《2025年高中同步单元滚动强化卷高中英语必修第二册北师大版》

Lesson 3
On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott began his journey 1. to Antarctica. At the same time, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was also going south. During the polar summer, both teams organised food bases in 2. preparation (prepare) for their journeys. Amundsen reached the Antarctica first on 14 December, 1911. Then he prepared for the return journey. Scott 3. finally (final) arrived at the Pole on 17 January, 1912. They 4. were shocked (shock) when they saw the Norwegian flag. Scott wrote sadly in his diary: “Well, we have turned our back now on the goal of our ambition and must face our 800 miles of solid dragging — and good-bye to most of the 5. daydreams (daydream).”
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were tired and were running out of food, and the weather conditions were terrible. Scott realised their 6. hopeless (hope) situation: “... we are unendingly cheerful, 7. but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess...” Then a terrible storm started. Scott spent some of his last hours 8. writing (write). He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife. The news of Scott's death shocked 9. the world. He had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage 10. shown (show) by Captain Scott and his men made them heroes.

答案： 1.to 2.preparation 3.finally 4.were shocked 5.daydreams 6.hopeless 7.but 8.writing 9.the 10.shown

Ⅱ. 短文语法填空
As we know, now countless animals 1. are being hunted (hunt) for their fur and feathers. And thousands of kinds of animals have 2. disappeared (appear) from the world forever up to now. About 170 kinds in the US alone are considered 3. in danger.
Why should people care? Because we need animals, we should pay more attention to them than before. And if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in a 4. balanced (balance) world. Therefore, we ought to pay much attention to 5. what they need. We know that 6. losing (lose) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, if farmers kill large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers' food will be destroyed by rats and mice, which multiply (繁殖) quickly without hawks.
7. Luckily (luck), so far with the help of some organizations, large amounts of money have been raised 8. to solve (solve) the problem. Volunteers are trying to get the governments to pass laws, 9. which shows the importance of wildlife protection. As a result, 10. the number of some endangered animals is growing slowly.

答案： 1.are being hunted 2.disappeared 3.in 4.balanced 5.what 6.losing 7.Luckily 8.to solve 9.which 10.the