英语必修 第二册Unit 4 Exploring literature随堂练习题

这是一份英语必修 第二册Unit 4 Exploring literature随堂练习题，共13页。
1.(2020·全国Ⅰ卷)Glwing plants culd reduce this distance and (因此) help save energy.
2.She fund him sleeping heavily,and all her effrts t (唤醒) him were in vain.
3.Physical fitness has nw becme an imprtant (要素) in ur lives.
4.We shuld make a cncrete analysis f each (具体的) questin.
5.English wrds can have several meanings depending n the (语境).
6.Lemns and ranges (包含) a lt f vitamins which are gd fr ur health.
7.Thugh M Yan wn the Nbel Prize fr (文学),he didn’t like t shw himself ff in public.
8.The cmpany will cntinue t develp technlgies t safely and securely (推出) the flying car in 2024.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.It is (universal) acknwledged that frests are indispensable t us.
2.Whatever it is,the result is a fine and vivid (describe) f the purest f Central Asian traditins.
3.We’re just trying t reach a pint bth sides will sit dwn tgether and talk.
4.T keep fit,I determined (get) rid f these bad habits.
5.She was walking dwn the rad she heard smene shuting fr help.
6.Scientists acrss the wrld agree that this is an inventin f great (significant).
7.Tday there are mre airplanes (carry) mre peple than ever befre in the skies.
8.The likely reactins f the market need t be reflected befre we act.
9.There’s n dubt that the cnsumers are still very (sense) t the price.
10.She had devted herself t (practise) fr ten years and became ne f the best swimmers.
Ⅲ.短语填空
devte neself t,in stre fr sb,appeal t,be capable f,in summary,draw n,measure up,make the best f
1.A writer has t his imaginatin and experience t write his bks.
2. ,I argue that the testing f spken English is bth necessary and beneficial.
3.As a matter f fact,we preventing the disease frm spreading.
teaching and f curse he wn the respect f his students.
5.They have decided t shw the children arund the small twn because the brightly clured huses there children.
6.We spent the mrning and deciding where the furniture wuld g.
7.The teacher ften asks us t every chance t imprve ur spken English.
8.There will be a big surprise when he gets hme tnight!
Ⅳ.单句写作
1.门铃响的时候,他正在看一本小说。(when)
He the drbell rang.
2.据我了解,该暴力事件已经造成至少300人死亡。(主语从句)
is that it has caused at least three hundred deaths.
3.在我们学校的教学楼旁边有一座图书馆,它于2009年建成。(完全倒装)
,which was cmpleted in 2009.
4.那些成功的聋人舞者认为,舞蹈是一种视觉比听觉更重要的活动。(定语从句)
Thse successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity .
5.中国是一个美丽的国家,我们为之感到非常骄傲。(介词+关系代词)
China is a beautiful cuntry, .
B级 能力素养提升练
Ⅴ.阅读理解
A
POETRY CHALLENGE
Write a pem abut hw curage,determinatin,and strength have helped yu face challenges in yur life.
Prizes
3 Grand Prizes:Trip t Washingtn,D.C. fr each f three winners,a parent and ne ther persn f the winner’s chice.Trip includes rund-trip air tickets,htel stay fr tw nights,and turs f the Natinal Air and Space Museum and the ffice f Natinal Gegraphic Wrld.
6 First Prizes:The bk Sky Pineer:A Phtbigraphy f Amelia Earhart signed by authr Crinne Szab and pilt Linda Finch.
50 Hnrable Mentins:Judges will chse up t 50 hnrable mentin winners,wh will each receive a T-shirt in memry f Earhart’s final flight.
Rules
Fllw all rules carefully t prevent disqualificatin.
■Write a pem using 100 wrds r fewer.Yur pem can be any frmat,any number f lines.
■Write by hand r type n a single sheet f paper.Yu may use bth the frnt and back f the paper.
■On the same sheet f paper,write r type yur name,address,telephne number,and birth date.
■Mail yur entry t us by Octber 31 this year.
1.Hw many peple can each grand prize winner take n the free trip?
A.Tw. B.Three.
C.Fur.D.Six.
2.What will each f the hnrable mentin winners get?
A.A plane ticket.
B.A bk by Crinne Szab.
C.A special T-shirt.
D.A pht f Amelia Earhart.
3.Which f the fllwing will result in disqualificatin?
A.Typing yur pem ut.
B.Writing a pem f 120 wrds.
C.Using bth sides f the paper.
D.Mailing yur entry n Octber 30.
B
Tni Mrrisn was an American writer wh received the Nbel Prize in Literature.Her nvels Belved,Sng f Slmn and thers explred the way African-Americans search fr freedm and identity in a cuntry bsessed (受困扰的) with skin clr.Mrrisn was nearly 40 when she published her first nvel The Bluest Eye in 1970.The Nbel Prize cmmittee described her writing as language itself,a language she wants t liberate frm race.Her nvels discussed America’s past,fcusing n black histry and the effects f slavery and racism.She called her characters “the unfree at the heart f the demcratic (民主的) experiment”.
In 1988,she wn the Pulitzer Prize fr her nvel Belved,the stry f a mther wh kills her baby daughter rather than permit her t be brn int slavery.It became a best-seller and was later made int a film with Oprah Winfrey.Many Americans admired her as the cuntry’s greatest living writer,including frmer President Barack Obama.
She was brn in 1931.She attended Hward University,an all-black university in Washingtn, Hward,she read African,British and American literature,including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Wlf.After a shrt marriage,she became a single mther f tw sns and wrked as a bk editr in New Yrk.
Several publishers rejected her first bk The Bluest Eye but it impressed The New Yrk Times’ bk critic Jhn Lenard,wh believed Mrrisn was an imprtant new vice.He said her writing was “s charged with pain and wnder that the nvel becmes petry”.
Mrrisn enjyed her literary fame and was prud f her Nbel Prize wn in 1993.
4.What can we learn abut Tni Mrrisn frm the text?
A.She ften cmmunicated with William Faulkner.
B.Mrrisn’s nvels cncentrated n black histry and racism.
C.Mrrisn was abut 40 when she received the Nbel Prize.
D.She attended a university which accepted bth white and black peple.
5.Why des the mther in the nvel Belved kill her baby?
A.It is brn t be a disabled baby.
B.She has sme mental prblems.
C.She desn’t want her baby t becme a slave.
D.The family is t pr t raise the baby.
6.Hw did Barack Obama like Mrrisn?
A.He culdn’t think highly f her enugh.
B.He cnsidered her as a cmmn writer.
C.He felt that her nvels were nt s fascinating.
D.He believed her nvels had sme rm fr imprvement.
7.Which bk was rejected by several publishers but left a deep impressin n Jhn Lenard?
A.Sng f Slmn. B.Belved.
C.The New Yrk Times.D.The Bluest Eye.
C
What d Tm Sawyer and Jumping Frgs have in cmmn?Stries abut bth f them were created by ne man:Mark Twain.Twain was fur years ld when his family mved t Hannibal,Missuri,lcated n the west bank f the Mississippi.Twain grew up there and was fascinated with life alng the river—the steambats,the giant lumber rafts,and the peple wh wrked n them.
The Celebrated Jumping Frg f Calaveras Cunty is ne f Twain’s best lved shrt stries,and The Adventures f Tm Sawyer is ne f his mst famus nvels.Bth these wrks are celebrated by events held during Natinal Tm Sawyer Days,which riginated in the late 1950s and became natinal in the 1960s.Children enter their frgs in the jumping cntest during Natinal Tm Sawyer Days.There’s als a fence painting cntest t see wh can paint the fastest.The idea fr this cntest cmes frm a scene in Tm Sawyer,in which Tm has been tld t paint the fence in frnt f the huse he lives in.It’s a beautiful day,and he wuld rather be ding anything else.As his friends walk by,he makes them believe that it’s fun t paint,and they jin in the “fun”.By the end f the day,the fence has three cats f paint!
Althugh the stry f Tm Sawyer is a fictin,it’s based n facts.If yu g t Hannibal,yu’ll see the white fence,which still stands at Twain’s byhd hme.
8.Which f the fllwing statements abut Mark Twain is TRUE?

A.He was brn in Hannibal.
B.He enjyed his life in Hannibal.
C.He spent mst f his childhd n the Mississippi.
D.He ften went rafting(坐船漂流) n the Mississippi with his parents.
9.Tm Sawyer Days were created .
A.abut frty years ag
B.shrtly after Twain’s death
C.in memry f a great writer
D.t imprve kids’ interest in reading
10.Wh will win the fence painting cntest?
A.Bb,painting the lngest.
B.Julia,painting mst carefully.
C.Jim,painting in the newest way.
D.Jhn,painting in the shrtest time.
11.Frm the white fence at Twain’s byhd hme,we knw that .
A.the stry f Tm Sawyer is based partly n Twain’s experiences
B.the stry f Tm Sawyer is based ttally n Twain’s imaginatin
C.Twain’s ld huse is painted by the fence painting cmpetitrs
D.Twain’s ld huse is visited by peple frm all ver the cuntry
D
I have a special place in my heart fr libraries.I have fr as lng as I can remember.I was always an enthusiastic reader,smetimes reading up t three bks a day as a child.Stries were like air t me and while ther kids played ball r went t parties,I lived ut adventures thrugh the bks I checked ut frm the library.
My first jb was wrking at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years ld.It was a dream jb and I did everything frm shelving bks t reading t the children fr stry time.
As I grew lder and became a mther,the library tk n a new place and an added meaning in my life.I had several children and bks were ur main surce(来源) f entertainment.It was a big deal fr us t lad up and g t the lcal library,where my kids culd pick ut bks t read r bks they wanted me t read t them.
I always read,using different vices,as thugh I were acting ut the stries with my vice and they lved it!It was a special time t bnd with my children and it filled them with the wnderment f bks.
Nw,I see my children taking their children t the library and I lve that the excitement f ging t the library lives n frm generatin t generatin.
As a nvelist,I’ve fund a new relatinship with libraries.I encurage readers t g t their lcal library when they can’t affrd t purchase a bk.I see libraries as a safe haven(避风港) fr readers and writers,a bridge that helps put tgether a reader with a bk.Libraries,in their wn way,help fight bk piracy(盗版行为) and I think all writers shuld supprt libraries in a significant way when they can.Encurage readers t use the library.Share library annuncements n yur scial media.Frequent them and talk abut them when yu can.
12.Which wrd best describes the authr’s relatinship with bks as a child?
A.Cperative.B.Uneasy.
C.Inseparable.D.Casual.
13.What des the underlined phrase “an added meaning” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A.Pleasure frm wrking in the library.
B.Jy f reading passed n in the family.
C.Wnderment frm acting ut the stries.
D.A clser bnd develped with the readers.
14.What des the authr call n ther writers t d?
A.Spnsr bk fairs.
B.Write fr scial media.
C.Supprt libraries.
D.Purchase her nvels.
15.Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A.Reading:A Surce f Knwledge
B.My Idea abut Writing
C.Library:A Haven fr the Yung
D.My Lve f the Library
Ⅵ.七选五
(2023·湖南长沙高一上学期阶段检测)
A gd bk can be satisfying.If reading is a habit yu’d like t get int,there are sme ways t develp it.
●Realize that reading is enjyable if yu have a gd bk.If yu have a difficult bk and yu are frcing yurself thrugh it,it will seem like a task. 1
●Set time.Yu shuld have sme time during every day when yu’ll read fr at least 5 t 10 minutes. 2 Fr example,make it a habit t read during breakfast and lunch and even dinner if yu eat alne.
●Always carry a bk. 3 When I leave the huse,I always make sure t have my car keys and ne bk at hand.The bk stays with me in the car,and I take it int the ffice and t appintments and pretty much everywhere I g.
● 4 Find a place in yur hme where yu can sit in a cmfrtable chair.Dn’t lie dwn unless yu’re ging t sleep.There shuldn’t be a televisin r a cmputer near the chair,and n music r n nisy family members/rmmates.If yu dn’t have a place like this,create ne.
●Reduce televisin/the Internet.If yu really want t read mre,try cutting back n time n TV r the Internet. 5 Still,yu culd use the time yu save fr reading.This culd create hurs f bk reading time.
A.G t bkstres.
B.Find a quiet place.
C.This may be difficult fr sme peple.
D.Wherever yu g,take a bk with yu.
E.Have sme gd tea r cffee while yu read.
F.It means yu will read n matter hw busy yu are.
G.If this happens,give up the bk and find anther ne that yu’ll really lve.
参考答案
Unit 4
分层跟踪检测(一)Welcme t the unit & Reading
Ⅰ 2.awaken 3.element 4.specific 5.cntext 6.cntain 7.literature 8.launch
Ⅱ 2.descriptin 3.where 4.t get 5.when 6.significance 7.carrying 8.n/upn 9.sensitive 10.practising
Ⅲ n 2.In summary 3.are capable f 4.devted himself t 5.appeal t 6.measuring up 7.make the best f 8.in stre fr him
Ⅳ reading a nvel when 2.What I have learned abut this vilence 3.By the side f the teaching building f ur schl stands a library 4.where sight matters mre than hearing 5.f which we are greatly prud
Ⅴ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了诗歌大赛的章程,包括奖项和规则。
1.A 细节理解题。由“Prizes”部分第一段中的第一句可知,3名大奖获得者可获得免费到华盛顿的旅行,其中包含获奖者的父亲或母亲,另外获奖者可再选一人,即每位大奖获得者可带2人参加免费旅行。故选A项。
2.C 细节理解题。由“Prizes”部分第三段可知,50名提名奖获得者可得到一件特殊的T恤衫。故选C项。
3.B 细节理解题。由“Rules”部分中的“Write a pem using 100 wrds r fewer.”可知,120词的诗歌不符合要求。故选B项。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了获得诺贝尔文学奖的美国作家——托尼·莫里森。
4.B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Her nvels discussed America’s past,fcusing n black histry and the effects f slavery and racism.(她的小说讨论了美国的过去,聚焦黑人历史以及奴隶制和种族主义的影响)”可知,莫里森的小说主要关注黑人历史和种族主义。故选B项。
5.C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In 1988,she wn the Pulitzer Prize fr her nvel Belved,the stry f a mther wh kills her baby daughter rather than permit her t be brn int slavery.(1988年,她凭借小说《宠儿》获得了普利策奖。小说讲述的是一位母亲杀死了自己的女婴,而不是让她生下来成为奴隶)”可知,小说《宠儿》中的母亲杀死了自己的孩子,因为她不想让孩子成为奴隶。故选C项。
6.A 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Many Americans admired her as the cuntry’s greatest living writer,including frmer President Barack Obama.(许多美国人尊她为美国在世的最伟大的作家,包括前总统奥巴马)”可知,奥巴马对她评价很高。故选A项。
7.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Several publishers rejected her first bk The Bluest Eye but it impressed The New Yrk Times’ bk critic Jhn Lenard(几家出版商拒绝了她的第一本书《最蓝的眼睛》,但它给《纽约时报》的书评家Jhn Lenard留下了深刻印象)”可知,《最蓝的眼睛》这本书被几家出版商拒绝,但给Jhn Lenard留下了深刻的印象。故选D项。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章简要介绍了马克·吐温的生平尤其是他的童年以及他的作品。
8.B 细节理解题。从第一段第四句“Twain grew up there and was fascinated with life alng the river...”可知B项正确。
9.C 推理判断题。第二段说全国在汤姆·索亚日期间会举办不同的活动,旨在颂扬这两部作品,由此推理汤姆·索亚日是为纪念这两部作品的作者马克·吐温。
10.D 推理判断题。由第二段第四句“There’s als a fence painting cntest t see wh can paint the fastest.”可推知,能在最短时间内漆完篱笆的将获胜。故选D项。
11.A 推理判断题。至今仍伫立在马克·吐温孩童时期的家外的那片白色篱笆是用来说明第三段首句的“Althugh the stry f Tm Sawyer is a fictin,it’s based n facts.”。从上一段可知《汤姆·索亚历险记》中有与此相关的情节。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者从小就喜欢读书,喜欢待在图书馆里,并且喜欢读书这一习惯延续到了下一代人。作者鼓励人们尽自己所能支持图书馆、利用好图书馆。
12.C 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知,作者从有记忆起就喜欢读书,有时一天能读三本书。由此推知作者与书籍的关系是“不可分离的”。故选C项。
13.B 推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知,作者成为母亲后,她的孩子们也喜欢读书,喜欢去图书馆。由此推断出,画线部分指的是读书的乐趣延续到了下一代人身上。故选B项。
14.C 细节理解题。根据最后一段第四句内容可知,作者号召其他作家用自己能做到的方式支持图书馆。故选C项。
15.D 主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知,文章主要讲述了作者对图书馆的热爱。故选D项。
Ⅵ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。阅读是很好的习惯。关于怎么养成阅读的习惯,文章给出了一些建议。
1.G 根据上文“If yu have a difficult bk and yu are frcing yurself thrugh it,it will seem like a task.”可知,如果你有一本难懂的书,而且你正强迫自己看完它,那它看起来就像是一项任务。如果这样的话,不如放弃这本书,另外找一本你喜欢的。G项符合语境,故选G项。
2.F 根据下文“Fr example,make it a habit t read during breakfast and lunch and even dinner if yu eat alne.”可知,如果你独自一人吃饭,在早餐、午餐甚至晚餐时,都要养成阅读的习惯。这意味着,不管你多么忙,你都会阅读。F项是上文自然的结果,故选F项。
3.D 根据上文“Always carry a bk.”可知,无论去哪里,都带着一本书。D项“Wherever yu g,take a bk with yu.”是对上文进一步的解释说明,故选D项。
4.B 根据下文“Find a place in yur hme where yu can sit in a cmfrtable chair.”可知,要找一个安静的地方。B项“Find a quiet place.”概括本段内容,故选B项。
5.C 根据上文“If yu really want t read mre,try cutting back n time n TV r the Internet.”可知,如果想多阅读,就要尽可能减少在电视和网上的时间。再根据下文“Still,yu culd use the time yu save fr reading.This culd create hurs f bk reading time.”可知,你可以利用在互联网/电视上减少的时间来阅读,这可以创造数小时的读书时间。所以C项“This may be difficult fr sme peple.(这可能对某些人来说很难)”连接上下文,故选C项。