2019版高考英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Pygmalion夯基提能作业 新人教版选修8.doc

1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Pygmalion . 阅读理解 A (2017 吉林梅河口测试 ) A qualified doctor who rarely practiced devoted his life to writing. He once said, “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover.” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern shor

2、t story. When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper. As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekho

3、vs medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference ( 冷漠 ) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full-time writer and published some of his most memorable stories. Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of people in small towns of Russia. Tragic even

4、ts control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair. It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhovs stor ies and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing dramas within his characters. Chekhovs works combine the calm attitude of a scienti

5、st and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感 ) of an artist. Some of Chekhovs works were translated i nto Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell, which is about a school teachers extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students. 1.Which

6、of the following is the right order of the events? a.became a doctor b.became a full-time writer c.started to publish comic short stories d.wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper e.entered the Moscow University Medical School A.ecbad B.ecadb 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C.dabce D.aedcb 2.Anton Pavlovich Chekh

7、ov . A.was a competent doctor B.had a lawful lover C.used to be a lawyer D.is an illegal writer 3.In 1880, Chekhov . A.became a full-time writer B.published his most memorable stories C.studied in Moscow University D.practiced medicine in his hometown 4.Which of the following adjectives cant be used

8、 to describe Chekhov? A.Sensitive. B.Cool. C.Quick-minded. D.Warm-hearted. B (2018 吉林长春高三一模 ,B) Celeste Ng, a new writer, has gained recognition for her first novel, Everything I Never Told You. Ngs parents came from Hong Kong, China in the 1960s.Ng was born in America and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pen

9、nsylvania, and Shaker Heights, Ohio, in a family of scientists. Celeste went to Harvard University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award. Although her novel is not about race, the characters are Asian. The main character is Lydia, a teenage girl, who is t

10、he favorite of three children born to a white mother and a Chinese-American father. The story is about Lydias disappearance, and the emotions the family goes through as the mystery unfolds. The whole family deals with sorrow, regret, and exposed secrets as they search for their lost daughter. Though

11、 the characters in this story are Asian, Ng says she didnt re ally want to include Asian characters. She was afraid people would think the story was about real people in her 【 精品教育资源文库 】 life. Because she grew up in America and doesnt speak Chinese, she was actually surprised that she included Asia

12、n characters in the Book. The Book has taken off, especially on Amazon, where it won the Editors Pick for No.1 Best Book of the Year in 2014.Ng is still getting used to the attention, saying she is still amazed when people tell her they have read her Book . With so many readers, its s afe to say thi

13、s is a Book you should read. But if youre looking for a simple mystery, this Book might not be for you. Most readers warn that you should not read this Book unless youre prepared to cry. 5.The novel Everything I Never Told You . A.focuses on a family with a missing child B.discusses the ways to get

14、rid of regret C.exposes the secrets of the American world D.talks about the life of teenagers in America 6.Which of the following is TRUE according to Celeste Ng? A.She wanted to help the Asian people. B.She was surprised she wrote about Asian characters. C.She was born in Hong Kong and grew up in A

15、merica. D.She wanted people to know the characters were real people in her life. 7.How do most readers probably find the Book ? A.Its about race. B.Its a sad story. C.Its a simple mystery. D.It has a surprising ending. 8.What is the text mainly about? A.Celeste Ng and her family. B.The awards Celest

16、e Ng won. C.Celeste Ngs learning experience. D.Celeste Ng and her best-known novel. .语法填空 (2017 河南鹤壁高 级中学 9 月周练 ) 阅读下面短文 ,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass. But 1 (strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass 2 their stomachs are

17、filled up. A classmate of 3 (I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camels appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草 ). I asked him 4 camels eat hay, not green grass. He said the camel is a kind o

18、f animal with 5 strong sense of suffering, 6 (fear) its master may let it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant 7 green grass. The camel has the best tolerance. Unfortunately, many people can only see a camels outstanding performance, but few und

19、erstand its 8 (prepare) made for it. Life, 9 a camel traveling through the desert, 10 (need) adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. .短文改错 (2018 福建莆田一中高三模拟 ) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文 ,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误 ,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加 :在缺词处加一

20、个漏字符号 ( ),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除 :把多余的词用斜线 ()划掉。 修改 :在错的词下画一横线 ,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意 :1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 ; 2.只允许修改 10 处 ,多者 (从第 11 处起 )不计分。 In recent years, more and more college student in our city have been taking advantage of their summer vacation to do voluntary work in foreign countries. As student reporter

21、, I interviewed one of them, whom shared her experience. Chen Ying, a second year majoring in English, went to Egypt on its own as a voluntary worker in lately July. She taught English to children or became involved in activities relating to protecting womens rights. She found many local girls were

22、not able to recognize their own 【 精品教育资源文库 】 value and got unfair treat. She joined in partners from all over the world on campus lecture tours around Egypt. In her spare time, she visits the pyramids with other volunteers. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案精解精析 . 阅读理解 A 语篇解读 本文为记叙文 ,介绍了俄罗斯伟大的短篇小说家 契诃夫。 1.B 细节理解题。本题

23、采用首尾定位法。第一个事件是 entered the Moscow University Medical School;最后一个事件是 became a full-time writer。故选 B。 2.A 细节理解题。根据第一段中 “A qualified doctor who rarely practiced devoted his life to writing.” 可知 ,契诃夫是个合格的医生。故选 A。 3.C 推理判断题。根据第二段中 “When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879” 可知 ,契诃夫 1879 年进入莫斯科大学学医。由此推断契诃夫 1880 年正在大学学医。故选 C。 4.D 推理判断题。通读全文可知 ,文中未涉及 warm-hearted 方面的品质。故选 D。 B 语篇解读 本文为记叙文 ,介绍了 Celeste Ng 所写的一部关于一个失踪的小女孩以及她的家庭经历的情感小说。 5.A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “The story is about Lydias disappearance, and the emotions the family goes thr