1、课时素养检测十Unit 3Period 2. 阅读理解ANowadays, a new method is used to decide who are the top students in school. The best students are those who not only get high marks , but also follow the rules and the behavior standards for middle school students. Here are some of the new rules and standards. Tell the t
2、ruth. Have you ever copied someone elses work in an exam? If you have, then dont do it again! Thats not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, dont tell your parents you were doing your homework. Learn to be loving and caring. Good studen
3、ts love animals and care about other people. Learn to work together with others. It would be more fun when more people work together. Did you quarrel(争吵) with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with . Tr
4、y to think of others, instead of only yourself . Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps youll discover Earth some day. Dont look down upon new ideas. Everyones ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyo
5、ne. Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your study. Some websites on the Internet are not for kids , so make sure to visit the web pages that are good for you. You can use the web for fun or homework. Cant you find any good websites for children? 【语篇概述】本文是说明文。介绍了中学将使用一种新的
6、规则和行为标准来决定谁是优秀学生, 高分不再是评判一个学生的唯一标准, 文章从五个方面对其进行了说明。1. The new rules tell kids _. A. how they can study wellB. what they should doC. how they can get high marksD. what is right and what is wrong【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段第一句Nowadays, a new method is used to decide who are the top students in school. 可知, 新规则是为
7、了决定谁是优秀的学生, 是告诉学生应该怎么做的, 故选B。2. If someone says that human beings will discover Earth some day, what should you do? A. Laugh at it. B. Welcome it. C. Leave it alone. D. Refuse it. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第五段“Perhaps youll discover Earth some day. Dont look down upon new ideas. Everyones ideas are important.
8、You should welcome them”可知, 我们要接纳这个新想法, 欢迎它。故选B。3. Good websites for children can _. A. help them with their studyB. do homework for themC. make life easierD. be a waste of time【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段“Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your study. Some websites on the Intern
9、et are not for kids, so make sure to visit the web pages that are good for you. You can use the web for fun or homework. ”小心使用互联网。互联网对你的学习很有用。但是网上的一些东西不是给孩子的, 所以确保看那些对你有好处的网页。你可以使用网络娱乐和做作业可知, 你可以用网络来学习。故选A。4. The passage mainly tells us how to _. A. do more at schoolB. care for othersC. use the Inte
10、rnetD. be top students【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据文章的整体内容及第一段Nowadays, a new method is used to decide who are the top students in school. The best students are those who not only get high marks. . . 学校将使用一种新的方式来决定谁是优秀的学生, 最好的学生不仅有很高的分数可知, 文章主要告诉我们怎么样成为优秀学生。故选D。BToday, we are told, children dont spend enough time
11、 in the fresh air. Many of them are addicted to screen on a computer or a TV-they seem to be living in a virtual world. They have lost touch with nature. But now 400 organizations in the UK, from playgroups to the National Health Service, are encouraging children to have some “wild time”. They want
12、kids to swap at least 30 minutes of watching TV or playing computer games for time playing outside. Activities such as building dens, climbing trees, rummaging for conkers and playing hide and seek are just some of the things kids can do. Even if they live in a city, they can go on adventures in the
13、 garden or the park. Children often need a helping hand from mom and dad. They need to be shown what to do and where to go. Andy Simpson from National Health Service says, “We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids development, independence and creativity, by giving
14、 wild time ago. ”So despite the complicated world that young people grow up in now, it seems that going back to basics and experiencing “natures playground” is what modern children need. David Bond from Project Wild Thing says, “We need to make more space for wild time in childrens daily routine, fr
15、eeing this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted”. This might sound a bit old fashioned to you or maybe, like me, its made you think about sticking on your boots, getting outdoors and reliving your childhood. There is no age limit on enjoying yourself! 【
16、语篇概述】本文是说明文。作者介绍了如今的孩子们大都沉迷于电视或者电脑, 而在户外的时间越来越少, 他们失去了与大自然亲密接触的机会。在本文中作者鼓励孩子有“wild time ”, 去进行一些户外活动, 比如捉迷藏、爬树等等。而且提出这些改变都需要父母的帮助。5. What is the best title of the text? A. Wild time for childrenB. Benefits of wild timeC. More space for childrenD. Adventures of children【解析】选A。主旨大意题。文章开头提出现在的儿童沉迷于电脑、电
17、视而缺少足够的户外时间, 然后在第二段提出“wild time”这一概念, 由此展开行文, 所以文章中心内容是关于孩子们的wild time的, 故A选项内容更能体现文章中心。故选A。6. Children are encouraged to do the following activities except _. A. building densB. climbing treesC. playing hide and seekD. watching TV【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二、三句作者提出的一些活动“They want kids to swap at least 30
18、 minutes of watching TV or playing computer games for time playing outside. Activities such as building dens, climbing trees, rummaging for conkers and playing hide and seek are just some of the things kids can do. ”可知, 选项D不是作者鼓励孩子们去做的事情。7. According to Andy Simpson, we know that _. A. wild time is
19、hard to designB. wild time is beneficial to childrenC. parents know the importance of wild timeD. parents like keeping their children indoors. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Andy Simpson”所说的, “We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids development, independence and creativity,
20、 by giving wild time ago. ”可知, 户外活动时间对孩子们的成长是有好处的。故选B。. 完形填空When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the 2 to keep in good health, or ad
21、vice about how to behave and conduct oneself in 3. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer 4, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the title. Therefore, the scissors would 5 before they start, or halfway done when I find out the regretful 6. Sometimes two thing
22、s are to be done at the same time, both worth your attention. You can only take up one of them, 7 has to wait or be given up. But you know the 8 is unpredictablethe changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind. Thus you are caught in a difficult 9 and feel sad. How 10 that nice chan
23、ces and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes greatly on your 11 of one choice to the other. In fact that is what 12 is like: we are often faced with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs
24、that our attention is 13 to one thing only after we get into another. The former may be more important than the 14 and give rise to a divided mind. I still remember a philosophers remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life. ” So a casual 15 may not be a bad one. 1. A. other B. opposite C.
25、front D. back【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。根据下文内容If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to suffer _可知这里意思是但是就在我准备那么做时, 我发现背面的文章同样有趣。other其他; opposite对立面; front前面; back后面, 故选B。2. A. wayB. situationC. mannerD. attitude【解析】选A。词汇辨析题。根据下文内容to keep in good health可知这里意思是它可能是讨论养生的方法, 或者是在社会中如何为人处世的建议。way方法;
26、situation情况; manner方式; attitude态度, 故选A。3. A. classB. societyC. playD. designing【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。这里意思是它可能是讨论养生的方法, 或者是在社会中如何为人处世的建议。class班级; society社会; play剧本; designing设计, 故选B。4. A. painB. damageC. woundD. injury【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。由leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the title. 可知如果我剪掉前面的文章, 后面
27、的文章有可能会受损害。pain疼痛; damage毁坏; wound 受伤; injury伤害, 故选B。5. A. useB. cutC. stayD. continue【解析】选C。词汇辨析题。因此, 剪刀将会在开始前停留, 或是剪到了一半, 发现了后悔的结果。use使用; cut切割; stay停留; continue继续, 故选C。6. A. conditionB. resultC. painD. trouble【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。因此, 剪刀将会在开始前停留, 或是剪到了一半, 发现了后悔的结果。condition情况; result结果; pain疼痛; trouble麻烦,
28、 故选B。7. A. anotherB. oneC. the otherD. the rest【解析】选C。习语搭配题。你只能拿起它们中的一个, 另外一个不得不等待或是被放弃。上文two things是一个提示信息, 表示两者中的另一个, 用the other。 another另一个; one一个; the other另一个; the rest其余的, 故选C。8. A. futureB. pastC. forceD. dream【解析】选A。词汇辨析题。但是, 你知道未来不可预知。future未来; past过去; force力量; dream梦想, 故选A。9. A. positionB.
29、 surroundingC. groundD. part【解析】选A。词汇辨析题。因此, 你陷入一种很为难的境地, 感觉很悲伤。position位置; surrounding环境; ground地面; part部分, 故选A。10. A. dareB. comeC. dealD. happen【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。好的机会和绝妙的想法怎么会同时聚在一起呢? how come怎么会, 故选B。11. A. dislikeB. jobC. feelingD. preference【解析】选D。词汇辨析题。有可能当你偏爱一种选择, 而胜过另一种时, 你的生活会发生很大的改变。dislike反感;
30、 job工作; feeling感觉; preference偏爱, 故选D。12. A. cuttingB. lifeC. weatherD. friendship【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。根据下文“When one door shuts, another opens in life. ” 可知这里在谈论生活的哲理。cutting剪报; life生活; weather天气; friendship友谊, 故选B。13. A. drawnB. placedC. paidD. put【解析】选A。词汇辨析题。只有当我们从事了一件事的时候, 我们的注意力才会转移到另一件事上。drawn抽出来; plac
31、ed放置; paid支付; put放, 故选A。14. A. headB. latterC. aboveD. below【解析】选B。词汇辨析题。前者可能比后者更重要, 并且引起有分歧的想法。与前文The former相对应的是latter。 head顶端的; latter后者的; above上述的; below在下面, 故选B。15. A. actionB. remarkC. movementD. choice【解析】选D。词汇辨析题。由上文内容The former may be more important than the _and give rise to a divided mind. 可知所以一个随意的选择可能不是糟糕的。action行动; remark评论; movement运动; choice选择, 故选D。