【创新设计】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 2 Working the land单元综合检测 新人教版必修4.docVIP

Unit 2 Working the land 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　听力(略) 第二部分　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 Have you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours？Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves. Birds，especially seagulls are very fond of locusts (蝗虫)，but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops.When crops are green，locusts look green.But when crops are ripe，locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have.Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies.So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night. If you study the animal life in any part of the world，you will find the main use of colouring is to protect them.Bears，wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests.They are usually invisible (can’t be seen) to the eyes of hunters，because they have the colour much like the bark(树皮) of trees. An even more strange act remains to be noticed.A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger.While the liquid is over，its enemies cannot find it，and it quickly swims away.Thus，it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all. 21.This passage mainly talks about . A.the change of colour in locusts B.animals or pests can dye(染色) themselves different colours C.how a certain sea fish protects itself D.the protective colour of animals and pests 答案　D 解析　主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了动物有效地避免天敌伤害的办法就是其外表的颜色随周围环境的变化而变化，呈现出一种保护色。故选D。 22.Locusts are pests but they aren’t easily wiped out by their enemies because . A.they change colours with the crops B.they are dangerous to their enemies C.they fly very fast D.they are powerful enough 答案　A 解析　细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“...but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops.”可知，鸟类很难抓到蝗虫是因为蝗虫