高中英语人教版Unit4Bodylanguage unit4periodfour

PeriodFourGrammar&WritingⅠ.阅读理解AItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheafixationwiththeweatherfindsexpressionin’sfamouscommentthat“WhentwoEnglishmeet,theirfirsttalkisofweather.”ThoughJohnson’sobservationisasaccuratenowasitwasovertwohundredyearsago,mostcommentatorsfailtocomeupwithaconvincingexplanationforthisEnglishweather－speak.BillBryson,forexample,concludesthat,astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting,theobsessionwithitcanhardlybearguesthat“Toanoutsider,themoststrikingthingabouttheEnglishweatheristhatthereisnotverymuchofit.”Simply,thereasonisthattheunusualandunpredictableweatherisalmostunknownintheBritishIsles.JeremyPaxman,however,disagreeswithBryson,arguingthattheEnglishweatherisbynatureiswrong,hesays,becausetheEnglishpreferencefortheweatherhasnothingtodowiththenaturalphenomena.“Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattractstheEnglishaswellastheoutsider.BrysonandPaxmanstandforcommonmisconceptionsabouttheweather－speakamongthecommentators,somehow,aremissingtheEnglishweatherconversationisnotreallyabouttheweatheratweather－speakisasystemofsigns,whichisdevelopedtohelpthespeakersovercomethenaturalreserveandactuallytalktoeachknowsconversationsstartingwithweather－speakarenotrequestsforweather,theyareroutinegreetings,conversationstartersortheblank“fillers”，Inotherwords,Englishweather－speakisameansofsocialbonding.【语篇解读】全文从英国人见面招呼最喜欢问天气引入中心，为什么英国人那么喜欢以天气为谈论话题，继而深层分析其文化根源——日常问候的方式，一种社会纽带。1．Theauthormentions’scommenttoshowthat________．A．mostcommentatorsagreewithB．isfamousforhisweatherobservationC．thecommentwasaccuratetwohundredyearsagoD．Englishconversationsusuallystartwiththeweather答案D[推理判断题。题干关键词为’scomment，定位第一段。根据ItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.众所周知，任何英语交流都是以天气开头。紧接着就举例说明。故选D项。]2．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“obsession”mostprobablyreferto?A．Anemotionalstate.B．Anunknownphenomenon.C．Ahistoricalconcept.D．Asocialtrend.答案A[猜测词义题。定位第2段BillBryson,forexample,concludesthat,astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting,theobsessionwithitcanhardlybeunderstood.例如，BillBryson认为由于英国的天气让人郁闷，这种激动的状态就很难让人理解。故选A。]3．Accordingtothepassage,JeremyPaxmanbelievesthat________．A．BillBrysonhaslittleknowledgeoftheweatherB．EnglishpeopletalkabouttheweatherforitsuncertaintyC．theEnglishweatherattractspeopletotheBritishIslesD．thereisnothingspecialabouttheEnglishweather答案B[推理判断题。题干关键词为JeremyPaxman，定位第三段“Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattractstheEnglishaswellastheoutsider.可知JeremyPaxman的观点是英国人喜欢谈论天气的原因是由于英国天气的多变和不确定。故选B。]4．Whatistheauthor’smainpurposeofwritingthepassage?A．ToconvincepeoplethattheEnglishweatherischangeable.B．ToanalyzemisconceptionsabouttheEnglishweather.C．TofindfaultwithbothBillBrysonandJeremyPaxman.D．ToexplainwhatEnglishweather－speakisabout.答案D[主旨大意题。全文从英国人见面招呼最喜欢问天气引入中心，为什么英国人那么喜欢以天气为谈论话题，通过两个常见的错误观点的介绍，继而深层分析其文化根源——日常问候的方式，一种社会纽带。故选D。]BAsaboygrowingupinIndia,IhadlongedtotravelusedtolistentothestoriesmyfatherwouldtellmeabouthisstayinCanadaandtourstoEuropeinthe1970s,withgreatinterest.Mybigmomentfinallycameinthesummerof2023whenIwasabletoaccompanymyparentstoEurope,wheremyfatherwastoattendaplannedtotraveltoBelgium,NetherlandsandWestGermany.IhaveclearmemorieseventodayofgoingtoMumbaiairportatnightallexcitedaboutfinallygoinghadheardseveralgreatthingsaboutLufthansatillthenbutnowIfinallygottoexperiencethemfirsthand,duringtheflighttoflewbusinessclassandeventodayIcanremembertheexcellentservicebytheLufthansacrew(工作人员)．Theflightwasreallysmoothandthoroughlyenjoyable,evenforsomeonelikeme,whoisespeciallyafraidofflying.AfterspendingalmosttwoweeksinEurope,wetooktheLufthansaairportexpressfromDusseldorftoFrankfurtairport,forourreturnajourneythatwas!AllalongtheRhine(莱茵河),itwassimplyanunforgettablehadasombrefeelingontheflightbacktoMumbaiasitmarkedtheendofawonderfulvacation,buttheLufthansacrewmemberswereabletochangeitintoamostenjoyableexperienceyetagain,withthequalityoftheirservice.Beingthefirstairlinetotakemeabroad,Lufthansawillalwaysholdaspecialplaceinmytoday,IcontinuetoenjoyflightsonLufthansaandsimplycannotdreamofchoosinganyother,ingeneral,forme,hasalwaysbeenaterribleandpainfulonLufthansa,however,issomethingIalwayshaveandalwayswilllookforwardto.【语篇解读】由于从小就听父亲讲他到世界各地旅行的故事，作者对周游世界产生了兴趣。在2023年的夏天，作者终于有机会和父母一起前往欧洲。作者至今对那次旅行仍记忆犹新，作者非常满意他乘坐的飞机所属的航空公司提供的服务。5．Whichcountrydoestheauthorliveinnow?A．India. B．Canada.C．Belgium. D．Germany.答案A[推理判断题。根据第三段“goingtoMumbaiairportatnight...greatthingsaboutLufthansa...Ifinallygottoexperiencethem”可知，作者和父母去孟买机场乘坐Lufthansa的航班，说明Lufthansa是印度的航空公司；根据最后一段“Eventoday,IcontinuetoenjoyflightsonLufthansa”可知，作者现在还是会乘坐Lufthansa的航班，说明作者一直生活在印度，故选A。]6．Whatmadetheauthorsointerestedintravelingabroad?A．GrowingupinIndia.B．OncestayinginCanada.C．OncetravelingtoCanadawithhisfather.D．Hisfather’sstoriesabouthistravelingexperiences.答案D[细节理解题。根据第一段“IusedtolistentothestoriesmyfatherwouldtellmeabouthisstayinCanadaandtourstoEurope...withgreatinterest”可知，作者小时候经常听父亲给他讲周游世界的事情，这引起了作者的兴趣，在加拿大待过的是作者的父亲，排除B、C；并非在印度长大的人都喜欢旅游，排除A，故选D。]7．ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatLufthansais________．A．acityinIndia B．acityinEuropeC．anairlinecompany D．atravelagency答案C[推理判断题。根据最后一段“Beingthefirstairlinetotakemeoverseas,Lufthansawillalwaysholdaspecialplaceinmyheart....enjoyflightsonLufthansaandsimplycannotdreamofchoosinganyotherairline...FlyingonLufthansa”可知，作者喜欢乘坐Lufthansa的航班出行，他没有想过换乘其它公司的航班，说明Lufthansa是一家航空公司，故选C。]8．Theunderlinedword“somber”inthe4thparagraphprobablymeans“________”．A．happy B．sad C．angryD．enjoyable答案B[猜测词义题。根据“asitmarkedtheendofawonderfulvacation”可知，愉快的旅行即将画上句号，说明作者当时情绪有点失落，且根据下一行“theLufthansacrewmemberswereabletochangeitintoamostenjoyableexperience”可知，作者即将离开欧洲时的心情并不是很好，故选B。]Ⅱ.完形填空Manytimeswedosomethingpositiveorsaysomethingkind,butwedon’tseetheinfluenceithasonothermay__1__these“random(随意的)actsofkindness”，butweneverknowwhathappenstime,Iwasluckyenoughto__2__．Iwasreturningfromatrip__3__Istoppedtorefuelandgetsnackatagaswaswas__4__，andhomewasstillmorethantwohourswasfeeling__5__，andmybackhurtfromallthe__6__．Iwent__7__．Thecheckersmiledatme,andwe__8__foradon’tremember__9__whatshesaid,butIdorememberthe__10__sheshowedwas__11__byherkeptmegoingonmyjourneyhome.Thenextweek,Iwascleaningmypurse,andI__12__thereceipt(收据)remindedmeoftheclerk’s__13__，andithadtheaddressofthedecidedto__14__athank－younotetohermanager.IntheletterItoldthemanagerthathisemployee’skindwordsandcaringattitudestoodouttome，__15__mytriphome.Aweek__16__，thatclerkwrotemearesultofmynote,shegota(n)__17__fromhermanagerandacompanywas__18__．Robin’skindnessinspiredmetoreturnherpositivity.MotherTeresa__19__usto“dosmallthingswithgreatlove”．Oftentimes,whenwedosuchsmallthings,wedon’tgettoseetheeffectsofourkindwordsordeeds，__20__everysooften,we’reblessedtodiscoverthepositiveoutcome.【语篇解读】作者通过亲身经历说明了善有善报的道理。1． B．practiceC．devote D．dream答案B[考查动词词义辨析。想象；践行，做；奉献；梦想。我们可能做这些无意的善意行动。选B。]2．out B．figureoutC．makeout D．findout答案D[考查动词短语辨析。out解出；out想出；out理解，辨明；out发现。通过下文提示，作者通过亲身经历“发现”了这一点。]3． B．why C．whetherD．that答案A[考查连词的用法。当……的时候；为什么；是否；结果。连词when表示“当时、那个时候”。我旅行回来，这时我去加油并在加油站吃了快餐。]4． B．tired C．lazyD．poor答案B[考查形容词词义辨析。聪明的；劳累的；懒惰的；穷的。通过上下文提示，作者开了很长时间的车，应该是很“疲劳”。]5． B．wellC．upset D．disappointed答案A[考查形容词词义辨析。低落；健康的；难过的；失望的。作者在与checker聊天前，既疲惫，又背部疼痛，感觉情绪“低落”。feeldown表示这一含义。]6． B．runningC．swimming D．walking答案A[考查动词词义辨析。驾驶；跑；游泳；步行。从空前的refuel(加油)可知作者是开车的。]7． B．away C．offD．inside答案D[考查副词词义辨析。在外面；离开；远离；在里面。在加油站吃零食，当然是“走进”。]8． B．explainedC．shouted D．chatted答案D[考查动词词义辨析。相信；解释；大喊；聊天。作者与checker“聊天”聊了一会。]9． B．surprisinglyC．carelessly D．unluckily答案A[考查副词词义辨析。准确地；吃惊地；粗心地；不幸地。我不能“准确地”记得我们聊了哪些事情。]10． B．kindness C．shameD．pity答案B[考查名词词义辨析。A．interest兴趣；友善；羞耻；遗憾。11空后的kindness是提示。]11． B．refreshedC．crazy D．angry答案B[考查形容词词义辨析。饥饿的；精神振作的；疯狂的；气愤的。从作者前后情绪的变化可知，在聊天之后作者“精神振奋”了。]12．across B．droppedoffC．calledon D．lookedfor答案A[考查动词短语辨析。across偶然发现；off落下；on号召；for寻找。在收拾钱包时“偶然发现”了收据。]13． B．warmthC．strength D．interests答案B[考查名词词义辨析。感觉；温暖；长处；利润。从文中主题词kindness，可以推断这里该用warmth与上下文的逻辑一致。]14． B．book C．writeD．copy答案C[考查动词词义辨析。A．check检查；预定；写；抄袭。根据后面的宾语thank－younote，这里只能用write与之搭配。]15． B．repairingC．taking D．brightening答案D[考查动词词义辨析。设计；修理；占用；情绪高涨。根据作者前后情绪的变化，这里用brightening能表达作者当时兴奋的心情。]16． B．later C．sinceD．lately答案B[考查时间副词的用法。在……以前；……之后；自从；最近。根据故事情节的发展，这里应该是一个星期“之后”。]17． B．suggestionC．employment D．praise答案D[考查名词词义辨析。手术；建议；雇佣；表扬。员工做了好事，理应得到老板的赞扬。]18． B．shockedC．satisfied D．convenient答案C[考查形容词词义辨析。A．successful成功的；震惊的；满意的；方便的。服务员做了好事，而且得到了应有的回报，作者对这一结果感到“满意”。]19． B．forcedC．suggested D．demanded答案A[考查动词词义辨析。建议；强迫；建议；要求。考查动词的用法与搭配。动词demand和suggest都不能用在后加宾语加不定式做宾补的结构中。而B项forced用词不当。]20． B．though C．so D．but答案D[考查连词的用法。当……的时候；虽然；所以；但是。考查上下文的逻辑关系，前后有转折的关系，所以用but表示。]Ⅲ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。KeepingadiaryinEnglishisoneoftheeffectiveways__1__(improve)ourEnglishwritingability.Comparedwithotherformsofwriting,itisshorterandtakes__2__(little)canhelpustodevelopthehabitofthinkinginwepersist(坚持)inthispractice,graduallywe’lllearnhowtoexpressourselvesinkeepingadiaryinEnglish,wecertainlyrunupagainstmany__3__(difficult)．Inthefirstplace,itoftenhappensthatwehavetrouble__4__(find)appropriatewordsandphrasestogiveexpressiontoour,there__5__(be)