2016高考英语人教新课标一轮练习及答案（选修9-Unit4-1）

Unit 4 Exploring plants Period 1 Warming Up，Pre­reading &

Reading 精练（人教版选修9，课标通用）

时间：45分钟

Ⅰ.介、副词填空

1. One of the collectors was Father Farges, who collected 37 seeds from a tree that had appealed________him.

2．An important group of collectors were French Catholic missionaries who, by the middle of the 18th century, were beginning to set themselves________in China.

3．The plants in our gardens look so familiar that often we do not realize that many of them actually come________countries far away.

4．Collecting “exotic” plants, as they are called, dates back________the earliest times.

5．However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began________a large scale.

6．Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyages or trips across land________Asia and Europe.

7．________eight months at sea, they arrived safely in London.

8．Their expeditions resulted________huge plant collections, which were sent back to France.

9．He sent the seeds________to France in 1897 but only one seed grew.

10．However, European botanists were very excited with the knowledge that China had a vast variety________plants, so many plant collectors were sent on collecting trips to China. 答案 1.to 2.up 3.from 4.to 5.on 6.between 7.After 8.in 9.back 10.of Ⅱ.单词拼写

1．Collecting________(奇异的) plants, as they are called, dates back to the earliest times.

2．However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large________(范围)．

3．The main purpose of this story is to a________to the reader's interest in the theme of “living and dead” because it is a theme eternally interesting to all mankind.

4．They often faced many dangers including disease, near-starvation, severe environments and________(冲突) with the local people.

5．None of these plants had been r_________by Europeans before.

6．Keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyages was an enormous c________.

7．His statement________(包括) one or two inaccuracies.

8．He had to________(低下) his head to get through the door.

9．The painting looks more beautiful at a________(距离)．

10．If you stay in a native English-speaking country for a few months，you will become a________(流利的) speaker.

答案 1.exotic 2.scale 3.appeal 4.conflicts 5.recorded 6.challenge 7.contained 8.lower

9.distance 10.fluent

Ⅲ.翻译与仿写

1. In 1769, Banks collected vast quantities of plants in the land known as Australia now.