2019届高三英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the课时作业 新人教版必修3.doc

1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars . 阅读理解 A (2018 成都市高中毕业班第二次诊断性检测 ) Isabel has turned down two job offers in the past year. The first job she considered was the director of HR for a company in Utah. After the initial interviews, she felt the job fit her except for the location

2、. Still, she flew west to meet the hiring manager. The hiring manager explained that Isabel was the top candidate for the job but that, before she continued with the process, she should better understand the firms culture. She directed Isabel to several videos of the companys CEO, who regularly appe

3、ared in front of the company in costume as part of moralebuilding exercises and expected his senior leaders to do the same. “Even though I was desperate for a job, I knew I couldnt do that， ” Isabel says. She called the company to turn down the job and explained that she didnt feel there was a cultu

4、ral fit. A few months later, she had an interview for another job: a director of employee relations at a local university. After several interviews, the hiring manager told her the job was hers if she wanted it. The job had many positives: it provided a lowstress environment, it offered great benefi

5、ts, and the university was an employeefriendly place. But the job was relatively junior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldnt be challenging enough. Finally, she turned it down. “It would be great to have a paycheck and great benefits but I would definitely have trouble sleeping at night，

6、” she says. In both cases, she was frank with the hiring managers about why she wasnt taking the jobs. “In the past ， it felt like dating, and I was worried about hurting peoples feelings， ” she says. However ， they appreciated her frankness and thanked her for her honesty. She says it was hard to t

7、urn down the jobs and it was a risk for her financially but she felt she had to. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了 Isabel 拒绝两份工作的经历和感想。 【难句分析】 She directed Isabel to several videos of the companys CEO, who regularly appeared in front of the company in costume as part of moralebuilding exercises and expected his

8、 senior leaders to do the same. 分析：该句为主从复合句。句中 who 引导非限制性定语从句。 译文：她领着 Isabel 看了几段公司首席执行官的视频，作为激励员工士气的活动的一部分，首席执行官经常穿着公司制服出现在员工们面前，并希望他的高层领导也能这样做。 1. Which factor made Isabel turn down the first job finally? A The companys location. B The initial interviews. C The firms culture. D The hiring manager.

9、 答案与解析： C考查细节理解。根据第一段最后一句 “She called the company to turn down the job and explained that she didnt feel there was a cultural fit” 可知，Isabel 认为这种企业文化不适合自己，所以拒绝了这份工作，故 C 项正 确。根据第一段第三、四句 “After the initial interviews ， she felt the job fit her except for the location.Still， she flew west to meet the h

10、iring manager” 可知，在最初的几轮面试之后， Isabel 觉得这份工作适合她，除了公司的位置之外。尽管如此，她还是飞往西部去见了人事部经理；据此可知，她拒绝这份工作的原因不是最初的几轮面试、公司地点和人事【 精品教育资源文库 】 部经理，故排除 A、 B、 D 项。 2 What does the underlined word “junior” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A Challenging. B Easy. C Beneficial. D Stressful. 答案与解析： B 考查词义猜测。根据画线词所在句 “But the jo

11、b was relatively junior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldnt be challenging enough”可知，尽管这份 工作的头衔不错，但是 Isabel 担心这份工作没有足够的挑战性，即这份工作相对容易；据此可以判断，画线词意为 “ 容易的 ” ，故 B 项正确。 A 项意为 “ 具有挑战性的 ” ， C 项意为 “ 有益的 ” ， D 项意为 “ 充满压力的 ” ，都与语境不符。 3 What is the most important thing for Isabel in job hunting? A

12、Being truthful to others. B A job with a stable income. C A relaxing working atmosphere. D Avoiding hurting peoples feelings. 答案与解析： A 考查细节理解。根据第三段倒数第二句 “However, they appreciated her frankness and thanked her for her honesty.” 可知，虽然 Isabel 拒绝了这两份工作，但是人事部经理仍然欣赏她的坦率，并感谢她的诚实；据此可知 Isabel 在寻找工作时诚实待人是她最重

13、要的品质，故 A 项正确。根据第二段第三句中的 “it provided a lowstress environment, it offered great benefits, and the university was an employeefriendly place” 可知，在大学做员工关系主管的工作薪酬高而且无压力，但是Isabel 仍然拒绝了，故 B、 C 项错误；根据第三段第二句可知， D 项与题干无关。 4 The above text is most likely intended for the _. A director of HR B librarian C docto

14、r D artist 答案与解析： A 考查推理判断。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了 Isabel 拒绝人力资源总监和大学员工关系主管两份工作的经历和感想；据此可以判断，人力资源总监会从她的经历中得到启示，故 A 项正确。 B (2018 沈阳市高三下学期第三次模拟考试试题 ) Wild elephants can tell whether a voice comes from a man, a woman or a boy, a new study says. Thats what researchers found when they played recordings of people

15、for elephants in Kenya. Scientists say this is an advanced thinking skill that other animals havent shown. It lets elephants figure out who is a threat and who isnt. The result shows that the clever animals are also studying people, said study author Karen McComb. “Basically, they have developed thi

16、s very rich knowledge of the humans that they share their habitat with， ” said McComb, a professor at the University of Sussex in England. “Memory is K ey. They must build up that knowledge somehow.” The study was released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Its close t

17、o but not quite like the Dr. Seuss book, where the elephant Horton hears something that others cant hear. McComb and colleagues went to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, where hundreds of wild elephants live among humans, sometimes coming in conflict over scarce water. The scientists used voice recor

18、dings of Maasai men, who on occasion kill elephants, and Kamba men, who are less of a threat to the elephants. As a result, the elephants reacted more defensively retreating and gathering in a bunch to the Maasai language recording because it was associated with the more threatening human tribe, sai

19、d study coauthor Graeme Shannon. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 They repeated the experiment with recordings of Maasai men and women. Since women almost never spear elephants, the animals reacted less defensively to the womens voices. The same thing happened when they substituted young boys voices. “Making this kind

20、 of fine distinctions in human voice patterns is quite remarkable， ” said Emory University animal cognition expert Frans de Waal, who was not part of the study. 【文章大意】 研究表明野生大象能够识别男、女和男孩的声音，它们通过思维区分声音并判断谁能对他们产生威胁。 【难句分析】 McComb and colleagues went to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, where hundreds o

21、f wild elephants live among humans, sometimes coming in conflict over scarce water.(倒数第三段第一句 ) 分析：这是一个复合句。 where 引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作地点状语； sometimes coming in conflict over scarce water 作伴随状语。 译文： McComb 和同事去了位于肯尼亚的安博塞利国家公园，在那里有成百上千头野象与人类一起生活，他们有时因为水资源匮乏而发生冲突。 5 Who were the people taking part in the st

22、udy? A Frans de Waal and Karen McComb. B Dr. Seuss and Graeme Shannon. C Graeme Shannon and Frans de Waal. D Karen McComb and Graeme Shannon. 答案与解析： D考查细节理 解。根据文章第一段中的 “study author Karen McComb”和第六段中的 “study coauthor Graeme Shannon” 可知， Karen McComb 和 Groeme Shannon都参加了研究，故选 D 项。 6 What can wild elephants benefit from their special ability? A Identifying and avoiding possible danger. B Gr