1、外研版必修二Module46复习检测卷时间：100分钟满分：120分选择题部分第二部分阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASevenyearold artist Kieron Williamson has sold his 16 watercolours for 17,000 in just 14 minutes, setting the world record for the youngest successful painter.His latest paintings of lan
2、dscapes, seascapes and churches were supposed to be on display for a month at the Picturecraft Gallery in Holt. They went on sale at 9 am but were bought by 9：14 am, some by telephone from abroad.Kieron is red_hot. People are saying that he could become an alltime great artist. They want his paintin
3、gs as investments (投资物) because they think the price will go up.The last child artist was Picasso. And Kieron is getting better and better. The pace at which he learns is quite amazing. He has a very mature mind and has mastered certain techniques at an early stage which some artists would take year
4、s to perfect. His work has been very unusual and impressive. His use of tone, colour and light is wonderful. The way he gets his paintings to do the talking is extremely good. He just paints when he wants. He still likes playing football and playing computer games like any other sevenyearolds.Inspir
5、ed to start painting on a family holiday in Devon and Cornwall, Kieron was just six when he asked his parents for paper to draw a boat and swiftly developed a mature and confident talent for seascapes and countryside scenes that has been described as close to the “young Picasso”The talented boy desc
6、ribed his shows sell out success as “brilliant”“Painting is my favourite hobby but I like football as well，” said Kieron, who is so absorbed in painting that he is always drawing from getting up to going to school.1Kieron Williamson set the world record for the youngest painter by_.Aselling his 16 w
7、atercolours for 17,000 in 14 minutesBdrawing as many as 16 watercolours in 14 minutesCpainting landscapes as a child of sevenDearning the most money for 16 watercolours2The underlined words “red hot” here probably mean “_”Ain bright colour and high temperatureBin high feverCvery popularDvery smart3W
8、hat is Kierons work like according to the text?AStrange.BOutstanding.COrdinary. DCommon.4From the text we know that Kieron learned to paint _.Aby himself Bfrom his parentsCby copying Picasso Dfrom his teacherBWe know a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of reading a hardcopy book vs. reading
9、 electronically. The problem is, many of us refuse to listen.Dont get me wrong: Digital reading has some real advantages. Ask people what they like most about reading on digital screens, and you hear over and over again about convenience. More points for digital reading：ebooks tend to be cheaper. Th
10、eres also the environmental argument. Think of the trees!Yet the soundness of this case is arguable. The earth metals to build ereaders are not just rare but highly poisonous. And think about all that energy needed to run servers and cooling fans. And remember, trees are a renewable resource.Then, t
11、heres the appeal of a hard copy. Many people prefer print when reading both for pleasure and for school or work. Drawing examples from my own research, some of the reasons are aesthetic(美学的). Others involve a sense of accomplishment, ease of annotation(“I can write on the pages”), and navigation(“ea
12、sy to locate where I was”). Meanwhile, I hear abundant complaints about eye strain(眼疲劳) and headaches when using screens.Much of what students liked about reading print involved their minds. They say “its easier to focus”. Some also acknowledged they took more time with printed text and read more ca
13、refully.But what makes the failure of electronic reading is concentration. More than 92% of those I surveyed said they concentrated best when reading a hard copy. When a digital device has an Internet connection, its hard to resist the temptation(诱惑)So if digital interruptions dont threaten your enj
14、oyment or understanding of a text, then medium may not matter. Casual reading like David Baldacci? If you break to check sports scores, there will be little harm done. But just dont expect to understand Joyces novels this way.5What is an advantage of reading a hardcopy book?AIt is cheaper.BIt is eas
15、ier to carry around.CIt helps people think deeper.DIt provides instant information.6Whats the biggest problem of reading digitally?AEnvironmental concern.BPhysical discomfort.CLack of concentration.DInternet connection.7Whats the authors attitude toward ereading?ASupportive.BDisapproving.COptimistic
16、. DUnconcerned.8How is the passage mainly developed?ABy analyzing possible reasons.BBy providing typical examples.CBy listing practical suggestions.DBy presenting direct comparisons.CDoes your local high school have a student newspaper?Only 1 in 8 of New Yorks public high schools has student newspap
17、ers and many of those are published just a few times a year. A few more are online, which can leave out poorer schools.Rebecca Dwarka, an 18yearold senior who works for her student paper, said, “Facebook is a new way of finding out what happened. Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole ar
18、ticle about it, which makes a whole article sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places.”I am not nostalgic (怀旧的) about high school student newspapers and never worked for mine. I put out what was then called a personal magazine with a group of friends because we wanted to write about peace
19、, war, rock n roll without school officials warning us not to make jokes about the local officials.School newspapers are in decline because students now find out what happened on social networking websites is a little discouraging because it proves that to millions of Americans, journalism is becomi
20、ng a doityourself thing. Every citizen can be a reporter.When something happens, we look for social media messages as soon as they flash, too. Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove, deny, pass on stories and express opinions without the presss chal
21、lenging, researching, or slowing the message. But truly good journalism is a craft, not just a blog post. It requires not only seeing something carefully, but also reporting it with perspective. It uses an eye for detail to help prove a larger view. And even journalism that conveys an opinion strive
22、s (力求) to be fair. If school newspapers begin to disappear, I hope there are other ways for students to learn that.9We can infer from what Rebecca said that _.Astudents like reading detailed articlesBschool newspapers are becoming unpopularCFacebook is the quickest way of spreading newsDlong sentenc
23、es are becoming popular in lonely places10In the authors opinion, social media messages_.Amake journalism become a craftBarent based on careful researchCreflect the power of small voicesDare usually discouraging for readers11According to the author, good journalism should _.Afairly convey an opinion
24、Bconvey a message quicklyCreport news in detailDact as blog posts in modern times12What might be the most suitable title for the text?ASocial media or newspaper?BEveryone can become a reporter at presentCSocial networking brings about new journalismDHigh school newspapers an endangered speciesDMore
25、than 2,500 tiny glass jars each containing brightly colored powders line the walls of a museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The pigment (颜料) samples make up the Forbes Pigment Collection.Art experts rely on the collection for an important scientific purpose the colors act as sta
26、ndards to help them conserve and authenticate artists paintings.About a century ago, Edward Forbes, an art historian and art museum director at Harvard, noticed that the paint on some 14thcentury paintings in his museums collection was deteriorating.To figure out how to save the paintings, he realiz
27、ed he would have to learn more about the materials used to make their paint.Today, people can buy paint in every color of the rainbow.But variety in paint colors and the ability to purchase those paints at a store wasnt always possible.For centuries, artists collected and crushed (碾碎) everything fro
28、m shells to rare stones to create the pigments that colored their artworks.They also used metal oxides (氧化物)From 1910 to 1944, Forbes traveled the globe collecting powdered pigments.The samples helped art conservators understand how paint behaves on a chemical level.Paint might react to changes in l
29、ight, temperature, or humidity, depending on its pigments compositions.This can affect the colors of a painting over time or even cause paint to come off the painted surface.Today, Narayan Khandekar, a senior conservation scientist at the Harvard Art Museums, is building on Forbess work by adding ne
30、wer, chemically made pigments to the collection.The collection also plays an important role in helping to stop counterfeiters (伪造者)In 2007, experts compared pigments from the collection with those from a painting thought to belong to abstract artist Jackson Pollock.Chemical analysis showed that a re
31、d pigment in the painting was actually made 20 years after the artists death, proving that the artwork was a fake.13Which of the following can replace the underlined word “deteriorating” in Paragraph 2?ADropping off. BBreaking down.CCleared away. DGathered together.14What can be inferred about Edwar
32、d Forbes?AHe was good at chemistry.BHe collected many pigments.CHe created pigments by himself.DHe repaired a lot of old paintings.15What may be the best title for the text?AColorful collectionBLooking for pigmentsCEvery pigment has its own storyDEdward Forbes and his collection第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
33、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。Of all the things that can be stolen from youyour possessions, your youth, your health, your words, your rightswhat no one can ever take from you is.How you feel about yourself.It takes a long time to learn how to NOT judge yourself through someone elses eyes
34、. 1._Your attitude towards life.The last of your freedoms is to choose your attitude in any given circumstance. Choose to be happy and positive. It is not always easy to find happiness in ourselves, but it is always impossible to find it elsewhere. 2._3._The measure of your life will not be in what
35、you accumulate, but in what you give away. And 99 percent of the time you get what you put in, so give freely. If you want to be happy, make those around you happy.Your knowledge and life experiences.Character and wisdom are formed over time. 4._ Your best stories will come from overcoming your grea
36、test struggles. So keep standing, keep learning, and keep living.Your choice to move on enthusiastically.5_ Dont let someone or something that didnt make it in your life continue to hurt you. Learn the lesson, forget the pain, and move on.AYour attitude towards yourself.BYour ability to spread love
37、and kindness.CThey come with loss, lessons, and successes.DBut once you do, the world is yours for the taking.ESo smile all the way and walk away from negative people.FDont let past relationships and old mistakes ruin your future.GHolding your uniqueness in high regard is necessary to success.第三部分语言
38、运用(共三节，满分55分)第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。From childhood，Moira loved to write. Throughout school she _1_ writing, but pursuing(追求) it _2_ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse.“Medicine was a fairly _3_ option，” Moira says. “A
39、nd writing was a career where it wasnt a _4_ that youd have high income.”She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so _5_ that she didnt take up writing until her thirties. She _6_ a novela fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She
40、 got excellent _7_. Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to _8_ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her _9_ as an author. “I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we _10_ all possible areas she thought needed _11_I worked on those and sent it back
41、 to her but didnt hear anything.” It was not long _12_ Moira found another agent who was _13_ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter：Thank you, Im no longer interested. It was really _
42、14_”A decade went by, and Moira found herself eager to write again, this time _15_ for her own enjoyment. She _16_ herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters _17_ a
43、 life of their own; they started doing things I hadnt thought about. It just _18_ out.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.“_19_ it hadnt been published I still gained so much from the _20_，” says Moira.
44、1A.learntBavoidedCconsidered Denjoyed2A.actively BprofessionallyCenergetically Dpermanently3A.influential BexplicitCterrible Dsafe4A.dream BpurposeCchoice Dcertainty5A.promising BdiscouragingCdemanding Dinteresting6A.produced BintroducedCbought Dreceived7A.rewards BreadersCreviews Dpraises8A.employ
45、BrepresentCtrust Dguide9A.own BfeetCway Dbusiness10A.took off Bwent throughCpulled down Dcame over11A.deleting BadaptingCpolishing Dcovering12A.before BafterCsince Dwhen13A.fascinated BinterestedCanxious Damused14A.common BabsurdCterrifying Ddisappointing15A.purely BwonderfullyCinstantly Dsadly 16.A
46、.set BfoundCmade Dpermitted17A.put up Btook onCwent over Dgot down18A.flew Bbrought Cbroke Dcarried19A.Ever since BAs ifCIf only DEven if20A.adventure BpracticeCprocess Dresult非选择题部分第二节 语篇语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people d
47、own. I was naughty and seldom behaved myself, but deep in my heart I wished _1_ (like)One day I _2_ (leave) home for California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasnt easy, _3_ (fill) with many unexpected dangers and _4_ (difficulty)When I returned home, I was different and not so confident of myse
48、lf.I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, _5_ was then staying with us, was wearing my clothes. And my family seemed to like her _6_ (well) than me. I wondered whether I would be missed if I werent there. My mother was fully aware _7_ my thoughts. “You are the only person who can
49、fill your role, baby，” she said. _8_ (tap) me gently on the shoulder, she added, “Though Penelope is a lovely girl with many wonderful qualities, she cant _9_ (possible) replace you.” Mother made me realize that even with my faults and there were many faults I was a loved member of the family who co
50、uldnt be replaced.Each of us holds _10_ unique place in the world. You are special. So forget about being replaced. You cant be.第三节 短文改错（共10处错误，每处错误1分，满分10分）A couple of days ago, I had visited my friend Jack and noticed that the cleaning lady in his house was unhappy. I sat down with her but stayed
51、for a little while as she told me how much she missed her child in countryside. I tried to make her feel better by mentioning some positively things about her and her family. Late, Jack and I went out. As shopping I decided to buy a little gift to her child. When we got back, I gave the gift to her,
52、 tell her that she could post them to her child. After looking at me for quite a few second, she finally thanked me, with a huge smile on her face.第四部分写作(满分25分)假定你是某中学的学生会主席李华。最近，一批来自英国的高中生将来你校访问。请你写一篇英语发言稿，介绍为他们安排的活动。内容包括：1参观校园；2观看介绍学校的短片；3体验中国古代成人礼(adulthood ceremony)。注意：1.词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)
53、；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear friends，Welcome to our school. Thanks.参考答案：【阅读理解】1-4ACBA 5-8CCBD 9-12BBAD 13-15BBA【七选五】1-5DEBCF【完形填空】1-5DBDDC 6-10ACBCB 11-15CABDA 16-20ABADC【语法填空】1to be liked2left3filled4difficulties5who6better7of8Tapping9possibly10a【短文改错】第一句：去掉had第二句：butand; in后加the第三句：positivelypositive第四句
54、：LateLater第五句：AsWhile/when; tofor第六句：telltelling; themit第七句：secondseconds【写作】Dear friends，Welcome to our school.Im Li Hua, president of the Student Union.Now Id like to tell you about the schedule for your visit today.First of all, I will show you around our campus so that you can get a general impr
55、ession of our school.After that, youll watch a short video that will help you learn more about the history, characteristics, staff and students of our school.Whats more, you will take part in an ancient adulthood ceremony, which provides a good opportunity for you to experience Chinese culture.I hope it will be an unforgettable experience for you.In conclusion, I wish you a good stay with us.Thanks.