2017届高考英语一轮复习单元训练：1.4《Earthqu kes》（新人教版含解析）

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解(建议用时16′)

　　A

　　[2016·惠州二调]Humans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but Dr Jean－Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, believes new companions are coming: robot pets.

　　“Technology is moving very fast，” Rault told ABC News, “The Tamagotchi in the early 1990s was really the first robotic pet, and now Sony and other big companies have improved them a lot.”

　　This may not sit_well_with pet lovers. After all, who would choose a plastic toy over a lovely puppy? But Rault argues that the robotic kind has a lot going for it：“You don't have to feed it, you don't have to walk it, it won't make a mess in your house, and you can go on a holiday without feeling guilty.” The technology also benefits those who are allergic to pets, short on space, or fearful of real animals.

　　It's not clear whether robot pets can replace real ones. But studies do suggest that we can bond with these smart machines. People give their cars names and kids give their toy animals life stories. It's the same with robots. When Sony stopped its repair service for its robot dog Aibo in March 2017, owners in Japan held funerals.

　　As an animal welfare researcher, Rault is concerned about how robotic pets could affect our attitudes towards live animals. “If we become used to a robotic companion that doesn't need food, water or exercises, perhaps it will change how humans care about other living beings，” he said.

　　So are dogs and cats a thing of the past, as Rault predicts? For those who grew up with living and breathing pets, the mechanical kind might not do. But for our next generation who are in constant touch with smart technology, a future in which lovely pets needn't have a heartbeat might not be a far－fetched dream.

　　随着科技的发展，一种新的宠物出现：机器人宠物。文章陈述了机器人宠物的特点。

　　1．What does the underlined phrase “sit well with” mean?

　　A．Be refused by.

　　B．Be beneficial to.

　　C．Make a difference to.

　　D．Receive support from.

　　答案：D　词义猜测题。根据第三段“After all, who would choose a plastic toy over a lovely puppy？”可推知词义为“得到来自于……的支持”。

　　2．What are the advantages of robot pets?

　　a．They are plastic and feel smooth.

　　b．Owners needn't worry about them when going out.

　　c．They can help cure allergies.

　　d．They save space and costs.

　　A．ab

　　B．bc

　　C．bd

　　D．cd

　　答案：C　细节理解题。根据第三段“You don't have to feed it, you don't have to walk it，... and you can go on a holiday without feeling guilty.”可知。

　　3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．Sony is the first company to produce robot pets Aibo

　　B．people can develop strong bond with their robot pets

　　C．Rault thinks robot pets still have a long way to go

　　D．robot toys may help people care more about living beings

　　答案：B　推理判断题。根据最后一段“But for our next generation who are in constant touch with smart technology, a future in which lovely pets needn't have a heartbeat might not be a far－fetched dream.”可知。

　　4．The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A．the advantages of robot toys

　　B．the popularity of robot pets

　　C．living pets are dying out

　　D．robot pets are coming

　　答案：D　主旨大意题。根据首段最后一句“believes new companions are coming: robot pets”可知。

　　1．plastic adj./n. 塑料的；塑料

　　2.mess n. 混乱

　　3．smart adj. 英明的；智能的

　　4.attitude n. 态度

　　5．generation n. 代；一代

　　1．be allergic to 对……过敏

　　2．be concerned about 关心；在意

　　原文：It's not clear whether robot pets can replace real ones.(主语从句)

　　译文：机器人宠物是否能取代真的宠物还不清楚。

　　仿写：It suddenly occurred to him that the person who he had just chatted with was none other than the murderer who had escaped from the prison.

　　他突然想起来那个刚才和他闲谈的人正是从监狱逃脱的杀人犯。

　　B

　　[2016·嘉裕关一中模拟]On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Though bids (出价) above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site (拍卖网站) eBay on July 14th, things really started to heat up during the final minutes when the price jumped from $2.5 to $2.6 and then $2.7 million, before shooting up to unbelievable 3,207,852 dollars!

　　This of course was no ordinary Superman comic book, but an edition of the extremely sought－after (很吃香地) No.1 of Action Comics series — the first publication of the superhero that was born from the creative minds of teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Though Action Comics No. 1, which depicted a diaper－clad baby Superman lifting furniture， had a print run of 200,000 copies, only about 100 are known to exist today.

　　While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price, Stephen Fisher, CEO of ComicConnect.com, thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that Superman was the worlD s first superhero！ Even so, none of the copies have been able to fetch (售得) as much as the most recent one, simply because they have not been as well－preserved. Graded a rare 9 out of 10 by CGC, a third party grading service for comic books, the book is the highest rated copy of Action Comics No. 1 so far. According to CGC officials, the 76－year－old comic book looks and feels as though it has just come off the newsstand (报摊)．

　　That is not surprising given that the original owner, a Virginian man who bought the book for only 10 cents in 1938, had carefully tucked it away (藏起来) in a wooden box for four decades. Fortunately， when he passed away， the book was bought by a string of collectors who all realized it was a rare treasure that needed to be looked after.

　　Before this, the highest price paid for an Action Comics No. 1 had been $2 million for a copy sold by Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage in 2011. Ironically, the two teenagers responsible for creating Superman received just 130 dollars when they sold the rights to the superhero to comic book publisher Detective Comics in 1938.

　　本文讲述的是网上拍卖一本喜剧书，而引发对拍卖情况的阐述。

　　5．When the Superman comic book was placed on eBay on July 14th, ________.

　　A．it attracted no attention at all

　　B．things started to heat up immediately

　　C．the bid price didn't go up very quickly at first

　　D．people thought it was worth millions of dollars

　　答案：C　细节理解题。根据第一段“Though bids above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually.”可知。

　　6．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

　　A．Why the comic book is well－preserved.

　　B．Why the comic book is well worth reading.

　　C．Why the comic book is worth so much money.

　　D．Why the comic book has drawn so much attention.

　　答案：C　主旨大意题。根据第三段“While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price.”可知。

　　7．When the other collectors got the comic book after the Virginian man, they________.

　　A．all took very good care of it

　　B．all liked reading it very much

　　C．didn't believe it was worth a fortune

　　D．all kept it in the same way as that man

　　答案：A　细节理解题。根据第四段“... had carefully tucked it away in a wooden box for four decades...realized it was ... be looked after.”可知。

　　8．What do we know about the creators of Superman?

　　A．They didn't want to sell the rights to a comic book publisher.

　　B．They knew all along Superman would be the most successful comic book.

　　C．They were professional comic book writers when they created Superman.

　　D．They didn't make much money from creating Superman.

　　答案：D　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“the two teenagers responsible for creating Superman received just 130 dollars”可知。

　　1．gradually adv. 逐渐地

　　2．unbelievable adj. 难以置信的

　　3．furniture n. 家具

　　4．fortunately adv. 幸运地

　　5．responsible adj. 负责任的

　　1．hold one's breath 屏住呼吸

　　2.pass away 去世

　　原文：...thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that Superman was the worlD s first superhero！(同位语从句)

　　译文：……认为这与超人是世界上第一位超级英雄有关。

　　仿写：In spite of the fact that_the_police_had_warned_them_of_the _danger in the ancient cave, these young men still made an attempt to explore it.

　　尽管警方已警告这些年轻人洞里的危险，他们仍尝试勘探古洞。

　　Ⅱ.七选五(建议用时10′)

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　[2016·保定摸底]Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels, for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. __1__

　　They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut (黑胡桃) trees. __2__The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.

　　Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. __3__. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground.

　　__4__ But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century. The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade (涌入) Indiana. __5__

　　A．Gray squirrels are native to Indiana.

　　B．But they seldom remember where they buried every nut.

　　C．Red squirrels bury nuts in a different way.

　　D．The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels.

　　E．Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.

　　F．Scientists are worried that they will drive away the gray squirrels.

　　G．Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.

　　本文为说明文，讲述的是研究发现松鼠在收集walnut时存在的一些不同，并通过研究寻找这些不同的原因。

　　1．G　根据下段“They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana.”可知该项中的scientists为关键信息。

　　2．D　根据空后句“The black walnut tree is also a central part of some...”中的also可知。

　　3．B　根据下文中“So some nuts remain in the ground.”可知，该空与下文为因果关系。故填B项。

　　4．A　根据下文讲述的内容可知，此处应为主题句，并且与下句为转折关系，文中“are native to”为关键点。

　　5．E　该选项中的“them”与上文所提到的信息一致。

　　Ⅲ.语法填空(建议用时8′)

　　阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　[2016·开封测试]

　　Body and Food

　　Our body, which has close relations with the food that we eat __1__ our daily life, is the most important thing that we own, so our body__2__ (need) proper treatment and proper nourishment (营养).

　　The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit__3__ vegetables, such as apples, pears, bananas, carrots and cabbages, because they contain vitamin C, __4__ is very necessary and important to us all. It's clear that a lack of vitamin C can make people ill and weak easily.

　　In order to get enough needed vitamins, many people take extra vitamins in pill form，__5__ (believe) that these will make them __6__ (health). But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins that we need. The body doesn't need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them?

　　Nowadays many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. They throw anything into their __7__ (stomach), eating something carelessly and __8__ (hurried). The list of illnesses __9__ (cause)or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening. It is high time we should realize the importance of having a good diet. If not, it is impossible for __10__ (we) to keep fit and strong.

　　1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________

　　5．________　6.________　7.________　8.________

　　9．________　10.________

　　本文为说明文，讲述的是我们的身体与我们每天的饮食之间的关系。

　　1．in　考查介词。in our daily life为固定短语，意为“在日常生活中”。

　　2．needs　考查动词时态。根据全文可以判断该文用的是一般现在时，且主语为第三人称单数。

　　3．and　考查连词。fruit与vegetables之间为并列关系，故填and。

　　4．which　考查非限制性定语从句。从句中没有主语且指物。

　　5．believing　考查非谓语动词。believe与句子主语之间为主动关系且表示伴随。

　　6．healthy　考查词形转换。“make＋宾语＋宾补”，此处用形容词作宾补。

　　7．stomachs　考查名词的用法。stomach的复数应直接加“s”。

　　8．hurriedly　考查词形转换。and连接两个副词，故用hurriedly。

　　9．caused　考查非谓语动词作定语修饰illnesses，两者之间为被动关系。

　　10．us　考查代词。介词后面应为宾格形式，故填us。

　　Ⅳ.书面表达(建议用时20′)

　　[2016·石家庄质检]假定你是李华，你的美国中学生朋友彼得希望成为2022年北京冬奥会志愿者，他向你写信询问冬奥会相关情况，并求助怎样学好汉语。请给他回信，要点如下：

　　1．收到来信，获悉求助；

　　2．冬奥盛会，京张合办；

　　3．学好汉语的两条建议。

　　注意：1.词数100左右；

　　2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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　　One possible version：

　　Dear Peter，

　　I'm glad to receive your letter, saying you are hoping to be a volunteer in 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Beijing has become the first city to host both Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and it together with Zhangjiakou is the host of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. I'd like to give you two suggestions on how to learn Chinese well. First, speak a little Chinese every day. The

　　best way to learn any new language is just to speak it. Second, attend a Chinese class or discussion group. After all, language learning settings are of great importance.

　　If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to write to me.

　　Yours，

　　Li Hua