2021年高考英语(外研版)一轮复习选修8：1Module1课后达标检测

1、 I课后达标检测 （建议用时：35 分钟 I 阅读理解 A （2020 昆明诊断测试）The world can be a scary place when you re young. It can be even scarier when you re a young little blue penguin （ 企鹅） , the tini est of the penguin species. Luckily, there are some huma ns willi ng to help. They stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin

2、that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zeala nd. Spotted on November 29 at the slipway at Moncks Bay, near Sumner, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycli ng that afternoon, and he biked home to get his camera

3、. When he retur ned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign, one that read “ Hi, I m waiting for my mum to come back. DOC（Department of Conservation） knows I m here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin. ” Billy did n t move away f

4、rom the sig n. The DOC arrived later that after noon to pick up Billy, though they were surprised to see it on the beach. It s unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the ope n on the beach duri ng the day，” An ita Spencer, a DOC senior ran ger, told Stuff. Billy was take n to the Christchurch Pengu

5、in Rehabilitatio n Cen ter after being retrieved from the beach. Volun teers believe the bird may actually be a female penguin, and is around 2 mon ths old. The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less tha n a sta ndard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. Most little pen

6、guins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram. The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before it s set free into the ocea n. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了一只小蓝企鹅在人们的帮助下最终得救的故事。 1. Why can the world be frightening to a young penguin? A. It is a rare species. B. It faces pote ntial dan

7、ger. C. It is surrounded by the crowd. D. It is threatened by dogs. B 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段，尤其是倒数第二、 三句 Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away.可知，当时有人在那只小蓝企鹅旁边竖立了一个牌子警示人们不要打扰它， 不要让狗靠近它。由此可推知， 对于那只小蓝企鹅来讲， 这个世界是可怕的，因为它面临着 些潜在的危险。故 B 项正确。 2. It can be inferred from the text that Billy _ A . is a female pen

8、guin B. has expressed its thanks C. weighs less for its age D. prefers living on the beach C 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的 The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 grams at this age. ” 可知，这只小蓝 企鹅体重只有 550 克，而处于它这个年龄的小蓝企鹅的体重应达到 900 克左右。由此可推知， 这只小蓝企鹅

9、的体重低于它这个年龄的小蓝企鹅的体重。故 C 项正确。 3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ retrieved in Paragraph 4? A . Ignored. B . Cured. C. Given away. D . Brought back. D 解析：词义猜测题。根据第四段第一句 Billy was taken to the Christchurch Pen guin Rehabilitation Center after being retrieved from the beach.可知，这只

10、小蓝企鹅是从沙滩上被带 到克赖斯特彻奇的一个企鹅康复中心的。由此可推知，画线词与 brought back 带回”意思 相近。故 D 项正确。 4. What will happen to Billy in the center? A . It will be reported to Stuff. B. It will be visited by the locals. C . It will be take n good care of. D . It will be fed with fruit juice. C 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段 “ The center will help

11、 the little pen guin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before it s set free into the ocean.” 可知，在这只小蓝企鹅被放 回海洋之前，康复中心会帮助它增加一些体重。由此可推知， 在那个企鹅康复中心里，这只 小蓝企鹅会得到很好的照顾。故 C 项正确。 B （2020 陕西部分学校摸底检测 ）Scientists are preparing to launch the world first machine to clean up the planet largest mass of oce

12、an plastic. The experts believe the machine should be able to collect half of the detritus in the patchabout 40，000 metric tons within five years. In the past few weeks they have been busy welding together giant tubes that will sit on the surface of the sea and form the skeleton of the machine, crea

13、ting the largest floating barrier ever made. The system, originally dreamt up by Mr. Slat, will be shipped out this summer to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, which contains estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. It will be the first ever attempt to tackle the patch

14、 since it was discovered in 1997. Mr. Slat was 16 and still at school when he was diving in Greece and first saw for himself the amount of plastic polluting the sea. “ There were more bags than fish down there ，” he recalls. Two years later he came up with a solution, quit university after six month

15、s and set up The Ocean Cleanup as a company. Mr. Slat says the first plastic to arrive on shore will be a major milestone. “ We as humanity created this problem, so I think it s also our responsibility to help solve it ，” he says. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) covers an area of 1.6 million s

16、quare kilometers and contains at least 79，000 tons of plastic, research found last month. Most of it is made up of “ ghost gear ”parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels. Ghost gear kills more than 100， 000 whales, dolphins and seals each ye

17、ar, according to scientific surveys. Seabirds and other marine life are increasingly being found dead with stomachs full of small pieces of plastic. Creatures eat plastic discarded in the sea thinking it fosod but then starve to death because they are not feeding properly. Others are trapped and die

18、 of starvation or are strangled or suffocated by ghost gear. 【 解题导语 】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了世界首个海洋垃圾清扫机的发明。 5 What does the underlined word “ detritus ” in the second paragraph probably mean? A Waste. B Ocean. CSystem. D Machine. A 解析：词义猜测题。 根据第二段画线词前的 “collect half of ”和第四段第一句中的 “first saw for himself the

19、amount of plastic polluting the seh和第五段最后一句中的 “ parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels ” 可推 知，画线词的意思是 “垃圾 。故选 A。 6Which one makes up most of the garbage in Pacific from the passage? A Fishing vessels. BDolphins and seals. CGiant tubes. D.

20、Abandoned fishing gear. D 解析：细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句 gear parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes often from illegal fishing vessels. ”可知，太平洋里的大部分垃圾是由废弃的钓鱼用具组成的。 7. Why do some creatures in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch die of starvation? A. Because they are killed by ghost gear.

21、B. Because they are suffocated by ghost gear. C. Because they don t like eating plastic. D. Because they are not feeding properly. D 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句中的 “ but then starve to death because they are not feeding properly 可知，太平洋垃圾带的一些生物死于饥饿是因为它们不能正常地 进食。 8. What is the main idea of the passage? A . A

22、 report about the death of marine life. B. News about the first mach ine to clea n up ocea n plastic. C . In formati on about ocea n plastic. D . The reas on for inven ti ng a mach ine. B 解析：主旨大意题。本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了世界首个海洋垃圾清扫机的发 明。第一段 “ Scientists are preparing to launch the world s first machine to cle

23、an up the planet s largest mass of ocean plastic.” 点明了文章的主题。故选 B。 n .完形填空 （2020 福建质量检查测试 ）Every year, the fifth graders at Brookstone Elementary School went on a field trip to Washington, D . C. Terence _1_ the exciting trip, and was _2_ to go the n ext year. Terence asked his pare nts _3_ if they w

24、ould pay for half of the trip if he earned the other half of the money himself. His pare nts _4_. He had almost a year to earn $150. His first _5_ _ was to earn money by babysitting, and he typed a nice letter _6_ that “ he would babysit during his n eighbors 7_ ” . He n amed a few after noons avail

25、able and said he would _8_ $1 per hour per child. After five babysitt ing _9_ , he earned $45. When the _10_ weather arrived, Terence knocked on his neighbors doors to ask if they n eeded help with _11 work. He helped with mowing （修剪） and weedi ng garde ns. After the summer was over, he earned $75.

26、When the fall arrived, he counted his money and _12_ that he still n eeded $30 for his trip. Soon his mom saw a(n) _13_ for a job for him. He got a job _14_ n ewspapers every Wedn esday after noon, making 5 cents for every paper, $10 _15_ each Wednesday. It wasn long before he Most of it is made up

27、of ghost had _1 money to go on the trip to Washington, D . C. He was 17 in time. The class trip was on October 15. His mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they _18_ him. What a great feeli ng! He helped _19_ the cost of his trip. This experie nee _20_ Terence in many ways, maki ng his dream a

28、reality with great efforts. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。小学生 Terenee 非常渴望去华盛顿进行实地调查旅 行，他希望自己挣一半旅费，另一半由父母资助。父母答应后，他通过帮邻居照看小孩、修 剪花园和给花园除杂草等工作攒够了钱。 1 A.prepared for B laid out C. referred to D. heard about D 解析：根据第一句可知，每年 Terenee 所在学校的五年级学生都要去华盛顿进行实 地调查旅行；结合该句中的 f to go the n ext year 可知, Terence 应该是听说了 (heard abou

29、t)这 个激动人心的旅行，就渴望 (dy ing)来年也去。 2. A.dyi ng B. grateful C. lucky D. proud A 3. A.curiously B. casually C. an xiously D. briefly C 解析：根据上文可知，Tere nee 渴望去华盛顿进行实地调查旅行；又结合语境可知， 此处表示 Terenee急切地问他的父母是否愿意支付他一半的旅行费用。 C 项意为“急切地， 渴望地”，故 C 项正确。 4. A.submitted B . agreed C. bargained D . refused B 解析：根据下文可知，他有近一

30、年的时间去挣 150 美元；又根据下文中的 His mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they _ him.可知，他的父母同意 (agreed)为他支付 一半的旅行费用。 5. A.idea B . job C. conclusion D . suggestion A 解析：根据该句中的 fb earn money by babysitting ” typed a nice letter并结合语境可 知，他的第一个主意 (idea) 就是通过代人临时照看孩子来挣钱，并打印了一封信，信上说 (saying)邻居不在(absenee)时他可以帮他们

31、照看孩子。 6A.deelaring B eonfirming Cshowing D saying D 7A.stay B eompany Cinteraetion D absenee D 8A.pay B spend Ceharge D donate C 解析：根据该句中的 $1 per hour per child 并结合语境可知，Terenee 帮邻居照看孩 子的收费标准是每个孩子每小时一美元。 C 项意为“收费，开价”，故 C 项正确。 9A.negotiations B sessions Cattempts D interviews B 解析：根据语境可知，在帮助邻居照看五次孩子后， 他赚了 45 美元。B 项意为“ 段时间 ” ，符合语境，故 B 项正确。 1 0 A.wa rm B fine Cunusual D ehangeable A 解析： 根据下文 “ He helped with mowing( 修剪 ) and weeding gardens.” 可知，该处指 当温暖的(warm)天气来临时，他敲邻居们的门问是否需要帮忙做院子 (yard)里的工作。 11 A.yard B paper Csehool D volunteer A 12 A.admitted B determined Ceomplain