Unit6 Using language 能力提升練-2022-2023學(xué)年高中英語外研版（2019）必修第一冊(cè)(含答案)

Unit6Atonewithnature

Part2Usinglanguage

能力提升練

I.閱讀理解

WhenIwasachild,Ioftensawmygrandmathrowingbreadthat

wasnolongerfreshtobirds.Notsurprisingly,thisattractedfewbirds.

Lateron,wediscoveredbirdfoodatthelocalstore.Feedinggardenbirds

intheUKhascomealongwaysincethen.Today,thebirdscanenjoy

manykindsoffood:fromplantseedstosunflowerheartsandfromcakes

tomeatballs.Allthiscomesatahugecostofabout￡200mayear.

Sometimes,Iwonderifwemightbefeedingourgardenbirdsbetterthan

ourkids.Butmaybeit'sworthit.Ourgenerosityishavinganimportant

effectonthebehaviorandevenevolution（進(jìn)化）ofthesebirds.

Takethegoldfinchforexample.Inthe1960s,thiswasararebird.

Today,goldfinchescanbeseeninmanygardens.Othernewvisitors

includethespottedwoodpecker,whichhasleftitsusualwoodlandfor

foodonbirdtables.Evolutionismeanttoprogressslowly:over

thousandsofyears.Yetduringthepastfewdecades,thebeaks（鳥喙）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（依賴）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（雜草）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.語法填空

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(獎(jiǎng)賞)5(they)withsugarwaterforchoosingsmaller

numbers.Thescientistshungupcardswithdifferentnumbersofshapes.

Undereachcardwasatray(盤子).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

能力提升練

I.

1.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)畫線部分上文“Today,thebirdscanenjoymanykindsoffbod...Allthis

comesatahugecostofabout￡200mayear.”可知，作者認(rèn)為人們?cè)诨▓@的鳥食上花費(fèi)了很多

錢，即畫線部分表示“我們花了很多錢在花園的鳥食上

2.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句中的“becausebirdswithlongerbeakscangetmore

food,andthenaremorelikelytoliveon”可知，許多鳥的喙變長(zhǎng)了，這背后的原因是長(zhǎng)喙意味著

可以得到更多的食物以及有更多的生存機(jī)會(huì)。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句"InAustralia,somebirdexpertsbelieve—probably

wrongly—thatbirdfeedingcreatesa'dependenceculture，.”可知，澳大利亞的一些鳥類專家認(rèn)為

喂鳥可能會(huì)降低鳥類自己尋找食物的能力，造成對(duì)人類的依賴。

4.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“onemajorbenefitoffeedinggardenbirds-itconnects

millionsofpeopletothenaturalworld(給花園中的鳥類喂食的一個(gè)主要好處是，它將數(shù)百萬人

與自然界聯(lián)系在一起)”以及asightIcouldonlyimagineyearsago(這是多年前我只能想象

的情景)”可推知，當(dāng)作者聽到窗外鳥鳴時(shí)，他感覺很高興。

II.

I.D根據(jù)下一句中的“DeniseorIwouldplantsomebetweentherocks”可知，院子里有很多石

頭(rocks)。flower花;insect昆蟲;vegetable蔬菜。

2.C根據(jù)常識(shí)，種一些花是為了給院子增添一些色彩(color)。water水;soil土壤;shape形狀。

3.B從后文“untilwecouldfindoutwhatitwas”可知，作者想讓它繼續(xù)(continue)生長(zhǎng)。stop停

lk;improve提高;escape逃跑。

4.B句意:幾個(gè)星期過去了，當(dāng)我返回到那株奇怪的植物時(shí)，它看來是一株向日葵。根據(jù)第二

段可知，作者還不知道它究竟是一種什么植物,而且這株植物不是作者和妻子種的，因此覺得

它很奇怪(strange)。weak虛弱的;lonely孤單的;pretty漂亮的。

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

collect收集;tend照顧;watch觀察。

6.A從下文可知,向日葵并沒有生長(zhǎng)在“我”最開始發(fā)現(xiàn)它的位置，這件事是不尋常的

(unusual)opleasant令人愉快的;terrible可怕的;valuable有價(jià)值的。

7.B根據(jù)"Itactuallyhadbegununderabigrockandgrownunderandaroundittoreachthe_

J.”可知,向日葵并沒有生長(zhǎng)在“我”最開始發(fā)現(xiàn)它的位置。start表示“開始生長(zhǎng)”。pass通

過;leave離開;die死。

8.C句意:它實(shí)際上是從一塊大石頭下面開始的，在石頭下面生長(zhǎng)，并繞過它以接觸到陽光。

根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，向日葵是朝向太陽(sun)生長(zhǎng)的。air空氣;top頂端;house房子。

9.B句意:就在那時(shí)，我意識(shí)至U,如果一株小小的向日葵都不讓一塊大石頭擋住它成長(zhǎng)的道路,

我們也有能力做同樣的事情。以下是作者意識(shí)到(realized)的內(nèi)容，即通過這件事情獲得的人

生感悟。hope希望;doubt懷疑;regret后悔。

10.D句意:如果我們像那棵小向日葵一樣相信自己，我們就能到達(dá)我們打算去的地方，得到

我們成長(zhǎng)所需要的東西。與下文的“Weneedtobelieveinourselves,knowingwehavethe12

toachieveourgoals.”相呼應(yīng)。fillin填寫;putin投入;worryabout擔(dān)心。

1l.C句意參考上題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Wewillfindawaytogounderoraroundany'rock'

inordertoreachourgoals.”可知,本空指到達(dá)我們打算(aim)去的地方°forget忘記;hate討

厭;wait等待。

12.C根據(jù)下文“itknewithadtheabilitytogetovertherock”可知，我們有能力(ability)實(shí)現(xiàn)我

們的目標(biāo)。havetheabilitytodoslh.表示“有能力做某事"。wish希望;plan計(jì)劃;idea主意。

13.A句意:就像向日葵一樣,它知道自己有能力越過巖石，因?yàn)樗嘈抛约簳?huì)成功。havefaith

in意為"相信"，與前文提到的"Weneedtobelieveinourselves,knowingwehavetheabilityto

achieveourgoals.”相呼應(yīng)。energy精力;virtue美德;courage勇氣。

14.C句意:像向日葵一樣挺直腰桿，為我們是誰和是什么感到驕傲，然后環(huán)境就會(huì)開始支持

我們。根據(jù)Standtalllikethesunflower可知，我們要像向日葵一樣挺拔，為自己感到