PAGE限時提分練(四)必修①Unit4EarthquakesⅠ.閱讀理解A[2024·南京市高三學情調研]Theotherdayabig,ugly,blackbatfounditswaytothebathroomofmyhouseandhung,upsidedown,overthetoiletbowl.As“themanofthehouse”，Iwasaskedtoridthehouseoftheawfulcreature.Igrabbedapillowandheldthebroom.Iquicklyopenedthebathroomdoorandthrewthepillowatthebat.Itdidn'tmove.Thenthatoldfeelingstartedtocomeoverme.ItwasthesamefeelingIexperiencedwhenIwassentdownthestairsinthemiddleofthenighttoseewhatmadeanoise.Thefeelingcanbesummedupinoneword—trapped.Allmen,Ithink,sometimeshavehadthatfeelingofbeingtrappedinsomemaleroles.Itmaybesomethingassimpleashavingtocarvethechickenbeforeitisserved,orhavingtopretendthatyouknowsomethingaboutcarengineswhenthecarwon'tstart.However,womennowadaysseemtohavethefreedomtobethemselves.Theycanrepaircarsorbefirefighters.Yetmenappeartobemoreafraidtodosomethingdifferent.It'sasifbeingamanisnotwhatyouare,butwhatyoudoandthewayyoudoit.AsIcametowardsthefierceandfrighteningbat,IwonderedwhatwouldhappenifIhadsimplytoldmywifethatIwouldn'tdoit—thatshecouldgetitoutorelsecallsomeoneinthemorning.ButIcouldn'tdothat!Iamtheman!Islowlyopenedthewindowandclosedthetoiletbowlcover.Ithen,carefully,liftedthebroomovermyheadandsweptthebatoutthewindow.Justlikethat,itwasgone.Mywifewassopleasedandinthemorning,mysonthoughtIwasahero.TheyaskedmehowIhadgotridofthebat.Istartedtotellthem—butthenstopped.Amandoesn'ttalkofsuchthings.1．WhydoestheauthormentiontheoldfeelinginParagraph1?A．Torecalltheolddays.B．Toshowhisfearofdarkness.C．Topredicthisfightwiththebat.D．Tohighlightthesituationofbeingtrapped.2．Whatdoestheauthormeanbymentioningwomen'sfreedominParagraph2?A．Menareforcedtobearhouseholdburdens.B．Menhavetoliveuptosocialexpectations.C．Womenarefreetochoosetheirjobs.D．Womenareequaltomeninworkplaces.3．Thelastsentenceofthepassageimpliesthattheauthor________.A．believessilenceisgoldB．feelsproudofhimselfC．willdowhathehastodoD．willbewhathewantstobe4．Howdoestheauthorsoundinthepassage?A．Angry. B．Humorous.C．Desperate. D．Serious.B[2024·蘭州高三診斷考試]Antsknowwhenanearthquakeisabouttostrike,researchershavediscovered.Theirbehaviorchangessignificantlypriortothequakeandtheyresumenormalfunctioningonlyadayafterit.GabrieleBerberichoftheUniversityofDuisburg-EsseninGermanypresentedthesefindingsonThursdayattheEuropeanGeosciencesUnionannualmeetinginViennaaccordingtoLiveScience.BerberichandhercolleaguesdiscoveredthatredwoodantspreferredtobuildtheircoloniesrightalongactivefaultsinGermany.Theycounted15,000mounds(土堆)liningthefaults.Thesefaultsaretheplaceswheretheearthviolentlyburstsinearthquakes.Usingaspecialcamerathattrackedchangesinactivity,Berberichandhercolleaguestrackedtheantsroundtheclockforthreeyears.Theyfoundthattheants'behaviorchangedonlywhenthequakewasovermagnitude(震級)2.Therewere10earthquakesbetweenmagnitude2.0and3.2duringthisperiod,andmanysmallerones.Humanscanalsosensequakesovermagnitude2only.AccordingtoBerberich,normalantactivityconsistsofgoingaboutcollectingfoodetc.duringthedayandrestinginthenight.Butbeforeanearthquake,theantsdidn'tgobacktotheirmoundinthenightandmovedaroundoutsideit.Thisstrangeandabnormalbehaviorcontinuedtilladayaftertheearthquake,Berberichtoldanewsconference,accordingtoLiveScience.Howdoantsknowanearthquakeiscoming?BerberichsuggestedthattheycouldeitherbepickingupchanginggasemissionsornotingtinychangesintheEarth'smagneticfields(磁場).“Redwoodantshavespecialcellswhichcandetectchangesincarbondioxidelevels.Theyalsohavespecialcellsfordetectingelectromagneticfields，”shesaid.Berberichandhercolleaguesareplanningtocontinuetheresearchinareaswheretherearemoreandbiggerearthquakes.5．What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“resume”inParagraph1?A．Form. B．Avoid.C．Recover. D．Improve.6．What'sthefunctionofthefirstparagraph?A．Toleadtothemaintopic.B．Todescribeanewspeciesofant.C．Tointroduceafamousresearcher.D．Totellhowtopredictanearthquake.7．Whathappenstotheantsbeforeanearthquake?A．Theyhavenoappetite.B．Theyaretooexcitedtorest.C．Theygetlostontheirwayhome.D．Theyrefusetogoinsidetheirnests.8．Whatcanweconcludefromthelastparagraph?A．Antscanonlydetectsmallerearthquakes.B．Theresultoftheresearchiscompletelyreliable.C．Antsmayhavetwowaystopredictearthquakes.D．Researchersdon'tknowhowantspredictearthquakes.Ⅱ.七選五[2024·成都市高三診斷性檢測]Agratefulheartisasatisfiedheart.Asatisfiedheartisasimpleheartwhichleadstoasimplifiedlife.Gratitudeopensthedoortosimplicity.Butweliveinaculturethatproducesdissatisfaction.__1__Intentionallychooseit.Gratitudewillneverbearesultofyournextsuccessoraccomplishment.__2__Andyouwillneverfinditinlifeuntilyouintentionallydecidetochooseit.Countyourblessings.Anewday,awarmbed,auniquepersonality,oraspecialtalent...__3__Gratitudequicklysetsinwhenwebegintospendaquietmomenteachdayrememberingthem.Thispracticealonehasthepotentialtochangeyourheartandlifeimmeasurably.__4__Almosthalftheworldliveonlessthan$2.50aday.1.1billionpeoplehaveinadequateaccesstocleanwater.Letthosefactssinkinforjustamomentandslowlyallowgratitudetobecomepartofthesolutiontotaketheirplace.Findgratitudeindifficulty.__5__Butitcanbemoredifficultduringthetrialsoflife:thedeath,disease,orfailure.Thetruthisthatnooneisexempt(獲豁免的)fromthesufferings.However,goodcanbefoundevenintheworstoftimes.Beinggratefulduringthosedifficultiesmaygetyouthroughthem.Indailylifewemustseeitisnothappinessthatmakesusgrateful,butgratefulnessthatmakesushappy.A．Ignorewhatyoudon'thave.B．Wecanlearnhowtobegrateful.C．Openyoureyestothosewithless.D．Gratitudeisavailableinyourheartrightnow.E．Youhavewonderfulthingsinyourlifealready.F．It'seasytobegratefulwhenthingsaregoingwell.G．Howcanwefindgratitudeinaworldthatseekstodestroyit?Ⅲ.短文改錯[2024·昆明市高考模擬考試]Lucy,the5thgrader,hasaloveofwritingletters.Shewrotetohermailmantoexpressherthanksinlastweek.“Doug,youmayknowmeasapersonwhowrotelotsoflettersanddecoratestheenvelopestoo.Iwantthankyoufortakingmylettersanddeliveringit.Imakepeoplehappilywithmyletters,butyoudotoo，”Lucywrote.Thenextday,LucygotaletterfromDougthankingherforrecognizingwhichhehaddoneandtheimportancesofhisjob.Feelingmovedandinspiring,DougsharedLucy'sletteronline.Itreceivedmorethan200,000likes.限時提分練(四)Ⅰ.閱讀理解A語篇類型：夾敘夾議文主題語境：人與自我——做人與做事——男人的角色和身為男人的無奈【語篇解讀】本文主要講的是因為家里進了一只蝙蝠，身為男人的作者被要求站出來解決這個問題，在這個過程中，作者起先思索男性的角色和身為男人的無奈。1．答案與解析：D考查理解目的的實力。文章第一段主要講的是因為家里進了一只蝙蝠，身為男人的作者被要求站出來解決這個問題，就像是半夜里被派去下樓查看是什么發出聲音，這些事情讓作者覺得他是被困在“男人”這個角色中了。由此可推知，作者提到“theoldfeeling”是為了強調被困住的狀況，故D項正確。2．答案與解析：B考查推斷的實力。依據其次段中的“However,womennowadaysseemtohavethefreedomtobethemselves”以及“Yetmenappeartobe...thewayyoudoit”可知，現在女性似乎有做自己的自由，但是男性似乎更膽怯 做一些不同的事，就似乎做男人不是做你自己，而是你所做的事情和你做事的方式。由此可推知，作者提到“women'sfreedom”，是為了與男性的境況形成對比，即男人不得不達到社會對他們的期盼，故B項正確。3．答案與解析：C考查推斷的實力。依據最終一句“一個男人是不會說這樣的事情的”并結合上文作者對男性角色和社會對男性的期盼的思索可推知，此處示意了作者會依據社會對男性的期盼去做事情，故C項正確。4．答案與解析：B考查推斷的實力。本文主要講的是因為家里進了一只蝙蝠，身為男人的作者被要求站出來解決這個問題，在這個過程中，作者起先思索男性的角色和受困于男性角色的不得已之處。在本篇文章中作者始終以輕松、幽默的語氣來描述他的心理活動，故B項正確。B語篇類型：說明文主題語境：人與自然——災難防范——螞蟻能預知地震【語篇解讀】探討發覺，螞蟻能預知地震，緣由可能在于螞蟻體內有能夠探測到二氧化碳改變和電磁場的細胞。5．答案與解析：C考查詞義揣測。依據畫線詞所在句“Theirbehaviorchangessignificantlypriortothequakeandtheyresumenormalfunctioningonlyadayafterit”和第四段第三句“Thisstrangeandabnormalbehaviorcontinuedtilladayaftertheearthquake”可知，“resume”含義與“復原正?！庇嘘P，故選C項。6．答案與解析：A考查推理推斷。本文是一篇有關探討發覺的報道，文章第一段第一至二句表明白探討的發覺，其次段至最終一段則具體敘述了探討的過程以及對相關問題的分析等。由此可推知，第一段的作用是引入文章話題，故選A。7．答案與解析：D考查細微環節理解。依據第四段其次句“Butbeforeanearthquake,theantsdidn'tgobacktotheirmoundinthenightandmovedaroundoutsideit”可知，在地震發生前，螞蟻不愿返回自己的巢穴，故選D項。8．答案與解析：C考查細微環節理解。依據最終一段第一句“Howdoantsknowanearthquakeiscoming？”可知，本段分析的是螞蟻能預知地震的緣由，結合本段其次句的敘述以及后面引用探討者的話可知，我們可以得出這樣一個結論，即螞蟻可能有兩種預知地震的方法——感知二氧化碳的改變與感知電磁場的改變，故選C項。Ⅱ.七選五語篇類型：說明文主題語境：人與自我——日常生活——如何找回感恩之心【語篇解讀】感恩之心即滿意之心，滿意之心即簡潔之心；感恩打開了通往簡潔生活的大門，但是我們生活在產生不滿的文化中。本文主要介紹了四個找回感恩之心的方法。1．答案與解析：G依據空前一句并結合下文介紹的四個找回感恩之心的方法可知，空處承上啟下，故G項符合語境。2．答案與解析：D依據空前一句可知，感恩從不是你下次的勝利或成就的結果，感恩是現在在你內心可找到的，所以選D項。3．答案與解析：E空前列舉的都是美妙的事，E項中的“wonderfulthingsin