選修七 Unit 4 高考提能練

　　練(一)　英語知識運用·組塊專練——練準度

　　(限時：30分鐘)

　　.完形填空

　　(2024·成都石室中學二診)A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the __1__ topic — happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about __2__ in work and life.

　　To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and __3__ with a large pot of coffee and a variety of __4__ — plastic, glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking, some very __5__. The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.

　　When all the students had a cup of coffee in __6__， the professor said, “If you have noticed, all the nice-looking __7__ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is __8__ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the __9__ of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no __10__ to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even __11__ what we drink. What all of you __12__ wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went __13__ the best cups. Now __14__ this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and __15__ in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and __16__ life, and the different types of cups we have don?t decide, nor __17__ the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will __18__ to enjoy the coffee in it. So don?t let the cups __19__ you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”

　　At these words, the graduates looked at each other in __20__ embarrassment.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。一群大學生畢業后去拜訪他們的教授，在聚會的時候，大家紛紛抱怨工作和生活的壓力。教授聽后，把咖啡比作生活，把工作、金錢、地位比作杯子，給學生們上了生動的一課，旨在告訴學生們：不要去在意工作、金錢和地位，而是要好好享受生活。

　　1．A.hotB．sensitive

　　C．famous

　　D．easy

　　解析：選A　句意：他們在談論熱門話題——幸福。根據常識可知，同學們畢業之后重新聚在一起肯定要談一些當前的熱門話題。A項意為“熱門的”。故答案選A。

　　2．A.pay

　　B．joy

　　C．experience

　　D．stress

　　解析：選D　根據下文“of your problems and stress”以及句中的“complaints”可知，他們在抱怨工作和生活中的壓力。D項意為“壓力”。故答案選D。

　　3．A.cooked B．took

　　C．returned

　　D．met

　　解析：選C　句意：為了給客人沖咖啡，教授去廚房拿了一大壺咖啡回來，還拿了各式各樣的杯子。根據句意可知，本句指的是教授進出廚房的過程。C項意為“返回”。故答案選C。

　　4．A.cups

　　B．gifts

　　C．plates

　　D．drinks

　　解析：選A　參見上題解析。下文中的“cups were taken”也是信息提示。A項意為“杯子”。故答案選A。

　　5．A.common

　　B．special

　　C．rare

　　D．delicate

　　解析：選D　根據下文“the nice-looking __7__ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，其中有些杯子很精美。D項意為“精美的”。故答案選D。

　　6．A.order

　　B．time

　　C．hand

　　D．place

　　解析：選C　根據上一句“The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.”可推知，學生們手里都有一杯咖啡。C項意為“手”。故答案選C。

　　7．A.pretty

　　B．different

　　C．colorful

　　D．expensive

　　解析：選D　句意：如果你們注意到了就會發現，所有好看的、昂貴的杯子都被拿走了。根據下文“leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，此處要選擇一個與“cheap”意義相反的詞。D項意為“昂貴的”。故答案選D。

　　8．A.necessary

　　B．normal

　　C．good

　　D．possible

　　解析：選B　句意：對于你們來說，想給自己最好的這很正常。B項意為“正常的”。故答案選B。

　　9．A.situation

　　B．answer

　　C．result

　　D．source

　　解析：選D　根據下文語境可知，若一直想要最好的東西，會給自己的工作、生活帶來問題和壓力。由此可知，想要最好的東西是問題和壓力的根源。D項意為“根源，來源”。故答案選D。

　　10．A.quality

　　B．energy

　　C．weight

　　D．color

　　解析：選A　根據常識可知，杯子只是一個容器，不會提升咖啡的品質。A項意為“品質”。故答案選A。

　　11．A.makes

　　B．gives

　　C．hides

　　D．includes

　　解析：選C　句意：……有時甚至會遮蓋住咖啡的味道。根據“even”一詞并結合選項可知，hides符合語境。C項意為“遮住”。故答案選C。

　　12．A.finally

　　B．really

　　C．especially

　　D．nearly

　　解析：選B　根據常識可知，喝咖啡的時候，真正品嘗的是咖啡，而不是看杯子的品質。B項意為“真正地”。故答案選B。

　　13．A.for

　　B．with

　　C．into

　　D．to

　　解析：選A　根據上文“all the nice-looking __7__ cups were taken”可知，此處指他們都有意識地去拿精美的杯子。 go for sth. 意為“選擇某物，努力爭取某物”，符合語境。故答案選A。

　　14．A.determine

　　B．discuss

　　C．try

　　D．consider

　　解析：選D　根據語境可知，教授把生活比作咖啡，讓大家來考慮一下。consider“考慮，想一想”，符合語境。故答案選D。

　　15．A.position

　　B．relation

　　C．workmates

　　D．friends

　　解析：選A　句意：生活就是咖啡，職業、金錢、社會地位就是杯子。分析句子結構可知，空格處應填的詞應該是和“jobs”，“money”并列的詞。A項意為“地位”。故答案選A。

　　16．A.create

　　B．support

　　C．contain

　　D．own

　　解析：選C　句意：生活就是咖啡，職業、金錢、社會地位就是杯子，這些都是容納和包含生活的工具。由并列連詞“and”可知，空格處應填一個與“hold”意思相近的動詞。C項意為“包含”。故答案選C。

　　17．A.damage

　　B．determine

　　C．change

　　D．increase

　　解析：選C　根據上文教授的比喻可知，杯子提升不了咖啡的品質，職業、金錢和社會地位也決定不了、改變不了生活的質量。C項意為“改變”。故答案選C。

　　18．A.come

　　B．stop

　　C．have

　　D．fail

　　解析：選D　句意：如果我們僅僅把注意力放在杯子上，我們就不能享受杯子里的咖啡了。D項意為“不能，失敗”。故答案選D。

　　19．A.drive

　　B．hold

　　C．take

　　D．arrange

　　解析：選A　根據語境可知，教授告訴學生，不要讓無關緊要的杯子左右了自己，要好好享受咖啡。A項意為“驅使”。故答案選A。

　　20．A.quiet

　　B．speechless

　　C．amazing

　　D．reasonable

　　解析：選B　根據上下文語境可知，教授的一席話點醒了這些畢業生，所以他們處于一種無言以對的尷尬境地。B項意為“無語的”。故答案選B。

　　.語法填空

　　(2024·江西九校第二次聯考)Would you like to explore (勘探) the oceans? Do you want to find __1__ life than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is __2__ (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.

　　Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even __3__ a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright, __4__ he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally __5__ (challenge). He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked __6__ a breathing machine to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.

　　In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship __7__ (help) with his dives. But he __8__ (need) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books. His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963)．

　　In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society, __9__ function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.

　　Cousteau won many honors for his work, __10__ (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.

　　1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________

　　5．________　6.________　7.________　8.________

　　9．________　10.________

　　語篇解讀：本文主要介紹了法國著名的海洋科學家Cousteau的相關情況。

　　1．more　考查固定搭配。more ... than ...“比起……更……”。

　　2．probably　考查詞性轉換。他可能是近代最著名的海洋科學家。此處應用副詞作狀語。

　　3．as　考查介詞。甚至當他還是個孩子的時候，他就愛上了水。as表示“在某一年齡段時”。

　　4．but　考查連詞。根據語境可知，前后句是轉折關系，應用but。

　　5．was challenged　考查時態和語態。在那里，他最終受到了激勵。由全文的時態可知，應用一般過去時；Cousteau是被激勵，故應用被動語態。

　　6．on　考查介詞。work on sth.“努力改善(或完成)某事”。

　　7．to help　考查動詞不定式。他還買了一艘船來幫助他潛水。此處應用動詞不定式表示目的。

　　8．needed　考查時態。為了航行，他需要一種賺錢的途徑。由前面的“bought”可知，應用一般過去時。

　　9．whose　考查定語從句。whose引導定語從句，且在從句中作定語，修飾“function”。

　　10．including　考查介詞。Cousteau贏得了很多榮譽，包括(including)總統自由勛章和1989年獲得的法國學術會員身份。(二)　第Ⅱ卷強化增分·組塊專練——練規范)

　　(限時：45分鐘)

　　Ⅰ.語法填空

　　(2024·江西省九校聯合考試)If you read a newspaper or listen to a newscast (news report) recently, you may hear or read a strange word, “staycation”．Staycation is __1__ new word the American press (newspapers, radio, and television) is using__2__ (describe) a vacation very close to your own home，__3__ simply staying at home during your vacation. It is a __4__ (combine) of the words “stay” and “vacation”．

　　According to many news reports, these staycations are very popular among American families this year. Why? The high price of gasoline for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel __5__(compare) to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar, it all adds up to people deciding to stay close to home__6__their traditional summer vacations. Of course, some places are more __7__(interest)

　　to “stay at home”than others. And if you live in a very small town, well, you may just want to skip your vacation and save your time up to next year!

　　Everything is __8__ (expense) nowadays, and let’s face it — a vacation just may not be in your plan this year. You don’t have to give up family fun just because you can’t get away; instead, follow my tips for an economical staycation filled with old favorites and new adventures! Staycations__9__ (achieve) high popularity in current hard economic times in which__10　 (employ) levels and gas prices are high.

　　1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________

　　5．________　6.________　7.________　8.________

　　9．________　10.________

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。“staycation”是入夏以來迅速走紅的英語新詞，它成為眾多旅游雜志和網站的熱門話題。

　　1．a　空格后的word為可數名詞單數形式，new的讀音以輔音音素開頭，且此處表示泛指，意為“一個單詞”，故填a。

　　2．to describe　分析句子結構可知，此處應用動詞不定式作目的狀語，故填 to describe。

　　3．or　空格前的“a vacation very close to your own home”和空格后的“simply staying at home during your vacation”之間是選擇關系，故此處應填連詞or。

　　4．combination　根據空格前的冠詞a可知，此處應為名詞形式。combine 是動詞，意為“結合，聯合”，其名詞形式為 combination。

　　5．compared　分析句子結構可知，此處應用分詞形式作狀語。compared to ...意為“與……相比”，常在句中作狀語。此處表示“與過去幾年相比”，故填compared。

　　6．during　此處表示“在他們傳統的暑假期間”。during 意為“在……期間”，符合題意。根據第一段倒數第二句中的“during your vacation”也可推知答案。

　　7．interesting　此處應用形容詞作表語，主語為“some places”，此處指一些地方比另一些地方更有趣，適合待在家里。故填interesting。

　　8．expensive　空格處應用形容詞作表語，意為“如今所有東西都很貴”，故填expensive。

　　9．have achieved　空格處在句中作謂語，本句句意：在當前的經濟困難時期，居家旅游受到了人們的普遍歡迎……根據本句中的時間狀語 “in current hard economic times” 和語境可知，此處應用現在完成時，因主語“Staycations”為復數，故填have achieved。

　　10．unemployment　此處意為“在失業率和油價都很高的經濟困難時期”，unemployment為名詞，意為“失業”，符合語境。

　　Ⅱ.短文改錯

　　(2024·太原市高三第二學段測評)Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma, his company has been valued at more than $221 billion of which Ma owned 6%, is put in the top position among China’s wealthiest. But he stays outside the list of the world’s 10 rich people.

　　Fought against a hard life, young Ma still managed to learn English well enough to gain a degree and became a teacher. Afterwards he started a translation agency in which took him to the US, where he introduced to the Internet. His fate was bound to change before he was accidentally appointed to take an American visitor Jerry Yang, a cofounder of Yahoo, in a tour of the Great Wall. The meeting obvious proved to be a turning point for all of them, promoting the birth of Alibaba and the later cooperation with Jerry Yang.

　　答案：第一句：his→whose; owned→owns

　　第二句：rich→richest

　　第三句：Fought→Fighting

　　第四句：去掉in; he后加was

　　第五句：before→when/after; in→to

　　第六句：obvious→obviously; all→both

　　Ⅲ.書面表達

　　(2024·長春市普通高中質檢一)假如你是李華，是一位正在英國進行為期一年學習的交換生，因故需向就讀學校請假，現請給你的老師Mr. Smith寫一封信，內容包括：