1、Unit 11 The Media.完形填空(2019湖北名校冲刺二模)Looking overwhelmed (淹没) by the attention, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on a big farm in central Mexico. The _1_ to the event by her father _2_ rapidly and made her a star in her country.Family members had to open a path for the girl through dozens of
2、_3_ and photographers so she could reach the Mass (弥撒) for her on a farm in the state of San Luis Potosi. A large board _4_ “Welcome to my 15th birthday party” with Rubis picture towered over the tents and tables _5_ with food.Thousands of people _6_ from across Mexico for the celebration. Rubis par
3、ty _7_ national and international fame after a local event photographer posted on his Facebook page a video of the girls father _8_ a birthday party complete with food, horse races and local bands. In the video, Crescencio Ibarra _9_ describes the party and prizes, before announcing that “everyone i
4、s _10_ invited.”Rubis mother later _11_ that Crescencio had only been referring to everyone in the _12_ communities, not the world, but by then the video had been picked up many times on YouTube and had been seen by millions.Mexican airline Interjet published a promotion offering 30% _13_ on flights
5、 to San Luis Potosi, under the slogan “Are you going to Rubis party？” Actor Gael Garcia Bernal made a funny video of the invitation, and singer Luis Antonio Lopez wrote a lovely _14_ especially for Rubi.Several hundred guests _15_ on the morning of the day for the party, but the number increased as
6、the day _16_ so that by evening there were thousands and the event looked like a rock concert. Cars _17_ the access roads to the communities and police monitored the _18_.“What happened with Rubi is an interesting example of how the _19_ amplifies (放大) peoples personal lives and how _20_ media look
7、for stories on social networks to bring in new audiences，” said Sergio Octavio Contreras, a professor from a Mexican university.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一名墨西哥女孩的父亲录制了一段描述生日派对的视频，并在视频中对所有人都诚挚地发出了邀请，这段视频被当地一名活动摄影师在他的Facebook页面上发布了。结果，吸引了成千上万人去参加派对，场景就像是一个盛大的音乐会。1.A.argumentBinvitationC.planDsecret答案：B根据上文“R
8、ubi Ibarra在墨西哥中部的一个大农场庆祝自己的15岁生日”可知，此处指“她父亲邀请她参加这次活动”。故B选项正确。2.A.troubledBmovedC.switchedDspread答案：D根据下文“她成了国内明星”可知，此处指“消息迅速传开”。故D选项正确。3.A.reportersBdoctorsC.teachersDscientists答案：A根据下文“成千上万的人从墨西哥各地赶来参加庆祝活动”可知，此次活动应该是吸引了大量的记者。故A选项正确。4.A.lyingBsayingC.confirmingDpromising答案：B根据语境可知，此处指“一个巨大的板子上写着欢迎来到
9、我的15岁生日聚会”。故 B选项正确。5.A.finishedBlinkedC.filledDshared答案：C根据语境可知，此处指“摆满食物的桌子”，be filled with “充满；装满”。故C选项正确。6.A.heardBdatedC.keptDcame答案：D根据语境可知，此处指“成千上万的人从墨西哥各地赶来参加庆祝活动”，come from “来自”。故D选项正确。7.A.gainedBacceptedC.touchedDproduced答案：A根据上文描述可知，此处应指“鲁比的生日派对吸引了国内外的关注”。故A选项正确。8.A.complainingBrecallingC.d
10、escribingDreflecting答案：C根据语境可知，此处指“当地一名活动摄影师在他的Facebook页面上发布了一段视频，视频中女孩的父亲描述了一个由食物、赛马和当地乐队组成的生日派对”。故C选项正确。9.A.wiselyBimpolitelyC.proudlyDguiltily答案：C根据语境可知，此处指女孩的父亲Crescencio Ibarra “自豪地描述了派对和奖品”。故C选项正确。10.A.accidentallyBsincerelyC.unwillinglyDunbelievably答案：B根据语境可知，此处应指“诚挚地邀请所有人”。故B选项正确。11.A.explai
11、nedBprovedC.refusedDintroduced答案：A根据语境可知，此处指“鲁比的妈妈随后解释说”。故A选项正确。12.A.friendlyBdifferentC.otherDneighbouring答案：D根据下文“not the world”可知，此处指“鲁比的父亲Crescencio只提到了邻近社区的每个人”。故D选项正确。13.A.protectionsBdiscountsC.suggestionsDservices答案：B根据语境可知，此处指“墨西哥Interjet航空公司在飞往圣路易斯波托西的航班上发布了一项促销活动，提供30%的折扣”。故B选项正确。14.A.dia
12、ryBletterC.songDbook答案：C根据语境可知，此处指“歌手Luis Antonio Lopez专门为鲁比写了一首甜美的歌曲”。故C选项正确。15.A.arrivedBresearchedC.tookDcarried答案：A根据语境可知，此处指“那天早上有几百名客人来参加聚会”。故A选项正确。16.A.determinedBreachedC.progressedDformed答案：C根据语境可知，此处指“但随着时间的推移，来参加晚会的客人越来越多”。progress “(时间上)推移，流逝”。故C选项正确。17.A.limitedBblockedC.controlledDdest
13、royed答案：B根据上文“到晚上就有几千人，整个晚会就像一场摇滚音乐会”可知，此处指“汽车阻塞了通往社区的道路”。故B选项正确。18.A.competitionBsituationC.adventureDdecision答案：B由于太多的人来参加派对，汽车阻塞了交通，此处应指“警察监控着局势”。故B选项正确。19.A.videoBtelevisionC.newspaperDInternet答案：D根据上文的描述，可知鲁比的生日派对之所以如此吸引人们的注意力，是因为描述派对的视频在网上得到了快速传播。故D选项正确。20.A.traditionalBfashionableC.perfectDsp
14、ecial答案：A根据语境“media look for stories on social networks to bring in new audiences”可知，此处指“传统媒体如何寻找故事”，故A选项正确。.阅读理解A(2020石家庄市重点高中高三毕业班摸底考试) If you want to know the world, you must know famous global media. Here are four wellknown ones recommended to help you learn about world affairs without leaving h
15、ome.The Sun (http：/www. thesun. co. uk)The Sun is a popular newspaper owned by News Corporation founded by Keith Rupert Murdoch. It is filled with the jokes about heads of state and major events both inside and outside Britain such as mayors trousers not being tied properly, politicians sleeping dur
16、ing conferences and so on. Its lively and popular style just meets the taste of the lower classes. Now its annual circulation (发行量) has reached 23,100,000 copies.Daily Mail (http：/www. dailymail. co. uk)Daily Mail, compared to The Sun, is a little more serious. Reading the Daily Mail can not only un
17、derstand major political and economic events, but also read some relaxing and helpful contents. Wellknown for female favorite topics, it is extremely popular with middleclass housewives. Now its annual circulation has come to 20,930,000 copies.The Onion (http：/www. theonion. com)Tne Onion is the mos
18、t popular satirical (讽刺的) magazine in the United States with a circulation of 6,900,000 copies a year, covering domestic, foreign and local news and including entertaining newspapers and websites. Most onion readers are between 18 and 44 years old.The New Yorker (https：/www. newworker. com)The New Y
19、orker is a comprehensive magazine of America. It focuses on nonfiction, including reports and comments on politics, international affairs, popular culture, art, science, technology and business. It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches (小品) a
20、nd its unique style of the New Yorker cartoons. Its annual circulation adds up to 10,209,000 copies.篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个世界知名媒体，即太阳报每日邮报洋葱和纽约客，包括这些媒体的内容、特点、阅读对象以及发行量等。1.Which medium has the largest annual circulation？A.The Sun.BDaily Mail.C.The New Yorker.DThe Onion.答案：A细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词“the largest c
21、irculation”定位至每个媒体介绍的发行量处；由第二段中的“23,100,000 copies”，第三段中的“20,930,000 copies”，第四段中的“6,900,000 copies a year”以及第五段中的“10,209,000 copies”可知，太阳报的年发行量最大，故A项正确。2.According to the text, who may be the most loyal readers of Daily Mail？A.Young people.BMiddleclass women.C.Lower classes.DPoliticians.答案：B细节理解题。根
22、据题干中的关键词“the most loyal readers of Daily Mail”定位到第三段倒数第二句“Wellknown for female favorite topics, it is extremely popular with middleclass housewives.”，由该句可知，中产阶级的妇女是每日邮报最忠实的读者，故B项正确。3.Which topic is least likely to be published in The New Yorker？A.A poem.BA short story.C.A humorous sketch.DA novel.答案
23、：D细节理解题。根据尾段倒数第二句“It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as well as humorous sketches (小品)”可知，纽约客还出版文学作品，但主要是短篇故事和诗歌，以及幽默小品等，据此可知，小说最没有可能在约纽客发表，故选D。B(2019全国卷)Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year.
24、Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time these amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull
25、 and visually forbidding. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.The trend, then, was toward the“penny paper”a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper；perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could
26、 be bought in single copies on the street.This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible(but not easy)to buy single copies of newspapers before 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printers office to purchase a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. How
27、ever, within a few years, street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copies was seldom a pennyusually two or three cents was chargedand some of the older wellknown papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase “penny paper” caught the publics f
28、ancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.This new trend of newspapers for“the man on the street” did not begin well. Some of the early ventures (企业) were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desi
29、re to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国报纸大众化的发展过程。4.Which of the following best describes newspapers in America before the 1830s？A.Academic.BUnattractive.C.Inexpensive.DConfidential.答案：B细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句可知，当时的美国报纸既枯燥又在视觉上
30、令人生畏，故选unattractive “不吸引人的”。5.What did street sales mean to newspapers？A.They would be priced higher.B.They would disappear from cities.C.They could have more readers.D.They could regain public trust.答案：C推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段可知，报纸当时的变化趋势是越来越面向大众，变得更便宜，而且在街上就可以买到一份报纸，由此可推断报纸的街头销售意味着“报纸可以拥有更多的读者”，故选C项。6.Who
31、 were the newspapers of the new trend targeted at？A.Local politicians.BCommon people.C.Young publishers.DRich businessmen.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，报纸发展的新趋势的目标读者是普通人，故选B项。7.What can we say about the birth of the penny paper？A.It was a difficult process.B.It was a temporary success.C.It was a robbery of t
32、he poor.D.It was a disaster for printers.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，报纸的大众化新趋势进展得并不容易，经过了早期一些企业的失败，然后通过一些年轻而勇敢的商人的努力才成功，由此推知，大众报的出现不是一帆风顺的，故选A项。.短文改错(2019河北省石家庄市高三月考)Michael Jackson was an American musician and dancer. Jackson, calling the King of Pop, is recognized as the most successful singer of all time.
33、 His contribution to music, dancing, and fashion made her very popular for over forty years. In his life, Jackson won hundred of awards, which were made him the mostawarded recording artist in the history of music. In addition to, he was also a noble man and devoted himself to help others. Unfortuna
34、tely, Jackson died in June 25, 2009. His fans from all over the world became crazily at the sad news. As many one billion people around the world reportedly watch his public memorial service on television.答案：Michael Jackson was an American musician and dancer. Jackson, the King of Pop, is recognized
35、 as the most successful singer of all time. His contribution to music, dancing, and fashion made very popular for over forty years. In his life, Jackson won of awards, which made him the mostawarded recording artist in the history of music. In addition ， he was also a noble man and devoted himself t
36、o others. Unfortunately, Jackson died June 25, 2009.His fans from all over the world became at the sad news. As many one billion people around the world reportedly his public memorial service on television.1.callingcalled考查非谓语动词。Jackson与call之间是被动关系，故用过去分词作定语。2.herhim考查代词。根据上文“His contribution to .”及
37、句意可知，此处应该用him。3.hundredhundreds考查数词。表示数百项奖，用hundreds。4.werehave考查动词的时态和语态。句意：杰克逊赢得了数百项奖，使他成为音乐史上获奖最多的艺术家。由“in the history of music”可知，从句应用现在完成时，表示他获得数百项奖给他带来的影响，which指代hundreds of awards，和make之间存在主动关系，故改为have made。5.去掉addition后的to考查固定搭配。表示“此外”用in addition，后面的to是多余的，去掉。6.helphelping考查非谓语动词。devoted himself to中to是介词，后跟动名词作介词宾语。7.inon考查介词。表示特指“在某年某月某日”，应该用介词on。8.crazilycrazy考查形容词。本句中become是连系动词，后接形容词作表语。9.many后加as考查固定搭配。此处as many as为固定短语，意为“多达”。10.watchwatched考查动词的时态。根据语境，本句描述过去的事情，应用一般过去时。