2017届高考英语一轮复习《创新大课堂》课时作业：40（新人教版含解析）

　　课时作业(四十)

　　(时间：45分钟　满分：100分)

　　Ⅰ.单句语法填空

　　1．Every year, a good many tourists are attracted to visit the old temple dating (date) back to the eleventh century.

　　2．When Jenny made the mistake again, there was no alternative for her but to_take (take) the punishment.

　　3．One person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without interrupting (interrupt)．

　　4．Anne sharpened (sharp) her pencil and continued her homework.

　　5．We are working on the assumption that the conference will take place as planned.

　　6．Forest elephants，as the name suggests, live in tropical forests and have straight trunks and rounded ears.

　　7．—Look, the latest iPad mini is very fantastic.

　　—If only I had(have) the money to buy it.

　　8．In order to do the experiment well, the research center has to keep up with the latest computer and hardware regardless of the price.

　　9．Unfortunately, we rushed the fallen old man to hospital, only to_be_told (tell) that we were responsible for him.

　　10．For a very long time, people always have been trying to find out the significance (significant) of life.

　　Ⅱ.单句改错

　　1．You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly；those are the two alternative.alternative→alternatives

　　2．They have shut the door and meant to keep us up.up→out

　　3．The vegetables should cut up into small pieces and dropped into the boiling water.should后加上be

　　4．The delay was due for heavy traffic.for→to

　　5．The road led to our school was destroyed by rain last night.led→leading或在led前加上that/which

　　6．All the people should be treated with respect regardless race，education and wealth.regardless后加上of

　　7．We have almost the same opinions.My opinion is similar with hers.with→to

　　8．Assume it rains tomorrow，what shall we do？Assume→Assuming

　　9．He said the old building was dated back to the sixteenth century.去掉was

　　10．What a terrible experience！Anywhere，you are safe；that’s the main thing.Anywhere→Anyway

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2016·贵州六市联考)You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride.Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it.But Lee Gray, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina，U.S., has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport.He is known as the “Elevator Guy”．

　　“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd，”Gray told the BBC.“They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

　　We walk in and usually turn around to face the door.If someone else comes in, we may have to move.And here，according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

　　He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want—it’s your own little box.

　　If there are two of you, you go into different corners，standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.

　　When a third person enters，you will unconsciously form a triangle.And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square，with someone in every corner.A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

　　New entrants (新进入者) to the lift will need to size_up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively.Once in，for most people the rule is simple—look down，or look at your phone.

　　Why are we so awkward in lifts?

　　“You don’t have enough space，”Professor Babette Renneberg，a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin，told the BBC.“Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us.And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

　　In such a small，enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd.“The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact，”she said.语篇解读　本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了电梯里一些容易被忽视的礼节：每当有人进入电梯时，电梯里人的位置随之变化，以此来保持距离和空间。1．The main purpose of the article is to ________.

　　A．remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator

　　B．tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette

　　C．share an interesting but awkward elevator ride

　　D．analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

　　B　[推理判断题。本文主要讲述了电梯里一些容易被忽视的礼节：每当有人进入电梯时，电梯里人的位置随之变化，以此来保持距离和空间。故选B项。]

　　2．According to Gray，when people enter an elevator，they usually ________.

　　A．turn around and greet one another

　　B．look around or examine their phone

　　C．make eye contact with those in the elevator

　　D．try to keep a distance from other people

　　D　[细节理解题。根据第五段If there are two of you，you go into different corners，standing diagonally across from each other to create distance.和第六段中的A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the midddle.可知，每次有人进来，他们都会移动位置来保持距离。故选D项。]

　　3．The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is

　　closest in meaning to ________.

　　A．judge　B．ignore

　　C．put up with D．make the best of

　　A　[词义猜测题。根据画线词上文可知，每次有人进来，他们都会选目测判断一下，然后再适当移动位置。由此可推测，画线短语意为“判断”，故选A项。]

　　4．According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of ________.

　　A．someone’s odd behaviors

　　B．the lack of space

　　C．their unfamiliarity with one another

　　D．their eye contact with one another

　　B　[细节理解题。根据倒数第三段提出的问题Why are we so awkward in lifts？以及下文的回答You don’t have enough space...可知，我们在电梯里感到尴尬的原因是缺乏足够的空间。故选B项。]

　　B

　　(2016·皖北协作区高三联考)We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next.My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about The Endangered Species Act.My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.

　　Twenty stories later, though, it was the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness—and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer.That was the one that made time stand still.I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤)．Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving.By Christmas, she had become very weak.Some days she was so sick that she couldn’t watch TV.

　　Early examination saves time.But ours was not early.By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor wants it to be.

　　Cancer is a thief.It steals time.Our days were already short with worry.Then came this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time.But cancer also has the power to change us, for good.We learned to simplify everything, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t.Cancer even made me a better father.My work had made me a stranger to my three kids.But now I pay attention to what really matters.This is not a race.This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.

　　In the end, each of us has so little time.We have less of it than we can possibly imagine.And even though it turned out that Kathy’s cancer had not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) was good, we tried to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.

　　I’ve picked up my camera again.I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light.When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues.After all, this is good.This is what we’re living for.

　　语篇解读　在感恩节那天，妻子被诊断患有癌症。正是这个原因，让作者改变了自己的生活方式，从投入工作无暇顾及家庭的摄影师变成了一个珍惜和家人在一起的人。5．As a photographer, the author used to ________.

　　A．leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves

　　B．express his love to his family in a special way

　　C．miss a great many important historical moments

　　D．devote much more to his career than his family

　　D　[细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者作为一个摄影师，他的大部分时间都献给了工作，连孩子的出生都无暇顾及。另外根据第四段中的“My work had made me a stranger to my three kids”可知，“我”的工作使“我”对三个孩子来说成为了陌生人，故D项正确。]

　　6．Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?

　　A．To cure his own disease.

　　B．To spend more time with his wife.

　　C．To seek a better position.

　　D．To leave the wilderness alone.

　　B　[细节理解题。根据第二段中的“That was... that tumor(肿瘤)”可知，妻子患上癌症，于是“我”决定停止摄影，为的是能有更多的时间陪妻子，故B项正确。]

　　7．What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?

　　A．He treasures every bit of time with his family.

　　B．He becomes a stranger to his children.

　　C．He takes his work more seriously.

　　D．He focuses more on medical care.

　　A　[推理判断题。根据第四段中的“But cancer... a better father”可知癌症使我们改变了很多，我们学会享受生活而不是抱怨，癌症使“我”变成了一个更好的父亲；另外根据第五段最后一句中的“we tried to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day”可知，我们珍惜和家人在一起的每一刻，故A项正确。]

　　8．The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ________.

　　A．the snowflakes taste very good

　　B．snowflakes are what they feed on

　　C．they regard that as a way to enjoy life

　　D．there is beautiful light in the snowflakes

　　C　[推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“After all, this is good.This is what we’re living for”可知，“我”和家人把这当做享受生活的一种方式，故C项正确。]

　　Ⅳ.短文改错

　　(2016·沈阳二中上学期期中)Last week I went to pay

　　a visit for my former neighbor，Mr.Yang.He and I used to living next to each other for many years.About half a year ago，an order came which the old building，along with many other similar ones，were going to be pulled down to make room

　　for a main street.

　　So I had to be separated.Mr.Yang now lives in the suburb near a beautiful park.His new apartment is much more bigger than before.The

　　only problem is that it took quite a long time to get to the downtown area.Therefore，Mr. Yang doesn’t

　　seem to worry about the long distance.He

　　says that new

　　subway line

　　is to be built in a few year and he is sure life will be better in

　　the future.

　　答案　第一句：for→to

　　第二句：living→live

　　第三句：which→that；were→was

　　第四句：I→we

　　第六句：去掉more

　　第七句：took→takes

　　第八句：Therefore→However

　　第九句：that后加a；year→years