1、Unit 1 单元测试题1 Unit 1 单元测试题 M3U1 Festivals around the world 人教版必修三第一单元Unit 1 Festivals around the world第卷第二部分：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。AReading OktoberfestPalmer Park is the perfect place to host the first Reading Oktoberfest, which takes place 15-18 Sep
2、tember 2016.You can experience everything that makes Oktoberfest, held in a huge Beer tent. Well have live music and DJs and thousands of people going crazy.Opening hours:Thursday 15 September 17:00-23:30Friday 16 September 17:00-23:30Saturday 17 September 12:30-23:30Sunday 18 September 12:30-19:00R
3、amsbottom FestivalWith its riverside location (位置), Ramsbottom Festival is one festival which can truly be called beautiful. Here you can enjoy a mix of music, great arts and family shows, as well as a variety of Great British and international food.Ramsbottom Festival takes place 16-18 September 20
4、16 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, easily reachable by public transport fromManchestercity centre.TheWillowFestivalDorsetThe Willow Festival the worlds largest festival showing new and undiscovered live music bands and artists is coming toDorset. Fun for all the family, the event also has a shoppi
5、ng area, a world food village, and plenty of activities for kids.Tickets are just 10.00, which covers a come-and-go attendance (出席) for all three days.River Cottage FestivalIts our first ever family-friendly music festival, right here at River Cottage HQ inDevon.On 17-18 September 2016, the farm wil
6、l be filled with live music from popular bands in theUK. In between all that dancing youll be able to watch shows from local craftspeople (匠人) and make your own piece of jewelry.Tickets will cost you just 35, or 10 for children under 12 (babies under 2 go free).21. What can visitors enjoy at Ramsbot
7、tom Festival?A. Family shows.B. Dancing on the farm.C. Making beautiful things by hand.D. International bands performances.22. Both TheWillowFestivalDorsetand River Cottage Festival _.A. are held in 2016 for the first timeB. ask visitors to pay the same priceC. take place near a riverD. are family-f
8、riendly23. Which festival lasts the most days?A. River Cottage Festival. B. Ramsbottom Festival.C. Reading Oktoberfest. D. TheWillowFestivalDorset.BThe mind of an elephant should not beunderestimated. They are intelligent animals born with both excellent memory and artistic talent. Elephants eat abo
9、ut 495 pounds of vegetarian food a day. They spend about 16 hours a day eating, but must walk about 4 miles a day in search of food. The average (通常的) elephant lives about 70 years, and its sharp memory allows it to remember places where it has found food as long as 30 years earlier, even as a baby.
10、In an elephants travels, it comes across other elephants also looking for food. Some elephants are friendly, and some are not so nice. Elephants remember every elephant they have ever met. They can even recognize an elephant they perhaps havent seen for 30 years. They immediately remember whether th
11、is elephant is an enemy or a friend.When elephants are not searching for food, they sometimes produce art in the sand with their trunks (象鼻). They seem to enjoy just relaxing and painting in the sand. One day, an elephant zoo-keeper noticed this and gave an elephant a paint brush filled with red pai
12、nt to see if the elephant would paint on a canvas (画布). Sure enough, it did, and since then elephants in most zoos have been given paint brushes, paints, and canvases. The resulting abstract (抽象的) art has been sold for high prices around the world. The money goes to support feeding the elephants in
13、the zoos. Most felt that the elephants were only capable of painting abstracts. However, they have been trained to paint trees, flowers, and other things in nature. This has enabled us to understand “elephant genius (天才)”even more.24. What does the underlined word “underestimated” mean?A. Underdevel
14、oped. B. Undervalued.C. Mistaken. D. Controlled.25. What can we learn about elephants memory?A. It can reach as far back as 30 years.B. It is at its best in the first 30 years.C. It differs greatly among elephants.D. It remains excellent for 70 years.26. Why did the zoo-keeper give the elephant a br
15、ush?A. To attract visitors to it.B. To train it to paint pictures.C. To prove it was a born artist.D. To find out whether it could draw.27. Which can best describe elephants according to the text?A. Highly smart.B. Unusually quiet.C. Really brave.D. Extremely friendly.CScientists at theUniversityofH
16、awaiiat Manoa studied a huge area in the eastern part of thePacific Oceanknown as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ to find and study new sea species.Diva Amon, a researcher at the University says usually deep sea biologists think there is not a lot living in the deep sea.“But we found that actual
17、ly there is quite a lot living there, and so that was really exciting .” she says.The group is studying the area because the CCZ, a huge and flat area of seabed, is known to have valuable minerals. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is allowing the company UK Seabed Resources Ltd. to explore t
18、he area on thePacific Oceanfloor for mining. However, the ISA said the company must first complete a biological study of the area before it can begin mining for metals. So, the company employed Amon and her group.Amon says that more than half of the animals they collected were completely new to scie
19、nce. Her group discovered not only new species, but new genera (动植物的属) of animals.Biological oceanographer Paul Snelgrove says that finding new species in the deep ocean is common. But, he said, finding a new genus “is really great.”Amon warns that if mining happens across the whole area, the ecosys
20、tem would be largely destroyed. But, she says, we will find the least damaging way to make mining possible.“There is a sort of scientific push to try and slow things down a bit so that the science can be done before . soitcan be done with the least influence possible .” she says.“Its likely we are g
21、oing to develop at least some parts of these deep ocean environments and do it in a way thats going to minimize (最小化) our influence,”says Paul.28. What did scientists try to find out in the CCZ?A. Whether there is life.B. Whether there are valuable minerals.C. What sea life exists there.D. What meta
22、ls lie under the sea floor.29. What does Paul say about finding new sea species?A. Its something unusual.B. Its nothing to be surprised at.C. It has a far-reaching effect on science.D. It proves common species will change.30. What is Amons attitude towards mining the CCZ?A. Careful. B. Doubtful.C. U
23、nsupportive.D. Uninterested.31. What does the underlined word “it” in the text refer to?A. Mining.B. A scientific push.C. Finding the least damaging way.D. Developing the ocean environments.DThis journey began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, although I had completed my packing
24、before eight oclock. I was quite clear about the fact that once I left, my house would stand empty for probably the first time since the day it was built. It was a strange feeling and perhaps explains why I was leaving so late, walking around the house many times over, checking one last time to see
25、that all was in order.It is hard to explain my feelings once I did finally set off. As I drove further and further from the house, I found the surroundings (周围的事物) grow unrecognizable. I began to have a feeling of unease mixed with excitement. I took a turning and found myself on a road circling the
26、 edge of a hill. I could sense the steep (陡峭的) drop to my left. I felt a sense of alarm that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all, but speeding off in the wrong direction into a wilderness. It was only the feeling of a moment, but it caused me to slow down. And even when I was sure I was on
27、the right road, I felt forced to stop the car a moment to think carefully.I decided to step out and stretch (伸展) my legs a little. On the one side of the road, thickets and small trees rose sharply, while on the other I could now see the distant countryside and a town nearby.I walked a little way al
28、ong the roadside, when I heard a voice behind me. Until this point I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise. Sitting on the large stone was a thin, white-haired man. He called to me again and signaled me to join him. For a moment, I took him for a homeless man, but then I saw
29、he was just some local man enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine, and saw no reason not to do so.32. Why did the author set off later than planned?A. He repeatedly checked the house.B. He was feeling sad about leaving the house.C. Packing his belongings took longer than expected.D. There was no
30、 one to help him get everything ready.33. What caused the author to start driving more slowly?A. The road had become steep.B. He realized he was driving too fast.C. The beautiful scenery attracted him.D. He suddenly feared that he might get lost.34. When the author walked out of his car, he _.A. did
31、nt expect to see anyoneB. didnt want to speak to anybodyC. didnt know there was a town nearbyD. couldnt see anything because of the trees35. What was the authors attitude to his trip?A. He just wanted to finish it.B. He felt unable to continue it.C. He regretted having started it.D. He had mixed feelings about it.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Art of ConversingIn a world of 6.5 billion opinionated people, arguments are sure to happen.36But arguments can often lead to positive change if you argue correctly.Argue well37Ina healt
