高中英语 Unit 4 Making the news 单元自测 新人教版必修.docVIP

Unit4 Making the news 三、单元自测 1.完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 词数：205 完成时间：14分钟 难度：*** Rubber ducks are being used to help scientists understand global warming and melting glaciers(冰川). NASA researchers have 21 90 ducks into holes in Greenlands fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier between Greenland and Canada. The 22 have each been marked with the words science experiment along with an e-mail address. If they are found scientists will be able to 23 how the water moves through the ice and provide information about the 24 of glaciers. Scientists are still 25 about why glaciers speed up in summer and head towards the sea. One theory is that as the summer sun melts ice on top of the glacier’s surface, the water moves to the bottom of the glacier, where it helps to 26 the movement of ice towards the coast. The Jakobshavn Glacier is believed to be the 27 of the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912. Robert Jones, the experiment organizer, said none of the ducks had been 28 yet. “We haven’t heard back but it may take some time until somebody actually finds it and decides to send us a/an 29 that they have found it,” he said. “These are places that are 30 so there arent many people walking around. 21. A. flown B. buried C. hidden D. dropped 22. A. results B. toys C. glaciers D. scientists 23. A. remember B invent C. learn D. control 24. A. development B. movement C. growth D. travels 25. A. unsure B. excited C. concerned D. ignorant 26. A. reduce B. control C. speed up D. stop 27. A. position B. source C. reason D. result 28. A. hurt B. eaten C. missing D. reported 29. A. email B. card C. fax D. sign 30. A. hidden B. lost C. remote D. quiet [答案解析] 21．D 考查动词辨析，根据上下文，科学家应该是投放(dropped)了90只玩具鸭子，所以选D。 22．B 从上文的“Rubber ducks”可以看出来，这些都是玩具鸭子，所以用toy