1、1Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China.阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。A(2016 课标全国,A)You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 10
2、0 years?Jane Addams(18601935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first
3、 American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(19071964)If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the worlds lake
4、s and oceans.Sandra Day OConnor(1930present)When Sandra Day OConnor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state 2senator(参议员)and, in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. OConn
5、or gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(19132005)On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus bo
6、ycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement.“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,”said Parks.1.What is Jane Addams noted for in history?A.Her social work.B.Her teaching skills.C.Her efforts to win a prize.D.Her community background.2.What was the reason f
7、or OConnors being rejected by the law firm?A.Her lack of proper training in law.B.Her little work experience in court.C.The discrimination against women.D.The poor financial conditions.3.Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?A.Jane Addams.B.Rachel Carson.C.Sandra Day
8、 OConnor.D.Rosa Parks.4.What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A.They are highly educated.B.They are truly creative.C.They are pioneers.D.They are peace-lovers.B(2017 湖南衡阳八中模拟,C)3For the first time in more than half a century, Nobel Prize in Literature has been given to a non-fictio
9、n author. Svetlana Alexievich is a journalist and writer, who through her writings has captured the lives and struggles of ordinary people. Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ukraine in 1948 and raised in Belarus. Her father served in the army, and after he retired, her parents became school teachers i
10、n a small town. Alexievich was fond of writing, and pursued her passion in collegelater, working for a newspaper. She continued to search for a unique style and finally found it in the Russian art of oral storytelling. Alexievich recorded historical events through stories of individuals who lived th
11、rough the experiences. Her 1988 book Wars Unwomanly Face tells the stories of Soviet women who fought in World War . In 1992, she wrote Zinky Boys about Soviet soldiers who fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s. The title refers to the closed zinc coffins in which many of the young men returned home. A
12、lexievich interviewed many Soviets affected by the war, and the mothers of soldiers who had been killed.Alexievichs most famous work, Voices from Chernobyl, is a history of life after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which took her sisters life and blinded her mother.In 1986, a sudden flow of power a
13、t the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused an explosion. The reactor shell was damaged, and released a plume of radioactive material into the atmosphere. The Russian authorities were ill prepared, and it took a day and a half to evacuate people who were living less than two miles(three ki
14、lometers)from the reactor.After the accident, traces of radioactive deposits were found in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere, and its after effects still linger in the region. Alexievich visited the nuclear zone and spoke with survivors of the nuclear reactor accidentsome of her storie
15、s are gut-wrenching. In giving her the award, the Nobel committee admitted that Alexievichs work was a “monument to suffering and courage in our time” and a “history of emotionsa history of the soul”.5.What is Alexievichs style of writing?A.Interviewing a person as a journalist. B.Recording some eve
16、nts according to years. C.Turning a persons experiences into poems. 4D.Telling a story orally by a person. 6.We can infer that Alexievich wrote Voices from Chernobyl . A.to remind people of the harm of nuclear powerB.to hope to get rid of nuclear powerC.to ask the government to prepare accidents wel
17、lD.to expect people to care for its suffers7.We can infer that in her works Alexievich . A.proved the role of women in warsB.warned readers of difficulty in writingC.described the life of ordinary peopleD.encouraged people to fight for their country8.The last paragraph implies that Alexievichs works
18、 reflect . A.the hard life in modern times B.the important events in historyC.the inner mind of characters D.the feelings of our history.语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Although Socrates(苏格拉底)was poor all his life, he never asked his pupils to pay for their lessons. He taught 1 the love of wis
19、dom, not for money. And 2 he had to say was always new and worth hearing. All his pupils loved him. But his unusual ways of teaching and his demand that students always ask questions made him some 3 (danger) enemies. The rulers did not want to be questioned. So they 4 (false) accused Socrates of tea
20、ching young men bad things and 5 (lead) them to ignore religions. In fact Socrates was a very religious man. His enemies had him 6 (arrest), and he was sentenced to death by poisoning. During the 30 days before he was put to death, his friends and pupils 7 (allow) to visit him in his prison. They we
21、re astonished to find that 8 was calm and cheerful. He had no fear of dying. When the deadly poison was finally brought to Socrates, his friends were in 9 (tear), 5but Socrates seemed to be the 10 (brave) man in the room. He raised the cup and drank it as if it were a glass of banquet wine. 1. 2. 3.
22、 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 6答案精解精析.阅读理解A语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 100 年以来历史上四位在各个领域做出杰出贡献的伟大女性。1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句和第二句可知 Jane Addams 帮助穷人,为和平而努力,做出了很大的贡献,因此判断选 A 项。B 项“她的教学技能”。C 项“她得奖的努力”。D 项“她的社区背景”。这三项文中均未提及。2.C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句可知:Sandra Day OConnor 1952 年在斯坦福法学院毕业之后,因为是一位女士而不能在律师事务所找到工作,由此可判断当时社会对妇女的歧视,
23、故选 C 项。A 项,根据文中信息“她从法学院毕业”可知她不缺乏法律的培训。B 项,她法庭经验的缺乏不是找不到工作的理由,原因是她是妇女。D 项,贫穷的经济状况,文中未提及。discrimination n.歧视。3.D 细节理解题。根据文章第五段第四句中的 kicked off the civil-rights movement 可判断 Rosa Parks为民权运动做出了贡献,故选 D 项。其他三项均和民权运动无关。4.C 推理判断题。根据全文中四名女士在不同领域做出的贡献可知,她们是自己领域中的先锋人物,故选 C 项。A 项,文中只提及一人受到了高等教育。B 项,显然几人均和创造性无关。
24、D 项,只有一人的贡献与和平有关。长难句 If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today.如果不是 Rachel Carson 的话,今天的环保运动就可能不会存在。本句为复合句,其主句为 the environmental movement might not exist today,而 If it werent for Rachel Carson 为条件状语从句。注意本句使用了虚拟语气。B语篇解读 本文主要介绍了 2015 年的诺贝尔奖获得者 Alexievich 的写作内容以及
25、写作手法等情况。5.D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 She continued to search for a unique style and finally found it in the Russian art of oral storytelling. 可知, 她利用俄国的一种口头艺术形式来写作。6.A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的 Alexievich visited the nuclear zone and spoke with survivors of the nuclear reactor accident 可知, 她去曾经发生过核泄漏的地区, 访问那里的幸存者, 目的是通过
26、这种方式来提醒人们核能的巨大破坏作用。7.C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 Alexievich recorded historical events through stories of individuals who lived through the experiences.可知, 她记录的都是一些普通人的日常生活经历。8.D 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“a monument to suffering and courage in our time”and a“history of emotionsa history of the soul”可知, 她的作品反映了这个时代的人们的情感。7
27、.语法填空语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了著名学者苏格拉底的故事。1.for 考查介词。由“not for money”可知,此处应用介词 for,表示“为了”。2.what 考查引导词。what 引导主语从句,在从句中作宾语,表示事物的概念,符合语境。3.dangerous 考查形容词。修饰名词应用形容词,故用形容词 dangerous 修饰名词 enemies。4.falsely 考查副词。此处用副词 falsely 修饰动词 accused。5.leading 考查动名词。根据语境及 and 可知,空处与动名词 teaching 并列,故用动名词 leading 作介词 of的宾语
28、。6.arrested 考查非谓语动词。arrest 和句子谓语 had 之间没有连词,故用非谓语动词,且与其逻辑主语 him构成被动关系,故用过去分词作宾语补足语。7.were allowed 考查动词时态和语态。根据“was put”可知,此处表示发生在过去的事情,且 allow 与句子主语 his friends and pupils 构成被动关系,故用一般过去时的被动语态, 即 were allowed。8.he 考查代词。根据空后“He had no fear of dying.”可知,此处表示苏格拉底死前很平静,故用人称代词he 作宾语从句的主语。9.tears 考查名词的数。in tears 意为“哭泣,流泪”,为固定搭配,故用名词的复数形式。10.bravest 考查形容词最高级。根据语境可知,此处表示“最勇敢的人”,故用形容词最高级 bravest,与空前的定冠词 the 呼应。
