备考2024届高考英语一轮复习课时提能练习第一部分过透教材Unit2Alife’swork外研版选择性必修第三册

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[2023四川成都二诊]Chinese ink paintings were nce n the edge f being frgtten — at least accrding t a paper f Li Xiashan，a pstgraduate art student.
At the time，many Chinese painting prfessinals passed away withut finding yunger artists t fill their shes. Yung artists were left n their wn t find breakthrughs and define themselves as artists. While extremely exaggerated（夸张），Li’s cmment sent shck waves thrugh the Chinese painting cmmunity.Since then， many experimental painters have taken t their studis in China， creating many astnishing and inspiratinal ink paintings using new methds and cncepts， marking an imprtant step fr the develpment f cntemprary Chinese painting.
Sha Ge is a representative f this new frm. Brn t an rdinary family in Beijing in 1962， Sha was keen n traditinal Chinese painting. As a child， he spent much f his time staring at the ink masterpieces in the Palace Museum.There was an elder neighbr，wh was gd at Chinese painting and calligraphy. In his spare time， the kind elder talked abut traditinal Chinese culture t yung Sha. Sme years later， Sha decided t study painting after graduating frm high schl. After graduating frm the Beijing Arts and Crafts Schl in 1978， Sha was sent t wrk at a small craft factry. Befre lng， the factry went bankrupt. Sha later passed an exam and became a painter fr Rng Ba Zhai，a famus Chinese art gallery established in 1672.This career jump allwed Sha t enter a lifetime f ink painting.
"At first，I just drew everything — landscapes，figures，flwers，birds，and fish，" Sha said."But I sn fund sticking t traditinal thughts and skills f Chinese painting wuld be a brake n my develpment as a prfessinal painter.Fr this reasn，I decided t innvate my wn style."
本文主要介绍的是中国当代新水墨画代表人物邵戈先生的绘画经历。
【词语积累】 breakthrugh n.突破，重大进展
representative n.代表 be keen n 喜爱，对……着迷/有兴趣
1.What d the underlined wrds "fill their shes" mean in Paragraph 2？
A. Calm them dwn.B. Fcus n themselves.
C. Ask them fr help.D. Take ver their rles.
解析 D 词义猜测题。结合第二段中的"At the time，many Chinese painting prfessinals passed away... Yung artists were left n their wn t find breakthrughs and define themselves as artists"及四个选项可推知，仅有选项D正确。
2.What des Paragraph 3 mainly intrduce abut Sha Ge？
A. His jurney t art.
B. His family backgrund.
C. His neighbr’s influence.
D. His passin fr learning.
解析 A 段落大意题。通读第三段可知，该段主要介绍了邵先生的艺术之路，故A项切题。
3.What will be prbably talked abut in the next paragraph？
A. Peple’s views n Sha’s paintings.
B. Sha’s impact n Chinese painting.
C. The develpment f traditinal painting.
D. Sha’s successful experiment in painting.
解析 D 推理判断题。由第四段中的"But I sn decided t innvate my wn style"可知，D项切题，D项与波浪线标记的部分吻合。
4.In which clumn f a newspaper can this text prbably be fund？
A. Fashin.B. Feature.
C. Educatin.D. Literature.
解析 B 推理判断题。整篇文章专门介绍中国当代新水墨画代表人物邵戈先生传奇的绘画经历，本文极可能属于报纸中的专题文章，故选项B正确。
B
[2024江西婺源天佑中学期中] Recently， the tpic "Chinese peple can eat such a sweet meln but can’t d withut this grandma" has tpped the ht search list. The grandma is Wu Mingzhu called "Queen f Chinese Meln"， a meln-grwing expert and academician. Amng Wu Mingzhu’s classmates was Yuan Lngping， wh later became the "father f hybrid rice".
Wu Mingzhu was brn in 1930 int a schlarly family in Wuhan City. After her graduatin in 1953， she was assigned t wrk in the Rural Wrk Department f the Central Cmmittee f the Cmmunist Party f China in Beijing. Wu was unsatisfied. "What I studied was the science f fruit and vegetables. I wanted t wrk in the field， nt in an ffice，" said Wu.
In 1955， Wu vluntarily went t wrk in Shanshan Cunty， Turpan Basin， where wrking cnditins were quite harsh. She fund that the Hami meln， a rare specialty fruit which was nce cmmn in the area， was in danger f becming extinct if nt prperly cultivated. Wu spent a full three years visiting ver 300 prductin teams， picking ut 44 varieties. She vercame varieties f setbacks t prduce particularly delicius melns in a scientific way， winning ver the lcal farmers accustmed t flk cultivatin methds. Then the prmtin area cvered 80 percent f Xinjiang’s main cmmdity areas， and a grup f meln-rich villages emerged.
In 1973， in rder t speed up the breeding prcess and shrten the cultivatin cycle， Wu decided t g t Hainan fr meln breeding. She wanted t develp Hainan as a pilt area t imprve the speed and efficiency f breeding， s that the suth area f China culd als grw melns. After numerus difficulties， finally in the 80s， the meln variety selected by Wu succeeded.
Fr mre than 60 years， Wu Mingzhu has cultivated mre than 30 varieties， dedicated the sweetness f melns t the peple， and prmted the meln series with Chinese characteristics and a cmplete breeding innvatin system t the wrld. When first hearing her nickname "a pearl in the Turpan Basin"， Wu said， "In Xinjiang， there are thusands f science and technlgy wrkers like me. They have wrked hard fr decades n the frntline f agriculture. I’m just ne f the rdinary nes."
"西瓜女王"吴明珠潜心研究甜瓜六十几年，帮助我国实现吃瓜自由。
1.Why did the authr mentin Yuan Lngping in the first paragraph？
A. T let us get a further glimpse f Wu.
B. T infrm us that she lives lnger than Yuan.
C. T prve her success resulted frm Yuan’s help.
D. T tell us she graduated frm a wrld-rate university.
解析 A 推理判断题。第一段中的"The grandma is Wu Mingzhu called ‘Queen f Chinese Meln’， a meln-grwing expert and academician"介绍了吴明珠的信息，紧接着下文便提及吴明珠的同学中有人们所熟知的‘杂交水稻之父’袁隆平，显然，作者此举是为了吸引我们进一步了解吴明珠，故选A。
2.Why was Wu unsatisfied with the gd jb in Beijing？
A. She had studied science fr years.
B. The scenery in Xinjiang fascinated her.
C. Making mney easily in Xinjiang was what she lved.
D. She had a preference fr wrking in the field rather than in an ffice.
解析 D 细节理解题。由第二段中的"‘What I studied was the science f fruit and vegetables. I wanted t wrk in the field， nt in an ffice，’ said Wu"可知，吴明珠对在北京的工作不满意是因为比起在办公室里工作，她更喜欢在田间工作，故选D。
3.Hw did Wu persuade the lcals in Xinjiang int giving up ld cultivatin methds？
A. By persuading them int taking her advice.
B. By prviding enugh financial assistance.
C. By presenting high-quality melns scientifically.
D. By recmmending the lcal gvernment t adpt favrable plicies.
解析 C 细节理解题。由第三段中的"She vercame varieties f setbacks t prduce particularly delicius melns in a scientific way， winning ver the lcal farmers accustmed t flk cultivatin methds. Then the prmtin area cvered 80 percent f Xinjiang’s main cmmdity areas， and a grup f meln-rich villages emerged"可知，吴明珠通过以科学的方式产出优质瓜来说服新疆当地人放弃旧的种植方法，故选C。
4.Which f the fllwing best describes Wu Mingzhu？
A. Efficient and energetic.B. Devted and mdest.
C. Flexible and frank.D. Psitive and tlerant.
解析 B 推理判断题。由最后一段内容可知，60多年来吴明珠致力于培育优质瓜种，当被别人称赞为"吐鲁番盆地的一颗明珠"时，她说自己只是一个普通人，由此可知，她全心全意奉献于自己的事业，且很谦虚，故选B。
C
[2023福建厦门三模]Dressed in a shiny metallic suit， Katia Krafft’s small frame is dwarfed（使显得矮小） by the red curtain f mlten rck that bursts frm the grund befre her. The dramatic mment was captured （捕捉） in a pht taken atp Iceland’s Krafla vlcan in 1984， during the final breathing f a multi-year-lng eruptin. Lking at the image， ne can almst feel the vlcan’s heat， hear its rar， and sense Krafft’s heart punding as the vlcanlgist des what she lves mst： bearing witness t ur planet’s strng anger.
Katia Krafft was a fearless pineer in vlcanlgy， studying the explsive peaks at a time when there were few wmen in the field. She was brn in the Rhine valley f nrtheast France in 1942， during the height f Wrld War Ⅱ. The chatic human wrld drve bth Katia and her husband， Maurice Krafft， als a vlcanlgist， t seek cmfrt in nature. The mment a vlcan explded， they drpped everything t analyze and capture the beauty and mystery f each event.
The Kraffts used their vides f explsive eruptins t explain the cmplex risks and uncertainties f these disasters. It changed ur ability t cmmunicate vlcan science. Their vides are credited as ne f the primary reasns that fficials in the Philippines tk the warning signs f Munt Pinatub’s eruptin in 1991 seriusly. Yet the Kraffs didn’t live t see that eruptin. The cuple died less than tw weeks earlier in Japan during a mnstrus eruptin， which claimed 41 ther lives.
Katia’s impact n vlcanlgy has reached far beynd her death and has encuraged many yung wmen t study ur restless planet."Katia Krafft is definitely the reasn why I’m ding this jb，" says Carla Tirabschi， a pstdctral researcher at the University f Minster， Germany. Tirabschi first saw Katia in a dcumentary when she was just six r seven years ld and has been crazy abut vlcanes ever since. She nw studies the prcesses at wrk deep belw the vlcanic peaks.
法国火山学家Katia Krafft和丈夫一起一生追逐危险的活火山，留下的图像与影像帮助传播火山科学，并激励更多的人从事火山研究。
1.What des the authr want t tell us in paragraph 1？
A. The imprtance f vlcanlgy.
B. The damage f a vlcanic eruptin.
C. The difficulty f filming vlcan eruptin.
D. Katia Krafft’s passin fr her wrk.
解析 D 推理判断题。第一段通过一张照片描述火山学家Katia Krafft在喷发的火山前的情景，研究活火山是Katia最喜欢的事情。由此可知，第一段通过对一张照片的描述告诉我们火山学家Katia Krafft对研究活火山这一工作非常热爱，故选D。
2.What can we knw abut the vides f explsive eruptins？
A. They prevented a natural disaster.
B. They served as a warning in Japan.
C. They helped spread vlcan science.
D. They cvered Munt Pinatub’s eruptin.
解析 C 细节理解题。由第三段中的"The Kraffts used their vides f explsive eruptins t explain the cmplex risks and uncertainties f these disasters. It changed ur ability t cmmunicate vlcan science. Their vides are credited as ne f the primary reasns that fficials in the Philippines tk the warning signs f Munt Pinatub’s eruptin in 1991 seriusly"可知，Krafft夫妇用拍摄的火山爆炸性喷发视频解释这些灾难的复杂风险和不确定性，帮助传播火山的科学知识，故选C。
3.Hw did Katia influence Carla Tirabschi？
A. Katia’s death made her restless.
B. Katia helped her with her research.
C. Katia’s deeds inspired her career chice.
D. Katia taught her t make a dcumentary.
解析 C 细节理解题。由最后一段中的"‘Katia Krafft is definitely the reasn why I’m ding this jb，’ says Carla Tirabschi， a pstdctral researcher at the University f Minster， Germany"可知，Carla Tirabschi受Katia Krafft的事迹的鼓舞，选择从事火山研究，故选C。
4.What’s the best title fr this text？
A. When art meets with disasters
B. Witnessing vlcan eruptin
C. Vlcan science — a gd chice
D. Nthing can stp a willing heart
解析 B 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要围绕Katia和Maurice夫妇二人用图片和影像记录火山喷发展开，故B项做文章标题最佳。
二、语法填空
Fan Jinshi， the hnrary president f the Dunhuang Academy， is mre widely knwn as the "Daughter f Dunhuang". She has spent mre than fur decades 1 （study） the preservatin f the Mga Caves.
The Mga Caves 2 （build） frm the 4th century t the 14th century， and they cnsist f at least 490 caves 3 are carved int the cliffs （悬崖） abve the Dachuan River. Fr many reasns， the caves 4 （becme） increasingly vulnerable （脆弱的） in the past years.
Fan， tgether with ther schlars， has made several breakthrughs in cave preservatin technlgies such as 5 reductin f sandstrms’ impact n the Mga Caves. Fan als wrks hard 6 （prmte） cperatin between the Dunhuang Academy and verseas archaelgical institutins. Thanks t her effrts， the surrunding envirnment has imprved 7 （significant）.
8 Fan’s leadership， the Dunhuang Academy has grwn int the wrld’s largest institutin fr Dunhuang studies， making many 9 （achieve） in digitisatin， 3D scanning and virtual reality representatin f the Dunhuang relics（遗迹）."The lnger I’ve stayed here， the 10 （deep） my lve has grwn fr Dunhuang，" Fan said.
本文主要讲述了"敦煌的女儿"樊锦诗为保护敦煌莫高窟做出的贡献。
【词语积累】 preservatin n.保护 cnsist f由……组成
cperatin n.合作 leadership n.领导，领导地位；领导才能 digitisatinn.数字化
1.studying 考查非谓语动词。spend sme time （in）ding sth.是固定用法，故填studying。
2.werebuilt 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。由时间状语"frm the 4th century t the 14th century"可知，此处用一般过去时；build与主语The Mga Caves是被动关系，应用被动语态；再结合后面指代The Mga Caves的they可知，主语表示复数意义，谓语动词应用复数，故填were built。
3.that/which 考查定语从句。空处所填词引导限制性定语从句，先行词指物，关系词在从句中作主语，故填that/which。
4.havebecme 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。由时间状语"in the past years"可知，此处用现在完成时；becme为系动词，不用于被动语态；主语是复数，谓语用复数形式，故填have becme。
5.the 考查冠词。由空后的"f sandstrms’ "可知，此处表示特指，故填定冠词the。
6.tprmte 考查非谓语动词。此处非谓语动词作目的状语，且表示主动关系，故用不定式t prmte。
7.significantly 考查副词。空处所填词修饰谓语动词，应用副词形式。significantly表示"有重大意义地，显著地，明显地"。
8.Under 考查介词。under sb.’s leadership表示"在某人的领导下"，是固定搭配。
9.achievements 考查名词。由空前的many可知，本空要填名词的复数形式，故填achievements。
10.deeper 考查比较级。"the＋比较级＋其他，the＋比较级＋其他"是常用结构，表示"越……就越……"，故填deeper。