2017届高考英语一轮基础知识复习：Unit 4 Making the news（新人教版必修5）

　　Unit 4 Making the news

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2015·江西省八所重点中学高三联考)

　　Bobbi Kristina Brown's family has been gathered around her since she was hospitalized on Saturday after being found unconscious in the bathtub of her suburban Atlanta townhome.

　　Whitney Houston's only child is now at Emory University Hospital and is still fighting for her life, as a family statement said on Monday.

　　Nothing has changed, despite reports that are popping up and painting a more serious picture.

　　Fox News reported Wednesday that the situation is horrific. “It's now a matter of when the family wants to let go and accept that she's pretty much not going to make it，” a source told FOX411. “They've left it up to the family as to how long they want to keep her alive.”

　　People Magazine is also reporting that a doctor told Brown's family on Wednesday that nothing more could be done. “Everyone is coming to the hospital to say goodbye，” said a family member.

　　And the Daily Mail says Brown has been taken off life support.

　　But Bobby Brown issued a statement late Thursday denying these reports.

　　“If we issued a statement every time the media published a false report regarding this matter, that's all we would be doing 24 hours a day. This is false, just as is the vast majority of the other reporting that is currently taking place，” he said, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

　　A source close to the family tells USA TODAY that it's wrong to say the family is gathering to say goodbye, because the family has been there since the beginning, so nothing is any different today for them.

　　Also, Brown is “not brain dead，” as has been reported.

　　And, as for other stories saying that the Houston family is feuding with Bobbi Kristina's dad, Bobby Brown? Those aren't true either. They “are NOT fighting，” says our source.

　　文章大意：本文主要讲Kristina病危，几家报社的报道都失真，一家人仍在祈祷出现奇迹。

　　1．According to Fox News, Bobbi Kristina is ________.

　　A．within an inch of life B．on the way to success

　　C．left aside by her family

　　D．in a good state

　　答案： A　细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知选A。within an inch of life半死；on the way to success在成功的路上；left aside by her family被家人放在一边；in a good state状态良好。

　　2．Bobby Brown holds the opinion that ________.

　　A．they are busy issuing statements all day

　　B．the family is saying goodbye to Kristina

　　C．he is getting along well with the Houston family

　　D．most journalists are getting the wrong end of the stick.

　　答案：D　细节理解题。根据文章第七段But Bobby Brown issued a statement late Thursday denying these reports.可知Bobby Brown认为大部分记者报道失真。故选D。

　　3．Which can be the best title of the passage?

　　A．An Accident In The Bathtub

　　B．Kristina, We're Still Praying And Waiting On A Miracle

　　C．False Reports From Different News Media

　　D．Bobbi Kristina's Final Days

　　答案：B　主旨大意题。通读文章，并根据文章的最后一段可知全家人仍在等待奇迹的出现。可知B正确。

　　B

　　(2015·石家庄一模)

　　The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords (流行术语). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time. We close the page, feeling we've been cheated. These types of headlines are called “click bait”．

　　A headline on Business Insider reads: “This phrase will make you seem more polite”. First, when you click through, you find another headline:

　　“Four words to seem more polite”. Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy.

　　And what are the four words? They're “Wow, that sounds hard”. On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as “Here's what happens when six puppies visited a campus”. It turns out that it's just some uneventful dog footage (连续镜头)．

　　Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet (推送) click bait links to their stories. These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline. These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people's time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media. The Twitter account @ SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example.

　　Beckman's method is to grab tweets linking to a story and retweet them with a click­saving comment. For example, CNET tweeted “So iOS 8 appears to be jailbreakable but...”， with a link to its coverage of Apple's product announcements. Beckman retweeted it with this comment attached: “... it hasn't been jailbroken yet.”

　　Since founding the account, Beckman's Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followers. Beckman said, “@ SavedYouAClick is just my way of trying to help the Internet be less terrible.” Asked about his goal, he said, “I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first. I think there's an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more.”

　　文章大意：当今网络上充满了吸引人注意力的标题，但是往往存在“陷阱”，这对读者是一个欺骗，Jack Beckman呼吁出版商应该对读者负责。

　　4．The article on Business Insider turns out to be ________.

　　A．useful suggestions on politeness

　　B．an essay about another topic

　　C．an article hard to understand

　　D．a link to a video website

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句“Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy”可知，当你读文章时，你会发现它实际上是一篇关于同情心的散文，因此选择B。

　　5．Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines?

　　A．Social media has become more popular.

　　B．Readers have questions to be solved.

　　C．Such headlines are fairly attractive.

　　D．There're always stories behind them.

　　答案：C　推理判断题。根据文章第一段的前两句“The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords(流行术语). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time”可知，因特网上充满了吸引人们注意力的流行术语。由此可推知C项正确。

　　6．Beckman attached his comment to CNET's tweet to ________.

　　A．criticize CNET

　　B．save readers' time

　　C．advertise Apple's new product

　　D．tell readers something about iOS 8

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第三句“These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people's time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media”和第四段的第一句“Beckman's...with a click­saving comment”可知，B项正确。

　　7．In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that ________.

　　A．publishers should be more responsible for the link

　　B．readers think about their needs before reading

　　C．publishers provide more information for readers

　　D．people work together to make the Internet less terrible

　　答案：A　细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的“I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first”可知，出版商应该对链接更加负责，因此选择A。

　　Ⅱ.七选五

　　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项。

　　(2015·东北三省三校第二次联合模拟)

　　After the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge, another challenge now is hot in India. Indians give rice to their poor neighbors for a charity(慈善) which is called “Rice Bucket Challenge”. __1__ It is about giving a bucket of rice to someone who is in need and taking a picture named “Rice Bucket Challenge” to share online. The aim of the activity is to help the poor and hungry people in India, and the movement's Facebook page has so far clocked up more than 50,000 likes. __2__ The activity was started by Manju Latha Kalanidhi, a 38­year­old journalist, who thought the Ice Bucket Challenge was a little strange. She said, “Hunger is a disease anybody would connect.” The challenge has gained a lot of support with students signing up in Indian Insitute of Management, and more and more people join in it. __3__

　　India is the world's second­biggest rice consumer, with a storage of 21.2 million tons of the grains. __4__ It has suffered with mass hunger, and last year was ranked 63 of 78 countries on the International Food Policy Research Institute's global hunger index. How to participate in this activity? First, pick up a bucket of rice from your home and give it to the neighboring people who are in need.__5__ At last, invite online all your friends and ask them to take up the challenge. It is important to post back on Facebook because it will inspire all your friends to come forward. All the people get together and make a difference!

　　A．Besides, hand the rice bucket over to other people who are in need.

　　B．It is not an activity involving dumping a bucket of rice on someone's head.

　　C．The activity raises the public awareness and charitable donations to agriculture.

　　D．The AirAsia India airline says its staff including senior management will join.

　　E．Then, take a picture and post it on Facebook with “Rice Bucket Challenge”．

　　F．But it is far from enough for this country.

　　G．The initial inspiration came from the ice bucket challenge.

　　文章大意：这是一篇说明文。它讲述了“冰桶挑战”热爆全球，印度随后又出现以赠米取代淋冰水的“米桶挑战”(Rice Bucket Challenge)，希望唤起大众关注贫民挨饿的苦况。“米桶挑战”与“冰桶挑战”概念相似，但参加者不是要淋米，而是向有需要的人捐出一桶米，拍下照片，再向其他人发出挑战。

　　1．B　根据前后句说的是“米桶挑战”。因此这里应该补充说明“米桶挑战”。故答案选B“它不是把一桶米饭倒在某人头上的活动”。

　　2．G　根据后句说这次活动是由Manu Latha Kalanidhi 发起的，因此该句应介绍这次活动起因，“这次活动最初的启发是冰桶挑战”，故选G。

　　3．D　这个句子前面说“这次活动获得了许多人的支持．.....”，并且“more and more people join in it”，可知该句应填具体哪些人想参加，因此答案选D印度航空公司亚洲航空说它的职员包括高层管理人员也要参加。

　　4．F　前句说“印度是世界上第二个最大的大米消费者．.....”，又根据后句说“它已经遭受了大规模的饥饿。”可知该句应该是表示转折意义的句子，故选F“但是对于这个国家来说还远远不够。”

　　5．E　根据前句用表示顺序的词“First，...”，后句用了“At last...”描述，因此这句应该选E，然后照张相片，发到脸谱网上，并且注明“米桶挑战”字样。

　　Ⅲ.短文改错

　　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

　　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。

　　删除：把多余的词用()划掉。

　　修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

　　注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

　　2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

　　(2015·河北衡水中学一模)

　　Dear Mr. Green，

　　I'm very exciting to learn that you will start a magazine together. That sounds great and I definitely agree you on that.

　　Some of the columns that you mention in the letter are really my cup of tea.

　　“Cultural Express” give us a better understanding of the world.

　　Since people from different part of the world have different values, it's necessary to learn from each another.

　　Apart from that, Blurt Out is pretty good for Chinese students to learn English idioms and improving oral English.

　　“Entertainment”

　　is also cool! The popular singers,

　　actors or celebrities are so attractively that you absolutely can't miss this part.

　　Teenagers are to fond of popular things, too.

　　Well, I can't list more. I really can't wait to read this magazine.

　　Yours

　　Li Ming

　　答案：

　　Dear Mr. Green，

　　I'm very

　　to learn that you will start a magazine together. That sounds great and I definitely agree

　　you on that.

　　Some of the columns that you

　　in the letter are really my cup of tea.

　　“Cultural Express”

　　us a better understanding of the world.

　　Since people from different

　　of the world have different values, it's necessary to learn from each .

　　Apart from that, Blurt Out is pretty good for Chinese students to learn English idioms and

　　oral English.

　　“Entertainment”

　　is also cool! The popular singers,

　　actors

　　celebrities are so

　　that you absolutely can't miss this part.

　　Teenagers are to fond of popular things, too.

　　Well, I can't list more. I really can't wait to read this magazine.

　　Yours

　　Li Ming

　　1．命题立意：考查形容词。

　　解析：exciting→excited　根据主语是I，应是感到激动的，应用excited。故exciting改为excited。

　　2．命题立意：考查介词。

　　解析：agree后加with　agree为不及物动词，后跟人时应加with，故agree后加with。

　　3．命题立意：考查时态。

　　解析：mention→mentioned　根据语境应用一般过去时，故mention改为mentioned。

　　4．命题立意：考查主谓一致。

　　解析：give→gives 　句子的主语Cultural Express为单数，谓语动词应用单数第三人称。故give改为gives。

　　5．命题立意：考查名词。

　　解析：part→parts　根据part的修饰词是different应用part的复数形式。故part→parts。

　　6．命题立意：考查代词。

　　解析：another→other　根据词组each other“互相”。故another改为other。

　　7．命题立意：考查动词。

　　解析：improving→improve　improve与前文的learn是并列的不定式，后一个省去to，应用动词原形。故improving改为improve。

　　8．命题立意：考查连词。

　　解析：or→and　or前后的名词是并列关系，不是选择关系。故or→and。

　　9．命题立意：考查形容词。

　　解析：attractively→attractive　根据前文的are，应是形容词作表语。故attractively→ attractive。

　　10．命题立意：考查介词。

　　解析：fond前去掉to　根据词组be fond of喜欢，fond是形容词。故去掉to。