2017年高考英语一轮总复习 Module 2考点集训 牛津译林版.doc

Module 2 考点集训(四)Unit 1　Tales of the unexplained一、阅读下面材料在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。________(amaze) that all the people present at the meeting were ________(amaze) at it. 2．Some people spend their lives ________(run) after money, but find they have nothing in the end. 3．—Where has his brother been? —No one knows. He has returned home safely but his missing made the police ________(puzzle). 4．Mr.White should have arrived at 8：30 for the meeting, ________．________ (make) up stories but no one believes him. 6．The old lady is ________ (examine) in the hospital next week. 7．In his opinion, Chrio doesn’t believe in the ________(exist) of something if he hasn’t seen that with his own eyes. 8．________(assume) that we cant get the necessary equipment, we will have to give up the experiment. 9．—I heard the peasants here were very poor in the past. —Yes, but there ________ (be) great changes in the past few years. 10．When we put the suggestion to him, he thought highly of it and was ________(enthusiasm) about its immediate application. 二、阅读理解阅读下列短文从每题所A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。How can a creature weighing over 5 tons and normally taking 150 kilograms of food and 120 liters of water per day survive in a desert environment? In the southwest African country of Namibia, and the Sahara lands of Mali further north, the desert elephant does__just__that． Although not regarded as a separate species from the African elephant, the desert cousin differs in many ways. Their bodies are smaller, to absorb less heat, and their feet are larger for easier walking across sandy surfaces. They are taller, to reach higher branches. They have shorter tusks (象牙), －4 days, tore water in a “bag” at the back of their throat, which is only used when badly needed. Desert elephants are careful feeders—they seldom root up trees and break fewer branches, and thus maintain what little food sources are available. Young elephants may even eat the dung (粪便) of the female leader of a group when facing food shortage. Durin