Unit6 Using language 能力提升练-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册(含答案)

Unit6Atonewithnature

Part2Usinglanguage

能力提升练

I.阅读理解

WhenIwasachild,Ioftensawmygrandmathrowingbreadthat

wasnolongerfreshtobirds.Notsurprisingly,thisattractedfewbirds.

Lateron,wediscoveredbirdfoodatthelocalstore.Feedinggardenbirds

intheUKhascomealongwaysincethen.Today,thebirdscanenjoy

manykindsoffood:fromplantseedstosunflowerheartsandfromcakes

tomeatballs.Allthiscomesatahugecostofabout£200mayear.

Sometimes,Iwonderifwemightbefeedingourgardenbirdsbetterthan

ourkids.Butmaybeit'sworthit.Ourgenerosityishavinganimportant

effectonthebehaviorandevenevolution（进化）ofthesebirds.

Takethegoldfinchforexample.Inthe1960s,thiswasararebird.

Today,goldfinchescanbeseeninmanygardens.Othernewvisitors

includethespottedwoodpecker,whichhasleftitsusualwoodlandfor

foodonbirdtables.Evolutionismeanttoprogressslowly:over

thousandsofyears.Yetduringthepastfewdecades,thebeaks（鸟喙）of

manykindsofbirdshavebecomelongerbecausebirdswithlongerbeaks

cangetmorefood,andthenaremorelikelytoliveon.

Actually,theBritishhabitoffeedinggardenbirdsgoesbackmuch

further.Duringthesixthcentury,StSerfofFifefedarobininhisgarden;

duringthewinterof1890,workersinLondonwereseengivingtheir

lunchestosongbirds.Therealchangetookplaceinthe1980s,whena

fewfarsightedbusinessmenrealizedthatencouragingtheBritishtobe

moregeneroustogardenbirdscanhelpthemmakemoney.Therefore,

variouskindsofbirdfoodandmodernbirdfeederswereproduced.Asa

result,thenumberofspeciesusinggardenfeedingstationsincreasedvery

quickly,fromabout10toover100.Then,in2005,Springwatchcame,

whichturnedourloveofgardenbirdsintoanentertainmentshow.

Isbirdfeedingcompletelygoodforbirds?Noteveryonethinksso.

StudiesbytheZoologicalSocietyofLondonhaveshownthatbybringing

togethermanybirds,birdfeedersmayhelpthespreadofdisease.In

Australia,somebirdexpertsbelieve—probablywrongly—thatbird

feedingcreatesa“dependence（依赖）culture^^.

Butweshouldn'tforgetonemajorbenefitoffeedinggarden

birds—itconnectsmillionsofpeopletothenaturalworld.Thisis

especiallyimportanttopeoplewhoseldomreachthewidercountryside.

AsIwritethis,therecomessomenoiseoutsidemywindow:severalbirds

weresingingandflyingaroundinmygarden.It'sasightIcouldonly

imagineyearsago,whenfeedinggardenbirdsjustmeantthrowinghard

breadtothem.

l.WhatdoestheauthormeanbysayingtheunderlinedpartinParagraph

1?

A.Feedinggardenbirdsisahugewasteofmoney.

B.Wespendquitealotofmoneyonthefoodofgardenbirds.

C.Weshouldcaremoreforourkidsratherthangardenbirds.

D.Feedinggardenbirdscanbringmorejoythanfeedingkids.

2.Whichisthereasonbehindthefactthatmanybirds'beaksbecome

longer?

A.Thesebirdshavegivenuptraditionalwoodland.

B.Foodforthesebirdsbecomesricherandbetter.

C.Longerbeaksmeanmorechancesofsurvival.

D.Thesebirdsgrowfasterthaneverbefore.

3.WhatdosomebirdexpertsinAustraliathinkofbirdfeeding?

A.Itiscompletelygoodforbirds.

B.Itmayhelpthespreadofdisease.

C.Itconnectsmoreandmorepeopletothenaturalworld.

D.Itmayreducebirds'abilitytofindfoodbythemselves.

4.Howdoestheauthorfeelwhenhehearsbirdnoiseoutsidehiswindow?

A.Annoyed.B.Pleased.

C.Surprised.D.Bored.

II.完形填空

MywifeandImovedintoourhometwoyearsago.Wehadayard

withalotof1Veryoftenwhenwehaveflowers,DeniseorIwould

plantsomebetweentherocks,justtoaddsome2tothearea.

Lastsummer,IfoundatinylittleplantintheyardthatIcouldnot

immediatelyidentify.IknewIdidn'tplantitandDenisesaidshedidn't

either.

Wedecidedtoletit3growinguntilwecouldfindoutwhatit

was.

WeekspassedandasImademywaybacktothe4plant,it

appearedtobeasunflower.Idecidedto5theweeds（杂草）around

it.AsIpulledrocksfromtheareatogettotheweeds,Inoticed

something6.Thesunflowerhadnot7whereIsawitbegin.It

actuallyhadbegununderabigrockandgrownunderandarounditto

reachthe8.

ThatwaswhenI9thatifatinylittlesunflowerdidn'tletabig

rockstandinitswayofdeveloping,wealsohadtheabilitytodothesame

thing.Ifwe10ourselveslikethatlittlesunflower,wecanreach

wherewe11togoandgetwhatweneedforgrowth.

Weneedtobelieveinourselves,knowingwehavethe12to

achieveourgoals.Likethesunflower,itknewithadtheabilitytoget

overtherockbecauseithad13initselfthatitwouldsucceed.

Standtalllikethesunflowerandbe14ofwhoandwhatweare,

andthentheenvironmentwillbeginto15us.Wewillfindawayto

gounderoraroundany"rock"inordertoreachourgoals.

1.A.flowersB.insects

C.vegetablesD.rocks

2.A.waterB.soil

C.colorD.shape

3.A.stopB.continue

C.improveD.escape

4.A.weakB.strange

C.lonelyD.pretty

5.A.collectB.tend

C.removeD.watch

6.A.unusualB.pleasant

C.terribleD.valuable

7.A.passedB.started

C.leftD.died

8.A.airB.top

C.sunD.house

9.A.hopedB.realized

C.doubtedD.regretted

lO.A.fillinB.putin

C.worryaboutD上elievein

11.A.forgetB.hate

C.aimD.wait

12.A.wishB.plan

C.abilityD.idea

13.A.faithB.energy

C.virtueD.courage

14.A.awareB.afraid

C.proudD.tired

15.A.forgiveB.support

C.upsetD.affect

III.语法填空

ScientistsinAustraliahavefoundthathoneybees(蜜蜂)seemto

understandtheideaofzero.Thisis](surprise)sincebeeshave

verysmallbrains.Sofaronlyafewanimalswithlargerbrains2

(show)thisskill.Andhumansdon't3(usual)understandituntil

they'rearoundfouryearsold.

Thescientistsdesignedanexperimenttotest4honeybees

understoodtheideaof"zero"ornot.First,theytrainedthebeesby

rewarding(奖赏)5(they)withsugarwaterforchoosingsmaller

numbers.Thescientistshungupcardswithdifferentnumbersofshapes.

Undereachcardwasatray(盘子).Thetrayunderthesmallernumberhad

sugarwater.Thetrayunderthelargernumberhadsomethingofsour

flavour.Afteraboutforty6(test),thebeeshadlearnedtochoose

thecardswithsmallernumbersofshapes.Thebeesknewhowtolookat

thecards,ttcounf,theshapesoneachcard,andchoosethecard7

hadthefewestshapes.Thencamethepleasantpart.Thescientistspulled

outacardwithnothingonit—zeroshapes.Whengivenachoicebetween

twoorthreeshapes8"zero"shapes,beespickedzero.Thisshowed

theyknewthatzero,or“none”,was9(little)than<tsome^^.Justto

besure,thescientiststrainedotherbees10(choose)highnumbers.

Thosebeesdidnotchoosezero.

1.2.3.4.5.

6.7.8.9.10.

答案

能力提升练

I.

1.B细节理解题。根据画线部分上文“Today,thebirdscanenjoymanykindsoffbod...Allthis

comesatahugecostofabout£200mayear.”可知，作者认为人们在花园的鸟食上花费了很多

钱，即画线部分表示“我们花了很多钱在花园的鸟食上

2.C细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句中的“becausebirdswithlongerbeakscangetmore

food,andthenaremorelikelytoliveon”可知，许多鸟的喙变长了，这背后的原因是长喙意味着

可以得到更多的食物以及有更多的生存机会。

3.D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句"InAustralia,somebirdexpertsbelieve—probably

wrongly—thatbirdfeedingcreatesa'dependenceculture，.”可知，澳大利亚的一些鸟类专家认为

喂鸟可能会降低鸟类自己寻找食物的能力，造成对人类的依赖。

4.B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“onemajorbenefitoffeedinggardenbirds-itconnects

millionsofpeopletothenaturalworld(给花园中的鸟类喂食的一个主要好处是，它将数百万人

与自然界联系在一起)”以及asightIcouldonlyimagineyearsago(这是多年前我只能想象

的情景)”可推知，当作者听到窗外鸟鸣时，他感觉很高兴。

II.

I.D根据下一句中的“DeniseorIwouldplantsomebetweentherocks”可知，院子里有很多石

头(rocks)。flower花;insect昆虫;vegetable蔬菜。

2.C根据常识，种一些花是为了给院子增添一些色彩(color)。water水;soil土壤;shape形状。

3.B从后文“untilwecouldfindoutwhatitwas”可知，作者想让它继续(continue)生长。stop停

lk;improve提高;escape逃跑。

4.B句意:几个星期过去了，当我返回到那株奇怪的植物时，它看来是一株向日葵。根据第二

段可知，作者还不知道它究竟是一种什么植物,而且这株植物不是作者和妻子种的，因此觉得

它很奇怪(strange)。weak虚弱的;lonely孤单的;pretty漂亮的。

5.C从下文“AsIpulledrocksfromtheareatogettotheweeds”可知，作者要除(remove)草。

collect收集;tend照顾;watch观察。

6.A从下文可知,向日葵并没有生长在“我”最开始发现它的位置，这件事是不寻常的

(unusual)opleasant令人愉快的;terrible可怕的;valuable有价值的。

7.B根据"Itactuallyhadbegununderabigrockandgrownunderandaroundittoreachthe_

J.”可知,向日葵并没有生长在“我”最开始发现它的位置。start表示“开始生长”。pass通

过;leave离开;die死。

8.C句意:它实际上是从一块大石头下面开始的，在石头下面生长，并绕过它以接触到阳光。

根据常识可知，向日葵是朝向太阳(sun)生长的。air空气;top顶端;house房子。

9.B句意:就在那时，我意识至U,如果一株小小的向日葵都不让一块大石头挡住它成长的道路,

我们也有能力做同样的事情。以下是作者意识到(realized)的内容，即通过这件事情获得的人

生感悟。hope希望;doubt怀疑;regret后悔。

10.D句意:如果我们像那棵小向日葵一样相信自己，我们就能到达我们打算去的地方，得到

我们成长所需要的东西。与下文的“Weneedtobelieveinourselves,knowingwehavethe12

toachieveourgoals.”相呼应。fillin填写;putin投入;worryabout担心。

1l.C句意参考上题。根据最后一段中的“Wewillfindawaytogounderoraroundany'rock'

inordertoreachourgoals.”可知,本空指到达我们打算(aim)去的地方°forget忘记;hate讨

厌;wait等待。

12.C根据下文“itknewithadtheabilitytogetovertherock”可知，我们有能力(ability)实现我

们的目标。havetheabilitytodoslh.表示“有能力做某事"。wish希望;plan计划;idea主意。

13.A句意:就像向日葵一样,它知道自己有能力越过岩石，因为它相信自己会成功。havefaith

in意为"相信"，与前文提到的"Weneedtobelieveinourselves,knowingwehavetheabilityto

achieveourgoals.”相呼应。energy精力;virtue美德;courage勇气。

14.C句意:像向日葵一样挺直腰杆，为我们是谁和是什么感到骄傲，然后环境就会开始支持

我们。根据Standtalllikethesunflower可知，我们要像向日葵一样挺拔，为自己感到