1、高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家选修8Unit 3 Inventors and inventions能力演练一、语法填空There once were a goat and a donkey(驴)that lived on a farm.The donkey worked the hardest, 1 the farmer fed it the most food.Sometimes the donkey was given more food 2 it could eat, 3 made the goat so jealous 4 it began plotting against（谋划对
2、付） the donkey.“Hey,donkey,” the goat said one day.“I think you do too much work on this farm.You carry such heavy things 5 morning to night.Why don,t you pretend to get sick so you can take a day off?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea.So the next morning,the donkey 6 (lie)in the stable o
3、n its side with its eyes 7 (close).Right away,the farmer called the doctor. 8 looking at the donkey,the doctor said it needed a special medicine 9 (make)from the heart of a goat.So the farmer killed 10 goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.二、 完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）
4、中，选出最佳选项。It started in 8th grade.I used to be the perfect example of what people 1 when they imagine the stereotype(模式化观念)of the 2 :impolite and selfish-that was me.I was concerned about myself only.It was just3 away from the spring break when my mom had me sign up for a sixday trip.It would 4 the w
5、hole spring break.Three weeks later,the trip began.I was not a(n) 5 camper,especially when I found out it was a mission,s trip 6 I would have to scrve other people.The trip,however,totally 7 me and I had the 8 time of my life.We went to a farm and spent our time arranging free 9 for children who had
6、 one or both 10 in prison.I was so inspired by those children!Even though 11 in bad conditions with parents away from them,they still wanted to 12 .It made me want to 13 . We painted the rooms that the kids stayed in,prepared and 14 food,and played together.I had 15 worked harder,and that was withou
7、t doubt the happiest week of my life.I will never forget that trip!1.A.relate to B.think ofC.belong to D.depend on2.A.baby B.studentC.teenager D.adult3.A.years B.monthsC.hours D.weeks4.A.put off B.make upC.take up D.start with5.A.happy B.strangeC.angry D.useful6.A.or B.whileC.but D.and7.A.controlled
8、 B.changedC.worried D.destroyed8.A.last B.hardestC.best D.longest9.A.courses B.ticketsC.books D.camps10.A.friends B.parentsC.classmates D.brothers11.A.going up B.coming upC.standing up D.growing up12.A.give B.receiveC.live D.refuse13.A.keep away B.stay aroundC.help out D.go on14.A.cooked B.storedC.o
9、ffered D.produced15.A.seldom B.evenC.once D.never三、阅读理解阅读理解专题训练(九) 议论文的阅读Healthy knees aren,t the main consideration in choosing high heels,but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos（细高跟鞋）.“It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis(骨关节
10、炎）and once you do it,it is too late,” said Dr.Casey Kerrigan,leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School,s department of physical medicine.“I compare it to smokingone cigarette is not painful,but over a lifetime it is.Wideheeled shoes feel comfortable,so women w
11、ear them all day long,” Kerrigan said.“They are better for your feet than stiletto heels,but just as bad for your knees.”In the study,researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three inch heels,one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one.The scientists compared how much pres
12、sure was put on the womens knees by both types of shoes.The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure.The scientists found that both types of shoesappliedequal amounts of pressure to the knees.Compared with walking barefoot,the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percen
13、t.Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis,experts say.The idea that high heels are bad for your health isnt newscientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes,tendonitis,knee pain,sprained(扭伤)ankles and back problems.But
14、in 1998,Kerrigan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis,a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage(软骨)surrounding the knee.The first study looked only at stiletto heels,and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky highheeled shoes she not
15、iced many women wearing.“This study confirms what we all intuitively（直觉地）know that highheeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,” said Dr.Glem Pfeffer,a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.根据短文，写一篇30词左右的摘要。_.根
16、据所读短文,选择最佳选项。1.We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _.A.they want to walk comfortablyB.chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairsC.chunky heels do less harm to kneesD.chunky heels are not painful at all2.The study mentioned in the second paragraph found th
17、at _. A.pressure on the foot is caused by high heelsB.the pressure is abnormal while walking barefootC.arthritis is always caused by pressure on the kneesD.both types of shoes have the same harm to the knees3.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A.people got to know the high heels are bad for
18、health recentlyB.people have known the high heels are bad for health for yearsC.people haven,t known the high heels are bad for health yetD.people will be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon4.Kerrigan,s late study looked at the chunky high heeled shoes because _.A.they feel more comfo
19、rtableB.they are related to knee osteoarthritisC.they are worn by many womenD.they are different from stiletto heels5.The best title for the passage may be _.A.Taking Healthy Knees into ConsiderationB.Highheels Do Harm to KneesC.Chunky Heels and Stiletto HeelsD.When Wearing Highheels参考答案一、1.解析：so引导结
20、果状语从句。答案：so2.解析：more food后接连词than。答案：than3.解析：which引导非限定性定语从句，指代前面整句话内容。答案：which4.解析：so.that是搭配：如此以致答案：that5.解析：from morning to night：从早到晚。答案：from6.解析：lie的过去式是lay。答案：lay7.解析：考查with结构，此处closed是形容词。答案：closed8.解析：affter引导状语从句。答案：After9.解析：考查非谓语动词做定语。答案：made10.his/the二、1.解析：根据impolite and selfish可知，这里谈的
21、是人们对青少年的看法，故用think of。答案：B2.解析：根据8th grade可以得出答案。答案：C3.解析：根据下文Three weeks later可知，当时离春假只有几周的时间了。答案：D4.解析：根据句中whole可推断，这次旅行占用了作者的整个春假。take up表示“占用”。答案：C5.解析：根据句中I would have to serve other people可推断，作者野营时很不高兴，尤其当他得知要为别人服务时。答案：A6.解析：it was a missions trip和I would have to serve other people都是作者后来发现的，因此
22、二者为并列关系。答案：D7.解析：根据句中however和下文内容可推断，那次旅行完全改变了作者。答案：B8.解析：根据下文I was so inspired可推断，作者认为这是他生命中最好的一段时间。答案：C9.解析：根据第一段中camper和a missions trip可推断，作者服务的内容是为孩子们安排免费的宿营地。答案：D10.解析：根据下文parents away from them可知，孩子们的父母或其中的一个在监狱里。答案：B11.解析：根据语境可知，孩子们在恶劣的环境下长大，故用grow up。答案：D12.解析：这些孩子们的行为改变了作者自私的一面，这说明虽然成长的环境不好
23、，他们仍然想要奉献。答案：A13.解析：作者看到这些孩子们的处境，深受感动，因此决定帮助他们走出困境。答案：C14.解析：根据句中的prepared可知，这里用cooked,表示作者和孩子们一起做饭。答案：A15.解析：作者在此之前从没像这样努力工作过，故用never。答案：D三、.The passage discusses the idea that high heels has the bad effects on the knees by surveying and showing some facts and the reasons for it,so when choosing hi
24、gh heels we should consider our healthy knees.1.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Wide heeled shoes feel comfortable,so women wear them all day long”可知妇女选择粗高跟鞋是因为粗高跟鞋穿着舒服，A项与此意思相符。答案：A2.解析：推理判断题。从第二段中的“The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees”可知，两种高跟鞋给膝关节带来的压力是等量的，
25、所以它们对膝关节的伤害是一样的。答案：D 3.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段开头“The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn,t newscientists have warned women for years that.”可知B项与此一致。答案：B4.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The first study looked only at stiletto heels,and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing.”可见，起初的研究对象只是细高跟鞋，Kerrigan后来对粗高跟鞋进行调查研究是因为她注意到许多妇女穿着粗高跟鞋。答案：C5.解析：主旨大意题。本文主要论述了鞋跟粗厚的高跟鞋和鞋跟细高的高跟鞋一样，都对膝关节有损害。所以B选项“高跟鞋伤害膝关节”是最佳选项。答案：B 版权所有高考资源网
