2019-2020学年新教材高中英语 UNIT 4 HISTORY AND TRADITIONS S

-1-SectionⅠListeningandSpeaking&ReadingandThinking—ComprehendingⅠ阅读理解AItwasacoldmorning,andEduardoOrtegawasnervous．Heheldalargeenvelope．Initwashisdream．“Thisiseverything，”hesaid．“I’veworkedforthissinceIwasayoungboy．”Eduardorememberedthelonghoursworkinginthefields,pickingstrawberriesandbeans．Aftertheworkday,histiredfriendsdrankcoffeeorslept．Eduardostudied,read,andwrotepoetryandshortstories．Althoughhemissedmanyclasses,hebecametheschool’sbeststudent．Oneschoolyear,Eduardowroteanessay(文章)andwonaprize—aflyingtriptoSanFrancisco．Asheflew,hefeltfreefromhislifeofhardworkinthefields．Hepromisedhimselfnottoreturntothatlife．Helovedtofly．Thismorning,Eduardocaughttheschoolbusandwenttoschoolwiththeenvelope．Hewalkedpasthisclassmatesandsatdownathisdesk．Heopenedtheenvelopeandbeganreadingtheletterinside．Itwastheanswertohisapplicationtothestateuniversity．Itwasalsotheanswertothebeginningofhisdreamofbecomingapilot．EventhoughEduardoworkedtohelphisfamily,hisfatheralwaysencouragedhimtogotoschool．So,whileheworked,healsostudied．Eduardoknewthathisdreamwashisfather’sdream,too．Hisfatherwasasmartman,buthewastoopoortogotocollege．Helovedtoread,butneverhadtime,becauseheworkedlonghours．Now,asEduardoreadthewords，“Congratulations．．．youhavebeenaccepted，”heknewthathisdreamwasnotlost．Oneday,hewouldbeapilot,flyingeverydaytoalltheexcitingplacesintheworld．【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。男孩家境不好，需要打零工帮助家里维持生计，但他并没有放弃自己的梦想。他坚持学习，通过不懈的努力终于考上了大学，缩短了与梦想的距离。-2-1．WhatdidEduardodowhenhisfriendsdrankcoffeeorslept?A．Heattendedclasses．B．Hestudiedandwrote．C．Heworkedinthefields．D．Hehelpedaroundhishome．B解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的Aftertheworkday,histiredfriendsdrankcoffeeorslept．Eduardostudied,read,andwrotepoetryandshortstories．可知，工作结束后，他的朋友们或喝咖啡或睡觉，而他却在学习和写作。2．WhatwasEduardo’sdream?A．Becomingapilot．B．Becomingawriter．C．Travelingaroundtheworld．D．Realizinghisfather’sdream．A解析：细节理解题。由第五段中的Itwasalsotheanswertothebeginningofhisdreamofbecomingapilot．和最后一段中的Oneday,hewouldbeapilot,flyingeverydaytoalltheexcitingplacesintheworld．可知，他梦想成为一名飞行员。3．WhatwasEduardo’sfather’sattitudetowardhisdream?A．Supportive．B．Unconcerned．C．Doubtful．D．Unclear．A解析：推理判断题。由倒数第三段中的hisfatheralwaysencouragedhimtogotoschool可知，他父亲鼓励他上学，因此推断出他父亲支持他的梦想。4．Whatwasintheenvelope?A．Aninvitationtoaflyingtrip．B．Encouragementfromhisfather．C．Congratulationsfromhisfriends．D．Anadmissionnoticefromauniversity．D解析：推理判断题。由第五段中的Itwastheanswertohisapplicationtothestateuniversity．和最后一段中的asEduardoreadthewords,“Congratulations．．．youhavebeenaccepted，”heknewthathisdreamwasnotlost可推断，信封里是他所申请的大学发来的录取通知书。BHiddeninthemountainsofJordanisthebeautifulancient-3-cityofPetra．Itlayinruinsformorethanathousandyears．Petrawasbuiltin312BCbytheNabataeanswhowereanancientsouthernArabpeople．Theywereveryskilledatcarving(刻)．Itisnowonderthatthisancientcityhassomuchtooffer!In363AD,thecitysufferedfromterribleearthquakesthatleftmostofthecitydamaged．Thebuildingsandthecity’swatersystemwereaffected．ASwissexplorer，JohannLudwigBurckhardt,discoveredthiscityofwondersin1812．UntilhediscoveredPetra,ithadbeenunheardofintheWesternworldforabout5centuries!PetraistheGreekwordforstoneandthisnamemakesperfectsensebecauseofwherethecityislocatedandhowsomeofitiscarvedintotherock．TheancientcityofPetraisalsoknownasthe“RoseCity”．Thisisbecausetherockinwhichthecityisbuiltisarose­redcolour．ManyofthebuildingsofPetrahavebeautifulfacades(正面)．Someofthefacadeshavecolumns(柱)carvedintotherock,buttheyarefordecorationandtheydon’tactuallyholdanythingup．Petrawasbuiltinthemiddleofthedesert,whereithardlyeverrained．Luckily,theNabataeanswereveryskilledengineersandknewhowtoliveinahotanddryplace．First,theycarvedchannels(渠)tobringwaterfromanearbyspringintothecity．Rainwaterwasalsocollectedinundergroundchannels．Thewaterwasthenstored．So,eveninthelongdrymonthstherewasenoughwaterforpeopletouse．Today,Petraisoneoftheworld’smostfamousancientsitesandpeoplecomefromallovertheworldtovisitit．【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。作者在文中介绍了古城佩特拉。5．WhatdoweknowaboutPetra?A．Itwasbuiltonhighmountains．B．Itwasahistoryoffivecenturies．C．Itwasdestroyedbyearthquakes．D．Itwasfirstvisitedbywesternersin363．C解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的In363AD,thecitysufferedfromterribleearthquakesthatleftmostofthecitydamaged．可知，这座古城被地震毁了。6．Whywasthecitynamed“Petra”？A．Someofitlookedrose­red．B．Someofitwasfilledwithroses．C．Someofitwashometoanimals．D．Someofitwasbuiltintotherock．-4-D解析：细节理解题。由第四段中的PetraistheGreekwordforstoneandthisnamemakesperfectsensebecauseofwherethecityislocatedandhowsomeofitiscarvedintotherock．可知答案。7．Whatisthepurposeofthecolumns?A．Tobeautifythebuildings．B．Tosupportthebuildings．C．Tofunctionasgates．D．Toserveastools．A解析：细节理解题。由第四段中的theyarefordecorationandtheydon’tactuallyholdanythingup可知，这些柱子没有实际作用，装饰而已。8．WhichwordcanbestdescribetheNabataeans?A．Honest．B．Creative．C．Hard­working．D．Well­educated．B解析：推理判断题。由倒数第二段可知，纳巴泰人在沙漠上建起了佩特拉城，并用很智慧的方式解决了沙漠的缺水问题。Ⅱ完形填空KelvinDoeisachildfromaverypoordistrictofFreetown,SierraLeone’scapitalcity．Theareaisinsuch__1__shapethatthelightsonlycomeuponceaweek．Attheageof10,hestarted__2__rubbishdumps(垃圾场)forsmallelectronicspartsafterschool．Thenhewouldspendhistime__3__howthey