1、UNIT 2 单元主题训练.阅读理解Urban rewilding projects are attracting nature back into our cities, from creating city butterfly grasslands to building unlikely homes for deadly birds.The middle of Londons busy West End doesnt seem like the likeliest location for one of the UKs rarest birds.There are only approx
2、imately 2040 breeding pairs of black redstarts in the country.But in recent years, without being artificially introduced into the area, this rare bird has started to make a home in this crowded part of Central London.The black redstart isnt the only unexpected species of wildlife to start living in
3、urban landscapes.Moths, butterflies, woodpeckers and even serotine bats, more commonly found in the countryside, have also been on the rise in this part of London.These changes are the result of increasing efforts to transform urban areas from wildlife deadspots into attractive, practical homes for
4、nature alongside citizens.One new initiative is even trying to get offices to keep bees.Urban rewilding initiatives often have multiple levels of benefit greener spaces not only make people happier, but they also help solve water drainage (排水) problems and prevent flooding, as well as providing a ho
5、me for bees and other animals.But perhaps one of their most valuable features is to make us feel more connected with nature and be more aware of our relationship with the environment.The long game is not just to build green compromises into existing city areas, but to shift what development looks li
6、ke in a city.Until recent years, urbanisation has meant turning green areas grey with the concrete, asphalt and glass of traditional buildings.That transformation has unsurprisingly ended up being bad for our mental wellbeing, physical health, environment, ecosystems and wildlife.Rewilding is one wa
7、y to completely change that process: prioritizing (按重要性排列) plants and animals first, and paving the way for the benefits to our health, wellbeing and the urban environment that follow.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了城市再野生化的诸多益处。1Why are black redstarts referred to in Paragraph 1?ATo stress the importance of rare
8、 birds.BTo show urban rewilding has paid off.CTo suggest their love for living downtown.DTo prove man lives in harmony with nature.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可推知，提到黑色红尾鸲是为了证明城市再野生化工程有了效果，这种稀有鸟类“不请自来”。2What can be learnt about serotine bats?ATheir homes have completely changed.BPeople build more homes for t
9、hem.CTheir population is increasing in cities.DThey are uncommon in urban areas.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，这种蝙蝠在伦敦的数量在上升。3What is the authors attitude to urbanization?ACritical. BApproving.CAmbiguous. DObjective.解析：选A观点态度题。根据最后一段第二、三句可知，作者提到了城市化的坏处，由此可推断，作者对城市化的态度应是批判的。4What is the best title for the tex
10、t?AWildlife Is Coming Back to CitiesBUrban Rewilding Benefits Both Man and WildlifeCMan Is Making Efforts to Project Wild AnimalsDWe Need More Urban Rewilding Projects for Nature解析：选B标题归纳题。文章前两段讲述的是城市再野生化对野生动物的好处，第三、四段提到了城市再野生化对人类的好处，最后一段再次强调：优先考虑植物和动物，这样做能为我们的健康、福祉以及城市环境带来好处。由此可知，本文主要讲述的是城市再野生化惠及野生
11、动物和人类。.阅读七选五Mountain gorillas are strong, with long muscular arms and a big chest.They have thick black hair that protects them from the cold in high mountain areas._5_ Although they are very strong, mountain gorillas are shy animals.They normally dont attack humans._6_ During the 40 to 50 years tha
12、t a female lives she gives birth to two to six babies.The first baby is born when she is about eight or ten years old.She then has further babies every three to four years.In most cases single gorillas are born, but she sometimes gives birth to twins._7_ They need about 30 kilograms of vegetation ev
13、ery day to survive.They also eat insects but rarely drink water because there is enough moisture in the plants.Life for mountain gorillas, however, is not peaceful._8_ More and more people are moving to live in the rain forests.There they cut down trees to get more farmland, and build roads and sett
14、lements.The habitat of mountain gorillas is getting smaller and smaller.Gorillas are also threatened by poachers, who sell their babies to zoos.It is believed that there are only about 600 mountain gorillas left._9_ There are always wars and other conflicts going on in these countries.A lot of soldi
15、ers often hide in the rain forests where the gorillas live.Still many Africans are working hard to keep them safe.The African Wildlife Foundation has developed a conservation program to save the last mountain gorillas.AThey are endangered in many ways.BFemale mountain gorillas have a few babies.CHow
16、ever, it will climb into fruiting tree if possible.DAs for food, mountain gorillas mainly live on plants.EIt is difficult for us to protect those mountain gorillas.FPlaying helps them learn how to behave within the group.GA large male gorilla may reach a height of almost 2 metres.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了
17、大猩猩的身形特点、生存环境及目前的处境等。5选G根据上下文可知，本段主要是关于山地大猩猩的一些外貌介绍，故G选项符合语境。6选B下文提到了关于雌性山地大猩猩的生育情况，介绍了雌性山地大猩猩会生育几个孩子，故B选项符合语境。7选D下文主要介绍了山地大猩猩的饮食习惯，提到了山地大猩猩以植物为食，D选项符合语境，且选项中plants对应后文中plants。8选A本段主要讲述了山地大猩猩所面临的生存威胁，A选项符合语境。9选E下文提到了山地大猩猩所在国家总是发生战争和其他冲突，所以推测要保护山地大猩猩很困难。故E选项符合语境。.完形填空Last month, Koch went to make bre
18、akfast and found a(n) _10_ guest using his pool.A large moose (驼鹿) was swimming in the deep end, _11_ in the solar cover (太阳能覆盖膜)“I looked out in the backyard and theres the moose absolutely panicked and _12_，” Koch told The Dodo.“She stepped on the solar cover and put her _13_ through it and she wa
19、s _14_ trying to get free.”Koch has _15_ more wildlife around his home in Ottawa, but he had never seen an animal_16_ impressive before.He rushed outside and pulled the solar cover off the _17_ moose, who continued paddling around the pool, _18_ to be a surprisingly skilled swimmer.The wild moose se
20、emed to be having trouble finding her way out of the pool, so Koch called the police and wildlife services to see if they could _19_ a hand.“She looked so pitifully sad out there that my wife said, I want to give her a _20_.”Workers from wildlife services intended that they would get her to a safer
21、spot, but they couldnt _21_ it until she was out of the water.“The best thing that happened was that after 3.5 hours she climbed out of the shallow end and _22_ the fence，” Koch said.The moose _23_ unscratched, but the same cant be said for Kochs pool which now has two hoofsized holes in the _24_.语篇
22、解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了加拿大的一只母驼鹿误入Koch家的泳池并被困其中，Koch通过向警察和野生动物保护组织求救，帮助驼鹿从泳池脱险的故事。10A.informal BordinaryCusual Duninvited解析：选D根据空后“A large moose(驼鹿) was swimming in the deep end”可知，驼鹿误入Koch家的泳池，因此它是位不速之客。11A.abandoned BwrappedCremoved Dforbidden解析：选B根据后文“in the solar cover(太阳能覆盖膜)”可知，这只驼鹿是被太阳能覆盖膜缠住了。12A.str
23、uggling BshakingCshouting Dsearching解析：选A根据“theres the moose absolutely panicked”可知，驼鹿当时非常惊恐，奋力挣扎。13A.shoulder BfootCface Dback解析：选B根据“She stepped on the solar cover”可知，驼鹿的脚踩进去而导致被困。14A.narrowly BlikelyCdesperately Dunwillingly解析：选C根据“trying to get free”可知，此处是指拼命地。15A.survived BmadeCnoticed Dordered
24、解析：选C根据“he had never seen an animal _ impressive before”可知，Koch看到过很多野生动物。16A.this Bwell Calmost Drather解析：选A此处this用作副词，相当于so，修饰形容词impressive。17A.relaxed Bhappy Ctired Dpoor解析：选D驼鹿不小心掉进游泳池，挣扎着想出去，看上去很可怜。18A.proving BrefusingChelping Dtrying解析：选A根据“continued paddling around the pool”可知，驼鹿证明自己是一个出人意料的游
25、泳能手。19A.donate Bhurt Clend Dcure解析：选C根据“Koch called the police and wildlife services”可知，此处是指看他们是否能帮忙。lend sb.a hand意为“帮助某人，搭把手”。20A.lift Bhug Csmile Dcredit解析：选B根据前面的描述“She looked so pitifully sad out there”可知，妻子动了恻隐之心，她想拥抱安慰一下这只被困的母驼鹿。21A.update BwitnessCcancel Dmanage解析：选D根据上文“Workers from .safer
26、spot”和空后的“until she was out of the water”可知，此处是指野生动物服务部门的工作人员本打算把她带到一个更安全的地方，但他们没能做到，直到她从水里出来。22A.watched out Bcut downCjumped over Ddived into解析：选C根据“she climbed out of the shallow end”可知，此处是指驼鹿从泳池的浅水处逃离泳池后跳过围栏。23A.escaped BparticipatedChesitated Dinsisted解析：选A根据“The best thing .the fence”可知，驼鹿在未受伤
27、的情况下成功逃脱。24A.top Bbottom Cwall Dcover解析：选B根据上文第二段的“She stepped .to get free.”可知，Koch家的泳池就没有未受伤的驼鹿那么幸运了泳池的底部留下了两个蹄子大小的破洞。.读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Every Saturday, Grandpa and I walk to the nursing home a few blocks away from our house to visit some of the old people who live there.Fir
28、st we visit Mrs Sokol.I call her “The Cook.” She likes to talk about the time when she was a wellknown cook back in Russia.People would come from miles around, just to taste her famous chicken soup.Next we visit Mr Meyer.I call him “The Joke Man.” He tells us jokes, and laughs at his own jokes, shak
29、ing up and down and turning red in the face.Grandpa and I cant help but laugh along with him, even when the jokes arent very funny.Next door is Mr Lipman.I call him “The Singer” because he loves to sing for us.Whenever he does, his beautiful voice fills the air, so clear and strong that we always si
30、ng along with him.Then we visit Mrs Kagan, “The Grandmother，” who shows us pictures of her grandchildren.Theyre all over the room, in frames and even taped to the walls.One day Grandpa got sick and had to go to the hospital.The doctors said they didnt think he would ever get better.Saturday came.How
31、 could I go visiting the nursing home without Grandpa? Then I remembered what Grandpa once told me: “Nothing should stand in the way of doing a good deed.” So I went alone.Everyone was happy to see me.They were surprised when they didnt see Grandpa.When I told them that he was sick and in the hospit
32、al, they were sad.They told me that Grandpa would have a complete recovery.The Cook went on to reveal some of her secret recipes.The Joke Man told me his latest jokes.The Singer sang a song especially for me.The Grandmother showed me more pictures.After a while, I said goodbye to everyone.A few days
33、 later, Grandpa was still in the hospital.He was not eating, he could not sit up and he could hardly speak.I went to the corner of the room so Grandpa wouldnt see me cry.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2请按如下格式作答。Paragraph 1：Suddenly the nurse came into the room and said, “You have some visitors.” Paragraph 2：That
34、evening, Grandpa called the nurse in and said he was hungry. 参考范文：Paragraph 1：Suddenly the nurse came into the room and said, “You have some visitors.”I looked up and saw The Joke Man.Behind him were The Cook, The Singer, and The Grandmother.The Cook brought Grandpa a hot bowl of chicken soup.The Jo
35、ke Man told us some new jokes, and everyone had to dry their eyes from laughing so hard.Next, The Grandmother showed Grandpa a getwell card made by her granddaughters.The Singer started singing, and we sang along with him.Before I knew it, visiting hours were up.Everyone said goodbye and told Grandp
36、a that they would see him again soon.Paragraph 2：That evening, Grandpa called the nurse in and said he was hungry.Soon he began to sit up.Finally he was able to get out of bed.Each day, Grandpa felt better and better, and he grew stronger and stronger.Soon he was able to go home.The doctors were shocked.They said his recovery was a medical miracle.But I knew the truth: Our friends visit had made him well.Grandpa is better now.Every Saturday, without fail, we walk together to visit our friends.