模块检测(二)
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。
A
It was a cold night in Washington，DC, and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked me for some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs：“Don't give money to beggars.” So I shook my head and kept marching.
I wasn't prepared for a reply, but he said, “I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat！” But I kept on marching.
The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a freezing cold night, I still assumed the worst of a fellow human being.
Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to seek excuses for my failure to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him.Besides, you're not supposed to give money to beggars.
Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage
Daily News. Out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean's Cafe, the soup kitchen in
Anchorage, feeds hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens devoted to Bean's?
Before long my idea took_off. People would fax me or call when they took something in. Those who only grew flowers donated them. Food for the spirit. And relief for my conscience.
As more and more people started working with the Plant a Row concept, many companies gave free seeds to customers and displayed the logo, which also arose in national gardening publications. Row markers with the Plant a Row logo were distributed to gardeners to set apart their “Row for the Hungry”．
It is unexpected that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in America—and we're seventy million strong—plants one row for the hungry, we can lower the number of neighbours who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.
【语篇解读】 作者曾经有一次没有给乞丐钱，回去以后心里一直不安，在工作的时候突然
想到通过一项计划可以帮助饥饿的人。这一计划得到了全国很多人的支持和实践，这让作者对自己的行为不再感到愧疚。
1．Why did the author turn down the beggar's request? A．He was previously reminded not to do so. B．He was eager to march back to the hotel. C．He thought that it was beyond his duty. D．He was short of money at that moment.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中“I'd read the signs：‘Don't give money to beggars.’”可知，作者以前看到过这样的提醒，所以才拒绝乞丐的请求。故选A项，意为“他以前被提醒不要那么做”。
答案：A
2．Which of the following is the closest to the underlined phrase “took_off” (Paragraph 6)?
A．We eventually took_off at 11 o'clock and landed in Seattle safely. B．To take_off pounds, you have to cut down the number of calories. C．On hearing the news, he took_off at once and headed back to the hotel. D．His business has really taken_off owing to his advanced management.
解析：词义猜测题。根据画线短语后面的描述可知，很多人对作者的这个想法给予了积极的响应，由此推断出，took off表示“大受欢迎；流行；成功”。A项中该短语表示“起飞”；B项中该短语表示“减少”；C项中该短语表示“急忙离开”；D项中该短语表示“成功”。故选D项。
答案：D
3．What did the author do after the beggar's incident? A．He felt guilty but couldn't help him. B．He started a project to help the hungry.
C．He ran a blue kitchen to supply the hungry with soup. D．He still supposed it was unwise to give money to beggars.
解析：细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“Out of the blue，I came up with an idea.”和最后一句“Why not try get all my readers to...”可知，作者想到一个项目来帮助那些饥饿的人。故选B项。
答案：B
4．What can be a suitable title for the passage? A．Plant a row for the hungry B．Lend a hand to beggars
C．Never hesitate to help others D．Plan a gardening project
解析：主旨大意题。本文讲述作者为了帮助饥饿的人发起了一项Plant a Row for the Hungry的活动，得到了广泛的支持，所以以此作为文章的标题最合适。虽然B项和C项都提到了帮助，但是B项中的Beggars和C项中的Others与文中的the Hungry不符；D项没有体现帮助挨饿的人的信息。故选A项。
答案：A
B
Think about all the plastic in our lives like plastic bags，plastic cups and plastic plates.Also，think about those forks and spoons in your school cafeteria.They may probably be plastic.For better or for worse，plastic seems to be everywhere—even places that might be hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement.
Back in the 1990s，a man named Charles Moore discovered a huge floating island of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean—tons and tons of floating debris (碎片) and garbage.Since then，four more floating islands of plastic have been discovered in other parts of the world.Now，Moore says，the island that he discovered is spreading much farther than he expected.He made that discovery during a 30－day research expedition.
They found a lot more plastic farther away from the area that's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch than they had ever seen，said Marietta Francis，who is the executive director of the AMRI—an institute that Moore created to investigate the floating plastic problem.They ran across it faster than expected.Right now，experts say they are not sure what all this plastic is doing to the health of our oceans or our own health，for that matter.They suspect that small fish are eating tiny bits of the plastic，and that those tiny little bits are getting into bigger fish when the bigger fish eat the small fish.Of course，we're at the top of the food chain—most of the time，at least.So that means if the plastic is getting into the big fish，then it's getting into the fish we eat and very possibly getting into us.
Moore and other researchers are anxious about the plastic islands and hope to figure out what effect all that plastic is having.But right now，experts say their research is still in its very early stages.“What we do know for sure right now is that from 10，000 to 35，000 tons of plastic is floating on the surface of our oceans.And we humans put it there，”said Moore.
【语篇解读】 海洋上漂浮着塑料垃圾岛，这会给海洋生物以及人类带来影响吗？ 5．What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A．Plastic has a terrible effect on people's life. B．Good use has been made of plastic in people's life. C．Plastic products should not be used in school cafeteria. D．Plastic is widely used and can be seen almost everywhere.
解析：推理判断题。从第一段的内容可知，塑料在生活中应用广泛，无论是陆地还是海洋，随处可见塑料垃圾。故选D项。
答案：D
6. What have Charles Moore and other researchers found?
A．The floating plastic problem cannot be solved at present. B．More than four islands of plastic lie in the Pacific Ocean. C．Human being has thrown too much plastic into the oceans. D．The island of plastic has grown more quickly than expected.
解析：细节理解题。从第二段的“Now，Moore says，the island that he discovered is spreading much farther than he expected.” 可知，北太平洋的塑料垃圾岛面积正快速增大。其速度超出了他的意料。故选D项。
答案：D
7．According to experts，the plastic ________． A．may threaten human's health
B．has become part of most fish's food C．has led to some kinds of fish's death D．may become the top of the food chain
解析：细节理解题。从第三段的内容可知，根据食物链结构，塑料垃圾若进入鱼的体内，最后则有可能进入人类的体内，从而危害到人类的健康。故选A项。
答案：A
8．We can know from the last paragraph that ________．
A．the plastic islands have nothing to do with the human activity
B．the author calls on people to protect our oceans against islands of plastic C．further research will be carried out to find out the effects of the plastic islands D．the author wants to warn human beings of the bad effects of plastic islands 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的“hope to figure out what effect all that plastic is having.But right now...”可知答案。
答案：C
C
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