【期中模拟】（译林版2020）2023-2024学年高二上册英语 选修2 Unit 1 The mass media（单元提升卷）.zip

Unit 1 The mass media

单元测试•提升卷

(满分：150分　时间：120分钟)

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)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where is the woman’s husband from?

A. France. B. The United States. C. Japan.

2. How was the concert?

A. Boring. B. Dull. C. Wonderful.

3. What will Betty probably do tomorrow evening?

A. Play cards. B. Make new clothes. C. Meet close friends.

4. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A paper cup. B. A bottle. C. A vase.

5. How did the singer become famous?

A. He used to perform a lot on TV.

B. He used to sing at the subway station.

C. He used the Internet to draw people’s attention.

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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

6. What did the man do last night?

A. Held a party. B. Watched TV. C. Read books.

7. Why did the man have nothing to say to the woman’s question?

A. He also made noise. B. He also had a kid. C. He slept later too.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How did Xiao save money?

A. By buying no clothes.

B. By sharing food with friends.

C. By buying second-hand houses.

9. When did Xiao buy her first house?

A. At the age of 18. B. At the age of 27. C. At the age of 33.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How much did the woman’s package post cost?

A. $10.81. B. $12. C. $5.94.

11. In which way did the woman get to mail her package?

A. First class. B. A cheaper way. C. An expensive way.

12. How long will it take for this package to go to New York?

A. 12 days. B. 2 weeks. C. 10 days.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the woman interested in now?

A. Running. B. Jumping. C. Swimming.

14. Who runs the fastest?

A. Amy. B. Lily. C. Mike.

15. What is true about Lily?

A. She swims fast.

B. She will take part in the long jump.

C. She is in the same class with Amy.

16. When did the man win first prize in the long jump?

A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A. His friend. B. His student. C. His son.

18. Where was the speaker’s first stop on the trip?

A. Australia. B. America. C. India.

19. How did the speaker earn money in Australia?

A. By painting houses. B. By working at a school. C. By getting an office job.

20. What is the speaker’s suggestion?

A. To try different things.

B. To have a similar experience.

C. To travel to as many places as possible.

第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节　(共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5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

For those in the Midwest, the holidays aren’t the holidays without a little snow. Luckily, Michigan almost always delivers. But snow or not, these destinations really bring out the holiday spirit.

Frankenmuth

Residents of Frankenmuth never have to say goodbye to Christmas from the beginning to the end of the year. That’s thanks in part to Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, who thinks of itself as the world’s largest Christmas store at 320,000 square feet. In addition to offering every kind of Christmas décor imaginable, Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland holds holiday events like Santa visits (daily from Nov. 25-Dec. 24) and holiday sing-alongs (Dec. 22 and 23).

Dearborn

This city is well-known as the home of the Ford Motor Company, and the Henry Ford Museum brings history to life during the holidays. Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village (Dec. 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 20-23 and 26-30) offers the smell of chestnuts roasted on an open fire and the sound of sleigh (雪橇) bells. Santa is on hand for visits, of course, and he even brings his reindeer along. Holiday treats are for sale, ice skating is available and kids of all ages will enjoy a ride in a horse-drawn wagon or a Model T car.

Christmas

Visiting Christmas isn’t for the weak heart- it’s in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, all but guaranteed to be snowy in December. Those who desire to have a try are rewarded with a “Welcome to Christmas” sign complete with Santa’s smiling face and the Christmas Mall, which has a post office for postmarking holiday cards.

Dexter

It might be difficult to believe there are multiple Michigan cities with a marathon race-in December, but it’s true. Dexter hosts the Holiday Hustle 5k and 1 mile (Dec. 10) for both runners and walkers. Participants receive free hats and all 5k or one mile finishers receive holiday-themed medals.

21. What is special about Frankenmuth according to the text?

A. Santa will surely be on hand for visits.

B. Visitors can enjoy an outdoor barbecue.

C. Christmas is alive all year round.

D. It has the world’s largest gift store.

22. Where can visitors go if they want to join the running events in December?

A. Frankenmuth. B. Dearborn. C. Christmas. D. Dexter.

23. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To promote multiple Christmas decorations.

B. To recommend some holiday-friendly cities.

C. To introduce colorful Christmas parades.

D. To have a good taste of the beauty of snow.

B

The guy who ate a $120,000 banana in an art museum says he was just hungry

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is well known for his inspiring works, but his signature work — a banana taped to a wall — was lately destroyed for a simple reason; the hunger it aroused in a college student. The work named “Comedian” (喜剧演员) has previously sold for $120,000, most famously at Art Basel Miami in 2019. While a college student who recently viewed the art in a Seoul museum said he ate the banana after skipping breakfast.

The art in question, Comedian, which was a frequently replaced fresh banana, was taped on the wall. It is meant to indicate everything from Charlie Chaplin’s comedy to the fruit’s status as a symbol of global trade.

However, it spoke to Noh Huyn-soo, the college student, in simpler terms, reminding him that he had skipped breakfast that morning. So when he visited Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Artlate at noon last week, Noh seized the yellow fruit and ate it, ignoring the alarmed cry of a museum worker. It took Noh around 1 minute to tear off the banana and eat it. Then, he reattached the peel to its spot on the wall.

Noh told the museum that he ate the art because he was hungry, according to Korean public broadcaster KBS, which aired a video of his actions that was recorded by his friend. But Noh, who studies art and religion at Seoul National University, also expressed the artist’s intent and suggested his own actions might qualify as art, as he transformed Cattelan’s work and put it back on display.

The Noh drama lasted only around 30 minutes, as museum workers restored a second banana to the spot. And the museum won’t charge Noh for any damages. Because when the artist was told about the ruined work, he replied that it wasn’t a problem.

24. What is the article?

A. A museum guidance.  B. A news report. 

C. A travel blog.      D. A life story.

25. What is special about the work “Comedian”?

A. It is a lifelike object kept well in the museum. 

B. It is a funny painting sold at a rare high price.

C. It is a real item refreshed regularly on display. 

D. It is an eatable fruit designed to be delivered.

26. Which may be the real reason for Noh to eat the exhibit?

A. He wanted to be involved into an art creation in a way.

B. He felt hungry for not having breakfast on time.

C. He meant to make a popular blog to have fun.

D. He was told to do so for the sake of new art.

27. What does the artist think of the destroyed work?

A. Absolutely serious. 

B. Terribly influential. 

C. Rarely typical. 

D. Scarcely important.

C

Video producer and musician Justin Scholar enjoyed his fantastic moment weeks ago when he spotted his latest work playing on a huge electronic screen at New York’s Times Square.

“It’s sort of the American dream to see your name up in lights,” says the 25-year-old New Jersey native.“I’d never really cared about my name being that big, but going to New York and seeing the big screens, you always wonder if your work is going to make it up there.”

The video that helps Scholar fulfill his “American dream” was shot and produced in China, where Scholar is living and working as a media company owner. Scholar took his first Chinese class in high school seven years ago and made his first trip to Shanghai in 2015 through a study-abroad program when he was a student in New York University. The film and TV major changed his focus from technical art to traditional arts during his study in Shanghai, spending most of the time learning ink-and-wash painting, calligraphy and the guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. He also fell in love with the city, where he ate a lot of authentic xiaolongbao, or steamed meat buns, and felt safe walking on the streets at 3 am.

Shanghai impresses Scholar as an efficient, modern city calling for greater business prosperity with foreign participation, so he returned two years later, when his career at home was already booming after making commercials for big names such as Coca-Cola and Jaguar.

Thanks to a combination of luck and talent, he achieved the goal soon with a Chinese friend as his business partner, and the company has already produced some 15 videos for pop icons, fashionistas, and art museums in merely six months. The video that plays at Times Square, a tourism promotional film for southwest China’s Chongqing city, is the company’s first project contracted(签合同) by a local government in China.

28. What did Scholar study in Shanghai?

A. TV media.

B. Technical art.

C. Traditional arts.

D. The Chinese language.

29. What is the author’s purpose in writing Paragraphs 3 and 4?

A. To change to a new topic for writing.

B. To make a conclusion of the first 2 paragraphs.

C. To dive deeper into the previous topic.

D. To add the background information of the video.

30. What do we know about Scholar’s video playing at Times Square?

A. It was shot at Times Square.

B. It showed attractions of Chongqing.

C. It was shot in the year 2015.

D. it showed his college life in Shanghai.

31. What does the text intend to tell us?

A. China opens up new routes to international tourists.

B. Shanghai attracts an increasing number of foreigners.

C. An American dream unexpectedly comes true with the great video.

D. A young American brings Chinese tourist video to Times Square.

D

Blind imitation is self-destruction. To those who do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive; to those who know their strength, imitation is unacceptable.

In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook. I used recipes and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on & child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.

In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意识地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.

In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.

Blessed is the person willing to act on their sudden desire to create something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration, not desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.

Study your role models, accept the gifts they have given, and leave behind what does not serve. Then you can say, “I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors’ tragedies and declare victory, and know that they are cheering on.”

32. Imitation proves useful when you ______.

A. know you are unique B. lose the balance of life

C. begin to learn something new D. get tired of routine practice

33. What does the underlined word “glorifies” in paragraph 4 mean?

A. complains. B. beautifies. C. dominates. D. rejects.

34. The trouble a creator faces is ______.

A. the lack of strong motivation B. the absence of practical ideas

C. how to search for more materials D. how to use imagination creatively

35. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To highlight the importance of creativity. B. To criticize the characters of role models.

C. To compare imitation with creation. D. To explain the meaning of success.

第二节　(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When you create a social networking profile, a photo is almost always required.    36    One of the reasons is that it says much more about you than you might think, according to a study published in the journal Cyberpsychology Behavior, and Social Networking.

   37    The factors that shape people’s ratings of our attractiveness based on profile photos are complicated—they don’t just take things at face value. So what really influences people when making oneself look good?

Researchers studied 104 college students by showing them various photos of the same user on a social network.    38    One is social cues, which the study’s authors defined as personal and social information about the user that could be gathered from the photo. The other is congruence (一致性), which was measured in terms of the positivity of comments associated with each photo.

Photos with social cues that revealed more about the user were rated highly in terms of physical attractiveness.    39    What’s more, the researchers noted, the tone of the comments had more effect on attractiveness ratings than did social cues present in the photos. “When other people’s comments are incongruent with the self-presentation,” the authors wrote, “participants were less likely to perceive (察觉) the profile owner to be more popular than when there is congruence, regardless of the amount of social cues present in the profile.”

So your profile photos don’t necessarily have to be model-like. Photos that show your social relationships or hobbies are actually more important for your attractiveness. And if you want to build up a certain image, keep an eye on the comments being left on your social networking profiles.    40  

A. They tested reactions to two factors.

B. Choosing the right photo is important.

C. A pretty photo may not be enough, the study shows.

D. That’s because people’s comments are most important for your popularity.

E. Therefore, attaching a wonderful photo can surely guarantee you a great job.

F. Many university students rely on computer software to make their profile photos shine.

G. Meanwhile, positive comments led viewers to regard users as more socially attractive.

第三部分　语言运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Joining a book club can be a very rewarding experience introducing you to a world of literature that you normally wouldn’t select for yourself. It’s a great way to start reading more and gain a deeper understanding on your reading materials and allows you to meet other people with    41    interest.

It’s always tempting to select a classic or a book that you love so much that you are    42    the group will enjoy it, too. However, joining a book club is also about getting out of your own literary    43    zone as much as it is about reading more. Picking something you haven’t read will mean the story is as    44    for you as for everyone else. A great way select a book is to check for online    45    or ask friends outside the club for their suggestions.

Although a book per month sounds    46    , sometimes things get in the way and suddenly it’s the week before book club sharing and you haven’t even opened the front cover yet.    47    specific evenings for reading or    48    some time during the weekend is a great way to form a reading habit.

Creating a group for your club on    49    media is a great way to stay in    50    and allows changes to dates/times to be made with less trouble than texting or phoning. Here you can    51    state the book for that month for anyone who has missed it and it is a really nice way to keep each    52    by sharing progress and thoughts on the book. This group can be set to be completely    53    so that only members can see the page or    54    with members.

Finally joining a book club is a really great way to meet people and to gain a fresh perspective on the books you read. It is also a great way to    55    your passion for reading.

41. A. high B. common C. enormous D. unique

42. A. surprised B. doubtful C. sure D. familiar

43. A. danger B. service C. time D. comfort

44. A. exciting B. puzzling C. demanding D. frightening

45. A. administration B. presentation C. recommendation D. cooperation

46. A. available B. manageable C. incredible D. sociable

47. A. Scheduling B. Spending C. Sacrificing D. Separating

48. A. deciding on B. staying up C. approving of D. setting aside

49. A. social B. news C. mass D. multiple

50. A. mind B. touch C. confidence D. progress

51. A. classically B. firmly C. truthfully D. officially

52. A. motivated B. occupied C. accustomed D. associated

53. A. political B. private C. professional D. practical

54. A. contact B. negotiate C. interact D. bargain

55. A. fuel B. cool C. train D. direct

第二节　(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

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。

Rowan Atkinson is    56    English actor, comedian and screenwriter. In Britain, he is mostly famous for many     57    (success) TV shows but internationally is known    58    Mr Bean. If you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous    59    (create),then you are in for a surprise. On the contrary, he is nothing like Mr Bean.

Rowan    60     (grow) up on a farm with his parents and three older brothers. At the age of 13,he    61     (award) a scholarship to a boarding school. When Rowan was young, he had a stutter and    62    (make) his speech clearer, he began to speak very    63     (careful).As early as primary school, Rowan had already shown a talent for acting, but it was only later at university    64    he decided to become an actor.

John Lloyd says that one rarely meets someone with such genius, and he became     65      (convince) that Rowan would be more famous than Charlie Chaplin.

第四部分　写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

66. 假定你是校英语报的记者，上周末你校举办了“校园十佳歌手”大赛。请你为校英文报写一篇报道。

内容包括：1.活动主题及参加人员；

2.活动详情；

3.活动反响。

注意：1.写作词数应为100左右；

2.可适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。

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第二节(满分25分)

67. 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。

Yesterday, when I arranged my old things, I found a friendship bracelet with several names on it. Looking at it, all those old memories came flooding back to me.

 It was when I was a freshman in high school. My only close friend was Sabella, who I had known since kindergarten. Bella is and always will be one of my best friends. But she had other close friends too. However, I didn’t. I was on the volleyball team, and on the court I knew exactly who I was and where I was supposed to be. I loved all of my teammates, but when we were sitting together before and after games I would just sit there quietly, totally unsure of myself. So I felt never really fit in.

At school, it seemed like the only time anyone talked to me was just to jokingly say, “You are so quiet...Do you ever talk?” I wanted to talk; I just couldn’t find the words. I never felt like I knew what to say in a big group of people.

One Saturday after our game, Bella was supposed to come over and spend the night at my house. We always had a lot of fun together. I wished that I could talk to the other girls in the way I talked to her. But before we left the gym that day, some of the other volleyball girls invited her to go to the movies with them. Since Bella had already made plans with me, they asked if I would like to go to the movies with them too.

One of the moms drove us, and we all piled into the back seat of her Suburban—Rhiannon, Destinee, Christine, Sabella and me. I was kind of nervous at first, but once it was just us five, I came out of my shell. For the first time in my life, I really felt like I was a part of the conversation, instead of just sitting there listening. It turned out that I had a lot to say, which even surprised me. All the way there, and all the way back, we talked and laughed.

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。

That was a night that changed my life and everyone noticed my change.

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Finally, I had friends too.

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