高中英语人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第二册Unit 1 Science and Scientists课时训练

Unit 1 Art Learning about Language——2022-2023学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册同步课时训练

一、填空

1.He couldn't help but  __________(humble) when he entered this grand cathedral.

2.The refugees were repeatedly refused  __________(enter) into the country.

3.The process is easy to understand when it is demonstrated  __________(visual).

4.Could you describe the events that happened subsequent  __________  the accident?

5.His work was judged objectively as well as   __________(subjective).

6.Electronic book technology is a revolutionary breakthrough __________  modern civilisation, making it possible to shake off thick and heavy books.

7.Everyone lines up in  __________(rank), all facing the instructor.

8.It's very noble  __________  you to spend all your weekends helping the old folks.

9.New York certainly lived up to its reputation  __________  an exciting city.

10.If he takes on this work, he will have no choice but  __________(meet) an even greater challenge.

11.The engine just won't start. Something seems  __________(go) wrong with it.

12.The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad 5 more comfortable  __________(hold).

13.His first book  __________(publish) next month is based on a true story.

14.When she heard her mother's steps on the stairs, she pretended  __________(write) her composition.

15.Why does it matter that people _____ _____ _____ _____ (对……印象更深刻) the most recent changes?

二、阅读理解

16.    If you visit the new mummies(木乃伊) show at the American Museum of Natural History(AMNH) in New York City, don't miss the Gilded Lady. Scientists say she probably died of lung disease when she was in her 40s—about 2,000 years ago—in ancient Egypt. They even have a model of her skull(头骨). And yet, the mummy's coffin has never been opened. Instead, scientists used a machine called a CT (扫描仪) to look inside.

    CT scanners were developed to help doctors examine patients. But the machines turned out to be perfect for studying mummies, too.

    "A hundred years ago, scientists would usually open mummies' coffins. This did a great deal of harm to those mummies," says the AMNH president Ellen V. Futter. "We just don't do that anymore. We can do so much better. By using CT scanners, scientists can know about an ancient person's diet from some of a mummy's hair. Pieces of bone can show who was related to whom."

    Some mummies in Peru were buried with a skull hanging from their neck. Scientists thought these mummies wore the skull of an enemy. But DNA evidence showed that the mummies were buried with the skull of an ancestor (祖先).

    The 19 mummies in the show were from Egypt and Peru. They had completely different reasons for mummifying the dead. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummification allowed an ancestor to live on in the next world. The people who prepared the Gilded Lady thought she would continue to see, hear and smell. In ancient Peru, people practised mummification to stay connected with their ancestors. Some families kept mummies in their home.

    Futter calls the mummies in the show "messengers from another time". With the help of technology, scientists will continue to uncover mummies' secrets so we can understand it.

1.What did scientists find about the Gilded Lady?
A.She was a great artist.  B.She died of a natural death.
C.She lived in ancient Egypt. D.She had an amazingly long life.
2.What do Futter's words suggest?
A.Pieces of bone show a person's diet.
B.CT scanners do great harm to mummies.
C.Mummies usually wore the skull of an enemy.
D.Technology plays an important role in mummy studies.

3.Why did the ancient Peruvians make mummies?
A.To do traditional medical research. B.To keep close ties with their relatives.
C.To help their families live a better life. D.To let their ancestors live on in another world.
4.What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?
A.The technology. B.Their message. C.Their family. D.The show.

17.    Can you define great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides?

    These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack(平庸) writers with little or no literary ability. Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.

    So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognise great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today.

    Critics often don't recognise great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.

    But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking,and that it is inherently (固有地) beautiful.

    Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.

1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To explain what kind of art will become popular.
B.To introduce some real painters to the readers.
C.To introduce the writer's confusion about art.
D.To lead into the following points by arousing the reader's curiosity.
2.What does the author want to prove by using the examples of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Van Gogh?
A.These masters' works have some shortcomings.
B.These masters wouldn't have been so successful without the critics.
C.Truly beautiful works of art are never understood when first created.
D.Great masters are often not acknowledged while they were alive.
3.According to the passage, what do critics think of popular works?
A.They will be out of date quickly.
B.They are created for profit rather than for art.
C.They might be presented in a popular form.
D.They are thought valuable because of their low sale price.
4.What can be inferred from the last three paragraphs?
A.Critics have changed their attitudes to great works.
B.Critics' comments determine great art works.
C.The work of art itself determines its greatness.
D.Popular works today must become great art works someday.

答案以及解析

1.答案：be humbled

2.答案：entry

3.答案：visually

4.答案：to

5.答案：subjectively

6.答案：in

7.答案：ranks

8.答案：of

9.答案：as

10.答案：to meet
解析：have no choice but to do 为固定搭配,意为“除了……之外別无选择”。

11.答案：to have gone

解析：句意为:发动机无法发动,好像出了毛病。seem 意为“好像”,后加不定式作宾语,此处用to have gone表示动作已经发生。

12.答案：to hold
解析：句意:iPad 2与早期的型号在厚度和重量上不同,拿在手里更舒服。考查非谓语动词。形容词easy, had, difficult, comfortable作表语,后面需用不定式的主动形式表被动意义。

13.答案：to be published

解析：考查非谓语动词。句意:他的第一本书将于下月出版，它是根据一个真实的故事写成的。分析句子结构可知，此处表示将要发生的动作，应用动词不定式作后置定语，修饰 His first book;因为动词publish与名词book之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用动词不定式的被动式。故填to be published。

14.答案：to be writing

15.答案：are more impressed by

16.答案：1-4.CDBB
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知,"the Gilded Lady"是一位生活在古埃及的妇女,可能于40多岁死于肺病。
2.推理判断题。根据第三段可知,现在釆用CT扫描仪对木乃伊进行研究不会对它们造成很大的损坏,可以通过木乃伊的头发了解它们的饮食情况,通过骨头碎片可以了解与它们有亲戚关系的人等,由此推知,现代技术在研究木乃伊方面起着重要作用。
3.细节理解题。根据第五段第五句可知,古秘鲁人制作木乃伊的原因是想与祖先一直保持着联系。选项D提到的“让祖先生活在另一个世界里”是古埃及人的想法。
4.词义猜测题。根据上句中的"messengers from another time"并结合画线词前的"With the help of technology"可知,科学家会继续揭开木乃伊的神秘面纱以便人们能理解他们(所传递)的信息。故选B。

17.答案：1-4.DDBC
解析：本文是一篇议论文。作者在文中阐述了什么样的艺术才是伟大的艺术,并指出伟大的艺术作品的特点:流行性、突破性、内在美。

1.推理判断题。作者在第一段中接连提出了几个问题,目的在于吸引读者的兴趣,从而引出后文。故选D项。
2.推理判断题。These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time.是第二段的主题句,即“伟大的艺术往往在自己的时代并不被认为是伟大的”,而后列举的莎士比亚、查尔斯·狄更斯以及梵高的例子就是来说明这一点的。故选D项。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art.可知,评论家认为当代的流行艺术是为了赚钱而创作的,不是为了艺术。故选B项。
4.推理判断题。文章第四段讲的是评论家认为流行的作品不是伟大的艺术,而是为了金钱而生的。倒数第二段讲的是作者认为流行性与突破性和内在美一样,是当今伟大的艺术作品的特征。最后一段讲的是有上述三个特征的作品总有一天会被认为是伟大的艺术。由此可推断是否能成为伟大的艺术,关键在于作品本身的受欢迎程度、不同寻常的特点和内在的美,而不在于评论家的评判。故选C项。