外研版高考英语一轮总复习课时质量评价8必修第2册Unit 2 Let's celebrate！含答案

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必修第二册　Unit 2　Let's celebrate!

A组·基础巩固

Ⅰ. 语法填空

A

Chinese­American community groups are preparing to hold their second annual International Confucius Cultural Festival (孔子文化节) on Sept.28 in Flushing Queens, New York City's easternmost borough (自治区)．

The event serves not only 1. ________ a spectacular (壮观的) ceremony to memorise the world­famous Chinese philosopher, but a chance 2. ________ (celebrate) Chinese culture together with other local communities, said Wang Lizhi, president of America East Shandong Association(AESA)．Co­sponsored by AESA, America East Shandong Chamber of Commerce and Confucius Education Foundation Inc, the festival 3. ________ (feature) recitation of the Di Zi Gui, literally translated as “Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child”， a book 4. ________(write) based on Confucius' teachings that emphasise the 5. ________ (base) necessities for being a good person and guidelines for 6. ________ (live) in harmony with others, as well as traditional Chinese dances, Shandong folk music and photo exhibitions.

The groups hosted the 7. ________ (one) International Confucius Cultural Festival in Flushing on Sept.28 last year to celebrate the 2，568th anniversary of the birth of Confucius (551 BC—479 BC)．Confucius was 8. ________ extraordinary educator and philosopher, and founded Confucianism. It was he 9. ________ first set up private schools and received students from every walk of life without 10. ________ (consider) of their social status.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了孔子文化节的庆祝活动及该节日的意义，同时也对孔子做了介绍。

1. as　考查介词。此处指庆祝孔子文化节活动不仅是作为一个壮观的仪式来纪念世界著名的中国哲学家。表示“作为”用介词as。

2. to celebrate　考查动词不定式。此处指这个活动还是与当地其他社区一起庆祝中国文化的机会。此处是不定式作chance的定语，故填to celebrate。

3. features　考查动词的时态和主谓一致。此处指这个文化节以背诵《弟子规》为特色，与上下文时态一致，用一般现在时，主语the festival是单数形式，故填features。

4. written　考查非谓语动词。句中a book与动词write是被动关系，指“书被写”。此处用过去分词作定语表被动，故填written。

5. basic　考查形容词。修饰名词necessities用形容词，指“基本的需要”。故填basic。

6. living　考查非谓语动词。句中介词for后用v.­ing形式作宾语，故填living。

7. first　考查序数词。此处由定冠词the限制，再根据第一段中的“hold their second annual International Confucius Cultural Festival (孔子文化节) on Sept. 28”可知，今年是第二届，去年是第一届。故填first。

8. an　考查冠词。此处指孔子是一位杰出的教育家和哲学家。表示“一个”，且extraordinary以元音音素开头，故填不定冠词an。

9. that/who　考查强调句型。本句是“It is... that/who...”强调句结构，强调的是主语he，故用that/who引导。

10. consideration　考查词性转换。此处指孔子接收来自各行各业的学生，而不考虑他们的社会地位。介词without后加名词，再加of结构，故填名词consideration。

B

The Mid­Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. It has a long history 1. ________ (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618—907). It 2. ________ (traditional) falls on the 15th day of the 3. ________ (eight) month of the lunar calendar. Since ancient times, customs of the Mid­Autumn Festival 4. ________ (include) appreciating the moon, eating mooncakes 5. ________ drinking wine. The full moon on Mid­Autumn night symbolises family reunion 6. ________ Chinese culture because the moon is round and the 7. ________ (bright) of the year on this day. With 8. ________ full moon hanging above in the sky, people 9. ________ are far away from their 10. ________ (hometown) might miss families while looking at the beautiful moonlight.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国传统节日中秋节的历史以及中秋节的传统习俗。

1. dating　考查非谓语动词作定语。分析句子可知，本空在句中作定语，与被修饰的词history之间是主动关系，应用v.­ing形式，故填dating。

2. traditionally　考查副词作状语。分析句子可知，空格处在句中作状语，修饰动词fall。修饰动词要用副词，故填traditionally。

3. eighth　考查序数词。本空格是指日期，英语中表示某月中的某日，要用“the＋序数词＋of”，空格处要填序数词，故填eighth。

4. have included　考查现在完成时。根据本句中的“Since ancient times”可知，句子要用现在完成时。主语是customs of the Mid­Autumn Festival，为复数形式，故填 have included。

5. and　考查连词。分析句子可知，空格处与句中的“赏月、吃月饼”是并列关系，故填and。

6. in　考查语境。分析句子可知，此处是指在中国的传统文化中，中秋之夜的满月象征着家庭团聚。“在……中”要用介词in，故填in。

7. brightest　考查形容词的最高级。分析句子可知，本句是指在这一天月亮是一年中最亮的，要用最高级形式，故填brightest。

8. the　考查冠词。空格处特指中秋节的满月。表特指，要用定冠词the，故填the。

9. who/that　考查定语从句。分析句子可知，本句是定语从句，其中的people是先行词，关系词在定语从句中作主语。在限制性定语从句中，指人，既可用who，也可用that，故填who/that。

10. hometowns　考查名词的单复数。此句的主语是people，是复数，因此他们的家乡也要用复数形式，故填复数名词hometowns。

Ⅱ. 根据提示补全句子

1. 这是一个非此即彼的情况——我们可以买一辆新车，或者我们可以去度假，但我们不能两者兼顾。(部分否定)

It's an either­or situation — we can buy a new car or we can go on holiday but we can't do both．

2. 在过去的几年里，我不仅在身体上，而且在精神上都成长了。(not only... but also...)

I have grown not only physically, but also mentally in the past few years.

3. 昨晚他不可能在办公室工作，因为(昨天)晚上六点他得参加一个聚会。(情态动词＋have done)

He couldn't have worked at the office last night, for he had to go to a party at 6：00 pm.

4. 我们要求下次会议在星期五举行。(request)

We requested that the next meeting (should) be held on Friday.

5. 他确实喜欢旅行，认为我们应该抓住机会，在不同的国家生活。(do＋动词原形)

He does like to travel and believes we should grab opportunities to live in different countries.

B组·能力提升

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

A

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5th and was created to inspire people around the globe to take an active part in environmental protection and learn more about ways we can help to guarantee the future of our planet is safe.

The very first World Environment Day took place in 1974, established by the United Nations General Assembly on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment that took place in 1972. Each year the United Nations pick a theme and a host city where anyone who is concerned about the environment can talk about environmental topics with others, followed by different kinds of exhibits to promote environmental awareness. Environmentalists, academics and scientists come together to bring new ideas on the table concerning the environment.

The 2018 World Environment Day was hosted by India, and the theme was Beat Plastic Pollution. It urged people to explore and choose supportable alternatives like paper or cloth bags to reduce the production and use of disposable plastic, which makes up 10% of all of the waste. Even though the United Nations pick a specific host city every year, people around the world still celebrate World Environment Day in their hometowns with parades(游行), concerts, cleaning up and tree planting and all kinds of green actions to work towards having a beautiful planet and battling pollution.

World Environment Day is not a public holiday, so you won't be getting the day off work or school, but if you want to celebrate, why not bring it to the attention of your parents, friends, colleagues or classmates？World Environment Day is all about working together to take action for the planet, so try to get everyone you know interested in helping do something. Things as small as making sure people have a way to recycle can make a difference. You could also try beautifying your neighbourhood by planting gardens, learn about green foods, raise money for a local wildlife conservation group or simply learn about the effects of different products on the earth.

1. Why is World Environment Day set up?

A. To make people know more about nature.

B. To ask people to help to protect the globe.

C. To warn people of the danger of air pollution.

D. To encourage people to plan the earth's future.

2. What do people do on World Environment Day?

A. Decide a host city.

B. Hold a theme party.

C. Discuss environmental ideas.

D. Show some plastic products.

3. Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “disposable” in Paragraph 3?

A. High­cost.  B. Poor­quality.  C. Second­hand.  D. Single­use.

4. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Every bit of effort counts.

B. Doing is better than saying.

C. Many hands make light work.

D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界环境日的由来和情况，呼吁全员行动起来帮助保护地球。

1. B　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“to inspire people around the globe to take an active part in environmental protection and learn more about ways we can help to guarantee the future of our planet is safe”可知，世界环境日的目的是鼓励人们积极参与环境保护，故选B。

2. C　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“where anyone who is concerned about the environment can talk about environmental topics with others”以及“Environmentalists, academics and scientists come together to bring new ideas on the table concerning the environment.”可知，人们主要是在这一天讨论环境问题。

3. D　词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“Beat Plastic Pollution”可知，2018年的主题是“塑战速决”，再结合画线词前面的“It urged people to explore and choose supportable alternatives like paper or cloth bags”和后面的“which makes up 10% of all of the waste”可知，“disposable plastic”造成大量资源浪费，所以“一次性的”符合语境，故选D。

4. A　段落大意题。根据最后一段内容可知，世界环境日不是公共节日，所以人们不放假。但如果你想庆祝的话，可以让你周围的人关注它。所以最后一段主要是讲每个人都可以从身边小事做起，行动起来保护地球，每个人的微小努力都很重要，故选A。

B

We humans love to stare into our smart devices. We gaze for hours — about 10 hours and 39 minutes a day — at our computers, smartphones, tablets and televisions. Is all this staring bad for us? It might be, mainly because as we stare at our devices we are exposing ourselves to blue light.

Blue light is a type of electromagnetic (电磁的) radiation with a very short wavelength that produces a high amount of energy. While it's true that light can damage our eyes under certain circumstances, there's no scientific evidence suggesting that blue light is harmful to our eyes. But many people still think it is, which is why blue­light­blocking glasses are so popular. So do the glasses work?

“Everyone is very concerned that blue light may be causing damage to the eye, but there's no evidence that it may be causing serious damage，” Dr Rahul Khurana, clinical spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, told Business Insider.

Blue light exposure is nothing new. In fact, the sun is the largest source of blue light. Moreover, blue light is also present in LED light. But if blue light isn't harmful, then why are we constantly rubbing our eyes when we're looking at our screens? The answer is eyestrain (眼疲劳). More than 60 percent of people experience eye problems associated with digital eyestrain. And blue light, it seems, isn't the cause. Instead, our eyes are so strained because most of us blink less when we stare at our digital devices. So if eyestrain is the issue, blue­light­blocking glasses are probably of little use.

5. What do we know about blue light?

A. It is a kind of nuclear radiation.

B. It has the shortest wavelength.

C. It may come from electronic devices.

D. It consumes a great deal of energy.

6. What causes the popularity of blue­light­blocking glasses?

A. Evidence of their benefits to eyes.

B. Belief in blue light's harmful effect.

C. Widespread use of smart devices.

D. Scientific understanding of blue light.

7. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Blue light exposure is hardly avoidable.

B. Eye problems are not easy to deal with.

C. Blue light may connect with tired eyes.

D. Rubbing eyes makes people strained.

8. According to the text, wearing blue­light­blocking glasses may be ________．

A. tiring  B. harmful  C. useless  D. beneficial

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要探讨了蓝光是否对我们的眼睛有害的问题。

5. C　推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句“It might be, mainly because as we stare at our devices we are exposing ourselves to blue light.”可推知，电子设备会发出蓝光。

6. B　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“... there's no scientific evidence suggesting that blue light is harmful to our eyes. But many people still think it is, which is why blue­light­blocking glasses are so popular.”可知，防蓝光眼镜流行的原因是人们认为蓝光会对眼睛有害。

7. A　推理判断题。根据第四段的前三句“Blue light exposure is nothing new. In fact, the sun is the largest source of blue light. Moreover, blue light is also present in LED light.”可知，阳光是蓝光最大的来源，而且LED灯中也有蓝光。由此可推知，接触蓝光几乎是不可避免的。

8. C　细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句“So if eyestrain is the issue, blue­light­blocking glasses are probably of little use.”可知，戴防蓝光眼镜可能是没有用处的。

Ⅱ. 阅读七选五

More than the challenge of fitting into a new culture, there are many benefits that a student can get with an exchange programme. These benefits include：

1. Diverse academic opportunities. It's not actually the travel that students would love to study abroad.   1   Instead, it will be an offering of diverse opportunities for the student. For example, the student will be able to experience the differences of teaching methods, educational formats and academic programme offerings.

2.   2   Studying in another country opens the student to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the country's customs, people and regions. Knowing other cultures also teaches the student how to be open­minded.

3. Personality development.   3   Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of that decision. With this, the student is taught how real life is, what it means to be responsible, and how being resourceful can help in his or her survival. It's no wonder that most students who returned after the exchange programme were seen with significant improvement on their personal development.   4 

So, why not let your child have the benefits of a student exchange programme? Exchange programmes or study­abroad programmes are a great investment for the student.   5   Just imagine, by transforming students in a foreign country the society is starting to build a new blood of more mature people who might just be able to create a better tomorrow for the generations to come.

A. Improved protection of social rights.

B. Better awareness of cultural differences.

C. More importantly, it is helpful for the improvement of the society.

D. Most of them are more confident and have better decision­making skills.

E. The hosting school can also benefit by making a student's dream come true.

F. Although students really love travelling, studying is not a travel­fun activity at all times.

G. Being an exchange student often means living far away from home and parental guidance.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了除了适应新文化的挑战之外，学生通过交流项目可以获得许多好处，如：多样的学习机会；更好地认识文化差异；个性发展。

1. F　根据前文“Diverse academic opportunities. It's not actually the travel that students would love to study abroad.”可知，学生们出国留学会有各种各样的学习机会，但其喜欢的并不是旅游。F项符合语境。

2. B　根据后文“Studying in another country opens the student to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the country's customs, people and regions.”可知，在另一个国家学习可以使学生了解不同的环境，使学生了解国家的风俗、人民和地区。B项符合文意。

3. G　根据后文“Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of that decision.”可知，因此，学生需要自己做决定，并承担后果或享受决定的成果。G项符合文意。

4. D　根据前文“It's no wonder that most students who returned after the exchange programme were seen with significant improvement on their personal development.”可知，难怪大多数交换项目结束后回国的学生的个人发展都有了显著的改善。D项符合文意。

5. C　根据前文“Exchange programmes or study­abroad programmes are a great investment for the student.”可知，交换项目或留学项目对学生来说是一项巨大的投资。C项符合文意。

Ⅲ. 应用文写作

假如你是李华，得知加拿大“中国文化年”组委会正在中国招募志愿者，你对此很感兴趣。请写一封邮件应征，内容包括：

1. 写信的目的；

2. 个人优势；

3. 可做的事情。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir/Madam，

I'm Li Hua, a senior student from China. _____________________________

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

【参考范文】

Dear Sir/Madam，

I'm Li Hua, a senior student from China. I have got to know you are wanting some volunteers for “The Year of Chinese Culture”. I'm writing to apply for the position.

There are many reasons why I am fit for the position. To begin with, I'm familiar with Chinese culture, which is a must for this event. In addition, I have been learning English for 9 years with a good command of spoken and written English. More importantly, I am outspoken and always ready to help others.

Hopefully the chance would be offered to me. If chosen, I would dedicate all my energy and wisdom to the event.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours，

Li Hua