2020-2021學年新教材高中英語 Unit 6 Nurturing nature素養(yǎng)評價（含解析）外研版選擇性必修第一冊

單元素養(yǎng)評價（六）Unit6

（120分鐘150分）

第一部分聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳

選項。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅

讀一遍。

Text1

M:Howdoyoulikethissuitforyournewjob?

W:Well,thestyleisfine.'Butyoumightneedtoreconsiderthechoiceofcolor.

I.Whatdoesthewomanmean?

A.Themanshouldbuythesuit.

B.Themanshouldchangehisjob.

C.Thecolorofthesuitisnotsuitable.

答案：C

Text2

W:Wedrovetothemountainslastweekend,butitstartedrainingheavilyonthe

way.

M:Whatdidyoudothen?

W:?Sowehadtogotothenearesttownandstaythere.

2.Whatdidthewomandolastweekend?

A.Shestayedinatown.

B.Sheclimbedthemountains.

C.Shewalkedintherain.

答案：A

Text3

W:③Sir,didyouseethe"NoParking”sign?

M:Iwon,tbeherelong.Mywifewillfinishshoppinginfiveminutes.

W:Sorry,sir.Notevenforoneminute!’③You'11getfinedifyoudon'tgo!

3.Whatistheman*sproblem?

A.Hecan'tseethesignclearly.

B.He'sparkedinthewrongplace.

C.Hehasnopatiencetowaitforhiswife.

答案：B

Text4

W:Hello?David?Thankgoodness,youturnedyourcellphoneon.lockedray

keysinthecar.Canyouwaitaboutanhour?Icalledtherepairmanandhe'son

hisway.

M:Don,tworry,then.I'11justtakeataxi.

W:I'mreallysorry.

4.Whycan'tthewomanpickupthemannow?

A.Hercarisunderrepair.

B.Shecan'topenthecardoor.

C.Shelockedhercarkeysinherhouse.

答案：B

Text5

M:Thismachineis15thousanddollars.That'sfaroverbudget!Wouldyougive

usadiscount?

W:Icouldsayfourteenthousandfivehundred.

M:Iwashopingtopayless.Thirteenthousanddollars?

W:Sorry,that/sourbestprice.

5.Howmuchdoesthemanhavetopayforthemachine?

A.$15,000.B.$14,500.

C.$13,000.

答案：B

第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）

聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選

項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完

后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

Text6

W:"Heretheycome,Steve.It'sthefinal50meters.

M:res,andRickyEvansisinthelead.

W:Hesureis.

M:ButherecomesPaulTimmons!Wow!Lookathimgo!

W:It,sverycloseandit'sTimmons!PaulTimmonsisthenewEuropeanchampion!

Timmonswinsgold!

M:Agreatgoldmedal!

W:Andinrecordtime,too!

M:Wow!Isthatanewworldrecord?

W:No,butit'sanewEuropeanrecord!

M:AnexcellentperformancebyPaulTimmons!

6.Whatarethespeakersdoing?

A.Interviewingachampion.

B.Reportingamatchlive.

C.Talkingaboutanewworldrecord.

答案：B

7.WhatdoweknowaboutPaulTimmons?

A.Hewinsagoldmedal.B.Hebreaksaworldrecord.

C.Heisintheleadal1thetime.

答案：A

聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

Text7

M:町sthistheT-shirtwithtinycomputers?

W:Yeah,tinycomputersareputintoyourT-shirt,andtheydothingslike

checkingairtemperature,switchinglightsonandoff,takingphonecallsforyou.

M:Theycantakephonecalls?

W:Yeah.

What,throughyourshirt?You'rejoking!

8.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

A.Anotebookcomputer.B.Amobilephone.

C.AnewT-shirt.

答案：C

9.Whatcanthetinycomputersdo?

A.Receivemessages.

B.Switchlightsonandoff.

C.Operatetheairconditioner.

答案：B

聽第8段材料，回答第10?12題。

Text8

W:Howlonghaveyouworkedforyourcompany?

M:呻ortwenty-fiveyears.SinceIleftcollege.

W:So,whendidyoustudyengineering?

M:IstartedcollegewhenIwasnineteenandIqualifiedasanengineeraboutfour

yearslater.

W:AndhaveyoubeenlivinginPennsylvania?

M:No.Ilivedinlotsofdifferentplaces.也ntheenergybusiness,youlive

wheretheworkis.

W:Havethelocalpeoplebeenfriendly?

M:Yes,theyhave.Well.Mostpeopleanyway.

W:Ah,butnoteveryone?

M:Somepeopledidn*twantushereinthebeginningbecausetheywereworriedabout

theenvironment.Theythoughtwhatwedidcoulddoharmtotheenvironment.However,

infact,thechangeshavebeengoodforthisplace.

1glt'sbroughtjobsbacktoPennsylvania.SoIthinkmostpeoplehaveunderstood

howimportantthisis.

10.Howlonghasthemanworkedforhiscompany?

A.For4years.B.For19years.

C.For25years.

答案：c

11.Whatindustryisthemanworkingin?

A.Energy.B.Tourism.

C.Engineering.

答案：A

12.Howhastheman'scompanyinfluencedPennsylvania?

A.Ithaschangedpeople,slifestyle.

B.Ithasprovidedemploymentopportunities.

C.Ithasdoneharmtotheenvironment.

答案：B

聽第9段材料，回答第13?16題。

Text9

W:Tastemychicken.Whatdoyouthink?

M:Itisreallyyummy,%utmaybeneedsalittlelesssalt.

W:OK.

M:Bytheway,whyareyousuddenlyinterestedincooking?

W:"IhaveapotluckpartyonSundayintwoweeks,soIhavetopracticecooking.

M:Whatisapotluckparty?Whydon'tyoujustbuysomedishesfromarestaurant?

Itiseasier.

W:Atapotluckparty,''everyonebringsadish,butusuallyinsteadofbuyingyou

havetocookityourself.AndMrJohnsonsaidhewi11giveaprizetotheperson

whobringsthemostdeliciousfood.

M:MrJohnson?Yourprofessor?

W:、%o,heismyboss,butheactuallyismyprofessor*scousin.OK,now,any

suggestionformydish?IstillhavetodayandnextSundaytcimprovemycooking.

M:Inmyopinion,itissafertobringsomethingsweet,sinceeveryoneloves

sweets.

13.Whatdoesthemanthinkaboutthechicken?

A.Toosalty.B.Toohot.

C.Toosweet.

答案：A

14.Whenisthewoman'sparty?

A.ThisSunday.B.NextSunday.

C.TheSundayafternext.

答案：C

15.Whatdopeopledoforapotluckparty?

A.Everyonebuysadish.

B.Everyonecooksandbringsadish.

C.Everyoneinvitesafriend.

答案：B

16.WhoisMrJohnson?

A.Thewomansboss.

B.Thewoman,sprofessor.

C.Thewoman'scousin.

答案：A

聽第10段材料，回答第17?20題。

Text10

W:NowitistimetowelcomeallthenewcomerstotheInternationalSchool.

也ouareallheretoimproveyoirbusinessEnglishskills.Thisweekend,whichis

yourfirstinLondon,we*11offertohelpyouadapttoyournewsurroundingsin

anunusualandexcitingway.So,startingFriday,inthemorningwethoughtyou'

dwanttovisitthecity.Weknowthatsomeofyouhavealreadyvisitedafewmuseums

intheneighborhood,sowe'veorganizedavisitforthoseofyouwhoareinterested.

-At3:00pm,we'veplannedgamesthat'11helpyougettoknowyourfellownew

comers.You*11allberathertiredafterdinnersowethoughtyoumightliketo

seeafilmat7:00pm,whichisfreetoallInternationalSchoolstudents.

Saturday,wehaveorganizedadaytriptovisitthehistoricalcityofBath.We'

11leaveat10:00amonabusthatwe'verentedfortheday.

Everythingwillbeprovidedforyou,includinglunch.，Sunday,wewill

leaveituptoyouhowyouspendtheday,boththemorningandtheafternoon.OK,

that,sallfornow.Thankyou.

17.WhydothelistenerscometoLondon?

A.Toshop.B.Towork.

C.Tostudy.

答案：C

18.Whatwi11thelistenersdoonFridayafternoon?

A.Visitmuseums.B.Seeafilm.

C.Playgames.

答案：C

19.WhenwillthelistenersleaveforBath?

A.At7:00am.B.At10:00am.

C.At3:00pm.

答案：B

20.Onwhatdaywillthelistenershaveafreeday?

A.Friday.B.Saturday.

C.Sunday.

答案：C

第二部分閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2.5分,滿分37.5分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

A

MountHuang(Anhui)

AUNESCOWorldHeritageSitesetamidst“theloveliestmountainsofChina,“

MountHuang,akaMountYellow,isaonce-in-a-lifetimetrekformanyChinese.

The1,863-metermountainisrenownedforitsoddlyshapedpines,spectacular

rockformations,hotspringsandseasofmistyandmelancholyclouds.Atriphere

providesamountainoffeeling.

Admissionfee:RMB230betweenMarch1-November30

RMB150betweenDecember1—February28

MajorcitiesconnectedtoHuangshanAirportbydirectflightsincludeBeijing,

Shanghai,GuangzhouandXi'an.

TEL:0559—5561111

HuangguoshuWaterfall(Guizhou)

ThehighestwaterfallinAsia,majesticHuangguoshu“YellowFruit

Tree“Waterfallplungesadramatic77.8metersacrossa101-meter-widespan.

ThebestvisitingseasonisJunetoAugust,whenthewaterreachesapeakflow

of700cubicmeterspersecond.

Admissionfee:RMB180betweenMarch1—October31

RMB160betweenNovember1-February28

ThenearesttraffichubtoHuangguoshuWaterfallisHuangguoshuAirport.It'

saboutsixkilometersaway.MajorcitiesconnectedtoHuangguoshubydirectflights

includeBeijingandGuangzhou.

TEL:0851—33596663

Shennongjia(Hubei)

Morethan400peopleclaimtohaveseenaBigfoot—likecreatureamongthelush

vegetationofShennongjiaover:hepastcentury,yetnohardevidencehasbeenfound

toprovethe"yeti's"existence.

The3,200-square-kilomoternaturereservealsopurportstobe“theonly

well-preservedsubtropicalforestecosystemintheworld*smid-latitudes,“with

morethan5,000speciesofanimalsandplants.It'shometosnub-nosedorgolden

monkeys,arareandprotectedspeciesinChina.

Admissionfee:RMB100

WuhanisthenearestmajorcityandtraffichubtoShennongjia.FromWuhan'

slong-distancebusstationatXinhuaLu,takethedailycoachtoXingshanCounty.

Thentransfertoamini-busfromXingshantoShennongjia.

TEL:0719—8128855

Formoreinformation,justclick:http://edition.cnn.

com/travel/article/china-beautiful-places/index,himJorWechat:CNN——Travel.

Lettersarenotrecommendedatall,though.

【文章大意】本文是?篇說明文。文章介紹了中國的幾個著名景點，及其交通路線、入場費

用等信息。

21.Whichisthebestchoiceforhotspring-loverswithtightbudgets?

A.MountHuanginOctober.

B.HuangguoshuWaterfallinJuly.

C.MountHuanginDecember.

D.Shennongjiaatanytime.

【解析】選C。細節(jié)理解題。由“The1,863-metermountainis...hotspringsand...w

和“RMB150betweenDecember1-February28”可知，對于預算緊張的溫泉愛好者來說

wMountHuanginDecemberw是最好的選擇。故選C項。

22.WhencanyouenjoythesplendidsceneofHuangguoshuWaterfall?

A.OnMayDay.B.OnCPCFoundingDay.

C.OnNewYear'sDay.D.OnNationalDay.

【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。由"ThebestvisitingseasonisJunetoAugust,w結(jié)合常

識CPCFoundingDay（7月1日）可知，在這時能欣賞到黃果樹瀑布的壯麗景色故選B項。

23.Howmanyapproachesarementionedinalltogetrelevanttravelinformation?

A.5B.3C.4D.1

【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題?？v觀全文，特別根據(jù)TEL:0719—8128855Formoreinformation,

justclick:http://edition,cnn.com/travel/article/chinarbeautiful-places/index,

htmlorWechat:CNN—Travel.可知，通過“電話+網(wǎng)頁+微信公眾號”三種途徑可查到更

多關(guān)于黃山的信息。故選B項。

13

ResearchersattheUniversityofChicagohavetrainedanartificialintelligence

system,towritefakereviewsonYelp,awebsiteshowingcustomerreviewson

shoppingorsomethingelse,andit'sprettyhardtotellthemapartfromahuman

review.

Theirstudy,whichwillbepresentedattheACMConferenceonComputerand

CommunicationsSecurityinOctober,aimedtothrowattentionontohoweasilythese

systemscanwritereviewslikehumansandhowdamagingtheycanbecomeifthey'

renotmonitoredproperly.

Sincemanysmallbusinessesrelyononlinereviewstohelpgrowandkeeptheir

reputation,afuturewheresomeone一1ikearivalorangrycustomer—couldcrazily

filltheirpagewithnegativereviewswrittenbyamachineisprettyworrying.

And,accordingtotheresearchteam,thethreatgoesfarbeyondabunchof

fakereviewsonYelp."Ingeneralthethreatisbigger,"BenY.Zhao,oneofthe

authorsofthestudy,said.'iIthinkthethreattowardssocietyislargeandit

reallymisleadsusersandshakesourbeliefinwhatisrealandwhatisnot.Ithink

that*sgoingtobeevenunimaginable.”

Totesthowbelievablethesereviewscameacross,theresearchersinvited40

volunteersandhadAIgeneratefivefakereviewsfor40actualrestaurants.The

volunteerswereaskedhowusefultheythoughtthereviewwasandwhetherornotthey

thoughtitwasfake.TheAIreviewsrankedas^effectivelyindistinguishablewfrom

realreviews,accordingtothestudy.Further,thefakereviewsweregivena3.15

“usefulness“rating,comparedtoa3.28ratingforhumanreviews.

【文章大意】這是一篇說明文。芝加哥大學的研究人員已經(jīng)培訓出了一個人工智能(AI)系統(tǒng)，

在Yelp上編寫虛假評論，足以亂真。其目的是強調(diào)這些系統(tǒng)可以很容易地寫出像人類寫的一

樣的評論，如果它們沒有被恰當?shù)剡\用，它們會變得具有破壞性，而這一威脅遠遠不止如

此。

24.Whatcanthenowartificialintelligencesystemdoaccordingtothepassage?

A.Itcanhelptrainnewreviewers.

B.Itcantelltherealreviewsfromthefakeones.

C.Itcanwritehuman-1ikereviews.

D.Itcaneasilydamagethebusinesses.

【解析】選Co細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段ResearchersattheUniversityofChicagohave

trainedanartificialintelligencesystem,towritefakereviewsonYelp,awebsite

showingcustomerreviewsonshoppingorsomethingelse,andit'sprettyhardto

tellthemapartfromahumanreview.芝加哥大學的研究人員培訓出了一個人工智能系統(tǒng)，

讓它在Yelp網(wǎng)站上撰寫虛假評論。很難把它們與人類的評論區(qū)分開?？芍?，這種新的人工智

能系統(tǒng)可以撰寫出像人類寫的一樣的評論。故選C項。

25.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“rival“meaninthepassage?

A.Apersonwhorespectsyoudeeply.

B.Apersonwhocompeteswithyou.

C.Apersonwholovestogivefakereviews.

D.Apersonwhocancontrolyoufromdistance.

【解析】選B。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第三段Sincemanysmallbusinessesrelyononline

reviewstohelpgrowandkeeptheirreputation,afuturewheresomeone...could

crazilyfilltheirpagewithnegativereviewswrittenbyamachineisprettyworrying.

由于許多小企業(yè)依賴在線評論來幫助成長和保持聲譽，未來有人可能會瘋狂地用機器寫的負

面評論填滿他們的頁面，這是相當令人擔憂的。可知畫線單詞所在部分likearivalorangry

customer是someone的同位語，對其進行解釋說明。根據(jù)上下文語境以及生活常識可以判斷

出，對于企業(yè)來說，面對的有顧客和競爭對手兩類人。因此rival為競爭對手。故選B項。

26.WhatcanweinferfromBenY.Zhao*sremarks?

A.Artificialintelligencecanputthesocietyindanger.

B.Theartificialintelligenceisonlyusedbytheresearchers

C.BenY.Zhaoisoptimisticaboutthefurtherdevelopmentofartificialintelligence.

D.Theartificialintelligencewillhelppeopleshake.

【解析】選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段第二句"Ingeneralthethreatisbigger,w

BenY.Zhao,oneoftheauthorsofthestudy,said."Ithinkthethreattowards

societyislargeanditreallymisleadsusersandshakesourbeliefinwhatisreal

andwhatisnot.Ithinkthat*sgoingtobeevenunimaginable.”“總的來說，威

脅更大，”趙本源說，該研究的作者之一說，“我認為對社會的威脅是巨大的，它真的誤導

了用戶，動搖了我們對什么是真的，什么不是真的的信念。我認為這甚至是不可想象的。”

可知他認為AI智能會誤導用戶明辨是非的能力，會對社會帶來不可想象的威肋故選A項。

27.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.SuggestionsonGivingReviews

B.HowtoTelltheFakeReviews

C.DevelopmentofAIinReviewonYelp

D.AIisComingtoStealYourReviews

【解析】選D。主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，芝加哥大學的研究人員已經(jīng)培訓出了一個人工智

能(AI)系統(tǒng)，在Yelp上編寫虛假評論，足以亂真。其目的是強調(diào)這些系統(tǒng)可以很容易地寫

出像人類寫的一樣的評論，如果它們沒有被恰當?shù)剡\用，它們會變得具有破壞性，而這一威

脅遠遠不止如此。選項D.AIisComingtoStealYourReviews.體現(xiàn)了這一中心思想。故

選D項。

C

WhenIgrowup

Inkindergarten,myclasswasaskedtodrawpictures,showingwhatwewanted

tobewhenwegrewup.Ourdrawingswereexpectedtodisplayourdreamoccupations.

Irememberpicturesofballerinasdancing,firefightersputtingoutablaze,and

astronautsleapingacrossthenoon.

Mypictureshowedafigurewithbrownhairholdingaboxoforangejuicebeside

acounter.Underneathwasmyhandwriting:"WhenIgrowup,IwanttoworkatMarket

Basketbecauseitwouldbefuntoswipe（刷）orangejuiceacrossthescanner."Out

ofeverything,myfive-year-oldselfwishedtoworkatthelocalgrocerystore.

Whenweareyoung,questionsofwhatwewanttobewhenwegrowuparecommon.

Yetwearenotexpectedtorespondwithananswerthatis1ikelytocometrue.However,

whenwebecometeens,weareaskedtheverysamequestionstwiceasoften.The

differenceis,nowwearesupposedtoanswerwithconfidence.

Teensareexpectedtoknowexactlywhatwewanttobeandhowwewillfavorthat

goal.However,notallofuscanbesosure.EventhoughIaminhighschool,I

cannotanswerwithsupportiveideas.ButIdon*tconsidertha:abadthing.Howam

IsupposedtoknowwhatIwillwanttospendmytimedoingatage40?

When1thinkaboutthefuture,idefinitelydon'tseemyselfworkingatMarket

Basket,butinreality,ifthatwaswhatwouldmakemehappy,Iwoulddoit.So,

thenexttimesomeoneasksmewhatIwanttobewhenIgrowup,Iwillsimplysay

“happy”，

Happinessisadestinationforeveryone.Wemaywanttowalkdifferentpaths

inlife,butweallwanttobehappywhereverweendup.Chooseyourpath,butdon'

tworrytoomuchaboutchoosingwisely.Makeamistakeortwoandtrynewthings.

Butalwaysremember,ifyou'renothappy,you'renotattheendofyourjourney

yet.

【文章大意】這是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者在兒時想做一名收銀員，但就未來講，作者并不希

望自己就真的在MarketBasket工作，而是想要簡單的快樂。

28.Whatdidtheauthorwanttobewhenhewasinkindergarten?

A.Anastronaut.B.Afirefighter.

C.Adancer.D.Acashier.

【解析】選Do細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的WhenIgrowup,IwanttoworkatMarketBasket

becauseitwouldbefuntoswipeorangejuiceacrossthescanner.長大后，作者想

在MarketBasket工作，因為在掃描儀上刷橙汁會很有趣?？芍斪髡哌€在幼兒園時想成為

一個收銀員，故選D項。

29.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat______.

A.kindergartnersareabletofindouttheirdreamjobswithconfidence

B.kindergartnershavelimitedimaginationoftheirdreamoccupations

C.teenagersaresupposedtobeclearaboutwhattheywanttobe

D.teenagerssticktothepaththeychosewhentheywereyoung

【解析】選Co推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的However,whenwebecometeens,weareasked

theverysamequestionstwiceasoften.Thedifferenceis,newwearesupposedto

answerwithconfidence.作為青少年應(yīng)該充滿自信地回答自己的目標，可推斷出青少年應(yīng)

該清楚自己想成為什么樣的人，故選C項。

30.Theauthorwouldprobablyagreethat.

A.theprincipleofgrowthliesinhumanchoice

B.happinessisthemeaningofexistence

C.itisnevertoolatetocorrectmistakes

D.yourfuturedependsonyourdreams

【解析】選Bo推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的Happinessisadestinationforeveryone.We

maywanttowalkdifferentpathsinlife,butweallwanttobehappywhereverwe

endup.幸福是每個人的歸宿。我們可能想在生活中走不同的路，但無論走到哪里，我們都

想快樂?？赏浦髡吣軌蛸澩腋Ｊ谴嬖诘囊饬x，故選B項。

31.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Differentstagesoflife.

B.Careerguidance.

C.Therealgoaloflife.

D.Careerpaths.

【解析】選C0主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，作者在兒時想做一名收銀員，但就未來講作者并

不希望自己就真的在MarketBasket工作，而是想要簡單的快樂，故本文主要講的是“生活

真正的目標”，故選C項。

D

WalkthroughtheAmazonrainforesttodayandyouwillfinditsteamy,warm,damp

andthick.Butifyouhadbeentherearound15,000yearsago,duringthelastice

age,wouldithavebeenthesame?Formorethan30years,scientistshavebeen

arguingabouthowrainforestsnighthavereactedtothecold,dryclimateofthe

iceages,buttillnow,noonehasreachedasatisfyinganswer.

RainforestsliketheAmazonareimportantformoppingupCO2fromtheatmosphere

andhelpingtosolveglobalwarning.CurrentlythetreesintheAmazontakeinaround

500milliontonsofC02eachyear:equaltothetotalamountofC02givenoffinthe

UKeachyear.ButhowwilltheAmazonreacttothefutureclimatechange?Ifitgets

drier,willitsurviveandcontinuetodrawdownCO2?Scientistshopethattheywill

beabletolearninadvancehowtherainforestwillmanageinthefutureby

understandinghowrainforestsreactedtoclimatechangeinthepast.

Unfortunately,collectinginformationisincrediblydifficult.Tostudythe

pastclimate,scientistsneedtolookatfossilizedpollen（花粉）keptinlakemud.

Goingbacktothelasticeagemeansdrillingdownintolakesediment（沉淀物），which

requiresspecializedequipmentandheavymachinery.Thereareverylewroadsandpaths,

orplacestolandhelicoptersandaeroplanes.Riverstendtobetheeasiestwayto

entertheforest,butthisstillleavesvastareasbetweentheriverscompletely

unsampled（未取樣）.Sofar,onlyahandfulofcoreshavebeendrilledthatgoback

tothelasticeageandnoneofthemprovidesenoughinformationtoprovehowthe

Amazonforestreactstoclimatechange.

【文章大意】本文是一篇環(huán)境類的短文閱讀。文章主要介紹了科學家是如何在亞馬孫熱帶雨

林開展工作的，以揭開亞馬孫熱帶雨林的神秘之處。

32.Howdoscientistsstudythepastclimatechange?

A.Bypredictingtheclimatechangeinthefuture.

B.Bydri1lingdowndeepintolandsediment.

C.BytakingsamplesfromriversintheAmazon.

D.Byanalyzingfossilizedpolleninlakemud.

【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段Tostudythepastclimate,scientistsneed

tolookatfossilizedpollenkeptinlakemud.研究過去的氣候變化，科學家需要看保

存在湖泥里的花粉化石。故選及

33.Whatisneededfordrillingdownintolakesediment?

A.Thelatesthelicopter.

B.Thespecialequipment.

C.Thelightmachinery.

D.Thenarrowpath.

【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的第三段Goingbacktothelasticeagemeansdrilling

downintolakesediment,whichrequiresspecializedequipmentandheavymachinery.

回到上一個冰河時代意味著下鉆到湖泊里的沉淀物，這需要專門的設(shè)備和重型機械。C選項

錯在lighto故選B。

34.Whatisthepurposeofwritingthepassage?

A.Toattractmorepeople,sattentiontoCO2.

B.Tocallonpeopletoprotectrainforests.

C.Toinformpeopleofhowscientistsworkonrainforests.

D.Towarnpeopletostayawayfromthedangerofrainforests.

【解析】選C。推埋判斷題。這是一篇科普文章，通常寫作目的是提供佶息。A選項是吸引更

多人對二氧化碳的注意，和文章無關(guān)；B選項是號召人們保護雨林，此文不是強調(diào)保護雨林;

D選項是警告人們遠離雨林的危險，文章沒有講到雨林的危險。故選C。

35.Thebesttitleforthetextmaybe______.

A.MysteryoftheRainforest

B.ClimatesoftheAmazon

C.TheHistoryoftheRainforest

D.ChangesoftheRainforest

【解析】選A。主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段Butifyouhadbeentherearound15,000years

ago,duringthelasticeage,wouldithavebeenthesame?Fermorethan30years,

scientistshavebeenarguingabouthowrainforestsmighthavereactedtothecold,

dryclimateoftheiceages,buttillnow,noonehasreachedasatisfyinganswer.

人們對于雨林怎樣應(yīng)對氣候變化一直沒有滿意的答案，二、三段講述的是科學家采用不同的

方法去檢測，但沒有結(jié)果，所以標題為熱帶雨林之謎是最恰當?shù)?。B、C、D選項都僅僅是文

章提到的部分信息。故選A。

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2.