2022-2023学年新教材高中英语单元检测卷六Unit6EarthFirst外研版必修第二册

1、 单元检测卷(六)Unit 6Earth first第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1When can the man see the headmaster?AAt 9：30. BAt 11：45. CAt 12：40.2Why does the man want to keep the window shut?AHe is ill.BHe wants to open it hi

2、mself.CThe air inside is fresh enough.3What is Mike?AA teacher. BA student. CA writer.4What has made working at home possible?APersonal computers. BCommunication industry. CLiving far from companies.5Where is the woman?AIn a soap factory. BIn her house. CAt an information desk.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22

3、.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6Where does the conversation most probably take place?AAt home. BOn a bus. CIn the bank.7Why do the two speakers want to buy a car?AThey have a lot of money.BThe man lives to

4、o far away from his office.CThe womans office is too far away from her home.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8Why wont Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?AHe cant spare the time. BThe clinic will be closed. CDr Milton wont come to work.9When is the clinic open in a week?AFrom Monday to Friday.BOn weekdays except

5、Thursday.CDuring the whole week.10What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?A5：30 pm., Wednesday. B6：15 pm., Wednesday. C6：15 pm., Thursday.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11How many times has the phone rung?AJust once. BSeveral times. CFive times.12Whats the probable relationship between the two spea

6、kers?ANeighbours. BA couple. CClassmates.13What do we know about the woman?AShes a little nervous. BShes very excited. CShes very angry.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?AHusband and wife. BFriends. CStrangers.15Where does the conversation most probably take

7、 place?AIn a restaurant. BAt the womans home. CAt the mans home.16What does the woman ask the man to do?AHave some soup. BHave more rice. CBring his wife next time.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What did Nicholas do at eighteen months?AHe began to learn French.BHe read the newspaper.CHe took telephone messages

8、.18Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?AHe had too much homework.BHe almost couldnt learn anything special.CHis teachers often corrected his spelling.19Who offered to help Nicholas finally?AHis classmates. BHis parents. CA college.20What is Nicholass life like now?ABusy without any

9、 social life.BFull but boring.CBusy at college and free at home.第二部分阅读(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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWhen Buffett was asked about the secret to his success, he said that he read every day500 pages, to be exact. Unfortunately, if youre already working 95, you mi

10、ght not have the time to read at all, let alone an entire book a day. But if you want to make some changes in your life, the following 4 mostread books on selfimprovement may help you start.How to Stop Worrying and Start Living written by Dale CarnegieAre you wondering why you cant stop worrying abo

11、ut something? No matter how hard you try, do you focus on the same problem? By finding out the reason for your stress, you can overcome this. In this book Carnegie came up with some effective ways that can help you stop worrying about the same thing again.Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Dont

12、Do written by Amy MorinYou cant escape bad luck in life. But you can change how you react to it. Do you struggle to overcome your failures? Or think about things out of your control? This book will help you overcome these difficulties, which can have a great effect on your everyday life.How Will You

13、 Measure Your Life written by Clayton ChristensenThis book will give you some suggestions on how to balance your work and your life.What would make you happier at work? Perhaps a little more money or more admiration from others is what you want. Although career success can be satisfying, ignoring yo

14、ur family and friends can be harmful.Finding Your Element written by Ken RobinsonThis world often wants us to follow a certain life plan. If you dont know what your passion is, it just means you havent discovered it yet. Or maybe it just disappeared early in life. This book will help find out how yo

15、u can get away from the worlds strict rules and find your real passion in life.21Whose book can help you if you cant stop worrying about things?AAmy Morins. BDale Carnegies.CKen Robinsons. DClayton Christensens.22If one of your friends doesnt know how to balance his work and life, you could advise h

16、im to read _.AThirteen Things Mentally Strong People Dont DoBHow to Stop Worrying and Start LivingCFinding Your ElementDHow Will You Measure Your Life23Whats the best title of this passage?AFour Books Interest You BFour Books Occupy Your Free TimeCFour Books Change Your Life DFour Books Help You Rel

17、axBBefore Ed Sheeran became the Grammywinning and 150 million albumselling Ed Sheeran, he was just another struggling artist. He was playing in small clubs, knocking on doors and being told no over and over againfollowing a seemingly impossible dream.But Sheeran decided to take a risk on himself, bu

18、ying a oneway ticket to Los Angeles in 2010 after booking one gig (特约演奏). Looking for other gigs led to playing on Jamie Foxxs radio show and to using the recording studio in Foxxs home for free. And sleeping on Foxxs couch (长沙发).“Within a month，” Sheeran said, “of going there, with zero confidence,

19、 and ending up in one of the biggest movie stars in the worlds house, recording.in my mind, I was like, I must have something. So, going back to England, I had this chargedup battery.and started making records, doing tours all over.”Staying the course in the face of struggle and rejection (拒绝) is ha

20、rd.Thats where Foxx stepped in for Sheeran. “Youre great，” Foxx recalled telling Sheeran. “I said, I know you dont have anywhere to go, so you can take a rest here.”Most people give up in the face of adversity (逆境)even if they are smarter, better connected, more talented or better funded than you. S

21、uccess often comes down to perseverance (坚持). You cant win if you arent around at the end.You dont have to offer your couch. But you can be kind. You can offer a word of encouragement to a struggling friend. You can offer a little help to a struggling connection. Behind every startup is a person wit

22、h a dream: a person living on couches and depending on strangers being kind. Once in a while, be one of those strangers because a little help may be all a person needs to keep going.24How was Ed Sheeran before he went to Los Angeles?AHe became wellknown in clubs. BHe started to step into the music i

23、ndustry.CHe wasted many chances to be successful. DHe nearly had no hope of making progress.25What did Foxx do to help Ed Sheeran?AHe gave him some money. BHe found a job for him.CHe held tours for him. DHe offered his couch.26When Ed Sheeran left Los Angeles, he _Awas satisfied with his achievement

24、s Bwas uncertain about his futureCwas confident about himself Dwas upset with Foxx27What does the author want to share in Paragraph 6?ATwo heads are better than one. BA friend in need is a friend indeed.CWhere there is a will, there is a way. DIn time of danger, ones mind works fast.C2022龙岩高一上期末 Com

25、panies in China are welcoming a hybrid work model (混合工作模式), which brings opportunities to creativity. And it is also a passive method for disease control and prevention, industry officials said.About 45 percent of companies in China are providing remote (远程的) work opportunities, higher than the aver

26、age level in the Asia Pacific region of 41 percent. Over 57 percent of employees like the hybrid work idea, with the preferred choice as three working days in the office and two at home, according to a survey from Linkedin, a workplace site with 50 million users in China.Hybrid work offers benefits

27、such as reduced time and energy spent commuting (通勤) and opportunities to hire from a global talent pool, said Wendy Purcell, Research Scholar at Harvard University. He shared opinions with Chen Yubo, Tsinghua professor and top executive of Trip Group.Shanghaibased Trip com, the countrys biggest onl

28、ine tourism service provider, has already begun a hybrid work model. It asks employees in different departments to come to the office on certain dates, which may become a companywide policy, said Jane Sun, Trips CEO.As long as productivity is not negatively affected, employees may save two hours of

29、commuting time, and engineers can have flexibility (灵活性) in their work, and it “strengthens our culture and gives them more job satisfaction”， Sun said.Hybrid work helps connect employees spread across different regions. It also promotes social equality. “Talented employees who are working in Shangh

30、ai and Beijing now may go to work in relatively lessdeveloped big cities like Chengdu, Wuhan, Xian, and Chongqing in the future，” Tsinghua professor Chen said.But there is no onesizefitsall model in hybrid work, especially in China. Chen agreed to embrace hybrid work but not give up the traditional

31、model, as many jobs in China need trust and relationship that are built in an office.Hybrid work is “the biggest change to how we work in our generation，” according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.28Which is true about the hybrid work model?AIt will be the future work model. BIt demands employees to

32、work at home.CIts popular with companies in China. DIts the result of disease control and prevention.29What may be the advantage of the hybrid work model?AIt will reduce the working time. BIt helps build up trust and relationship.CEmployees can be more creative. DEmployees can work in between two ci

33、ties.30Why does the writer state different peoples opinions?ATo enrich the text. BTo support his idea.CTo make a comparison. DTo attract the readers.31Whats the authors attitude to the new model?ADoubtful. BNegative. CUnclear. DSupportive.D2022厦门高一质检 Computers have become amazingly exact at translat

34、ing spoken words to text messages and searching a large supply of valuable information for answers to difficult questions. At least, that is, so long as you speak English or other worlds main languages. But try talking to your phone in Yoruba, Igbo or any number of widely spoken African languages an

35、d youll find difficulty in accessing information, trade and other benefits of the global tech economy.American tech giants dont have a long history of making their language technology work well outside the wealthiest markets, a problem that has also made it harder for them to discover dangerous misi

36、nformation on their platforms. Google, for instance, upset members of the Yoruba community when its language app mistranslated a nice African god as a devil. Part of the reason is that theres just not enough online data in those languages for the AI systems to effectively learn how to get better at

37、understanding them. “We are getting to the point where if a machine doesnt understand your language, it will be like it never existed，” said Vukosi Marivate, who has devoted some of his AI research to the southern African languages of Xitsonga and Setswana. “Considering our history, some of the bias

38、 (偏见) is intentional. The history of the African continent and in general in colonized (殖民化的) countries, is that when language had to be translated, it was translated in a very narrow way，” Marivate added.However, Google and Microsoft are among the companies that say they are trying to improve techn

39、ology for socalled “lowresource” languages that AI systems dont have enough data for. Computer scientists at Meta announced a breakthrough on the path to a “universal translator” that could translate multiple languages at once and work better with lowerresourced languages. Meanwhile, Marivate and ot

40、her researchers have founded a research project across Africa. Increasingly, people are joining hands to develop a variety of language approaches.32What can we learn from Paragraphs 1 and 2?AYoruba and Igbo are widely spoken in the world.BEnglish speakers fail to access online information.CThe onlin

41、e data of African languages is limited.DComputers can translate all text messages exactly.33Why does the author mention “Google” in Paragraph 2?ATo make a prediction. BTo draw a comparison.CTo reach a conclusion. DTo give an example.34What is Marivates attitude towards “American tech giants”？AFriend

42、ly. BUnconcerned. CDissatisfied. DProud.35What can be a suitable title for the text?AJoint Efforts to Improve AI in African LanguagesBComputers Good at Translating Spoken LanguageCUS Tech Giants Misunderstand African LanguagesDAfrican Researchers Exchange Ideas with Tech Giants第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.

43、5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。2022东莞高一上期末 Whether its to improve your fitness, health or environment, taking up bicycle riding can be one of the best decisions you have ever made.Save the planet_36_. Twenty bicycles can be parked in the same space as one car. It takes around 5 percent

44、 of the materials and energy used to make a car to build a bike, and a bike produces zero pollution._37_.Cycling just 20 miles a week reduces your risk of heart disease to less than half that of those who take no exercise. Studies from Purdue University in the US have shown that regular cycling can

45、cut your risk of heart disease by 50 percent.Enjoy healthy family timeCycling is an activity the whole family can do together. Its kind on your joints, and theres nothing to stop grandparents joining in too. Moreover, your riding habit can be sowing the seeds for your kids. _38_. Put simply, if your

46、 kids see you riding regularly, they will think its normal and want to follow your example.Increase your brain powerDo you want to be smarter and increase your brain power? _39_. Thats because cycling helps build new brain cells in the hippocampusthe part responsible for memory which goes worse from

47、 the age of 30. _40_. It increases blood flow and oxygen to the brain.Make you happyEven if youre not in a good mood, just three 30minute rides a week can be enough to give people the lift they need.AThen just go cyclingBKeep your heart strongCMake creative breakthroughsDBicycles can save a lot of s

48、paceEThe benefits of cycling is beyond wordsFCycling through the miles will lift your spiritsGThey are influenced by their parents exercise choices第三部分语言运用(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， 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。2022南师范大学附属中学高一上期末 The other day, my husband and I took the kids for

49、 dinner at a branch of Pizza Express. There was a very friendly lady _41_ alone at the next table. When the time came for her to pay the _42_， her bank card was declined. The waitress told her, in a very kind way, that there was a _43_ but she would call her manager for help. Seeing this, my husband

50、 _44_ got up and told the waiting staff that we would pay for the ladys meal. _45_， when the manager arrived, he explained to the lady that although she couldnt use her card, there was no need to _46_. Pizza Express authorizes (授权) the restaurant to _47_ two free meals per month and on this _48_， th

51、ey would like to provide her with a free meal.She was extremely grateful and _49_ that she had been unable to pay. We were relieved that the lady had been treated with dignity instead of being placed in a(n) _50_ position.Then the manager approached our table. He said that, _51_ we had shown such ge

52、nerosity, he would like to donate the second free meal that the restaurant was able to _52_ to us! We were absolutely astonished! I had never heard of any chain restaurant behaving in such a generous way. We were quite _53_ with gratitude. I made sure that the lady was able to get home OK, and then

53、we _54_ the staff and left. I was really impressed by how the restaurant had treated this _55_ case.41A.waiting Bworking Cdining Dordering42A.menu Bbill Cservice Drecipe43A.solution Bproblem Cdisadvantage Dtechnique44A.cautiously Bbravely Cslowly Dimmediately45A.However BFinally CActually DTherefore

54、46A.pay Bhelp Cworry Dbother47A.give away Bpick up Clet out Dtake on48A.occasion Bopportunity Cmoment Ddemand49A.puzzled Bapologetic Cdelighted Dthrilled50A.dangerous Bemergent Cviolent Dembarrassing51A.if Bafter Cas Dwhen52A.share Bspare Coffer Dcover53A.filled Bequipped Csupplied Dburdened54A.prai

55、sed Binspired Cgreeted Dthanked55A.creative Bspecial Ccomplex Dregular第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)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。“The Strand Bookstore is just our gift to New York City and to readers，” says Nancy Bass Wyden, the owner of the bookstore.The Strand 56._ (establish) in 1927 by Wydens grand

56、father, Ben Bass and began as a used bookstore. Originally located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Strand was in an area once known as “Book Row，” 57._ covered four city blocks along Fourth Avenuefrom Astor Place to Union Square. At various points between the 1890s and the 1970s, the area w

57、as home to 58._ total of 48 used bookstores. In the 1950s, the Strand moved to 59._ (it) present location at the corner of Broadway and East 12th Street. Wyden has since helped the store increase its offerings, including 60._ (open) an additional location on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.“We beca

58、me 61._ (big) than I ever thought wed be，” Wyden explains. “We started carrying new books at a discount. Then we started with lots of other things. I started 62._ (program) like Books by the Foot， where you can buy a library for your home.”Today, the Strand is the only survivor on Book Row. That 63.

59、_ (do) not mean business is always good. Bookstores have struggled amid the recent increase in online sales.Wyden thinks online platforms (平台) are an important way 64._ (reach) customers. She also thinks of bookstores 65._ important places devoted (专注于) to the printed word, allowing the establishmen

60、t of literary (文学的) communities in neighborhoods.第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)2022宁德高一期末假定你是李华，你校学生会准备在世界地球日以“Wildlife Protection”为主题举办英语演讲活动。请你用英文写一篇关于野生动物保护的演讲稿，内容包括：1原因；2.措施；3.期望。注意：1词数80左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Good morning, respectful judges and fellow students. _Thats all. Thank you.