高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)提能練十八Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour含解析

PAGEPAGE9Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ.閱讀理解(2020·淄博市高三模擬)PearlFryarknewhewantedtodosomethinguniquewiththefarmlandheboughtinSouthCarolina.Hewantedtowinthelocalgardenclub's“YardoftheMonth”award.Fryardidn'thavethemoneytopurchasenewtrees，sohebeganbyusingbushesandshrubsthatalocalnurseryhadthrownaway—plantsthatlookeddeadtomostpeople.Becauseheworkedatacanfactoryduringtheday，F(xiàn)ryaroftentendedhisgardenatnight.Neighborsgotusedtoseeinghimstandontheladder，cuttinghissteadilygrowingbushes.Theshrubsbegantotakeondifferentshapes.Astheyearswentby，thecreationsbecamemoredelicate.Fryarbeganplantingtreesandusingzipties，coathangers，PVCpipe，andevenhiswife'soldstockingstoachievetheformshewanted.“Hehasawayofhandlingplantstodothingshewantsthemtobytraining，bending，wiring，andclipping，”saidaneighbor.ManyprofessionalgardenersareamazedbywhatFryarhasbeenabletoaccomplish.Someplantswhichwouldn'tsurviveintheSouththrivedunderhiscare.Fryar'sattentiontodetailandhiswillingnesstoworkhardhavemadehimalocalhero.HewasthefirstAfricanAmericantowin“YardoftheMonth”fromthelocalgardenclub.Fryar'sgardennowincludesabout400speciesofplantsand150differentplantsculptures.Aboxfordonationscanbefoundontheproperty，butgivingisoptional.Fryarwelcomespeoplewhocan'taffordtopay.Heunderstands.He'sbeenthere.“Youcanbesomebody，”hetellsstudentswhovisitthegarden.“Showmeanyonewhoworksatanythingwithapassionandhaspatience，andthey'regoingtobesuccessful.Bestrongenoughnottoletthebarriersinlifestopyou.”語篇解讀文章屬于記敘文。PearlFryar對園藝很感興趣，他利用被扔掉的灌木打造獨特的園林，成為第一個從當?shù)貓@藝俱樂部贏得“本月之園”獎的非裔美國人。1．HowdidFryarmakehisgardenunique?A．Hemadetheplantsintodifferentshapes.B．Heboughtnewtreesfromalocalnursery.C．Heusedhisprofessionalknowledge.D．Heaskedhisneighborstocuthisbushes.A[考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段的“Neighborsgotusedtoseeinghimstandontheladder，...toachievetheformshewanted”可知，F(xiàn)ryar用很多方式使他的植物長成不同的形狀，變得獨一無二。]2．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“thrived”inparagraph4mean?A．Diedaway. B．Becameweak.C．Fadedslowly. D．Grewstrong.D[考查詞義猜測。畫線詞前面的句子提到許多專業(yè)園藝師對Fryar的成就感到驚訝，由此判斷，他有非凡的園藝技術(shù)，能夠化腐朽為神奇，故畫線詞所在句子應(yīng)表示一些在南方無法生存的植物在他的照料下也茁壯成長，D項表意符合語境。thrive“興旺，欣欣向榮，茁壯成長”。]3．WhatmadeFryarwintheaward?A．Passionandinnovation.B．Patienceandgenerosity.C．Ambitionandsympathy.D．Willingnessandhonesty.A[考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文中的信息可知，F(xiàn)ryar對園藝充滿熱情，并且有自己的想法，敢于嘗試，勇于創(chuàng)新，由此可知，他的熱情和創(chuàng)新是他獲獎的關(guān)鍵。]4．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．MakingaManintoaHeroB．TheHardLifeofPearlFryarC．TransformingaGardenintoArtD．TheFirstManof“YardoftheMonth”C[考查標題判斷。文章主要講述了PearlFryar通過自己的努力、熱情和創(chuàng)新把奄奄一息的植物變?yōu)樗囆g(shù)品，把自己的園圃打造得獨一無二，令人贊嘆。C項“TransformingaGardenintoArt”體現(xiàn)了文章的主旨。]Ⅱ.七選五(2021·山西省重點中學(xué)高三聯(lián)考)Youhaveprobablyheardthesaying，“Itisbettertogivethantoreceive.”Theactofgivingcreatespositivefeelingsforboththegiverandthereceiver.__1__Givingcannotonlybringpositivefeelingsforthereceiver，butithasalsobeenshowntobeamoodbooster(助推器)forthegiver.Forexample，astudypublishedinNatureCommunicationsfoundthattheparticipantswhochosetospendmoneyonothersratherthanthemselveshadagreaterincreaseinlevelsofselfreportedhappiness.__2__Becauseyou'llcreatepositiveenergywhensaying“Yes”．Givingimprovesyouremotional(情感的)andphysicalhealth.__3__Givingcancreatepositivebenefitstoyourphysicalhealthandwellbeingaswell，includingdecreasedstress，loweredbloodpressure，andevenincreasedlifelength.Arecentstudyfoundthatpeoplewhovolunteeredevenafewhoursaweekwere40percentlesslikelytodevelophighbloodpressurethanthosewhodidn't.Givingincreasesfeelingsofappreciation.Boththegiverandthereceivercanexperienceakindofgratefulnesswhengenerosityisatplay.Whyisthissoimportant？Becauseappreciationisimportanttoyourphysical，emotional，andspiritualwell-being.__4__Givingcanchangetheworld.Allgreatchangestartswithsmallactions.Yourgenerosityhasthepotentialtoaffectmassivechangeinthelivesofotherpeopleandcreatures.Forexample：Youvolunteeratyourlocalanimalsheltertoaccompanyhomelessdogs.Becausethesedogshavereceivedextralove，theyarehappier.Becausetheyarehappier，theyaremorelikelytobeadopted.__5__Itsetsoffachainofsmallyetmeaningfulactionsthatleadtobigchange.A.Givingmakesyouhappier.B．Givingleavesyoumoreenergetic.C．Thissituationshowshowgivingworks.D．Thus，manypeoplechoosetogiveratherthantotake.E．That'swhytellingpeopleyouaregratefulissoimportant.F.Thebenefitsofgivingextendbeyondyouremotionalhealth.G．Sonodwhenyourneighborasksyoutojoinabeachcleanupactivity.語篇解讀本文是一篇說明文。講述了給予的一些益處。1．A[考查段落主旨句。本空是第二段的主題句，通讀該段可知，作者主要講述了給予不僅使得接受者心情愉悅，而且也提升給予者的情緒。文中的“theparticipantswhochose...hadagreaterincreaseinlevelsofselfreportedhappiness”舉例說明了主題，故選A。]2．G[考查細節(jié)支撐句。根據(jù)空后的“whensaying‘Yes’”可知，空處內(nèi)容應(yīng)涉及被人請求幫忙或者給予，故G項“因此當你的鄰居想要你加入清理沙灘的活動時點頭同意”符合語境。]3．F[考查細節(jié)支撐句。根據(jù)本段的主題句可知，本段主要講述“給予提升情感和身體健康”，空后的“Givingcancreatepositivebenefitstoyourphysicalhealthandwellbeingaswell，includingdecreasedstress，loweredbloodpressure，andevenincreasedlifelength”說明給予對身體健康有益，那么本空應(yīng)涉及情感或心理健康，故F項“給予的益處不僅僅局限于情感健康”符合語境。]4．E[考查細節(jié)支撐句。根據(jù)前一句可知，感恩對身體、情感和精神健康都很重要，因此E項“那就是為什么告訴人們你的感激之情是如此重要”承接上文。]5．C[考查承上啟下句。本段講述給予能改變世界?？涨芭e例說明一個人小小的善舉是如何給人和生物帶來巨大改變的，故C項“這種情況說明了給予是如何起作用的(即改變世界)”承接上文的例子，并引出下文更具體的解釋——它(指給予)引發(fā)一連串微小但有意義的行動，這些行動會帶來巨大變化。]Ⅲ.完形填空(2020·青島高三練習(xí)診斷)Thevictimswerecarriedinonebyone，theirpawsandfurburned，sufferingfromdehydration(脫水)andfear.Theircaretakers__1__theirwounds，and__2__theminbasketswiththeonlythingthatwas__3__—theleavesoftheeucalyptustree(桉樹).Asmiserablefireshave__4__morethan2millionacresinAustralia，onlydozensofkoalashavebeen__5__fromthesmokytreesand__6__ground.Koalas，unlikekangaroos，birdsorsnakes，donot__7__fromfiresbutinsteadclimbtreestothetop，wheretheycancurlthemselvesintoaballfor__8__ andwaitforthedangerto__9__．Butduringbigfires，suchasthosethathaveburnedinrecentweeks，theanimalsarefarlesslikelyto__10__．Evenifthefireitselfdoesnotreachthetree__11__，theanimalsmayoverheatandfalltotheground，wheretheycanbeburnedtodeath.Thetoughsituationofthekoalahasraised__12__amongscientistsandconservationists(環(huán)保主義者).Whilekoalashavedevelopedtoexistalongsidethewildfires，theyarefacingnew__13__，notjustfromclimatechangebutalsofromhumandevelopment，whichhasdislocatedkoalas'populations，__14__theirabilitytosurvivefires.Wehavethese__15__animalsnotfoundanywhereelseonthisplanet，andwearekillingthem.Thisisabigwake-upcall.語篇解讀本文是一篇說明文。文章主要講述了澳大利亞森林大火對考拉以及其生存環(huán)境所造成的影響。1．A.touched B．treatedC．ignored D．discoveredB[根據(jù)首句“Thevictimswerecarried...theirpawsandfurburned”以及設(shè)空前的“caretakers”可以推斷，護理人員們會治療這些考拉。treat在此處表示“醫(yī)治；治療”。]2．A.threw B．lockedC．laid D．forcedC[結(jié)合句意以及設(shè)空后的“inbaskets”可知，護理人員們醫(yī)治受傷的考拉，把它們放在籃子里。laid為lay的過去式，意為“擱，放置”。]3．A.familiar B．plentifulC．beautiful D．expensiveA[上文提到考拉被救助，結(jié)合語境和常識可知，籃子里放的桉樹葉應(yīng)該是考拉熟悉的事物。familiar“熟悉的，常見到的，常聽說的”；plentiful“大量的，充足的，豐富的”；expensive“昂貴的，花錢多的”。]4．A.reached B．leftC．burned D．trappedC[根據(jù)首句中的“burned”以及下文的“smokytrees”可知，大火燒毀了大片的森林。reach“達到，增加到”；burn“燒壞，燒傷，燒死”；trap“卡住，夾住，絆住”。]5．A.killed B．recognizedC．hurt D．rescuedD[根據(jù)第二段描述的內(nèi)容可知，考拉只會爬到樹頂，將身體蜷縮成球狀，故大火會造成很多考拉喪生，只有少數(shù)被救。故選D。]6．A.flat B．blackC．broad D．safeB[根據(jù)上文出現(xiàn)的“burned”“miserablefires”“smokytrees”可知，火勢兇猛，故地面也被燒得發(fā)黑。故選B。]7．A.escape B．dieC．suffer D．riseA[根據(jù)設(shè)空前的“unlikekangaroos，birdsorsnakes”以及設(shè)空后的“climbtreestothetop”可知，考拉不像袋鼠、鳥、蛇一樣，能夠從大火中逃脫。escape“逃跑；逃走；逃出”。]8．A.balance B．protectionC．challenge D．comfortB[根據(jù)語境可知，在大火中，考拉爬到樹頂，將身體蜷縮成球狀以保護自己。balance“均衡，平衡，均勢”；protection“保護，防衛(wèi)”；challenge“挑戰(zhàn)”；comfort“舒服，安慰，慰藉”。]9．A.attack B．comeC．pass D．a(chǎn)voidC[面對危險境地，考拉無能為力，只能等著危險過去。pass在此處表示“結(jié)束，完結(jié)”，符合語境。]10．A.jump B．climbC．fall D．surviveD[根據(jù)設(shè)空前的“haveburnedinrecentweeks”以及下文的“theanimalsmayoverheatandfalltotheground，wheretheycanbeburnedtodeath”可知，這些動物很難存活下來。jump“跳，跳躍”；climb“攀登，爬”；survive“生存，存活”。]11．A.top B．leaveC．trunk D．rootA[根據(jù)第二段中的“climbtreestothetop”可知，此處表示即使大火不會燒到樹頂，考拉也會受到地面大火的烘烤，甚至掉到地上從而被燒死。]12．A.passion B．concernC．fear D．interestB[結(jié)合語境以及設(shè)空前的“toughsituation”，設(shè)空后的“scientistsandconservationists(環(huán)保主義者)”可知，考拉面臨的形勢很嚴峻，科學(xué)家和環(huán)保主義者對此非常擔心。passion“激情”；concern“擔心，憂慮”；fear“害怕，懼怕”；interest“興趣”。]13．A.chances B．choicesC．neighbors D．threatsD[根據(jù)設(shè)空后的“notjustfromclimatechangebutalsofromhumandevelopment”可知，考拉不僅面臨環(huán)境變化的影響，也面臨著人類發(fā)展帶來的威脅。也就是說除了野火，考拉正面臨新的威脅，threat“威脅”。]14．A.weakening B．developingC．enriching D．ensuringA[根據(jù)上文可知，氣候變化和人類的發(fā)展擾亂了考拉的種群，削弱了它們在大火中的生存能力。weaken“削弱，減弱”；develop“(使)成長，發(fā)展”；enrich“使豐富，充實”；ensure“確保，保證”。]15．A.lonely B．stupidC．lazy D．uniqueD[根據(jù)設(shè)空后的“notfoundanywhereelseonthisplanet”以及常識可知，考拉為澳大利亞獨有的動物，unique意為“獨一無二的”，符合語境。]Ⅳ.讀后續(xù)寫閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。(2020·泰安市6月模擬)Onerainyspringday，Mombecameasinglemother.Mylittlebrotherwastwo，mysisterwaseight，andIwasfourteen.Thosefirstweekswereespeciallyhardbeforeoursmallmonthlysupportpaymentsbegan.Momfoundworkinapotato-chipfactory，butdidn'tgetpaidrightaway.ThatfirstSaturdaymorningassheleftforwork，Momsaid，“Idon'tknowwhatyou'llcookforsupper.Iwon'tgetpaiduntilMonday，butI'moutofmoney，andourshelvesarebare.”Shelaughed，buttearsfilledhereyes.“Doesthatfairytalehaveahappyending？No，butwe'lldobetter，”Isaid.“I'lltrytogetusfoodtoday.”Mywordssoundedbraveeventomyself.Sheshookherheadandwenttowork.Ihadplantedagardeninourbackyard.Thelettuce(萵苣)andpeaswereup，butnothingwasreadytoeat.IlookedthroughthekitchenanddiscoveredMomwasright.Weonlyhadcereal(麥片)forourbreakfast.Whilemysisterandbrotherplayed，Itidiedthehouse.Iwaswashingourfront-roomwindowwhenacheerymaninablueshirtcameoverandrangthedoorbell.AlthoughI'dneverseenhimbefore，hisbigsmilemademetrusthim.WhenIopenedthedoor，heasked，“Haveyouheardaboutthenewgrocerystoreamilefromhere？Todayisitsgrandopening.”Inodded.I'dseenitssignsasIrodepastontheschoolbus.“They'regivingawaygiftcoupons(優(yōu)惠券)tocelebrate.”Hepulledthreewhitecardsfromhisshirtpocketandhandedthemtome.“Thefirstisforahugeloafofbread，thesecondisforagallonofmilk，andthethirdletsyouchoosehalfagallonofyourfavoriteflavoroficecream.”注意：1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；2．請按如下格式作答。Paragraph1：Istared.“Really？There'snopurchaserequired？”_____________________________________