1、课时素养检测 十五Unit 4Period 3. 阅读理解Whats On? Electric Underground7: 30 pm-1: 00 amFree at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(
2、合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7: 30 pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music. Gee Whizz8: 30 pm10: 30 pmComedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian(喜剧演员) on the
3、 comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7: 00 pm for drinks and snacks(快餐). Simons Workshop5: 00 pm7: 30 pmWednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn
4、 how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny. C
5、harlotte Stone8: 00 pm11: 00 pmPizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to
6、 get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine. 【语篇概述】本文属于广告类阅读, 文章列出了四则广告。1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced? A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz. C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一则广告中倒数第一、二句“If so, come early to th
7、e talk at 7: 30 pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music. ”可知, Jules Skye是一位成功的唱片制作人, 如果你想做音乐的话可以去找他。故选A。2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh? A. The Cyclops Theatre. B. Kaleidoscope.
8、C. Victoria Stage. D. Pizza World. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二则广告中“This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. ”可知, 这场表演能让所有年龄段的人都很开心。故选B。3. What do we know about Simons Workshop? A. It requires membership status. B. It lasts three hours each time. C. It is run by a comedy club. D.
9、 It is held every Wednesday. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三则广告中“5: 00 pm7: 30 pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage”可知, Simons Workshop是在每周三下午5点至7点30之间进行。故D项正确。4. When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs? A. 5: 00 pm7: 30 pm. B. 7: 30 pm1: 00 am. C. 8: 00 pm11: 00 pm. D. 8: 30 pm10: 30 pm. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四则广告“8: 0
10、0 pm-11: 00 pm Pizza World”可知, Charlotte Stone将在晚上8点至11点之间表演她最受欢迎的歌曲。故C项正确。. 完形填空The professor was searching for student volunteers in the lecture room for a Special Olympics event. As the sign-up sheet went up and down the rows, I started to come up with my 1. Maybe it was the distance to the colle
11、ge where the event was to take place, or the early hour that 2 had to report for duty. Whatever the reasons that made me hesitate, I am thankful to this day that I 3 up volunteering. If I had missed the event, I would have missed one of the most unforgettable moments that I have ever 4. I arrived at
12、 the volunteer tent bright and early. My task was 5. I was to stand at the finish line only and wait until the event was over and then take the result to the announcing booth (公告处). Standing at the finish line, I was able to witness many amazing efforts and close races. I was most impressed by the e
13、ffort each athlete put into his or her 6. What also impressed me was the sincere joy each athlete expressed while participating though sometimes the joy of participating in a sporting event can get 7 in the fierce competition of winning and losing. Then an amazing moment happened right before my eye
14、s. A group of athletes were 8 up to run a short race. One of them was in a wheelchair, a little girl with a 9 smile, wearing bright bows in her hair. Her smile filled the stadium that day. I couldnt help but smile back at her. The gun sounded. They were off. Runners sped up in the track with all the
15、ir might. My eyes 10 for the little girl with the bright bows. There she was, pumping her arms with all the 11 she had. Her efforts were getting little result, but that did not stop her. I noticed as she got closer that she also had an injured arm. But that did not stop this bright star. The race wa
16、s long over 12 the young athlete kept pumping her arms. As she finally 13 the finish line, the noise of the crowd was thunderous. There I stood cheering, with tears falling down my cheeks. After all these years, I can still hear those cheers. I wish I could thank that remarkable athlete for what her
17、 efforts 14 this unmotivated college guy. I grew up a lot that day because of the bravery of that little girl in the wheelchair. I was 15 that day of a poem from a book that states, “Whatever you do, do it with all your might. ”【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。本文描述了作者大学期间在一场奥运比赛现场做志愿者的所见所感。在一项短跑比赛中, 作者注意到一位坐轮椅的残疾女孩坚持
18、用受伤的手臂滑动轮椅最终完成了比赛。作者在几年之后回想起这个身残志坚的女运动员依然觉得很触动, 并领悟到“不管你做什么, 都要竭尽所能, 全力以赴”。1. A. ideasB. plansC. suggestionsD. excuses【解析】选D。考查名词辨析。根据下文Whatever the reasons that made me hesitate可知, 当作者查看志愿者信息表时, 作者开始找借口。 ideas主意; plans计划; suggestions建议; excuses借口。故选D。2. A. runnersB. studentsC. volunteersD. advisors
19、【解析】选C。考查名词辨析。句意: 志愿者需要很早去报到。 runners跑步运动员; students学生; volunteers志愿者; advisors咨询师。故选C。3. A. gaveB. ended C. stayed D. woke【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意: 我很感激这次活动以自己作为志愿者告终。 gave给予; ended结束; stayed逗留, 待; woke叫醒。end up doing sth. 以结束, 以告终。故选B。4. A. ignoredB. controlledC. witnessedD. imagined【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。句意: 如果我错
20、过这次比赛的话, 我将不会见证到这一最难以忘记的时刻。 ignored忽视; controlled控制; witnessed见证; imagined想象。根据下文Then an amazing moment happened right before my eyes. 有提示说明作者见证了难忘的时刻。故选C。5. A. simpleB. difficultC. interestingD. tiring【解析】选A。考查形容词辨析。句意: 我很早就赶到志愿者营地, 我的任务很简单。下文提到我的任务就是站在终点处, 最后将结果拿到公告处。simple简单的; difficult困难的; inter
21、esting有趣的; tiring令人厌倦的。故选A。6. A. mindB. eventC. victoryD. body【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意: 令我印象最深刻的是每一名运动员将自己的努力投入到每一个项目中。 mind头脑, 思维; event大事, 项目; victory胜利; body身体。故选B。7. A. stuckB. increasedC. respectedD. lost【解析】选D。考查动词搭配。句意: 尽管有时参加到体育比赛中的快乐会迷失在激烈的比赛胜负中。get stuck in遭遇; increased增加; respected尊重; get lost in
22、迷失。故选D。8. A. mixedB. calledC. linedD. piled【解析】选C。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 一组运动员排队准备短跑比赛。mixed混合; called叫; lined排队; piled堆积。 line up排队。故选C。9. A. hugeB. narrowC. weakD. hard【解析】选A。考查形容词辨析。句意: 我注意到在排队的运动员中有一个坐在轮椅上有着大大的微笑的小女孩。 huge大大的; narrow狭窄的; weak虚弱的; hard艰难的。根据Her smile filled the stadium that day. 提示, 故选A。10
23、. A. hopedB. caredC. preparedD. searched【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 我的眼睛在寻找小女孩。 hoped希望; cared照料; prepared准备; searched寻找。故选D。11. A. desiresB. courageC. energyD. dreams【解析】选C。考查名词词义辨析。句意: 我看见小女孩用尽她所有的能量借助手臂和轮椅向前。desires渴望; courage勇气; energy能量; dreams梦想。故选C。12. A. butB. andC. orD. so【解析】选A。考查连词辨析。句意: 尽管还有很长距离
24、, 但是她依旧坚持着。 but但是; and和; or或者; so因此。故选A。13. A. feltB. nearedC. tookD. raised【解析】选B。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 当她最终接近终点线时, 如雷的掌声响起。 felt感觉; neared靠近; took拿起; raised举起, 筹集。故选B。14. A. paidB. owedC. disappointedD. taught【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 这名非凡的运动员用自己的努力教会了这个没有奋斗动机的大学生。 paid支付; owed欠; disappointed使失望; taught教, 教育。故选D
25、。15. A. warnedB. persuadedC. informedD. reminded【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 那天的经历让我想起了一首诗中的一句话: “不管你做什么, 都要竭尽所能, 全力以赴。” warned警告; persuaded劝说; informed告知; reminded 使想起, 提醒。故选D。. 语法填空It seems that artificial 1. _(intelligent) can do much more than what we have ever imagined. From controlling the lighting in
26、our homes to 2. _(help) us order pizza, AI has become an important part of our everyday life. But what about the more creative works of mankind? Art, music, poetrythese are inspired not by logic or reason, 3. _ by emotion. In 2017, researchers in Switzerland created the “deep artificial composer (DA
27、C)”, 4. _ can create original music all by 5. _(it). The scientists trained it to “listen” to over 2, 000 different folk songs and 6. _(base) on this input, the AI taught itself how to get the pitch (音高) and timing and choose the right notes. Besides music, AI already 7. (enter) the world of poetry
28、as well. In 2018, Chinese and Japanese researchers wrote an AI program that uses images to write poems. Then the poems were sent to 500 human judges, who were asked to tell 8. _ they were written by a human or a computer. The result showed that as 9. as 200 judges mistakenly thought they were writte
29、n by a human. So if you were 10. _ artist or a musician, would you watch out? 【语篇概述】这是一篇说明文。似乎人工智能能做的事情比我们想象的多得多, 除了应用在我们的日常生活中, 它也已经被应用到了艺术领域, 即使是艺术家也很难区分作品是人类所写的还是计算机所写的。1. 【解析】intelligence。考查名词。artificial为形容词, 修饰名词intelligence。2. 【解析】helping。考查动名词。to 为介词, 后接动名词helping。3. 【解析】but。not. . . but. . .
30、 “不是而是”为固定短语。且符合句意。4. 【解析】which。考查关系代词。分析句子可知, deep artificial composer 为先行词, 在后面的非限制性定语从句中作主语, 所以关系代词为which。5. 【解析】itself。考查反身代词。这里表示智能作曲家自己能创作原创音乐。所以用反身代词itself。6. 【解析】based。考查过去分词。be based on“以为基础”, 为固定短语。在本句中为过去分词短语作状语。7. 【解析】has entered。考查现在完成时。由“already”以及句意可知, 本句为现在完成时, 主语为AI, 谓语为has entered。
31、8. 【解析】whether。考查连词。分析句子结构可知, tell后接宾语从句, 空处缺少连词, 由“or”可知, 空处应填whether。whether. . . or. . . 是还是。9. 【解析】many。考查形容词。as many as “多达”修饰可数名词复数。10. 【解析】an。考查冠词。artist为可数名词, 本句表示泛指, 且首字母的发音为元音音素, 所以用冠词an。【补偿训练】(2019高安高一检测)Karen Bystedt was born in Israel, but lived in London and California as a child. In 1
32、982, as a photography (摄影) student at New York University, she was photographing male models for a book when she came across an ad featuring Andy Warhol, a very famous artist. She thought it would be really great to put him in her book. So she called Andy Warhol at his studio in Union Square and ask
33、ed if she could photograph him. Two weeks later, Bystedt took a rented Hasselblad camera and lights to Warhols famed “Factory” on 14th street. She ended up taking 36 pictures, and published two in her book, Not Just Another Pretty Face, published in 1983. Warhol came to its launch (发行) partyand that
34、 was the last time she saw him. A few years later, she packed the portraits in a box and moved to Los Angeles. But after shed gotten settled, she couldnt find them. She couldnt remember whether she had given the photos away or just left them in some forgotten storage units. Either way, she thought t
35、hey were lost forever. In 2011, Bystedt became determined to find the missing films(底片). She spent two weeks going through two old garages, where she had put a bunch of belongings decades before. In a cardboard box, she found ten of the original films, covered in dust. She and a friend spent four mo
36、nths digitizing and cleaning the images up, pixel(像素) by pixel. Bystedt was not content to merely publish the unseen photos. She invited contemporary artists to paint over and around her Warhol pictures, breathing new life into her old work. So she began reaching out to artists, seeing if they would
37、 be interested in putting their own stamp on the pictures. The responses were overwhelming. Bystedts new exhibit, “The Lost Warhols, ” opened on May 1, 2018 at 178 Sixth Avenue in Soho, New York, included 66 different interpretations of her portraits from 34 artists. 【语篇概述】本文为记叙文。文章介绍了摄影师Karen Byste
38、dt在1982年, 拍摄了著名艺术家安迪沃霍尔的很多照片, 而这些照片在失踪了很长一段时间后, 最终又被发现。Karen Bystedt邀请当代艺术家在沃霍尔的照片周围作画, 为她的老作品注入新的生命, 结果取得了巨大的成功。1. After photographing Andy Warhol, Bystedt _. A. never met the artist againB. published a book the following yearC. published all of his pictures in her bookD. decided to photograph some
39、 male models for a book【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段和第三段的内容可知, Karen Bystedt在1982年拍摄了安迪沃霍尔的很多照片, 她挑选了其中的两张发表在了1983年出版的书里。故B选项正确。2. According to the passage, the photos of Andy Warhol _. A. were found missing soon after they were takenB. were taken when the artist was 19 years oldC. were found missing after Bys
40、tedt moved to Los AngelesD. were taken by Bystedt without the artists permission【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段中的“A few years later, she packed the portraits in a box and moved to Los Angeles. But after shed gotten settled, she couldnt find them. ”几年后, 她把肖像装进一个盒子里, 搬到了洛杉矶。但她安顿下来后, 就找不到它们了。可知, 安迪沃霍尔的照片是在Karen Bys
41、tedt搬到洛杉矶后被发现找不到的。故C选项正确。3. What did Bystedt do after the missing films were found? A. She published the unseen photos very quickly. B. She held a party for some artists to view the photos. C. She spent months repairing the films. D. She displayed the pictures to make a profit. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第五段中的“
42、She and a friend spent four months digitizing and cleaning the images up, pixel by pixel. ”她和一个朋友花了四个月的时间逐个像素地数字化和清理图像可知, Karen Bystedt花了几个月的时间修理胶卷。故C选项正确。4. What would be a suitable title for the passage? A. Photos of Andy Warhol Lost ForeverB. A Special Exhibit of Andy Warhols WorksC. Friendship Between an Artist and a PhotographerD. Unseen Portraits of Andy Warhol Lost and Found【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 本文主要介绍了著名艺术家安迪沃霍尔没有被发布过的照片的失而复得的过程。D选项“安迪沃霍尔的未见肖像失而复得”可以做最佳标题。故D选项正确。
