Unit 4 Exploring poetry【过关测试】-2021-2022学年高二英语单元复习过过过（译林版2020选择性必修第一册）.doc

译林牛津版2020选择性必修第一册

Unit4Exploringpoetry

过关测试

第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)（略）

第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Fromwriterstoscientists,herearetheamazingstoriesofwomenyoumaynotknowabout,butcertainlyshould.

MurasakiShikibu

Youmaybefamiliarwithalotofnovelsbymalewriters,fromMarkTwaintoCharlesDickens.Buttheirworkmaynotevenhaveexistedifithadn’tbeenforMurasakiShikibu,aJapanesewomanwidelyconsideredtobetheworld’sfirstnovelist.Inadditiontoatwo-partnovelcalledTheTaleofGenji,Shikibualsowroteabookofpoems.

MariaSibyllaMerian

Today,childrenasyoungaspreschoolagecanhappilyexplainhowacaterpillar(毛虫)turnsintoabutterfly.Buttherewasatimewhennooneknewthis—notevenscientists.Untilthe1670s,scientiststhoughtthatcaterpillarsandbutterfliesweretwototallydifferentcreatures.ThankstoMariaSibyllaMerian,weknowthetruthaboutthesebeautifulinsects.

AdaLovelace

AdaLovelace,bornin1815,wasthedaughteroffamousBritishpoetLordByron,butshewasn’tapoetherself.Shewastheworld’sfirstcomputerprogrammer.Lovelace’smathematicaltalentwasobviousatayoungageandcaughttheattentionofCharlesBabbage.Babbagedesignedtheearlycomputingmachinethathehopedwouldbeabletoquicklysolvemathproblems.InadditiontohelpingBabbagedesigntheearlycomputerprogram,Lovelacewasalsothefirsttorecognizethatthemachinemightbeabletodomorethancalculation.

TuYouyou

TuYouyou,bornin1930,becamethefirstChinesescientisttowintheNobelPrizeinPhysiologyorMedicine.Inthe1970s,Tuworkedtofindawaytopreventthespreadofmalaria(疟疾).Shediscoveredartemisinin(青蒿素),whichisusedinlife-saving,malaria-fightingdrugsaroundtheworldtoday.

21.WhatcanwelearnaboutMurasakiShikibu?

A.Shewasafamouspoet.

B.Shewashighlyeducated.

C.Shewasanaward-winningwriter.

D.