选修七 Unit 5 高考提能练

选修七Unit 5 高考提能练

阅读理解·组块专练——练速度

(限时：35分钟)

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

(2016·绵阳第二次诊断)Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till I’d got a permanent one.

I had seen an agency advertised in a local paper, so as soon as

there was no one about to say “Where are you going？” I rushed

out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as nervous as

if I were going on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up

three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office calmed me, and I sat down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk opposite looked carefully at me. Then she questioned me in a low voice. I answered softly and started to feel helpless. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job, so I felt I had to give her the idea of a widowed mother struggling against poverty. But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references. Suddenly, the telephone on her desk rang. While having a mysterious conversation, she kept looking at me. Then I heard her say, “In fact, I’ve got someone here who might suit.” She wrote down a number, and my spirits rose as she held out the paper to me, saying, “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. Cook a dinner for ten people tomorrow. Could you manage that, I wonder？”

“Oh, yes，” said I — never having cooked for more than four. Then I rushed out and called the lady — Miss Cathy. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. “Are you sure？”she kept saying. Anyway she decided to employ me and offered a permanent position if I carried out the promise of my self-praise. I asked her what tomorrow’s menu was to be.

“Just a small, simple dinner: lobster cocktail, soup, turbot Mornay, fruit salad and a savory.” In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要叙述了作者独自去应聘一份厨师工作的经历。

1．Why did the author decide to look for a job on her own?

A．Because she believed that her family were not willing to help her.

B．Because she was a widowed mother struggling against poverty.

C．Because she wanted to get some professional experience by herself.

D．Because she thought her family didn’t want her to become a cook.

解析：选D推理判断题。根据第一段“Since my family were ... got a permanent one.”可推知，因为作者认为她的家人不想让她从事厨师这份工作，所以她决定独自去找工作。故答案选D。

2．What did the author feel on her way?

A．Excited but worried.B．Nervous and excited.

C．Easy and curious. D．Helpless but excited.

解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going on the stage.”可知，作者一路上既兴奋又紧张。故答案选B。

3．Why didn’t the woman give the author the job at first?

A．Because the woman found that the author didn’t respect her.

B．Because the woman realized that the author made up a story.

C．Because the author hadn’t been a cook before or got a reference.

D．Because the woman had already hired a more suitable cook.

解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段第六句“But I felt more helpless ... experience or references.”可知，作者之前没有做过厨师也没有推荐信。故答案选C。

4．According to the text, what would the author most probably do after the call?

A．Read some cookery books.

B．Call her family and tell them the news.

C．Go to the woman’s house.

D．Buy what the woman told her at once.

解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后两段可知，作者答应了这项差事，可是她从没做过超过四人份的正餐。因此作者知道了菜谱之后，应该是阅读一些烹饪书来做准备。故答案选A。

B

(2016·成都第三次诊断)As we discussed last week, there have been a lot of reports that boys are in trouble in American education. Some people say efforts to improve education for girls, especially in math and science, have resulted in a crisis for boys. That belief has led to what a new report calls a growth industry of experts advising how to make schools more “boy friendly”．

Yet that report, released this week, suggests that the truth is far different from what people might think. It says American boys in most cases are doing better than ever. “But girls have just improved their performance on some measures even faster，” it says. As a result, girls have narrowed or closed differences with boys in some areas and moved farther

ahead of them in others.

The report does agree that some groups of boys are in trouble. It says this is true especially of blacks and those from poor families. But it says closing racial and economic differences would help them more than reducing differences between boys and girls.

Another concern is the large number of boys with learning and emotional disabilities. Also, the report says policymakers now recognize the need to reform public high schools, which should help boys as well as girls. But the report questions what it calls “simplistic” proposals to fix problems for boys in American school. One example given is expanding single-sex schooling. Findings on the success of the idea have differed.

The Education Sector report calls for more study into the differences between boys and girls and into the culture of schools. It says the research will help better understand why gains for boys are not rising as fast as for girls. But the report also advises the public not to worry too much, and to be careful not to harm the gains that girls have made.

语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文，主要介绍了一份研究报告。报告分析了美国学校的男孩危机并探讨了解决方法。

5．We can read this report most probably in a ________.

A．magazine for boys B．well-known newspaper

C．school announcement D．school advertisement

解析：选B文章出处题。根据题后一段第一句“The Education Sector report ... the culture of schools.”可推知，这份研究报告来自于教育部。结合四个选项可知，这篇报告最有可能出现在一家著名的报纸上。故答案选B。

6．From Paragraph 1, we learn that in some people’s opinion, ________.

A．efforts for American girls cause boys’trouble

B．American education does no good to boys

C．American schools are more “girl friendly”

D．American boys are not really in trouble

解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“Some people say ... in a crisis for boys.”可知，有人认为女孩教育的改善造成了男孩教育的危机。故答案选A。

7．We can infer from the report that ________.

A．boys should be responsible for their crisis

B．some groups of boys are actually in trouble

C．policymakers disagree to reform public high schools

D．it’s probably not good simply to expand single-sex schools

解析：选D推理判断题。根据第四段中的“But the report questions ... single-sex schooling.”可知，这份报告质疑扩建男子(或女子)学校的做法。由此可推知，扩建男子(或

女子)学校可能不是一个好办法。故答案选D。

8．The best title of the passage should be “________”．

A．A Report on a Boy Crisis in America

B．A New Study on American Education

C．Save American Boys in Trouble

D．Why Are Girls Far Better Than Boys?

解析：选A标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一份研究报告。报告分析了美国学校的男孩危机并探讨了解决办法。A项概括了文章主旨，适合作文章标题。故答案选A。

C

(2016·东北三省四市第一次联考)Many foreign students report feeling lonely or unwelcome in Australia. Those feelings are among the reasons why Australia is taking a close look at its international education industry. But wherever international students go, making friends may not always be easy. Elisabeth Gareis of Baruch College in New York surveyed 454 international students. They were attending four-year colleges and graduate schools in the American South and Northeast.

Students from English-speaking countries and from northern and central Europe were more likely to be happy with their friendships. But 38% of the international students said they had no close friends in the United States. And half of the students from East Asia said they were unhappy with the number of American friends they had. Thirty percent said they wished their friendships could be deeper and more meaningful.

Professor Gareis says, “Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States. There are also language problems, and maybe some social skills, such as small talks, which are possibly not as important in their native countries, where it’s not as important to start friendships with small talks. Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans, for not speaking the language well enough and for not knowing the culture well enough.”

VOA’s Students Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other. More than 100 students, about half of them American, answered her online questions. Half of the international students and 60% of the Americans said they related as well or better to the other group than to their own group.

Professor Gareis says, “International students who make friends with host nati onals are, overall, more satisfied with their stay in the host country. They have better language skills, better academic performance and better attitudes toward the host country.”

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。研究表明，国际留学生交友并非易事。

9．What can be the best title for the text?

A．Making Friends Is Not Always Easy for Foreign Students

B．Students from East Asia Are Not Good at Making Friends

C．International Education Industry in Australia and America

D．The Relation between Foreign Students and Host Countries

解析：选A标题归纳题。根据第一段的“But wherever international students go, making friends may not always be easy.”可知，本文是围绕着国际留学生不容易交友而进行阐述的。故答案选A。

10．Professor Gareis tends to think that ________.

A．culture shock should be blamed for many levels of American culture

B．foreign students don’t know small talks mean a lot to Americans

C．foreign students should learn some basic social skills first of all

D．foreign students have difficulty making friends for different reasons

解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，外国学生难交到朋友是因为文化层次不同、语言以及社交技巧等各方面问题造成的。故答案选D。

11．Which of the following statements will the writer probably agree with?

A．International students like to make more friends in their own group.

B．International students are more likely to remain in the host country after graduation.

C．Students who make more friends at home have better academic performance.

D．Students who make friends in their host countries feel happier with their experience.

解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段的“International students ... in the host country.”可知，那些与东道国学生交友的国际留学生，对自己在东道国的经历更满意。故答案选D。

D

(2016·哈尔滨高三一模)Founded in 1764 by French traders, St. Louis today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the USA. There are many attractive destinations for tourists.

American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

Dog lovers who visit St. Louis won’t want to miss this 14,000-square-foot museum. Inside are over 500 paintings, watercolors, and a variety of other dog art objects.

The museum is open all the year round, Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for students, and $1 for children up to 10.

Anheuser-Busch Brewery

The Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House, where visitors can enjoy how beer is made. Then the tour continues to

the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale Stables.

The tours are always free.

Gateway Arch

Designed by Eero Saarinen and Hannskarl Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the country’s national monuments. The arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the arch, where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city.

St. Louis Zoo

First version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair, but in the century it has grown into one of the foremost zoos in the world. The Zooline Railroad, a passenger train takes visitors around the zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.

The zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year’s Day, with summer hours of 8 am to 7 pm, and the rest of the year of 9 am to 5 pm. Admission to the zoo is free.

语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了美国名城圣路易斯四处供游客参观的地方。

12．If you (a student) plan to visit the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog with your parents and your five-year-old brother, how much will you pay?

A．$8.5.B．$12.

C．$13.5. D．$16.

解析：选C数字计算题。根据American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog中的“Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for students, and $1 for children up to 10.”可知，$2.50＋$5×2＋$1＝$13.5，故选C项。

13．Which of the following can you visit if you are interested in how to make beer?

A．American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog.

B．Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

C．St. Louis Zoo.

D．Gateway Arch.

解析：选B细节理解题。根据Anheuser-Busch Brewery中的“The tour includes ... how beer is made.”可知，选B项。

14．What can we know about the Gateway Arch from the passage?

A．It was made of stones.

B．President Jefferson was buried there.

C．You can see the city clearly on the top of the arch.

D．It was built in two years.

解析：选C细节理解题。根据Gateway Arch中的“it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build”可知A项和D项错误；根据Gateway Arch中的“The arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.”可知，此处不表示Jefferson葬在那儿，B项错误；根据此段最后一句可知C项正确。

15．At the St. Louis Zoo, you can visit all animals there ________.

A．by train B．by bicycle

C．by bus D．on foot

解析：选A细节理解题。根据St. Louis Zoo中的“The Zooline Railroad, a passenger train takes visitors around the zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.”可知，选A项。

Ⅱ.阅读七选五

(2016·东北三省三校联合模拟考试)Do you struggle with business writing？Are teams and individuals asking for help with their business writing skills? __1__ Since 1990, we have been helping employees and managers write better.

Everything written in business reflects the image of the company and the writer. __2__ This means organizing ideas well, checking that the language is accurate and that the presentation is professional. Writing successfully is always the result of careful planning.

Before you start writing, you need to decide why you are writing and what you hope to achieve. This will help you decide what to include in your writing and whether to write an e-mail, a letter or perhaps a report.

Meanwhile, think about readers. __3__ The structure of what you write can guide readers and help them understand the content of your writing so that they can respond.

While you are writing, you need to think about how you organize your ideas. Writing a report may involve presenting data and linking complex ideas; writing a memo (备忘录) may involve describing a situation and dealing with ways of improving it. You need to understand how to construct paragraphs. __4__

After you have finished writing comes the very important process of revising, checking and correcting.

__5__ You will find plenty of useful information about effective business writing. In our courses, participants get tools, tips, techniques, job aids, and follow-up resources to help them write better.

A．Contact us.

B．Assess your skills here.

C．It will help you choose appropriate structures.

D．A range of words can be used to link your ideas.

E．Spelling mistakes should be checked and corrected.

F．So it is very important that writing is done to the highest standards. G．Here comes the good news.

答案：1～5GFCDA