高中英语Unit20NewFrontiers_Lesson1_Part1自我小测北师大版.docx

Unit 20 New Frontiers-Lesson1-Part1.释义搭配1handy Ato bring up to date2shortly Bto move data to a computer system from the Internet3update Cskillful in using ones hands4assess Din a short time；soon5download Eto estimate the valueof (property) for.选词填空assess，equality，handy，specialist，starvationLast week，a futurologist held a seminar.He said，“There will be welfare for every one and _1_in the society but no_2_，discrimination or conflict.People will be_3_their jobs in digital programme，using electronic database，which is _4_for their enterprise.” All the participants，including some_5_，agreed with him.阅读理解Edward Wilson is Americas，if not the worlds，leading naturalist.In The Future of Life，he takes us on a tour of the worlds natural resources(资源)How are they used？What has been lost？What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use？Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment (环境) protection，Henry David Thoreau.He compares todays Walden Pond with that of Thoreaus day.Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book.The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years.Can the earth，with human help，be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?Biodiversity，Wilson argues，is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today.Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it.A mere hundred species(物种) are the basis of our food supply，of which but twenty carry the load.Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of，which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.At the end of the book，Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment.If you are to continue to live on the earth，you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.1We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about _.Athe environment for plantsBthe biodiversity of our earthCthe waste of natural resourcesDthe importance of human values2How many species are most important to our present food supply?ATwenty.BEighty.COne hundred. DTen thousand.3Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _.Alearn how to farm scientificallyBbuild homes for some dying speciesCmake it clear what to eatDuse more species for food4We can infer that the text is _.Aa description of natural resourcesBa research reportCa book reviewDan introduction to a scientist参考答案.答案：1.C2.D3.A4.E5.B.答案：1.equality2.starvation3.assessing4.handy 5.specialists.1解析：推理判断题。文章第一段、第二段的最后一句及第三段第一句都提到了生物多样性的重要。由此可推断出Edward Wilson最关注的是：生物的多样性。答案：B2解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第三句可以了解到，起码有100种物种是我们食物供应的基础，但是其中仅仅有20种在起着重要作