2018届高考英语大一轮复习 Unit 1 A land of diversity课时规范训练 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 1 A land of diversity Ⅰ.完形填空 Geography is an important tool for learning and understanding history. Geography __1__ history—just look at the changes in world __2__ over recent years. Governments change, and __3__ countries were born. Many countries no longer have the same __4__ they did even five years ago. Climate changes __5__ events such as droughts(干旱) and floods that cause lots of loss of __6__ and the movements of people from one place to another in search of __7__. Environmental changes can change the entire __8__ of a community or region. As with history, children have a __9__ interest in geography. Watch a group of children playing in the sand. One child __10__ streets for his cars, while a second child builds houses along the streets. A third __11__ out a hole and uses the dirt to make a hill, then pours water in the hole to make a lake, using sticks for __12__. The children name the streets, and they may even use a watering can to make rain that washes away a house. They may not __13__ it, but these children are learning some core features(核心特征) of geography—how people __14__ with the Earth, how climate affects land, and how places __15__ each other through the movement of things from one place to another. Turning __16__ maps or globes, when we talk with our children about vacation plans, events happening around the world or __17__ events, we teach them a great deal about geography. Not only can such activities help our children learn __18__ to use key reference tools, but over time，they help them form their own __19__ maps of the world, which allows children to better organize and __20__ information about other people, places, times and events. Such activities also help our children learn to work together in the future. 【语篇导读】　地理影响历史，人类要学会如何与地理互动。 1．A.creates　　　　　　　　　　B．affects C．reflects D．harms 解析：选B。根据下文的“...how climate affects land ...”可知，这里指地理影响历史。 2．A.industry B．technology C．science D．geography 解析：选D。结合第一句可知，地理在学习和了解历史方面是一个很重要的工具。