2017届高考英语一轮复习跟踪检测：必修4 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World（外研版）

　　Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World

　　练（一第卷强化增分练——练规范

　　(限时：45分钟)

　　.语法填空

　　(2016·山西省考前质检)This is a story of a little girl and her grandmother. One day, I was looking for medicine in a store __1__ I saw an old woman with a little girl in her arms. The little girl asked her grandmother, “__2__ do you think about a brand new face cream that is supposed __3__ (reduce) laugh lines？” The grandmother just laughed and said, “Sweetie, I am 80 years old. I __4__ (learn) to love all my laugh lines. I have __5__ (actual) earned every one of them.” Then just to prove her point, she laughed again and amused __6__ granddaughter. The laughter of the little girl and the old woman mixed together with a sound __7__ was as musical and beautiful as an angel's song.

　　I left the store feeling a lot __8__ (good) about all the laugh lines I had earned in my own life. I remembered all the beautiful faces I had seen __9__ the years. Their beauty is ageless no matter how old they are. May you have a time in your life earning __10__ most attractive laugh lines.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。小女孩建议自己的奶奶购买消除笑纹的面霜，奶奶回答说，她喜欢自己的笑纹。作者也希望人们能够学会爱上自己的笑纹。

　　1.when　 when在这里表示“就在这时(突然)”。

　　2．What　 What do you think about sth. ？表示“你认为……怎么样？”。

　　3．to reduce　 be supposed to do sth.意为“应当做某事”，故此处填 to reduce。

　　4．have learned/have learnt　根据上下文语境可知，奶奶已经学会爱上自己的笑纹，所以用现在完成时。

　　5．actually　形容词 actual 转换为副词 actually，修饰整个句子。

　　6．her　根据该句主语 she 可知，应填形容词性物主代词 her。

　　7．that/which　分析句子结构可知，所填词引导定语从句，先行词是 a sound，关系词在从句中作主语，故用 that/which。

　　8．better　根据语境以及空前的“a lot”可知，此处应用形容词的比较级，good 的比较级是better。

　　9．over　over the years 表示“历年来，多年以来”。

　　10．the　形容词最高级前应用定冠词the。

　　.短文改错

　　(2016·郑州第三次质量预测)About a month ago, I was walking alone on the beach in the evening. I have already finished my homework, and I wanted to relax. Suddenly, I saw two children stand on the beach. They seem to have found something made of metal, which was big and reddish­brown. When I took a look at it, I knew immediate that it was an old bomb! I told them to move away the bomb. Fortunately, I had a mobile phone around with me, so I called the police and told them that had been found. About 15 minutes late, the police arrived. I was praised for it but then I went home. The next day, I heard that the police had blown the bomb up. It had been on the sand for over 60 years!

　　答案：第二句：have→had

　　第三句：stand→standing

　　第四句：seem→seemed

　　第五句：immediate→immediately

　　第六句：away→from或away后加from

　　第七句：去掉around; that→what

　　第八句：late→later

　　第九句：but→and

　　第十一句：on→in

　　Ⅲ.书面表达

　　(2016·兰州市高三实战考试)假如你是李华，今年的中国国际旅游节下个月将在你们城市举行，组委会拟招聘一些高中生担任英语导游，你打算应聘。请根据下列内容要点给组委会写一封申请信。

　　1．自我介绍(年龄、性别等)；

　　2．英语水平(口语表达能力等)；

　　3．特殊优势(相关经历、对当地旅游景点的了解、沟通能力等)；

　　4．你的承诺。

　　注意：1.词数100左右；

　　2．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

　　3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

　　Dear Sir/Madam，

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　　Looking forward to your early reply.

　　Yours faithfully，

　　Li Hua

　　参考范文：

　　Dear Sir/Madam，

　　I'm very glad to know that China International Tourism Festival will be held in our city next month. I'd like to be an English tour guide for the festival.

　　My name is Li Hua. I'm a boy of 18, a Senior 3 student in a high school. I believe I can do a good job for the festival. First of all, I'm good at English and I can speak English fluently. Secondly, I'm fond of traveling and I've worked as an English tour guide at several great festivals in our city before. Most importantly, I know our local tourist spots quite well and I'm good at communicating and cooperating with others.

　　I promise I'll try to offer my best services to the travelers from all over the world. I would be very happy if I could be chosen as a tour guide.

　　Looking forward to your early reply.

　　Yours faithfully，

　　Li Hua

　　练（二英语知识运用组合练——练准度

　　(限时：30分钟)

　　.完形填空

　　(2016·河北省高考适应性考试)Visitors to the dry, hot Sonoran Desert of the southern Arizona and northern Mexico are amazed at the many­armed giants. They are the saguaro cacti (树形仙人掌), a giant which gives the landscape its __1__ appearance. In the dry desert the saguaro cacti can live for more than 200 years, grow to a __2__ of 60 feet, and have as many as 50 arms.

　　More __3__， the saguaro cacti still persist despite the unbearable desert climate. Those that have grown to old age have __4__ droughts, freezes, flash floods, and bush fires as well as the __5__ caused by groups of rats that eat their seedlings (秧苗). Like all other desert __6__， these leafless giants can store water for use during the desert's long dry seasons by __7__ water through their long roots.

　　Naturally, the great saguaro cacti are a(n) __8__ part of the desert life. Actually the giants may be __9__ to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats and insects. In addition, after a saguaro __10__ the age of 50 or so, cold­resistant flowers __11__ at the top of the plants once a year. These flowers __12__ birds, bats and bees, which come for the honey and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds.

　　__13__ the splendid saguaros are plentiful in the Southwest, they are unfortunately __14__. These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting and __15__ them to nurseries (苗圃). To protect these southwestern __16__， agents for the Arizona Department of Agriculture go around and __17__ the desert. It's a most important job though a hard one. But without the saguaro cacti, many desert animals would suffer a lack of __18__ and loss of nesting sites. The Southwest, too, would __19__ something of unique importance, since these desert giants have become a __20__ of the dry region.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章从奇特的形状、生活特性、经济价值等方面介绍了Sonoran Desert 索诺兰沙漠的标志性植物——树形仙人掌。

　　1．A.general　B．basic

　　C．unique

　　D．lovely

　　解析：选C　根据下文可知，树形仙人掌有多达50个手形分支，所以形状“独特”，故选unique “独特的”。

　　2．A.length

　　B．height

　　C．size

　　D．width

　　解析：选B　根据前面的“giant”及后面的“60 feet”可知，此处表示的是“高度”，因此选height。

　　3．A.pleasingly

　　B．inspiringly

　　C．interestingly

　　D．amazingly

　　解析：选D　根据上文可知，游客对树形仙人掌的形状惊讶不已，现在更令人惊讶的是它们的适应能力，因此选amazingly。pleasingly “令人愉快地”；inspiringly “鼓舞人心地”；interestingly “有趣地”。

　　4．A.lived through

　　B．broken through

　　C．cut through

　　D．got through

　　解析：选A　根据上下文可知，树形仙人掌“经历”了恶劣环境的考验，live through “经历”，符合语境。break through “突破”；cut through “抄近路穿过，走近路”； get through “接通电话，通过考试”。

　　5．A.crisis

　　B．damage

　　C．destruction D．load

　　解析：选B　除了恶劣的气候外，树形仙人掌还要遭受老鼠的“破坏”，因此选damage。crisis “危机”；destruction “毁灭”；load “负担”。

　　6．A.plants

　　B．lives

　　C．animals D．creatures

　　解析：选A　像沙漠里其他所有的“植物”一样，因此选plants。life “生命”；animal “动物”；creature “生物”。

　　7．A.pouring

　　B．squeezing

　　C．pumping

　　D．absorbing

　　解析：选D 　树形仙人掌通过他们的长根茎吸收水。absorb “吸收”，符合语境。pour “倒，灌”；squeeze “挤压”；pump “抽出”。

　　8．A.independent

　　B．vital

　　C．original

　　D．mysterious

　　解析：选B　根据下文可知，作为许多动物赖以生存的食物和家园，树形仙人掌是沙漠“极为重要的”部分，因此选vital “极重要的”。independent “独立的”；original “原始的”；mysterious “神秘的”。

　　9．A.spot

　　B．field

　　C．home

　　D．camp

　　解析：选C　根据最后一段的倒数第二句“But without the saguaro cacti ... loss of nesting sites.”可知，树形仙人掌可能是许多动物的栖息地，因此选home“家园”。spot “地点”；field “田地”；camp “营地”。

　　10．A.turns

　　B．takes

　　C．meets

　　D．gains

　　解析：选A　树形仙人掌长到50岁左右。此处选turn意为“到(某年龄或某个时间)”，其后直接跟数字。

　　11．A.come up

　　B．come out

　　C．show off

　　D．show up

　　解析：选B　根据上下文可知，这里指树形仙人掌开花了，因此选come out “(花朵)开放”。come up “走近，被提到”；show off “炫耀”；show up “露面，到达”。

　　12．A.call

　　B．trap

　　C．fascinate

　　D．stick

　　解析：选C　根据下文中的“which come for the honey”可知，树形仙人掌的花吸引了一些动物，因此此处选 fascinate “迷住，深深吸引”。call “召集”；trap “困住”；stick “粘”。

　　13．A.As

　　B．But

　　C．Although

　　D．Yet

　　解析：选C　尽管在西南这壮丽的树形仙人掌很多，但它们却面临着危险。逗号前后表示让步关系，although “尽管”，符合语境。as “因为”；but “但是”；yet “然而”。

　　14．A.in danger

　　B．in demand

　　C．in need

　　D．in control

　　解析：选A　根据上题解析可知，此处应选in danger “处于危险之中”。in demand “需求大，受欢迎”；in need “需要”；in control “掌管”。

　　15．A.exchanging

　　B．trading

　　C．offering

　　D．selling

　　解析：选D　根据空格前的“These giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars”可知，树形仙人掌被偷去卖钱，sell “卖”，符合语境。exchange “交换”；trade “从事贸易，以物易物”；offer “提供”。

　　16．A.treasures

　　B．decorations

　　C．possessions

　　D．creations

　　解析：选A　根据全文可知，树形仙人掌是应该受到保护的沙漠珍宝，treasure “珍宝”，符合语境。decoration “装饰”；possession “拥有物”；creation “发明，创造”。

　　17．A.look over

　　B．hand over

　　C．watch over

　　D．turn over

　　解析：选C　为了保护这些珍宝，Arizona 农业部派代理人保护沙漠，因此选watch over “保护，照看”。look over “浏览，迅速地检查”；hand over “移交”；turn over “翻转”。

　　18．A.food

　　B．scenery

　　C．water

　　D．flavor

　　解析：选A　根据第三段的最后一句可知，树形仙人掌还是动物们的食物。没有了它们，就意味着“食物”的短缺，因此此处选food。scenery “风景”；water “水”；flavor “味道”。

　　19．A.affect

　　B．abandon

　　C．increase

　　D．lose

　　解析：选D　西南部也将失去这些极具重要性的东西，因此此处选lose。affect “影响”；abandon “遗弃，放弃”；increase “增加”。

　　20．A.signal

　　B．sign

　　C．mark

　　D．symbol

　　解析：选D　这些沙漠巨型植物已经变成了这个干燥区域的标志。根据句意可知，此处选symbol “标志”。signal “信号”；sign “征兆”；mark “记号”。

　　.语法填空

　　(2016·江西九校第二次联考)Would you like to explore (勘探) the oceans? Do you want to find __1__ life than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is __2__ (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.

　　Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even __3__ a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright, __4__ he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally __5__ (challenge). He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked __6__ a breathing machine to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.

　　In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship __7__ (help) with his dives. But he __8__ (need) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books. His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963)．

　　In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society, __9__ function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.

　　Cousteau won many honors for his work, __10__ (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇人物传记，主要介绍了法国著名的海洋科学家Cousteau的相关情况。

　　1．more　more ... than ...“比起……更……”。

　　2．probably　他可能是近代最著名的海洋科学家。此处应用副词作状语。

　　3．as　甚至当他还是个孩子的时候，他就爱上了水。as表示“在某一年龄段时”。

　　4．but　根据语境可知，前后句是转折关系，应用but。

　　5．was challenged　在那里，他最终受到了激励。由全文的时态可知，应用一般过去时；Cousteau是被激励，故应用被动语态。

　　6．on　work on sth.“努力改善(或完成)某事”。

　　7．to help　他还买了一艘船来帮助他潜水。此处应用动词不定式表示目的。

　　8．needed　为了航行，他需要一种赚钱的途径。由前面的“bought”可知，应用一般过去时。

　　9．whose　whose引导定语从句，且在从句中作定语，修饰“function”。

　　10．including　Cousteau赢得了很多荣誉，包括(including)总统自由勋章和1989年获得的法国学术会员身份。