2021版高考英语大一轮复习 核心素养测评二十九 Module 5 The Great Sports Personality 外研版必修5

核心素养测评二十九 module 5 the great sports personality. 阅读理解a(2020阜阳模拟) on sunday 23 april, more than 30, 000 people participated in the 2017 london marathon, running 26. 2 miles (42. 2 kilometres) around the city center. the london marathon has taken place every year since 1981. at the first one, just 6, 225 people completed the course, and since then it has grown into one of the biggest sporting events in the world. it is one of the “world marathon majors”, which is a competition made up of six global marathon events. the overall male and female winners receive $1 million in prize money between them. there are eleven people who have run every london marathon since it beganthey call themselves the “ever presents”. this year, the winners of the london marathon were surprisingly both from kenyadaniel wanjiru, who finished in 2 hours and 5 minutes, and mary keitany, whose time was 2 hours and 17 minutes. however, most marathon runners are not professional athletes. they are amateurs who have trained for months to raise money for charity or just as a personal challenge. for example, tom harrison took three days just to reach the runs halfway point, as he was crawling the course on his hands and knees dressed as a gorilla(大猩猩), trying to raise money and attention for the charity “the gorilla organization”. matthew rees was another runner to encourage people, as he stopped just before the finish line to help david wyeth run the last 200m. they did not know each other before, but matthew saw that david was exhausted and possibly close to collapsing, and wanted to help him finish. every year there are lots of touching stories like this from the london marathon, and it is a huge achievement even to run the 26. 2 miles! 【文章大意】本文主要讲述了伦敦马拉松的时间、参与人数等基本情况, 也讲了发展的历程以及特殊的获胜者, 另外还有发生在跑马拉松途中的感人的小故事。1. what do we know about london marathon from the text? a. each winner can receive $1 million in prize money. b. most of its runners are professional athletes. c. it has been held continuously for 37 years. d. its the most influential sporting event in the world. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据第二段可知伦敦马拉松是从1981年开始, 每年一次, 可算出c项的表述是正确的。2. what makes the winners of london marathon this year special? a. their speed. b. their nationality. c. their prize money. d. their purpose. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第三段, 特别是里面的surprisingly一词可知他们是外国人这件事情令人意外, 故选b项。3. why does the author mention the story of tom harrison? a. to tell us competitors can help each other. b. to prove some amateurs are not good runners. c. to indicate participation matters more than success. d. to show the sports event means charity for some people. 【解析】选d。推理判断题。根据第四段中的后面的内容“trying to raise money and attention for the charity the gorilla organization. ”可知人们可以利用这样的运动的机会为慈善机构筹集资金。故选d项。4. what is the best title for the text? a. the london marathonb. impressive marathon runnersc. touching stories behind marathond. the history of the london marathon【解析】选a。主旨大意题。根据文章的内容“本文主要讲述了伦敦马拉松的时间、参与人数等基本情况, 也讲了发展的历程以及获胜者, 另外还有发生在跑马拉松当中的感人的小故事。”可知选a项。【知识拓展】佳词积累1. participate v. 参加2. course n. 路程; 课程3. amateur n. 业余爱好者4. crawl v. 爬行b heres another reason to get off the couch and start working up a sweat. time the exercise right and you could boost your ability to remember something new. thats the finding of a new study. but it all comes down to timing. to lock up the new information, start burning those calories roughly four hours after you took in the new information. thats according to researchers at an institute on brain, cognition and behavior. its at radboud universitys medical center, in nijmegen, the netherlands. eelco van dongen and his colleagues shared their new findings in the june 16 current biology. this precisely timed memory trick comes from tests with 72 people. each learned the location of 90 objects on a computer screen. afterward, some of the recruits watched relaxing nature videos. others worked up a sweat on stationary bikes, alternating between hard and easy pedaling for 35 minutes. their workouts came either soon after the cram session or four hours later. two days later they were tested again. those who remembered the objects sites best were the people who had waited four hours after their learning session before pedaling. among those who remembered sites correctly, the four-hour delay before biking also led to more consistent activity in an area important for memory. its known as the hippocampus (海马区). the consistent activity here suggests that the memories had been strong, the scientists say. eelco van dongens team does not yet know how exercise works its memory magic. they do, however, have a guess. aerobic exercise sparks the creation of several important chemicals in the brain. one is a protein (蛋白质) known as bdnf. the other is dopamine (do-puh-meen). it can help relay messages between nerve cells. these two molecules may help solidify memories by rewiring links between brain cells, the researchers suspect. 【文章大意】一些专家通过实验得出研究结果: 准确计时, 在记忆新信息后四小时做运动, 可以更好地记忆所获得的新信息。5. why are we suggested to get off the couch and do exercise? a. its good for our health. b. its good for learning new things. c. its good for our memories. d. its good for our ability. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据第一段中的这个新研究的结论可知准确计时可以增强记忆力。故选c项。6. the best way to lock up the new information is . a. to do sports as soon as possibleb. to do sports four hours after taking in new informationc. to see some nature videosd. to do sports for four hours【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第二段中的第二句话“to lock up the new information, start burning those calories roughly four hours after you took in the new information. ”可知b项正确。7. which is not right about the experiment? a. 72 people took part in the experiment. b. there were 90 objects on the screen. c. they all had to do riding for 35 minutes. d. they were tested again two days later. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“afterward, some of the recruits watched relaxing nature videos. others worked up a sweat on stationary bikes, ”可知并不是所有人都骑了35分钟的自行车, 故c项不对。8. how does exercise work its memory magic? a. by the hippocampus. b. no one knows. c. by a protein known as bdnf. d. by a protein known as dopamine. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据最后一段的前两句“eelco van dongens team does not yet know how exercise works its memory magic. they do, however, have a guess. ”可知专家们不知道运动是如何让这种神奇的记忆工作的, 故选b项。【知识拓展】长难句分析those who remembered the objects sites best were the people who had waited four hours after their learning session before pedaling. 分析: 主语和表语后各带有一个定语从句。翻译: 那些记忆力最好的人是在学习了之后等待了四个小时才去骑自行车的人。. 阅读填句you forgot to set your wake-up alarm. as you slowly come to realize that youre going to be extremely late for school or work, you begin to get into a panic. 1 so you leave home stressed, hungry and thirsty. if you often start your day in such a stressed state, then youll be sure to benefit from the suggestions below. wake up on time. waking up on time (or even early) is necessary to start your day positively. 2 and you wont need to rush around at the last minute. make your bed. making your bed is probably the last thing you think about when you are prepared in the morning. this habit may be okay for students, but if you want to increase your motivation and productivity, you should definitely make your bed. 3take a 10-minute walk in the morning. if you have a dog, then this will be an easy task for you. however, even if you dont own a dog, why not try walking for 10 minutes outside every morning? 4 5organized people tend to do this work. it helps them keep track of what needs doing at home, work and beyond. the morning time is perfect for checking your to-do list. you may also find that you can delete some items that you completed the previous day. a. check your to-do list. b. theres no time for any food or drink. c. write down things youre grateful for. d. fresh air and exercise will make you feel more energetic. e. it will give you space and time to complete your morning routine. f. youll be rewarded by a tidy room, and a feeling of self-satisfaction. g. each morning is the start of a new day, so why not learn something new? 【文章大意】你每天上学或上班总是匆匆忙忙, 连饭也顾不上吃吗? 本文给出了一些建议, 可以让你每天早晨时间很充裕、精神很旺盛。1. 【解析】选b。根据下一句中的离开家时的状态“hungry and thirsty. ”可知没有时间吃饭, 故选b项。2. 【解析】选e。前面说到按时起床, 后一句说你不必匆匆忙忙上班或上学去, 可推知你会有足够的时间, 故选e项。3. 【解析】选f。根据上一句“如果想提高动力和生产力就要整理床铺”可知整理床铺会带来一些好处, 下面一句主要讲这样的好处。故选f项。4. 【解析】选d。上面一句建议每天早晨到外面散步十分钟, 那么下面会提到散步会带来什么效果, 故选d项。5. 【解析】选a。根据本段中的“the morning time is perfect for checking your to-do list. ”可知本小段的主题句应选a项。. 短文改错(2020滁州模拟) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (), 并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线 ()划掉。 修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。 last term, i hosted an exchange student calling jacob from the great britain to our school. he really cared for chinese culture. jacob asked me to show himself around the city on weekends. i took him to many local place of interest and we also go to the theater to watch a show of peking opera. he was so attracted by the performance