1、课时素养检测二Unit 1Period 2. 阅读理解AIn Africa, Christmas Day begins with groups of carolers (欢唱颂歌的人) walking to and from through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the missionaries (传教士), singing the lovely carols known to the world around. Often people may be awakened by a group of carolers b
2、eginning to gather at the house of worship(敬神活动). They return home to make final preparations as to the clothes one must wear and also as to their offering for the Christmas service. The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in honor of Jesus.
3、At about 8 or 9 oclock everyone goes to the celebration of the birthday of Jesus. Everyone who attends the service goes forward to lay down their gift upon the raised platform near the Communion table. No one will attend the service without giving a gift. Christmas in South Africa is a summer holida
4、y. There is no snow, but it has many flowers, many beautiful varieties of wild flowers being in their full pride. In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes beginning with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas. This season happens to be th
5、e time of cocoa harvest, so it is a time of wealth. Everyone returns home from wherever they might be such as farms or mines. In Africa, it is the traditional dinner of turkey, roast beef, mince pies, or suckling pig, yellow rice with raisins, vegetables, and plum pudding, crackers. In the afternoon
6、, families go out into the country and usually there are games or bathing in the warm sunshine, and then home in the cool of the evening. Boxing Day is also a proclaimed (正式宣布的) public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation. 【语篇概述】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介
7、绍了在圣诞节这一天, 非洲的人们有很多的活动, 其中最重要的活动是呈献礼物。1. The purpose of this text is to _. A. persuade us to have a holiday in AfricaB. describe some important holidays in AfricaC. tell us how people celebrate Christmas in AfricaD. introduce to us when Christmas came into being【解析】选C。写作意图题。根据文章第一段中“在非洲, 圣诞节开始, 一群欢唱
8、颂歌的人在村里走来走去, 沿着巷道, 又或在牧师的房子旁边, 唱着世界闻名的优美的圣诞颂歌。”和最后一段中“在非洲, 这是传统的火鸡晚餐, 烤牛肉、百果馅饼、乳猪、黄米饭和葡萄干、蔬菜、李子布丁, 薄脆饼干”可知, 这篇文章主要告诉我们, 在非洲人们怎样庆祝圣诞节, 故选C。2. What is the most important part of Christmas worship service? A. One must sing a carol on the platform. B. One must appear in fantastic clothes. C. Food is sha
9、red among carolers. D. Everyone carries a gift to the scene. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in honor of Jesus. 可知圣诞膜拜中最重要的部分是呈献礼物, 故选D。3. If you visit South Africa on Christmas Day, youll find _. A. the church and h
10、omes are being decoratedB. there are flowers all over the countryC. everyone returns home to harvest cocoaD. it is snowing heavily everywhere【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段Christmas in South Africa is a summer holiday. There is no snow, but it has many flowers. (南非的圣诞节是一个夏日。没有雪, 但它有许多花)可知, 如果你在圣诞节访问南非, 你会发现全国到处都
11、是鲜花, 故选B。4. The correct time order of the following festivals should be _. A. Christmas Boxing DayAdventB. Boxing Day ChristmasAdventC. Christmas AdventBoxing DayD. AdventChristmasBoxing Day【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第四段In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes begi
12、nning with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas. (在加纳, 大多数教堂通过装饰教堂和家展现圣诞节的到来, 这在降临节的第一周进行, 即圣诞节前的四个星期) 以及最后一段最后两句Boxing Day is also a proclaimed public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation. (节礼日也是一个真正放松的公共假日, 通常在露天举行, 时间是十二月二
13、十六日)可知, 以上节日的正确的时间顺序应为AdventChristmasBoxing Day, 故选D。B(2017全国卷)Some of the worlds most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as
14、a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合)voice across cultures. Despite the celebrations, though, in the U. S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations. Its Jason Morans job
15、to help change that. As the Kennedy Centers artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture. “Jazz seems like its not really a part of the American appetite, ” Moran tells National Public Radios reporter Neal
16、 Conan. “What Im hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore. Its actually color, and its actually digital. ”Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lo
17、st. “The music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same, ” says Moran. Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Wallers music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Wal
18、ler is dance music as much as it is concert music, ” says Moran. “For me, its the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感)lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟)on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue ab
19、out our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context, ” says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster. ”【语篇概述】UNESCO把4月30日定为国际爵士音乐节, 旨在让人们认识到爵士乐的价值。Moran, 一位爵士乐顾问, 提到虽然现在爵士乐不如以前受欢迎, 但他想进一步探索, 让它继续发扬光大, 与时俱进。5. Why d
20、id UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day? A. To remember the birth of jazz. B. To protect cultural diversity. C. To encourage people to study music. D. To recognize the value of jazz. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段的 “to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voi
21、ce across cultures” 可知, UNESCO把4月30日定为国际爵士音乐节的目的是提高人们对爵士乐以及它的重要性和潜力的认识, 故选D。6. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Jazz becoming more accessible. B. The production of jazz growing faster. C. Jazz being less popular with the young. D. The jazz audience becoming larger. 【解
22、析】选C。词义猜测题。that指代第二段中提到的爵士乐观众减少, 不能得到年轻一代的青睐, 故选C。7. What can we infer about Morans opinion on jazz? A. It will disappear gradually. B. It remains black and white. C. It should keep up with the times. D. It changes every 50 years. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第四段Moran说的“. . . jazz is not black and white anymore.
23、Its actually color, and its actually digital. ”及第五段“The music cant be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same”可知, 他认为世界在变, 爵士乐应该与时俱进, 故选C。8. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Exploring the
24、 Future of JazzB. The Rise and Fall of JazzC. The Story of a Jazz MusicianD. Celebrating the Jazz Day【解析】选A。主旨大意题。第一段提到了国际爵士音乐节的目的是让人们认识到爵士乐的价值。然后, 根据Moran, 一位爵士乐顾问说的话可知, 他想探索爵士乐的未来, 让它与时俱进, 继续发扬光大, 故选A。. 完形填空I was a single (单身的) mother of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was al
25、ways tight, but I 1 to make ends meet (收支平衡), and if not a lot, 2 we had enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was strict. Ive always been glad about that. It was Christmas time, and although there wasnt 3 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the bi
26、g pleasure for the kids was the fun of Christmas 4. They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. 5, I had saved $120 for gifts to be shared by all five of us. The big day 6. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 7 them to look for presents of about four doll
27、ars each. Then everyone went away excitedly. We had two hours to shop and 8 back at the “Santas Workshop”. Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 9 my youngest daughter, Ginger, who was unusually quiet. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies fifty-cent candies! I was very
28、 10 but I didnt say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This is what she told me: “I was 11 thinking of what to buy when I 12 to read the little cards on the “Giving Trees”. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 13 for Christmas was a doll.
29、So I took the card off the tree and 14 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesnt have anything. ”I never felt so 15 as I did that day. 【语篇概述】本文主要讲了“我”一个人独自抚养四个孩子, 在圣诞节那天用省下来的钱让孩子们去买礼物, 最后除了小女儿所有的孩子都买到了自己想要的。后来“我”知道最小的女儿用她的钱给一位贫困的小女孩买了娃娃, 自己只买了一点糖果, “我”为自己有这么善良的孩子感到高兴。1. A. failedB. managedC.
30、meant D. wished【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。fail失败; manage设法做到; mean意味着, 打算; wish希望, 但愿。我是一个单亲母亲, 收入不高, 钱总是很紧张。但我设法使收支平衡。因此根据语境可知B项符合题意, 故选B。2. A. at leastB. at most C. at first D. at last【解析】选A。短语辨析题。at least至少; at most 至多; at first开始; at last最后。根据语境可知, 我们的钱不多, 但至少够用了, 故选A。3. A. reasonB. roomC. timeD. money【解析】选D。
31、词语辨析题。reason理由, 原因; room 房间; time时间; money钱。从第一段可知作者的经济很紧张, 所以没有钱买许多礼物, 故选D。4. A. shoppingB. travellingC. partiesD. greetings【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。shopping购物; travelling旅行; party聚会; greeting问候。根据下文, 他们去购物了, 可以推测出, 去购物让孩子们很兴奋, 故选A。5. A. StrangelyB. LuckilyC. Hardly D. Sadly【解析】选B。词语辨析题。strangely奇怪地; luckily幸运
32、地; hardly几乎不; sadly悲伤地。由上文可知作者的经济很紧张, 所以能节省120美元来买礼物已是很幸运了, 故选B。6. A. wentB. leftC. reached D. arrived【解析】选D。动词辨析题。went去; left离开; reached到达; arrived到达。本句是说圣诞节这个伟大的日子终于到了。reach和arrive都有“到达”的意思, 但reach为及物动词, 后面跟名词作宾语, 而arrived为不及物动词。本句的主语是the big day, 要用不及物动词, 所以用arrived, 故选D。7. A. persuaded B. comman
33、ded C. advised D. forced【解析】选C。背景常识题。persuade说服; command命令; advise建议; force强迫。句意: 圣诞节到了。我给了每个孩子一张二十美元的钞票, 建议他们每人找一份约四美元的礼物。故选C。8. A. returned B. met C. Sat D. moved【解析】选B。动词辨析题。return返回, 回来; meet 遇见, 碰面; sit坐下; move移动, 搬家。句意: 然后每个人都兴奋地离开了。我们花了两个小时购物, 买完后在“圣诞老人工作室”集合(碰面)。故选B。9. A. exceptB. besidesC.
34、includingD. concerning【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。 except除之外(不包括); besides除之外, 还; including包括; concerning有关的。根据下文可知, 小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃, 所以说除了她之外, 其他的人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中, 故选A。10. A. ashamed B. curious C. doubtful D. angry【解析】选C。形容词辨析题。根据上文作者的相关描述及下文可知, 应该是这件事情让作者有所疑虑。故选C。11. A. looking outB. looking overC. lookin
35、g forwardD. looking around【解析】选D。固定搭配题。look out“注意, 小心”; look over“检查, 从上面看”; look forward“期待, 期盼”; look around“四处看, 四处转”, 根据语境可知, 小女儿说“我正在四处转, 思考买什么”, 故选D。12. A. forgotB. rememberedC. happenedD. offered【解析】选C。固定搭配题。forget忘记; remember记得; happen发生; offer提供。根据语境可知, 这里是指小女儿正在四处转, 思考买什么, 这个时候碰巧看见了Giving
36、 Trees, 就停下来去读上边的卡片。happen to do. . . 为固定搭配, 意为“碰巧做某事”, 故选C。13. A. wanted B. did C. got D. gave【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。由下文女儿把娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩可推测本句的意思: 那个4岁的小女孩圣诞节想要的就是一个娃娃, 故选A。14. A. searched B. found C. brought D. bought【解析】选D。动词辨析题。根据上下文可知, 作者的小女儿把卡片从树上拿下来, 并把娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩。D项符合题意, 故选D。15. A. calm B. rich C. well
37、 D. angry【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。calm冷静的; rich富有的; well健康的; angry生气的。与第一段的Money was always tight 相呼应。作者认为虽然经济拮据, 但从没有像那天那样感觉自己很富有(因为有这么一个善良的小女儿), 故选B。【技法导练】完形填空解题技巧: 思前想后觅逻辑逻辑关系是作者的行文方式, 主要包括并列、转折、条件、因果、递进、让步等。它们之间有的通过连接词来表达, 关系非常明显; 有的隐含在句与句之间, 关系比较隐晦。考生应该根据前后信息进行思考, 拨开迷雾, 准确理解上下文之间的逻辑关系。题号选项答案判断依据T1A. failed B. managedC. meant D. wishedB逻辑关系。前文说: 我是一个单亲母亲, 收入不高, 钱总是很紧张。但我设法使收支平衡。