Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy Period 6 Extended reading(2) & Project同步练习-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版必修第二册

Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy Period 6 Extended reading(2) & Project Ⅰ. 阅读理解。 A To solve a big environmental problem, chemists in the Czech Republic have been thinking small. Really small. Their new minirobot has one purpose: to help clean up tiny bits of plastic polluting waterways across the globe. Each new robot is no bigger than the tip of a sharpened pencil. They are magnetic(有磁性的) and shaped like stars. When sunlight hits them, they produce chemical reactions that push them through water in a specific direction. When they find a piece of plastic, they stick to it and start to break it down. When the light goes out, they let go and are free to be used again. “This work is great，” says Douglas Blackiston at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. He's a biologist who did not work on the project but knows about such devices. He's been designing robots out of living cells, including some that might help with pollution clean­up. Speaking of the new one, he mentions, “These robots can eat plastic. They chew it up. Or they can recover it and be collected with a magnet. Scientists love robots with all these capabilities.” Chemist Martin Pumera at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague led the project. He studies ways to build microrobots. About a decade ago, he says, scientists began developing tiny bots that could move themselves in water. Then, they had to find them a mission and thought, “Let's make them do something useful.” Since then, Pumera has focused on the problem posed by microplastics, which are everywhere—from the bottom of the ocean to air blowing onto ice atop mountains. They've turned up in drinking water, both bottled and tap water, and some studies estimate that trillions of pieces of plastic end up in the world's waters. The plastic has many sources, from drinking straws and shopping bags to laundry and cleaning wipes. Plastic doesn't easily degrade or fall apart, and that's always been one of its attractions. Pumera says his final goal is to make cheap and environmentally friendly robots that can be used anywhere in the world. (　　) 1. What do the new robots mainly do? A. To collect tiny bits of plastic in the sea. B. To push the pollution in water away. C. To help do research into the plastic. D. To deal with the plastic in water. (　　) 2. How do the new robots get powered? A. By stars. B. By plastic. C. By sunlight. D. By living cells. (　　) 3. Why did Pumera take part in the project? A. Because of public attention to the plastic. B. Because of the challenges from the plastic. C. Because he was asked to do so by other scientists. D. Because he was inspired by the invention of microrobots. (　　) 4. What is the best title of the article? A. Small robots, big dreams B. No plastic in water any more C. Robots, winners against plastic D. The fight between robots and plastic B From cottages surrounded by impressive gardens to days spent exploring sandy beaches and deep woods filled with wildlife, in My Family and Other Animals, English writer Gerald Durrell provided a vivid account of his family's time on the Greek island of Corfu in the 1930s. Come for the arresting descriptions of Corfu landscapes and stay for Durrell's laugh­out­loud tales of his unusual family. This book, Durrell wrote humorously in the introduction, “was intended to be a nostalgic(怀旧的) account of natural history, but in the first few pages, I_made_the_mistake_of_introducing_my_family”． Durrell, later known for his zoo keeping and the preservation of wildlife, was just a child during his family's five­year stay in Corfu. He is 10­year­old Gerry in the book—curious, passionate about animals and a detailed storyteller of his strange family: his imaginative elder brother Larry with his literary ambitions, lovestruck sister Margo, sporty brother Leslie and his ever­calm, loving mother. Durrell's attention to detail is what makes the book so enchanting, with every sight, sound and smell of the island brought to life. One minute you'll be laughing as Larry's clever literary friends walk down to the daffodil­yellow cottage, the next you'll be catching your breath as Durrell describes swimming at night in the Ionian Sea: “Lying on my back in the silky water, staring at the sky, only moving my hands and feet slightly, I was looking at the Milky Way stretching like a silk scarf across the sky and wondering how many stars it contained.” My Family and Other Animals is quite difficult to classify, being one part travel, one part autobiography, one part natural history, and one part comedy, with a thread of descriptive language running throughout that sometimes raises it nearly to poetry. As a real delight to read, it's the perfect literary escapism for any adult or older teenager who is currently walking down a tough road in life. (　　) 5. Which word best describes Durrell's life in Corfu? A. Diverse. B. Busy. C. Risky. D. Tough. (　　) 6. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 2? A. I just introduced my family by mistake. B. I shouldn't have introduced my family. C. I gave false information about my family. D. I couldn't help introducing my family. (　　) 7. What are Paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about? A. Durrell's rich imagination. B. Some interesting plots of the book. C. The book's writing feature. D. Some vivid descriptions of the island. (　　) 8. What is the purpose of this text? A. To share an experience. B. To introduce a writing style. C. To recommend a book. D. To describe an unusual place. Ⅱ. 完形填空。 Didga, the Skateboarding Cat I have three cats. Didga is the most eye­catching. In terms of skills, there is no cat in the world that can be __1__ to what she can do. I've been an animal­trainer for 40 years. Everyone said cats can't be trained. Thus, I wanted to __2__ them wrong. I went to an animal shelter(动物收容所). As I was walking through, a kitten __3__ behind me. So I adopted her without __4__. Before long, Didga __5__ to her new life, going out or swimming together with my dogs I trained. She did everything __6__. I never forced her. She enjoyed the __7__ of the dogs. However, training with cats isn't __8__. As a trainer, patience __9__ most. With patience and encouragement she picked up a handful of skills __10__. __11__ is one of her most impressive skills she acquired. She rode along with the move of the board, jumping on and over objects. That really __12__ to a lot of fans. In 2017, Didga accomplished a tough task to perform 24 different tricks in __13__ a minute, which got her into the Guinness World Records. Didga has __14__ a difference to my life. She has taken me to the levels I would never have dreamed of. She is really one in a million. What I do is just __15__ the best in her. (　　) 1. A. used B. equal C. blind D. devoted (　　) 2. A. prefer B. press C. prove D. prevent (　　) 3. A. fell B. followed C. left D. travelled (　　) 4. A. hesitation B. money C. recognition D. response (　　) 5. A. rose B. added C. tended D. adapted (　　) 6. A. hopefully B. passively C. willingly D. energetically (　　) 7. A. care B. company C. protection D. help (　　) 8. A. horrible B. hard C. slow D. smooth (　　) 9. A. matters B. pays C. spends D. takes (　　)10. A. individually B. immediately C. luckily D. eventually (　　)11. A. Skiing B. Swimming C. Skateboarding D. Surfing (　　)12. A. appealed B. connected C. attached D. compared (　　)13. A. over B. under C. beyond D. below (　　)14. A. shown B. had C. caused D. made (　　)15. A. bring up B. bring about C. bring out D. bring back Ⅲ. 语法填空。 A Chinese swimmer has made history again. Last week, Qin Haiyang, 1.________ won all the 23 gold medals in the men's breaststroke(蛙泳), 2.________(award) as the Best Male Swimmer of the Year 2023 of World Aquatics in Budapest, Hungary. 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