Unit 4 Body language
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A
(2019·广东七校联合体高三第一次联考)“You’ll be blind by the time you’re twenty?five，” a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted. “Your blood sugar is much too high．” It consumed me. No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, just waiting for the right opportunity to destroy my world.
I liked painting. Losing myself in painting filled me with peace. Painting provided me with the only place where I could escape from those threatening words.
When I was twenty?one, my right eye went blind. Precisely three months after my twenty?fifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage(大出血) in my left eye because of an accident．For the next twenty years, vision came and went. I went through many eye operations in an attempt to keep my vision. But after one final operation, I lost the battle and all remaining vision. And I buried all dreams of painting.
Desperate, I enrolled in(注册) a sixteen?week program for the blind and visually impaired(受损的). I learned personal adjustment and the use of a computer with adaptive software. A whole new world opened up to me through this program.
“JAWS and Window?Eyes are leading software for the blind，” my instructor told me. “You can use the Internet, e?mail and Microsoft with all its tools and features．” It’s amazing! Hope went up for the first time in years．“By learning how to use hot keys to control the mouse, you can use Microsoft Access, Excel and Powerpoint，” my instructor added.
For the next several years, I learned that when one door closes, another door opens. There are plenty of choices available for the blind and visually impaired through the gift of technology. Not only do I have a speaking computer, but I have a speaking watch, alarm clock and calculator.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者因高血糖双目失明， 从此放弃了酷爱的绘画。但是， 他通过一个项目学习到适用于盲人和视力受损人员的电脑信息技术， 从而再次燃起了希望。
1．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A．The right opportunity.
B．Losing my sight in the future.
．Consuming too much sugar.
D．The Children’s Hospital.
B 解析：代词指代题。根据第一段第一句“‘You’ll be blind by the time you’re twenty?five，’ a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted．”可知， 医生预测作者会在二十五岁时失明；结合第四句 “No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, just waiting for the right opportunity to destroy my world．”可知， 无论作者身在何处， 无论他在做什么， 它就像乌云一样在头顶盘旋， 仅仅等待着一个合适的机会来打破他的世界。据此可知， it指代“医生预测我会在二十五岁时失明”这件事， 故B项正确。A项意为“合适的机会”； C项意为“吃太多的糖”；D项意为“儿童医院”， 都与文意不符。
2．What happened when the author was about 25 years old?
A．He gave up painting.
B．He went blind completely.
C．He injured one of his eyes.
D．He picked up a new hobby.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Precisely three months after my twenty?fifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage(大出血) in my left eye because of an accident．”可知， 在作者二十五岁零三个月时， 左眼因事故而大出血， 故C项正确。
3．What brought a turning point to the author?
A．A special course.
B．A meaningful event.
C．An inspiring speech.
D．An important interview.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Desperate, I enrolled in(注册) a sixteen?week program for the blind and visually impaired(受损的)．”和最后一句“A whole new world opened up to me through this program．”可知， 作者参加了为盲人和视力受损的人服务的为期十六周的课程， 学会了使用电脑信息技术， 从此一个全新的世界展现在作者面前， 故A项正确。B项意为“一件有意义的事情”； C项意为“一场鼓舞人心的演讲”；D项意为“一次重要的采访”，均不符合文意。
4．What does the author intend to tell us?
A．No pain, no gain.
B．Every man has his price.
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
D．Be optimistic in the face of life’s difficulties.
D 解析：写作意图题。通读全文可知， 文章讲述了作者因高血糖双目失明， 从此放弃了酷爱的绘画。但是， 他通过学习专为盲人和视力受损的人设计的电脑信息技术， 又重新燃起了希望。据此可以判断， 本文旨在告诉读者， 面对生活中的困难， 我们应当乐观积极， 故D项正确。A项意为“不劳无获”；B项意为“天生我材必有用”；C项意为“心之所愿， 无事不成”。
B
(2019·桂林、百色、崇左联考)By trying to tickle(使发痒) rats and recording how their nerve cells respond, Shimpei Ishiyama and his adviser are discovering a mystery that has puzzled thinkers since Aristotle expected that humans, given their thin skin and unique ability to laugh, were the only ticklish animals.
It turns out that Aristotle was wrong. In their study published on Thursday, Ishiyama and his adviser Michael Brecht found that rats squeaked and jumped with pleasure when tickled on their backs and bellies. These signs of joy changed according to their moods. And for the first time, they discovered a special group of nerve cells. These nerve cells made this feeling so powerful that it causes a rat being tickled to lose control.
To make sure that he had indeed found a place in the brain where tickling was processed, Ishiyama then stimulated(刺激) that area with electrical currents. The rats began to jump like rabbits and sing like birds.
“It’s truly ground?breaking，” said Jeffrey Burgdorf, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University who reviewed the paper．“It takes the study of emotion to a new level．”
Burgdorf has played a central role in our understanding of animal tickling. He was part of a team that first noticed, in the late 1990s, that rats made special noises when they were experiencing social pleasure. Others had already noted that rats repeatedly made short and high sounds during meals. But the lab where Burgdorf worked noticed that they emitted similar sounds while playing. And so one day, the senior scientist in the lab said, “Let’s go and tickle some rats．” They quickly found that those cries of pleasure doubled.
“The authors have been very adventurous，” said Daniel O’Connor, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University. To him, that finding was very surprising.
“Why does the world literally feel different when you are stressed out？” he said．“This is the first step towards answering that question. It gives us a way to approach it with experimental rigor(严谨)．”
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。文章中科学家通过刺激老鼠来记录它们的神经细胞的反应，所得出的结论将对情绪的研究提升到了一个新的高度。
5．What contributed to humans’ being ticklish according to Aristotle?
A．Their special skin.
B．Their social pleasure.
C．Their nervous system.
D．Their willingness to touch.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“since Aristotle expected that humans, given their thin skin and unique ability to laugh, were the only ticklish animals”可知，亚里士多德认为人类由于其皮肤薄，而且有独特的笑的能力而成为唯一怕痒的动物，所以正确答案为A。
6．Which of the following statements will Jeffrey Burgdorf agree with?
A．The research process is full of risks.
B．The finding of the study is surprising and unbelievable.
C．The new discovery is beneficial for the study of emotion.
D．The finding of the study actually contradicts modern science.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“It takes the study of emotion to a new level．”可知，这项研究成果把对情绪的研究提升到了一个新的高度，显然，这对情绪的研究是有益处的。故答案为C。
7．The underlined word “squeaked” in Paragraph 2 may be replaced by “________”.
A．gave a smile
B．made a noise
C．burst into tears
D．watched with staring eyes
B 解析：词义猜测题。根据该词后面的“jumped with pleasure when tickled on their backs and bellies”可知，当在老鼠的背部和腹部挠痒痒的时候，它们会高兴地跳起来，再结合第三段中的“The rats began to jump like rabbits and sing like birds．”可知，此处是“发出声音”的意思，故选B。
8．What is the best title for the text?
A．The Life of Rats
B．How Rats Laugh
C．A Wonderful Scientist
D．A New Discovery about Rats
D 解析：标题归纳题。根据全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了一项关于老鼠的新发现。故答案为D。
七选五
(2019·郑州一中高三摸底)Teenagers are especially likely to suffer loneliness．Here are some suggestions for speeding a recovery from loneliness.
Reach out to others, but start small．A smile and a friendly greeting for the student behind you in line at the cafeteria won’t make you best friends. 1._______ It also can make it easier to interact the next time.
Find a safe place to make connections．If going to the school dance makes you feel like you just don’t belong, try joining a special?interest group．Maybe it’s the drama club or the marching band. 2．________
Find other ways of making connections. Lonely people hunger for acceptance and friendship. Sometimes feeling accepted and liked comes more easily when you do something for others. 3．________Teach a child reading．Take notes for a disabled classmate．You might be surprised at the connections you make after reaching out to others in these ways.
4．________ Loneliness is an absence of quality friendships, not of a particular quantity of friends．That’s why it’s important to know how to select a friend．The best friendships are those based on similar values and attitudes.
You get what you expect, so expect the best．If you expect others to be friendly, you will behave in similar ways.
5．________It goes away as teens learn how to find their way through their social world and connect with others.
A．But it will make you both feel pretty good.
B．So consider becoming a volunteer.
C．Some teens aren’t so adaptable, however.
D．Encourage people to be friendlier to you.
E．Choose the right people.
F．For most young people, loneliness is only temporary.
G．Look for a group that allows you to ease gradually.
【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了应对孤独的一些建议。
1．A 解析：根据语境可知， 空前一句和空后的“It also can make it easier to interact the next time．”存在逻辑上的转折关系， 所以A项“但是它将使你们都感到很好”符合语境。
2．G 解析：根据上文“Find a safe place to make connections．If going to the school dance makes you feel like you just don’t belong, try joining a special?interest group．”可推知，作者建议找一个让自己觉得舒服的团体，所以选G项。
3．B 解析：根据上文“Sometimes feeling accepted and liked comes more easily when you do something for others．”可知， 帮助他人会让孤独者更易被接纳和喜欢。故B项“因此考虑做一名志愿者”衔接下文“Teach a child reading．Take notes for a disabled classmate．”。
4．E 解析：根据下文“Loneliness is an absence of quality friendships, not of a particular quantity of friends．That’s why it’s important to know how to select a friend．”可推知， 选对朋友对孤独者尤其重要， 他们缺的不是特定数量的朋友， 而是高质量的友谊， 所以选E项。
5．F 解析：由空后的“It goes away as teens learn how to find their way through their social world and connect with others．”可推知， 青少年的孤独是暂时的， 随着他们学会如何通过社会阅历找到自己的道路和与他人建立关系， 孤独就会不复存在， 所以选F项。
短文改错
(2019·陕西部分学校第一学期摸底)Most people expect their birthdays because of the presents they receive them．I have been getting my birthday presents but none of which have been remarkable so far．My parents always give me books which is fine but ordinary．Then, on my seventeen birthday, I got the best present ever．There was a white envelope．I opened it and find a key and a note．“Happy birthday, my dear nephew！” was written on hand．It was from his Aunt Jess．I looked at the key more closely but I realized it was a car key．This was best present．I became the owner of my own car thanks to my generously aunt.
答案：
Most people expect their birthdays because of the presents they receive ① ．I have been getting my birthday presents but none of have been remarkable so far．My parents always give me books which fine but ordinary．Then, on my birthday, I got the best present ever．There was a white envelope．I opened it and a key and a note．“Happy birthday, my dear nephew！” was written hand．It was from Aunt Jess．I looked at the key more closely I realized it was a car key．This was best present．I became the owner of my own car thanks to my aunt.
①删除them。考查定语从句。they receive是一个省略了that的定语从句， 修饰先行词the presents, 关系词在从句中作receive的宾语， 所以them多余。
②which改为them。考查代词。分析句子结构可知， but连接两个并列分句， 此处并不是一个定语从句， 所以把which改为them, 指代my birthday presents。
③is改为are。考查主谓一致。which引导的定语从句修饰先行词books, 关系词在从句中作主语， 且先行词books是复数， 所以把is改为are。
④seventeen改为seventeenth。考查序数词。此处表示“在我第十七个生日”， 应该用序数词， 所以把seventeen改为seventeenth。
⑤find改为found。考查时态。作者在回忆往事， 表示发生在过去的事情， 应用一般过去时， 所以把find改为found。
⑥on改为by。考查介词。“生日快乐， 我亲爱的侄子！”这些字是手写的。on hand“在手头， 在近旁”， by hand“手工”， 故把on改为by。
⑦his改为my。考查代词。根据上文可知，这里表示“它来自我的姑姑Jess”， 所以把his改为my。
⑧but改为and。考查连词。我更近地看着这把钥匙， 然后意识到它是一把汽车钥匙。此处表示顺承， 所以把but改为and。
⑨best前加the。考查冠词。这是我收到的最好的礼物。最高级前面用定冠词the。
⑩generously改为generous。考查词性转换。修饰名词用形容词， 所以把generously改为generous。
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