Unit 11
PassageA
话题：友谊 词数：280 参考用时：8分钟
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They _1____ friendship to last forever. _2___, even the best friendship can end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) __3___ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally__4___.
Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”
Peter explained. “We _5__ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”
Sometimes friendships__6__ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place. Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we __7_ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always_8___ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep __9___ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him__10__ I went home.”
Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s_11_ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely__12_ lost.”
No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always__13___ pain of loss. When nothing can be_14__ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on__15__ new friendships.
May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!
1. A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer 2. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So
3. A. interest B. experience C. change D. Suggestion 4. A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves 5. A. finished B. practiced C. continued D. started 6. A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in 7. A. often B. seldom C. always D. never 8. A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed 9. A. at B. by C. on D. in
10. A. even if B. while C. before D. since 11. A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible 12. A. will be B. is C. will D. to be 13. A. little B. some C. any D. no
14. A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done
15. A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning 读后自主学习
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【答案速查】参见答案P
【自我评价】我做对了_____题，我很棒！我做错了____题，没关系，再努力！ 【答案还原】将正确答案填写到文中空格处。
【诵读全文】大声朗读文章3-4遍、整体感知全文，体悟作者意图。 【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) play an important role _______________ (2) less and less _____________ (3) 保持联系_________________ (4)打电话____________________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.
_______________________________________________________________________ (2) The end of our friendship was a gradual thing.
_______________________________________________________________________ (3) May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!
_______________________________________________________________________
PassageB
话题：文学与作家 词数：194 参考用时：4分钟
Gabriel Garcia Márquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant .
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel ,One Hundred Years of Solitude ,which has sold about 50 million copies . It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world –of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” .
1. Garcia Márquez was born in the year _________. A. 1914 B. 1928 C. 1967 D. 1982
2. We can know from Paragragh2 that Garcia Márquez______. A. was born in Mexico City
B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia C. had a writing style called “magical realism ” D. was famous but lived a simple daily life
3. The underlined word “isolated” means ________. A. 隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D. 繁华的
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?
A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
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B. His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success. C. He was widely known as “a girl of 20th-century literature ”. D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City. 5. The writer quotes from the President to ______. A. praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement B. show the deep sadness of the President
C. explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez D. describe the character of Garcia Márquez 读后自主学习
【答案速查】参见答案P
【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) pass away _______________ (2) be widely regarded as _____________ (3)一个特定时期_________________ (4)因……而著名____________________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) The world paused to remember the cultural giant .
_______________________________________________________________________ (2) But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .
_______________________________________________________________________
(3) The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . _______________________________________________________________________
PassageC
话题：文学与作家 词数：175 参考用时：4分钟
Louis Black is at City Art Center A Trip into a Young Farmer’s Mind
Chickens that can talk? Cows that can dance? They are all in Louis Black's comic books(漫画书).
Louis Black was born on a farm. The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm. Later, he put them into his comic books in his own funny way. They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm.
The shy farmer's comic books became famous only after he died. He passed on in a fire three years ago, when he was only 35. In order to remember him, his family showed his comic books in the town museum, and people liked them very much. Now the original原始的）pictures of Louis Black's farm animals can be seen at the City Art Center for one month.
Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black!
1. At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm? A. At 9. B. At 13. C. At 23. D. At 35. 2．The underlined part “passed on” is closest in meaning to “______”. A. sat B. rose
C. died
D. stood
3. Which is the right order of the following what happened?
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a. His books became popular. b. His family enjoyed his books. c. He passed on in a fire. d. He started to draw animals. e. He was born on a farm.
A. a-b-c-d-e B. e-b-d-a-c C. e-d-b-c-a D. b-d-c-e-a 4.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To plan a trip to visit a farm. B. To tell people about an art show. C. To attract people to the farm. D. To share ideas of drawing comic books. 读后自主学习
【答案速查】参见答案P
【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) on the farm _______________ (2) in his own funny way ____________ (3) 为了__________________ (4) 成名____________________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. _______________________________________________________________________
(2) They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm. _______________________________________________________________________ (3) Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black!
_______________________________________________________________________
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（二）能力提高（Unit 11-Unit 20） Unit11
Passage A
读后自主学习 【答案详解】
1-5 BACBD 6-10 CBADA 11-15 BABDC
1. B考査动词及语境的理解。A. hope希望；B. expect期待；C. decide决定；D. prefer更喜欢。根据 Most people hope that their friends will always be there.可知，这里的意思是：他们希望友谊能够永远保持下去。但是hope的用法是hope to do, hope后不能跟sb/ sth to do形式。expect的用法则是expect sb /sth to do. 所以选B。
2. A考査副词及语境的理解。A. Unfortunately不幸的是；P. Luckily幸运的是；C. Then那么，然后； D. So所以。根据前后的意思可知，他们希望友谊能够永远保持下去。不幸的是，即便最好的友谊也可能会结束。所以选A。
3. C考査名词及语境的理解。A. interest兴趣；B. experience经历；C. change变化；D. suggestion建 议。随看时间的推移，许多友谊会因为个性或者生活方式4. B考査动词及语境的理解。A. forget忘记；B. disappears消失；C. appears出现；D. improves改进。 根据The friendship was just over.可知，友谊慢慢地失去了重要性，最后就消失了。选B。
5. D考査动词及语境的理解。A finished结束； B. practiced练习；C. continued继续；D. started 开始。前面是我发现自己认为Alan成了以前的朋友。根据The friendship was just over.可知，友谊结束了，因为我们见面越来越少。带入四个选项分析可知，选D。 6. C考査动词短语及语境的理解。A break down机器等出故障；B. break away摆脱；C. break off中断；D. break in插话。分析语境可知意思是：有时友谊会因为意见不合或者搬家而突然中断.所以选C。
7. B考查副词及语境的理解。A. often经常；B. seldom很少；C. always总是；D. never从不。这里以 Alice为例，说明友谊的变化。我从城市的一边搬到另一边，从那以后，我们就很少通电话，后面也说我们见面也越来越少了。最后我们之间的友谊就结束了。所以选B。 8. A考査动词及语境的理解。A. struggling挣扎；B. satisfying满意；C. pleased高兴；D. fed词养。根据全文的意思可知，我们的友谊结束是因为我们两个都忙于新工作。所以选A。
9. D考査介词及语境的理解。A. at在；B. by通过，根据；C. on关于；D. in在......之内。这里keep in touch with是固定搭配，保持联系。所以选D。 10. A考査连词及语境的理解。A. even if 即使； B. while当……的时候；C. before在……之前;D. since 自从。带入四个选项分析语意可知，我们的友谊结束了以至于即使我回家了也不会给他打电话。选A。
11. B考査形容词及语境的理解。A. strange 奇怪的； B. true真实的；C. false错误的；D. impossible不可能的。根据前面的意思可知，事实是两人都保持不变或变化的方向很相似时，朋友就会保持住。所以选B。
12. A考査连词及语境的理解。A. will be将会是；B. is是；C. will将；D. to be不定式不能单独做谓语。接前一句的意思，如果他们变了，成长的方式一样了，友谊很可能就会失去了。if从句是用一般现在时，则主句用一般将来时。lost在这里是形容词, 所以需要用 will be lost。所以选A。
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中考英语完形填空与阅读理解复习专项练习试题Unit11（含答案解析）
