1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家选修七 Unit 4 高考提能练练(一)英语知识运用组块专练练准度(限时：30分钟).完形填空(2016成都石室中学二诊)A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the _1_ topic happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about _2_ in work and life.To offer his guests coffee,
2、 the professor went to the kitchen and _3_ with a large pot of coffee and a variety of _4_ plastic, glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plainlooking, some very _5_. The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in _6_， the professor said, “
3、If you have noticed, all the nicelooking _7_ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is _8_ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the _9_ of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no _10_ to the coffee. In most
4、 cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even _11_ what we drink. What all of you _12_ wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went _13_ the best cups. Now _14_ this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and _15_ in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and _16_ life
5、, and the different types of cups we have dont decide, nor _17_ the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will _18_ to enjoy the coffee in it. So dont let the cups _19_ you . enjoy the coffee instead.”At these words, the graduates looked at each other in _20_ embarrassment.语篇解读：本文是
6、一篇夹叙夹议文。一群大学生毕业后去拜访他们的教授，在聚会的时候，大家纷纷抱怨工作和生活的压力。教授听后，把咖啡比作生活，把工作、金钱、地位比作杯子，给学生们上了生动的一课，旨在告诉学生们：不要去在意工作、金钱和地位，而是要好好享受生活。1A.hotBsensitiveCfamous Deasy解析：选A句意：他们在谈论热门话题幸福。根据常识可知，同学们毕业之后重新聚在一起肯定要谈一些当前的热门话题。A项意为“热门的”。故答案选A。2A.pay BjoyCexperience Dstress解析：选D根据下文“of your problems and stress”以及句中的“complaint
7、s”可知，他们在抱怨工作和生活中的压力。D项意为“压力”。故答案选D。3A.cooked BtookCreturned Dmet解析：选C句意：为了给客人冲咖啡，教授去厨房拿了一大壶咖啡回来，还拿了各式各样的杯子。根据句意可知，本句指的是教授进出厨房的过程。C项意为“返回”。故答案选C。4A.cups BgiftsCplates Ddrinks解析：选A参见上题解析。下文中的“cups were taken”也是信息提示。A项意为“杯子”。故答案选A。5A.common BspecialCrare Ddelicate解析：选D根据下文“the nicelooking _7_ cups were
8、 taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，其中有些杯子很精美。D项意为“精美的”。故答案选D。6A.order BtimeChand Dplace解析：选C根据上一句“The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.”可推知，学生们手里都有一杯咖啡。C项意为“手”。故答案选C。7A.pretty BdifferentCcolorful Dexpensive解析：选D句意：如果你们注意到了就会发现，所有好看的、昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。根据下文“leaving
9、 behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，此处要选择一个与“cheap”意义相反的词。D项意为“昂贵的”。故答案选D。8A.necessary BnormalCgood Dpossible解析：选B句意：对于你们来说，想给自己最好的这很正常。B项意为“正常的”。故答案选B。9A.situation BanswerCresult Dsource解析：选D根据下文语境可知，若一直想要最好的东西，会给自己的工作、生活带来问题和压力。由此可知，想要最好的东西是问题和压力的根源。D项意为“根源，来源”。故答案选D。10A.quality BenergyCweight Dco
10、lor解析：选A根据常识可知，杯子只是一个容器，不会提升咖啡的品质。A项意为“品质”。故答案选A。11A.makes BgivesChides Dincludes解析：选C句意：有时甚至会遮盖住咖啡的味道。根据“even”一词并结合选项可知，hides符合语境。C项意为“遮住”。故答案选C。12A.finally BreallyCespecially Dnearly解析：选B根据常识可知，喝咖啡的时候，真正品尝的是咖啡，而不是看杯子的品质。B项意为“真正地”。故答案选B。13A.for BwithCinto Dto解析：选A根据上文“all the nicelooking _7_ cups w
11、ere taken”可知，此处指他们都有意识地去拿精美的杯子。 go for sth. 意为“选择某物，努力争取某物”，符合语境。故答案选A。 14A.determine BdiscussCtry Dconsider解析：选D根据语境可知，教授把生活比作咖啡，让大家来考虑一下。consider“考虑，想一想”，符合语境。故答案选D。15A.position BrelationCworkmates Dfriends解析：选A句意：生活就是咖啡，职业、金钱、社会地位就是杯子。分析句子结构可知，空格处应填的词应该是和“jobs”，“money”并列的词。A项意为“地位”。故答案选A。16A.crea
12、te BsupportCcontain Down解析：选C句意：生活就是咖啡，职业、金钱、社会地位就是杯子，这些都是容纳和包含生活的工具。由并列连词“and”可知，空格处应填一个与“hold”意思相近的动词。C项意为“包含”。故答案选C。17A.damage BdetermineCchange Dincrease解析：选C根据上文教授的比喻可知，杯子提升不了咖啡的品质，职业、金钱和社会地位也决定不了、改变不了生活的质量。C项意为“改变”。故答案选C。18A.come BstopChave Dfail解析：选D句意：如果我们仅仅把注意力放在杯子上，我们就不能享受杯子里的咖啡了。D项意为“不能，失
13、败”。故答案选D。19A.drive BholdCtake Darrange解析：选A根据语境可知，教授告诉学生，不要让无关紧要的杯子左右了自己，要好好享受咖啡。A项意为“驱使”。故答案选A。20A.quiet BspeechlessCamazing Dreasonable解析：选B根据上下文语境可知，教授的一席话点醒了这些毕业生，所以他们处于一种无言以对的尴尬境地。B项意为“无语的”。故答案选B。.语法填空(2016江西九校第二次联考)Would you like to explore (勘探) the oceans? Do you want to find _1_ life than we
14、 imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is _2_ (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even _3_ a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright, _4_ he got bored with school and began to
15、cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally _5_ (challenge). He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked _6_ a breathing machine
16、to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship _7_ (help) with his dives. But he _8_ (nee
17、d) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books. His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963)In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society, _9_ function was to further oceanic rese
18、arch and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.Cousteau won many honors for his work, _10_ (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.1_2._3._4._5_6._7._8._9_10._语篇解读：本文主要介绍了法国著名的海洋科学家Cousteau的相关情况。1more考查固定搭配。more . than .
19、“比起更”。2probably考查词性转换。他可能是近代最著名的海洋科学家。此处应用副词作状语。3as考查介词。甚至当他还是个孩子的时候，他就爱上了水。as表示“在某一年龄段时”。4but考查连词。根据语境可知，前后句是转折关系，应用but。5was challenged考查时态和语态。在那里，他最终受到了激励。由全文的时态可知，应用一般过去时；Cousteau是被激励，故应用被动语态。6on考查介词。work on sth.“努力改善(或完成)某事”。7to help考查动词不定式。他还买了一艘船来帮助他潜水。此处应用动词不定式表示目的。8needed考查时态。为了航行，他需要一种赚钱的途径
20、。由前面的“bought”可知，应用一般过去时。9whose考查定语从句。whose引导定语从句，且在从句中作定语，修饰“function”。10including考查介词。Cousteau赢得了很多荣誉，包括(including)总统自由勋章和1989年获得的法国学术会员身份。练(二)第卷强化增分组块专练练规范)(限时：45分钟).语法填空(2016江西省九校联合考试)If you read a newspaper or listen to a newscast (news report) recently, you may hear or read a strange word, “sta
21、ycation”Staycation is _1_ new word the American press (newspapers, radio, and television) is using_2_ (describe) a vacation very close to your own home，_3_ simply staying at home during your vacation. It is a _4_ (combine) of the words “stay” and “vacation”According to many news reports, these stayc
22、ations are very popular among American families this year. Why? The high price of gasoline for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel _5_(compare) to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar, it all adds up to people deciding to stay close to hom
23、e_6_their traditional summer vacations. Of course, some places are more _7_(interest) to “stay at home”than others. And if you live in a very small town, well, you may just want to skip your vacation and save your time up to next year!Everything is _8_ (expense) nowadays, and lets face it a vacation
24、 just may not be in your plan this year. You dont have to give up family fun just because you cant get away; instead, follow my tips for an economical staycation filled with old favorites and new adventures! Staycations_9_ (achieve) high popularity in current hard economic times in which_10 (employ)
25、 levels and gas prices are high.1_2._3._4._5_6._7._8._9_10._语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。“staycation”是入夏以来迅速走红的英语新词，它成为众多旅游杂志和网站的热门话题。1a空格后的word为可数名词单数形式，new的读音以辅音音素开头，且此处表示泛指，意为“一个单词”，故填a。2to describe分析句子结构可知，此处应用动词不定式作目的状语，故填 to describe。3or空格前的“a vacation very close to your own home”和空格后的“simply staying at home
26、 during your vacation”之间是选择关系，故此处应填连词or。4combination根据空格前的冠词a可知，此处应为名词形式。combine 是动词，意为“结合，联合”，其名词形式为 combination。5compared分析句子结构可知，此处应用分词形式作状语。compared to .意为“与相比”，常在句中作状语。此处表示“与过去几年相比”，故填compared。6during此处表示“在他们传统的暑假期间”。during 意为“在期间”，符合题意。根据第一段倒数第二句中的“during your vacation”也可推知答案。7interesting此处应用形
27、容词作表语，主语为“some places”，此处指一些地方比另一些地方更有趣，适合待在家里。故填interesting。8expensive空格处应用形容词作表语，意为“如今所有东西都很贵”，故填expensive。9have achieved空格处在句中作谓语，本句句意：在当前的经济困难时期，居家旅游受到了人们的普遍欢迎根据本句中的时间状语 “in current hard economic times” 和语境可知，此处应用现在完成时，因主语“Staycations”为复数，故填have achieved。10unemployment此处意为“在失业率和油价都很高的经济困难时期”，une
28、mployment为名词，意为“失业”，符合语境。.短文改错(2016太原市高三第二学段测评)Alibabas founder Jack Ma, his company has been valued at more than $221 billion of which Ma owned 6%, is put in the top position among Chinas wealthiest. But he stays outside the list of the worlds 10 rich people.Fought against a hard life, young Ma sti
29、ll managed to learn English well enough to gain a degree and became a teacher. Afterwards he started a translation agency in which took him to the US, where he introduced to the Internet. His fate was bound to change before he was accidentally appointed to take an American visitor Jerry Yang, a cofo
30、under of Yahoo, in a tour of the Great Wall. The meeting obvious proved to be a turning point for all of them, promoting the birth of Alibaba and the later cooperation with Jerry Yang.答案：第一句：hiswhose; ownedowns第二句：richrichest第三句：FoughtFighting第四句：去掉in; he后加was第五句：beforewhen/after; into第六句：obviousobv
31、iously; allboth.书面表达(2016长春市普通高中质检一)假如你是李华，是一位正在英国进行为期一年学习的交换生，因故需向就读学校请假，现请给你的老师Mr. Smith写一封信，内容包括：1请假的时间；2请假的理由；3对所缺课程的处理方法。注意：1.词数100左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头和结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。Dear Mr. Smith，_Yours respectfully，Li Hua参考范文：Dear Mr. Smith，I would like to know if I could ask for a leave from Dec.29th to
32、 31st.On my way home yesterday, I got caught in the heavy rain and went wet totally. Whats worse, I found myself having a fever this morning and I went to the clinic for immediate treatment, only to be advised to stay in bed for three days. To support my request, a sick leave certificate by the doctor is enclosed here. As for the missed lessons during my absence, Ill try to make them up as soon as I come back.I would appreciate it if I could get your permission.Yours respectfully，Li Hua 版权所有高考资源网诚招驻站老师，联系QQ2355394696