人教版（新课程标准）选修八Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 单元测试 基础夯实（Word版含答案）

Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 基础夯实—2021-2022学年高二英语人教版选修八单元测试
满分：120分
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Archaeologists in Italy are learning more and more about the everyday life of the people who lived in Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago. Pompeii is an ancient city world-known for being suddenly buried in the year 79 by the nearby volcano, with over 1,100 people killed almost instantly by the extreme heat.
People began unearthing Pompeii in the mid-1700s. Over the years, scientists have discovered more and more about the life of these people who were sadly frozen in time. Archaeologists have discovered theatres, swimming pools, gyms, hospitals, and many different kinds of stores. In 2019, Italian archaeologists announced they were working to unearth a snack bar, or a thermopolium. As the bar was in such a great shape, they were determined to unearth the whole area.
A thermopolium has a long, low counter with many clay pots built into it to hold the food and drinks. What was special about this one was that even the pictures on counter walls were in almost perfect condition, almost exactly the way people would have seen them years ago. Some of the paintings on the wall show ducks and roosters — examples of food served at the snack bar.
The archaeologists discovered in the counter many large clay jars holding food and drinks, and two jars holding fish and pork. They also found a mixture of snails, fish, and sheep, which they believe may have been some sort of soup. Additionally, they found the skeleton (骨架) of a small dog, as well as the bones of at least two people, one of whom was about fifty, and appeared to have been asleep when killed by the volcano.
The archaeologists say they're really only just beginning to understand all that they can learn from this snack bar. Because the site was so complete, they expect it to demonstrate many more of the hidden secrets of Pompeii.
1. What can be found in the thermopolium
A. Silver pots. B. Swimming pools. C. Wall paintings. D. Teenage bones.
2. What might the underline word “demonstrate” in paragraph 5 means
A. Prove. B. Preserve. C. Show. D. Observe.
3. Which might be the best title of the text
A. A Snack Bar Found in Pompeii B. Pompeii Came Back to Life
C. Archeologists Made Every Effort D. All Froze in a Nearby Volcano
B
Writing across Time
When students today need to take notes, they simply reach for their ballpoint pens. For students in the past, writing instruments were not so convenient.
Quill pens
Quill pens were made from large bird feathers. Students sharpened the quills with knives and then dipped them into pots of ink to write. The points needed constant re-sharpening and each dip of the quill provided only enough ink to write one word. Besides these problems, drops of ink often stained the page. Yet, people used quill pens for more than a thousand years. Can you imagine writing with a quill pen
Brush pens
Chinese students traditionally used brush pens to practice writing characters. Unlike quill pens, brush pens had soft bristles that made smooth lines. Students dipped their brush pens in a pool of ink on an inkstone and then wrote.
Chalk
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, when paper was not easily available, chalk was widely used in classrooms. Teachers wrote with chalk on blackboards while students practiced writing and maths on their own slates (石板).
Fountain pens
Fountain pens were the first pens that stored ink inside, from where it flowed through the metal tip or nib (笔尖) for writing. In the 19th century, they finally replaced quills on school desks. However, even with fountain pens, ink still often spilt out, leaving stains everywhere.
Ballpoint pens
Early ballpoint pens leaked and wrote poorly. Three inventors took almost sixty years to finally solve these problems in the early 1950s. Today two of them, Hungarian journalist Josef Laszlo Biro and French Baron Bich, are known for making the ballpoint pen cheap and reliable. Biro and Bic pens are still hugely popular and useful today.
1. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the origins of writing instruments B. the quality of writing instruments
C. the development of writing instruments D. the materials of writing instruments
2. What pens were the first to keep ink inside
A. Quill pens. B. Brush pens. C. Ballpoint pens. D. Fountain pens.
3. Biro and Bic pens ______.
A. save ink and paper B. cost less and work well
C. leak when used D. write poorly
4. The author writes the passage to ______.
A. provide information B. give advice C. offer an opinion D. tell a story
C
A fresh and gentle wind on your face, soft sand under your feet and blue waters as far as the eye can see. Is there any other Olympic sport that is played in such pleasant conditions as beach volleyball？
“I’ve gone to a lot of beautiful places, and met a lot of beautiful people. That wouldn’t have happened if I had been playing another sport.” said Randy Stoklos, America’s most famous beach volleyball player.
The sport began as a four-a-side game on beaches in Southern California in the 1920s. The first recorded two-man game took place there in 1930, and the first tournament (锦标赛) was held in Los Angeles 18 years later. The winners were awarded a case of Pepsi. In the 1950s, women started playing and the sport soon spread to Europe and South America. Yet at that time, beach volleyball was more an entertainment show than a sport, with beauty contests included. The Association of Volleyball Professionals was founded in 1983 and beach volleyball developed into a fast, athletic sport. Its world-wide popularity won beach volleyball a place at the 1996 Olympics in Atalanta, where 24 male teams and 16 female teams took part. At present, the US and Brazil are the best in the world at beach volleyball.
The game came to China in the early 1990s and there have been national tournaments since 1994. It became an official event at the Eighth National Games in 1997. China’s You Wenhui and Wang Lu finished ninth in the women’s beach volleyball world championships in Brazil.
1. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the history of beach volleyball B. how to play beach volleyball
C. the importance of beach volleyball D. women’s beach volleyball in China
2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE？
A. Beach volleyball was first played like other Olympic: sports.
B. Beach volleyball has always been an entertainment show rather than a sport.
C. Beach volleyball began on beaches in Souther California.
D. Women started playing beach volleyball in South America in 1945.
3. When did beach volleyball officially become an Olympic event？
A. In 1948, B. In 1996. C. In 1950. D. In 1997.
4. According to the passage, we can learn that______.
A. in 1996, beach volleyball became an official event in China
B. China’s beach volleyball team is the best in the world
C. China’s beach volleyball players won the first place in Brazil
D. beach volleyball came to China in the early 1990s
D
For generations, people have enjoyed the simple joy of flying a kite. However, kites were not always the toys we think of today.
Kites actually started as instruments of war. The first known kites were flown in China around 3,000 years ago and were used by the Chinese military to send signals, spy on (侦察) enemies, and deliver urgent messages. Kites were also used to measure long distances. One general flew a kite above a town to measure how far his army would have to tunnel underground to go secretly under the city walls. With this information, his army were able to surprise their enemy.
The first kites were practical, not necessarily pretty. But during the Tang Dynasty, people started using lighter materials to make kites. A new focus was put on kites' appearance. By the 1300s, making kites had appeared as an art form, and kites were decorated with colorful pictures. They were flown for enjoyment and celebration of the Chinese New Year. As the years went on, kites became more complicated. Some artists added whistles so the kites could make sounds as they danced among the clouds.
Over time, the tradition of kite flying spread worldwide. It grew in popularity across Southeast Asia North Africa first. When explore Marco Polo returned to Italy, he brought back many stories about kites. These stories and the growing influence of Asian culture helped popularize kites across Europe. From there, knowledge of kites crossed the Atlantic with travelers heading to America.
Since then, kites have become more than just pieces of flying art. They have played a meaningful role in discoveries. Perhaps the best-known use of a kite was in an experiment described by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, which eventually led Franklin to invent the lightning rod (避雷针). Another important use of kites was by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s, which helped them create the world's first successful airplane.
For hundreds of years, kites have played a significant role in human exploration and artistic expression. Even now, kites are still an important part of cultural celebrations. Despite their changing appearance and uses through the ages, kites hold a valued place in human history.
1. Why was the general mentioned in paragraph 2
A. To explain how kites were used in war.
B. To illustrate the types of kites in war.
C. To prove the wisdom of ancient Chinese people.
D. To show how ancient Chinese people dealt with the enemy.
2. What can we say about kites during the Tang Dynasty
A. They were more practical. B. They became lightweight.
C. They became popular around Europe. D. They were used to predict the weather.
3. What is paragraph 5 mainly about
A. Entertaining with kites. B. Experimenting with kites.
C. Kite-flying adventure. D. Best-known kites in history.
4. How is the text mainly developed
A. By giving examples. B. By describing a process.
C. By making comparisons. D. By following time order.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
About 6 million children and 14 million adults in the United States suffer from asthma. Asthma is the leading long-term disease among American children. ①_____ a number of people around the world who suffer from asthma has doubled in the last 30 years and researchers think that 100 million people now suffer from asthma.
Even though the number of people with asthma is increasing, it is not a new disease for humans. ②_____Medical historians have found a book written by a Chinese doctor called the Yellow Emperor: this book contains a description of a disease. This description matches the disease asthma. ③_____Around 1920 American doctors began successfully treating asthma patients with ephedrine(麻黄碱). Amazing enough, ephedrine comes from the same plant that the Yellow Emperor said was effective for asthma thousands years earlier.
④_____ Around 150 BC a Roman doctor recognized that asthma had a bad effort with the bronchial tubes(支气管)and lungs. An Egyptian doctor suggested a reduction in the sufferer's stress level, a dry climate along with eating chicken soup to treat asthma.
One radical(激进的)treatment for asthma that was tried in the 1940s was a parentectomy. ⑤_____ Parentectomy meant staying away from parents; instead children lived at an asthma treatment center. Aren't you glad that modem medicine has progressed away from that kind of idea
A. And the book was written in 2600 BC!
B. Seek medical help when you show signs of asthma.
C. History records asthma cases thousands of years ago.
D. For a long tine people didn't know what caused the disease
E. Some doctors believed that family stress led to childhood asthma.
F. So it’s very likely that you or one of your classmates suffer from asthma.
G. Over the centuries doctors left behind medical texts about asthma and their treatments.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
What’s the difference between having the dream and living the dream
Wanda Smith always wanted to be a school teacher but sometimes meeting life’s demanding realities can mean a dream 1 . A mother of three, Smith also cared for her mom. Directly shouldering her family 2 , she took jobs as bus monitor and caretaker for Brenham Independent School District in Texas.
The hours were difficult and 3 , but rather than let her dream die, she added night classes to her 4 . Nine years on, she finally graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University. She was a (an) 5 teacher at last. Smith’s story came full 6 when she was hired as a first-grade 7 back at Brenham Elementary School. “When I stand in front of my classroom—my classroom—I am 8 my dream,” Smith said.
During the pandemic, as some of her students struggled to meet the demands of 9 learning, Smith stepped up to the 10 . Noting that many of the kids she teaches come from single-parent families, she began 11 packets of schoolwork to them at home. It’s no wonder Smith’s kids 12 her. In a special surprise ceremony, they shouted their praise for her.
Smith’s life is an example as well as an 13 . By always trying to be the best she could be, with heart and 14 she graduated from cleaning classrooms to leading classrooms—and that 15 puts her on our honor roll.
1.A.realized B.delayed C.formed D.lost
2.A.balance B.expenses C.responsibilities D.loan
3.A.tiring B.exciting C.long D.valuable
4.A.dream B.schedule C.stories D.graduation
5.A.part-time B.good C.certified D.ordinary
6.A.time B.life C.look D.circle
7.A.monitor B.caretaker C.student D.teacher
8.A.living B.having C.breaking D.dreaming
9.A.experimental B.distance C.English D.self
10.A.lesson B.stairs C.challenge D.work
11.A.buying B.describing C.selling D.delivering
12.A.adore B.hate C.annoy D.touch
13.A.occasion B.inspiration C.occupation D.exception
14.A.skill B.favor C.devotion D.thought
15.A.sincerely B.accidentally C.especially D.certainly
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料,在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Why do people make their banks in the shape of a pig Pigs have nothing to do with money. They don’t store food like squirrels. So how did we end up ①_____ (use) a pig as the style of a bank
During the fifteenth century, metal was very expensive. Dishes and pots were made from a type of orange clay called “pygg”, ②_____ was pronounced just like “pig”. At the time, there weren’t banks like we have today, so people would store their money at home. When ③_____ (housewife) had extra coins to save, they would place them in clay jars or pots. Since the type of clay was called “pygg”, people ④_____ (refer) to the jars as pygg banks. Over time this evolved into piggy banks.
⑤_____ a few hundred years, people forgot that the word “pygg” was associated with the clay the banks ⑥_____ (make) from. The English language was also changing and the word “pig” was more ⑦_____ (common) used than before. So when English potters began to get request ⑧_____ piggy banks, they assumed their customers were asking for banks ⑨_____ (shape) like pigs, not banks made from pygg.
Today piggy banks are made from all kinds of materials, and they also come in a ⑩_____ (vary) of shapes and animals. But the term “piggy bank” is still used to refer to these adorable containers for loose change.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华,是一名高中生,你校校园需要招收英文网络编辑(the web editor),请根据一下提示,用英语向外交主编Chris申请这一职位。内容包括:
1.关心时事(current affairs),对新闻工作感兴趣;
2.有做校记者的工作经历;
3. 擅长英语。
注意: 1.词数80左右; 2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Mo was waiting outside her class. She was feeling sick. She had two exams that day. Physics was first and she hated physics, it was her worst subject. Terry looked back at her from the front of the line, then looked away quickly. Mo thought she looked guilty. She didn’t have a problem with physics. She didn’t have a problem with anything!
“Hi, Mo, it’s your favourite exam today!” said Nima as she arrived. Terry looked back again. “What’s wrong with her ” said Nima. “I thought you were friends.” “Yes, so did I,” said Mo. “But she looks absent-minded and acts strangely these days. She promised to help me revise for the physics exam, but then she ignored all my calls and texts!” said Mo angrily while going into the exam room.
Mo couldn’t answer question number five. She looked up and saw Terry sitting in the next row. Mo was surprised. Terry was holding her phone under the table and she was reading from it. Is that how Terry always got good grades She felt really angry at Terry and thought about telling the teacher, but what would everyone else think of her It wasn’t fair! Mo never cheated and she failed lots of exams. Terry had already put her phone away when Mo looked up again. She looked back at Mo and smiled sadly. “Stop writing and put your pens down” said Mr Reed as he started to collect the exam papers. Oh no, Mo hadn’t answered two of the questions. She was going to fail again!
The next exam was history. That was Mo’s favourite subject but she didn’t feel good. “It wasn’t fair!” she thought. “Terry was getting good grades by cheating all that time. And I thought we were friends!” Just then, Mr Reed walked past her table. “Mr Reed...”
Mo was sitting behind Terry again in the history exam, but Terry didn’t take her phone out. Mo was feeling bad again. Why did she tell Mr Reed But it was too late now. He wanted her to look at him and nod if she saw that Terry had her phone in the exam. She was on the last question when she saw that Terry had her phone under the table. Without thinking, Mo looked up and nodded to Mr Reed.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Terry was looking at her phone and didn’t hear him as he walked silently up to her table. _______
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Mo was leaving school when she heard footsteps behind her. It was Terry. _______________
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答案
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1-3 CCA
B
答案：1-4 CDBA
C
答案：1-4 ACBD
D
答案：1-4 ABBD
第二节
答案：FCAGE
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：1.B; 2.C; 3.A; 4.B; 5.C; 6.D; 7.D; 8.A; 9.B; 10.C; 11.D; 12.A; 13.B; 14.C; 15.D第二节
答案：①using②which③housewives④referred⑤After
⑥were made⑦commonly⑧for⑨shaped⑩variety
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
Dear Chris,
I happened to know that our website is looking for an English web editor. I’m writing to apply for this position.
First of all, not only am I enthusiastic about current affairs, but also I take great interest in journalism. So I think I can do the job well. What’s more, I worked as a reporter for our school newspaper last year, which will surely help me do the job better. More importantly, I have a good command of English.
In conclusion, I’m convinced that I’m qualified for the job. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节
答案：
Para 1:
Terry was looking at her phone and didn’t hear him as he walked silently up to her table. Though feeling uneasy and restless, she looked at Mr. Reed and nodded. With her eyes glued to the phone, it wasn't until the teacher patted on her back that Terry noticed Mr. Reed. Immediately, Terry was asked to leave. Terry rushed out of the class, crying all the way. Instead of feeling relaxed, Mo had ants in her pants. She felt guilty for telling Mr. Reed about it, which had resulted in Terry's not finishing her exam.
Para 2:
Mo was leaving school when she heard footsteps behind her. It was Terry. It was Terry who had just come out of the teacher's office. Feeling embarrassed, Mo wanted to run away. Nevertheless, Terry stopped her and said, "Mo, I'm sorry I haven't kept my promise to help you review, but my father has been badly ill for two weeks. Today he had a significant operation. I was so worried about him that I kept on reading the texts on the phone sent by my mother to get the latest news about him, so Mr. Reed forgave me. Can you forgive me " "Of course! Let's go to the hospital to see your father." Mo couldn't wait to reply.