2017-2018学年高中英语人教版必修三练习：Unit 3 课下能力提升(九) Word版含解析

Unit 3课下能力提升(九)阅读理解AWhat do Tom Sa w yer and Jumping Frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Twain was four years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was fascinated with (使……入迷) life along the river — the steamboats, the giant lumber (木头) rafts, and the people who worked on them.The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Cala v eras County is one of Twain's best loved short stories, and The Ad v entures of Tom Sa w yer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days, which originated in the late 1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter their frogs in the jumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. There's also a fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sa w yer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he makes them believe that it's fun to paint, and they join in the “fun”．By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction (虚构的事), it's based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.1．Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is TRUE?A．He was born in Hannibal.B．He enjoyed his life in Hannibal.C．He spent most of his childhood on the Mississippi.D．He often went rafting (坐船漂流) on the Mississippi with his parents.2．National Tom Sawyer Days were created ________．A．about forty years agoB．in memory of a great writerC．shortly after Twain's deathD．to improve kids' interest in reading3．Who will win the fence painting contest?A．Bob, painting the longest.B．Julia, painting most carefully.C．Jim, painting in the newest way.D．John, painting in the shortest time.4．From the white fence at Twain's boyhood home, we know that ________．A．the story of Tom Sa w yer is based partly on Twain's experiencesB．the story of Tom Sa w yer is based totally on Twain's imaginationC．Twain's old house is painted by the fence painting competitorsD．Twain's old house is visited by people from all over the countryBDisease, poverty, hate, love —Charles Dickens' stories opened his readers' eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years later, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens' legacy (遗产) was far greater than just “great-literature”．February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer's birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let's take a look at two of them.A White ChristmasDickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas”—not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today.In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day —unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.Many people believe that Dickens' popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth —“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”．In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”“Dickensian” povertyDickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London.He helped popularize the term “red_tape”to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy (官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.“Dickensian”has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level ofpoverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible”or “horrific”，but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”．5．The article is mainly about ________．A．a brief introduction to Charles DickensB．Charles Dickens' impact on the worldC．the characters in Charles Dickens' storiesD．Charles Dickens' achievements in literature6．Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”？A．Because he created both religious and cultural festival.B．Because his novels have something to do with Christmas.C．Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations.D．Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas.7．We can learn from the passage that ________．A．Charles Dickens' novels reflect the true life at his ageB．Dickensian is widely used to describe the ChristmasC．every person can take three days off for ChristmasD．the theme of Charles Dickens' stories is about poverty8．According to the passage the underlined phrase “red tape”refers to ________．A．rules or regulations that are required to finish a taskB．a situation where poor members of society are hurtC．conflict between people in power and weaker peopleD．pointlessly time­consuming official proceduresCThe human brain contains 10 thousand million cells (细胞) and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such great numbers used to discourage us and cause us to stop thinking about the possibility of making a machine with humanlike ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a speed we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years, perhaps, we will be able to build a machine as complex (复杂的) as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to make it as intelligent as the human brain by properly programming it.I think it is certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (硅) will arise to compete with their human ancestors. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon's long control. And we will no longer be able to consider ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the world.As the intelligence of robots increases and their cost goes down, we may achieve a lot with their help, first on the earth through their ability to complete any kind of work in harmful environments. In the end, deserts (沙漠) may turn into gardens. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the creation of a huge, man-made world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.9．In the author's opinion, the human brain ________．A．is complex and intelligentB．is too complex to be reproducedC．may change a lot in 10 or 20 yearsD．will soon be replaced by machines10．The underlined word “carbon” in Paragraph 2 stands for ________．A．human beings B．an old machineC．an ocean animal D．intelligent robots11．In the last paragraph, the author mainly ________．A．talks about the intelligence of robotsB．explains how to create a world in spaceC．describes what our future life might beD．shows his worry about the environment答案：语篇解读：马克·吐温(1835－1910)是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人，世界著名的短篇小说大师。