2019版高考英语一轮复习 高考提能练（二十三）Module 5 A Trip Alongthe Three Gorges 外研版必修4.doc

1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 5 A Trip Alongthe Three Gorges 阅读理解 组块专练 练速度 (本栏目内容，在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订！ ) (限时： 35 分钟 ) . 阅读理解 A (2018 南昌十校二模 ) Tour operators have seasonal deals on holidays to Canada, Australia and other countries in a new year. Austravel Holidaymakers can save up to 30% on a trip to Australia wi

2、th the Austravel sale, which runs for about a month. It also includes a fortnightlong trip to Perth and a west coast selfdrive trip from 795pp including flights in May or July. austravel. com Canadian Affair The leading UK tour operator to Canada will be offering savings of up to 140pp during its wi

3、nter sale. This includes a threenight city break to Toronto, including return flights, for just 399, if you book before 24 December. Other deals continue until 31 December. canadianaffair. com Thomson and First Choice Some deals are being launched this week by Thomson and First Choice, with early bo

4、oking offers including free places for kids, lower deposits and up to 300 off per couple on a lot of destinations. thomson. co. uk, firstchoice. co. uk Eurocamp The camping company is offering thousands of Easter and May halfterm holidays for under 350, such as an Easter break at La Baume on the Fre

5、nch Riviera for just 25 a night, based on a stay in a twobedroom holiday home. Early bookers can save up to 25% and secure a holiday with a deposit of just 99. eurocamp. co. uk Kuoni Running from Christmas Eve, the Kuoni sale includes a wide range of offers. These offers include ten nights full boar

6、d in the Maldives from 1,599 and seven nights in Phuket, Thailand from 999 per person both including flights and transfers(换乘 ) kuoni. co. uk 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇应用文，介绍了几个旅游公司提供的优惠活动。 1 How long may you stay in Perth with Austravel? A One month. B Two weeks. C One week. D Four nights. 答案与解析： B 细节理解题。根据 Aust

7、ravel 部分中的 “It also includes a fortnightlong trip to Perth” 可知， Austravel 提供给游客为期 14 天的 Perth 之游。fortnight 意为 “ 两周，十四天 ” 。 2 What does the author say about Thomson and First Choice? A It requires no deposit. B It offers cheap return flights. C It is suitable for family travel. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 D It can

8、 save up to 300 per person. 答案与解析： C 推理判断题。根据 Thomson and First Choice 部分中的 “including free places for kids， lower deposits and up to 300 off per couple” 可知， Thomson and First Choice 提供对孩子免费的地方，以及针对夫妇的折扣。所以它对家庭出 游来说很合适。 3 What do Eurocamp and Kuoni have in common? A Both have various offers. B Both

9、include flights. C Both offer a discount for early booking. D Both need a deposit to secure a holiday. 答案与解析： A 推理判断题。根据 Eurocamp 部分中的 “The camping company is offering thousands of Easter and May halfterm holidays” 可知， Eurocamp 提供数千种假日出游选择；根据 Kuoni 部分中的 “the Kuoni sale includes a wide range of offer

10、s” 可知， Kuoni 也为游客提供各种各样的出游选择。 B (2018 安徽百所重点高中二模 ) I had the honour of being elected chief of my tribe (部落 ). With the title came great responsibility. It was my job to make peace with the Maori Tamaki tribe, whose village we visited. Their soldiers jumped from a canoe and faced us down with fierce

11、crying, sticking eyes and much noise of sticks. They laid a palm leaf on the ground and, as head, I was forced to accept this peace offering by picking it up, then touching noses with their chief. “Kia ora ， ” he said, welcoming us into the woodland home of his people. My “tribe” was my New Zealand

12、coach tour group, who had forced me into being their leader. Wed been warned that the ceremony was a serious occasion and that to laugh or even smile would be considered rude to the Tamaki. After that it was nonstop fun as they demonstrated their ancient customs and I received instruction in perform

13、ing the haka, the war dance immortalized (使不朽 ) by the All Blacks rugby team. Then they pulled our dinner of lamb, beef and vegetables out of the ground. It had been slowcooked in the heat just below the surface in the geothermal (地热的 ) area of North Island, a Maori tradition known as a hangi that g

14、oes back an extremely long period of time. Obviously, this form of it is put on for tourists but it was hugely enjoyable. The journey back to the hotel was alone worth the effort, our elder Maori driver being deserving of his own television show. “The wheels on the bus go round and round， ” he got u

15、s singing, while he circuited a roundabout three times. A couple of days from the end of our trip, there was still something missing, a New Zealand icon I wanted to see to make my grand tour complete. Riding over a ridge, there it was Aotearoa. The Maori name for New Zealand translates as “the land

16、of the long white cloud”. Can I say “Kia ora, Aotearoa ？ ” You bet I can. 【语篇解读】 本文为记叙文，作者讲述了他去新西兰旅游时接触到的毛利文化。 4 How were the visitors greeted in the tribe? A The soldiers made a palm leaf road. B The soldiers touched their noses. C The soldiers shook sticks fiercely. D The soldiers made noise with

17、shut eyes. 答案与解析： C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Their soldiers jumped from a canoe and faced us down with fierce crying, sticking eyes and much noise of sticks. They 【 精品教育资源文库 】 laid a palm leaf on the ground and” 可知，毛利部落的勇士们从独木舟上跳下来，用狂热的叫喊、瞪大的眼睛和巨大的棍棒晃动声将作者一行人镇住了，他们还在地面上放置一片棕榈叶。这些都是毛利人对游客表示欢迎的方式。 5 Which refe

18、rs to the Maori cooking custom? A Kia ora. B Haka. C Hangi. D Tamaki. 答案与解析： C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “Then they pulled our dinner of lamb, beef and vegetables out of the ground. It had been slowcooked in the heat. a Maori tradition known as a hangi” 可知，在地下土炉中烹制食物是毛利饮食传统，这被称为hangi. 6 What does the author thi

19、nk of the driver? A He was good at singing. B He made the journey memorable. C He was not familiar with the road. D He performed well on a TV show. 答案与解析： B 推理判断题。根据第四段的 “The journey back to the hotel was alone worth the effort, our elder Maori driver being deserving of his own television show.” 可知，

20、作者一行人的回宾馆之旅让他们难忘：有表演天赋的毛利老司机让作者他们一路欢歌，故选 B。 7 What is the best title for the text? A A taste of Maori culture B Hello, New Zealand C The honour of being a tribe chief D The best of New Zealand 答案与解析： A 考查主旨要义。作者作为赴 新西兰的旅游团的队长，在旅游中有幸接触毛利文化，这给作者留下了深刻的印象，故 A 项 “ 体验毛利文化 ” 作标题最佳。 C (2018 济南模拟 ) Seven yea

21、rs ago, back in 2010, some reports covered a story that the worlds longest railway tunnel was under construction in Switzerland. At that point it had already been under construction for over a decade. It had been voted to be built nearly a quarter of a century ago! The idea to build it could date ba

22、ck to nearly 70 years ago about as old as some of your grandparents! Yesterday, it was finally ready! Its about 35 miles long and runs 7,500 feet beneath the Swiss Alps, a famous mountain range in Switzerland. It even runs under an old tunnel that was there before. It took a total of 17 years to bui

23、ld at a cost of $12 billion! 28 million tons of rock were dug. Two million truckloads of earth were removed! The tunnel connects northern and southern Europe. The opening of this tunnel was such a big deal that the Germanys leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Frances president, Francois Hollande, and Italys prime minister, Matteo Renzi, were all there to celebrate, as was Austrias chancellor Chr