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1、二十四选择性必修第一册unit 6nurturing nature(限时35分钟). 阅读理解a its shocking that countless species become extinct every year and such extinction means forever. to change the situation, scientists are now on their way to bringing back extinct species. dna is the chemical that carries the structure of a living thin
2、g, which is needed by researchers to bring back a species. dinosaurs have been gone too long for any of their dna to remain in fossils. however it seems possible to bring back more recently extinct species such as ice age animal, the woolly mammoth. in 2015, a team of spanish and french scientists r
3、e-created the pyrenean ibex, which had gone extinct three years earlier. the new animal didnt survive long, but scientific advances should improve the success rate. in january, australian scientists announced that they were trying to restore the brooding frog. that we can bring species back doesnt m
4、ean that we should. there may be benefits to bring back a species. but theres no way to know how it will turn out. for example, would a passenger pigeon fit into its old habitat? or might it crowd out existing species? environmentalists worry that our ability to bring species back might cut down sup
5、port for the hard work of traditional conservation. why bother to preserve a wild life habitat or fight poachers(偷猎者) if we know we can make up for our mistakes? but those extinctions are our mistakes to correct. as environmentalist stewart brand put it, “humans have the ability to repair some of th
6、at damage. ” we would do well to remember the lesson of jurassic park: continue with caution. 【文章大意】本文讲述的是灭绝物种的回归。令人震惊的是, 每年都有无数的物种灭绝, 而这样的灭绝意味着是永久性的。为了改变这种情况, 科学家们现在正着手让灭绝的物种回归。1. what can we know from para. 2? a. scientists have successfully brought back some dinosaurs. b. its likely for scientist
7、s to bring back recently extinct animals. c. scientists have discovered dna of all ice age species in fossils. d. ice age animals live longer than before after being brought back to life. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据第二段中“however it seems possible to bring back more recently extinct species such as ice age animal
8、, the woolly mammoth(然而, 似乎有可能使最近灭绝的物种重新出现, 比如冰河时代的猛犸象。)”可知, 科学家很可能会把最近灭绝的动物带回来。故选b。 2. paragraph 3 mainly shows that bringing back extinct species is _. a. harmfulb. realisticc. helpfuld. double-edged【解析】选d。段落大意题。根据第三段整段内容可知, 把灭绝的物种带回地球是一把双刃剑。故选d。 3. what makes environmentalists worried according t
9、o the passage? a. scientists cannot make up for the mistakes they made in dna research. b. scientists still lack technical support to bring back extinct species to life. c. traditional conservation seems useless when restoring species is available. d. species that will be brought back to life after
10、distinction will not survive long. 【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据第四段整段内容可知, 当恢复物种可用时, 传统的保护似乎毫无用处。故选c。 4. what is the probable attitude of stewart brand toward bringing extinct species back to life? a. critical b. worried. c. disapproving. d. supportive. 【解析】选d。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的整段内容可知, 斯图尔特布兰德对于让灭绝的物种复活持支持的态度。故选d。 【难
11、句释疑】its shocking that countless species become extinct every year and such extinction means forever. 分析: 这是一个由and连接的并列句。在第一个并列句中that引导主语从句, it是形式主语。翻译: 每年都有数不清的物种灭绝, 这是令人震惊的, 而且这种灭绝意味着是永久性的。b it is not only praise or punishment that determines a childs level of confidence but there are some other im
12、portant ways we shape our kidsparticularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words. for example, we can say to a child “dont run into traffic! ”or “stay on the footpath close to me. ”in using the latter, you will be helping your kids to think and act positively,
13、 and to feel competent in a wide range of situations, because they know what to do, and arent scaring themselves with what not to do. actually, it is all in the way the human mind works. what we think, we automatically rehearse. for example, if someone offered you a million dollars not to think of a
14、 blue monkey for two minutes, you wouldnt be able to do it. when a child is told “dont fall off the tree, ”he will think of two things: “dont” and “fall off the tree”. that is, he will automatically create the picture of falling off the tree in his mind. a child who is vividly imagining falling off
15、the tree is much more likely to fall off. so it is far better to use “hold on to the tree carefully. ” clear, positive instructions help kids to understand the right way to do things. kids do not always know how to be safe, or how to react to the warning of the danger in negative words. so parents s
16、hould make their commands positive. “sam, hold on firmly to the side of the boat” is much more useful than “dont you dare to fall out of the boat? ”or “how do you think ill feel if you drown? ”the changes are small but the difference is obvious. children learn how to guide and organize themselves fr
17、om the way we guide them with our words, so it pays to be positive. 【文章大意】本文主要是告诉人们如何去教育孩子。要给孩子提供积极正面的指导, 而不是负面消极的各种不准不要。5. positive choice of words helps kids to _. a. learn in different situationsb. do things carefullyc. build up their confidenced. improve their imagination【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据第一段“it is
18、 not only praise or punishment that determines a childs level of confidence but there are some other important ways we shape our kidsparticularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words. ”可知, 积极正面的话语会让孩子们树立信心。故选c。 6. what can we infer from paragraph 2? a. a chil
19、d will act on what is instructed. b. one cant help imagining what is heard. c. a child will fall off the tree when told not to. d. one wont think of a blue monkey when given money. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据第二段“what we think, we automatically rehearse. for example, if someone offered you a million dollars not
20、to think of a blue monkey for two minutes, you wouldnt be able to do it. ”可知, 第二段主要说明了人类的思维方式使得一个人情不自禁去想象听到的东西。故选b。 7. which of the following commands helps kids to be safe? a. how do you think ill feel if you get hurt? b. dont play by the lake. c. dont you dare to walk through the red light? d. fas
21、ten your seat belt. 【解析】选d。推理判断题。根据文章第三段“clear, positive instructions help kids to understand the right way to do things. kids do not always know how to be safe, or how to react to the warning of the danger in negative words. ”可知, 积极正面的指导来帮助孩子理解正确的做事方式。用消极的语言孩子们会不知道如何保证安全, 如何对危险的警告做出反应。前面三个选项都是负面的。故
22、选d。 8. the main idea of the passage is that _. a. positive instructions guide kidsb. praise makes kids confidentc. right instructions keep kids safed. clear commands make kids different【解析】选a。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“in using the latter, you will be helping your kids to think and act positively, and to feel co
23、mpetent in a wide range of situations, because they know what to do, and arent scaring themselves with what not to do. ”及全文内容可知, 文章主要是告诉人们要给孩子提供积极正面的指导, 而不是负面消极的各种不准不要, 差别很小的话语但最后作用差得很大。故选a。 【难句释疑】it is not only praise or punishment that determines a childs level of confidence but there are some oth
24、er important ways we shape our kidsparticularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words. 分析: 该句是一个由not only. . . but (also). . . 连接的并列句。其中that又引导了一个定语从句, 修饰前面的praise or punishment, by giving. . . 是一个by doing句式, 表示“通过做某事”。翻译: 决定一个孩子自信水平的不仅是表扬或惩罚, 而是还有另外一些影响我们孩子发展
25、的重要方法尤其是通过选择消极或积极的言辞提出指导和要求。. 完形填空 sometimes people around you can change your life. the change may not be sudden or impressive, but little habits can produce big 1 that make you think about what is important in your life. the person who changed my life is julia masi. she has 2 me so many things tha
26、t i will carry with me throughout my life. one thing ive learned from julia is how to balance3. julia has shown me how to plan ahead so that i can finish all my school work, enjoy sports and 4 have time for my friends. she has taught me that you can do anything if you are 5never give up. ive also le
27、arned that you can find anything 6 if you connect it with something that you enjoy. last year i hated studying vocabulary, but i loved playing on my computer. julia 7 the two and showed me a website called freerice. com where you can8 aword game that gives you 5 grains of rice to donate to the poor
28、with every correctword. she 9 me to learn a hundred new words by filling up the rice bowl. iliked playing the game so much that i 10 about 1, 000 words in just onemonth. julia has always11 me to try new hobbies. she showed me that going to thetheater could help me become a better writer. 12, she tau
29、ght me that discussinga play can excite an interest in reading. if it werent for julia i probably wouldnt have 13 how easy it is to help the poor. there are so many ways that one person can 14. ive learned to be more appreciative of what i own. i am 15for the opportunities that i have been given. i
30、will continue to think of ways to help those less fortunate for the rest of my life. 【文章大意】本文是夹叙夹议文。主要讲述了作者在julia的帮助下改变人生的故事。1. a. descriptions b. distractionsc. ideasd. solutions【解析】选c。与语境中的think about呼应可推知, 此处表示但是小习惯可能产生一些大的想法(idea), 从而让你思考人生中重要的东西。 2. a. taught b. served c. offered d. bought【解析】选
31、a。根据下文one thing ive learned from julia可推知, julia教会(teach)了作者很多东西, 与下文she has taught me that. . . never give up呼应。 3. a. workb. moneyc. careerd. time【解析】选d。根据语境以及下句可推知, julia让作者学会了如何平衡时间(time), 故选d。 4. a. neverb. seldomc. yetd. still【解析】选d。根据上文i can finish all my school work, enjoy sports可推知, 时间计划好的话
32、, 还可以有时间和朋友们一起玩耍。 5. a. excitedb. determinedc. carefuld. patient【解析】选b。根据never give up的补充说明可推知, 只要有决心, 没有做不成的事情, 故选b。 6. a. importantb. hardc. possibled. interesting【解析】选d。根据语境以及该句中的enjoy可推知, 如果和自己喜欢的事情联系起来, 你就会发现事物的趣味性, 故选d。 7. a. sharedb. rememberedc. combinedd. separated【解析】选c。根据上文ive also learne
33、d that you can find anything _if you connect it with something that you enjoy. 可推知, julia把两者合并, 让作者发现其中的趣味, 故选c。 8. a. watchb. playc. raised. improve【解析】选b。根据上文i loved playing on my computer, 并与空后的a word game结合可推知, 此处表示在电脑上玩(play)单词游戏, 与下文i liked playing the game呼应。 9. a. challengedb. invitedc. perm
34、ittedd. reminded【解析】选a。根据语境to learn a hundred new words by filling up the rice bowl, 并结合上文last year i hated studying vocabulary可推知, 让一个讨厌词汇的人去记100个新单词, 很明显, 这是一项挑战。 10. a. learnedb. readc. usedd. spelled【解析】选a。根据上文i liked playing the game so much可推知, 作者喜欢玩这个游戏, 一个月就记住了大约1 000个新单词。 11. a. allowedb. w
35、arnedc. forcedd. encouraged【解析】选d。根据语境可推知, julia鼓励(encourage)作者尝试新的兴趣。 12. a. thereforeb. besidesc. howeverd. otherwise【解析】选b。根据语境可推知, 前后句表示逻辑上的递进或补充说明关系, 故选b。 13. a. realizedb. observedc. imaginedd. dreamed【解析】选a。根据上文a word game that gives you. . . to the poor, 并结合语境可知, 在julia的帮助下, 作者意识到(realize)帮助
36、穷人很容易。 14. a. turn awayb. make a differencec. show offd. make a mistake【解析】选b。根据语境及常识可知, 帮助他人是一件有意义的事, 一个人可以有很多方法有所作为(make a difference)。 15. a. eagerb. sorryc. thankfuld. anxious【解析】选c。根据上文ive learned to be more appreciative of what i own. 可知, 作者对得到的机会是感激的(thankful)。 . 概要写作阅读下面短文, 根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概
37、要。 in 1878, when margaret wolfe hungerford wrote “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, she was stating that there was no consistent(never changing)view on beauty. standards of beauty change across time and cultural groups. traditions and fashions, like society itself, change and adapt with time. s
38、o it is reasonable that our ideas of beauty change as well. in 19th-century europe, women used to wear corsets to achieve a body shape that is no longer considered healthy. men would wear woolen shawls across their shoulders. it is hard to imagine that they would be seen as attractive in the 21st ce
39、ntury. nowadays, in the western world, one in ten people has a tattoo or a form of body art. in the past, some cultures used tattoos as an addition to costumes, to show family associations or to mark criminals so that they could easily be recognized. in contemporary society, culture remains a major
40、part in determining our ideas of beauty. in some countries, young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day. in other cultures, looking thin for a husband-to-be is not what a woman desires at allrather, looking a little overweight is considered more attract
41、ive. with the influence of history, society and culture, there are no precise criteria which can be used to judge what is beautiful. life-long commitment and, indeed, the survival of society itself rely on people seeing beauty in difference and depth. the human race would soon die out if we could on
42、ly see beauty within a set of limited criteria. physical beauty must also be accompanied by an attraction to something deeper within a person. this particular kind of attraction is found in a wide range of personal qualities, e. g. kindness, warmth, a healthy conscience, etc. judging the appeal of a
43、 persons inner beauty is much more subjective. it takes more than a casual glance to appreciate and it is much more important than physical beauty. beauty, therefore, has more than one dimension. we are influenced by our culture, our biology and our time in history to notice physical beauty quickly
44、and easily, but it is inner beauty that requires us to truly see. beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder. _【参考范文】there is no fixed standard of beauty. our ideas of beauty change across time and cultures. in fact, beauty in difference and depth contributes to the survival of society. while ph
45、ysical beauty can be noticed quickly and easily, inner beauty is more important but is more difficult to truly see. as beauty has more than one dimension, it does live in the eye of the beholder. 阅读填句 accidents happen more often than you think. every year in china, 3. 2 million people die in acciden
46、tsthats an average of six people per minute. experts say that the 10 minutes after an accident can make the difference between life and death. 1. the second saturday of september is world first aid day. it fell on sep. 10 this year. first aid refers to the first steps taken to help someone whos injured. 2. it also includes getting help, either by telling other people or calling 120. 3, do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr, 心肺复苏术), and treat things like burns, bleeding and broken bones. it
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