1、Unit 4Pygmalion课时作业.阅读A(2020全国卷)OPENINGS AND PREVIEWSAnimals Out of PaperYolo! Productions and the Great Griffon present the play by Rajiv Joseph, in which an origami (折纸术) artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio. Merri Milwe directs. In previews. Opens Feb.12. (West Park Pre
2、sbyterian Church, 165 W. 86th St. 2128684444.)The AudienceHelen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan, about Queen Elizabeth of the UK and her private meetings with twelve Prime Ministers in the course of sixty years. Stephen Daldry directs. Also starring Dylan Baker and Judith Ivey. Previews beg
3、in Feb.14. (Schoenfeld, 236 W. 45th St.2122396200.)HamiltonLinManuel Miranda wrote this musical about Alexander Hamilton, in which the birth of America is presented as an immigrant story. Thomas Kail directs. In previews. Opens Feb.17. (Public, 425 Lafayette St. 2129677555.)On the Twentieth CenturyK
4、ristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the musical comedy by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a Broadway producer who tries to win a movie stars love during a crosscountry train journey. Scott Ellis directs, for Roundabout Theatre Company. Previews begin Feb.12. (American Airlines Theatre,
5、 227 W. 42nd St. 2127191300.)篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了两部戏剧和两部音乐剧的内容简介、导演等相关信息。1What is the play by Rajiv Joseph probably about? AA type of art.BA teenagers studio.CA great teacher.DA group of animals.答案：A推理判断题。由题干中的“the play by Rajiv Joseph”定位到原文第一则广告。由此广告中戏剧的名字“Animals Out of Paper”以及“. in which an origa
6、mi (折纸术) artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio”可知，这部戏剧很可能是关于一种艺术折纸术的， 故选A项。2Who is the director of The Audience?AHelen Mirren.BPeter Morgan.CDylan Baker.DStephen Daldry.答案：D细节理解题。由题干中的“the director of The Audience”定位到原文第二则广告。由此广告中的“Stephen Daldry directs.”可知导演是Stephen Daldr
7、y，故选D项。3Which play will you go to if you are interested in American history?AAnimals Out of Paper.BThe Audience.CHamilton.DOn the Twentieth Century.答案：C细节理解题。由题干中的“American history”定位到原文第三则广告。由此广告中的“. in which the birth of America is presented as an immigrant story.”可知，你如果对美国历史感兴趣，应该去看Hamilton这部音乐剧。
8、故选C项。【词汇积累】immigrant n. 移民crosscountry adj. 横越全国的in previews 预告中【长难句分析】Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the musical comedy by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a Broadway producer who tries to win a movie stars love during a crosscountry train journey.克里斯汀切诺维思和彼得加拉赫主演了贝蒂康登和阿道夫格林的音乐喜剧
9、， 讲述的是一位百老汇制片人试图在一次穿越全国的火车旅行中赢得一位电影明星的爱。分析：此句是简单句。主语是Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher；谓语是star; in the musical comedy是状语；介词短语by Betty Comden and Adolph Green和about a Broadway producer .是后置定语修饰comedy；在about后面的介词短语中，who tries to win a movie stars love during a crosscountry train journey是定语从句修饰a Br
10、oadway producer。B(2020河北衡水中学高三第一次联考)Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated (提名) for an Academy Award, or Oscar.Labaki directed the film Capernaum, a film about a Syrian refugee (难民) boy and a Kenyan baby who live without parents on the s
11、treets of Beirut. It was nominated for best foreign language film.Labaki will be one of the few female directors to compete for an Oscar this year. She told The Associated Press “I wish there were a lot more women filmmakers this year represented, nominated in the Oscars. But I am sure in a few year
12、s we wont be having this problem anymore.”Unlike in the West, women filmmakers are industry leaders in Lebanon.Capernaum received a 15minute standing ovation (热烈欢迎) at this years Cannes Film Festival. It won the Jury Prizethe thirdhighest award given at Cannes.The United Nations has publicly praised
13、 the film. Lebanons Foreign Minister said Capernaum put a Lebanese touch on the international film industry.The Oscar nomination of Capernaum is the second for Lebanon in two years in the film group. It demonstrates the countrys rising star power.Labaki called making the movie a lifechanging experie
14、nce. She said Capernaum helps humanize the real struggles of refugees only briefly talked about in the news.“We cant help but acknowledge that there is a fear of refugees in general around the world and there are these walls we are building, and this fear keeps growing，” Labaki said.Capernaum will c
15、ompete against four other films for the Oscar, including awards season favorite Roma. Directed by Mexicos Alfonso Cuaron, it earned 10 Oscar nominations, including for best picture.篇章导读：本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了黎巴嫩女导演Nadine Labaki及其导演的电影Capernaum的相关情况。4Where does Labaki come from?ASyria. BKenya. CLebanon. D
16、Mexico.答案：C细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Lebanese filmmaker”可知，Nadine Labaki是黎巴嫩人，故答案为C。5What do we know from Labakis words in Paragraph 3?AFew women directors have been nominated in the Oscars.BShe was the first female artist to compete for an Oscar.CMore women directors will enter for Oscar this year.DFemale dire
17、ctors have problems with their films.答案：A推理判断题。根据Labaki的话可知，她希望今年能有更多的女导演被提名奥斯卡奖，并希望今后不再有类似问题。由此可以推断近几年没有几位女性导演被提名奥斯卡奖，故答案为A。6Which of the following best describes Capernaum?AIt is the best foreign language film. BIt shows the rising power of women.CIt has won the first prize at Cannes. DIt is highl
18、y thought of.答案：D推理判断题。根据文中第五、六、七段可知，Capernaum这部电影获得了来自各方面的赞美。由此可知，这部电影获得了很高的评价，故答案为D。7What does the underlined “it” in the last paragraph refer to?ACapernaum. BThe Oscar.CRoma. DBest picture. 答案：C指代判断题。上句的最后提到了非常受欢迎的电影Roma, 然后本句就谈到这部电影是由谁导演，并获得十项提名。由此可知，此处it指代电影Roma，故答案为C。【词汇积累】demonstrate v. 证明hum
19、anize v. 使通人情acknowledge v. 承认【长难句分析】Labaki directed the film Capernaum，a film about a Syrian refugee (难民) boy and a Kenyan baby who live without parents on the streets of Beirut.Labaki执导电影何以为家， 这是一部关于一个没有父母的叙利亚难民男孩和肯尼亚婴儿生活在贝鲁特的街道上的电影。分析：此句是简单句。a film about a Syrian refugee boy and a Kenyan baby who
20、 live without parents on the streets of Beirut作the film Capernaum的同位语，其中who 引导定语从句修饰a Syrian refugee boy and a Kenyan baby。CI learnt about the Pygmalion effect (皮格马利翁效应) when I was 7 years old at Riverdale School in Palmerston North and I copied Melissa Crawfords answers in a spelling test. Before t
21、hat I was average at school but after that, because Melissa Crawford was smart, and I got all the right answers, I got put in all the smart kids groups.From then I did really well at school because it was believed by the teachers that I would and I also got grouped with the smart kids. This experien
22、ce that occurred at my primary school shows just how important the Pygmalion effect is in terms of being around mentors (导师) that expect that youre going to do well and also being around people who are smart.Yesterday this site had over 5,000 unique visitors and the traffic to it is increasing all t
23、he time. A year ago I contacted a group of people who got lots of traffic in their sites and I learnt from them. Truthfully I dont know if they expected me to start getting decent traffic to websites but I imagined they did so they might as well have.So there you have it the Pygmalion effect.PS. My
24、grammar and spelling are not that great nowadays but thats actually completely irrelevant (不相关的) when it comes to getting lots of visitors to your site.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过作者自身的经历告诉我们皮格马利翁效应的神奇力量。8When did the author learn about the Pygmalion effect?ABefore he took the spelling test.BWhen he did badly
25、 in exams.CAfter he cheated in the spelling test.DAfter he finished primary school.答案：C细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I copied Melissa Crawfords answers in a spelling test”和第二段中的“This experience that occurred at my primary school shows just how important the pygmalion effect is”可知，考试作弊以后，他知道了皮格马利翁效应。故选C。9The author
26、got grouped with the smart kids because _.Ahe did better than expectedBhe did better than all the others at schoolCMelissa Crawford was smartDhe was an average pupil at school答案：A细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，作者原先学习平平，由于考试作弊，成绩出色，也就是比预期表现得好，所以老师把他列为聪明的学生之中。故选A。10What does the underlined word “contacted” mean in t
27、he passage?ALost touch with.BMade friends with.CGot in touch with.DWas concerned about.答案：C词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“learnt from them”判断，该词的意思是“取得联系”。故选C。11From the passage we can infer that _.Athe author was busy meeting visitors every dayBthere was lots of traffic in his cityCthe authors grammar was poor at s
28、choolDthe author opened a website himself答案：D推理判断题。根据最后三段的内容可知，作者曾向他人学习如何获得可观的网站流量；最后还告诉读者你的语法和拼写并不影响网站流量。由此可推断，作者有自己的网站。故选D。【词汇积累】average adj. 普通的；一般的unique adj. 独特的；罕见的decent adj. 相当不错的；尚好的【长难句分析】Truthfully I dont know if they expected me to start getting decent traffic to websites but I imagined
29、they did so they might as well have.老实说，我不知道他们是否希望我开始获得网站的流量，但我想象他们是希望的，他们也可能已经这么希望了。分析：此句为并列句。but连接两个并列句，前一分句中I dont know是主句；if they expected me to start getting decent traffic to websites是宾语从句；后一分句中but I imagined they did so they might as well have中又是一个由so连接的并列句，其中they did是imagined的宾语从句。.语法填空(2020
30、湖北省孝感市第一中学高三月考)Eating soil can produce more effective results _1_ (compare) to eating slimming pills, claimed researchers from an Australian university. ChinaPress _2_ (report) that researchers from the University of South Australia were looking for a way to improve the bodys absorption towards medi
31、cation to prevent mental illness.They _3_ (accident) found out that soil does not only attract fat, it could also stop fat from being absorbed into the body and round _4_ digestive system. Meanwhile, other researchers carried out an experiment by _5_ (separate) mice into two groupsone group _6_ (giv
32、e) slimming pills and the other group with soil.After two weeks, the weight of the mice _7_ ate soil decreased obviously. This was the basis for claims that eating soil might make it _8_ (easy) for the body to excrete (排泄) fat than taking slimming pills.However, they _9_ (test) to see if eating soil
33、 is safe for the body _10_ if it could cause any side effects in the past few months.1_2._3._4._5_6._7._8._9_10._篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了吃土的减肥效果可能比吃减肥药的效果好，并给出了得出该结论的过程。1compared考查非谓语动词。句意：澳大利亚的一个研究团队声称，吃土可能比吃减肥药的效果还好。分析句子可知，compare与“eating soil”属于逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词形式compared。2reported考查动词的时态。分析句子可知，本句缺谓语，与
34、其主语“ChinaPress”为主谓关系，陈述过去的事情，故用一般过去时reported。3accidentally考查词性转换。修饰动词find用副词，故用accidentally。4the考查冠词。消化系统为特指，故用定冠词the。5separating考查非谓语动词。by为介词，后接动词ing形式，故用separating。6was/were given考查动词的时态和语态。分析句子可知，本句缺谓语，give与group之间为动宾关系，group既可以作单数，故用was given；也可以表示一组老鼠，故也可用复数形式were given。7which/that考查定语从句的引导词。分析句子可知，“ate soil”作限制性定语从句修饰先行词mice，从句缺主语，故用关系代词which或者that。8easier考查形容词的比较级。本句为“make it形容词”结构， 根据后文的than可知，本句为比较级结构，故用比较级形式easier。9have been testing考查动词的时态。分析本句的“in the past few months”可知，研究人员过去几个月都在做此事，且test与其主语they之间为主谓关系，故用现在完成进行时have been testing。10or考查连词。分析句子可知，前后句为选择关系，故用连词or。