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牛津译林版高一必修二英语Unit Two 单元学习能力检测(无答案）
Unit Two Wish you were here.
第二部分阅读理解
第一节 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。
A
The kid inventors
Frank Epperson (1894-1983)
Did you ever run off and forget your drink?That' S what happened to 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He' d been mixing drink mix with a stick, and left the cup outside all night. And it got cold. In the morning, Frank found a cup of frozen (冷冻的) sweet drink- with a handy stick to hold it. He thought that was pretty cool. So he made more. Soon, everyone was enjoying his Popsicle.
Chester Greenwood (1858- 1937)
Chester Greenwood was a teenager with big ears. In the cold winters, those ears got cold, but Chester disliked hats and scarves. Then one day he got an idea while ice-skating. He asked his grandmother to add two pieces of warm fur (动物毛皮) to the ends of a wire loop (线圈) that fit over his head. And earmuffs, designed only to warm the ears, were born! Soon everyone wanted a pair. Chester set up a factory to make them.
Margaret Knight (1838- 1914)
Margaret Knight was the best kind of sister. She loved to make kites, cars, and toys for her brothers and their friends. Margaret S mother worked in a cloth factory. One day Margaret saw some part of a loom(织布机)fly out and hit a young worker in the leg. Margaret quickly came up with an idea for a simple safety part that would prevent such accidents. The owner thought it was very useful and had some made.
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牛津译林版高一必修二英语Unit Two 单元学习能力检测(无答案）
Benjamin Franklin (1706- -1790)
Benjamin Franklin was an American writer, printer, scientist and inventor. He helped found America, and also invented many useful things. But Franklin' s first invention was just for fun. As a kid, Ben loved swimming. He wanted to go faster. So he made the early swim fins (脚蹼) to help him.
21. Which of the following was created by chance?
A. The earmuffs.
B. The Popsicle.
C. The early swim fins. D. The safety design for looms.
22. What can we learn about Chester Greenwood' s first earmuffs?
A. They were just for fun.
B. They were part of a hat.，
D. They were given to his mother as a gift.
C. They were made by his grandmother.
23. Whose invention was designed to help others?
A. Frank Epperson' s.
B
Tim Linhart is an American ice sculptor (雕刻家) mainly working in hotels and holiday centers. In the late 1990s, he traveled to Sweden to create some sculptures for an ice hotel. There, he met his future wife and decided to stay.
In 1998, Tim began sculpting a huge violin made from ice. It was so large he had to use strings (弦) from a piano rather than normal violin strings. He tried playing the violin when it was finished, and was so excited by the beautiful sound it made. So he ran to tell his friends, but they all thought he was crazy!
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B. Margaret Knight' s. D. Chester Greenwood' s.
C. Benjamin Franklin' S.
牛津译林版高一必修二英语Unit Two 单元学习能力检测(无答案）
Wearing rubber gloves, Tim began making other instruments. He uses white ice which is a mixture of snow and water. It takes about five to six days to sculpt something like a violin or guitar. Some of the instruments are like a normal violin or guitar, and Tim has hundreds of tools in his toolbox to help him make them.
It was not long before Tim had made enough different instruments to create his own orchestra (管弦乐队). To make sure the instruments do not turn into water, the orchestra has to perform (表演) within a cold environment. Many members of the orchestra wear gloves while they. are playing. Some of them do not, as it is hard to play a violin with gloves on!
During one of the orchestra S first concerts, they found that concert-goers increased the room temperature. This was because of human body heat. Not only did the instruments begin to turn into water, but some of them also couldn’t make the correct sound. The concert was not a success. Tim decided to build his own concert hall. It' s like a big ice house with a chimney (烟囱) above the concert-goers. Body heat escapes up the chimney and the temperature is able to remain at -5oC throughout the concert. Tim’ s orchestra now performs every year, not only in Sweden but also in the U.S.A. and Italy.
24. Why did Tim go to Sweden in the late 1990s?
A. To go on holiday.
B. To visit his friends. D. To live with his wife.
C. To work for an ice hotel.
25. What do we know about the ice violin Tim made in 1998?
A. It made Tim very famous.
B. Its strings came from a piano.
D. It was exactly the same as a normal violin.
C. Its sound surprised Tim’s friends. 26. What is special about Tim’s own orchestra?
A. All its members wear gloves while performing.
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B. It gives excellent concerts at room temperature. C. All its instruments are made by Tim himself. D. It invites concert-goers to play instruments. 27. Which of the following can best describe Tim?
A. Caring.
B. Brave.
C. Humorous. C
It' s a summer camp for the modern world and still throws in plenty of fun. 13 Action News shows how kids are exercising their minds and their fingertips at coding camp. “It’s really cool and fun,” says 9-year-old Michael. He's learning about computer programming at Code Ninjas on West Lake Mead and Buffalo.
“It' S sometimes hard. But once you get the hang of it, you can really start getting more work done,\
Kids like Michael are crazy about technology these days. Many of them love video games and social media (媒体).
“We provide a fun environment and tools that help kids now and in the future,”says Owner and Director Don Kang. He says Code Ninjas uses a game-based curriculum (课程) to teach teamwork, math and problem-solving.
“Programmers are in high demand (需求) right now because almost everything is controlled by technologies, computers and mobile apps,\
The coding classes are for 7- to 14-year-olds. The teachers lead students through a creative tech experience where kids don' t just play games, they actually build them. As they learn new coding
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D. Imaginative.