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选择性必修第四册　UNIT 2

主题语境：地球与宇宙奥秘探索

Ⅰ．阅读理解

The immense and forbidding Southern Ocean is famous for howling winds and strange waves that have tested mariners for centuries．

But its true strength lies beneath the waves．

The ocean's dominant feature, extending up to two miles deep and as much as 1，200 miles wide, is the Antarctic Circumpolar (极地附近的) Current, by far the largest current in the world．

It is the world's climate engine, and it has kept the world from warming even more by drawing deep water from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, much of which has been in the deep ocean for hundreds of years, and pulling it to the surface．There, it exchanges heat and carbon dioxide with the atmosphere before being pushed again on its endless round trip．

Without this action, which scientists call upwelling, the world would be even hotter than it has become as a result of human­caused emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat­trapping gases．“From no perspective is there any place more important than the Southern Ocean，”said Joellen L．Russell, an oceanographer at the University of Arizona．“There's nothing like it on Planet Earth．”

For centuries this ocean was largely unknown, and its conditions were so extreme that only a relative handful of sailors went to its waters with lots of icebergs．

What fragmentary scientific knowledge was available came from measurements taken by explorers, naval ships, the occasional research expeditions or whaling ships．

But more recently, a new generation of floating, autonomous probes (探测仪) that can collect temperature, density and other data for years — diving deep underwater, and even exploring beneath the Antarctic sea ice, before rising to the surface to phone home — has enabled scientists to learn much more．They have discovered that global warming is affecting the Antarctic current in complex ways, and these shifts could complicate the ability to fight climate change in the future．

1．Why does the true strength lie beneath the waves in the Southern Ocean?

A．There is the deepest current in the world．

B．There is the world's largest current．

C．There is severe cold climate in the South Pole．

D．There are the strongest winds and strangest waves．

2．How does the Southern Ocean keep the world from warming even more?

A．By pushing severe cold water to the other oceans．

B．By cooling the warmer water from the other oceans．

C．By drawing cold water from other oceans and pulling it to the surface．

D．By keeping cold water in the other oceans for hundreds of years．

3．What does the underlined word “fragmentary”mean in Paragraph 7?

A．Advanced．     B．Abstract．

C．Incomplete．    D．Concrete．

4．What do scientists discover according to the last paragraph?

A．The current there is in normal condition despite global warming．

B．The current there is under the complicated influence of global warming．

C．The autonomous probes have found solutions to global warming．

D．Nothing can be done for global warming due to severe cold climate．

Ⅱ．完形填空

(2023·长沙模拟)I studied finance and economics in undergraduate．  1  ， I realised that finance wasn't the only option for me．So, I expanded my search to include other   2   and non­traditional career paths．

Ultimately, I got an engineering   3   at a large missile defence contractor (承包公司)．In that role，I provided   4   for a missile defence programme throughout its entire lifecycle．I   5   with many functions, such as engineers, the supply chain, and so on．

My transition out of missile defence happened naturally as I left to   6   graduate school．

After getting a taste of the innovation process in the missile defence world, I believed that I could be much more   7   if given the opportunity to build and expand upon my   8   set．

It felt like the right time in my career to develop a deep   9   of how successful businesses are run and have a safe space to nurse my personal and   10   growth．

Honestly, the   11   to go to the Kellogg School of Management was really easy for me to make．It   12   quality education, unique student culture, and the ability to focus on design thinking．

Going back to school was one of the most extraordinary   13   of my life．It was the most interesting, challenging, fun, eye­opening, educational, and stressful two years, and I wouldn't   14   it for the world．

As a product manager at Trunk Club now, I   15   a development team of engineers, designers, and data scientists．Every single day, I get to cooperate with them to define, design, and bring new ideas to life．

1．A．Furthermore     B．Thus

C．Similarly     D．However

2．A．industries     B．qualifications

C．occurrences     D．values

3．A．degree     B．approach

C．position     D．course

4．A．ambition     B．loyalty

C．confusion     D．support

5．A．developed     B．interacted

C．applied     D．conflicted

6．A．attend     B．manage

C．sponsor     D．found

7．A．attractive     B．efficient

C．impressionable     D．grateful

8．A．skill     B．condition

C．mind     D．society

9．A．achievement     B．assumption

C．understanding     D．competence

10．A．critical     B．beneficial

C．influential     D．professional

11．A．intention     B．decision

C．idea     D．willingness

12．A．looked down upon     B．gave rise to

C．came down to     D．made use of

13．A．experiences     B．talents

C．outcomes      D．discoveries

14．A．change     B．trade

C．conclude     D．seize

15．A．lead     B．educate

C．equip     D．form

课时质量评价(三十三)

Ⅰ．【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了辽阔而令人生畏的南大洋以咆哮的狂风和恶魔般的巨浪而闻名，几个世纪以来，这些都考验着水手们。但它真正的力量隐藏在海浪之下。

1．B　细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知，南大洋的海浪之下有世界上最大的洋流，所以它真正的力量才会在海浪之下。故选B。

2．C　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is the world's climate engine, and it has kept the world from warming even more by drawing deep water from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, much of which has been in the deep ocean for hundreds of years, and pulling it to the surface．”可知，南大洋阻止全球变暖的方式是，从其他海洋抽取深层冷水流，并把冷水流推到海洋表面。故选C。

3．C　词义猜测题。根据第六段的内容以及画线词所在句中的“came from measurements taken by explorers, naval ships, the occasional research expeditions or whaling ships”可知，南大洋气候条件恶劣，很少有人能到达那里，关于它的科学知识有限。因此可推出人们对南大洋的了解是“支离破碎的，不完整的”。故选C。

4．B　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“They have discovered that global warming is affecting the Antarctic current in complex ways, and these shifts could complicate the ability to fight climate change in the future．”可知，南大洋环流正受到全球变暖的复杂影响。故选B。

Ⅱ．【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者先是一名工程师，后来又去读研究生的故事。

1．D　根据下文中的“So, I expanded my search to include other __2__ and non­traditional career paths．”可知，作者并不是把金融当成唯一的出路。本句与上一句之间是转折关系。故选D。

2．A　根据上文中的“finance”和下文中的“non­traditional career paths”可知，作者把范围扩展到了其他行业。故选A。

3．C　根据下文中的“In that role”可知，这里指的是职位、岗位。故选C。

4．D　根据下文中的“I __5__ with many functions, such as engineers, the supply chain, and so on．”可知，作者在该岗位上与多个部门互动，为导弹防御计划提供支持。故选D。

5．B　根据上文分析可知，作者的职位是工程师，应该与各个部门相互合作。故选B。

6．A　根据下文中的“go to the Kellogg School of Management”可知，作者又去读了研究生。故选A。

7．B　根据上文中的“After getting a taste of the innovation process in the missile defence world”可知，在任职期间作者的创新能力得到了培养，作者相信如果有机会建立和扩展自己的思维模式，自己可以变得效率更高。故选B。

8．C　参见上题解析。

9．C　根据上文中的“I __5__ with many functions, such as engineers, the supply chain, and so on．”可知，作者与各个部门之间有很好的互动，这有助于作者对企业的运作有更好的了解。故选C。

10．D　根据上文中的“how successful businesses are run”可知，此处指作者的个人和职业发展。故选D。

11．B　根据上文中的“left to __6__ graduate school”可知，作者决定回到学校。故选B。

12．B　根据下文中的“It was the most interesting, challenging, fun, eye­opening, educational”可知，作者在学校期间，各方面的能力都得到了培养和提高。所以此处应表示它带来高品质的教育、独特的学生文化以及专注于设计思维的能力。故选B。

13．A　根据上下文可知，作者回到了学校，这是他人生中的一段经历。故选A。

14．B　根据上文中的“It was the most interesting, challenging, fun, eye­opening, educational, and stressful two years”可知，作者认为他的这段经历非常的宝贵，即使拿全世界来换，他也不愿意。故选B。

15．A　根据上文中的“As a product manager at Trunk Club now”可知，作者现在是一名产品经理，应该是领导一个团队。故选A。