选修八Unit24知能演练轻巧夺冠.docVIP

.完形填空This idea is known as “the selffulfilling prophecy”When you believe the team will perform well, in some strange, magical way they do.And _1_, when you believe they wont perform well, they dont.There is enough experimental _2_ to suggest that the selffulfilling prophecy is true.One unusual_3_in 1911 concerned a very clever horse called Hans.This horse had the reputation for being able to_4_, multiply, subtract, and divide by tapping out the answer with its hooves.The extraordinary thing was that it could do this without its trainer being present.It only needed someone to put the_5_.On investigation, it was found that when the questioner knew the answer, he or she_6_various very subtle body language clues to Hans such as the raising of an eyebrow or the dilation(扩大)of the nostrils(鼻孔)Hans simply picked up on these clues and continued_7_until he arrived at the required answer.The questioner expected a (an)_8_and Hans obliged.In similar vein, an experiment was carried out at a British school into the_9_ of a new intake of pupils.At the start of the year, the pupils were each given a rating, _10_from“excellent prospect”to “unlikely to do well”These were totally_11_ratings and did not reflect how well the pupils had previously performed.Nevertheless, these ratings were given to the teachers.At the end of the year, the experimenters_12_the pupils performance with the ratings.Despite their_13_abilities, there was an astonishingly high_14_between performance and ratings.It seems that people perform as well as we_15_them to.【文章大意】本文讲述试验者通过对马和小学生的调查实验发现自我实现预言是真有这么回事这也是皮格马利翁效应. 1A.hopefully BsimilarlyCsuddenly Dfortunately解析: 选B. 前后两种情况是类似的, 故选B. 2A.outcome BwayCdata Dprocedure解析: 选C. 表示有足够的资料可以证明自我实现预言是真的, 故选C. 3A.experiment BmethodCchoice Dexperience解析: 选A. 根据前面experimental.可知应是一个非同寻常的实验, 故选A. 4A.count BaddCspeak Dthink解析: 选B. 加、减、乘、除中的加用add, 故选B. 5A.problems BanswersCclues Dquestions解析: 选D. 与前面the answer对应的是questions, 故选D. 6A.sent out Bgave outChanded out Dlet out解析: 选A. 这里要表示的是提问的人向Hans传递各种各样的微妙的身体语言提示, 故选A. 7A.counting BbeatingCbiting Dtapping解析: 选D. 前面提到Hans是靠马蹄敲出答案, 故选D. 8A.answer BresponseCreply Dhelp解析: 选B. 从后面Hans obliged提示, 发问者希望得到Hans的响应, 故选B. 9A.study BcharacterCperformance Dpersonality解析: 选C. 对新入学学生的表现进行实验, 下面也有提示, 故选C. 10A.distinguishing BrangingCdiffering Ddividing解析: 选B. range from.to.表示“范围从到不等”之意, 其他选项表示“区分”之意. 11A.deliberate BparticularCspecial Darbitrary解析: 选D. 根据.did not reflect how well the pupils had previously performed.可知应是完全任意的等级评估, 故选D. 12A.compared BprovidedCsupplied Dconnected解析: 选A. 这里表示的是“试验者将学生的表现和等级评价进行对比得出结论”, 而不是进行简单的联系起来, 故选A. 13A.true BauthenticCreal Dfalse解析: 选C. 形容一个人有真本事, 应用real, 故选C. 14A.correlation BsimilarityCdifference Daccuracy解析: 选A. 实验者经过比较发现: 学生的表现与等级评价有惊人的高相关度, 故选A. 15A.want BorderCexpect Dpersuade解析: 选C. 与第一段相呼应, 我们希望人们表现好他们就会表现好, 即你认为哪个队会赢它就会赢, 故选C. .语法填空Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of1._lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song.Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing.Their songs were so sweet that ships2._(attract) to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks.No sailor or ship had passed this Island.3_ (follow) Circes advice, Odysseus made careful4._(prepare) against the Sirens.Before their ships came to5._they could hear the song, Odysseus had himself6._(tie) to the mast (桅杆), stopped the ears of his men with wax and ordered them to ignore his orders and gestures when they7._(pass) the fatal island.Soon they came in sight of the rocky island, and the attractive song reached the ears of Odysseus.It moved him so much that he struggled to free8._and shouted at his men to turn9._the land.But no one paid any attention to him.The sailors kept straight on until they were completely out of hearing.Then his friends freed him and took10._wax out of their ears.The eldest of the sisters loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.【文章大意】遥远的海面上有一座岛屿, 其石崖边居住着唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三姐妹. 她们唱着蛊惑人心的歌, 把过往的船只引向该岛, 然后撞上礁石, 船毁人亡, 以前过往的海员和船无一幸免. 奥德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告, 采取了谨慎的防备措施, 安全通过. 三姐妹中的老大帕耳塞洛珀因此深深地爱慕着奥德修斯. 当他的船只走过后, 她就投海自尽了. 1解析: 引导非限制性定语从句, 从句相当于and on the rocky edge of the island lived. 答案: which2解析: 指过往的船只被甜美的歌声引向该岛, “被吸引”用被动语态. 答案: were attracted3解析: 因Odysseus(奥德修斯)与follow是主动关系, 用现在分词短语作原因状语. Following Circes adviceAs he followed Circes advice(由于奥德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告). 答案: Following4解析: 作made的宾语, 用名词形式. 搭配: make preparation against.(做好准备对付). 答案: preparation5解析: 引导地点状语从句, 表示“的地方”. 句意: 船只在到达能听到歌声的地方前, 奥德修斯就. 答案: where6解析: 因himself与tie是被动关系, 故用过去分词短语作宾补. 句意: 奥德修斯就令人把他自己拴在桅杆上. 答案: tied7解析: 指“他们在通过死亡岛的整个过程中, 不要理会他的命令和手势”, 故用进行时. 答案: were passing8解析: 意思: 挣扎着要解除对自己的束缚. 答案: himself9解析: 表示“朝, 向”, 用介词towards. 答案: towards10解析: 特指上文中提到的塞住他手下耳朵的蜡. 答案: the.阅读理解China yesterday demanded the auction of two looted (抢掠) historic bronze sculptures in Paris be canceled, saying it broke international conventions.The auction seriously violates the countrys cultural rights and interests, and hurts national sentiment, it said.A Paris court on Monday ruled against stopping the sale of the sculptures, rejecting an appeal filed by the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe.The sculptures, of rat and rabbit heads, are part of an art collection from the estate(遗产)of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, which went on sale at a Christies auction that started in Paris on Monday.The heads were taken from Beijings Old Summer Palace when it was destroyed by invading French and British forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War.“The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) has formally informed the auctioneer of our strong opposition to the auction, and clearly demanded its cancellation, ” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a news conference.“The Western powers have looted a great number of Chinese cultural relics including many precious items robbed from the Old Summer Palace.All these should be returned to China, ” Ma said.SACH said yesterday that it “strongly objected” to the auction and had written to Christies asking it to stop the auction.“We believe there is a common understanding in the international community that looted cultural objects should be returned to their countries.This is a basic cultural right of people in the origin countries, ” the SACH statement said.“We requested they stop the auctions and hope the parties (to the auction) understand and respect this proper request from Chinese people, ” it said.According to the UNESCO Convention on Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, any cultural relics looted or lost during wars should be returned without any limitation of time span.Meanwhile, Chinese lawyers will “make every effort” to halt the auction despite the unfavorable court ruling, said Li Xingfeng, one of the 81 lawyers involved in the bid to stop the auction.But he refused to elaborate on what they would do.“If they are sold, we will start legal proceedings against the buyer, ” he said.【文章大意】巴黎大审法院紧急审理禁止圆明园流失文物鼠首和兔首铜像拍卖的请求. 在经过审理后, 该法院驳回禁止拍卖的申请, 判定拍卖继续进行. 1When were the bronze statues stolen from the Old Summer Palace by invading French and British forces?A1860. B1864.C1862. D1868.解析: 选A. 细节题. 从文章第五段The heads were taken from Beijings Old Summer Palace when it was destroyed by invading French and British forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War.可以得出答案. 2Which deceased (已故的) French fashion designer had earlier procured the statues?AChristie. BYves Saint Laurent.CMa Zhaoxu. DLi Xingfeng.解析: 选B. 细节题. 从文章第四段The sculptures, of rat and rabbit heads, are part of an art collection from the estate(遗产)of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.可以得出答案. 3Where was the court that ruled against stopping the auction of the historic cultural relics?ABeijing. BLondon.CWashington. DParis.解析: 选D. 细节题. 从文章第三段A Paris court on Monday ruled against stopping the sale of the sculptures, rejecting an appeal filed by the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe.可以得出答案. 4Whats the meaning of the underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph?Aforbid BpermitCstop Dpunish解析: 选C. 词义猜测题. 从文章倒数第三段We requested they stop the auctions可以知道, 画线词与stop同义. 5Whats the best title of the passage?ALooted cultural objects should be returned to their countries.BHalt to sale of relics demanded.CStarting legal proceedings against the buyer.DThe Western powers looted many Chinese cultural relics.解析: 选B. 标题概括题. 本文主要报道了中国要求停止拍卖鼠首和兔首的讯息, 所以答案为B. 这点可以从文章的第一段得出. .读写任务阅读下面的短文, 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文. I was born an albino (白化病患者)However, my parents have been treating me just like they treat everybody else.That was just the best thing they could have done for me because it helped me gain trust in myself.So when the annoyances came along.I could successfully deal with them.Kids would tease me because of my bad looking.The worst part for me was that because my eyesight was bad, I couldnt play sports very well.But I didnt give up trying.Besides, I studied harder and eventually I got better at school.By the time I got to college, I was double majoring.I went to summer schools and devoted myself to every kind of extracurricular (课外的)activity I could find.I had learned to be proud of being an albino.I did my best to make“albino”a positive word. I was just a proud albino kid from the coal country of Pennsylvania.Now I realize that being born an albino helped me overcome difficulties, gain confidence and be proud of my personal achievements and humble(谦虚的)about my professional accomplishments.And, I know that all of these are because of my parents trust.【写作内容】1以约30个词概括上面短文的要点. 2以约120个词就“周围的人对我们人生的影响”这一话