Unit 1 Women of achievement
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2017·8月贵州贵阳高三摸底)
“How do you account for your remarkable achievements in life?”Queen Victoria of the UK asked Helen Keller.“How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf,you were able to achieve so much?”
Ms.Keller’s answer is a tribute(致敬)to her kind teacher.“If it had not been for Annie Sullivan,the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”
According to speaker Zig Ziglar,Annie Sullivan was no stranger to hardship.She was almost sightless herself and was,at one time,diagnosed as hopelessly “insane” by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental
institution.Occasionally,Annie would violently attack anyone who came near.Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope,however,and she made it her work to show love to the child.Every day she visited Annie,and she left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement.She believed Annie could recover,if only she were shown love.
Eventually,doctors noticed the change in the girl.Where they once witnessed anger and hate,they now noted a gentleness and love.They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve.Then the day finally came when this seemingly “hopeless” child was released.
Annie Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she,herself,was helped by the kind nurse.It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller.She loved her,disciplined(约束)her,played with her,pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon(灯塔)of light to the world.Annie Sullivan worked wonders in Helen’s life;but it was a loving nurse who first believed in little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a kind teacher.
“If it had not been for Annie Sullivan,the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse,the name of Annie Sullivan would have remained unknown.
【语篇导读】文章主要讲述了被一度认为有精神问题的Annie Sullivan,在一位护士的关心与爱护下,慢慢恢复健康重新点燃了她生命的灯塔。爱的力量是伟大的。 1.What does the underlined part “account for” probably mean? A.show
B.prove
C.explain 答案C D.present
解析词义猜测题。根据“How do you explain the fact”可知account for为“解释”的意思。故选C项。
2.What do we know from the third paragraph? A.Sullivan had very normal behavior. B.Sullivan was ignored by everyone. C.Sullivan was kept away from her parents. D.Sullivan was believed to have a mental problem. 答案D 解析推理判断题。根据“at one time,diagnosed as hopelessly ‘insane’ by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental institution.”可推断出Annie Sullivan被认为有精神问题。故选D项。 3.What would be the best title for the text? A.The Power of Love 答案A 解析主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了被一度认为有精神问题的Annie Sullivan,在一位护士的关心与爱护下,慢慢恢复健康,重新点燃了她生命的灯塔。爱的力量是伟大的。故选A项。
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Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said winning the Nobel Prize in 2007 had been a “bloody disaster”.
The increased media interest in her has meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible,she said.
Lessing,88,also said she would probably now be giving up writing novels.Her latest book is the partly fictional memoir(虚幻小说) entitled Alfred and Emily.Since her Nobel win she has been constantly in demand,she said.“All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.”
Speaking about her writing,she said:“It has stopped;I don’t have any energy any more.”Lessing is the 11th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature in its 106-year history.Her best known works include The Golden Notebook and The Diaries of Jane
B.Making a Difference
C.A Good Teacher D.Remarkable Achievements
Somers(《萨默斯的日记》).
She also recalled that,in the 1960s,she had been told that the Nobel Academy’s judges did not like her and she would never win.Ill-health prevented her from attending the prize ceremony in Stockholm,Sweden.
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Instead the Swedish Ambassador to London,Staffan Carlsson,presented the award to her in the UK.He told her she was being “crowned with a prize you have long deserved”.
Lessing was born in Iran and moved to Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe—as a child before settling in England in 1949.
Her first novel The Grass Is Singing was published the following year.Altogether she has written more than 50 novels,plays,memoirs and collections of short stories.
【语篇导读】多丽丝·莱辛,英国女作家。1919年10月22日生,2013年11月17日去世,享年94岁。多丽丝·莱辛被誉为继伍尔芙之后最伟大的女性作家,并几次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名以及多个世界级文学奖项。在2007年10月11日,瑞典皇家科学院诺贝尔奖委员会宣布将2007年度诺贝尔文学奖授予这位英国女作家。她是迄今为止获奖时最年长的女性诺贝尔获奖者。 4.By saying winning the Nobel Prize was “a bloody disaster”,Lessing . A.was too excited to go on writing her novels
B.had her peaceful life disturbed by the increased media C.was asked to give some useful advice on how to write D.was forced to attend the prize ceremony in Stockholm 答案B 解析推理判断题。文章第二段“The increased media interest in her...she said.”及第三段讲述了莱辛获得诺贝尔文学奖之后,不断有媒体前来采访、拍照,使她没有足够的时间专注于文学创作,从中可知,她的平静的生活已经被打乱。
5.What does the word “It” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to? A.Bloody disaster. B.Lessing’s ill-health. C.Lessing’s writing work.
D.Her first novel The Grass Is Singing. 答案C 解析词义猜测题。根据上文及“I don’t have any energy any more,”可猜出It应该是她的写作,故选C项。
6.Lessing was given the Noble Prize because . A.she was an 88-year-old woman B.she was a famous writer
C.she made a great contribution to the literature D.she was the oldest writer alive then 答案C 解析推理判断题。阅读全文可知:莱辛笔耕五十多年,是位多产作家。除了长篇小说,还著有诗歌、散文、剧本、短篇小说等,诺贝尔委员会颁奖给莱辛的理由是她在文学上作出了杰出贡献。
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Ⅱ.七选五
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Nowadays,the problem of generation gap becomes more and more serious.Based on the survey by our school,the poor relationship between parents and their children is very common.1. Or,do the strict family rules affect their relationship?
Firstly,in most of the families in the US,both of the parents have to go out for work in order to earn more money to provide better environment for their lovely children.Unfortunately,this causes the rare communication between them and their children,since these parents always take a rest during leisure time.These parents and children cannot know deeply about each other.Then friction(摩擦) is easy to appear.2. Secondly,parents who ask their children to be absolute obedient to them is also one of the grave causes of generation gap between them.Therefore,these children are not willing to communicate with their parents and most of these parents are not active to talk with their children.3.
To solve these problems,the busy parents should devote their spare time to communicating with their children actively so as to improve their relationship.At the same time,they can also observe their children’s behavior in order to understand their children’s personality and reduce the quarrel between them.
4. No doubt that can give a better image to their children since it can make their children feel free to chat with their parents.Then it is easy for the parents to approach their lovely children.Therefore,a close and harmonious relationship between parents and children appears.
In conclusion,to have a close relationship between parents and children,the parents should devote their leisure time to talking with their children and observing their children’s personality and give their children the approaching images.5. A.Therefore,a wide generation gap comes into being. B.Thus,misunderstanding between them often occurs. C.Are these problems caused by the busy parents? D.Who are these problems more upsetting to?
E.If so,this terrible phenomenon,generation gap,cannot occur any more. F.In fact most parents and children experience at least a little tension. G.Besides that,the parents should try to give up their absolute power in family. 答案与解析 【语篇导读】本文是一篇议论文。文章从三个方面讨论如何使父母与孩子建立良好的关系。 1.C 该空前面讲现在父母与孩子关系紧张很普遍,该空后面以疑问的形式提出了另一种可能的原因,所以该空也应该是以疑问的形式提出一种可能的原因。
2.A 该空前面“both of the parents have to go out for work in order to...to appear”讲了孩子与父母摩擦的产生,紧接着就应该是讲其后果。选项A正是产生摩擦后的后果。 3.B 该空前面讲孩子与父母缺少沟通交流,紧接着就应该是讲其后果。选项B正是其后果。
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