高中英语复习资料-Book-8-Unit-5-综合训练

1、Book 8 Unit5综合训练I .阅读理解“If you are cold, it will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you.” The poem best identifies the passion for tea in Britain. Outside of the United Kingdom, many people refer to afternoon

2、 tea as “high tea”. Afternoon tea, also known as low tea, is what most people think of when they hear “high tea”. It involves things like manners, lace （蕾丝）and light meals such as cookies and finger sandwiches. It is typically served in the mid-afternoon and it was traditionally served on low tables

3、, hence its two names.Legend has it that afternoon tea was started in the mid-1800s by the Duchess of Bedford. Around that time, kerosene （煤油）lamps were introduced into wealthier homes and eating a late dinner （around 8 or 9 p. m.） became fashionable. This increasingly late dinner was one of the onl

4、y two meals each day, and the other was a mid-morning one. The story goes that the Duchess found herself with a “sinking feeling”. This came from hunger during the long wait between meals. She decided to invite friends over for various snacks and tea. The idea of an afternoon tea gathering spread ac

5、ross high society and became a favorite pastime of females for leisure. Later, it spread to other social groups.However, the British working population did not have afternoon tea. They had a meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven o clock. This meal was called “high tea or j

6、ust “tea”. Traditionally eaten early evening, high tea was a substantial meal that combined delicious sweet food, such as cookies, cakes or tea bread, with heavy food, such as cheese on toast, cold meats and poached eggs on toast. This meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating th

7、eir main meal in the evening rather than at midday.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了英国下午茶的起源和发展，包括礼节、 服装和食品。What is the authors purpose of using a poem at the beginning of the passage?To introduce a topic.B To present a puzzle.To describe the phenomenon.To clarify his writing purpose.解析：选A 推理判断题。本文作者在开头引用了 一首诗歌

8、，根据诗歌后面的“The poem best identifies the passion for tea in Britain.”及下文的介绍可推知，引用诗歌的目的是为了 引出本文话题。故选A项。What led to the appearance of afternoon tea?Kerosene lamps were used at home.Upper class had more free time.Drinking tea makes people feel good.Duchess of Bedford was influential in social circle.解析:选A

9、 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句a Around that time, kerosene （煤油）lamps were introduced into wealthier homes and eating a late dinner （around 8 or 9 p. m.） became fashionable.”及下文内容可知，煤油灯的使用使人们的晚饭用餐时间更晚，因此人们开始 在下午享用下午茶，即煤油灯的使用导致了下午茶的产生。故选A项。What was the most important feature of afternoon tea in the mid-1800s?Simple

10、food and tea.A ladies9 social occasion.Being served on low tables.Serving time.解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后的“The idea of an afternoon tea gathering spread across high society and became a favorite pastime of females for leisure.可知，那时 候女士们在闲暇时间通过下午茶消磨时间，即女士们的社交场合，是其最重要的一个特征。 故选B项。What is the best title for th

11、e text?A. Origins of High TeaB Ways of Low TeaTraditional Afternoon TeaHigh Tea and Low Tea解析：选D 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了英国下午茶的起源和发展，包括礼节、服 装和食品，不同起源的正午茶被称为“high tea”或者“low tea”，故D项为最佳答案。II .阅读七选五If you attend the Yangtze River Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition, you will find it hard to forget the treasu

12、res displayed there. Thats because all of them, from delicate wood carvings to the fragrant West Lake Longjing Tea, are cultural achievements of Chinese people. _1_. Lets have a deep look at the great river civilization.Long regarded as a state symbol, Chinese embroidery （刺绣）took roots in the Yangtz

13、e River Valley. Think of the 4 most famous types of embroideries in China: Su Xiu from Jiangsu, Shu Xiu from Sichuan, Xiang Xiu from Hunan and Yue Xiu from Guangdong.2.Walking alongside the Yangtze River, you may hear singers in boats chanting simple songs containing powerful lyrics. This is the anc

14、ient music known as haozi, which boatmen sing to unify their rowing rhythm. _3_ It is a record of history, which should be kept and carried forward.4 . It was originally started to worship the dragon totem （图腾）by the people of the old Wuyue area. After the Warring States Period, the festival was in

15、honor of the poet Quyuan, who lived in the ancient state of Chu.So far, 11 cities along the Yangtze River have signed an agreement to protect the intangible cultural heritages along the river. 5. This move is a big step toward making sure our nation9 s cultural wonders will be alive for more generat

16、ions.There is a traditional Chinese fairy taleThey are priceless treasures in Jiangsu ProvinceDragon Boat Festival originated from the Yangtze RiverThey are also reflections of the long history of the Yangtze RiverIt will promote cooperation and inspire integration （整合）among the citiesHearing it is

17、less common today, but if s still a symbol of the Yangtze RiverYou will realize that three of them originate from cities along the Yangtze River语篇解读：文章介绍了中国长江流域的非物质文化遗产中国刺绣、号子、端午节 等。目前，长江流域沿线的H座城市已经签署协议共同保护长江流域的非物质文化遗产， 这一举措是为确保我们国家的文化奇观能够世代流传所迈出的一大步。.选D 根据后文围绕着长江流域的非物质文化遗产展开可知，该处应选择承上启下 的句子，引出这些遗产与

18、长江流域的关系。D项中的They指代前文中的“the treasures99, 与上一句中的“all of them”指代相同，且D项中的also表明不只是像前文所提到的“它们 是中国人的文化成就”，它们同时也是长江流域悠久历史的反映。.选G 该段前文提到中国刺绣扎根于长江流域和中国的四大名绣。设空处应体现四 大名绣与长江流域的紧密关系，G项中的three of them表明四大名绣中的三个发源于长江 沿岸的城市。.选F 该段介绍了 “号子”这一长江流域的非物质文化遗产，它是船夫吟唱的简单 曲调。选项中只有F项中的Hearing it与该段内容相关，且F项中的“its still a symb

19、ol of the Yangtze Ri ver”与后文的“should be kept and carried forward”相呼应。.选C 根据该段中的“the dragon totem”和“the poet Quyuan”并结合选项可知，该段 介绍的是端午节（Dragon Boat Festival）o.选E 设空处前一句提到“长江沿岸的11座城市已经签署协议共同保护长江流域的 非物质文化遗产”，设空处后一句介绍了这一举措的好处，E项与后一句并列为该举措的 好处，且E项中的It特指前文11座城市签署保护协议这件事，the cities指的是前文所提到 的长江沿岸的11座城市。川.读后续

20、写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I want a divorce.She didn t seem to be annoyed by my words.Instead, she softly asked me, “Why? I avoided the question, which made her angry. She threw away the chopstick

21、s and shouted at me, “You are not a man! ” We didn，t talk to each other that night. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage, but I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer.With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement stating that she could kee

22、p the house, the car, and a 30% share of my company. She looked at it and then tore it to pieces.The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy, but I could not take back what I had said. Finally she cried loudly in

23、 front of me, which was what I had expected to see in the first place, and the idea of divorce was real now.The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn，t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired.In the morn

24、ing she presented her divorce conditions: she didn t want anything from me, but requested that for the next month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son would have his exams in a month, and she didnt want to interrupt him with a broken marriage.She al

25、so asked me to recall how I had carried her into our bridal （婚礼的）room on our wedding day, and requested that I now carry her out of our bedroom to the front door every morning for a month，s time. I thought she was going crazy, but to make our last days together bearable, I accepted her odd request.Paragraph 1：We were both pretty clumsy when I carried her out on the first day.Paragraph 2：On the last day, when 1 held her in my arms, I could hardly move a step.参考范文:Paragraph 1：We were both pretty clumsy when I carried her out on the first day.