1、社会进步与人类文明课时练(一)一、主题语基拓展练 (一)主题词汇盘查 (已会词汇，在内打“”；欠熟练词汇，多翻阅识记)speedspokesmanpublish affair current newspaper daily edition popular headline reporter criticism review hire frontpage news comment publisher handle columnist (二)主题词汇训练.选词填空(有两词多余)newspaper， affair， daily， review， headline， news， publish， sp
2、okesman， popular， frontpage 1He works for a company that publishes reference books.2A UN spokesman said that the mission will carry 20 tons of relief supplies.3Evidently, she had nothing to do with the whole affair.4I have neither a computer nor newspaper. Thats why I dont know the latest news.5The
3、museum is open daily throughout the year.6Ill never forget todays local newspaper headline.7The government will review the situation later in the year.8Those are some of the top stories in the news.单句语法填空1The second edition (edit) was published only in Canada.2She was a TV reporter (report) and work
4、ed long hours.3The plan has attracted criticism (criticise) from consumer groups.4He made his comments (comment) at a news conference in Amsterdam.5The publishers (publish) planned to produce the journal on a weekly basis.6I think youd agree hes a very respected columnist (column)7The building is cu
5、rrently (current) being used as a warehouse.用本单元词汇替换/升级加蓝词汇1By the 1980s, the computer industry was speeding. booming2More than 3,000 local workers are hired in the tourism industry. employed3Its fascinating to see how different people handle the problem. approach二、主题语篇押题练.阅读理解A(2021成都模拟)Art, Cultur
6、e & Performances in ArizonaArt on the Wild SideThree of Arizonas favorite painters will exhibit their latest works inspired by the natural world in their unique styles.Through this exhibit, guests can in the Zoos mission to care for the natural world.Date: February 1April 30Location: 455 N Galvin Pk
7、wy, Phoenix, AZ 85008Price: $90Always .Patsy ClineAlways .Patsy Cline is a musical play, complete with country humour, true emotion, and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsys unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams, and Walking After Midnight .27 songs in
8、 all!Date: June 1421Location: Hale Theater, 50 West Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85233Price: $65The Two Gentlemen of VeronaBest friends Valentine and Proteus choose different paths in life only to run into each other again when they both fall in love with the same woman.The Two Gentlemen of Verona is on
9、e of Shakespeares earliest plays, his first comedy and also one of the most rarely performed plays in the canon.Date: July 1825Location: Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, 7014 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251Price: $28Mandy MooreMandy Moore is giving a concert in our city! She is touring to supp
10、ort her upcoming album.Mandys seventh studio work Silver Landings set to be released on September 6.Date: September 27October 3Location: 111 N 3rd St Phoenix, AZ 85004Price: $42语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四则艺术表演的广告，涉及画展、音乐剧、戏剧和音乐会等多种艺术形式。1When can you go to an exhibition of paintings?AIn March.BIn June.CIn
11、 July. DIn September.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一则广告中的“Date: February 1April 30”可知，其表演时间从2月初开始，到4月底结束，可以在3月观看该画展，故选A。2Where can you go if you are interested in Shakespeares plays?AArt on the Wild Side.BAlways .Patsy Cline.CThe Two Gentlemen of Verona.DMandy Moore.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三则广告中的第二句可知，The Two Gentlemen of Ve
12、rona是莎士比亚的戏剧，对莎士比亚的戏剧感兴趣的观众可以观看该表演，故选C。3How much will you pay if you want to enjoy a concert?A$28. B$42.C$65. D$90.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四则广告第一句以及下文“Price: $42”可知，Mandy Moore将进行音乐会的巡回演出，票价为42美元，故选B。B(2021北京海淀区模拟)Are you fed up with staring at a computer screen for hours straight just to review your classes?
13、 Its a problem that many of us encounter (遭遇)So why not pick your headset and learn via a podcast?Podcast, or boke, refers to a range of audio programs on different audio platforms.According to China Daily, podcasts have become popular among young Chinese people who would like to enjoy the peace and
14、 power of learning through sound.Established in 2012, Chinas largest online audio platform, Ximalaya saw its subscribers pass 600 million by December 2019.Among these users over 46 percent were born between 1990s and 2000s.On average, active users listen to podcasts for nearly three hours per day.Th
15、e emergence of domestic (国内的) online radio platforms and the convenience brought about by smart devices are certainly two reasons for the popularity of the format.Its flexible nature also makes it a winner among the young audience.“Audio is a good medium for content that can break the limit of time
16、and space，”Jiang Feng, vicepresident of Ximalaya, told China Daily.He added that podcasts have become an important channel for people to acquire information and knowledge.It also can accompany listeners in many different circumstances including working，studying, exercising, traveling and just before
17、 going to bed.Apart from providing company, the new media form also gives people a platform to speak out about important issues.A senior high school student who wanted to be admitted to the Central Academy of Drama failed his national College Entrance Examination twice.He talked about the pressure h
18、e faced on an audio program called Please Listen, launched by Mango TV on Feb 19.The program was designed to relieve audiences worries by sharing their own stories.“Podcasts tend to be a discussion, and just like reallife conversations, they follow a flexible structure and usually last for at least
19、an hour.More often than not, you cant summarize two or three important points from those conversations, like you could from articles.They often do not have conclusions, either.Its a very freeform medium that is very friendly to listeners，” Pan Aijuan, a podcast listener and book editor at a publishi
20、ng house, told China Daily.At the same time, the use of podcasts trains people to first listen to others before offering ones own opinions.It helps build up our patience and listening skills.Cheng Yanliang, a cofounder of the podcast Left and Right, stated that “audio programs can filter (减缓) those
21、badtempered people who would lose patience after reading several paragraphs and start writing awful comments to insult others”With such advantages, “podcasts are entering the mainstream (主流) in China”， noted China Daily.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章向我们介绍了在中国年轻人中间很流行的一种节目形式，即播客。以中国的一些播客平台为例提到了播客流行的原因及其特点和优点。4Why
22、does the author mention Ximalaya in the third paragraph?ATo inform the readers of its fast development.BTo show the impact it has on users.CTo discuss the characteristics of podcasts.DTo demonstrate the popularity of podcasts in China.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第二段第二句可知，提及喜马拉雅的目的是以它为例说明播客在中国的年轻人中间很流行。故选D。5What is
23、 the main aim of the audio program Please Listen?ATo help audiences ease their worries.BTo amuse audiences in different ways.CTo allow audiences to comment on current affairs.DTo give audiences a platform to acquire knowledge.解析：选A细节理解题。由倒数第四段最后两句可知，Please Listen这个节目让听众分享他们自己的故事，目的是帮助听众减轻他们的忧虑。故选A。6
24、Why does Pan Aijuan think podcasts are friendly to listeners?AThey can accompany listeners in different circumstances.BThey provide listeners with a sea of information.CTheir content usually follows a flexible structure.DIt is quite easy to draw a conclusion from a podcast.解析：选C推理判断题。由倒数第三段中潘爱娟说的话可知
25、，播客节目的最大特点就是形式自由灵活。故选C。7How can podcasts influence peoples personality according to the text?AThey can make people more cheerful.BThey can make people more patient.CThey can make people lose their temper more easily.DThey can help break the habit of insulting people online.解析：选B细节理解题。由倒数第二段第一、二句可知，播
26、客节目可以帮助我们锻炼耐心和倾听能力。故选B。.语法填空(2021成都模拟)A CCTV history program that mixes documentaries and drama with variety shows in _1_ hope of promoting the protection of prized cultural legacies (遗产) has become a hit.National Treasure is the first Chinese TV program _2_ (take) this unique approach.It consists o
27、f 10 episodes (集) airing on Sundays on Channel Three of CCTV.Each episode exhibits three of the _3_ (fine) cultural treasures in China, each presented by a celebrity and an expert who _4_ (act) as “national treasure keepers”Yu Lei, producer and director of the show, said, “The treasure keepers tell
28、the stories behind the pieces and uncover the mysteries _5_ surround them, so that audiences can come to appreciate not only their beauty, but also their cultural _6_ (significant)”Nine major museums are participating, _7_ (range) from The Palace Museum to Liaoning Provincial Museum.As for the treas
29、ures selection criteria，Yu said the show tries to take_8_ account historical, artistic and scientific values.“The pieces featured on the show are _9_ (possible) not all the socalled representative pieces in these museums, but they should represent some historic periods and reflect an important point
30、 in history.”The roles of national treasure keepers in the first episode _10_ (play) by three celebrities on December 3, 2017.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了中央电视台一档名叫国家宝藏的历史节目，运用“专家明星”的独特方式来演绎节目，讲述历史文物背后的故事，以及该节目的其他特点。1the考查冠词。此处考查短语in the hope of“希望”，故填the。2to take考查非谓语动词。名词被序数词修饰时应用不定式作后置定语，故填to take。3finest考
31、查形容词最高级。根据语境和the判断此处意为“三个最好的文化宝藏”，应用形容词最高级，故填finest。4act考查谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处是定语从句的谓语动词，根据前文的exhibits判断应为一般现在时；关系代词who指代先行词“a celebrity and an expert”，故谓语动词用复数，故填act。5that/which考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，此处是定语从句的关系词，指物的先行词“the mysteries”在从句中充当主语，故填that/which。6significance考查名词。根据“their”判断此处应填名词，significance是抽象意义，不
32、可数。故填significance。7ranging考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处应用非谓语动词作状语；逻辑主语“museums”和“range”之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。故填ranging。8into考查介词。此处考查短语take into account .“将考虑在内”，故填into。9possibly考查副词。此处应用副词作状语，修饰谓语动词，故填possibly。10were played考查时态和语态。分析句子结构可知，此处是句子谓语动词，根据“December 3, 2017”判断为一般过去时；又主语roles和play之间是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，且主语
33、roles是复数，故填were played。课时练(二)一、主题语基拓展练 (一)主题词汇盘查 (已会词汇，在内打“”；欠熟练词汇，多翻阅识记)contributoreditorevent journalist commercial advertisement promote informative enrich attractive service program unpleasant cover unacceptable post guarantee broadcast inform enjoyment (二)主题词汇训练.选词填空(有两词多余)promote， guarantee， e
34、vent， service， broadcast， commercial， program， post， editor， inform 1The election was the main event of 2021.2Basic human rights, including freedom of speech, are now guaranteed.3The meeting discussed how to promote cooperation between the two countries.4The company has indeed become more commercial
35、 over the past decade.5The government aims to improve public services,_especially education.6He developed his own program in partnership with an American expert.7The concert will be broadcast live tomorrow evening.8They would inform him of any progress they had made.写出下列句中加蓝词的汉语意思1The text was infor
36、mative and well written. 提供有用信息的2Old buses are major contributors to pollution in cities. 造成(不良后果的)因3It is common knowledge that travel can broaden our horizons and enrich our life. 使充实4The BBC will cover all the major games of the tournament. 报道5Such behaviour is totally unacceptable in a civilized
37、 society. 能接受的6A copy of the letter was posted on the noticeboard. 张贴；公布7The rules are there to ensure everyones safety and enjoyment. 快乐8I believe that a journalist should be completely objective. 新闻记者二、主题语篇押题练.阅读理解(2021重庆模拟)Imagine that youre the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show o
38、n television.Only it isnt so popular yet, and your live studio audience isnt giving you the big laughs the show deserves.Do you film the show all over again, hoping that this time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received?Sweeten(改善) the
39、 sound by adding a laugh track！“Sweetening，” or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audienceproduced noises to the audio track of a TV show, has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a shows co
40、medy.Laugh tracks came into existence as not only a solution, and sometimes replacement, for an unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an athome audience into a moretraditional, public, and theaterlike experience.Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel m
41、uch less like theyre sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like theyre in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of success.Though the art of sweetening has risen and fallen in popularity over the past 80 years, credit for its creation and continued use i
42、s owed to laughtrack pioneer and sound engineer Charles Douglass.Douglass was the first to develop, in 1953, a machine for producing “canned laughter”， accessible at the push of a button or pull of a lever (操纵杆)Despite being artificial, sensibly edited laugh tracks are found by television studios to
43、 bring about a positive audience response, as their use is usually accompanied by higher ratings and increased audience memory.Though some television audiences may disagree with the value of the laugh track, the cheerful and repetitive sound holds a permanent place in the history and future of telev
44、ision comedy.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了为什么在电视节目的音轨中加入声音效果，如笑声、尖叫声和其他观众制造的噪音。1The author uses the first paragraph to _.Aintroduce the topic “sweetening”Bseek solutions for the problemCpoint out a way of making comediesDarouse readers interest in comedies解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句和第二段第一句可知，作者用第一段来引入本文话题“sweeteni
45、ng”。故选A。2What effect does a laugh track produce?AThe creation of a show.BFunnier sound in a show.CMore engaged live audience.DCommunication among TV viewers.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，笑轨在一场表演中会带来更有趣的声音。故选B。3Whats the authors attitude towards the use of the laugh track?ADoubtful.BPositive.CNeutral (中立的).
46、DUncertain.解析：选B观点态度题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，作者对笑轨的态度是肯定的。故选B。4What does the passage mainly talk about?AThe reason for using laugh tracks.BThe brief history of laugh tracks.CThe development of TV comedies.DThe way to improve television shows.解析：选A主旨大意题。通读文章可知，第一段引出话题，第二段中具体说明使用笑轨的原因，第三段对笑轨的评价，由此可知本文谈论的是使用笑轨的原
47、因。故选A。.阅读七选五(2021聊城模拟)We are surrounded by messages trying to get our attention.Advertisers, politicians and other groups all try to get us to agree with them._1_. Propaganda is not always a bad thing, but it often hides the truth about a topic.Its very similar to advertising, whose goal is to get p
48、eople to buy something, while propaganda is to change what people believe.Propaganda TechniquesTo create propaganda, a common technique is namecalling.A politician might call someone a traitor or liar, which makes the other person look bad.Another is the trend technique.People want to be on the side
49、 in the favor._2_. Some propaganda is based on fear.It scares people into choosing a certain side or taking action, which might not be bad.Antismoking campaigns are one example.They may scare people into thinking that if they smoke, they will get cancer._3_Propaganda is used by many groups, such as
50、businesses, politicians and the government.It is spread through posters, television and radio.The Internet makes it easy to send messages to the whole world.Types of PropagandaPolitical propaganda has been around as long as there have been politicians. _4_.People have used it for many years.War prop
51、aganda began during World War ， more than 100 years ago.To see if propaganda is saying the truth, people need to do extra work.For example, ads might always sound like theyre true.But before you believe them, try to think about who created and paid for them.Find out why they did it._5_.APropaganda T
52、argetsBPropaganda MediumsCAnother word for this is propagandaDSo most people will agree with those politiciansEThen, you can decide if theyre being honest or notFHowever, religious propaganda was actually the first official oneGPeople might join someone who claims to be popular or winning1选C根据下文“Pro
53、paganda is .”可知，此处应出现Propaganda，C项(另一种说法是“宣传”)引出了主题。2选G根据本段可知，主要的宣传手段有：贴标签、从众宣传以及引发恐惧等，G项(人们可能想加入受欢迎或者获胜的人)为从众宣传的具体表现。3选B第三段主要介绍宣传的传播途径，主要通过海报、电视、广播以及互联网，B项(宣传媒介)最能概括本段主旨。故选B。4选F第四段主要介绍宣传的三种主要类别：政治宣传、宗教宣传和战争宣传。根据下文“很早就被人们使用”可知，F项(然而，宗教宣传实际上就是第一类官方宣传)承接下文，符合语境。5选E根据前一句“Find out why they did it.”可知，通过
54、了解宣传者的意图和目的，才能知晓宣传的真实性，故选E。.短文改错(2021大同模拟)With my homework was finished last Sunday, I went to the countryside to see my grandfather.At about 9：00, I set off and arrived at my home after an hour.Seen me, he felt very excited and welcomed me warm.I handed him the fresh fruit bought in the supermarket
55、 but he gave me some snacks.Then we went to catch fish.It was not long after we caught a lot of fish.Having brought them home, my grandfather cooked some to me.After lunch, I helped him clean the house and he praised me with big smile on his face.When it was time for me to leave, my grandfather gave me some gifts what I liked very much, and hugged me.It was so a beautiful day that I will remember it forever.答案：第一句：去掉was第二句：myhis第三句：SeenSeeing; warmwarmly第四句：butand第六句：afterbefore第七句：tofor第八句：big前加a第九句：whatthat第十句：sosuch