高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 模块知识 Unit 5 The power of nature限时规范训练 新人教版选修6

第一部分选修6 Unit 5Ⅰ.完形填空Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese__1__at my face, but I pushed them__2__， my mom believed I would learn__3__I was ready.But the__4__never came.On a Chinese New Year's Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was__5__at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can't speak Chinese？” He__6__me, “You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.”“Hey, this is America, not China. I'll get some__7__with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for__8__.“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu，” she said, handing over a $20 bill.I__9__the words running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.I found the fish__10__surr ounded in a sea of customers. “I'd like to buy some fresh fish，” I shouted to the fishman.But he__11__my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased__12__their impatience. With every__13__， the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger －my blood boiling－__14__me to cry out.“Xian Sheng Yu, please！” “Very Xian Sheng，” I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned__15__and I ran back home __16__， except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.Should I laugh or cry? They're Chinese. I should feel right at__17__. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.Sometimes, I laugh at my fish__18__， but, in the end，the joke is on__19__. Every laugh is a culture__20__； every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away(逐渐消失)．( )1.A.custom B．gamesC．characters D．tradition( )2.A.ahead B．aroundC．along D．aside( )3.A.when B．beforeC．unless D．until( )4.A.success B．studyC．time D．attempt( )5.A.aim B．jokeC．nod D．stare( )6.A.cared about B．laughed atC．argued with D．asked after( )7.A.right now B．from nowC．at times D．in time( )8.A.decision B．permissionC．information D．preparation( )9.A.repeated B．reviewedC．spelled D．kept( )10.A.farm B．standC．pond D．market( )11.A.guessed B．forgetC．doubted D．ignored( )12.A.by B．asC．with D．from( )13.A.second B．effortC．desire D．movement( )14.A.forcing B．allowingC．persuading D．leading( )15.A.bright B．blankC．pale D．red( )16.A.open­mouthed B．tongue­tiedC．empty­handed D．broken­he arted( )17.A.service B．homeC．risk D．root( )18.A.trade B．deedC．challenge D．incident( )19.A.it B．usC．me D．them( )20.A.thrown B．lostC．divided D．reflected【主旨大意】本篇文章为记叙文。

“我”长在美国，已熟悉英语，但身为中国人，因为没有学习汉语而导致了去中国城买鱼的尴尬，这让“我”明白了一个道理：“笑话”反映的是一种文化的缺失，我们不应该让文化丢失。

1．【答案】 C【解析】四个选项分别意为：A风俗，习惯； B游戏，比赛；C 符号，字符，字，Chinese characters“汉字”；D传统。

作者的父母把带有汉字的卡片给作者看。

故选C。

2．【答案】D【解析】作者把父母给他看的汉字卡片推到一边。

四个选项分别意为：A 前面；B在四周，在周围；C沿着……；D“一边，旁边”；push… aside“把……推到一边”。

故选D。

3．【答案】A【解析】作者的妈妈认为当他准备好的时候，他就会学习汉语了。

四个选项分别意为：A当……的时候；B在……以前；C除非；D直到……为止。

因此选A。

4．【答案】C【解析】四个选项分别意为：A成功；B学习；C时间；D企图。

句意：但那个时候一直没有来临。

指作者准备好学习汉语的时候。

所以才有了下面的笑话。

可知选C。

5．【答案】D【解析】因为作者听不懂他叔叔的话，所以只能一脸茫然地盯着他叔叔看。

四个选项分别意为：A目标，瞄准；B笑话；C点头；D凝视，目不转睛地看，盯着看，睁大眼睛看。

D 符合语境。

6．【答案】B【解析】因为作者不懂汉语，所以作者的叔叔笑话作者说甚至去唐人街买鱼都不会成功。

四个选项分别意为：A关心，在乎； B嘲笑；C与……争论；D询问，问候。

故选B。

7．【答案】A【解析】作者对于叔叔的嘲笑很不服气，所以他决定马上去买条鱼试试。

四个选项分别意为：A立刻，马上；B从现在……；C有时候；D及时。

可知选A。

8．【答案】B【解析】作者转过身去，希望能得到妈妈的许可。

四个选项分别意为：A决定；B允许，许可；C信息；D准备。

故选B。

9．【答案】A【解析】作者怕忘记妈妈教给他的话，在临走前又重复了几遍。

四个选项分别意为：A 重复，再述，重说；B复习；C拼写；D保持。

故选A。

10．【答案】B【解析】四个选项分别意为：A农场；B (货)摊，售货台；C池塘；D市场。

fish stand“卖鱼的摊位”。

我发现鱼摊被一群顾客围着。

故选B。

11．【答案】D【解析】四个选项分别意为：A猜测；B忘记；C怀疑；D不理，忽略。

通过下句的有效信息“turned to serve the next customer”可知，卖鱼的人并没有理会作者说的话。

故选D。

12．【答案】C【解析】四个选项分别意为：A.靠，通过；B作为；C和……一起，具有，用……；D 从……。

with作为介词，在此处表示“因为”。

因为没有耐心，后面那些人的笑声更大了。

故选C。

13．【答案】A【解析】四个选项分别意为：A秒；B努力；C渴望；D移动，转动。

每一秒钟，“我”背上的龙的呼吸都会变强。

这是一种夸张的说法，说明作者已经出奇地愤怒，忍无可忍了。

可知选A。

14．【答案】A【解析】四个选项分别意为：A强迫；B允许；C劝说；D领导，引导。

force强调作者的愤怒。

可知选A。

15．【答案】D【解析】四个选项分别意为：A明亮的；B空白的；C苍白的；D红的。

因为作者遭到了嘲笑，所以羞愧地脸变红了。

因此选D。

16．【答案】C【解析】四个选项分别意为：A目瞪口呆的；B很难开口的；C两手空空的；D支离破碎的。

通过下面的信息“except for the $ 20 bill I held tightly in my pocket”可知，作者两手空空地回了家。

故选C。

17．【答案】B【解析】四个选项分别意为：A服务；B家；C冒险；D根。

feel at home意为“感觉舒适，自然”。

因为都是中国人，所以本来应该很自然。

故选B。

18．【答案】D【解析】四个选项分别意为：A交易；B作为，事迹；C挑战；D小插曲，生活中的小事。

有时候甚至作者自己都嘲笑一下自己买鱼的这个小插曲。

故选D。

19．【答案】C【解析】但是，最终这个笑话发生在了“我”身上。

故选C。

20．【答案】B【解析】四个选项分别意为：A扔，投；B失去；C分开；D反应。

每一个笑声都是文化的丢失，每一个笑声都是传统的消退。

lose和后面的fade away是一种词义的相近关系。

故选B。

Ⅱ.阅读理解(2016沈阳东北育才学校高三上学期二模， B)Winter begins in the north on December 22nd.People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the cold months.Squirrels, for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees.Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana.The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut trees.The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels.The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico.The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels.Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way.Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places.But they seldom remember where they buried every nut.So some nuts remain in the ground.Conditions are right for them to develop and grow in the following spring.Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground.Professor Swihart calls “death_traps_for_seeds”．Gray squirrels are native to Indiana.But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture.Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees.They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana.Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.( )1.The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ________.A．find out the living conditions for squirrelsB．do something to get rid of squirrelsC．learn squirrels' influence on black walnut treesD．save the forests in the American state of Indiana( )2.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in ________.A．the way they gather the walnutsB．the place they store the walnutsC．the number of the nuts they can collectD．the fact that the gray squirrels have a bad memory( )3.When Professor Swihart says “death traps for seeds”， he actually means that ________.A．nuts above the ground will not develop into plantsB．red squirrels eat more nuts than gray squirrelsC．gray squirrels and red squirrels will have severe fightsD．seeds can be traps for other animals in the forest1．【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。