Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas
必备知识基础练
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Henderson (recall) that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington.
2.I have full confidence her.She’ll be perfect for the job.
3.They provide us with a means to safely free ourselves stress.
4.He went to rescue a (drown) child regardless of his personal safety.
5.I started work dawn and returned only at nightfall.
Ⅱ.短语填空
be made up of,nothing less than,prepare for,make it to,meet up with,get across
1.He asked me if I could him after lunch.
2.I think if you invest all your money in that project,it will be a failure.
3.The lights changed to red before I could .
4.The course 12 two-hour sessions.
5.Five members of Scott’s expedition the South Pole.
6.This course students middle and senior managerial positions.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1.我大部分的同学都想去公园,而我有去一个更好的地方的主意。
Most of my classmates wanted to go to a park of going to a nicer place.
2.很晚了,他们便回家了。
,they went home.
3.他是第三个到达山顶的人。
He is the top of the mountain.
4.到上个月底,新大楼已经完工。
By the end of last month,the new building .
5.她坐在那里,又吃惊又生气,不知道如何应对这个意外事件。
,she sat there,without knowing how to react to the unexpected incident.
能力素养提升练
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A
As a self-described military brat(小家伙) ,Kathryn Miller has always loved the armed forces.In the summer of 2020,Miller teamed up with her friend Kailyn Rowland to create a documentary for National History Day,a nonprofit organization that holds an annual contest for students.Their documentary,Women at West Point:Breaking Barriers of the Long Gray Line,tells the story of the first women who graduated from West Point in 1980.
In March,Miller and Rowland were announced to have been selected for a Special Recognition of Champions Award as “individuals who have made exceptional contributions to women in the Army”.“What we did was never for an award or for recognition;it was about sharing the story of these women,so to receive the award was really special,” Miller said.
Miller and Rowland spent countless hours working on their documentary,reaching out to the 62 women of the class of 1980 and interviewing more than 25 percent of them.“This was hours and hours of research and interviews,” Miller said.“We did Face Times with the women,we met in person,we called them,and so we had so much information,so many news articles going back 40 years.”Miller,whose mom was a veteran(老兵) and dad was a teacher at the United States Military Academy,lived in West Point as a child.“I always saw female cadets(学员) ,and it always seemed like,‘Oh,boys and girls,that’s completely normal,’so it was such a shock to me when I realized that girls didn’t always have that opportunity.”While making this documentary,Miller also realized her love for sharing other people’s stories.“I came to realize how much power there is in getting the story right,”she said,“And we were able to experience the gratitude from these women for sharing their stories and showing them that the younger generation really appreciates the doors they opened for us.”
1.What’s Kathryn Miller’s purpose of creating the documentary
A.To express her love for the armed forces.
B.To win the first place in the competition.
C.To introduce the first female graduates of West Point.
D.To encourage girls to study at West Point.
2.What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A.The gains from making the documentary.
B.The challenges the creators met.
C.The ways of contacting those women.
D.The effort behind the documentary.
3.What can we infer from the last paragraph
A.Miller’s parents used to teach military affairs.
B.Women used to have little access to military education.
C.Studying in West Point is challenging for women now.
D.Young people nowadays care little about those stories.
4.Which of the following best describes Kathryn Miller
A.Passionate. B.Modest.
C.Humorous. D.Ambitious.
B
According to a new research,the more people in a country who have a particular gene(基因),the happier the nation will be.This DNA is known as the FAAH gene.People with a particular version of it tend to be cheerier souls.There is a link between levels of the FAAH gene and the number of people who say they are very happy.
Sweden—one of the happiest countries in the world—also has lots of happy DNA.Ghana,Nigeria,Mexico and Columbia all come out near the top in the happiness league,and have high rates of the gene.In contrast,the people of Iraq,Jordan and China are among the least likely to rate themselves as very happy and also have the lowest level of the FAAH gene.
However,wealth and health are found to have little effect on happiness.The finding could help explain why some of the world’s poorest nations are also the happiest.In addition,the FAAH gene and an optimistic attitude would not always go hand in hand.For example,Russians and Estonians score very low in happiness,despite having the right happy DNA.
Professor Michael Minkov said,“The climate condition is associated with the nation’s happiness.We can notice the high occurrence of the FAAH gene in tropical(热带的) areas in the Americas and Africa.And the occurrence of the gene around the Mediterranean Sea is much lower than that in Northern Europe.”
The social experts say that genetics is not the only determinant(决定因素) of happiness.The economic and political difficulties in some nations also contribute to the very low happiness scores.Nations that are not blessed with the right DNA aren’t necessarily miserable.
5.The new study shows that .
A.happiness is in your genes
B.human body is made up of DNA
C.the FAAH gene will make people sad
D.most people are satisfied with their lives
6.What does the underlined part “go hand in hand” in paragraph 3 mean
A.Walk with friends.
B.Be closely related.
C.Disappear from hands.
D.Fight against each other.
7.What affects happiness according to Michael
A.Money.
B.Health and fitness.
C.Differences in climate.
D.The number of population.
参考答案
Ⅰ.1.recalled 2.in 3.from 4.drowning 5.at
Ⅱ.1.meet up with 2.nothing less than 3.get across 4.is made up of 5.made it to 6.prepares;for
Ⅲ.1.while I had an idea 2.It being pretty late 3.the third one to get to 4.had been completed 5.Surprised and angry
Ⅳ.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲的是凯瑟琳·米勒和她的朋友凯琳·罗兰合作,为国家历史日制作了一部纪录片,讲述了1980年第一批从西点军校毕业的女性的故事。
1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段的“Their documentary,Women at West Point:Breaking Barriers of the Long Gray Line,tells the story of the first women who graduated from West Point in 1980.”可知,凯瑟琳·米勒制作这部纪录片的目的是介绍西点军校的第一批女毕业生。故选C项。
2.D 主旨大意题。根据第三段的“Miller and Rowland spent countless hours working on their documentary,reaching out to the 62 women of the class of 1980 and interviewing more than 25 percent of them.”和“ ‘This was hours and hours of research and interviews,’ Miller said.‘We did Face Times with the women,we met in person,we called them,and so we had so much information,so many news articles going back 40 years.’”可知,本段主要讲的是凯瑟琳·米勒拍这个纪录片背后的努力,故选D项。
3.B 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“so it was such a shock to me when I realized that girls didn’t always have that opportunity.”可知,妇女过去很少有机会接受军事教育。故选B项。
4.A 推理判断题。根据第二段的“‘What we did was never for an award or for recognition;it was about sharing the story of these women,so to receive the award was really special,’Miller said.”可知,Kathryn Miller拍纪录片不是为了获奖,而只是为了分享这些女性的故事,可见她是一个热诚的人,故选A项。
【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。全文主要介绍了经研究发现,影响人们幸福感的重要因素:一种名为FAAH的特殊基因,并阐明还有其他诸如经济、政治等一系列因素会影响人们的幸福感。
5.A 推理判断题。根据首段中“According to a new research,the more people in a country who have a particular gene(基因),the happier the nation will be.This DNA is known as the FAAH gene.”可知,人们的幸福感和快乐的秘密就藏在基因里。故选A项。
6.B 词义猜测题。根据第三段中“For example,Russians and Estonians score very low in happiness,despite having the right happy DNA.”可知,拥有FAAH基因并不总是与幸福感有关系,故画线部分句子中的“go hand in hand”短语应理解为“与……有关系”,解释说明FAAH基因与乐观快乐的生活观念之间的关系。故选B项。
7.C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“The climate condition is associated with the nation’s happiness.”可知,影响一个国家的整体幸福感的因素是气候状况。故选C项。