2020版高考英语大一轮复习 Module 5 Ethnic Culture跟踪检测 外研版选修7

Module 5 Ethnic Culture“阅读七选五完形”组合练练题型(限时：35分钟).阅读理解Yuanxiao, Chinese Lantern FestivalThe Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival ends the New Years celebration. It is a fun festival. People carry lanterns and go into the streets at night to watch lion or dragon dances, play games and light firecrackers. Yuanxiao, a sweet dumpling made of rice flour, is the traditional food eaten during the festival. In Chinese, the festival is named after this food, which is said to represent family unity and happiness because it is sticky, round and sweet.The Dai WaterSplashing FestivalThe Dai minority in Yunnan celebrate the WaterSplashing Festival in the middle of April. The festival celebrates the Dai Lunar New Year and lasts for three days. There are dragon races and fireworks displays on the first day and a fair on the second day. At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other. The third day is the actual watersplashing day, people splash water on each other to wash away illnesses and bad luck and bring good luck for the coming year.LosarLosar is a Tibetan word for New Year.“Lo” means “year” and “sar” means “new”. As the most popular festival among Tibetans, it is celebrated from the first day in the first month to the fifteenth day based on the traditional Tibetan calendar.On the last day of the year, people clean their houses and prepare for the festival. On the first day of the New Year, Tibetan women usually wake up early at about 5 oclock, and prepare for a special kind of barley wine for the family which have tsamba, brown sugar, and milk dregs. The whole family have to drink the wine in their beds and then continue to sleep, while the housewives sit in front of their windows, waiting for the sunrise. As soon as they see the sun rays in the east, they go to the well for the first bucket of water in the New Year. It is said that water in the well is the freshest and sweetest at this time and the family who get the lucky water earliest will be the most fortunate.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文中介绍了元宵节、泼水节和藏族的藏历新年的庆祝时间、庆祝活动以及它们的意义。1People eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival because_.Ait is the traditional food and has its symbolic meaningBit is delicious and easy to be madeCit is sticky, round and sweetDit is made of rice flour解析：选A细节理解题。由第一段的最后两句可知，元宵是在元宵节吃的传统食物，它具有幸福、团圆的象征意义。所以A项正确。2What can we know from Paragraph 2 about the word “fair”？AYoung people splash water on each other at the fair.BIt is the time when young people have meetings.CYoung people find their lovers there.DYoung people sing and dance there to celebrate the festival.解析：选C细节理解题。由第二段中的“At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other.”可知年轻人在此时扔示爱的小袋子给喜欢的人。所以C项正确。3How many days does Tibetan Losar last?A2. B3.C15. D25.解析：选C细节理解题。由Losar部分的第三句可知，藏历新年从藏历第一个月的1号开始一直持续到15号。4.The passage is mainly about_.Athe culture and custom in ChinaBthe reason why people celebrate festivalsCseveral festivals in ChinaDthe history of three festivals in China解析：选C主旨大意题。本文分别介绍了元宵节、傣族的泼水节和藏族的藏历新年。所以C项最合适。.阅读七选五(2020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 email, 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 followup resources to help them write better.AContact us.BAssess your skills here.CIt will help you choose appropriate structures.DA range of words can be used to link your ideas.ESpelling mistakes should be checked and corrected.FSo it is very important that writing is done to the highest standards.GHere comes the good news.答案：15GFCDA.完形填空(2020山西四校联考三)As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical _1_， but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school _2_ I could concentrate more on my studies.Its one of my biggest _3_ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would _4_. However, I didnt keep my promise because I was _5_ with my study. _6_ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been _7_ that I never returned. I havent taken lessons since then but to be honest, I _8_to. Sitting at the piano, I couldnt help recalling many _9_ time of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher _10_ me after I played an entire piece of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so _11_ that I could hardly say anything. But her _12_ helped ease my shame. These memories, _13_， good or bad, never caused my _14_ to play the piano again.This thought then led me to think that _15_ is like music, and that we all try to play different _16_ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch (音高) is _17_ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own _18_ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is _19_ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesnt _20_ that Ive stopped making music.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要介绍了作者学习弹钢琴的经历，告诉我们：人生就像音乐，无论我们的音乐风格是什么，唱快乐、平静和爱的歌才是重要的。1A.instrument BperformanceCroom Dstage解析：选A孩提时，“我”开始学习弹奏我最喜欢的乐器(instrument)钢琴。但是，当“我”上中学时，为了(so that)能够更加集中注意力学习，“我”被迫放弃了。performance“表演”；room“房间”；stage“舞台”。故A项正确。2A.because Bso thatCnow that Dfor解析：选B参见上题解析。because“因为”；now that“既然”；for“因为”。故B项正确。3A.successes BregretsCdecisions Dhobbies解析：选B今天，当“我”悲伤地回想时，停止练习钢琴是“我”最遗憾的一件事。success“成功”；regret“遗憾”；decision“决定”；hobby“业余爱好”。故B项正确。4A.play BgraduateCleave Dreturn解析：选D在随后的几年里，“我”一再告诉“我”的钢琴老师“我”将回来(return)。play“玩耍”；graduate“毕业”；leave“离开”。故D项正确。5A.occupied BangryCsatisfied Dpatient解析：选A然而，因为忙于学习“我”食言了。angry“愤怒的”；satisfied“满意的”；patient“有耐心的”。be occupied with“忙于”，故A项正确。6A.Actually BConstantlyCSuddenly DGradually解析：选D渐渐地(Gradually)，“我”与老师失去了联系。actually“实际上，事实上”；constantly“始终，一直”；suddenly“突然”。故D项正确。7A.astonished BgladCdisappointed Damazed解析：选C“我”从没回来过，可能她会感到失望。astonished“吃惊的”；glad“高兴的”；disappointed“失望的，沮丧的”；amazed“惊奇的”。故C项正确。8A.liked BneededCwanted Ddecided解析：选C从那以后，“我”没有上课，但是说实话，“我”想(wanted)去。like“喜欢”；need“需要”；decide“决定”。故C项正确。9A.dreams BexpressionsCwords Dmemories解析：选D坐在钢琴前，“我”不禁回想起许多记忆(memories)。dream“梦”；expression“表达”；word“单词”。故D项正确。10A.instructed BhurtCpunished Drespected解析：选A有一次，当“我”在她同事面前错误地弹完一首曲子后，她指导(instructed)了“我”。hurt“伤害”；punish“惩罚”；respect“尊敬”。故A项正确。11A.frightened BmovedCembarrassed Dexcited解析：选C“我”感到如此的尴尬以至于不能说任何话。frightened“害怕的”；moved“感动的”；embarrassed“尴尬的”；excited“激动的”。故C项正确。12A.happiness BsatisfactionCcomfort Dsigh解析：选C但是，她的安慰(comfort)帮助缓解了“我”的羞愧。happiness“快乐”；satisfaction“满意”；sigh“叹气”。故C项正确。13A.instead BmeanwhileCtherefore Dhowever解析：选D然而(however)，这些或好