第一部分 必修4 Unit 3
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2016湖南师大附中高三上学期第三次月考，A)
While exciting for many, the holidays are stressful for the thousands of families who are struggling in our community.
Therefore, our holiday programs coordinate(使协调)food collections and donations to aid the lowincome mothers, children and senior citizens.Those who wish to join the challenge can send financial donations to our office: 1355 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit 48238.Other ways you can get involved are：
Collect fresh or packaged food or donations for senior citizens.Many schools and business coordinate food drives to support this effort.The donation will be distributed in a massive effort on December 12 at the Rashid Ground.Call 313 494 4401.
Adopt a senior citizen.We will randomly select senior citizens and provide their contact information for donors.We encourage donors to provide fresh food for a holiday meal, and small gifts, if possible.Donors are responsible for purchasing and distributing the gifts and food.Call 313 494 4424.
Adopt a family.Donors can request the names and addresses of families that are enrolled in our food program to provide gifts and food for the holiday season.They can indicate the size of the family they wish to adopt.All families will be selected randomly.Call 313 494 4413.
Participate in our Special Holiday Delivery.Different from past years, when delivery took place at the Gathering Center, volunteers are now expected to meet at the Campus Hall on December 12 to pick up boxes of food and deliver them to senior citizens.Contact Volunteer Outreach Department at 313 494 4270 to sign up for this special event.
()1.This passage is written mainly to __________.
A．explain how holidaymakers can make their life meaningful
B．show what lonely and miserable lives poor citizens are leading
C．advertize for a company located in Oakman Boulevard, Detroit
D．introduce several ways of joining a program for charity work
()2.If you want to adopt an elderly man and send gifts and food to him, you should call ________.
A．313 494 4401B．313 494 4424
C．313 494 4413 D．313 494 4270
()3.As a volunteer in Special Holiday Delivery, where should you go to distribute food to the old this year?
A．The Campus Hall.
B．The Gathering Center.
C．The Rashid Ground.
D．The office of Volunteer Outreach Department.
【主旨大意】本文为应用文，题材为广告倡议类。假期对于一些人来说是令人兴奋的，但是对于数以千计的家庭来说，假期对于他们是充满了压力的。本文的“假期计划”从四个方面倡议人们去参与到捐赠等慈善工作中来。
1．【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段“Those who wish to join the challenge can send financial donations to our office: 1355 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit 48238.Other ways you can get involved are”可知本文写作的目的是介绍假期计划参与慈善活动的几种方式。
2．【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段“Donors are responsible for purchasing and distributing the gifts and food.Call 313 494 4424”可以找到答案。
3．【答案】A
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段“…volunteers are now expected to meet at the Campus Hall on December 12 to pick up boxes of food and deliver them to senior citizens.”本句中的senior citizens指的是the old。所以A项符合文章的内容。
B
(2016山东潍坊高三一模，C)
Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers.But，according to a new study，we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.
Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work.Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as ￡172,000 a year.
The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do，as well as the hours they are working，to determine the figure.This would make their yearly income￡30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.
By analysing the numbers，it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime.After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7 am and finished at around 11 pm.
To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, parttime lawyer，personal trainer and entertainer.Being a parttime lawyer, at ￡48.98 an hour，would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”，with psychologist(心理学家)a close second.
It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional(情感的)demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.
Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.
The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother's Day.The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be neverending，but children are also sources of great joy and happiness.Investing(投入)in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.
()4.How much does a Prime Minister earn，according to the passage?
A．￡30,000.B．￡142,000.
C．￡172,000. D．￡202,000.
()5.The biggest challenge for most mothers is from______.
A．emotional demand
B．low pay for work
C．heavy workload
D．lack of training
()6.What is stressed in the last paragraph?
A．Mothers' importance shows in family all year long.
B．The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.
C．Mothers' devotion to children can hardly be calculated.
D．Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.
()7.What can we conclude from the study?
A．Mothers' working hours should be largely reduced.
B．Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.
C．Mothers' labour is of a higher value than it is realized.
D．Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.
【主旨大意】从工作时间、工资标准和应得收入的角度衡量妈妈在家庭中的重要作用。最后得出结论，妈妈在家庭中所起的作用远远超出我们所意识到的程度。反过来讲，只要能给孩子们带来快乐，妈妈为操持家务、教育子女、培育家庭成员之间的关系所付出的努力也是值得的。
4．【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的172 000英镑，和第三段“比首相多30 000英镑”，相减得出142 000英镑。
5．【答案】A
【解析】事实细节题。根据倒数第三段“with 80 percent making emotional(情感的)demand as the hardest thing about motherhood”得出，80%的妈妈认为“情感需要”是当妈妈最大的困难。
6．【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段得知，妈妈在孩子身上付出情感的、身体的和心理的精力是无穷的。然而，孩子们是妈妈快乐和幸福的源泉。所以，妈妈为教育子女、培育家庭成员之间的关系所付出的努力也是值得的。
7．【答案】C
【解析】主旨大意题。从全文得知，特别是最后一段第一句，妈妈在一年之中从头到尾都很重要，不仅仅是在母亲节，所以选C。 A项(应该减少妈妈的工作时间)、B项(妈妈应该平衡工作和休息)和D项(妈妈应该摆脱家务劳动去参加社会活动)都不符合作者的本意。
Ⅱ.七选五阅读
(2016辽宁实验中学高三上学期阶段测试)
Sometimes willpower is a lot like the television remote control—hard to find just when you want it most.__1__ But there are ways to increase your willpower.
*Don't try to change your economic situation, win a promotion or lose weight all on the same morning.Set one clear, specific goal and make a realistic plan to achieve.Extra willpower sometimes requires extra energy, so don't spread yourself too thin.__2__
*Whatever your goal is, don't expect to achieve it overnight. __3__ If you are trying to kick a coffee habit, start by replacing your morning cup of coffee with a glass of water, instead of promising never to drink coffee again.Congratulate yourself on the small achievements.These successes help your willpower grow.
*__4__ Ask friends, family or colleagues for assistance and tell them exactly how they can help.If your credit card bills have risen, for instance, let friends know that you are cutting back on expenses.Suggest having a common dinner instead of meeting at an expensive restaurant.Find a support group or organization related to your goal and attend their meetings.You can get valuable advice, understanding and information.
*If possible, change your environment to encourage positive behavior.Want to get in shape? Keep an extra set of workout clothes in your office as a reminder to stop by the gym on the way home.Quitting smoking? __5__
A．Real success takes time.
B．Focus on one goal at a time.
C．Change your environment to change your life.
D．Improve your willpower by a support network.
E．Changing your behavior requires more than willpower.
F．Avoid bars or restaurants where you might be attracted to light up.
G．Breaking a bad habit or forming a new and healthy one can be difficult.
1．【答案】G
【解析】根据上文可知：当你需要意志力时却找不到它。(因为)改掉坏习惯或养成好习惯都挺难。
2．【答案】B
【解析】根据上文的“不要让你的意志力太分散”，那么下文就是“应该集中于一个目标”。
3．【答案】A
【解析】根据上文“不要试图在一夜之间实现目标”可知：实现目标(成功)需要时间。
4．【答案】D
【解析】根据下文“请家人、朋友、同事帮助你……寻找一个支持你的团体或组织”可知：你需要一个支持你的网络(network)来帮助锻炼意志力。
5．【答案】F
【解析】根据前文“想戒烟吗？”可知：你要避免去酒吧或饭店，那里的环境会吸引你点烟(light up)。
Ⅲ.语法填空
(2016安徽屯溪一中高三10月月考)
There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school.He used to be1.____________brightest student in his class.He was at the top in every2.____________(compete)．But things3.______________(change) when he came to the new school.His grades started dropping and he was lonely all the time.He felt he was worthless and_4.____________no one loved him.
His parents began to worry,5.____________they did not know what was wrong.So his dad decided to visit the school and have a talk6.____________him.
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school.The father started asking7.____________some questions about his classes, teachers and sports.Then he asked, “Do you know, son, why I am here today？”
The boy said, “8.____________(check) my grades？”
“No, no，” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are important for me.I want to see you happy.Nothing could be9.____________(value) than your happiness.You are my life.”
The boy felt confident in his study again.He knew there was someone on the earth10.____________cared for him deeply.He meant the world to someone.
1．【答案】the
【解析】考查冠词。形容词的最高级前用the。
2．【答案】competition
【解析】考查名词。句意：他在每次竞赛中都是名列前茅。
3．【答案】changed
【解析】考查时态。根据后面的came可知：用一般过去时。
4．【答案】that
【解析】考查宾语从句的引导词。 由that引导的宾语从句并列时，第一个可以省略，第二个不能省略。
5．【答案】but
【解析】考查并列连词。句意：他的父母开始担心，却不知道发生了什么事。
6．【答案】with
【解析】考查介词。have a talk with sb.意为“与某人谈话”。
7．【答案】him
【解析】考查代词。ask sb.sth. 意为“问某人某事”。
8．【答案】To check
【解析】考查动词不定式作目的状语。句意：——你知道我今天为什么来学校吗？——来检查我的学习成绩？
9．【答案】more valuable
【解析】考查形容词的比较级。句意：没有什么比你的快乐更有价值。
10．【答案】who/that
【解析】考查限制性定语从句的关系词。指人，在从句中作主语，用who或that。句意：他知道在这个世界上有个人深深地关心着他。对于这个人来说，他就是整个世界。