人教版高中英语必修2unit4wildlifeprotection单元测试（二）

名校名 推荐课时作业 (九 )Unit 4Wildlife protection .用所 的适当形式填空1.He was worried ，because he lost his bag_(contain)his passport，ID card and a lot ofmoney.2._(employ) in writing a new book these days ， he didn't get in touch with you.3.His amusing performance caused a roar of_(laugh) in the audience.4.It's important_(protect) your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.5.Health is of great_(important) in our life.6.This rare bird has become_(danger) species.7.Thank you for your_(appreciate) 8.What's the_(distant) between Beijing and Shanghai ？9.If you want to_ ，you should learn from your father ，a successful businessman whocan handle everything_.You'll have to succeed ( 承 ) him after he retires.(success)10.Take some_clothing to protect yourself from the insects and mosquitoes.It willgive you enough_.(protect)答案： 1.containing2.Employed3.laughter4.to protect5.importance6.endangered7.appreciation8.distance9.succeed； successfully10.protective ； protection .完成句子1.If I am lucky enough_( 被雇用 ) ，I will spare no efforts to repay youfor your trust.2.After graduation from college ， he began to wander from city to city ，_( 找一份合适的工作)3.If we team up with each other ， we will_( 成功克服困 )thedifficulties.4._( 我将感激不尽)if you could offer me a lift.5.This book_( 含有所有信息)you need，and you can use it wheneveryou like.6._( 被深深地感 )the story of Congfei ，I am determined to be avolunteer worker.7.Much too often ， something that happens in your daily life will change_(你看世界的方式 )and the people in it.8._( 她尽管年 )， she has travelled to many countries to put on shows.答案： 1.to be employed2.hunting for a suitable job1名校名 推荐3.succeed in overcoming 4.I would appreciate it 5.contains all the information 6.Deeply affected/moved/touched by7.the way you look at the world8.Young as she is .阅读理解(2014 ·国新课标卷全 )Passenger pigeons (旅鸽 ) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks ( 群 ) so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point ， there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States， making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller ， a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly， the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most abundant， people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain ，waited until pigeonshad settled to feed， then threw large nets over them， taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century ， the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans' need for wood， which scattered ( 驱散 ) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north ，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to theirdecline.Soon the great flocks were gone ，never to be seen again.In 1897 ，the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons ，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County ，Ohio ，in 1900.For a time ，a few birds survived under human care.The last of them ， known affectionately as Martha ， died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914.语篇导读： 本文介绍了在美国生活的旅鸽从数量巨大、铺天盖地到踪迹难觅、逐渐灭绝的经过。1.In the 18th and early 19th centuries ， passenger pigeons_.A were the biggest bird in the worldBlived mainly in the south of AmericaCdid great harm to the natural environmentD were the largest bird population in the US答案： D解析： 考查推理判断。根据第二段的内容可知，据计算，旅鸽数量最多时，2名校名 推荐有 30 多亿只，相当于美国鸟类总数的24% 40%。到 1870 年，旅鸽的数量已经减少了，但是，有人在Cincinnati 附近看到鸽群的规模为1 英里宽， 320 英里长。由此可见，在18 至19 世纪，旅鸽的数量最多。第一段的第二句也是关键信息。2.The underlined word “ undoing probably” refers to the pigeons'_.A escapeB ruinCliberationD evolution答案： B解析： 考查词义猜测。根据第三段的内容可知，旅鸽的数量巨大最终导致它们灭绝。 undoing 意为 “ 毁灭 ” ，与 ruin 同义。3.What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons ？A To