Unit 4 History and traditions 教材串讲课后提升有答案

2022高考一轮复习：必修二 Unit 4 教材串讲提升练
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
The royal family is filled with rules, and one in particular might explain why Princess Charlotte is a princess, but her kids likely won't be.
When it comes to the British royal family, one thing is almost always true: they have a pretty confusing set of official rules and protocols. For instance, the royal family doesn't have a last name. And don't forget the fact that Queen Elizabeth celebrates two birthdays every year.
If your head isn't swimming yet, consider the tradition of royal titles. As a British custom, only the daughter of a prince or a prince's wife may be considered a formal “princess”. The latter applies to Kate, who is both a princess and the Duchess of Cambridge thanks to her marriage to Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. And their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, also bear official royal titles because their father is Prince William.
However, while Prince George's future children will also carry their father's royal status, any children that Princess Charlotte has will not automatically be considered princes or princesses. Why Royal custom dictates that royal titles are passed down via sons, but not daughters.
“Royal titles are inherited through sons, so if Princess Charlotte has children they would not automatically inherit the titles (his or her royal highness) HRH, Prince, or Princess，” Lucy Hume, associate director of Debrett's, told Town & Country.
Of course, exceptions can (and will！) be made. (Learn about every time the British royal family broke their own protocol.) The Queen has offered HRH status to other royal offsprings in the past, including the children of Queen Elizabeth's daughter, Anne. Although Princess Anne and
her husband, Captain Phillips, declined, perhaps Princess Charlotte will be extended the same offer when her own children are born.
1. What's the meaning of the underlined word “protocols” in the second paragraph
A. Promises. B. Behaviours. C. Manners. D. Connections.
2. What kind of child is regarded as “princess”？
A. The son of a princess.
B. The daughter of a prince.
C. The daughter of a princess.
D. The wife of a king.
3. Who is Charlotte's father
A. Prince George. B. Elizabeth. C. Prince William. D. Captain Philips.
4. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us
A. Any person can break traditional rules.
B. Not every person must obey traditional rules.
C. Any British royal family member has their own title.
D. Maybe the British royal family will break their own rules.
Ⅱ. 七选五
Art galleries are places in which artists can display all types of works of art, including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, etc. 1.__________
At the same time, however, each artwork must be protected from exposure to too much light since that can cause works to fade and therefore get ruined. 2__________
The most common form of lighting used to light up artworks is indoor spotlights on tracks attached to the ceiling near where the work is being displayed. 3__________ It permits the lights to be moved more easily when the light patterns require adjusting. Recessed(嵌入的)lights in walls and ceilings can be useful so long as they are not fixed in place but can instead be easily
moved to create ideal light patterns. Most art gallery directors state that a combination of tracked and recessed light equipment is ideal because the tracked lights focus directly on the artwork while the recessed lights are used on the nearby walls to provide a surrounding light source. 4__________
How to angle the lights depends upon the height of the ceiling and the size of the artwork. Caution must be taken to avoid creating too many areas with shadows or to have the lights cause a glare on the artwork. Besides, the lights should not be bare bulbs burning directly on the artwork but should be made in some way to make the lighting softer. According to experts, low voltage (电压)bulbs are the best to use when lighting artwork.
5 Thus artworks should be placed in a room where sunlight can't directly hit them.
A. It can make the displays attractive.
B. Using tracked lighting is beneficial.
C. Light plays a key role in art galleries.
D. This light source can better improve the mood surrounding the work.
E. To better improve their appearance, the display area needs to be well lit.
F. Finding a happy medium between not enough light and too much of it requires considerable skill and experience.
G. Above all, natural light should be avoided since direct sunlight will damage artworks, particularly paintings, over time.
Ⅲ. 完形填空
As is known to all, most stories of kindness do not begin with formerly drug-addicted celebrity (名人) bad boys. Mine does.
When this 1_______ took place, I was accompanying my grandmother at a huge garden party. Suddenly, Robert Downey Jr., in a nice cream- coloured suit, came in. I pointed out this big movie star to Grandma 2_______，but she was far more interested in piling her paper plate with cheese.
As my 80-year-old grandmother rose for the 3_______ after the party, she fell into a wheelchair ramp (坡道) nearby. The sharp ramp 4_______ her leg open and it was bleeding.
I should have quickly taken control of the situation — but due to my blood faint, I didn't. Luckily, Robert Downey Jr. 5_______ .
He called an ambulance immediately, and asked someone to 6_______ a blanket. He took off his suit and 7_______ his suit around her leg. The cream colour turned dark red. Robert surely knew how to speak to her, 8_______ ，distract her. He stayed with my grandmother until the ambulance came, 9_______ her hand and telling her she was breaking his heart by leaving so early. I hurried into the ambulance without a word, feeling too shy to thank him.
Some 15 years after that garden party, and five years since he'd been set free from prison for possession of drugs in his car, I came across Robert in a fancy restaurant. I was 10_______ to respect people's privacy and never 11_______ someone having a meal. But on this day, I decided to 12_______ the code.
“I don't have any 13_______ if you remember this ...” and I told him the story. “I just wanted to tell you that it was simply the kindest act I've ever 14_______ .”
It's never too late to express our appreciation for kindness which lies in everyone, even a celebrity bad boy. 15_______，appreciation itself is a sort of kindness.
1. A. party B. kindness C. accident D. story
2. A. excitedly B. surprisingly C. fortunately D. successfully
3. A. garden B. wheelchair C. star D. exit
4. A. tore B. broke C. cut D. pushed
5. A. got across B. turned up C. got ready D. calmed down
6. A. buy B. rent C. lend D. fetch
7. A. tied B. covered C. placed D. pulled
8. A. instead B. for example C. otherwise D. or rather
9. A. shaking B. waving C. holding D. pressing
10. A. persuaded B. born C. raised D. forced
11. A. bother B. talk to C. stare at D. upset
12. A. abandon B. set C. follow D. improve
13. A. idea B. trouble C. doubt D. interest
14. A. called B. witnessed C. heard D. performed
15. A. But for B. After all C. As a result D. On the contrary
Ⅳ. 语法填空
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. 1. ________ (build) over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering 2. ________ (achieve) is still used today.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands 3. ________ (suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. 4. ________ (help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. 5. ________ (good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making 6. ________ suitable for farming.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live 7. ________ (peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams 8. ________ the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, 9. ________ (enable)
the ecosystem (生态系统) and fish populations to exist 10. ________ harmony.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
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Ⅱ. 七选五
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Ⅲ. 完形填空
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Ⅳ. 语法填空
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