1、高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。语篇训练卷(十)Module 4Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary阅读理解ADo you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did foolish experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that othe
2、r people just thought they were foolish? Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important. Charles Darwin didnt settle for(满足于)just thinking he knew somethi
3、ng. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be. Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight lit
4、tle ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldnt be worth anything. But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long
5、 ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics. Scientists sometimes stop to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science. 1. The passage tells
6、 us that Charles Darwin. A. was a great English scientistB. always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficultC. thought even the simplest thing was importantD. didnt get well with others2. The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means. A. throw away B. store upC. put to use D.
7、 realize3. The author of the passage tries to. A. convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the worldB. draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple thingsC. prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speedD. dra
8、w our attention to everyday happenings around us4. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Darwin really did foolish experiments. B. According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments. C. It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple. D. Galileo and
9、Newton worked out ancient Greek physics. BFew of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a
10、 period of obscurity(默默无闻)or neglect. Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school. Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage
11、pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only
12、clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的)stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school. Her
13、 two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her. The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, althou
14、gh the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies. “The movie takes the fairy tale Cinderella as its jumping off point, ”writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream. ”5. The first paragr
15、aph is mainly to. A. build interest and lead us to Marys secret dreamB. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsC. inform us of the main topic of the whole passageD. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is6. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who. A. is brave in
16、expressing her loveB. is attended to badly by the stepmotherC. has a dream of meeting a princeD. is embarrassed by the pop singer7. What can we infer from the passage? A. Joey is just like other boys in Marys class. B. Marys mother influences her a lot in singing. C. Not many people have a dream to
17、be realized. D. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. 8. The passage is mainly. A. an introduction to a filmB. a review about a filmC. an essay about dreamsD. an advertisement of Cinderella9. According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story. A. follows Cinderella with nothing newB. pays more
18、attention to the looks of the actorsC. encourages young people to follow their dreamsD. focuses more on materialism than other filmsCWe will be traveling to the Presidio in San Francisco to visit the newly opened Walt Disney Family Museum. There are countless art exhibits and even a model of an earl
19、y Disneyland Park. We will enter the museum at the same time and then each family is free to enjoy the art exhibits in the museum. Lunch will be on you, so bring a lunch or bring money for the Museum Caf. For those of you who are interested in exploring the Presidio, there is a free Presidio bus. Th
20、e Walt Disney Family Museum is a must-see for anyone who likes Disneyland. Here are the details: Date: March 22, 2013Time: 9: 30 am to 4: 00 pmLocation: Presidio, San FranciscoCost per person: $35(Adult)/ $25(Aged 617)/ $10(Children under 6 years). A registration(登记)fee covers round-trip bus transpo
21、rtation to and from Alameda and admission into the Walt Disney Family Museum. New pick-up location: Bayport Recreation Center, Jack LondonAvenue. (Parents must be around children on trip. Please check in at least 15 minutes before setting-out time. )Click here to download the “Walt Disney Family Mus
22、eum” flyer(PDF, 245Kb). Its easy to register! You may register: In person or by mail at: Alameda Recreation and Park Department(2226 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501)Phone registrations with Master Card or VISA will be accepted for people 18 years old and over(510)747-7529. Fax form with Master
23、 Card or VISA to(510)747-7566. Save time and register online at www. arpdeplay. com. Registration deadline: March 7, 201310. Besides a registration fee, visitors may also need to pay for. A. the transportation to AlamedaB. the admission fee into the museumC. the transportation from AlamedaD. their l
24、unch inside the museum11. How much will a couple have to pay if they take part in the activity with their 4-year-old daughter? A. $60. B. $70. C. $80. D. $95. 12. What can we infer from the passage? A. A single child cannot take part in the activity. B. The Walt Disney Family Museum has a long histo
25、ry. C. The Walt Disney Family Museum is not popular. D. The Walt Disney Family Museum is mainly for adults. 13. Which of the following statements is WRONG about the registration? A. People can register online. B. People can register by mail. C. People can go to register in person. D. People of all a
26、ges can register by phone. 14. This passage is most probably taken from a. A. newspaperB. magazineC. websiteD. radio program【拓展题型训练】. 阅读第二节根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Is there anything more important than health? I dont think so. “Health is the greatest wealth, ”wise people say. 1If yo
27、u have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs,
28、 check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. 2The only thing you have to do is follow his advice. 3An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there
29、was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. 4In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is. ”The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he sh
30、ouldnt smoke more than one cigarette a day. A month later the gentleman came into the doctors office. 5He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man. “But you know, doctor, ”he said, “its not easy to begin smoking at my age. ”A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink
31、 two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. B. You cant be good at your studies or work when you are ill. C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine. D. All these will cost a lot of money. E. He looked cheerful and happy. F. He was more worried about his illness. G. Spe
32、aking about the doctors advice, I cant help telling you a funny story. . 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除: 把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改: 在错的词下画一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。Last Sunday my fa
33、ther and I went fishing along a river. We found the water very dirty that we could hardly catch any fish in it. A lot of factories along the river always poured their waste water and rubbish straightly into the river, which made the river polluting. In this way most of the fish in the river was kill
34、ed. Unless the rivers all over the country are polluted like this, no living things will be exist in the water. As we all know, environmental pollution do great harm to living things. Now more and more people have realized what serious this problem is. Our government is doing her best to take measur
35、e to fight against pollution. We expect that water in every river will be made cleaner and cleaner before long. 答案解析【文章大意】作者以达尔文为例, 告诉我们要留意身边的小事, 要善于探索。1. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。短文并没有说Charles Darwin是哪个国家的科学家, 可排除A; 由第一、二段可知别人认为Darwin的许多实验不值得做, 可把B排除; 文中没有论述Darwin与别人相处的事情, 可排除D。由“he believed all things could b
36、e important however simple they seemed to be. ”可推出答案C。2. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。由上文可知作者认为做这个简单实验是重要的, 它解释了目前人们对于物理方面的理解。这些理解推翻了一些希腊古典物理学的观点。由此可推知set aside与throw away同义。3. 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。短文的最后一段点明最简单的事情都可能动摇科学的根基, 意在告诉读者要留意身边的每一件事, 哪怕它非常简单。4. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。短文第一段第二句“Or did he do experiments that were so simple and
37、 basic that other people just thought they were foolish? ”明确告诉我们, 有些人认为Darwin做了愚蠢的实验。【文章大意】本文介绍了一部电影Another Cinderella Story的剧情Mary和Joey之间的爱情故事。5. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。通过第一段的介绍, 主要是建立兴趣和引导人们去探寻Mary的秘密梦想。6. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第四段中的wicked stepmother, takes in Mary, treats Mary like a maid可知, 她的继母对她不好。7. 【解析】选D。推理判
38、断题。由第四段第四句. . . she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. 可知, MP3是Joey找到Mary的唯一线索。8. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由倒数第二段的Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks以及. . . a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Sto
39、ry than in many similar movies. 还有最后一段“writes movie critic”可知本文是一篇电影评论。9. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。结合第一段以及最后一段可知Another Cinderella Story鼓励年轻人追求自己的梦想。【文章大意】本文是一则关于迪士尼家庭博物馆的广告。10. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段的“Lunch will be on you, so bring a lunch or bring money for the Museum Caf. ”可知游客要自备午餐或自己掏钱买午饭, 故选D。11. 【解析】选C。细节理解题
40、。从文中有关费用的细节$35(Adult)/$25(Aged 617)/$10(Children under 6 years)可知这个家庭要付35+35+10共80美元的费用。12. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据表格中“Parents must be around children on trip. ”可知小孩必须有大人陪同才能去, 故选A。13. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据表格中的“Phone registrations with Master Card or VISA will be accepted for people 18 years old and over(510)747-
41、7529. ”可知电话报名必须是18岁以上的成年人才可以。14. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据表格中的Click here to download the“Walt Disney Family Museum”flyer可知本文来自一个网站。【拓展题型训练】. 答案: 15. BCGAE. 答案: Last Sunday my father and I went fishing along a river. We found the water very sodirty that we could hardly catch any fish in it. A lot of factories
42、along the river always poured their waste water and rubbish straightly into the river, which made the river straightpolluting. In this way most of the fish in the river was killed. Unless the rivers all polluted were Ifover the country are polluted like this, no living things will be exist in the wa
43、ter. As we all know, environmental pollution do great harm to living things. Now more and doesmore people have realized what serious this problem is. Our government is doing her howbest to take measure to fight against pollution. We expect that / water in every measures theriver will be made cleaner
44、 and cleaner before long. 1. 【解析】第二句的veryso, 构成“so. . . that. . . ”结构, 表示“如此以至于”。2. 【解析】第三句的straightlystraight, straight既可用作形容词, 也可用作副词。而straightly这个副词在现代英语中已被废弃, 许多词典均不再收录此词。3. 【解析】第三句的pollutingpolluted, 因为river与pollute之间是被动关系, 所以用过去分词作宾语补足语。4. 【解析】第四句的waswere, 因为most of the fish in the river表示“河里的
45、绝大多数鱼”, 而fish表示“鱼”时, 是可数名词。5. 【解析】第五句的UnlessIf, 此处表示“如果全国的河流都这样被污染, 水里就不会有生物存在”。6. 【解析】第五句的be去掉, exist表示“存在”, 是不及物动词。7. 【解析】第六句的dodoes, 主语pollution是不可数名词, 谓语动词应该用单数。8. 【解析】第七句的whathow, how修饰形容词serious, 表示“是多么严重啊”。9. 【解析】第八句的measuremeasures, take measures是固定短语, 表示“采取措施”。10. 【解析】第九句在that后加the, 特指河里的水。关闭Word文档返回原板块欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。
