1、单元素养提升(六) Unit 6. 根据句意或提示填入合适的单词1. He was in a disturbed(disturb) state of mind after learning this, so youd better not disturb him. 2. Our motherland is taking measures to promote the development of Hainan, whose scenery(scene) is beautiful beyond description. 3. The last five years have seen a con
2、sistent improvement in the countrys economy(economic). 4. All the other things are negotiable(negotiate) but the boundary issue. 5. When searching for jobs, I am often asked what my highest education qualification(qualify) is? 6. What made us annoyed was that they inserted an advertisement(advertise
3、) in the newspaper without permission. 7. In addition, wetland soils are known for methane emission(排放), a greenhouse gas. 8. She wears a dress with delicate(精美的) lace, which drew much attention from the whole class. 9. It is a good message that most candidates(选手) passed in grammar. 10. The cathedr
4、al is a fantastic modern construction(建筑), which is an attraction to all the tourists. . 完成句子1. Dont worry, dear, I believe there is one day when you catch another persons eyes and she will follow you then. 别担心, 亲爱的, 我相信有一天你会吸引某个人的目光, 然后她会随你而去。2. I wonder whether you can allow me to send you back ho
5、me. 我想知道你是否能允许我送你回家。3. This camp is located in northeastern Iraq, which is beyond the imagination of USA. 这个营地位于伊拉克东北部, 美国没有想到这点。4. What should you do if you see a snake reaching out of the bush? 如果你看到一条蛇伸出灌木丛, 你该怎么办? 5. My dream is that I can do whatever I want to at my leisure. 我的梦想是在空闲时可以做任何我想做的事
6、。6. Oh, good, I am very much in favor of your proposal though some people dislike it. 哦, 好, 尽管有些人不喜欢它, 但是我非常赞成你的建议。. 英译汉1. She spoke so quietly that I could hardly hear her. 她说话轻得我几乎听不见。2. Dont stand with your hands in your pockets. 站着的时候别把双手插在口袋里。3. I did it not because I liked it but because I had
7、 to do it. 我做这事不是因为我喜欢它, 而是因为我必须做。4. Rather than buy a car of his own, he prefers to rent one. 他宁愿租一辆车, 也不愿自己买一辆。5. Up to now it has been raining for three days and nights. 到现在为止雨已经下了三天三夜了。. 阅读理解(2021上海高二检测)Edgar Degas, J. M. W. Turner and other painters captured centuries of atmospheric records as
8、they decorated canvases with sunset scenes. Greek Scientists worked with an artist to confirm that the ratio of red to green in sunset painting, both old and new, increased when particles filled the air, such as after major volcanic eruption(火山喷发)or dust storms. The atmosphere physicists also found
9、a gradual shift in artistic sunset hues over centuries, possibly due to ever-increasing air pollution during the Industrial Revolution. An earlier study, led by atmospheric physicist Christos Zerefos of the Academy of Athens in Greece, discovered that the amount of red relative to green in sunset de
10、scriptions increased after eruptions, including Tambora, Indonesia in 1815, Coseguina, Nicaragua in 1835 and Krakatau, Indonesia in 1883. Zerefos team analyzed 554 paintings created between 1550 and 1990. For up to three years after eruptions, sunsets reddened as sunlight bounced off dust and gas fr
11、om the volcanoes. The latest study, also by Zerefos, used improved scanning and analysis techniques to confirm the earlier results. A modern painter, Panayiotis Tetsis, unknowingly repeated the artistic atmospheric observations of classical masters. In the artists description of sunsets light over t
12、he Greek island of Hydra, the color ratio shifted towards red in paintings done both before (June 19, 2010)and after (June 20, 2010)a dust cloud from Sahara Desert filtered the sunsets light. Zerefos team connected the timing of classical paintings red shift to other records of the atmosphere trappe
13、d in ice cores from Greenland, in the recent study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The ice cores recorded spikes(尖刺)in sulfur-containing chemicals likely from volcanoes. These spikes corresponded in time to artists increasingly dark red sunsets. The comparison of ice and art also rev
14、ealed a slow shift in the coloring of the sunset. As the factories of Europe roared into production in the 19th and early 20th century, painting described a steady increase in the red to green ratio. The ice cores recorded a steady rise in airborne particles from industrial pollution during the same
15、 time. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 主要讲述随着大气污染变得越来越重, 画家作品中颜色也变得越来越深, 也可以说画家的作品记录了几个世纪以来大气污染的变化。1. The underlined word“hues”in the second paragraph probably means _. A. anglesB. colorsC. locationsD. times【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据上文Greek Scientists worked with an artist. . . after major volcanic eruption or dust storms. (希
16、腊科学家与一位艺术家合作证实, 当粒子充满空气时, 如在重大火山喷发或沙尘暴之后, 夕阳绘画中的红与绿的比例, 无论是旧的还是新的, 都会增加。)结合下文中大气物理学家也发现由于空气污染的增加, 艺术日落色调的变化, 由此可以猜测hues为颜色, 色调的意思, 故选B。2. What do we know about Zerefos research from the passage? A. Both modern and ancient artists describing sunset are involved in the research. B. It confirmed an obv
17、ious increase in the ratio of green to red in sunset paintings. C. The shift from green to red also existed in the records of ice cores trapped items. D. The team used traditional techniques to confirm the earlier results of the research. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第四段的 Zerefos team analyzed 554 paintings cre
18、ated between 1550 and 1990. ( Zerefos的团队分析了1550年至1990年期间创作的554幅绘画。 )可知Zerefos团队研究的日落作品既有古代艺术家的又有现代艺术家的。3. How did Zerefos team confirm that atmospheric records kept by painters were reliable? A. By analyzing classical paintings. B. By connecting time to color. C. By comparing art with ice. D. By wor
19、king with an artist. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的The comparison of ice and art also revealed. . . airborne particles from industrial pollution during the same time。 (冰和艺术的对比也揭示了日落颜色的缓慢变化。当欧洲的工厂在19世纪和20世纪初大举投产时, 绘画描绘了红绿比例的稳步增长。在同一时期, 冰芯记录了来自工业污染的空气微粒的稳步上升。)可知, 因此Zerefos团队通过对比冰和艺术来确认大气污染变化对绘画颜色的记录更可靠。4. Whi
20、ch of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Modern Research of Ancient Art and Ice with Pollution. B. Art Masterpiece and Pollutants Trapped in Ice Cores. C. An Increase in the Ratio of Red to Green in Paintings. D. Art Masterpiece Recorded Centuries of Pollution. 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通读全文特别是
21、第一段的内容可知, 本文主要讲述随着大气污染变得越来越重, 画家作品中颜色也变得越来越深, 也可以说画家的作品记录了几个世纪以来大气污染的变化。因此D选项Art Masterpiece Recorded Centuries of Pollution. (艺术作品记录数百年污染), 符合题意。. 应用文写作假设你是李华, 你的美国笔友Peter曾表示希望来中国教书。你校现需招聘外教, 请给他写一封信, 告知招聘信息。内容主要包括: 1. 教授课程: 英语口语、英语写作、今日美国、今日英国等2. 授课对象: 高中生(至少三年英语基础)3. 工作量: (1)每周12学时, 任三门课(2)担任学生英语
22、俱乐部或英语校报顾问(advisor) 【参考范文】Dear Peter, I remember you told me you were interested in teaching in China. Our school now is looking for a native speaker to teach some courses to senior high students. If you come, you can choose three of the following four courses: Speaking, Writing, Britain Today and A
23、merica Today, and teach 12 hours a week. The students who are going to take these courses have at least three years of English learning experiences. Besides teaching, you will also work as an advisor to our students English club or our schools English newspaper. Please let me know if you are interes
24、ted and if you have any other questions. Id be more than happy to help. Best wishes, Li Hua. 阅读理解(2021北京高二检测)When Rachel Ratelle saw a news video of a burned koala trying to climb a tree to safety in fire-ravaged (火灾肆虐的) Australia, she decided to do something about it. She looked up wildlife rescue
25、and relief agencies in Australia to find out what they needed most. Besides donations, many organizations asked for hand-sewn (手缝的) and knitted pouches (袋子) and wraps for koalas and other animals that were burned or had lost their homes and parents in the fires. This idea attracted Ratelle, but ther
26、e was just one problem. “Id never sewn in my life, ” said Ratelle, 17, a senior at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, US. “Giving money seemed like something too simple. But I wanted to directly help these animals by doing something myself, so I decided to learn how to sew. ”Over the next few
27、months, Ratelle bought her own sewing machine and taught herself how to sew via videos online. Then she purchased 18 yards of fabric and sewed 25 pouches of different sizes and shipped them off to For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid (FAWNA), one of several relief organizations that have rushed to re
28、scue koalas, kangaroos and other species suffering from burns. A week later, she received a photo from FAWNA with a young joey (幼兽) in one of her larger pouches. “It made me feel like I contributed to the world and it showed how a simple act of kindness can go a long way, ” said Ratelle, who hopes t
29、o study biology for a future career as a nurse practitioner. “I plan to use my new sewing skills to help animals and people devastated (蹂躏) by natural disasters, ” she said. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it estimated that 1. 2 billion animals have died, as a result of the bushfires, which ha
30、ve burned more than 26 million acres in Australia. Several craft guild (手工业行会) websites around the world have mobilized (动员) for Australian relief by making the animal pouches. Karen Newberry and her two daughters Madison, 12 and Rochelle, 8, from San Diego also offered their help in such a way. For
31、 Newberry, “it was a big push that made we crafters, sewers to realize theres something more we can do than just make things for ourselves, ” she said. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。澳大利亚大火肆虐导致生灵涂炭, 数十亿动物因此丧生, 17岁的美国高中生Ratelle在了解到当地动物急需手缝的针织袋后, 决定自学缝纫并将自制的袋子捐给了慈善组织, 与此同时, 全世界的手工艺人和裁缝们也都加入了救助澳大利亚野生动物的行列中。1. What do t
32、he first two paragraphs mainly talk about? A. What inspired Ratelle to learn to sew. B. What is needed to save koalas and other species. C. The poor living conditions of wild animals in Australia. D. Different ways to help koalas and other animals in Australia. 【解析】选A。段落大意题。根据第一段中“When Rachel Ratell
33、e saw a news video of. . . something about it”和第二段中“Besides donations, many organizations asked for hand-sewn and knitted pouches and wraps for koalas and other animals”可知, Ratelle看到了澳大利亚大火的视频, 决心为此做点什么, 然后又了解到当地急需动物用的针织袋, 接下来就引出了她为此去学习缝纫技术, 前两段交代的正是Ratelle学习缝纫的原因、动机。2. How did Ratelle feel when she
34、 received a photo from FAWNA according to the text? A. Proud. B. Calm. C. Surprised. D. Disappointed. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第六段中引述Ratelle的原话“It made me feel like I contributed to the world and it showed how a simple act of kindness can go a long way”可知, 收到照片让Ratelle觉得她对于世界做出了一份贡献。由此判断出Ratelle显然是带着一种自豪、满足的心
35、情。3. The statistics (统计数字) in Paragraph 8 are used to show _. A. how frequent the bushfires are in AustraliaB. how harmful the bushfires are in AustraliaC. the great varieties of wild animals in AustraliaD. the difficulties facing relief organizations in Australia【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第八段“According to the
36、World Wildlife Fund, it estimated. . . 26 million acres in Australia. ”(据世界野生动物基金会(World widlife Fund)估计, 在澳大利亚, 森林大火烧毁了2 600多万英亩土地, 造成12亿只动物死亡。)可知这里描述的是澳大利亚大火造成的动物伤亡情况和波及的范围, 是为了表现大火的危害程度。4. What do Newberrys words in the last paragraph suggest? A. People should stay united through difficult times.
37、 B. Life is not easy for crafters and sewers in Australia. C. It is challenging for crafters and sewers to do relief work. D. Crafters and sewers can do more to help animals. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段中引述Newberry的话“it was a big push that made we crafters, sewers to realize theres something more we can do t
38、han just make things for ourselves”(这是一个巨大的推动, 让我们这些工匠、裁缝工意识到, 除了为自己制造东西, 我们还可以做更多的事情。)可知所指的就是在帮助动物方面还可以做得更多。. 应用文写作(2019全国卷)假定你是李华, 暑假在伦敦学习, 得知当地美术馆要举办中国画展览。请写一封信申请做志愿者, 内容包括: 1. 写信目的; 2. 个人优势; 3. 能做的事情。注意: 1. 词数100左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文流畅。 【参考范文】Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Li Hua, a Chinese student
39、who is taking a summer course in London now. Knowing that you are recruiting volunteers for the coming London Chinese painting exhibition, Im more than delighted to write with the intention of applying to be a volunteer. Having studied English for 12 years, I possess a good command of spoken English
40、. Whats more, I have participated in several similar activities, which equip me with a relevant experience. If accepted, I can serve as a guide, introducing Chinese paintings and answer questions. I have the confidence that my enthusiasm and devotion will surpass your expectation. Id appreciate it if you could take my application into consideration. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua
