2023年统考版高考英语总复习考点限时提分练(三十六)选修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity

1、限时提分练（三十六）选修 Unit 1 A land of diversity限时35分钟I .阅读理解A2022潍坊市高三联考Before the December holiday craze and celebrations start, November is an ideal time to visit the southeast states to enjoy mild temperatures and unique festivals and events.South Carolina Pecan Festival in FlorenceHead to downtown Flore

2、nce for this popular annual community event held the first Saturday of November. There are stages with live entertainment with over 200 food and craft vendors, art exhibitions, amusement rides, antique tractor show, car show, and the pecan cooking competition with celebrity judges.Seagrove Pottery F

3、estival in North CarolinaThis yearly festival features hand-made pottery, colonial crafts, and pottery-making demonstrations. Pottery collectors can pick up some limited edition pieces signed and dated by local potters. The event starts on Saturday, with a duration of two days.Mule Day in Calvary, G

4、eorgiaLabeled as the largest one-day festival in southwest Georgia, this annual event, always held the first Saturday in November, features a sunrise breakfast, a mule parade （骡子游行）,a flea market with hundreds of booths, a barbecue and fish fry, regional entertainment, and more. Mule Day celebrates

5、the mules* significant contribution to the areas agriculture.Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham, AlabamaVeterans Day, a federal holiday in the United States, is always celebrated on November 11th. There are events throughout the Southeast, including parades and ceremonies on or close to Veterans Day.

6、What can people do at Pecan Festival?A. Appreciate artworks.B Watch music shows on screen.C. Drive modern tractors and cars.D. Buy food cooked by celebrities.Why is Mule Day celebrated?A. To boost the local market.B To advocate cooking skills.To enhance the importance of economy.To honor mules for t

7、heir role in agriculture.Which festival falls on November 11 th?A. Pecan Festival. B. Pottery Festival.C. Mule Day. D. Veterans Day.B2022厦门市高三第三次质量检测 | When you think of Chinese food in the U. S., fried rice, or General Tso*s chicken may first come to mind. But a new museum exhibition in New York Ci

8、ty is trying to expand visitors* palates （味觉）.It features stories of famous cooks like Martin Yan and home cooks whose food represents 18 different regional cooking styles of China.“I think its unfair to just classify Chinese cooking as one, “ says Kian Lam Kho, a co-curator （联合策展人） of “Sour, Sweet,

9、 Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America at the Museum of Chinese inAmerica. Even with the same dish or same cuisine, every family has a different variation. Thats why the curators say if you want to taste the full range of Chinese cuisine in the U S., youll need to go beyond

10、restaurants and into home kitchens, which can play a central role in many immigrants* lives.“The kitchen itself is kind of a comfort when you come to a new country. Thafs the one place which you set up as your home base, and you cook things that you remember from your past. explains co-curator Audra

11、 Ang.One of the home cooks showcased in the exhibition is Ni Biying, 80, of Manhattan. She worked as a live-in babysitter for years before she could finally afford to rent a home with her own kitchen. These days, you can usually find her moving around her one-bedroom apartment as a sweet smell of vi

12、negar and rice wine floats from her stove. For Ni, a small dinner for friends and family means preparing almost a dozen different dishes. She learned some of her techniques from her father, who made most of her familys meals when she was a child. I still make the beef with stir-fried celery my fathe

13、r used to cook, “ she says. And its the kind of comfort food that defines Chinese food for Ni.What is the new museum exhibition mainly about?A. Stories of Chinese food and cooks.B Exploration of famous restaurants.C. History of Chinese immigration.D. Cuisine of different countries.Why does the kitch

14、en play a key role in many immigrants1 lives?It provides a wealthy life.It helps them to accept new cultures.C It brings a sense of belonging.D. It enables them to forget the past.What can we learn about Ni Biying from Paragraph 4?A. She worked in a Chinese restaurant.B She made most meals as a chil

15、d.C. She learned cooking from her father.D. She lives with a big family.What can be a suitable title for the text?A Chinese Restaurant Tells Immigrant TalesB Home Cooking Brings More to the TableC Immigrants Seek Their Fortune in the U. S.D. Cuisine Gains New VariationsIL完形填空2022山西名校高三阶段性测评The first

16、 fingernail tattoo （文身）started off as a joke by a man who lost the tips of two fingers in an accident in 2018. But that after Eric Catalano, a tattoo artist, finished with his needle. The 2 changed here, “ Catalano recalled in his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio/Everything turned from funny to wow.”When C

17、atalano posted a 3 of the tattoos online, a pair of fingernails that looked so 4 that no one could believe their 5 he had no idea that the image would eventually be 6 by millions of people around the world.The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now peop

18、le with life-changing come from as far away as Ireland to 8 his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic curing they saw online. Using flesh-toned inks and a 9, Catalano changes his customers10 of themselves.Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog raiser in Oxford, Mississippi, was 11 by a dog in 2014

19、. She underwent （经历） countless surgeries to 12 a scar on her lip.“Plastic surgery gave me no hope, “ she says.So I J3 other options. She ultimately14 sixhours for a session with Catalano. He 15 Pollans lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. You dont 16 until youve been through it, “ Po

20、llan says.CIt made me have a _17 viewpoint on life. He charges me only $ 100.”18， it doesnt make sense, “ Catalano says. But every time I see that emotion from my 19Im 100 percent sure this is something that I cant 20 doing.”c.C.A.happened appeared A. image mood A.videoB changed D. failedB sceneD. f

21、actC photo 4. A.real C. similar 5. A.ideas C. feelings 6. A.seen C ignored 7. A.passion C work 8. A.praise C. buy 9. A.bottle C needle 10. A.view C. life 11. A.saved C frightened 12. A.produce C. show 13.A plained aboutargued for 14. A.traveled C waited 15. A.exposed C covered 16. A.understand C car

22、e 17. A.typical C. limited 18. A.Gradually C. FinanciallyB. drawing D. notice B. bad D. funny B - ears D, eyes B createdcriticisedB scarsD. debtsB. runD. visitB. forkD - threadB - goalD. hopeB . bittenD. foundB correctD. examineB. gave upD. looked forB. wastedD. killed B checkedD. displayed B agree

23、D. regret B different D. stableB. Unfortunately D. HopefullyA.assistantsC. relativesA.enjoyC practice m.短文改错A.assistantsC. relativesA.enjoyC practice m.短文改错B colleaguesD. customersB. continueD. stop2022广西名校高三大联考摸底试卷On the morning of last Saturday, I got up at six as usual. After a quickly breakfast,

24、 I went to the gym to work out. I spent two hours do exercise there. Then I took shower in a bathhouse, where is very close to my school. While I was walking on the street, I notice an old lady who didn*t look well. When she saw me, she signed to me and asked that I could take her home. At first, I

25、was hesitated for a minute but then decided to give her a hand. About twenty minute later, we arrived at the apartment. She was grateful for me and invited me to her home. I polite refused and left.限时提分练（三十六）I .阅读理解A语篇类型：应用文 主题语境：人与社会休闲活动美国东南部冬日节日和活动【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了美国东南部冬日的几个节日和活动南卡罗莱纳山核桃节、锡格罗夫陶艺节、骡子节、

26、退伍军人节游行。.答案与解析：A 考查理解具体信息的能力。根据South Carolina Pecan Festival in Florence局部中 的“There are stages with live entertainment with over 200 food and craft vendors, art exhibitions, amusement rides, antique tractor show, car show, and the pecan cooking competition with celebrity judges”可知，在南卡罗莱纳山核 桃节上有工艺品摊位

27、和艺术展，因此人们可以欣赏艺术品，故A项正确。.答案与解析：D 考查理解具体信息的能力。根据Mule Day in Calvary Georgia局部中的“Mule Day celebrates the mules significant contribution to the areas agriculture”可知，骡子节是为了 庆祝骡子对当地农业的 重大贡献而设立的，故D项正确。.答案与解析：D 考查理解具体信息的能力。根据Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham, Alabama 局部中的“Veterans Day, a federal holiday in

28、the United States, is always celebrated on November 11th”可知,退伍 军人节是在11月11日，故D项正确。B语篇类型：说明文 主题语境：人与社会社会生活美国移民生活中的家常菜【语篇解读】文章主要介绍了家常菜在移民者生活中的核心作用、特点和一位著名的家庭厨师做中国菜的故事，并提到如果想在美国品尝到丰富的中国菜建议去家庭厨房。.答案与解析：A 考查理解具体信息的能力。根据第一段中的“It features stories of famous cooks like Martin Yan and home cooks whose food rep

29、resents 18 different regional cooking styles of China”可知，新博物馆 的展览以18种不同的地方烹饪风格的中国食物和一些厨师的故事介绍为主要内容。故A项正确。.答案与解析：C考查理解具体信息的能力。根据第三段可知，厨房给移民者带来的是一种抚慰， 移民者把厨房看作是大本营。由此可推知，厨房在许多移民者的生活中起着关键作用，是因为它能带来一 种归属感。故C项正确。.答案与解析：C 考查理解具体信息的能力。根据第四段中的“She learned some of her techniques from her father, who made mos

30、t of her familys meals when she was a child”可知,她向她父亲学习了 烹饪。故 C 项正 确。.答案与解析：B考查理解文章主旨要义的能力。根据第二段最后一句uThat*s why the curators say if you want to taste the full range of Chinese cuisine in the U. S., youll need to go beyond restaurants and into home kitchens, which can play a central role in many immig

31、rants1 livesv 可知，馆长们建议进入家庭厨房去品尝全方 位的中国菜。结合全文主要介绍了家常菜在移民者生活中的核心作用和一位著名的家庭厨师做中国菜的故 事可知，本文主要是讲家常菜给餐桌带来更多味道。故B项正确。H.完形填空语篇类型：记叙文 主题语境：人与自我人物故事用文身遮挡伤疤【语篇解读】2018年，一个人不幸在意外事故中失去两根手指的前端，文身艺术家Eric Catalano用 指甲文身成功美化了伤疤。当Catalano把指甲文身的照片上传到网上后，因为文身指甲看起来如此逼真以 至于很多人不敢相信自己的眼睛。他也不知道自己这张照片最终会被全世界数百万人看到，这也使他进一 步涉足辅

32、助医疗文身领域。人们慕名而来，通过Catalano文身遮掩伤疤的做法，他的顾客改变了对他们自 己的看法。在Catalano看来，虽然他不赚钱，但看到他的顾客的那种情感，他就百分之百地确定自己不能 停止做这件事。.答案与解析：B考查词汇复现。根据空前的“But”和下文中的“changedhere”可知，此处表示情况发 生了改变。.答案与解析：C 考查语境推断。根据下文中的“Everything turned from funny to wow”可知，此处表 示这里的气氛(mood)发生了变化。.答案与解析：C 考查词汇复现。根据第三段中的“The viral photo pushed Catal

33、ano”可知,Catalano 把一张文身照片发到了网上。.答案与解析：A 考查常识和语境推断。根据下文讲述的人们远道而来找Catalan。文身并结合常识 可知，此处表示这两个文身手指甲看起来如此逼真以至于没有人能相信他们的眼睛。.答案与解析：D参见上题解析.答案与解析：A 考查语境推断。根据上文中的“posted a 3 of the tattoos online”可知，此处为 “被全世界数百万人看到”。.答案与解析：B考查词义复现和语境推断。根据第四段中的“a scar on her lip”并结合语境和选项可 知，此处表示现在，人们带着改变了自己生活的伤疤来到Catalan。的店里，甚至从爱尔兰远道而来。.答案与解析：D 参见上题解析。.答案与解析：C 考查词汇复现。根据第一段中的“finished with his needle”可知，Catalano用肉色的 墨水和针(needle)帮助遮掩客户的伤疤，改变了他们对他们自己的看法。D项意为“线”。.答案与解析：A 考查语境推断。参见上题解析。.答案与解析：B 考查逻辑推断。根据下句中的“a scar on her lip”可知，此处表示被狗咬了。.答案与解析：B考查常识和语境推断。既然被狗咬伤，她做手术应