1、1Unit 7 The Sea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)AIn summer, people around the world seek rest and relaxation on a beach. To meet the need, Trip Advisor publishes a list of the worlds best beaches.Baia do Sancho, BrazilIts water is calm and clear. Its sand is fine and soft
2、. But getting to Baia do Sancho is not so easy. It is on Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic island more than 300 kilometers off Brazils coast. Travelers must take a plane or boat from major cities in northern Brazil to get there. Getting there involves walking along steep, rocky cliffs and then climbin
3、g down a ladder.Grace Bay, Turks and CaicosWhile Baia do Sancho is difficult to get to, Trip Advisors secondranked beach could not be much easier for tourists to reach. Travelers to the islands often choose to stay at oceanfront hotels right next to Grace Bay. This beach has impossibly clean and cle
4、ar waters and pure white sand. Its calm waters make it extremely safe for swimming.Eagle Beach, ArubaTo get to the thirdbest beach, head south to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Eagle Beach has clear, calm waters and soft white sand. It offers visitors a chance to try different water sports. Ea
5、gle Beach may be best known, however, for its dramatic sunsets. On clear nights, the sky turns red, orange, and purple.Playa Paraiso, CubaTrip Advisors fourthbest beach is also in the Caribbean. Playa Paraiso is on Cayo Largo, an island off Cubas southern coast. Paraiso has a fun, laidback restauran
6、t for those who wish to eat and drink. There is little else on the beach. People come here for the sugarlike sand and calm waters filled with colorful wildlife.Siesta Key, United States2Floridas Siesta Key is a lowlying island. The scientist known as Dr. Beach recently named Siesta Key the best beac
7、h in America. It offers calm and clean waters. Visitors of all ages go to Siesta Key when the tide is low to find beautiful, large and, sometimes, rare seashells.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 是 应 用 文 。 文 章 介 绍 了 Trip Advisor选 出 的 几 个 世 界 上 最 好 的 海 滩 。21What do Baia do Sancho and Grace Bay have in common?AThey have
8、oceanfront hotels.B.They are volcanic islands.CThey are hard to reach. DThey are in Brazil.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据 Baia do Sancho, Brazil部分中的“Getting there involves walking along steep, rocky cliffs and then climbing down a ladder”及Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos部分的“While Baia do Sancho is difficult to get to,
9、Trip Advisors secondranked beach could not be much easier for tourists to reach”可知选 C项。22Which is most suitable for sunset watchers?APlaya Paraiso. BEagle Beach.CGrace Bay. DSiesta Key.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据“Eagle Beach, Aruba部分中的“Eagle Beach may be best known, however, for its dramatic sunsets”可知选 B项。23Wh
10、at can we learn from the text?ADr. Beach named Baia do Sancho the best beach in the world.BVisitors can enjoy different sports on Paraisos beach.CVisitors can find rare seashells at Siesta Key.DCayo Largo is an island of Aruba.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据 Siesta Key, United States部分中的最后一句可知选 C项。B(2018湖北省部分中学模拟)W
11、hen I was in third grade, my parents let me join an advanced preparatory math class, Sigma, despite the fact that I had never displayed a liking for math at school. I stepped into class on the first day thinking that I would spend a year at Sigma before leaving.On the first day of class, we took an
12、hour long test. I merely did the best I could and tried to figure out how to do the problems I hadnt learned how to do in school. However, what I hadnt expected was to come first! Before that day, I 3had never believed I was good at math at all. But as the year went on, I consistently got the highes
13、t score.When I was in eighth grade, I joined my schools math team where I was one of the top four students chosen to represent my school at a statewide middle school math competition. By that time, I had created a reputation for myself at school as a math girl. But what drew me to the math team was
14、that it was the first community I felt like I was a real part of. It was a home where I belonged, where everyone was as excited about problemsolving as I was.I stopped going to Sigma when I was in ninth grade, but I still stayed in the math team. The math team isnt like Sigma a place to make you bel
15、ieve in yourself, to take endless tests and compete to see where you are placed relative to your classmates. The math team is the community where I have pushed myself to my limits and have seen other people push themselves. And most importantly, the math team is the place where I have met some of th
16、e kindest people I know today. Thank you, math team, for giving me friends and people I will care about even after I go off to college in less than a year and a half. Thank you for making me feel loved.语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者在三年级参加了一个课外数学补习班，与数学意外结缘，后来她又参加了学校的数学社团，这个社团不仅让她有归属感还让她结识了一群志同道合的朋友。24How did the au
17、thor feel about math when she entered Sigma?AIt was useful. BIt was difficult.CIt was important. DIt was uninteresting.解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“I had never displayed a liking for math at school. I stepped into class on the first day thinking that I would spend a year at Sigma before leaving”可以看出，作者刚去 Si
18、gma的时候并不喜欢数学，打算在这里待一年就离开，由此可推断，作者当时对数学不感兴趣。25What do we know about the first test at Sigma?AIt was easy for the author.BIt raised the authors confidence.CThe result met the authors expectations.DThe author spent more than an hour on it.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“what I hadnt expected was to come first! Be
19、fore that day, I had never believed I was good at math at all”可知，4作者没想到自己考了第一名，在此之前，作者从来不认为自己擅长数学。也就是说，这次考试提升了作者的自信。另外，最后一段中的“Sigma a place to make you believe in yourself”也提示了本题答案。26What makes the math team different from Sigma?AThe community atmosphere.BThe academic reputation.CThe unlimited chall
20、enge.DThe teaching approach.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“it was the first community . where everyone was as excited about problemsolving as I was”和最后一段中的“The math team isnt like Sigma . the math team is the place where I have met some of the kindest people I know today”可知，在 Sigma里大家互相竞争，而在学校的数学社团中，作者不仅有归属
21、感还结识了一群志同道合的朋友。由此不难看出，这两个地方的氛围不同。27Whats the best title for the text?ANo more testsBNot just a math girlCHow I discovered my talentDWhat the math team means to me解析：选 D 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，作者通过描述课外数学补习班与学校数学社团的不同表明数学社团对自己的重要性，故 D项(数学社团对我意味着什么)符合本文主旨。C(2018北京西城模拟)Turning the lights out or wearing a blindfol
22、d while eating could be a quick way to lose weight, according to scientists. The simple trick works because it stops diners eating for pleasure rather than for calories. It also triggers (引发) a part of the brain that is worried that unseen food may go bad.An experiment by the University of Konstanz,
23、 in Germany, found that people who were blindfolded consumed nine percent fewer calories before they felt full, compared to those who could see.They also vastly overestimated how much they had eaten because they could not see how much was left on the plate. Blindfolded volunteers estimated they had
24、eaten 88 percent more than they 5actually had.Scientists believe that not seeing food on the table also allows the body to know when it is full in real time rather than remembering past experiences where it might have taken a full plate to feel full.In the experiment, 50 people were blindfolded and
25、40 were allowed to see their food. All were told not to eat within two hours of the experiment. They were then given three 95g bowls of chocolate icecream and invited to eat for 15 minutes. Their bowls were taken away and the remaining icecream weighed, while the participants were quizzed on how muc
26、h they thought they had eaten.On average the group who could see ate 116g while the blindfolded groups ate 105g. However, the blindfolded group believed they had eaten 197g while compared with 159g for the nonblind volunteers. They were also asked how pleasant the icecream tasted and the blindfolded
27、 group rated lower than those who could see.“The experienced pleasure of eating was significantly lower in the blindfolded group.Not seeing the food might have decreased the appetite. Sight plays an important role in the eating experience and in the overall dining experience.”Previous studies have s
28、hown that the visual influence of food plays a large part in the taste. While restaurants that allow diners to eat in the dark state that it triggers other senses, in fact eating in darkness is likely to taste far milder than usual.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。科学家通过研究发现人们在熄灯或者戴着眼罩时用餐可以减肥。28With the lights out, din
29、ers eat less partly because_.Athey want to quickly finish their mealsBthey trust their feelings more than everCthey focus more on fun than the caloriesDthey worry about the quality of the food解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，当关灯后，饮食者可能会担心食物的质量。故答案选 D。29We can learn from the passage that the blindfolded grou
30、p_.Aspent a much longer time eating the same foodBbelieved they ate more than they really did6Cdepended on past experiences to feel fullDthought the food tasted better than usual解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句以及实验过程可知，戴眼罩的志愿者们相信他们比实际上吃得更多。故答案选 B。30The last two paragraphs tell us that_.Adiners are likely to l
31、ose their appetite eating in darknessBsenses rather than sight play an important role in the tasteCfindings of this experiment differ from the previous studiesDrestaurants benefit a lot from allowing diners to eat in the dark解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第二句并结合最后两段可知，最后两段主要讲的是在黑暗中吃东西，饮食者可能会降低食欲。故答案选 A。31The m
32、ain purpose of the passage is to _.Aprovide statistics related to eating in the darkBoffer reasons for people to eat in the dark areasCinform the readers of the result of an experimentDpersuade the readers to lose weight in a new way解析：选 C 写作意图题。纵观全文可知，本文主要是通过叙述实验过程来告知读者实验结果。A、B 两项是文章具体讲到的内容；D 项在文章中
33、没有体现。故答案选 C。D(2018浙江省名校协作体联考)If youre only going to read one parenting book in your life, make this one be your choice: How to Raise an Adult, written by former Stanford president Julie LythcottHaims.After ten years of working as a student consultant at Stanford, LythcottHaims found that the student
34、s coming into Stanford were not fully formed as humans. She said Americas present young adults are helpless in the face of real life, are sad and disturbing. These young people, who should be going on an exciting new stage in life, are unnaturally dependent, and even unable to perform such basic tas
35、ks as speaking with professors and furnishing an apartment without parental assistance.Theres another problem with parenting, LythcottHaims said. Children are losing out on a normal childhood that includes free time and free play; parents, particularly mothers, are sacrificing their own interests in
36、 order to guarantee their childrens extracurricular activities, all in hopes of forming the 7perfect college applicants in the eyes of one of the eight traditional universities in the eastern US with high academic standards and a high social status that will only accept 5 to 10 percent of applicants
37、.LythcottHaims suggests that parents adopt an authoritative parenting style one that balances warmth with strictness, direction with freedom, and seeks to put chances for independence into their childrens lives. She insists on the importance of play time, teaching life skills through chores, prepari
38、ng them for hard work by setting high expectations for their help at home, and normalizing the idea of struggle, which is something so many parents try to erase on behalf of their children.The book has challenged me to examine the many things I do around the house that could (and should) be done by
39、my kids instead. As a result, theyve received revised chore lists for this school year that are much longer than anything they had before. So far, theyve proven to be perfectly capable.语篇解读：本文是议论文。文章通过 How to Raise an Adult这本书，指出美国现在的年轻人由于受到父母的过度干涉，自身的成长受到限制。32Whats wrong with American young adults
40、nowadays?AThey lead a purposeless life.BThey are under great pressure.CThey are cared for too much by their parents.DThey dont communicate with their parents.解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可知，父母们过于关心孩子，导致现在的美国年轻人缺乏自理能力，不能独立。33What do American parents expect of their children?AAlways trying their best.BBecomi
41、ng a normal adult.CLearning more useful skills.DEntering a famous university.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段可知，美国父母期望孩子能上一所名牌大学。34What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?AThe ways to raise a perfect adult.BThe things children can do at home.CThe things parents should avoid doing.DThe ways parents can change themsel
42、ves.8解析：选 A 段落大意题。根据第四段可知，本段就如何养育孩子提出了切实可行的建议。35What does the author think of LythcottHaims advice?ASurprising. BPractical.CComplex. DInteresting.解析：选 B 推理判断题。分析最后一段可知，作者按照 LythcottHaims的建议重新调整了自己教育孩子的策略，而且孩子们现在也很有能力，由此可知，作者认为LythcottHaims的建议是切实可行的。第二节(共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分)5 Ways Technology is Changi
43、ng the Social Lives of TeenagersTechnology allows teens to communicate with friends in new ways. Here are five ways technology is changing teenagers friendships：Teens are making new friends online.In fact, 57% of teens have made new friends online. _36_ While in the past, teens were often limited to
44、 making friends from their schools or nearby towns, the Internet gives them access to other people all around the world.Teens are more likely to text than talk.Gone are the days of sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring. _37_ About 55% of teens text their friends on a daily basis, and only 19
45、% talk on the phone every day. In addition to texting, teens are also using instant messaging, social media, email, and video chat to talk with their friends.Online gaming promotes new friendships.78% of gamers say that gaming helps them feel more connected with their friends. _38_ Of the teens who
46、have made friends online, 57% of those who said they developed their friendships by gaming were boys._39_Teens use social media to catch up with friends. Almost 75% of teens say they spend time with their friends on social media. Theyre able to communicate in real time and they discuss different typ
47、es of topics online more often than they do in person.Teens may struggle to read emotions (情感)_40_ Lacking facetoface communication makes it difficult for teens to understand how others feel through their voice, body language, etc.9ATeens hang out online.BTeens dont like facetoface communication.CIn
48、 fact, most teens arent even talking on the phone.DBoys are more likely to make new friends while gaming.EThe digital world is transforming the way teens communicate.FTechnology erases geographical limitation to new friendships.GTechnology robs teens of the chance of facetoface communication.语 篇 解 读
49、 ： 本 文 是 说 明 文 。 文 章 主 要 介 绍 了 科 技 对 青 少 年 社 交 的 五 个 方 面 的 影 响 。36解析：选 F 根据下一句中的“their schools or nearby towns”和“all around the world”可知，该空内容与交朋友和地域有关，由此可知 F项正确。37解析：选 C 根据下句中的两个数字可知，该空要表达的意思是“事实上，大多数青少年甚至不在电话上交谈了” 。38解析：选 D 根据下文的解释可知，此处应表达的意思是“男孩子更有可能通过玩游戏交新朋友” 。39解析：选 A 根据下文提到的在网上与朋友交流的人数和交流的内容可知，青少年都在网上闲逛。40解析：选 G 根据下句可知，青少年总在网上交流，很难通过别人的声音、肢体语言理解他们的情感。这个问题主要是由科技使青少年失去了面对
