人教版高中英语选择性必修第三册Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Using Language课时练习（原卷版附解析）.docx

Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Using Language 课时练习（原卷版） 一、根据句意完成句子。l.She has met the minimum educational requirements for （资质）.2 .The professor four chapters for this week.（布置了）.The （潮湿的）weather causes damage machines.3 .A growing number of people support the argument that it is （残忍的）of human beings to train animals to perform tricks for amusement.4 .Though he is in his fifties, he seems never to lose his youthful （活力）.5 . （蝙蝠）play an important role in the ecosystem, especially in controlling insects at night, but they are also carriers of some deadly viruses.二、阅读理解。The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand-a system of rapid handwriting, and now it's threatening to finish off handwriting as a whole. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2012, just 15% of the most 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive letters（草写字母）.The rest? Block letters.And those college hopefuls are just the first edge of a wave of US students who no longer get much handwriting instructions in the primary grades, frequently 10 minutes a day or less. As a result, more and more students struggle to read and write cursive letters.At Keene Mill Elementary School in Springfield, all their poems and stories are typed. Children in Fairfax County schools are taught keyboarding beginning in kindergarten. Older students who never mastered handwriting say it doesn't affect their grades.There are those who say the culture is at a crossing, turning from the written word to the typed one. If handwriting becomes a lost form of communication, does it matter?It was at University Virginia that researchers recently discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert, written in his unique script. Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, because their authenticity（真实性）can be confirmed. Students also find them more fascinating.The loss of handwriting also may be a cognitive（认知的）opportunity missed. Several terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio.” 可知凯霍力口河在过去被严重 污染，所以说过去没有人能够想象到这条河能被清理干净。故填was。2 .【答案】actually【解析】考查副词。本句中使用副词actually作状语修饰谓语动词caught。故填actually。3 .【答案】the【解析】考查冠词。横线后是形容词最高级most outstanding,形容词最高级前要加 the。故填 the。4 .【答案】or【解析】考查连词。从上一段最后一句可知几年后，这条河是环境净化最杰出的例子 之一。从语境可知这条河流的改变不是几天或者几个月的事情。故用or。5 .【答案】to reduce【解析】考查固定句式。固定句式：h takes sb.some time to do sth.某人做某事花了多 少时间；句中的不定式 to reduce the industrial pollution and clean the water 是句子真正 的主语。前面的it是形式主语。故填to reduce。6 .【答案】cleaner【解析】考查比较级。根据空后而有than可知，空处应该使用比较级的形式。故填 cleaner o.【答案】that/which【解析】考查定语从句。本句是一个定语从句，先行词是habit,定语从句中使用关 系代词that/which指代先行词，在句中作主语，不能省略。故填that/which。7 .【答案】amazing【解析】考查形容词。-ed结尾的形容词一般都是形容人的，表示“人感到”；-ing结尾的形容词常修饰物，表示“令人感到”。此处修饰stories,所以要用 amazing o 故填 amazing o8 .【答案】changes【解析】考查名词复数。横线后面是系动词are,说明横线处主语应该是一个复数形 式的名词,所以用changes。故填changes。9 .【答案】patient【解析】考查形容词。横线前面有系动词be,说明此处应用形容词形式。故填patiento 七、应用文写作。假如你是李华，你的好友魏芳在中学生英语演讲比赛中荣获一等奖。请你根据以下内 容，给她写一封祝贺信。内容包括：L表达你的愉悦心情；.向她表示祝贺；2 .请她介绍成功的经验；注意：词数100左右。【参考范文】Dear Wei Fang,I hear that you have won first prize in the English Speech Contest of Middle School Students, so I'm writing to give my sincere congratulations.You don't know how excited I was when I heard the good news. As your best friend, I am proud of you! Your pronunciation and fluent English left me with deep impression. It came as no surprise to me that you won the contest. Could you share with me how you improve your spoken English? Your experience will be of great help to me in learning.I will be grateful if you can write me back and give me your advice. I am looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Huaacademic studies have found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts better-a lifelong benefit.It doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skills. At some schools in Prince George's County, elementary school students use a programme called Handwriting Without Tears for 15 minutes a day. They learn the correct formation of manuscript letters through second grade, and cursive letters in third grade.There are always going to be some kids who struggle with handwriting because of their particular neurological（神经系统的）writing, learning issues or poor motor skills. Educators often point to this factor in support of keyboarding.1 .What is the author concerned about after 2012 SAT exams?A.Keyboarding. B.Shorthand.C.Handwriting. D.Block letters.2 .A poem by Robert mentioned in the passage is used to.A.prove how valuable handwriting isB.explain what a famous poet he isC.show how unique his poem isD.stress how fascinating the documents are3 .The example of Handwriting Without Tears helps to argue that.A.the schools are responsible for the loss of handwritingB.the loss of handwriting is a cognitive opportunity missedC.it doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skillsD.the culture is turning from the written word to the typed one4 .According to the author, when is a perfect time to learn handwriting?A.Kindergarten. B.Primary school.C.High school. D.College.5 .What is the author's attitude towards this debate?A.Devoted. B.Supportive.C.CriticaL D.Objective.三、七选五。Tips for cooking on a Tight ScheduleFrom my experience, there are thr ee main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money and time. 1 Money is a topic I'll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:1. Think ahead. The mornents when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready? 2Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 3 it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.2. 4 This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start. 5 and don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A. Try new things.B. Ability is easily improved.C. Make three or four instead.D. Understand your food better.E. Cooking is a burden for many people.F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.四、语法填空。Are You Facing a Situation That Looks Impossible to Fix?In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio.lt.(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up.The river was so polluted that it 2.(actual) caught fire and burned.Now, years later, this river is one of 3.most oulslanding(杰出的)examples of environmental cleanup.But the river wasn, t changed in a few days 4. even a few months.lt took years of work 5.(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water.Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6.(clean) than ever.Maybe you are facing an impossible situation.Maybe you leave a habit 7. is driving your family crazy.Possibly you drink too much or don' t know how to control your credit card use.When you face such an impossible situation, don' t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?While there are 8.(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 9.(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted ri ver. Just be 10.(patience).五、应用文写作。假如你是李华，你的好友魏芳在中学生英语演讲比赛中荣获一等奖。请你根据以下内 容，给她写一封祝贺信。内容包括：1.表达你的愉悦心情；.向她表示祝贺；1 .请她介绍成功的经验；注意：词数10()左右。Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Using Language 课时练习（解析版） 二、根据句意完成句子。l.She has met the minimum educational requirements for qualification （资质）.2 .The professor assigned four chapters for this week. （布置了）.The damp（潮湿的）weather causes damage machines.3 .A growing number of people support the argument that it is cruel （残忍的）of human beings to train animals to perform tricks for amusement.4 .Though he is in his fifties, he seems never to lose his youthful vigor（活力）.5 .Bats （蝙蝠）play an important role in the ecosystem, especially in controlling insects at night, but they are also carriers of some deadly viruses.二、阅读理解。The computer keyboard helped kill shorthanda system of rapid handwriting, and now it's threatening to finish off handwriting as a whole. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2012, just 15% of the most 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive letters（草写字母）.The rest? Block letters.And those college hopefuls are just the first edge of a wave of US students who no longer get much handwriting instructions in the primary grades, frequently 10 minutes a day or less. As a result, more and more students struggle to read and write cursive letters.At Keene Mill Elementary School in Springfield, all their poems and stories are typed. Children in Fairfax County schools are taught keyboarding beginning in kindergarten. Older students who never mastered handwriting say it doesn't affect their grades.There are those who say the culture is at a crossing, turning from the written word to the typed one. If handwriting becomes a lost form of communication, does it matter?It was at University Virginia that researchers recently discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert, written in his unique script. Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, because their authenticity（真实性）can be confirmed. Students also find them more fascinating.The loss of handwriting also may be a cognitive（认知的）opportunity missed. Several academic studies have found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts better-a lifelong benefit.It doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skills. At some schools in Prince George's County, elementary school students use a programme called Handwriting Without Tears for 15 minutes a day. They learn the correct formation of manuscript letters through second grade, and cursive letters in third grade.There are always going to be some kids who struggle with handwriting because of their particular neurological（神经系统的）writing, learning issues or poor motor skills. Educators often point to this factor in support of keyboarding.1 .What is the author concerned about after 2012 SAT exams?A.Keyboarding. B.Shorthand.C.Handwriting. D.Block letters.【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段中“When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2012, just 15% of the most 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive letters（草写字母）.The rest? Block letters.”可知,在 150 万学生中只有 15%的学生是手写的，这引起作者对手写的担心，故C项正确。2 .A poem by Robert mentioned in the passage is used to.A.prove how valuable handwriting isB.explain what a famous poet he isC.show how unique his poem isD.stress how fascinating the documents are【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段中“Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, because their authenticity（真实性）can be confirmed.“可知， 作者想借Robert的诗来证明手写的文稿更加珍贵，故A项正确。3 .The example of Handwriting Without Tears helps to argue that.A.the schools are responsible for the loss of handwritingB.the loss of handwriting is a cognitive opportunity missed C.it doesn't take much to teach better handwriting skillsD.the culture is turning from the written word to the typed one【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“It doesnft take much to teach better handwriting skills.”可知，作者认为教学生书写不需要花费多少精力，后面用Handwriting Without Tears举例，故C项正确。4 .According to the author, when is a perfect time to learn handwriting?A.Kindergarten. B.Primary school.C.High school. D.College.【答案】B【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“Several academic studies have found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts bettera lifelong benefit可知，作者认为学生应该从小就学习书写，会让他们终受益，故B项正确。5 .What is the author's attitude towards this debate?A. De voted. B.Supportive.C.CriticaL D.Objective.【答案】D【解析】推理判断题。作者先是提出问题，即书写应该引起关注，后面说为什么学生 应该学习书写，最后提出有的学生因为种种原因不能写字而可以使用键盘，所以他是 客观地陈述事实，故D项正确。三、七选五。Tips for cooking on a Tight ScheduleFrom my experience, there are thr ee main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money and time. 1 Money is a topic I'll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen.Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready? 2Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 3 it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.2. 4 This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start. 5 and don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A. Try new things.B. Ability is easily improved.C. Make three or four instead.D. Understand your food better.E. Cooking is a burden for many people.F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.1 .【答案】B【解析】空格前面提到了三个缘故：ability, money, time。而空格后面提到了 Money is a topic Til save for another day,紧继续后面提到了怎么样充分利用时刻，因此这个 地方应该与第一项ability有关，故选B。做到前呼后应。2 .【答案】G【解析】本段的主题句是Think ahead,意为“提早规划”，同时段降中浮现的信息think ahead of the coming week.和后面咨询的咨询题基本上强调提早举行规划有助于省去 未来的大量劳动力，故选G。3 .【答案】C【解析】结合本段主题句Make your time worth it可知，要充分利用你的时刻，再依 照空格前的one可知，既然做一具也是做，为何别多做点儿，以备未来之用，故选C。 4.【答案】A【解析】此空需要一具主题句。结合段降中的信息可知选A。5 .【答案】F【解析】结合空前的 a good start 和空后的 don,t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes可知,此处与F项的信息一致。F的信息为：让做饭和简 单日子成为一种享受，而别是一种负担。六、语法填空。Are You Facing a Situation That Looks Impossible to Fix?In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio.It 2.(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up.The river was so polluted that it 2.(actual) caught