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1、三十六选择性必修第四册Unit 5 Launching Your Career（限时60分钟）i.阅读理解AWhen 45-year-old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic （月夷腺）cancer, he chose to focus on living rather than dying. As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch was asked to deliver a last lecture. This well-known cam

2、pus tradition allowed professors to share worldly wisdom with students as if they were dying and had one last lecture to give.The only difference in Pausch,s case is that Pausch really was dying, but it only motivated him more. He delivered his last lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams“

3、on Sept. 18, 2007.Pausch began by sharing several of his boyhood dreams, some of which he had achieved and the others he hadnt. He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching for those dreams, even if they dont always succeed. He shared the values learn

4、ed through experience, which he hoped to pass on to others: They were hard work, laughter and gratitude, honesty, character.Pauschs last lecture received a great deal of praise and attention. It became a crazy YouTube hit, and in October 2007, he presented an abridged （删减的）version on The Oprah Winfr

5、ey Show”. He turned the lecture into a book by the same name, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were deeply moved by the books representation of Pausch,s lifelong philosophy and the way it revealed the biggest source of his motivation-his three young children.Pausch passed away on July 25,

6、 2008, but his voice lives on in the recorded lecture and his book. He continues to motivate us all by encouraging us to never give up our childhood dreamsa source of inspiration that can never run dry.翻译：滑铁卢社区学区的学生最近参加了以砖石技术为中心的建筑培训用石头、砖或混 凝土材料完成的工作。W.读后续写Once upon a time there was a beautiful gard

7、en in which grew all sorts of fruits. Many beasts lived in the garden and they were permitted to eat the fruits whenever they wished. But they should observe one rule. They must make a low, polite bow to the fruit tree, call it by its name and say, “Please give me a taste of your fruit. They had to

8、be very careful to remember the trees correct name and not to forget to say “please”. It was also very important that they should remember not to be greedy. They must always leave plenty of fruits for other beasts who might pass that way, and to adorn （装饰）the tree itself and to furnish seeds so that

9、 other trees might grow. If they wished to eat apples, they had to say, “O, apple tree, O, apple tree, please give me a taste of your fruit. ”In one corner of the garden grew the most splendid tree of all. It was tall and beautiful and the rosy-cheeked fruit upon its wide spreading branches looked w

10、onderfully tempting. No beast had ever tasted that fruit, for no beast could ever remember its name. In a tiny house near the edge of the garden lived a little old woman who knew the names of all the fruit trees in the garden. The beasts often went to her and asked the name of the wonderful fruit tr

11、ee, but the tree was so distant from the tiny house of the little old woman that no beast could ever remember the long, hard name by the time he reached the fruit tree.At last a monkey thought of a trick. He went to the tiny house of the little old woman, carrying his guitar under his arm. The old w

12、oman told him the long, hard name of the fruit tree, and he made up a little tune to it. He sang it over and over again all the way to the tree. 注意：续写词数应为150左右。At last he reached the corner of the garden where the wonderful fruit tree grew.The monkey returned from the tree and met other beasts in a

13、gardenparty.【参考范文】At last he reached the corner of the garden where the wonderful fruit tree grew. It was easy for him to remember the name of the tree because he had turned it into a song, and he sang them over and over again so that he could not forget it. Only the clever monkey remembered the nam

14、e of the tree. He bowed his head to the tree, politely called the trees name, and said: Please give me a taste of your fruit. The tree generously handed him some fruit. The monkey succeeded in getting the fruit and was very happy.The monkey returned from the tree and met other beasts in a garden par

15、ty. The monkey, who was not greedy or selfish, was willing to share the delicious fruit with others. He carefully taught them to sing the name of the tree. Accompanied by a guitar, all the beasts politely asked the tree to give them some fruit. The fruit tree distributed its fruit generously. A chee

16、r went up in the forest, and everyone praised the monkey for his wisdom and virtue. They all thanked the generous fruit tree and the wise monkey.【文章大意】本文讲述了身患胰腺癌的波什教授做最后的演讲，激励我们不要放弃自己的梦 木目Why was Pausch asked to give his “last lecture”？ A. To teach the students.B. To make him have a better life.C. T

17、o cure his cancer.D. To achieve his dream.【解析】选Ao推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Pausch was asked to deliver a6last lectured This well-known campus tradition allowed professors to share worldly wisdom with students as if they were dying and had one last lecture to give. 可知，波什教授被要求做一次最后的演讲是为了 与学生们分享世俗的智慧，也就是为了教育学生，故A项

18、正确。1. What was Pausch9s lecture mainly about?A. His private life in boyhood.B. Having dreams and good values.C. The reason for his success.D. The experience learned from others.【解析】选Bo细节理解题。根据第三段中的“He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching fbr thos

19、e dreams, even if they dont always succeed. He shared the values learned through experience, which he hoped to pass on to others: They were hard work, laughter and gratitude, honesty, character. 可知，波什在演讲中讲述了 拥有梦想的重要性以及通过追求梦想学到的努力、诚实、乐观和感恩等，也就是说他的演讲 主要是关于拥有梦想和良好的价值观，故B项正确。2. Which of the following mo

20、tivated Pausch most?A. His dreams. B. His children.C. His work.D. His students.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第四段中的“it revealed the biggest source of his motivation一his three young children. 可知，波什的三个孩子给他的动力最大，故B项正确。B(2022.南通模拟)Todays journalists face modem challenges. Online media platforms are springing up. And th

21、e lowly newspaper-and its reportersare fighting money, tech, and distrust issues. Journalism students and teachers must emphasize new skills to keep their profession alive.A trustworthy press helps inform people and monitor all levels of government. That is essential to a nation. Yet this useful est

22、ablishment is growing increasingly unpopular. According to the University of North Carolina (UNC), newsroom jobs across the country are fewer than half what they were 1() years ago. And on many college campuses, the news about the news is bleak too.Take the Syracuse, New York, student-run newspaper

23、The Daily Orange: It isnt daily anymore. The paper prints just three times each week. Next year, The Diamondback of the University of Maryland will be online only. Half the newspapers that still exist on paper say they dont print as many copies. And UNCs The Daily Tar Heel has cut staff pay and rent

24、ed cheaper offices to make its budget.Considering the problems in journalism, its surprising that the enrollment(注册人数)in college journalism programs is up. The Daily Orange managing editor Catherine Leffert calls the layoffs and cutbacks disheartening. “But what keeps me wanting to be a journalist i

25、s seeing the effect that The Daily Orange has, he says.But journalism educators wonder, Are we preparing young people fbr a dying industry?” Years ago, journalism graduates took low-level reporter jobs at newspapers or television stations. That still happens. But todays jobs more often involve digit

26、al editing, social media production, and video streaming. Some universities are taking action. The University of Florida offers a sports media program. Several schools highlight statistics-driven data journalism.The news isnt all bad. Journalism professor Kathleen Culver says, “When I look at 18-and

27、 20-year-olds in journalism and see what they want to do, Im optimistic. Maddy Arrowood isthe student editor of The Daily Tar Heel. She says her experience makes her more interested in a journalism career, not less. Her optimism comes from knowing that people still need news. They still need informa

28、tion.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了新闻业未来的发展与挑战。3. What does the underlined word bleak“ in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Hopeless.B. Interesting.C. Useless.D. Encouraging.【解析】选Ao词义猜测题。根据前一句可知，在许多大学校园里，这一消息是令人沮丧的、没有希望的(hopeless)。故选A项。4. How do some universities respond to today,s journalism?A. They reduce student enrol

29、lment.B. They offer students specialized programs.C. They prepare students for low-level reporter jobs.D. They encourage students to run their own newspaper.【解析】选Bo细节理解题。根据第五段可知，大学给学生们提供了专门的课程。故选B项。5. Why is Maddy Arrowood mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To show peoples positive attitudes to jour

30、nalists.B. To prove the potential of a career in journalism.C. To show the popularity of The Daily Tar Heel.D. To prove peoples thirst for the latest news.【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，提到她的目的是说明“新闻事业的发展具有巨大的潜力:故选B项。6. What might be the best title for the text?A. What is journalism?B. What does a journalist

31、do?C. Does journalism have a future?D. Are journalists still influential today?【解析】选C。主旨大意题。通读全文并根据第一段可知，整篇文章讲述了新闻业面临着的 巨大挑战，能不能生存以及怎样生存是个问题。C项“新闻业还有未来吗？ ”符合题意，故选C 项。II.完形填空（2022.梅州模拟）Since it was uploaded to Internet in June, the video of Nigerian ballet dancer Madu dancing in the rain has been hun

32、dreds of thousands of times over. In a moment when social media channels have been filled with upsetting 2 , the scene of the 11-year-old pirouetting （单脚旋 转）over puddles （水坑）is especially 3 .Madu is one of a dozen students at Daniel Owosenis Leap Academy（学院）of Dance.Owoseni 4 the ballet school three

33、 years ago. He 5 himself after watching Save the Last Dance at 13. I basically learned all the fundamental 6 of ballet through Internet says Owoseni. A 7 later, Owoseni was outstanding enough to 8 the best in the country. 9 , his hopes for an international career were quickly ruined, for he was told

34、 an African was not qualified. It was then that Owoseni decided to 10 a ballet school in his hometown fbr kids like himself who couldnt 11 ballet classes. Owoseni started teaching at his home before a local businesswoman offered him a free 12 where he now holds weekly lessons.Beyond the13that the ac

35、ademy has received from all over the world, hes mostimpressed by the14of his own pupils. Nothing makes a teacher 15than a studentwho wants to learn, “ he says. Even though it rains cats and dogs outside theyre getting ready for class. Who wouldnt be proud of these children? ”【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。本文从一个11岁男孩

36、走红的芭蕾视频引入，介绍了他的老师Owoseni的传奇人生：从小自学成才，通过自己的努力在家乡为像他一样没钱上芭蕾课的孩 子们开办一所芭蕾学校，并为他的学生们的努力投入而骄傲。1. A. heard B. viewed C. made D. delivered【解析】选氏 因为传到网上的是视频，所以应该是“被观看二故选B项。2. A. news B. promisesC. credits D. progress【解析】选Ao社交媒体所传播的可以是“消息”，其他选项如“承诺”“信用”和“进步”都不是社 交媒体所传播的。所以应填news。故选A项。3. A. inspiring B. annoyi

37、ngC. interesting D. convincing【解析】选A。空格处和上文“令人沮丧的消息”相对应，可知，空格处应该是upsetting的反义 词inspiring,孩子的舞蹈场景令人振奋，符合句意。故选A项。4. A. attended B. foundedC. finishedD. discovered【解析】选Bo因原来没有这所学校，所以由Owoseni创办这所学校(the ballet school),符合 句意。故选B项。5. A. demanded B. exchangedC. clarified D. taught【解析】选 Do 根据下文“ basically le

38、arned all the fundamental of ballet through Internet”可知，他是自学舞蹈。teach oneself意为“自学”。故选D项。6. A. competitions B. directionsC. principlesD. solutions【解析】选c。通过网络学到的东西，应该是芭蕾舞的法则，其他选项如(芭蕾舞的)“指导”“解 决方案”和“比赛”都不符合题意。故选C项。7. A. decade B. fortnightC. century D. week【解析】 选 Ao 根据后文“Owoseni was outstanding enough

39、to the best in the country.知,Owoseni成功了，一个舞蹈演员从开始学习到成功，十年的时间，合乎逻辑。故选A项。8. A. manage B. surpriseC. cancel D. match【解析】选 Do 根据前文“Owoseni was outstanding enough”和后文“the best in the country”可知, Owoseni的舞蹈水平已经可以和全国最好的相匹敌了。故选D项。9. A. Anyway B. HoweverC. Besides D. Therefore【解析】选 Bo 后文“his hopes for an int

40、ernational career were quickly ruined.和前文Owoseni was outstanding enough.是转折关系。故选 B 项。1(). A. run into B. account forC. set up D. refer to【解析】选c。原来没有这所学校，根据句子主语Owoseni和宾语a ballet school,可知应用“建 立”。故选C项。11. A. affordB. reserve C. receive D. submit【解析】选Ao Owoseni本人是自学的，之所以自学，应该是上不起舞蹈学校。根据前文“in his homet

41、own for kids like himsef可知，这所芭蕾舞学校是为像他那样的上不起芭蕾舞课的孩子 建立的。故选A项。12. A. opportunity B. spaceC. guidance D. holiday【解析】选B。根据前文可知,Owoseni的学校起初并没有场所。分析句子可知“where he now holds weekly lessons”是where引导的定语从句，先行词应为地点名词，所以用space合乎逻辑, 符合句意。故选B项。13. A. intention B. permissionC. assistance D. attention【解析】选D。根据文章开头

42、介绍，可知，现在学校受到全世界的注意。故选D项。14. A. contribution B. motivationC. devotionD. admission【解析】选C。根据本段最后Owoseni所说的“Even though it rains cats and dogs outside theyre getting ready for class. ”可知，老师最引以为傲的是他自己学生们对学习的热爱和奉献精神。故 选C项。15. A. angrier B. sadder C. wiser D. happier【解析】选Do此句为否定的比较级表达最高级，说明最使老师高兴的事就是学生渴望学习

43、 的精神。学生爱学习，老师则开心。故选D项。III.语法填空(2022济南模拟)Many high school students in the United States get training in construction skills by building real houses. The project 1. (run) by the Waterloo Career Center. The center offers students different programs designed 2.(prepare) them for careers in technical fie

44、lds.Students from the Waterloo Community School District 3.(recent) took part inconstruction training that centered on the skill of masonry (砖石建筑)work done with stone, brick or concrete materials. The students spent five days at their school learning 4. experienced workers from the Masonry Institute

45、 of Iowa, a 5.(profession) organization.The workers taught the students 6. to mix mortar (砂浆)and build walls with bricks and blocks. The students moved the mortar onto 7. (piece) of wood and then added bricks and blocks to form walls.Chris Busch helped oversee the students efforts. As the students w

46、orked, Busch 8.(offer) them an important piece of advice. He told the students to be sure to use a leveling tool to check that the wall stands straight and level. West High student Nathan Elliott told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier newspaper that this kind of learning was much better 9. sitting at

47、 a computer. Other students also said it got them 10.(excite) about futurecareers in construction.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了由滑铁卢职业中心运营的建筑培训项目，该项目旨在 为学生们在技术领域的职业生涯做好准备，参加该项目的高中生高度肯定了它。1 .【解析】is runo考查时态语态。文章基础时态为一般现在时,The project与run之间是被动关系，所以用一般现在时的被动语态,run为不规则动词，过去分词为run,故填is runo2 .【解析】to prepareo考查不定式。be

48、 designed to do表示“旨在，故填to prepare。3 .【解析】recentlyo考查副词。修饰动词短语took part in用副词，故填recently。4 .【解析】fromo考查介词。learn from表示，向学习”，故填from。5 .【解析】professional。考查形容词。修饰名词organization用形容词，故填professional。6 .【解析】how。考查疑问词+不定式结构。此处为疑问词+不定式结构,how to do表示“如 何做某事:故填how。7 .【解析】pieceso考查名词。piece是可数名词,pieces of表示“一块块”，故填pieces。8 .【解析】offeredo考查时态。worked表明此处用一般过去时，故填offered。9 .【解析】thano考杳连词。much better表明此处用than。10 .【解析】excitedo考查形容词。修饰人用ed结尾的形容词，故填excited。教师专用【词汇积累】construction n.建造，建筑experienced adj.熟练的，有经验的trainingn.训练，培训concreteadj.确实的，具体的【长难句分析】Students from the Waterloo Community School District