必修第二册 Unit 2 Let's celebrate！ 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）

 

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2026·南宁毕业班摸底)

Tulip Festivals in the USA

Today, tulips are celebrated across the United States at tulip festivals.Here are a few of our favorite tulip festivals—and the reasons why you should check them out.

Holland Tulip Time

It doesn't get more Dutch than Holland, Michigan.The city hosts one of the nation's largest and best-known tulip festivals each year.Tulip Time is an 8-day celebration that features parades, traditional Dutch dance demonstrations, art exhibitions, concerts, and 5 million blooming tulips.New this year：You can even name a blooming bed for your family or loved one.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

The fields near Mount Vernon, Washington have always been packed with tulips；the Dutch have planted bulbs (鳞茎) in the area for more than 100 years.It includes art shows, concerts, farm tours, a fun run, bike rides, and the Downtown Mount Vernon Street Fair.Many events that require tickets will be available online.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest

In Woodburn, Oregon, the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm plants more than 40 acres of tulips and welcomes guests from the end of March until the first week of May.During the week, they sell cut flowers and bulbs.On the weekends, there's plenty of family fun on the farm grounds, including shuttles to the flower fields, a children's play area, and wooden shoe-making demonstrations.

Pella Tulip Time Festival

The tiny town of Pella, Iowa was founded by Dutch immigrants.Pella's Tulip Time Festival is an entire long weekend featuring parades, performances, museum tours, a craft market, concerts, auto and tractor

shows, and of course, several large tulip displays with hundreds of thousands of blooms in a whole host of colors.Most events are free；tickets for others can be purchased on-site.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了美国四个著名的郁金香节。

1．What is newly added to Holland Tulip Time?

A．Admiring Dutch folk dancing.

B．Celebrating with festive parades.

C．Giving a name to a blooming bed.

D．Exploring art shows in blooming tulips.

C　解析：细节理解题。根据Holland Tulip Time部分中的“New this year：You can even name a blooming bed for your family or loved one.”可知，该郁金香节今年新增亮点是给一片盛放的郁金香花田命名。

2．How is Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest different from the other festivals?

A．It's time-honored.

B．It's family-friendly.

C．It's world-famous.

D．It's multicultural.

B　解析：细节理解题。根据Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest 部分中的“On the weekends, there's plenty of family fun on the farm grounds...wooden shoe-making demonstrations.”可知，木鞋郁金香节适合家庭参与。

3．Which festival can be recommended to a person interested in vehicles?

A．Holland Tulip Time.

B．Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

C．Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest.

D．Pella Tulip Time Festival.

D　解析：细节理解题。根据Pella Tulip Time Festival部分中的“auto and tractor shows”可知，佩拉郁金香节能被推荐给对交通工具感兴趣的人。

B

(2026·扬州期末检测)The human mind is a remarkable device.However, it is not without limits, which has to do with our brain's executive (执行的) function.

Imagine that you are facing a very difficult decision about which of two job offers to accept.One position offers good pay but is pretty boring, while the other job is really interesting but the pay is not ideal.Clearly you can solve this problem in many ways.Few people, however, know that you might choose the wrong job because you resisted the urge to eat a piece of cake before considering the job offers.

Unrelated activities can exhaust (消耗) the executive function and disturb your ability to make an important decision.It's long been recognized that challenging cognitive (认知的) tasks can make it harder to focus later on.But recent research suggests that these mental activities may be much broader.One study found that participants who made choices in a shop were more likely to delay preparing for an important test.Instead of studying, these “tired” minds engaged in other leisure activities.

Why is making a decision so tough? One theory suggests that when you switch from thinking about options to actually making a decision, this switch requires executive resources.Other studies show that making choices itself may be taxing．For example, in one study, the scientists show that people who had to rate the attractiveness of different options were much less worn out than those who had to actually make choices between the very same options.

These findings have important real-world significance.Our brain works like a muscle: when exhausted, it becomes less effective.Furthermore, we should take this knowledge into account when making decisions.If we've just spent lots of time focusing on a particular task, or even if we've just