2024广西专版英语高考总复习--必修第二册　UNIT 5　阅读题组——练速度（含答案与解析）

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2025广西专版英语高考总复习
高考题型·组合规范练6
必修第二册　UNIT 5阅读题组——练速度
(35 mins)
Ⅰ.阅读
A
(2023·重庆重点中学高三模拟)
2023 Upcoming Book Releases
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Although they were inseparable growing up,Emily and Chess have begun to grow apart in their 30s.Now they hope to reconnect on a girls’ trip to an Italian villa(别墅) that was the setting of a celebrity murder.The further Emily tries to solve the long-ago murder,the more Chess becomes uncomfortable and their hidden secrets come spilling out.You won’t be able to tell the true killer until the last minute.
Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
This thrilling murder mystery set in 1937 Europe rises quickly with attraction,secrets,and betrayal.When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first air race for young people,she knows all too well how high the stakes are.But promoting peace in Europe feels empty to Stella when civil war is raging in Spain and the Nazis are gaining power.
Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman
Lauren Fleshman is a distance runner in the United States.In Good for a Girl,Fleshman tells her true story of how she fell in love with running as a girl and shares her own running journey.Yet,the book isn’t just a memoir(回忆录).It’s a powerful look at how competitive sports are designed for men and boys and routinely fail female athletes,leading to injuries,eating disorders,and mental health issues.
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
One year ago,Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever:her toddler son,Mason,was taken out of his little bed in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep.With little evidence and few clues for the police to chase,the case quickly went cold.With great twists,the excellent thriller will keep you gripped to the page,never knowing which character you can trust.
1.Which book might attract a history lover
A.The Villa.　
B.Good for a Girl.　
C.All the Dangerous Things.　
D.Stateless.
2.In which section can you find Good for a Girl
A.Nonfiction.　　 　　B.Romance.　
C.Fantasy.　 D.Mystery.
3.What do The Villa and All the Dangerous Things have in common according to the text
A.Someone was dead in these two books.
B.They criticize the police for their failure.
C.They tell stories happening between friends.
D.They keep readers guessing until the very end.
B
“I absolutely knew that I could be a physician,” says Patrice Harris.“But never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be president of the American Medical Association(AMA).” Harris is the first African American woman ever to be elected president of the AMA.
Harris grew up in a small town,and becoming a doctor felt like a dream for her.“Even though I knew I wanted to be a physician,” she said,“I had no idea how to get there.” Harris worked extremely hard to achieve her dream.She said,“In life,none of us get through without any setback.What’s important is to learn from these challenges.” Harris completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at West Virginia University.When Harris was in her third year of medical school,she decided to specialize in psychiatry(精神病学),the study and treatment of mental illnesses.“Some of my patients had what I thought were very interesting disorders,” she said.“And there was something new every day.”
In 2007,Harris won the Psychiatrist of the Year Award and widely recognized as a top doctor.But it is not awards,she said,but rather treating and caring for her patients that has motivated her throughout her career.“That interaction with my patients is very fulfilling,because every opportunity that I have to help a patient in need is so meaningful,and it shows me why I originally wanted to go into the profession of medicine,” Harris said.
As president,Harris hopes to make sure that people across the country have access to the resources they need to ensure good health and that everyone is on a path.She said,“Everyone should have the same opportunities to live a healthy life.”
4.What can we learn about Patrice Harris from paragraph 1
A.She is talented as a physician.
B.She is the first woman president of the AMA.
C.She had never intended to be president of the AMA.
D.She was ambitious and generous at a young age.
5.What can Harris owe her success to
A.Family’s support.
B.Enough chances.
C.Learning from setbacks.
D.Hard work and precise plans.
6.Which of the following best describes Harris as a psychiatrist
A.Worried.　　　　B.Devoted.
C.Aggressive. D.Generous.
7.What does the underlined word “fulfilling” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A.Powerful.
B.Encouraging.
C.Disappointing.
D.Rewarding.
C
A 293-million-mile journey of the NASA Perseverance rover(探测器) to Mars ended successfully on February 18,2021,with a picture-perfect landing inside the Jezero Crater.The car-sized,six-wheeled rover,nicknamed Percy,is the US space agency’s biggest and most advanced explorer to date.Its primary mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial(微生物的) life on Mars.
Landing on Mars is extremely tricky.The Red Planet’s gravitational(引力的) pull causes approaching spacecraft to go faster to high speeds,while its thin atmosphere—just 1 percent that of Earth’s—does little to help slow it down as it approaches the surface.
The scientists had to reduce Percy’s 12,000 mph speed to a safe landing speed of less than five mph—in just six and a half minutes.The target entry angle also had to be a precise 12 degrees—any steeper,and the spacecraft would burn up;any flatter,and it would get lost in space.It is no wonder that the final approach is often referred to as the “seven minutes of terror”.
Upon attaining a manageable speed,Percy briefly flew over the Martian surface to seek out the perfect landing spot.Its complex map-reading system rapidly scanned the area and matched it with maps in its database to find the best location.
“Perseverance is the smartest robot ever made,but confirming that microbial life once existed carries an unusually large burden of proof,” said Lori Glaze,director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division.“While we’ll learn a lot with the great instruments we have aboard the rover,it may very well require the far more well-equipped laboratories and delicate instruments back here on Earth to tell us whether our samples (样本) carry evidence that Mars once harbored life.”
8.What is the extraordinary challenge for the rover to land on Mars
A.The speed reduction.
B.The atmosphere analysis.
C.The location search.
D.The time management.
9.What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A.Ways to find the precise entry angle.
B.Consequences of wrong entry degree.
C.Factors to survive “the seven minutes”.
D.Reasons for the necessity of speed reducing.
10.What does “it” refer to in paragraph 4
A.The spot.
B.The area.
C.The system.
D.The surface.
11.What can be inferred from Lori Glaze’s words
A.Instruments aboard the rover are not quite reliable.
B.Perseverance is able to collect enough evidence needed.
C.Man still has a long way to go to prove life was on Mars.
D.Samples of Mars will be returned soon to our labs on the Earth.
D
(2022·新高考Ⅰ卷)
Human speech contains more than 2,000 different sounds,from the common “m”and “a” to the rare clicks of some southern African languages.But why are certain sounds more common than others A ground-breaking,five-year study shows that diet-related changes in human bite led to new speech sounds that are now found in half the world’s languages.
More than 30 years ago,the scholar Charles Hockett noted that speech sounds called labiodentals,such as “f” and “v”,were more common in the languages of societies that ate softer foods.Now a team of researchers led by Dami n Blasi at the University of Zurich,Switzerland,has found how and why this trend arose.
They discovered that the upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned(对齐),making it hard to produce labiodentals,which are formed by touching the lower lip to the upper teeth.Later,our jaws changed to an overbite structure(结构),making it easier to produce such sounds.
The team showed that this change in bite was connected with the development of agriculture in the Neolithic period.Food became easier to chew at this point.The jawbone didn’t have to do as much work and so didn’t grow to be so large.
Analyses of a language database also confirmed that there was a global change in the sound of world languages after the Neolithic age,with the use of “f” and “v” increasing remarkably during the last few thousand years.These sounds are still not found in the languages of many hunter-gatherer people today.
This research overturns the popular view that all human speech sounds were present when human beings evolved around 300,000 years ago.“The set of speech sounds we use has not necessarily remained stable since the appearance of human beings,but rather the huge variety of speech sounds that we find today is the product of a complex interplay of things like biological change and cultural evolution,” said Steven Moran,a member of the research team.
12.Which aspect of the human speech sound does Dami n Blasi’s research focus on
A.Its variety.
B.Its distribution.
C.Its quantity.
D.Its development.
13.Why was it difficult for ancient human adults to produce labiodentals
A.They had fewer upper teeth than lower teeth.
B.They could not open and close their lips easily.
C.Their jaws were not conveniently structured.
D.Their lower front teeth were not large enough.
14.What is paragraph 5 mainly about
A.Supporting evidence for the research results.
B.Potential application of the research findings.
C.A further explanation of the research methods.
D.A reasonable doubt about the research process.
15.What does Steven Moran say about the set of human speech sounds
A.It is key to effective communication.
B.It contributes much to cultural diversity.
C.It is a complex and dynamic system.
D.It drives the evolution of human beings.
Ⅱ.七选五
(2023·重庆重点中学模拟)
Four Ways to Make You a More Patient Person
We could all use a little more patience,especially in the fast-paced world we live in.Think about it for a minute.　1　We expect packages delivered the day we place the order.We expect immediate results in the gym.Maybe it is time we slow down and practice a little patience.Here are four ways to be the patient person you never thought you could be.
Make yourself wait.A study published in Psychological Science shows that waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run.Start with something small like waiting a few extra minutes to drink that milkshake and then move on to something bigger.　2　
Stop doing things that aren’t important.We all have things in our lives that take time away from what is important.Take a few minutes and evaluate your week.Look at your schedule from when you wake up to the time you go to sleep.　3　It’s time to learn to say no to those things that cause stress and make us impatient.
Be mindful of the things making you impatient.Most people have several tasks in their head,and they jump from thought to thought without taking the time to finish one task first.　4　This will help you slow down and focus on one task at a time.
　5　 Taking slow deep breaths can help calm the mind and body.This is the easiest way to help ease any impatient feelings you are experiencing.
A.Calm your mind and body.
B.Relax and take deep breaths.
C.The world works in a fast pace.
D.You will gain more patience as you practice.
E.We all want instant satisfaction and things without waiting.
F.Take out two or three things that you do that aren’t important but take time.
G.The best way to change it is to write down what makes you impatient.
高考题型·组合规范练6
必修第二册　UNIT 5　阅读题组——练速度
Ⅰ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文,介绍了2023年即将发行的一些新书。
1.D　解析 细节理解题。根据第二个小标题Stateless by Elizabeth Wein下的“This thrilling murder mystery set in 1937 Europe”可知,选D项。
2.A　解析 细节理解题。根据Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman下的“In Good for a Girl,Fleshman tells her true story of”以及“Yet,the book isn’t just a memoir.”可知,这本书属于纪实文学,选A项。
3.D　解析 细节理解题。根据两本书对应段落的最后一句可知,The Villa读到最后才知道谁是真凶,All the Dangerous Things充满反转读到最后才知道谁是可信的,因此两本书都要读者一直猜测,选D项。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了美国医学协会的主席Patrice Harris的相关事迹。
4.C　解析 细节理解题。根据第一段中 “But never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be president of the American Medical Association(AMA).”可知,她做梦也没想过会成为美国医学协会主席,由此可见,她以前从来没打算过成为这个主席。故选C项。
5.C　解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中 “Harris worked extremely hard to achieve her dream.She said,‘In life,none of us get through without any setback.What’s important is to learn from these challenges.’”可知,人的生活中都会有挫折,最重要的是要从这些挑战中去学习,而历经这些挫折加上勤奋才能成功。由此可知,她要把自己的成功归功于从挫折中学习。故选C项。
6.B　解析 推理判断题。根据第三段中 “But it is not awards,she said,but rather treating and caring for her patients that has motivated her throughout her career.”和“...every opportunity...profession of medicine”可知,作为一名医生,是治疗和照顾病人这件事成为她职业生涯的动力,可知她对工作是全心全意的。故选B项。
7.D　解析 词义猜测题。根据第三段中“...because every opportunity that I have to help a patient in need is so meaningful,and it shows me why I originally wanted to go into the profession of medicine”可知,她认为每次有机会帮助病人是很有意义的,由此可见,她认为和病人的互动是值得的,fulfilling与下文meaningful相呼应,故选D项。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了“毅力号”探测器的主要任务,及其登陆火星过程中的情况。
8.A　解析 细节理解题。根据第二段可知,火星引力会使得接近火星的航天器更快速行进,并且火星稀薄的大气层对减缓航天器的速度几乎没有帮助,故减速是“毅力号”探测器登陆火星的特别挑战。故选A项。
9.C　解析 段落大意题。通读第三段内容可知,该段尾句“It is no wonder that the final approach is often referred to as the‘seven minutes of terror’.”为本段总结句,再结合该段上文可知,该段主要介绍了“七分钟内生存下来的因素”:降低速度和精确的切入角度。故选C项。
10.B　解析 词义猜测题。分析第四段尾句的句子结构可知,it的指代对象为map-reading system或the area。再结合句意“其复杂的地图读取系统快速扫描该地区,并将其与数据库中的地图进行匹配,以找到最佳位置”可知,it指代该句中的“the area”。故选B项。
11.C　解析 推理判断题。根据尾段可知,确认火星曾经存在过微生物需要大量的证据,而携带这些证据的样本又需要装备齐全的实验室以及将精密仪器送回地球才能进行分析。据此可推知,人类要证明火星上曾有生命还有很长的路要走,故C项正确。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了瑞士苏黎世大学的一个研究小组对唇齿音演化的研究结果。
12.D　解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Now a team of researchers led by Dami n Blasi at the University of Zurich,Switzerland,has found how and why this trend arose.(现在,由瑞士苏黎世大学的Dami n Blasi领导的一个研究小组已经发现了这种趋势是如何以及为什么会出现的。)”可知,Blasi的研究专注于它的发展过程。故选D项。
13.C　解析 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“They discovered that the upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned,making it hard to produce labiodentals...(他们发现古代成年人的上下门牙是对齐的,很难发出唇齿音……)”可知,古代成年人上下颚的构造很难发唇齿音。故选C项。
14.A　解析 段落大意题。第五段提到“对语言数据库的分析还证实,新石器时代之后,世界语言的声音发生了全球变化,‘f’和‘v’的使用在过去几千年中显著增加。这些声音在今天许多狩猎采集者的语言中仍然找不到。”由此可知,本段为研究的结果提供了证据。故选A项。
15.C　解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“we find today is the product of a complex interplay of things like biological change and cultural evolution”可知,这是一个复杂动态的体系。故选C项。
Ⅱ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了让你变成一个更有耐心的人的四种方法。
1.E　解析 此题前一句中的it为预指。同时,结合后两句的例子,可以反推答案为E项。
2.D　解析 此题所在段落的核心是Make yourself wait.此处为段尾句,是对前面内容的承接总结。故选D项。
3.F　解析 此题所在段落的核心是Stop doing things that aren’t important.此题所在空的前面两句话在内容动作上是承接关系,最后一句话为总结句。结合F选项中take out,important等同义词及该句的含义,故选择F项。
4.G　解析 此题所在段落的核心是Be mindful of the things making you impatient.此题后一句中的This具有回指功能,且应该是一种方法论。同时G选项中的impatient与这一段落核心词为同词复现。故选G项。
5.B　解析 此题为段首句,根据结构一致原则,应该是祈使句。根据段落核心,本段侧重讲的方法是take deep breaths,故选B项。
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