1、Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land课时素养检测十六Unit 4Period 4. 阅读理解Earlier this year, my family experienced an unexpected tragedy. The kind of tragedy which knocks you out of yourself and turns your whole world upside down. A tragedy which also caused me to be out of work for three months. It was complete
2、ly unforeseen and I had no time to put together an out-of-office plan. Ive worked at previous companies where this kind of tragedy would have been handled professionally; I would have been given the legally-required money and asked to leave. But at SAS Institute (an American developer of analytics s
3、oftware), my team stepped in and filled in with no questions or hesitations. My work was not left undone. My clients (客户) were patient when those picking up the pieces of projects unrelated to them needed some time to get familiar with the work. My management and colleagues checked on my family regu
4、larly. At last, my manager, my entire team and Human Resources Department helped me back to work at my own pace. They even changed my workspace over a weekend to better suit my personal needs before I even came back to work. You see, SAS creates a family. The special attention to employee happiness
5、and work/life balance makes that family possible. The flexible work environment enables most employees to create a schedule that best suits their personal needswhether its attending a school play or taking an aging parent to the doctor. The Work/Life Office has a wealth of resources for college plan
6、ning, anger management, sorrow, etc. But, as you can see, it doesnt stop there. Most employees believe that SAS is their family. We rely on each other. We help each other succeed. We celebrate team successes. We hang out after work. Our kids play together. We laugh together and cry together. Sure, w
7、e have a lot of convenience benefits at SAS. But, what really makes a difference to me is the SAS culture that the outside world doesnt always see: The balance. The companionship. The management support. The family it allows me to have. Im so eager for others to see the side of SAS that I see every
8、day. 【语篇概述】本文是记叙文, 作者是一名SAS的员工, 在他遇到困难时, 公司的“家”文化让他受益匪浅。1. After the tragedy, the author _. A. changed his jobB. felt very hopelessC. was sick for three monthsD. turned to his colleagues for help【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段中的The kind of tragedy which knocks you out of yourself and turns your whole world upsid
9、e down. . . It was completely unforeseen and I had no time to put together an out-of-office plan可知, 作者遭受的悲剧足以让他的整个世界崩塌, 而这一切又让他措手不及。由此可推测, 作者当时应该是感到很绝望。2. What did the authors colleagues do for him during his absence? A. They raised money to help him. B. They visited his family every weekend. C. The
10、y asked his clients to wait for him to return. D. They moved his office desk to a convenient place. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段末的They even changed my workspace over a weekend to better suit my personal needs before I even came back to work可知答案。3. By saying the underlined words “SAS creates a family” in Parag
11、raph 3, the author means _. A. the employees feel at home at SASB. SAS often organizes family get-togethersC. many SAS employees have become couplesD. the offices at SAS are decorated like families【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知, SAS关注员工的幸福、工作时间灵活、工作环境愉快, 而且还有专门的部门帮助员工解决在工作和生活中遇到的问题。除此之外, 大部分SAS的员工都视公司为家, 并且
12、员工之间也建立了深厚的感情。这些都说明, 在SAS, 员工们感觉亲切、舒服, 就像在家一样。4. The author writes the text mainly to _. A. tell his life experienceB. introduce SAS cultureC. encourage people to join SASD. explain the importance of family【解析】选B。写作目的题。通读全文可知, 作者在遇到困难时, SAS的“家”文化让他受益匪浅, 所以作者想给其他人介绍SAS的公司文化。最后一段点出了本文的写作目的。. 阅读填句Award
13、-winning novelist Jamaica Kincaid is talking with Times about her new book See Now Then. Your new book, See Now Then, features a Caribbean writer whose husband is a composer and who lives in the Northeast with two kids. Sounds like you. How autobiographical (自传的) is it? 1But I wasnt thinking of myse
14、lf. My own self, my own everyday life, is sort of very untidy and smelly and kind of annoying under close observation. What do you mean, untidy and smelly? I like to be in my pajamas (睡衣) all day. Sometimes I dont wash for days because I like to read and sit around. 2Im not fun to be with. Theres le
15、ss in this book about slavery and race than in some of your previous works. 3Race is not particularly interesting to me. Power is. Slavery interests me because its against humanity and has not stopped. Its necessary to talk about that. So its not interesting to you that the most powerful man in Amer
16、ica is black? Not really. As I say, race is not important to me. The first time I saw Barack Obama, he gave a wonderful speech. But what made me really like him is that his wife came out and she is darker than he is. 4You went to the U. S. to be a maid. What do you think today when you see maids fro
17、m the West Indies? That they probably are not as lucky as I was. Ive been extremely lucky in my entire life. And Ive never said no to any kindness. 5A. I like to eat in bed. B. Ive always taken it and said thank you. C. Are you still interested in those topics? D. A lot of events in the book would s
18、eem to parallel my own life. E. Has your husband read this seemingly autobiographical novel? F. When you find someone you hate a lot, you should really look at it. G. Its so rare to see a black man married to a woman who is darker than he is. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇应用文。牙买加琴凯德是当代英语文学界极为重要的作家。本文节选自时代周刊对她的访谈录。1. 【
19、解析】选D。根据提问中的autobiographical可知, 记者问牙买加琴凯德这本书与自己的真实生活有多相似, D项“这部书中的很多事件都很像我自己的生活”就是对这个问题的回答。2. 【解析】选A。根据提问中的untidy, smelly及本空前牙买加琴凯德对自己日常生活的描述可知, 她平时很邋遢, 故A项“我喜欢在床上吃东西”符合本段语境。3. 【解析】选C。根据回答中的interesting, interests可知, 记者问牙买加琴凯德“你是否还对那些话题(奴隶制度和种族)感兴趣? ”4. 【解析】选G。根据本段内容可知, 牙买加琴凯德开始真正喜欢奥巴马是当她看到奥巴马的夫人比奥巴马
20、还黑后, 因为“很少见到一个黑人会娶一个比自己还黑的女人”。5. 【解析】选B。根据本空上一句可知, 对于别人的慷慨行为牙买加琴凯德来者不拒, 由此可推断, 她“总是接受这些好意并道谢”。. 完形填空I used to hate running. In fact, I wouldnt have become a(n) 1 if it werent for my husband Charles. He had been a 2, competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldnt stop talking about
21、 how much he 3 it. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the 4. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed up for a five-kilometer race for both of us. I 5 about doing it. It was too soon. But on the race day, there I was. The gun went off. Thousands of runners 6. Th
22、e first kilometer was tough. I was already breathing 7 and painfully aware of the group of runners 8 past me. After another minute I saw the three-kilometer 9. All I could think of was that I was 10. I rounded a corner, and saw both sides of the street 11 with people watching the race, all cheering
23、the runners on: I 12 my legs to keep going. Then I looked up and saw the clock. The 13 ticking away gave me an incentive (动力). I knew that if I had 14 finished this race I would have achieved something. So, I 15 up, and kicked it. 【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。作者原本并不喜欢跑步, 但是在丈夫的带动下她也开始跑步, 并且坚持完成了5千米的跑步比赛。1. A. wif
24、eB. coachC. expertD. runner【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据下文内容可知, 作者一开始不喜欢跑步, 在丈夫的带动下, 最后变成了一名跑步者(runner)。2. A. seriousB. commonC. casualD. sharp【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据空后的“competitive runner for many years”并结合语境可知, 作者的丈夫以前是一个认真的、有竞争力的跑步者。serious“认真的”。3. A. hatedB. missedC. admiredD. trained【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据下文中的“So he picke
25、d it up again”可推知, 作者的丈夫和她结婚以后, 总是不停地说他有多想念跑步。4. A. raceB. departmentC. trackD. ceremony【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据该句可知, 大约在作者的丈夫重新开始跑步一年后, 作者也加入了他, 和他一起跑。track“跑道”。5. A. hesitatedB. puzzledC. caredD. brought【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据上文可知, 作者以前并不喜欢跑步, 当作者的丈夫让她一起报名参加五千米跑步的时候, 作者有些犹豫。6. A. slipped awayB. backed offC. pushe
26、d forwardD. came over【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据语境并结合常识可知, 当发令枪一响, 数千名跑步者冲了出去。7. A. mildlyB. shallowlyC. gentlyD. heavily【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据空前一句“The first kilometer was tough. ”可推知, 当跑了一千米的时候, 作者已经呼吸沉重了。heavily“沉重地”。8. A. runningB. bendingC. reachingD. pacing【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据语境可知, 由于呼吸困难, 作者跑步的速度逐渐地慢了下来, 于是有很多人跑着超过
27、了作者。9. A. symbolB. markC. patternD. campaign【解析】选B。上下文语境题。根据该句“After another minute I saw the three-kilometer _. ”可知, 此处表示作者看见了三千米的标志牌。mark“标记”。10. A. hopeful B. speechlessC. dyingD. moving【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文可知, 作者跑了一千米便呼吸沉重, 并结合语境可知, 当作者看见了三千米的标志牌时, 作者感觉自己要死了一样。11. A. stuckB. crowdedC. providedD. dir
28、ected【解析】选B。上下文语境题。街道的两边挤满了观看赛跑的人, 他们都在为选手加油。12. A. sunkB. bentC. shookD. willed【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。在听到周围人的鼓舞之后, 作者设法用意志力驱使自己的双腿移动。will“设法用意志力驱使”。13. A. secondsB. titlesC. criteriaD. competitors【解析】选A。上下文语境题。根据语境可知, 此处表示作者觉得每一秒走过的时间都在给她加油助力。14. A. alsoB. actuallyC. justD. unfortunately【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。作者知道如果她的
29、确完成了比赛, 那么她就会已经成就了一些事。15. A. dressedB. cameC. stayedD. straightened【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据前面一句“I knew that. . . achieved something. ”可推知, 作者挺直身子, 继续坚持完成赛跑。straighten up“挺直身子”。. 语法填空In the 18th century, a small number 1. _Chinese sailors moved to Limhouse, a place in the east of London. Then other Chinese c
30、ame to this area and Limhouse became known as “Chinatown”. However Londons Chinese community 2. _(remain) very small for many years: at the start of the 20th century, there were just 545 Chinese people 3. _(live) in Britain. During the Second World War, Limhouse was almost destroyed. The Chinese mov
31、ed to 4. _different areaa part of central London near Leicester Square. This area is now 5. _Londoners call Chinatown. In the 1950s, the Chinese found it difficult 6. _(get) jobs. Then a small Chinese restaurant opened in London, 7. _became popular almost overnight. Many British people visited it an
32、d said Chinese food 8. _(serve) there was wonderful! Soon Chinese restaurants started opening in every part of the city. Many Chinese worked there as cooks, managers or waiters. As time went by, Londons Chinese community became very successful. The sons and daughters of the 9. _(origin) restaurant w
33、orkers studied and worked hard. And most went on to get highly paid jobs. Many Chinese families left Chinatown and moved to more expensive districts. Chinatown, however, is still 10. _lively as ever. 1. 【解析】of。考查介词。a small number of 意为“为数不多的”。2. 【解析】remained。考查一般过去时。这里说的是伦敦唐人社区过去的情况, 故用一般过去时。3. 【解析】
34、living。考查动词-ing形式作定语的用法。逻辑主语Chinese people与live之间是主动关系, 且live所表示的动作正在进行, 故填living。4. 【解析】a。考查不定冠词。这里说的是“一个不同的地方”, 故填a。5. 【解析】what。考查连接词。设空处引导表语从句, 且在从句中作call的宾语, 故填what。6. 【解析】to get。考查不定式作宾语的用法。find it difficult to do sth. 是固定搭配。7. 【解析】which。考查关系词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句修饰restaurant, 且在从句中作主语, 故填which。8. 【解析
35、】served。考查过去分词作定语的用法。serve与其逻辑主语food之间是动宾关系, 故填served。9. 【解析】original。考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处作定语, 修饰名词restaurant workers, 需用origin的形容词形式。10. 【解析】as。考查副词。此处用到了as. . . as结构。阅读理解When Ricochet was just a young pup, her owner Judy Fridono hoped the dog might one day become a service dog and help people. But Rico
36、chet had other plans, at least for the first part. She failed at service dog training, but she went on to help millions of people around the world learn how to trust, how to love, and how to surf. According to Fridono, the dog seemed naturally suited to life as a service dog. She was great with peop
37、le, especially kids, and she had plenty of energy. But birds were her weakness. She just couldnt seem to stop running after them. And thats not a good quality for a service dog that needs to focus on the person shes helping. Fridono said at the beginning she was disappointed when Ricochet didnt succ
38、eed at service dog school. But it wasnt long before the pup let her true skills shine through. At just 8 weeks old, Ricochet climbed on to a board that had been left in a childrens pool, showing her special talent for balance. Soon, Ricochet was making headlines as the beach-loving dog who could han
39、g ten on a surfboard. But she wasnt finished showing off her special talents yet. “One day at the beach, she jumped on a surfboard with a 14-year-old boy who had spinal cord(脊髓)injuries, ”Fridono said. “It was at that moment that her life purpose to surf with people who are disabled was realized. Sh
40、e is just such an inspiration to everyoneshes got such a strong connection to people, and we see such improvements in the people who she surfs with. ”Ricochet now surfs daily with children and adults with special needs. She specializes in helping military veterans(退伍军人)with some diseases and childre
41、n with autism(自闭症)by connecting with them in ways that no one else can. 1. What do we know about Ricochet? A. She has been helpful for many people. B. She was taught how to surf. C. She saved thousands of peoples lives. D. She learnt special skills at service dog school. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“She is
42、 just such an inspiration to everyoneshes got such a strong connection to people, and we see such improvements in the people who she surfs with. ”和最后一段内容, 可推断Ricochet对很多人有帮助。2. What was Ricochets shortcoming when in training school? A. Impatience. B. Great pride. C. Lack of concentration. D. Not bei
43、ng brave. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段的描述“But birds were her weakness. She just couldnt seem to stop running after them. And thats not a good quality for a service dog that needs to focus on the person shes helping. ”可知Ricochet容易分心, 注意力不集中。3. What may have amazed Fridono? A. Ricochets widespread popularity. B
44、. Ricochets rapid progress. C. Ricochets extraordinary talents. D. Ricochets dropping out of school. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段中“Fridono said at the beginning she was disappointed when Ricochet didnt succeed at service dog school. But it wasnt long before the pup let her true skills shine through. ”可推断Frido
45、no可能惊讶于Ricochet的才能, 故选C。4. What can we infer from the text? A. Ricochet once had a spinal cord injury. B. Fridono made Ricochets dream come true. C. Ricochet has a unique connection with people having special needs. D. Fridono helped Ricochet develop her skills and talents. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文中最后一段内容“She specializes in helping military veterans with some diseases and children with autism by connecting with them in ways that no one else can. ”可推断Ricochet擅长帮助有特殊需要的人们, 故选C。
