1、金沙中学 2014-2015 学年高中英语同步语篇题【2】 （答案）：Unit5（人教新课标必修 3）语篇训练卷(二)Unit 5 Using Language. 完形填空 The wisdom my 77-year-old father has passed on to me came more through osmosis(潜移默化)than lectures. My dads 1 shines through all my life. Old age hasnt 2 him, mainly because he doesnt think almost-80 is old. He had
2、 ever trained for a charity(慈善) 3 across the Hudson River in New York. He wore his custom-fitted diving suit, but he still got so 4 . We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag. “I am fine. ”He always is. He did 5 the Hudson River swim a month later. If you ask my father whether his life has be
3、en hard, he will say he is 6 . He means the kind of happiness that comes from taking a good long marathon. Hes the one who 7 me I could do it, too. “Anyone can run a marathon, ”he said, “as long as you keep training. ”During the World War, my grandfather joined the French Army and was 8 by the Germa
4、ns and spent the war in a prison camp. My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives. His mother 9 from depression, and Dad went to boarding school from the sixth grade on. Yet in all Dads dinner table 10 , there have been many times when he turned them into
5、11 stories. After a family dinner the other night, Dad advised us to try the skydiving 12 “Sixty-five seconds of free falling, ”he said. “I loved it. I should have been a paratrooper. ”He loves getting cards in the mail, and usually Im 13 , so instead I call him on Fathers Day. But this year Ive 14
6、to be early for once. I want to let him know how much he 15 to me. Dad, thank youfor all of it and mostly for your enduring faith that everything will be OK. 1. A. ability B. gentlenessC. optimism D. humor2. A. comforted B. slowedC. punished D. accused 3. A. swim B. donationC. volunteer D. activity
7、4. A. warm B. sad C. calm D. cold5. A. complete B. stopC. delay D. celebrate6. A. ordinary B. youngC. disabled D. lucky7. A. informed B. appointedC. insisted D. convinced8. A. killed B. captured C. driven D. fired9. A. resulted B. judgedC. suffered D. separated10. A. experiences B. mannersC. stories
8、 D. news11. A. foolish B. great C. short D. aggressive12. A. chance B. adventureC. visit D. movement13. A. late B. early C. noisy D. quiet14. A. refused B. permittedC. allowed D. decided15. A. occurs B. possessesC. means D. proves. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 All ov
9、er the world, people move from place to place. More and more people 1 (leave)towns and farms to move to cities. This 2 (move)to cities is called urbanization. Often, people move to cities 3 (find)jobs. Farms do not have enough jobs 4 the growing population. Cities offer factory and service jobs such
10、 as working in restaurants. Almost half the worlds people live in cities. Mexico Citys population more than tripled(增至三倍) 5 1960 and 2000. Other cities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa are growing just 6 fast. People also move from country to country. They emigrate, or leave their home country to
11、live in 7 country. In their new country, these people are called immigrants. Some are looking for jobs in 8 (rich)nations. Others are running 9 from wars, too little food, and other problems in their home countries. These people are refugees. 10 are people who run to another country to get away from
12、 danger or disaster. . 阅读理解 AI have a good memory of my grandfather, Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room. I sat next to him. We were reading aloud, our heads bent over the page in front of us, a finger marking the words; separated by seven decades, brought together by words. Its a
13、 common scene in British families; however, in our case, the usual order of things is reversed(颠倒). Grandad had been blind since I was tiny, so I was reading to him. When reading aloud, people usually read something thats of interest to the listener. So I didnt read childrens books; I read the sorts
14、 of things grandad liked to hear about. Much of the vocabulary in grandads reading material was far beyond me. When I met unfamiliar words, Id spell them out. Grandad would help me. It must have been painful for him to hear news; but he never hurried me along or complained. Our reading wasnt really
15、about getting knowledge. It was a way for us to spend time together. My grandfather wasnt always blind. He had been a good carpenter(木匠 ). The first Christmas of my parents marriage, he built my mother a bookcase, which now belongs to my son Jonah, providing a link between four generations. I was a
16、fortunate child; I spent a lot of time with my grandfather, and he opened the world to me in a particular way. Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me. In the school holidays, I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association fo
17、r the blind. This might seem strange, but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for grandad. A decade later, I found a position in a nursing home, which reminded me of my early experiences; reading to senior citizens was a connection back to grandad. More th
18、an simple conversation, reading aloud is a connection between two individuals and it can have a big emotional(情感的)effect on elderly people. 1. What can we know from the first paragraph? A. The authors grandfather was born blind. B. The author is seventy years younger than her grandfather. C. The aut
19、hor often sat opposite to her grandfather while reading. D. Its quite common in Britain that children read to their grandfathers. 2. Why didnt the author choose to read childrens books? A. To expand her knowledge. B. To make her vocabulary bigger. C. To show off in front of her grandfather. D. To sa
20、tisfy the needs of her grandfather. 3. How did the author feel during the trips with grandad? A. Proud. B. Troubled. C. Curious. D. Embarrassed. 4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. My blind grandfatherB. The benefits of reading aloudC. Reading for my blind grandfath
21、erD. My unforgettable experience in a nursing homeBMichele, a filmmaker, dives into an eerie(怪诞的)world. The usually colorful corals are a ghostly white. Most of the fish, crabs, and other animals have disappeared. The reef is sick and dying. Coral reefs are often called “the rainforests of the sea”
22、because of their abundance of life forms. A great diversity of animals find food and shelter in every crack and crevice. Todays reefs are about 10, 000 years old. Found in sunny, shallow water in warm seas all over the world, reefs are made up of the hard shells of millions of corals. As corals live
23、 and die, they create a giant, rocky honeycomb. Only a thin top layer is living coral. A reef grows only about as fast as your fingernailsthree-quarters of an inch a year. But coral reefs are huge, and in time a healthy reef can be thousands of miles long. Millions of people around the world rely on
24、 reef fish and other animals for food. And reefs provide protection from storms at sea. Without thousands of miles of reefs surrounding coastal areas, many beaches and even whole islands could be destroyed by the pounding of powerful ocean waves. “Lets say a grazing animal like the parrot fish is ov
25、erfished, ”Michele explains. “Without them, the kind of algae(海藻)that the fish feed on could grow like weeds and take over the reef. The competition for space and sunlight could then starve the coral. ”Nearly 27 percent of the worlds coral reefs have been lost or damaged. But there is hope. Many ree
26、fs around the worldincluding the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the reefs off the Florida Keys in the United Statesare now protected areas where scientists study how to keep reefs healthy. They determine how many and which kinds of fish can be taken for food without hurting the reefs delicate b
27、alance. There is hope, too, that people will learn to be good partners to the reefs. “We want our film to inspire people to help coral reefs, ”says Michele. “For me, even though I may not go back to the South Pacific, just knowing the reefs are there and thriving brings a sense of contentment(满足)to
28、my spirit. ”5. What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage? A. To describe what coral reefs are. B. To tell people to protect coral reefs. C. To introduce a film to people. D. To ask people to visit coral reefs. 6. From the passage we can infer that . A. coral reefs grow very fastB
29、. there are few huge coral reefsC. coral reefs appear mostly in deep waterD. it takes a long time to make a coral reef7. By mentioning the parrot fish, Michele wants to tell us . A. coral reefs need sunlight to surviveB. the biggest enemies of reefs are weedsC. the parrot fish feed on a kind of alga
30、eD. it is easy to destroy coral reefs 8. What is the authors attitude towards the protection of reefs? A. Optimistic. B. Disappointed. C. Uncertain. D. Pessimistic(悲观的). 答案解析. 【文章大意】 “我”的父亲用实际行动告诉“我”笑对人生的人比在挫折面前悲悲戚戚的人更能得到快乐的垂青, 这让“我”受益匪浅, 并对父亲深怀感激之情。1. 【解析】选 C。逻辑推理题。根据下文对父亲的描述可知, “我”父亲的乐观(optimism)照
31、耀我的一生。2. 【 解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。根据下文的 “mainly because he doesnt think almost-80 is old”可知, “我”的父亲并不认为将近八十岁就老了 , 即年龄大并没有让他慢(slowed) 下来。3. 【解析】选 A。词汇复现题。根据下文的“He wore his custom-fitted diving suit”以及“He did the Hudson River swim a month later. ”可知, “我”的父亲曾经为参加一个慈善游泳(swim)活动训练过。4. 【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。根据此空前面的 “but”以及
32、下文的“We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag”可知“我”的父亲仍然感到很冷(cold)。5. 【 解析】选 A。词语辨析题。 “我” 的父亲一个月后的确游完了(complete)哈德逊河。6. 【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。如果你问“我”的父亲生活是否艰难, 他会说自己很幸运(lucky), 从下句中的 the kind of happiness 可判断出。7. 【解析】 选 D。逻辑推理题。由下文的“I could do it, too”以及“as long as you keep training”可知, “我” 的父亲使“我”相信(
33、convinced)“ 我”也能参加马拉松赛跑。8. 【 解析】 选 B。逻辑推理题。根据此空后面的“spent the war in a prison camp”可知, “我”的祖父被俘虏(captured)了。9. 【解析 】选 C。词语辨析题。他的母亲患有 (suffered)有抑郁症。suffer from 表示“遭受”。10. 【解析】选 C。词汇复现题。根据本段最后的 “stories”可知, 此空应用“stories”。11. 【解析】选 B。词语辨析题。有很多次“我”的父亲把他餐桌上很平常的故事变成了非常了不起的(great) 故事。12. 【解析】选 B。逻辑推理题。根据下文的“Sixty-five seconds of free falling”可知 , 爸爸建议我们尝试特技跳伞冒险(adventure)活动。13. 【解析】选 A。词语辨析题。根据下文的“so instead I call him on Fathers Day. But this year Ive to be early for once”可知“我”常常向父亲表示祝贺晚(late)了。14. 【解析】选 D。逻辑推理题。根据上下文内容以及“But”可知, 今年“我”决定(decided)这一次要早一点儿向父亲表示祝贺。
