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1、课时质量评价（十八）选择性必修第一册UNIT 2主题语境：社会进步与人类文明I .阅读理解When people think of farming today, they usually picture a tractor （拖拉机）rather than horses in the farmland . Thats because tractors that relied on engines revolutionised farming in the late 1800s. Now a new type of tractor can do the same in the 21st cent
2、ury.Agriculture has been changing dramatically in the last few decades. The push for innovation is fed by the need to produce larger amounts of food for a growing world population. Autonomous tractors may be the key to solving this challenge. They can be used to carry out labour-intensive （劳动密集型）far
3、ming while allowing farmers to do other work. A big plus is that it can increase crop output while reducing costs because the autonomous machines can work in all weather conditions without any rest.Part of push for automation is a shortage of farm workers due to peoples desire to have higher paying
4、jobs with better work conditions. Farm owners are competing against companies like Amazon and restaurants that are raising wages to attract workers. With labour shortages and the increase in the hourly wages that have to be paid in order to be competitive, all of a sudden automation seems like a mor
5、e reasonable decision, “ said David Swartz, a professor at Penn State University.Many believe the time is ripe for an autonomous revolution because robotics is already in use in agriculture. One company that is working to bring autonomous tractors into mainstream farming is Blue and White Robotics,
6、an Israeli agricultural technology company, whose mission is to make a fully autonomous farm. The company released an autonomous tractor kit in February 2021 that can be fixed on any existing tractor. The kit includes camera detection, speed controls, as well as an anti-crash system. Blue and Whites
7、 kit is being used by West Coast growers in the USA. It may soon come to a farm near you.1. What contributes to the agricultural revolution according to Paragraph 2?A The urge to feed more people.B The extreme weather conditions .C. The need to reduce farming cost.D The desire for automatic farming.
8、2. What is Swartzs attitude to automation?A. Critical.B. Negative.C. Supportive.D. Tolerant.3. What can be inferred about Blue and Whites kit?A. It has been widely used.B It can be made in many firms.C. It can improve safety of tractors.D. It will detect the way of farming.4 . What may be a suitable
9、 title for the text?A. Automation Is Transforming AgricultureB. Big Companies Are Making a DifferenceC. Driverless Tractors Are Worth InvestingD. Traditional Farming Is Falling out of DateII.完形填空（2023 武汉模拟）1 was in the middle of the Amazon with my wife, a medical researcher there. We did not speak t
10、he local language, did not know the customs, and even did not entirely the food. We could not have felt more 2 .Then one perfect Amazonian evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer. 3 darkness came over the field and the match ended, the goalkeeper, Juan walked ov
11、er to me and said in a matter-of-fact way, In your home, do you have a moon, too? was surprised. After I 4 to Juan that yes I felt a sort of awe at the 5 that existed in his world, where the unknown and undiscovered was 6 and amazing. Anything was possible.In our society, we know that Earth has only
12、 one moon. I can, from my computer at home, 7 satellite images of Juans village. There are no more moons to search for, little 8 to discover. Yet, as an ant biologist, I knew that much in the worldof insects remains unknown. How much, though? How 9 are we? The question of what we know and do not kno
13、w10 bother me.I began to 11 newspaper articles about new species, and on and on they 12 In looking into the 13 of biological discovery, I also began to find a collection of scientists, who very often focused on common phenomena more to the point of exhaustion （筋疲力尽），and even at the risk of the 14 of
14、 their peers.We used to think that nothing lived deeper than six hundred metres. Yet, when something new 15 more often than not, we do not even know its name.1. A. produceC attain2. A. conservativeC. foreign3. A. AsC. Once4. A. announcedC complained5. A. differencesC definitions6. A. suspiciousC. ab
15、surd7. A. take upC pick up8. A. keptC. left9. A. accessibleC ignorant10. A. instantlyC. occasionally11. A. evaluateB recogniseD prepareB familiarD. naturalB. IfD. AlthoughB committedD. respondedB possibilitiesD. expressionsB similarD. vastB pull upD make upB bannedD. boundedB elegantD. relevantB constantlyD. absolutelyB. seizeD. collectC. polish12. A. appearedC formed13. A. fictionsC stories14. A. teaseC support15. A. updatesB existedD. quittedB. plotsD. momentsB envyD. admirationB settlesD emergesC develops