1、核心素养测评 二十五必修5 Unit 5First aid(限时35分钟). 阅读理解Its not common that a grandmother aged 89 is crowned Queen of Icebergs in north America, but when it does happen its quite the sight. On a recent trip to Iceland Judith Streng became that grandma after her son attempted to take a photograph of her sitting o
2、n an ice structure that looks like a throne (宝座) at Diamond Beach in Jokul. Shortly after Streng sat down to pose, the piece of ice broke off and floated into the water. “I thought it was safe. One girl had been on it and then two girls at the same time, and it was very secure with them. When I got
3、on it, it started to shake and a wave was coming in. A very large wave came in and made the throne kind of shake, and I could tell that I was slipping off, ” Streng told ABC News. Strengs story went hot after her 24-year-old granddaughter Catherine tweeted a text message exchange she had with her fa
4、ther about the incident. “My grandmother almost got lost at sea in Iceland today!”Catherine, who teaches English in Seoul, South Korea, explained via Twitter that her father described the scene vividly. He has a PhD in English, and described the event in the following words, “She climbed to the thro
5、ne after a wave had pulled back and left it briefly exposed on the beach. Then a wave washed in and removed the ice throne, rocking it from side to side. When the wave left, it lifted the throne and carried her out into the sea with the tide. ”Luckily for the Streng family, Randy, a licensed boat ca
6、ptain from Florida with knowledge of water rescue strategies witnessed the whole thing, and was able to save the day. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲了美国一位89岁的老奶奶在冰块上照相时意外地被风浪卷走并获救的故事。1. Where was the grandma when her son was taking a picture for her?A. On a crown. B. In an iceboat. C. At a throne beach. D. On an i
7、ceberg. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句中内容“. . . her son attempted to take a photograph of her sitting on an ice structure that looks like a throne at Diamond Beach in Jokul. ”可知, 她儿子试图为她拍一张坐在像宝座的冰块上的照片。故选D。2. How did Catherine spread this accident?A. By drawing a vivid picture. B. By exchanging tweeter acc
8、ount. C. By talking with her father in Seoul. D. By posting the text message exchange with her father. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第四段中内容“Strengs story went hot after her 24-year-old granddaughter Catherine tweeted a text message exchange she had with her father about the incident. ”可知, 她24 岁的孙女凯瑟琳在推特上发了和父亲关于这
9、件事的短信互动之后, 施特伦的故事火了。故选D。3. Who saved the grandmother?A. Catherine. B. Streng. C. Randy. D. Judith. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段内容“Randy, a licensed boat captain from Florida with knowledge of water rescue strategies witnessed the whole thing, and was able to save the day. ”可知Randy, 一位来自佛罗里达州的有着水上救援知识的船长, 目
10、睹了整件事, 救了老太太。故选C。4. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Taking Pictures Must be Very DangerousB. A Grandma Floated out to the Sea on an IcebergC. An Optimistic Family Who Love IcebergD. The Licensed Boat Captain Went Hot Slowly【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知, 本文介绍了美国一位89岁的老奶奶在冰块上照相时意外地被风浪卷走并获救的故事, 故“
11、一位老奶奶在冰块上漂到海里”最合适作文章的标题。故选B。【知识拓展】 佳词积累1. structure n. 结构2. vividly adv. 生动地;逼真地3. strategy n. 策略长难句分析Strengs story went hot after her 24-year-old granddaughter Catherine tweeted a text message exchange she had with her father about the incident. 分析: 本句是一个复合句。after引导的是状语从句。译文: 她24 岁的孙女凯瑟琳在推特上发了和父亲关于
12、这件事的短信互动之后, 施特伦的故事火了。. 完形填空Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his 1 from a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. I have moved from a spacious (宽敞的) apartment to a small one in order to 2 my living expenses. My wife has built extra
13、stress. On top of that, my father in-law 3 a week ago, which has added fuel to fire, 4 our family into a more terrible state. In these circumstances I have two mental 5: either to feel upset and keep losing my peace of mind, or 6 my negative thoughts with super mental powers about self-confidence an
14、d consistency, and keep applying for new jobs with positive attitude. I choose the second option because I believe that the pain I am 7 today will build up my character. My strengths will then increase my confidence and make me a 8 man one day. I understand that good and bad stages are part of 9. Wh
15、ile good times make me happy, bad times strengthen the “inner” me. Two months later, 10, I have finally landed on a job which is very exciting and offers a nice salary. Time has healed my wifes mental stress 11 the death of her father. My son has already been accepted by another good school because
16、the admissions for new academic year were still 12!As I am back on the track of normal life, I can 13 say that the most important things that helped me fight the crisis (危机) were my consistent character of patience, and positive attitude towards life. So, while I wish you all the best life can 14 yo
17、u, I would highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life 15 you are trapped in any of such situations. 【文章大意】本文属于夹叙夹议文, 介绍作者在危机重重的时候依然保持对生活的积极乐观, 坚持, 最终成功渡过难关, 说明了保持积极态度的重要性。1. A. admissionB. benefitC. diplomaD. permission【解析】选A。admission录取;benefit好处;diploma文凭;permission允许。根据本句后文he might ha
18、ve to go to a less qualified school. 可知, 作者儿子没有被好学校录取。故选A。2. A. shareB. reduceC. breakD. raise【解析】选B。share分享;reduce减少;break打破;raise筹集。根据前文Being jobless for the last three months可知, 作者三个月没有工作了, 因此要减少开支, 故选B。3. A. showed upB. set offC. fell downD. passed away【解析】选D。show up出现;set off出发;fall down下降;pass
19、 away去世。根据后文the death of her father可知, 作者的岳父去世了。故选D。4. A. puttingB. findingC. formingD. lifting【解析】选A。put放;find发现;form形成;lift举起。根据前文可知, 作者失业, 为了减少开支, 搬去更小的房子, 岳父的去世, 加剧了家庭的困境。故选A。5. A. problemsB. concernsC. choicesD. activities【解析】选C。problem问题;concern担忧;choice选择;activity活动。根据本句either. . . or结构可知, 作者
20、面临两个选择。故选C。6. A. linkB. replaceC. mixD. exchange【解析】选B。link联系;replace替代;mix混合;exchange交换。本句为短语replace sth. with sth. 用某物替代某物。故选B。7. A. practicingB. sufferingC. producingD. relieving【解析】选B。practice练习;suffer遭受;produce生产;relieve缓解。根据文章可知, 作者面临各种艰难。故选B。8. A. carefulB. hard-workingC. easy-goingD. success
21、ful【解析】选D。careful仔细的;hard-working努力工作的;easy-going平易近人的;successful成功的。根据文章可知, 作者相信困境能够磨炼自己, 让自己成功。故选D。9. A. lifeB. wealthC. timeD. health【解析】选A。life生活;wealth财富;time时间;health健康。根据文章可知, 作者认为顺境和逆境都是生活的一部分。故选A。10. A. desperatelyB. unwillinglyC. hopefullyD. fortunately【解析】选D。desperately绝望地;unwillingly不愿意地
22、;hopefully满怀希望地;fortunately幸运地。根据文章可知, 作者找到了工作, 因此很幸运。故选D。11. A. regardless ofB. due toC. instead ofD. apart from【解析】选B。regardless of不管;due to由于;instead of替代;apart from除了。根据前文可知, 作者妻子的父亲去世了, 因此对妻子造成精神痛苦。故选B。12. A. occupiedB. emptyC. openD. closed【解析】选C。occupied被占领的;empty空的;open开放的;closed关闭的。根据文章可知,
23、作者儿子被录取了, 因为新学年的录取仍在继续。故选C。13. A. disappointedlyB. surprisedlyC. deliberatelyD. confidently【解析】选D。disappointedly失望地;surprisedly感到惊讶地;deliberately故意地;confidently自信地。根据文章可知, 作者自信地认为正是自己的乐观帮助自己渡过难关。故选D。14. A. offerB. expectC. manageD. send【解析】选A。offer提供;expect期望;manage管理;send发送。本句为offer的用法: offer sb. s
24、th. 提供某人某物, 故选A。15. A. as ifB. in thatC. now thatD. in case【解析】选D。as if好像;in that在于;now that既然;in case假如, 万一。根据文章可知, 此处是条件和结果的关系。故选D。【知识拓展】长难句分析So, while I wish you all the best life can offer you, I would highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life in case you are trapped in any of such
25、situations. 分析: 这是一个二重复合句。while引导的是一个让步状语从句, 其后的主句又是一个复合句, I would highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life 是主句, in case引导的部分是条件状语从句。译文: 因此, 尽管我希望生活能给你的都是最好的东西, 但是万一你处于困境的时候, 我也强烈建议你要保持同样的生活态度。. 语法填空(2020烟台模拟)Many kids love to listen to music and dance. But for children with special me
26、dical needs, joining in a 1. (tradition) dance class can be difficult. Thanks 2. _ physical therapist(治疗师) Kellie Lightfoot, young people in Northeast Ohio have the benefit of a special program called Dance Unlimited: Lightfoot founded the program at Akron Childrens Hospital in 2012. It gives kids a
27、ged four and up a chance 3. (dance)while still getting the benefits of physical therapy. Dance goes beyond meeting the kids physical needs. During class, they meet other kids, build 4. (confident), and make friends, which help a lot in treating their diseases. The students have two big public perfor
28、mances each year. At a recent performance in Akron, the dancers hard work 5. _ (pay)off on stage, allowing them to shine in front of people. Lightfoot, 6. _started dancing before the age of three, is working hard to help children with special needs. “I just always wanted to combine the two things th
29、at I love, and I feel like this is 7. I am meant to do, ”she said. Getting all of the kids 8. _ (involve)in the class requires a team, which 9. _ (make) up of therapists, dancers, and ordinary people. They all act as dance assistants so that all of the children can join in. Lightfoot hopes to expand
30、 Dance Unlimited so that more kids with physical problems can 10. (possible)reach their full potential. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了一个叫做Dance Unlimited的特别项目, 为四岁及以上的孩子在进行物理治疗的同时还提供了一个跳舞的机会。1. 【解析】traditional。考查形容词。dance class为名词, 需要形容词修饰, 故填traditional。2. 【解析】to。考查介词。thanks to“幸亏;由于”, 是固定搭配。故填to。3. 【解析】to d
31、ance。考查非谓语动词。分析句式可知, chance后是不定式作定语, 故填to dance。4. 【解析】confidence。考查名词。build为及物动词, 后跟名词作宾语, 故填confidence。5. 【解析】paid。考查动词时态。本句描述的是过去发生的事, 故应用一般过去时, 填paid。6. 【解析】who。考查定语从句。本句为定语从句修饰先行词Lightfoot, 且先行词在从句中作主语, 指人, 故填关系代词who。7. 【解析】what。考查名词性从句连接词。分析句式可知, 本句为表语从句, 从句中缺少宾语, 指事物, 故填what。8. 【解析】involved。考
32、查非谓语动词。分析句式可知, 本句的谓语是requires, 故involve只能作非谓语动词。be involved in“参加”, 故应用过去分词。故填involved。9. 【解析】is made。考查时态和语态。本句为定语从句修饰先行词team, 从句中make作谓语与主语team构成被动关系, 且根据上文requires可知用一般现在时。故填is made。10. 【解析】possibly。考查副词。reach为动词, 需要副词修饰, 故填possibly。. 读写后续阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。A moth
33、er is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Tenneva JordanI knew I was not supposed to be quite so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my moms “grown up”girl, I had to keep my cool. I was in m
34、iddle school after all. But every chance I got, when I was alone, I checked each present under the tree. I read every tag and felt every package, guessing at the contents within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which present went to which person without even looking at the tags.
35、It had been a tough year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and scattered (撒) presents, she would sigh and warn us, “There wont be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be disappointed. ” Christmas had traditionally been a time for my parents to spoil us. In years past, the
36、 presents would pile up and spill out from under the tree, taking over the living room. I had heard the phrase “giving is better than receiving, ” but thought that whoever had said that must have been out of their mind. Getting presents was the whole point!It was the reason I couldnt get to sleep on
37、 Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and let the wrapping paper fly. We made weak attempts to wait and watch while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our s
38、elf-control. “Heres another one for you, ” said Mom as she handed me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas. I recognized this one. But it had not been mine. It was my moms. A new label had been put on it, with my name written in my mot
39、hers handwriting. “Mom, I cant. . . ”注意: 续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好。I was stopped by my mothers eager, joyful look. _I have always remembered that Christmas fondly. _【参考范文】I was stopped by my mothers eager, joyful look. “Lets see what it is, honey. Hurry and open it. ” It was a blow dryer. Though this ma
40、y seem only a simple gift, to me it was so much more. Being an eleven-year-old girl, I was stunned. In my world, where receiving lately outweighed giving, my moms act of selflessness was incomprehensible. It was a huge act. Tears filled my eyes and I thought in disbelief about how much my mom must l
41、ove me to give up her Christmas so that I could have a few more presents. I have always remembered that Christmas fondly. It had such an impact on me. As an adult with children in my life whom I adore, I can now understand my moms actions. I see actually, she was not “giving up her Christmas” as I had thought, but was finding an even greater joy in her Christmas because giving truly is better than receiving. My moms simple act meant the world to me. Whenever I look back on my moms giving, I will choose to give in my life.
