课时同步外研版高二上英语选修6单元达标测试 Module2

If you are a man who always __________ to do everything, you are unlikely to achieve your goal.

The old man stood by the window, __________ his eyes on the people playing in the park.

The experts were doing their experiment in the lab, __________ what happened outside.

Jack wasn't saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him __________ he had done something very clever.

A healthy lifestyle is often considered to be __________ exercise, mood and diet, and so on.

Jenny was shaking and crying at the corner of the street as if she __________ frightened by somebody.

Although the novel isn't popular among adults, it __________ the youth, especially boys.

He didn't come on time, __________ it impossible for us to hold such an important party.

Her father told her his only hope was to see her __________ a rich man.

There is no __________ that the Internet now has replaced the radio as the most important means of getting information.

__________ her home, Lily went to the kitchen and began to prepare supper.

If we want to succeed, we need to __________ the quality of challenging difficulties.

__________ part that women __________ in society is great.

He didn't attend class today, I guess he __________ have caught a cold again.

The sick boy lay in bed __________, listening to the songs on the radio.

Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn't understand and wondered why          had such a big influence         a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult. But now,           I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel         to express my own           on this saying. I know that I'm just a high school student with very           experiences. There are still many things         me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: "To make this world a happy place to live, you'd better          yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world." I was shocked. It made me think about life          . There are so many things around us that          our will. We can't force life          our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we        it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves          the world. I think we should learn to accept        life gives us, no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to         every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don't catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more          that they slip by and leave you feeling      . I realize that I'm not just living         myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or       . It doesn't matter, I think. There is one       that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better.
A. man    B. time    C. thing    D. parent
A. about    B. with    C. on    D. in
A. before    B. after    C. as    D. when
A. anxious    B. worried    C. tired    D. glad
A. beliefs    B. opinions    C. confidences    D. expressions
A. a few    B. little    C. few    D. a little
A. waiting for    B. sticking with
C. dealing with    D. doing with
A. ask    B. change    C. exchange    D. force
A. myself    B. itself    C. oneself    D. themselves
A. go with    B. go along    C. go ahead    D. go against
A. being followed    B. to be followed
C. to be following    D. to follow
A. receive    B. accept    C. refuse    D. approve
A. fit    B. suit    C. beat    D. match
A. what    B. whatever    C. which    D. why
A. miss    B. catch    C. escape    D. lose
A. probably    B. likely    C. possibly    D. unlikely
A. regretful    B. awful    C. successful    D. terrible
A. for    B. by    C. on    D. with
A. wrong    B. false    C. negative    D. true
A. point    B. rule    C. thing    D. word

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I've lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn't let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney's 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, "You're all going."
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn't want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages (孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It's now my dream to one day start a group of women's clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
Without Mr. Clark, the writer __________.

The Essential 55 is __________.

What can we learn in the short reading?

In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that __________.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: "My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary." This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald __________.

The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about __________.

What form of article do you think this passage is?

Welcome to my message board!
Subject: Slimming down classics?
Mr. Handsome 2007-5-12
6: 34 AM Orion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics (经典著作), is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages percent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at £ 6.99 and advertised as great reads "in half the time", will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions.
Mr. Edwards
2007-5-12
9:40 AM Well, I'm publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome.
I must say, the idea developed from a game of "shame" in my office. Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre. We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones.
As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it's not as if we're withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.
Ms. Weir 2007-5-12
11:35 AM I'm director of the online book club www.lovereading.co.uk
Mr. Edwards, I think your shortened edition is a breath of fresh air. I'm guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because it's just so long. I'd much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book. I am looking forward to more shortened classics!
Mr. Crockatt
2007-5-12
4:38 PM I'm from the London independent bookshop Corckatt & Powell.
In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? I'm afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader. If people don't have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine. But don't read a shortened version and kid yourself it's the real thing.
According to the message board, Orion Books __________.

In Mr. Edwards' opinion, Orion Group is shortening classics to __________.

By describing the shortened classics as "a breath of fresh air", Ms. Weir __________.

Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that __________.

How many classics are involved in the massage board?

An Earthship is a home that is built of materials such as old tires and aluminum cans. It is the idea of a man named Michael Reynolds. Many Earthships are more or less self-sufficient because they provide their own heat, air and water. They often have gardens watered and fed by waste water. They are comfortable and ecologically friendly.
The main material used in building Earthships is tires. Tires are plentiful and can't be recycled like paper, plastic, and metal. While building supplies for most houses can be very expensive, old used tires are free.
First, the tires are packed tightly with dirt. Each full tire weighs as much as 400 pounds. The tires are then stacked like bricks. The walls are extremely strong. They also help keep an even temperature in the house (between 60 and 70 degrees) without heating and cooling systems.
The walls inside the Earthship are made of aluminum cans that are held together by cement. Then they are coated with adobe or stucco.
The roofs of Earthships are sloped so that rain and snow run into large tanks. These tanks hold all the water for the house, and pumps push the water through the pipes. Sometimes, water flows in certain areas of the house as waterfalls! Water that has been used is pumped out into the gardens where owners grow much of their own food.
In most of these houses, the southern side has huge windows that take in winter sunlight as a source of heat. Summer sun does not come in through the south windows, so it doesn't get too hot in the summer. The house also has solar panels that gather energy for lights and hot water and cooking. The Earthships have all the comforts of a regular house without the high cost of electric bills!
In a time when we are running out of energy resources, pollution is bad, and waste is piling up, Earthships are the best places to live in. For people who truly care about the environment, Earthships provide a great alternative to traditional houses. You won't be giving up any comforts, and the styles are attractive. We all hope that more and more people will build Earthships and take a huge step toward helping the environment and saving our planet.
What is the main idea of this passage?

Which of the following is NOT explained in the passage?

Which evidence best supports the idea that Earthships are environmentally friendly?

I moved into a new house in July. Since then I have met a few of my neighbors who are very nice people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors I knew. There were nine neighbors whom I knew by name or spoke with often when I was out in my yard. I knew which houses they lived in.
I decided to add one more to my list. This lady I decided to add lived down the street from me. I met her every morning walking to work as I drove down the street. She always smiled to me. But I had no idea who she was and which house she lived in.
I planned to make small fruit baskets and leave them on my neighbor's front porches (门廊) on Christmas Eve. I signed the cards: "Happy Holidays from 5104 Northumberland Road."
I saved the last for the friendly lady. I finally decided on a house where I met her each morning and guessed that it was hers.
My neighbors really appreciated the baskets and would tell me as they saw me in the yard or they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.
This morning I found a small note in the mailbox. It was addressed simply: Resident, 5104 Northumberland Road.
The Thank You card really caught me by surprise. I opened it and read the message, "Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on our porch. It was very thoughtful. Richard Kelly passed away last week. He talked a lot about how nice it was that someone remembered him in his time of illness. He really appreciated it."
I had no idea who Richard Kelly was and that he had been seriously ill. I had left that nice lady's basket on his porch by mistake. I wanted to say sorry, but that would be wrong. I believe that Mr. Kelly Was meant to have that basket because he was dying. I hate that the nice lady did not get to receive a fruit basket on Christmas, but I believe if she knew what had happened, she would be happy. I feel pleased to have helped Richard Kelly's last days be more cheerful.
How many Christmas gifts did the author intend to send?

Where did the friendly lady live?

How did the author's neighbors respond to his gifts?

____________________ (虽然他是个孩子), he knows a lot. (as)

The machine is ____________________ (很难修). (repair)

He hasn't been to Beijing. But he talked ____________________ (好像去过那里). (as if)

Take an umbrella with you ____________________ (以防下雨). (in case)

____________________ (经理不在), we didn't know what to do. (with)

Many plants and animals ____________________ (危险的). We should take measures to save the endangered animals and plants. (danger)

When he was reading the story, ____________________ (他突然想到一个好主意). (occur)

He pretended ____________________ (在读书) when I came in. (read)

Do you have anything ____________________ (要买)? I'll go shopping soon. (buy)

The ____________________ (原因) we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air. (reason)

[1] If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science majors because this high-tech "Information Age" demands people who are flexible (灵活的) and who have good ____________________.
[2] There are many social science majors in large companies who take up important positions. For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors have achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited to change, which is the leading feature of the high speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in.
[3] Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates.
The study also showed that the most sought-after (广受欢迎的)  quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as "very important" by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions.
[4] Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don't regret their choice of study.
What's the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
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Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
For instance, a study showed that social science majors had held more important positions, compared to those technically trained studies.
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Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 5 words.)
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What have you learned about the social science majors in finding a job in this high-tech "Information Age"? (Please answer within 30 words.)
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Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
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