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Unit20NewFrontiers
一、阅读理解GoldenGateBridgeLocatedinSanFrancisco,theGoldenGateBridgestartedintheyear1933toconnecttheSanFranciscoPeninsulawithMarinCounty.Itwasfinallythrownopentopublicin
1937.Itcostmorethan$35millionintheconstruction.Tilltheyear1957,theGoldenGateBridge,atalengthof2737meterswasthelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld.BrooklynBridgeTheBrooklynBridgeislocatedinBrooklyn.ItisoneoftheoldestbridgesintheUnitedStates,openedintheyear
1883.Thelengthofthebridgeis1825meters.ThebridgehasbeenfeaturedinseveralHollywoodmovies.GeorgeWashingtonBridgeAlsoknownastheHudsonRiverBridge,theGeorgeWashingtonBridgewhichconnectsFortLeetoManhattancameintousein1931afteraconstructionperiodofalmost4years.Itisatwolevelsuspensionbridge.MackinacBridgeThisisthethirdbiggestsuspensionbridgeintheworldatalengthof8038meters.ThearchitectofthisbridgewasDr.DavidB.Steinmanwhodirectedtheconstructionofthebridgewhichstartedintheyear1954andopenedtothepublicin
1957.Peopleusingthisbridgearechargedacertainamountofmoney.NavajoBridgeLocatedinArizona,thisbridgecrossestheColoradoRiverandisalmost250meterslong.Theconstructionofthisbridgestartedintheyear1927,endingtwoyearslater,costing$
390000.Inthe1990sasecondbridgewasbuiltwhichwasopenedtothepublicin
1995.Thefirstbridgeisstillusedbypedestriansnow.1.WhatdoweknowabouttheGoldenGateBridgeA.Itconsistsoftwobridges.B.Itcoststheleastofthefivebridges.C.Itisthelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld.D.Ittakesabout4yearstopletetheconstruction.2.WhichofthefollowingbridgeswasbuilttheearliestA.GoldenGateBridge.B.BrooklynBridge.C.GeorgeWashingtonBridge.D.NavajoBridge.3.WhatwillyoudoifyoudriveacrossMackinacBridgeA.Havetopaysomemoney.B.Usethesecondbridge.C.Covernearly250meters.D.SeethestatueofDr.DavidB.Steinman.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了美国五座著名的大桥1.D 考查推理判断根据第一段中的“theGoldenGateBridgestartedintheyear1933toconnecttheSanFranciscoPeninsulawithMarinCounty.Itwasfinallythrownopentopublicin1937”可推知,金门大桥的建筑时间约有四年,故D项正确2.B 考查细节理解由题干关键词“wasbuilttheearliest”定位到每座大桥的建筑时间;根据文中各座大桥的建筑时间可知,布鲁克林大桥是最古老的大桥,故B项正确3.A 考查细节理解根据第四段尾句“Peopleusingthisbridgearechargedacertainamountofmoney”可知,使用麦基诺大桥的人会被收取一定量的钱,故A项正确
二、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式2017·内蒙古四校统一能力测试ThePacificOceanThePacificOceanisthe
61.____________largeoftheEarth’soceanscoveringabout46%oftheEarth’swatersurfaceand32%ofitstotalsurfacearea.Itextends
62.____________theArcticinthenorthtotheAntarcticainthesouth
63.____________surroundbyAsiaandAustraliainthewestandtheAmericasintheeast.ThePacificOceancontainsabout25,000islands.The
64.____________majorofthemarefoundsouthoftheequator.
65.____________waterneartheequatorislesssaltythanthatfoundinthemidlatitudes中纬度for
66.____________abundanceequatorialprecipitation赤道降水throughouttheyear.ThesurfacecirculationofPacificwatersis
67.____________generalclockwiseintheNorthernHemisphereandcounter-clockwiseintheSouthernHemisphere.TheexploitationofthePacific’smineralwealthisvarious
68.____________isinfluencedbytheocean’sgreatdepths.InshallowwatersoffthecoastsofAustraliaandNewZealandnaturalgasisproducedandpearls
69.____________harvestalongthecoastsofAustraliaJapanandthePhilippines.Onemorethingworth
70.____________mentionisthatthePacific’sgreatestwealthisitsfish.【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了世界上最大的大洋——太平洋61.largest 解析考查形容词最高级根据句意及空前的“the”可知,此处应该使用形容词的最高级形式62.from 解析考查介词此处指它从北半球的北极延伸到南半球的南极地区from与后面的“to”形成对应63.surrounded 解析考查非谓语动词分析句子结构可知,空处在句中作伴随状语,且由空格后的“by”可知,此处指的是太平洋被围绕,表被动,故应用过去分词64.majority 解析考查名词由空前的“The”和空后的“of”可知,这里应填一个名词major本身可以作名词,表示“专业”,显然不符合语境此处应用majority“大部分”65.The 解析考查冠词根据water后面的修饰语“neartheequator”可知,此处应用定冠词The表特指66.abundant 解析考查形容词根据语境和句子结构可知,空处在句中作定语修饰名词,故应用其形容词形式67.generally 解析考查副词此处表示通常,太平洋水域的表面循环在北半球是顺时针方向的,在南半球是逆时针方向的应用副词修饰整个句子,故用generally68.which 解析考查定语从句分析句子结构可知,空处在句中引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词Theexploitation,且在从句中作主语,故只能用which69.areharvested 解析考查时态和语态根据句子结构可知,pearls与harvest之间是被动关系,应用被动语态,且本文的基本时态为一般现在时,故此处也需要用一般现在时,故填areharvested70.mentioning 解析考查非谓语动词分析句子结构可知,空处在句中作worth的宾语,worth后接动词时应用其-ing形式,即用主动形式表被动含义worthdoingsth.“值得做某事”
三、短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改增加在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧,并在其下面写出该加的词删除把多余的词用斜线\划掉修改在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词注意
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2.只允许修改10处,多者从第11处起不计分2017·厦门高三第一次质检Onedaysomechildrenwereplayinghide-and-seekwhiletheyheardaboynamesTateshouting.“Help!Thegoldenlionisingafterme!”TheygorunningtohelpTateonlyfindhimlaughingontheground.Onechildsaid“Youshouldn’tdothat.Ifyouarerealintroublenobodywilletohelpyou.”InarainydayTateshoutedagain“TheriverisfloodingandIcan’tswim.Help!”Thechildrendidn’tbelieveherthistime.Butagirlsaweverythingandcalledtheotherstosavehim.Tatewasnotsorryforplayingtricksonhisfriend.SofromthatdayonTateneverdidthatagain.答案Onedaysomechildrenwereplayinghide-and-seektheyheardaboyTateshouting.“Help!goldenlionisingafterme!”TheyrunningtohelpTateonlyfindhimlaughingontheground.Onechildsaid“Youshouldn’tdothat.Ifyouareintroublenobodywilletohelpyou.”arainydayTateshoutedagain“TheriverisfloodingandIcan’tswim.Help!”Thechildrendidn’tbelievethistime.Butagirlsaweverythingandcalledtheotherstosavehim.Tatewassorryforplayingtricksonhis.SofromthatdayonTateneverdidthatagain.
四、七选五根据短文内容从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项EnglishteachersloveWilliamShakespeareforallhiswonderful16thcenturydialogueandprose散文. 1 IfyouneedorwanttoreadaedyortragedyofShakespeare’sanddon’tknowhowtobeginherearesometipstogetyoustarted.KeepaShakespearelexiconhandy.Alexiconisareferenceguidesimilartoadictionaryexceptthatitdefinesandexplainswordusagefromdifferentperiodsorregions. 2 Exploreonlinestudyguides.ManysitesofferfreestudyguidestotheworksofWilliamShakespeare. 3 Thesewebsiteswillincludeacharacteranalysisaplottimelinemajorthemesandchaptersaswellasanexplanationofunfamiliarterms. 4 CharlesandMaryLambhavewrittenbeautifulstoryversionsthatareveryreadableforallages.Ifyoureaditasastorywithoutthedialogueorunfamiliardialectandlanguageyouwillgetafeelfortheplotandcharacters.Youwillunderstandthestorybetter.Watchatheaterormovieversionoftheplay.YoucanaccesssomeversionsoftheplaysonUnitedstreaming.asateacher.AsastudentlookontheInternetmoviedatabaseforaprehensivelistofproductions. 5 Shakespeare’sworksarefunandwonderful!Makefriendswiththerhythmofthismostengagingreading!Usethishandyguideandyou’llbeanotherShakespeareinnotime!A.Trytoaddthecorrectemotion.B.Listentothewaythattheactorssaythelines.C.Hisworkswerewrittenforactorsinatheater.D.Englishstudentshatehimforthesamereason.E.ItwilltranslatetermsfrommiddletomodernEnglish.F.Readthestoryitselfinchildren’sversiontogetthemainplot.G.IregularlyuseCliffnotesSparknotesandPinkMonkeyforliteraryhelp.【文章大意】莎士比亚作品用其独特的魅力吸引着读者文章就怎样更好地阅读莎士比亚作品给了我们一些建议
1.【解析】选D考查逻辑关系上句讲英语老师们喜欢莎士比亚所有的16世纪的对话和散文下句:学生们因为同样的原因不喜欢他与上句形成对比故选D
2.【解析】选E考查意义对等本段讲学习莎士比亚作品先手边放一本莎士比亚词典根据explainswordusagefromdifferentperiodsorregions.可知这种词典能解释不同阶段不同地域的词的用法E项:它能翻译从中世纪英语到现代英语的术语符合本段内容讲词典的特殊功能故选E项
3.【解析】选G考查词汇复现上句讲有许多网站提供免费的莎士比亚作品的学习指南G项列举了作者常使用的网站名称与上文连接故选G
4.【解析】选F考查意义对等根据本段storyversionsthatareveryreadableforallages.和youwillgetafeelfortheplotandcharacters.可知推荐我们先读简易版本的莎士比亚作品帮助我们理解F项表达了此意故选F
5.【解析】选B考查词汇复现本段讲观看戏剧或电影版本的戏剧B项:听听演员们说台词的方式符合本段内容故选B
五、书面表达2017·郑州第一次质量预测假定你是李华,你校将接待一批来自美国的高中生到你校学习汉语,目前校办公室正在为他们征寻为期两周的接待家庭请用英语给学校写一封信提出申请,说明你的理由和条件内容要点1.基本情况姓名、性别、年龄、性格等;2.英语水平;3.家庭条件;4.相关经历;5.其他……注意
1.词数100左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3.文中不得透露个人真实姓名和学校名称;4.开头语和结束语已为你写好,不计入总词数参考词汇hostfamily接待家庭DearSir/Madam,________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yoursfaithfully,LiHuaOnepossibleversion Dear__Sir/Madam,I’mLiHuaan18-year-oldgirlstudentinClassOneGradeThree.I’mopen-mindedeasy-goingandenthusiastic.IthinkmyEnglishisgoodenoughtomunicatewithforeignersandIliketomakefriends.Iliveinabeautifulapartmentandluckilymyparentsaregladtohaveaforeignstudenttostaywithus.Wehaveanextraroomforguests.Besideswehaveaprivatecar.MostimportantlywejusthadahomestayAmericanstudentlastyear.IfyouacceptmyapplicationtobeahostfamilyIpromisetomaketheforeignstudentfeelathomeandwecanvisitsomelocalplacesofinterestinourfreetime.Lookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.Yours__faithfully,Li__Hua。