2017届高考英语一轮复习技能提升练：选修7 Unit 4《Sharing》（新人教版含解析）

　　选修七 Unit 4 高考提能练

　　练(一)　英语知识运用·组块专练——练准度

　　(限时：30分钟)

　　.完形填空

　　(2016·成都石室中学二诊)A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the __1__ topic — happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about __2__ in work and life.

　　To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and __3__ with a large pot of coffee and a variety of __4__ — plastic, glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain­looking, some very __5__. The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.

　　When all the students had a cup of coffee in __6__， the professor said, “If you have noticed, all the nice­looking __7__ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is __8__ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the __9__ of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no __10__ to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even __11__ what we drink. What all of you __12__ wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went __13__ the best cups. Now __14__ this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and __15__ in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and __16__ life, and the different types of cups we have don?t decide, nor __17__ the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will __18__ to enjoy the coffee in it. So don?t let the cups __19__ you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”

　　At these words, the graduates looked at each other in __20__ embarrassment.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。一群大学生毕业后去拜访他们的教授，在聚会的时候，大家纷纷抱怨工作和生活的压力。教授听后，把咖啡比作生活，把工作、金钱、地位比作杯子，给学生们上了生动的一课，旨在告诉学生们：不要去在意工作、金钱和地位，而是要好好享受生活。

　　1．A.hotB．sensitive

　　C．famous

　　D．easy

　　解析：选A　句意：他们在谈论热门话题——幸福。根据常识可知，同学们毕业之后重新聚在一起肯定要谈一些当前的热门话题。A项意为“热门的”。故答案选A。

　　2．A.pay

　　B．joy

　　C．experience

　　D．stress

　　解析：选D　根据下文“of your problems and stress”以及句中的“complaints”可知，他们在抱怨工作和生活中的压力。D项意为“压力”。故答案选D。

　　3．A.cooked B．took

　　C．returned

　　D．met

　　解析：选C　句意：为了给客人冲咖啡，教授去厨房拿了一大壶咖啡回来，还拿了各式各样的杯子。根据句意可知，本句指的是教授进出厨房的过程。C项意为“返回”。故答案选C。

　　4．A.cups

　　B．gifts

　　C．plates

　　D．drinks

　　解析：选A　参见上题解析。下文中的“cups were taken”也是信息提示。A项意为“杯子”。故答案选A。

　　5．A.common

　　B．special

　　C．rare

　　D．delicate

　　解析：选D　根据下文“the nice­looking __7__ cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，其中有些杯子很精美。D项意为“精美的”。故答案选D。

　　6．A.order

　　B．time

　　C．hand

　　D．place

　　解析：选C　根据上一句“The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.”可推知，学生们手里都有一杯咖啡。C项意为“手”。故答案选C。

　　7．A.pretty

　　B．different

　　C．colorful

　　D．expensive

　　解析：选D　句意：如果你们注意到了就会发现，所有好看的、昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。根据下文“leaving behind the plain and cheap ones”可知，此处要选择一个与“cheap”意义相反的词。D项意为“昂贵的”。故答案选D。

　　8．A.necessary

　　B．normal

　　C．good

　　D．possible

　　解析：选B　句意：对于你们来说，想给自己最好的这很正常。B项意为“正常的”。故答案选B。

　　9．A.situation

　　B．answer

　　C．result

　　D．source

　　解析：选D　根据下文语境可知，若一直想要最好的东西，会给自己的工作、生活带来问题和压力。由此可知，想要最好的东西是问题和压力的根源。D项意为“根源，来源”。故答案选D。

　　10．A.quality

　　B．energy

　　C．weight

　　D．color

　　解析：选A　根据常识可知，杯子只是一个容器，不会提升咖啡的品质。A项意为“品质”。故答案选A。

　　11．A.makes

　　B．gives

　　C．hides

　　D．includes

　　解析：选C　句意：……有时甚至会遮盖住咖啡的味道。根据“even”一词并结合选项可知，hides符合语境。C项意为“遮住”。故答案选C。

　　12．A.finally

　　B．really

　　C．especially

　　D．nearly

　　解析：选B　根据常识可知，喝咖啡的时候，真正品尝的是咖啡，而不是看杯子的品质。B项意为“真正地”。故答案选B。

　　13．A.for

　　B．with

　　C．into

　　D．to

　　解析：选A　根据上文“all the nice­looking __7__ cups were taken”可知，此处指他们都有意识地去拿精美的杯子。 go for sth. 意为“选择某物，努力争取某物”，符合语境。故答案选A。

　　14．A.determine

　　B．discuss

　　C．try

　　D．consider

　　解析：选D　根据语境可知，教授把生活比作咖啡，让大家来考虑一下。consider“考虑，想一想”，符合语境。故答案选D。

　　15．A.position

　　B．relation

　　C．workmates

　　D．friends

　　解析：选A　句意：生活就是咖啡，职业、金钱、社会地位就是杯子。分析句子结构可知，空格处应填的词应该是和“jobs”，“money”并列的词。A项意为“地位”。故答案选A。

　　16．A.create

　　B．support

　　C．contain

　　D．own

　　解析：选C　句意：生活就是咖啡，职业、金钱、社会地位就是杯子，这些都是容纳和包含生活的工具。由并列连词“and”可知，空格处应填一个与“hold”意思相近的动词。C项意为“包含”。故答案选C。

　　17．A.damage

　　B．determine

　　C．change

　　D．increase

　　解析：选C　根据上文教授的比喻可知，杯子提升不了咖啡的品质，职业、金钱和社会地位也决定不了、改变不了生活的质量。C项意为“改变”。故答案选C。

　　18．A.come

　　B．stop

　　C．have

　　D．fail

　　解析：选D　句意：如果我们仅仅把注意力放在杯子上，我们就不能享受杯子里的咖啡了。D项意为“不能，失败”。故答案选D。

　　19．A.drive

　　B．hold

　　C．take

　　D．arrange

　　解析：选A　根据语境可知，教授告诉学生，不要让无关紧要的杯子左右了自己，要好好享受咖啡。A项意为“驱使”。故答案选A。

　　20．A.quiet

　　B．speechless

　　C．amazing

　　D．reasonable

　　解析：选B　根据上下文语境可知，教授的一席话点醒了这些毕业生，所以他们处于一种无言以对的尴尬境地。B项意为“无语的”。故答案选B。

　　.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.

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

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

　　9．________　10.________

　　语篇解读：本文主要介绍了法国著名的海洋科学家Cousteau的相关情况。

　　1．more　考查固定搭配。more ... than ...“比起……更……”。

　　2．probably　考查词性转换。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　考查介词。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　考查连词。根据语境可知，前后句是转折关系，应用but。

　　5．was challenged　考查时态和语态。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　考查介词。work on sth.“努力改善(或完成)某事”。

　　7．to help　考查动词不定式。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　考查时态。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　考查定语从句。whose引导定语从句，且在从句中作定语，修饰“function”。

　　10．including　考查介词。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。(二)　第Ⅱ卷强化增分·组块专练——练规范)

　　(限时：45分钟)

　　Ⅰ.语法填空

　　(2016·江西省九校联合考试)If you read a newspaper or listen to a newscast (news report) recently, you may hear or read a strange word, “staycation”．Staycation is __1__ new word the American press (newspapers, radio, and television) is using__2__ (describe) a vacation very close to your own home，__3__ simply staying at home during your vacation. It is a __4__ (combine) of the words “stay” and “vacation”．

　　According to many news reports, these staycations are very popular among American families this year. Why? The high price of gasoline for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel __5__(compare) to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar, it all adds up to people deciding to stay close to home__6__their traditional summer vacations. Of course, some places are more __7__(interest)

　　to “stay at home”than others. And if you live in a very small town, well, you may just want to skip your vacation and save your time up to next year!

　　Everything is __8__ (expense) nowadays, and let’s face it — a vacation just may not be in your plan this year. You don’t have to give up family fun just because you can’t get away; instead, follow my tips for an economical staycation filled with old favorites and new adventures! Staycations__9__ (achieve) high popularity in current hard economic times in which__10　 (employ) levels and gas prices are high.

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

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

　　9．________　10.________

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。“staycation”是入夏以来迅速走红的英语新词，它成为众多旅游杂志和网站的热门话题。

　　1．a　空格后的word为可数名词单数形式，new的读音以辅音音素开头，且此处表示泛指，意为“一个单词”，故填a。

　　2．to describe　分析句子结构可知，此处应用动词不定式作目的状语，故填 to describe。

　　3．or　空格前的“a vacation very close to your own home”和空格后的“simply staying at home during your vacation”之间是选择关系，故此处应填连词or。

　　4．combination　根据空格前的冠词a可知，此处应为名词形式。combine 是动词，意为“结合，联合”，其名词形式为 combination。

　　5．compared　分析句子结构可知，此处应用分词形式作状语。compared to ...意为“与……相比”，常在句中作状语。此处表示“与过去几年相比”，故填compared。

　　6．during　此处表示“在他们传统的暑假期间”。during 意为“在……期间”，符合题意。根据第一段倒数第二句中的“during your vacation”也可推知答案。

　　7．interesting　此处应用形容词作表语，主语为“some places”，此处指一些地方比另一些地方更有趣，适合待在家里。故填interesting。

　　8．expensive　空格处应用形容词作表语，意为“如今所有东西都很贵”，故填expensive。

　　9．have achieved　空格处在句中作谓语，本句句意：在当前的经济困难时期，居家旅游受到了人们的普遍欢迎……根据本句中的时间状语 “in current hard economic times” 和语境可知，此处应用现在完成时，因主语“Staycations”为复数，故填have achieved。

　　10．unemployment　此处意为“在失业率和油价都很高的经济困难时期”，unemployment为名词，意为“失业”，符合语境。

　　Ⅱ.短文改错

　　(2016·太原市高三第二学段测评)Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma, his company has been valued at more than $221 billion of which Ma owned 6%, is put in the top position among China’s wealthiest. But he stays outside the list of the world’s 10 rich people.

　　Fought against a hard life, young Ma still managed to learn English well enough to gain a degree and became a teacher. Afterwards he started a translation agency in which took him to the US, where he introduced to the Internet. His fate was bound to change before he was accidentally appointed to take an American visitor Jerry Yang, a cofounder of Yahoo, in a tour of the Great Wall. The meeting obvious proved to be a turning point for all of them, promoting the birth of Alibaba and the later cooperation with Jerry Yang.

　　答案：第一句：his→whose; owned→owns

　　第二句：rich→richest

　　第三句：Fought→Fighting

　　第四句：去掉in; he后加was

　　第五句：before→when/after; in→to

　　第六句：obvious→obviously; all→both

　　Ⅲ.书面表达

　　(2016·长春市普通高中质检一)假如你是李华，是一位正在英国进行为期一年学习的交换生，因故需向就读学校请假，现请给你的老师Mr. Smith写一封信，内容包括：

　　1．请假的时间；

　　2．请假的理由；

　　3．对所缺课程的处理方法。

　　注意：1.词数100左右；

　　2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

　　3．开头和结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。

　　Dear Mr. Smith，

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________________________________

　　Yours respectfully，

　　Li Hua

　　参考范文：

　　Dear Mr. Smith，

　　I would like to know if I could ask for a leave from Dec.29th to 31st.

　　On my way home yesterday, I got caught in the heavy rain and went wet totally. What’s worse, I found myself having a fever this morning and I went to the clinic for immediate treatment, only to be advised to stay in bed for three days. To support my request, a sick leave certificate by the doctor is enclosed here. As for the missed lessons during my absence, I’ll try to make them up as soon as I come back.

　　I would appreciate it if I could get your permission.

　　Yours respectfully，

　　Li Hua