高考英語一輪鞏固達(dá)標(biāo)練 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions含解析新人教版選修8

1、unit 3 inventors and inventions李仕才*閱讀理解。almost no one can resist a good mystery novel or detective novel, so these novels sell thousands of copies each year. and many readers regard famous mystery author agatha christie as queen of crime, whose stories are known for their tense atmosphere and strong

2、 psychological suspense and have a great effect on the english mystery novels.christie was born in september 1890 in england. when she was growing up, her mother often told her stories. christie loved these stories, which took her into a world of fantasy. christies mother also encouraged her to writ

3、e from a young age and also took her to travel a lot.she married archie christie in 1914 at the beginning of world war . during the war, christie wrote her first detective story: the mysterious affair at styles. she chose the crime, and then invented a detective named hercule poirot, ranking second

4、to sherlock holmes, to solve it. she sent the book to a publisher, but it was rejected.after the war ended, christie sent her book to more publishers, and finally, in 1920, one published it. she earned just $25 for it. over the next few years, christie wrote more books and short stories, gaining exp

5、erience as a writer. in spite of her literary success, life was not going well at home. in 1928, archie and agatha got a divorce(離婚). a short time later, she met a young archaeologist, max mallowan. after getting married in 1930, they began to spend some time each year in the middle east, which prov

6、ided settings for some of christies novels, such as murder at the vicarage(1930), murder on the orient express (1934)and death on the nile(1939).christie continued writing for the rest of her life. when she died in january 1976, readers around the world mourned(哀悼)her death. but her tales of mystery

7、 continue to be loved by new generations of readers. theyve been translated into hundreds of languages and are selling well today and outsold only by the bible and shakespeare in britain.1.as a whole, this text .a.is a biography of agatha christieb. promotes agatha christies novelsc. expla

8、ins how agatha christie became a writerd.is a review of agatha christies novels2.what do we know about hercule poirot?a. he was better known than sherlock holmes.b. he made christie become famous.c. he was good at catching criminals.d. he was the only main character in the novel.3.from the underline

9、d part "outsold only by the bible and shakespeare in britain", we can learn that .a. the bible helps her works to sell in britainb. the sales of her works rank third in britainc. the works of shakespeare dont sell better than hers in britaind. they sell well equally in britain4.which

10、is the right order for what agatha christie experienced?she had her first detective novel published.she finished the mysterious affair at styles.her mother encouraged her to write.her marriage to archie ended in divorce.she wrote murder on the orient express.a.b.c.d.【文章大意】本文是一篇人物傳記。文章主要介紹了英國著名女偵探小說家

11、阿加莎·克里斯蒂的生平和她在寫作上取得的成就。1.a 【解析】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了英國著名女偵探小說家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的生平和她在寫作上取得的成就，因此本文是一篇人物傳記。故a項正確。2.c 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的"she chose the crime, and then invented a detective named hercule poirot, ranking second to sherlock holmes, to solve it."可知，c項正確。4.d 【解析】排列順序題。綜合全文信息可知，&quo

12、t;她母親鼓勵她寫作"最先發(fā)生，由此可排除選項c；由第三、四段可知，先于發(fā)生，先于發(fā)生，由此可排除a、b兩項。故d項正確。*語法填空。they survive in some of the coldest environments in the worldbut even penguins appreciate a warm woolly jumper (套頭毛衣) once in a while.the mini knitted garments have helped save hundreds of flightless birds caught _1_oil leaks, p

13、roviding protection from the elements and stopping them from swallowing _2_(poison) pollution.knits for nature, a program run by the penguin foundation, _3_ conserves the little penguin population of phillip island, 140 km southeast of melbourne, _4_(create) up to 300 different designs over the year

14、sand it is all thanks to talented volunteers. “there's a lot of _5_ (hide) creativity out there，” said lyn blom, of phillip island nature park.“people love to know that they're helping the penguins _6_ they're so cute and small and they waddle up the beach and they're so strong. but

15、they need to be, for they live in _7_pretty tough sort of environment.”a thumbnailsized patch of oil can kill little penguins, the _8_ (small) of the species, measuring just 13 inches (33 cm) and weighing 2.2 lbs (1kg). the oil separates and mats their feathers, breaking natural waterproof and heati

16、ng functions.ms blom estimates _9_she has knitted between 200 and 300 penguin jumpers over the years, including _10_in the colours of every australian football team in the country.1_2._3._4._5._ 6._7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章導(dǎo)讀：本文是一篇記敘文。ms blom編織的迷你毛衣成功拯救了數(shù)百只企鵝，能防止它們接觸到石油中的微量元素，甚至誤食有毒的污染物。1in 考查介詞。這里是“be ca

17、ught in”的固定搭配，意思為“被困于中”。文中是過去分詞短語作定語修飾flightless birds。2poisonous 考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。poisonous作為形容詞修飾其后面的名詞。3which 考查定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞?？仗幰龑?dǎo)非限制性定語從句，指代先行詞the penguin foundation，并在從句中作主語，故用which。4has created 考查動詞的時態(tài)。根據(jù)時間狀語“over the years”可知這里用現(xiàn)在完成時，句子的主語是一個名為knits for nature的項目，故謂語動詞要用第三人稱單數(shù)。5hidden 考查非謂語動詞。creativity是名詞，

18、其前要用形容詞修飾，動詞hide與creativity之間為邏輯上的動賓關(guān)系，故用過去分詞。此處為過去分詞轉(zhuǎn)化而來的形容詞作定語。6because 考查連詞。“they're so cute and small and they waddle up the beach and they're so strong”是“people love to know that they're helping the penguins”的原因，故用because引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。7a 考查冠詞。此處表示泛指，且pretty的讀音是以輔音音素開頭的，故用a。a pretty tough

19、 sort of environment表示的是“一種相當(dāng)惡劣的環(huán)境”。8smallest 考查形容詞的最高級。根據(jù)上下文語境和空前的the可知這里應(yīng)該用最高級。9that 考查賓語從句的連接詞。分析句子成分可知，空處引導(dǎo)賓語從句作estimates的賓語，賓語從句中句意和成分完整，故用that。10those考查代詞。those指代前面所說的penguin jumpers。*完形填空。make good memoriesmy husband bill's grandma was in a nursing home when we moved back to michigan.gran

20、dma had been unable to walk for quite some time；now her eyesight was almost gone.over the years grandma and i had _1_ many cards and letters.i knew how she enjoyed _2_ in touch with people.grandma would have me write letters to go in the cards she would send.and she would always have me _3_ what i h

21、ad written back to her.grandma didn't have a problem with hearing then _4_ she was always telling me，“that is not _5_ how i said that！” i would then rewrite whatever i wrote in her exact words.since i had some _6_ time before christmas，i asked grandma if she would like to send _7_ some christmas

22、 cards.grandma readily _8_.i rounded up several different kinds of cards.i knew she had friends and family who all had different _9_.i would take each card and _10_ in detail the front of the card，then i would read the words inside.after _11_ it over grandma would tell me who she thought would like

23、_12_ card.after a while i _13_ and i noticed that we had several nursing home _14_ standing in the doorway.i started to notice as i read each card，the _15_ on their faces and grandma's face，too.each one had a _16_ smile and a far­away look in their eyes，as they were seeing the scenes in the

24、ir minds' eye.i thought when i went over to do the christmas _17_ i would be doing grandma a favor，but it _18_ that she did me a big favor.i'll always _19_ this special memory of bringing some christmas joy and pleasant _20_ to grandma and her fellow residents.1a.exchanged bchangedctraded ds

25、witched2a.settling blosingcstaying dgetting3a.write bdiscoverctranslate dread4a.when bbecausecwhile dthough5a.carefully btruthfullycspecially dexactly6a.extra bflyingcessential dvaluable7a.for bupcout daway8a.acknowledged bagreedcadmitted drejected9a.addresses badvantagescoccupations dinterests10a.d

26、escribe bcommunicatecdistinguish dignore11a.talking bturningctaking dthinking12a.another beachcone dother13a.looked down blooked overclooked up dlooked through14a.immigrants bvisitorscpatients dresidents15a.attention blookcglance dsight16a.gentle broughcforced dwhispered17a.trees bjobscdecorations d

27、cards18a.turned over bturned outccame over dleft out19a.treasure badmirecencourage drecognize20a.stories bfacescmemories dletters【解題導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇記敘文。有一年，在圣誕節(jié)前夕，作者去幫助丈夫的奶奶做圣誕賀卡，但是在這一過程中作者卻得到了莫大的幫助。1a考查動詞辨析。a項意為“交換”；b項意為“改變”；c項意為“交易”；d項意為“轉(zhuǎn)換”。根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系可判斷出，這些年來，作者和丈夫的奶奶兩人之間互相贈送卡片和信件，即交換了很多卡片和信件。故選a。2c考查動詞辨析。a

28、項意為“解決”；b項意為“失去”；c項意為“保持”；d項意為“得到”。根據(jù)下文中丈夫的奶奶常給一些人贈送卡片可判斷出，她喜歡和人們保持聯(lián)系。故選c。3d考查動詞辨析。a項意為“寫”；b項意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；c項意為“翻譯”； d項意為“讀”。根據(jù)第一段最后一句中的“now her eyesight was almost gone”以及此空格后下一句的描述可判斷出，丈夫的奶奶讓作者讀一下她讓作者所寫的那些話。故選d。4b考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)下文中的“that's not.how i said that！”可知，丈夫的奶奶的聽力是沒有問題的。此處應(yīng)用because引導(dǎo)這個原因狀語從句。故選b。5d

29、考查副詞辨析。a項意為“細(xì)心地”；b項意為“誠實地”；c項意為“專門地”；d項意為“精確地，準(zhǔn)確地”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指丈夫的奶奶常說作者所寫的跟她所說的并不完全一樣。故選d。6a考查形容詞辨析。a項意為“額外的”；b項意為“飛行的”；c項意為“必要的”；d項意為“值錢的，寶貴的”。由下文中的“i asked grandma if she would like to send”可知，此處指在圣誕節(jié)前夕作者有些空閑時間。故選a。7c考查介詞辨析。四個選項皆可與空格前的“send”構(gòu)成短語：send for意為“派人去叫”；send up意為“發(fā)射，使上升”；send out意為“分發(fā)，發(fā)送”；

30、 send away意為“解雇”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指是否需要幫助丈夫的奶奶分發(fā)賀卡。故選c。8b考查動詞辨析。a項意為“承認(rèn)”；b項意為“同意”；c項意為“承認(rèn)”；d項意為“拒絕”。根據(jù)下文“i rounded up several different kinds of cards.”可判斷出，丈夫的奶奶同意了作者的提議。故選b。9d考查名詞辨析。a項意為“地址”；b項意為“優(yōu)勢”；c項意為“職業(yè)”；d項意為“興趣”。根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系可判斷出，丈夫的奶奶的那些朋友和親人有不同的興趣，所以給他們送賀卡時要根據(jù)他們的興趣來送。故選d。10a考查動詞辨析。a項意為“描述”；b項意為“交流”；c項意為“

31、區(qū)分”；d項意為“忽視”。語境表示，每拿起一張賀卡，作者就會向丈夫的奶奶詳細(xì)描述賀卡封面上的內(nèi)容。故選a。11d考查動詞辨析。四個選項皆可與后面的“over”構(gòu)成短語：talk over意為“詳細(xì)地商議”；turn over意為“使翻轉(zhuǎn)”；take over意為“接管”；think over意為“仔細(xì)考慮”。根據(jù)常識可判斷出，丈夫的奶奶應(yīng)該是經(jīng)過仔細(xì)考慮后告訴作者哪個人會喜歡哪一張賀卡。故選d。12b考查限定詞辨析。根據(jù)本段第五句中的“each card”可判斷出，此處指哪個人會喜歡哪一張賀卡，此處應(yīng)用each。故選b。13c考查動詞短語辨析。a項意為“向下看”；b項意為“檢查”；c項意為“抬

32、頭看”；d項意為“瀏覽”。根據(jù)下文中的“i noticed that”可判斷出，作者應(yīng)該是抬頭看到了門口的幾個人。故選c。14d考查名詞辨析。a項意為“移民”；b項意為“參觀者”；c項意為“病人”；d項意為“居民”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指作者看到了幾位住在養(yǎng)老院的人站在門口。故選d。15b考查名詞辨析。a項意為“注意力”；b項意為“表情，神情”；c項意為“一瞥”；d項意為“視力”。根據(jù)下一句中的“smile”和“a far­away look”可判斷出，作者應(yīng)該是看了看那些人臉上的神情。故選b。16a考查形容詞辨析。a項意為“溫和的”；b項意為“粗糙的”；c項意為“被迫的”；d項意為“

33、低語的”。根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系可判斷出，每個人臉上都有很溫和的笑容。故選a。17d考查名詞辨析。a項意為“樹”；b項意為“工作”；c項意為“裝飾”；d項意為“卡片”。根據(jù)第三段第一句中的“some christmas cards”可判斷出，作者本想去幫助丈夫的奶奶做圣誕賀卡。故選d。18b考查動詞短語辨析。a項意為“使翻轉(zhuǎn)”；b項意為“結(jié)果是”；c項意為“突然感到”；d項意為“不包括”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指結(jié)果卻是丈夫的奶奶幫助了作者。故選b。19a考查動詞辨析。a項意為“珍視”；b項意為“欽佩”；c項意為“鼓勵”；d項意為“認(rèn)出”。語境表示，作者會一直珍視這種能給圣誕節(jié)帶來快樂的特別回憶。故選a。2

34、0c考查名詞辨析。a項意為“故事”；b項意為“臉”；c項意為“記憶”，d項意為“信”。根據(jù)上文中的“this special memory”及文章標(biāo)題可知，此處指對丈夫的奶奶以及她那些朋友的美好回憶。故選c。*短文改錯。school english drama club was selecting actors and actresses for the drama the million pound bank note. it is famous short story writing by the american author mark twain. the selection, tha

35、t is in the charge of mr smith, will be made at the school hall in may 20th, 2018.any student at our school who meets with the following criteria will be offered a chance to become an actor or actress. firstly, he or she should love creative and interested performances. secondly, he or she should be able to speak fluent english. mor