（湖北专用）高中英语 Unit 4 Using Language语篇训练（含解析） 新人教版必修3.doc

unit 4using language. 完形填空a mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people i have ever come across in my life. they are totally1, mixing with nobody. as they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of2. the only fame they have is making a nuisance(讨厌的人)of themselves to the local police station by3music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty(琐碎的)little4. on moving into this neighborhood, i was5of these two but decided i would make up my own mind. this proved quite a6to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast(猛烈抨击)me with some7or other. i8answered politely and made sure i9as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind10about their garden or pets. time passed and in october, as part of the kindness rock give, maureen and i decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. their11remained unchanged, however, and i continued to be as friendly as possible. during the easter give, we decided once again to12these two unhappy ladies to our list and13a packet of cookies on their gate. imagine my14when two days later they15at my gate and jokingly said they were16hanging their christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers! so, my fellow gifters, do not17on your random gifts of kindness. you may never know just what this18to others, nor how many broken or19hearted people you may just change20a simple act of kindness. 1. a. protectedb. depressedc. separatedd. equipped2. a. enthusiasmb. acknowledgementc. excitementd. entertainment3. a. discussingb. requestingc. reportingd. rejecting4. a. eventsb. issuesc. incidentsd. affairs5. a. accusedb. warnedc. remindedd. convinced6. a. challengeb. projectc. taskd. matter7. a. quarrelsb. opinionsc. explanationsd. complaints8. a. seldomb. neverc. alwaysd. sometimes9. a. wavedb. staredc. noticedd. laughed10. a. differenceb. accountc. gestured. remark11. a. smileb. attitudec. decisiond. anger12. a. addb. recommendc. reduced. drive13. a. sharedb. tookc. leftd. fixed14. a. interestb. anxietyc. surprised. doubt15. a. whisperedb. stoppedc. shoutedd. wandered16. a. imaginingb. intendingc. consideringd. approaching17. a. take inb. take upc. give ind. give up18. a. refersb. meansc. relatesd. contributes19. a. kindb. lightc. hardd. warm20. a. onb. overc. byd. with. 阅读理解aastronomy is the oldest science known to man. thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. but man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone. the greeks studied astronomy over 2, 000 years ago. they could see the size, color, and brightness of stars. they could see their places in the sky. they watched the stars move as the seasons changed. but the greeks had no tools to help them study the starry heavens. each new tool added to the files of astronomy; it helped man reach out into space. until there were telescopes(望远镜), man knew little about the moon. they did not know that the planet called saturn(土星)has rings around it. their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. in the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. before the spectroscope(分光镜), man did not know what kind of gases are in the sun or other stars. without the radio telescope(电波望远镜)we did not know that radio noises come from far out in space. today, astronomy is a growing science. we have learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy. 1. the passage mainly tells us. a. the spectroscope helps man know what kind of gases are in the sun and other starsb. there are eight planets in spacec. there was much noise in spaced. science cant grow fast without modern technology2. thousands of years ago, . a. man watched the stars with their eyesb. telescopes helped man to study the starsc. man knew nothing about the skyd. man knew saturn has rings around it3. when the greeks watched the stars, they knew all of the following except. a. the color of the starsb. the size of the starsc. the movement of the starsd. what the stars were made of4. man now knows. a. the moon has rings around itb. there are six planetsc. saturns rings can be seen by human eyesd. radio noises come from far out in spacebborn in a poor family with six children in buenos aires, young diego maradona couldnt even afford a ball to play with on the streets. luckily, some of other kids invited diego to play, since he proved to be extremely talented even during his early years. it was in one of these “street matches” that maradona was found by a talent coach and, at age 10, was offered a place in the youth squad of argentinos juniors.despite being shorter than most of his youth teammates, he could control the ball much quickly on the ground. he played for argentinos juniors for 5 years before being bought by boca juniors. since he played well constantly for boca, maradona was called for the 1982 world cup and to everyones surprise, the young argentinean played in all of his countrys five matches, and even managed to score twice against hungary. in 1986, with another world cup closing in, maradona was expected to be one of the stars of the tournament(锦标赛). he did not let his fans down. maradona scored 5 goals and had 5 assists throughout the tournament, with one of the goal, scored against england in the quarter finals, viewed by many as the “goal of the century”. maradona captained his national side in italys 1990 world cup and argentina was close to defending its title. but the team did not play as well as in 1986 and an ankle injury did not allow maradona to play at his best, either. his final soccer years found him playing for yet another world cup, the 1994 one held in the united states. but an aged maradona only managed to play in two games, before failing a drug test. however, he was a great player who played in 4 world cups and scored in all 4 of them! 5. the underlined word “squad” in paragraph 1 means“”. a. competitionb. organizationc. clubd. team6. when maradona was called for the world cup for the first time, he. a. just played in the match against hungaryb. seldom got the chance to playc. was serving boca juniorsd. was serving argentinos juniors7. when did maradona score his best goal? a. in 1982. b. in 1986. c. in 1990. d. in 1994. 8. in italys 1990 world cup, maradona. a. was the captain of argentinean teamb. helped argentina win the finalc. was still in his best stated. lost in the quarter finals9. which of the following is true of maradonas 1994 world cup? a. he scored in the world cup. b. he was too old to play all his countrys matches. c. he got injured in the world cup. d. he just played in two games because of his injury. 答案解析. 【文章大意】文章告诉我们, 有一对母女开始时很固执, 铁石心肠, 后来在作者的感化下态度发生了改变。所以不要放弃对别人的善意, 不经意的善意会对人产生很大影响1. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据mixing with nobody可知她们不与任何人来往, 完全与别人隔离了。2. 【解析】选b。词语辨析题。她们开车见到邻居时从不打“招呼”。acknowledgement意为“致意; 打招呼”。3. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据music played too loud, dogs barking. . . 等信息可知她们向当地警局反映情况, 故用reporting。4. 【解析】选d。词语辨析题。“petty little affairs”意为“琐事”。event大事, 体育赛事; issue问题; incident事件(尤其指不寻常的事, 如暴力事件), 都不合语境。5. 【解析】选b。习语搭配题。邻居们非常不喜欢这对母女, 作者一搬到这里就有人告知他这些情况。warn sb. of sth. 警告某人某事, 符合语境。6. 【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。根据more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast me可知, 作者要和她们好好相处是个挑战。7. 【解析】选d。逻辑推理题。上文讲到这对母女喜欢投诉, 可知她们找作者来抱怨。8. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据下文, 作者想用自己的行动感动这对母女, 故总是很有礼貌地同她们讲话。9. 【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。当她们经过时, 作者向她们打招呼。10. 【解析】选d。习语搭配题。make a kind remark意为“说好话; 赞扬”。这也是作者友善的示意。11. 【解析】选b。逻辑推理题。尽管作者一再表示友好, 她们的态度仍然没有改变。12. 【解析】选a。习语搭配题。add. . . to. . . “把加到中”。作者决定把她们也列入要送礼物的名单中。13. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据语境, 作者把饼干放在她们家门口。14. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。根据. . . at my gate and jokingly said. . . 可知她们出现在作者家门口, 说话态度很好, 让作者感到惊讶。15. 【解析】选b。背景常识题。根据上下文, 她们在作者家门口停下。16. 【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。她们感受到了