2017届高考英语第一轮复习课时训练11

1、课时作业 11 Unit 11 The Media一、单元扣点I 单词拼写1. This matter is now under考虑).答案 consideration2. What is your态度)towards this question?答案 attitude3. He didnt pass the exam, but it was a good尝试).答案 attempt4. Welcome back again for观光).答案 sightseeing5. This(环境的)effect of this new factory could be disastrous 答案 en

2、vironmental6. The citizens dan immediate answer from thegovernment.答案 demanded7. Dont bthe failure on him, but on me.答案 blame8. We need some lawyers to dus.答案 defend9. It is not allowed to_athe forbidden area.答案 approach10. The students show great rfor their history teacher. 答案 respectn .翻译句子1 .当地居民

3、对这一消息表示非常气愤。(react to)答案 Local residents have reacted angrily to the news.2. 为了赶上他们，他已尽了一切努力了。(do everything)答案 He has done everything he could to catch up with them.3. 顾客可以向老板投诉饭店内的低劣服务。(protest about)答案 Guests can protest about the bad service of the restaurant to the owner.4. 警察告诫人们不要靠近燃烧的建筑物。(ke

4、ep away from)答案 Police warned the people to keep away from the burning building.5. 他们由于努力工作而成功。(by)答案 They succeeded by working hard.二、阅读理解（2015湖南卷）In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck An o

5、ld joke that was popular at the time went something like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, “ No, thanks Ive got a good horse under me. ”The city planners decided to build an underground drainage 排 水）system,but there simply wasnt enoug

6、h difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the cit y.An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choicebut to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised t

7、he level of the citys streets by as much as 12 feet.This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicag o. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into ma

8、in floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like the Tremont Hotel, which was a sixtory brick building?Thats where George Pullman came in. He had developed some housemoving ski

9、lls successfully.To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews 螺旋 千斤顶）beneath the buildings foundation. One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews .At Pullmans signal each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same ti

10、me, thereby raising the building slowly and evenl y. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didnt even notice anything was happening.Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicagos early history, every engineering s

11、olution seemed to create a new problem. Now that Chicagos waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River, the citys next step was to clean the polluted river.语篇解读芝加哥早期城市规划不合理，一遇洪灾路面就会十分 泥泞，后来在工程师 Ellis Chesbrough和 George Pullman的努力下， 成功将城市路面以及建筑物提高， 避免路面受洪灾影响，但这又导致了另外一个问题的出现。1. The auth

12、or mentions the joke to showA. horses were fairly useful in ChicagoB. Chicagos streets were extremely muddyC. Chicago was very dangerous in the springD. the Chicago people were particularly humorous答案与解析B考查细节理解。从文章第一段的内容可知，作者讲这个笑话是为了证明芝加哥的路面十分泥泞。2. The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbroug

13、h toA. get rid of the street dirtB. lower the Chicago RiverC. fight against heavy floodsD. build the pipes above ground答案与解析 第三段第一句 An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with d”可得出答案。3 . The underlined word

14、 “ hoist in Paragraph 4 meansA. change B. liftC. repair D. decorate答案与解析 B考查词义猜测。根据文章第四段画线词后面的“Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily 可知， hoist与 lift 同义。4. What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel?A. It went on smoothly as intended.B. It interrupted the

15、business of the hotel.C. It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews.D. It separated the building from its foundation.答案与解析 A 考查推理判断。根据第五段最后一句 Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guestsdidnt even notice anything was happening可推断出Tremont Hotel的移动工程

16、进行得很顺利。5. The passage is mainly about early Chicagos.A. popular lifestyles and their influencesB. environmental disasters and their causesC engineering problems and their solutionsD. successful businessmen and their achievements答案与解析 C考查主旨大意。根据整篇文章可知，本文主要 讲的是芝加哥早期（关于城市规划）的工程问题以及解决方案。三、完形填空（2016河北唐山模

17、拟）Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.However, her _1_ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she _2_ was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told

18、 she would never _3_again, she couldnt believe it. Three months later, she was _4_out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old childrens storybook. A bookmark in it made her _5_ to page 117. The name of the _6_ was “ The Day Clara Walked” She was determin

19、ed to return to stage whatever it might cost._7_, after a years hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics.While she was sitting on the green bench _8_ the Athens Olympic Stadium, memories _9_: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relat

20、ives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held _10_ for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on_ 1亠 their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder, _12_shecould balance the hoop （圈）as well as her teammates. She registered for the 2004 Ol

21、ympic Games, and finally she received _13_ from the Olympic Committee.Her _14_ was interrupted by the attendant who said, “ Its time ”, two words that she had been 15_ to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each _16_ firm and steady. Everything was _17 _ and the appla

22、use rang loud in her ears, her heart _18_ violently against her chest.Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old _19_ on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter“The Day Clara Watfeeds _20_ hervision.1. A. intention B. dreamC. lifeD. career

23、2. A. remembered B. forgotC. experienced D. suffered3. A. see B. dance C. sing D. walk4. A. wheeled B. rockedC. thrown D. rushed5. A. point B. relateC. open D. adapt6. A. bookmark B. pageC. storyD. chapter7. A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Suddenly D. Certainly8. A. outside B. insideC. beneath D.

24、opposite9. A. squeezed out B. faded away C. mixed up D. flooded inB. admiration D. regretB. thankfully D. doubtfully10. A. frightC. sympathy11. A. cheerfullyC. nervously12. A. until B. whileC. as D. once13. A. approval B. praiseC. support D. access14. A. plan B. thoughtC. attempt D. sight15. A. eage

25、r B. contentC. upset D. proud16. A. breath B. waveC. step D. look17. A. unexpected B. perfectC. awfulD. finished18. A. fighting B. strikingC. kicking D. hammering19. A. hoop B. letterC. book D. dressB. filling D. rushing20. A. rollingC. clouding答案与解析语篇解读奇迹总是降临在那些面临困境却怀有梦想、意志坚定的人的身上。该文主人公 Svetlana的故事

26、就是一个例证1. B 根据第一段的内容可知，Svetlana学体操，一直梦想着 有一天进入奥运现场。故此处出现转折，表示她的梦想因车祸而破灭， 应选择 B项。intention “意图，目的”；dream “梦想”；life “生 命”；career “事业，生涯”。2 . A 她能记起的最后一件事情是一道刺眼的闪光。 remember “记得”；forget “忘记”；experience “经历”；suffer “遭 受”。3. D 根据下文中的“shewas _4_ out of hospital on awheelchair可推知，她被告知不能再走路了，故选择D项。4. A 根据下文中

27、的“on a wheelchai可知，她坐在轮椅上被推 出了医院。wheel “用有轮之物推动” ；rock “缓缓摇动”； throw “扔”；rush “迅速移动”。5. C 书里的书签使她把书打开到117页。第 佃空后的“whicopened to page 117”也是提示。 open “打开”；adapt “适应”。6. D 根据最后一段中的 Walked”可知，应选择D项point “指向”； relate “联系”；to the chapter The Day Clara chapter “章，篇”。7. B经过一年的艰苦训练,Svetlana康复了并能表演体操,这是令人惊奇的事

28、，因此选择 B项8. A 根据倒数第二段中的“ Smoothing her dress she walkec into the stadium”可知，此时她是坐在体育场外的长椅上， 故选择A 项。9. D Svetlana坐在长椅上回忆起经历的一切，记忆一下子涌了进来。squeeze out“把挤出”；fade away “逐渐消逝”； mixup “弄混”；flood in “大量涌入”。10. B 根据空格后的“forher talent并结合选项可知，此处表 示曾经因她的才能而羡慕的人。fright “惊吓”；admiration “羡慕， 赞赏”；sympathy “同情”；regret “感到遗憾，懊悔”。11. D 根据下文中的“their disbelief可知；在体育场人们怀疑 地观望着。cheerfully “欢快地” ；thankfully “感激地”； nervously “不安地”；doubtfully “怀疑地”。12. C 当Svetlana能和她的队友一样平衡圈时，人们的怀疑慢慢地变成了惊奇。as表示“当的时候”，引导时间状语从句。注意while引导时间状