(外研版)2019届高考英语一轮复习练习：选修6 1 Module1知能演练轻松闯关 Word版含解析


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(2018·甘肃重点中学协作体联考)In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light­heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.
Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh, that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head­cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered(传递). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising his patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he fails to get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toasted beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh，that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的) person is sure to have.
【解题导语】　本文主要讲述当我们要告诉别人不好的消息的时候，要注意说话的方式和语气，还要带有同情心。
1．From “Dreams of head­cutting！”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer________．
A．was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
B．was mad at the sales agent
C．wished that the sales agent would have bad dreams
D．dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night
B　解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的描述可知，“我”对售票员的态度很恼火。
2．Which of the following is true?
A．The author really appreciated the neighbor’s warning.
B．From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry.
C．If the runner brought to the pharaoh unhappy news, he would be treated like a prince.
D．When we want to deliver any bad news, we should share the feeling of the receiver.
D　解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.”可知，当告诉别人不好的消息的时候，应该带有同情心，应该分担消息接收者不好的感觉。
3．What is the main idea of the text?
A．Receiving bad news requires great courage.
B．Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
C．Delivering bad news with sympathy is important in communication.
D．Learning ancient traditions can be useful.
C　解析：主旨大意题。本文主要告诉我们当我们告诉别人不好的消息的时候，要注意讲话的方式和态度，应该带有同情心，分担别人的忧愁。
4．In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was________．
A．not helpful　　　　　　　　 B．not considerate
C．friendly D．warm­hearted
B　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning.”可知，“我”认为邻居没有同情心，不能为别人考虑。故选B项。
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(2018·辽宁五校协作体联考)I was just in France to visit my grandmother who is very dear to me.I don’t get to cross the Atlantic very often，and she’s now 96 years old，so every time I visit her，the two of us are very aware that it might be the last time we see each other.
Last year，I did a series of short video interviews about her life.I asked her what it was like growing up with her father in the 1910s，and living alone with two young children.I asked her about her greatest memories，and her favorite books，foods，etc.I learned a lot of amazing new things about her I had never known before.These were very intimate conversations，which made me better know her.
This year，I did not really have questions and I only had a great desire to make her know how much I love her.I cooked for her and read her stories.I gave her a foot massage(按摩)，which was her first ever!
Before leaving，I was looking for a way to leave something meaningful behind besides the memory of our time together.Therefore，I wrote her five different love notes，and hid them in different places where I knew she would eventually find them.
I left really joyously knowing that these notes would surely cheer her up after I left.She called me as I was travelling back to Paris to catch my plane back to the U．S. and said.“I found your notes！By the time I discovered the last one，I was laughing out loud! Thank you so much, my sweetheart！” I smiled to myself, knowing she still had two more to go! It was Sunday，so my guess was that she had not checked her mailbox and had not yet driven her car!
【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了“我”与奶奶在一起的美好时光。
5．The underlined word “intimate” in Paragraph 2 probably means________．
A．close　　　　　　　　 B．inspiring
C．impressive D．usual
A　解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段最后两句可知，“我”从奶奶那学到了以前未了解的东西，我们进行了亲密的谈话，这使“我”更加了解她。此处表示“亲密的，密切的”，故选A。
6．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The author went to France to visit her grandmother very frequently.
B．The author didn’t expect her grandmother to find all the five notes.
C．The author and her grandmother enjoyed the time they stayed together.
D．The author’s home is not far from her grandmother’s.
C　解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一句话及下文内容可知，“我”非常享受与奶奶在一起的时光，故选C。
7．From the last paragraph，we know that________．
A．Grandmother found all the notes immediately the author left
B．Grandmother had not checked her mailbox before the call
C．Grandmother always calls the author before she gets on the airplane
D．Grandmother does exercise by finding the notes
B　解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“It was Sunday，so my guess was that she had not checked her mailbox and had not yet driven her car！”可知，奶奶在打电话之前并没有检查邮箱，故选B。
8．What might be the best title of the passage?
A．The Wonderful Time with Grandmother
B．The Meaningful Love Notes
C．The Person Who Influences Me Most
D．The Treasure of My Family
A　解析：标题归纳题。根据全文内容可知，“我”回忆了与奶奶在一起的幸福时光，故选A。
完形填空
(2018·福建普通高中毕业班质量检查)I was a first officer at an airline. One Christmas Eve, I was checking instruments in __1__ for my last flight of the day __2__ I heard a noise behind me. I looked __3__ my shoulder. Just outside the cockpit(驾驶舱) doorway was a boy of about nine __4__ at the cockpit. At my glance he started to __5__. “Come on in here，” I called. The boy stepped __6__ into the cockpit. “My name’s Chad，” I said, sticking out my hand. With a shy smile he put his hand in __7__， “I’m Sam.”
The captain would be in any minute. Sam looked so __8__that I didn’t want to cut short his fun. I told Sam the __9__ of each button. Finally Captain Jim came aboard. I __10__ Sam to Jim, who gave him a broad smile. “You ever __11__ an airplane before, Sam？” Jim asked. Eyes wide, Sam__12__ his head. Following my __13__， he carefully pressed a button as big as his hand to start the __14__， which hummed(发出嗡嗡声) to life. Sam looked like he was about to cry with__15__. We started up the other engine, __16__， and arrived in Macon about 40 minutes later.
Early Christmas morning, Sam’s mother came by and __17__a tin of cookies with a note of thanks. Jim looked at it, __18__， and read it aloud, “Thank you for what you’ve done. Sam has been dreaming about becoming a pilot. __19__， he’s got cancer...”
A small __20__deed that one does can make a big difference to someone else’s life.
【解题导语】　本文主要讲述了作者在例行检查飞机时，无意间的好心之举对一个罹患癌症的小孩儿有非凡意义的故事。
1．A.time　　　　　　　　　 B．return
C．preparation D．exchange
C　解析：根据下文的“Finally Captain Jim came aboard.”可推知，当时飞机还没有起飞，作者在做一些起飞前的检查工作，与作者的身份officer呼应。
2．A.after B．when
C．as if D．even though
B　解析：固定句型be doing...when...意为“正在做某事时，突然……”， 空处与语境“I was checking”呼应，故选B。
3．A.over B．around
C．above D．from
A　解析：根据语境“I heard a noise behind me”可推知，作者当时回过头去看，over意为“从一边到另一边”，故选A。
4．A.glaring B．aiming
C．shouting D．staring
D　解析：根据下文的“Sam looked so ______that I didn’t want to cut short his fun.”可推知，小孩儿对驾驶舱很感兴趣，在盯着它看，这与下文作者给小孩儿介绍驾驶舱呼应。stare“盯着看”；glare“怒目而视”。
5．A.get in B．turn away
C．run out D．set off
B　解析：在作者的注视下，小孩儿转过脸去(turn away)。
6．A.cautiously B．unexpectedly
C．desperately D．deliberately
A　解析：空处与下文的“With a shy smile”呼应，表示小孩儿当时很谨慎。cautiously “小心地，谨慎地”。
7．A.his B．him
C．me D．mine
D　解析：根据上文的“sticking out my hand”可推知，作者准备和小孩儿握手，因此小孩儿羞怯地把手放在作者的手里。mine是名词性物主代词， 在此处相当于my hand。
8．A.thrilled B．worried
C．afraid D．confident
A　解析：根据语境“I didn’t want to cut short his fun”可推知，小孩儿当时很激动。thrilled “极为激动的”。
9．A.type B．function
C．problem D．regulation
B　解析：根据语境可知，作者给小孩儿介绍驾驶舱里每个按键的功能。function “功能”。
10．A.carried B．reported
C．introduced D．directed
C　解析：根据上文可知，小孩儿和作者是第一次见面，因此他们认识之后见到作者的同事时，作者把小孩儿介绍给了同事。introduce“介绍”。
11．A.saw B．boarded
C．started D．visited
C　解析：根据下文小孩儿在作者的指导下发动引擎可推知，此处问的是小孩儿之前是否开过飞机，与下文的“We started up the other engine”呼应。
12．A.raised B．bowed
C．nodded D．shook
D　解析：根据下文的“Following my ______， he carefully pressed a button”可推知，小孩儿之前没有开过飞机，于是他摇头。
13．A.signals B．instructions
C．example D．schedule
B　解析：根据语境可推知，小孩儿按照作者的指示开始操作按键。instruction “指导”。
14．A.flight B．journey
C．button D．engine
D　解析：空处与下文的“which hummed(发出嗡嗡声)to life”和“We started up the other engine”呼应，表示小孩儿发动了引擎。
15．A.happiness B．anxiety
C．sympathy D．fright
A　解析：空处与上文的“I didn’t want to cut short his fun”呼应，表示小孩儿很高兴看到引擎被发动了起来。
16．A.gave up B．pulled over
C．took off D．went out
C　解析：根据语境“We started up the other engine ... and arrived in Macon about 40 minutes later.”可推知，飞机的引擎都发动后，起飞了，大约40分钟后抵达了Macon。
17．A.took B．made
C．bought D．left
D　解析：空处与“came by”呼应，表示Sam的母亲来了，然后留下了一罐饼干和一张感谢便条。
18．A.sighed B．sobbed
C．breathed D．relieved
A　解析：根据下文的“he’s got cancer”可推知，当时Jim看到便条后，很伤感和无奈。sigh “叹气”。
19．A.Strangely B．Eventually
C．Carelessly D．Unfortunately
D　解析：结合“he’s got cancer”可推知，得了癌症是一件很不幸的事情。
20．A.heroic B．risky
C．kind D．honest
C　解析：根据全文可推知，作者无意间做的一件好事对一个罹患癌症的小孩儿来说有非凡的意义。kind “仁慈的，友好的”。