1、选修 6 Unit 3 高考试卷分块专练 (安排 3 课时作业)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)AThere are over 60 zoos in England. We have collected hundreds of reviews，checked the zoo websites，researched several zoorelated resources and visited many of them by ourselves to give you this selection: 10 best
2、 zoos in England.Chester ZooAmong top 15 zoos in the world, it is one of the mostvisited and largest zoos in England.Whipsnade ZooWith more than 2,500 animals, it is one of the few UK zoos with elephants.Marwell WildlifeFull of African and Australian animals, there is surely a lot to see within very
3、 large grounds.Howletts Wild Animal ParkIt was set up as a private zoo at first and opened to the public later. The place looks very natural and you can get very close to the animals there.Port Lympne Wild Animal ParkWith Britains largest number of African elephants, it offers truly African experien
4、ces.Colchester ZooWith 270 species, it is very childfriendly and offers lots of handson activities.Twycross ZooIt holds what is supposed to be the worlds largest collection of apes (猿). There are also rare leopard species.Bristol Zoo GardensThis is a 175yearold zoo with rare animals like fruit bats
5、(果蝠)Paignton ZooAs home to a collection of around 2,000 animals and 1,600 plant species, it is one of the first places in England combining zoological and botanical (植物的) gardens.London ZooAs one of the oldest zoos in the world, it is well worth a visit.语篇解读：本文是应用文。本文向我 们介绍了英国最好的 10 家动物园。21Marwell W
6、ildlife would attract those who want to_.Aknow more about elephantsBvisit the oldest zoo in EnglandCsee some rare animal speciesDwatch African and Australian animals解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据 Marwell Wildlife 中介绍的“Full of African and Australian animals”可知，这 家动物园有很多来自非洲和澳大利亚的动物，故答案选 D。22Among the 10 zoos, the b
7、est one for children is_.A.Howletts Wild Animal Park BColchester ZooCTwycross Zoo DLondon Zoo解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 Colchester Zoo 中介绍的 “it is very childfriendly and offers lots of handson activities”可知， 这家动物园最适合孩子，故答案选 B。23What is the feature of Paignton Zoo?AIt has both animal and plant species.BIt has t
8、he largest number of animals.CTourists can get close to the animals there.DIt holds the worlds largest collection of plant species.解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 Paignton Zoo 的简介可知这家动物园除了动物还有 1 600 多种植物，并且是英国首家 动植物园，故答案 选 A。24The passage is meant to_.Acompare 10 zoosBattract kids to zoosCintroduce 10 popular zoosD
9、show the history of 10 zoos解析：选 C 主旨大意题。根据文章首段内容可知，本文主要介绍了英国最好的 10 家动物园，故答案选 C。BTo encourage all students to get education, even if their parents cant afford it, a primary school in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh is asking parents to simply plant a tree instead of paying school fees. The project w
10、as set up by a group of local professionals and business owners in response to Indias rapidly rising education fees.The parents have to take care of the tree and plant a new one if it dies but compared to the cost of traditional school fees, its a small price to pay. And it comes with the added bonu
11、s of helping to improve local air quality.The school is Shiksha Kuteer in the city of Ambikapur in the east of the country. 35 students between the ages of four and five are studying there. By offering an affordable way to get students into school, Shiksha Kuteer is encouraging education for everyon
12、e.So far, the school has received a positive response, and 700 trees have been planted across the village over the last year. “Shiksha Kuteer has opened in the village for students who have no money to pay school fees， ” local villager, Sevak Das, said. “Students are being taught till a certain stan
13、dard and their parents have been asked to plant trees instead of paying school fess.”This is just one small school in a small village in India, but if the approach is efficacious,_it could be something that other schools look into. And it cant hurt, because every day, air pollution becomes a worseni
14、ng problem in many parts of India. While a few trees arent going to solve that problem any time soon, making families plant and take care of a tree and replace it if it dies is a way to encourage positive airpurifying (净化空气) action, as well as helping to educate the next generation.语篇解读：印度恰蒂斯加尔邦(Chh
15、attisgarh)的一所小学允许父母种植一棵树苗来充当学费， 这么做的目的是为了鼓励更多的学生接受教育，即便是那些家境困难的孩子。25What is the main purpose of the project?ATo help parents earn money to pay school fees.BTo encourage all students to get education.CTo tell the next generation to take care of trees.DTo encourage people to protect the environment.解析
16、：选 B 细节理解题。根据第一段“To encourage all students to get education, even if their parents cant afford it, a primary school in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh is asking parents to simply plant a tree instead of paying school fees.”可知，为了鼓励所有的学生都受到教育，即使他们的父母支付不起，印度 Chhattisgarh 的一所小学允 许父母仅仅种一棵树来替代学费。26What c
17、an we know about Shiksha Kuteer?AIt is opened for students who are poor.BIt has 700 students studying in the school.CIt doesn t get the support of students parents.DIt encourages students to study hard by reducing school fees.解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第四段 “Shiksha Kuteer has opened in the village for students
18、who have no money to pay school fees，local villager, Sevak Das, said.”可知，当地村民 Sevak Das 说， “Shiksha Kuteer 是为没钱交学费的学生开设的。 ”即 Shiksha Kuteer是为贫困学生开设的。27What does the underlined word “efficacious” mean?ASimple. BNecessary.CEffective. DImportant.解析：选 C 词义猜测题。根据画 线词下文“it could be something that other sc
19、hools look into. And it cant hurt, because every day, air pollution becomes a worsening problem in many parts of India.”可知， 这对其他学校来说就是个值 得借鉴的案例。 该方法并无不妥，因为在印度很多地区，空气污 染问题正变得日益严重。由此可知画线词含义为“有效的” 。28Whats the main idea of the passage?AEducation and the environment have a close relationship.BA new way
20、to improve the environment appears in India.CIndian people devote themselves to protecting the environment.DAn Indian primary school asks parents to plant trees instead of paying school fees.解析：选 D 主旨大意题。本文主要 讲述了印度一所名字叫作 Shiksha Kuteer 的小学让父母种植树苗代替学费以鼓励所有的学生接受教育。C(2018湖北大冶模拟)Actress Danai Gurira cal
21、ls herself a Zimerican. Her parents came from Zimbabwe. She was born in the American State of Iowa. But her family moved back to Harare, Zimbabwe, when she was five years old. She returned to the United States for college and has lived there ever since.“I was always in a hodgepodge of culture， ” she
22、 said. “Theres no other identity I know, really.” The actress may be best known as Michonne, the zombiekiller in the television series The Walking Dead. But when Gurira is not killing zombies, she is busy with other projects. She recently played rapper Tupac Shakurs mother in a film. And she is now
23、busy racing between theaters for two plays in New York City plays that she wrote.Her play Familiar is an offBroadway comedydrama. It centers on the cultural clashes between American and African traditions. The play takes place in the State of Minnesota. The eldest daughter of Zimbabwean parents is g
24、etting married to a white man. The story was taken from her own observations, Gurira said， “I was at a wedding and I was just struck by all of my familys absurdities and my own included. And I just knew I couldnt not write about it！”The upper middleclass life of Familiar may seem familiar to many Am
25、erican audiences.But the setting of her play Eclipsed Guriras Broadway debut (首次登台) is something else entirely. Gurira decided to write Eclipsed after reading a New York Times story about the civil war in Liberia, and the young women who fought in it. She described it like this. “These were, like, 2
26、2， 23yearold girls, women, who had, like, you know, little skimpy jeans on, little skimpy tops, and really looked cool and hip and current and then, they had these big AK47s on their backs.” Gurira went to Liberia and met with women who were former soldiers and peace negotiators. She wrote the play
27、based on their stories.语篇解读：女演员达娜古瑞拉将在非洲的生活经历带入美国，并结合自身的经历进行戏剧创作和演出，而这些体现 了不同文化之间的碰撞。29The underlined word “hodgepodge” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_”Acenter BdisputeCunderstanding Dmixture解析：选 D 词义猜测题。根据文章第一段可知，达娜古瑞拉出生于美国，后随家人搬回津巴布韦，然后返回美国接受大学教育，之后便一直生活在美国。因此，达娜古瑞拉接受着多民族、多文化的教育。由此可推测， hodgep
28、odge 意为“ 大杂烩” ，与 mixture 意思相近。故选 D 项。30What can we learn about Familiar?AIt is a reflection of culture shock.BGurira is getting married to a white man as the eldest daughter.CGurira was sorry for her wedding in the US.DThe story is from a magazine.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第三段第二句 “It centers on the cultural cl
29、ashes between American and African traditions.”可知， 戏剧 Familiar 以美国和非洲的文化冲突为主要关注点，因此是文化冲突的反映。故选 A 项。31Whats the best title of the text?ACulture Is the Key to Solving ProblemsBActress Brings African Experiences to AmericaCA Good African WriterDNo Discrimination, No War解析：选 B 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了女演员达娜古瑞拉将非洲的生
30、活 经历带入美国，在她创作和演出的戏剧 中体现非洲元素的故事，因此 B 项作为文章标题最适合。A 项强调了文化的重要性，C 项强调她是一位非洲的好作家， D 项强调歧视和战争的关系，都没有从全文着眼，故排除。DEgloo is a clever little heater that uses the power of tealights (茶烛) to heat space up to 20 square feet for as little as 10 cents a day, without using any electricity.Developed by Marco Zagaria,
31、 a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Egloo is both cheap to use and ecofriendly. Made up of two small terracotta (赤陶) domes and a metal tray, the device takes advantage of the natural heating ability of these materials, drawing heat from just four tealights placed inside it and releasing
32、it in your living space.It may look basic in its shape, materials used and the fact that it has no fancy switches to fiddle with, but Egloo is actually 3Dprinted so its actually a lot more hightech than most electric heaters on the market today. At about seven inches wide and weighing just over two
33、pounds, Egloo wont take up too much space, and can be easily moved around at any time. Just make sure you dont touch it directly, as it tends to get pretty hot.According to creator Marco Zagaria， “After only 30 minutes, the temperature of the environment surrounding the Egloo will be increased betwe
34、en 2 and 3 degrees Celsius.” Considering it runs on just four tealights, each with a burning time of about five hours, you can expect this little guy to make your room very warm and comfortable for just around 10 cents per day.Egloo started crowdfunded through an Indiegogo campaign last year, blowin
35、g past its initial (最初的) goal of 30,000 and raking in 262,513 by the end of the campaign. Its currently available for purchase via the Egloo website, for anywhere between 50 and 100, depending on size, color and glaze. Considering some users pay that much for heat every couple of weeks, the price se
36、ems very attractive.语篇解读：本文为说明文。一款小小的依靠茶 烛的力量就能 够加热的加热器问世，它小巧、成本低，深受欢迎。32What is unique concerning Egloo?AIt uses the power of tealights.BIt was developed by a student.CIts made with 3D printing technology.DNo fancy switches make it more attractive.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “but Egloo is actually 3Dprint
37、ed”可知，它独特的地方在于它是 3D 打印的。33What should be cautious while using Egloo?AIts space. BWeight.CPrice. DTemperature.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的句子 “Just make sure you dont touch it directly, as it tends to get pretty hot.”可知，在用茶 烛时应该 当心的是温度。34The fourth paragraph mainly develops_.Aby emphasizing the low cost of th
38、e EglooBby showing the high demand of the EglooCby listing the effectiveness of the EglooDby encouraging people to own the Egloo解析：选 C 推理判断题。第四段提到：只用三十分 钟，它周围环境的温度就能够升高两三度；只用四个茶蜡大约五个小时，房 间就非常暖和舒适，每天仅仅花费大约 10 美分。由此可知本段主要通过列举其有效性展开的。故 选择 C 项。35What is peoples attitude towards the Indiegogo campaign la
39、st year?ACurious. BFavorable.CDoubtful. DOpposed.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的句子“Egloo started crowdfunded through an Indiegogo campaign last year, blowing past its initial goal of 30,000 and raking in 262,513 by the end of the campaign.”可知，资金众筹的效果非常显著，公众非常支持，故选择 B 项。第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)Benefits of V
40、erbal CommunicationVerbal communication can be explained as exchanging ideas and thoughts by using words. As humans, verbal communication is very essential because through this we are able to communicate, learn and understand each other._36_ The following are some of the benefits of communicating ve
41、rbally._37_When there is verbal communication, people are able to express themselves quite clearly. They can be able to emphasize certain ideas, views and insights as they give examples thus promoting a clear understanding among the communicators.Provide better understanding.With verbal communicatio
42、n, you can be able to understand people better. When you speak to someone and they respond to you as well as you continue to engage in a conversation, you will get to understand this person more because you are able to explore his emotions as well as body language through his words. With communicati
43、on, there is no guess work._38_Give satisfaction.Whenever you engage in a verbal communication, you are able to express what is on your mind._39_ And however much you may never get all your requests met at any particular time, it is satisfactory to know that you are able to get your thoughts and des
44、ires recognized and understood.Increase popularity.Effective communication is done by both verbal and nonverbal communication. However, the verbal communication is the most successful when it comes to discussing, explaining and giving examples. _40_ It is because they are able to express themselves
45、clearly therefore understanding others as well.ATake less time.BGive clear expression.CIt is a wonderful feeling to express yourself.DYou can understand exactly what the other person is saying to you.EPeople who have good verbal communication can easily make friends.FYou will find it hard to underst
46、and what others are really talking about.GThrough verbal communication, besides, we are also able to build relationships and trust.语篇解读：作为人类，语言交流非常重要。本文介绍了语言交流 带给我们的几点好处。36解析：选 G 设空处前介绍了语言交流带给我们的好 处，空后一句引出下文，因此，设空处应是介绍通过语言交流的其他好处。故 选 G 项，该项中的 Through verbal communication，are also able to 照应上一句中的 thr
47、ough this(this 指代 verbal communication)及 are able to。37解析：选 B 设空处点明了该部分的主题，根据下文的关键词“express themselves quite clearly”可知，本部分主要 讲语言交流能够使人们表达得更清楚，故选 B 项。38解析：选 D 根据 Provide better understanding 可知，本部分讲述语言交流可以使人与人之间更好地理解。再结 合上文的“you can be able to understand people better”可知，选 D 项。39解析：选 C 根据 Give satis
48、faction 及下文的 “. it is satisfactory to know that you are able to get your thoughts and desires recognized and understood.”可知，语言交流能够给人以满足感。C 项(表达自己是一种很棒的感 觉) 符合语境。40解析：选 E 根据空后的 “. therefore understanding others as well.”可知，此 处指语言交流可以使人们更好地理解别人，从而更容易与 别人成 为朋友。故 选 E 项。练 二 语 言 知 识 运 用 保 分 练 限 时 30分 钟 第一
49、节(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)Access to electricity has always been limited for people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a remote village in Peru. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 _41_ a flood damaged the power station in the area. The villagers were _42_ to turn to kerosene (煤油) lamps, which are not only expensive but also _43_ because of the poisonous matter t
