高中英语高考M2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained(测)-2022年高考英语一轮复习讲练测(新高考•江苏)(原卷)

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M2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained (测)-2022年高考英语一轮复习讲练测(新高考•江苏)一、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A(2021年高考英语押题新课标Ⅰ卷预测卷)Unsolved Mysteries about the Planet EarthMystery 1: Where did water come from?Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface and that makes the Earth earn the nickname " the blue planet " . Then where di water come from? The most popular scientific theory states that the H2came from several violent asteroids(小行星)covered with ice. Another suggests that the water actually has been around since the Earth’s formation However it happened, though, it’s certainly worked out well for the Earth life forms.Mystery 2: What about all the oxygen?Another thing is the planet’s oxygen. Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product, filling the atmosphere with it. After that, the level of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere went wildly up and down until it finally calmed down around 540 million years ago. Since then, it’s remained at about the breathable level we know today. But what caused it to be suddenly steady?Mystery 3:What caused the Cambrian(寒武纪)Explosion?The Cambrian Explosion refers to the explosion of complex life forms that occurred on Earth about 540 million years ago. Before then, life had consisted mostly of microbes. But at the beginning of the Cambrian period complex creatures began developing at a rate never seen before. Suddenly,life forms had brains, eyes, and bones. Most living creatures today can trace their blood back to the Cambrian period.Mystery 4: Will we be able to predict earthquakes?We still haven’t been able to come up with a way to accurately predict earthquakes. We can certainly try, but our current technology cannot predict them exactly. We know that earthquakes start when the rock cracks underground and the enormous energy released in the process causes vibration, which generates earthquake waves, but we haven’t figured out why that happens, or how to predict it.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些关于地球的未解之谜。1.What was created by creatures on Earth?A. Water.    B. Bacterium.   C. Oxygen.   D. Ice.2.Which of the following talks about the Earth’s advanced species?A. Mystery 1 .   B. Mystery 2.   C. Mystery 4.   D. Mystery 3.3.What do we know about Mystery 4?A. It is a matter that has extremely practical significance.B. It will be solved in the near future.C. It is the most difficult mystery to solve of the four.D. It is the oldest mystery of the four.B(2021·江苏盐城中学高三月考)Is there a strange something high up in the world’s tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man? No one knows. This mystery has puzzled the world for years.In 1887, a mountain climber found large footsteps in the snow. They looked like the footsteps of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow!In 1906, another climber saw more footsteps. He saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran away very quickly. Fifteen years later, a newspaper had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “snowman” walk slowly in the snow. He said it looked like a very large man.From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back the pictures of large footsteps. The pictures showed clearly that the snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an apeman (猿人)? And the mystery keeps growing. Some day, we may find out just what it is that makes the largest footsteps.4.The passage is about ________.A. some mountain climbers     B. some strange animalsC. the snow        D. the mystery of the large footsteps5.Why were people interested in footsteps?A. Because they were the footsteps of a large bear.B. Because they looked like the footsteps of a large man.C. Because they were found in the snow.D. Because they were found in the mountains.6.Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large footsteps?A. They were the footsteps of an apeman.B. They were the footsteps of a snowman.C. The pictures showed clearly how the snowman walked.D. People still don’t know who made the footsteps.7.Which is the best title?A. Snow    B. The large footsteps C. A big bear   D. MonkeyC(2020·安徽六安一中高三月考)One day John was looking out of the window when he saw a huge blast of light, followed by an extremely loud explosion. He looked up and saw a huge cloud of dust surrounding the moon. When the dust settled, John saw the strangest thing—the moon was almost split in half.John’s mom ran over to see what had happened. Then John and his mom heard a couple of men speaking out loud through the open window. “I told you there were aliens(外星人)out there!” one man exclaimed loudly.“You have to be out of your mind! Our astronauts would have found that out, if that was true,” the other man replied.“Wow, an alien invasion!” John cried excitedly.“Calm down, John. There has to be a more believable story than the alien nonsense,” his mom said.John and his mom moved away from the window to watch the news, hoping that someone would say something more realistic than the alien story. On the news, some scientists agreed that the split of the moon, was a result of a major moon-quake. On the other hand, the religious people all agreed the moon split was a sign from God that the end of world was near.Time passed by, and there was no definite answer as to what exactly had happened to the moon. So, the mystery continued while the moon appeared to be shining brighter than ever.“How do you like my mystery story, Dad?” Adam asked his father.“Great! But I have one question. Don’t you think that your ending leaves the readers hanging?” his father asked.“Very true. But that’s the beauty of it. Mystery stories are even more exciting when the ending stays a mystery, leaving it to the readers’ imaginations to pick the ending they like, ” Adam replied.8.What’s the most unbelievable thing for John?A. John was looking out of the window to enjoy the moon.B. John noticed that an extremely loud explosion.C. John found the moon was almost split in half.D. John saw a huge cloud of dust surrounding the moon.9.What’s the attitude of John’s mother toward the statement about an alien invasion?A. Supportive.   B. Objective.   C. Optimistic.   D. Neutral.10.What actually happened to the moon?A. Nobody knows.       B. A moon-quake took place.C. The alien attacked the moon.    D. The God decided to end the world.11.Who wrote the article?A. John.    B. John’s mother.  C. Adam’s father.  D. Adam.D(2020·南昌县莲塘第二中学高二期末)Early in the morning of June 29, 1991, Carrie and Morgenstern were watching the field. Although they could see nothing through the thick fog, they kept their camera running.By 6 a.m. the fog began to lift. A pair of circles had been flattened. The wheat were bent but not broken. Outside the circles the wheat was untouched, and there were no footprints or other marks. The circles seemed to have come from nowhere. “ I can’t explain it at all ,” Mike Carrier said to himself with his eyes wide open.Carrier is not alone since the early 1980s, more than 2000 circles have appeared in farmer’s fields. Most circles form at night between May and August.Some believe the circles are caused by deer or some other animals. Others think of UFOs. “The circles are messages given by those who come from outer space,” says Michael Green. “Perhaps they are trying to get in touch with us.”Pat Delgado has done research on crop circles since 1981. He believes that they are caused by “ some form of earth energy.”Most scientists think that there’s no scientific basis to back up Green’s or Delgado’s theories. In September 1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley told newsmen that since 1979 they had made circles throughout southern England to fool people who believed in UFOs. Since the early 1980s, Dr. Terence Meaden has visited more than1000 circles. Now he thinks he may have the answer. He believes true crop circles are made by vortex(旋风) which can flatten the crop.Now crop circles are still found in southern England each summer. Are they really the traces of UFOs?12.On the morning of June 29, 1991, Carrier and Morgenstern hoped to ________.A. record the important thing     B. draw a conclusionC. find some footprints      D. see something funny13.When he saw the crop circle, Mike Carrie was ________.A. satisfied    B. frightened   C. surprised   D. interested14.Most scientists consider that theories of Green and Delgado are ________.A. meaningful   B. undoubted   C. instructive   D. unreasonable15.According to the article we may know that all the crop circles ________.A. are caused by some animals     B. are formed by earth energyC. are not tricks made by someone    D. are made by UFOs from outer space二、七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2021·河北石家庄二中高三)That mysterious ball of rock 384, 633 kilometers from Earth has inspired myths for thousands of years.     1     The following are some strange facts about the moon.The moon is disappearing.     2     It means in 500 million years, the moon will be 23, 496 kilometers farther away than it is now. And one day we may completely lose it.There are fresh footprints on the moon’s surface.Man hasn’t set foot on the moon for decades, but fresh prints remain. Is this evidence of an alien life form? Is Bigfoot (大脚兽)taking up extra-planetary(行星外)residence? No, they’re just leftover astronaut footprints.     3     Shadows are darker on the moon than on the Earth.Astronauts on the moon immediately noticed that their shadows were much darker there than on the Earth.     4     The sun and the Earth itself provide a little bit of light, enough for shadows to still appear, but the shadows are much harder to see.     5    Just like the Earth, the moon has a crust (地壳) that shifts and changes. Moonquakes can occur when the lunar crust warms and expands. While moonquakes don’t reach the same level of intensity (烈度) as earthquakes, they can last much longer.A. A full moon might keep you awake.B. But sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.C. Time is quite different on the moon than on the Earth.D. The moon experiences earthquakes (or moonquakes).E. Each year, the moon moves about four centimeters away from the Earth.F. Because there’s no wind or water on the moon, tracks can last millions of years.G. The atmosphere that makes light to create shadows on Earth is absent on the moon.三、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(改编自2021·广东高三)Jade lives in Australia, a country famous for kangaroos, but not for snow. Yet at 12, she    1    to ski at the North Pole.Despite the lack of    2    training space, Jade still built her    3    at the gym. She ran with giant tyres attached to her waist to    4    what it was like to pull a sled across ice. By the age of 14, Jade was    5   .The far north is not a blank carpet of soft snow, but Jade    6    the tough conditions. Even though every part of her body was    7   , she never thought of giving up. In April 2016, Jade made    8   , becoming the youngest person to ski to the North Pole.When talking about her    9   , she stated that every human body is    10   , whether you are a man or a woman. But when the talk was posted online, some Internet bullies wrote    11    comments like “Make me a sandwich” to make her feel    12   .To prove women’s place is far beyond the    13   , Jade and her team pushed on to the South Pole and made it. Holding a plate with a sandwich, Jade    14    had her photo taken and posted online. She dared the bullies, “I made you a sandwich. Now    15    37 days and 600 km to the South Pole, and you can eat it.”1. A. managed B. decided C. offered  D. afforded2. A. authentic B. large C. comfortable  D. private3. A. career B. confidence C. strength  D. team4. A. tell B. feel C. remember  D. share5. A. mature B. determined C. available  D. ready6. A. braved B. improved C. predicted  D. identified7. A. working B. refusing C. bleeding  D. aching8. A. progress B. promises C. history  D. efforts9. A. hobby B. adventure C. advantage  D. award10. A. complex B. beautiful C. amazing  D. valuable11. A. mean B. constructive C. brief  D. enthusiastic12. A. puzzled B. small C. nervous  D. worried13. A. gym B. field C. kitchen  D. office14. A. unwillingly B. casually C. mysteriously  D. proudly15. A. ski B. skip C. skate  D. search四、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(改编自2021·河南高三)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式,并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。Six “sacrificial pits” (祭祀坑),     1    (date)back to 3,200 to 4, 000 years, were discovered in the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, on March 17, 2021. The biggest pit among the six    2    ( be) 19 square meters, and the smallest is 3.5 square meters. Some unearthed artifacts reflect previous findings in 1986 like bronze masks and jades, but shapes of some large-size bronze objects have never been seen.The Sanxingdui Ruins site,     3    (consider)as one of the most important archaeological sites along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, covers an area of 12 square kilometers     4     its core zone of an ancient city covering 3.6 square kilometers. It was first found in 1929. However, large- scale excavation(挖掘)on the site only began in 1986, when two pits, widely believed for sacrificial ceremonies,     5    (discover)accidentally. The new discoveries will help to better understand many     6    (explain)findings in 1986,     6     the similar shapes and findings in the eight pits     7    (basic)make sure their function should be sacrificial pits.According to the National Cultural Heritage Administration, studies of the Sanxingdui Ruins site will become an     8    (importance)project in a program Archaeology China,     9     tries to explain the origins of Chinese civilization and how diverse cultures communicate and come together.五、写作写作(一)(2020·湖北高三)假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Susan看了你的微博后发来邮件，对你上周帮助一个迷路的3岁小孩回家的事情很感兴趣。请你回复邮件，内容包括：1.感谢关注；2.助人经过；3.你的感受。注意：1.词数120左右(开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数)；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Susan,Thanks for your attention! From your letter, I know that you are eager to get some details about my assistance. Here comes the story.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In this experience, I realize that helping others is really a kind of pleasure, which not only helps the one in need, but also enriches my own mind.Yours,LiHua写作(二)(2021·山东高三)阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。I was born and grew up in the north of Scotland, which was not far from the sea. When I was little, I enjoyed the seaside scenery very much. I often sat on the rock by the sea and watched the view of the sea. I was fond of playing with the sand on the beach and chased the waves with my old sister, Alastair. Across the beach there was a tidal(潮汐)island, which means that when the tide goes out, you can walk to it, but when the tide comes in again, you can’t get to it. Mum and Dad never let us go there. They told us that it was dangerous. However, the tidal island was full of mystery to me. I said to myself, “There must be some fascinating scenery worth exploring. How I wish I had a chance to land on it!”On a little cold day in October, while my parents were away for a friend’s wedding, my sister was determined to take me to the beach near our house, where we would have a good time. I wanted to build sand castles. When we arrived at the beach, the tide was out. We ran on the beach back and forth and enjoyed ourselves very much. With the help of my sister, I made several sand castles of different shapes. Feeling a little tired, I sat on the beach for a break. I saw the tidal island opposite, which looked very nice in the autumn sunshine. “Let’s go to explore the tidal island, Alastair,” I said to my sister. “That’s a good idea. But Mum and Dad said we couldn’t. Maybe we won’t return safely!” Alastair said. “Don’t worry! We’ll try to return before the tide comes in again.” I begged Alastair. Finally she agreed. We returned home and brought some peanut butter sandwiches and a bottle of milk with us. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右; 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Then we set off for the tidal island. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The tide came in and covered the beach and the water was too deep and cold for me._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________