1、1Unit 13 People高考试卷分块专练练 一 阅 读 理 解 提 速 练 限 时 35分 钟 第一节(共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30分)A(2018湖南省重点名校联考)The best folk music albums of 2016, regularly updated with picks from Culture Editor Martin Chilton. The albums are listed purely in order in which they have been reviewed.Songs of Separation Collective: Song
2、s of SeparationJenny Hill has brought 10 female musicians to create songs around the issues of “separation” emotional, political, and social. Literary influences abound, including Robert Frost. Andy Bell coproduced the album. The harmonies are beautiful and the lyrics are thoughtprovoking. A good st
3、art to the year for folk music.Mortal Tides: Light In/Light OutThe musicians that make up Mortal Tides are still teenagers and there is unspoilt musical enthusiasm for their debut (首次推出的) album. Lead singer Noah Bevington gels well with drummer George Brignal. Jed Bevington has a nice tone to his vi
4、olin playing and Fergus Quill, on bass, helps things hum along.Ciaran Algar: The Final WaltzThere are some really fine tracks on Ciaran Algars debut solo (独唱的) album, especially Popcorn Behaviour and Morrisons. He has the ability to capture a song and make it sweet. Its good to see Algar growing in
5、musical ambition, and he also plays mandolin, banjo, guitar, bouzouki and percussion.Boreas: Ahoy HoyAhoy Hoy is an attractive musical union of Scotland and Norway, featuring Lori Watson, Britt Pernille Frholm, Irene Tillung and Rachel Newton. The driving beat of the track showcases Newtons elegant
6、playing. There is fine instrumental playing, Gaelic singing and the pure joy of Happy Set.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 是 一 篇 应 用 文 。 文 章 是 四 张 专 辑 的 简 单 评 论 。21Which may a person loving different performing styles on the same topic choose?A Songs of Separation. B Light In/Light Out.2C The Final Waltz. D Ahoy Hoy.解
7、析：选 A 细节理解题。从第一张专辑的介绍中可知，它是关于同一主题“separation”的不同风格的演唱的，而且专辑中的歌曲由不同的歌手演唱，所以本题选A。22What do we know about Mortal Tides?AIt consists of teens and adults.BTherere three members in it.CJed Bevington is the lead singer.DIts a folk band.解析：选 D 推理判断题。从第二张专辑中的“The musicians that make up Mortal Tides are still
8、 teenagers . Lead singer . drummer .”可以看出，Mortal Tides应该是一个乐队。再结合文章开头的“The best folk music albums”可知，它是一个民俗乐队。23How is The Final Waltz different from the others?AIt features mainly one singer.BThe players are from different countries.CIt includes some literary elements.DIt shows Ciaran Algars harmon
9、y skills.解析：选 A 细节理解题。从该专辑的介绍中的“There are some really fine tracks on Ciaran Algars debut solo (独唱的) album”可以看出，这是一张单人专辑，而其他三张专辑都收录了多个歌手的歌曲，故选 A。24What type of writing is this passage?AAn advertisement for albums.BAn album review.CAn introduction to singers.DA musical record.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据全文内容，尤其是第一
10、段中的“The albums are listed purely in order in which they have been reviewed”可知，文章是有关四张专辑的简单评论，故选 B。BIn the traffic lights, red means “stop”， green means “go”， and yellow means “hurry”. Why those colors, though? Why not blue, purple, and brown? The following are transponded from others WeChat.Red is a
11、n inherited symbol from railroads3Red symbolizes danger in many cultures, which makes sense, considering it has the longest wavelength of any color, meaning you can see it from a greater distance than other colors. Red has meant “stop” since long before cars existed, with railway signals use of red
12、dating back to the days when mechanical arms lifted and lowered to indicate whether the rail ahead was clear. So that ones simple.Green meant “caution” at firstGreens role in lights has actually changed dramatically over time. Its wavelength is next to (and shorter than) yellows, meaning its still e
13、asier to see than any color other than red and yellow. Back in the early days of railway lights, green originally meant “caution”， while the “allclear” light was, well, clear or white. Trains, of course, take an unlimitedly long time to stop, and legend has it that several disastrous collisions happ
14、ened after an engineer mistook stars in the night horizon for an allclear. Thus, green became “go”， and for a long time, railways used only green and red to signal trains.Yellow means “caution” because its almost as easy to see as redFrom the earliest days of motoring up until the mid1900s, not all
15、stop signs were red many were yellow, because at night it was all but impossible to see a red stop sign in a poorly lit area. The yellow stopsign craze began in Detroit in 1915, a city that five years later installed its first electric traffic signal, which happened to include the very first amber t
16、raffic light, at the corner of Michigan and Woodward Aves.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。交通信号灯为什么要用红、黄、绿三种颜色呢？作者通过转载来的几个微信的内容来告诉大家其缘由及相关的知识。25What are the earliest traffic signals designed for from the passage?ACars. BTrains.CMotor cars. DNot mentioned.解析：选 B 细节理解题。从第二段的第二句和第三段的第三句可知最早的信号灯是用在铁路上的，故答案为 B项。26Which sta
17、tement is TRUE according to the passage?AGreen means “go” all the time.BRed is the easiest color to be noticed.CAll yellow things need dealing with carefully.DAll the three colors were once used as “caution” 4解析：选 B 细节理解题。从第二段的内容判断，红色的波长最长，最容易被看到。故答案为 B项。27Whats the main idea of the passage?AWhat is
18、 your favorite color?BWhy are “Red, Yellow, Green” used as traffic signals?CHow can we figure out the wavelength of colors?DWhat color can green, yellow and red make?解析：选 B 主旨大意题。根据第一段的描述以及每段的首句可知，本文主要讲述的是“红、黄、绿三种颜色作为交通灯颜色的原因” ，故选择 B项。28Where is the passage from?AA diary. BA scientific magazine.CA n
19、ewspaper. DThe Internet.解析：选 D 文章出处题。从第一段的“The following are transponded from others WeChat.”可判断，本文来自网络。C(2018陕西黄陵中学模拟)Elon Musk is a man of big ambition. He says his goal is to save humanity. And as strange as that sounds, the South Africanborn, CanadianAmerican inventor might actually be doing it.
20、On December 22nd, SpaceX, the company Musk founded, successfully launched its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. The moment furthered Musks goal of making space travel more affordable and eventually colonizing Mars for humanitys longterm survival. As if this wasnt enough, Musk, 44, is also the founder of Tes
21、la, an electric car company. He has also helped to create three Internet startups including the online payment company PayPal. All of them could be said to have turned their industries upside down.The companies Musk started cover three areas: the Internet, sustainable energy and exploring space. Sin
22、ce college, Musk has believed that those areas will most affect the future of humanity and that he should spend his life working on them. “Theres no shortage of people with a vision for the future， ” Microsoft founder Bill Gates said to Vogue magazine. “What makes Elon special is his ability to make
23、 his vision come true.”Nothing showed this ability better than the crisis Musk faced in 2008. In 2008, both SpaceX and Tesla were in real danger. SpaceXs three launches had all failed and the company could afford only one more launch. But everything 5soon turned around. In September 2008, SpaceX lau
24、nched its fourth rocket and it succeeded. It won a 1.6 billion contract with NASA. SpaceX was saved. Musk then shocked the investors and the tech world by pouring his entire personal savings into saving Tesla.Despite his success, Musks ambition has not gone away. He has also been working on other am
25、bitious projects in recent years.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 是 记 叙 文 。 文 章 主 要 介 绍 了 天 才 创 业 冒 险 家 埃 隆 马 斯 克 。29What do Musks companies have in common?AThey all gained an instant success.BTheir goal is to offer affordable space travel.CTheir development wasnt optimistic at first.DThey had a revolutionary effect o
26、n their own fields.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第二段的内容，尤其是最后一句“All of them could be said to have turned their industries upside down”可知，Musk 的公司在它们各自所属的领域产生了革命性的影响。30What do Bill Gates words indicate?ATherere many creative people.BNot everyones dream can come true.CSuccessful people have a vision for the future.D
27、Ability of practice accounts for Musks success.解析：选 D 推理判断题。由第三段中 Bill Gates所说的话，尤其是“What makes Elon special is his ability to make his vision come true”可推断，Bill Gates意在说明 Musk成功的关键在于他的执行力。故选 D。31Which words can best describe Musk?ADevoted and accessible.BCreative and determined.CAdventurous and agg
28、ressive.DAmbitious and sympathetic.解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据第四段的最后一句“Musk then shocked the investors and the tech world by pouring his entire personal savings into saving Tesla”可以看出，Musk 拥有敢于冒险的精神；根据第一段和最后一段的“ambition”可以看出 Musk是具有上进心的，故选 C。DThis is a time of year when high school students and their families a
29、re 6thinking hard about college. As seniors, juniors, and parents identify their top choices, discussions typically focus on the college itself. Is the institution small or large? How strong are the academics? What is the social life like? Do I like the campus? Such considerations are important, but
30、 they can cover the allimportant question: Where will these college years lead?Applicants should think seriously about which college on their list can best prepare them for the real world. They should look for campuses that offer wellstructured programs to help them form a direction for their lives
31、and develop the capacity to take steps along that path.One of the most striking recent phenomena about college graduates in America has been the “boomerang” student: the young person who goes away to college, has a great experience, graduates, and then moves back home for a year or two to figure out
32、 what to do with his or her life. This pattern has left many graduates and their families wondering whether it makes sense to spend four or more years at college, often at great expense, and finish with no clear sense of who they are or what they want to do next.The trend points to one of the great
33、shortcomings of many of our nations leading colleges and universities. Structured opportunities to think about life after graduation are rare. The formal curriculum focuses almost universally on the academic disciplines of the arts and sciences. Advising on how various majors connect to pathways int
34、o the workplace is typically haphazard (没有条理的). Career planning offices are often shorthanded and marginal (不重要的) to college life.It doesnt need to be this way, and in recent years some of the countrys top colleges have enriched their academic offerings with opportunities for students to gain realwo
35、rld experiences.语篇解读：本文为议论文。作者通过分析学生及其家长在选择大学时存在的问题提出了自己的看法：应该选择那些开设有提供职业指导和获取实践体验的机会的系统课程项目的大学。32According to the author, what do typical discussions on college choices ignore?AThe function of college education in employment.BThe difficulty in finding jobs after graduation.7CHigh school students in
36、terests.DThe academics of college.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Such considerations are important, but they can cover the allimportant question: Where will these college years lead？”可知，作者认为他们的讨论掩盖了一个极其重要的问题大学生活会把学生带去哪里？再由下文的内容可知，此处指大学教育在就业方面的作用。故选 A。33Which accounts for the “trend” mentioned in the text?AStu
37、dents failing to behave themselves.BParents overprotecting their children.CStudents choosing majors blindly.DSchools lacking proper guidance.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The trend points to one of the great shortcomings of many of our nations leading colleges and universities” “The formal curriculum focuses
38、 almost universally on the academic disciplines of the arts and sciences. Advising on how various majors connect to pathways into the workplace is typically haphazard (没有条理的 )”可知，这种趋势直指许多一流大学的不足。在校期间，大学生缺乏社会实践和就业指导，这致使他们毕业后无所适从，故选 D。34What will be probably discussed in the following paragraph?ARecip
39、es for academic achievements.BGood academic programs in college.CAcademic tips for college students.DDisadvantages of present college courses.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“the countrys top colleges have enriched their academic offerings with opportunities for students to gain realworld experiences”可推知，下文可能会
40、介绍一些大学开设的优秀学术课程，旨在给学生提供接触社会的实践机会，以此和上文形成对比，故选 B。35Whats the best title for the text?AA good way to choose a collegeBA new trend in top collegesCConnect subjects with life beyond collegeDMake college one of lifes richest experiences解析：选 A 标题归纳题。作者首先分析了家长和学生选择大学时存在的问题，接着提出了自己的看法，即建议学生和家长选择那些开设有提供职业指导和
41、获取实践体验的机8会的系统课程项目的大学。最后指出其他大学的一些好的做法来验证自己的结论。总的来说，文章是围绕“选择大学的好方法”进行的，故选 A。第二节(共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分)Many arguments teenagers have with their parents are about one thing: independence. As you get older, youll want to do more stuff on your own, without your mom and dad tagging along with you. The argume
42、nts generally start when your parents think you arent ready for extra responsibility while you think you are. Arguing with your parents isnt the best solution at all, but the best solution is gaining trust from your parents. _36_Understand that its not your parents who do not want you to have indepe
43、ndence. They want the best for you and think youre not ready or youll hurt yourself if you have the freedom to do whatever you want. Show your parents you can be sensible. _37_ If you cant get home by 9：30, theyll never let you out after 10：00.Agree with them some “friends time” and some “family tim
44、e” so that they know you wont be spending your whole weekend out with your friends. _38_ They wont imagine you getting into trouble if they know how they are._39_ They wont feel much worried letting you go off on your own if they know what youre up to. Call in and tell your parents that youre OK fro
45、m time to time. The less they worry about you, the more independence youll gain._40_ If they find out, all that trust will be destroyed and then youll never get the extra independence you ever wanted.AShow your parents how independent you are.BNever lie to your parents about where youre going.CRemem
46、ber to ask for your parents help if you need it.DAlways tell your parents where you are, and who youre with.EGenerally speaking, they wont be worried about increasing your independence.FAnd before you enjoy the “friends time”， introduce your friends to your parents.GAgree a time youll be home with y
47、our parents, and always make sure you keep to it.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 论 述 了 解 决 青 少 年 想 要 独 立 而 经 常 和 父 母 发 生 矛 盾 这 一 问 题 的 四 个 方 法 。36解析：选 E 根据该空位置可知，该空承上启下，既总结第一段大意，又引出下9文；而第一段主要陈述“青少年想要独立，但经常和父母发生矛盾，解决这一问题的关键是取得父母的信任” ，再结合下文的整体内容可知，E 项符合文意。37解析：选 G 根据空处后一句“If you cant get home by 9：30, theyll never let
48、you out after 10：00”可知，如果你无法在 9：30 之前回家，他们将不会让你在 10：00 之后外出；据此可知，空处陈述“和父母商定一个你到家的时间，一直保证按时到家” ，故 G项正确。38解析：选 F 根据空处前一句中的“Agree with them some friends time”可知，空处讲述在享受和朋友在一起的美好时光之前，你可以向父母介绍朋友以免父母担心，故 F项正确。39解析：选 D 根据空处所在位置可知，空处是该段的主题句；通读该段内容可知，该段主要说要告知你的父母你的情况，据此可知，D 项符合文意。40解析：选 B 根据空处后一句“If they fin
49、d out, all that trust will be destroyed and then youll never get the extra independence you ever wanted”可知，一旦被父母发现，你们之间的信任会遭到破坏，你便无法获得想要的独立；据此可以判断，空处表示“不要在自己的行踪方面向父母撒谎” ，故 B项正确。练 二 语 言 知 识 运 用 保 分 练 限 时 30分 钟 第一节(共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分)(2018河南省豫南九校联考)I lost my flat by accident, and then I discovered my car needed a new engine. That meant I would have to spend
