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1、此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2020-2021学年新教材新高二上学期达标检测卷选择性必修二 Unit6 Survival英 语 （A）注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题
2、卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。AScientists estimate that over 500 million species have died out throughout evolution. Here is a list of 4 incredible extinct animals. Pinta Island TortoiseThe giant tortoise of Pinta lived on th
3、e island Pinta of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. By the end of the nineteenth century, most of the Pinta Island tortoises had been wiped out due to hunting. The last known individual was a male named Lonesome George who died on 24 June 2012. In his later years, he was considered the rarest animal i
4、n the world. Falkland Islands WolfThe Falkland Islands wolf was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. The animal was hunted for his beautiful fur,and the shepherds(牧羊人），considering it a threat to the sheep,poisoned him. On the islands,there were no forests in which the species could t
5、ake shelter,and its lack of fear towards man made it easy prey to kill. The last known individual died in the late 19th century on the western island. Caucasian WisentThe Caucasian wisent which went extinct in 1926 inhabited(栖息）the Caucasus mountains. In 1910 their numbers were estimated in the hund
6、reds. When state authority collapsed after the First World War,the remaining population fell victim to hunters. The decline can also be contributed to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that was introduced with cattle.The Javan tiger is an extinct subspecies of the tiger that was native to the In
7、donesian island of Java. Very little data was gathered about their behavior before they were driven to extinction. The reduction of its two main prey species,and the modification of its habitat led to the extinction of the subspecies in the 1980s.21According to the passage,which shows the correct or
8、der of the animals extinction? Pinta Island tortoise Falkland Islands wolf Caucasian wisent Javan tigerABCD22Which of the following is NOT the reason for extinction of the animals?APollution.BDisease.CHunting.DHabitat loss.23Where does this article probably come from?AA travel brochure.BA news repor
9、t.CA nature magazine.DA biology textbook.BNurses play a vital role on the front lines of the novel coronavirus(冠状病毒）pandemic. But a shortage of these essential health care workers could pose challenges in countries dealing with a growing number of COVID-19 cases.One of the lessons I hope the world l
10、earns from COVID-19 is that we must invest in nurses, said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a speech Tuesday in celebration of World Health Day.WHOs new State of the Worlds Nursing 2020 report has identified a global shortage of 5.9 million nurses. Many of
11、 those gaps are found in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and parts of Latin America.Among regions of the world, the Americas have the highest density of nurses at 83.4 per 10,000 people, followed by Europe with 79.3 nurses per 10,000 people. In contrast, there are 8.7 nurses per 1
12、0,000 people in Africa, 15.6 nurses per 10,000 people in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 16.5 nurses per 10,000 people in Southeast Asia, and 36 nurses per 10,000 people in the Western Pacific.But there are also differences within regions. In the Americas, for example, countries such as Brazil, Ca
13、nada, Chile, and the US have a higher density of nurses at close to or over 100 per 10,000 people, distorting the regional average. Many of the neighboring countries in the region have less than 50 nurses per 10,000 people. In Haiti, there are only 3.8 nurses per 10,000 people.When based on country
14、income, data in the report shows an unsurprising trend: The higher the income, the higher the nursing density. In low-income countries, the average density of nurses is 9.1 per 10,000 people, while the figure for high-income countries is 107.7 per 10,000 people.But training more nurses wont solve th
15、e problem, said Dr. Giorgio Cometto, WHO coordinator on human resources for health policies and standards.If the country lacks the economic capacity to employ them or to create economic opportunities for them to work as nurses . training more nurses can just go into the direction of making labor market imbalances, resulting in unemployment among nurses. And thats a huge wastage of human capital as well as financial resources, Cometto
