高考题型提能练(十五) Unit 15
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says.Beehives (蜂窝) — either recorded or real — may even prevent elephants from damaging farmers' crops.
In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops.But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder.Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life.Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down.Next, Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.
From a distance, Lucy switched on the prerecorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera.Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds.Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees.Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them.When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed.Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times.She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers.She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
1.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of________.
A.loud noises
B.some crops
C.video cameras
D.angry bees
2.Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A.To record the sound of bees.
B.To make a video of elephants.
C.To see if elephants would run away.
D.To find out more about the behavior of bees.
3.As mentioned in the passage, Lucy________.
A.works by herself in Africa
B.needs to test more elephant groups
C.has stopped elephants eating crops
D.has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
B.Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C.Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D.Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.
B
(2016·江西重点中学联考)I've just got to talk about this problem I'm having with my postman. It all began a year ago, after the birth of his first child. Not wanting to appear rude, I asked him about the baby. The next week, not wanting him to think I had asked out of mere politeness the week before, I asked all about the baby again. Now I can't break the habit. I freeze whenever I see him coming. The words “How's the baby？” come out on their own. It holds me up. It holds him up. So why can't I stop it?
The answer is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it, I want everyone to like me.
My sister had the same problem with the caretaker of her block of flats: “All he ever does is complain; he talks at me rather than to me, never listens to a word I say, and yet for some reason I'm always really nice to him. I'm worried in case I have a difficulty one day, and he won't lift a finger to help.”
What about at work? Richard Lawton, a management trainer, warns: “Those managers who are actually liked by most of their staff are always those to whom being liked is not the primary goal. The qualities that make managers popular are being honest with staff, treating them as human beings and observing common politeness like saying hello in the morning.” To explain the point, Richard mentions the story of the company chairman who desperately wanted to be liked and who, after making one of his managers fired, said with moist
(湿润的)
eyes that he was so, so sorry the man was leaving. The employee replied: “If you were that sorry, I wouldn't be leaving.” The lesson being, therefore, that if you try too hard to be liked, people won't like you.
The experts say it all starts in childhood. “If children feel they can only get love from their parents by being good，” says Zelda WestMeads, a marriage guidance consultant, “they develop low selfconfidence and become compulsive_givers.” But is there anything wrong in being a giver, the world not being exactly short of takers? Anne Cousins believes there is. “There is a point at which giving becomes unhealthy，” she says. “It comes when you do things for others but feel bad about it.”
I am now trying hard to say to people “I feel uncomfortable about saying this, but ...” and tell myself “Refusal of a request does not mean rejection of a person” and I find I can say almost anything to almost anyone.
5.Why does the author ask the postman about his baby?
A.He is interested in the baby.
B.He wants to create a good impression.
C.He wants to be always polite to him.
D.It's a way to start a chat with great politeness.
6.What could we find out about the author's sister and the caretaker?
A.She doesn't want to risk displeasing him.
B.She doesn't pay attention to him.
C.He often refuses to help her.
D.He is impatient of her overreaction.
7.The underlined words
“compulsive givers”
in the fourth paragraph refer to the people who ________.
A.are willing to help others
B.couldn't bear to turn down requests
C.are unconfident of denying demands
D.are less selfish than takers
8.What is the author's intention of writing this passage?
A.To show how to let others like you more.
B.To prove how to create a harmonious atmosphere.
C.To encourage people to have more selfconfidence.
D.To suggest ways of dealing with difficult people.
C
Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.
At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too many people in society are using smartphones while driving and as a result, they get into car crashes. 34 percent of teenagers admit to texting while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People's attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.
Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Facetoface conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.
As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is preventing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) facetoface, but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate.
9.The purpose of this text is to ________.
A.call for an end to use the smartphone while driving
B.appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills
C.express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone
D.advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone
10.The second paragraph is developed by ________.
A.giving examples
B.listing figures
C.comparing facts
D.analyzing the effects
11.The author advocates us to make new friends ________.
A.by using smartphones
B.in a facetoface way
C.in different ways
D.under a free circumstance
12.Overdependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ________.
A.parties and gatherings limit their social circle
B.people are more and more narrowminded
C.people's communication skills are weakened
D.facetoface communication becomes less important
Ⅱ.任务型阅读
There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”. How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow?
1.________ We have to go for them now! Here's why.
Tomorrow is not promised
Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is
everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have.
2.________ Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
The world is waiting on your gift
I know this may be hard to believe, but the world is
waiting on YOU! You were born into the world with a unique gift. Other people may be able to sing. But they'll never be able to sing exactly like you.
3.________Thus, it is your responsibility to figure out exactly what your gift is, and use to better your life and the lives of those around you.
You can't let fear win
One of the biggest dream killers is fear. There are so many people who could have achieved amazing things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you've wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't capable. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.
4.________
You'll be much happier if you go for it
Imagine how much happier you'll be if you're living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing that is stopping you is yourself.
5.________ Don't keep your dreams waiting.
A.Don't go to your grave with unfulfilled dreams.
B.Other people can write, but they'll never be able to write from the same perspective in which you write.
C.Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never come true.
D.Take control of your own happiness.
E.Doors that you couldn't imagine open up when you go after what you want.
F.Choose not to let fear stop you from achieving your dreams.
G.Our dreams should not, and cannot wait.
Ⅲ.语法填空
(2016·贵州适应性测试)It was the day of the poetry festival, and I was 1.________
(excite). At my old school, I had won the poetry ribbon every year. I do write good poetry. When Mrs. Baker called on me, I stood up. I didn't even bother to look at my paper. I'd spent so much time 2.________
(perfect) the rhymes, and counting the
3.________
(beat), that I knew the poem by heart. I had just started the third verse when I noticed Mrs. Baker was glaring at me. “Linda, you 4.________
(suppose) to be reading an original work, a poem you made up yourself, not reciting something you learned.” I opened my mouth to explain, but no words came out. “You will leave the room and will not return until you are ready 5.________
(apologize)，” said Mrs. Baker. “Now. Go！” I turned and left the room. I'd been standing outside for about half an hour when Joseph, another school teacher, came over to ask me why. Now, as Joseph waited 6.________
me to answer, he looked so kind and sympathetic 7.________ I poured out the whole story, trying not to cry. “Linda, accepting defeat, when you should stand up for 8.________
(you), can become a very dangerous habit. You know you are the only Linda Brown in the whole world.” 9.________
eyes smiling into mine, I took a deep breath and
10.___ _____
(knock) on the classroom door, ready to face Mrs. Baker — ready to recite my poem.
Ⅳ.书面表达
(2016·江西省九校联合考试)每年高考，各个考点都会挤满陪考的家长。假如你是即将参加高考的李华，你的父母就此事征询你的意见，请你根据以下要点给父母写一封回信，谈谈自己的想法。
1.不想因为自己高考而耽搁他们的工作；
2.相信自己有独立处理事情、面对挑战的能力。
注意：词数100左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
参考词汇：高考College Entrance Examination
Dear Mom and Dad，
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua高考题型提能练(十五)
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1．解析：选D 细节理解题根据第三四段Lucy所做的实验可知大象可能会被生气的蜜蜂吓跑2．解析：选A 细节理解题根据第三段可知Lucy在一棵树上找到了一个蜂窝并且安装了一个录音机她扔石头的目的是想惹蜜蜂生气然后发出声音从而录制其声音第四段开头也提到了她录制好的声音故选A3．解析：选B 推理判断题根据最后一段可知Lucy现在正在研究是否大象在几次听到生气的蜜蜂发出的声音后还会被继续吓跑她还没有将这一现象在足够多的大象群体中检验由此可以推断她还需做足够多的检验4．解析：选C 细节理解题根据第二段第一句可知2002年Lucy和她的队员就发现大象会避开住着蜜蜂的树故C项表述是正确的
5．解析：选B 细节理解题根据第一段“The answer is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it, I want everyone to like me.”可知作者想要邮递员喜爱作者给邮递员留下好印象故选B6．解析：选A 细节理解题根据二段“My sister had the same problem with the caretaker of her block of flats ...I'm always really nice to him.”可知作者的妹妹对公寓的管理员十分友好故选A7．解析：选C 词义猜测题根据最后一段“Refusal of a request does not mean rejection of a person”可知compulsive givers指的是不知道如何拒绝其他人的人 故选C8．解析：选C 写作目的题根据最后一段可知本文主要是为了鼓励人们应该有自信故选C语篇解读：人们在参加聚会开车的时候也在用智能手机发短信这极大地影响了人与人之间的交流甚至导致事故的发生9．解析：选C 主旨大意题全文通过描述人们在社交或开车的时候埋头玩智能手机的现象指出了这一现象背后值得思考的话题：智能手机的过度使用已影响到了人们的日常生活和交流作者对此表示担忧因此选C10．解析：选A 写作手法题第二段介绍了人们使用智能手机的情况比如聚会上开车时并提到了开车时使用智能手机发短信的青少年的比例因此该段是通过举例子来阐述其观点的11．解析：选B 细节理解题根据第三段的最后两句 “In addition, relying on our
smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world.Facetoface conversations
will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run”可知作者提倡面对面交朋友而不是通过智能手机因此选B12．解析：选C 细节理解题由最后一段中的“The quality of this technology is preventing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication”可知对智能手机过于依赖会削弱交流的价值因此选C.1～5 GABFD.
1．excited 考查形容词根据下文可知作者擅长写诗并且每年都会获奖因此在诗歌节时作者应该感到很兴奋此处应用exite的过去分词修饰人表示“感到……的”故填excited2．perfecting 考查非谓语动词perfect意为“使完美”此处为spend some time (in) doing sth.“花时间做某事”故填perfecting3．beats 考查名词的数根据空格前的“rhymes, and counting”可知此处是指数节拍beat在此处为可数名词故填beats4．are supposed 考查固定搭配根据空格后的“to”和空格前的主语“you”可知此处构成“be supposed to do”的固定结构意为“理应做……”故填are supposed5．to apologiz(s)e 考查固定搭配空格前有“are ready”与空格处构成be ready to do sth.“准备好做某事”故填to apologiz(s)e6．for 考查介词根据语境可知此处是指约瑟夫等着作者回答wait for sb. to do sth.意为“等着某人做某事”符合语境故填for7．that 考查连词根据语境可知空格处与其前的“so”构成“so ... that”结构引导结果状语从句意为“如此……以至于……”故填that8．yourself 考查代词本句是指约瑟夫鼓励作者说“当你应该站起来为自己据理力争时你却接受了失败这会成为一个非常危险的习惯”故填反身代词yourself9．His 考查形容词性物主代词根据空格后“eyes smiling into mine”可知此处是指约瑟夫的眼睛在对作者(的眼睛)微笑故填His10．knocked 考查动词的时态根据空格前的并列结构“took a deep breath”可知此处应为一般过去时故填knocked.参考范文：Dear Mom and Dad，
I'm so sorry that I couldn't write to you often for the College Entrance Examination.
In your last letter, you asked me if it is necessary to accompany me while I am taking the examination. To be honest, I would like you to work as usual and I would prefer not to disturb your daily work.In addition, I am proud to tell you that I have already grown up and I can deal with the matters I meet. Faced with such an important examination, I have great confidence in overcoming it and I am sure I can succeed this time.
Please believe me and give me a chance to do it by myself.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua