1、高考提能练(三十六)选修Module 6War and Peace.阅读理解2019惠州市第一次调研I was selfish as a teenager. I usually spent my time thinking about myself and taking care of my own needs. I let my older brother do most of the work around the house until he left for college. I let my mom and dad worry about our bills and problems
2、 while I read books, played, and lost myself in my own imagination. This didnt change even when I went to college either. I studied hard but only to make my own life better. Even when I started to explore my faith, it was only to increase my own happiness.I married after graduation and decided to st
3、art a family. Of course, I had no idea what hard knocks reality had in store for my selfish soul. Soon I found myself unemployed, deeply in debt, and with a new baby on the way. I found out that life has little sympathy for spoiled people. In fact, all of the struggles I was going through were beati
4、ng the selfishness slowly out of me.Still, I didnt give up on happiness. I knew that there must be a way to find it. I finally realized, however, that it had to include more than just my own needs, wants, and desires. The answer began to make itself clear one night shortly after my baby boy was born
5、. I got a bottle and held him in my arms. As I was feeding him I looked down and saw his big, innocent, trusting eyes. I smiled and talked to him. Then he smiled and I could feel my heart growing, expanding with love. I felt such peace and joy. At that moment I had a hint of the truth: it is by grow
6、ing our hearts with love that we find our happiness.Carolyn Arends wrote: “The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart gets. The more love you get, the more love you have to give. It just keeps growing.” So, keep loving, keep living and keep caring. Keep growing your heart today,
7、tomorrow, and always.体裁：夹叙夹议文题材：人生感悟主题：爱他人即幸福【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，主要讲述作者由一个自私的人成长为一个心中对他人有爱的人，也明白了“爱他人即幸福”的道理的经历。【难句分析】The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart gets.分析：本句包含“the比较级，the比较级”的结构，意为“越就越”。译文：你让越多的人进入你的心里，你的心就会变得越大。1What do we know about the author from the first paragrap
8、h?AHe often helped his brother with housework.BHe studied hard for his family.CHe put his own needs above others.DHe was concerned about his family.答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“let my older brother do most of the work”“let my mom and dad worry about our bills and problems”“This didnt change even when I wen
9、t to college either”“I studied hard but only to make my own life better”和“it was only to increase my own happiness”的描述可推知，作者在青少年时期较为自私，行为处事总是只考虑自己，几乎不为家人考虑，即他把自己的需要放在别人的需要之上，故选C项。2What did the author realize after he suffered in life?ASpoiled people cant survive the hardship of life.BLife is cruel t
10、o spoiled people.CSpoiled people are never happy in life.DSelfishness is helpful.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Soon I found myself unemployed, deeply in debt, and with a new baby on the way. I found out that life has little sympathy for spoiled people”可知，作者在经历了人生的失意后，终于发现生活对被宠坏的人是残酷的。3What can be inferred f
11、rom the passage?AThe author loved kids.BThe author often fed his baby.CThe author realized the importance of happiness.DWhen caring for his baby, the author got inspired.答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“As I was feeding him I looked down and saw his big, innocent, trusting eyes. I smiled and talked to him. The
12、n he smiled and I could feel my heart growing, expanding with love. I felt such peace and joy. At that moment I had a hint of the truth: it is by growing our hearts with love that we find our happiness”可推知，作者在照料孩子的过程中领悟到了通往幸福的途径。4Which can be the best title of the passage?ALoving Others, a Way to Ha
13、ppinessBThe Elder One Grows, the More He GetsCHelp Others, Help OneselfDKeep Growing to Live a Happy Life答案与解析：A考查标题判断。根据最后一段中的“The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart gets. The more love you get, the more love you have to give. It just keeps growing. So, keep loving, keep liv
14、ing and keep caring. Keep growing your heart today, tomorrow, and always”的描述可推知，这篇文章的主旨是“爱他人即幸福”。.完形填空2019福州市适应性练习Mary, 16, was suffering from cancer. As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her. He said the _1_ left them financially worse off. Then a group called Growing Hope _2_ in wi
15、th $1,800 to help with his living costs._3_， he wanted to pay it back. In his _4_， he had been a _5_. So at age 40, Mitchell took up the _6_ again, participating in two fights in Fairfax. Mitchell was _7_ out in the first and second rounds, but he still _8_ to raise $20,000 that he gave to Growing H
16、ope. During this time, he _9_ his daughter. And for six months, he did little but _10_.One day, Mitchell _11_ a Mark Twain quote The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you _12_ why. “After I read that quote, I was going to spend the _13_ of my life helping kid
17、s with cancer and their families，” he said.Mitchell thought of creating a foundation, _14_ boxing did not seem practical anymore for fundraising, due to his age. Then he found that _15_ could be a source to raise money. In the Corps Marathon, he cut a striking figure on the course. _16_ by this succ
18、ess, he set his sight higher. He _17_ each of the miles of the race to a different child with cancer, and he carried their _18_ with him. Years after his daughters death, Mitchell now _19_ up in the morning knowing his _20_.体裁：记叙文题材：人物故事主题：父亲在女儿去世后找到新的生活希望【语篇解读】Mitchell在女儿去世后受到马克吐温名言的启发，加入陆战队马拉松，并把钱
19、都捐给身患癌症的孩子们，从而发现了自己的社会价值。1A.atmosphereBphenomenonCsituation Dpoverty答案与解析：C根据空前的“As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her”可知，因为Mary患有癌症，父亲Mitchell要待在家里照顾女儿。这种情况(situation)使得家庭经济状况变得越来越糟糕，故选C项。2A.brought BsteppedCtook Dbroke答案与解析：B根据语境和下文可知，后来，一个名为“Growing Hope”的组织伸出援手(step in)，给了他1 8
20、00美元的生活费。3A.Grateful BHopefulCSorrowful DHelpful答案与解析：A根据空后的“he wanted to pay it back”可知，父亲对这个组织非常感激(Grateful)。4A.life BrealityCmemory Dyouth答案与解析：D根据空后的“So at age 40”“fights”和“boxing”可知，在他年轻时，他是一个拳击手，故选D。5A.runner BsingerCboxer Dfighter答案与解析：C参见上题解析。选C项。6A.helmets BglovesCboxes Dsneakers答案与解析：B根据空后
21、的“participating in two fights in Fairfax”可知，Mitchell又开始接受挑战了。take up the gloves“接受挑战”，符合语境。7A.knocked BsentCdriven Dput答案与解析：A根据下文内容可知，Mitchell在第一和第二回合被击倒。但他仍然设法成功地筹集了20 000美元。短语knock sb. out“击倒某人”。8A.managed BpersuadedCfailed Dtried答案与解析：A参见上题解析，故选A项。B项意为“劝说，说服”。9A.cured BaccompaniedCcomforted Dlos
22、t答案与解析：D根据下文“Years after his daughters death”可知，这个时候，他失去了(lost)他的女儿。10A.regret BmournCburst Dwork答案与解析：B根据上下文和常识可推知，当女儿去世后，父亲除了哀悼(mourn)几乎什么也不做。11A.came upon Bagreed toClooked at Ddepended on答案与解析：A根据下文中的“After I read that quote”可知，Mitchell偶然(came upon)读到马克吐温的话。12A.consider BaskCdiscover Dmake答案与解析：
23、C根据语境可知，人生中另外一个重要的日子是你发现(discover)自己为何出生。13A.forces BrestCenergy Dresources答案与解析：B根据下文内容可知，Mitchell在余下的(rest)日子里开始帮助那些患有癌症的孩子。故选B项。14A.yet BsoCor Dalthough答案与解析：AMitchell想创立一个基金会，但是(yet)由于他的年龄，拳击已经不再是一个实用的基金收入来源了。15A.funds BsingingCrunning Dprojects答案与解析：C根据空后的“In the Corps Marathon”可知，然后Mitchell发现可
24、以通过跑步来筹钱。故选C项。16A.Depressed BMovedCShocked DInspired答案与解析：D在此次马拉松比赛中，Mitchell在比赛场上崭露头角。在此成功的激励(inspired)下，他把眼光放得更高，故选D项。17A.ran BdonatedCcompeted Dconveyed答案与解析：B根据空后的“to a different child with cancer”可知，Mitchell把比赛的每一分钱都捐给(donated)了身患癌症的孩子们。故选B项。18A.smiles BparentsCstrengths Dpictures答案与解析：DMitchel
25、l随身带着他们的照片(pictures)。故选D项。19A.stands BgoesCwakes Dclimbs答案与解析：C根据空后的“in the morning”可推知，此处表示在早晨醒来的时候，故选C项。20A.time BwhatCcourse Dwhy答案与解析：D根据上文中提到的马克吐温的话中的“why”可知，选D项。.语法填空2017全国卷She looks like any other schoolgirl, freshfaced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her
26、 new Alevel course. But unlike her school friends, 16yearold Sarah is not spending halfterm _1_ (rest). Instead, she is earning 6,500 a day as _2_ model in New York.Sarah _3_ (tell) that she could be Britains new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the next year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her
27、 to give up school to model fulltime. But Sarah, _4_ has taken part in shows along with top models, wants _5_ (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her _6_ (educate)She has turned down several _7_ (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on he
28、r studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model fulltime before going to university to get a degree _8_ engineering or architecture.Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school _9_ (come) first. I dont want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is _10
29、_ (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I dont want to have nothing else to fall back on when I cant model any more.”【解题导语】16岁的萨拉是一名学生，同时也是一名模特。她很有可能会成为英国新的超级名模，但她并不想为此放弃学业，而是希望能够继续去大学深造，以证明自己美貌与智慧并存。1答案与解析：resting句意为：但是不像她学校的朋友一样，16岁的萨拉并没有花费半个学期的时间休息。spend some time (in) doing sth.为固定
30、搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”。故填resting。2答案与解析：a句意为：相反，作为一名模特，她在纽约一天能挣6,500英镑。model意为“模特”，为可数名词，此处为单数形式，泛指“一名模特”，其前应用不定冠词。故填a。3答案与解析：has been told/was told句意为：有人告诉萨拉她可能会成为英国新的超级名模，在下一年能赚一百万美元。根据句意及that从句的谓语为could be可知，tell的动作已发生，且结果对现在仍有影响，tell与主语Sarah之间为被动关系，因此，应用现在完成时的被动语态；也可理解为tell的动作发生在过去，用一般过去时的被动语态。故也可填was t
31、old。4答案与解析：who句意为：但是已经和一些顶级模特一起参加过走秀的萨拉想证明她不仅有美貌，而且有智慧。分析句子结构可知，设空处引导的从句起修饰作用，为非限制性定语从句，先行词为Sarah，指人，且关系词在从句中作主语，因此，应用who引导该从句。5答案与解析：to prove句意见上一题解析。want to do sth.为固定搭配，意为“想要做某事”。故填to prove。6答案与解析：education句意为：她决意要继续她的学业。设空处前为形容词性物主代词her，且设空处作介词with的宾语，因此，应用名词。故填education。7答案与解析：invitations句意为：为了
32、专心学习，她已拒绝了数个在走秀中担任主角的邀请。invitation在此处为可数名词，且由空格前的several可知，设空处应用复数形式。故填invitations。8答案与解析：in句意为：毕业之后，她打算在上大学攻读工程或建筑学学位之前休学一年做全职模特。degree意为“学位”，其后常接介词in。故填in。9答案与解析：comes句意为：但是现在，学习是第一位的。根据句子的时间状语at the moment(目前；现在)可知，应用一般现在时，且主语为第三人称单数，故填comes.10答案与解析：certainly句意为：它当然很有趣，但是这种生活方式有点不真实。设空处修饰形容词fun，应
33、用副词。故填certainly。.书面表达2019昆明质量检测假定你是李华，某英文报社向即将毕业的高中生征稿，主题是“向成年出发”，请你根据下列要点完成短文：1你的心情；2你的人生规划(学业、事业等方面)。注意：1词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。【范文赏读】It wont be long before I become an adult, so I feel very excited as well as a bit nervous.First of all, Id like to express my sincere gratitude to my parents and
34、teachers, without whom, I couldnt have made such great progress in my life and study. Secondly, as an adult, I should learn to be independent. Also, its time for me to take it into consideration what I will take up in the future. I wish to study in a key university to become a lawyer, using what I h
35、ave learnt to serve our society.Adulthood means hope, challenge and responsibility, and Im sure I can do well in the future.【一句多译】Also, its time that I should take/took it into consideration what I will take up in the future.I wish that I would study in a key university to become a lawyer, using what I have learned to serve our society.
