1、单元加餐练.完形填空I wasnt prepared for the way I felt when my 18yearold son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break.I was _1_ the moment he first told my husband Michael and me that he wanted to use some of his _2_ to travel around China.We were excited for him to explore the world.We told him that _3
2、_ was one of the best ways to spend his money and the _4_will last a lifetime. On the morning of Dylans departure, he _5_ a few more things into his bag.Before he and Michael _6_ to the airport, I yelled,“Be safe, and _7_ when you arrive in Shanghai.”That night,_8_ he was flying somewhere over the P
3、acific Ocean,it hit me that Dylan was really on his _9_.I woke hourly,each time _10_ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning._11_ my decision to let him go alone,I prayed, and thought about all the things that could go _12_.Then I heard from him.The first text sai
4、d hed arrived.The second text said his luggage didnt _13_ it.Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to _14_ down his luggage.To search for the lost luggage, I persuaded him to go back to the _15_ and suggested he go to the airlines office.My efforts _16_.All the while Dylan was texting me he was all rig
5、ht.After that,there was no more _17_ about the lost luggage.I knew that hed figure it out, and that the life lesson would be _18_.Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from Hong Kong.“I thought I could never study abroad anywhere but Europe._19_ I could definitely do it here,” his note read
6、.And I was _20_.本文是一篇记叙文。儿子Dylan十八岁时独自一人去中国度寒假,“我”和丈夫鼓励他旅行,但“我”又担心他的安全。当他安全到达目的地时,他的行李没能送达,最后他自己解决了问题。他的独自旅行会让他终生难忘。1A.thrilled Bworried Ceager Dupset答案:A解析:根据下文中的“We were excited for him to explore the world”可知,对于他主动探索世界,我们很激动;并结合本句可以判断,他告诉“我”和“我”的丈夫说他要去中国旅游,那一刻“我”很激动。thrilled意为“兴奋的,激动的”,符合语境。worri
7、ed意为“担心的”;eager意为“热切的,渴望的”;upset意为“难过的”。2A.caution Bsavings Crelations Dfriends答案:B解析:根据该句内容并结合下文中的“spend his money”可知,他要使用他自己的一些积蓄去中国旅行。savings意为“积蓄”,符合语境。caution意为“小心,谨慎”;relation意为“亲戚,关系”;friend意为“朋友,友人”。3A.travelling Blearning Cdriving Dpurchasing答案:A解析:根据上文中的“travel around China”并结合空后的“was one
8、of the best ways to spend his money”可知,我们告诉他,旅行是使用他的钱的最好方式之一。travel意为“旅行”,符合语境。learn意为“学习”;drive意为“驾驶”;purchase意为“购买”。4A.costs Bvirtues Citems Dmemories答案:D解析:根据语境可知,旅行是使用他的钱的最好方式之一,而且这些记忆将终生难忘。memory意为“记忆”,符合语境。cost意为“花费,费用”;virtue意为“美德”;item意为“项目”。5A.put Bstuck Creached Dknocked答案:A解析:根据语境可知,在Dyla
9、n离开的那天早晨,他将更多的东西放进了包里。put.into意为“将放进”,故A项正确。stick意为“贴”;reach意为“到达”;knock意为“敲,击”。6A.took off Bsaw offCpulled away Dmoved on答案:C解析:根据该句中的“Before he and Michael _6_ to the airport”,并结合语境可知,丈夫Michael和儿子一起驾车去机场。pull away意为“开走”,符合语境。take off意为“起飞,脱掉”;see off意为“给送行”;move on意为“继续前往”。7A.write Bcall Ctext Dem
10、ail答案:C解析:根据该句中的“Be safe,and _7_ when you arrive in Shanghai”并结合第四段倒数第二句中的“The first text”可知,“我”叮嘱他注意安全,并希望他在到达上海时给“我”发短信。text意为“(用手机)给发短信”,符合语境。write意为“书写”;call意为“(给)打电话”;email意为“(给某人)发邮件”。8A.since Bthough Cafter Dwhile答案:D解析:根据该句中的“That night,_8_ he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean”可知,那
11、天晚上,当他飞过太平洋时,“我”突然想到,儿子真的是独自一人。while意为“当时候”,故D项正确。9A.behalf Bfeet Cmind Down答案:D解析:参见上题解析。on ones own为固定搭配,意为“独立的,独自的”,故D项正确。10A.mending Bchecking Cseeing Dwinding答案:B解析:根据该句中的“I woke hourly,each time _10_ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning”可知,“我”每小时醒一次,每次都查看
12、一下时钟。check意为“查看,检查”,符合语境。mend意为“修补,修理”;see意为“看见”;wind意为“缠绕”。11A.Convincing BDoubting CAdmitting DDenying答案:B解析:根据空后的“my decision to let him go alone,I prayed”可知,“我”对让他独自去旅行的决定心存疑惑,不断祈祷。doubt意为“怀疑,疑惑”,符合语境。convince意为“说服,使信服”;admit意为“承认”;deny意为“否认”。12A.wrong Bwild Csmooth Dbad答案:A解析:根据语境可知,“我”对让他独自旅行的
13、决定心存疑惑,不断祈祷,考虑了所有可能出错的事情。go wrong为固定搭配,意为“出错”,故A项正确。wild意为“野生的”;smooth意为“光滑的”;bad意为“坏的”。13A.arrive Bmake Cmanage Ddeserve答案:B解析:根据下文中的“Feeling anxious”并结合空前的“The second text said his luggage didnt.”可以判断,他的第二条短信说他的行李没有准时送达,“我”感到着急。make it为固定搭配,意为“准时到达”,故B项正确。14A.bring Bturn Csettle Dtrack答案:D解析:根据上文可
14、知,儿子的行李没有准时送达,并结合该句中的“Feeling anxious,I madly attempted to _14_ down his luggage”可知,“我”非常着急,疯狂地追查他的行李的信息。track down为固定搭配,意为“追查,跟踪”,符合语境,故D项正确。bring down意为“减少,击败”;turn down意为“拒绝”;settle down意为“定居”。15A.homeland Bairport Csupermarket Dcar答案:B解析:根据空后的“and suggested he go to the airlines office”可知,“我”建议他
15、去航空公司的办公室。据此可以判断,“我”说服他回到机场。homeland意为“祖国”;airport意为“机场”;supermarket意为“超市”。16A.failed Bworked Cpaid Dlost答案:A解析:根据空后一句“All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right”可知,Dylan用短信告诉“我”,他一切都好。据此可知,他会自己解决好行李问题。由此可以判断,“我”的努力没有起作用。fail意为“失败”,符合语境,故A项正确。17A.presentation Btalk Cappearance Drumor答案:B解析:
16、根据下文中的“I knew that hed figure it out”可知,“我”知道他会自己解决好行李问题。据此可以判断,在此之后就没有关于行李问题的讨论了。talk意为“讨论”,符合语境,故B项正确。presentation意为“显示,报告”;appearance意为“出现,显露,露面”;rumor意为“谣言”。18A.awful Bunbearable Cdeep Dworthless答案:C解析:根据空前的“I knew that hed figure it out,and that the life lesson would be.”,并结合儿子独自旅行时自己解决行李丢失的问题可
17、知,“我”知道这一人生课程会是非常深刻的。deep意为“深刻的”,符合语境。awful意为“糟糕的,可怕的”;unbearable意为“难以忍受的”;worthless意为“无价值的”。19A.Or BSo CAnd DBut答案:D解析:根据语境可知,前后文之间为转折关系,故D项正确。20A.in despair Bat a lossCat peace Din reality答案:C解析:根据上文可知,数天后Dylan从香港发来了照片,并考虑在那里留学。据此可以判断,得到此消息后,“我”平静下来。at peace意为“处于平静状态”,符合语境。in despair意为“在绝望中”;at a
18、loss意为“不知所措”;in reality意为“事实上”。.阅读理解In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people.Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it
19、has been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946.In theory, they should live by the French law.However,their remote locations mean that the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world.The lives of these people have finally b
20、een recorded thanks to the efforts of a Frenchman from Paris called Gin.Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.“I have a special love
21、for the French Guianese people.I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin.“Ive been able to keep firm friendships with them.Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment.I dont see it as a lawless land.But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”“I wanted to
22、show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin.“I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.”His blackandwhite pictures present a world almost lost in time.These pictures show people seemingly pushed
23、into a world that they were unprepared for.These local citizens now have to balance their traditional selfsupporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.本文通过一
24、个摄影记者向人们展示了法国的圭亚那人,和现代法国的生活风格给他们带来的影响。1Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?AThey seldom follow the French law.BThey often ignore the Guianese law.CThey are separated from the modern world.DThey are both Guianese and French citizens.答案:A解析:推理判断题。根据第一段第二句Sur
25、prisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.令人吃惊的是,这些人主要靠自己的法律和他们的社会风俗生活。可知A项符合题意。2Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _.Aa tour guide Ba geographerCa film director Da photographer答案:D解析:推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“I wanted to show the audience a
26、 photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,”我想展示给观众一个摄影记录,让他们触摸到不文明的生活。第五段第一句His blackandwhite pictures present a world almost lost in time.他的黑白照片呈现了一个几乎失去的世界。可知他是一个摄影师,故选D。3What is Gins attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?ACautious. BDoubtful.CUninterested. DAppreciat
27、ive.答案:D解析:推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句“I have a special love for the French Guianese people.I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,”我对法国圭那亚人有一个特殊的爱。我在那里工作了将近十年了。所以他对法国圭那亚人的生活是欣赏的,故选D。4What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?AThe modern French lifestyle. BThe selfsupportin
28、g hunting.CThe uncivilized world. DThe French Republic.答案:A解析:词义指代题。根据最后一段最后一句中the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic(被法兰西共和国提供的生活风格)可知后面的定语从句中it指现代法国的生活风格。故选A。.应用文写作假设你是红星中学高三学生李华,你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国文化感兴趣,计划明年来北京上大学。他向你咨询相关信息。请给他回邮件,内容包括:1.表示欢迎;2.推荐他上哪所大学;3.建议他做哪些准备工作。注意:1.词数80左右;2.
29、开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。Dear Jim,Im_happy_to_hear_from_you.Welcome_to_Beijing_for_your_study!_Since_you_have_long_been_interested_in_Chinese_culture,_I_think_Beijing_Language_and_Culture_University_is_an_ideal_place_for_you.The_university_is_known_for_its_language_and_culture_courses_intended_for_internatio
30、nal_students.I_believe_you_will_have_a_rewarding_experience_there.To_be_frank,_studying_for_a_degree_in_a_different_culture_is_never_easy.Youd_better_learn_some_basic_Chinese_before_you_come.That_way,_you_may_adjust_yourself_to_the_life_here_in_Beijing_soon.If_you_have_any_other_questions,_do_let_me
31、_know.Yours,Li Hua.读后续写A friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a_bad_memory,which made him famous.He was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence.His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings,his classeseven his meals!Once he forgo
32、t he had eaten breakfast twice,at home and at school.His wife liked to remind her neighbors,“If John didnt have his head tied on,he would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a wellknown university,his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment to him.It wasnt that he was not clever,as som
33、e critical people tended to say,but just very,very absentminded.One hot_summer_day,Professor Smith decided to take his_children to a seaside town about a threehour train ride away.To make the trip more interesting for his young children,he kept the name of the town a secret.However,by the time they
34、arrived at the_station,Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit.Luckily,a friend of his happened to be in the station.He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.The_professors wife was surprised to see him again so soon.“Oh,
35、my dear,I forgot the name of the town.”“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name!Now Ill write the name of that town on a_piece_of_paper,and you put it in your pocket and please,please dont forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem,she sent her husban
36、d off again.Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside_the_house for the third time.注意:1所续写短文的词数应为150左右;2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;3续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已经为你写好;4续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。答案Paragraph 1:“What is the matter now?” asked his wife.“I just cant remember why I come back and where I am suppose
37、d to be going on such a hot_summer_day,”replied the professor.However,the real reason was that he forgot where he had left his_children.Sensing something wrong,Mrs Smith didnt believe his words,because whenever he told a lie,he would blink his eyes usually quickly.“Tell me the truth,” ordered his wi
38、fe.“As you told me,I didnt forget where I put the name of that town,but I forget the_station where I left our children!” whispered the professor,his voice trembling.“What a bad memory!” shouted the wife.Paragraph 2:Hearing the cry,out rushed their neighbors,trying to find out what had happened.A fig
39、ht between the couple was about to start when the professors cell phone began to ring.His friend,whose patience had worn thin,phoned to complain.The_professor apologized,got into his car and drove away,leaving behind a bunch of people outside_the_house.Being afraid that he would make matters worse again,Mrs Smith decided to follow him,who then called a taxi.By the time she caught up with her husband,the children were already back home safe and sound.