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2025人教版高中英语必修第二册
五年高考练
七选五
(2021浙江)
You've got mail...and it's a postcard
Paulo Magalhaes, a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of Rome's Colosseum. Or Africa's Victoria Falls. Or China's Great Wall. 1
“I often send postcards to family and friends,” he says to China Daily, “but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. 2 ” Seeking other like-minded souls, however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat unlikely place: online. Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service, but Paulo's hunch(直觉) paid off.
Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. 3 Running the website has almost turned into a full-time job.
Language is certainly a barrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese, the concept doesn't work if one doesn't understand it. 4 So a common language is required and in postcrossing that's English since it's widely spoken.
“Many people in China have limited exposure to English. 5 That said, we know of many postcrossing members, including Chinese, who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,” Paulo says.
A.And that's totally fine.
B.That makes it extra hard to learn and practice it.
C.He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby.
D.Many love to make a connection with someone from across the world.
E.On August 5, the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F.Similarly, if you speak only Chinese, receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G.In short, he loves postcards, and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
高考词汇站
派生/合成词汇
1.likely adj.可能的→ adj.不可能的 2.like-minded adj.
3.family-friendly adj.
熟词生义
4.soul n. 5.fine adj. 6.extra adv.
答案与分层梯度式解析
UNIT 3 THE INTERNET
五年高考练
◎语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了保罗开发网站让世界各地的人们可以交换明信片的故事。
1.G 主旨句。设空处位于段尾,通过代词指代缩小选项范围,通过相同信息在文中与选项中呼应锁定答案。第一段主要介绍主人公保罗,所以设空处重点关注C项和G项,这两项中的代词He和he都指代保罗。第一句中的“loves to open his mailbox and find a brightly colored picture of...”与G项中的“the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away”呼应,说明保罗喜欢收到不同的明信片,符合语境。故选G。
2.A 过渡句。设空处位于段中,关注前后句所传递出的不同含义,理解主人公的情感。设空处前提出不是所有人都和保罗一样有这个爱好,后句提到他通过网络找其他志同道合的人,说明保罗对“不是所有人都和他有同样的爱好”这件事是能接受的(that's totally fine),而接受后要做的事情就是通过其他渠道找有相同爱好的人,设空处在情感上起到了过渡的作用。故选A。
3.E 细节句。设空处位于段中,关注段落主旨并通过数字信息锁定答案。本段主要展现了与保罗爱好一样的人越来越多,主要通过具体数字来说明,设空处前有数字信息的体现,E项中出现的数字信息也与本段主旨呼应。故选E。
4.F 细节句。设空处位于段中,通过段落主旨和关键词复现锁定答案。本段的关键词是language,说明本段的主旨围绕语言展开,设空处前出现Chinese,与F项中的Chinese呼应。故选F。
5.B 细节句。设空处前提到很多中国人接触英语不多,设空处后则告诉大家,很多人通过在互换明信片时使用英语,提高了英语水平,希望让大家知道这是一个让自己更多地接触英语、练习英语的机会。B项中的That指代的就是“许多中国人接触英语不多”这个情况,B项中practice后的it指代的是English。故选B。
【高考词汇站】 1.unlikely 2.志趣相投的 3.适合家庭的 4.某种人 5.可接受的 6.格外
长难句
原句 Today his hobby has developed into the website , a social network that has grown to 575,217 registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago.
分析 本句为主从复合句。a social network...作the website 的同位语,其中that引导定语从句,修饰先行词social network;since引导时间状语从句。
译文 如今,他的爱好发展成了这个网站,自从他10年前创办它以来,这个社交网站已经在214个国家和地区拥有了575,217名注册用户。
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