2017版高考英语外研版一轮复习跟踪检测：选修7 Module5《Ethnic Culture》（含解析）

　　选修七

　　Module 5

　　“阅读＋七选五＋完形”组合练——练题型

　　(限时：35分钟)

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　♦Yuanxiao, Chinese Lantern Festival

　　The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival ends the New Year's celebration. It is a fun festival. People carry lanterns and go into the streets at night to watch lion or dragon dances, play games and light firecrackers. Yuanxiao, a sweet dumpling made of rice flour, is the traditional food eaten during the festival. In Chinese, the festival is named after this food, which is said to represent family unity and happiness because it is sticky, round and sweet.

　　♦The Dai Water­Splashing Festival

　　The Dai minority in Yunnan celebrate the Water­Splashing Festival in the middle of April. The festival celebrates the Dai Lunar New Year and lasts for three days. There are dragon races and fireworks displays on the first day and a fair on the second day. At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other. The third day is the actual water­splashing day, people splash water on each other to wash away illnesses and bad luck and bring good luck for the coming year.

　　♦Losar

　　Losar is a Tibetan word for New Year.“Lo” means “year” and “sar” means “new”. As the most popular festival among Tibetans, it is celebrated from the first day in the first month to the fifteenth day based on the traditional Tibetan calendar.

　　On the last day of the year, people clean their houses and prepare for the festival. On the first day of the New Year, Tibetan women usually wake up early at about 5 o'clock, and prepare for a special kind of barley wine for the family which have tsamba, brown sugar, and milk dregs. The whole family have to drink the wine in their beds and then continue to sleep, while the housewives sit in front of their windows, waiting for the sunrise. As soon as they see the sun rays in the east, they go to the well for the first bucket of water in the New Year. It is said that water in the well is the freshest and sweetest at this time and the family who get the lucky water earliest will be the most fortunate.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文中介绍了元宵节、泼水节和藏族的藏历新年的庆祝时间、庆祝活动以及它们的意义。

　　1．People eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival because

　　________.

　　A．it is the traditional food and has its symbolic meaning

　　B．it is delicious and easy to be made

　　C．it is sticky, round and sweet

　　D．it is made of rice flour

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。由第一段的最后两句可知，元宵是在元宵节吃的传统食物，它具有幸福、团圆的象征意义。所以A项正确。

　　2．What can we know from Paragraph 2 about the word “fair”？

　　A．Young people splash water on each other at the fair.

　　B．It is the time when young people have meetings.

　　C．Young people find their lovers there.

　　D．Young people sing and dance there to celebrate the festival.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。由第二段中的“At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other.”可知年轻人在此时扔示爱的小袋子给喜欢的人。所以C项正确。

　　3．How many days does Tibetan Losar last?

　　A．2.　B．3.

　　C．15.

　　D．25.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。由Losar部分的第三句可知，藏历新年从藏历第一个月的1号开始一直持续到15号。

　　4.The passage is mainly about________.

　　A．the culture and custom in China

　　B．the reason why people celebrate festivals

　　C．several festivals in China

　　D．the history of three festivals in China

　　解析：选C　主旨大意题。本文分别介绍了元宵节、傣族的泼水节和藏族的藏历新年。所以C项最合适。

　　Ⅱ.阅读七选五

　　(2016·东北三省三校联合模拟考试)Do you struggle with business writing？Are teams and individuals asking for help with their business writing skills? __1__ Since 1990, we have been helping employees and managers write better.

　　Everything written in business reflects the image of the company and the writer. __2__ This means organizing ideas well, checking that the language is accurate and that the presentation is professional. Writing successfully is always the result of careful planning.

　　Before you start writing, you need to decide why you are writing and what you hope to achieve. This will help you decide what to include in your writing and whether to write an e­mail, a letter or perhaps a report.

　　Meanwhile, think about readers. __3__ The structure of what you write can guide readers and help them understand the content of your writing so that they can respond.

　　While you are writing, you need to think about how you organize your ideas. Writing a report may involve presenting data and linking complex ideas; writing a memo (备忘录) may involve describing a situation and dealing with ways of improving it. You need to understand how to construct paragraphs. __4__

　　After you have finished writing comes the very important process of revising, checking and correcting.

　　__5__ You will find plenty of useful information about effective business writing. In our courses, participants get tools, tips, techniques, job aids, and follow­up resources to help them write better.

　　A．Contact us.

　　B．Assess your skills here.

　　C．It will help you choose appropriate structures.

　　D．A range of words can be used to link your ideas.

　　E．Spelling mistakes should be checked and corrected.

　　F．So it is very important that writing is done to the highest standards.

　　G．Here comes the good news.

　　答案：1～5　GFCDA

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　(2016·山西四校联考三)As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical __1__， but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school __2__ I could concentrate more on my studies.

　　It's one of my biggest __3__ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would __4__. However, I didn't keep my promise because I was __5__ with my study. __6__ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been __7__ that I never returned. I haven't taken lessons since then but to be honest, I __8__to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many __9__ — time of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher __10__ me after I played an entire piece of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so __11__ that I could hardly say anything. But her __12__ helped ease my shame. These memories, __13__， good or bad, never caused my __14__ to play the piano again.

　　This thought then led me to think that __15__ is like music, and that we all try to play different __16__ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch (音高) is __17__ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own __18__ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is __19__ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn't __20__ that I've stopped making music.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要介绍了作者学习弹钢琴的经历，告诉我们：人生就像音乐，无论我们的音乐风格是什么，唱快乐、平静和爱的歌才是重要的。

　　1．A.instrumentB．performance

　　C．room

　　D．stage

　　解析：选A　孩提时，“我”开始学习弹奏我最喜欢的乐器(instrument)——钢琴。但是，当“我”上中学时，为了(so that)能够更加集中注意力学习，“我”被迫放弃了。performance“表演”；room“房间”；stage“舞台”。故A项正确。

　　2．A.because

　　B．so that

　　C．now that

　　D．for

　　解析：选B　参见上题解析。because“因为”；now that“既然”；for“因为”。故B项正确。

　　3．A.successes

　　B．regrets

　　C．decisions

　　D．hobbies

　　解析：选B　今天，当“我”悲伤地回想时，停止练习钢琴是“我”最遗憾的一件事。success“成功”；regret“遗憾”；decision“决定”；hobby“业余爱好”。故B项正确。

　　4．A.play

　　B．graduate

　　C．leave

　　D．return

　　解析：选D　在随后的几年里，“我”一再告诉“我”的钢琴老师“我”将回来(return)。play“玩耍”；graduate“毕业”；leave“离开”。故D项正确。

　　5．A.occupied

　　B．angry

　　C．satisfied

　　D．patient

　　解析：选A　然而，因为忙于学习“我”食言了。angry“愤怒的”；satisfied“满意的”；patient“有耐心的”。be occupied with“忙于……”，故A项正确。

　　6．A.Actually

　　B．Constantly

　　C．Suddenly

　　D．Gradually

　　解析：选D　渐渐地(Gradually)，“我”与老师失去了联系。actually“实际上，事实上”；constantly“始终，一直”；suddenly“突然”。故D项正确。

　　7．A.astonished

　　B．glad

　　C．disappointed

　　D．amazed

　　解析：选C　“我”从没回来过，可能她会感到失望。astonished“吃惊的”；glad“高兴的”；disappointed“失望的，沮丧的”；amazed“惊奇的”。故C项正确。

　　8．A.liked

　　B．needed

　　C．wanted

　　D．decided

　　解析：选C　从那以后，“我”没有上课，但是说实话，“我”想(wanted)去。like“喜欢”；need“需要”；decide“决定”。故C项正确。

　　9．A.dreams

　　B．expressions

　　C．words

　　D．memories

　　解析：选D　坐在钢琴前，“我”不禁回想起许多记忆(memories)。dream“梦”；expression“表达”；word“单词”。故D项正确。

　　10．A.instructed

　　B．hurt

　　C．punished

　　D．respected

　　解析：选A　有一次，当“我”在她同事面前错误地弹完一首曲子后，她指导(instructed)了“我”。hurt“伤害”；punish“惩罚”；respect“尊敬”。故A项正确。

　　11．A.frightened

　　B．moved

　　C．embarrassed

　　D．excited

　　解析：选C　“我”感到如此的尴尬以至于不能说任何话。frightened“害怕的”；moved“感动的”；embarrassed“尴尬的”；excited“激动的”。故C项正确。

　　12．A.happiness

　　B．satisfaction

　　C．comfort

　　D．sigh

　　解析：选C　但是，她的安慰(comfort)帮助缓解了“我”的羞愧。happiness“快乐”；satisfaction“满意”；sigh“叹气”。故C项正确。

　　13．A.instead

　　B．meanwhile

　　C．therefore

　　D．however

　　解析：选D　然而(however)，这些或好或坏的记忆却从来没有激起“我”再次弹钢琴的勇气(courage)。instead“反而”；meanwhile“与此同时”；therefore“因此”。根据句意前后形成对比可知，D项正确。

　　14．A.hope

　　B．courage

　　C．feeling

　　D．effort

　　解析：选B　参见上题解析。hope“希望”；feeling“感情”；effort“努力”。故B项正确。

　　15．A.life

　　B．learning

　　C．attitude

　　D．enjoyment

　　解析：选A　这种想法使“我”认为人生(life)就像音乐，而且我们所有的人都在试着扮演着不同的角色(roles)。learning“学习”；attitude“态度”；enjoyment“享受”。故A项正确。

　　16．A.cards

　　B．sports

　　C．roles

　　D．games

　　解析：选C　参见上题解析。card“卡片”；sport“体育运动”；game“游戏，比赛”。故C项正确。

　　17．A.hard

　　B．wonderful

　　C．surprising

　　D．complex

　　解析：选B　有时，当我们演奏得好时，音高是精彩的(wonderful)。hard“困难的”；surprising“令人惊奇的”；complex“复杂的”。故B项正确。

　　18．A.unique

　　B．boring

　　C．common

　　D．similar

　　解析：选A　然而，我们继续创造着我们自己独特的(unique)音乐风格。boring“令人生厌的”；common“普通的”；similar“相似的”。故A项正确。

　　19．A.necessary

　　B．strange

　　C．possible

　　D．important

　　解析：选D　不管我们的音乐风格是什么，我们唱快乐、平静和爱的歌才是重要的(important)。necessary“必要的”；strange“陌生的”；possible“可能的”。故D项正确。

　　20．A.matter

　　B．mean

　　C．report

　　D．appear

　　解析：选B　尽管我可能从来没有回来学习钢琴，但并不意味着(mean)我已经停止创作音乐了。matter“有关系，要紧”；report“报告”；appear“出现”。故B项正确。