秋高中英语 模块检测 新人教版选修6.docx

1、秋高中英语 模块检测 新人教版选修6模块检测 (一)时间：100分钟分数：120分第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AScope：Recently your school board proposed (提议) moving the school start time from 7：50 am to 7：20 am.What was your reaction to this?Jilly Dos Santos：I was getting only four to six hou

2、rs of sleep a night and I was late for school a lot.With the new start time，Id have to wake up even earlier.After we heard about the proposal，a teacher said to my class，“If you dont like it，why dont you do something about it？”Scope：What did you do?Jilly：I organized a group of students to speak to th

3、e school board.Scope：What did you do to prepare for the meeting?Jilly：I wanted to focus our presentation on why having an earlier start time was unhealthy.There is scientific research about teens and sleep.I learned that during your teen years，because of a change in hormones (激素)，your body clock beg

4、ins to change.You start to want to go to bed later.School starts the same time it always has，so getting enough sleep becomes difficult.I realized there wasnt something wrong with my time management or me; the way I was feeling had a physical and biological basis.Scope：How did it go?Jilly：About 30 st

5、udents came to support me，and the board liked that I didnt get emotional and just provided the evidence.Two months later，an 8：55 am start time became official: The board decided to make the start time later instead of earlier.Scope：What has changed since the later start time?Jilly：I dont need to sta

6、y up an extra hour or two at night，because I can get work done in the morning.Ive also been late a lot less.And this year，there are more morning clubs and more people going to them.【语篇解读】本文通过成功说服教育委员会取消上课时间提前的决议的故事，来说明要勇敢地表达自己的观点，说不定它是正确的。1Jillys teacher seemed to encourage the students_Ato talk wit

7、h the school boardBto get their work done in timeCto voice their opinions bravelyDto take action to support the proposal解析：推理判断题。根据下文吉利举行会议说服教育委员会更改提议可知，这位老师是鼓励学生们在面对不喜欢的事情时要勇敢地表达自己的观点。答案：C2What does the underlined word “it” refer to?AJillys body clock.BThe scientific research.CThe meeting Jilly org

8、anized.DJillys secret for time management.解析：代词指代题。根据上文的“speak to the school board”，“prepare for the meeting”和下文的“30 students came to support me，and the board liked .”可知，此处的it指上文吉利组织的会议。答案：C3How did Jilly succeed in persuading the school board?ABy showing scientific evidence.BBy putting forward a ne

9、w proposal.CBy telling different students stories.DBy presenting her personal experience.解析：细节理解题。根据吉利说的“There is scientific research about teens and sleep”和“the board liked that I didnt get emotional and just provided the evidence”可知，吉利通过提供科学证据成功说服教育委员会取消将上课时间提前的决议。答案：ABTechnology is changing the w

10、ay that many students are learning in school.Its also changing the way that information about students is collected and stored.Schools have always kept track of information about students such as test scores，number of absences，behaviour，and schoolwide graduation rates.But new technology is making it

11、 easier for schools to collect more detailed data (数据) about students.Schools around the country are making use of digital tools such as homework sites and apps that track student progress in subjects.Schools can also monitor and track how students behave in class.Much of this data is collected and

12、stored by the technology companies that create the programmes，and not by the schools themselves.Supporters of these digital programmes say that they enable teachers and schools to identify areas in which students need help and that the programmes make it easier for teachers to plan lessons more easi

13、ly.But some parents and educators are concerned that the programmes may not protect students privacy (隐私)They worry that information about their children is being collected and stored without their knowledge，and could possibly be sold to other companies.“Schools are handing out student data to outsi

14、de vendors (销售商) without parents knowing about it，” Leonie Haimson，cochairwoman of a group called the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy，told TFK.“We dont know what vendors are going to do with this data and how long they are going to store it for，and thats a concern”At TFK，we promise to protect s

15、tudents privacy，which is why the TIME FOR KIDS Classroom App does not collect personal information on students.Teachers control student information and assign student IDs and classroom passwords.All the information is cleared at the end of the school year.The government is taking steps to protect st

16、udents privacy.Many states，including New York and Virginia，now have laws that limit the sharing of student data with companies.Former president Barack Obama announced new student digitalprivacy legislation (立法)，which prohibits companies that work with schools from using student information for marke

17、ting or advertising purposes.What do you think? Should tech companies be able to store data on students?【语篇解读】本文是议论文。文章探讨了科技公司是否应该收集学生的个人信息。4How does Leonie Haimson feel about the digital programmes?AShe is used to them.BShe is worried about them.CShe looks forward to them.DShe doesnt care about the

18、m.解析：推理判断题。根据第四段莱奥妮海莫森说的“We dont know what vendors are going to do with this data and how long they are going to store it for，and thats a concern.”可知，她认为数字化程序无法保护学生隐私，因此她对这些程序十分担忧。答案：B5At the end of the school year，the information TFK has stored on students will _Abe sold to technology companiesBbe

19、used for marketing purposesCbe removed from its appDbe sent to teachers解析：细节理解题。根据第五段的“we promise to protect students privacy .All the information is cleared at the end of the school year”可知，致力于保护学生隐私的TFK会在每个学期末清除与学生相关的一切信息。答案：C6The underlined word “prohibits” in Paragraph 6 probably means _Afrees B

20、savesCprotects Dprevents解析：词义猜测题。根据本段的“The government is taking steps to protect students privacy.”可知，前总统奥巴马宣布的有关学生数字化隐私的法案就是要禁止学校与科技公司合作把学生信息用于营销或广告目的。答案：D7The main purpose of the text is to _Aeducate BdiscussCdescribe Dpersuade解析：写作意图题。根据最后一段的问句“What do you think? Should tech companies be able to

21、store data on students？”可知，本文旨在讨论科技公司是否应该收集学生的个人信息。答案：BCWhile the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance，they rarely result in driving out the residents.But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10squaremile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska，almost 230 years

22、 ago.Now thanks to a fiveyear effort by scientists，the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful ownersbirds!Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands.The rats that arrived there in 17

23、80，when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby，completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators.There isnt any tree on the island，which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low i

24、n the ground，giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks.As years passed，the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually，disappeared completely.In 2007，the US FWS(Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the isla

25、nd of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home.Given that there were an estimated 10，000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly，it was not an easy task.But by 2009，the island was officially declared rat free!Then slowly but sur

26、ely，the birds began to return.Unfortunately，some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide，a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents.But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the island is starting to increasingly look like its former self.Bef

27、ore the transformation, “Hawadax” ，also known as “Rat Island” ，was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones，snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)Today，birds singing and flying in and out is a common sight.Tufted puffins and song sparrows，which had long disappeared，are gradually making t

28、heir way back.Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shore birds.Though the island is still not back to its full glory，the signs are encouraging and things can only get better，as time passes.【语篇解读】哈瓦达克斯岛因老鼠入侵而导致鸟类灭绝，经过科学家们的努力，猖獗的老鼠被消灭了。这个“老鼠岛”重新焕发了生机。8The underlined wo

29、rd “that” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to _Athe presence of ratsBbirds being driven outCbirds returning to the islandDresidents worrying about rats解析：词义猜测题。根据前文的“.they rarely result in driving out the residents.”及本段末的“.has been returned to its rightful ownersbirds！”可知，that指“该岛上的鸟类曾经被老鼠驱逐出去”这件事。答案：

30、B9Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because _Athis island was treelessBthey nested randomlyCthey reproduced too rapidlyDtheir chicks were extremely weak解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“There isnt any tree on the island，.giving the rodents easy access to both eggs and baby chicks.”可知答案。答案：A10From the pa

31、ssage，we can know the plan of US FWS _Ahas helped the island fully recoveredBcost little but benefited greatlyCinvolved poisoning the rats on a large scaleDaccomplished its goal after exactly 24 months解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句“.started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats.”及第四段的第二句中“.the raticide，a

32、 poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents”可知，答案为C项。答案：C11Which would be the best title for the passage?AFWS helps get rare birds back to Alaska islandBJapanese changed a bird paradise into a rat islandCFWS plans to drive rats out of rat IslandDAlaskas rat island returns to a bird paradise解析：主旨大意题。全