2018-2019学年高中英语（人教版）选修八Unit 2 Cloning reading课时作业(6)

Unit 2 Cloning reading课时作业

阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

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We are a small cottage studio (单间公寓 ) complex, which is very popular due to our location — four blocks to the beach, three blocks to State Street and two blocks to the farmer's market. And it is furnished with the basics and is equipped with a full kitchen. Many_of_the_studios_get_wireless_Internet_as_a_reward._In the summer, you can visit our cottage studios as an affordable alternative to a hotel. If you are interested, call us at 547-193-1533.

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语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。给我们介绍了三种海边的住宿。 1.According to the text, what is common to the three places is that ________.

A．the city center is within walking distance

B．the price is both reasonable and affordable C．the gymnasium is available for all the guests D．the basic facilities in them are well provided

解析：选D 细节理解题。第一则说“All furnished”，第二则说“furnished with the basics and is equipped with a full kitchen”，第三则说“brand new furnished”．因此选择D项。 2. What does the underlined sentence probably mean?

A. You shall get money if you surf the Internet. B．You have to go on the Internet in the work-shops. C．You can use the Internet free in many of the rooms. D．You have to pay some money to go on the Internet.

解析：选C 句意理解题。第二则广告中画线句子表示单间公寓有无线网作为报酬，这里表示的是租了这个单间公寓能给你带来的报酬，因此选C项。

3．According to the text, if you're tired of hotels in the summer, you can ________.

A．choose a cottage room for a change B．build an apartment in Moon Island C．buy a furnished house in Costa Rica D．share a studio close to the city center

解析：选A 推理判断题。题干中提到在夏季厌倦了旅馆，只有第二则广告提到这些信息，根据第二则广告中的“In the summer, you can visit our cottage studios as an affordable alternative to a hotel.”可知选A项。

B

Taking part in charity is not just for adult people. Kids can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for eight years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him.

Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $1,500 by himself and $487 from his classmates to donate to Cooper University Hospital.

Melvin was born nine weeks premature (早产的) in Cooper University Hospital, weighing 2.6 kg. His father told him how Cooper saved his life, so he feels thankful to the hospital.

Melvin's classmates joined him once they found out about his kind behaviour. Their teacher,

Michael Berner, also held a class with them about helping others. “It wasn't really about the money，” Berner said. “It was about the fact that they were doing something good.”

“It feels great, helping someone that I know，” said Jordan, Melvin's classmate. Melvin's neighbours also helped out.

Since Melvin was 8, he and his parents have given money to Cooper University Hospital every year. This year, Gary E. Stahl, the head of Cooper's division of neonatology (新生儿科学部门), went to Melvin's school to accept the money.

The money goes to a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year. “When they leave, we call them graduates，” Stahl said, “My co-workers and I are very pleased when our graduates and their families do well, like Melvin and his family.”

语篇解读：慈善之举源自一颗感恩之心。梅尔文从6岁就开始做慈善工作，对库珀大学医院挽救了他的生命作出回报。他的善举得到了老师、同学、邻居和周围的人的大力支持。 4．When did Melvin begin to do charity work?

A．When he was 14 years old. B．When he was 8 years old. C．When he was 6 years old. D．From the moment he was born.

解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，梅尔文今年14岁了，他已经做慈善工作8年了，可推测他开始做的时候只有6岁。

5．According to the passage, we know Melvin ________.

A．was born nine weeks earlier than expected B．donated lots of money to a boy named Cooper C．collected 487 dollars by himself this year D．is a patient at Cooper University Hospital

解析：选A 细节理解题。由第三段首句“Melvin was born nine weeks premature (早产的) in Cooper University Hospital”可知，梅尔文早产9周。 6．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Charity comes from a thankful heart B．Both adults and kids should do the charity C．Helping others is great D．Melvin, a kind-hearted boy

解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文通过梅尔文从6岁就开始做慈善工作，回报库珀大学医

院挽救了他生命的故事，说明了慈善之举源自一颗感恩之心，故选A。

C

My father's family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father's dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.

The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher — Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists (拳头) on the keys.

I tried to please her. “Feel the music，” she urged. I “felt” it and winced (退避) my ears — for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.

Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.

I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge (显现) any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey，” she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.

I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn't meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that drama might be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty (贫乏的) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me — this, to me, was close to magic.

I'm a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It's a wonderful, blissful (乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I

feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.

语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者通过自身经历告诉我们在子女成长过程中父母应该起什么作用。

7.Madame Oblenka always felt angry because ________.

A．the author was too young to play the piano well B．the author often pointed out the wrong notes of her C．the author kept banging on the keys unconsciously D．the author's performance was far from satisfactory

解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第三段第三、四句中的“... for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes continuously? She ‘felt’ my music ... which is why she always left ...”可确定答案。

8．Which of the following best reveals the author's attitude towards piano practice?

A．She tried to make the piano teacher pleased. B．She recorded her performance for improvement. C．She played the recording instead of practising. D．She repeated the same mistake in practising.

解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第四段叙述作者为了应付钢琴练习想办法播放录音的做法可确定答案。

9．Why did the author choose the drums as a musical instrument?

A．She was eager to free herself from piano lessons. B．She was reluctant to play an instrument. C．She was confident of handling them. D．She was fond of beating drums.

解析：选B 推理判断题。结合全文作者叙述学习钢琴的过程，根据倒数第三段第一至第三句母亲无奈让她挑选一种乐器，最终她选择了鼓。根据作者叙述的理由可确定答案。 10．The author's mother can be best described as ________.

A．devoted and stubborn B．encouraging and independent C．helpful and considerate D．hardworking and generous

解析：选A 观点态度题。根据作者叙述自己学音乐的过程可知母亲在逼迫她学习音乐

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