模块检测(一)
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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People in the United States honour their parents in two special days：Mother's Day，on the second Sunday in May，and Father's Day，on the third Sunday in June.These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents.They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens(公民)．They give children love and care.These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers.More mothers now work outside the home.More fathers must help with childcare.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways.On Mother's Day people wear carnations．A red one symbolizes a living mother.A white one shows that the mother is dead.Many people attend religious services to honour their parents.They are also the days when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(公墓)．On these days families get together at home，as well as in restaurants.They often have outdoor barbecues on Father's Day.These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts.Children make them in school.Many people make their own presents.These are valued more than the ones bought in stores.It is not the value of the gift that is important，but it is“the thought”that counts.Greeting card stores，candy makers，bakeries and telephone companies do a lot of business during these holidays.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，讲的是美国人通过不同的方式庆祝父亲节和母亲节，以此表达对父母的爱和尊敬。
1．Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents? A．Parents bring up children.
B．Parents give love and care to children. C．Parents educate children to be good people. D．Parents pass away before children grow up.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens.They give children love and care”可知，D选项不是孩
子爱父母、尊重父母的理由，故选D项。
答案：D
2．What do you know from the passage?
A．Mother's Day and Father's Day are both in May. B．Few women worked outside the home in the past. C．Not all the children respect their parents. D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段倒数第二句话“More mothers now work outside the home”中的“More”可以推断出，以前很少有女性外出工作，故选B项。C项内容文章未提及。
答案：B
3．Which do you think is right about “carnation”？ A．It only has two kinds of colours.
B．It's a kind of flower showing love and best wishes. C．It refers to the special clothes people wear on these days. D．People should wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是“A red one symbolizes a living mother.A white one shows that the mother is dead”可以推断出carnation指一种代表对妈妈的爱和最好的祝福的花，故选B项。文中提及了康乃馨的两种颜色，但并未说它只有这两种颜色，故A项错；根据第二段内容可知，C项错；D项错在太绝对，母亲节那一天会佩戴康乃馨，但文章并未提及只能在那一天。
答案：B
4．On Mother's Day and Father's Day，________． A．people usually have family parties B．everyone goes to visit the cemetery C．children always go to parents' home D．handmade cards are the most valuable gifts
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第三句话“On these days families get together at home，as well as in restaurants”可知，在父亲节和母亲节这两天，人们通常举行家庭聚会，故选A项。
答案：A
B
London has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper.Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.
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In order to read this magazine you have to have a decoder.Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about.There is a wide choice—everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.
If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index(索引)page which has an easy-to-remember page number, 100 for example.Then you start choosing what you want to read.The news is on pages 101 to 109，so you push out the numbers and the news appears written across your screen.Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly coloured weather map appears on the screen.But the weather is terrible, so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week's best bargains.But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report.It is very simple to use.But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time.Journalists type new materials directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.
London already has three services.One, transmitted(输送) by ITV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts.Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well publicized.BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere.But many people would agree that this is a breakthrough(突破) as great as the invention of printing, which could change not just our reading habits but our whole way of life.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了伦敦的一种新式的不用印在纸上的报纸，它是印刷业的一个突破，它不仅将改变人们的阅读习惯，还将改变人们的生活方式。
5．The novelty(新颖)of the magazine lies in ________． A．its paperlessness B．its unique viewpoint C．its simplicity in operation D．its quickness in transmission
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“But it is not printed on paper.”可知答案选A。
答案：A
6．The underlined word “it” refers to the________． A．decoder
B．magazine
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C．programme D．subject
解析：细节理解题。根据前文“In order to read this magazine”，可知此处it指代的是magazine。
答案：B
7．We can know from the passage that ________． A．the magazine can be bought at any shop
B．most of the postmen in London will lose their jobs some day C．everyone can read this magazine if they have a television D．the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“...everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.”可知答案选D。
答案：D
8．The passage is mainly about ________． A．a new magazine printed in London B．a popular TV programme about magazines
C．an advanced technology helping people to communicate D．an up-to-date way of keeping up to date
解析：主旨大意题。本篇文章最后一句为全文主题句，由此句可知，D项为正确选项。 答案：D
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Edward Wilson is America's，if not the world's，leading naturalist.In The Future
of Life，he takes us on a tour of the world's natural resources.How are they used？
What has been lost？What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use？Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity (生物多样性)of our earth.
Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection，Henry David Thoreau.He compares today's Walden Pond with that of Thoreau's day.Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book.The problem is clear：man has done great damage to his home over the years.Can the earth，with human help，be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?
Biodiversity，Wilson argues，is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today.Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it.A mere hundred species are the basis of our food supply，of which but twenty carry the load.Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use
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