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必修第二册 Unit 2 Wildlife Protection
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Museums in Baltimore
The Walters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum contains 36,000 objects from around the world.Walking through the
museum’s historic buildings，visitors encounter a stunning panorama of thousands of years of
art，from romantic 17th-century images of French gardens to fascinating Ethiopian icons，ancient
Roman sarcophagi(石棺)，and peaceful images of the Buddha.
Tickets：$9.5.Free for children aged 7 and under.
Baltimore Museum of Industry
The Baltimore Museum of Industry celebrates the innovators，entrepreneurs and workers who
promoted this port city into the industrial age.From garment making to airplane manufacturing，
visitors to the museum will discover how their pioneering spirit built the region’s manufacturing
might.Located in an 1860s oyster cannery on a five-acre waterfront campus，the BMI offers
dynamic exhibitions and hands-on activities for guests of all ages.
Tickets：$15.Half price for children.
Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-
century，modern，and contemporary art.It has 90,000 works of art—including the largest holding
of works by Henri Matisse in the world.The BMA is now throughout the multi-year project so that
visitors can enjoy its outstanding selection of European and American painting and sculpture from
the 17th through 20th centuries.
Tickets：$10.Ten percent off if booked on the official website.
American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum is the nation’s museum for self-taught，creative
skills.Three historic buildings house wonders created by farmers，housewives，mechanics，the
disabled，as well as the occasional neurosurgeon.From carved roots to embroidered rags，tattoos
to toothpicks，“the visionary” transforms dreams，loss，hopes，and ideals into powerful
works of art.
Tickets：$9.5.Free for children aged 6 and under and museum members.
1．Which museum best suits people interested in contemporary French paintings?
A．The Walters Art Museum.
B．Baltimore Museum of Industry.
C．Baltimore Museum of Art.D．American Visionary Art Museum.
2．What do we know about Baltimore Museum of Industry?
A．It’s a place for memorial celebrations for the city.
B．It was built in a factory where food was canned.
C．It offers free exhibitions for guests of all ages.
D．It is now undergoing a multi-year project.
3．How much should they pay if a 7-year-old boy goes to American Visionary Art Museum with
his parents?
A．$19. B．$23.5.
C．$27. D．$28.5.
B
(2023·江西省重点校联盟联考)
Want to help butterflies? A new study suggests turning off the lights.
Light pollution at night can disturb its abilities to recognize directions，researchers have
found.Artificial light can disrupt their circadian(昼夜节律的) rhythms and affect their sense of
directions.That can make the butterflies disoriented when they try to fly the next day.
“Darkness is important to butterflies since the internal circadian clock of butterflies functions
normally when they are exposed to natural day-night lighting cycles，” study author Patrick
Guerra，an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati，tells Treehugger.
Monarch butterflies migrate(迁徙) by the millions each year，making the trip from northern
areas of the continent to California and Mexico and back.Because most butterflies only live for a
few weeks to a few months ， it takes several generations of butterflies to complete the
migration.But too much light at the wrong time can urge the butterflies to take off when they
should be resting instead for their voyage.
“As monarch butterflies are a threatened species with their population numbers in decline，
we wanted to see what types of environmental stress might be linked to their decline，” Guerra
says.
For their study，researchers conducted lab studies where they reproduced the effects of
artificial light pollution with butterflies using a flight simulator(模拟器)．
They first tested if monarchs treated a single，artificial light source as if it were the actual sun
during the day.Once they established what they did，they then tested how the monarchs would
behave when exposed to this same artificial light source during their night.
Butterflies stayed quiet and unmoving when they were first placed in the flight simulator in
the dark.But as soon as scientists turned on the light，they started flying.The light made them
believe that night was day and this can cause them to fly longer at night or start flying too early.
“These findings demonstrate how urbanization can negatively affect important biological
phenomena，and therefore allow us to understand how human activity impacts the rest ofnature，” Guerra says.
4．What does the underlined word“disoriented”in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A．Slowed down. B．Died off.
C．Felt sleepy. D．Got lost.
5．What did the researchers want to find out in the study?
A．Why monarch butterflies migrate.
B．What reduced the number of monarch butterflies.
C．Why darkness is important to monarch butterflies.
D．How monarch butterflies adapt to the environment.
6．What might be used in the experiment?
A．A flashlight.
B．The sun.
C．The moon.
D．A clock.
7．What can be the best title for the text?
A．Natural Light Is Important to Insects
B．Monarch Butterflies Are in Great Danger
C．Butterflies React Actively to Air Pollution
D．Light Pollution Can Affect Butterfly Migration
Ⅱ.完形填空
The COVID-19 distances people from each other.However，it also 1 friendships
between people who would have otherwise never become friends.In the case of 92-year-old
Mary，that friend happens to be her two-year-old neighbor，Ben.
The lockdown this year was particularly 2 for Mary，who has been living 3 .With
nobody around her，she had to spend most of her time watching TV.Ben was also 4 at
home，unable to play with other kids.
Their unusual friendship developed 5 .At first，Mary would 6 at Ben from her
window whenever she saw the boy in the yard.Then，she began going outside to 7 him in
person.The 8 eventually expanded to daily gatherings by the fence that separated the two
homes.The pair even invented a socially distanced 9 that Mary called “stick ball”．Ben
threw his ball towards the fence and Mary got her walking stick， 10 over the fence and hit the
ball back.
When the two were unable to meet in the yard in bad weather，Ben’s mother kept the
friendship 11 by calling at Mary’s porch with the baby.
The bond has blossomed even further since Mary got vaccinated earlier this year.Mary 12
Ben with a colorful toy truck collection that had once belonged to her grandson.The boy returned
the 13 with a gift of his own—a pile of sand that he carefully carried in his small hands anddropped at her door.
Now the pair are often seen high-fiving across the fence or sitting outside Mary’s house，
blowing bubbles.What a 14 scene! Friendship really knows no 15 .
1．A.draws on B．wears out
C．brings back D．results in
2．A.dangerous B．hard
C．unfair D．strange
3．A.well B．out
C．alone D．nearby
4．A.stuck B．locked
C．left D．deserted
5．A.suddenly B．gradually
C．secretly D．randomly
6．A.stare B．point
C．wave D．shout
7．A.hug B．contact
C．welcome D．greet
8．A.routine B．tradition
C．appointment D．exercise
9．A.device B．game
C．rule D．concept
10．A.jumped B．turned
C．reached D．knocked
11．A.pure B．precious
C．alive D．formal
12．A.gifted B．reminded
C．convinced D．guided
13．A.trust B．service
C．company D．favor
14．A.heart-warming B．bitter-sweet
C．familiar-looking D．hard-won
15．A.backgrounds B．boundaries
C．strategies D．consequences
Ⅲ.语法填空
Sichuan Opera，one of the oldest local operas in China，is popular in Sichuan Province and
some regions of Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces.1. a stage entertainment，itconveys the idea of time and space to the audience through performances.
The opera is characterized by its unique solo singing，refined acting，rich percussion and
2.________(irresistible)funny comedians.It also displays its amazing 3. (skill)：face
changing，spitting fire，and rolling light.
The face changing or “bianlian” in Chinese，is 4. unique stunt(绝技) in
Sichuan Opera that 5. (use) to express the changing emotions of characters.Only a
few masters have grasped this skill.On the stage，they change their painted masks in magically
quick succession by twisting their heads and 6. (wave) their arms.
Face changing got its start 300 years ago.At the beginning ， opera masters 7.
(change) the color of their faces during performances by blowing into a bowl of red，black 8.
gold powder.The powder would stick to their oiled skin quickly.By the 1920’s，opera masters
began using layers of masks 9. (make) of oiled paper or dried pig bladder.At present
the masters use the full face，painted silk masks,10. can be worn in layers，and be
pulled off one by one in the blink of an eye.
