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Unit 3 Celebration高考试卷分块专练第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AWhere to enjoy a pictureperfect white Christmas?Qubec City, CanadaWhen the narrow streets of Qubec City are covered in snow, it feels like youve wandered into a beautiful Victorian Christmas card which has e to life. Enjoy the friendliness of this charming Canadian city with joyous outdoor concerts, holiday markets and QubecAdabra an evening festival of music, lights, animation (动画) and architectural projections held citywide.London, EnglandThe capital is bursting with holiday cheer. Bright Christmas lights brighten up Oxford Street, Covent Garden and Carnaby Street. Skating people can go for a seasonal spin in Somerset House, Hyde Park, Canary Wharf and the Tower of London. Love holiday music? St. MartinintheFields hosts an inspiring lineup of Christmas concerts while Londons most famous Christmas tree entertains visitors in Trafalgar Square.Prague, Czech RepublicPragues beautiful architecture provides a dramatic setting for its Christmas activities. At the foot of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, the Old Town Christmas market sells Christmas gifts and treats to the thousands of shoppers who visit it each December. Carol (圣诞颂歌) singers perform seasonal favourites while a welldecorated Christmas tree adds to the joyous atmosphere.Rovaniemi, FinlandFor a storybook Christmas, Rovaniemi in Finland is hard to beat. Laplands capital bees a winter wonderland. The area is lit by the impressive northern lights, and they can be witnessed around the city from midAugust to early April. This magical place is also the official home of Santa Claus himself and visitors of all ages can meet everything about Christmas at Santa Claus Village right at the Arctic Circle.21Why does the author mention the Victorian Christmas card?ATo indicate Qubec City is beautiful.BTo show it always snows at Christmas.CTo tell us Christmas is a lively holiday.DTo suggest that we buy Christmas cards.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第二段中“a beautiful Victorian Christmas card”可知，作者提到维多利亚圣诞卡是为了说明魁北克市在圣诞期间非常漂亮。22Where can you skate in London at Christmas?AIn Oxford Street.BIn Covent Garden.CIn Canary Wharf. DIn Trafalgar Square.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Skating people can go for a seasonal spin in Somerset House, Hyde Park, Canary Wharf and the Tower of London”可知，在伦敦的Canary Wharf可以溜冰。23What makes a Christmas in Prague more attractive?AThe unique gifts offered to tourists.BThe great architecture of Prague.CThe Old Town Christmas market.DA welldecorated Christmas tree.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Pragues beautiful architecture provides a dramatic setting for its Christmas activities”可知，Prague的建筑使它的圣诞节更有吸引力。24What is special about Rovaniemi?AIts scenery attracts visitors of all ages.BIt is a winter wonderland full of magic.CIts Christmas celebrations last long.DIt is where Santa Claus es from.解析：选D细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“This magical place is also the official home of Santa Claus himself”可知，圣诞老人来自芬兰的罗瓦涅米。B(2018辽宁沈阳育才中学模拟)The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meat tickets worth 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.The plan, a worldfirst, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I dont think people will take advantage of our programme.”Copenhagen has a longstanding cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen. dk. US environmental website treehugger. recently voted Copenhagen the worlds best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotels green profile (形象)”If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.语篇解读：本文提到的电动自行车免餐计划是为了增强人们的健康，推广酒店的环保理念。25What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?ATo promote the hotels green concept.BTo make the city known to the world.CTo attract people to the hotel restaurant.DTo get guests to stay longer at the hotel.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段第二句中“The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.”可知，这个想法是让人们身体健康，并减少碳排放量。即推广酒店的绿色理念。故选A。26How can a participant get a free meal?ABy being a professional cyclist.BBy cycling to produce some electricity.CBy linking a smart phone to a bicycle.DBy monitoring his or her carbon footprint.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机)”可知，通过骑自行车为宾馆生产一些电的人们才能得到免费的一餐。故选B。27Who are most likely to enter for the programme?AThe poor local people.BThe environment activists.CHealthconscious hotel guests.DVisitors fond of Copenhagen food.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.”可知，只有住在酒店的客人才能参加。故选C。28According to Paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the worlds _？Abest chain hotelsBgreenest natural environmentsClongest bike pathsDhighest rates of people cycling to work解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Copenhagen has a longstanding cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world”可知，骑自行车上班的人的比例最高，故选D。CIn many parts of the world, people still celebrate festivals at harvest time. In West Africa, people celebrate the New Yam Festival, called Iriji. Yams, a kind of sweet potato, are an important food in countries such as Nigeria. In Nigeria the Ibo people have a yam harvest festival each August. The night before the festival, they dispose of the last years yams. A village elder or chief eats the first new yam. Then he offers the harvest to the gods and to the ancestors of the people. Finally, he divides the yams among the people. On the festival day, people take part in traditional dances all day and all night.The people of South India celebrate a festival called Pongal, which lasts four days. In this region, heavy rainstorms called monsoons e in October and November. These rains water the crops. Farmers harvest the crops in January. On the first day of Pongal, people give thanks for the rains to Indra, ruler of the clouds. On the second day, they say prayers to Surya, the sun god. On the third day, the festival of cattle, or cows, takes place. People thank the cows for the work they do to pull plows and give milk. The final day of Pongal is devoted to outdoor activities and excursions. The people also set out rice balls for birds to eat. They believe that this brings good luck and happiness.Other places also have elaborate harvest rituals. For example, in Brazil people celebrate Saint Johns Day. It is a midwinter festival, but it takes place on June 24 and 25. During Saint Johns Day, people light bonfires to wake up Saint John in heaven so that he can hear their prayers. The festival also involves special foods. People cook desserts made from corn. One such dish, pamonha, is sweet corn that is mashed and wrapped in cooked corn husks, or leaves. Another dish, canjica, is a corn pudding.As long as they farm the land, people in these and other places will probably continue to celebrate the harvest.29Why do people honor cattle during Pongal?AThey will be killed for meat.BThey are considered as gods.CThey help people with farm work.DThey are good sacrifices to the ancestors.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“the festival of cattle, or cows, takes place. People thank the cows for the work they do to pull plows and give milk”可知，在庆祝丰收的节日里，要感谢牛付出的劳动。30What do the three festivals have in mon?AThey are intended to value animals.BThey involve expressions of thanks to gods.CThey are often celebrated after the monsoons.DThey include outdoor activities and excursions.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Then he offers the harvest to the gods”，第二段中的“give thanks for the rains to Indra, ruler of the clouds. On the second day, they say prayers to Surya, the sun god”以及第三段中的“people light bonfires to wake up Saint John in heaven so that he can hear their prayers”可知，它们都有一个仪式来对神表达感谢。31What can we conclude from the text?APeople in South India believe in one god.BHarvest festivals also celebrate the unity of families.CSaint Johns Day is celebrated only when the harvest is good.DThe Ibo people believe that their ancestors help the crops grow.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第一段中的“In Nigeria the Ibo people have a yam harvest festival each August . Then he offers the harvest to the gods and to the ancestors of the people”可知，伊博人在丰收节日里敬奉祖先，是因为他们相信祖先保佑他们的庄稼丰收。DWhen I was in the fifth grade and Mr. Gardner asked a question, my hand would shoot up with great enthusiasm. After giving me a few chances, he would try to give other students a chance. My hand, though, would remain in the air, and after some time, Id start waving it around. Then, there was the time when I entered drumming classes. But all we were allowed to do in the first class was practise one beat over and over again. I never went back.I would have done terribly in the Stanford Marshmallow (果浆软糖) Experiment. In this classic study, researchers gave children a choice between one marshmallow right away and two later. The results showed that those who could wait 15 minutes ended up scoring 210 points higher on the SAT, an examination that American high school students take before they go to college.So clearly, delaying gratification or bearing up under pain has its benefits. It needs patience. Patience keeps us from being stuck to ideas formed previously, and helps us let go of our strong interest in outes. We e to accept that we dont always or immediately know what is best, and learn to recognize that our reality is in constant changes. Patience improves our understanding of deeper truths and helps us expand our views.The journey of patience is rooted in knowing that our present reality will finally give way to changes. But changes wont always happen when we think they should, and patience with ourselves es from accepting that there are things we can control and things we cant. And though we must make great efforts to keep pushing the boundaries of our awareness and to improve our ability to rest fortably in the present moment, how fast we develop isnt up to us.That same fifth grader who couldnt wait to speak out answers now sees the importance of meeting questions with a heart of patience.32Why did the author wave his hand in class?ATo entertain himself.BTo show his impatience.CTo give other students a chance.DTo let others know he was clever.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者不停地挥舞手臂是因为举了一段时间手后，老师还不让他回答问题，他这样做是因为不耐烦了。33Whats the purpose of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment?ATo test childrens concentration levels.BTo test how children like marshmallows.CTo test patience and its potential advantages.DTo test the bond between patience and desire.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The results showed that those who could wait 15 minutes ended up scoring 210 points higher on the SAT, an examination that American high school students take before they go to college”可知，这个果浆软糖实验的目的是为了测试耐心在孩子们的后期智力发展中可能存在的优势。34Which of the following can replace the underlined word “gratification” in Paragraph 3?AProgress. BPatience.CJudgement. DSatisfaction.解析：选D词义猜测题。根据该词前的delaying可知，该词的意思与第二段中的“In this classic study, researchers gave children a choice between one marshmallow right away and two later”有关，根据该句可知，延迟的是满足感，故gratification的意思与satisfaction相近。35What is the main reason for people to have patience according to the text?APresent reality.BConstant changes.CA lack of selfcontrol.DA strong interest in outes.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“learn to recognize that our reality is in constant changes”和倒数第二段中的“The journey of patience is rooted in knowing that our present reality will finally give way to changes”可知，不断变化是我们需要有耐心的原因。第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)You dont have to break your back to create an ecofriendly yard. These smart ideas will help you a lot.Let the grass grow_36_. Thats because roots will grow deeper and lawns thicker, which means fewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention.Grow native plantsNative plants are accustomed to their areas growing conditions. _37_.Water the right wayWater before 10 am., when the air is cool and not as much moisture will be lost to evaporation. Watering in late afternoon is the nextbest option. _38_. For lawns, water long and deep once a week.Save with solar lightingMake the backyard as beautiful in the dark as it is in the daytime. With solarpowered spotlights, deck lights, and path lights available in various sizes, its easy to find a style that suits your landscape. They dont need wires or extension cords, so you can put them in any sunny spot._39_There is increasing evidence that many of the vital pollinators (虫媒) like bees are in decline. Creating a garden that includes plants that flower at different times of the year will provide nectar (花蜜) and pollen sources for pollinators throughout the growing season.Make use of fall leavesLet fall leaves lie and cut them into tiny bits with a lawn mower. _40_.Choose earthfriendly outdoor furnitureWhen youre shopping for wood benches or tables, check to make sure they are certified as sustainable.ABe efficiently wildBGive bees the greencarpet treatmentCWater near the base of plants rather than from overheadDThis saves your back, and the leaf fragments add nutrients to the soilECutting grass less often will help it survive dry spells in warmer monthsFTake a corner of your lawn and replace the grass with something that requires less wateringGOnce established, they will generally require less water and have fewer pests and diseases than nonnative plants36解析：选E根据小标题的提示，且该空后的“Thats because roots will grow deeper and lawns thicker”给出了E项中提到的少割草的原因。37解析：选GG项中的nonnative plants与该空前的Native plants作对比。38解析：选C根据小标题Water the right way可知，C项是浇水的一种方式。39解析：选B根据该空后的“bees”， “Creating a garden”， “provide nectar (花蜜) and pollen sources for pollinators”可知，B项符合语境。40解析：选DD项中的the leaf fragments与该空前的cut them into tiny bits相呼应。第一节(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)(2018辽宁省铁岭市协作体联考)A person may have a number of abilities and talents, but he could fail. _41_ the person is aware of his abilities and has the determination to _42_ them, he is going to be a failure. Great people _43_ their abilities, made the best use of at least one of their talents and finally succeeded.Great men dont wait for the right opportunity to turn up on their doorstep; _44_， they create the opportunity in order to _45_ on their way to achievements. These are the people who make things _46_.Michael Dell said, “Dont spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, or you may _47_ the right opportunity.” There is no better time than right now to _48_ doing what you have been thinking about doing. The _49_ is to listen to your heart and let it carry you in the direction of your _50_. Just open your mind to different possibilities, different ways of _51_ a challenge, and it can provide you with many fresh _52_.Another key point is to act upon the seized opportunity. Many of us get the right opportunity but _53_ to make use of it. This is because our _54_ are tied up with things that will give _55_ happiness. The basic tendency of human minds is to look for quick results _56_ rather than longterm satisfaction at a later stage. We should _57_ focus our efforts on vital and precious activities that will take us forward in our path of _58_.With the ability to recognize the right opportunity, determination to _59_ work on it and sincerity to make the best use of it, making _60_ things happen is an absolute possibility.语篇解读：本文是议论文。有才能的人也需要创造机遇，并充分利用它，这样才能取得成功。41A.UnlessBBecauseCWhen DIf解析：选A根据本空后的aware和failure可知，除非他能意识到自己的能力，并决心利用它，否则他仍将失败。42A.achieve BuseCvalue Dconsider解析：选B参见上题解析。43A.developed BadmiredCknew Dacquired解析：选C根据上句中的“aware of”可知，伟人都很清楚自己的能力并善于充分利用至少其中之一。44A.besides BthereforeCotherwise Dinstead解析：选D根据上一句可知，他们不会等着机会上门，而是会主动创造机遇。45A.fight back Bsettle downCmove ahead Dcheer up解析：选C根据本空后的way可知，他们主动创造机遇，以便能在成功的道路上继续前进。46A.happen BmatterCimprove Dstop解析：选A根据上句中的create可知，他们是主动让事情发生的一类人。47A.expect BmissCdislike Drefuse解析：选B根据本空前“spend so much time”可知，不能耗费时光去等待机遇，那样你就会错失机遇。48A.start BadmitCenjoy Dpractise解析：选A现在就是开始做你长久以来一直想做的事的最佳时机。49A.challenge BkeyCintention Dgoal解析：选B根据下一段第一句中的“Another key point”可知，此处是说关键之一是要听从你的内心，并且让它带你前行。50A.adventures BmemoriesCdreams Dstudies解析：选C根据上句中的“what you have been thinking about doing”可知，它能带你去追逐梦想。51A.creating BdiscoveringCaccepting Dexamining解析：选D根据本空前的“Just open your mind to different possibilities”可知，要从不同方面审视挑战。52A.wishes BtastesCideas Dexcuses解析：选C根据“open your mind”及两个different可知，这样它就能给你提供许多新想法。53A.pretend BtryCforget Dfail解析：选D根据本空前的“Many of us get the right opportunity”和but可知，很多人没有利用这个机会。54A.minds BcharactersCnatures Dlives解析：选A根据下一句中的“The basic tendency of human minds”可知，那是因为我们的思想被追求立竿见影的幸福的欲望所束缚。55A.lasting BtrueCfuture Dquick解析：选D根据下一句中的“look for quick results”可知，我们的思想被追求立竿见影的幸福的欲望所束缚。56A.at present Bby chanceCin person Din mon解析：选A根据该空后的“rather than longterm satisfaction at a later stage”可知，思维的定势就是要追求现在立竿见影的效果。57A.immediately BconstantlyCeventually Dnormally解析：选B根据本空后的“take us forward”可知，我们应该持续不断地把注意力放在那些重要的活动上。58A.exploration BrevolutionCfreedom Dsuccess解析：选D根据第二段中的“on their way to achievements”可知，坚持努力，就能成功。59A.quietly BfreelyChonestly Dopenly解析：选C根据本空前后的“ability to recognize the right opportunity”和“sincerity to make the best use of it”可知，要有踏实工作的决心。60A.real BgreatCreasonable Dlucky解析：选B根据本空前的努力可知，有了这些，你就一定能干一番大事业。第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)The WaterSplashing Festival (泼水节) is the most important traditional festival of the Dai minority in Yunnan Province and is Dai Peoples New Year. _61_ (it) origin goes back to more than seven hundred years ago. Its also a festival _62_ the largest participating population in Yunnan Province.The festival takes place in midApril and lasts three days. During the first two days, an outdoor market is set up, _63_ locals go for New Year shopping. It is also a great place to buy local souvenirs. In the afternoon, a dragon boat race _64_ (hold) on the Lancang River. At night, locals float river lanterns on the river, and the banks of the river are _65_ (colorful) lit. The practice is thought to drive bad luck away and bring good luck.On the third day, the Dai People get dressed up and shoulder clean water to the Buddhist (佛教的) Temple. They first bathe the Buddha and then begin to splash water, _66_ (wish) each other good luck, _67_ (happy) and health. They believe the _68_ (wet) one gets, the more luck he/she receives, and the happier he/she will
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