高考英语一轮巩固达标练 Unit 1 Women of achievement含解析新人教版必修4

1、women of achievement李仕才*阅读理解。winston churchill is probably the most popular british prime minister ever. having served as a soldier and politician, he is often considered among the greatest of britons. while his heroic stand against the nazis is well know, there are still a few facts about the popul

2、ar politician that might surprise you.his cigarsthe classic image of winston churchill includes a giant cigar stuck between his lips. churchill developed his love of cigars as a young man, when he traveled to cuba. for the rest of his life, he smoked eight or nine cigars every day. however, he almos

3、t never took a puff(吸，抽), preferring to chew on the end until it went out, then relight it and start again. to prevent the cigar becoming soggy (湿软的), churchill invented the bellybando, a strip of brown paper which could be glued around the end.at any given time, churchill had 3,000 to 4,000 cigars

4、in his house, mostly his favorite romeo & juliet brand. on one occasion, the president of cuba presented churchill with 2,400 top-quality cigars, although his security team insisted one cigar from each box be sent off and tested for poison. perhaps the story that best shows his love of cigars oc

5、curred during world war ii, when he had a special oxygen mask designed so that he could still smoke his cigar on a high-altitude flight.his black dogthroughout his life, churchill probably suffered from depression, which he called his black dog. at times, his depression was so severe that he didnt l

6、ike standing close to a passing train or looking at the ocean from a ship because he feared that he would commit suicide.when he was depressed, churchill would almost spend a great deal of time in bed and lose his ability to concentrate. however, when not depressed, churchill was full of energy, usu

7、ally working and talking until the early hours of the morning. he often described how all the colors come back into the picture.1. why did churchills security team insist on checking the cigars?a. to test if they were safe for churchill.b. to see if they were of the best quality.c. to make sure they

8、 were churchills favorite.d. to guarantee they were not out of date.2. which of the following best shows churchills love of cigars?a. he fell in love with cigars at a young age.b. he smoked many cigars every day.c. he invented the bellybando.d. he had an oxygen mask specially designed for smoking.3.

9、 what does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?a. churchill became energetic again.b. churchill remained depressed.c. churchill drew colorful pictures.d. churchill liked to talk about colors.4. what is probably the best title of the passage?a. achievements of churchillb. anecdotes abo

10、ut churchillc. personalities of churchilld. hobbies of churchill【文章大意】丘吉尔是英国最受欢迎的首相，文章介绍丘吉尔的一些奇闻轶事。1. a【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第三段的句子although his security team insisted one cigar from each box be sent off and tested for poison.可知，丘吉尔的安全部队坚持要检查雪茄，为了检测是否它们对丘吉尔是安全的。故选a。 3.a【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的句子however, when not

11、depressed, churchill was full of energy, usually working and talking until the early hours of the morning.可知，丘吉尔精力充沛的时候，经常工作和交谈直到凌晨。下文是他对精力充沛的描写。故选a。 4. b【解析】标题判断题。根据文章内容和第一段的句子while his heroic stand against the nazis is well know, there are still a few facts about the popular politician that might

12、surprise you.可知，文章主要介绍丘吉尔的奇闻轶事。故选b。*语法填空。our group springhill baptist church started a food pantry (食品储藏室) to help out members of the community. as part of the program, we buy the food that will _1_(distribute) and make boxes for distribution. we do this on _2_regular basisthe second monday of every

13、 month.one day, as my friend and i _3_(load) our grocery carts with the necessary items in the store, a gentleman asked us, “_4_do you get so many items？” we explained we were doing our _5_(month) grocery shopping and gave him some details about our program._6_(say) that it was great, he went on wit

14、h his business. after gathering everything on our list, we started unloading the food to check out at the counter, only _7_(inform) by the cashier that our bill had already been paid. the gentleman who asked about our_8_(intend) had left his credit card number to pay _9_our order and then walked off

15、. he had no idea what the cost was before he left. we were _10_(extreme) shocked at the generosity of a stranger.1_ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._ 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者和朋友去为食品储藏室购买食物时遇到了一位绅士，他在得知作者他们的意图后悄悄地为他们支付了账单。作者在文中对这位绅士的慷慨表达了感激之情。1be distributed考查动词的语态。作为计划的一部分，我们购买食物并将其进行分配。distribute与food之间

16、是逻辑上的动宾关系，应用被动语态。空前是情态动词will，故填be distributed。2a考查冠词。我们定期这样做每个月的第二个星期一。on a regular basis “定期地”。3were loading考查动词的时态和主谓一致。根据下文中的“we were doing our .”可知，此处表示过去某个时间点正在进行的动作，应用过去进行时；句子的主语是my friend and i，是复数概念，谓语动词应用复数。故填were loading。4why考查疑问词。根据下文的“we explained we were doing our .”可知，这位绅士是在问“你们为什么买这么多

17、物品”，故填疑问词why表示“为什么”。5monthly考查词性转换。根据空前的“our”及空后的“grocery shopping”可知，此处应填形容词作定语。上文的“every month”暗示这里填monthly “每月的”。6saying考查非谓语动词。逗号后面的句子与前面的部分之间没有连词，故空处所在部分应填非谓语动词，此处表示伴随状况，he和say之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用现在分词作状语。7to be informed考查非谓语动词及其被动结构。only后接不定式表示出乎意料的结果，inform与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系，故应用不定式的被动式。8intention考查词性转换。根

18、据空前的“about our”可知，此处要填名词，intention “意图，目的”。9for考查介词。pay for sth.是固定搭配，“为而付钱，负担的费用”。故填for。10extremely考查词性转换。此处应用副词修饰were shocked，表示程度，故填extremely。*完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。when my kids were small，i started a tradition in our house of giving eight gifts over the course of the e

19、ight days of hanukkah(光明节)i liked the idea of _1_ a candle every night and giving my children a gift to unwrap to _2_.it was easy to go into a toy store and pick up something _3_ less than$10 each，or even$1 each(at the dollar store)my children didn't ask for anything much in particular and they

20、_4_ whatever they got.as the years progressed，i _5_ the tradition of eight gifts for each night of hanukkah.but this year，hanukkah _6_ something else.my special­needs son decided that he wanted to _7_ a computer，and it was up to me to buy all the parts of it.when i wouldn't _8_ that，he deci

21、ded he wanted a p1aystation.then amazon gift cards.then money.and when it became clear that it wasn't going to happen，he got _9_.i keep _10_ him that hanukkah isn't about greed or materialism.it's about the miracle of an oil lamp that _11_ for eight days.it's about being _12_ of our

22、heritage.it's about freedom.but he _13_.i know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋的物)are out of his _14_ ，and definitely out of mine.having a special­needs child is as _15_ as it gets.some days are better than others and not all holidays _16_ the way i hope.but despite his unrealistic requests

23、，he's a(n) _17_ child who is showing me the true meaning of life.and as we enter a new year and light the _18_ approaching the time，i welcome his differences _19_ i learn how to turn negative requests into _20_ ones.1a.buyingbdonatingclighting ddrawing2a.celebrate bpresentcsend dplay3a.at bforci

24、n dfrom4a.ate bthrewcliked ddrank5a.held up bgave inchanded in dkept up6a.made bbecamecfound ddesigned7a.build bbuycuse dwatch8a.rely on blearn fromcagree to ddream about9a.calm bhappycselfish dupset10a.telling bwarningcpromising daccusing11a.lays bhangscwaits dburns12a.tired bproudcafraid dlack13a.

25、nodded bsleptcinsisted dfailed14a.mind bsightccontrol dplace15a.wonderful bdangerouscinteresting dchallenging16a.run out bbreak downcwork out dput down17a.strange bamazingcbad denergetic18a.candles blampsctorches dlanterns19a.when bascunless duntil20a.relative bpossiblecreasonable dpositive【解题导语】本文主

26、要讲述了作者一家过光明节的传统、变化及作者的应对策略和反思。【核心词汇】greed n贪婪materialism n物质主义miracle n奇迹1c根据下文的“and as we enter a new year and light the _18_approaching the time”可知，此处指点蜡烛。2a根据上文的“hanukkah(光明节)”可推知，节日是用来庆祝的。3b根据语境“less than$10 each，or even$1 each(at the dollar store)”可推知，此处表示东西的价格，故用介词for。4c结合语境“my children didn&#

27、39;t ask for anything much in particular”可推知，孩子们并不挑剔，很喜欢拿到的礼物。5d结合下文的转折“but this year, hanukkah _6_ something else”和“my special­needs son”可推知，作者保持那个传统很多年。6b根据转折“but this year，hanukkah _6_ something else”和“my special­needs son”可推知，今年有些不同，有了新变化。7a根据语境“and it was up to me to buy all the parts

28、 of it”可推知，儿子要组建一台电脑，要作者去买零配件。8c根据下文的“and when it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, he got _9_ ”可推知，作者没同意儿子的要求，儿子就有了其他更多的要求。agree to“同意”。9d很明显，作者没同意儿子的要求，儿子感到难过。upset“难过”。10a很明显，作者在不断地给儿子讲道理，说明节日的意义。11d根据下文的“and as we enter a new year and light the _18_ approaching the time”可推知，d项burn

29、“燃烧，发亮”符合语境。12b固定搭配be proud of意为“以为傲，为而自豪”，符合语境。13c根据下文的“i know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋的物)are out of his _14_ ，and definitely out of mine”可推知，儿子不为所动，坚持自己的要求。14c根据“obsessions(迷恋的物)”可推知，儿子陷入迷恋的事物之中，已经失控。out of control“失控”。15d很明显，作者应对有特殊需求的儿子有些棘手。challenging “挑战性的”。16c根据“the way i hope”可知，有些事情

30、并不像作者希望的那样发展。work out“成功地发展”。17b根据语境“who is showing me the true meaning of life”可推知，此处的语气表示肯定、赞赏，故选b。 amazing“了不起的”。18a根据上文的“i liked the idea of _1_ a candle every night”可知，节日期间作者一家点蜡烛庆祝。19b根据语境可知，此处表示逻辑上的因果关系，故选b。as“因为”。20d与语境中的“negative”形成对比可知，此处表示把负面要求变成积极要求。positive“积极的”。*短文改错。it is known that s

31、ome students cheat in exams. there are three reason for it. first of all, there are so many exams. beside, the exams given are difficulty in some way. secondly, some students have to cheat in exams because of they are too lazy. the last reason is to please our parents and teachers. for some students, low marks brought th