2023-2024学年 人教版（2019）必修二 Unit4 History and Traditions 单元测试卷
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一、阅读理解
Things to do in London this weekend
Take a look at our lists of exactly what is opening up in London.
Lambeth Country Show
The festival of countryside won't be going ahead in its usual home of the Brockwell Park this year. And it is being held online instead. All your favourite events of the fair will be part of the virtual edition(虚拟版本) this weekend, including the highly expected Vegetable Sculpture Competition and other usual flower show competitions, craft markets and music performances.
Walthamstow Garden Party in the Air
The free two-day festival in the Lloyd Park will take place online this year. Over the weekend you can watch music and dance performances, join a virtual beer tasting from the Wild Card Brewery or take part in online workshops from crafting to Tai Chi. Don't miss the most interesting part of the weekend: East London Radio's first-ever live show taking place across the weekend with live music and behind-the-scenes chats with local artists.
Columbia Road Flower Market
The Columbia Road Flower Market is reopening this weekend. However, it will look and feel quite different. Stalls(摊位) will be spread out, nearby roads will be closed and there will be a limit on the number of people who can enter the market.
Brixton Courtyard
A new beer garden is opening in Brixton with DJ sets, wine tastings and more, in a safe environment. The venue(举办地点), Brixton Jamm, has repaired and improved its outdoor space with booths and picnic benches. On Saturday, sit down to listen to old soldiers and all-round hero Moxie.
1、What can we know about the festival of countryside
A.It will be held in the Brockwell Park.
B.It will cancel some of its events.
C.It has a theme about music and dance.
D.It includes several kinds of competitions.
2、What can you enjoy at the festival in the Lloyd Park
A.Wine tastings. B.A live show.
C.A Tai Chi competition. D.Heroes' stories.
3、Which puts a control on the number of visitors
A.The Lambeth Country Show.
B.The Brixton Courtyard.
C.The Columbia Road Flower Market.
D.The Walthamstow Garden Party in the Air.
二、七选五
4、 The Qingming Festival is celebrated with a three-day national holiday, whose name originates from the saying “Plants start to revive and prosper at Qingming in a clean and bright way. Thus, the festival is called Qingming,” which means clean and bright. ①_______ Tomb sweeping aims to commemorate family ancestors while going on a spring outing allows everyone the chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the season.
Traditional customs
Tomb sweeping. ②_______ On this day, the whole family gathers in front of their ancestral tombs. They offer fruit and wine to their ancestors and clean the weeds from around the tomb. Finally, they kowtow and pray, hoping for their ancestors' blessing for the rest of the year.
Spring outing. The time around the Qingming Festival is one of the most suitable seasons for a spring outing, as plants are thriving and flowers are blooming. People can have a great time outdoors with their friends and family. ③_______
Traditional food
Qingtuan, a green rice ball tiny enough to fit into your hand, is also called Qingmingguo or Aiguo. ④_______ It is a mixture of sticky rice powder and green vegetable juice. Stuffed with sweetened bean paste, Qingtuan tastes sweet with the fresh fragrance of Aicao, a green spring vegetable. In celebration of Qingming, people from Shaanxi make steamed buns, known as Huamo, made into different shapes.
⑤_______ Some are for peaceful family life while others represent the wish for health.
A. With each distinct look comes a good blessing.
B. The tradition of tomb sweeping originates from the Qin Dynasty.
C. The two main activities over the festival include tomb sweeping and going on a spring outing.
D. Family members gather together to celebrate and taste the food.
E. Playing football and flying kites are popular activities.
F. Many traditional customs are practiced to show respect for our ancestors.
G. It is popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River.
三、完形填空（20空）
5、阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.
As is said, "The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China." So I 1 pride and pleasure in "the best food". I 2 for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a 3 way: changing the dishes color, the meat′s type or the soup′s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the 4 of eating Chinese food. Because of my " 5 " job, I was often rewarded by their 6 of thanks such as "very delicious", "excellent", etc.
7 something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was 8 with my work.
When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked 9 at the fish, then looked at me. "Why do all the fish only have their 10 " they asked, "It′s terrible!"
11 or terrible I can′t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the 12 part of fish; in 13 only the important guest can have the 14 of enjoying it.
Another 15 thing is: the American friends often said to me " 16 " as they 17 home fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness 18 actually helping myself to any of the food. 19 , I said "helping yourself" to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they 20 hesitated to use their hands to "help themselves" until all was finished.
(1).A.took B.shared C.trouble D.way
(2).A.left B.fetched C.cooked D.bought
(3).A.new B.simple C.same D.magic
(4).A.importance B.joy C.trouble D.way
(5).A.new B.daily C.hard D.good
(6).A.smile B.flowers C.talk D.expressions
(7).A.However B.But C.So D.And
(8).A.surprised B.pleased C.strict D.proud
(9).A.worriedly B.excitedly C.surprisedly D.happily
(10).A.heads B.skins C.tails D.bones
(11).A.Particular B.Bad C.Comfortable D.Beautiful
(12).A.biggest B.best C.dearest D.lightest
(13).A.the West B.China C.USA D.the East
(14).A.ability B.safety C.chance D.honor
(15).A.enjoyable B.exciting C.interesting D.common
(16).A.dear me B.excuse me C.help yourself D.enjoy yourself
(17).A.collected B.wanted C.bought D.brought
(18).A.and B.but C.without D.not
(19).A.In return B.Above all C.After all D.At last
(20).A.never B.often C.always D.usually
四、语法填空
6、The achievements that he made in this field are _____(strike).
7、Standing on the top of the mountain, we admired the _____(surround) scenery.
8、The soldiers fought bravely in ______(defend) of their country.
9、Due to its geographical _____(locate), Brazil has a fairly mild winter.
10、Scientists were _____(puzzle) as to why the whale had swum to the shore.
11、Nowadays, more and more people like to do shopping online and have goods _____(deliver).
12、As for the thing _____(mention) above, some people support it while others do not.
13、Some people like to show their _____(generous) by hosting a big meal.
五、书面表达
14、假定你是李华,你的美国网友Nancy打算今年暑假来安徽黄山旅游,来信询问一些黄山的基本情况。请你用英语给她写封电子邮件,内容包括:
1.黄山位于安徽省南部,闻名中外;
2.黄山以奇松、怪石等奇观闻名于世;
3.黄山是中国传统绘画和文学最受欢迎的主题之一。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇: 黄山Mount Huangshan; 奇松uniquely shaped pine trees; 怪石 breathtaking rocks
Dear Nancy,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1、答案：D
解析：细节理解题。由题干中的the festival of countryside定位到Lambeth Country Show 部分,根据“including the highly expected Vegetable Sculpture Competition and other usual flower show competitions”可知这项活动包含蔬菜雕刻比赛和其他常见的花展比赛,故选D。
2、答案：B
解析：细节理解题。由题干中的Lloyd Park定位到Walthamstow Garden Party in the Air部分,根据“East London Radio's first-ever live show”可知在这项活动中人们能享受现场表演。故选B。
3、答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据Columbia Road Flower Market部分中的“there will be a limit on the number of people”可知Columbia Road Flower Market控制游客的数量。故选C。
4、答案：CBEGA
解析：①根据上文“Thus, the festival is called Qingming,” which means clean and bright.(因此,这个节日被称为清明节,意思是干净和明亮。)关键词为“the festival(节日)”,及下文“Tomb sweeping aims to commemorate family ancestors while going on a spring outing allows everyone the chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the season.(扫墓是为了纪念祖先,而踏青让每个人都有机会欣赏美丽的风景,享受这个季节。)”关键词为“Tomb sweeping(扫墓)”与“going on a spring outing(春游)”。选项G中的“the festival”与“two main activities”可分别与上下句关键词呼应。故选C。
②根据空前“Tomb sweeping(扫墓)”。本段中心是介绍清明习俗之一扫墓。选项B中的关键词“The tradition of tomb sweeping…(扫墓的习俗)”与本段中心一致。故选B。
③本句位于段尾。本段中心是介绍清明习俗之一春游。根据上文“People can have a great time outdoors with their friends and family(人们可以和他们的朋友和家人在户外度过美好的时光)”选项E中的“Playing football”与“flying kites”与其上一句中的“outdoors”呼应,且与本段中心一致。故选E。
④根据上文“Qingtuan, a green rice ball tiny enough to fit into your hand, is also called Qingmingguo or Aiguo.(青团是一种绿色的饭团,很小,可以放进你的手,也叫清明果或艾果。)”选项G中的it与上一句中的“Qingtuan, a green rice ball”是指代关系,且与下一句中的it指代一致。故选G。
⑤根据上文“In celebration of Qingming, people from Shaanxi make steamed buns, known as Huamo, made into different shapes.(为了庆祝清明节,陕西人会把被称为“花馍”的馒头做成各种形状。)”选项A中的“With each distinct look(每一个不同的样子)”与上句中的“different shapes”呼应,其中的“a good blessing”与下句中的“Some are for...; others represent...”呼应。故选A。
5、答案：(1)-(5) ACABD (6)-(10) DBBCA (11)-(15) DBBDC (16)-(20) CDCAA
解析：(1).根据上文的信息"最好的食物在中国"及理解句意可知，本空表示"对此我引以为傲"，用短语take pride in,故选A项。
(2).根据下文的信息"my poor skill of cooking"可知，作者给自己的美国寄宿家庭做中餐，故本题选C项。
(3).下文的信息"变换菜的颜色、肉的类型或汤的风格"表明作者每天都会用新的方式来弥补自己厨艺上的不足。故A项正确。
(4).作者每天都变换做饭方式当然是为了这一家人吃得开心一点儿，故本题选B项。
(5).尽管作者的厨艺未必真的好，但他这么做还是很不错的，故用了加引号的good，本题D项正确。
(6).句中的"very delicious"和"excellent"都是用来表达感谢的，故本空应该选D项，expression"措辞，表达"。
(7).理解上下文的关系可知，本空表示转折，故本题只能选B项。
(8).理解句意可知，本空指作者对自己所做的四川风味的鱼很满意。be pleased with"对……满意",选B项。
(9).根据下文可知，作者这次做的是鱼头，但是这家人没见过这种做法，故看到盘子里只有鱼头时的表情是惊讶的，本题选C项。
(10).根据下文的信息"fish heads are delicious"可知，本空正确答案是A项。
(11).四个选项中和terrible对应的词应该是beautiful,故本题D项合理。
(12).根据上文的信息"fish heads are delicious"可知本题 应该选B项。
(13).本段表达作者的观点，作者做了中餐中的鱼头，故此处也应该讲鱼头在中餐中的意义，选B项。
(14).能够吃到美味的鱼头，对于客人来说是件很荣幸的事情，故本题D项正确。
(15).理解文意可知,作者在本文中所讲的都是他在美国宿寄家庭时发生的趣事，故本题选C项。
(16).根据下文可知，这些美国朋友带着水果回家时常说的话是：help yourself，故本题选C项。
(17).理解句意可知，他们是把水果等东西带回家，动词bring表示此意，故选D项。
(18).按照中国人的传统，別人说的"随便吃"是客套话，故作者只是笑了笑，并没有真吃。本题C项正确。
(19).作者买了水果回来时,也会对美国人说"随便吃"，在中国人看来，这是出于礼貌的回报，故本题选A项。
(20).美国人就把这句"随便吃"当成真的了，一直到吃光了水果。故本句意为"他们从来都不犹豫",A项正确。
6、答案：striking
解析：考查形容词。该句中的that he made in this field为定语从句,修饰先行词The achievements,设空处为主句中的表语,故用形容词striking。句意:他在这个领域取得的成就引人注目。
7、答案：surrounding
解析：考查形容词。设空处修饰后面的名词scenery,作定语,故用形容词surrounding。
8、答案：defence
解析：考查名词。in defence of...意为“为了保护……”,故填defence。
9、答案：location
解析：考查名词。由设空处前面的形容词性物主代词its和形容词geographical可知此处应填名词location。
10、答案：puzzled
解析：考查形容词。根据设空处前面的Scientists(主语)和were(系动词)可知此处应用形容词puzzled作表语,表示“(人感到)困惑的”。
11、答案：delivered
解析：考查过去分词作宾语补足语。此处为“have +宾语+宾语补足语”结构,宾语 goods与deliver之间为被动关系,故用过去分词作宾语补足语。句意:现在,越来越多的人喜欢网上购物,然后让别人送货。
12、答案：mentioned
解析：考查过去分词作后置定语。此处指关于上面提到的这件事,设空处作后置定语,修饰前面的thing, thing与mention之间为被动关系,故用过去分词作后置定语。
13、答案：generosity
解析：考查名词。设空处作show的宾语,且由设空处前面的形容词性物主代词their可知此处应填名词generosity。句意:一些人喜欢操办一桌丰盛的宴席来展示他们的慷慨大方。
14、答案：
Dear Nancy,
I'm more than delighted to hear that you'll pay a visit to Mount Huangshan during the summer holiday. I feel honored to briefly introduce it to you.
Mount Huangshan, a well-known tourist attraction worldwide, is located in the south of Anhui Province. It is uniquely shaped pine trees and breathtaking rocks as well as other wonders that make it world-famous and attractive. Besides, it is one of the most popular subjects of the traditional Chinese painting and literature, winning high praise from artists both at home and abroad.
I hope this trip will make a deep and unforgettable impression on you.
Yours,
Li Hua
