1、核心素养测评十八 Unit 3Understanding each other(限时35分钟). 阅读理解A(2020青岛模拟)If a family member blames you for something you have done, it is important to be careful about how you defend yourself. It is not a good idea to use ways that cause hurt, even if they would help you make a valid point. If you can think
2、of an instance where the other person has done exactly what they accuse you of, for example, it would not be good manners to throw it in their face. You should only bring it up if you dont have a choice. Then, you should make sure that you do it respectfully. Even if a family member intentionally go
3、es against reasonable wishes you may have, you should understand that people see even the most fundamental things in very different ways. Remember that people are different. If you consider any noise after midnight to be intolerable, for example, others may see it is completely acceptable. It can ta
4、ke them a great deal of time to change their behavior for a demand that they do not understand. Think about the family conflicts that you are worried about now. Check to see if your parents had similar problems. People who grow up with parents who fight unfairly often repeat the same behavior. Consi
5、der changing the unfair habits that you grew up with. Understand that memories tend to change. In long-standing family disputes, all parties involved tend to have completely different recollections of the original problem. Families are a curious concept while family members often feel nothing but an
6、noyed for one another, they will also often be there for them if they should ever be in serious trouble. When you feel resentment for someone, think about how far you would go for them if they happened to be in trouble. It could help soften you. Think about how you care for the other person. 【文章大意】本
7、文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍如何明智地解决家庭冲突。1. Which of the following does the author agree with according to the first paragraph? A. To fight back to defend yourself. B. To target the problem, not the person. C. To deal with a man as he deals with you. D. To hurt each other when angry. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段If you can t
8、hink of an instance where the other person has done exactly what they accuse you of, for example, it would not be good manners to throw it in their face. 可知如果家庭成员指责你不应该这样做, 而你却回想到他/她以前也这么做过, 这时候讲出这件事打他们的脸则是不礼貌的做法。从而可以推断出, 我们要就事论事, 不针对个人。故选B。2. What does the underlined word “resentment” in the last p
9、aragraph mean? A. Curiosity. B. Kindness. C. Concern. D. Anger. 【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段while family members often feel nothing but annoyed for one another, they will also often be there for them if they should ever be in serious trouble. 中的annoyed提示, 和后句think about how far you would go for them if the
10、y happened to be in trouble. It could help soften you. 请想一想: 如果他/她陷入麻烦, 你会怎么做? 这会让你缓和对他/她的态度, 从而可以猜测出resentment为“怨恨”之意。故选D。3. Which of the following statements may the author approve of? A. Family members share the same memories over family disputes. B. Parents should set a good example in a family.
11、 C. Its easy for people to agree on different ideas. D. You can defend yourself by throwing facts back. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第三段People who grow up with parents who fight unfairly often repeat the same behavior. 可知, 如果父母总是争吵, 在这种情况下成长的人往往也会重复同样的行为。从而可以推断, 父母应该在家庭中树立一个好榜样。故选B。4. What is the best title of th
12、e passage ? A. Think about How You Care for Other PersonsB. Learn to Concern about Family MembersC. How to Deal with Family Conflicts WiselyD. Learn to Accept Each Other in a Family【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据第一段If a family member blames you for something you have done, it is important to be careful about how yo
13、u defend yourself. 和全文内容可知, 文章主要介绍如何明智地解决家庭冲突, 故选C。【知识拓展】长难句分析People who grow up with parents who fight unfairly often repeat the same behavior. 分析: 这是一个含有定语从句的复合句。第一个定语从句who grow up with parents修饰先行词people, 第二个定语从句who fight unfairly修饰先行词parents。翻译: 那些在吵架的父母身边长大的人经常重复相同的行为。BActress Danai Gurira call
14、s herself a Zimerican. Her parents came from Zimbabwe. She was born in the American State of Iowa. But her family moved back to Harare, Zimbabwe when she was five years old. She returned to the United States for college and has lived there ever since. “I was always in a hodgepodge of culture, ” she
15、said. “Theres no other identity I know, really. ” The actress may be best known as Michonne, the zombie-killer in the television series The Walking Dead. But when Gurira is not killing zombies, she is busy with other projects. She recently played rapper Tupac Shakurs mother in a film. And she is now
16、 busy racing between theaters for two plays in New York City plays that she wrote. Her play Familiar is an off-Broadway comedy-drama. It centers on the cultural clashes between American and African traditions. The play takes place in the State of Minnesota. The eldest daughter of Zimbabwean parents
17、is getting married to a white man. The story was taken from her own observations. Gurira said, “I was at a wedding and I was just struck by all of my familys absurdities - and my own included. And I just knew I couldnt not write about it! ”The upper middle-class life of Familiar may seem familiar to
18、 many American audiences. But the setting of her play Eclipsed Guriras Broadway debut (首次登台) is something else entirely. Gurira decided to write Eclipsed after reading a New York Times story about the civil war in Liberia, and the young women who fought in it. She described it like this. “These were
19、 like 22-, 23-year-old girls, women, who had, like you know, little skimpy jeans on, little skimpy tops, and really looked cool and hip and current and then, they had these big AK-47s on their backs. ” Gurira went to Liberia and met with women who were former soldiers and peace negotiators. She wrot
20、e the play based on their stories. 【文章大意】本文为记叙文, 讲述的是女演员达娜古瑞拉将在非洲的生活经历带入美国, 并结合自身的经历进行戏剧创作和演出, 而这些体现了不同文化之间的碰撞。5. The underlined word “hodgepodge” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “”. A. centerB. disputeC. understandingD. mixture【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段可知, 达娜古瑞拉出生于美国, 后随家人搬回津巴布韦, 然后返回美国接受大学教育, 之后便一直生活在
21、美国。因此, 达娜古瑞拉接受着多民族、多文化的教育。由此可推测, hodgepodge意为“大杂烩”, 与mixture意思相近。故选D项。6. What can we learn about Familiar? A. It is a reflection of culture shock. B. Gurira is getting married to a white man as the eldest daughter. C. Gurira was sorry for her wedding in the U. S. D. The story is from a magazine. 【解析
22、】选A。推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“It centers on the cultural clashes between American and African traditions. ”可知, 戏剧Familiar以美国和非洲的文化冲突为主要关注点, 因此是文化冲突的表现。故选A项。7. Whats the best title of the text? A. Culture Is the Key to Solving ProblemsB. Actress Brings African Experiences to AmericaC. A Good African WriterD. No
23、 Discrimination, No War【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了女演员达娜古瑞拉将非洲的生活经历带入美国, 在她创作和演出的戏剧中体现非洲元素的故事, 因此B项作为文章标题最适合。A项强调了文化的重要性, C项强调她是一位优秀的非洲作家, D项强调歧视和战争的关系, 都没有从全文着眼, 故排除。. 阅读填句 世纪金榜导学号Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safely, by looking both ways for cars. 1The city of Honolulu, Hawa
24、ii wants everyone to learn that lesson. 2Beginning on October 24, you will be fined from $15 to $99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major U. S. city to ban what is called “distracted walking”. It recently passed a law in a seven to two vote. The
25、law says, “No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device. ”3The law includes all electronic devices with screens: cellphone, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers. 4Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency servi
26、ces and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers. Pedestrian deaths have been increasing as the use of cellphones rises. The Governors Highway Safety Association, or GHSA, says pedestrian deaths in the United States increased 25 percent between 2010 and 2015. That trend continued in
27、2016 with the number of pedestrian deaths rising to almost 6, 000, 11% higher than in 2015. 5The state of Washington was the first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007. Now, 46 other states as well as D. C. , Puerto Rico, Guam and the U. S. Virgin Islands, have laws against texting while drivin
28、g. If you still want to text while walking, you could avoid being fined in Honolulu by using a voice-controlled digital assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. Or you could just wait until you are again, safely, off the street. A. The law does permit an exception. B. Other U. S. cities may follo
29、w Honolulu. C. But do they also teach them to put away their cellphones? D. Texting while crossing the street will soon be banned in the city. E. Do you like Honolulus new law that bans texting while walking? F. In other words, do not look at a screen when you cross the street or you could be fined.
30、 G. The laws creator hope it will lower the number of people hit and killed by cars in the city. 【文章大意】本文主要讲述了夏威夷的檀香山通过立法来限制人们在步行时分心。1. 【解析】选C。根据上句Parents usually teach their children how to cross the street safely, by looking both ways for cars父母通常会教他们的孩子如何安全地穿过马路, 方法是看路两边的车。后边是转折, C项但他们是否也教孩子们放下手机
31、呢? 符合文意, 故选C。2. 【解析】选D。根据下句Beginning on October 24, you will be fined from $15 to $99 if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. 10月24日开始, 如果你在街上看手机就会被罚款。D项过马路时发短信很快就会在城市里被禁止。符合文意, 故选D。3. 【解析】选F。根据上句No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic
32、device, 可知F项换句话说, 过马路时不要看屏幕, 否则你可能会被罚款。符合文意, 故选F。4. 【解析】选A。根据下句Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police officers. 行人可以在街道上使用这样的设备来呼叫急救服务和救援人员, 比如消防员和警察, 可知这是有例外的, A项符合文意。5. 【解析】选B。根据下句The state of Washington was the
33、 first to outlaw distracted driving back in 2007. 2007年华盛顿州是第一个禁止驾驶分心的州, 可知美国其他的城市可能会效仿檀香山, B项描述符合文意, 故选B。. 应用文写作假定你是李华, 你们班级的节目“哈姆雷特(Hamlet)”将参加下个月学校“英语文化节”话剧(drama)比赛, 你给度假中的外教Mr Hurst写一封电子邮件, 并附上节目录像, 请他给予你相关的指导。注意: 1. 词数80左右; 2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯; 3. 邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好。Dear Mr Hurst, _Yours sincerely,
34、Li Hua【参考范文1】Dear Mr Hurst, I am sorry to disturb you while you are enjoying your vacation. I am writing on behalf of my classmates for your advice. Recently we have been busy preparing Hamlet for the Drama Competition to be held next month, which is an important event in our schools English Cultura
35、l Festival. With the attached video of our rehearsal, I sincerely hope you could offer your guidance on our performance. I would also appreciate it if you could share your valued opinion on our costumes, acting skills and onstage light and sound effects. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. I do
36、hope youll enjoy your holiday! Yours sincerely, Li Hua【参考范文2】Dear Mr Hurst, I am sorry to trouble you during your vacation. My classmates and I would like to ask for your help. Our school is having a Drama Competition next month as part of an English Cultural Festival, and we have been working hard
37、on our performance of Hamlet. I have sent a video of us practicing our play. Could you please tell us what you think of our performance and acting? Also, is there anything we can do to improve our clothing, light and sound effects? We look forward to your ideas and thank you for your help. I do hope youll enjoy your holiday! Yours sincerely, Li Hua