高考英語一輪復習單元測試必修八Unit5Meetingyourancestors

Unit5Meetingyourancestors一、用括號內所給單詞的適當形式填空1．Foraverylongtime,peoplealwayshavebeentryingtofindoutthe________(significant)oflife.2.Itwasfirst________(assume)thathewasthemurderer,butlateritturnedouttobeamistake.3．Youmustmeasurethelengthcarefullyinordertogetthe________(accuracy)number.4．Peoplefeltpityfortheanimal's________(starve)．5．Theroomlooksvery________(mess),soyou'dbettercleanit.6．Ourteacherremindedustopayattentiontothescientist's________(analyse)．7．Tobea________(skill)worker,youneedalotofpractice.8．Themangot________(arrest)forcarelessdriving.9．Iamnotaccustomedto________(interrupt)whenstudyingorworking,sopleaseleavemealone.10．Thoughtheknifeisn't________(sharpen),youshouldn'tleaveitwiththechild.答案：1、significance2、assumed3、accurate4、starvation5、messy6、analysis7、skilful/skilled8、arrested9、beinginterrupted10、sharp二、用所給短語的適當形式填空datebackto，lookahead，beawarethat，fedupwith，atmost，regardlessof1．Peopleare________allthesetrafficjams.2．Myinterestinstampcollecting________myschooldays.3．________whatitcosts,wemusttakeeverymeasuretosavetheoldman'slife.4．Anewenginewouldcost,________,twothousanddollars.5．Wemustlearnthelessonsand________,notbackwards.6．However,________itisnotpletelyacceptedbyallpeople.答案：1、fedupwith2、datesbackto3、Regardlessof4、atmost5、lookahead6、beawarethat三、閱讀理解JustintimeforNationalPopcornDay,anewstudyshowsthatpeopleinwhat'snowPeruwereeatingthesnackabout2,000yearsearlierthanwethought.Coastalpeopleswerepreparingcorn－basedfoodsupto6,700yearsago,accordingtoanalysisofremainsoftheancientcornrecentlydiscoveredattheParedonesandHuacaPrietaarchaeologicalsitesonPeru'snortherncoast.Previously,evidenceofcornasafoodabout5,000yearsagohadmostlyefromwhatarecalledmicrofossils—microscopicremainsthatdonotofferinformationonthesizeandshapeofthecorncobs(玉米棒).Butthenewlyfoundcornremainsrevealedalot,viaradiocarbondatingandothertests.ThepeoplewholivedinParedonesandHuacaPrietaprobablycookedcorninseveralways:Wrappingacorncobandrestingitoncoals,roastingacorncobdirectlyoveraflame,orcookingacorncobinanearthenoven.Inthisculture,cornwasadeliciousfoodoraminorsupplementtothediet-archaeologicalevidenceshowstheydidnoteatitinlargeamounts.CornwasfirstgrowninMexicoabout9,000yearsagofromawildgrasscalledteosinte,accordingtoPiperno,whoseresearchhasbeenpublishedinthejournalProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Afewthousandyearslater,cornwasbroughttoSouthAmerica,wherefarmersbredtheplantcropintohundredsofvarieties.Indeed,whatsurprisedPipernomostaboutthenewresearchwasthediversityofcorn—fromcorncobshapestokernel(玉米粒)colorsdiscoveredinthenew-foundremains.“Farmersliketoexperimentandgrowcoolthings，”shesaid.篇章導讀：本文是一篇說明文。一項新的考古研究發(fā)現(xiàn)人類在距今約6，700年前已開始食用玉米，比之前所認為的時間提前了約兩千年。1．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?A．Ancientpopcornwaseatenabout2,000yearsearlierthanthoughtinPeruB．AnewdiscoveryrevealedthemysteryaboutcornC．HowwascorncookedinancientPeruandSouthAmerica?D．NationalPopcornDayandthenew－foundcornremainsinPeru答案：A標題判斷題。由文章主旨段第一段并縱觀全文可知，文章講的是新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，人類開始食用玉米的時間比我們認為的還要早大約2,000年，故選A。2．Fromthepassagewecanlearnthatmicrofossilsofcorn________.A．showedthatpeoplebegancookingcornabout5,000yearsagoB．offereddetailedinformationonthesizeoftheancientcorncobsC．showedthespecificshapeoftheancientcorncobsD．wereanalyzedbyscientistsviaradiocarbondating答案：A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話中的“Previously,evidenceofcornasafoodabout5,000yearsagohadmostlyefromwhatarecalledmicrofossils”可知，玉米微化石顯示人們在大約5,000年前已開始以玉米為食物。3．Whatcanweknowaboutthenewlyfoundcornremains?A．TheyrevealedpeopleinParedonesandHuacaPrietaneverroastedacorncobdirectlyoveraflame.B．TheyrevealedpeopleinParedonesandHuacaPrietalivedmainlyoncorn-basedfoods.C．Theyshowedushowancientfarmersbredcornfromawildgrass.D．Theyofferedmoreinformationonancientcornthanmicrofossilsofcorn.答案：D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話中的“...microscopicremainsthatdonotofferinformationonthesizeandshapeofthecorncobs”和第二句話“Butthenewlyfoundcornremainsrevealedalot...”可知，新發(fā)現(xiàn)的玉米遺跡能夠比玉米微化石提供更多的關于古代玉米的信息。4．Whatcanweknowfromthelastparagraph?A．Remainsofancientcornwerefoundindifferentplacesoftheworld.B．Variouskindsofcornwerediscoveredinthenew－foundcornremains.C．Ancientcorncobshapesandkernelcolorsarequitedifferentfromthoseoftoday.D．Pipernolikestoexperimentandgrowcoolthings.答案：B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句中的“whatsurprisedPipernomostaboutthenewresearchwasthediversityofcorn—fromcorncobshapestokernel(玉米粒)colorsdiscoveredinthenew-foundremains”可知B項正確。四、七選五Tempertantrums(發(fā)怒)rangefromcryingtoscreaming,kicking,hitting,andbreathholding.They'reequallymoninboysandgirlsandmostlyhappenbetweentheagesofonetothree.__1__，andothershavethemrarely.Tantrumsareanormalpartofchilddevelopment.Theyarethewayyoungchildrenshowthey'reupsetorfrustrated(沮喪的).Tantrumsmayhappenwhenkidsaretied,hungry,orunfortable;orbecausetheycan'tgetsomething(forexample,anobjectoraparent)todowhattheywant.__2__.Tantrumsaremonduringthesecondyearoflife,atimewhenlanguageskillsarestartingtodevelop.Becauseyoungchildrenatthisagecan'tyetsaywhattheywant,feel,orneed,afrustratingexperiencemaycauseatantrum.__3__.__4__—morethantheymaybeabletohandle.Thiscanleadtopowerstrugglesasachildthinks“Icandoitmyself”or“Iwantit,giveittome”.Whenkidsdiscoverthattheycan'tdoitandcan'thaveeverythingtheywant,theymayhaveatantrum.Sotrytopreventtantrumsfromhappeninginthefirstplace,wheneverpossible.Giveplentyofpositiveattention.Getinthehabitofcatchingyourchildbeinggood.Rewardyourlittleonewithpraiseandattentionforpositivebehaviors.Mostimportantly,keepyourcoolwhenrespondingtoatantrum.Don'tplicatetheproblemwithyourownfrustrationoranger.__5__.Soyouneedtobecalm,too.A．SomekidsmaysmileallthedayB．SomekidsmayhavetantrumsoftenC．YoumaywonderhowlongatantrumwilllastD．Aslanguageskillsimprove,tantrumstendtodecreaseE．KidswantindependenceandcontrolovertheirenvironmentF．LearningtodealwithfrustrationisaskillthatchildrengainovertimeG．Remindyourselfthatyourjobishelpingyourchildlearntocalmdown【文章大意】本文是一篇科普類說明文。文章介紹了1歲到3歲的孩子容易發(fā)怒的原因及這種情緒得到緩解的原因，告誡家長應當遇事冷靜，并幫助孩子們養(yǎng)成冷靜的習慣。1．答案與解析：B根據(jù)上文“They'reequallymoninboysandgirlsandmostlyhappenbetweentheagesofonetothree.”可知，1歲到3歲的孩子發(fā)怒很正常；結合該句中的“andothershavethemrarely”可知，一些孩子可能會經(jīng)常發(fā)怒，但是另一些孩子很少發(fā)怒。故B項正確。2．答案與解析：F空格處在該段結尾，其作用是總結該段內容并引起下段內容；通讀該段內容可知，該段主要陳述孩子發(fā)怒是表現(xiàn)他們不開心或沮喪的方式，下段內容是說隨年齡增長，孩子們的語言技能得到提升，他們也就不那么容易發(fā)怒了。F項“久而久之，孩子們就擁有處理這種沮喪的技能了?！背猩蠁⑾?。故F項正確。3．答案與解析：D根據(jù)空格上一句“Becauseyoungchildrenatthisagecan'tyetsaywhattheywant,feel,orneed,afrustratingexperiencemaycauseatantrum.”可知，處在這個年齡階段的孩子由于無法用言語表達他們的需要，所以會發(fā)怒。D項“隨著語言技能的提高，發(fā)怒的行為將會減少?！背薪由衔模险Z境。故D項正確。4．答案與解析：E根據(jù)該段第二句“Thiscanleadtopowerstrugglesasachildthinks‘Icandoitmyself’or‘Iwantit,giveittome’．”可知，孩子們總是在想“我能自己完成”“我想要，給我吧”；據(jù)此可以判斷，E項“孩子們總是想要獨立，控制他們的環(huán)境?！迸c該段內容相符。故E項正確。5．答案與解析：G根據(jù)空格后一句“Soyouneedtobecalm,too.”可知，該處建議遇到問題首先自己要冷靜。G項“你要想著你的工作就是幫你的孩子學會冷靜。”與此構成因果關系，銜接緊密。故G項正確。五、短文改錯Recently,RobertWhiting,anelderlygentlemanwith83,arrivedinParisbyplane.Atcustoms,hetookafewminutetolookforhispassport.“YouhadbeentoFrancebefore,sir？”thecustomsofficeraskedjoking.MrWhitingadmittedtothathehadbeentoFrancepreviously.“Thenyoushouldknowenoughtohavemypassportready.”TheAmericansaid,“ThelasttimeIwashere,Ididn'thavetoshowthem.”“Impossible.AmericansalwayshavetoshowpassportsonarrivalinFrance！”TheAmericangavetheFrenchmanlonghardlook.Thenhequietlyexplained,“Well,whenIcamein1944tohelpliberatingthiscountry,Icouldn'tfindsomeFrenchmentoshowitto.”答案：Recently,RobertWhiting,anelderlygentlemaneq\o(with,\s\do14(①of))83,arrivedinParisbyplane.Atcustoms,hetookafeweq\o(minute,\s\do14(②minutes))tolookforhispassport.“Youeq\o(had,\s\do14(③have))beentoFrancebefore,sir？”thecustomsofficeraskedeq\o(joking,\s\do14(④jokingly)).MrWhitingadmittedeq\o(eq\o(to,＼),\s\do14(⑤))thathehadbeentoFrancepreviously.“Thenyoushouldknowenoughtohaveeq\o(my,\s\do14(⑥your))passportready.”TheAmericansaid,“ThelasttimeIwashere,Ididn'thavetoshoweq\o(them,\s\do14(⑦it)).”“Impossible.AmericansalwayshavetoshowpassportsonarrivalinFrance！”TheAmericangavetheFrenchmaneq\o(∧,\s\do14(⑧a))longhardlook.Thenhequietlyexplained,“Well,whenIcamein1944tohelpeq\o(liberating,\s\do14(⑨liberate))thiscountry,Icouldn'tfindeq\o(some,\s\do14(⑩any))Frenchmentoshowitto.”六、應用寫作請根據(jù)以下提示，寫一篇介紹“大克鼎”的英語短文。1.大克鼎1890年出土于陜西省扶風縣，可追溯到西周晚期，現(xiàn)收藏于上海博物館。2.大克鼎由青銅鑄造，高93.1厘米，重201.5千克?？谘?mouth