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Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2018·浙江)
As cultural
symbols go,the American car is quite Model T Ford
was
built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a
century ago,with the first rolling off the
assembly line(装配线) on September 27, eleven
cars were produced the
next eventually Henry
Ford would build fifteen million of them.
Modern America was born on the road,behind a
car shaped some
of the most lasting aspects of
American culture:the roadside diner,the
billboard,the
motel,even the most of the last
century,the car represented what it
meant to
be American—going forward at high speed to find
new road
novel,the road movie,these are the
most typical American ideas,born of abundant
petrol,cheap cars and a never-ending
interstate highway system,the largest public
works project in history.
In 1928
Herbert Hoover imagined an America with “a chicken
in every pot
and a car in every garage.”Since
then,this society has moved onward,never looking
back,as the car transformed America from a
farm-based society into an industrial
power.
The cars that drove the
American Dream have helped to create a global
ecological America the demand for oil has
grown by 22 percent since
1990.
The
problems of excessive(过度的) energy
consumption,climate change and
population
growth have been described in a book by the
American writer Thomas
fears the worst,but
hopes for the best.
Friedman points
out that the green economy(经济) is a chance to keep
American strength.“The ability to design,build
and export green technologies for
producing
clean water,clean air and healthy and abundant
food is going to be the
currency of power in
the new century.”
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。美国的汽车制造业对
美国文化影响持久,然而
其发展也带来了一系列的问题:能源消耗、气候变暖、人口增长等等。然而,绿
色经济、
绿色科技可成为解决这一系列问题的新的突破口。
is
hamburger mentioned in paragraph 2?
explain Americans’ love for travelling by car.
show the influence of cars on American
culture.
stress the popularity of fast
food with Americans.
praise the
effectiveness of America’s road system.
答案B
解析细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第二句“The car shaped
some of the
most lasting aspects of American
culture...even the hamburger.”可知,作者提到
hamburger
是为了指出,汽车塑造了美国文化中最持久的方面,故选B项。
has the use
of cars in America led to?
e of economy.
nmental problems.
C.A shortage of oil
supply.
答案B
解析细节理解题。根据文章第四段的第一句“The
cars that drove the
American Dream have helped
to create a global ecological disaster.”可知,汽车的使
用,导致了一个全球生态灾难,也就是B项提到的环境问题,故选B项。
is
Friedman’s attitude towards America’s future?
ous. ul.
l. nt.
D.A farm-
based society.
答案C
解析推理判断题。根据第五段的最后一句“He fears the worst,but
hopes for
the best.”可知,他害怕最坏的情况,但却抱着最好的希望。由此推断
,Friedman对美国
的未来仍然是充满希望的。故选C项。
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2018·浙江温州适应性测试)
I work
for ,an eighty-year-old neighbor.I 1 groceries
for her at
the supermarket and sometimes I
dust and 2 her best part,
3 ,is taking care
of Sam,her canary (金丝雀).He sings all the time and
is always
cheerful.I’m going to buy 4 .But I
don’t have enough money yet. 5 ,soon.
Last Thursday I ran upstairs to ’ was in
bed.“You can’t 6
for me anymore,girl.”
said,“I can’t 7 to pay you.” I felt 8 to
my would I find another job?At dinner,I
couldn’t said,“I
feel 9 for her,’s so alone
up there.” Leaning over,Mom gave me a
hug and
said,“I’m glad we 10 each other.” That night I
couldn’t 11 .I
kept thinking about would she
get things from the store 12 me?
The
next day I ran was 13 in I asked what
she
wanted that day, 14 me for a minute and then
told I got
back, watched me 15 .After a
while,she spoke,“ 16 I can’t pay
you,I’ll
give you Sam.” My breath caught in my throat.I
couldn’t 17 if I
took Sam, would be all I
sighed,“I can’t take 18
you don’t have to
pay me.” She reached out and patted my
arm.“You’
re a good 19 ,Carla.” said.I felt a
lump in my says friends
have to be your own
20 ?
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在为一位八十岁的邻居老人
工作,照顾她
的起居生活。但因为老人已无力支付工资,所以决定不再雇用作者来照顾自己。后来作者在妈妈的启发和鼓励下,继续无偿照顾老人,并与老人成了忘年之交。
答案A
解析根据上下文可知,作者为工作,照顾她的生活,包括去超市买(buy)
日用品。deliver“递送”;pack“打包”。
t
h
答案B
解析除了去超市买东西之外,作者还要打扫(sweep)
的房间。protect
“保护”;furnish“布置家具”;share“分享”。
d
ise
答案C
解析作者的工作是帮助清洁灰尘、
打扫房间等,然而(though),作者最
喜欢做的还是照顾她的金丝雀。though此处作副词,
意为“然而”;instead“代
替”;therefore“因此”;otherwise“否则”
。
答案A
解析根据上下文可知,作者也想要买一只金丝雀(one)。
lly
onally
答案A
sly
lly
ore
r
解析根据上文可知,作者想要买一只金丝雀,钱不够,但有望(Ho
pefully)能很快实
现这个愿望。curiously“好奇地”;occasionally“
偶尔”;gradually“逐渐地”。
答案C
解析根据下文中的“How would I find another
job?”可知,决定不再
雇用作者来为她工作(work)了。
答案D
解析根据上下文,尤其是“pay”可知,不再雇用作者的原因是
没有足够
的钱来支付(afford)工资了。afford to do sth.意为“支付或承担
得起”。bother“打
扰”;expect“期望”;offer“提供”。
us
s
答案A
解析根据下文中的“How would I find another
job?”可知,作者突然没有了工作
之后,感到很难过和担心。feel sick to
one’s stomach本意为“感到恶心反胃”,此处
指“感到难过和担心”。cautious
“谨慎的”;nervous“紧张的”;guilty“愧疚的”。
assed
d
答案A
解析根据下文中的“She’s so alone up
there.”可知,作者母亲很同情
。feel sorry for意为“同情;为……感到难过”
。embarrassed“尴尬
的”;ashamed“羞愧的”。
e
答案B
t
解析
当谈起的情况时,作者母亲深有感触地说道:“很高兴我们能拥有
(have)彼此。”
tand
答案C
解析句意:那天晚上作者无法入睡(sleep)。
答案D
解析根据上文可知,作者睡不着,一直在担心邻居:没有(without)
了自己
的帮忙,她一个人怎么能从商店把东西买回家呢?
答案A
解析根据上文中的“She was in
bed.”可知,第二天作者去看望的时
候,她还仍然(still)躺在床上。
ed to
d on
答案B
解析根据上下文可推知,作者第二
天仍然要为去商店购买东西的行为
出乎了她的意料,故她盯着作者看(looked
at)了一会儿。check on“检查”;reach for
“伸手去取”。
purpose
silence
pride
permission
at
d for
t
答案C
解析根据下文可知,默默地(in silence)看着作者是在考虑该怎样支付报
酬。on
purpose“故意地”;with pride“自豪地”。
答案D
解析句意:既然(since)我付不起工资,我会把金丝雀Sam给你。
e
答案B
解析根据上文中的“My breath
caught in my throat.”可知,作者听到
的决定后感到难以置信(I
couldn’t believe it)。bear“承受,容忍”;ignore“忽视”。
after
for
答案B
解析根据上下文可知,Sam属于(belongs to) 。look
after“照
顾”;work for“为……工作”;depend on“依赖”。
ant
er
答案D
解析根据下文中的“friends”可知
,把作者当成了朋友(friend)。
assistant“助手”。
答案C
or
s to
s on
解析根据上文可知,两人年龄相差较大,所以把作者当朋友后,作者很感
动:谁说朋友一定要
是同龄(age)的呢?
Ⅲ.概要写作
阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Today,bicycles are so common that it’s hard to
believe they haven’t
always been about two
hundred years ago,bicycles didn’t even
exist,and the first bicycle,invented in
Germany in 1818 was nothing like our bicycles
e it was made of wood,it wasn’t very strong
nor did it have
then,however,numerous
improvements have made it one of the most
popular means of transportation around the
world.
In 1839,Kirkpatrick Macmillan,a
Scottish blacksmith,invented a much better
lan’s machine had iron-covered wheels to keep
them from getting
worn also used foot-
operated levers,similar to pedals,so his bicycle
could
be ridden at a quick didn’t look much
like the modern
bicycle,though,because its
back wheel was larger than its front gh
Macmillan’s bicycles could be ridden
easily,they were never produced in large
1861,Frenchman Pierre Michaux and his brother
Ernest invented a
bicycle with an improved
pedal mechanism.
Ten years later,James
Starley,an English inventor,revolutionized bicycle
made the front wheel many times larger than
the back wheel,put a gear
on the pedals to
make the bicycle more efficient,and lightened the
wheels by using
wire gh this bicycle was much
lighter and less tiring to ride,it was still
clumsy,extremely top-heavy,and ridden mostly
for entertainment.
It wasn’t until 1874
that the first truly modern bicycle appeared on
the
ed by another Englishman,,the safety
bicycle would look
familiar to today’s safety
bicycle had equal-sized wheels,which made it
easier to also attached a chain to the
pedals to drive the back
1893,the safety
bicycle had been further improved with air-filled
rubber tires,a
diamond-shaped frame,and easy
the improvements provided by
Lawson,bicycles
became extremely popular and useful for ,they
are built,used,and enjoyed all over the
world.
参考范文
The first
bike invented in 1818 was quite different from the
one today,and
since then it has been improved
constantly.(要点1)Twenty-one years later,it began
to have types with iron rims and in 1861 it
was equipped with crank mechanism.(要
点2)Then in
1871,a gear was added to its pedals and its wheels
turned into wire
spokes which reduced the
weight.(要点3)Finally,in 1874 a chain was attached
to its
pedals,by which time it looked like the
bike today.(要点4)