1、必修 Unit 3 单元主题语篇训练AI started reading Shakespeare when I was nine, after my grandfather, an actor, sent me a copy of Romeo and Juliet.The story and the language attracted me.I found out about Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) and started volunteering for it when I was about 10.When I was 1
2、3, I managed to run a film project with SGCNZ.Im homeeducated and a parttime correspondence student (函授生) as well.We have a drama group made up of quite a few people who are also homeeducated.Ive also joined Wellington Young Actors, a youth theatre company.There are many similarities and differences
3、 between being homeeducated and attending a fiveday program.I love hearing other students reactions when meeting them and share my different ways of experiencing the world with them.While explaining the way I learn can be a challenge, I love helping people to understand there isnt just one way of le
4、arning.Being homeeducated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions.My education has always been about making those focuses but I do lots of the same things as people who attend fiveday programs do.Shakespeare is a great approach to lots of things aroun
5、d English, history and the arts.I think something you learn when you perform is connection.You have to have a connection with your fellow actors, with the audience and with Shakespeare.I learn this from actually being on stage and from taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs.I believe
6、 its the emotion in Shakespeare that makes it relevant today.You can be reading something that was written 400 years ago and be able to see parts of your life in the work as it shows you how to understand the world and explore a lot of different ideas.语篇解读:我喜欢莎士比亚的作品,它们让我学会用不同的方式理解这个世界,并懂得如何更好地与人相处。
7、1What does the underlined part “a fiveday program” in Paragraph 2 mean?AA film project.BA reading activity.CSchool education. DStage performance.解析:选 C词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“There are many similarities and differences .when meeting them”可知,a fiveday program与being homeeducated之间有同有异,且通过前者,作者可以接触到其他学生,故可推知,该短语
8、指的是学校教育。2Why does the author choose home education?ATo be different from others.BTo better focus on his passions.CTo enjoy more personal freedom.DTo improve his academic performance.解析:选B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Being homeeducated .to pursue my passions.”可知,在家接受教育给了作者接受个性化教育的自由,让作者可以追求自己热爱的事物。3What do we know
9、about the author?AA famous young actor.BA loyal program volunteer.CA home education writer.DA devoted Shakespearelover.解析:选D推理判断题。根据第一段内容以及第三段中的“I learn this from actually being on stage and .”可知,作者从小阅读莎士比亚的作品,并且通过舞台表演和参加不同的莎士比亚戏剧节的节目学到要与周围的人保持联系。由此可知,作者对莎士比亚的作品非常喜爱。B(2021成都诊断)Author Walter Dean Mye
10、rs died at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults and received many top awards.The prolific author was loved for his vivid description of the lives of African American children, and for writing books for young people
11、 that covered different subjects. “Myers has written about all those subjects with deep understanding and a hardwon, qualified sense of hope,” said Leonard S. Marcus in 2008.He was born in 1937 and was adopted by Florence Dean and Herbert after his mother died while giving birth to his younger siste
12、r. They loved him very much and his mother read to him from a very young age. Reading pushed him to discover worlds beyond his landscape.He began writing at an early age. He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to
13、 him. “Its what you do,” she said.He dropped out of high school at 17 and joined the army. After finishing his service, he entered a dark period in his life. Myers began writing at night to pull himself through that miserable time.In an essay published in The New York Times earlier this year, Myers
14、described how a short story by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the course of his life. “I didnt love the story, but I was lifted by it,” he wrote, “for it took place in Harlem, and it was a story concerned with black people like those I knew. By humanizing the people who were like me, Baldwins st
15、ory also humanized me. The story gave me a permission that I didnt know I needed, the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map.”“I write books or the troubled boy I once was,” he wrote, “and for the boy who lives within me still.”语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文,主要介绍了美国著名作家Walter Dean Myers的生平。4What does
16、 the second paragraph mainly talk about?AHow popular Myers was.BHow Myers became successful.CWhat makes Myers works popular.DWhat people think of Myers works.解析:选C段落大意题。通读该段可知,该段首句“The prolific author . covered different subjects”为该段主题句,结合该段其他内容可知,这位多产的作家因其对非裔美国儿童生活的生动描述,以及为年轻人写的涉及不同话题的书籍而深受喜爱。由此可知,
17、该段主要介绍了他的作品受欢迎的原因,故C项正确。5Who discovered Myers writing talent?AJames Arthur Baldwin.BHis mother.CLeonard S. Marcus.DOne of his teachers.解析:选D细节理解题。根据第四段第二句可知,他在高中时写作就很好,一位英语老师认识到这一点并建议他无论发生什么事都要坚持写下去。据此可知,他的写作天赋是他的一位英语老师发现的,故D项正确。6What does the underlined word “prolific” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
18、AProductive.BUnfortunate.CConservative. DHumorous.解析:选A词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句可知,Walter Dean Myers写了100多本儿童和年轻人的读物,并获得了许多最高奖项。由此可推知,他是一位多产的作家。productive意为“多产的”,故A项正确。B项意为“不幸的”,C项意为“守旧的”,D项意为“幽默的”,都与语境不符。7Why was the short story by James Arthur Baldwin so important for Myers?AIt helped him survive the dark pe
19、riod.BIt inspired him to pursue his writing career.CHe learned many writing techniques from it.DThe author of the story permitted him to write.解析:选B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第一句中的“how a short story . the course of his life”以及最后一句可知,Baldwin写的故事鼓励了Myers追求他自己的写作事业,故B项正确。C(2021石家庄模拟)CocaCola, which reportedly produc
20、ed more than 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017, announced that it wants to “help fix the worlds plastic waste problem one community (社区) at a time”The soda giant is doing so by providing D|S5.4 million for recycling programs in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Denver and Houston. In these citi
21、es, partners, like The Green Blue Institute and The Recycling Partnership, which receive the money, will work together to improve recycling rates.“We focus on areas where we have the ability to make the biggest influence on communities through the funding and expert skills of CocaCola employees,” Ca
22、rlos Pagoaga, CocaColas group director of community partnerships, said in a statement. “In each city, local partners will work together to identify barriers to recycling on a local level and test a range of solutions,” he added. “We hope the learning from these model markets can offer solutions to o
23、ther cities facing similar challenges.”As part of the effort, The Recycling Partnership and the city of Atlanta, where the CocaCola companys headquarters are based, will send street teams out to open recycling carts and leave citizens cards informing them what they can and cant recycle, and let them
24、 know how their efforts work.“Two of the most urgent problems with recycling in the U. S. today are lack of access and the pollution in recycling,” Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, said in a statement. “We know from the success of Atlanta in 2017 that the citizens want to recycle, a
25、nd that communicating with them in the street works.”Last year, CocaCola announced its task to collect and reuse a bottle or can for each one it sells, and increase the amount of its products out of recycled materials to 50% by 2030. It also aims to make all its packaging fully recyclable by 2025.语篇
26、解读:本文是一篇新闻报道。可口可乐公司宣布将帮助解决世界上的塑料垃圾问题,该公司将联合其他组织一起实施塑料垃圾回收利用计划。8What does CocaCola company intend to do in the program?AProduce less packaging.BHelp deal with plastic waste.CPick up waste in communities.DBuild a plant to recycle plastic waste.解析:选B细节理解题。根据第一段“CocaCola . announced that it wants to hel
27、p fix the worlds plastic waste problem one community (社区) at a time”可知,可口可乐公司计划帮助解决塑料垃圾问题,故B项正确。9Whats Paragraph 2 mainly about?AHow CocaCola conducts its program.BWhat organizations participate in the program.CHow CocaCola chooses cities for the program.DWhat the local people do in CocaColas progra
28、m.解析:选A段落大意题。阅读第二段内容可知,该段主要介绍了可口可乐公司实施该计划的过程:给各大城市的回收利用项目提供资金,这些城市的合作伙伴收到资金后将一起合作来提高回收利用率,故A项正确。10What do street teams do to help?ASort out all kinds of waste in the city.BLook into the cause of pollution.CInstruct local people what to recycle.DHand cards to the locals in person.解析:选C细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中
29、的“will send street teams . informing them what they can and cant recycle, and let them know how their efforts work”可知,街道队伍帮助指导当地市民要回收利用什么样的垃圾,故C项正确。11What does Keefe Harrison think of the program?APromising.BDifficult.CPioneering. DCostly.解析:选A推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句“We know from the success of Atlanta in 2
30、017 that the citizens want to recycle, and that communicating with them in the street works.”可推知,他认为该项目是有希望的;A项意为“有前途的,有希望的”,故A项正确。tips 如何正确推断隐含意义对隐含意义的推断在阅读理解题中难度较大。命题者要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上,进行合乎情理的推理与判断,从而得出文章的隐含意义和深层含义。对隐含意义的推测属于主观性较强的高层次阅读理解,考生在做这类题时,一定要严格依据作者所陈述的细节、事实以及作者的措辞、态度和语气,找出能够表露作者思想倾向和感情色彩的词句,然后利用相关知识进行推理判断,从而得出符合逻辑的结论。解此类题时,要特别注意对关键词、短语以及句子的把握,它们往往隐藏着深层的意思。例如上文第11题,根据题干中的Keefe Harrison可定位第五段最后一句“We know from the success of Atlanta in 2017 that the citizens want to recycle, and that communicating with them in the street works.”,进一步分析语言信息,可知本句中的关键词是success,其隐含意义是,他认为该项目是有希望的。