2019高考英语一轮复习构想 Unit 3 Under the sea课时作业 新人教版选修7

2019高考英语一轮复习构想 Unit 3 Under the sea课时作业新人教版选修7Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2017·河北省第二次联考)In 1971 we were living in Wichita, Kansas—Lincoln was about seven, Brendan was three and Kristen was a baby. Mom was staying with us during the holidays. On Christmas Eve I stayed up very late. I was totally alone with my thoughts, alternating between joy and sorrow, and I got to thinking about my paper route(送报历程), that tree, what my mother had said to me and how dad had tried to make things better.I heard a noise in the kitchen and discovered that it was mom. She couldn't sleep either and had gotten up to make herself a cup of hot tea which made her feel better. As she waited for the water to boil, she walked into the living room and discovered me there. She saw my open Bible and asked me what I was reading. When I told her, she asked if I would read it to her and I did.When the kettle began to whistle, she went and made her tea. She came back. I told her how happy I was that she was with us for Christmas and how I wished that dad could have lived to see his grandchildren and to enjoy this time because he always loved Christmas so much. It got very quiet for a moment and then she said，“Do you remember that time on Twelve Mile Road when you bought that tree with your paper route money？”“Yes，” I said，“I've just been thinking about it you know.”She hesitated for a long moment, as though something was bottled up so deeply inside her soul that it might take surgery to get it out. Finally, great tears rolled down her face and she cried，“Oh, son, please forgive me. That time and that Christmas have been a burden on my heart for twenty­five years. I wish your dad were here so I could tell him how sorry I am for what I said.”【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。

“我”和三个孩子以及“我”的母亲居住在一起。

圣诞夜，“我”熬夜未睡，意外发现母亲也未入睡；回忆往事，她失声痛哭。

1．How many children did the author have?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.答案与解析：C 考查细节理解。

根据第一段第一句中的“Lincoln was about seven, Brendan was three and Kristen was a baby”可知，作者有三个孩子，故C项正确。

2．What do we learn about the author's father?A. He lived with the author.B. He loved his grandsons.C. He loved his wife deeply.D. He had passed away.答案与解析：D 考查推理判断。

根据第三段中的“and how I wished that dad could have lived to see his grandchildren”可推知，作者的父亲已经去世，故D项正确。

3．Why couldn't the author's mother fall asleep?A. Because she needed to care for the children.B. Because she remembered the previous thing.C. Because she wanted the author to read for her.D. Because she was unwilling to live with the author.答案与解析：B 考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的“Finally, great tears rolled down h er face and she cried, ‘... That time and that Christmas have been a burden onmy heart for twenty­five years. I wish your dad were here so I could tell him how sorry I am for what I said.’”可知，母亲想起了以前圣诞节的事，对自己所做的事感到难过，因此无法入眠，故B项正确。

4．What is likely to be described in the next paragraph?A. How they would celebrate the Christmas.B. How the author's father supported the family.C. What happened to the author's parents in the past.D. The reason for the author's parents' divorce.答案与解析：C 考查推理判断。

根据最后一段母亲所说的话“That time and that Christmas have been a burden on my heart for twenty­five years. I wish your dad were here so I could tell him how sorry I am for what I said”可推知，母亲想起了以前圣诞节的事，对自己所做的事感到难过；据此可以判断，下文将叙述发生在作者父母身上的故事，故C项正确。

B(2017·合肥高三质量检测)Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have existed on the planet, and they can grow to a length of 100 feet and weigh more than 330,000 pounds. But recently researchers have found that these whales are on the move and they have migrated from California waters to areas off Canada and Alaska for the first time since commercial whaling ended in 1965.The researchers identified 15 blue whales that have appeared off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since 1997. Four of these whales were recognized as ones that were once sighted off California shores, suggesting that the whales are returning to an old migration pattern between the coasts.Before commercial whaling began in the early 1900s, blue whales were found widely throughout the North Pacific and California waters. But from the 1920s to the 1960s, whaling severely reduced the whale populations. Blue whales never recovered in the North Pacific, making sightings in this area rare. However, much larger groups of whales have been observed close to California since the 1970s.The scientists had previously thought that the California population was separate from the population that had historically lived in the North Pacific waters. But the current study shows that whales off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska are likely part of the California population.To identify the blue whales, the researchers looked at photos of cetaceans taken in the North Pacific Ocean and compared them with a library of blue whale pictures taken along the west coast of the United States and Southern Pacific. Up to now, the researchers are not quite sure why the whales are changing their migration patterns, but they suspect that the whales may be following their food moving farther north by the changes in ocean conditions.【解题导语】本文主要讲的是蓝鲸的迁移以及有可能引起迁移的原因。