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Unit 4 Astronomy- the science of the stars课时作业language points.阅读理解A2019合肥市高三质量预测Annette Larkins is an incredible woman who looks like a healthy 40yearold, although she just turned 70. She follows a special raw diet and only drinks rainwater.She looks so young that people mistake her for the daughter, when shes out with her husband of 54 years, but I suppose he isnt complaining.Mrs. Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet, consisting of organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts grown in her own garden; she calls it the “fountain of youth”. The woman doesnt touch anything that has been cooked.And another strange thing she does is to collect rainwater, to keep her garden blossoming, but also to drink. But the resident of MiamiDade County, Florida, didnt always have such a healthy lifestyle. In fact, she consumed meat regularly, as her husband used to own a meat factory way back in the 1960s. It was then that she decided to change her eating habits forever. And what a great decision that was. I mean, just look at her!When she started off, Mrs. Larkins was just looking for a few health benefits and never anticipated that she would look like a 40yearold at the age of 70. Over the 27 years, Mrs. Larkins has been eating raw food, and she has written two booklets called Journey to Health and also produced a DVD containing all her healthy secrets.Her husband, Mr. Larkins, wishes he had followed her example, because now he looks much, much older and also suffers from diabetes (糖尿病) and high blood pressure. He takes prescription medicine every day, but Annette doesnt even take an aspirin.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 Mrs. Larkins是如何保持健康年轻的。【长难句分析】Mrs. Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet, consisting of organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts grown in her own garden; she calls it the “fountain of youth”分析：本句包含两个分句。第一个分句中“the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet”为宾语从句，省略了连接词that；“consisting of. seeds and nuts”为现在分词短语作定语；“grown in her own garden”为过去分词短语作定语。译文：Larkins夫人说她的美丽的秘诀在于她的由那些被种植在她自己的园子里的有机蔬菜、水果、种子和坚果组成的特殊饮食，她把这种特殊饮食称为“年轻的源泉”。1What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AThe organic food. BHer beauty.CSpecially cooked food. DHer raw diet.答案与解析：D考查词义猜测。根据第一段中的“she follows a special raw diet”及画线词所在句子的前半部分“Mrs.Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet，consisting of organic vegetables，fruits，seeds and nuts grown in her own garden”可知，it是指上文提到的那种生吃食物的饮食。故选D项。2What kind of person does the author think Mrs. Larkins is?AStrongwilled. BHonest.CModest. DOpenminded.答案与解析：A考查推理判断。根据第四段的倒数第二句“It was then that she decided to change her eating habits forever”及倒数第二段第二句中的“Over the 27 years，Mrs.Larkins has been eating raw food”可知，Mrs.Larkins是一位意志坚定的人。故选A项。3What did the woman do with her healthy secrets?AShe sold them to the local people.BShe abandoned them at the age of 70.CShe publicized them in various ways.DShe improved them with her husbands help.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段最后一句中的“Mrs.Larkins has written two booklets called Journey to Health and also produced a DVD containing all her healthy secrets”可知，Mrs. Larkins利用各种方式推广她的健康秘诀。故选C项。4What is the authors attitude towards Mrs. Larkinss lifestyle?ADisapproving. BSupportive.CSympathetic. DSkeptical.答案与解析：B考查观点态度。根据第四段最后两句“And what a great decision that was.I mean，just look at her”及最后一段对Larkins夫妇的情况的描述可知，作者对她的这种生活方式是支持的。B2019陕西检测Hunger has been troubling the world. In 2016, the number of hungry people in the world reached one billion for the first time. Its difficult not to be shocked by the fact that more than one in seven people in the world do not have enough to eat.The UN figures that almost two thirds of the worlds hungry people are in Asia, which is of course the worlds most populous continent. More than a quarter are in subSaharan Africa. Although this place has a much lower population than Asia, it has the highest percentage of hungry people. Almost all of the rest are in Latin America, North Africa and the Caribbean.There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods , and the overuse of farmland. All these factors affect food production. Many people also blame greedy businessmen for pushing up the prices of basic foods in the global market. In fact, many people are starving just because theyre poor. Therefore, the most important reason, quite simply, is poverty. If we cant pull out this root,_well never be able to solve food shortage.Although many people make the obvious point that there would be less hunger if the global population were smaller, few people would argue that there is not enough food to go around. The basic problem seems to be not a lack of food, but its distribution. In the last 50 years, global food production has risen even more quickly than the global population.There are many areas of the world in which people generally have more than enough food. In those places, being overweight is a far bigger problem than hunger. The answer to world hunger, therefore, may be a balanced food distribution around the whole world. Everyone will have enough to eat, but not to overeat.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了世界饥饿的现状以及导致饥饿的原因。【长难句分析】Although this place has a much lower population than Asia, it has the highest percentage of hungry people.分析：本句包含Although引导的让步状语从句。译文：尽管这个地方的人口比亚洲要少得多，但饥饿人口比例却最高。5Which continent has the highest rate of hungry people?AAsia. BAfrica. CAmerica. DEurope.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“More than. Although this place has a much lower population than Asia，it has the highest percentage of hungry people”的描述可知，非洲大陆有着最高的饥饿率。6The underlined word in the 3rd paragraph most probably means _.Athe fact of having many droughtsBthe reason for suffering many floodsCthe state of being poorDbad luck brought by wars答案与解析：C考查词义猜测。根据上文“Therefore，the most important reason，quite simply，is poverty”的描述可知，画线词指贫穷的状态。7According to the last paragraph, _ results in the poverty.Anot enough productionBslow growth of foodCconsuming too much foodDimbalance of food distribution答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据最后一段第三句“The answer to world hunger，therefore，may be a balanced food distribution around the whole world”的描述可推知，是食物分配不平衡导致贫困的。8Maybe the author would write about _ if there were a sixth paragraph.Ahow to make food distribution balancedBwhen to get rid of world hunger thoroughlyCwho is to blame for the world hungerDwhat to do to help the hungry people答案与解析：A考查文章结构。根据最后一段中的“In those places，being overweight is a far bigger problem than hunger.The answer to world hunger, therefore，may be a balanced food distribution around the whole world”的描述可知，也许作者接下来会写如何使食物分配平衡。.完形填空2019石家庄模拟I got on the plane for a long flight to New York. After settling down, I spent a few minutes talking to a young _1_. While talking, I _2_ on the back of his hand a tattoo (文身)“Lost”For some reason, that _3_ me in the same way as “Help Wanted”_4_ in store windows did sometimes. I wondered what he was _5_.This passenger told me _6_ theres a lot you can do in New York, theres a lot that you cant do when youre penniless. And now he was learning how to do video editing. Then we _7_ the topic of documentary (纪录片) filmmaking and the beauty of working creatively with _8_. I told him about a documentary I made and pulled out a copy from my _9_ to show him. He looked at it in silence and then asked _10_， “Can I buy this from you？”“No，” I said. “But you can _11_ it.”Even though I didnt usually give my works away, _12_ in me really wanted to share this story with this random stranger. He was surprised and touched by the _13_.Before landing, I prepared three Smile Cards as the “_14_” for the documentary, with a note telling him how to use them creatively.As the flight _15_， I asked, “What is that about？”， pointing to the back of his _16_. “Oh, that. Thats the _17_ of a TV series my girlfriend wanted me to pick up. I just wrote it to _18_ myself.”Before he left, I handed him his “bill”. He was _19_ and shot me a big smile before putting it into his pocket. “By the way my name is Mark，” we shook hands and he left. And I am _20_ smiling.【解题导语】该文主要讲述了作者在飞机上遇到一个手背上有文身的乘客的故事。【高频词回顾】touch v接触，触动go through 经历1A.pilot Bhostess Cpassenger Dwriter答案与解析：C根据下文的“This passenger”可推知，作者是在飞机上和乘客谈话。2A.sensed Bnoticed Cwrote Dfelt答案与解析：B根据语境可知，作者注意到(noticed)对方手背上的文身。3A.influenced BencouragedCpuzzled Dtouched答案与解析：D根据语境“For some reason”和“I wondered what he was _5_”可推知，由于某种原因，作者被触动了。4A.signals BsignsCmarks Dsymbols答案与解析：B根据语境“in store windows”可推知，“Help Wanted”是一种商店橱窗里的标牌。5A.looking into Bholding on toCgoing through Dmaking up for答案与解析：C根据语境可推知，作者纳闷对方经历了什么事情而在手背上文身。go through“经历某过程”。6A.although Bbefore Cbecause Dif答案与解析：A根据语境可知，上下句表示逻辑上的让步关系，故选A。7A.ignored Bworked onCchanged Dturned to答案与解析：D根据语境可推知，接下来作者他们转移(turned to)了话题，开始谈论纪录片的拍摄等。8A.fiction BrealityCscience Dinvention答案与解析：B纪录片的拍摄这种工作是与现实(reality)密切相连的，与“documentary(纪录片)”形成呼应。9A.cupboard BloungeCdrawer Dluggage答案与解析：D因为作者是在乘飞机，由此可推知，他是从自己的行李里拿出了纪录片的副本。10A.gratefully BhesitantlyCimpatiently Drepeatedly答案与解析：B根据下文的“He was surprised and touched by the _13_”可推知，对方犹豫地对作者提出了要求。hesitantly“犹豫地”。11A.copy Bswap Cevaluate Dkeep答案与解析：D根据下文中的“_12_ in me really wanted to share this story with this random stranger”可推知，作者想和这个陌生乘客分享自己的东西，因此让他保留(keep)它。12A.something BnothingCeverything Danything答案与解析：A根据语境可推知，某种说不清的东西驱使作者去和这个陌生乘客分享。something“某种东西”，符合语境。13A.spirit BcourageCgesture Dconfidence答案与解析：C根据语境可推知，陌生乘客被作者的这种表示所惊讶和触动了。gesture“姿态，表示”。14A.bill Breward Caward Dcharge答案与解析：A由下文的“Before he left，I handed him hisbill”可推知，作者用三个微笑卡作为这份纪录片需要付的账单。15A.took off Btouched downCsped up Dset out答案与解析：B根据上文“Before landing”可推知，此处指飞机着陆。touch down“(飞机等)降落，着陆”。16A.note Bcard Chand Dseat答案与解析：C与上文“While talking，I _2_ on the back of his hand a tattoo (文身)Lost”呼应可知，作者是指对方手背上的文身。17A.content BprogramCbroadcast Dtitle答案与解析：D根据语境“a TV series”可推知，陌生乘客手背上的文身是一个电视剧的名字。18A.remind BdecorateCinstruct Dentertain答案与解析：A根据语境可知，乘客手背上的文身是为了提醒(remind)自己。19A.relieved BembarrassedCsurprised Ddisappointed答案与解析：C根据上文描述的内容可知，作者没有把作品卖给乘客，而是送给了他，现在又要给他“账单”，故乘客对作者的这一举动再次感到吃惊。20A.still Bonce Ceven Djust答案与解析：A与上文的“we shook hands and he left”呼应可推知，作者和对方已经分开，但作者仍(still)在微笑。
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