高考英語(yǔ)一輪復(fù)習(xí)提能練十五Unit5Canada-“TheTrueNorth”含解析

PAGEPAGE6Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”Ⅰ.閱讀理解A(2021·山東省實(shí)驗(yàn)中學(xué)高三模擬)Humanshaveaspeciallovefornatureandhavealwaysbeentryingtodiscovernature.Inthistry，theyhavediscoveredmanywonderfulplacesacrosstheworld.SantoriniItisoneofthemostamazingplacesoftheworldinGreece.Itissaidtobecompletelydestroyedinthe16thcenturyandsincethenitisrebuildinganditsbeautiesareincreasingwitheverypassingday.ThemostidealperiodoftheyeartogotothismiracleisfromApriltoSeptember.Therearealotofislandsinthiscityandsunbathingaroundanyofthesewouldbeanunforgettableexperience.Thereisanaturalpoolwhichattractstouristsfromtheworld.RomeTheancientcityofRomeinItalyisalsocalledthecenterofWesterncivilization.Thiscitywasdiscoveredin753BC.TheColosseuminRomeistheworld'smosticonic(標(biāo)志性的)monument.ThereisnoonewhowishestoreturnfromRomewithoutseeingthismonument.Moreover，thePantheonandPiazzaNavonaarealsoplacesworthvisitinginRome.BarcelonaThecityofBarcelonaisagoodmixtureofmodernaswellasancientRomancivilization.ItisalsofamousduetotheOlympicGamesthattookplaceinit.Itismuchlikeabigvillagewithenjoyablestreetsforwalking.IstanbulTheTurkishcityofIstanbulisabeautifulandfascinatingplacetovisitinlifetime.ThiscityjoinsAsiaandEurope.ItisaverygoodblendofAsianandEuropeancivilizations.ItisalsoanoldcitywiththeoldnameofConstantinople.Itisthecultural，economical，historicalcenterofTurkey.語(yǔ)篇解讀本文是一則廣告。文章介紹了四個(gè)風(fēng)景怡人的城市。1．Whichcityconnectstwocontinents?A．Santorini. B．Rome.C．Barcelona. D．Istanbul.D[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Istanbul中的“ThiscityjoinsAsiaandEurope”．可推知，伊斯坦布爾連接了亞洲和歐洲兩個(gè)洲。故選D。]2．WhatmaytouristsprefertodoinBarcelona?A．Gooutforsunbathing.B．Wanderalongthestreets.C．Visitthefamousmonument.D．Appreciatehistoricalattractions.B[推理判斷題。根據(jù)Barcelona中的“Itismuchlikeabigvillagewithenjoyablestreetsforwalking”．可推知，游客們可能更喜歡沿著街道漫步。故選B。]3．Whatdothefourplaceshaveincommon?A．Theyarecitieswithanancienthistory.B．Theyaresurroundedwithmanyislands.C．Theyaretheoriginsofhumancivilization.D．Theyarelocatedinthecenteroftheircountries.A[推理判斷題。根據(jù)Santorini部分第二句中的“Itissaidtobecompletelydestroyedinthe16thcentury”，Rome部分第一句中的“TheancientcityofRomeinItaly”，Barcelona部分第一句“ThecityofBarcelonaisagoodmixtureofmodernaswellasancientRomancivilization.”和Istanbul部分第四句“ItisalsoanoldcitywiththeoldnameofConstantinople.”可推知，這四個(gè)城市的共同之處是它們都有悠久的歷史。故選A。]B(2020·成都市畢業(yè)班第二次診斷檢測(cè))Peopleoftentalkaboutculturaldifferencesbetweenwesternandeasterncountries，buthowaboutthewesternworlditself？Surprisingly，acloserlookatitcanrevealagoodmanycuriousdetails.ThemostobviouscharacteristicofthemajorityofAmericansisthattheysmilealot.Itdoesnotmatterwhethertheyhaveastrongreasontosmile；theydoit，sometimessimplybecausetheyhaveto.Asmileisnotjustapowerfulmarketingtoolbutalsoawaytoshowthatsomeoneisfriendly，andthatlifeingeneralisfine.Europeans，onthecontrary，prefertokeepamoreneutral(不帶感情色彩的)facialexpression.Theysmilemostlywhentheyareinagoodmood，orfeelamused；ifnot，aEuropean'sfacewillremainneutral，orevendull.InRussia，forexample，thereisaproverbsayingthatlaughingfornoreasonisasignofafool.ItdoesnotmeanthatEuropeansareserious，orthattheydonothaveasenseofhumor.Thesamereferstocommunicationingeneral.Americansareextremelycommunicative；smalltalksandchatsarecommon.Europeanstalkmostlywhenthereissomethingtosay，andrarelyentercommunicationjustforthepurposeoftalkingtootherpeople.Americanpeopleprefertoexpresswhattheythinkcarefully，consideringhowitmightaffectsurroundingpeople.Europeansaremorestraightforward，evenwithunfamiliarpeople.AEuropeanfriendwillalmostalwaysvoicehisopinionondifferentoccasions，andwillnothesitatetoremindyouthatyouneedtolosesomeweightortakeashower.ItcanbesaidthatAmericansarepeopleofcontrasts.Theyareopen-minded，flexible，andreadytoaccepteverythingnewenthusiastically;butatthesametime，Americansocietymanagestobringupunbelievableconservatives.Americansareextremelypoliticallycorrect，which，inmostcases，isindeedasecureandbeneficialpractice，butitcanalsomessupdailyorevenprivatecommunication，sometimespreventinghavingcloserelationships.Europeans，onthecontrary，aremorestraightforward，preferringtotellthetruthindirectways.Eachwayofcommunicationisdifferent—neitheriscorrectorincorrect.語(yǔ)篇解讀本文主要介紹了西方國(guó)家間的文化差異，包括微笑和交流等方面。4．Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutsmiling?A．Itisculturerelatedwithinwesterncountries.B．Itisapowerfulmarketingtoolacrosscultures.C．ItisthoughtofasasignofafoolinAmerica.D．ItisregardedasasocialnecessityinEurope.A[考查推理判斷。作者在第二段中講到了美國(guó)人、歐洲人對(duì)微笑的不同解讀，據(jù)此可以推知，在西方國(guó)家笑是與文化有關(guān)的，故A項(xiàng)正確。]5．WhatistypicalofEuropeans'communication?A．Beatingaroundthebush.B．Havingsmalltalksandchats.C．Hidingtheirfeelingscarefully.D．Expressingthemselvesopenly.D[考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Europeansaremorestraightforward...takeashower”可知，歐洲人通常坦誠(chéng)地表達(dá)自己，故選D。A項(xiàng)意為“繞圈子，拐彎抹角地講話”。]6．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inthelastparagraphreferto?A．Beingstraightforward.B．Beingpoliticallycorrect.C．Acceptingeverythingnew.D．Raisingunbelievableconservatives.B[考查代詞指代。畫(huà)線詞前的“Americansareextremelypoliticallycorrect，which，inmostcases，isindeedasecureandbeneficialpractice”與后面的“messupdailyorevenprivatecommunication”存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，又結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可推知，it指代的應(yīng)該是美國(guó)人的這種政治正確性，故選B。]7．Howisthetextmainlydeveloped?A．Byanalyzingcauseandeffect.B．Bymakingcomparisons.C．Byclassifyingbodylanguage.D．Bydiscussingresearchfindings.B[考查推理判斷。通讀全文可知，作者通過(guò)分析美國(guó)人和歐洲人對(duì)微笑的不同解讀以及通常在交際中的不同表現(xiàn)來(lái)展開(kāi)文章，因此可推知，作者是通過(guò)作比較展開(kāi)文章的，故選B。]Ⅱ.七選五(2020·鄭州高三第一次質(zhì)量預(yù)測(cè))Arepeoplelessormorehappywhentheygetolder？Astudyin2018foundthatpeoplegenerallybecomehappierandexperiencelessworryafterage50.Infact，itfoundthatbytheageof85，peoplearehappierwiththeirlifethantheywereat18.ArthurStoneintheDepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralScienceatStonyBrookUniversityinNewYorkledthestudy.Histeamfoundthatlevelsofstresswerethehighestamongadultsbetweentheagesof22and25.__1__Happinesswasthehighestamongtheyoungestadultsandthoseintheirearly70s.Butthepeopleleastlikelytoreportfeelingnegativeemotionswerethoseintheir70sand80s.Thesurveyalsofoundthatmenandwomenhavesimilaremotionalpatternsastheygrowolder.__2__Theresearchersalsoconsideredpossibleinfluenceslikehavingyoungchildren，beingunemployedorbeingsingle.Buttheyfoundthatinfluenceslikethesedidnotaffectthelevelsofhappinessandwell-beingrelatedtoage.__3__Onetheoryisthat，aspeoplegetolder，theybecomemorethankfulforwhattheyhaveandhavebettercontroloftheiremotions.Theyalsospendlesstimethinkingaboutbadexperiences.__4__Inanotherstudy，peopleintheir80sreportedthefewestproblemswiththequalityoftheirsleep.Theoriginalgoalwastoconfirmthepopularbeliefthatagingisconnectedwithincreasedsleepproblems.__5__Butexceptforthat，peoplereportedthattheyfelttheirsleepqualityimprovedastheygotolder.A．Sowhywillhappinessincreasewithage?B．Researcherssurveyedmorethan150，000Americanadults.C．Atthattime，thepeoplewerebetweentheagesof18and85.D．Stresslevelsdroppedsharplyafterpeoplereachedtheir50s.E．Happinessisnottheonlythingthatapparentlyimproveswithage.F.Thesurveydidfindanincreaseduringmiddleage，especiallyinwomen.G．However，womenatallagesreportedmoresadness，stressandworrythanmen.語(yǔ)篇解讀隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，人們是變得更幸福還是不那么幸福了呢？2018年的一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，通常人們?cè)?0歲之后，會(huì)變得更幸福且體會(huì)到較少的憂慮。1．D[根據(jù)空前一句中的“l(fā)evelsofstress”可推知，該空應(yīng)是進(jìn)一步陳述壓力水平和年齡之間的關(guān)系，故D項(xiàng)與此處匹配。]2．G[根據(jù)空前一句中的“menandwomenhavesimilaremotionalpatterns”可知，男性和女性有類(lèi)似的情感模式，由此可推知，空處應(yīng)是接著陳述男性和女性的情感模式的相似之處或差異性，又結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，G項(xiàng)與此處匹配。]3．A[根據(jù)空后的“Onetheoryisthat”和語(yǔ)境可推知，該空應(yīng)是一個(gè)問(wèn)句，又結(jié)合本段分析的是幸福隨著人們年齡的增長(zhǎng)而增長(zhǎng)的原因可推知，A項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。]4．E[本段主要表述睡眠質(zhì)量隨著人們年齡的增長(zhǎng)而有所提高，又空處所在位置承上啟下，上段敘述幸福與年齡之間的關(guān)系，故E項(xiàng)與此處匹配。]5．F[根據(jù)本段中的“Inanotherstudy”并結(jié)合空處前后句表述的年齡增長(zhǎng)