2024_2025学年新教材高中英语Unit5AdelicateworldPeriod2Understandingideas课时素养检测含解析外研版选择性必修第二册.doc

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课时素养检测十八Unit5Period2

Ⅰ.阅读理解

Anewlydiscoveredlizard(蜥蜴)foundinthePhilippineshasmadescientiststhinktheremightbeothernever-before-seencreaturesonthatcountry’sislands.Butscientistssaythosecreaturesmightneverbefoundbecausetheislands’rainforestsareindanger.

Thelatestlizardwasfirstspottedin2001whenscientistssawlocalpeopleoftheislandcatchitforfood.Scientiststooksomepicturesofthelizard.Finally,scientistscaughtalizardthemselvestostudy.TheynamedthenewlizardtheNorthernSierraMadreforestmonitorbecauseitwasdiscoveredintheislands’Sierra

SohowcouldscientistsworkinthePhilippines’rainforestsforyearswithoutfindingthenewlizard?TheysaytheNorthernSierraMadreforestmonitorisunlikeotherlizardsandtheirlargercousin,theKomododragon.Allofthoselizardsaremeat-eaters.Butthenew-foundlizardeatsfruit.Thatmeansitneverhastocomedownoutofthetrees.Itsuniquelycoloredskin,quietmanner,andtreetophomehelpeditremainhiddenfromscientists’viewformanyyears.

ThediscoveryoftheNorthernSierraMadreforestmonitorismakingscientistsrealizethatPhilippines’rainforestsmayholdmanyundiscoveredspecies.Butthosespecieswillnotbefoundiftherainforestskeepdisappearing.Twentyyearsago,forestscoveredabout35percentofthePhilippines’land.Butpeoplehavebeenencroachingonthatlandandbuildingonit.Today,forestscoverlessthan25percentofthecountry’sland.?

Therainforestsarea“conservation(爱护)hotspot”thatneedtobeprotected,scientistssay.“Ihopewecanmakethenewlizarda‘posterchild’forconservationoftheland,”saidonescientist.

【语篇概述】科学家在菲律宾发觉了一种植食性蜥蜴,引起了人们对爱护热带雨林的关注。

1.Whatisthescientists’attitudetofindingmorenewcreaturesinPhilippines’rainforests?

A.Interested. B.Doubtful.

C.Excited. D.Supportive.

【解析】选B。推理推断题。依据第一段“Butscientistssaythosecreat