1、Unit 3 Diverse Cultures课时素养检测十一Unit 3Period 3. 阅读理解(2020贵港高一检测)Thomas Cheatham had planned to study Latin during his time at Hebron High School in Texas. But when he learned that the school district was going to offer a Mandarin(普通话)class, he quickly changed his mind. “I thought Mandarin would be mo
2、re beneficial than Latin, ”said Cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language. He speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read social media posts from his Chinese-speaking friends. While its a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to
3、study computer engineering, thinks it will be important for his career. “Chinese is a good language to know, especially with China becoming a growing power, ”he said. Many experts agree that proficiency(熟练)in a language spoken by a billion people worldwide will give American students an edge in the
4、global economy. “People are looking at China as our next economic competitor, and the interest in Mandarin is growing fast, ”said Marty Abbott, director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. “Were seeing it in all parts of the country. ”Abbott predicts that as many as 100, 00
5、0 students are now studying Mandarin in public and private schools throughout the US. She said the US government has designated(指定)Mandarin as an“important need”language and provides professional development programs for teachers. “Our government wants to increase our language ability for economic c
6、ompetitiveness, ”Abbott added. At the same time, the Chinese government is spreading knowledge of the Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institutes set up in many US states. For example, the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas has been the home of a Confucius Institu
7、te for 10 years. It sponsors Confucius Classrooms at 21 local public and private schools, where tens of thousands of students are learning Mandarin. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文, 主要讲述了普通话在美国学生中日益流行的现象。1. Why did Thomas Cheatham decide to study Mandarin instead of Latin? A. Mandarin was easier to learn than Latin.
8、 B. Mandarin could be helpful to his future career. C. Mandarin might help him learn more about China. D. Mandarin could enable him to study computer engineering. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段“While its a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study computer engineering, thinks it w
9、ill be important for his career. ”可知, Thomas Cheatham认为学习普通话对他的未来职业有帮助, 所以才决定学习普通话。故选B。2. The underlined word“edge”in Paragraph 4 probably means “_”。A. a slight advantageB. the outside limitC. a sharp tone of voiceD. an exciting quality 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据语境尤其是第三段最后一句中的“Chinese is a good language to kno
10、w, especially with China becoming a growing power”和第四段第一句中的“a language spoken by a billion people”可知, 随着中国的发展, 学习普通话大有裨益, 由此可推知, 学习普通话让美国学生在全球经济中有一定的优势, 这与文章第五段的内容呼应。故画线词意为“优势”, 与A项含义相近。3. Which of the following statements might Marty Abbott agree with? A. Mandarin should be taught in classrooms thr
11、oughout the US. B. Those skilled at Chinese will be the most competitive in the future. C. The US governments policy has helped popularize Mandarin in the US. D. Americans learn Mandarin because they worry about their economic security. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据语境尤其是对第六段的整体理解可推知, 在 Marty Abbott 看来, 美国政府的政策有助于
12、普通话在美国的推广。故选C。4. What does the author mainly talk about in this passage? A. The rising popularity of Mandarin among American students. B. The great benefits of learning Mandarin for American students. C. The influence of Chinas growing power on American education. D. The effect of Confucius Institut
13、es in promoting Mandarin in the US. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。根据对全文的整体理解可推知, 本文主要讲述的是普通话在美国学生之间日益流行的现象, 这与最后一段的进一步论述相呼应。故选A。. 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。Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a
14、third-culture kid! The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 1 About 90 percent of them have a university degree,
15、while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals. 2 In fact, many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves c
16、ompletely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. 3 While this can be a way to create a network of friends all arou
17、nd the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships. For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and Korea for many years, Louise finally
18、returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. 4 She did not share the same values with her friends even years after going back home. While a third-culture kid must let go of(放弃) his/her identity as a foreigner when he/she returns, th
19、e home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”. 5As a part of the growing “culture”, third-culture kids may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places. A.
20、Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy. B. In general, they often reach excellent academic results. C. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity. D. However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle. E. Their experience abroad helps them ga
21、in a better understanding of cultural differences. F. Unlike other teens of her age, she didnt know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends. G. Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid. 【语篇概述】本文为说明文, 主要介绍了第三文化
22、的孩子的形成、发展、艰苦经历及其面对的困难。随着文化的日趋发展, 第三文化的孩子在异国经受着巨大的挑战。1. 【解析】选B。顺承关系。根据空处下一句可知, 他们通常都会在学业上取得优异的成绩, 且下文They usually benefit from their intercultural experience中的They usually与B项中的they often相呼应, 故选B项。2. 【解析】选A。总分关系。根据空处下一句可知, 该段应是讲第三文化的孩子也会遇到很多困难, 故选A项。3. 【解析】选G。递进关系。根据空处上一句可知, 第三文化的孩子要经历一段陌生感的时期, 这与G项中要
23、交新朋友和与老朋友说再见相吻合, 故选G项。4. 【解析】选F。诠释关系。根据空处上一句可知, Louise回到自己出生的国家时已不能适应(out of place), F项中的she didnt know. . . 与空处下一句中的She did not share. . . 构成平行句式, 符合语境, 故选F项。5. 【解析】选C。因果关系。根据该段首句中提到的. . . let go of his/her identity及该段内容可知, 第三文化的孩子所面对的同龄人和他们想象中的家乡的同龄人的观念不符, 他们很难形成自己的认知, 本段首尾呼应, 故选C项。. 完形填空Early Nat
24、ive American groups lived in different cultural areas. Their environments had 1 resources. Each group made particular products or developed certain skills, based on their own 2. As they perfected their skills, something exciting began to happen. For the first time in their history, they had more thi
25、ngs than they 3. They wouldnt let their products go to 4, of course. When Native American groups began to communicate with each other, they began to 5 things with others. The way they traded goods and services without using any form of money was called bartering(以物易物). Thanks to bartering, people be
26、gan to enjoy a better 6 of life. To barter with others meant that work became much7. No one group had to work as hard as before to make or find everything they needed for survival. Native American groups would often travel long distances for the chance to 8 with each other. In between trading times,
27、 they would create or collect extra products. They kept them especially for the 9 of bartering with other native groups at their trade meetings. Another 10 of trading between cultural areas was that people could enjoy products that were 11 to make with the resources in their own area. For example, p
28、eople from the Desert Southwest area 12 tools made from whalebone(鲸须). There was no whalebone available in the 13. However, they could get it from the natives living in the Pacific Northwest area. Some people 14 use bartering today to get things they need. You might offer to do the dishes for your b
29、rother if he will take you to the movies. Especially in hard economic 15 people return to the age-old way of getting things they need. 【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了生活在不同地区的印第安人的“易货贸易”及其给印第安人带来的好处。1. A. strange B. ordinary C. similarD. different【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上文different可推断不同地区资源也不同。2. A. skillsB. interestsC. resour
30、cesD. customs【解析】选C。词语辨析题。resource资源; 每个印第安人部落根据自己的资源生产特定的产品或者发展某些技能。3. A. foundB. collectedC. neededD. sold【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文及本句中的“had more things”可知, 他们生产的东西比“需要(need)”的(东西)多。4. A. marketB. townC. wasteD. charity【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据印第安人部落之间进行易货贸易推知, 他们当然不会让多余的产品“浪费(go to waste)”。5. A. buyB. shareC. prod
31、uceD. save【解析】选B。背景常识题。易货贸易就是部落之间相互“分享(share)”东西。6. A. varietyB. habitC. quantityD. quality【解析】选D。词语辨析题。quality质量; 指人们开始享受更好“质量”的生活。7. A. harderB. dirtierC. easierD. nicer【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文中的“No one group had to work as hard. . . ”可知, 由于易货贸易的出现, 人们开始享受高品质的生活, 工作变得“越来越容易”。8. A. greetB. tradeC. workD.
32、play【解析】选B。词汇复现题。根据下文中的“trading times”可知, 印第安人部落经常长途跋涉是为了相互之间做“交易”。9. A. goalB. valueC. purposeD. point【解析】选C。词语辨析题。purpose目的, 此处指以物易物的目的。10. A. choiceB. troubleC. benefitD. pleasure【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。上文的“. . . people began to enjoy a better _of life. ”说的是易货贸易给印第安人带来的好处, 本段说的是另一个好处。11. A. illegalB. necess
33、aryC. impossibleD. natural【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文的“There was no whalebone available in the. . . ”可知, 通过易货贸易人们可以享受在本地不可能做成的产品。12. A. designedB. wantedC. discoveredD. invented【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。西南沙漠地区的人想要由鲸须做成的工具, 可以从西北太平洋地区的人那里得到, 这是易货贸易的另一个好处。13. A. waterB. seaC. desertD. land【解析】选C。词汇复现题。根据上文For example, peopl
34、e from the Desert Southwest area _tools made from whalebone可知, 沙漠里没有鲸须。14. A. yetB. stillC. evenD. never【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据下文举的例子可知, 如今一些人“仍然”通过易货贸易的方式得到他们所需的物品。15. A. developmentsB. changesC. disadvantagesD. times【解析】选D。背景常识题。在经济困难时期。. 完形填空I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn
35、t like attention drawn to myself. And 1 otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always chose to sit at the back of the classroom. All this 2 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 3 because I didnt h
36、ave a good sense of balance, nor did I have the ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “4 for it”, I wouldnt have decided to give it a try. Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 5 of it! When I first s
37、tarted attending the practice sessions, I didnt even know the rules of the game, much 6 what I was doing. Sometimes Id get 7 and take a shot at the wrong directionwhich made me feel really stupid. Fortunately, I wasnt the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 8 on learning the game, do my best
38、 at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didnt 9 “just yet”. I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 10 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 11 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned ho
39、w to play and made friends in the 12 friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun! With my 13 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “hiding” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to mys
40、elf, 14 raising my handeven when I sometimes wasnt 100 percent 15 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself. 【语篇概述】本文讲述作者过去不喜欢引人注意, 后来在老师的建议下参加了篮球队, 从比赛中学会了如何交友, 并最终变得积极乐观。1. A. asB. untilC. unlessD. though【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。从前文得知“我”过去常常很讨厌在班级里被点名, 因为“我”不喜欢引起别人的注意。除非老师给“我”指定了座位, 否则
41、“我”总是坐在教室的后排。故选C。2. A. continuedB. changedC. settledD. started【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据后面作者的描述, 所有的这一切在“我”加入了一个运动队以后发生了改变。故选B。3. A. ideaB. planC. beliefD. saying【解析】选A。词语辨析题。 idea想法; plan计划; belief信念; saying谚语。句意: 起先, “我”认为它是一个疯狂的想法(idea), 因为“我”没有好的平衡感。故选A。4. A. goingB. lookingC. cheeringD. applying【解析】选A。固定搭
42、配题。go for it是固定短语, 意为“努力去做吧”。look for寻找; cheer for为欢呼; apply for申请。故选A。5. A. pointB. halfC. restD. basis【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。句意: 鼓起勇气去参加选拔赛仅仅只是这个想法的开始, 即只完成了事情的一半。故选B。6. A. lessB. laterC. worseD. further【解析】选A。固定搭配题。much less意为“更不用说”, 而别的答案均没有此意思。句意: 更不用说, “我”要做什么了。故选A。7. A. committedB. motivatedC. embarras
43、sedD. confused【解析】选D。词语辨析题。committed坚定的; motivated有积极性的; embarrassed尴尬的; confused困惑的。有时候“我”变得很困惑, 在错误的一边进行了投篮, 这使“我”感到非常愚蠢。故选D。8. A. focusB. actC. relyD. try【解析】选A。词语辨析题。focus on 集中精力于; act on 作用于; rely on 依赖; try on试穿。句意: 我决定集中精力来学习这项运动。故选A。9. A. wantB. doC. supportD. know【解析】选D。词语辨析题。want想要; do做;
44、support支持; know知道。作者并没有对自己现在不知道的东西要求过于苛刻。故选D。10. A. stepsB. ordersC. rulesD. games【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据句意, 作者不断地练习, 不久就知道了规则和动作。前文提到过作者连规则都不懂, 所以这里应该选rules(规则)。故选C。11. A. roleB. partC. mindD. value【解析】选B。词语辨析题。role角色; part部分; mind思想; value价值。作者身上的竞争意识使他战胜了缺乏自信的毛病。故选B。12. A. processB. operationC. movementD
45、. situation【解析】选A。词语辨析题。process过程; operation运行; movement运动; situation情况。作者学会了如何打球, 如何在此过程中交朋友。故选A。13. A. expressedB. improvedC. preservedD. recognized【解析】选B。词语辨析题。expressed表达的; improved提高的, 改进过的; preserved保存的; recognized公认的。作者不断提高的自信, 得到了老师和同学的赞扬。故选B。14. A. byB. forC. withD. to【解析】选D。 固定搭配题。from. .
46、. to. . . 从到, 从老是躲在教室后排不愿引起注意的学生到爱举手回答问题的学生。故选D。15. A. luckyB. happyC. sureD. satisfied【解析】选C。 词义辨析题。lucky幸运的; happy高兴的; sure确信的; satisfied满意的。作者现在经常举手回答问题, 甚至有时候自己并不是100%确定答案是正确的, 也积极回答问题。故选C。. 语法填空阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Chinas home-grown sci-fi blockbuster( 大 片 ) The Wandering Earth scor
47、ed at the Spring Festival box office. The film is an 1. (adapt) of a novel of the same name by Liu Cixin, author of the Hugo Award-winning The Three-Body Problem. As 2. (it) visual effects impress a global audience, a united human community when 3. (face) a big disaster gets attention too. Director
48、Guo Fan said that he 4. (conscious) avoided making a do-it-alone superhero; instead, the fight to save Earth 5. (fight) by all humans. In The Wandering Earth, mankind is threatened by a dying sun, 6. forces them to go on a generations-long space journey to look for a new one. At 7. center of the sto
49、ry are a Chinese astronaut and his son, who join a global task 8. (prevent) Earth from crashing into Jupiter. At the end of the film 9. (come) international rescue teams who help the Chinese team and give a final try to save Earth. One online review reads, “It fits the Hollywood standard on presenta
50、tion and visual effects, but the themes of family and love of homeland are typical 10. Chinese sci-fi films. ”【语篇概述】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国国产科幻大片流浪地球在春节票房大卖。1. 【解析】 adaptation。考查名词。句意: 这部电影改编自刘慈欣的同名小说, 刘慈欣凭借三体获得雨果奖。前面有冠词, 这里需要用名词, 所以填adaptation。2. 【解析】its。考查代词。文中表示“它的”, 用形容词性物主代词, 所以填its。3. 【解析】facing。考查非谓语
51、动词。face的逻辑主语是a united human community, 它们之间是主动关系, 用现在分词作时间状语, 所以填facing。4. 【解析】consciously。考查副词。该空修饰动词avoided, 用副词, 所以填consciously。5. 【解析】 was fought。考查时态和语态。表示发生在过去的事情, 用一般过去时, the fight与fight之间是被动关系, 用被动语态, 所以填was fought。6. 【解析】which。考查非限制性定语从句。forces them to go on a generations-long space journey
52、 to look for a new one是一个非限制性定语从句, 先行词是a dying sun, 关系词在从句中作主语, 指物, that不能引导非限制性定语从句, 所以填which。7. 【解析】the。考查固定短语。at the center of在中心, 是固定短语, 所以填the。8. 【解析】to prevent。考查不定式。这里用作目的状语, 用不定式, 所以填to prevent。9. 【解析】come。考查主谓一致和倒装。这里使用了倒装, 主语international rescue teams是复数, 所以填come。10. 【解析】of。考查固定短语。be typical of是的特点, 该短语是固定短语, 所以填of。
