1、2014年外研版高中英语选修十一模块 5练习卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Are you going to Toms birthday party _.I might have to work. A It depends B Thank you C Sounds great D Dont mention it 答案： A _ I remind you of is to return the book to our English teacher. -I will give it to him _ I see him. A That; immediately B What; the mome
2、nt C What; while D Whether; once 答案： B It is reported that he was sentenced to life in prison for economy crime. Really ？ _People would cheer for it. A It all depends. B So what C Whats wrong？ D He deserves it. 答案： D Up to now, thousands of red phone boxes, the old image of Britain, _ due to mobile
3、phones. A removed B have removed C were removed D have been removed 答案： D The sun was shining brightly,_everything there_more beautiful. A making; look B to make; looked C and made; looking D and making; be looked 答案： A 阅读理解 The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is
4、an ecological disaster area. Naurus heartbreaking story could have one good consequenceother countries might learn from its mistakes. For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He
5、was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island. However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the socia
6、l balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900. Naurus real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate(磷酸盐 ) on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phos
7、phate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate. A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip-mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip-mining totally destroys the
8、 land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon. In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate. Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions
9、 of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problemtheir phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was almost financially ruined. Experts say that it
10、would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen. 【小题 1】 What might be the authors purpose in writing the text A To seek help for Naurus problems. B To give a warning to other countries. C To show the importance of money. D To tell a
11、heartbreaking story of a war. 【小题 2】 What was Nauru like before the Europeans came A Rich and powerful. B Modern and open. C Peaceful and attractive. D Greedy and aggressive. 【小题 3】 The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _. A soil pollution B phosphate overmining C farming activity D whale h
12、unting 【小题 4】 Which of the following was a cause of Naurus financial problem A Its leaders misused the money. B It spent too much repairing the island. C Its phosphate mining cost much money. D It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. 【小题 5】 What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph
13、 A The ecological damage is difficult to repair. B The leaders will take the experts words seriously. C The island was abandoned by the Nauruans. D The phosphate mines were destroyed. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 A A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about th
14、eir future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse. The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were
15、 conducted every year from 1993 to 2003. Survey respondents (受访者 ) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions. The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while midd
16、le-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer
17、a lower ratio (比率 ) of disability and death for the study period. “We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor
18、at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future. “Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute
19、 to taking improved precautions (预防措施 ),” the authors wrote. Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater
20、 risk of disability. The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes. However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt
21、 their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded. 【小题 1】 According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction A Optimistic adults. B Middle-aged adults. C Adults in poor health. D Adults of
22、 lower income. 【小题 2】 Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people _. A to fully enjoy their present life B to estimate their contribution accurately C to take measures against potential risks D to value health more highly than wealth 【小题 3】 How do people of higher income see their
23、 future A They will earn less money. B They will become pessimistic. C They will suffer mental illness. D They will have less time to enjoy life. 【小题 4】 What is the clear conclusion of the study A Pessimism guarantees chances of survival. B Good financial condition leads to good health. C Medical tr
24、eatment determines health outcomes. D Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D Shu Pulong has helped at least l000 people bitted(咬 ) by snakes. It was seeing people with snake bites(伤口 ) that led me to this career he said. In l963, after his a
25、rmy service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives. I was greatly upset by the story of an
26、old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart. Rushing home he s
27、houted bring me the knife! Minutes later the man lost his arm forever. The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes, Shu said. 【小题 1】 The best headline (标题 ) fot this newspaper article is _. A Astonishing Medicine B Farmer Loses Arm C Dangerous
28、Bites D Snake Doctor 【小题 2】 The farmer lost his arm because_. A the cloth was wrapped too tightl B he cut it off to save his life C Shu wasnt there to help him D he was alone in the fields 【小题 3】 Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because_. A he wanted to save peoples arms and legs B he
29、 had studied it at a medical school C he had seen snakes biting people D his army service had finished. 【小题 4】 Why did Shu go into the mountains A He wanted to study snake bites. B He wanted to help the farmers. C He was being trained to be a doctor. D He was expected to serve in the army. 【小题 5】 Wh
30、ich of the following words can take the place of the word career in the first paragraph (段 ) A conclusion B story C incident D job 答案：【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D 【小题 1】本题要求根据文章大意，为本篇新闻报道选择最好的标题；因为文章的中心思想一般都落于文章的开头或结尾，而标题又是中心思想的高度而又精辟的概括，故 D为最佳答案：。 【小题 2】为最佳答案：，本题是细节题，文中 “people who
31、had tneir arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.”和 “bring me the knife!”是本题的重要信息词及句。 【小题 3】此题属细节题。文中最后一句，该医生的语言能够提示考生，故 A为最佳答案：。 【小题 4】为最佳答案：。这是一道细节题。文中这句 As part of his studies he had to work in the mountain要会译，即 “作为一名医学专业的学生，到山区实习是他学业中的一部分。 ”此句充分为本题提供了信息。 【小题 5】这是一道词义判断题，根据上下文来猜测 career的意思，故 D为最佳答案：。 书面表达 近期某网站就校车安全问题进行了一次社会调查，结果见下图。请根据图示用英语写一篇短文，介绍调 查结果并谈谈你的看法，供有关部门参考。词数不少于 60。 注意： 1.文章的开头已经给出。 2提示词：报废车 abandoned vehicles Recently, a survey on school buses has been conducted on a website._ _ _ _ 答案：见
