Unit 5 Section Ⅲ Using language 课时跟踪检测-【新课程学案】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第四册配套练习word（外研版）

Section Ⅲ　Using language [课时跟踪检测] Ⅰ.阅读理解 Discovering any collection of Paleolithic (旧石器时代的) art is rare, according to Aitor Ruiz­Redondo, an archaeologist at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Only about 400 such sites have been found worldwide, and archaeologists all hope to know more about the art. Therefore, the discovery of more than 100 prehistoric designs, which were created over 24,000 years ago with unique techniques and preserved in a cave due to a lucky chemical occurrence, is simply extraordinary. Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain's eastern coast in Valencia, while most of the country's ancient art, including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira, is in northern Spain. First explored by Ruiz­Redondo and his team in 2021, Cova Dones is home to at least 110 paintings, drawings and carvings. Many of the designs feature animals, like female red deer, wild horses and now­extinct oxen. Besides, most of Cova Dones' paintings were done in clay and conserved. The walls and standing water of Cova Dones are rich in calcium carbonate (碳酸钙), a natural paints preservative. Early humans likely dug red clay from the cave's floor and walls and mixed it with water at their feet. Whether intentionally or not, they created paints that were strengthened. Over time, water falling into the cave coated their artwork with a layer of calcium carbonate, sticking it to the wall for Ruiz­Redondo to find so many centuries later. Determining the age of cave art is tough work. Ruiz­Redondo's team are awaiting a full laboratory analysis of Cova Dones' designs, including radiometric age measurement of their mineral coverings, but until then, a couple of logical approaches have provided some clarity. First, some of the designs are drawn in a style that's typical of a period about 21,000 to 40,000 years ago, as evidenced by findings at other Paleolithic sites. Second, a drawing was marked by a cave bear, which went extinct 24,000 years ago, indicating the art is older. Ruiz­Redondo states that archaeology has always had a romantic part — a sense of discovery. He adds, “Especially with the paintings, nobody has seen this horse in thousands and thousands and thousands of years, until now.” 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了Ruiz­Redondo团队在Cova Dones洞穴发现了100多个史前艺术作品。 1．What does the underlined word “preservative” in paragraph 3 refer to? A．The stable temperature. B．A fading­resistant technique. C．The undisturbed environment. D．A protective substance. 解析：选D　词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句、第三段第一句和最后一句可知，Cova Dones的大部分画作由黏土完成且保存完好，而落入洞穴的水给艺术品涂上一层碳酸钙并使其粘在墙上，由此可推知，碳酸钙是一种天然的“保护物质”。 2．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about? A．The process of creating the paintings. B．The challenges of exploring cave art. C．The methods of dating cave artworks. D．The meaning of conserving the works. 解析：选C　段落大意题。根据第四段的内容可知，该段主要介绍了确定洞穴艺术年代的方法，一是部分设计风格符合21 000到40 000年前的典型时期，二是画作上有24 000年前灭绝的洞穴熊标记，表明艺术作品年代更久远。 3．What does the horse painting in Cova Dones mean to Ruiz­Redondo? A．A connection to the past. B．A motivation for art research. C．A symbol of a regional culture. D．A representation of romantic art. 解析：选A　细节理解题。根据最后一段的内容可知，对Ruiz­Redondo来说，马的绘画作品意味着与过去的连接，因为数千年来无人见过这幅画。 4．Which is the best title for the passage? A．An Effective Method of Preserving Prehistoric Art B．The Ways to Discover Prehistoric Art C．The Effort in Determining the Age of Prehistoric Art D．An Extraordinary Archaeological Discovery of Prehistoric Art 解析：选D　标题归纳题。根据全文内容，特别是第一段可知，文章主要介绍了Ruiz­Redondo团队在Cova Dones洞穴发现100多个史前艺术作品的事，这些作品在24 000多年前以独特技术创作，因某种幸运的化学反应得以保存，故“史前艺术的非凡考古发现”最适合作文章标题。 Ⅱ.完形填空 Borneo is home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife. Several years ago, I decided to go there for a visit. A local person offered to be my guide, which was a great bonus for me. One day, my guide turned off the smooth road and took me across a __5__ hillside instead. We picked our way carefully when __6__ a charming flower popped into my view among those stones. Oh, dear! More than __7__， I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower's core. __8__， to my surprise, it was only one of the __9__ during the trip. As I __10__ the end of my trip, there was still something I had yet to see. We planned to __11__ most feared creature there, the saltwater crocodile, which can grow to a __12__ of 6 meters or more. When we shone a flashlight towards the muddy shore, little sounds __13__ in the darkness as if something unseen underwater had broken the __14__. Taking a second look, we spotted two greedy __15__ just above the water line. As we drew near, it __16__ and we saw clearly it was a crocodile. With great caution, we neared it and finally could __17__ its true dimensions. It was a baby — no more than 0.6 meter long. Aha, whatever, I could now report to the __18__ back home, who had never been to Borneo, that I had __19__ a hungry crocodile in the wild and lived to tell the tale. The world out there is so fascinating. Why not step outdoors and enjoy the wonders nature offers to you? 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在一名当地导游的陪同下去探索婆罗洲的野生动植物的经历。 5．A.rolling B．spectacular C．rough D．breathtaking 解析：选C　根据空前的“turned off the smooth road”和空后的“hillside instead”可知，他们走的是一个崎岖的山坡。 6．A.suddenly B．literally C．definitely D．intimately 解析：选A　根据句中的“popped into my view”可知，这里表示他们在行路的过程中突然看到了一朵迷人的花。 7．A.alarmed B．pleased C．concerned D．upset 解析：选B　根据上文中的“a charming flower”和本句中的“I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower's core”可知，作者看到这朵花时非常高兴，忍不住把鼻子凑到花心去闻。 8．A.Nevertheless B．Besides C．Instead D．Therefore 解析：选A　根据句中的“to my surprise”和上下文语境可知，这里表示转折，虽然这朵花很迷人，但这只是旅途中的亮点之一。 9．A.desires B．motivations C．destinations D．highlights 解析：选D　根据空前的“one of”和下文中的“there was still something I had yet to see”可知，路上有许多精彩的事物，这朵花只是其中一个亮点。 10．A.summarized B．suspected C．approached D．valued 解析：选C　根据空后的“the end of my trip”可知，这里表示旅行接近尾声。 11．A.hold onto B．pick up C．reflect on D．hunt for 解析：选D　根据上文中的“there was still something I had yet to see”可知，作者还有许多东西没看到，所以他们计划去寻找咸水鳄。 12．A.width B．length C．height D．size 解析：选B　根据空后的“of 6 meters or more”并结合常识可知，这里指咸水鳄的长度。 13．A.emerged B．paused C．continued D．declined 解析：选A　根据下文中的“we saw clearly it was a crocodile”可知，水里有咸水鳄，所以他们用手电筒照的时候听到了黑暗中发出的一些微弱声音。 14．A.mud B．surface C．ground D．shore 解析：选B　根据句中的“something unseen underwater”和下文中的“above the water line”可知，他们听到了黑暗中发出的一些微弱声音，好像是水下看不见的东西打破水面的声音。 15．A.legs B．mouths C．eyes D．teeth 解析：选C　根据空前的“two greedy”并结合常识可知，鳄鱼在水中时常常将头露出水面观察，这里指他们看到了鳄鱼的两只贪婪的眼睛。 16．A.moved B．sank C．bid D．escaped 解析：选A　根据句中的“As we drew near”可知，当作者他们走近鳄鱼时，鳄鱼动了一下。 17．A.give out B．let out C．turn out D．make out 解析：选D　根据句中的“we neared it”和空后的“its true dimensions”可知，作者他们走近看时才辨认出鳄鱼的真实大小。 18．A.victims B．opponents C．folks D．guides 解析：选C　根据空后的“back home, who had never been to Borneo”可知，这里指的是家里从未去过婆罗洲的人。 19．A.challenged B．encountered C．terrified D．chased 解析：选B　根据空后的“a hungry crocodile in the wild”可知，这里指在野外遇到一条饥饿的鳄鱼。 Ⅲ.语法填空(15分) In AD 79, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in southern Italy，__20__ (destroy) by a volcanic eruption that buried many of its buildings. Archaeologists have been observing it for almost 300 years but now they have a new tool — virtual reality (VR) — for understanding __21__Pompeii might once have looked like. Researchers, Danilo Campanaro and Giacomo Landeschi, from Lund University in Sweden, used data that were collected by drones to create__22__3D computer reconstruction of one of its most amazing buildings, then __23__ (feed) the reconstruction into a video game system where a VR model is made. The idea is not just to recreate the buildings __24__ to understand a bit more about how Roman people might have experienced them. Campanaro and Landeschi asked __25__ (volunteer) to take a virtual tour of the house in both summer and winter light. The researchers used special eye­tracking technology to record __26__ (exact) which areas people looked at and for how long. From this, the team concluded that the building used clever designs __27__ (draw) attention to the very objects __28__ showed off the wealth and status of its owner — perhaps a man called Lucius Valenius Flaccus, whose ring was found __29__ the ruins. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了考古学家们用新的虚拟现实技术了解庞贝城的过去。 20．was destroyed　考查时态、语态和主谓一致。根据时间状语 In AD 79 可知，此处应使用一般过去时；谓语动词destroy与主语the ancient Roman city of Pompeii之间存在被动关系，所以应使用一般过去时的被动语态；主语是单数，谓语用单数形式。 21．what　考查宾语从句。空处引导宾语从句，从句缺少介词like的宾语，指物，表示“……的(样子)”，用连接代词what。 22．a　考查冠词。修饰后面的可数名词单数reconstruction，表示泛指，应用不定冠词。3D发音的第一个音素是辅音音素，故填a。 23．feeding　考查非谓语动词。空处在句中作状语，动词feed与句子主语Researchers之间为主动关系，所以用现在分词形式。 24．but　考查固定搭配。此处为固定搭配“not just ... but ...”意为“不仅仅……而且……”。 25．volunteers　考查名词复数。分析句子结构可知，此处为名词作宾语，volunteer 为可数名词单数，其前无限定词，所以此处应使用名词复数形式表示泛指。故填volunteers。 26．exactly　考查副词。空处作状语修饰动词record，应用副词形式。exact的副词为exactly“准确地”。 27．to draw　考查动词不定式。此处考查固定搭配 use sth. to do sth.，意为“使用某物去做某事”。 28．that　考查定语从句。此处为关系词引导的限制性定语从句，从句中缺少主语，所以此处应使用关系代词。先行词objects指物，且其前有the very修饰，所以空处只能使用关系代词that。 29．in　考查介词。此处表示“在废墟中”，需要用介词in，表示地点，意为“在……内部”。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $