2017-2018学年高二英语人教版选修IX单元综合测评(四)（解析版）

单元综合测评(四) (时间：100分钟；满分：120分) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted(预测)in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say. Increased carbon dioxide (CO2)in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth. “Predicting species' reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology，”said the researchers of several U．S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services. The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1，634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated(低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times. “Across all species, the experiments under predicted the speed of the advance－for both leafing and flowering－that results from temperature increases，” the study said. The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用)to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet. Scientists believe the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979. So far, efforts to cut emissions(排放)of planet warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century－a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels. 【语篇解读】　本文为科普类文章。文章论述了全球变暖的气候环境会让植物提前开花，进而影响整个食物链及生态系统。 1．What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1 A．Plants' reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems. B．The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists' expectation. C．Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns. D．Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather. 【解析】　细节理解题。第一段话给读者传达的主要信息存在于主句，而不是which所引导的定语从句上。根据“Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted(预测)”可知，作者是要告知读者植物开花的增速超出了科学家的预期。故选B。A为次要信息。 【答案】　B 2．We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that_____． A．plants' flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing B．there are ... ...