1、1 Unit 4 Making the news .阅读理解 (2018福建龙海二中第二次月考) The classic rule of news used to be “If it bleeds,it leads”,suggesting that people only wanted to hear stories about tragedy(悲剧).But now that news is in the hands of every person with a smartphone or a computer,and researchers have found that there ar
2、e different rules about what people actually want to read,watch and share. In the past,news outlets(经销店) simply wanted to get people to watch their shows or buy their newspapers.Shocking stories made people tune in.But now,people get news from various sources.Actually,people want to share their soci
3、al media networks.And fortunately,happiness spreads more quickly than tragedy. In a new study researchers tracked the online reach of about 7,000 articles from The New York Times over a three-month period.They found that the stories which focused on good news had more clicks than negative stories. E
4、ven better,researchers at the University of Tubingen in Germany find that when our social media connections read these happy stories,they in turn become happier.Happiness,as it turns out,is contagious(富有感染力的).The other side of the research is that negative stories are also contagious.When people rea
5、d negative posts or stories shared by their friends,they are more likely to share negative posts. But fortunately,according to the study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania,people prefer good news to bad.The happier and more positive an article is,the more likely it is to be shared.So if you
6、 want to make the world a better place,go ahead and watch the pet rescue or fun baby videos.And then brighten up the world by sharing them with your friends. 1.According to the classic rule of news,people prefer to read stories about . A.war,death and disaster B.society,history and science C.politic
7、s,economy and culture D.success,failure and determination 2.Whats the purpose of shocking stories in the past newspapers? A.To frighten the readers. B.To make the readers relaxed. C.To make a large amount of money. D.To encourage the readers to be brave. 3.What can we learn from Paragraph 4? A.There
8、 are two kinds of stories. B.People prefer happy stories to negative stories.2 C.Both happy and negative stories are contagious. D.Negative posts or stories cant be shared by people. 4.How can we create a better world according to the text? A.By listening to sad stories often. B.By sharing positive
9、posts online. C.By watching fun videos and pets. D.By reading as many stories as possible 导学号23280098 .完形填空 (2018河北石家庄一中第一次质量检测) I want to share the incredible story about Amy Jones with all of you.Her life journey had not been a(n) 1 one.She thought she had met the man of her 2 and married him.But
10、the man chose to walk away from her life, 3 everything,including her.A(n) 4 left her with debt,as well as emotional setbacks. In this very 5 time,Amy started to read Zig Ziglars books to 6 herself.She knew she wanted to work with Zig but was unsure 7 .So she 8 a time to meet at Zig Ziglars office fo
11、r a job.That very same day Zig was actually in the office.After hearing her personal story,Zig immediately knew there was something 9 about her.The rest was history Amy worked with Zig for years. Amy told me she felt so blessed at this time in her life.She had a 10 that she loved,was 11 to have publ
12、ished a book and had a wonderful loving boyfriend.She felt like everything was going her way almost that it was too good to be 12 . Then,after accidentally being knocked down on stage at a speaking engagement,Amy experienced a terrible 13 in her stomach.She was diagnosed with cancer.She fought her b
13、attle with it,and was still focused on others,even during her last hours. Amy died on June 2,2009.I was 14 when I heard the news.I couldnt 15 I had just spoken to this woman who was so full of energy and life,and at the same time so 16 .Throughout her 17 ,Amy met each 18 with courage,positively impa
14、cting as many people as possible. Amys book sits on my coffee table and she is a 19 that its about time that we all started to live our lives fully.What are you 20 for? 1.A.exciting B.easy C.comfortable D.tough 2.A.plan B.opportunity C.dreams D.stage 3.A.refusing B.losing C.destroying D.abandoning 4
15、.A.illness B.lesson3 C.divorce D.moment 5.A.difficult B.dangerous C.busy D.limited 6.A.amuse B.inspire C.educate D.train 7.A.how B.what C.why D.where 8.A.picked up B.set up C.gave up D.made up 9.A.interesting B.mysterious C.strange D.special 10.A.country B.husband C.career D.man 11.A.amazed B.doubtf
16、ul C.sure D.upset 12.A.full B.true C.clear D.false 13.A.pain B.terror C.hurt D.injury 14.A.embarrassed B.puzzled C.shocked D.frightened 15.A.trust B.agree C.know D.believe 16.A.patient B.honest C.sick D.poor 17.A.study B.book C.travel D.life 18.A.point B.enemy C.challenge D.event 19.A.director B.rem
17、inder C.wonder D.memory 20.A.waiting B.asking C.preparing D.running 导学号23280099 .语篇填空 (2018山东枣庄八中东校区第二次质量检测)4 Do you ever stop and think about this big,beautiful world we live in?Its home 1. so many people and animals.We all live in this amazing place,so we all have the 2. (responsible) to take care
18、 of it,too. A long time ago,I started thinking about what I could do to help take care of the planet.I wondered 3. I could use my talents for good.I love creating websites and making art and designing clothes.Thats what 4. (inspire) me,at age 8,to start an online company.I donated part of my profits
19、 to organizations 5. (try) their best to save our environment.After I launched my business,I started getting 6. (invite) to give presentations to young people about my company and the environment.I also talked about something else that 7. (be) meaningful. One thing Ive learned is that a lot of peopl
20、e feel like 8. small contribution to any cause is just a drop in the bucket and wont make a difference.But thats not true!9. (actual) when it comes to saving our environment,every small action counts.The 10. (tiny) thing is better than the greatest intention. 导学号23280100 .短文改错 (2018河北邢台第二次月考) One da
21、y,two friends calling Harry and Garry went to a merchant for job as a secretary.The merchant gave each of them a cane basket,pointing towards a well in his garden,and said,“Taking these baskets and draw water from the well till dusk.” Harry thought that foolish to draw water with a cane basket becau
22、se he slept under a tall tree.In the contrary,Garry kept up working.Several hours later,when he drew the basket up,he saw some gold coin in the basket.Finally,the merchant gave the job to Garry.Seen this,Harry went away,ashamed. 导学号23280101 答案： .【解题导语】本文是议论文,题材为社会文化类。过去人们喜欢阅读悲伤的故事,可是最新研究 发现,随着社交网络的出
23、现,人们更愿意阅读积极向上的故事。 1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“The classic rule of news used to be If it bleeds,it leads,suggesting that people only wanted to hear stories about tragedy.” 可知,过去人们喜欢阅读悲剧。故选A项“战争、死亡和灾难”。 2.C 推理判断题。根据文章第二段的“In the past,news outlets simply wanted to get people to watch their shows or buy their ne
24、wspapers.Shocking stories made people tune in.”可推断,过去报纸中的那些可怕的故事是为了吸引顾客购买报纸,这样那些经销商就能赚更多 的钱。 3.C 推理判断题。根据文章第四段可知,快乐的和消极的故事都具有感染性。5 4.B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段的“They found that the stories which focused on good news had more clicks than negative stories.”和最后一段可知,在网上分享快乐向上的文章 是创造美好世界的一个途径。 .【解题导语】埃米琼斯用自己短暂而又辉煌的
25、一生诠释了生命的意义。 1.B 由下文But the man chose to walk away from her life可知,Amy的丈夫离开了她,她在感 情上受到了严重的伤害。所以,Amy曾经有过一段艰难的生活经历。 2.C 她自以为遇上了梦想中的男人,所以就嫁给了他。 3.D 联系空后的including her可知,那个男人后来选择了离开,抛弃了一切,也包括她。 abandon“抛弃,遗弃”。 4.C 联系“But the man chose to walk away from her life, 3 everything,including her.”可知,最终,这场婚姻以失败告
26、终,留给Amy的是一身的债务和感情上的挫折。 5.A 由前文所述的事实可知,这是她生命中十分艰难的时刻。 6.B 她没有因这段失败的婚姻而消沉,并以读书的方式来激励自己。 7.A 她知道自己想要与Zig共事,但不确定该怎样去实现。 8.B 所以她安排了一个时间去Zig Ziglar的办公室里面试。set up“安排;建立”。 9.D 听了Amy的故事后,Zig马上感觉到她有点不一般。 10.C 从Amy worked with Zig for years可知,她已经得到了自己想要的工作。 11.A 让她自己感到非常吃惊的是,她还出版了一本书。 12.B 她感到一切都很顺利,让人简直不敢相信这是
27、真的。 13.A Amy的肚子感到一阵剧烈的疼痛。a terrible pain“剧烈的疼痛”。 14.C 当听到Amy去世的消息时,“我”感到非常震惊。 15.D “我”简直难以相信自己刚刚与这位女士谈过话。她精力充沛,但却病魔缠身。 16.C 参照上题解析。 17.D Amy的一生都在以勇气迎接每一次挑战,积极地影响着尽可能多的人。 18.C 参照上题解析。 19.B 她的故事一直提醒着“我”:我们应该开始过充实而有意义的生活了。reminder“提醒物, 提示物”。 20.A 联系前文“.its about time we all started to live our lives fu
28、lly.”可知,应 选waiting,意为“你还在等什么呢?”。 .【解题导语】保护环境,从我做起;拯救地球,从小做起。作者8岁时创立网络公司,把一部分利 润捐给热衷于环保的组织。最微小的行动胜过最伟大的打算。 1.to 考查介词。be home to意为“的栖息地”,为固定搭配。 2.responsibility 考查词性转换。“我们都住在这个令人惊叹的地方,因此人人也都有责任照顾 它”。根据空前的“have the”可知此处应填一个名词,responsibility意为“责任,职责”。 3.how 考查宾语从句。分析句子结构可知,空处引导的从句做wondered的宾语,且根据句意可知, 此
29、处表示方式,故用how引导该从句,表示“我想知道我如何能把我的才能用于好的方面”。 4.inspired 考查时态。空处的前一句和后一句都用的是一般现在时,但是根据空后的时间状语 “at age 8”可知,此处描述的是过去发生的事情,应用一般过去时。6 5.trying 考查非谓语动词。“我把收益的一部分捐给了那些尽最大努力挽救我们的环境的组织。 ”分析句子结构可知,organizations与try之间是逻辑上的主谓关系,故此处应用现在分词做后置 定语。此处容易错填to try,考生以为空处是不定式做目的状语。但是,如果填to try,那么try 的主语就成了I,后面的“their”就与之矛
30、盾了。 6.invited 考查非谓语动词。“创业后,我开始受邀给年轻人做关于我的公司和环境的讲座。” 此处是get done“被”结构,故填过去分词。 7.is 考查主谓一致和时态。that引导定语从句并在从句中做主语,that指代的是something else,表示单数含义,故从句谓语动词用单数形式。此外,这里表示客观的情况,故应用一般现在时。 综上可知本空填is。 8.a 考查冠词。很多人觉得对任何事业所做的微小贡献都是杯水车薪,不会有什么影响。这里表 示泛指,且contribution是可数名词,故用a。注意:feel like后面是一个省略了引导词的从句。 9.Actually 考
31、查副词。“但那是错误的!事实上,谈到拯救环境,每一个微小的行为都很重要。” 空处做状语修饰整个句子,故要用副词。actually“事实上”。 10.tiniest 考查形容词最高级。根据空前的The和句意“最微小的行动胜过最伟大的打算”可 知空处要填最高级跟后面的“the greatest”形成对比。 . One day,two friends Harry and Garry went to a merchant for job as a secretary.The merchant gave each of them a cane basket, towards a well in his
32、garden,and said,“ these baskets and draw water from the well till dusk.” Harry thought foolish to draw water with a cane basket he slept under a tall tree. the contrary,Garry kept working.Several hours later,when he drew the basket up,he saw some gold in the basket.Finally,the merchant gave the job
33、to Garry. this,Harry went away,ashamed. 1.callingcalled 考查非谓语动词。called.相当于who were called,是过去分词短语做定 语。 2.job前加a 考查冠词。job是可数名词,这里表达“找一份秘书的工作”,因此是单数。 3.pointingpointed 考查时态。本句中,and连接了gave,pointed和said三个连续的动作。 4.TakingTake 考查动词。从and draw water看,and连接了两个动词原形。 5.thatit 考查代词。it是形式宾语,真正的宾语是动词不定式。 6.because
34、so 考查连词。前后为因果关系,但是he slept under a tall tree是前面部分的结 果,因此用so。 7.InOn 考查介词。on the contrary为固定搭配,意思是“相反”。7 8.upon 考查动词短语。keep on doing意思是“持续不断地做某事”,而keep up意思是“保 持”,后面不跟v.-ing。 9.coincoins 考查名词的单复数形式。coin是可数名词,前面有some修饰,因此用复数形式。 10.SeenSeeing 考查非谓语动词。这里是v.-ing短语做状语。Seeing的逻辑主语是Harry,而 Harry又是seeing动作的发出者,因此用v.-ing短语。
