必修第一册 Unit 5 Into the wild 课后检测能力达标（教用Word）-【精微方案】2027年高考一轮总复习讲义·英语（外研版）

 

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(2026·郑州二模)Duncan Jurman became interested in butterflies when he was around 5 years old.He noticed a couple of caterpillars (毛虫) in his backyard and was attracted by the different ways that caterpillars can disguise (伪装) themselves to stay safe in potentially dangerous surroundings.From there, he started to learn more about caterpillars and butterflies.

Jurman believes that butterflies play a crucial role in our ecosystems.They're very low on the food web, so they support a lot of different species that rely on them.They're an indicator species for the health of the environment.Once they disappear, everything else is soon to follow.

Jurman's goal is to transform the landscape of Florida's Broward County by turning a weedy suburb into a lively butterfly reserve at a time when insect populations are decreasing quickly worldwide.Jurman believes that every flower planted is a potential home and source of food for caterpillars and butterflies.He eventually developed a butterfly-friendly garden in his backyard by researching the different plants that butterflies prefer.He has already raised and released more than 5，000 butterflies from his garden.

Jurman also launched the Bring Butterflies Back campaign to educate people about butterflies and invite them to join his cause of protecting butterflies.He said that a lot of people are surprised to learn that insects are declining at such an alarming rate, largely because the decline has been so gradual.This phenomenon helps to explain why people are unwilling to take meaningful actions to save the environment.

In 2018, Jurman helped to build a butterfly garden at his high school.The garden has had a regenerative effect on the surrounding environment—birds, native lizards, and other insects have returned in great

numbers.Other schools have been inspired to start gardens.“I don't know if we can ever reach the point that we were once at with butterflies, but I think that if everyone gets involved and starts their own garden, they can make their own impact，” Jurman said.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了 邓肯·朱尔曼发起“让蝴蝶回归”的活动，通过开发蝴蝶友好型花园等方式来保护蝴蝶的故事。

1．What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．The food chain of insects.

B．The competition between species.

C．The potential danger to butterflies.

D．The vital role of butterflies in nature.

D　解析：段落大意题。根据第二段内容，尤其是 “Jurman believes that butterflies play a crucial role in our ecosystems.”可知，第二段主要讲述了蝴蝶在自然中的重要角色。

2．Why did Jurman create a butterfly-friendly garden?

A．To teach people about butterflies.

B．To study butterflies' favorite plants.

C．To increase the number of butterflies.

D．To improve the beauty of his backyard.

C　解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Jurman's goal is to...plants that butterflies prefer.”可推知，朱尔曼创建蝴蝶友好型的花园是为了增加蝴蝶数量。

3．Which shows the phenomenon mentioned in the passage?

A.People's unawareness of environmental changes.

B．The impact of human activities on insect habitats.

C．The rapid decline of butterfly populations worldwide.

D．The process of transforming natural landscapes into reserves.

A　解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“He said that a lot of...has been so

gradual.”可推知，文中提到的现象是人们没有注意到自然环境的变化。

4．What can be inferred from Jurman's words in the last paragraph?

A．More gardens are built to increase the number of other insects.

B．Jurman is pessimistic about the future of the butterfly population.

C．It's impossible to restore butterflies' population to their previous levels.

D．People's joint efforts can have a great impact on the butterfly population.

D　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“I don't know if we can...make their own impact”可推知， 人们的共同努力可以对蝴蝶种群产生很大的影响。

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(2026·石家庄高三质检)City living has long been described as fast-paced. A study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals that citizens in three major northeastern U．S. cities—Boston, New York, and Philadelphia—are walking 15 percent faster than they did in 1980. They also found that fewer people are spending extra time in public spaces, with the number dropping by 14 percent over the past three decades.

Co-author Arianna Salazar-Miranda said that the findings suggest a shift in how people use public spaces. She said, “When they start to function more like passageways than gathering spots, we risk losing cities' ability to generate informal encounters that drive creativity, engagement and community.”

Ruth Conroy Dalton, a professor of Architecture at Northumbria University in the UK, who was not involved in the study, said, “A rise in walking speed shortens the average street journey by about 13 percent, which means fewer seconds in which passerby interactions, eye contact, or simply ‘being present’ can occur.”Dalton added, “When the street itself gives you less to stop and look around, you tend to hurry through it even faster.”

In the study, the researchers used machine learning to analyze the videos taken by urbanist William H. Whyte between 1978 and 1980 in New