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1、单元测试题 2第二部分：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。AHummingbirds (蜂鸟) are very small birds. This small bird is quite an acrobat (杂技演员). Only a few birds, such as kingfishers and sunbirds, can hover, which means to stay in one place in the air. But no other bird can m
2、atch the flying skills of the hummingbird. The hummingbird can hover, fly backward and fly upside down!Hummingbirds got their name because their wings move very quickly when they fly. This causes a humming sound. Their wings move so fast that you cant see them at all. This takes a lot of energy. The
3、se little birds must have food about every 20 minutes to have enough strength to fly. Their favorite food is nectar (花蜜). Nectar is the sweet water deep inside a flower. Hummingbirds use their long, thin bills to drink from flowers. When a hummingbird drinks nectar, it hovers in front of a flower. I
4、t never touches the flower with its wings or feet.Of all the birds in the world, the hummingbirds colors are among the brightest. Some are bright green with red and white markings. Some are purple. One kind of hummingbird can change its color from reddish-brown to purple to red!The hummingbirds nest
5、 is special, too. It looks like a small cup. The inside of the nest is very soft. This is because one of the things the mother bird uses to build the nest is the silk from a spiders web (蜘蛛网).21. What is special about hummingbirds?A. They are the only birds that can hover.B. They have excellent flyi
6、ng skills.C. They can walk on water.D. They can fly very high.22. Hummingbirds got their name from _.A. their foodB. their small bodiesC. the sound they make D. the color of their wings23. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?A. Hummingbirds markings are dark.B. A kind of hummingbird has one color.C.
7、The hummingbird is one of the prettiest birds.D. Some hummingbirds change their colors for protection.24. According to the text, a hummingbirds nest is _.A. difficult to findB. hard and strongC. made by the father birdD. built partly from spider silkBWe just love giving cards inBritain. If theres a
8、special occasion coming up, theres no doubt that well be there, card in hand, to celebrate it.And this isnt just for birthdays; we also give cards when people are ill or when they have got a new job. And even if you forgot somebodys birthday, there are even “sorry its late” cards.So you can pretty m
9、uch find a card for any occasion.Before coming toItalyI had never even considered that our love for card giving might not be shared by other countries. In fact, my workmates told me that hardly anyone sends Christmas cards inItalyand that they actually dont really give birthday cards either! Unbelie
10、vable! In theUK, if a close friend or family member didnt get me a card Id feel upset! However, the only place you can buy cards inItalyis in a shop which sells school things. In comparison, we have whole shops that sell them in theUKand we even have different types of card shops.Although cards can
11、take up your time, from choosing the perfect one, to thinking up the personal message inside, I think its a really nice gesture. And especially with Christmas cards, it adds to that festive feeling. When I sit down to write countless cards to friends and family, I get that little bit happier that it
12、 will be Christmas soon! Especially when I see my own Christmas cards, proudly sitting on my desk wishing me a very merry Christmas.Of course, the problem comes when theyre no longer needed, when Christmas is over. It makes me sad just to throw them all away, so I try and hang on to my favorite ones
13、.25. According to Paragraph 1, in theUKcard giving _.A. is very popularB. is changing peoples livesC. is mainly carried out on birthdaysD. is more common between family members26. After arriving inItaly, the author found that _.A. Italians seldom send cardsB. cards are sold in card shopsC. the relat
14、ionship between people is badD. card giving is losing its attraction slowly27. Which of the following may the author agree with?A. Self-made cards make Christmas happy.B. Giving cards doesnt take up any time.C. Throwing cards away is a bad gesture.D. There is no need to save every card.28. Whats the
15、 authors attitude towards card giving?A. He supports it.B. He doubts it.C. He disagrees with it.D. He is uninterested in it.C People are always looking for lost cities and occasionally one is found: Borobudur inIndonesia, for example. But perhaps some of the places people look for never existedor did they? Here are just a few famous mythical (传说中的) cities.El DoradoEl Doradois a story that began in 1537, when Spanish explorers found the Muisca people in the mountains of what i
