【译林湖南版】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练：Module 2 Unit 1《Tales of the unexplained》（含解析）

　　【译林湖南版】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练

　　Module 2

　　Unit 1　Tales of the unexplainedⅠ.填词

　　Another US President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his calls to reduce the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons and working for world peace on October 9,2009.

　　US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”．The first African-American to hold his country’s highest office，Obama has called for disarmament(裁减军备)and worked to restart the stalled(陷入泥潭)Middle East peace process since taking office in January.“Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given his people hope for a better future，” the Committee said.

　　Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 as ex-president for what the Nobel Prize Committee said “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts，to advance democracy and human rights，and to promote economic and social development”．

　　Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 prize in recognition of his Fourteen Points peace programme and work in achieving inclusion of the Covenant of the League of Nations in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War One.“The President succeeded in bringing a design for a fundamental law of humanity into present-day international politics，”the Nobel Committee said.

　　Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 prize for his role in ending the bloody 1905 war between two of the world’s great powers，Japan and Russia.The result was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed by Russia and Japan on September 5,1905，at Portsmouth，New Hampshire.

　　Title：__1__who won the Nobel Peace Prize

　　Name Time __2__for winning the Nobel Peace Prize

　　Barack

　　Obama 2009 working for __3__

　　strengthening international diplomacy and cooperation　

　　giving the people hope for __4__

　　__5__ 2002 finding peaceful solutions to __6__

　　advancing democracy and human rights

　　promoting economic and social development

　　Woodrow

　　Wilson __7__ recognizing Fourteen Points peace programme

　　__8__the Covenant of the League of Nations in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles

　　working out the __9__

　　Theodore

　　Roosevelt 1906 ending the bloody 1905 __10__war

　　Ⅱ.简答题

　　A vast dust storm that blew in from the deserts of Australia’s red centre has blanketed the country’s largest city and eastern coast in a red fog，causing widespread traffic chaos and severe flight delays.

　　Residents from Sydney in New South Wales to Canberra inland and towns in southern Queensland awoke to a red sky and greatly reduced visibility after the country’s worst dust storm in 70 years blew in overnight.The Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House were covered in the red fog and hundreds of people were reported to suffer from breathing problems.Children，the elderly and those suffering from asthma(哮喘)were advised to stay indoors as even healthy adults reported “itchy throats” after walking through the thick fog.

　　Commuters used face masks，originally intended to protect them from the spread of swine flu，to negotiate(越过)the blocked streets on their way to work.Some schools were closed and sports activities were called off as the conditions pushed air pollution levels to 1,500 times their normal levels—the highest on record.

　　Passengers at the busy Sydney Airport faced delays of up to six hours for international flights and three hours for domestic trips，and some international flights were cancelled as visibility was reduced to just a few feet.

　　Locals，ringing in to radio stations to express their shock at the red dawn.“It’s like a nuclear winter morning，”Daniel Hall told the Daily Telegraph，adding that when he awoke the sky was “bright red” and “all the cars were covered in dirt”．

　　The dust hanging over Sydney had largely cleared by mid-afternoon，although national carrier Qantas said severe delays would last all day because of diverted and late-running flights.

　　The sandstorm，which measured more than 310 miles wide and 620 miles long，was caused by dust clouds blowing east from Australia’s dry interior，which has been attacked by the worst drought on record.It covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil，threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles.

　　1．Who were warned not to stay in the open air？(no more than 10 words)

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　2．What was the face mask originally intended for？(no more than 10 words)

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　3．What effect did the dust storm have on the flight？(no more than 8 words)

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph？(no more than 8 words)

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技术)．With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time.Death will come mainly from accidents，murder and war.Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.

　　In discussion of technological changes，the Internet gets most of the attention these days.But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death.Cells are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever.But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine.Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs.The medicine，made up of the basic building materials of life，will build new brain cells，heart cells，and so on，in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

　　It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence，but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.

　　1．According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by ________.

　　A．diseases and aging

　　B．accidents and war

　　C．accidents and aging

　　D．heart disease and war

　　2．In the author’s opinion，today’s most important advance in technology lies in ________.

　　A．medicine

　　B．the Internet

　　C．brain cells

　　D．human organ

　　3．Humans may live longer in the future because ________.

　　A．heart disease will be far away from us

　　B．human brains can decide the final death

　　C．the basic materials of cells will last forever

　　D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine

　　4．How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?

　　A．Over 100 years.

　　B．More than 120 years.

　　C．About 150 years.

　　D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

　　5．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．human life will not last more than 120 years in the future

　　B．humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now

　　C．much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life

　　D．we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells

　　Module 2

　　Unit 1　Tales of the unexplained

　　Ⅰ.

　　1．US Presidents　2.Reasons　3.world peace　4.a better future　5.Jimmy Carter　6.international conflicts　7.1919　8.achieving inclusion of　9.fundamental humanity law　10.Japan and Russia

　　Ⅱ.

　　1．Children，the elderly and those suffering from asthma.

　　2．To protect people from the spread of swine flu.

　　3．It caused severe flight delays.

　　4．The reason for the sandstorm.

　　Ⅲ.

　　【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了人类的生命由于生物技术的发展可以无限期延长的愿望有可能成为现实。

　　1．解析：细节理解题。由文章第一段最后一句得知，今天主要的杀手，如心脏病、癌症、年老将会成为遥远的记忆。

　　答案：A

　　2．解析：细节理解题。第二段前两句的意思是说 “在讨论技术变化时，人们往往注意到的是网络。然而药学方面的变化可能是当今真正技术方面的大事件”，故选A项。

　　答案：A

　　3．解析：推理判断题。由第二段的后半部分可知，在2050～2100期间，每隔10年左右，人们可以通过吃药来修整生病的或衰老的器官，这应是未来长生不老的原因。

　　答案：D

　　4．解析：细节理解题。阅读全文后得知，文章没有具体告诉我们人们将来能活多少年。

　　答案：D

　　5．解析：推理推断题。由最后一段得知，想象一下将来技术的发展改变了人类最基本的生存条件，真是让人兴奋，但想达到美好的将来还有很多技术问题要澄清。

　　答案：C