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 二十四必修5Unit 4Making the news(限时35分钟). 阅读理解 AThere is always something that happens in the world that everyone fears will happen to their town, city or country: natural disasters. The scariest part of it is that no one will ever see
2、 it coming. Though technology helps us prepare, but it never actually tells the people when its going to hit. It is always estimated but the result is never 100% accurate. However, that is not the point of this article. Two different natural disasters in two different parts of the world have happene
3、d in the past few weeks. One was a major flood that has hit Louisiana in the United States. The other was an earthquake that hit Amatrice, Italy. However, there is a major difference in the news coverage of the two tragedies. As for the flooding in Louisiana, it is reported that this disaster is the
4、 worst to hit the United States since Super-storm Sandy and itll cost at least $30 million. In only the first couple of weeks, 13 people had died. However, like me, many people did not hear about this tragic event. I did not learn about it until about three weeks after it happened. In Italy, however
5、, it covered all media instantly. The earthquake in Italy happened on Tuesday morning. That same day, I was on Twitter and that was all that was over the news feed. Every other post was about the earthquake. Some would have the opinion that Amatrice, Italy was one of the most beautiful towns in that
6、 country. I got in deep sorrow because there were more people killed in this quake than the flooding. So far, they have a total of 73 dead and over one hundred missing. I understand that technically the earthquake in Italy was worse than the floods in Louisiana. However, I believe that if a natural
7、disaster happens, they all should be equally covered and taken equally seriously. We are one world united and should be there for all of the people who are in need of help. We may not be able to accurately predict disasters, but we can surely lend a hand out for the needy. 【文章大意】本文主要讲了两个不同的地方发生的不同的自
8、然灾害。美国的路易斯安那州发生了洪水, 也有很多受害者, 但是人们直到几周后才知道这件事, 而意大利发生的地震, 当时就被报道出来了。作者认为自然灾害无大小, 应该让人们及时知晓, 这样人们可以向受害者伸出援助之手。1. What really concerns the author about the two natural disasters? A. The death and the injured. B. The media report. C. The governments responsibility. D. Their economic loss. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根
9、据文中“there is a major difference in the news coverage of the two tragedies. ”可知, 对于这两个自然灾害, 作者关注的是媒体的报道。故选B。2. Why did the author learn about the flood so late? A. He didnt care about the flood. B. He felt nervous about the news. C. The media didnt cover it in time. D. The flood frightened the author
10、 a lot. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文中“I did not learn about it until about three weeks after it happened. ”可知, 作者很晚才知道洪水的事情是因为媒体没有及时报道。故选C。3. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Italy isnt good at predicting the natural disasters. B. All natural disasters should be covered equally. C. The world should be
11、united into one instantly. D. America should help Italy predict natural disasters. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文中最后一段“I understand that technically the earthquake in Italy was. . . they all should be equally covered and taken equally seriously. ”可知, 所有的自然灾害都需要平等地报道。故选B。4. How is the text mainly developed? A. By
12、making a comparison. B. By following the time order. C. By listing some examples. D. By analyzing the causes. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。本文通过讲述了两个地方发生的不同的自然灾害来对比说明对自然灾害的报道时间有所不同。故选A。【知识拓展】难句解读We may not be able to accurately predict disasters, but we can surely lend a hand out for the needy. 翻译: 我们也许不能够准确地预测自然灾害,
13、 但是我们肯定能为需要的人伸出援手。【知识拓展】词汇积累1. estimate v. 估计, 评价2. accurate adj. 准确的3. coverage n. 新闻报道; 覆盖范围4. post n. 帖子, 评论v. 张贴, 发布5. predict v. 预测, 预言BScientists think they have answered a mystery: How some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly. A few million years ago, the largest whales averaged about 15 f
14、eet long. Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale(须鲸类) became huge. Modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum said, “Why is that? ” “It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to
15、figure out what happened. ” said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. Their study has suggested an answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food supply for whales. The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for b
16、aleen whales, which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations(模拟) and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation in the oceans changed and winds shifted. Slater
17、 and Pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator(赤道) and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat. Baleen whales, which have no teeth, feed by eating huge amounts of fish they capture. Toothed whales, like sperm whales(抹香鲸), hunt ind
18、ividual fish, so the ocean changes that made food less evenly spread out didnt affect them as much. But baleen whales hunt schools of fish. Olivier Lambert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. But he said the lack of fossils in certain time per
19、iods is an issue. As oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales were smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving. 【文章大意】文章以鲸鱼为例分析了海洋动物生长变快变大的原因, 提出了气候变化引起海洋变化, 造成鲸鱼变小生存困难的现状, 呼吁人们保护环境和动物。5. What does the author mean by “It happened in t
20、he glance of an evolutionary eye” in the second paragraph? A. The change of baleen whales happened too quickly. B. The change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore. C. Researchers paid little attention to the change of baleen whales. D. Researchers thought the change of baleen whales was uni
21、mportant. 【解析】选A。句意猜测题。根据下半句“which makes it harder to figure out what happened”可知此处指这种变化在进化的发展中只是匆匆一瞥, 形容其速度之快。A项正好表达了此意, 故选A。6. What played the key role in baleen whales becoming huge? A. Man-made climate change. B. Its eating a huge amount of fish. C. The water circulation in the oceans. D. The in
22、crease of food supply for whales. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第二段最后“Their study. . . ”和第四段“But baleen whales hunt schools of fish. ”可知由于海水流向和鲸鱼食物来源的变化, baleen whales能捕获到鱼群, 食物增多, 体积变大。故选D。7. What do we know about sperm whales and blue whales according to the text? A. Sperm whales eat more food. B. Blue whales li
23、ve much longer. C. Blue whales usually swallow schools of fish. D. Sperm whales prefer to hunt schools of fish. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段“the toothless baleen whale became huge. . . ”可知sperm whales 和blue whales的情况, blue whales属于baleen whales, 能捕获鱼群。故选C。8. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. There
24、 are no whale fossils now. B. The whales may become even bigger. C. Olivier Lambert thinks the study is perfect. D. Global warming has threatened the whales. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段“As oceans warm from man-made climate change, . . . will have a more difficult time surviving. ”可知由于气候变化引起海洋变化, 造成鲸鱼变小生存困难,
25、 故选D。【知识拓展】难句解读“It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to figure out what happened. ” said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. 翻译: “这是从进化的视角来看待这件事的, 所以很难猜测到底发生了什么。”格雷厄姆斯莱特, 这项研究的主要作者说道。分析: 本句中包含了非限制性定语从句, 宾语从句, 同位语等多个语法现象。【知识拓展】词汇积累1. mystery n. 谜; 神秘, 神秘的事物2. o
26、vernight adv. 在晚上; 突然, 一夜之间3. evolution n. 进化4. shift v. 改变5. convincing adj. 令人信服的. 完形填空I used to believe courtesy(礼仪)was a thing of the past. Very seldom have I come across 1 human beings in this modern era of the so-called Generation X. Recently, I had to change my thinking, when I came2with just
27、 such a human being. I had gone to a fashionable 3place, with my two4. The place was crowded with the usual5crowd and we had to climb a steep flight of stairs in order to find a(n) 6table. After enjoying coffee and snacks, we were at the steep descent(下来)down the stairs, where the7space made climbin
28、g down very difficult, with hardly any space for another person to climb up or come down. 8I was in the middle of my descent, a man9the main entrance of the restaurant which was right in front of the10. I was sure I would be11roughly by this man who wanted to go up in a hurry. I12coming down as fast
29、 as I could, holding onto the banister( 栏杆). My daughters were already down, 13me worriedly, hoping I would reach them soon. Nearly reaching them, I noticed the man14standing near the door. I reached my daughters and15the stranger at the entrance door which he kept holding open. I looked back thinki
30、ng he was still16the door, deciding whether to go in or find another less crowded place. I17him going up the stairs, two at a time. I told my daughters about it and all three of us felt18that we did not even thank the gentleman who was19holding the door open for us ladies to pass through before goin
31、g up. We applauded his good manners for20, waiting for us to come down before going up himself and also holding the main entrance door open for us to go out. Till date, I remember this gentleman. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。在拥挤的咖啡馆, 一位非常有礼貌的绅士一直在门口等作者下楼并开着门以方便作者她们出去, 之后自己才上楼。作者对这一行为表示了感激与赞赏。1. A. polite B. educa
32、ted C. stubborn D. honest【解析】选A。根据第一段第一句中的 “courtesy was a thing of the past”可知, “我”很少遇见有礼貌的人。故选A。 2. A neck to neckB. hand in handC. face to faceD. step by step【解析】选C。根据下文内容可知, “我们”是面对面遇见的。故选C。3. A. fishB. fruitC. coffeeD. lower【解析】选C。根据下文中的 “After enjoying coffee and snacks”可知, “我”去了一家咖啡馆。故选C。 4.
33、A. colleagues B. daughters C. friendsD. students【解析】选B。根据第三段最后一句中的“My daughters were already down”可知, “我”带着两个女儿。故选B。5. A. angryB. worriedC. nervous D. loud【解析】选D。根据上文中的 “The place was crowded”可推断, 这个地方人多嘈杂。D项意为“喧闹的”, 符合语境。故选D。 6. A. emptyB. woodenC. cleanD. big【解析】选A。根据上文中的 “crowded”以及“我们”上楼梯可知, “我们
34、”是为了寻找一个空桌。故选A。 7. A. open B. vastC. privateD. narrow【解析】选D。根据下文中的“made climbing down very difficult, with hardly any space for another person to climb up or come down”可知, 楼梯很狭窄, 所以下楼很困难。故选D。 8. A. UnlessB. WheneverC. AsD. Since【解析】选C。句意: 当我下楼梯下到一半时, 一个人走进了餐厅根据上下分句之间的关系可知, 此处应用as引导时间状语从句, 意为“当时”。故选C
35、。9. A. left B. enteredC. noticed D. ignored【解析】选B。根据语境可知, 此人应是走进餐厅的正门。故选B。10. A. tableB. crowdC. restaurantD. stairs【解析】选D。根据上下文语境可知, 餐厅的正门就在楼梯的前面。故选D。11. A. pushedB. lifted C. pressedD. placed【解析】选A。根据语境可知, 因为楼梯很狭窄, 因此“我”认为这个男人上楼时肯定会粗鲁地挤“我”。故选A。12. A. stoppedB. kept C. avoidedD. suggested【解析】选B。根据语
36、境可知, 为了避免被挤, “我”尽可能快地继续下楼梯。keep doing sth. 意为“继续做某事”, 符合语境。故选B。13. A. looking afterB. looking around C. looking down onD. looking up at【解析】选D。根据本句中的“My daughters were already down”可知, 女儿们已经下楼, “我”还在楼梯上, 因此, 女儿们应是抬头看“我”。故选D。14. A. oftenB. seldomC. stillD. even【解析】选C。根据语境可知, “我”快下完楼时, 这个男人还站在门口。故选C。 1
37、5. A. passed B. struckC. helped D. scolded【解析】选A。句意: 我来到女儿们旁边, 与这个陌生男人在门口擦肩而过, 而他一直为我们开着门。故选A。16. A. onB. atC. inD. beyond【解析】选B。此处表示“在门口”, 应用介词at。故选B。17. A. heardB. preventedC. sawD. caught【解析】选C。根据上文中的 “I looked back”可知, 此处表示“我”看到的景象。故选C。18. A. badB. happyC. relieved D. surprised【解析】选A。根据本句中的 “we
38、did not even thank the gentleman”可知, “我们”因没有感谢这位先生而感到遗憾。故选A。19. A. gradually B. actually C. finally D. immediately【解析】选B。根据上文语境可知, “我”原以为这个男人等在门口是在决定是进去还是寻找另一个人少的地方, 现在知道他实际上是在为“我们”开着门, 等“我们”出去。B项意为“实际上, 事实上”, 符合语境。20. A. allB. eitherC. none D. both【解析】选D。下文介绍了这个人两个有礼貌的行为, 所以此处应用both, 意为“两者都”, 故选D。.
39、 语法填空How do native speakers truly feel when speaking with non-native English speakers? It seems that 1. _(break) English annoys them. However, they keep being really nice when speaking with non-native speakers. I wonder how they really feel when doing so. I think it would depend 2. _the native Engli
40、sh speakers. Some people are just 3. _(easy) annoyed. Personally, I study Spanish. When I hear someone 4. _(attempt )English, I am patient with them because I know 5. _difficult it is to talk in a non-native tongue. I also know English is very difficult 6. _(learn), and that increases my respect for
41、 their efforts. Im a patient person by nature. The situation matters too. If I were waiting 7. _(table) on a super crowded day and really 8. _(need) to do about a dozen different things, I might become upset at having to wait for someone to struggle while ordering his meal. There also exists the 9.
42、_(possible)that what is considered as annoyance is not true annoyance. I might frown( 皱眉)while listening to a non-native speaker, 10. _that would be because I am concentrating and listening hard to understand him. It wouldnt mean Im at all annoyed. 【文章大意】当一个母语是英语的人听到一个人说着蹩脚的英语时是什么感受? 厌烦还是耐心倾听? 本文就此问
43、题进行了讨论。1. 【解析】broken考查词性转换。句意: 似乎蹩脚的英语让他们感到厌烦。修饰名词用形容词, 故填动词break的形容词形式 broken, 意为“蹩脚的; 不流利的”。2. 【解析】on/upon考查介词。句意: 我认为这要取决于英语为母语的人。 depend on/upon是固定搭配, 意为“依赖; 取决于”。故填on/upon。3. 【解析】easily考查词性转换。句意: 有些人就是容易生气。设空处修饰动词, 要用副词, 故填 easily。4. 【解析】attempting考查谓语动词。句意: 当我听到有人努力说英语时, 我很耐心是因为我知道用非母语交流是多么不容易
44、。此处为“hear+宾语+宾补”结构, attempt与宾语之间为逻辑上的主动关系, 且此处指听到有人正在努力说英语, 故用现在分词作宾语补足语。故填 attempting。5. 【解析】how考查宾语从句。此处为感叹句用作宾语从句, 用于加强语气。 设空处修饰形容词 difficult, 故填how。6. 【解析】to learn考查非谓语动词。句意: 我也知道英语很难学, 那增加了我对他们的努力的尊重。不定式主动表示被动, 故填to learn。7. 【解析】tables考查名词单复数。句意: 如果我正在人超级多的一天招待顾客, 且真的需要做很多件不同的事情时, 我可能会因不得不等待在点餐
45、时纠结不已的人而感到心烦意乱。 wait tables是固定短语, 意为 “招待顾客”, 故填tables。8. 【解析】needed考查动词的时态。句意见上一题解析。根据并列连词and可知, 前后时态应该一致。9. 【解析】possibility考查词性转换。句意: 也存在这样的可能性, 有些烦恼不是真的烦恼。定冠词the后接名词形式, 且根据谓语动词 exists可知, 应填形容词 possible的名词形式 possibility。10. 【解析】but/yet考查连词。句意: 听非母语的讲话者说话时, 我可能紧皱着眉头, 但那是因为我在聚精会神地努力去听懂他。根据句意可知, 前后文是转折关系。关闭Word文档返回原板块
