人教版高中英语必修二Unit4Wildlifeprotection

Unit 4 Wildlife protection

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Ⅰ.语法和词汇知识 1．(2012·高考重庆卷)—Look，here comes your dream girl.Invite her to dance. —________What if she refuses me? A．I don’t know. B．Why me? C．With pleasure. D．So what? 2．(2012·陕西五校三模)What ________ relief! It almost took us five years to pay back all the money we borrowed from the bank.Now we are out of ________debt.

A．a；/ B．a；the C．the；a D．/；/ 3．(2011·高考福建卷)I’d prefer to ________ my judgement until I find all the evidence. A．show B．express C．pass D．reserve

4．Recently some Japanese have been trying to make conflicts with China，________effects we are greatly concerned.

A．to whose B．about whose C．to which D．about which

5．Over the past decades，sea ice________ in the Arctic as a result of global warming. A．had decreased B．decreased C．has been decreasing D．is decreasing 6．(2012·厦门期末考试)Much to the________of the worried parents，their son finally came back safe and sound.

A．relief B．regret C．anger D．disappointment 7．—I am at ________ loss at the moment.Can you help me? —That’s out of ________ question.What can I do for you? A．a；/ B．a；the C．/；a D．/；the

8．Too much drinking will do ________ to your health；you should take the doctor’s advice. A．harm B．trouble C．damage D．hurt 9．(2013·西安五校模拟)While we were listening to the speech attentively，a voice ________ to announce the result of the election.

A．broke in B．broke up C．broke off D．broke down

10．If we don’t take steps，the Tibetan antelopes and pandas will ________ some day just as dinosaur，which is terrible.

A．die out B．die away C．die down D．die off 11．—It seems that you have worked here for a long time. —No.It was just a year ago ________ I started working here. A．that B．how C．when D．before

12．With so many people ________ anxiously to use the lift to go to work，we must get it repaired as quickly as possible.

A．to wait B．waited C．wait D．waiting 13．(2013·青岛模拟)Most children need encouragement in time of failure ________ they can

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cheer up again.

A．so that B．in case C．because D．if

14．The headmaster has retired but no one knows who will ________ him in the post. A．follow B．succeed C．remove D．achieve 15．(2013·兰州模拟)There’s no doubt that children are always longing ________ the Christmas holidays.

A．to B．on C．for D．about Ⅱ.完形填空

The remarkable weather extremes of the past decade were not directly caused by global warming，President of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Professor Neville Nicholls said on Monday.

Professor Nicholls，who is one of Australia’s most __1__ climate scientists，said such extremes__2__the heat wave in Victoria of Australia that__3__the Black Saturday bushfires，similar heat in Pakistan and Russia，and the devastating tornado(龙卷风) ripped through parts of the U．S.earlier this year are，in many__4__，unprecedented(空前的) in modern times.

__5__，he said that global warming should not be__6__for these events. “__7__these things happen，people ask‘was it caused by global warming？’”The short answer is no，“Professor Nicholls told the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) conference in Melbourne on Monday.

“They were all caused by well-known and reasonably well-understood weather and climate

events，even with some predictability.”

__8__global warming does not cause the weird(怪异的，超自然的) weather，Professor Nicholls __9__its part in making some of the extreme weather more__10__. “Global warming doesn’t produce these events，however，it’s__11__hard to avoid the conclusion__12__global warming has increased the frequency and the intensity of these heat waves，”Prof.Nicholls，who is also a famous Monash University professorial fellow，said.

“It is __13__harder to make the connection to__14__those floods in Queensland in early 2011 to global warming，”

“There was a particular and very unusual meteorological(气象的) sequence that__15__those floods and__16__is very difficult to work out if climate change is worsening that situation__17__.”

He__18__that the cause of the recent floods in Australia，instead is a record-breaking version of La Nina.

The 25th general assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)__19__on Wednesday in Melbourne.Almost 4,000 participants from about 100 countries will discuss recent natural disasters and the__20__on human life and infrastructure at the eight-day conference.

1.A.famous B．common C．sharp D．strict 2．A.like B．for C．as D．to 3．A.kept B．brought C．accompanied D．produced 4．A.cases B．positions C．conditions D．scenes 5．A.Therefore B．However C．Yet D．But 6．A.accused B．charged C．blamed D．criticized

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7．A.Whenever B．Wherever C．However D．Whichever 8．A.While B．When C．As D．Where 9．A.appreciates B．appoints C．adapts D．acknowledges 10．A.severer B．ordinary C．severe D．general 11．A.much B．pretty C．likely D．such 12．A.which B．what C．that D．/ 13．A.much B．very C．so D．more 14．A.join B．link C．combine D．fix 15．A.led to B．lied in C．resulted from D．consisted in 16．A.this B．that C．it D．which 17．A.in all B．above all C．at all D．all in all 18．A.increased B．added C．supplied D．argued 19．A.opened B．started C．began D．closed 20．A.result B．impact C．affection D．efficiency Ⅲ.阅读理解 (2013·烟台四校复习达标检测) Are you having difficulty falling asleep? Try drinking a glass of warm milk.If that doesn’t work，listen to some soft，beautiful music.Still no luck? Try thinking about sheep jumping over a fence.If you are still awake，take a sleeping pill.But people who take pills often become dependent on the drugs.So you lie awake knowing that the new workday will soon arrive.If you have been in such condition for at least one month，you may have primary insomnia (失眠症)．

A new study has found that you might fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep longer if you try “cerebral hypothermia”．It is not a complex medical process.It just means cooling down your brain.Eric Nofzinger and Daniel Buysse from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School led the study.They examined twelve people who had sleeping problems.Twelve others had no sleeping problems.Each of them wore a soft plastic cap on their head at bedtime.

The caps had tubes inside filled with water.The researchers moved the water through the tubes and then changed the temperature of the water.Other studies showed that people who had sleeping problems often had more chemical reactions in the front of their brain.The researchers thought cooling down the brain might help.

On the first two nights of testing，the patients wore caps with no water.On the next two nights，the caps were worn，but the water was not cooled.Then the researchers cooled the water a little for another two nights.On the final two nights of the study，the temperature of the water was made much cooler.

The researchers found that the water caps didn’t help the patients until the temperature was about 14℃.Most of the patients fell asleep faster and slept better when the coolest water was moving around their head.

Dr.Nofzinger and Dr.Buysse noted that this was only the beginning of the brain temperature

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study.But they believed they had discovered something important that needed more research.

1．The first paragraph is written to ________. A．explain how serious insomnia is

B．bring forward the topic of the passage C．tell us the causes of sleeping problems

D．tell us the danger of having sleeping problems

2．From the passage we know that “cerebral hypothermia” is actually ________. A．a complex medical process B．a psychological treatment C．a simple physical treatment D．a difficult scientific theory

3．In the study，researchers helped people fall asleep faster through ________. A．increasing chemical reactions in the front of their brain B．making them feel safe with a cap on their head C．asking them to drink water to cool down D．lowering the temperature of their brain 4．What is Paragraph 4 mainly about? A．The cause of the study. B．The function of the caps. C．Some details of the study.

D．People’s reactions to the study.

5．Dr.Nofzinger and Dr.Buysse seemed to believe that ________. A．their research wouldn’t help people greatly B．more studies would be needed for their research C．cooling down people’s brain might be harmful

D．the results of their study would be made use of soon

Unit 4 Wildlife protection

课时达标检测 Ⅰ.语法和词汇知识 1．【解析】选A。考查情景交际。结合“What if she refuses me？”可知选A项。B项意为“为什么是我呢”；C项意为“非常乐意”，常用于别人请求帮忙时的回答；D项意为“那又怎么样”，均不符合句意。

2．【解析】选A。句意：真轻松！我们用了将近五年的时间还清了从银行借的所有的钱，现在我们没有债务了。relief作“令人轻松的事”讲时为可数名词，常以单数形式出现，在本句中表示泛指，故第一空用不定冠词a；out of debt(不欠债了)为固定搭配。

3．【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意：我宁愿保留我的判断直到找到所有证据。reserve保存，保留；show出示；express表达；pass传递，传达。根据句意可知，正确答案为D项。

4．【解析】选B。句意：近来一些日本人一直在试图和中国制造冲突和矛盾，我们密切关注着它的影响与后果。be concerned about/with sth.对……感兴趣，对……关注的。此题考查了be concerned about/with sth.中介词的使用，还考查了定语从句的关系词的选用，根据句意定语从句中缺少effects的定语，表示“……的影响”，故选择B。

5．【解析】选C。句意：在过去几十年里，由于全球变暖，北极的海冰一直在减少。over/in the past/last decades常与现在完成时连用。

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6．【解析】选A。考查名词辨析。relief 安慰、宽慰。句意：让焦虑的父母大为宽慰的是，他们的儿子终于安然无恙地回来了。regret 遗憾，后悔；anger愤怒；disappointment失望。

7．【解析】选A。考查冠词用法。本题中所考查的两个短语均为固定短语，at a loss茫然，不知所措；out of question没问题，此短语也可为“毫无疑问”之意。

8．【解析】选A。句意：过量饮酒会对你的健康有害；你应该听从医生的建议。do harm to“对……有害”，固定搭配。trouble麻烦；damage破坏；hurt伤害。

9．【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我们专心聆听演讲时，一个声音插了进来，宣布了选举结果。此处break in表示“插嘴；打断”。后三项分别表示“破碎；解散”“折断”“垮掉；出故障”，都与语意不符。

10．【解析】选A。句意：如果我们不采取措施，藏羚羊和熊猫总有一天会像恐龙一样灭绝，那将非常可怕。die out“灭绝”，符合句意。

11．【解析】选A。分析句子结构可知，这是一个强调句，被强调的成分是just a year ago。 12．【解析】选D。people与wait之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，同时根据后半句“我们得尽快修好”可知，人们正在等着用电梯，故用动词-ing形式。

13．【解析】选A。句意：失败时，大多数孩子需要鼓励，这样他们才能再次振作起来。so that“以至于”，引导目的状语从句；in case“以防万一”。

14．【解析】选B。succeed继承，接任，符合题意。follow跟随；紧跟；remove免职；罢免；achieve取得。句意：校长已经退休了，但是没人知道谁将接任他的职位。

15．【解析】选C。long作动词时，后接不定式to do或for引导的介词短语，意思是“渴望……；很想有……”。空后为名词，故选for。

Ⅱ.完形填空 1．【解析】选A。此处表示“尼科尔斯教授是澳大利亚最著名的气候科学家之一”，famous是“杰出的，著名的”，符合语境。common是“普通的”，sharp是“敏捷的”，strict是“严格的”。

2．【解析】选C。such...as...是“和……一样的”，表示列举。 3．【解析】选C。此处表示“伴随极端热浪而产生的森林大火”，accompany是“伴随……而生；同时发生”，符合语境。

4．【解析】选A。“在很多情况下，这样的现象在现代是很空前的。”case是“情况”，符合语境。position是“位置”，condition是“条件”，scene是“场景”。

5．【解析】选B。“然而，他说不应该把这些事件的发生都归咎于全球变暖上。”与上文形成转折，故用however。

6．【解析】选C。be blamed for...是“为……负责；因为……责备……”之意。 7．【解析】选A。“无论何时这些事情发生时，人们都是问’是全球变暖造成的吗？”whenever引导让步状语从句，表示“无论何时”之意。

8．【解析】选A。while引导的是让步状语从句，表示“尽管……”之意，前后表示转折。

9．【解析】选D。“尽管全球变暖不是造成这种怪异天气的原因，但是尼科尔斯教授承认……”，acknowledge是“承认”之意，符合语境。appreciate是“欣赏”，appoint是“委任”，adapt是“适应，改编”。

10．【解析】选C。“全球变暖在造成更加严重的极端天气方面的作用”，severe是“严重的”之意，符合语境。ordinary是“平常的”，general是“一般的”。

11．【解析】选B。pretty在此处用作副词，相当于very much，表示“非常，很”之意。 12．【解析】选C。 that引导的是同位语从句，作conclusion的同位语，解释conclusion的内容，此时that不能够用which代替，不能够省略，没有任何实际意义。

13．【解析】选A。much修饰比较级harder，表示“更……”。 14．【解析】选B。“把2011年昆士兰发生的洪灾和全球变暖联系起来”，故用link表示“联系，连接”之意，多与介词to连用。join是“加入，连接”，强调用中介物将两个物体连接起来；combine是“合并”；fix是“固定”。

15．【解析】选A。“特定的、非常不寻常的气象序列事件导致了这些洪灾的发生”，lead to是“导致”，符合语境。lie in是“在于……”，相当于result from和consist in，后

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