Unit 4 Exploring poetry Period 6 Extended reading(2) & Project 同步练习-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Period 6 Extended reading(2) & Project Ⅰ. 阅读理解。 A With the help of modern technology, people have killed up to 99 percent of certain types of whales. Some scientists thought this would cause krill(磷虾), tiny shrimp­like animals that many whales eat, to explode in number. But that didn't happen. Krill numbers in Antarctic waters with lots of whale hunting have dropped by more than 80 percent. New research suggests a lack of whale poop(粪便) may explain this. A new study finds whales eat more than we thought. Lots more food means lots more poop that is rich in iron. So with fewer whales, ecosystems get less iron and other crucial nutrients that they need to thrive. That hurts other species, including krill. Figuring out whale diets isn't easy. In the past, scientists looked at the contents of dead whales' stomachs to see what they ate. Or they estimated how much food whales should need based on their size. However, the new study, led by Matthew Savoca, a marine biologist at Stanford University, used some different techniques. Savoca's team put sensors on 321 whales. The sensors tracked when the whales hunted for food. Using all this information, the scientists found that whales eat about three times as much food as earlier estimates had suggested. The amount of food that whales eat and poop out is astonishing. And it suggests that whales play a bigger role in shaping ocean ecosystems than previously thought. Whales are nutrient cyclers. If whales and krill returned to their early 1900s numbers, the productivity of the Southern Ocean could be boosted by 11 percent, the researchers calculate. That increased productivity would translate into more carbon­rich life. Together, those creatures would store 215 million tons of carbon each year. The carbon stored in those creatures wouldn't be able to escape into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. (　　) 1. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. The present situation of whale killing. B. The reason for krill numbers declining. C. The help from the modern technology. D. The relationship between food and poop. (　　) 2. What does the underlined word “thrive” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Grow happily. B. Change rapidly. C. Develop well. D. Stay wealthy. (　　) 3. How did the new study figure out whales' diets? A. By referring to past studies. B. By tracking whales with sensors. C. By observing whales' sizes. D. By examining whales' stomachs. (　　) 4. What do the scientists' findings suggest? A. Whales hurt other ocean species. B. Whales eat as much as estimated. C. Whales slow ocean productivity. D. Whales matter more than expected. B What's the effect of poetry on our brain? Scientists have been investigating the neuronal(神经元的) connections and brain circuits that can work in the reading of poetry for some time. And, even though the research has only just begun, the results are already fascinating. Poetry has the oldest recorded texts in literature. Although it's impossible to say exactly when it began to be used in the oral tradition, we dare to say that it's accompanied humanity forever. This gives us an idea of the impact that poetic language can have on our emotional and cognitive state. The emotional response to literature in general shares areas of activation with music. However, more areas of the right hemisphere(半球) seem to be related to poetry. The researchers measured the goosebumps resulting from the tingling sensation(强烈感受) in reading poetry. This type of sensation has also been proven to result from music. However, the tingling sensations produced by poetry activate different areas of the brain compared to those activated by music. Dr. Eugen Wassiliwizky's team collected data on behavioral responses in people reading or listening to poetry. They proved that poetry is capable of causing emotional responses and rich emotional experiences. In addition, a poem expresses the poet's ideas. From a psychological view, poetry is a game of language that manages to group words in a surprising way. We could compare this with how a chef combines ingredients that seem impossible to combine, producing extraordinary results. Poetry is based on rules of construction. It sets up a rhythm, which then breaks, before finally returning to it. The play on the meanings of words, sometimes several meanings in just one word, is extremely intellectually inspiring. We can read a poem a thousand times, and still find its new meanings. Generally, our passage through the wonderful world of poetry is cut short by rather reduced exposure during childhood and the overly analytical approach of this literary genre(类型), which is given in most schools. Although the studies that experts have conducted on poetry get a lot of interesting results, poetry still holds a mystery that science hasn't yet been able to investigate. For example, why a perfect cadence(抑扬顿挫) and rhythm can lift the spirit of people is the new challenge for the research. (　　) 5. What is the main difference between poetry and music? A. Music causes fewer goosebumps. B. Poetry creates more tingling sensations. C. They work on different parts of the brain. D. They are processed in different parts of the brain. (　　) 6. What does the author probably think of poetry? A. It expresses something about the poet. B. It is vague in its meaning but rich in emotional experiences. C. It combines ingredients and extraordinary results. D. It's a pure game of language that only surprises readers. (　　) 7. What might be the problem when we learn poetry at school? A. We make children more exposed to it. B. We haven't read a poem a thousand times. C. We rely too much on our teachers. D. We analyze this literary genre too much. (　　) 8. Where can you read the passage? A. In a paper on geography. B. In a newspaper. C. In a biography. D. In a magazine on wildlife. Ⅱ. 完形填空。 In the early hours of March 23, about 12 hours before our treasured 12­year­old son died of a rare form of brain cancer, I climbed into his hospital bed, __1__ him in my arms and recited Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. My child was no longer __2__， but I hoped and believed that he could sense my presence and that my voice would __3__ his wildly beating heart. My son had been __4__ with the words of the poem by __5__ me reciting it to him almost every night before going to bed. He loved the __6__ of the “beamish(神采焕发的) boy” as, with a short sword in hand, the boy takes on a strong man several times his size. My son was also a passionate __7__. But with many surgeries, rounds of radiation and medications __8__ most of his time, he could __9__ read on his own. Therefore, I __10__ to read to him. And it was during the reading that I found that poems could relieve my __11__. They offered an anchor to me during unpredictable and painful times. They also helped me prepare for the arrival of the final time. Then it came—at 12：52 p．m. on March 23, my son's heart stopped beating forever. Despite my __12__， I was still overwhelmed by grief. Then I received a message from my friend. It was Raymond Carver's Late Fragment: “And what did you want？/ To call myself beloved, / to feel myself beloved on the earth.” It __13__ me a bit, because I was __14__ that even in my son's darkest hours, he was always __15__—and still is. And thanks to poems, I was able to get through the pain and get on with my life. (　　) 1. A. fed B. hid C. wrapped D. rocked (　　) 2. A. ambitious B. conscious C. wise D. sensitive (　　) 3. A. win B. stop C. preserve D. calm (　　) 4. A. familiar B. concerned C. bored D. satisfied (　　) 5. A. leading to B. listening to C. taking to D. agreeing to (　　) 6. A. kindness B. patience C. courage D. honesty (　　) 7. A. reader B. poet C. fan D. believer (　　) 8. A. extending B. valuing C. wasting D. occupying (　　) 9. A. nearly B. surely C. hardly D. finally (　　)10. A. refused B. pretended C. expected D. offered (　　)11. A. anxiety B. loneliness C. illness D. anger (　　)12. A. struggle B. preparation C. tolerance D. power (　　)13. A. amused B. comforted C. shocked D. confused (　　)14. A. forced B. advised C. convinced D. promised (　　)15. A. admired B. helped C. encouraged D. loved Ⅲ. 语法填空。 Where the Sidewalk Ends is a book full of fascinating poems written 1. ____________ Shel Silverstein. It contains more than 100 of all kinds of poems—some are happy, some are funny and some are 2. ____________(excite). Each poem comes with a nice drawing by the author 3. ____________(he). Some of the pictures are very silly. My favourite poem 4. ____________(call) Snowman. It is about 5. ____________ happy snowman, who always wants to see July. Other animals say that he will melt(融化) by then. But the snowman wants to see July so 6. ____________(bad) that no matter what other people say, it does not bother the snowman one bit. This poem never says if he actually sees July. So you can only guess. Another poem I really like is Santa and the Reindeer. This poem is about Christmas. Santa has to give 7. ____________(variety) presents to the children while one of his reindeer is always asking what's for him. I guess Santa gets really annoyed because he puts a flea(虱子) in the reindeer's ear. And the next thing you know, they fly away and are ready 8. ____________(continue) their journey through the world handing out presents to all the children 9. ____________ have behaved well. This book is fun to read because of all those unique poems. The 10. ____________(character) of this book do many unusual things such as selling sisters, talking to fish and a lot more. 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