人教版高中英语必修三 Unit1 单元测试题(一)正式版

D.Thefutureofcountrymusic.

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SomeunwelcomevisitorsfromNorthAmericahavebeenturningupinthewatersoffthecoastofGreatBritain. NorthAmericanlobsters(

龙

虾)havebeenfoundintheNorthSea(betweenGreatBritainandNorthwestEurope),farfromtheirownhabitat.ThelobstersusuallylivealongtheeasterncoastofCanadaandtheUnitedStates.

Itisimpossiblethatthelobsterscouldhavemadethe5,600-kilometrejourneyontheirown.TheywereprobablybroughttoBritainandthengotawayfromcontainers.Someofthelobstersthatwerecaughthadelasticbands(

松

紧

带)holdingtheirlegsshut,likelobstersthatarekeptincontainersinstoresorrestaurants. Manymayhavebeen“setfree”fromsomeshipspassingthroughthearea.Sometimespassengersorderalivelobsterfromatankinthediningroomandthenaskthewaitertothrowitoverboardinsteadofcookingit.

Accordingtoofficialrecords,26NorthAmericanlobstershavebeencaughtinwatersoffGreatBritainsince1988.However,itisbelievedmanymorehavebeenfoundbutnotreported. ItisagainstthelawtoletNorthAmericanlobsterscomeintoBritishwaters.IftheysettledowninEuropeanwaters,itwouldbebadforthelocallobsters.Thetwoliveinthesameplaceandeatthesamefood.ButNorthAmericanlobstersarelarger,strongerandmoreaggressive(的)thanEuropeanlobsters,andtheyproduceyoungmorequickly.

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斗

Asaresult,theycouldtakefoodandspaceawayfromthelocallobsters,andfromothertypesofshellfishthatliveinthesamearea.Theselobstersmayalsocarrydiseasesthatcouldharmthelocallobsters.

29.Thoseunwelcomelobsters_____. A.couldtravel5,600kmadayontheirown B.usedtoliveinwatersoffGreatBritain C.wouldsoondisappearinBritishwaters D.mighthaveescapedonthewaytoBritain 30.WhatcanwelearnaboutEuropeanlobsters? A.Theyaregrowingtoofasttobekeptundercontrol. B.Shellfishoftentakeawaytheirfoodandspace. C.TheyareeasilyharmedbyNorthAmericanlobsters. D.Peoplebecomeilleasilyiftheyeattheselobsters.

31.Theauthor'spurposeofwritingthetextismostlikelyto_____. A.discussB.report C.advertiseD.introduce

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Mostbuildingsarebuilttostandupstraight,buttheselookasiftheymightfallover!

ThechurchtowerofSuurhusen

Builtin1450,the27-metre-highchurchtowerliesinSuurhusen,Germany.Itwasbuiltinwetlandonfoundationsofoaktreetrunks(

树

干

).Whenthelandwasdrained(

排

水)later,thewoodbrokedown,causingonesideofthetowertobealittlelowerthantheother.In1975,thetowerbecamearealhazardandpeoplewerenotallowedtoenteruntilthefoundationsweremadestrongagain.Thelean(倾斜)ofthetowerisnowaboutfivedegrees. TheLeaningTowerofPisa

Theworkofbuildingthetowerbeganin1173,andwasfinallycompletedin1372.Infact,itbegantoleanafterjustacoupleoffloorswerebuilt.Andthisconditioncontinuedinthecenturiesafteritscompletion.Thetowerwasfinallyclosedtothepublicin1990afterpeoplefailedtostabilize(

使

稳

固)itsfoundations.In2001,itwasreopenedafterengineersremovedsoilfromunderneathitsraisedside.Nowitleansjustanangleof3.97degrees. CapitalGateofAbuDhabi

Completedin2011,theCapitalGatetowerinAbuDhabiwasdesignedtoleaneighteendegrees.ThebuildingstandsnexttotheAbuDhabiNationalExhibitionCentreandcontains,amongotherthings,afinehotelwithwonderfulviewsoftheharbour.AlsoknownastheleaningtowerofAbuDhabi,thetowerisoneofthetallestbuildingsinthecity. BigBenofLondon

Thebuildingleans0.26degreestothenorthwest.Thiswasmainlycausedbytheengineeringprojects(

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目)thathavebeencarriedoutinthegroundbelowitsincethelate1800s.Thetower,whichhasbeencontinuouslyopensinceitwascompletedin1858,hasnowhereneartheleanoftheTowerofPisaandisstillcompletelysafetoenter.

32.Theunderlinedword“hazard”inParagraph2probablymeans“_____”.

A.dangerB.church C.castleD.treasure

33.WhatcanwelearnabouttheLeaningTowerofPisa? A.Itdidn'tleanuntiltenyearsafteritscompletion. B.Ittookalmosttwohundredyearstocomplete. C.Itwasbuiltonfoundationsofoaktreetrunks. D.Ithasbeenopensinceitwascompleted.

34.Whichofthefollowingtowersleansthemostaccordingtothetext? A.ThechurchtowerofSuurhusen. B.TheLeaningTowerofPisa. C.CapitalGateofAbuDhabi. D.BigBenofLondon.

35.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext? A.Thehistoryoftowers B.Theartofbuildingatower C.Theleaningtowersoftheworld D.TopfourtallesttowersinEurope

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）