人教版(2019)高中英语必修第二册：Unit 4 History and traditions 单元测试(含答案与解析)

Unit 4 单元测试

一、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

I picked up my two best friends and we were off on a road trip. I had just returned to America from a year

abroad in China. So, naturally I wanted to take a trip to Canada.

Montreal, the second largest city in Canada, is a four-hour drive from my home in New Hampshire. We felt a

thrill as we crossed the border into Canada. It was the first time that I had ever driven across an international border.

We turned on the radio to try and find some Canadian stations.

After dropping off our bags at our hotel, we were immediately walking down the famous Saint Catherine

Street. While we walked, two things surprised us: how cold it was and how well everyone dressed. The streets of

Montreal are like a fashion show. Both men and women look like they stepped out of the pages of a magazine.

All of that fashion has to keep them warm since Montreal is so cold. Last year it broke the record for the most

snowfall in North America. To hide from the cold we went into a diner because we wanted to order poutine, a very

popular snack in Montreal. It is French fries covered in cheese and brown gravy（肉汁）. It is delicious.

However, we had a hard time ordering the dish since the official language of Montreal is French. It is actually

the fifth largest French-speaking city in the world. But since almost the rest of Canadians speak English, plenty of

people were there to help.

We spent the rest of the weekend going to many historical churches and monuments in Montreal. But at night

we’d head to the very modern dance clubs and bars. Montreal is a city that sits between the past and the future and

the traveller can choose whichever direction he wants to go.

1. Which of the following can NOT be concluded from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4?

A. The author and his friends couldn't wait to explore the city.

B. The author wasn’t used to the weather of Montreal.

C. The citizens from Montreal care much about what they wear.

D. Montreal often holds fashion shows. 2. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author often went to China for a visit.

B. The people they met in the diner were kind and helpful.

C. All the people in the diner were locals.

D. The author went to Montreal on business.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The author listened to Canadian radio programmes and chose their first stop as advised.

B. The author took a trip to Montreal—the third largest city in Canada.

C. Montreal broke the record for the most snowfall in the world last year.

D. Montreal is a city which is both traditional and modern.

B

Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these

places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for

example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually

from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from

nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness（荒野）. But gold was discovered

there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.

Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold.

They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was

covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warning. An avalanche（雪崩） once closed the path,

killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first

20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.

But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very

expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with

disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in

Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go—to see where the

Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City—its present population is 762.

4. What attracted the early settlers to New York City?