红对勾2013届高三英语一轮复习课时作业36Unit1 A land of diversity新人教版选修8.doc

.多项选择1The people in my village _ the income from their fruit sales.Aturn on Bsit onCcount in Dlive on解析考查短语意义。句意：我村里的人靠卖水果的收入维持生活。live on 在此意为“靠生活”。答案D2I thought she had retired, but _ she hasnt.Aordinarily BusuallyCapparently Dfortunately解析句意：我以为她已经退休了，但是，显然她还没有。ordinarily 通常地，一般地；usually 通常；apparently 显然地；fortunately 幸运地。由题意可知C项正确。答案C3Football is a _ of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking.Amixture BthoughtCentertainment Daction解析句意：足球是敏锐的头脑和艰苦训练的结合，而不只是闲聊。mixture“混合，混合体”，符合句意。答案A4Many streets in this city have been _ for cultural protection.Astretched out Bmarked outCleft out Dstood out解析句意：为了进行文化保护，这个城市标出了许多条街道。mark out“标出”，符合句意。stretch out 伸出；leave out 省去；stand out 引人注目。答案B5The young man is so selfish that nobody want to _ with him.Ateam up Bcatch upCput up Dcome up解析考查动词短语。team up with“与合作或一起工作”，符合句意。catch up with 赶上；put up with 容忍；come up with 想出。答案A6The two girls sat _ on the grass, staring at the blue sky.Aheart to heart Bback to backCmouth to mouth Dfrom head to head解析back to back 背靠背，符合句意。答案B7I was about to give up when it suddenly _ to me that I should try to solve the problem in another way.Areferred BadaptedCoccurred Dadjusted解析句意：我正要放弃，这时我突然想到应该用另一个方法尝试着解决这个问题。It occurs to sb.that.“某人想起/想到”，是固定用法。refer to 谈到，涉及，参阅；adapt to 适应；adjust to 适应。答案C8Nodding ones head _ willingness while shaking ones head means disagreement.Aindicates BdeclaresCexplains Dspeaks解析句意：点头表明愿意而摇头则意味着不同意。indicate“表明，暗示”，符合句意。declare 宣布，声明；explain 解释，说明；speak 说，讲话。答案A9People in this village get together every year to _ the old tradition and enjoy themselves as their ancestors did.Amake up Bput upCkeep up Dset up解析keep up 意为“沿袭(风俗、传统等)，维持，坚持”。句意：这个村子里的人每年都要聚会来沿袭这古老的传统，并像他们的祖先一样尽情地欢乐。make up 组成，构成，弥补；put up 提出，建起；set up 创立，建立。答案C10The roots of such plants can easily _ water and guarantee the growth of the plants.Atake in Btake upCtake on Dtake off解析take in 吸收。take up 占用；take on 呈现；take off 脱下，起飞。答案A.阅读理解A(2011浙江高考)One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales.She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path.Thats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train.Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line.Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometer down the railway tracks.Ceelys near_miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪)She had never driven the route before.It was dark and raining heavily.Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing.“I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train，” she told the BBC.Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceelys story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology.We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job.They are filled with small problems.And its not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes.A mapmaker might have left the crossing off a paper map.Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention.Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signalling system.Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment.But Stevenson doesnt say.Its a problem that runs through the book.In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computerbased locking systems for cars.He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country.He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable.Perhaps, but maybe its also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets.Or changing social circumstances.Or some combination of these factors.The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex.It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in.Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines.After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years.They have probably been fooling us for just as long.1What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?AShe was not familiar with the road.BIt was dark and raining heavily then.CThe railway workers failed to give the signal.DHer GPS device didnt tell her about the crossing.2The phrase“near miss” (Paragraph 2 ) can best be replaced by _.Aclose hit Bheavy lossCnarrow escape Dbig mistake3Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?AModern technology is what we cant live without.BDigital technology often falls short of our expectation.CDigital devices are more reliable than they used to be.DGPS error is not the only cause for Ceelys accident.4In the writers opinion, Stevensons argument is _.Aonesided BreasonableCpuzzling Dwellbased答案与解析语篇解读在现代社会中，人们对电子设备太过信赖和依赖，有时还会带来致命的麻烦。要解决这个问题，还有其他诸多方面的因素要考虑。1D推理判断题。从文章第二段 she blamed it on her GPS device；Ceely was relying on her GPS，but it made no mention of the crossing.“I.train，”she told the BBC.可以看出，Ceely 怪罪的是这个导航仪没有给她提示出这个铁路道口的存在。2C词义猜测题。near miss 是对第一段撞车事故的概括，相当于 narrow escape，表示“幸免于难”的意思。3B细节理解题。从文章第三段可以看出，Rick Stevenson 表明“技术是有局限性的”，数字技术不一定能满足人们的所有愿望。4A细节理解题。从第四段“The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology，while there may be a number of other possible causes.”可以看出，作者指出 Rick Stevenson 的观点是片面的。B(2010上海高考)The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about.But one more has just been addeda communications blackout caused by solar storms.After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a fresh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and Internet links sending live Olympic broadcast from London.“The Suns activity has a strong influence on the Earth.The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites，” said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Suns atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electricallycharged matter.“A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometers per hour.Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications，” Professor Harrison added.The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots.Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the hightech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.Professor Richard Holdaway, the labs director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth “If we have advance warning, well be able to reduce the damage.What you dont want is things switching off for a week with no idea of whats caused the problem，” he said.1The phrase “communications blackout” in Paragraph 1 most probably refers to_during the 2012 Olympics.Athe extinguishing of the Olympic torchBthe collapse of broadcasting systemsCthe transportation breakdown in LondonDthe destruction of weather satellites2What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage?AThe most fatal matter from the coronal falls onto Earth.BThe solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.CIt takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.DThe number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.3According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to_.Atake images of the solar systemBprovide early warning of thunderstormsCkeep track of solar activitiesDimprove the communications on Earth4Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?ASolar Storms: An Invisible KillerBSolar Storms: Earth Environment in DangerCSolar Storms: Threatening the Human RaceDSolar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled答案与解析语篇解读2012年的伦敦奥运会将会遭遇一个前所未有的问题的困扰，那就是奥运期间有可能正逢太阳黑洞活动周期的高峰期，它爆发所产生的大量的日冕物质抛射将导致通讯系统的中断。1B猜测词义题。由第三段倒数第一句中的“太阳系爆炸产生的大量的带电物质抛向地球引起的太阳风暴可能造成卫星通讯的堵塞”以及第五段第三句中的“can disable satellites”，可推知该短语意为“通讯中断”，故选B项。2D推理判断题。由第五段第一句“在循环周期的高峰期，日冕物质抛射强烈的爆发”和第五段最后一句“太阳黑子数量最多的时候也是最危险的时候”可推断出日冕物质抛射发生时是太阳黑子活动的高峰期，之后太阳黑子的数量就会较少，故D项正确。第三段中的charged matter和A项中的the most fatal matter不吻合，带电物质不一定是最致命的物质，故排除A项。由第三段中的“.this peak could result.”和第四段第二句中的“The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum.”可推断出太阳风暴的高峰期不一定出现在每一个循环周期的中间，故排除B项；由第五段第二句中的带电物质的运动速度“at over a million kilometers per hour”以及太阳到月球的距离是15,000万公里可推断出C项错误。3C事实细节题。由第六段中“下周美国国家航空和宇宙航行局计划发射一颗卫星用于监测(monitoring)太阳系的活动”可知C项正确。keep track of跟踪，追踪。4D主旨大意题。总览文章可知本文讲述的是太阳风暴将对2012年伦敦奥运会带来麻烦，故D项概括了这一主旨，为本文最佳标题。.完成句子1_that we could make full use of a computer to accomplish the job.(occur)我突然想起我们可以充分利用电脑来完成这项工作。2_who live in a faraway village are interested in the modern style of farming.(percentage)大部分住在偏远村庄的人都对现代农业感兴趣。3In 1911 immig