1、Module 3Adventure in Literature and the Cinema维A 单项填空1He often_his daughter of the danger of making friends online.(2013济宁月考)Arealizes BwarnsCpersuades Dremembers答案B句意：他经常提醒女儿网上交友的危险。warn sb of sth “警告某人某事”；persuade sb (not) to do sth “说服某人(不)做某事”。2We cant_on the ground to sleep.We have to squat.Ali
2、e Blay Cstay Dwait答案A考查动词辨析。lie“躺，说谎”；lay“放，下蛋”；stay“暂住，逗留”；wait“等待”。句意：我们不能躺在地上睡觉，我们只能蹲着。3He couldnt_the fact that the money was found in his house.Aanswer for Bleave forCaccount for Dcare for答案C句意：他不能解释在他房子里找到钱的事实。answer for“对负责”；leave for“动身前往”；care for“关心，照顾，喜欢”，皆不符合题意。account for“解释，说明”。4Dont_a
3、ny excuse for your failing in the exam this time.We wont believe you.Aput up Bshow upCmake up Dkeep up答案C句意：不要为这次考试不及格编造借口。我们不会相信的。由句意可知要用make up表示“编造(借口)”。put up“举起，支起”；show up“出现”；keep up“保持”。5_to carry out the plan in time, they will make careful preparations.(2013长春模拟)ADetermine BHaving been det
4、erminedCDetermined DBeing determined答案C句意：决心要及时实施计划，他们会做周密的准备。determined“有决心的”，为形容词，表示主语的状态。determine为动词，A、B、D三项皆为其动词用法，故都排除。6Will you go to Hangzhou for a holiday this summer?No, I wont._，I have no money.Besides，its too hot.ATo start with BAs a resultCOn the contrary DIn other words答案Ato start with
5、意为“首先，第一”。as a result意为“因此”；on the contrary意为“相反地”；in other words意为“换句话说”。句意：“今年夏天你去杭州度假吗？”“不去。首先，我没钱，此外天太热。”根据句中besides的提示可知选A。7I found Jane_at the desk，_her homework carefully.Aseated；doing Bsitting；doesCbe seated；does Dsit；do答案A句意：我发现简坐在桌旁认真地做她的家庭作业。seat与其逻辑主语Jane之间是被动关系，故用seated作宾补；doing her hom
6、ework carefully是现在分词短语作伴随状语。8The film Pandamen_2030, when the world is under threat of two people who are trying to control peoples minds.Ais set in Bset inCsets in Dis setting in答案A句意：电影熊猫人以2030年为背景，当时世界面临两个人的威胁，他们试图控制人们的思想。be set in“以为背景”，符合句子结构。9Mr. Wang，_to experience different cultures, set off
7、 for Africa last week.Ato determine BdeterminingCdetermined Dbeing determined答案C句意：下决心去体验不同文化的王先生上周已经起程去了非洲。be determined to do sth“下决心做某事”；此处用过去分词短语作定语，修饰主语Mr. Wang。10The story is so descriptiveI feel as if I _there.(2013宁夏联考)Awould be BwereCam Dhave been答案B考查虚拟语气。根据句意“这个故事如此生动，我感觉好像身临其境一样”可知，空处是对现
8、在事实的虚拟，故谓语动词用were，答案选B项。维B 阅读理解选材网站：高考曾用材料：2010湖南卷B篇选材相似度：设题相似度：The ancient South American Nasca civilization may have caused its own demise by clearcutting huge swaths of forest, a new study has found.The Nasca are best known for leaving behind large Nazca Lines carved into the surface of the vast,
9、 empty desert plain that lies between the Peruvian towns of Nazca and Palpa.Though the Lines have caused many interpretations, including the suggestion that they were created by aliens, most scholars now think they were sacred pathways that Nasca people followed during their ancient ceremonies.The c
10、ivilization disappeared mysteriously around 1，500 years ago, after apparently prospering during the first half of the first millennium AD. in the valleys of south coastal Peru.Scientists have previously suggested a massive El Nino event caused the Nascas demise, but new research suggests that defore
11、station may have also played an important role.David Beresford Jones from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the UK.s Cambridge University gathered plant remains in the lower Ica Valley.Based on this evidence and plant samples collected by coresearcher Alex ChepstowLusty of the Fr
12、ench Institute of Andean Studies in Lima, the scientists found that the Nasca cleared huge areas of forest to make way for agriculture.The native huarango tree, which once covered what is now a desert area, was gradually replaced by crops such as cotton and maize.This tree was a crucial part of the
13、deserts fragile ecosystem, serving to enhance soil fertility and moisture and help hold the Nascas narrow, vulnerable irrigation channels in place.Eventually, the people cut down so many trees that they reached a tipping point at which the arid ecosystem was damaged, the researchers found.At this po
14、int a major El Nino event likely occurred.Without the huarango cover, when El Nino did strike, the river downcut into its floodplain, Nasca irrigation systems were damaged and the area became unworkable for agriculture.Notes：swath n狭长的条或片alien n外星人deforestation n滥伐arid adj.干旱的1The underlined word “d
15、emise”in the first paragraph can be best replaced by_Adisappearance BdistributionCexpansion Drealization2Most scholars now believe the Nasca carved the Nazca Lines to_Aprotect themselves against aliensBdirect their daily activitiesCmake a record of their lifeDmake pathways for them to follow during
16、their ancient rituals3The huarango tree was important to the Nasca because_Ait was the only plant growing in the desert areaBin provided building materials to the NascaCit acted as a protection to the arid ecosystemDit grew side by side with crops of the Nasca4What can we infer from the last paragra
17、ph?AThe Nasca irrigation system was too vulnerable.BThe El Nino effect was more serious without the huarango cover.CIts the big flood that killed the Nasca people.DDeforestation caused an El Nino event to happen.5We can conclude from the passage that_Athe Nasca destroyed their own civilization to a
18、large extentBthe arid ecosystem caused the Nasca civilization to disappearCscientist are not quite sure why the Nasca civilization disappearedDEl Nino was the only cause of the disappearance of the Nasca civilization【语篇解读】 对于南美洲古代Nasca文明为什么会消失，人们有种种推测，但最新的研究发现，滥伐森林也是导致其灭亡的重要原因。1A词义理解题。从后文可判断，文章探讨的是古
19、代Nasca文明消失的原因，文章第一段点明，其灭亡是因为纳斯卡人对森林的滥砍滥伐。2D细节理解题。从文章第二段最后一句可知，纳斯卡人在空旷的沙地上画一些大而长的线，作为他们宗教活动的路线图。3C细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段可知，这种树对当时的地质环境非常重要，具有保护生态系统的作用。4B推理判断题。文章最后一段提到，没有植被了，当厄尔尼诺爆发的时候，洪水就会泛滥，这说明植被的重要性。5A推理判断题。从文章第一段以及最后一段都可获得答案，纳斯卡人滥砍森林，自己毁灭了当时的文明。维C 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。There is an Engl
20、ish saying：“_1_”Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body._2_Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, b
21、lood pressure, breathing and muscles.It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise._3_If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.In one experiment doctors produced pain i
22、n groups of students who listened to different radio programs.The group that tolerated (忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program._4_5_They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficia
23、l effects similar to those caused by laughter.ALaughter can prolong ones life.BAs a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh.CThe reason why laughter can reduce pain se
24、ems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.DIt increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing；it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.EAlthough laughter helps cure the disease, doctors
25、still cannot put this theory into clinic practice.FLaughter is the best medicine.GThey have found that laughter really can improve peoples health.【语篇解读】 笑是世界上最好的良药，笑的好处如此之多以致我们没有理由拒绝大笑，那么就快乐地迎接每一天吧。1F通读下文可知文章说的是笑对一个人的好处多多。尤其后面提出这是站在医学的角度来说的，所以选择F项。A项表述正确，但是没有全面概括本文的中心。2G上一句话的begun to look into laugh
26、ter and the effects和本项的have found that laughter really can improve peoples health吻合，也引出了下一段的论证结果。3D上一句话的similar effects to physical exercise的表现就是本项提到的increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing；it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet。4C上一句话的to
27、lerated(忍耐)the pain和本项的reduce pain seems to be吻合，说明上一句是结果，紧接着给出的就是对这个结果的解释。5B本项的hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients condition和下一句话的their patients吻合。维D 短文改错British public are linked by computers.If your nearest library in London doesnt have the book you want borrow ， th
28、e librarian will go online to see whether any other nearby library has If no library in London the book in store, the librarian will search it further, connecting libraries in other like Manchester.If a copy of the book found, arrangements will be made for it to be sent to your library within a day
29、two, and you will be able to check it out.It is also for readers to borrow books from university and college libraries even if are not students.第一处本句的谓语are也说明这里的主语要用复数形式。第二处这里考查的是want to do sth，是want的基本用法。第三处这是一个定语从句，borrow的宾语就是the book，所以不能再加上it。第四处在whether引导的宾语从句中的成分要齐全，所以要加上it。第五处这个状语从句的主语是单数，所以谓语动词也用单数。第六处别的城市有很多，Manchester只是其中的一个，所以这里的city要用复数形式。第七处书应该是被找到，所以这里应该使用被动语态。第八处a day or two是固定用法，意为“一两天”。第九处应该用形容词作表语，It is possible是常见用法。第十处这里的they和readers对应。