1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。话题语篇专攻练三十九选修8Unit 4Pygmalion(限时35分钟). 阅读理解AFilms to watch in MarchGretaA lonely young waitress finds a handbag on a New York subway train. Luckily, the address is inside, so she returns it to the piano teacher who left it there. She then
2、discovers that the piano teacher makes a habit of dropping bags around the city on purpose to make new friends. Directed by Neil Jordan, the actors are attractive. Grace Moretz is the waitress and Isabelle Huppert is the one who admires her. Thanks to them, Greta winds up being far more enjoyable th
3、an it has any right to be. The AftermathThe Aftermath is one of the few World War -related films. Based on Rhidian Brooks novel, this touching romantic movie is starred by Keira Knightley, who is the wife of a British officer. She hates the Germans because her son was killed in an air raid (抢劫). But
4、 is there a chance that a tall, dark and handsome man might persuade her to overcome her hate? Captain MarvelIt took Marvel Studios a decade to finally make a female superhero. Its also the first Marvel film to be directed by a woman, who has directed Half Nelson and Missisippi Grind. Captain Marvel
5、 was set in the 1990s. The Oscar-winning Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, a US Air Force fighter pilot, while Samuel L Jackson, as usual, plays Nick Fury. DumboDumbo is, a classic Disney cartoon, who has big ears and there have been plenty of those kinds of movies in recent years. Burton always h
6、as inspirations to direct such kinds of movies from Edward Scissorhands to Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. Magical figures have always been his favorite characters. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了三月份要看的电影。1. Who works on a different job? A. Isabelle Huppert. B. Keira Knightley. C. Rhidian Brook. D.
7、 Brie Larson. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据Greta(格雷塔)中Grace Moretz is the waitress and Isabelle Huppert is the one who admires her. 根据The Aftermath中Based on Rhidian Brooks novel, this touching romantic movie is starred by Keira Knightley和Captain Marvel中The Oscar-winning Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers可知, A、B、D
8、三项都是演员, 只有C项是小说家。2. What makes Captain Marvel special? A. Winning Oscar. B. Its female director. C. Time setting. D. A woman pilot. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据Captain Marvel(惊奇队长)中It took Marvel Studios a decade to finally make a female superhero. Its also the first Marvel film to be directed by a woman, “漫威影业花
9、了十年时间才最终打造出一位女性超级英雄。这也是第一部由女性导演的漫威电影, ”可知, 女导演让Captain Marvel与众不同。3. Where can you most probably read the text? A. Readers DigestB. NatureC. Scientific AmericanD. National Geographic【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据题目Films to watch in March“三月份要看的电影”可知这篇文章最有可能来自Readers Digest。BIn 2011, British wildlife photographer D
10、avid Slater traveled to the Tangkoko Nature Reserve on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. After following about 25 endangered black monkeys in the forest, Slater set up his camera. The monkeys went up to it, and were attracted by it immediately. Finally, they began playing with the camera and took
11、 photos of themselves. One monkey took many photos, some of which appeared with a July 2011 Daily Mail article about Slater playing with the monkeys. One of the photos became the cover of a book of Slaters work. Wildlife Personalities, which was published in 2014 by Blurb, Inc. , in San Francisco. S
12、later is considered as the copyright (版权) owner of the photos. In September 2015, however, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) considered the monkey it calls Naruto as the copyright owner of the photos. Through his “friends” at PETA, Naruto was suing (控诉) the photographer and the
13、publishing company Blurb for copyright: “The photos resulted from the purposeful actions of Naruto and were not helped by Slater, resulting in works of authorship. . . by Naruto. ”“If a human had taken a photo with Slaters camera, that person would own the copyright to the photo, ” says Jeff Kerr of
14、 PETA. “Naruto should be treated no differently. ”The lawyer for Slater and Blurb, Andrew Dhuey, required that the case be dismissed (被驳回) in November 2015. Dhuey mentioned a 2004 case in which the court had to decide whether whales could sue the US Navy for the danger theyd received from machines u
15、sed by the Navy. The court ruled that they could not. In January, the court ruled in favor of dismissing the case. PETA lawyer Jeff Kerr objected, “We believe it has been stated clearly in the Copyright Act. The Act allows courts to fill in decisions like this one. ”【文章大意】这篇文章主要介绍了一起动物是否拥有著作版权的案件。最后
16、法庭宣判, 这起案件中的猴子Naruto不能拥有版权。4. Whats the purpose of Paragraph 1? A. To tell a story to support the topic. B. To give the background information. C. To express the authors opinion. D. To attract readers attention. 【解析】选B 。推理判断题。第一段主要讲了2011年, 一位野生动物摄影师David Slater去 Tangkoko自然保护区旅游。拍照时, 照相机被猴子抢走, 猴子用这个照
17、相机拍摄了许多照片, 所以第一自然段的目的是给出背景信息。5. Why did PETA challenge the copyright of the photos? A. The camera was not Slaters. B. Slater did harm to Naruto. C. The photos were taken by Naruto. D. Slater just helped a little. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由In September 2015, however, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Anima
18、ls (PETA) considered the monkey it calls Naruto as the copyright owner of the photos. 可知PETA质疑这些相片的版权是因为这些相片是被一只叫作Naruto的猴子拍摄的, 选C。6. What did Dhuey do to help Slater and Blurb? A. He made a public speech. B. He had a talk with PETA. C. He turned to the US Navy. D. He gave an example. 【解析】选D。 细节理解题。
19、由Dhuey mentioned a 2004 case in which the court had to decide whether whales could sue the US Navy for the danger theyd received from machines used by the Navy. The court ruled that they could not. 可知Slater和Blurb通过给出鲸鱼的例子来帮助Slater 和 Blurb, 选D。7. How did the court rule on the copyright of the photos?
20、 A. Naruto cant own it. B. Naruto and Slater should share it. C. Slater cant use the photos anymore. D. Slater should pay some money to PETA. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。由最后一个自然段In January, the court ruled in favor of dismissing the case. 可推断出在这起照片版权案件中, Naruto不能拥有版权, 选A。【知识拓展】长难句分析Dhuey mentioned a 2004 case in w
21、hich the court had to decide whether whales could sue the US Navy for the danger theyd received from machines used by the Navy. 翻译: Dhuey提到了2004年的一个案件, 在案件中法院不得不决定是否鲸鱼能够起诉美国海军因为军舰给它们带来的危险。分析: in which引导的定语从句。Whether引导的宾语从句。theyd received from machines used by the Navy. 是省略引导词that的定语从句。【知识拓展】词汇积累1. e
22、ndangered adj. 濒危的2. purposeful adj. 有目的的, 故意的; 意志坚强的, 果断的; 有意义的, 意味深长的; 重大的3. sue vt. & vi. 起诉; 控告, 控诉, 和打官司; 请求; 提起(诉讼)要求判决. 完形填空Just before Christmas, my daughter Katie and I went over to my dads place to decorate. While we worked on the tree, grand babies Decie and Johnny 1 their great-grandfath
23、er Papa Cox. Their laughter and 2arguments must have reminded Papa of the past days when my brother and I were just their 3because I saw a twinkle in his 80-year-old eyes. Hanging the4decorations on Papas tree, I couldnt help gently touching the very oldest of the glass balls. Those I made sure to 5
24、from the uppermost branches, safely out of reach of tiny hands. When the tree was beautifully dressed and glowing, we bid my dad goodbye with lots of hugs and kisses and 6for home. Later that night, in the quiet darkness, I pulled my 7up close and lay down to rest and remember. The Christmas I turne
25、d 16, while decorating the tree with Mama, I 8dropped and broke a decoration. The old glass ball was blue and its surface began to fall 9; it had been on our tree for as long as I could remember. 10, I bent to pick up the broken pieces and was surprised to find a tiny sheet of paper among the pieces
26、. Unfolding it, I recognized my fathers penciled writing. Lifting my eyes, I saw my mothers 11expression. “Your daddy wrote that and12it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together, just before you were born, ” she said with a smile. I wouldnt have believed it, 13the proof there in my hand
27、s. The daddy I knew always looked upon getting the tree decorated as a chore he wanted 14part in. In fact, sometimes he could be a bit of a lazy and mean man around the holidays! And yet this bit of 15paper proved that long ago my daddy had done something apparently romantic at Christmas. Carefully
28、laying the note aside, I cleaned up the broken pieces, wishing I could somehow16 the pieces. “ Its OK , ” Mama said , encouraging me with a hug. “Just pick out another of the 17ones and folded the note back inside. ”18, as we celebrate the holidays without Mama, who we lost to cancer, my 19becomes m
29、ore bitter. Each year as I decorate Papas tree, I relive the moment I shared with her that winter afternoon and tears of a sadness welled out. As I carefully handle those old decorations, I love knowing that one holds a20between Papa and Mamaone that was obvious to all who knew them. The note inside
30、 one of those old glass balls on Papas tree holds the heart of my parents marriage in three little words: “I love you. ”【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过讲述圣诞节时发生的一件事情, 讲述了家人之间的亲情以及作者父母之间的爱情。1. A. amazedB. confusedC. challengedD. entertained【解析】选D。amazed使吃惊; confused使迷惑; challenged挑战; entertained使高兴; 使娱乐。根据下文提到的“T
31、heir laughter”可推断, 他们在让他们的曾祖父高兴。故选D。2. A. occasionalB. regularC. instantD. rare【解析】选A。occasional偶尔的; regular有规律的; instant迅速的; rare稀有的。根据语境可知, 他们的笑声和偶尔的(occasional)争论肯定让爸爸想起过去的日子。故选A。3. A. heightB. weightC. sizeD. shape【解析】选C。height身高; weight体重; size大小; shape形状。由上文提的“reminded Papa of the past days”可推
32、断, 爸爸肯定想起了“我”和弟弟像他们这么大小(size)的时候。故选C。4. A. familiarB. expensiveC. normalD. newest【解析】选A。familiar熟悉的; expensive昂贵的; normal正常的; newest最新的。根据后文可以知道, 父亲在圣诞树上年年悬挂的都是那些旧的装饰品, 是大家都熟悉的。故选A。5. A. holdB. suspendC. pickD. remove【解析】选B。hold保持; suspend悬挂; pick选择; remove移除, 移开。根据下文“the uppermost branches”可推断。此处表达
33、将玻璃球悬挂在最高的树枝上。故选B。6. A. returnedB. headedC. droveD. ran【解析】选B。return返回; head前进; drive开车; run跑。根据上文“we bid my dad goodbye with lots of hugs and kisses”可知, 我们向父亲说了再见后回家。head for“出发; 走向”是固定词组。故选B。7. A. memoriesB. recordsC. imagesD. fancies【解析】选A。memory记忆; record记录; image图像; fancy幻想。根据语境可知, 那天晚上较晚的时候, 在
34、黑暗中, “我”的记忆被拉了回来, “我”躺下来休息并回忆。pull my memories up表示“把过去的记忆拉了回来”。故选A。8. A. deliberatelyB. ridiculouslyC. clumsilyD. generously【解析】选C。deliberately故意地; ridiculously可笑地; clumsily笨拙地; generously 慷慨地。根据下文“broke a decoration”可推断, 指作者不小心, 笨手笨脚地把装饰球弄掉了。故选C。9. A. offB. downC. awayD. over【解析】选A。fall off脱落; fal
35、l down跌倒; fall away背离; fall over摔了一跤。根据语境可知, 旧玻璃球是蓝色的并且表面开始脱落。故选A。10. A. ObviouslyB. GuiltilyC. ResponsiblyD. Amazingly【解析】选B。Obviously明显地; Guiltily愧疚地; Responsibly负责任地; Amazingly令人惊讶地。根据语境可知, “我”充满愧疚地弯下身来把掉了的碎片捡起来。故选B。11. A. admirableB. shamefulC. fondD. reasonable【解析】选C。admirable令人钦佩的; shameful可耻的
36、; fond高兴的; reasonable合情合理的。根据下文“she said with a smile”可知, 当“我”抬起头来, 发现了母亲高兴的神情。故选C。12. A. threwB. stuckC. seizedD. dropped【解析】选B。throw投; 抛; stick粘贴; 卡住; seize抓住; drop下降。根据语境可知, 母亲说: 你的父亲写了那个并且把它粘贴在那个蓝色的球上。故选B。13. A. as forB. regardless ofC. except forD. instead of【解析】选C。as for关于; regardless of 不管; 不
37、顾; except for除了以外; 要不是; instead of代替。根据上文的“I wouldnt have believed it, ”可推断, 要不是“我”手里的证据“我”简直不敢相信。故选C。14. A. mostB. totalC. bestD. least【解析】选D。most最多; total完全的; best最好; least最少。根据下文“sometimes he could be a bit of a lazy”因为父亲是个懒人, 所以装饰圣诞树是他最不想做的事情。故选D。15. A. yellowedB. blackenedC. bluedD. reddened【解析
38、】选A。yellowed发黄的; blackened变黑的; blued变蓝的; reddened变红的。经过了这么多年, 父亲写的纸条变黄了。故选A。16. A. reorganizeB. reuniteC. restartD. restore【解析】选D。reorganize重新组/安排; reunite联合, 聚合; restart重新开始; restore修复。根据上文“I cleaned up the broken pieces, wishing”可推断, “我”清理这些碎片, 希望“我”能够修复这些碎片。故选D。17. A. newB. oldC. smallD. big【解析】选
39、B。new新的; old旧的; small小的; big大的。根据语境可知, 这里指妈妈挑选了另一个旧玻璃球, 再把纸条塞了进去。故选B。18. A. MeanwhileB. StillC. ThoughD. Now【解析】选D。Meanwhile同时; Still仍然; Though尽管; Now现在。根据语境可知, 此处指现在与过去形成的对比。以前和妈妈一起装饰圣诞树, 但现在妈妈不在了。故选D。19. A. decisionB. regretC. discoveryD. sympathy【解析】选C。decision决定; regret遗憾; discovery发现; sympathy同
40、情。根据语境可知, 妈妈去世了, 因此推断作者发现那张纸条的事实变得更加苦涩。故选C。20. A. appointmentB. promiseC. permissionD. secret【解析】选D。appointment任命; promise诺言; permission允许; secret秘密。根据下文“The note inside one of those old glass balls on Papas tree holds the heart of my parents marriage in three little words: “I love you. ”可知, 此处指父亲给母
41、亲写纸条放进圣诞树上的玻璃球里, 是他们用来表达爱情的秘密。故选D。. 语法填空(2020沈阳模拟)This week, were preparing for one of the newest 1. _ (tradition) events in our country: Black Friday. Its that crazy gathering of retail (零售)-related violence, a time 2. _ stores offer once-a-year promotional sales to set off the customers greediness
42、 and jump-start the Christmas shopping season with a sudden activity in a 3. _ (crowd) space. The general feeling has been set by the Hamleys Christmas Toy Parade in London, in which 800, 000 people ran into Regent Street, apparently attracted by 4. _ possibility of a “meet-and-greet” with Peppa Pig
43、 that sadly 5. _ (have) to be cancelled at the last moment on safety grounds. As it was, a middle-aged woman 6. _ (report) had to be taken to hospital after 7. _ (knock) to the ground in a fight with another woman. For the people who dislike shopping, such as me, any day with shopping in it is a bla
44、ck day, and Black Friday is the most worrying 8. _ all. However, I can see the reasoning for retailers. Why spend a lot of money on newspaper ads, when you can offer 50 iPhone Xs at 5 each to the first fifty 9. _ (consume)? The related media 10. _ (cover) of the resulting disorder is, as they say, p
45、riceless. 【文章大意】本文主要描述了黑色星期五, 人们购物的混乱场景。1. 【解析】traditional。考查形容词。修饰名词events, 用形容词, 所以填traditional。2. 【解析】when。考查定语从句。_stores offer once-a-year promotional sales是一个定语从句, 关系词在从句中作时间状语, 所以填关系副词when。3. 【解析】crowded。考查形容词。修饰名词space, 用形容词, 所以填crowded。4. 【解析】the。考查固定短语。the possibility of的可能性, 是固定短语, 所以填the。
46、5. 【解析】had。考查时态。表示发生在过去的事情, 用一般过去时, 所以填had。6. 【解析】reportedly。 考查副词。据报道, 一位中年妇女被送到了医院。修饰整个句子, 用副词, 所以填reportedly。7. 【解析】being knocked。考查非谓语动词。作介词after的宾语, knock与a middle-aged woman形成被动关系, 所以应用being knocked。8. 【解析】of。 考查介词。黑色星期五是其中最令人担心的。表示“中”, 所以填of。9. 【解析】consumers。考查名词。作宾语, 用名词, 且被the first fifty修饰, 所以用名词复数, 填consumers。10. 【解析】coverage。考查名词。作句子主语, 用名词, 所以填coverage。关闭Word文档返回原板块
