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课时达标(四十) Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors建议时间/100分钟阅读提速练 阅读理解A课标话题人与社会文学与艺术体裁说明文词数 262难度 StrengthsFinder 2.0by Tom RathDo you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day？Chances are, you dont. All too often, our natural talents go untapped(未开发的). We devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people reveal their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book, which has led to a global conversation and helped millions to discover their top five talents.In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup releases the new and improved version of its popular assessment. Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book will change the way you look at yourself and the world around you forever.Available in StrengthsFinder 2.0：*A new and upgraded edition of the StrengthsFinder assessment*A personal strengths discovery and actionplanning guide for applying your strengths in the next week, month and year*50 ideas for action (10 strategies for building on each of your top five talents)About StrengthsFinderIn 1998，the father of StrengthsBased Psychology, Donald OClifton, along with Tom Rath and a team of scientists at Gallup, created the online StrengthsFinder assessment. In 2001, they published the first edition of StrengthsFinder with the bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths. In 2004, the assessments name was formally changed to “Clifton StrengthsFinder” in honour of its chief designer.In 2007, Rath and scientists of Gallup released a new edition of the assessment programme and website, called “StrengthsFinder 2.0”. Rooted in more than 40 years of research, this assessment has helped millions discover and develop their natural talents.语篇导读本文简要介绍了盖洛普优势识别器2.0一书的相关内容。1According to the passage, we dont do what we do best because we usually _.Adont know what we are good atBfocus on overcoming our weaknessesCconcentrate on developing new skillsDlack confidence in our potential talents解析B细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，我们之所以没有在做自己最擅长的事，是因为我们将更多的时间花费在克服自己的缺点上，故选B项。2Why was the assessments name changed in 2004?ATo make it sound better.BTo make it easy to remember.CTo show respect for its chief designer.DTo attract more potential customers.解析C细节理解题。根据About StrengthsFinder部分的第一段最后一句可知，2004年这一评估系统更名是为了向其主要设计者致敬，故选C项。 3Whats the aim of StrengthsFinder?ATo help us realise our dreams.BTo help us discover our interests.CTo help us conquer our weaknesses.DTo help us develop our natural talents.解析D细节理解题。根据第二段可知，这一评估系统帮助人们挖掘自己的潜力；本文最后一句也提到了discover and develop their natural talents，故选D项。B课标话题人与自我个人生活体裁记叙文词数 293难度 Its absolutely crazy to think that the same 1968 Ford Mustang GT driven in the movie Bullitt by Steve McQueen, would end up in the hands of a modest New Jersey housewife. But thats exactly what happened.After Bullitt wrapped, the hero car was sold to a studio manager in Los Angeles, who kept it briefly before selling it, coincidentally, to a police detective. The officer shipped the car to New York and kept it for about three and a half years before placing a forsale ad in the back of Road&Track magazine in 1974. His $6,000 asking price was somewhat steep, but Robert Kiernan, a New Jersey insurance manager and Mustang fan, went out to look at it. He bought it for his wife to use as a daily driver.The Kiernans had kept the car secret mainly to protect themselves from rumormongers(散布谣言者). But that didnt stop Steve McQueen from finding it in 1977. Kiernans son said, “Dad had owned the car for three years at that point. And he got a phone call from McQueen asking about the car, how it was, and if Dad had changed anything on it. And McQueen said, I would really like to buy it if theres not too much involved with it. Ill replace it with a similar car so long as its not a crazy amount of money. But Dad declined.”McQueen didnt receive an answer. “I think a week later, a letter to my dad arrived from McQueen. And it said, basically, Id love to talk to you again about purchasing my car back. And Dad never reached out. And that was the end of that.”This was a wise decision. The car is now valued at $3 million to $5 million.语篇导读本文讲述了美国影星Steve McQueen在电影Bullitt中驾驶过的一辆1968款福特Mustang CT汽车一步步成为一名家庭主妇的座驾的过程。4Which of the following is crazy according to the author?AThe role that Mustang played in Bullitt.BThe history that Mustang covered.CThe fact that a housewife owned Mustang.DThe process that many fans bought Mustang.解析C细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，这款汽车最终落入一位家庭主妇的手中，作者认为这绝对很疯狂，故选C项。5Who might be the owner of the Ford Mustang GT in 1972?AA studio manager.BA police detective.CAn insurance manager.DA New Jersey driver.解析B细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句可知，这辆汽车被卖给一位警探大约3年半后，于1974年被出售。由此可知，1972年，车主是那位警探，故选B项。6What is Steve McQueen concerned about most according to Paragraph 3?AThe secret of the car.BThe changes of the car.CThe price of the car.DThe history of the car.解析C细节理解题。根据第三段中McQueen所说的话可知，McQueen想购回这辆车时最关注的是车价，故选C项。7What is the end of the car?AMcQueen bought it.BKiernan refused the offer.CIt was put in a forsale ad.DIt was sold at a price.解析B细节理解题。根据第四段中的And Dad never reached out. And that was the end of that可知，Kiernan拒绝了McQueen的购车请求，故选B项。C课标话题人与社会科学研究体裁说明文词数 318难度 The arm bones of women who lived 7,000 years ago show a surprising level of strengtheven higher than todays professional women athletes. Thats according to a firstever study comparing prehistoric(史前的) bones to those of living people. The finding suggests a revision of historythe everyday lives of prehistoric women were filled with hard labor, rather than just sitting at home doing lighter tasks while the men struggled and fought for life.“Before the study, there are no clear records describing how our ancient ancestors lived. It can be easy to forget that bone is a living tissue, one that responds to the difficulties we put our bodies through，” said lead author Alison Macintosh. “Physical force and muscle activity both put pressure on the bone. The bone reacts by changing in shape, thickness and other aspects over time.”Previous studies only compared female bones to contemporary male bones, the researchers saidand thats a problem, because the response of male bones to stress and change is much bigger than that of women. For instance, as humans moved from a huntergatherer lifestyle constantly on the move to a more settled agrarian(农耕的) one, changes can be observed in the structure of the shinbone(胫骨)and these changes were much more evident in men.However, a comparison of the bones of prehistoric women to the bones of living female athletes can help us work out a more accurate picture of what those prehistoric women were doing. “By analyzing the bones of living people and comparing them to the ancient bones, we can start to explain the kinds of labor our ancestors were reforming，” Macintosh said. What they found was that womens leg strength hasnt changed a great deal, but their arms used to be very powerful. Prehistoric women, the researchers found, had arm strength 1116 percent stronger than that of modern women rowers(桨手), and 30 percent stronger than that of nonathlete women.语篇导读本文介绍了研究者通过对比史前时期和当今女性的骨头得出的新发现。8What does the study tell about prehistoric women?AThey were stronger than men.BThey had lighter bones than men.CThey did tough tasks as the men did.DThey spent most time staying at home.解析C细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，史前女性的日常生活充满了繁重的劳动，即她们和男性一样干重活，故选C项。9What problem did previous studies on prehistoric bones have?AThey lacked enough comparison.BThey only studied mens bones.CThey focused little on bones.DThey ignored the lifestyles.解析A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，以前的研究只把史前女性的骨头与现代男性的相比较，而没有与现代女性的骨头相比较，即缺少足够的比较，故选A项。10What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?ABones structure.BBones thickness.CBones response to stress and change.DBones stress from hard labor.解析C代词指代题。根据画线词所在句的句意和句子结构可知，that指代的是前面提及的骨头对压力和变化的反应，故选C项。11What can we learn from the last paragraph?AIts still hard to explain our ancestors lifestyle.BPrehistoric women went through much suffering.CWomens arms have become much stronger over time.DPrehistoric women are stronger than contemporary females.解析D推理判断题。根据最后一段尤其是该段最后两句可知，研究人员发现，史前女性手臂的力量比现代女性强，即史前女性更强壮，故选D项。D课标话题人与社会科技发展与信息技术创新体裁说明文词数 332难度 The right paint can add appeal to your wallsand now it can also make them smarter. Researchers recently transformed a wall into an outsize trackpad and motion sensor by using lowcost conductive paint to create a large grid of electrodes(电极)Such a smart wall can sense human touch and track gestures from a short distance. It can also detect where electrical equipment is and whether it is switched on. The technology could someday turn on lights when a person enters a room, track a players motion in an interactive video game or monitor a childs television use. “Walls are everywhere, so why not turn them into sensors for smart homes？” says Yang Zhang, a computer science doctoral student at Carnegie Mellon University, who helped to develop the concept.To create the hightech surface, Zhang and his colleagues applied painters tape in a lattice(格子结构) pattern to a twelvebyeightfoot wall, and then coated it with commercially available conductive paint. Removing the tape left a pattern of diamondshaped electrodes, which the researchers connected using thin copper tape strips. Finally, they wired the strips to a custombuilt circuit board and covered the wall with standard latex(胶乳) paint. The entire project took four hours and cost less than $200. In theory, Zhang says, “Anyone can use the technique to make a wall smart.”In the walls appliancedetection mode, the power is turned off. The researchers detected iPads up to 6.5 feet away from the wall; fans and floor lamps could be sensed from about 10 feet. Zhang and his colleagues presented the wall in April at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.“Engineers have long dreamed of technologies that blend into our surroundings，” says Christian Holz, a research scientist at Microsoft Research in Redmond, who did not participate in the work. “It nicely questions our understanding of what a device might be and demonstrates how rich sensing technology can combine with everyday objects.”语篇导读本文介绍了智能墙壁的发明、安装、用途等。12What can a smart wall do now according to the passage?ADetect peoples locations.BTurn on lights automatically.CMonitor a persons television use.DTrack humans movements at close range.解析D细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，智能墙壁可以近距离感应人们的活动，故选D项。13What can we learn about the smart wall?AIt is easy to build.BIt is cheap but timeconsuming.CIt benefits people in many ways.DIt adds appeal to the buildings.解析C推理判断题。根据第二段第一、二句可推知，该发明给人们的生活带来了许多好处，故选C项。14What materials are required to create the hightech surface?AA lattice pattern and conductive paint.BPainters tape and standard latex paint.CA custombuilt circuit board and iPads.DDiamondshaped electrodes and copper tape strips.解析B细节理解题。根据第三段的描述可知，painters tape和standard latex paint是在制作过程中使用的部分材料，故选B项。15What is Christian Holzs attitude towards this new invention?APositive.BNegative.CNeutral.DUnknown.解析A观点态度题。根据最后一段可知，Christian Holz认为智能墙壁的发明让我们对装置的概念有了不一样的理解，还说明了感应技术可以多方面地运用到日常事物中。由此可推知，他对该发明持积极的态度，故选A项。 七选五课标话题人与社会历史与文化体裁说明文词数 237难度 Childrens Games in Ancient ChinaUnlike the children nowadays, the children during ancient times didnt have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain themselves. _1_. Lets take a look.Kicking stone ballsDuring the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to keep warm. Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet.Flying kitesKites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. _2_. For example, the swallowshaped kite is a wellknown Beijing style.Playing hideandseekHideandseek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. Even nowadays, many children like playing it. There are two ways to play. One way is covering a childs eyes while other kids run around to tease him. _3_._4_The closest thing to watching a film or television for entertainment during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists manipulate puppets behind the screen, narrating stories and accompanied by music.Setting off firecrackersFirecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast named Nian in ancient China. _5_. After gunpowder was invented, it gradually replaced the bamboo joint cracker. Crackers are still set off during Spring Festival to symbolize auspiciousness(吉祥)AWatching shadow playsBMaking a filmCEach of them has distinctive featuresDDifferent materials are used to make the kiteEAnd to scare off the beast, people burnt bamboo joints to make them blastFMore commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find themGInstead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood语篇导读本文主要介绍了古代中国孩子们玩的一些游戏。1解析G转折关系。空前一句讲古代的孩子们没有智能手机、平板电脑等，下文讲古代孩子们的游戏。G项(但是，他们想出了一些有趣的游戏以供玩耍)承上启下，故选G项。2解析C顺承关系。空前一句讲到现在最有名的三种风筝，空后一句讲其中的北京风筝的特色之一，C项(这三种风筝都各具特色)与下一句衔接紧密，故选C项。3解析F并列关系。根据空前一句可知，空处应讲玩捉迷藏的另一种方式，选项中只有F项符合，故选F项。4解析A总分关系。空处是主题句，根据下句可知，关键信息是shadow plays(皮影戏)，故选A项。5解析E顺承关系。E项中的beast和bamboo joints分别与空处前后句的a beast和bamboo joint cracker对应，符合语境，故选E项。语言知识运用练与写作规范练 完形填空课标话题人与自我家庭生活体裁记叙文词数 263难度 (2019江苏前黄高中检测)The mysterious golden box was tied with ribbon and sat upon a shelf in the dinning room.During my childhood, I would often _1_ where it had come from and why it was never _2_. Sometimes, I would climb upon a chair to get a _3_ look, but would never _4_ it for fear I would _5_ something special.Many years passed as the box continued to sit with its _6_ contents, undisturbed.The tragic _7_ of my father happened one spring day.After my fathers funeral, my mother carefully _8_ the ribbon and opened the treasured box with _9_ in her eyes and a lifetime memory in her heart.On a yellow piece of paper were written these words: “My love, I will go _10_， but I will hold dear my love for you, so I leave you this box filled with kisses.Please wait till I return.”Then my mother told me this story: My parents _11_ in college when their best friends set them up on a blind date.As my parents friendship _12_, also did their love.They planned to get _13_ after graduation, but my father had to _14_ to war.Before leaving, he prepared that golden box and tied it with the ribbon as a symbol of his everlasting _15_ for my mother.He asked that she should open the box only _16_ she knew he would not be coming home.When my father finally _17_ from the war, they married._18_, Mom kept that box unopened as a _19_ of their love and devotion during that _20_ time in their lives until the day when Dad passed away.1A.suspectBhesitateCwonderDexplain2A.tiedBopenedCfixedDwrapped3A.newBcontentedCquickDclose4A.respectBadmireCtouchDdecorate5A.spoilBdiscoverCreleaseDexpose6A.imaginableBabnormalCtypicalDmysterious7A.lossBfailureCillnessDpressure8A.fastenedBuntiedCobservedDtore9A.smilesBexcitementCtearsDanger10A.far awayBaroundCbackDout11A.metBworkedCservedDrecognized12A.endedBdisappearedCweakenedDgrew13A.connectedBmarriedCpreparedDseparated14A.pay attentionBlook forwardCgo offDsettle down15A.sympathyBmercyCsupportDlove16A.beforeBunlessCbecauseDif17A.fledBreturnedCrecoveredDheard18A.OtherwiseBThereforeCHoweverDInstead19A.reminderBwarningCconsequenceDnotice20A.spareBhardCbusyDfree语篇导读作者通过家里一个神秘的金色盒子讲述了父母之间坚贞的爱情故事。1解析C根据下文中的两个特殊疑问词where和why，并结合上文中的The mysterious golden box可推知，作者对这个金色盒子充满了好奇。wonder想知道，故选C项。2解析B根据下文中的undisturbed可推知，金色盒子从来没有被打开(open)过，因此显得非常神秘，故选B项。3解析D根据语境可知，此处指在好奇心的驱使下，作者爬上椅子想近(close)距离一探究竟，故选D项。4解析C结合语境以及选项可推知，作者当时不敢碰(touch)那个盒子，害怕破坏什么特别的东西，与下文中的undisturbed呼应，故选C项。5解析A参见上题解析。spoil破坏，符合语境，故选A项。6解析D根据continued和undisturbed可知，多年过去了，金色盒子依然神秘(mysterious)，没有被动过，与上文中的The mysterious golden box呼应，故选D项。7解析A根据下文中的After my fathers funeral可推知，此处表示父亲的去世(loss)，故选A项。8解析B根据上文中的The mysterious golden box was tied with ribbon，并结合opened可推知，此处指母亲小心翼翼地解开(untie)金色盒子上的丝带，故选B项。9解析C根据常识可知，父亲离世，母亲当时心情沉痛，眼含泪水(tear)，故选C项。10解析A根据下文中的Please wait till I return可推知，父亲说自己要远(far away)行，故选A项。11解析A根据下文的a blind date可知，此处表示父母是在大学时朋友为他们安排的初次见面会上认识(meet)的，故选A项。12解析D根据下文中的they married可推知，随着父母的友谊加深(grow)，他们的爱情也愈加深厚，故选D项。13解析B父母恋爱了，计划毕业后就结婚(marry)，与下文中的they married呼应，故选B项。14解析C当时父亲因为战争不得不离开(go off)，与下文中的Before leaving呼应，故选C项。15解析D根据上文中的I will hold dear my love for you可推知，此处表示父亲对母亲永恒的爱(love)，故选D项。16解析D根据语境可知，此处表示只有母亲得知父亲不会再回来时，她才能打开盒子。only if只有，符合语境，故选D项。17解析B根据they married可推知，父亲最终从战场上返回(return)，故选B项。18解析B根据语境可知，父亲回来了，因此(Therefore)母亲就一直没打开盒子，故选B项。19解析A根据语境可知，母亲保留那个金色盒子作为对他们之间爱和忠诚的纪念和提醒(reminder)，故选A项。20解析B根据上文父亲去参战可知，那是他们生命中艰难的(hard)时期，故选B项。 语法填空课标话题人与社会非物质文化遗产体裁说明文词数 215难度 Chinese oracle bone inscriptions(甲骨文) over 3,000 years old are now being widely used as emojis by young WeChat users, thanks to a person who made them 1._(close) to peoples life than before.“The ancient characters are not as cool and distant 2._ they are supposed to be，” said the 3._(create) Chen Nan. “In fact, they are cute and humorous, and they could totally serve our needs for online expression.” 4._ 46yearold professor of fine art at Tsinghua University has been working to make oracle bone inscriptions into emojis. For example, the character for “zui”， 5._ means “drunk” in English, was created 6._(look) like a stumbling figure.Chen has also combined the ancient Chinese characters with cartoon figures. A cartoon video clip 7._(feature) oracle bone inscriptions designed by him was viewed 31 million times and shared 10,000 times.Chen worked on the road of innovation 19 years ago. In 2016, the ancient typeface 8._(include) into the font library under his efforts to let the ancient words walk into peoples life. Now the library has as many as 3,500 characters, 9._ Chens research on the project still continues, as he plans to extend the library to 7,000 characters. In the future, he will apply the ancient characters 10._ education and development of games and apps.语篇导读甲骨文正在被年轻的微信用户们作为表情包广泛使用，这得益于清华大学陈楠教授的努力。1closer解析考查比较等级。根据空后的than before可知用比较级；make后用形容词作宾补，故用closer。 2as解析考查副词。asas和一样，为固定搭配。 3creator解析考查词性转换。这里指产品的创造者，故用表示人的名词creator。 4.The解析考查冠词。这里的46yearold professor即上文中的Chen Nan，表示特指，故用定冠词the。 5which解析考查引导词。空处引导非限制性定语从句，指代先行词the character for “zui”，且引导词在从句中作主语，故用which。 6to look解析考查非谓语动词。根据句意可知，这里应用不定式短语作目的状语。 7.featuring解析考查非谓语动词。谓语为was viewed，故空处为非谓语动词。A cartoon video clip与feature为主谓关系，故用现在分词作后置定语。 8.was included解析考查时态、语态和主谓一致。根据时间状语in 2016可知，用一般过去时；the ancient typeface与include之间是动宾关系，用被动语态；主语为the ancient typeface，谓语用单数。9but/yet解析考查并列连词。句意：现在，甲骨文字体库里已有多达3 500个汉字，然而陈楠的研究仍在继续。空处上下文为转折关系，故填but或yet。10to解析考查介词。applyt
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