Unit 1 Lights, camera, action！Period 4 Integrated skills同步练习-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版必修第二册

Unit 1 Lights, camera, action！Period 4 Integrated skills

Ⅰ. 单句语境填词，注意词的词性和词形。

 1. The bridge is too n__________ for the cars to pass.

 2. From budget­friendly hotels to f__________ hotels, we have a large selection of airport hotels to choose from.

 3. She hoped to get a job on the local newspaper and e__________ worked for The Times.

 4. Tu Youyou, a great chemist and scientist, devoted most of her time to finding the ________(疗法) for malaria.

 5. ________(典型的) recipes(菜谱) are usually made with native plants and animal products.

 Ⅱ. 阅读理解。

A

He's as big as a small golden dog and covered with scales(鳞片). He is the pangolin(穿山甲), an endangered animal.

According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, about one million pangolins were killed from 2000 through 2013, mainly for their scales, which are used in medicine. Pangolins are sensitive creatures and picky eaters that only eat certain species of ants, a diet that's very difficult to copy in the food chain.

“In the last decade, there's been a huge growth  in pangolin  trade  between continents, especially their scales，” says Dan Challender, chair of the pangolin specialist group. Previously, most pangolin killing happened within Asia, he says. This shift means that Asian pangolins are becoming difficult to find but that the value of the scales makes it worth the extra cost to take pangolins from Africa to Asia secretly.

All eight species of pangolins, four in Africa and four in Asia, are in danger of extinction due to the illegal trade. International trade in the four species of Asian pangolins has been banned since 2000. In the past few years, a ban on international commercial trade in all eight species has gone into effect. It was voted by 183 governments that are parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species(CITES), which is in charge of cross­border trade in wild animals and their parts.

Pangolins are eaten as bushmeat in western and central Africa and by some local groups in South and Southeast Asia. Their parts also are used in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and elsewhere in sub­Saharan Africa as traditional medicine. Typically dried, ground into powder, and put into pills, pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional medicines to help mothers who have given birth to babies to recover. But they are now endangered. Perhaps no pangolins can be seen when our next generation grows up.

(　　) 1. What do you know about pangolins from Paragraph 2?

A. Their meat is very delicious.        B. Their scales are of great value.

C. They are smaller than young dogs.   D. They are on the top of the food chain.

(　　) 2. Why are pangolins brought from Africa to Asia?

A. Pangolins are cheaper in Africa.

B. No laws protect pangolins in Africa.

C. People in Asia can really save pangolins.

D. Pangolins have sharply decreased in numbers in Asia.

(　　) 3. What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Pangolins have many different species.

B. The bans on pangolin trade are ineffective.

C. People used to take advantage of pangolins in different ways.

D. Governments have tried to contribute to the protection of pangolins.

(　　) 4.  What's the author's attitude towards pangolins' future?

A. Positive.    B. Uncaring.    C. Concerned.    D. Confident.

B

Anxious thinker. Loner. Wallflower. These are some negative comments for “introverts(内向者)”， showing a common mind­set in America. Actually they just interact differently; they do well when given time alone to think and prefer close conversations.

American society is ruled by the “Extrovert Ideal(外向理想型)”： successful people take risks and always voice their opinions, whether or not they know what they're doing. The problem is that people value this ideal so much that they often ignore meaningful opinions from the quieter introverts. Isn't there something problematic about having to get our thoughts out before we finish thinking about them?

Over­stressing the Extrovert Ideal can lead to unwise decisions. In one case, several introverts, who tend to be more careful and think more, pointed out warning signals before the economic downturn of 2008. But the decision makers—often the bold, risk­taking types—ignored their opinion. People say introverts often overthink every decision. Yes, maybe we think before we speak. But is that really so bad?

Of course, social skills are important for everyone. But the misunderstanding about how introverts work creates a cultural bias(偏见). Required class participation at school often leads to students shouting out whatever thoughts come to their mind, too pressured by their participation grade to take the time and think of a meaningful response. During the pandemic quarantine, some of my classes started using Parlay, a website that allows for discussions through anonymous(匿名的) written comments. I saw that many of my classes were able to have deeper conversations this way, freed from the pressure of having to speak up on the spot. So encouraging a balanced variety of learning methods can reduce the existing bias.

Society seems to think only the loud and outgoing ones can make a difference. But Rosa Parks was known for being “soft spoken” and “timid”. Gandhi said, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” So please, give us introverts a chance to change the world in our own quiet way!

(　　) 5. What is the author's attitude towards the “Extrovert Ideal”？

A. Objective.    B. Doubtful.    C. Favourable.    D. Unclear.

(　　) 6. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A. The benefit of the Extrovert Ideal.