高二英语模块五 Unit 3 单元测试

Unit 3 Science versus nature

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. —Let’s hurry. Perhaps we can catch the train.
—It’s too late now, _______ .
A. otherwise B. therefore
C. anyway D. however
2. Some people argue using _____ nature to meet our own needs may spell disaster, unless we start to look around and understand how ______ clean environment benefits us all.
A. /; a B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a
3. Many children think they are ______ with when their parents are trying to show concern about them.
A. interfered B. separated
C. disturbed D. offended
4. Over years, scientists have made a great _____in the treatment of cancer.
A. break-in B. breakthrough
C. breakup D. breakdown
5. Some people are sitting on the grass; others are walking along the lake, ______ .
A. chatting and to laugh
B. to chat and to laugh
C. chatting and laughing
D. chatted and laughed
6. We had intended to do everything according to the schedule, but it didn’t ______ as planned.
A. make up B. turn out
C. go on D. come up
7. ______ by many well-known experts and film stars, the product was very popular at one time.
A. To advocate B. Having advocated
C. Advocating D. Advocated
8. When the headmaster spoke out his plan, the _____of the students in the class _____ against it.
A. majority; were B. most; were
C. most; did D. majority; did
9. All the candidates were ______ the street to be named after a great man ______ his great contributions to the city.
A. in favor of; in need of
B. in praise of; in favor of
C. in praise of; in need of
D. in favor of; in honor of
10. When the stranger was dragging him away, the baby reached out his hands in ______ want of his mother.
A. curious B. desperate C. sincere D. serious
11. The explorertraveled to several remote villages, _____a lot of unusual information.
A. gathering B. having gather
C. to gather D. gathered
12. In the questionnaire, the subjects are questioned whether they ______ banning cars in the city center.
A. agree B. comment
C. advocate D. conduct
13. It was more than he could bear when his old friend ______ him to accept a cigarette.
A. invited B. urged C. persuaded D. agreed
14. Experienced as she is, the teacher is still thinking of new ideas about how the new textbooks should be ______ .
A. conducted B. made C. sent D. carried
15. —Where are you going to spend your summer holiday?
—I’ll go _____ it is already cool.
A. what B. that C. whether D. where
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Every August on the island of Heimaey, off the southern coast of Iceland, young people often take a walk along the streets throughout the night. What’s more, their parents allow them to 16 .Why? The children of Heimaey are going to 17 young puffins—small black-and-white seabirds.
The cliffs(悬崖)above the town are 18 to a large group of puffins. The birds dig holes all around the cliffs. These holes are their homes. Their 19 stay in the holes for about seven weeks. Then they begin to leave. Some move slowly on their 20 wings and feet down to the northern Atlantic Ocean that surrounds Heimaey. 21 , they swim, which they can do naturally, and learn to dive for fish. 22 , however, may lose their way at night and 23 themselves in the town instead. On the ground, the young seabirds are 24 . Because their wings are not fully developed, they cannot 25 quickly to sea and safely. The birds then become a good 26 for cats and other animals. For many years, islanders have 27 many young puffins. Early at night in late August, children 28 thick paper boxes and lights hurry to the seashore to catch puffins. They spend most of the nig
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