Unit 5 Writing Workshop Part Ⅱ 拓展阅读训练-【高中必刷题】2024-2025学年新教材高中英语必修2同步课件 (北师大版)

04 Writing Workshop—Reading Club 2 Part Ⅱ 拓展阅读训练 1 A [天津四校2024高一期末联考] Butterflies, a familiar sight around the world, are disappearing now. Over the past four decades, more than 450 butterfly species have been affected by threats from climate change. In the US alone, the monarch butterfly has seen a drop of 80%, from millions of them recorded by scientists in the 1980s to only 29,000 in 2020; in 2017 scientists in Germany raised alarm bells after stressing that insects had decreased by more than 70% in 30 years. Leading environmental organisations have been working hard to find new ways of tracking butterflies. Now, there is no long-term data available to develop effective strategies in those areas where the threat is particularly widespread. The scientists also wanted to address the big problem that long-term monitoring programmes worldwide have faced for a long time: They are focused on training locals as citizen biologists, which, although successful, requires significant and continued funding. 刷阅读理解 2 In Ecuador, however, scientists have taken things one step further. The study was undertaken （开展） to fight against the serious threat of dying out that so many insects—not just butterflies—are facing. They came up with a unique approach. In Yasuni National Park, one of the world’s most diverse reserves, they started a monitoring project where park rangers （护林员） were trained and then performed monitoring. The rangers were able to identify sampled butterflies to species with impressive accuracy （准确性）—an 85% success rate—which was key for these monitoring programmes to be successful. The data gathered by the park rangers was so accurate that it did not significantly differ from the data collected by trained biologists in the area. In comparison to other monitoring projects that employ individuals from the community to act as citizen biologists, which usually terminate when funding is used up, this study represents a long-term solution. Monitoring with a system already in place means that it can continue, regardless of funding. 刷阅读理解 “Our approach increases the possibility of continued monitoring in the long term by saving money,” said the lead author. “What’s more, it will provide the possibility for expansion to other highly threatened and important areas for biodiversity （生物多样性） protection.” Soon, the researchers hope to expand their efforts to other parks and reserves in Ecuador and other countries. 刷阅读理解 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了在厄瓜多尔，科学家们想出了一种新的追踪蝴蝶的科学方法，可以节省资金，增加长期持续监测的可能性，并将为其他受到高度威胁的重要地区提供生物多样性保护的范本。 1.The figures in the US and Germany listed in paragraph 1 intend to ___. B A.show the rich diversity of butterflies B.describe the sharp fall in butterflies’ number C.stress scientists’ great attention to butterflies D.compare butterfly population decrease in different regions 解析 推理判断题。根据第一段中的In the US alone, the monarch butterfly has seen a drop of 80%… had decreased by more than 70% in 30 years.并结合本段第一句话可推知，本段列出的美国和德国的数字旨在描述蝴蝶数量的急剧下降。故选B项。 刷阅读理解 5 2.What is monitoring programmes’ long-term challenge in butterfly protection?( ) A A.The high cost of training staff. B.The wide areas to be monitored. C.The lack of professional trainers. D.The difficulty of handling existing data. 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中的The scientists also wanted to address the big problem… requires significant and continued funding.可知，监测项目在蝴蝶保护方面的长期挑战是需要大量和持续的资金将当地人培训成生物学家，即员工培训的成本很高。故选A项。 刷阅读理解 6 3.What may be the biggest success of Yasuni National Park’s project?( ) C A.Attracting biologists’ attention. B.Butterflies’ being saved effectively. C.Rangers’ making accurate identification. D.Spreading technical monitoring methods. 解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的The rangers were able to identify sampled butterflies to species with impressive accuracy—an 85% success rate—which was key for these monitoring programmes to be successful.可知，亚苏尼国家公园项目最大的成功是护林员能够准确地识别采样蝴蝶的种类。故选C项。 刷阅读理解 7 4.What will the researchers do in the future?( ) A A.Share their method and experience. B.Prove long-term effects of their method. C.Test for their approach’s economic benefits. D.Compare their results with those of other areas. 解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可推知，研究人员将来会分享他们的方法和经验给厄瓜多尔和其他国家的其他公园和保护区。故选A项。 刷阅读理解 8 B [江西南昌二中2024高一期中] In order to help change our influence on the environment of the earth, a California-based organisation is searching to build an AI language. It can allow people to deeply understand non-human languages. Aza Raskin is the co-founder and president of the Earth Species Project （ESP）, an organisation that uses a form of AI to translate non-human languages. ESP wants to use its machine learning technology to understand this important information and make it easily known to the public. Raskin stressed their purpose to help protection by explaining, “The end we are working towards is, we can discover the non-human language, and decode animal communication. Along the way, what is also important is that we are developing technology that supports scientists and protection.” ESP believes that understanding languages can help deepen our relationship with animals and allow us to better protect them. 刷阅读理解 9 In the past, understanding the communication of animals heavily depended on a great deal of observation. Whether it is alarm calls or sounds made by dolphins or elephants, scientists have been amazed by the different forms of non-human communication present in these animals. With the development of new technologies, researchers have now begun to understand a great deal of data they can get through machine learning. Elodie Briefer, a professor at the University of Copenhagen, has recently helped co-develop a pig grunt （呼噜声） analysing algorithm （算法）. It can help scientists understand whether the pigs are expressing positive or negative feelings. However, ESP is doing it differently, by focusing on all kinds of animals, not just one. ESP believes it is likely that social animals communicate with each other, for example, whales and dolphins. Although ESP believes that understanding AI machine learning data is only one step to full communication, it believes that one day we will be able to understand entire systems of communication. 刷阅读理解 10 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了为了帮助改变人类对地球环境的影响，一家加利福尼亚州的组织正在探索一种人工智能语言，它可以让人们深入理解非人类语言。 1.What is Aza Raskin trying to do?( ) C A.Educate the public to take care of animals. B.Create a new organisation to protect the earth. C.Help people understand non-human languages. D.Search for new ways to send information by AI. 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，阿扎·拉斯金创立了ESP这一组织，该组织利用一种人工智能来翻译非人类语言，希望利用其机器学习技术来理解重要信息，使非人类语言易于为公众所知。由此可知阿扎·拉斯金想帮助人们理解非人类语言。故选C项。 刷阅读理解 11 2.What does the underlined word “decode” in paragraph 3 mean?( ) B A.Change. B.Understand. C.Admire. D.Explain. 解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的discover the non-human language及下文提到ESP相信理解语言可以帮助加深人类与动物的关系可知，该组织努力的方向是发现并理解非人类语言，故此处指理解动物的交流。由此可推测，画线词的意思是“理解”，故选B项。 刷阅读理解 12 3.How did researchers study animal communication in the past?( ) B A.By developing new machines. B.By making lots of observation. C.By doing research on computers. D.By comparing different calls of animals. 解析 细节理解题。根据第四段中的In the past, understanding the communication of animals heavily depended on a great deal of observation.可知，过去研究人员通过大量的观察研究动物交流。故选B项。 刷阅读理解 13 4.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?( ) C A.New Technology Is Changing Our Life B.Interesting Animals Able to Communicate C.A New Way to Understand Animal Languages D.Scientists Are Trying to Communicate With Animals 解析 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍为了帮助改变人类对地球环境的影响，一家组织正在探索构建一种人工智能语言，它可以帮助人们深入理解非人类语言，破译动物的交流。C项（理解动物语言的新方法）最适合做本文的标题。 刷阅读理解 14 &14& 核心词汇 1.translate vt. & vi. 翻译 2.depend on 依赖；依靠 &15& 构词法 co- prefix 和……一起；共同 co-founder n. 共同创立者；联合发起人 co-develop v. 共同开发 刷阅读理解 15 [福建厦门2023高一期末] I wanted to travel to the Caribbean but couldn’t afford it. By chance, a friend . .1. . “pet sitting”, a service to help look after pets when owners were away from homes. I quickly began . .2. . opportunities on a pet sitting website. There were only a couple of pet sitting jobs available, but I tried my luck, sent an . .3. ., waited a few days and . .4. . landed a three-month job in a beautiful house. A month into my pet sitting, I had explored the . .5. . pretty well. Impressed by such a beautiful island, I decided to start a travel blog to share the beautiful beaches.. .6. ., for every photo of a beautiful beach there were 10 photos of rubbish. It was . .7. . for me to ignore the plastic pollution . .8. .. So I began to share photos of the rubbish I . .9. . and how much I could . .10. . on my daily dog walks. The blog was used to raise . .11. . and highlight plastic-free travel. 刷完形填空 16 I changed my way of living and even my . .12. . to accommodate to more organic foods without plastic packaging. It’s been over three years now and I . .13. . to do what I can. This journey has led me to some amazing but . .14. . places, and I have even organised some countrywide beach clean-up activities. My . .15. . now is to keep on going. 刷完形填空 17 【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因为一次宠物看护工作，去了一个很美丽的小岛，但是小岛却被塑料所污染，所以作者把看到的垃圾拍下来分享到博客上，希望唤起人们的环保意识，之后作者一直致力于环境保护工作。 1.( ) A.mentioned B.offered C.doubted D.requested A 解析 根据前文I wanted to travel to the Caribbean but couldn’t afford it.和后文I quickly began opportunities on a pet sitting website.可知，作者想去加勒比海旅游，但负担不起，所以一个朋友向作者提到宠物看护。mention意为“提到”，符合语境。故选A项。offer意为“主动提出”；doubt意为“怀疑”；request意为“请求”。 刷完形填空 18 2.( ) A.turning down B.giving up C.jumping at D.searching for D 解析 根据后文There were only a couple of pet sitting jobs available, but I tried my luck可知，作者是在宠物看护网站上寻找机会。search for意为“寻找”，符合语境。故选D项。turn down意为“拒绝”；give up意为“放弃”；jump at意为“急于接受”。 3.( ) A.application B.apology C.order D.invitation A 解析 根据前文There were only a couple of pet sitting jobs available, but I tried my luck可知，作者尝试碰碰运气，所以是发送了申请。故选A项。apology意为“道歉”。 刷完形填空 19 4.( ) A.fortunately B.generally C.obviously D.casually A 解析 句意为：当时只有几份宠物看护工作空缺，但我想碰碰运气，发送了一份申请，等了几天，幸运的是，我找到了一份为期三个月的工作，地点在一栋漂亮的房子里。根据后文landed a three-month job in a beautiful house可知，作者成功获得了一份宠物看护的工作，所以是幸运的。fortunately意为“幸运地”，符合语境，故选A项。generally意为“通常地”；obviously意为“明显地”；casually意为“随意地”。 5.( ) A.website B.destination C.custom D.market B 解析 根据后文Impressed by such a beautiful island, I decided to start a travel blog to share the beautiful beaches.可知，美丽的岛屿给作者留下了深刻的印象，所以是作者很好地探索了目的地。故选B项。 刷完形填空 20 6.( ) A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Instead B 解析 根据空前的I decided to start a travel blog to share the beautiful beaches和后文中的for every photo of a beautiful beach there were 10 photos of rubbish可知，作者决定开通博客分享美丽的沙滩，但却看到沙滩上有很多垃圾，前后两句间语义转折，应用however，故选B项。 7.( ) A.dangerous B.possible C.hard D.normal C 解析 根据后文So I began to share photos of the rubbish可知，作者开始分享垃圾的照片，再结合选项可知，此处应是作者很难忽视塑料污染。故选C项。dangerous意为“危险的”；possible意为“可能的”；normal意为“正常的”。 8.( ) A.control B.type C.process D.issue D 解析 根据空前的plastic pollution并结合语境可知，此处应表示塑料污染是个问题。issue意为“问题”，符合语境。故选D项。 刷完形填空 21 9.( ) A.saw B.threw C.produced D.buried A 解析 根据后文The blog was used to raise ____ and highlight plastic-free travel.可知，作者开通这个博客是用来提高环保意识，所以此处指作者分享看到的垃圾的照片。故选A项。throw意为“抛；扔”；produce意为“生产”；bury意为“埋藏”。 10.( ) A.pay for B.take out C.pick up D.cut down C 解析 根据on my daily dog walks可知，此处指作者每天遛狗时能捡到多少垃圾。pick up意为“捡起”，符合语境。故选C项。pay for意为“支付”；take out意为“获得”；cut down意为“减少”。 11.( ) A.questions B.standards C.money D.awareness D 解析 根据空后的并列连词and和highlight plastic-free travel可知，and前后内容并列，结合语境可知，此处指这个博客被用来提高人们的环保意识。awareness意为“意识”，符合语境，故选D项。standard意为“标准”。 刷完形填空 22 12.( ) A.necessities B.diets C.impression D.workout B 解析 根据后文accommodate to more organic foods without plastic packaging可知，为了适应更多没有塑料包装的有机食品，作者改变了饮食习惯。diet意为“日常饮食”，符合语境。故选B项。necessity意为“必需品”；impression意为“印象”；workout意为“锻炼”。 13.( ) A.forget B.compete C.agree D.continue D 解析 句意为：现在已经三年多了，我继续做我能做的。根据后文This journey has led me to some amazing but ____ places, and I have even organised some countrywide beach clean-up activities.可知，作者依旧为了环保在努力，所以是作者继续做自己能做的。continue意为“继续”，符合语境。 刷完形填空 23 14.( ) A.poor B.polluted C.noisy D.crowded B 解析 根据后文I have even organised some countrywide beach clean-up activities可知，作者一直致力于治理污染，所以去的都是有污染的地方。故选B项。 15.( ) A.limit B.advice C.goal D.answer C 解析 根据后文中的to keep on going并结合选项可知，此处应是指作者的目标是继续前进，致力于环保工作。故选C项。 刷完形填空 24 $$