Unit 2 Working the land Period 2 Language focus on Reading(2)同步练 -2025-2026学年高中英语译林版选修第一册

Unit 2 Working the land Period 2　Language focus on Reading(2) Ⅰ. 单句语境填词，注意词的词性和词形。 1. Decomposed leaves make good __________(肥料), which nourishes the earth. 2. The shop __________(special) in hand­made chocolates. 3. To succeed, you must learn to overcome __________(障碍). 4. She __________(认出，识别) the man on the “wanted” poster. 5. __________(essential), what we are suggesting is that the firm needs to change. 6. The builders moved the pole from a horizontal position to a __________(垂直的) one. Ⅱ. 阅读理解。 A[2025靖江期中] After tracking flowers on a prairie(草原) in Minnesota for 21 years, scientists reported that the plants reproduce more successfully in the year following a carefully controlled burn. Understanding the relationship between prairie plants and fire is important for preserving this ecosystem which is becoming rapidly smaller, says Stuart Wagenius, a conservation scientist. Fire provides an additional advantage for the narrow­leaved purple coneflower(紫锥花), as Wagenius and his colleagues say. To really bloom(开花), they need a little help: Enter the fire. Between 1996 and 2016, Wagenius says his team tracked nearly 8，000 purple coneflowers on the Staffanson Prairie Preserve. In 9 of those years, they conducted controlled burns over 400 times. “In the summer after a burn, many more plants flower，” Wagenius says. “It is just a huge flowering festival.” Purple coneflowers and many other prairie plants were previously known to bloom energetically after fires. However, the researchers said that fire also stimulated purple coneflowers to bloom at the same time in the summer after a burn. This meant that instead of being unconnected, the purple coneflowers were surrounded by potential mates and went on to produce nearly double the number of seeds compared with other years. Wagenius says it's not yet clear exactly how fires signal the flowers to get busy. The new findings may help the people who manage prairies to better understand the different ways that fire affects the plants growing in these habitats, said Kathryn Yurkonis, a grassland ecologist who was not involved in the research. However, Yurkonis added, it remains to be shown how the fires influence the purple coneflower population. “This paper implies that making more seeds would mean more seeds would land on the soil and enter the population of plants—but they don't actually examine that step，” she said. “I'd be curious to see whether this actually translates to more purple coneflowers.” (　　) 1. What is the basis for the research? A. Prairies are easy to disappear. B. Plants on a prairie are diverse. C. Fire relates positively to some prairie plants. D. Without fire, flowers won't bloom. (　　) 2. What does the author intend to convey with figures cited in Paragraph 2? A. Wagenius's team was committed indeed. B. Samples of flowers were rich in number. C. Time spent on the research was long. D. The findings were relatively convincing. (　　) 3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. The result of plants being unconnected. B. The influence of fires on prairie plants. C. The process of prairie plants' growing after fires. D. The reason for plants' blooming at the same time. (　　) 4. What is Kathryn Yurkonis's attitude to the research finding? A. Uninterested. B. Prejudiced. C. Objective. D. Opposed. B The first show to kick off London Fashion Week(LFW) on Thursday night had all the usual elements you'd expect—a long runway with pumping music, models in towering heels and surprise celebrity appearances causing the front row to take out their phones. However, there was one particular point of difference: The cast, including the model Erin O'Connor and TV presenter Miquita Oliver, were all wearing second­hand clothes. The show, Oxfam Fashion Fighting Poverty, was the third time the non­profit had taken part in London Fashion Week. All the clothes came from Oxfam's own stores and were styled by the British stylist Bay Garnett. Every look was available to buy on eBay after the show, helping to raise funds for the charity. Garnett is a pioneer of second­hand fashion. For Thursday night's show, Garnett said she started the process by thinking about different types of tribes. Working through stock at Oxfam's 50，000 sq ft storehouse in West Yorkshire, Garnett narrowed down what she wanted to feature by thinking about different types of tribes. “There has to be some type of character within the clothing, and then I piece it together. So there're punks, goths(哥特人), the 60s, Americana; it's a real mix.” Garnett cleverly created a variety of looks that would still appeal to a wide variety of cohorts(群体). The show, which was full to capacity, reflects the growing interest in pre­loved fashion. According to GlobalData, the clothes resale market in the UK grew by 149% between 2016 and 2022. It is forecast to rise by 67.5% from 2022 to 2026. A spokesperson for Oxfam says its main clothing categories including womenswear and menswear are having the best­selling year of the last six, with year­on­year growth of more than 20%. Garnett, who started her career in fashion in the 90s, said, “Buying the second­hand is a form of activism. We're in a climate emergency, so why wouldn't younger generations buy the second­hand? A sustainable option is now cool.” (　　) 5. What was the feature of Thursday night's LFW's opening show? A. It was aimed to promote the fast fashion. B. Many celebrities and models were present. C. The cast were wearing second­hand fashion. D. The sound and visual effects were impressive. (　　) 6. Why did Garnett create a variety of looks for the show? A. To attract a broader audience. B. To promote unity among tribes. C. To make the tribes better known. D. To turn them into a bigger character. (　　) 7. What do the data in Paragraph 4 indicate? A. UK's broad categories of fashion. B. An increase in people's earnings. C. A huge demand for fashion models. D. The second­hand's growing popularity. (　　) 8. What are Garnett's words in the last paragraph aimed at? A. Explaining a rule. B. Making a summary. C. Offering a suggestion. D. Providing evidence. Ⅲ. 语法填空。[2025烟台期中] The first cross­provincial ecological restoration project in China, Suzhou Huanyuandang Ecological Restoration and Shoreline Linkage Project, 1.__________ core theme is green ecology and harmony, 2.__________(achieve) a strikingly decent result so far. Originating from the concept of “fish migration” and its relationship with the water surface, the ecological design of the wetlands honors 3.__________ water culture of the Yangtze River, which is integrated into architectural modeling, plant system, and furniture construction. Drawing on GIS technology to simulate(模拟) current terrain(地形), measurements of height differences and hydrodynamics are used to calculate an appropriate setting for introducing a system that combines with the landscape design 4. (realize) positive ecological results. Meanwhile, a 5.__________(hide) landscape flood control walkway is introduced, thus abandoning the previous rigid method of a flood control dike(坝). The terrain and plants are naturally integrated with the route so that the walkway can be surrounded within the environment, 6.__________(create) a more dynamic experience of walking. Carrying out this important ecological project relies heavily 7.__________ advanced design techniques and the practical application of ecologically­native materials to achieve desired landscape 8.__________(effect) cost­efficiently. Additionally, the project is consistent with a “low intervention” development program to reduce impacts on the greater ecological environment of the site. With green ecology and harmony as its theme, the 9.__________(flexibility) design mode of the restoration of the Yuandang ecosystem is paving the way for the future, 10.__________(true) illustrating the “New Space of Jiangnan Culture”． Ⅳ. 连句成文：逐句翻译下列句子，然后增加适当的过渡词语，把它们连成一篇小短文。 1. 一个机器人在草莓丛中巡航，探测成熟的草莓，在不碰伤(bruise)它们的情况下进行采摘，然后把它们放进篮子里，这听起来很有未来感，但现在这已成为可能。(detect；现在分词做状语；sound) 2. 这项创新不仅解决了农业劳动力短缺的问题，还让种植者提高了农产品的质量，最终让消费者受益。(solution to …； which 引导非限制性定语从句) 3. 多亏了机器人技术，我们才有了如此多的可能性，远远超过了人类所能做到的。(thanks to) 4. 将机器人引入一个几乎所有事情都是手工完成的行业，与其说是进化，不如说是一场革命。(more … than …) 5. 在过去的几年里，科学家与世界各地的种植者和测试中心合作。(现在完成进行时) 6. 科学家计划在未来几年为其他作物推出收割机器人。(launch) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 Ⅰ. 1. fertilizer　2. specializes　3. obstacles　4. identified　5. Essentially　6. vertical Ⅱ. 1—5 CDBCC　6—8 ADC Ⅲ. 1. whose　2. has achieved　3. the　4. to realize　5. hidden　6. creating 7. on/upon　8. effects　9. flexible　10. truly Ⅳ. 1. A robot navigates through the strawberry field, detecting ripe ones, picking them without bruising them and then placing them into its basket, which sounds futuristic but is possible now.　2. Consequently, this piece of innovation is not only a solution to the labour shortage in the agricultural industry, but it also allows growers to increase the quality of their produce, which in the end benefits the consumers.　3. Thanks to robotics, we have so many possibilities, much more than a human could ever do.　4. In a word, introducing robots into an industry where almost everything gets done by hand is more of a revolution than evolution.　5. Scientists have been working together with growers and test centres across the world for the past couple of years.　6. In addition, they plan to launch harvesting robots for other crops in the upcoming years. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $