy first learned of the crying need
19、for shoes during a trip to Central America, where she saw children painting tar (沥青) on the bottom of their feet so they could run a race at a festival in their village. She later met a visiting American doctor who told her there would be less need for him to cut off the infected (被感染的) legs of the
20、children in the area if they had shoes to wear. Since then, Purdy has started to help people with this basic need.While many charities (慈善团体) may share the same work, Purdy said, Share Your Soles is different in its way of giving. She insists that receivers perform an act of kindness before they are
21、 able to choose a pair of shoes to wear.Despite (尽管) working 90 hours a week, Purdy said, her love for Share Your Soles remains strong.“This is my life,”she said.29. What is the main problem for Share Your Soles?A. It is short of money.B. It receives fewer shoes.C. It has no place to store shoes.D.
22、It is little known by the public.30. According to the text, Share Your Soles _.A. was created by a group of church membersB. has helped a large number of peopleC. opens from 6 to 10 . every dayD. is at Burnham Park Yacht Club31. What did Purdy learn from the visiting American doctor?A. A local tradi
23、tion of painting tar on feet.B. The serious effects of having no shoes.C. The common diseases of poor children.D. An important festival inCentral America.32. Those who want to receive shoes from Share Your Soles should _.A. pay a little money B. be young childrenC. be a charity worker D. do a good t
24、hing firstDThese days we mostly hear news about animals being endangered. So a conservation (保护) success story is certainly one to celebrate. Researchers have recently noted that Californian Blue Whales have been making a comeback!Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on the earth.
25、They have been on the list of endangered animals for a while now. Humans hunted blue whales more than 100 years ago, and the animals almost die out.It is only recently that some of their cousins are returning.It has been found that there are now about 2,200 Californian Blue Whales todaynearly 97% of
26、 the original (原先的) population, before humans started whaling.Blue whales can live up to about 80 to 90 years. They are also one of the loudest animals on the earth. They make noises that other whales can hear, up to 100 miles away. They spend winters in warm waters to give birth and travel to the A
27、rctic (北极的) seas during summer in search of food.Long ago, blue whales used to be plentiful in the oceans and numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Now, there are only 10,000 to 25,000 of them worldwide. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people would hunt whales for their organs (器官).Japa
28、nandRussiawere among the best-known whaling nations. They hunted whales for food, clothing and other valuable products. Over-hunting caused the whale population to become smaller.Conservation efforts of the last few years have certainly paid off. These include efforts to stop catches and increased m
29、onitoring of whales living places. Saving blue whales cannot be a local effort; it will need everybody around the world to come together.33. Recently, Californian Blue Whales _.A. are increasing in numberB. are becoming endangeredC. are being hunted by the localsD. are a lot thinner than other whale
30、s34. Paragraph 4 is mainly about _.A. the history of whalingB. the value of blue whalesC. the difficulties of hunting blue whalesD. the reason why blue whales became endangered35. Conservation work on whales in the past few years can best be described as _.A. easy B. interestingC. successful D. late
31、第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。A “pen name” is not a writers real name. It is a name that a writer chooses. 36 Some writers simply want to hide their real names. Other writers use pen names because they think readers will better accept their writings. So, writers may change their names to be more like what readers expect. Other times, writers use pen names because they write about disputed (有争议的) ideas.37For much of history, most books have been written by men. Often, womens boo
