Unit 2 Iconic Attractions 单元过关卷-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

新人教版（2019）高二选必修四Unit2 Iconic Attractions 单元过关卷 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A For thousands of years, buildings have been used to show off power and wealth, to honor leaders or religions, and to stretch the limits of architecture.Since the 19th century,high- rise buildings have sprung up all over the.world, showing the.modern architecture wonders. The Empire State Building The Empire State Building, a 102-story building, was completed in New York in 1931 and was the tallest in the world until 1971.While the Empire State Building was built to be an office building, it still draws millions of tourists each year for overlooking New York.It is currently admired for its green architecture initiatives, in an effort to be a more energy-efficient and eco-friendly green building. The Jin Mao Building Completed in 1999 and standing 420.6 meters high，the Jin Mao Building is China's tallest high rise building.Located in Pudong District of Shanghai, the Jin Mao Tower is the 8th super tall 88- floor building， which represents the belief in Chinese culture that the number 8 brings fortune.With both modern and traditional characteristics， the Jin Mao Building is a symbol and landmark of Shanghai and a must-sce for any tourist wishing for a taste of modern Shanghai. Taipei 101 With a height.of 508 meters, Taipei 101 or formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center became the world's tallest building when it was completed in 2003.Designed by C.Y.Lee &.Partners, the multi-use steel and- glass high rise.was intended to prevent typhoons and earthquakes.Taipei 101 has developed into.the outstanding landmark of the area, and the ideal shopping and relaxing place for.locals. 1.What is the Empire State Building recently recognized for? A.Its multi-functions. B.Its numerous visitors. C.Its wealth and power. D.Its going- green ideas. 2.What do Taipei 101 and the Jin Mao Building have in common? A.They are.landmark buildings. B.They feature traditional cultures. C.They were built in the 20th century. D.They were designed for natural disasters. 3.What is the purpose of this text? A.To promote green buildings. B.To recommend tourist attractions. C.To introduce famous tall buildings. D.To advertise the high- rise buildings. B Collette Divitto, 31, was born with Down's Syndrome (唐氏综合症) but she is far from disabled.This woman channeled her passion for baking into a cookie business with a global mission to change the world, one, cookie at a time. Based in Boston, Massachusetts，her company was founded in 2016.Although she didn't plan on being a business owner，she really created jobs for disabled people with all types of abilities.She said that she opened the bakery after receiving numerous job interview rejections, often being told she was not“a good fit" for the company.“It was sad and it was hard," she said.“To me, it felt like they didn't like me at all because of who 1 am.No one would hire me, so I decided to open my own business." The path to success wasn't easy.Divitto's mother Rosemary Alfredo didn't raise her daughter to think of herself as different from her classmates.But this changed when Divitto was in the fourth grade and she was bullied by a boy in her class who started calling her“Down Syndrome”.Her mother had to have a conversation with her about what it meant and from then on, Divitto worked hard to be fully accepted at school. Divitto is not resting on her laurels (荣誉).A big part of her company' s mission is to help people with disabilities find jobs.She is also the author of two children's books and she was featured on the documentary Born for Business, about pioneers with disabilities.Divitto also runs a nonprofit organization, Collettey's Leadership Org. Her first priority is to let people start seeing abilities in the physically disadvantaged and to employ the 82 percent of the people with disabilities who are capable of working but cannot find jobs.With her drive and vision, Divitto is sure to be a success. 4.What drove Divitto to Start her own business? A.The desire to help others. B.The failure to find a job. C.The prospect of bakery. D.The passion for baking. 5.What can we learn about Divitto from Paragraph 4? A.She attempts to be a pioneer. B.She aims to assist the disabled. C.She wants to enlarge her business. D.She plans to direct a documentary. 6.What concerns Divitto most about the disabled? A.Equal human rights. B.Their working conditions. C.Chances of self-development. D.Recognition of their abilities. 7.Which of the following can best describe Divitto? A.Independent and strict. B.Ambitious and humorous. C.Determined and responsible. D.Outgoing and knowledgeable. C Stress under the novel coronavirus The first national survey of the psychological impact of the novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) collected data between Jan 31 and Feb 10. It found that 35 percent of people suffer psychological stress, and the level of the stress was to do with various factors. According to the research, the stress level was associated with sex, age and education. Female showed higher psychological stress than male. People aged between 18 and 30 showed the highest level of stress. They can get much information from social media, which can easily cause stress. The elderly have also been psychologically impacted, since this widespread disease is most likely to kill older patients. Furthermore, people with higher education tended to have more stress for their knowledge of health. Further, people may have higher stress due to their jobs. It is evident that migrant workers (外来务工人员) have the highest level of stress among all workers because they worry about the virus carried in public transports when returning to their jobs, about work delays and loss of income as they stop working, and about job opportunities that may dry up before the cities they work in return to full operations. In addition, stress levels have something to do with region for its local medical resources, efficiency of public health system, prevention and control measures. For example, Shanghai is at high risk because of the large population of migrant workers, but the stress level is not in the high level. This may be because Shanghai has one of the best public health systems in China, according to the research. Ultimately, the prevention and control measures taken by the Chinese government have made people’s stress decrease. Still, based on the research, psychologists suggested more attention be paid to young adults and migrant workers who have higher stress. 7. What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. Stress level was related to sex, age and education. B. Young adults showed the highest level of stress. C. Old people showed high level of stress. D. Educated people tended to have more stress. 8. According to the survey, which kind of people may suffer higher stress? A. Well-educated people. B. Migrant workers. C. The elderly. D. All above. 9. According to the research, why isn't Shanghai in the high level of stress? A. Shanghai is a beautiful place with fresh air. B. Shanghai has large population of migrant workers. C. Shanghai has much more healthy persons than other cities. D. Shanghai enjoys one of the best public health systems in China. 10. What can we learn from the passage? A. A large percentage of people suffered psychological stress. B. Chinese government's control measures lowered people's stress. C. Shanghai has the largest population of migrant workers. D. Male tended to have more stress. D Have you ever been seized with a kind of warm and unclear feeling when you start an old-fashioned game? Or maybe when you think back to celebrating the holidays as a kid, something magical just seems to be missing now.That's nostalgia (怀旧之情). In the early 20th century，nostalgia was considered a mental condition similar to depression.Anyone separated from their native place for a long time was easy to suffer nostalgia.But over the next few decades, the meaning of nostalgia has expanded from indicating homesickness to a general longing for the past.And rather than an awful disease, it turns out to be seen as a bittersweet experience. From several former studies,researchers of the University of Southampton supposed nostalgia might protect people from being in bad mood, even when they think about upsetting thing—like death.To test it out, they conducted an experiment, where 75 people wrote about their own deaths, and then did a word completion task, in which they were asked to complete different words based on a six-letter word starting with C-O-F-F.The people who thought about dying but didn't get nostalgic answered with many death- related words, such as“coffin”(棺材)，while the nostalgic people gave more answers unrelated to death like“coffee”, almost as if they d, never thought about death in the first place. The researchers think that Could mean nostalgia, despite being a complex emotional state that can include feelings of loss and sadness, doesn't generally put people in a negative mood.Instead，by allowing individuals to remember personally meaningful and rewarding experiences, nostalgia can boost psychological well- being.These studies are pretty limited, though, and there's still a lot we don't know about nostalgia. Still, these studies support that nostalgia has a purpose;If people are feeling down, it might cheer them up.But there are also some less helpful side effects.For example, advertisers have discovered how powerful nostalgia is as a marketing technique, for nostalgia in ads can make people part with cash more easily.So, it is not all sugar cookies. 12.What is Paragraph 2 intended to explain? A.The depression caused by long term nostalgia. B.The mental conditions of people away from home. C.The understandings of nostalgia in different periods. D.The relationship between homesickness and nostalgia. 13.How did the researchers prove the result of the former studies? A.By performing a test. B.By introducing a concept. C.By doing an investigation. D.By conducting an interview. 14.What can we infer about nostalgia from Paragraph 4? A.It needs to be further studied. B.It helps to remove bad feelings. C.It benefits people's physical health. D.It makes people feel life is complex. 15.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A.The Reasons for Feeling Nostalgia B.The Commercial Values of Nostalgia C.Nostalgia: A Method for a Better Mood D.Nostalgia: A Bitter and Pleasant Experience 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 You don’t have to break your back to create a yard that’s both beautiful and kind to Mother Nature. These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf (草地) into a small garden. ___11___ Let the grass grow. Cut grass less often, ____12____. It will help grass survive dry periods of time in warmer months. That’s because roots will grow deeper and grass thicker, which means fewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention. ___13___. You can act before 10 a.m, when the air is cool. Watering in late afternoon is the next good choice. Water near the base of plants, slowly delivering the good stuff right to the roots. For lawns, water long and deep once a week. Get keen on composting（肥料）. Compost isn’t called gardener’s gold for nothing. It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriched soil with much-needed nutrients. ____14____ Vegetables and tea bags, eggshells, dry leaves are all fair game. Give bees the green-carpet treatment Honeybees help pollinate（授粉）75 percent of the flowering plants and nearly 75 percent of food crops. Scientists say many important pollinators are disappearing. Creating a garden with plants which flower at different times of the year will benefit pollinators throughout the growing season.___15___. A. Water the right way. B. Many will save your money too. C. Dry leaves add nutrients to the soil. D Make the backyard as beautiful as possible. E. so it gets a few inches longer than you’re used to. F. It also reduces dependency on chemical fertilizers. G. Whenever possible, choose native plants with a variety of flower colors and shapes. 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Jess，a 12- year- old girl, lives in Mallacoota, a small town in Australia.She is one of many children having been through mental; 3621 and heartbreak in the New Year bushfires. She 22 the bushfires with fear.“I've never been so scared.The sky was turned to blood red, and the, embers (灰烬) were 23 all around us.It was much worse than any 24 film." she said. Jess，along with her family, spent two terrifying days on the local boat where.Residents stayed for 25 ，and it was also a place where 26 could not be broken.Jess and her little companions planned to 27 their community garden and the house for chickens. One blessing for Mallacoota is that no one 28 their life during the disaster.Roads into and out of the town are beginning to reopen.Wandering alone among the houses 29 to the ground.Jess still managed to find a 30 side and said at least now she would not have to clean her bedroom anymore.In no time she and her companions 31 started to restore the community garden and even 32 a family of chickens to the new“home”,making something bad into something good. It's a long road back to 33 life.But it is surely 34 if we have the will.As Jess said,“My beloved hometown wills 35 again." 21.A.disorder B.suffering C.growth D.training 22.A.recalled B.imagined C.observed D.controlled 23.A.escaping B.crowding C.flying D.running 24.A.scary B.artistic C.fancy D.silent 25.A.comfort B.peace C.treat D.safety 26.A.rules B.spirits C.habits D.promises 27.A.reserve B.design C.rebuild D.decorate 28.A.saved B.lost C.took D.changed 29.A.knocked B.blown C.exploded D.burnt 30.A.positive B.warm C.familiar D.correct 31.A.wisely B.luckily C.actively D.anxiously 32.A.returned B.welcomed C.forced D.contributed 33.A.simple B.common C.normal D.social 34.A.hopeful B.risk C.special D.tough 35.A.rest B.expand C.struggle D.shine 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Five-day work weeks are commonly accepted and practiced.But trials of a four day work week in Iceland were considered 36 ( remarkable) successful.They led to many workers 37 (move) to shorter hours and workers around the world are following the trend.Why has this practice gained 38 ( popular)and is it possible to apply it cross culturally? The rials, 39 involved more than 2, 500 workers took place in 2015.It 40 (report)that productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces.Meanwhile, they found their working conditions were 41 (little) stressful and they were no longer at risk of burnout, and their health and work life balance had also improved. Therefore, the world's largest ever trial of a shorier working week was by any measure 42 complete success.It shows that the public is service is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks and_ 43 (lesson) can be learned by other governments. A number of other trials are now being run across the world.For instance.Unilever in New Zealand is giving staff a chance to cut their hours by 20% 44 hurting their pay in a trial.People feel actually more__ 45 ( attach) to the job in that they get rewarded by having more time. 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文（满分15分） 假定你是新华国际学校的学生会主席李华。你校将于5月10日在学校礼堂举办中国诗词诵读大赛(Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest), 请你用英语给校报写一篇大赛宣传稿。内容包括: 1.活动目的; 2.具体安排; 3.呼吁参加。 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 At around 6 pm, Jane and her husband, Charlie were driving on the road.They were incredibly excited because they would attend the dream wedding of her daughter Iris the next day.As they drove beyond a town heat their destination, the sky grew darker and darker and suddenly the rain poured down.When they were approaching a bridge，a wave of fast- moving water washed over the top of it. Within seconds, the rapids had lifted the little white car into the river, It happened so quickly that they were too shocked to scream.Finally, the car caught e an object in the middle of the river. Muddy flood water was pouring into the car and rising quickly.Jane knew they had to get out quickly before the water rose too high in the car.Forcing the door open, Charlie jumped into the flood from the back row.Meanwhile, Jane grabbed the front door handle and tried to open it but in vain."Try it again!" her husband shouted anxiously. Hearing that, Jane took hold of the handle, using all her strength, and was able to pull the door open.She came out of the vehicle and finally reached Charlie, coughing and shaking. They leaned tightly against the back of the Car and screamed for help. At the sane tines a truck driver called Joe was complaining about the bad weather in his truck parked in his yard near the river.He had planned a road trip.Suddenly, carrying over the roar of the water, he heard screams coming from the river and rushed out immediately，spotting a car in the river."I've got to do something,”he told himself. But how did he approach the car in such a complete darkness? Without thinking twice, Joe returned to his truck and drove to the river bank.Then he turned on the headlights and got a long rope from it.After that, he fastened the one end of the rope to the truck tight. 注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。 The water was still rising. Joe finally reached the couple. 参考答案  选择题： 1-3 DAC 4-7 BBDC 8-11 ADDB 12-15 CAAD 16-20 BEAFG 21-25 BACAD 26-30 BCBDA 31-35 CBCAD 语法填空： 36. remarkably  37. moving      38. popularity      39. which  40. was reported      41. less    42. a      43. lessons           44. without      45. attached 写作： 第一节：【参考范文】 Dear fellow students, To kindle students’ interest in poetry and better carry forward our glorious culture, the Student Union will hold a Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest at the school hall on May 10th. Firstly, contestants will recite their pre-prepared poems in front of the audience and scores will be awarded by professional judgers, who will grade according to contestantspronunciation, facial expression and gestures. Then, a random quiz of poems will be conducted where competitors need to recite whatever they know about this poem the minute they hear the title and author. I strongly appeal to everyone to sign up for this contest, where a wealth of knowledge will be harvested and the breath-taking beauty of poetry will be relished. Students’ Union 第二节：【参考范文】 The water was still rising. By this time,the swelling water had reached the chest of Charlie and Jane, who shivered uncontrollably and could not tell whether they trembled because of cold or fright. Fortunately, they spotted the flashing headlights of Joe's truck and caught a glimpse of his stout figure shape approaching them with a long rope. A strong torrent, coupled with the showering rain, washed over Joe and nearly swallowed him. Howeverthis determined man rose to the flood and forged aheadpainfully and laboriously Joe finally reached the couple.Catching the rope.’he yelled at the top of his lungs.Having received Joe's message, Charlie and Jane twisted their figures and clutched the rope tightlyTogether,three of them swam against the torrent along the rope and finally made it to the bank. As Joe hauled the couple from the flood,the breathless Jane was too moved to utter a single word.Only Charlie held Joe's hands tightly and sputtered with a choking tone,"Thank…you.… you.… kind stranger,without.…your helpJane and I would have been... drowned to death." Joe shrugged offand said anyone at his place would have done the same thing.Indeed,what a narrow escape they had and what a good Samaritan Joe is! 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$