1、选择性必修第二册Unit 1 Science and Scientists单元测试卷姓名：_学号：_得分：_I.听力测试。（每个1.5分，共30分）第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。Text 1W：Im new in town and Ill be coming to this store often. Do you have shopper discount cards?M：Yes, Ill just need
2、you to fill out a form after youve read this notice here.1【答案】：BText 2W：Oh, its a bit hot! Didnt you turn on the air conditioner?M：It doesnt work. Ive called someone to fix it. We can use the electric fan.W：Well, just open the window to let in some fresh air.2【答案】：CText 3W：Havent you finished with y
3、our dinner yet? Youre so slow!M：Im fed up with such a life! How could you bear rushing all the time?3【答案】：AText 4 M：So how are you anyway? Have you done anything exciting since I saw you?W：No, nothing at all. Its been raining all weekend. I havent been out once.4【答案】：CText 5W：Im unable to fall aslee
4、p at night, and then Im too sleepy to concentrate in class during the day.M：Well, you spend too much time indoors. And your body cant tell if its night. Thats how your problem comes up.5【答案】：B第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各
5、小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。Text 6W：Tom, can you help me do some washing?M：Sorry, I cant. I have something more important to do right now.W：I bet you are playing computer games. Stop that stupid thing!M：Actually Im looking for a special gift for your mothers birthday. If you dont like th
6、at, Ill stop it right now.W：Uh . In that case, I think I can manage the washing alone.6【答案】：B7【答案】：C听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。Text 7 M：I see youve chosen some nice blouses from our autumn line. Are you aware of our promotion today?W：No, actually, Im not.M：All mens and ladies autumn tops are on buyonegetonefre
7、e.W：Oh, thats great.M：Would you like to look around some more? There are some great mens dress shirts at the back of the store.W：No, thank you. I cant shop for my husband. He never likes what I pick out for him.M：So, just these two blouses today then?W：Yes, thats all for today.8【答案】：A9【答案】：C10【答案】：B
8、听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。Text 8 W：I heard that you were busy preparing this years Campus Film Festival, right?M：Yeah, Andrea. You are interested in that?W：I dont really know about that. Can you tell me something about the festival?M：Sure. It was started by our Student Union years ago and has grown every yea
9、r. It is held over 4 nights during study break. The films are normally shot by students from different universities.W：Cool! Then who picks the film?M：Its up to the organization committee to decide.W：Last year I went to do some of the films in the festival and especially liked the video interviews. H
10、ow does that fit in?M：We set up cameras in the passage of the theatre and did live interviews during break. Anyone from the audience could come up and talk about the film.W：Can I ask another question? All the films are from universities in our country, arent they?M：Not exactly. We occasionally choos
11、e some films from foreign universities. The words on the screen are translated into Chinese so that everybody can understand the context.W：So how much does a ticket cost?M：It only costs￥10 for the students in our school and ￥15 for others.11【答案】：A12【答案】：B13【答案】：A听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。Text 9 M：Good mornin
12、g, Mrs Green. You want to see me?W：Yes, Jim. Lets review what youve done so far. You were hired as a mail clerk about five years ago. Youve learned a lot since then, havent you?M：Sure. I learned more about the company because I went around to different offices. Then I was promoted to mail distributi
13、on clerk. Thats two grades higher than the mail clerk. I went from Grade 1 to Grade 3.W：Did you like that job?M：Yeah, my pay went up, and every year I moved up to a step. And I got a pay raise too. Im a Grade 5 now.W：Well, Jim, here is another chance to move up to the ladder. The mail department is
14、getting some new computers. We will give everybody two days of training. The people who learn quickly can go to school for more training.M：You mean going to school on company time?W：Yes, because it will help you in your work later. You can be promoted to Grade 7.M：Well, Id like to think about it for
15、 a few days. Maybe I should stay where I am now.14【答案】：B15【答案】：B16【答案】：A17【答案】：CII. 单词填空。（每个1分，共10分）1.They are determined to t _（改变)the mountain in five years.2.The professor is rather s_ (严厉的）on his students.3.When a predator lives on various species，they are weakly l_ (联系的).4.These results are a f
16、urther p_ (证明)of his outstanding ability.5. l am afraid the teacher will b_ (责备)you. 6.Computers can h_ (处理)huge amounts of data.7.After a long research，the scientists found that some ideas were slightly c_(矛盾的).8.It is reported that the aim of the military i_ (干预) is to bring peace to the area.9. B
17、esides Western medicine methods，traditional Chinese medicine treatment proves effective against the v_ (病毒).10.The factory used 65% of the r_ (原材料的) materials，the rest of which were saved for other purposes.【答案】1. transform 2. severe 3. linked 4. proof 5 .blame 6. handle 7. contradictory 8. interven
18、tion 9. virus 10.raw.III.阅读理解。（每个2.5分）AThe 65-year-old Steve Goodwin was found suffering from early Alzheimers(阿尔楚海默症). He was losing his memory.A software engineer by profession, Steve was a keen lover of the piano, and the only musician in his family. Music was his true passion, though he had neve
19、r performed outside the family.Melissa, his daughter, felt it more than worthwhile to save his music, to which she fell asleep catch night when she was young. She thought about hiring a professional pianist to work with her father.Naomi, Melissas best friend and a talented pianist, got to know about
20、 this and showed willingness to help.“Why do this?” Steve wondered.“Because she cares.” Melissa said.Steve nodded, tears in eye.Naomi drove to the Goodwin home. She told Steve shed love to hear him play. Steve moved to the piano and sat at the bench, hands trembling as he gently placed his fingers o
21、n the keys.Naomi put a small recorder near the piano, Starts and stops and mistakes. Long pauses, heart sinking. But Steve pressed on, playing for the first time in his life for a stranger.“It was beautiful. Naomi said after listening to the recording. “The music was worth saving.”Her responsibility
22、, her privilege, would be to rescue it. The music was still in Steve Goodwin. It was bidden in rooms with doors about to be locked.Naomi and Steve met every other week and spent hours together. Hed move his fingers clumsily on the piano, and then shed take his place. He struggled to explain what he
23、heard in his head. He stood by the piano, eyes closed, listening for the first time to his own work being played by someone else.Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key. Steve heard it. All of it. He just couldnt play it.Working
24、with Naomi did wonders for Steve. It had excited within him the belief he could write one last song. One day, Naomi received an email. Attached was a recording, a recording of loss and love, of the fight. Steve called it “Melancholy Flower”.Naomi heard multiple stops and starts, Steve struggling, se
25、arching while his wife Joni called him “honey” and encouraged him. The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting. Joni praised him, telling her husband this could be his signature piece.Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steves favorite, and most personal songs. With Naomis h
26、elp, the Goodwin family found a sound engineer to record Naomi playing Steves songs. Joni thought that would be the end. But it wasnt.In the months leading up to the 2016 Oregon Repertory Singers Christmas concert, Naomi told the director she had a special one in mind: “Melancholy Flower”She told th
27、e director about her project with Steve. The director agreed to add it to the playing list. But Naomi would have to ask Steves permission. He considered it an honor.After the concert, Naomi told the family that Steves music was beautiful and professional. It needed to be shared in public.The family
28、rented a former church in downtown Portland and scheduled a concert. By the day of the show, more than 300 people had said they would attend.By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names of some of his friends. He knew the path his life was now taking. He told his family he was at peac
29、e.Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surrounded by his family. The house lights faded. Naomi took the stage. Her fingers. His heart.1. Why did Melissa want to save her fathers music?A. His music could stop his disease from worsening.B. She wanted to please her dying old father.C. His music dese
30、rved to be preserved in the family.D. She wanted to make her father a professional.2. After hearing Steves playing, Naomi _.A. refused to make a comment on itB. was deeply impressed by his musicC. decided to free Steve from sufferingD. regretted offering help to her friend3. How can the process of S
31、teves recording be described?A. It was slow but productive.B. It was beneficial to his health.C. It was tiresome for Naomi.D. It was vital for Naomis career.4. Before Steve finished “Melancholy Flower, his wife Joni _.A. thought the music talent of Steve was exhaustedB. didnt expect the damage the d
32、isease brought aboutC. didnt fully realize the value of her husbands musicD. brought her husbands music career to perfection5. How did Steve feel at the concert held in downtown Portland？A. He felt concerned about his illness.B. He sensed a responsibility for music.C. He regained his faith in music.
33、D. He got into a state of quiet.6. What can be a suitable title for the passage?A. The Kindness of FriendsB. The Power of MusicC. The Making of a MusicianD. The Value of Determination【语篇解读】本文属于记叙文，主要讲述一个钢琴师帮助一个患老年痴呆症的老人录制音乐的故事，其录制过程比较艰苦，但是录制的音乐很成功，也让老人对音乐充满了信心。【答案】1.6 C B A C D B 1.【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段可知
34、，Steve的专业软件工程，还是一个钢琴的热爱者，是家里唯一的音乐家，音乐是他真正热爱的东西，尽管没有在家以外的地方弹奏过钢琴。根据第三段Melissa, his daughter ,felt it more than worthwhile to save his music.可知他的女儿Melissa觉得保存他的音乐很有价值，故选C。2.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据第十段 “it was beautiful,” Naomi said after listening to the recording. “ the music was worth saving.”可知，听了录音之后Naomi说很
35、美，值得保存，故可以得出Naomi对Steve的音乐印象深刻，故选B。3.A 【解析】推理判断题。根据第十二段Hed move his fingers clumsily on the piano, and then shed take his place. He struggled to explain what he heard in his head.以及第十三段Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code: lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key. St
36、eve heard it. All of it, he just couldnt play it.可知，Steve会笨拙地把手指放在钢琴上，然后Naomi把手指放在他放的地方，并且Steve努力解释脑海里的内容，所有的这些，都是Naomi在弹奏，而Steve在听，故可知这个录制过程很慢。根据第十六段Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steves favorite, and most personal songs.可知作品很多。故选A。4.C 【解析】推理判断题。根据第十六段Joni thought that would be the end. But it w
37、asnt. 以及后文Steve取得的成就可知在完成Melancholy Flower之前，他的妻子还没完全意识到丈夫的音乐的真正价值，故选C。5.D 【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段He knew the path his life was now taking. He told his family he was at peace.可知，他知道自己一生要选择的路，告诉家人他很平静，故可知，家乡的音乐会让他重新坚定了对音乐的信念，故选D。6.B 【解析】标题归纳题。本文主要讲述一个钢琴师帮助一个患老年痴呆症的人录制音乐的故事，其录制过程比较艰苦，但是录制的音乐很成功，也让老人对音乐充满了信心
38、。B项“音乐的力量”概括了全文内容，是最佳标题。故选B。BMonkeys seem to have a way with numbers.A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward. The researchers then tested how the monkeys com
39、binedor addedthe symbols to get the reward.Heres how Harvard Medical School scientist Margaret Livingstone, who led the team, described the experiment: In their cages the monkeys were provided with touch screens. On one part of the screen, a symbol would appear, and on the other side two symbols ins
40、ide a circle were shown. For example, the number 7 would flash on one side of the screen and the other end would have 9 and 8. If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the su
41、m of the numbers17 in this example.After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination.When the team examined the results
42、of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate(低估)a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in valuesometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6. The underestimation was systematic: When adding two numbers, the monkeys always
43、paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction(小部分)of the smaller number to it.This indicates that there is a certain way quantity is represented in their brains, Dr. Livingstone says. “But in this experiment what theyre doing is paying more attention to the big number than
44、the little one.”【答案】710 CBAD 7. What did the researchers do to the monkeys before testing them?A. They fed them.B. They named them.C. They trained them.D. They measured them.8. How did the monkeys get their reward in the experiment?A. By drawing a circle.B. By touching a screen.C. By watching videos
45、.D. By mixing two drinks.9. What did Livingstones team find about the monkeys?A. They could perform basic addition.B. They could understand simple words.C. They could memorize numbers easily.D. They could hold their attention for long.10. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?A. Enter
46、tainment.B. Health.C. Education.D. Science.【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。研究发现：猴子可以进行基本的加法运算。文章对研究的经过和结论做了介绍和分析。7.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeysThe researches then tested how”可知，在对这些猴子进行测试之前，研究者们对它们进行了培训。故C选项正确。8.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In their cages the monkeys were provided wit
47、h touch screenIf the monkeys touched the left side of the screen, they would be rewarded with seven drops; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with”可知，当猴子触摸屏幕左边时，它们会得到7滴水或者果汁的奖励；当它们触摸屏幕的另一端（即画着圆圈的部分）时，它们会得到17滴水或果汁的奖励。由此可知，猴子是通过触摸屏幕得到奖励的。B选项正确。9.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段“The monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination”和第五段中的“When adding two numbers”可知，猴子会在超过一半的时间内选择更高的值，这意味着它们在进行计算，而不仅
