单元小测 | 选择性必修二Unit3 Food and Culture

一、重点词搭配填空

1. consist(v. consist in=lie in存在于beauty consists in its magnificent buildings；由...组成consist of=be comprised of, involve sth, be made up of，be composed of， diet consisted largely of vegetables）（区分：adj. consistent一致地, be consistent with=be in line with)，constant持续不断地）

①True education does not _______ simply being taught facts.

② Success does not _______ never making blunders（错误疏忽）, but in never making the same one the second time.

③The results _______ our earlier research.

④But, just what does a properly balanced diet _______?

⑤【2019·全国卷III，D】A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols _______ numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward.

③【2019·天津卷，C】With such models，scientists have found out some key principles operating in food webs. Most food webs，for instance，_______many weak links rather than a few strong ones. When a predator（掠食动物）always eats huge numbers of a single prey（猎物），the two species are strongly linked；when a predator lives on various species，they are weakly linked. Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term. If a predator can eat several species，it can survive the extinction（灭绝）of one of them.

2.prior(adj. 先前的，较早的prior arrangement，prior knowledge of statistics；优先的，have a prior claim to the property；prior to在前面的the week prior to the meeting;  N. priority)（联想：superior to 优于, junior to更低级, senior to更高级，unprecedented史无前例的，precede先于the years preceding the war; excel at music擅长、胜于 )

① If a person places money _______anything else, it's very likely that he could not enjoy the happiness in life.

②It is important to enrich the soil _______ planting.

③ Women are more likely to give _______ to child care and education policies.

④【2015年，江苏卷】Freedom should have _______ over responsibility.

⑤【2016·江苏,C】Simple improvements to infrastructure (基础设施）can reduce the spread of disease. Better sewers (下水道）make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach. Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods. According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino’s harmful effects—and the poorer the country, the stronger the link.  Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino, reducing their losses needs to be the _______.

3. regardless of不顾，不理会（联想：instead of, in spite of=despite）

①She always travels first-class _______expense.

②【2012年，广东卷】Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings(收视率)are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers.  It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored（赞助） by companies selling high-priced cars, business and personal computer, and holiday trips. This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs _______low ratings.