2021年高考英語(外研版)一輪復(fù)習(xí)選修8：1Module1課后達(dá)標(biāo)檢測

1、 I課后達(dá)標(biāo)檢測 （建議用時：35 分鐘 I 閱讀理解 A （2020 昆明診斷測試）The world can be a scary place when you re young. It can be even scarier when you re a young little blue penguin （ 企鵝） , the tini est of the penguin species. Luckily, there are some huma ns willi ng to help. They stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin

2、that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zeala nd. Spotted on November 29 at the slipway at Moncks Bay, near Sumner, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycli ng that afternoon, and he biked home to get his camera

3、. When he retur ned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign, one that read “ Hi, I m waiting for my mum to come back. DOC（Department of Conservation） knows I m here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin. ” Billy did n t move away f

4、rom the sig n. The DOC arrived later that after noon to pick up Billy, though they were surprised to see it on the beach. It s unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the ope n on the beach duri ng the day，” An ita Spencer, a DOC senior ran ger, told Stuff. Billy was take n to the Christchurch Pengu

5、in Rehabilitatio n Cen ter after being retrieved from the beach. Volun teers believe the bird may actually be a female penguin, and is around 2 mon ths old. The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less tha n a sta ndard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. Most little pen

6、guins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram. The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before it s set free into the ocea n. 【解題導(dǎo)語】 本文主要講述了一只小藍(lán)企鵝在人們的幫助下最終得救的故事。 1. Why can the world be frightening to a young penguin? A. It is a rare species. B. It faces pote ntial dan

7、ger. C. It is surrounded by the crowd. D. It is threatened by dogs. B 解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段，尤其是倒數(shù)第二、 三句 Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away.可知，當(dāng)時有人在那只小藍(lán)企鵝旁邊豎立了一個牌子警示人們不要打擾它， 不要讓狗靠近它。由此可推知， 對于那只小藍(lán)企鵝來講， 這個世界是可怕的，因為它面臨著 些潛在的危險。故 B 項正確。 2. It can be inferred from the text that Billy _ A . is a female pen

8、guin B. has expressed its thanks C. weighs less for its age D. prefers living on the beach C 解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的 The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. ” 可知，這只小藍(lán) 企鵝體重只有 550 克，而處于它這個年齡的小藍(lán)企鵝的體重應(yīng)達(dá)到 900 克左右。由此可推知， 這只小藍(lán)企鵝

9、的體重低于它這個年齡的小藍(lán)企鵝的體重。故 C 項正確。 3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ retrieved in Paragraph 4? A . Ignored. B . Cured. C. Given away. D . Brought back. D 解析：詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第四段第一句 Billy was taken to the Christchurch Pen guin Rehabilitation Center after being retrieved from the beach.可知，這只

10、小藍(lán)企鵝是從沙灘上被帶 到克賴斯特徹奇的一個企鵝康復(fù)中心的。由此可推知，畫線詞與 brought back 帶回”意思 相近。故 D 項正確。 4. What will happen to Billy in the center? A . It will be reported to Stuff. B. It will be visited by the locals. C . It will be take n good care of. D . It will be fed with fruit juice. C 解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段 “ The center will help

11、 the little pen guin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before it s set free into the ocean.” 可知，在這只小藍(lán)企鵝被放 回海洋之前，康復(fù)中心會幫助它增加一些體重。由此可推知， 在那個企鵝康復(fù)中心里，這只 小藍(lán)企鵝會得到很好的照顧。故 C 項正確。 B （2020 陜西部分學(xué)校摸底檢測 ）Scientists are preparing to launch the world first machine to clean up the planet largest mass of oce

12、an plastic. The experts believe the machine should be able to collect half of the detritus in the patchabout 40，000 metric tons within five years. In the past few weeks they have been busy welding together giant tubes that will sit on the surface of the sea and form the skeleton of the machine, crea

13、ting the largest floating barrier ever made. The system, originally dreamt up by Mr. Slat, will be shipped out this summer to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, which contains estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. It will be the first ever attempt to tackle the patch

14、 since it was discovered in 1997. Mr. Slat was 16 and still at school when he was diving in Greece and first saw for himself the amount of plastic polluting the sea. “ There were more bags than fish down there ，” he recalls. Two years later he came up with a solution, quit university after six month

15、s and set up The Ocean Cleanup as a company. Mr. Slat says the first plastic to arrive on shore will be a major milestone. “ We as humanity created this problem, so I think it s also our responsibility to help solve it ，” he says. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) covers an area of 1.6 million s

16、quare kilometers and contains at least 79，000 tons of plastic, research found last month. Most of it is made up of “ ghost gear ”parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels. Ghost gear kills more than 100， 000 whales, dolphins and seals each ye

17、ar, according to scientific surveys. Seabirds and other marine life are increasingly being found dead with stomachs full of small pieces of plastic. Creatures eat plastic discarded in the sea thinking it fosod but then starve to death because they are not feeding properly. Others are trapped and die

18、 of starvation or are strangled or suffocated by ghost gear. 【 解題導(dǎo)語 】 本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了世界首個海洋垃圾清掃機的發(fā)明。 5 What does the underlined word “ detritus ” in the second paragraph probably mean? A Waste. B Ocean. CSystem. D Machine. A 解析：詞義猜測題。 根據(jù)第二段畫線詞前的 “collect half of ”和第四段第一句中的 “first saw for himself the

19、amount of plastic polluting the seh和第五段最后一句中的 “ parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels ” 可推 知，畫線詞的意思是 “垃圾 。故選 A。 6Which one makes up most of the garbage in Pacific from the passage? A Fishing vessels. BDolphins and seals. CGiant tubes. D.

20、Abandoned fishing gear. D 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段最后一句 gear parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels. ”可知，太平洋里的大部分垃圾是由廢棄的釣魚用具組成的。 7. Why do some creatures in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch die of starvation? A. Because they are killed by ghost gear.

21、B. Because they are suffocated by ghost gear. C. Because they don t like eating plastic. D. Because they are not feeding properly. D 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二句中的 “ but then starve to death because they are not feeding properly 可知，太平洋垃圾帶的一些生物死于饑餓是因為它們不能正常地 進(jìn)食。 8. What is the main idea of the passage? A . A

22、 report about the death of marine life. B. News about the first mach ine to clea n up ocea n plastic. C . In formati on about ocea n plastic. D . The reas on for inven ti ng a mach ine. B 解析：主旨大意題。本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了世界首個海洋垃圾清掃機的發(fā) 明。第一段 “ Scientists are preparing to launch the world s first machine to cle

23、an up the planet s largest mass of ocean plastic.” 點明了文章的主題。故選 B。 n .完形填空 （2020 福建質(zhì)量檢查測試 ）Every year, the fifth graders at Brookstone Elementary School went on a field trip to Washington, D . C. Terence _1_ the exciting trip, and was _2_ to go the n ext year. Terence asked his pare nts _3_ if they w

24、ould pay for half of the trip if he earned the other half of the money himself. His pare nts _4_. He had almost a year to earn $150. His first _5_ _ was to earn money by babysitting, and he typed a nice letter _6_ that “ he would babysit during his n eighbors 7_ ” . He n amed a few after noons avail

25、able and said he would _8_ $1 per hour per child. After five babysitt ing _9_ , he earned $45. When the _10_ weather arrived, Terence knocked on his neighbors doors to ask if they n eeded help with _11 work. He helped with mowing （修剪） and weedi ng garde ns. After the summer was over, he earned $75.

26、When the fall arrived, he counted his money and _12_ that he still n eeded $30 for his trip. Soon his mom saw a(n) _13_ for a job for him. He got a job _14_ n ewspapers every Wedn esday after noon, making 5 cents for every paper, $10 _15_ each Wednesday. It wasn long before he Most of it is made up

27、of ghost had _1 money to go on the trip to Washington, D . C. He was 17 in time. The class trip was on October 15. His mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they _18_ him. What a great feeli ng! He helped _19_ the cost of his trip. This experie nee _20_ Terence in many ways, maki ng his dream a

28、reality with great efforts. 【解題導(dǎo)語】 本文是一篇記敘文。小學(xué)生 Terenee 非?？释トA盛頓進(jìn)行實地調(diào)查旅 行，他希望自己掙一半旅費，另一半由父母資助。父母答應(yīng)后，他通過幫鄰居照看小孩、修 剪花園和給花園除雜草等工作攢夠了錢。 1 A.prepared for B laid out C. referred to D. heard about D 解析：根據(jù)第一句可知，每年 Terenee 所在學(xué)校的五年級學(xué)生都要去華盛頓進(jìn)行實 地調(diào)查旅行；結(jié)合該句中的 f to go the n ext year 可知, Terence 應(yīng)該是聽說了 (heard abou

29、t)這 個激動人心的旅行，就渴望 (dy ing)來年也去。 2. A.dyi ng B. grateful C. lucky D. proud A 3. A.curiously B. casually C. an xiously D. briefly C 解析：根據(jù)上文可知，Tere nee 渴望去華盛頓進(jìn)行實地調(diào)查旅行；又結(jié)合語境可知， 此處表示 Terenee急切地問他的父母是否愿意支付他一半的旅行費用。 C 項意為“急切地， 渴望地”，故 C 項正確。 4. A.submitted B . agreed C. bargained D . refused B 解析：根據(jù)下文可知，他有近一

30、年的時間去掙 150 美元；又根據(jù)下文中的 His mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they _ him.可知，他的父母同意 (agreed)為他支付 一半的旅行費用。 5. A.idea B . job C. conclusion D . suggestion A 解析：根據(jù)該句中的 fb earn money by babysitting ” typed a nice letter并結(jié)合語境可 知，他的第一個主意 (idea) 就是通過代人臨時照看孩子來掙錢，并打印了一封信，信上說 (saying)鄰居不在(absenee)時他可以幫他們

31、照看孩子。 6A.deelaring B eonfirming Cshowing D saying D 7A.stay B eompany Cinteraetion D absenee D 8A.pay B spend Ceharge D donate C 解析：根據(jù)該句中的 $1 per hour per child 并結(jié)合語境可知，Terenee 幫鄰居照看孩 子的收費標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是每個孩子每小時一美元。 C 項意為“收費，開價”，故 C 項正確。 9A.negotiations B sessions Cattempts D interviews B 解析：根據(jù)語境可知，在幫助鄰居照看五次孩子后， 他賺了 45 美元。B 項意為“ 段時間 ” ，符合語境，故 B 項正確。 1 0 A.wa rm B fine Cunusual D ehangeable A 解析： 根據(jù)下文 “ He helped with mowing( 修剪 ) and weeding gardens.” 可知，該處指 當(dāng)溫暖的(warm)天氣來臨時，他敲鄰居們的門問是否需要幫忙做院子 (yard)里的工作。 11 A.yard B paper Csehool D volunteer A 12 A.admitted B determined Ceomplain