Unit 1 The mass media单元提升培优练习题 -2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1　The mass media单元提升培优练习题 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Taylor has a very Forrest Gump-ian view of the ocean:“You never know what you’re going to find out there beyond the limit of your visibility.” Like Gump and his box of chocolates,Taylor,now 85 years old,holds burning curiosity for our oceans after a lifetime of swimming in them and learning about the oldest animal to still exist,the shark. Taylor grew up on the coast of New South Wales.She began spear fishing and worked her way up in her early 20s to become one of very few women who were professional spear fishers.But as she spent more time underwater—especially with the sharks,of which she only ever killed one—she had a change of heart and decided,along with her late husband and world spear fishing champion,Ron Taylor,to hang up her spear.From that point on,she would only shoot them with her camera.Thus,the Taylors became two of the first underwater photographers and cinematographers documenting sharks. As a pioneering shark conservationist,Taylor succeeded in many firsts throughout her life’s work.She was the first person to dive with sharks cageless,and the first person to put on a special suit to test the power of a shark bite.She was also the first to hand-feed a Great White shark and even pet it.Her husband was the first person in the world to film a Great White shark swimming underwater.Together they filmed all the live-action scenes with sharks,and because the public’s reaction to the film was so full of fear,they went on countless PR (public relations) tours to help correct the malign creatures’ image. Her research has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today and she succeeded in becoming the first person to get Grey Nurse sharks protected in a specific area.There’s nothing she wouldn’t do to help prove that sharks are not dangerous monsters. 1.What is the similarity between Taylor and Forrest Gump? A.Fond of chocolates. B.Good at swimming. C.Crazy about ocean animals. D.Eager to explore the unkn