1、Unit 18 Beauty eriod TwoWhats Your Favourite Music? 课时精练（北师大版选修6，广东专用）P(时间：30分钟满分：35分).语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为110的相应位置上。We often hear people say，“Never give up.”These can be _1_(encourage)words and words of determination.A person who
2、 believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he _2_(fail)In my opinion，the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have.Therefore，I believe that we should never give up.One reason is that if we give up too _3_(easy)，we will rarely achieve anything.
3、It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new，_4_ we should not feel discouraged and should try again.Besides，if we always give up when we fail，we will not be able to develop new skills.Another reason we should never give up is _5_ we can learn from our mistakes only if we m
4、ake a new effort.If we do not try again，the lesson we have learned _6_(waste)Finally，we should never give up because as we work _7_(reach) our goals，we develop confidence，and this confidence can help us succeed in _8_ areas of our lives.If we never challenge ourselves，we will begin to doubt our abil
5、ities.In short，it is important that we do not give up when working _9_ our goals.Whether we succeed in the end or not，we will learn something，and what we learn will help us to become more confident people.Furthermore，if we give up，we will have _10_ chance of attaining our goals，but if we keep trying
6、，there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.【解题导语】 这是一篇励志文章。文章告诉我们永远不应该放弃以及不放弃的理由。1encouragingencouraging表示“令人鼓舞的”，用来形容事物。2fails/has failed主语是第三人称单数代词he，而且根据文章内容可知，这里应用一般现在时或现在完成时。3easily用副词easily修饰谓语动词。4so根据上下文可知，这里表示因果关系。5thatthat在此处引导表语从句。6will be wasted根据句意可知，waste应该用被动语态。这句话的意思是：如果我们
7、不重新试一下的话，那么我们已经学到的东西便浪费了。7to reach根据句意可知，这里应该用不定式表示目的。8otherother areas of our lives指我们生活的其他方面。9forfor在此处表示目的，work for our goals意为“为我们的目标而奋斗”。10no根据上下文内容可知，这里应该填no。这句话的大意是：再者，如果我们放弃了，我们就没有机会实现自己的目标，而如果我们不断尝试的话，我们总有一天会有机会获得成功的。.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)AJapan is a country with a long history and it lie
8、s in the east of Asia.Japan is wellknown to the world for its economic power.Japan consists of several thousands of islands，of which Honshu，Hokkaido，Kyushu and Shikoku are the four largest.Japans closest neighbors are Korea，Russia and China.The Sea of Japan separates the Asian continent from the Jap
9、anese archipelago(群岛)Japans area is comparable to that of Germany or California.Japans northernmost islands are located on a similar geographical latitude(纬度)as Milan or Portland，while her southernmost islands are on a similar latitude as the Bahamas.More than 50% of the country is mountainous and c
10、overed by forests.Japan is politically divided into 8 regions and 47 prefectures(都道府县)The population of Japan is about 125,000,000，including some two million foreign residents.More than half of the nonJapanese population is of Korean origin.Because Japan is located in a region，where several continen
11、tal plates meet，the country experiences frequent earthquakes.For the same reason，there are many volcanoes in Japan.Japans most famous volcano and highest mountain is Mount Fuji.Due to the large North South extension of the country，the climate varies strongly in different regions.The climate in most
12、of the major cities，including Tokyo，is temperate(温带的)to subtropic and consists of four seasons.The winter is mild and the summer is hot and humid.There is a rainy season in early summer，and typhoons hit parts of the country every year during late summer.The climate of the northern island of Hokkaido
13、 and the Sea of Japan coast is colder，and snow falls in large amounts.In Okinawa，on the other hand，the mean temperature of January is a warm 16 degrees Celsius.【解题导语】 本文向我们介绍了日本的地理情况。11According to the passage，Japan has a big effect on the world in _.Aculture Bpopulation Ceconomy Dpolitics答案C细节理解题。依
14、据文章第一段最后一句，可知日本的经济实力是其为世人所熟知的原因，即：日本的经济对世界有着重要的影响。12Which of the following countries is NOT the closest neighbors of Japan?AChina. BRussia. CKorea. DIndia答案D细节理解题。依据文章第二段中的Japans closest neighbors are Korea，Russia and China.可知，A、B、C三项均有提及，而没有提及D印度。所以答案为D。13The reason why there are many earthquakes i
15、n Japan is that _.AJapan lies where several plates meetBthe population of Japan is too largeCthere are many active volcanoesDJapan is near the Pacific Ocean答案A细节理解题。依据文章倒数第二段可知：日本处于几个大陆板块的汇合处，这是其多火山和地震的原因，而并非因为火山多而引起的地震多。所以答案为A。14The passage introduces _ aspects about Japans geography to us.A4 B5 C6
16、 D7答案B细节理解题。依据文章可知，文章共有6段，除第一段是总述外，其余5段介绍了日本地理的5个方面：地理位置、面积、人口、地震火山及气候。15The climate of Japan is _ in most parts.Amild Bcold Chot Dhumid答案A细节理解题。依据文章最后一段，日本的气候多不相同，但大部分地区气候温和，只是在日本的北海道的北部海岛及日本海岸附近略微有些寒冷。所以答案选A。BPeople from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishi
17、ng facial expressionsand a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.Rachael Jack，University of Glasgow researcher，said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀地)across a face as Westerners do，Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at dif
18、ferent face features to read facial expressions，”Jack said.“Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure，whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect(忽略)the mouth.”According to Jack and her colleagues，the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previou
19、sly believed.As a result，facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in crosscultural situations.The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Cauca
20、sian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories：happy，sad，surprised，fearful，disgusted，angry，or neutral.They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.It turned out that
21、 Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westernersdid.“The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions，”Jack said.“Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the who
22、le face to convey emotion，Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”In short，the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.From here on，examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion.Otherwi
23、se，when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures，Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.【解题导语】 本文为说明文，研究发现，在识别面部表情时体现出了中西文化的差异，即西方人善于观察对方的眼睛和嘴巴，而东方人则在对方的眼睛上花费了更多精力，但却忽视对嘴巴的关注。16The discovery shows that Westerners _.Apay equal attention to the eyes and the mouthB
24、consider facial expressions universally reliableCobserve the eyes and the mouth in different waysDhave more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions答案A细节理解题。根据第三段Jack的讲话可得知，西方人在观察对方眼睛和嘴巴上所花费的精力相当，故答案为A项。17What were the people asked to do in the study?ATo make a face at each other.BTo get their f
25、aces impressive.CTo classify some face pictures.DTo observe the researchersfaces.答案C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段.they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories.可知，研究对象被要求观察一些面部表情的图片，然后对其进行分类，故答案为C项。18What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?AThe participants in the stud
26、y.BThe researchers of the study.CThe errors made during the study.DThe data collected from the study.答案A词义猜测题。本句意为“他们在眼睛动作上所表现出的文化差异可能就反映出了他们在面部表情上的文化差异”，根据句意可得知they指的是参与调查的13个西高加索人和13个东亚人。19In comparison with Westerners，Easterners are likely to _.Ado translation more successfullyBstudy the mouth mo
27、re frequentlyCexamine the eyes more attentivelyDread facial expressions more correctly答案C推理判断题。根据第二段和第三段可知，西方人在识别人的面部表情时善于均匀地观察整张脸，花费相同的精力去观察眼睛和嘴巴，但是东方人则更多地观察眼睛而忽视对嘴巴的观察，由此得知，与西方人相比，东方人对眼睛的观察更为仔细认真，故答案为C项。20What can be the best title for the passage?AThe Eye as the Window to the SoulBCultural Differences in Reading EmotionsCEffective Methods to Develop Social SkillsDHow to Increase Crosscultural Understanding答案B主旨大意题。通读全文可概括得知，本文主要介绍了一项研究结果，即东西文化的差异体现在双方对面部表情的识别方面，文章始终围绕此话题来展开，故答案为B项。
