Unit 6 课时作业(11)(Word练习)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（北师大版2019）

课时作业(十一) (限时：30分钟) Ⅰ.阅读 Here are some of the science fiction books editors and readers have read and loved. The Calculating Stars(By Mary Robinette Kowal) What if space exploration isn't a choice but a necessity, driven by the knowledge that Earth would soon become unfit to live? That's what novelist Mary Robinette Kowal explores in her Lady Astronaut of Mars series.The book follows the mathematician and pilot Elma York, who dreams of becoming an astronaut herself. Red Moon(By Kim Stanley Robinson) Red Moon instantly transports the readers to the moon.The book opens with the journeys of Fred Fredericks, an American physicist, and Ta Shu, a famous Chinese travel reporter to the moon to work.In the world of the book, China has become the first political entity by virtue of advanced technology to live on the moon in a serious, long-term way. Before Mars(By Emma Newman) Emma Newman's science fiction sees a geologist arrives at a small Mars base after a lengthy journey, only to realize that things aren't as they seem.The base's AI is untrustworthy, and the main character finds a note by herself.She has no memory of writing, which warns her not to trust the base psychologist.Can she trust the sights before her? Or has the long trip damaged her mind? Artemis(By Andy Weir) In his second novel Artemis, Andy Weir follows Jasmine Jazz Bashara, a porter on the moon who's drawn into danger.Artemis is an entertaining read through an attractive future moon base, with plenty of one-sixth-gravity action and memorable twists.It's well worth reading.Plus, there's a talking book version read by Rosario Dawson. 语篇导读 主题语境：人与社会/文学。本文为应用文，介绍了四本科幻小说。 1．Why do humans explore space in the Lady Astronaut of Mars series? A．To find life forms in outer space. B．To develop science and technology. C．To deepen their knowledge of space. D．To search for a new planet to live on. 答案　D 解析　细节理解题。根据The Calculating Stars部分介绍可知，在小说家玛丽·罗比内特·科瓦尔的《火星女宇航员》系列小说中，探索太空不是一个选择，而是一件必须做的事情，因为地球很快将不适宜居住。也就是说，人类探索太空是为了寻找一个新的行星来居住，故选D项。 2．What can we read in Red Moon? A．People are transported to the moon. B．China has been a technological superpower. C．The main characters like travelling on the moon. D．Conflicts take place among different countries. 答案　B 解析　推理判断题。根据Red Moon部分的末句可知，在该书中，中国已凭借先进的技术成为月球上的第一个政治实体。由此推知，中国已经成为一个科技上的超级大国，故选B项。 3．Which book is suitable for people fond of listening to books? A．The Calculating Stars. B．Red Moon. C．Artemis. D．Before Mars. 答案　C 解析　细节理解题。根据Artemis部分的末句可知，这本书有“有声读物”版本，因此Artemis这本书适合喜欢听书的人，故选C项。 When I was 5 years old, I started losing weight.My parents noticed I was pale and always thirsty.They had me tested to see if my blood sugar was high because they thought that might be causing my symptoms. My blood sugar was five times higher than normal.That can be deadly.My parents rushed me to the hospital.That's when my whole life changed. The doctors said I had type 1 diabetes(糖尿病)．That means my body can't make insulin(胰岛素)．There's no cure. My parents had to give me insulin shots every day and I had to get over my fear of needles quickly.Sometimes I had 10 band-aids on my fingers at once. Now that I'm older, I check my own blood sugar and give myself shots.About four years ago, my mom started traveling to rural Guatemala.She goes twice a year to help people in need. I have been a Girl Scout since kindergarten.For a Girl Scout project, I put together a team to go to Guatemala to test people there for diabetes.We went for four days last July.We tested 378 children and 100 adults.We found three adults with a different kind of diabetes, called type 2.We also found one little girl with dangerously low blood sugar.She cried when we told her.She had been feeling dizzy(眩晕的) and didn't know why.It was like replaying what happened to me when I was little.I talked through a translator, but everyone understood hugs.I gave more hugs than I've ever given. Having type 1 diabetes is hard.But I have embraced(拥抱) it.It has helped me meet amazing people.It has made me responsible and independent.It has also shown me the power of taking action.I'm going back to Guatemala this summer to test more kids.I want to help as many kids as I can.But my greatest wish is for a cure.Type 1 diabetes changes your life.If no other child ever has to have it, that would be amazing. 语篇导读 主题语境：人与自我/做人与做事。本文为记叙文。作者患有1型糖尿病，但从未放弃希望。她去危地马拉帮助有需要的人，这让她变得更加坚强。 4．Why did the author's parents have her blood sugar tested? A．To cure her disease. B．To report to her school. C．To clear up their doubts. D．To stop her losing weight. 答案　C 解析　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，作者的父母给她测了血糖，因为他们认为可能是血糖高导致作者出现种种症状，故选C项。 5．What do we know about the author? A．She had high blood pressure. B．She suffered a lot from the disease. C．She lost heart after the examination. D．She refused insulin shots for fear of pain. 答案　B 解析　推理判断题。根据第四段可知，作者的父母每天需要给她注射胰岛素，有时候她的手指上一次就贴有10个创可贴；由此推断，作者遭受了很多痛苦，故选B项。 6．Why did the author go to Guatemala? A．Her mother requested her to. B．She hoped to help people there. C．Her Girl Scout leader assigned her a task. D．She wanted to start her round-the-world trip. 答案　B 解析　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知，作者去危地马拉为那里的人们检测他们是否有糖尿病，目的是想帮助需要帮助的人，故选B项。 7．What would be the best title for the text? A．Living with type 1 diabetes B．Wonderful experiences in Guatemala C．Unexpected trip makes me more confident D．My illness leads me on a journey of a lifetime 答案　D 解析　标题归纳题。作者患糖尿病后遭受了极大的痛苦，但她开始帮助需要帮助的人，由此开启了有意义的人生征途。D项标题能恰当概括文章主旨，其中的a journey of a lifetime是点睛之笔，故选D项。 A popular short video series titled “Escape From the British Museum” has attracted millions of viewers and caused a renewed call to send unlawfully taken relics back.The three-part series tells the story of a jade teapot that comes to life and starts a journey from the British Museum back to China. In the story, the jade teapot transforms into a young woman and escapes from the museum.She meets a Chinese journalist named Zhang Yong'an in the United Kingdom and begs him to take her back to China.Upon returning home, she not only travels across the country but also carries “letters” written by other artifacts in the museum to their respective families in China. Inspiration for the series came from a netizen's suggestion to create a cartoon series where artifacts come to life and return home for Chinese New Year.Zhang turned this idea into a video and spent three months researching the British Museum and crafting the storyline. The videos have deeply moved netizens, with scenes like “writing brushstrokes (笔画) on English newspapers” and intense dialogues among the artifacts striking a chord.Many netizens expressed their desire for cultural artifacts overseas to return home with dignity and honor. The British Museum houses about 23,000 Chinese artifacts from the Neolithic Age to the present.These include paintings, prints, jades, bronzeware and so on.Some artifacts were collected during periods of unrest in China between the late 19th and early 20th centuries when British forces invaded Beijing twice. The jade teapot featured in the video series is not a traditional cultural relic but created by Chinese modern jade artist Yu Ting.Yu expressed satisfaction with the attention his work has received among young people and the enthusiasm for traditional culture shown through numerous comments.On the release of the video series, the British Museum announced the loss of several items, including gold jewelry and gems, believed stolen or damaged. The creator of the series, Zhang Jiajun, expressed gratitude for the love the series has received and hopes that more attention would be paid to the issue of cultural relics located overseas. 语篇导读 主题语境：人与社会/历史、社会与文化。本文为说明文，主要介绍了一部名为《逃出大英博物馆》的系列短视频，介绍了创作者的灵感来源和网民反响。 8．What is “Escape From the British Museum” about? A．The protection of traditional customs. B．An introduction to the British Museum. C．The story of a jade teapot returning home. D．A journey from China to the British Museum. 答案　C 解析　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，《逃离大英博物馆》是关于文物玉茶壶回家的故事，故选C项。 9．What do the underlined words “striking a chord” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Misleading the viewers. B．Worsening the relationship. C．Showing artistic development. D．Creating an emotional response. 答案　D 解析　词句猜测题。根据画线词上下文可知，网友被视频所打动，即视频中的内容引起了人们的情绪反应。画线词意为“创造情绪反应”，故选D项。 10．What was Yu Ting's attitude towards the viewers' responses to the jade teapot? A．He was content.　 B．He was worried. C．He was shocked. D．He was confused. 答案　A 解析　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知，观众对玉茶壶的反应让俞挺感到满意，故选A项。 11．What does Zhang Jiajun want to achieve by creating the series? A．To persuade young people to safeguard peace. B．To inspire Chinese to create a cartoon series. C．To remind Chinese young netizens of the war in China. D．To raise the awareness of the Chinese relics lost abroad. 答案　D 解析　细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，张家俊想通过创作这个系列(的视频)提高人们对遗失在国外的中国文物的认识，故选D项。 Ⅱ.阅读七选五 Kites have been used by some very famous people.Leonardo da Vinci was one of them.He is best known as an artist.But he was also a scientist.In the late 1400s, he began to study flight.At first, he studied birds and flew kites.　1　 His interest in kites may have led him to study clouds and airflow. Most people know Ben Franklin.In the mid-1700s, he flew a kite in a thunderstorm. He thought that lightning was a form of electricity.He was right！　2　 With the kite and key, Franklin proved that lightning is electricity. The Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge was built with the help of a boy and his kite.The bridge was built in the mid-1800s.　3　 But cliffs(悬崖), rapids, and winds made this very hard.Someone thought that the problem might be solved by flying a kite over the gorge(峡谷)．So a contest was held.A prize would be given to the first person to fly a kite across the Niagara Gorge.　4　 He flew his kite from the Canadian side high over the river.It fell on the American side but the string had broken.Homan had to wait eight days for the ice to clear from the river so he could go to the American side and get his kite back.　5　 Once again, he flew his kite and it dropped to the American side.This time it was caught and tied to a tree.The builders secured the kite string.Then, they began to add heavier and heavier lines.Finally, a steel cable(钢索) stretched across the gorge.Now, they could begin to build the bridge. A．Kites were the inspiration for his art. B．Lightning hit the kite and a key hanging from it. C．The winner was a young boy named Homan Walsh. D．To start, the builders had to get a line over the water. E．For all of his trouble, Homan received the $5.00 prize. F．He repaired the string and returned to the Canadian side. G．He also drew some designs for flying machines from these studies. 语篇导读 主题语境：人与社会/历史、社会与文化。本文为说明文。风筝曾被一些名人使用过，这里举例介绍了达·芬奇、富兰克林和尼日加拉瀑布建桥时风筝的使用。 1.答案　A 解析　并列关系。根据上下文可知，达·芬奇研究鸟和放风筝，他对风筝的兴趣可能引领他去研究了云和气流，因此推断空处也与风筝有关，故选A项。 2.答案　B 解析　顺承关系。B项中的the kite and a key与下文的With the kite and key正好对应，故选B项(闪电击中了风筝和风筝上挂着的一把钥匙)。 3.答案　D 解析　转折关系。本段介绍的是尼日加拉瀑布的彩虹桥的建造，D项中的the builders与语境相符。联系生话可知，建桥前需要一条直线为基准，猜测空处讲的是建桥的开始阶段，对应D项中的To start，故选D项。 4.答案　C 解析　顺承关系。上一句讲到奖励将会给第一个放风筝跨过尼亚加拉瀑布的人，猜测空处应介绍这位胜利者的名字及一些基本信息，故选C项。 5. 答案　F　 解析　顺承关系。上下文都是介绍Homan横跨尼日加拉瀑布放风筝的艰难历程，故选F项。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$