1、Unit 1 Art课时素养检测 四Unit 1Period 4. 阅读理解In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeares plays in their own language, in our globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us. National Theatre of ChinaBeijing | C
2、hineseThis great occasion(盛会) will be the National Theatre of Chinas first visit to the UK. The companys productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeares Richard will be directed by the Nationals Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying. Date & Time: Saturday 2
3、8 April, 2: 30 pm & Sunday 29 April, 1: 30 pm & 6: 30 pmMarjanishvili TheatreTbilisi | GeorgianOne of the most famous theatres in Georgia, the Marjanishvili, founded in 1928, appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of As You Like It is helmed(指导)by the companys
4、 Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze. Date & Time: Friday 18 May, 2: 30 pm & Saturday 19 May, 7: 30 pmDeafinitely TheatreLondon | British Sign Language (BSL)By translating the rich and humourous text of Loves Labours Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretati
5、on of Shakespeares comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience. Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2: 30 pm & Wednesday 23 May, 7: 30 pmHabima National TheatreTel Aviv | HebrewThe Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide.
6、Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK. Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7:
7、 30 pm & Tuesday 29 May, 7: 30 pm【语篇概述】莎士比亚的戏剧被翻译成几个国家的语言, 并将在几个国家的大剧院演出。1. Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China? A. Richard . B. Loves Labours Lost. C. As You Like It. D. The Merchant of Venice. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据National Theatre of China中提到的内容可知选A。2. What is special about Dea
8、finitely Theatre? A. It has two groups of actors. B. It is the leading theatre in London. C. It performs plays in BSL. D. It is good at producing comedies. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据Deafinitely Theatre中的内容可知, 用BSL(英式肢体语言)来诠释莎士比亚的戏剧是一个创新。故选C。3. When can you see a play in Hebrew? A. On Saturday 28 April. B. On S
9、unday 29 April. C. On Tuesday 22 May. D. On Tuesday 29 May. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据Habima National TheatreTel Aviv | Hebrew中的Monday 28 May, 7: 30pm & Tuesday 29 May, 7: 30pm可知选D。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 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。(2020莆田高一检测)As a rule, people want to belong to a popular group. A “sense of belo
10、nging” is a basic social need, and one may feel more pride and security by being part of the popular group. 1 For example, teenagers tend to purchase expensive sneakers and clothes just because their friends buy those things. This is a typical example of “the bandwagon effect (从众效应)”. 2 A bandwagon
11、was a vehicle pulled by horses or oxen. It was used to carry a political candidate of the crowd at a parade (游行). There was an expectation that people would easily remember and eventually vote for the candidate riding on the bandwagon. But the result surprised everyone. 3 So the popularity of a cand
12、idate could be judged by the number of people who jumped on his wagon. Besides that, there was another interesting aspect to this odd phenomenon. 4 They must have felt better following the choice of the majority at the parade. Over time, the term “bandwagon” has become an expression to describe this
13、 tendency. 5 For example, you may be familiar with words like this: “All teens are in love with this new MP3 player. Magic Eko! Now its your turn to find out why! ” People are led to believe that they dont belong to a popular group unless they buy Magic Eko. Clearly “the bandwagon effect” is an impo
14、rtant commercial way to encourage customers to buy new products. A. The term originated in America more than a hundred years ago. B. “The bandwagon effect” occurs when people believe in something. C. The crowd would prefer to join the wagon loaded with more people. D. People sometimes copy the way o
15、thers behave in order to enjoy such feelings. E. Today, “the bandwagon effect” is most commonly seen in the advertising industry. F. It happened that many people would actually “jump” onto their favorite candidates bandwagon. G. The increasing popularity of a group encourages more people to “get on
16、the bandwagon” too. 【语篇概述】一般来说, 人们都愿意属于受欢迎的团队, 归属感是最基本的社交需求, 有归属感的人自然有安全感。1. 【解析】选D。第一段是关于归属感的描述, 联系空后的内容“This is a typical example ofthe bandwagon effect. ”, 可知D项: 人们会为了获得同样的感受去模仿别人。与空后内容呼应, 连接顺畅。故选D。2. 【解析】选A。根据第二段最后一句“Over time, the term bandwagon has become an expression to describe this tendenc
17、y. ”可知A项: 这个术语于100多年前起源于美国, 符合语境。故选A。3. 【解析】选F。根据空前的内容“It was used to carry a political candidate of the crowd at a parade. There was an expectation that people would easily remember and eventually vote for the candidate riding on the bandwagon. But the result surprised everyone. ”可知乐队花车最初被用来在游行中运送政
18、治候选人, 使他们能被人们容易记住并投票给他们, 那么下文则需要进一步阐释为什么结果出乎人们意料, 由此可知F项: 碰巧很多人会跳上他们喜欢的候选人的乐队花车, 符合语境。故选F。4. 【解析】选C。根据空后的“他们一定感觉在游行中跟随多数人的选择更好”, 可知这一空应该是与运送人最多的马车有关的内容, 由此可知C项The crowd would prefer to join the wagon loaded with more people. 符合语境。故选C。5. 【解析】选E。此段的内容是讲bandwagon对广告业的影响, 根据本段最后一句“Clearly the bandwagon
19、effect is an important commercial way to encourage customers to buy new products. ”可知这一空应该是与从众效应对商业领域的影响有关, 由此可知E项“Today, the bandwagon effect is most commonly seen in the advertising industry. ”与空后内容照应。故选E。. 完形填空All passengers boarded(登机), and the flight would be on time. However, I noticed an adul
20、t passenger sitting at the gate (登机口) crying. I asked the gate staff what was up and they told me the passenger was not 1 to board due to a problem of his ticket. His last name in the ticket was 2 wrongly by a letter but he had 3 it before. The man told me that his father was just in the 4 and he ne
21、eded to take this flight to hopefully see him before he 5. Unfortunately, there was nothing the gate staff could do about it. They told him to buy a new ticket. 6, the flight was to leave ten minutes later and it was impossible for him to do so. He told me he would be really 7 if he wouldnt be able
22、to say his final goodbye to his dad. Seeing a grown man crying sadly, I was sure that he was telling the 8. I considered for a while and then thought of 9 I could do to help him. As a member of staff, I have a 10I can issue(发)tickets through an online system to my family or 11. Then, I provided a st
23、aff ticket for this passenger. I passed the ticket to him 12 his knowing what Id done. I just hoped that he wouldnt 13 any of his fathers last words. Later, the gate staff told me they would help me keep the 14 as we can use the staff tickets only for people we know. I was so proud that day 15 I did
24、 something meaningful for a person in need. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。作者是飞机上的工作人员, 一次他利用自己的权利及时帮助了一位陷入困境的乘客, 他自己也觉得自豪, 那一天做了件有意义的事情。1. A. forced B. allowed C. advised D. persuaded【解析】选B。 逻辑推理题。根据后文的 “due to a problem of his ticket”可知, 那位乘客因为他的机票问题而不被允许(allowed)登机, 故选B。2. A. readB. spelledC. understoodD. rememb
25、ered【解析】选B。 逻辑推理题。根据 “His last name in the ticket was _wrongly by a letter” 可知, 那位乘客机票上的姓氏应该是被拼(spelled)错了一个字母, 故选B。3. A. foundB. recordedC. imaginedD. ignored 【解析】选D。 逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 那位乘客机票上的姓名有误, 但他之前没有注意到(ignored), 故选D。4. A. airportB. officeC. schoolD. hospital【解析】选D。 词语辨析题。根据后文 “if he wouldnt be a
26、ble to say his final goodbye to his dad. ”可知, 那位乘客的父亲快要去世了, 所以应该是在医院(hospital)里, 故选D。5. A. gave upB. came back C. passed awayD. settled down 【解析】选C。 短语辨析题。根据前文 “and he needed to take this flight to hopefully see him ”可知, 那位乘客希望乘这班飞机赶到医院, 在他父亲临终(passed away)前见一面, 故选C。6. A. InsteadB. HoweverC. Otherwi
27、seD. Therefore【解析】选B。 逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 工作人员告诉该乘客重新买一张票, 但是(However)飞机马上就要起飞, 时间来不及了。前后是转折关系, 故选B。7. A. regretfulB. confusedC. anxiousD. hopeless【解析】选A 。逻辑推理题。根据后文 “if he wouldnt be able to say his final goodbye to his dad”可知, 如果不能跟父亲临终道别, 那位乘客应该会非常遗憾(regretful), 故选A。8. A. lieB. truthC. jokeD. story 【解析
28、】选B。 逻辑推理题。根据上文的 “Seeing a grown man crying sadly”可知, 看到一个成年男人哭得那么伤心, 作者确信他说的是事实(truth), 故选B。9. A. nothingB. anythingC. somethingD. everything【解析】选C。 逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 作者考虑了一会儿, 想到了能帮助那位乘客的办法(something), 故选C。10. A. goalB. dutyC. taskD. right【解析】选D。 词语辨析题。根据后文 “ I can issue tickets through an online syst
29、em to my family”可知, 作为工作人员, 作者有权(right)通过在线系统为一些人签发机票, 故选D。11. A. petsB. friendsC. customersD. passengers【解析】选B。 词语辨析题。根据后文 “we can use the staff tickets only for people we know”可知, 工作人员只能为自己的家人和认识的朋友(friends)买票, 故选B。12. A. forB. afterC. sinceD. without【解析】选D。 词语辨析题。根据语境可知, 作者并不期望回报, 所以他只是将买好的票递给那位乘
30、客, 没有(without)让他知道作者为他所做的事, 故选D。13. A. missB. repeatC. forgetD. mind【解析】选A。 逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 作者希望那位乘客不会错过(miss)他父亲的任何临终遗言, 故选A。14. A. secretB. ruleC. promiseD. appointment 【解析】选A 。 词语辨析题。根据后文 “as we can use the staff tickets only for people we know”可知, 工作人员只能为认识的人买票, 所以严格来说作者的做法是违规的, 但登机口工作人员表示会帮作者保守这个
31、秘密(secret), 故选A。15. A. becauseB. beforeC. untilD. unless【解析】选A。 逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 作者那天感到非常自豪因为(because)他为陷入困境的人做了件有意义的事情, 故选A。. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(2020武汉高二检测)The Silk Road linked ancient Rome and 1. _ (distance) China. It was once the greatest network of trade routes (路线) on earth, al
32、ong 2. _ travelled precious goods, such as silk and gold, as well as revolutionary new ideas. In time it 3. _ (begin) to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and 4. _ (final) its towns disappeared beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years; however, tales grew up of 5.
33、_ (lose) cities filled with treasures and evil spirits guarded them. In the early years of the last century foreign explorers started to look 6. _ these stories, and very soon an international race started for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless antiques
34、 were carried away by 7. _ ton, and today 8. _ (exhibit) in the museums of a dozen countries. Contrary to the destroyers, China is trying to bring back the ancient concept of the Silk Road. Aiming 9. _(carry) forward the spirit of peace, cooperation, openness and inclusiveness (包容)for shared benefit
35、s through concrete projects, the New Silk Road has already received a warm response from more than 60 countries and a number of international 10. _ (organization). 【语篇概述】丝绸之路从之前的繁荣到后来的没落, 如今再兴起, 走过了一千多年的历史。本文主要介绍了丝绸之路从没落到引起各国关注的过程, 最后表达了对丝绸之路的期待。1. 【解析】distant。考查词性转换。句意: 丝绸之路连接着古罗马与远方的中国。此处作定语修饰Chin
36、a, 应用形容词, 故填distant。2. 【解析】which。考查定语从句。句意: 丝绸之路曾经是地球上最大的贸易路线网, 沿途运输珍贵商品, 如丝绸和金子等, 同时创新的想法也沿途传播。根据句子结构可知, 此处引导非限制性定语从句, 在从句中作介词along的宾语, 介词along已提前, 故填which。3. 【解析】began。考查动词时态。根据后一句“The traffic slowed, the merchants left. . . ”可知, 故事发生在过去, 用一般过去时, 故填began。4. 【解析】finally。考查词性转换。句意: 交通变得缓慢, 商人离开了, 城镇
37、最后消失在茫茫沙漠中, 被遗忘了千年此处在句中作状语, 修饰整个句子, 用副词形式, 故填finally。5. 【解析】lost。考查词性转换。根据前文“towns disappeared”可知, 此处表示“消失的”城市, 用形容词修饰cities, 故填lost。6. 【解析】into。考查介词。句意: 上世纪初, 国外探险家开始调查这些故事, 因此很快有关丝绸之路的艺术瑰宝的国际竞赛开始了。根据语境可知, 探险家开始调查这些故事。look into 调查, 固定短语, 故填into。7. 【解析】the。考查固定搭配。by the ton 固定搭配, 表示“按吨计算”, 故填the。8.
38、【解析】are exhibited。考查动词时态和语态。句意: 巨大的壁画、雕塑和极其贵重的古董被成吨地运走, 如今被陈列在十几个国家的博物馆。根据today可知, 此处用一般现在时, 主语Huge wall paintings, sculptures and priceless antiques是复数, 且与exhibit之间是动宾关系, 用被动语态, 故填are exhibited。9. 【解析】to carry。考查非谓语动词。句意: 旨在将和平、合作、开放和包容的精神发扬光大, 并通过具体的项目实现互惠互利, 新丝绸之路已经受到了60多个国家和许多国际组织的热烈回应。aim to do
39、 sth. 固定搭配, 表示“旨在做某事”, 故填to carry。10. 【解析】organizations。考查名词单复数。句意: organization为可数名词, 其前有a number of 修饰, 因此应用复数形式, 故填organizations。阅读理解(2020祁县高二检测)Paris is the city of dreams. If you plan to head to Paris for a study period, then perhaps a little reality check is in order. But my experience was a r
40、omantic one. I paved my path to Paris through an exchange program. On arrival in Paris, I was constantly reminded of the official processes I had to completeforms to be filled in, meetings to attend, the list seemed endless. Then the real work began. Once classes were underway, I found myself volunt
41、eering to do oral presentations and assignments first, rather than last. This method proved to be very helpful. Once I had finished class for the week, I had an ever-increasing list of museums to visit, neighborhoods to explore, and cafs to sit in. Read books about Paris. Talk to locals and other fo
42、reigners living there. But the one thing that reading a book or talking to someone cannot do is to provide you with the experience of wandering Paris on foot. I discovered some of my favorite places in Paris by wandering. The people watching, the sounds of the city, the colors as the seasons change,
43、 they all add to the ecstasy that I experience in Paris as an exchange student. After spending five months wandering through the charming neighborhoods, I fell in love with the atmosphere that came out from every open door, and with every spoken word. There is something comforting about walking to t
44、he market each Sunday to enjoy the beautiful display of fruits, vegetables and dairy products. There is warmth in saying bonjour to the passers-by. On my last day in Paris, I confidently said, “Bonjour Monsieur, ”as I passed the little store down the street. I guess no matter how hard I tried I was
45、always going to be an outsider, a tourist. The best part about going on exchange in Paris is falling in love with the city in your own unique way. Everyones experience of Paris is different. I know mine is unique and special to me, my own little pieces of Paris. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者作为一名交换生在巴黎的所见所闻
46、和内心感受等。1. Beyond reading books, which experience would the author treasure most? A. Enjoying coffee in his spare time. B. Greeting people in French in the street. C. Buying vegetables in the market. D. Hanging around in Paris. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段中的“But the one thing that reading a book or talking to
47、someone cannot do is to provide you with the experience of wandering Paris on foot. I discovered some of my favorite places in Paris by wandering. ”可知, 读书以及和人交谈无法提供在巴黎闲逛所带给你的体验。通过闲逛, 作者在巴黎发现了一些自己最喜欢的地方。由此可知, 除了读书, 作者最珍惜的经历是在巴黎闲逛。故选D。2. What does the underlined word “ecstasy” in Paragraph 4 probably
48、mean? A. Courage. B. Imagination. C. Happiness. D. Reputation. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据作者对在巴黎街上漫步的喜爱及第四段中的“The people watching, the sounds of the city, the colors as the seasons change, they all add to the ecstasy that I experience in Paris as an exchange student. ”可知, 人们的注视, 城市的声音, 季节变换时的色彩, 都增加了作者作为交换生体验巴黎
49、的喜悦。由此可知, 画线词的意思是“快乐, 幸福”。故选C。3. According to the passage, what left the author the deepest impression? A. The friendly people he met in Paris. B. The special culture he experienced in the city. C. The academic achievement he made in his study. D. The presentations and assignments he did in class. 【
50、解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The best part about going on exchange in Paris is falling in love with the city in your own unique way. Everyones experience of Paris is different. I know mine is unique and special to me, my own little pieces of Paris. ”可知, 给作者留下最深印象的是他在这个城市的独特经历。根据上文可知, 他在巴黎体验到了不同的风土人情, 不同的文化。
51、故选B。4. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. An exchange students life. B. Charming neighborhoods. C. An exchange program. D. A traveling experience. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“But my experience was a romantic one. ”和第二段中的“I paved my path to Paris through an exchange program. ”可知, 作者作为一名交换生来到巴黎, 他认为自己的巴黎之行非常浪漫。从第二段到最后, 文章详细叙述了作者在巴黎的所见所闻和内心感受等。故整篇文章讲述的是一个交换生在巴黎的生活。故选A。