高考英语总复习 微训练 第11练 人物传记类二

第11练人物传记类（二）

高考高频单词与短语识记排查

单词识记：

achievementoptimisticoutgoingborn

birthplaceconfidentcontent

contribute

wealthstubborncreative

profession

respectdetermineenergetic

experience

failurefortunategenerous

hardworking

短语扫描：

makeeffortstodosth.努力做某事

praisesb.forsth.因某事赞扬某人

regard...as认为...是

setagoodexampleto为...树立好榜样

begiftedat对...有天赋

beinterestedin对...感兴趣

becontentwith对...¥两忌

devoteoneselfto献身于，专心于

beenthusiasticabout对...充辆热情

winthefirstprize获得一等奖

［跟踪训练］

I.语境填词

1.Whatwasyourfirstbig（achieve）inyoursport?

2.Thelocalgovernmenthopedthateverybodylivingintheregion（做贡

献）totheRedCross.

3.Bombshadhitthebuildinganumberoftimesbut（fortunate）noonewas

hurt.

4.Itisreportedthatbusiness（失败）haverisen16%thismonth.

5.Asisknowntousall,likesomany（create）peopleheisneversatisfied,

n.单项填空

6.thedeafchildren,theyoungladyhaslittletimetocareforherown

daughter.

A.Devotedtoteach

B.Devotedherselftoteaching

C.Devotingtoteach

D.Devotingherselftoteaching

7.Theresourcesandstablepolicyprovidethemwiththeadvantagesof

developingtheirbusinesses.

A.generousB.limited

C.narrowD.abundant

8.Personalspaceistheregionsurroundingapersontheyregardas

psychologicallytheirs.（2015•江苏南京、盐城一模）

A.whoB.where

C.whenD.which

9.Joeisproudand,neveradmittingheiswrongandalwayslookingfor

someoneelsetoblame.（2014•浙江，4）

A.strictB.sympathetic

C.stubbornD.sensitive

10.——Guesswhat!We'11haveachancetovisitoursisterschoolinDenmarkthis

summer!

一Hownice!Youanotherkindofculturethen.

A.willhaveexperience

B.haveexperienced

C.havebeenexperiencing

D.willbeexperiencing

阅读能力专练

阅读理解

A

（2016•天津市河北区三模）

MartinwasreturningtoworkinhisLondonofficeafterspendingtwoweekswith

hisbrotherinNewYork.Hewascomingbackwithaheavyheart.Itwasnotjustthat

itwastheendofawonderfulholiday；itwasnotjustthatheinvariablysuffered

badlyfromjetlag（时差）；itwasthatMondaymorningsalwaysbeganwithateammeeting

and,overthemonths,hehadgrowntohatethem.

Martinwasawarethatcolleaguesapproachedthesemeetingswithhiddenagenda（会

议议程）；theyindulgedin（沉溺于）gameplaying；andheknewthatpeoplewerenot

beinghonestandopen.Themeetingsthemselveswerebadenough一therewasallthe

moaningafterwardsatthemeetinglike“Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea,but

Iwasn'tgoingtosay”.

Asthismorning?smeetingbegan,Martinpreparedhimselffortheusualdullness

andboredom.But,asthemeetingprogressed,hebecameawareofastrangebackground

noise.Atfirst,hethoughtthathewasstillhearingtheenginenoisefromthe

aircraftthathadbroughthimbacktoLondon.But,asheconcentratedonthenoise,

itbecamealittleclearer.

Herealized,tohisamazement,thathecouldactuallyhearwhattheywerethinking

atthesametimeastheywerespeaking.Whatsurprisedhim,evenmorethanthe

acquisition（获得）ofthisstrangepower,wasthathediscoveredthatwhatpeoplewere

sayingwasnotreallywhattheywerethinking.Theywerenotmakingcleartheir

reservations.Theywerenotsupportingviewswhichtheythoughtmightbepopular.They

werenotcontributingtheirnewinsights.Theywerenotvolunteeringtheirnewideas.

Martinfounditimpossiblenottorespondtohisnewknowledge.Sohestarted

tomakegentleinterventions,basedmoreonwhathecouldhearhiscolleaguesthinking

thanonwhathecouldhearthemsaying."So,John,areyoureallysaying...”"Susan,

doyoureallythinkthat?”"Tom,haveyougotanideaonhowwecouldtakethis

forward?”Theylookedathim,puzzled.Intruth，hefeltratherproudof

hisnewly-acquiredtalent.

Asthemeetingprogressed,itwascleartohimthateachmemberofthemeeting

waslearninghowtohearthethoughtsoftheothers.Thegameplayingstartedtofall

away；peoplestartedtospeakmoredirectly；viewsbecamebetterunderstood；the

atmospherebecamemoreopenandtrusting.

Themeetingended.Aspeoplelefttheroom,Martinfoundthathecouldstillhear

whattheywerethinking."Thatwasthebestmeetingwe'veeverhad.”“Allmeetings

shouldbelikethat.”"Infuture,VmgoingtosaywhatIthink.”

1.ItisknownfromthefirstparagraphthatMartin.

A.justcamebackfromhisbusinesstripinNewYork

B.wasfoundtosufferfromaseriousheartdiseaseduringthetrip

C.hadagoodtimeduringhisfortnightsstayinNewYork

D.didn'tlikehisworkinhisLondonoffice

2.WhydidMartinhatehiscompany,steammeeting?

A.BecauseithadtobeheldeveryMondaymorning.

B.Becausehewastiredofhostingsuchameeting.

C.Becausehecouldn'tcontrolthemeetingthatwasoutoforder.

D.Becausethemeetingatmospherewasn'topenandtrusting.

3.Theunderlinedpart“hisnewly-acquiredtalent,,inParagraph5meansthathe

could.

A.stillheartheenginenoiseoftheplanethoughhewasback

B.clearlyhearwhatthemembersofthemeetingweresaying

C.actuallycontrolthethoughtsofthemembersofthemeeting

D.expresswhatthemeetingmemberswerethinkingbasedontheirwordsandtheir

thoughts

4.WhatdoweknowaboutthisMondaymorning'smeetingfromthepassage?

A.Martinmadepeoplesaywhattheywerethinkingimmediatelythemeetingbegan.

B.Martinwasangryatthedullnessofthemeetingatthebeginningofthemeeting

allthetime.

C.Martinledpeopletoexpresstheirrealthoughtswiththemeetingprogressing.

D.Manymembersofthemeetingplayedgamesandtoldliesatthemeetingallthe

time.

5.Itisinferredfromthelasttwoparagraphsthattowardstheendofthemeeting

Martinwouldhearsuchwordsas"”.

A.Iwasthinkingofmakingasuggestion一butIcouldn,tbebothered

B.Ihavegotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward.Ithinkweshould...

C.Theusualpeoplesaytheusualthings,soIhavenoothernewideas

D.Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea,butIwasn'tgoingtosay

B

（2016•天津市南开区二模）

AnAustraliancompany,SmartCarTechnologies,hasdevelopedasystemthatlets

driversknowwhenthey'respeeding.Whenthetechnologybecomescommercially

available,itcouldhelplead-footeddriversavoidticketsandalsosavelives.The

companythatdevelopedtheproducthopestoconvinceAustraliangovernmentagencies

toputthetechnologyintouseintheirautomobilefleets（车队）.

Theproduct,calledSpeedAlarm,linksreal-timelocationdataandspeedobtained

withthehelpofGPStoadatabaseofpostedspeedlimitsstoredinadriver,sPDA

orprogrammablemobilephone.Thesetupoftheproductdoesnotneedtobelinked

uptoacar'sspeedometer（速度计）.Infact,itisentirelyportable.Itwillalso

workwithnewerphonesandPDAsthathavebuilt-inGPSreceivers.Ifadriverexceeds

thespeedlimit,thespeedisshownandanalarmsounds.

MichaelPaine,anAustralianvehicledesignengineerandtrafficsafety

consultant,washiredtoanalyzetheproduct.HetoldLiveSciencethathiscolleagues

intheroadsafetyfieldare“veryenthusiastic^aboutwhatthey'renowcalling

“intelligentspeedalarm”.Otherresearch,accordingtoPaine,showsthat40percent

ofalltrafficdeathsinvolvespeeding.Thereisalsoapotentiallycontroversial

futureuse."Sincethesystemissoportable,itwouldbeeasytomakeitarequirement

forteenagedriverstoalwaysuseaspeedalarmdevicewhendriving,“Paine

said."Thesystemevenhasthecapabilitytorecordspeedingviolations,soparents

canmonitortheirteenagedrivers.”

TheproductwillsoongoonsaleinSydney.

6.What,sthepurposeofthenewproduct?

A.Toinformusofthenewcarsystem.

B.Tointroducesomeimprovementsincars.

C.Tolimitcertaindriverstosafedriving.

D.Topopularizethebuilt-incarsystem.

7.Theunderlinedpart“lead-footeddrivers“inParagraph1referstotheones

A.whodrivetoocarelessly

B.thatdriveextremelyfast

C.whoarepartlydisabled

D.thatdrivetooslowly

8.Thesecondparagraphmainlytalksabout.

A.theprojectofthebuilt-inproduct

B.whythesystembecomespopular

C.thefunctionsofGPSincars

D.howtheproductisprogrammed

9.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEofSpeedAlarmaccordingtoMichaelPaine?

A.Mostofthetrafficdeathscanbeavoided.

B.Speedingviolationscanbeeasilyfoundout.

C.Thesystemwillexcitesometeenagedrivers.

D.Theproductwillnotbeavailableforadults.

10.Whatcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

A.SpeedAlarmandItsFutureUse

B.ProgressinCar-makingScience

C.WarningforAdventurousDrivers

D.ANewIn-CarDeviceAgainstSpeeding

答案解析

高考高频单词与短语识记排查

跟踪训练

I.1.achievement2.contributed3.fortunately4.failures5.creative

II.6.D［考查非谓语动词。句意为：献身于教育聋哑儿童，这位年轻女士很少有时间照顾

自己的女儿。devoteoneselftodoingsth.=bedevotedtodoingsth.,故选D。］

7.D［句意为：丰富的资源及稳定的政策有利于他们发展经济。generous慷慨的；limited

有限的；narrow窄的；abundant丰富的。结合句意应选D项。］

8.D［考查定语从句。句意为：个人空间是指一个人周围的区域，人们在心理上会认为这

个区域是属于他们自己的。theregion为定语从句的先行词，从句中的regard后缺少宾语，

应用which引导。故选D项。］

9.C［考查形容词词义辨析。根据后面半句“从来不承认他错了，而且总是找别人来承担

责任”及两个关键词"never"和"always”,可以得出Joe是个骄傲和固执的（stubborn）

人。strict严格的；sympathetic有同情心的；sensitive敏感的。］

10.D［句意为：一一猜猜看！我们今年暑假有机会去访问丹麦的姐妹学校了！一一真好！

到时你们会体验到另一种文化。根据上句的时间状语thissummer和下句中的then可知，

此处在谈论将来的事情，应用将来时态。willbedoing将来进行时用来表示将来某个时间

点或时间段正在进行的动作，符合题意，故选D项。］

阅读能力专练

语篇解读度假归来，马丁又要组织会议了。他原本准备忍受会议的乏味，但随着会议的进

行，他发现自己能根据别人所说的话而知道他们心里的真实想法，因此他试着说出他们的真

实想法。并引导与会人员学着理解他人的想法，并坦诚地说出自己心里的想法。最终，会议

成为一场开诚布公的会议。

1.C［推理判断题。根据第一段第三句"Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofa

wonderfulholiday..."中的"awonderfulholiday”可知，他在纽约的两周过得很愉快，

由此判断答案为C项。］

2.D［细节理解题。根据第二段可知，与会人员口是心非，表里不一，这种不公开、不诚

实的会风使他厌烦，由此判断正确答案为D项。］

3.D［词义猜测题。第四段提到马丁能根据与会人员所说的话而得知他们心里的真实想法,

之后第五段接着说，他说出与会人员的真实想法，使别人都迷惑地看着他，由此判断，