1、Unit 5Meeting your ancestors.阅读A(2019辽宁沈阳东北育才中学高三模拟)Kieron Graham has known from a young age that he was adopted.While he loves his adoptive family,he has always wondered about his birth mother and brothers.When his adoptive mom gave him a DNA test tool,they both hoped it might lead to his birth fam
2、ily.But neither guessed it would work so quickly,or that when it did,Graham would learn he and his long-lost brother may have crossed paths every day.It took just one week from the time Graham,a college student at Georgias Kennesaw State University,received his DNA results on A for him to connect wi
3、th his brother.Grahams DNA results showed that his closest match was a man named Vincent Ghant,and it turned out Ghant lived just a few minutes away.Graham reached out and learned that the two were in fact long-lost brothers.Their mother,Shawn Ghant,made the difficult decision to place Kieron in ado
4、ptive care when he was just a baby.And she has worried and wondered about her youngest son ever since.Graham has since been reunited with his mother and both of his brothers on his mothers side.“Its all surreal(离奇的),too many emotions to describe exactly what Im feeling about the entire situation,but
5、 its a good situation,” Graham tells MNN.As fate would have it,Kieron and Vincent are both students at Kennesaw State.They even have the same major:political science.So its a safe bet the two crossed paths many times over the past three years.And now,thanks to some DNA sleuthing(筛查),the two will cro
6、ss paths many more times in the years to come.“Were getting together on Christmas with everyone,birth mother included,” Graham says.“Thats sure to be a very indelible Christmas indeed,which will always be treasured by us.”1.According to the passage,Graham .A.is quite familiar with his birth familyB.
7、relied on a website to find his birth familyC.happens to be working in AD.is studying engineering in the state university2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?A.It was hard for Shawn to place her son in adoptive care.B.Graham has three adoptive brothers on his mothers side.C.It was too diffic
8、ult for the whole family to get united.D.Shawn Ghant loves her older sons more.3.What does Graham probably think of his experience?A.Unbelievable and exciting.B.Surprising but common.C.Undoubted and inspiring. D.Moving but painful.4.What does the underlined word “indelible” in the last paragraph mea
9、n?A.Normal.B.Silent.C.Traditional.D.Unforgettable.语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述一个学生找到了失散多年的哥哥,结果发现他们上得是同一所大学。答案及剖析:1.B细节理解题。根据文章第二段It took just one week from the time Graham,a college student at Georgias Kennesaw State University,received his DNA results on A for him to connect with his brother.可知,Graham是通过A
10、的网站收到了自己的DNA检测结果,并与哥哥取得联系,然后找到出生家庭的。故选B。2.A推理判断题。根据文章第三段Their mother,Shawn Ghant,made the difficult decision to place Kieron in adoptive care when he was just a baby.可知,他们的母亲Shawn Ghant做出了一个艰难的决定,把他送到了收养中心。从而推断出Shawn Ghant把儿子送到收养中心是很艰难的。故选A。3.A推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Its all surreal(离奇的),too many emotions to
11、describe exactly what Im feeling about the entire situation,but its a good situation,” Graham tells MNN.Graham认为这一切都太离奇了,太多的情绪无法准确描述他对整个情况的感受,从而可以推断出,Graham对自己的经历是难以置信的且激动的。故选A。4.D词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段“Were getting together on Christmas with everyone,birth mother included,” Graham says.“Thats sure to be a
12、very indelible Christmas indeed,which will always be treasured by us.”可知,Graham认为在圣诞节将会团聚并将永远珍惜,说明那肯定是一个非常难忘的圣诞节。故选D。BA pair of ladies gloves rests at the bottom of my dresser drawer.The gloves are old and wornsurely older than meand tell many tales.They belonged to my grandmother.A cousin said she
13、had found a load of Grandmas gloves and asked if I would like a pair.When the package arrived,I pulled the gloves out of the plastic in which they originally came from the department store.They looked as though they had been carefully looked after,even after many years of being worn.Theyre small,but
14、 so was my grandmasmall but strong.She was a woman who needed strong hands for preparing bread dough(面团),cooking dinner and cleaning wooden floors.Being gentle wasnt all that useful for raising nine children,or feeding a hungry group of workers fresh from the field of her farm.The hands that slid in
15、to those gloves had tended the sick,weeded gardens and washed countless dirty dishes.There was a time when women of every social and economic class wore gloves when they went out.Gloves were part of the dress code (着装标准) of the daytheyre everywhere in our old black and white photos.The gloves in my
16、drawer put a lovely cover on the hands that fed the homeless people who wandered through the countryside during the Depression and occasionally appeared at my grandmas kitchen door.They were the same hands that bid farewell (告别) to two sons going off to war and held the flag presented in honor of th
17、e one who didnt make it home.Grandma was a mighty woman.The story goes that she chased away a young man whom she considered an unsuitable suitor for one of her daughters with nothing but her bare hands and a broom(扫帚).He later became a son-in-law.I remember being a small girl and seeing those hands
18、grip the wheel of a car so huge she could barely see over it.And when it came to playing the piano,my grandmas hands raced up and down the keys faster than your eyes could see them.She could play any song she heard,from pop to jazz.These old gloves arent worth a lot of money,but theyre certainly pri
19、celess to me.5.When the author received the package from the cousin,she .A.didnt know what was insideB.put it at the bottom of her drawer right awayC.was disappointed to see a pair of worn glovesD.thought of the life stories of her grandmother6.According to the article,the authors grandmother .A.was
20、 warm-hearted to help the homelessB.was a gentle woman at raising childrenC.hated doing housework very muchD.didnt care about her appearance at all7.The underlined word “mighty” is closest in meaning to .A.strongB.patientC.modestD.serious8.We can infer from the article that .A.the grandmother regret
21、ted sending her sons to warB.the grandmother wasnt satisfied with her son-in-law at firstC.the author learned to play the piano from GrandmaD.the author would hand the gloves down in memory of her grandmother语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文,作者由一副手套引发了对祖母生活的回忆。答案及剖析:5.D细节理解题。由第四段“When the package arrived”和第六段“Theyre sm
22、all,but so was my grandmasmall but strong.”可知,D项符合题意。6.A细节理解题。由倒数第六段“The gloves in my drawer put a lovely cover on the hands that fed the homeless people”可知,A项符合题意。7.A词义猜测题。根据上下文语境可知,祖母是一个很坚强的人,故选A。8.B推理判断题。根据倒数第四段“she chased away a young man whom she considered an unsuitable suitor for one of her d
23、aughters”可知,B项符合题意。.语法填空(2019广西桂林高三月考)Researchers examined the benefits of singing among people with mental health conditions 1. (include) anxiety and depression.They found people who took part in a community singing group improved their mental health and that the combination of singing and socialis
24、ing was an important part of 2. (recover).The grassroots action runs weekly singing workshops for the people 3. mental health conditions as well as the general public.It 4. (original) began at a hospital in 2005,5. afterwards moved into the community.Around 120 people now attend four free workshops
25、each week across Norfolk,two thirds of 6. (who) have had contact with mental health services.The research project followed the group for six months and 7. (undertake) interviews and focus groups with participants,organisers,and workshop 8. (leader).The report shows how singing and socialising gave p
26、articipants 9. feeling of belonging and wellbeing that often lasted a day or 10. (many),as well as improved social skills and confidence.语篇解读:这是一篇说明文。研究人员调查了患有焦虑和抑郁等精神疾病的人唱歌的好处。他们发现,参加社区歌唱小组的人心理健康状况有所改善。答案及剖析:1.including考查非谓语动词。本句已经存在谓语且句中没有连词,故include只能作非谓语,health concitions与include之间为主动关系,故填includ
27、ing。2.recovery考查名词。此处表示“康复;恢复”需要名词形式,故填recovery。3.with考查介词。根据第一段第一句among people with mental health conditions可知,表示“有精神健康问题的人”,故填with。4.originally考查副词。begin为动词,需要副词修饰,故填originally。5.but考查连词。根据上下文为转折关系,故填转折连词but。6.whom考查定语从句连接词。本句为定语从句修饰先行词120 people且先行词作介词of的宾语,指人,故填who的宾格形式whom。7.undertook考查动词时态。根据前
28、面的“followed”和“and”可知,此处为and连接的并列谓语,也应用一般过去时,故填undertook。8.leaders考查名词的数。leader为可数名词,且根据上文participants,organisers可知应用复数形式,故填leaders。9.a考查冠词。feeling为可数名词,此处表示泛指“一种感觉”,故填a。10.more考查形容词比较级。表示“持续了一天或更长时间”应用形容词比较级,故填more。.应用文写作(2019河南中原名校高三质量测评)假定你是李华,你的美国朋友Peter对中国文化很感兴趣。他听说中国人很重视家风传承,在给你的电子邮件中提出想了解你家的家风
29、以及家风对你的影响。请你给他回复一封电子邮件。注意:1.词数80左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。参考词汇:家风family spiritDear Peter,Yours,Li HuaOne possible version:Dear Peter,How is everything going?Im glad to know that you are interested in Chinese culture and that you want to know something about my family spirits.Actually,many good family spi
30、rits have been passed down from generation to generation in my family.My family spirits have a profound influence on me,and thus I always follow what they have taught me.For example,be friendly to others and offer a helping hand when others are in need.Besides,I am all the time positive and never stop chasing my goal whenever I run into difficulties.Thanks to those good family spirits,both my life and study run smoothly.By the way,I sincerely invite you to come to China and stay in my home for some time to experience more Chinese culture by yourself.You are warmly welcome.Yours,Li Hua
