2019届高三英语一轮复习 题组层级快练33 Unit 3 Under the sea 新人教版选修7.doc

1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 题组层级快练 33 Unit 3 Under the sea . 阅读理解 When our daughter, Sandy, belonged to the St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Girl Pioneers in sixth grade, the leaders thought it would be nice if the girls made pine cone wreaths (花环 )for their families as Christmas gifts. So the group gathered pine co

2、nes, put them in water and bought wire wreath frames and adhesive(黏合剂 ) to hold everything in place. A few days before Christmas, they and their leaders delivered the finished handiwork. Through the years, we proudly hung up her wreath each Christmas. In 1986, the wreath was hanging on our door as u

3、sual when the temperature on Christmas Day reached 80 degrees. The adhesive began to break down and the pine cones started falling all over our front porch. We took the wreath down, planning to repair it, and gathered up the pine cones. That spring, as my husband, Don, was weeding the flower bed in

4、front of our house, he was surprised to discover a small evergreen plant. We decided to leave it alone. The determined tree kept growing, making it right through the long winter. When it got too big for the flower bed we moved it to the back of our lot. As the tree grew, so did our family, including

5、 four grandchildren. One day the men from the electric company came to trim (修剪 ) our trees. One of them said it was a shame that someday our nice evergreen would have to be cut down. We just couldnt let that happen to our faithful if accidental Christmas tree. We decided to move it again, this time

6、 to Sandy and her husband Joels new house in the country. My husband helped Joel dig the evergreen out. It wasnt ready to let go without a fight. Finally, five hours later, the tree came loose. They wrapped the roots as best as they could and put the whole thing in Joels truck. After an hours drive

7、they planted the tree. Im happy to report that our brave evergreen is still growing, now producing pine cones of its own. 1. What was a Christmas tradition for the family? A. Making dishes with pine cones. B. Making wreaths together with Sandy. C. Hanging Sandys handiwork on the door. D. Decorating

8、the Christmas tree together. 2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. What the good old days were like. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B. How the family took care of the wreaths. C. What their attitude toward Christmas was. D. How the family “ treasure” came into being. 3. What does the underlined word “ that” in Par

9、agraph 3 mean? A. Cutting down the evergreen. B. Leaving the evergreen alone. C. The mans judging the family. D. Having the evergreen trimmed again. 4. Which is the best title for the passage? A. My Family Tradition B. My Daughters Growth C. A Beloved Christmas Tree D. A Special Pine Cone Wreath 答案与

10、解析 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者的女儿六年级时听从她所参加的St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Girl Pioneers 的领导的安排 ， 用松球做一个花环来作为家人的圣诞礼物。后来这个花环的松球掉落在她家门廊前 (的土里 )， 长出 了一棵松树 (西方通常用松树做圣诞树 )，他们一家非常珍惜这棵树。 1. 答案 C 解析 考查细节理解。根据第一段的内容尤其是 “they and their leaders delivered the finished handiwork” 可知 ， Sandy 在六年级时用松球做了这个手工花环作为圣诞礼物 ， 根

11、据第二段中的 “Through the years, we proudly hung up her wreath each Christmas . on our door as usual” 可知 ， 作者一家每个圣诞节都会骄 傲地在门上挂上 Sandy 做的松球花环。 2. 答案 D 解析 考查段落大意。根据第二段内容尤其是 “That spring, as my husband, Don, was weeding the flower bed in front of our house, he was surprised to discover a small evergreen plan

12、t” 可知 ， 本段主要讲述作者一家将松球花环悬挂在门上 ， 有一年 ， 这个花环的松球掉落在她家门廊前 (的土里 )， 后来作者的丈夫就在花坛里发现了一株松树的幼苗 。由此可总结出本段主要讲的是作者一家格外珍惜的松树的由来。 3. 答案 A 解析 考查代词指代。根据第三段中的 “One day the men from the electric company . One of them said it was a shame that someday our nice evergreen would have to be cut down” 可知 ， 电力公司来修剪树的一个人说 ， 有朝一

13、日我们这棵很棒的松树将不得不被砍掉 ， 这是很可惜的。而画线词所在句表示我们绝对不会让这样的 事发生在我们的树身上 ，【 精品教育资源文库 】 再结合下文中作者一家将树移栽到别的地方可知 ， 此处表示我们不会让这棵松树被砍掉。 4. 答案 C 解析 考查标题判断。文章虽然是用松球做的花环作为圣诞礼物引出的故事 ， 但作者主要是描写一棵长在自己家里的圣诞树。所以答案为 C 项。 . 完形填空 阅读下面短文 ， 从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中 ， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 In our house, English is not English. Not in th

14、e phonetic (语音的 ) sense, like short “ a” is for “ apple”， but rather in the pronunciation. There is no difference between cast and cash, snake and snack . When my mother moved to a town in Malaysia, she had to learn a new language: English. In a time when humiliation (羞辱 ) was encouraged, my mother

15、was _1_ against the cruel words from the teacher, who _2_ her paper in front of the class. When she cried, the monitor stood up and said, “ Thats enough.” She _3_ mended my mothers strands (线 ) of language. She stood up for the weak and used her _4_ to fight back. Later on, my mother asked me to tea

16、ch her _5_ English so old white ladies at Target wouldnt _6_ her pronunciation. There is sort of guilt when I _7_ her letters together. Long vowels, double consonants I am still learning myself. Sometimes I let my _8_ slide “ to keep her pride” _ 9_ perhaps I have hurt her more to _10_ mine. As my m

17、others _11_ began to grow, I mended my own English. Through _12_ people from all walks of life as a journalist I promote knowledge and _13_ ignorance and become a voice for the homeless, the refugees, and the _14_. My mothers eyes are reflected in _15_ children in poor countries who have so many sto

18、ries to tell but do not know how to express themselves in English. In our house, there is _16_ in the way we speak to each other and language isnt broken but rather bursting with _17_. There are snacks in the tank and friendly _18_ in the cupboard. We have built a house _19_ words. It is a little me

19、ssy. But this is where we have made our _20_ 1. A. resistant B. defenseless C. prejudiced D. fearless 2. A. criticized B. condemned 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C. contradicted D. commanded 3. A. aggressively B. roughly C. patiently D. deliberately 4. A. experiences B. sacrifices C. conclusions D. words 5. A. prop

20、er B. fluent C. complex D. accessible 6. A. show off B. laugh at C. care about D. account for 7. A. write B. read C. gather D. sew 8. A. attitude B. pattern C. enthusiasm D. brokenness 9. A. so B. or C. but D. and 10. A. spare B. embarrass C. injure D. tolerate 11. A. ability B. grammar C. vocabular

21、y D. spirit 12. A. commenting B. interviewing C. inspiring D. assisting 13. A. stand against B. figure out C. set back D. call for 14. A. hesitant B. educated C. ignored D. ignorant 15. A. underrated B. underprivileged C. underpaid D. undersized 16. A. beauty B. mystery C. conflict D. misunderstandi

22、ng 17. A. wisdom B. emotion C. philosophy D. creativity 18. A. stocks B. steaks C. sticks D. snakes 【 精品教育资源文库 】 19. A. upwards of B. far from C. aside from D. out of 20. A. house B. home C. family D. household 答案与解析 【文章大意】 本文改编自一位华裔女孩的大学申请信。在她家里 ，“ 英语不是英语 ” ，那些在外人听来是错误的读音的英语单词丝毫没有阻碍家人之间的沟通 ， 反而让他们倍感家的温馨。 1. 答案 B 解析 根据上文的 “In a time when humiliation ( 羞辱 ) was encouraged” 和下文的 “the cruel words”“When she cried” 可知 ， 在一个盛行羞辱的年代 ， 作者的母亲无力反抗来自老师的讥讽。 defenseless“ 无力抵抗的；无力防卫的 ” 符合语境。 resistant“ 抵抗的；有抵抗力的 ” ； prejudiced“ 歧视的；存在偏见的