高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 4 History and traditions精练

这是一份高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 4 History and traditions精练，共22页。
eq \a\vs4\al(Ⅰ) 阅读理解
A
It was a cld mrning, and Eduard Ortega was nervus．He held a large envelpe．In it was his dream．
“This is everything，”he said．“I’ve wrked fr this since I was a yung by．”
Eduard remembered the lng hurs wrking in the fields, picking strawberries and beans．After the wrkday, his tired friends drank cffee r slept．Eduard studied, read, and wrte petry and shrt stries．Althugh he missed many classes, he became the schl’s best student．
One schl year, Eduard wrte an essay(文章) and wn a prize—a flying trip t San Francisc．As he flew, he felt free frm his life f hard wrk in the fields．He prmised himself nt t return t that life．He lved t fly．
This mrning, Eduard caught the schl bus and went t schl with the envelpe．He walked past his classmates and sat dwn at his desk．He pened the envelpe and began reading the letter inside．It was the answer t his applicatin t the state university．It was als the answer t the beginning f his dream f becming a pilt．
Even thugh Eduard wrked t help his family, his father always encuraged him t g t schl．S, while he wrked, he als studied．
Eduard knew that his dream was his father’s dream, t．His father was a smart man, but he was t pr t g t cllege．He lved t read, but never had time, because he wrked lng hurs．
Nw, as Eduard read the wrds，“Cngratulatins ．．．yu have been accepted，” he knew that his dream was nt lst．One day, he wuld be a pilt, flying every day t all the exciting places in the wrld．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。男孩家境不好，需要打零工帮助家里维持生计，但他并没有放弃自己的梦想。他坚持学习，通过不懈的努力终于考上了大学，缩短了与梦想的距离。
1．What did Eduard d when his friends drank cffee r slept?
A．He attended classes．
B．He studied and wrte．
C．He wrked in the fields．
D．He helped arund his hme．
B 解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的After the wrkday, his tired friends drank cffee r slept．Eduard studied, read, and wrte petry and shrt stries．可知，工作结束后，他的朋友们或喝咖啡或睡觉，而他却在学习和写作。
2．What was Eduard’s dream?
A．Becming a pilt．
B．Becming a writer．
C．Traveling arund the wrld．
D．Realizing his father’s dream．
A 解析：细节理解题。由第五段中的It was als the answer t the beginning f his dream f becming a pilt．和最后一段中的One day, he wuld be a pilt, flying every day t all the exciting places in the wrld．可知，他梦想成为一名飞行员。
3．What was Eduard’s father’s attitude tward his dream?
A．Supprtive． B．Uncncerned．
C．Dubtful．D．Unclear．
A 解析：推理判断题。由倒数第三段中的his father always encuraged him t g t schl 可知，他父亲鼓励他上学，因此推断出他父亲支持他的梦想。
4．What was in the envelpe?
A．An invitatin t a flying trip．
B．Encuragement frm his father．
C．Cngratulatins frm his friends．
D．An admissin ntice frm a university．
D 解析：推理判断题。由第五段中的It was the answer t his applicatin t the state university．和最后一段中的as Eduard read the wrds, “Cngratulatins ．．．yu have been accepted，” he knew that his dream was nt lst可推断，信封里是他所申请的大学发来的录取通知书。
B
Hidden in the muntains f Jrdan is the beautiful ancient city f Petra．It lay in ruins fr mre than a thusand years．
Petra was built in 312 BC by the Nabataeans wh were an ancient suthern Arab peple．They were very skilled at carving(刻)．It is n wnder that this ancient city has s much t ffer!
In 363 AD, the city suffered frm terrible earthquakes that left mst f the city damaged．The buildings and the city’s water system were affected．A Swiss explrer，Jhann Ludwig Burckhardt, discvered this city f wnders in 1812．Until he discvered Petra, it had been unheard f in the Western wrld fr abut 5 centuries!
Petra is the Greek wrd fr stne and this name makes perfect sense because f where the city is lcated and hw sme f it is carved int the rck．The ancient city f Petra is als knwn as the “Rse City”．This is because the rck in which the city is built is a rse­red clur．Many f the buildings f Petra have beautiful facades(正面)．Sme f the facades have clumns(柱) carved int the rck, but they are fr decratin and they dn’t actually hld anything up．
Petra was built in the middle f the desert, where it hardly ever rained．Luckily, the Nabataeans were very skilled engineers and knew hw t live in a ht and dry place．First, they carved channels(渠) t bring water frm a nearby spring int the city．Rainwater was als cllected in undergrund channels．The water was then stred．S, even in the lng dry mnths there was enugh water fr peple t use．
Tday, Petra is ne f the wrld’s mst famus ancient sites and peple cme frm all ver the wrld t visit it．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。作者在文中介绍了古城佩特拉。
5．What d we knw abut Petra?
A．It was built n high muntains．
B．It was a histry f five centuries．
C．It was destryed by earthquakes．
D．It was first visited by westerners in 363．
C 解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的In 363 AD, the city suffered frm terrible earthquakes that left mst f the city damaged．可知，这座古城被地震毁了。
6．Why was the city named “Petra”？
A．Sme f it lked rse­red．
B．Sme f it was filled with rses．
C．Sme f it was hme t animals．
D．Sme f it was built int the rck．
D 解析：细节理解题。由第四段中的Petra is the Greek wrd fr stne and this name makes perfect sense because f where the city is lcated and hw sme f it is carved int the rck．可知答案。
7．What is the purpse f the clumns?
A．T beautify the buildings．
B．T supprt the buildings．
C．T functin as gates．
D．T serve as tls．
A 解析：细节理解题。由第四段中的they are fr decratin and they dn’t actually hld anything up可知，这些柱子没有实际作用，装饰而已。
8．Which wrd can best describe the Nabataeans?
A．Hnest．B．Creative．
C．Hard­wrking．D．Well­educated．
B 解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段可知，纳巴泰人在沙漠上建起了佩特拉城，并用很智慧的方式解决了沙漠的缺水问题。
eq \a\vs4\al(Ⅱ) 完形填空
Kelvin De is a child frm a very pr district f Freetwn, Sierra Lene’s capital city．The area is in such __1__shape that the lights nly cme up nce a week．At the age f 10, he started __2__rubbish dumps(垃圾场) fr small electrnics parts after schl．Then he wuld spend his time __3__ hw they wrk．__4__he was very yung and didn’t receive traditinal engineering educatin, this didn’t __5__ De’s dream f helping slve the lcal prblems in his cmmunity．
At the age f 13, after he tried many times, he finally __6__ a generatr(发电机) using materials he had __7__ arund the huse r frm rubbish dumps．Frm then n, Kelvin De became a cmpletely __8__engineer．He then built a radi statin by using recycled materials．He reprted news and played music under the __9__ f DJ Fcus and __10__ his friends as wrkers in the statin．“They call me DJ Fcus．I am cnfident．I always __11__if I fcus, I can cmplete anything seeming t be __12__，” De said in a YuTube vide．
He had __13__been mre than 10 miles frm his hme in Freetwn until he attended a natinal inventin cmpetitin．There, Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy(MIT)__14__such a smart by．David Sengeh, a PhD student at MIT, recgnized his amazing __15__right away．“De’s stry is very __16__．He made a generatr because he __17__it，” Sengeh said．“De’s __18__ in the YuTube vide have had a big __19__ n me and n millins f peple all ver the wrld．In Sierra Lene, ther yung peple suddenly feel they can be __20__De．” Kelvin was later invited t give a talk at the TEDxTeen in 2012 t Harvard Students．“Creativity can be fund in places where ne des nt expect t find it，”said Kelvin during the talk．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。一位来自非洲塞拉利昂的名叫Kelvin De的小男生通过自学搭建了一个无线电台设备，并且自己当起这个电台的DJ，通过它向当地社区播放新闻和音乐。
1．A．attractive B．simple
C．interestingD．bad
D 解析：根据上文中的 ．．．frm a very pr district f Freetwn, Sierra Lene’s capital city．以及下文中的．．．the lights nly cme up nce a week．可知，这个地区的情况非常“糟糕”。
2．A．mistakingB．designing
C．searchingD．exchanging
C 解析：根据上下文内容可知，十岁时，Kelvin De 开始放学后在垃圾场中“寻找”电子产品的零件。
3．A．studyingB．explaining
C．discussingD．cnsidering
A 解析：根据下文中的hw they wrk可知，然后他花时间“研究”这些零件的构造。
4．A．IfB．Althugh
C．OnceD．Since
B 解析：根据下文中的he was very yung and didn’t receive traditinal engineering educatin, this didn’t ．．．可知，前后两句是让步关系，故用Althugh。
5．A．shwB．wake
C．stpD．mentin
C 解析：根据上文中的．．．he was very yung and didn’t receive traditinal engineering educatin．．．可知，尽管他很小且没受过传统的工科教育，但是这没有“阻止”他想帮助社区解决当地问题的梦想。
6．A．reusedB．created
C．repairedD．mixed
B 解析：根据上下文可知，十三岁时，Kelvin De终于“自制”了一台发电机。
7．A．recycledB．divided
C．stlenD．brrwed
A 解析：根据上文中的rubbish dumps(垃圾场) fr small electrnics parts可知，电池和发电机是用他在家周围或垃圾场“回收”来的材料制成的。
8．A．warm­heartedB．easy­ging
C．hard­wrkingD．self­taught
D 解析：根据上文中的didn’t receive traditinal engineering educatin可知，Kelvin De 完全是一个“自学”成才的工程师。
9．A．actinB．guidance
C．cntrlD．name
D 解析：根据下文中的They call me DJ Fcus．可知，他用回收的材料搭建了一个无线电台设备，并且以DJ Fcus的“名字”向当地社区播放新闻和音乐。
10．A．emplyedB．served
C．regardedD．treated
A 解析：根据下文中的．．．as wrkers in the statin．可知，他“雇用”他的朋友当电台的工作人员。
11．A．wishB．believe
C．predictD．wrry
B 解析：根据上文中的I am cnfident．可知，Kelvin De很自信，并一直“相信”如果自己专注，肯定会完成看似不可能的事情。
12．A．impssibleB．imperfect
C．unreasnableD．unfinished
A 解析：根据语境可知，Kelvin De一直相信如果自己专注，肯定会完成似乎“不可能的”事情。
13．A．alreadyB．just
C．neverD．always
C 解析：根据下文中的．．．been mre than 10 miles frm his hme in Freetwn until he attended a natinal inventin cmpetitin．可知，他“从未”离家超过十英里，直到参加了全国性的发明比赛。
14．A．discveredB．educated
C．savedD．intrduced
A 解析：根据语境可知，这场比赛中，麻省理工学院“发现”了这个聪明的男孩。
15．A．suggestinsB．skills
C．galsD．experiences
B 解析：根据语境可知，David Sengeh立即看出Kelvin De不可多得的“技能”。
16．A．trueB．encuraging
C．tragicD．amusing
B 解析：根据上下文的内容可知，Kelvin De的故事非常“鼓舞人心”。
17．A．sldB．researched
C．recgnizedD．needed
D 解析：根据上文可知，Kelvin De自制发电机是因为他“需要”它。
18．A．perfrmancesB．advertisements
C．wrdsD．expressins
C 解析：根据上文中的De said in a YuTube vide以及下文中的．．．in the YuTube vide．．．可知，这里指Kelvin De在YuTube视频中所说的“话”。
19．A．expectatinB．impressin
C．influenceD．pressure
C 解析：根据语境可知，Kelvin De在YuTube视频中所说的话对David Sengeh以及全世界千百万的人都有着很大的“影响”。
20．A．besideB．against
C．frD．like
D 解析：根据语境可知，在塞拉利昂，其他年轻人突然觉得他们也可以“像”Kelvin De一样。