牛津译林版高中英语必修五高二上学期B5U1测试

14-15学年牛津高二上学期B5U1测试

Class: Name: Marks: 满分（120）

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is generally accepted as the earliest adventure novel as well as the first English realistic novel. It is an exciting tale and a study of human characters. Living on an island isolated (隔绝) from the world, the hero Robinson Crusoe not only surprisingly survives starving to death and extreme loneliness, but also creates a new comfortable paradise (天堂) through his hard work and ingenuity (创造力). This is the impression given by Robinson to modern readers. Young people especially love Robinson Crusoe’s adventure experiences and creative life.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island tells an adventure story about a boy, Jim Hawkins, and his adventures with murderous (凶残的) pirates. The tale is told by Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of buried treasure. He fights with the pirates and goes through many difficulties and hardships. In the end he finds the treasure. This romantic novel with a fascinating and interesting plot has great value in literature and has made its writer well-known all over the world.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is commonly regarded as one of the greatest American literature. It is told in the first person by Huck, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels. It is a direct sequel (续集) to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Perennially (永久地) popular with readers, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been the object of study by literary critics since its publication. 1. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?

A. It is a study of human characters. B. It is especially popular with young readers.

C. It is generally regarded as the earliest adventure novel. D. Its story is based on the author’s personal experiences. 2. From Treasure Island we can infer that . A. the pirates treat Jim well C. Jim is a brave and witty boy

B. all the pirates are killed by Jim

D. Jim fails to find the treasure in the end

3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for

A. its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River B. its detailed description of common people’s lives in America

C. its brief introduction of American literature D. the narrator of the novel “Huck”

B

Imagine shopping for clothes online and being able to run your hand across the screen of your computer

or smartphone to feel the materials. That kind of simulation (仿真) technology could be available within the next five years.

“We’re talking about reinventing how computers interact with humans,” said Bernie Meyerson, IBM Vice President. Extending our sense of touch is one of the innovations (创新) IBM believes will change the world in the next five years, according to the company’s annual “Five in Five” list.

Smart machines will also be able to listen to the environment and highlight the sounds we care about most. For instance, an advanced speech recognition system will tell new parents why their baby is crying. This kind of thing is not possible today, but with an advanced enough system, it’s actually possible.

In the near future, personal computers will be able to do more than recognize images and visual data. Their built-in cameras will be able to analyze features such as colors, and understand the meaning of visual media, such as knowing how to sort family photos.

Smart machines will also be able to smell. If you sneeze on your computer or cellphone, tiny sensors (传感器) in the machine will be able to analyze thousands of molecules (分子) in your breath. “It can give you an alarm and says, ‘Hey, you are probably sick, go to see your doctor immediately,’” Meyerson says.

Mark Maloo is a computer science professor from Georgetown University. He hopes the advances will encourage more students to study science, technology, engineering and math, preparing them to play a role in future innovations. He believes there’s little doubt that advances in computer technology over the next five years will make what now seems like science fiction a part of our everyday lives. 4. The purpose of the text is to show us A. how smart machines will replace humans B. what our lives will be like in the future C. how to go shopping on the Internet

D. why IBM wants to invent these smart machines 5. In the future, if you buy clothes online, you may . A. feel the materials of the clothes by touching the screen B. ask your computer to give you some advice C. ask your computer to make the decision for you D. save a lot of money by using a smartphone

6. How will a smart machine figure out that you are probably sick?

A. By analyzing the thousands of molecules in your breath. B. By analyzing your comments about your body condition. C. By referring your condition to doctors. D. By asking you to describe how you feel.

7. What can we infer from the text?

A. The advanced speech recognition system is already available now. B. Extending the sense of touch is the most important object of IBM. C. Students have an important role to play in the future inventions. D. Personal computers can only be used to recognize images.

C

Only about 30 percent of people in the US know how to perform CPR (心肺复苏术). Recently, a 9-year-old boy showed a Georgia woman how to perform CPR on her newborn baby.

Susanna Rohm said she had experienced a parent’s worst nightmare (噩梦) — her 2-month-old son, Isiah, was not breathing. “I noticed he looked pale. I looked at his arms and his legs and they were limp (无力的),” Rohm told a local newspaper. “Then I noticed that he looked like he wasn’t alive.” In dismay, she dropped and broke her cellphone. Rohm had to run into the street, screaming for help.

“I had him in my arms and screamed over and over. Then I ran outside. I saw two boys playing across the street, and I yelled, ‘Go and ask your parents to call 911,’” Rohm said. But the two boys were able to do more than that. Nine-year-old Ethan Wilson took action, showing Rohm how to perform CPR on little Isiah while ten-year-old Rocky Hurt helped as well.

Rocky said he had learned the CPR technique from a poster in a health class at their school, Sedalia Park Elementary. “I was thinking we’d better give her a helping hand instead of getting scared,” Ethan said. “I told her to push on the baby’s chest five to ten times a minute with only two fingers, tilt back the baby’s head, plug the baby’s nose and breathe into the baby’s mouth,” Ethan said in an interview.

At last, Isiah began crying and was breathing again. He spent two nights in a local hospital. “If the little boy hadn’t shown me what to do right there, my baby would probably not be alive right now,” Rohm said. 8. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that in the US, . A. CPR is considered important by most people B. most children are taught how to perform CPR C. many parents don’t know how to perform CPR D. kids must learn how to perform CPR on babies

9. What does the underlined word “dismay” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Panic.

B. Anger.

C. Excitement. D. Joy.

10. What did Rohm do when she saw the two boys? A. She asked them to call 911 as soon as possible. B. She asked them to teach her how to perform CPR. C. She asked them to ask their parents for help. D. She asked them to help her perform CPR on her baby.

11. What Rohm said in the last paragraph shows that she was . A. grateful

B. regretful

C. surprised

D

D. ashamed

Here’s one new mom with lots of experience — at least 62 years old. On February 3, a Laysan albatross (黑背信天翁) named Wisdom hatched a healthy chick on a Pacific island near Hawaii. It was the sixth year in a row this bird had hatched a chick.

What makes Wisdom so special is that her species normally lives only 12 to 40 years. So not only has she outlived most other Laysan albatrosses by at least two decades, but also remained productive and able to hatch healthy chicks in her 60s.

To track a wild bird, biologists often wrap a long-lasting, numbered metal band around one of the bird’s legs. Scientists can then recognize a particular bird every time its band comes into view. Chandler Robbins first banded her leg in 1956. At the time, this biologist from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that she was already at least 5 years old.

Once reaching breeding age, Wisdom and her kin (亲属) return each November to a tiny Pacific island to breed. At breeding time, the Laysan albatross will scratch out a shallow nest in the ground. A female then lays a single egg. Both she and her mate will take turns incubating (孵化) the egg until it hatches. More than seven out of every ten Laysan albatrosses nest on just one island—Midway Atoll. That’s Wisdom’s home.

Wild albatrosses often die long before they come close to Wisdom’s age. Some are eaten. Others starve to death, get sick or suffer life-threatening injuries from the gears used by fishing boats. Keeping track of such long-lived birds offers scientists an opportunity to learn much about how these animals reproduce, especially late in life. Since she was first banded, Wisdom may have reared as many as 35 chicks. 12. What makes Wisdom special?

A. She becomes the oldest bird in the world. B. She often flies to a Pacific island to nest. C. She hatched a healthy chick at a very old age. D. She can hatch a healthy chick almost every year. 13. In Paragraph 3, the writer tells us . A. when the albatross hatched its first chick B. how scientists know the albatross’ age C. why the albatross lives such a long life D. why scientists are interested in the albatross

14. What do we know about Laysan albatrosses’ breeding habits? A. They begin to incubate eggs in October. B. All albatrosses like nesting on the same island. C. A female albatross hatches one chick each time. D. Male albatrosses are not responsible for incubating eggs. 15. What is the best title of the text?

A. An albatross outlives most of other albatrosses B. An albatross attracts scientists’ attention C. An albatross hatched a healthy chick at 62