第十六板块 选修八 Unit 4 Pygmalion 高考对接题

第十六板块  选修八  Unit 4 Pygmalion [高考对接题] Ⅰ.单项填空(用时7′) 1.The TV set is already ten years old，so the sound is not as good as before and to make matters worse，the pictures suddenly began to    yesterday. A.fade out      　B.turn out C.drop out             D.give out 解析：考查动词词组辨析。fade out 意为“(画面)渐隐，变模糊”。而 turn out “出席，在场”；drop out “辍学”；give out “用完”，三者的意义与语境不 符。 答案：A 2.It took him a long time to    the magazines he bought last year before he could put them in the correct shelves. A.classify           B.divide C.order             D.arrange 解析：classify意为“分类”。divide的意思是“切割，划分”；order作动词时，意 为“订购”；arrange意为“安排”。 答案：A 3.He never    to help those in trouble because he was a kind-hearted man. A.handled             B.hurried C.hesitated             D.determined 解析：考查动词辨析。句意：帮助那些有困难的人，他从来都不犹豫，因为他是一 个善良的人。handle 处理；hurry 匆忙；determine 决定，都与语境不符。 答案：C 4.The baby is generally healthy，but every now and then he    a cold. A.has caught                  B.is catching C.will catch                 D.does catch 解析：本题考查动词的时态以及 do 表强调的用法。从时间状语 every now and then 分析，此处应该是用一般现在时，does 在此起强调作用。 答案：D 5.I wanted to go to Greece，and my wife wanted to go to Spain，so we    on Italy. A.resigned           B.compromised C.promised         D.disguised 解析：句意：我想去希腊，可我妻子想去西班牙，于是我们折衷了一下，去意大 利。resign 听任，顺从；compromise 以折衷方法解决争论；promise 许诺； disguise 伪装。根据句意，B为最佳答案。 答案：B 6.You are grown-up now，so it's up to you to decide whether to     English or French. A.take off         B.take on C.take in           D.take up 解析：考查动词辨析。句意：你已经是成年人了，所以由你来决定学英语还是法 语。take off 脱下，起飞，匆匆离开；take on 开始雇用，呈现，同……较量，承 担，从事；take in 接受，吸收，包括，领会，理解，欺骗；take up 开始从事， 把……继续下去，着手处理，占去。 答案：D 7.    ，the northerners are keen on dumplings while the southerners are fond of rice. A.Generally speaking          B.General speaking C.Speaking general           D.Speaking generally 解析：generally speaking 一般来说。 答案：A 8.When they got there，they found the people suffering the storm were    food and water supplies. A.in need of                 B.in praise of C.in honour of                D.in place of 解析：句意：当他们到达那里时，他们发现遭受风暴的人们需要水和食物。 答案：A 9.People have planted a great many trees in order to    wind and sand in the desert. A.hold down         B.hold up C.hold back         D.hold out 解析：句意：为了阻挡风和沙尘，人们种了大量的树。hold down 压制，限制； hold up 推迟；耽搁；hold back 阻挡，抑制；hold out 提供，提出。 答案：C 10.—Thank you for your timely help，Susan. —    . A.With pleasure                    B.My pleasure C.All right                         D.No thanks at all 解析：考查交际用语。在回答对方的感谢时常用：my pleasure，it's a pleasure。 with pleasure很乐意做……，多用在对方要求帮忙的时候。 答案：B 11.The twins are so much alike that their own mother can hardly    . A.tell them apart             B.tell apart them C.say them apart             D.say apart them 解析：tell apart 是短语动词(v.＋adv.)，代词常常放在 tell 和 apart 之间。 答案：A 12.—What did he come here for？ —He came here especially to    your acquaintance. A.take                 B.get C.make                  D.produce 解析：make one's acquaintance 结识某人；与……相见。 答案：C 13.On hearing the horrible noise，they all went out to see what was happening in     . A.amusement         B.enjoyment C.amazement         D.embarrassment 解析：in amazement 惊愕地。 答案：C 14.    by the beauty of Mount Tai，the visitors decided to spend two more days in Taian. A.Attracting               B.Attracted C.Having attracted         D.To attract 解析：attract 和 the visitors 有逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用过去分词作状语。 答案：B 15.—When did the accident happen？ —    when I was walking in the street. A.The other day             B.Some day C.Another day             D.Other day 解析：the other day 几天前；some day 将来的某一天；another day 改天。 答案：A Ⅱ.完形填空(难度系数★★，建议用时16′) (2010·烟台诊断)I lost my sight when I was 4 years old in an accident.Now I'm 32. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　1　 so much，as I do now，if I hadn't been 　2　.I don't mean that I would prefer to go with no sight.I simply mean that the 　3　 of it made me 　4　 more what I had left. Life，I believe，　5　 a continuous series of adjustments to reality.The more 　6　 a person is able to make these adjustments，the more 　7　 his life becomes.The adjustment is never easy.I had to 　8　 in myself，or else I would have collapsed(崩溃).When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of 　9　 that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone.But I 　10　 something bigger than that： an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real，　11　 person. It took me years to discover and  　12　 this assurance.Once a man gave me an indoor baseball.I thought he was making fun of me and I was 　13　.“I can't use this，”I said.“Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.”The word stuck in my head.By 　14　 the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to 　15　 a goal I had thought impossible： playing baseball.At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful 　16　 of baseball.We call it Ground Ball. All my life I have set ahead of me a series of 　17　 and then tried to reach them，one at a time.But I had to be aware of my 　18　.It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of 　19　 because that only invited the bitterness of  　20　.I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 语篇解读：幼年时的一次意外，作者双目失明。但作者善于不断地调节自己以适应现实，同时经常根据实际情况给自己制定目标，从而使生活同样有意义。 1.A.darkness          B.life C.freedom           D.nature 解析：考查语境化选词。由下文的描述可以看出，作者是很爱生活的。句意：前几 天我突然想起来，如果不是我失明，我可能不会如此热爱生活。 答案：B 2.A.cured         B.deaf C.blind         D.brave 解析：考查语境化选词。由文章的第一句话“I lost my sight when I was 4 years old in an accident.”可以得出答案。blind失明的。 答案：C 3.A.remaining         B.use C.recovery           D.loss 解析：考查语境化选词。空后的it指的是前文所说的sight，the loss of sight指的还 是“失明”。句意为：我的意思是失明使我更加珍惜(除了失明之外)我所拥有的东 西。由上下文可以看出，作者视力全失，所以不可能选择remaining“剩余的”和 use“使用”；此外，他的视力也没有恢复，因此recovery也得排除。 答案：D 4.A.appreciate         B.challenge C.suffer             D.use 解析：考查动词辨析。知足常乐，所以这里要选择appreciate感激。challenge挑 战；suffer忍受，遭受；use使用。 答案：A 5.A.asks          B.causes C.lacks         D.directs 解析：考查动词辨析。ask需要。句意为：我认为生活需要一系列持续的调整来适 应现实。准确理解ask的意思是准确解题的关键。cause引起；lack缺少；direct指 导。 答案：A 6.A.abruptly           B.simply C.cautiously         D.readily 解析：考查语境化选词。由语境结合常识可以看出，一个人做出这种调整越迅速， 他的生活就会越有意义。readily意思是“迅速地”。而abruptly与suddenly同义， 均表示“突然地”；simply简单地；cautiously小心地。 答案：D 7.A.rich               B.meaningful C.complex           D.helpful 解析：考查形容词辨析。文章告诉我们作者双目失明，却没有自暴自弃，而是不断 调整，过着有意义的(meaningful)生活。rich丰富的；complex复杂的；helpful有帮 助的。 答案：B 8.A.believe               B.give C.take                 D.turn 解析：动词短语辨析。这几个词都可以和后面的in搭配，构成短语，但意思各不相 同。believe in信任，相信；give in屈服，投降；take in欺骗；turn in交上。这里显 然要表达信任，从下一句也可以得到暗示。 答案：A 9.A.independence            B.confidence C.diligence               D.weakness 解析：考查语境化选词。这里就是上文所说的“belief in myself”，所以选择 confidence，意思是“信心”。independence独立；diligence勤奋；weakness软弱。 答案：B 10.A.mean            B.have C.produce         D.hide 解析：考查语境化选词。句意为：当我说相信自己的时候，我不是简单地谈论那种 帮助我下一个不熟悉的楼梯的信心，我指的是(mean)比那大的东西，一种保证，尽 管双目失明，却是一个积极的人。 答案：A 11.A.disabled           B.reasonable C.fearless             D.positive 解析：考查语境化选词。positive积极的。 答案：D 12.A.strengthen           B.prove C.remove               D.present 解析：考查语境化选词。先发现(discover)这种assurance，接下来就是强化 (strengthen)。而不是prove证明；remove移除；present呈现。 答案：A 13.A.scolded                    B.cheated C.benefited                 D.hurt 解析：考查语境化选词。作者当初以为送给一个看不见的人一个棒球是对他的伤 害，所以选择hurt，而后来他想通了，那个人是为了帮助他。scold责骂；cheat欺 骗；benefit获益。 答案：D 14.A.taking                B.rolling C.hitting               D.passing 解析：前文有暗示：and roll it around。 答案：B 15.A.shoot               B.describe C.imagine             D.achieve 解析：考查固定搭配。achieve one's goal 实现目标。 答案：D 16.A.occupation             B.variation C.competition             D.qualification 解析：考查名词辨析。由语境可知，这里说的是作者在原来棒球的基础上，发明了 一种专给盲人玩的球。也就是原来球的变体(variation)。occupation职业； competition竞赛；qualification资格。 答案：B 17.A.goals              B.games C.balls             D.examples 解析：考查语境化选词。由后面的reach，以及前文的暗示(a goal)可以直接得出答 案。句意为：我一生中已经树立了很多目标，并且尽力去实现它们，但是我得了解 我的不足，因为尝试一些超出我的能力的一些事情是没有好处的。 答案：A 18.A.intelligence            B.virtues C.advantages           D.limitations 解析：考查名词辨析。因为作者是一个盲人，所以在设置目标的时候应该考虑自己 的局限(limitations)而不是intelligence(智力)；virtues (优点)；advantages (有利条 件)。 答案：D 19.A.breath       B.reach C.power         D.sight 解析：这里指的是能力范围，所以要用reach。 答案：B 20.A.failure               B.sickness C.ignorance           D.success 解析：考查名词辨析。那些超出合理范围的目标只能导致失败(failure)的痛苦。而 sickness(疾病)，ignorance (无知)，success(成功)均不符合语境。 答案：A Ⅲ.阅读理解 山东、河南专用(难度系数★★，建议用时6′) There are many ways of defining success.It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of the success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily.Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities，it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly. For some people，simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success.Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep，enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature，and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society.On the other hand，it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions，many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own goals of the success.Because not all ventures can be successful，one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success，but if one has self-confidence it would be unlucky to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement. A wise advisor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration(挫折)with his own professional success： “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling.” “Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park，or riding subway downtown，” The advisor added，“You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been successful at something suitable to you，and to which you have given your best effort.” In a word，success can't be defined in the same way for everyone.A basic definition for success is to achieve high quality status in a particular area in such a way that benefits you financially (career)，physically (health)，socially (relationships) and so on. 1.This passage mainly talks about    . A.the definition of the success B.how to achieve success C.how to set goals D.the importance of goals 解析：主旨大意题。本文第一句是全文的主题句，即每个人对成功的定义都不同，接 下来作者从不同角度定义了成功，最后一段做了，给出了成功的基本定义，所以 A项正确。 答案：A 2.It's necessary for us to define success broadly because we are very different in    . A.ability and goals B.goals and determination C.ability and environment D.goals and environment 解析：细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知，我们对成功的定义很广泛是因为我们每 个人天生的能力和后天成长的环境不同，据此可知C项正确。 答案：C 3.Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because    . A.their life is miserable    B.they do not live in peace C.their goals are too low    D.they are not rich enough by their own standards 解析：细节理解题。由第二段“when judged by their own goals of the success”可 知，很富有的人是根据自己的目标判断成功与否的。D项与此意吻合。 答案：D 4.What the advisor says implies that    . A.we should have high goals    B.success means achieving great goals C.success means taking a walk in the park D.success means being realistic and trying one's best 解析：推理判断题。第三段最后一句话指出“你并没有真正失败或毁掉成功的机会， 除非你在适合自己并尽心尽力去做的事情上失败”。由此推断，这位顾问的寓意是成 功就是尽全力去做而且要务实去做。 答案：D 5.How is the text organized？ A.Topic－Explanation－Examples－Argument B.Opinion－Explanation－Examples－Conclusion C.Main idea－Comparison－Examples－Argument D.Introduction－Argument－Examples－Conclusion 解析：文章结构题。文章第一句表明作者的观点，然后解释原因，接下来举例说明成 功的定义，最后一段为全文的结论，故选择B项。 答案：B 安徽专用(难度系数★★★，建议用时8′) Throw out the bottles and boxes of drugs in your house.A new theory suggests that medicine could be bad for your health.This new theory argues that healing (the process of becoming healthy and strong again) is at our fingertips：we can be healthy by doing Reiki on a regular basis. Supporters of medical treatment argue that medicine should be trusted since it is effective and scientifically proven.They say that there is no need for spiritual methods such as Reiki，Yoga and Tai Chi.These waste our time，something that is quite precious in our material world. There is medicine that can kill our pain and X-rays that show us our broken bones.We must admit that these methods are very effective in the examples that they provide.However，there are some“everyday complaints”such as back pains and headaches，which are treated currently with medicine.When you have a headache，you take an aspirin； when you cannot sleep，you take Xanax without thinking of the side effects of these.When you use these pills for a long period，you become dependent on them；you cannot sleep without them.We pay huge amounts of money but never get better.How about a safer and more economical way of healing？ When doing Reiki to yourself，you do not need anything except your energy so it is very economical.Also，there are no side effects and it is scientifically explained. They also claim that serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer cannot be treated without drugs.They think so because these patients spend the rest of their lives in the hospital taking medicine.How can Reiki make these people healthy again？ It is very unfortunate that these patients have to live in the hospital losing their hair and weight because of the side effects of the medicine they take.Actually，instead of drugs which are expensive and have many side effects，you can use your energy to overcome the hardships of life，find an emotional balance，leave the stress of everyday life and let go off the everyday worries. Some people may still hold that in our material world，everything depends on time.How would it be possible to find time to do Reiki？ In fact，Reiki does not require more than 15 minutes of our time.It is less time consuming than medicine if we think of all the time we spend taking medicine for some complaints and taking some more for the side effects as well.