2020版高考英語第一部分語言知識Unit2Theenvironment能力提升題組訓練（B）牛津譯林版.docx

Unit 2 The environment能力提升題組訓練(B).閱讀理解A(2018高考命題專家原創(chuàng)卷三)In the fight to conserve tropical rainforests,heres a tool you dont often hear about:orange peels.Specifically,12,000 tons of them,dumped (傾倒) on the land.“You dont usually associate waste treatment with biodiversity benefits,something thats good for the environment.”Tim Treuer is an ecologist at Princeton University,and hes talking about a unique conservation story.It started in the early 1990s,when an orange juice producer called Del Oro set up a company near the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica,a region that contains several national parks and a wildlife protection zone.Del Oro needed somewhere to dump the orange peels,and the company also owned forested land next to the parkland that it had no intention of growing crops on.So a deal was struck:if Del Oro donated its forested land,it could dump orange peel waste on degraded (退化的) land within the conservation area.Then a thousand dump trucks worth of orange peels were lying on the land in 1998.“And within about six months the orange peels had been turned from orange peels into this thick black rich soil.”“I couldnt even find the site the first time I saw it.”He couldnt find it because,over 16 years,the orange peel waste had sent the land on a journey to become a vine-choked jungle,with three times the diversity of tree species of the neighboring control plot,richer soil and a much thicker covering.In other words,the experiment was a success.The results appear in the journal Restoration Ecology.Treuer says perhaps this lesson could be applied elsewhere.“Its a shame that we live in a world with nutrient-limited degraded ecosystems and also nutrient-rich waste streams.Wed like to see those things come together a little bit.Thats not a license for any agricultural company to just start dumping their waste products on protected areas,but it does mean that land managers,people involved with industrial-scale agricultural operations should start thinking about ways to do thoughtful experimentation to see if in their particular system they can have similar win-win-win results.”1.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Waste treatment. B.A conservation story.C.An orange juice company. D.The biodiversity benefit.2.What does the author say about orange peels?A.They are particularly hard to break down.B.They can change the color of the land soil.C.They are beneficial to biological diversity.D.They can gradually destroy the surface soil.3.What do Treuers words in the last paragraph suggest?A.Waste can be used for environmental protection.B.No waste can be thrown randomly on the protected areas.C.Large-scale agricultural operations start with experiments.D.Land managers must be ready to take on their responsibility.語篇解讀:本文是說明文,主要介紹了倒在退化土地上的廢棄橘子皮竟成了保護熱帶雨林生物多樣性的工具。答案及剖析:1.B細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段中的Tim Treuer is an ecologist at Princeton University, and hes talking about a unique conservation story.可知,It 指代的應是Tim Treuer要講的有關生態(tài)保護的故事。2.C細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中的You dont usually associate waste treatment with biodiversity benefits,something thats good for the environment.和第四段中的with three times the diversity of tree species of the neighboring control plot,richer soil and a much thicker covering.可知,橘子皮對生物多樣性是有益的。3.A推理判斷題。根據最后一段中Treuer所說的話,尤其是Its a shame that we live in a world with nutrient-limited degraded ecosystems and also nutrient-rich waste streams.Wed like to see those things come together a little bit.可知,Treuer認為,我們生活在營養(yǎng)受限的、退化的生態(tài)系統中,同時卻有許多營養(yǎng)成分豐富的、泛濫成災的廢棄物,我們想看到這些東西能一點點地整合利用起來。再結合文章的主旨可知,Treuer認為我們可以利用廢棄物來保護環(huán)境。BMusic is magic! Music speaks louder than words and it is a“l(fā)anguage” that the whole world can understand.A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind.Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal,music has a spiritual effect on a person.Different kinds of music influence people in different ways.I have listened to music all my life.When I was twelve years old,the Beatles came to America and my whole world opened up.Maybe young people today cannot understand the influence of the Beatles when they exploded across America.Their influence changed the way we dressed,looked,acted and spoke.even our culture.The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just three months after the assassination(暗殺) of President John Kennedy,which had put America into a great depression.And the freshness and lively spirit of the Beatles was exactly what the country needed to refresh itself.Music links the heart of the hearer with that of the composer.This means that it mixes the spirit of the composer with your spirit when you listen to it.And the music can take your spirit out of your body and transport you into another world.Music has a great way of touching people.Music can make you laugh,cry or shout.Its also a great source of inspiration.Try this one day and notice what happens: make yourself a cup of tea,sit on your sofa and play one of your favorite songs.Close your eyes,and soon youll find yourself creating vivid mental imagesmatching the music that you are listening to.4.Music has magical power because it .A.is a kind of language B.can be played much louder than wordsC.receives a personal radio signal D.can influence a persons spirit5.What can we learn about the Beatles from the passage?A.They were the biggest band in American history.B.They are not accepted by modern American people.C.They appeared at a special time in American politics.D.They represented the roots of American culture.6.Music influences people in the following ways except .A.connecting the listener and the composer mentallyB.transporting people from one place to anotherC.allowing people to express their emotionsD.touching and inspiring people7.What does the writer suggest people do in the last paragraph?A.Relax and listen to their favorite music.B.Enjoy drinking in spare time.C.Create vivid pictures.D.Notice everything happening around.語篇解讀:本文是一篇議論文。本文講述的是音樂的魔力,音樂比語言更為有力,會以不同的方式影響著人們。答案及剖析:4.D細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中A piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mind.Like feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal,music has a spiritual effect on a person.Different kinds of music influence people in different ways.可知,音樂會對人的身心產生影響,不同的音樂用不同的方式來影響人們,所以說音樂是有魔力的。5.C細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段中The Beatles arrived in America from the UK just three months after the assassination(暗殺) of President John Kennedy,which had put America into a great depression.可知,披頭士來美國的時候正值美國總統肯尼迪被暗殺三個月之后,美國當時正處在低落的情緒當中,故選C項。6.B細節(jié)理解題。第三段提到作曲家與聽眾精神相連(心意相同),還提到音樂可以激勵人們,觸動人的情感,由第三段倒數第二句可知,音樂允許人們表達情緒。只有B項沒有提及。7.A細節(jié)理解題。文章最后一段作者提出建議:放松自己,欣賞自己最喜愛的音樂。.語法填空(2018鄭州高三二模)Like all big cities,Paris has a traffic problem:lots of cars,traffic jams and pollution from exhaust fumes (廢氣).So since 2007,the city 1. (begin) a plan to improve the situation.Under the Velib scheme (公共自行車計劃),people can take a bicycle,use it as long as they want,and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station.The first half-hour is free,2. if you dont return it after 30 minutes,you have to pay.Its only 1 a day or 29 a year.The bicycles are as heavy as 25 kilograms,and theyre all grey and have 3. (basket).Therere a large number of them in the city,and the bicycle stations are more than the subway stations!Paris isnt the first city 4. (operate) a scheme like this.Not everybody thinks its a great idea.One Parisian (巴黎人) said,“These bicycles are only suitable 5. short journeys.If people want to travel across the city,they wont use a bicycletheyll still use their cars.”A city spokesman said,“The bicycle scheme wont solve all our traffic problems, but it might work in 6. (reduce) air pollution.Traffic,together with factory fumes,7. (be) a big problem.Everyone knows about global warming and dramatic climate changeswe know this is partly because rainforests are 8. (gradual) disappearing.And its also because theres so much pollution.There arent any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities,but the bicycles might help people lead a healthier life.9. we do something now,therell be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise,so the problems in our environment will get even 10. (bad).”答案及剖析:1.has begun考查時態(tài)。根據since 2007可知用現在完成時。2.but考查連詞。前后為轉折關系。3.baskets考查名詞。根據they可知用復數。4.to operate考查非謂語動詞?！皌he first + 名詞/代詞 + to do”為固定用法。5.for考查介詞。be suitable for為固定搭配。6.reducing考查非謂語動詞。介詞后接v.-ing形式作賓語。7.is考查主謂一致和時態(tài)。Traffic為不可數名詞,在句中作主語,此處描述的是客觀情況。故用一般現在時的第三人稱單數。8.gradually考查副詞。此處副詞作狀語修飾動詞disappearing。9.Unless考查連詞。Unless“除非,如果不”符合語境。10.worse考查形容詞。根據more和even可知用形容詞的比較級。.短文改錯Dear Sir,Thank you for your offer of invite me to the summer English course in your school.As for your choice between the two courses, I prefer the four-weeks course for 60 hours of study.Because of this would allow me more time to do some travelling and make a few new friends either.Of all the subject Im learning at school, I like English best.I had been learning English for 6 years but my spoken English remains poorly.So I hope to take this chance to improve it.If possible, Id like stay with a family for a couple of days in order to I can know some customs in England.I believe I will have a wonderful time th