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2019牛津译林高考英语一轮基础选习题：模块3U2一、阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。Bees play a vital role in the world.Unfortunately，bees are dying by the second.The main purpose of bees is to make honey.Honey, shockingly，does not exist for human consumption；it is essential to the insects.Honeybees store honey in their hives (蜂箱)in order for the bees to have energy for their flight muscles and for heating the hives during the winter period.They collect pollen(花粉)which supplies protein for young bees to grow.According to National Honey Board，the increased production and quality of agricultural crops as a result of honeybee pollination are valued at more than $14.6 billion per year.These insects are responsible for over 70 of the fruits and vegetables we eat today，including apples，grapes，coffee, beans，and broccoli.So if they are so valuable to agriculture，why do they keep dying off？A key suspect seems to be pesticides(农药)Honeybees who are exposed to pesticides result in the damage to their neurological(神经系统的)functions, specifically memory or behavior.And thats why the majority of worker bees disappear and leave behind a queen，plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen.There are several other causes of the decline of bees，including the destruction of natural habitats，like woodlands，forests，and other habitats for bees.Climate change is also a factor in the decline of the wild bee population.Actually，there are a variety of methods to help the bee population grow.One way is to start your own organic garden by planting beefriendly plants.Pesticides are used in both industrial practices and even in your home，so it is best to find organic seeds and weed killers.1Why do honeybees store honey in their hives?ATo provide enough honey for humans to consume.BTo draw protein out of honey for young bees.CTo help attract other insects and make hives stronger.DTo strengthen bee muscles and heat hives in winter.2Apples and beans are mentioned in the third paragraph to show that _.Abees supply human beings with basic foodBbees mainly live on these agricultural cropsCbees are of great importance to fruits and vegetablesDbees can bring in more money for farmers every year3What is most likely to cause the worker bees to leave their hives behind?AThe lack of food.BThe abuse of pesticides.CThe fighting among bees.DThe destruction of the habitats.4What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?AAnother way to save bees.BOther tips for choosing seeds.CMore methods to plant green organic fruits.DCauses of the decline in the wild bee population.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。蜜蜂在生物世界里起着重要的作用，但是由于农药的滥用，蜜蜂正在大批死亡。本文给出了增加蜜蜂数量的方法和建议。【难句分析】These insects are responsible for over 70 of the fruits and vegetables we eat today，including apples，grapes，coffee，beans, and broccoli.分析：本句为主从复合句，句中we eat today为省略了that的定语从句，修饰先行词the fruits and vegetables。译文：这些昆虫对我们如今所食用的超过70种的水果和蔬菜负责，包括苹果、葡萄、咖啡、豆类和西兰花。1D考查细节理解。根据第二段的第三句“Honeybees store honey in their hives(蜂箱)in order for the bees to have energy for their flight muscles and for heating the hives during the winter period”可知，蜜蜂储藏蜂蜜是为了增强飞行肌肉的力量，在冬天为蜂箱加热，故D项正确。2C考查细节理解。根据第三段的“These insects are responsible for over 70 of the fruits and vegetables we eat today，including apples，grapes，coffee，beans，and broccoli”可知，该段提及苹果和豆类旨在说明蜜蜂对水果和蔬菜的重要作用，故C项正确。3B考查细节理解。根据第四段的“Honeybees who are exposed to pesticides.And thats why the majority of worker bees disappear”可知，农药的滥用导致了工蜂离开蜂箱，故B项正确。4A考查推理判断。根据第五段的第一、二句“Actually，there are a variety of methods to help the bee population grow.One way is to start your own organic garden by planting beefriendly plants”可知，该段主要介绍了帮助蜜蜂增加数量的方法之一：种植对蜜蜂无害的植物。据此可以推断，下文将介绍其他的帮助增加蜜蜂数量的方法，故A项正确。二、单项选择1.As we all know, the English language _ the grammar and vocabulary that people from different countries and cultures brought to Britain.A. consists of B. is consisted ofC. makes up of D. makes up【答案】A2.The Google project has caused excitement in Hollywood because film studios are searching for new revenues to _DVD sales, which are in steep decline. A. tradeB. exchangeC. replaceD. reduce【答案】C【解析】replace代替，符合句意。句意：谷歌的这个项目让好莱坞激动不已，因为电影制片厂正在寻找新收入来源，以替代急剧下滑的DVD销售。3.It was obvious that the meeting was concerned _ the housing reform and everyone present was concerned _ their own interests.A. with; with B. with; forC. for; about D. about; with【答案】B【解析】句意：很显然，这次会议是有关房屋改革的，每个在场的人都很关心他们自己的利益。be concerned with与有关；be concerned for/about关心，为担忧。故选B。4.For professional athletes, _ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.A. appeal B. attachmentC. access D. approach【答案】C【解析】access进入。句意：对于专业运动员来说，参加奥运会就意味着他们有机会被载入史册。appeal请求；attachment附加；approach接近；方法。5.Its hard to tell real Jingdezhen vases, and its a little more difficult for the untrained shopper to _. A. dismissB. distinguishC. seek D. shelter【答案】B【解析】句意：很难分辨真正的景德镇花瓶，对于未经训练的购物者来说区分它更困难。dismiss解散，解雇；distinguish区分，辨别；seek寻求，寻找；shelter庇护，保护。6.He has been acting very strangely these days. I cant _ his actions any longer.A. ask for B. account toC. call for D. stand for【答案】D【解析】句意：这些天他行为古怪，我再也无法忍受他的行为了。stand for用在否定句中表示：容忍，忍受。7.If what you say is not _ with what you do，it will have a bad effect on your children. A. controversial B. consistentC. confident D. considerate【答案】B【解析】be consistent with与一致。句意为：如果你言行不一的话，这将会对你的孩子产生不好影响。controversial争论的，争议的；confident自信的，确信的；considerate考虑周到的。8. They tried to _ hard plastics for metals in manufacturing machine parts. A. replace B. substituteC. take the place of D. give way to【答案】B【解析】substitute A for B=replace B with A用A来代替B；A takes the place of B用A代替B。give way to “让路，让步”。句意：在制造机器零件时，他们尽力用硬塑料代替金属。9.At the press conference, the government spokesman expressed his great _ for the safety of the three trapped workers. A. sympathy B. concernC. sorrowD. anger【答案】B10.I would have gone to my cousins birthday party last night, but I was not _. A. available B. accessibleC. acceptable D. adequate【答案】A【解析】句意：昨晚我本来是要去参加表弟的生日晚会的，但是我当时很忙，没有空去。available可获得的，有空的，可用的；accessible易接近的，可理解的，易懂的，易相处的，易获得的；acceptable可接受的；adequate令人满意的，适当的，足够的。11.Ning Zetao, who won four golds at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, _ himself as a new swim star. A. considered B. developedC. distinguished D. represented【答案】C12.What do you think of my new skirt? It looks wonderful on you! Im sure it will make you _ in a crowd. A. stand by B. stand asideC. stand for D. stand out【答案】D【解析】stand out突出，显眼，符合句意。stand by袖手旁观，支持；stand aside让开；stand for代表，象征。句意：“你觉得我的新裙子如何？”“穿在你身上真棒。我可以肯定地说(穿上它)会让你在人群中非常显眼。”13.Difficult as the task was _, they never gave up and kept trying all the time. A. to be acplished B. to acplish C. being acplished D. to have been acplished【答案】B14.What puzzles me is _he was a thief when you first saw him.A. how you could tell B. how could you tellC. what could you tell D. what you could tell【答案】A【解析】句意：使我迷惑不解的是，你怎么会第一眼看见他就判断他是个小偷呢？考查名词性从句，名词性从句用陈述语序，因此B和C可以排除。根据句子结构可知is后是表语从句，从句中又包含一个宾语从句，he was a thief是tell的宾语，因而不用what，故选A项。15.You should be grateful to your employees, because you wouldnt be _ you are now without them.A. why B. howC. where D. which【答案】C【解析】句意：你应该感谢你的职员，因为没有他们你不会到现在的位置。这里是表语从句，are动词后面缺少的是地点，用where引导表语从句。16.The best moment in the movie stars life was _ he received the Academy Award for Best Actor.A. where B. whenC. how D. why【答案】B【解析】根据主语moment可知，此处用when引导表语从句。句意：对于这个电影明星来说，他最辉煌的时刻就是当他获得奥斯卡最佳男主角奖的时候。17.It is said _ the picture shows a Chinese girl standing by the river under a tree, seemingly listening to a bird singing. A. whichB. asC. whatD. that【答案】D【解析】It是形式主语，真正的主语是空处引导的主语从句，从句意义和成分完整，故用that。句意：据说，这幅画表现的是一个中国女孩站在河边的树下，似乎在聆听一只鸟儿歌唱。三、完形填空。Something quite tragic(悲剧的)happened in our home.It had a _1_ effect on our lives.It _2_ the way we relax and even where we sit.There was no fire or flood.we _3_ our WiFi service，for over a week.I was raised in the preWiFi era，so I was relatively _4_ to the situation.My children，_5_，did not have this training.When given the news that there was no WiFi in the house，their first _6_ was：“But，what will we do？”Fortunately，the TV still worked，although the children were _7_ to find that it had only 70 channels.For the children，a(n) _8_ challenge was homework，most of which is now given online.The lack of broadband seemed to provide a new _9_ of “the dog ate my homework”excuse.My daughter _10_ that one of her friends had her water supply temporarily _11_ due to a leak，but she thought that our lack of WiFi was _12_.“Because you can go to the shop and buy water，right？”My husband and I need the Internet to _13_ us to work at home.Luckily，Ive found out that these days you can go to the shop to _14_ WiFi.Although expensive，it allows you to set up your own WiFi network _15_.Buying 1 GB of data makes you view your broadband differently.I dont want to _16_ it like leaving a tap running.We log on to the WiFi network and do what we have to do as _17_ as possible and log off.The changes that _18_ has created in our daily life have occurred without us really _19_.The _20_ part of our time without WiFi was seeing the children make forts(堡垒)out of the sofa cushions，which they havent done in years.1A.possible BmodestCpositive Dhuge2A.explored BchallengedCimproved Dguaranteed3A.received BbookedClost Dbought4A.addicted BaccustomedCadmitted Dattached5A.however BthereforeCotherwise Dbesides6A.impression BinspirationCresponse Drequest7A.excited BgratefulCembarrassed Ddesperate8A.avoidable BmajorCenjoyable Dsimple9A.version BtranslationCdimension Dcollection10A.repeated BpromisedCobserved Dignored11A.fixed up Bcut offCused up Dlaid in12A.worse BbetterCclearer Dmore13A.force BencourageCremind Denable14A.look into Bsearch forCpurchase Dborrow15A.easily BsecurelyCfirmly Dconstantly16A.share BanalyzeCstore Dwaste17A.steadily BquicklyCproperly Dsmoothly18A.technology BinformationCknowledge Dintelligence19A.reflecting BhearingCappreciating Dnoticing20A.rigid BtoughCbright Dnecessary【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了WiFi对“我”家生活的影响。【核心词汇】have an effect on对有影响temporarily adv.暂时地log on登录occur v发生1D根据上下文可知，家里没有WiFi对我们生活的影响是巨大的(huge)。possible“可能的”；modest“谦虚的”；positive“积极的”。2B根据前一句“It had a _1_ effect on our lives”和下文的“But，what will we do”可知，平时家里离不开WiFi，现在没有了，当然对我们平时的生活方式产生挑战。explore“探索”；improve“提升”；guarantee“保证”。3C根据下文的“When given the news that there was no WiFi in the house”可知，我们家里失去(lost) WiFi一个多星期；receive“收到”；book“订购”；buy“购买”。4B根据第二段第一句“I was raised in the preWiFi era”可知，“我”是在没有WiFi的时代长大的，因此对于没有了WiFi也是比较习惯的(accustomed)，be accustomed to表示“习惯于”。5A根据上下文可推知，“我”习惯无WiFi的生活，但是孩子们不习惯。上下文是转折关系，因此选however。6C根据空后的“But, what will we do”可知空处指的是他们的第一反应(response)。7D根据上下文可知，没有WiFi只有电视，且电视频道只有70多个，孩子们很绝望。excited“兴奋的”；grateful“感激的”；embarrassed“尴尬的”；desperate“绝望的”。8B根据本句的定语从句“most of which is now given online”可知，家庭作业应是孩子们的主要(major)挑战。avoidable“可避免的”；enjoyable“令人愉快的”；simple“简单的”。9A空后的“the dog ate my homework”表示“狗吃了我的作业”，此处表示没有网络是这种借口的一个新提法，故选A。10C根据空后的宾语从句“that one of her friends had her water supply temporarily_11_ due to a leak”可知，这些内容应该是女儿讲出来(observed)的。 repeat“重复”；promise“承诺”；ignore“忽略”；observe“观察，说，评论”。11B根据该空后的“due to a leak”可推知，水管漏水了，供水会被暂时中断(cut off)。12A根据上下文可知，女儿认为我们没有WiFi更糟糕(worse)。13D根据上下文可知，为了能够在家工作，丈夫和“我”需要互联网。enable sb.to do sth.表示“使某人能做某事”。14C根据下文的“Although expensive”可知，“我”去商店买(purchase)WiFi。 look into“调查”；search for“寻找”；borrow“借”。15A根据语境可知，买了WiFi，“我”建立自己的网络就容易了。16D根据本句中的“like leaving a tap running(像让水管的水不停地流着一样)”可知，我们知道让水管的水不停地流着意味着“浪费”，故选D。17B根据上下文可知，当“我”上网做事时，“我”是尽快地做，as quickly as possible表示“尽快地”。18A根据语境可知，技术已经引起了我们日常生活的改变，这些改变在我们没有注意(noticing)的情况下发生了。19D参见上题解析。reflect“反思”；hear“听到”；appreciate“欣赏”。20C根据该空后的“without WiFi was seeing the children make forts(堡垒)out of the sofa cushions，which they havent done in years”可知，没有了WiFi，孩子们可以在一起玩，这是愉快的(bright)事情。四、七选五。How to Be More Creative Every DayCreativity isnt something you either have or dont have. In fact， it is something like playing the saxophone. 1._ So read on to know how.Be more curious.Its important to seek out new viewpoints every day. 2._ To involve this in your daily life， make sure to keep an open mind when youre presented with an idea， and be curious as to what else is around the corner.Give yourself space.Letting every piece of information into your brain drags you from being creative. Try to apply a level of space into your everyday life. 3._ It helps to lead your thinking patterns away from potential distractions（使人分心的事物）， leaving much room to have creative ideas.Try something new.Frequent thinking patterns， in effect， cause you to be more likely to think the same things or make the same decisions over and over unless you get out of your fort zone. 4._ Though not always easy， it does open up a whole new world of thinking！5._Social media has created an environment where were constantly shown whether weve succeeded in the form of likes or ments， which leads us to doubt ourselves. However， creativity is a journey， and youre learning every step of the way. Honestly， youll learn much more from that than a straight win anyway. So be confident and tell yourself you have already done well enough.A.Learn from failure.B.Remind yourself youre good enough.C.The 8 p.m.8 a.m. phone ban is a great way to begin.D.Getting physical really helps to sort out your brain space.E.But its not easy to feel or be automatically creative either.F.Thus you can think and approach things from another angle.G.Using your skills in a different area is a great way to think outside the box.【解题导语】本文介绍了几种如何使自己变得更有创造力的方法。1.E解析：上文提到它有点像吹奏萨克斯，设空处应该介绍如何像萨克斯，主语应该与上文一致，但意义上转折，以便引出下文的建议。故选E项。2.F解析：本段主题是更好奇。设空前提到每天寻找新的观点很重要，F项（这样你可以从不同的角度思考和处理问题）与上文一致，也与下文的to keep an open mind相照应。故选F项。3.C解析：本段主题是给自己空间。本段第一句提到进入大脑的每一条信息都会阻碍你的创造性，并建议每天给自己留一定空间。空格后提出，这有助于让你的思维模式远离潜在的干扰，给创造性的思维留下更多的空间。C项（晚8点到早8点的手机禁令就是一个好的开始方式）符合上下文语境。故选C项。4.G解析：本段主题是尝试新事物。G项（在不同的领域使用你的技能是跳出框架思考的一个好方法）与主题一致。故选G项。5.B解析：本题考查段落主题。本段第一句提出在社交媒体上，我们成功与否常常会以喜欢或评论的方式呈现出来，这让我们总是怀疑自己。其中的关键词doubt表明一种不自信，再结合最后一句可知，本段的主题是要让自己自信。故选B项。
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