人教版英语高二（选修8）Unit 4 Pygmalion同步单元检测（含解析）

Unit4 Pygmalion
单元检测
Ⅰ.阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
"A writer is always alone, always an outsider," Ernest Hemingway said. Others said that of the many people he created in his books, Hemingway was his own best creation.
Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899, grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, near the West Side of the city of Chicago. His father, Clarence Edmonds, was a doctor. His mother liked to paint and play the piano. Each summer the family traveled to their holiday home in northern Michigan. Hemingway’s father taught him how to catch fish, hunt, set up a camp and cook over a fire. At home, Hemingway always wrote for his school newspaper, imitating the language of a famous sportswriter of that time, Ring Lardner. He developed his writing skills this way.
In 1917, Hemingway decided not to go to a university and found a job with The Kansas City Star newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri. He reported news from the hospital, police headquarters, and the railroad station. One reporter remembered: "Hemingway liked to be where the action was." The Kansas City Star demanded that its reporters write short sentences. It wanted reporters to see the unusual details in an incident. Hemingway quickly learned to do both. He worked for the newspaper only six months. Then Hemingway left the newspaper and attempted to join the U.S. Army so that he could fight in World War Ⅰ. But the Army rejected him for his eyesight was not good enough, so he responded to a Red Cross recruitment(征募) effort and signed on to become an ambulance driver in Italy.
His job was to drive a Red Cross truck carrying the wounded away from battle. He went as close to the fighting as possible to see how he would act in the face of danger. Before long, the war ended. Hemingway returned to the United States. Less than a year had passed since he went to Europe. But in that short time he had changed forever. He needed to write about what he had seen.
Ernest Hemingway left home for Chicago to prove himself. But he ran out of money and began to write for a newspaper again. The Canadian newspaper, the Toronto Star, liked his reports about life in Chicago and paid him well.
In Chicago, Hemingway met the writer Sherwood Anderson, who was one of the first writers in America to write about the lives of common people. Hemingway saw that Anderson’s stories showed life as it really was, the way Hemingway was trying to do. Anderson gave Hemingway advice on his writing. He told Hemingway to move to Paris, which was full of young artists and writers from all over the world.21·cn·jy·com
So Hemingway decided to move to Paris. Paris was cold and gray when Hemingway and his wife arrived in 1921. They lived in one of the poorer parts of the city. Their rooms were small and had no running water. But the Toronto Star employed him as its European reporter, so there was enough money for the two of them to live. And the job gave Hemingway time to write his stories.
Hemingway’s first book of stories was called In Our Time, which included a story called Big Two-Hearted River about the effect of war on a young man. Big Two-Hearted River is considered one of the best modern American stories. The story shows the young man trying to forget his past, especially trying to forget the war. The reader learns about the young man, not because Hemingway tells us what the young man thinks, but because he shows the young man learning about himself. Another long story, The Sun Also Rises, is about young Americans in Europe after World War Ⅰ. The war had destroyed their dreams. And it had given them nothing to replace those dreams. The writer Gertrude Stein later called these people members of the "Lost Generation". The book was an immediate success.
Many people, however, could not recognize Hemingway’s art because they did not like what he wrote about. Hemingway’s sentences were short, the way he had been taught to write at The Kansas City Star newspaper. He wrote about what he knew and felt. He used few descriptive words. His statements were clear and easily understood.
1. How did Hemingway develop his writing skills at school?21世纪教育网版权所有
A. By working part-time for a newspaper.
B. By taking professional writing courses.
C. By writing for his college newspaper.
D. By learning from a famous sportswriter.
2. Why wasn’t Hemingway allowed to join the Army?
A. Because of his low education.
B. Because of his parents’ strong opposition.
C. Because of his poor ability to see.
D. Because of his disadvantaged political background.
3. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Hemingway enjoyed collecting news material on the scene.
B. Hemingway took action actively to fight against war.
C. Hemingway was eager to broaden his horizons.
D. Hemingway had loads of life experience.
4. Why did Hemingway move to Paris?
A. To escape from the war. B. To perfect his writing skills.
C. To visit Sherwood Anderson. D. To gain a high-income job.
B
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very probably be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
5. Which of these sentence best describes the writers’s point in Paragraph 1?
A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.
B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.
C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.【版权所有：21教育】
D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.
6. It is suggested in this passage that ________.
A. close relation usually have similar intelligence【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
B. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence
C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence
D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence2-1-c-n-j-y
7. The phrase “ at random” (Line 3, Para.2) means ________.21教育名师原创作品
A. purposely
B. rationally
C. aimlessly
D. independently
8. The best title for this article would be “________”.21*cnjy*com
A. What Does Intelligence Mean?
B. On Intelligence
C. We are Born with Intelligence
D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence
Ⅱ.完形填空
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Hiking through the mountains of Colorado was never my plan. I wanted to take 1 at Yale University but I abruptly (意外地) decided to explore the great outdoors of the American West with an adventure program. Before I knew it, Chicago and my comfort zone were being left behind and 2 mountains and sand dunes (沙丘).
On the morning of June 27, I was 3 by a burst of sunshine. I 4 slowly but suddenly realized I was not in Chicago anymore. I was in a 5 in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. I was going to have to
6 my three tent mates. I tiredly took my clothes and hid behind a large bush to 7 . It was soon time to 8 ourselves to everyone at camp. Everyone seemed pretty friendly, but why didn’t I feel a little
9 ? I was starting to 10 not having chosen a roommate at Yale.
After a quick 11 , we made our way to the Great Sand Dunes. “ 12 it as the Egyptian capital of Colorado,” said my camp leader. Egypt in Colorado? Now things were really starting to become 13 . When we arrived, we were stroked by endless amounts of 14 . Brief thoughts of being 15 by sand monsters came before me. My 16 increased when my camp leader told us, “Today, we are going to climb to the top of the Dunes.”
Three hours later, I was out of breath 17 I made it to the top. Suddenly, I felt the 18 was worth it.
The next two weeks flew by. I met 19 that tested my survival skills, but I pushed through every one of them. I was glad that I had somehow developed a new sense of 20 .
1. A. courses B. orders C. comments D. services
2. A. covered by B. attracted by C. replaced with D. supplied withwww.21-cn-jy.com
3. A. hurt B. greeted C. shocked D. moved
4. A. took off B. woke up C. came back D. ran out
5. A. forest B. valley C. tent D. castle
6. A. make the acquaintance of B. keep in touch with
C. take care of D. get used to
7. A. watch B. rest C. escape D. change
8. A. push B. introduce C. add D. recommend
9. A. comfortable B. safe C. curious D. grateful
10. A. imagine B. regret C. mind D. suggest
11. A. breakfast B. shower C. decision D. answer
12. A. Deal with B. Point to C. Think of D. Talk about
13. A. difficult B. dangerous C. exciting D. foreign
14. A. wood B. stone C. sand D. baggage
15. A. inspired B. saved C. abandoned D. eaten
16. A. fears B. surprises C. failures D. doubts
17. A. or B. but C. so D. if
18. A. career B. performance C. trip D. practice
19. A. challenges B. demands C. goals D. questions
20. A. honor B. urgency C. humor D. determination21教育网
Ⅲ. 语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Last Saturday afternoon, I went to the supermarket to meet my friend Sammy. We planned to meet at 3:00 p.m. As I arrived 15 minutes 1 (early), I decided to have a snack and a drink. I went to a new café 2 (call) The Metro. It was a little expensive and I just got a soda. It was really crowded, 3 I found a table and sat down.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
Then a guy came over and sat opposite me. He had a cup of coffee and a sandwich. He drank 4 coffee and ate half of the sandwich, and then he left. I was so 5 (hunger), so I ate the other half, 6 , I thought, was obviously leftover. Then a few minutes later, he came back. He was on his cell phone, so I didn't give an 7 (explain) about the sandwich. I just left feeling very 8 (embarrass).【出处：21教育名师】
But things got worse. I met my friend Sammy later and she said that her cousin Josh 9 (wait) for us in The Metro Cafe. And yes, it was the same guy. Oh, my Gosh! I wish I could slide 10 the ground.
Ⅳ. 短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
It was my 17th birthday and I was looking forward to see my friends. I arrived at my favorite restaurant, waiting for him. We would have the special birthday dinner. I looked for a familiar face but failed. Soon the restaurant was filled customers, none of which were my friends. An hour later, I went back home, lonely and disappointing. To my great surprise, I found the door was wide open while I arrived home. Nervously, I walk into the dark room. Suddenly, all the light went on and my friends were appeared shouting ‘‘surprise”. I had an unforgettable birthday.
Ⅴ. 书面表达
星光中学（Xingguang High School）近期举行了一次登山活动。假定你是学校英语报的记者，请写一篇短文，报道此次活动。内容包括：
1. 时间与地点：10月27日，大青山（Daqing Mountain）；
2. 活动的过程：如出发，途中，到达目的地等情况；
3. 你对这次活动的评论。
注意：
1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要介绍了美国作家海明威。
1. D【解析】考查细节理解。根据第二段中的"At home, Hemingway always wrote for his school newspaper, imitating the language of a famous sportswriter of that time, Ring Lardner. He developed his writing skills this way"可知,海明威是通过向著名的体育记者Ring Lardner学习来提高自己的写作能力的。21cnjy.com
4. B【解析】考查推理判断。根据第六段中的"Anderson gave Hemingway advice on his writing. He told Hemingway to move to Paris, which was full of young artists and writers from all over the world"可 知,Anderson给了海明威一些写作建议,并建议海明威移居到巴黎,那儿有很多来自世界各地的年轻艺术 家和作家,故可推知,海明威移居到巴黎是为了提高自己的写作技巧,故选B项。
B
【语篇解读】这是一篇科普知识类文章。文章主要介绍了影响智商的两个因素：先天和环境。
5. D【解析】段落大意题。由第一段中的Thus the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment可知，该段中心意思是人的智商在出生时就确定 了。但是，环境决定了我们的智商是否可以发展到极限，故D选项正确。
6. A【解析】细节理解题。由第二段中的The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence和Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence可知，血缘关系比较近的人的智商水平也相近，故A选项正确，同时也可以排除C选项。 由第二段中的Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different可以排除B选项。由最后一段中的…people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence可以排除D选项。
7. C【解析】词义猜测题。purposely 故意地，有意地；rationally 合理地，理性地；aimlessly 无目的地； independently 独立地。由语境可知，当我们随意从人群中选出两个人来时，他们的智商水平有可能完 全不同，故C选项正确。21·世纪*教育网
8. D【解析】主旨大意题。文章以智商为中心，主要介绍了影响智商的两个因素：先天和环境，故D选项正确。
Ⅱ.完形填空
【语篇解读】 本文属于探险类故事。主要讲述作者突然决定去美国西部冒险计划。在这一过程中我克服恐惧心理，战胜自我，完成了探险计划。自己从中学到了知识，觉得这次的冒险计划是值得的。
2. C 考查词组辨析。covered by被…覆盖； attracted by 被……袭击；replaced with 被……替代；supplied with 由……供应。句意:我离开了芝加哥，舒适的地方，代之的是山脉和沙丘。分析本句的意思就 是我从此常常出现在山脉和沙丘之中（即开始探险生活）。因此是选C。
3. B 考查动词辨析。hurt 伤害； greet欢迎，迎接，（景象，声音等）映入眼帘;； shock震惊； move 感动。句意：6月27日的早晨，一阵阳光映入眼帘。分析句意可知早晨我看见阳光，故选B。
4. B 考查动词辨析。 took off 起飞；woke up醒来；came back醒来；记起，恢复原状；ran out用完， 用光。句意：我慢慢地醒来了，但突然意识到我不再在芝加哥了。分析句意可知是在早晨的阳光 让我醒来，故用B。21*cnjy*com
5. C 考查名词辨析。 forest 森林；valley山谷；tent 帐篷；castle城堡。句意：我在科罗拉多的一个不 知什么地方的帐篷里。早晨在科罗拉多山脉的不知名的地方醒来，应该是睡在帐篷里（tent），不 会是森林里，或是山谷里，也不会是在城堡里，并且下面的第6小题的提示“my three tent mates.” 故选C
6. D 考查动词短语辨析。分析句意可知，我要适应我的三个帐篷伙伴。make the acquaintance of和…… 相识,结识,和……相识；keep in touch with与….保持联系；take care of照顾，照看；get used to习惯 故选D。
7. D 考查动词辨析。Watch观察；rest 休息； escape逃避； change换衣服，更衣，改变。分析句意作 者是想换衣服。故选D。
8. B 考查固定搭配。句意：我们很快就向营地的每个人作自我介绍。 push推； introduce 介绍； add 添 加；recommend推荐，建议。Introduce oneself to sb，为固定搭配，“向……某人自我介绍。故选B
9. A 考查形容辨析。 comfortable舒服的；safe 安全的； curious 好奇的；. grateful感激的。
句意：每个人看起来都很友好，但为什么我不觉得舒服一点呢？分析句意可知，用but表示前后意 思相反的，每个人友好但我没有感觉舒服，故选A。
12. C 考查固定搭配。deal with应付，处理；point to 指向；think of 想到；talk about谈论，考虑。句意： 匆匆吃过早饭，我们就前往大沙丘。“把它看成埃及首都科罗拉多” think of… as…把……看作/当 作。故选C.
13. D 考查形容词辨析。Difficult困难的；dangerous 危险的； exciting令人激动的；foreign外国的，陌 生的，不相关的。句意：埃及在科罗拉多？现在事情真的开始变得陌生了，分析句意就是这埃及 和科罗拉多山脉两个地方本风牛马不相及的事怎么会这样，我不明白了，故选D.。
14. C 考查名词。句意：当我们到达那儿时，我们周围全是沙子。第15小题后有提示“eaten by sand” 被沙子吞掉。故选C
15. D 考查动词。句意：我突然出现了被沙怪兽吃掉的想法inspire激励；save 挽救，节约 abandon放弃， 抛弃；.eat吃掉。因为我们周围全是沙子 ，似乎要被沙怪吃掉。故选D。
16. A 考查名词。 fears恐惧，害怕； surprises 吃惊； failures失败； doubts怀疑。句意：当我的营地 首领告诉我们：今天，我们要爬到沙丘的顶端时，我的恐惧增加了。分析语境可知刚到那儿到处 都是沙子，并且自己有被沙怪吃掉的感觉，所以这让作者感到害怕。故选A
17. B 考查连接词。分析句意可知，三个小时后，我上气不接下气，但我爬到了山顶。前后句意是转折 的，故要用 but，因此选B.。2·1·c·n·j·y
18. C 考查名词辨析。career事业；performance表演，表现； trip旅途，旅程；practice练习，做法。句 意：突然，我觉得这次旅行是值得的。而且第一段第一句有提示“Hiking through”hike，意为“徒 步旅行”，可知是旅行，故选C。
19. A 考查名词辨析。challenge挑战；demand需求，需要， 要求；goals 目标；question 问题; 疑问. 句意：我迎接了考验我生存技能的挑战。meet the challenge，为固定搭配“迎接挑战”，故选A
20. D 考查名词辨析。 Honor荣誉；urgency紧迫，急事； humor 幽默； determination决心，决定。句 意：我非常高兴我有了决心的新感觉。分析上文内容虽然我在过大沙丘时我非常恐惧，但我却能 迎接挑战，最终爬上了山顶，这说明我有决心和毅力，故选D。
Ⅲ. 语法填空
【语篇解读】本文主要讲了作者在喝咖啡时遇到的尴尬事。
4. the 考查冠词。句意：此处的coffee是特指上文提到了a cup of coffee ，所以要用定冠词the，故 填the.
5. hungry 考查形容词。用形容词hungry（饿的）作表语，故填hungry.
6. which 考查关系代词。非限制性定语从句，用关系代词which指代上文中的the other half，在从句中 作主语，故填which.
7. explanation 考查名词。此处用名词explanation（解释）作动词give的宾语，故填explanation.
8. embarrassed 考查形容词。形容词embarrassed（窘迫的）作系动词feel的表语，故填embarrassed.
9. was waiting 考查时态词。句意：他说他的表兄Josh正在等着我们。主句动词said是过去式，所以宾 语从句要用过去进行时表示：was/were doing，而主语her cousin Josh是单数形式，故填 was waiting.
10. into 考查介词。固定短语slide into（溜进），介词into接宾语the ground。故填into.
Ⅳ. 短文改错
It was my 17th birthday and I was looking forward to my friends. I arrived at my favorite restaurant, waiting for. We would have special birthday dinner. I looked for a familiar face but failed. Soon the restaurant was filled customers, none of were my friends. An hour later, I went back home, lonely and . To my great surprise, I found the door was wide open I arrived home. Nervously, I into the dark room. Suddenly, all the went on and my friends appeared shouting ‘‘surprise”. I had an unforgettable birthday.
【解析】这篇文章主要讲了作者十七岁生日时，作者的朋友给作者举办的一个特殊的生日宴会。
第一处：考查固定用法。look forward to期盼，后面要接动词的ing形式，所以see改成seeing。
第二处：考查代词。指代前面的“我的朋友们”，所以him改成them。
第三处：考查冠词。我们将有一个特殊的生日宴会。泛指“一个特殊的生日宴会”，且special的首字母发音
是辅音，所以the改成a。
第七处：考查连词。when表示“当……的时候”。从句中既可用延续性动词，又可用非延续性动词，这些动
词既可以表示动作，又可表示状态，常跟一般过去时。while表示“在……的时候”“在……期间”。
while从句中必须是表示动作或状态的延续性动词，常跟过去进行时，所以while改成when。
第八处：考查时态。表示发生在过去的事情，用一般过去时，所以walk改成walked。
第九处：考查名词单复数。突然，所有的灯都开了。“所有的灯”是复数意义，所以light改成lights。
第十处：考查语态。my friends与 appeared之间是主动关系，所以用主动语态，删去were。
Ⅴ. 书面表达
To help us students keep fit, our school organized a mountain-climbing activity on October 27th. Hundreds of us took part in it. www-2-1-cnjy-com
It was a nice day. At 8 a.m., we arrived at the foot of Daqing Mountain and began the journey with great excitement. All the way, we were chatting, singing and laughing, enjoying the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. When someone fell behind, others would come and offer help. At around 11 a.m., we reached the top. We jumped and shouted with joy in the sunshine.
This activity was really meaningful for us and we all benefited a lot from it. During the activity we enjoyed nature to the fullest. Besides, we were able to develop our friendships as well.