2017届高考英语（牛津译林版）一轮复习课时提升作业：(二十七) 选修8 Unit 4 Films and film events

　　课时提升作业(二十七)

　　选修8　Unit 4

　　(建议用时25分钟)

　　. 单项填空

　　1. (2017·苏南五校联考)Johnson had made up his mind to give it up, but on ________ second thought he determined to try ________ third time.

　　A. /; a B. the; /

　　C. a; a

　　D. the; a

　　【解析】选A。考查冠词。句意: 约翰逊已经决定放弃了, 但是转念一想他决心再试一次。on second thought表示“转念一想”; a third time表示“再一次”, 强调动作的重复而不是强调第三次, 故选A。

　　2. (2017·安徽师大附中模拟)Mr Green didn’t think the little boy was to blame, so he stood up ________ him.

　　A. in honour of B. in defence of

　　C. in charge of

　　D. in praise of

　　【解析】选B。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 格林先生站起来为那个小男孩辩护, 说他并不应受责备。in defence of“为……辩护”符合句意。

　　【加固训练】

　　She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if ________ .

　　A. in forceB. in relief

　　C. in defence

　　D. in fact

　　【解析】选C。句意: 她后退几步, 看上去有些吃惊, 然后举起手, 好像是在自卫。as if后面为省略句, 补充完整为as if she was. . . , 故选C。

　　3. (2017·江苏前黄高级中学模拟)From his ________ voice on the phone I know what his son did ________ him; in other words, his son is ________ .

　　A. disappointed; disappointing; disappointing

　　B. disappointed; disappointed; disappointing

　　C. disappointing; disappointed; disappointed

　　D. disappointing; disappointing; disappointed

　　【解析】选B。句意: 我从电话中他那失望的声音得知他的儿子所做的事情令他失望, 换句话说, 他的儿子是令人失望的。第一空所填词disappointed“失望的”为形容词, 作定语, 用来描述voice; 第二空所填词是动词, 用动词的过去式作谓语; 第三空填disappointing“令人失望的”作表语, 用来描述某人或某事给人的感受。

　　4. Studies show that students often ________ to too much pressure tend to develop mental problems.

　　A. exposing B. being exposed

　　C. to expose

　　D. exposed

　　【解析】选D。考查非谓语动词。句意: 研究表明经常遇到太多的精神压力的学生会产生精神方面的问题。此处为非谓语动词作后置定语, 因expose与students之间构成逻辑上的动宾关系, 故应用被动形式, 排除A、C两项; 此处不表示正在进行的动作, 排除B项, 故选D。

　　5. (2017·安徽模拟)One reason for her ________ for city life is that she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.

　　A. reference

　　B. preference

　　C. performance

　　D. consequence

　　【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意: 她喜欢城市生活的一个原因是她能很方便地去商店、饭店这样的地方。preference“偏爱, 喜爱”, 符合句意; reference“参考”; performance“表演, 演出”; consequence“后果”。

　　6. (2017·徐州模拟)The Great Salt Lake is a great tourist ________ , and draws a large number of visitors each year.

　　A. application

　　B. attraction

　　C. appointment

　　D. arrangement

　　【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意: 大盐湖是一个很好的旅游景点, 每年都吸引大批的游客前来参观。此处attraction用作可数名词, 意为“有吸引力的地方”, 符合句意。application“申请, 应用”; appointment“约会, 任命”; arrangement“安排, 整理”。

　　7. (2017·宿迁模拟)John went through the test paper once more carefully for fear that he would ________ any essential details.

　　A. betray

　　B. abandon

　　C. overlook

　　D. escape【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。句意: 约翰仔细把试卷又检查了一遍, 以免忽略了任何重要的细节。overlook“忽略”, 符合句意。betray“背叛”; abandon“抛弃”; escape“避开, 逃走”。

　　8. I shall never forget those years ________ I lived in the country with the farmers, ________ has a great effect on my life.

　　A. that; which

　　B. when; which

　　C. which; that

　　D. when; who

　　【解析】选B。考查定语从句。句意: 我不会忘记我和农民一起住在农村的那些年, 这对我一生都影响很大。第一个定语从句的先行词those years是表示时间概念的名词, 其后要用when引导定语从句, when在从句中作时间状语; 第二个定语从句是非限制性定语从句, 要用which引导, which指代整个句子, 在从句中作主语。

　　9. (2017·蚌埠模拟)She ________ herself. She said she would never marry young, but she did.

　　A. did contradict

　　B. didn’t contradict

　　C. wasn’t contradicted

　　D. was contradicted

　　【解析】选A。句意: 她的确自相矛盾。她说她绝不会早结婚, 但她却这样做了。contradict“与……相矛盾”, 此处did用于动词前表示强调。

　　10. (2017·淮北模拟)The settlement is home to nearly 1, 000 people, many of ________ left their village homes for a better life in the city.

　　A. whom B. which

　　C. them

　　D. those

　　【解析】选A。考查定语从句。句意: 这个定居点是将近1 000人的家园, 他们中的许多人为了过上更好的生活离开农村老家来到这座城市。逗号暗示其后为非限制性定语从句, 先行词为people, 故many of后需要宾格形式的关系代词, 且指代人, 综合题意, 只有whom符合条件。which指代物; them与those不能引导定语从句, 故排除。

　　11. He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It’s just a matter of ________ .

　　A. luck

　　B. time

　　C. valueD. fact

　　【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意: 他迟早会明白你的努力的。这仅是个时间问题。根据常识“对某事的认识、理解需要一段时间才可以接受”, 故可知答案B合适。

　　12. The rich shouldn’t ________ their wealth. Instead, they should contribute more money to the poor.

　　A. show off B. take off

　　C. put off

　　D. give off

　　【解析】选A。句意: 有钱人不应该炫耀自己的财富。而是应该多捐些钱给穷人。show off炫耀。

　　13. Each boy and each girl ________ to help the old man.

　　A. want B. is wanting

　　C. are wanting

　　D. wants

　　【解析】选D。句意: 男孩、女孩都想帮助那位老人。“each+单数名词+and each+单数名词”作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。再根据语境可知此处应用一般现在时, 故正确答案为D。

　　14. To sum up, ________ war is unavoidable, human beings cannot enjoy everlasting peace.

　　A. as far as B. as soon as

　　C. as long as

　　D. as well as

　　【解析】选C。考查短语辨析。句意: 总的来说, 只要战争不可避免, 人类就不能享受永久的和平。as long as意为“只要”; as far as意为“就……而言”; as soon as意为“立刻”; as well as意为“和……”。15. (2017·南京模拟)—John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.

　　—Oh, ________ !

　　A. cheer up B. well done

　　C. go ahead

　　D. congratulations

　　【解析】选D。考查交际用语。句意: ——我和约翰下个月将庆祝我们结婚四十周年纪念。——噢, 恭喜恭喜! cheer up“打起精神”; well done“做得好”; go ahead“开始吧”; congratulations“祝贺, 恭喜”。

　　. 阅读理解

　　A

　　(2017·南京三中模拟)

　　It can be hard to encourage families of preschoolers to turn off the TV, but there are plenty of highquality shows that promote learning and positive relationships rather than violence, researchers noted.

　　“Although clearly kids watch too much, what’s more worrying is that they watch poor quality shows, ”said Dr. Christakis, the lead researcher on the new study from the University of Washington in Seattle. His former survey of parents of three-to five-year-old children showed the kids often watched violent cartoons and movies that are “totally inappropriate”.

　　For their study, he and his colleagues randomly divide 565 preschoolers into two groups. In one group, parents recorded notes about kids’ normal TV viewing, without receiving any guidelines to reduce or change those habits. In the other group, researchers made visits and calls and sent monthly newsletters encouraging parents to replace violent TV with educational programming. After six and twelve months, parents reported their kid’s angry, aggressive or anxious behaviors on a questionnaire. At both time points, children in the TV intervention(干预)program had slightly fewer problems than those in the comparison group. Boys in low income families seemed to benefit most from the change in programming, the researchers found.

　　“The point is, this is something that is as effective as other things we do to try to guide behavior in children, and it’s fairly simple, ”Christakis said.

　　Another study published in Pediatrics found the more TV kids and teens watched, the more likely they were to have a crime or other problems in society. Children may imitate violence they see—or more time in front of the TV could simply mean less communication with peers and families, and worse performance in school.

　　The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends kids watch no more than one to two hours of highquality programming each day. Researchers agreed parents should be mindful of what exactly their young kids are watching on TV as well. “It’s not just about turning the TV off, it’s about changing the channel, ”Christakis said.

　　【文章大意】本文是一篇调查报告。研究人员通过调查研究发现: 高质量的电视节目对学龄前儿童的学习和待人处事有很大的促进作用。同时文中还提醒家长: 关掉电视不是明智之举, 关键要关注孩子观看的节目内容。

　　1. What is the positive effect of highquality TV shows on kids?

　　A. Good learning results and relationships. B. Being affected by violence.

　　C. Spending less time on TV programming.

　　D. Encouraging them to turn on the TV.

　　【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段中的“. . . but there are plenty of highquality shows that promote learning and positive relationships”可知, A项正确。

　　2. For Christakis, what is more concerning?

　　A. Kids watching too much TV.

　　B. TV shows being of poor quality.

　　C. Kids watching too many cartoons.

　　D. Parents receiving no guidelines.

　　【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“. . . what’s more worrying is that they watch poor quality shows. . . ”可知, B项正确。题干中的concerning与“worrying”同义。

　　3. We can learn from the survey mentioned in Para. 3 that ________ .

　　A. children don’t like being disturbed while watching TV

　　B. preschoolers seem to like newsletters more than TV

　　C. poor children prefer to watch educational programming

　　D. kids watching highquality programs have fewer problems

　　【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句可知, 与对照组相比, 所看电视节目受到干预的孩子的问题相对较少。故D项正确。

　　4. Christakis thought the effect of educational programming on children’s behavior was ________ .

　　A. unclear

　　B. slight

　　C. obvious

　　D. great

　　【解析】选C。观点态度题。根据倒数第三段和最后一段可知, Christakis认为, 教育类的电视节目对孩子行为的影响是显而易见的。故C项正确。

　　5. According to the researchers, ________ .

　　A. getting preschoolers away from TV is difficult

　　B. shows on TV in America are full of violenceC. parents should communicate more with their kids

　　D. parents should keep an eye on what kids watch on TV

　　【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句可知, 家长应该关注孩子所看电视节目的内容。故D项正确。

　　B

　　Once when I was six years old, I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor(大蟒蛇)in the act of swallowing an animal. In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey wholly without chewing it. After that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion. ”

　　I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil, I succeeded in making my first drawing, my Drawing Number One. I showed my work to the grown-ups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered, “Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat? ”

　　My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing. I drew the inside of the boa constrictor so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. That’s my Drawing Number Two.

　　The grown-ups’ response this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why at the age of six I gave up the dream that I might have been a great painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

　　So then I chose another profession and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world, and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance, I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.

　　In the course of this life, I have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One which I have always kept. I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But whoever it was, he or she would always say: That is a hat. Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors or primeval forest or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, golf, politics and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.

　　【文章大意】作者的两幅画一直都得不到人们的真正理解, 他感到非常困惑, 希望能遇到一个理解自己的人, 但希望总是落空。

　　6. The writer drew his first picture in order to ________ .

　　A. show the grown-ups what the book was about

　　B. frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest

　　C. remind himself of the adventures of the jungle

　　D. illustrate a boa constrictor’s act of digesting an animal

　　【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第三段中的“It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. ”可知, 应选D项。

　　7. How did the writer understand the grown-ups’ response to his second drawing?

　　A. He was actually only good at academic study.

　　B. It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.

　　C. He had difficulty in communicating with the adults.

　　D. He was good at anything but geography.

　　【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章的第四段开头可知, 大人们觉得作者继续画画简直就是浪费时间。故选B项。

　　8. The underlined word “disheartened” in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by ________ .

　　A. discouraged

　　B. dissatisfied

　　C. discriminated

　　D. disturbed

　　【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据上下文和画线词后面的“the failure”可知, 这两幅画的失败打击了作者, 故dishearten在此可理解为“使失去信心, 使泄气”。故选A项。

　　9. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.

　　B. The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups.

　　C. The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.

　　D. The writer felt nobody could have really understood him.

　　【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But whoever it was, he or she would always say: That is a hat. ”可知D项正确。

　　【技法导练】

　　如何快速解答观点态度题

　　观点态度题可以是考查文章作者对某件事的态度, 可以是考查文中提到的某人对某件事的态度, 也可以是考查对文中某句话表达的态度。 (1)考查文章的主旨, 可能是客观、主观、积极、消极、喜欢、讨厌之类的, 看作者的态度进行选择, 注意寻找文中的关键词汇, 它们可能会表露出作者的态度。

　　(2)考查对某人或事的态度, 就要找这个人出现在文中的位置, 看看这个人说的话之类的, 联系上下文, 就可以找到该人的态度。

　　(3)考查对某句话的态度, 注意分析这句话是谁说的, 然后也是根据上下文进行判断。

　　阅读理解第4题为观点态度题。根据文章内容, 特别是第三段和最后一段可知Christakis认为教育类的电视节目对孩子行为的影响是。