高中英语课时阅读训练十八Module5EthnicCulturePeriod2ReadingandVocabulary要点讲解课

课时阅读训练十八Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary要点讲解课Ⅰ. 阅读理解

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Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is a hotspot travel destination, and it’s easy to see its beautiful beaches and busy city life.

Why it’s a great choice: Australia as a whole is considered a safe destination for international travel, and because of that, many solo travelers go there. As an English-speaking country, you won’t be faced with any language barriers. Melbourne is easy to get around because you can walk or bike practically anywhere! Thailand

Thailand is great for solo travelers—perhaps because it is one of the Buddhist mindsets, which promote equality among the sexes.

Why it’s a great choice: Thailand is kn own for its friendly atmosphere, and as a travel hotspot, there are plenty of chances to meet other like-minded travelers. It’s well known for being very cheap, especially in the north. It’s a good choice if you want to get away on a budget. Thailand has a lot to offer, from the party-central Bangkok to beautiful beaches and tropical(热带的) jungle.

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong is a great place to relax for solo travelers as it is full of “Zen Moments”, such as beautiful gardens and Tai Chi classes.

W hy it’s a great choice: Hong Kong is regarded as one of the safest cities in the world. If you’re not well-traveled, or perhaps a bit tired of things like language barriers, Hong Kong is a great place to start, as it mixes both Eastern and Western at the same time.

Bali, Indonesia

Bali is a spiritual place with yoga, spas, healthy food and beaches. The combination of friendly people and splendid visual culture has made Bali number one tourist attraction.

Why it’s so great: you won’t be the only solo traveler in Bali. Everyone is known for being extremely friendly and you’re sure to meet some amazing characters along the way. As a Hindu island, Bali is the perfect place for a relaxing and spiritual retreat(静修). The Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud is fantastic—if you like monkeys, anyway.

【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了澳大利亚的墨尔本、泰国、中国的香港和印度尼西亚的巴厘岛这四个旅游胜地, 以及它们值得一去的原因。

1. What do the four places have in common according to the text?

A. They’re cheap to travel around.

B. They’re great for solo travelers.

C. They offer good spas and yoga.

D. There’re no language barriers.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。通读全文可知, 每个景点的介绍中都提及了solo traveler(s), 因此选B。

2. Where can you enjoy both convenient transport and beautiful beaches?

A. Melbourne, Australia.

B. Thailand.

C. Hong Kong, China.

D. Bali, Indonesia.

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Melbourne, Australia部分第一段的“its beautiful beaches and busy city life”以及第二段中的“Melbourne is easy to get around because you can walk or bike practically anywhere”可知, 在澳大利亚的墨尔本你可以享受到便利的交通和美丽的沙滩。

3. What has made Bali No. 1 tourist attraction?

A. Yoga, spas, healthy food and beaches.

B. Friendly people and splendid visual culture.

C. Meeting some amazing characters along the way.

D. Fantastic monkeys in the Sacred Monkey Forest.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据Bali, Indonesia部分第一段的第二句“The combination of friendly people and splendid visual culture has made Bali number one tourist

attraction”可知, 友好的人们与精彩的视觉文化融合使巴厘岛成为第一观光胜地。

4. What type of writing is this text?

A. A travel journal.

B. A business report.

C. A travel guide.

D. A press advertisement.

【解析】选C。推理判断题。文章主要介绍了四个热点旅游胜地以及它们的特色、优势, 因此应选C “旅游指南”。

B

Batteries are included, but the charger’s not. The Nokia E-Cu concept phone doesn’t need to plug in; it charges from any heat source. Designer Patrick Hyland says it can even work off the warmth of your pocket. The first time “it would take approximately seven hours to reach full charge, then after that it’s continuously charging by keeping the phone in areas between 86 degrees and 104 degrees Fahrenheit. ” That’s one hot pocket.

He’s put a thermo generator(热偶发电器)inside the phone that transforms heat

into electric potential energy. To better conduct the heat to that little power

plant in your pocket, the E-Cu(E for energy, Cu for copper)is coated by copper backing with heat sinks like those normally used to keep electronics from overheating.

Nokia doesn’t have current plans to build the phone, so for now it remains a concept. But Hyland says he’s open to anyone wh o wants to cooperate.

For Americans this technology would certainly be convenient. It would also save a bit on energy bills and waste. “Annually, unwanted phone chargers produce 51, 000 tons of waste in addition to the greenhouse gases created by the production of the electricity needed to charge them, ” Hyland says. So a charger-free phone is also a green phone. Though adapting our plug-in habits would help a group of people, most cell phone related energy use comes from leaving your charger plugged in all day unnecessarily.

The real potential for charger-free cell phone technology is what it could enable

places where plugging in isn’t an option, like rural areas in the developing world. Cell phones are spreading faster than power lines and bringing with them countless opportunities, aid and health advances. A phone like the E-Cu, if it ever comes to be, would enable all manner of expanded aid and development by phone projects. Let’s hope Patrick finds a partner.

【语篇概述】本文介绍的是一种不用插入电源、在口袋里即可获得电能的手机。

5. What do we know about the E-Cu phone?

A. It doesn’t have a battery or a charger.

B. It is properly marketed and sells well.

C. It’s continuously charging from any area.

D. It has a highly conductive copper cover.

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句后半句可知, 这种手机有一个铜制的后盖, 可以防止电器过热, 所以有一个导热性很强的盖子。

6. What’s the function of the underlined part “heat sinks” in Paragraph 2?

A. To give off heat.

B. To measure heat.

C. To turn up heat.

D. To supply heat.

【解析】选A。推理判断题。画线部分后面“. . . like those normally used to keep electronics from overheating. ”作出了解释, 说明是用来散热的。

7. A charger-free phone is friendly to the environment because .

A. it is just a concept

B. it is self-chargeable

C. it brings convenience

D. it is no waste of money

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第四段的第三句和第四句看出, 这种手机不需要像普通手机那样插入电源充电, 有节能的功能; 根据第一段“. . . it charges from any heat source. ”可知这种手机是从热源那里获得电源, 通过里面配置的热偶发电器把热能随时转换为电能, 因此绿色环保, 答案为B项。

8. From the last two paragraphs we can know that .

A. Patrick is not ready to cooperate with others

B. power lines spread every corner of the world

C. phone projects may help solve the energy crisis

D. phones like the E-Cu have huge potential benefits

【解析】选D。推理判断题。从后两段看出, 即使在没有电源的地方也可以使用这种手机, 结

合“countless opportunities, aid and health advances”判断, 这种手机潜力无限、前

景广阔。

Ⅱ. 完形填空

My family moved into our new home two years ago and we spent a lot of time and 1 in the yard to make it look like what it is today.

Last summer, I walked into the 2 and found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not 3 identify. I knew I hadn’t planted it and Denise claimed she didn’t 4 . We decided to let it continue growing until we could 5 what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the plant, it appeared to be a sunflower.

I decided to 6 the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something 7 . The sunflower had not 8 where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big 9 and grown under and around it to reach the 10 .

That’s when I 11 that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its 12 of developing, we also have the ability of doing the same thing. If we 13 ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we 14 to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the 15 to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to 16 the rocks because it had

17 in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be

18 who and what we are, then the environment will begin to 19 us. We will find a way to go under or 20 any “rock” in order to reach our goals.

【语篇概述】巨大的岩石没能够阻止太阳花的生长, 强大的生命力促使其最终感受到太阳的

温暖, 作者对此颇有感触, 也拥有了克服困难的决心和意志。

1. A. energy B. money

C. days

D. weekends

【解析】选A。要收拾打扫院子, 作者和家人花费了许多时间和精力(energy)。

2. A. kitchen B. office

C. garden

D. field

【解析】选C。根据sunflower及planted等信息可以推知, 作者走入花园(garden)。

3. A. suddenly B. immediately

C. seriously

D. previously

【解析】选B。联系下文中的“it appeared to be a sunflower”可知, 此时作者无法立刻(immediately)确认它是什么植物。

4. A. forever B. though

C. too

D. either

【解析】选D。作者知道不是自己种的, Denise也(either)没有种。否定句中表示“也”应用either。

5. A. figure out B. carry out

C. bring out

D. point out

【解析】选A。作者让其继续生长下去, 其目的是想弄清楚(figure out)它到底是什么。

6. A. remove B. tend

C. watch

D. collect

【解析】选A。为了让它健康地生长, 作者为其清理(remove)周围的杂草。

7. A. unusual B. terrible

C. valuable

D. wonderful

【解析】选A。根据下文中的“The sunflower had not where I saw it begin”可知, 作者注意到了不同寻常的(unusual)现象。

8. A. passed B. started

C. left

D. died

【解析】选B。令作者出乎意料的是, 太阳花并不是从作者看到它出现的地方开始生长的。

9. A. tree B. table

C. rock

D. wall

【解析】选C。联系上文中的“As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds”可知, 它是在一块巨大的岩石(rock)下面。

10. A. air B. top C. sun D. house

【解析】选C。根据句中的“and grown under and around it”可以推知, 它长出来了, 向着阳光生长。

11. A. realized B. doubted

C. regretted

D. hoped

【解析】选A。就在那时作者意识到(realized)小小的太阳花顽强的生命力。

12. A. place B. way

C. course

D. process

【解析】选B。巨大的岩石没能够阻止它生长的方式(way)。

13. A. fill in B. put in

C. worry about

D. believe in

【解析】选D。作者认为, 如果我们相信(believe in)自己, 我们也能够做到意想不到的事情。

14. A. forget B. hate

C. aim

D. wait

【解析】选C。联系太阳花的不屈和顽强, 作者认为我们也能够到达我们力求(aim)要去的地方。

15. A. ability B. wish

C. plan

D. idea

【解析】选A。在作者看来, 我们要相信我们有实现目标的能力(ability)。

16. A. get over B. get down

C. get off

D. get away

【解析】选A。太阳花知道自己有能力翻过(get over)岩石, 才能茁壮生长。

17. A. energy B. virtue

C. courage

D. faith

【解析】选D。此处还是叙述太阳花的生长, 它对自己的信任(faith)促使其成功。

18. A. aware of B. afraid of

C. proud of

D. tired of

【解析】选C。像太阳花一样, 一定要为自己感到自豪(proud of)。

19. A. support B. affect

C. upset

D. forgive

【解析】选A。我们自己有自信, 周围的环境也就会支持(support)我们。

20. A. into B. around

C. through

D. from

【解析】选B。由上文“grown under and around it”可知此处也应选around。

【补偿训练】

When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation—you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic (评论家) Edie Jarolim. “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things. ” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere — in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her three books, The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexico’s Beach Resorts. Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a test for Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local (当地的) museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了Edie Jarolim, 一位旅游作家兼食品评论家。她已经出版了至少三本书, 且做到了旅游赚钱两不误。

1. Which country does Jarolim live in now?

A. Mexico.

B. The U. S.

C. The U. K.

D. Canada.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段的then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there. 以及第四段的at home in Tucson, Arizona可知。Arizona指美国的亚利桑那州。

2. What is most difficult for Jarolim?

A. Working in different places to collect information.

B. Checking all the facts to be written in the guides.

C. Finishing her work as soon as possible.

D. Passing a test to write travel guides.

【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段的As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information可知。

3. What do we know about Jarolim from the text?

A. She is successful in her job.

B. She finds her life full of stresses.

C. She spends half of her time traveling.

D. She is especially interested in museums.

【解析】选A。推理判断题。Edie Jarolim已经出版了至少三本书, 这说明了她是一名成功的旅游作家兼食品评论家。故选A。

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Adventures in Travel Writing

B. Working as a Food Critic

C. Travel Guides on the Market

D. Vacationing for a Living

【解析】选D。主旨大意题。Edie Jarolim, 一年中她三分之一的时间是用在旅游上, 而旅游的目的是写有关旅游胜地的评论。去名胜古迹旅游参观不是去度假而是带着任务去的。一年中剩下的时间就是完成任务并对餐饮业写一些评论。由此可知选D。

Ⅰ. 词汇积累

1. review n. 审查; 评论

2. adventurous adj. 爱冒险的; 大胆的; 充满危险的

3. ruin v. 毁坏; 破坏

4. it never occurred to me that. . . 我从未想到……

5. for a while 不久, 一段时间

6. fall in love with 喜欢上

7. a tourist attraction 旅游景点

Ⅱ. 难句破译

After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there.

译文: 继在Frommer’s 工作之后, Jarolim在伦敦的Rough Guides工作了一段时间, 后来到了Fodor’s, 在那里, 她是如此地喜欢上了美国西南的描写以至于搬到了那里。

分析: After working相当于After she worked; where 引导的定语从句修饰的是先行词Fodor’s。同时还用到了so. . . that. . . 结构(表示“如此……以至于……”)。