2019_2020学年新教材高中英语Unit2ExploringEnglish检测卷外研版必修第一册.doc

第二单元检测卷
　　时间：120分钟　　　满分：150分
　选择题部分
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)
听力材料

Text 1
M：I'm afraid you can't leave your car there, Miss.
W：But I shall only need a few minutes. My friend is coming here soon.
M：Please look at the sign “No Parking”. You can park in the next street. It's usually quiet there.
1．What does the man ask the woman to do?
A．Park the car elsewhere.
B．Drive along a quiet street.
C．Stop for a short while.
答案：A
Text 2
W：Textbooks are so expensive. I've spent $200 on them already! Let's share one for chemistry, since we're in the same class.
M：Good idea. I haven't bought mine yet. The chemistry book is $100, so I'll give you $50 tomorrow.
2．How much will the man pay the woman?
A．$200. B．$100.
C．$50.
答案：C
Text 3
W：What are you watching, Andy? It sounds like a Spanish movie.
M：Close. It's an Italian film. I'm going on a trip with my family to Sicily. I learned both French and Italian at home growing up, but it's been a while.
3．What is the man watching?
A．An Italian movie. B．A Spanish movie.
C．A French movie.
答案：A
Text 4
M：We're almost on the ground. Did you put the bags above us? I hope they're easy to find.
W：No, they're two seats ahead. There wasn't much room since the flight was packed.
4．Where does the conversation take place?
A．On the train. B．On the bus.
C．On the plane.
答案：C
Text 5
W：I feel so lazy since school ended for the summer. Gym classes every day and after­school football practice kept me fit and strong. What can I do now?
M：How about joining a swim club?
W：That's a great idea for summer. Thanks!
5．What will the woman probably do?
A．Play football after school.
B．Register at a swim club.
C．Go to a gym class.
答案：B
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。
Text 6
W：How long have you played the piano? You're great!
M：Thanks! I've been playing since I was nine. And now I'm 17! I have to practice for two hours every day, but I love it.
W：That's good, since you do it so much. I wouldn't be able to sit still that long! Why do you like it?
M：Well, now that I have more experience, I write my own music. I feel creative, and I enjoy making people happy as they listen to me.
W：That's cool! I feel that way when I play soccer. When I play, I feel good about using my skills. And people like to watch me. You know what I mean?
M：Exactly!
6．How long has the man played the piano?
A．Two years. B．Eight years.
C．Nine years.
答案：B
7．What is the woman good at?
A．Playing basketball. B．Playing the piano.
C．Playing soccer.
答案：C
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
Text 7
W: What a happy ending!
M：So, David finally came back?
W：That's right. Lillian had been waiting for six months. Every morning, she would put fresh flowers in the vase by the window. Every afternoon, she would fix her hair and makeup, hoping he would come home from the mountains. And every evening, she would set the table for two. She never gave up hoping that he would come back.
M：He is so lucky. He was missing for so long ...
W：Until a few days ago. You didn't hear how it ended. David had gone to research the language of people living in a faraway village. He became very sick while he was there and couldn't get in touch with anyone. Finally, he got better and was able to find his way back. After walking through the jungle for two days, he reached the main road and found a ride to town.
8．What would Lillian do in the evenings?
A．Put flowers in a vase.
B．Fix her hair and makeup.
C．Set the table for two.
答案：C
9．What happened to David?
A．He got lost in the mountains.
B．He became very sick in a village.
C．He couldn't walk out of the jungle.
答案：B
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
Text 8
W：Hello, Martin. Long time no see! I heard you went to France to study. How was that?
M：I was only there for a year, then I took a year off to travel around Europe.
W：Where did you go?
M：I went to Switzerland first, and then Germany and Austria. I was planning to end my trip in Italy, but it didn't work out.
W：Oh, well. Is it good to be back?
M：Of course, but I'm returning to France to finish my degree. It's a four­year program.
W：Oh. So you're just back to Beijing to visit your family?
M：Yeah. I'm here for another two months.
W：Any plans?
M：In July my mother is turning seventy, so we'll do something special for her. Next month we're going to drive to the coast. Then I will be back to France before September 1st.
W：Good for you. Do you think you could fit me into your busy schedule?
M：Ha ha. I can always make time for my friends. How about tonight?
W：Deal.
10．Where did the man go to study?
A．Italy. B．Austria.
C．France.
答案：C
11．How many more years does the man need for his degree?
A．Two. B．Three.
C．Four.
答案：B
12．What does the man plan to do in August?
A．Drive to the beach. B．Celebrate a birthday.
C．Finish a report.
答案：A
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
Text 9
W：Hong, it seems like you really struggle to learn English. Is this level too hard for you?
M：I don't know ... I think it's just boring. I don't like the workbooks, because the lessons talk about baby things. I'm not a little child. I want to learn something more exciting.
W：Hmm ... I have an idea that you'll like. This week, you can do a special project for class.
M：Oh? What's that?
W：I want you to watch some YouTube videos of people speaking in different English accents. I'll send you the links for the ones you should watch. They're very funny. One person speaks with 30 different accents in ten minutes!
M：Wow, that's great! But won't it be harder for me to learn English if I'm listening to so many different ways of speaking the language?
W：It shouldn't. This is just a fun project to help you get more interested in the lessons. There's a more serious side to it, though. I want you to write a one­page essay about the videos and tell the class about your project on Friday. You can show some of the videos during your presentation, too, if you like. I think the whole class will benefit from this.
M：I can't wait to get started! Thank you, Ms Winters.
13．What is the conversation mainly about?
A．Making a video. B．Learning English.
C．Doing baby things.
答案：B
14．What is hard for the man?
A．Writing a one­page essay.
B．Speaking in front of people.
C．Listening to different accents.
答案：C
15．What does the woman want the man to do on Friday?
A．Give a presentation.
B．Start his class project.
C．Practice different accents.
答案：A
16．What is the relationship between the speakers?
A．Teacher and student.
B．Headmaster and teacher.
C．Classmates.
答案：A
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
Text 10
　　It is strange sometimes even the smallest conversation with someone can change how you think. For me， it happened last Sunday. Twice a week I run through the park by my house. There is an open area in the park， with a beautiful lake in the middle. Sometimes I can see turtles swim in the lake. The last couple of weeks I had noticed an old lady sitting on a bench with some turtles. My curious nature finally made me approach her， and I asked her what she was doing. She told me she was cleaning off the tiny plant life from the turtles' shells. She said that it builds up and prevents their shells from being healthy and strong. Apparently， she had been doing this once a week for the last year. I also learned that even though this lake was not polluted， this was a common problem for turtles. I was amazed at this lady's commitment to helping out these helpless animals. So I asked her， “If what you say is true， then how will this really matter in the end？” She carefully set a turtle free back into the lake and watched it swim away. “I like to think that every little bit of help counts. And I think if they could talk， they would say it matters to them.”
17．Where was the old lady sitting?
A．By a house.
B．By a lake.
C．By the ocean.
答案：B
18．What does the old lady do to help the turtles?
A．Set them free back into the lake.
B．Make them swim well in the lake.
C．Remove plant life from their shells.
答案：C
19．How often does the old lady come to the park?
A．Once a week.
B．Twice a week.
C．Every day.
答案：A
20．What does the speaker want to say?
A．Don't throw garbage in the water.
B．Everyone can make a difference.
C．Turtles are helpless.
答案：B
第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same “port”， which comes from the Latin word, meaning “to carry” or “to move” from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix (前缀), the meaning changes. “Import” means “to carry in” or “to bring into a country”； “export”， “ex” means “out of”， so this word means “to carry out of the country”； “re” means “back”， so the “report” means “to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody”； “transport”， “trans” means “across” and it means “to carry across one place to another”．

Let's look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix (后缀), thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on.
导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英语构词法的有关知识。
21．In the first sentence the underlined word “part” means “ ”．
A．different beginnings and different endings
B．the same part that has several meanings
C．the root of the word
D．the same root that has different meanings
答案：C　词义猜测题。从“Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings”可知，part应是词根，而不是前缀或后缀。
22．By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has .
A．the meaning of a Latin word
B．a different meaning
C．the meaning of “in” or “out of”
D．a lot of meanings
答案：B　推理判断题。根据第一段第三句和第二段第二句可推知，词根加上不同的前、后缀，可得到不同的意义。A和C太片面。
23．We can get a noun .
A．just by adding “er” to a verb
B．by changing a prefix
C．only by adding “er” to a root
D．by adding a suffix to a verb
答案：D　细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“... these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix ...”可知，在动词后加上一个后缀，就变成了名词。
B
There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.

When my friend Lily from London used the word “larder”， I didn't know what it meant. Realizing I didn't follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food. The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.
Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.
Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.
In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，通过举例说明了英国英语与美国英语的一些差别。
24．When Lily used the word “larder”， what was she probably looking for?
A．A ladder. B．A cupboard.
C．Some food. D．A cook.
答案：B　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Realizing I didn't follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food.”可知，larder是用来保存食物的，即食物柜。
25．What does the underlined phrase “jotted down” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Wrote down. B．Settled down.
C．Looked for. D．Learned about.
答案：A　词义猜测题。根据第二段中画线词后的“ ... while I marked my calendar”中关键词marked(标记)提示可知，这里指她在日记里记下时间和日期。
26．According to the text, in British English, .
A．the word “fleeces” means “tickets”
B．the word “pissed” means “angry”
C．the word “engaged” means “broken”
D．the word “rubber” means “eraser”
答案：D　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“When she noticed he didn't follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.”可知，在英国，橡皮常常被称为rubber。
C
There are so many expressions in American English that sound good but are not.
“Face the music” is a good example. When someone says they have to face the music, it does not mean they are going to a musical show or concert. To face the music means to accept the bad results of an action.
Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I'm away. But please do not drive it. It is a very fast car and you are not on the insurance (保险)．” But you do not listen. You want to show it to some friends and pretend (假装) the car is yours. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. The damage is serious. When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. The “music” here is the result of your actions. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.
There are other American expressions that mean the same as “face the music”．
To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it.” He means you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results, or as we say in American spoken English, you must deal with it!
“Pay the piper” also means the same as “face the music”. But, that expression has its own very interesting beginning. We will talk about that in the next Words and Their Stories.
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了美式英语中许多表达听起来很好，但其实真实含义并非如此。
27．What's the main idea of this passage?
A．To invite a friend to go to a musical performance.
B．To tell people how to deal with a bad situation.
C．To give people a lesson on an action.
D．To introduce some expressions.
答案：D　主旨大意题。根据首段“There are so many expressions in American English that sound good but are not.”以及下文的举例可知，主要介绍了美式英语中许多表达听起来很好，但其实真实含义并非如此。故本文主要介绍了一些表达。
28．Which action belongs to “take your medicine”？
A．You broke the traffic rules a