Unit 4 Pygmalion
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2024·江西南昌二中10月月考)
Zero Waste Awards
Who should enter?
Entries(参赛作品) are welcomed from anyone who processes waste. While we expect most entries to come from the UK, we welcome international entries, too. Entrants have been split into the following groups: private sector, public sector, community sector and partnerships.
What are the categories?
There're five categories which are based on the Waste Hierarchy(层级). We appreciate that companies will have different strengths within those categories as they work towards Zero Waste. The broad categories are: waste prevention, re–use, recycle/recover, energy recovery, general.
How do I enter?
Submitting an entry is really easy! Just follow these few simple steps： ⅰ.Carefully read through the category information；
ⅱ.Write your entry—it should be a maximum of 1,500 words and a word document； ⅲ.Arrange your supporting material into a single document—maximum six pages long；
ⅳ.Complete the simple online entry form. Important dates
While entries are welcomed all year round, these are key dates—this is to give the judges plenty of time to read through all the entries! These are listed in entry deadlines column below. Don't worry if you have just missed one of the entry deadlines, your submission will be automatically entered into the next session.
Entry deadlines 1st March 1st June 1st Sept. 1st Dec. Judging dates 12th March 12th June 12th Sept. 12th Dec. Awards presentation dates 4th April 4th July 4th Oct. 4th Jan. *You can submit a maximum of two entries per year—six months apart. Awards
We understand that working towards Zero Waste is an ongoing journey and as such the Zero Waste Awards scheme offers organizations a structure to celebrate their progress along the way. The four awards are: Gold(76～100), Silver(51～75), Bronze(26～50), Highly Commended(0～25)．
语篇导读 本文为应用文，介绍了Zero Waste Awards，一个为鼓励那些在致力于零污染的道路上不断努力的人所设立的活动。组织者希望可以通过对这个活动的宣传，唤醒人们循环利用和保护环境的意识。
1．What should you know about your entry when you submit? A．It should be at least 1,500 words.
B．It must go with filling in an online entry form. C．It had better not be shorter than six pages.
D．It can be handed in shortly after your previous submission.
解析 B 细节理解题。根据How do I enter？这部分内容的第二条中a maximum of 1,500 words及第三条中maximum six pages long可以判断A、C两项错误。根据第四条Complete the simple online entry form可知，要完成简单的网上申请表格，故选B项。
2．If you submit an entry on March 4th, it will be judged on ________. A．March 12th C．June 12th
B．April 4th D．June 1st
解析 C 推理判断题。根据Important dates这部分内容的最后一句可知，如果你在3月4日提交申请，你的申请将进入下一个阶段，即：截止期限为6月1日的阶段，该阶段的评判日期为6月12日，故选C项。
3．What is the author's purpose of writing the text? A．To report the development of Zero Waste. B．To introduce Zero Waste Awards in detail.
C．To advocate people to join in the recycling movement. D．To tell people working at Zero Waste is really difficult.
解析 C 写作意图题。根据最后一段可知，该奖项的设立是为了鼓励那些在致力于零污染的道路上不断努力的人。所以，本文的目的是通过介绍这个活动鼓励大家参与到循环运动中来，为保护环境、促进零浪费和零污染作出努力，故选C项。
B
In the dull twilight of the winter afternoon, Scarlett came to the end of the long road which had begun the night Atlanta fell. She had set her feet upon that road as a spoiled, selfish and untried girl, full of youth, warm of emotion, easily
confused by life. Now, at the end of the road, there was nothing left of that girl. Hunger and hard labor, fear and constant pressure, the terrors of war and the terrors of Reconstruction had taken away all warmth and youth and softness. Around the core of her being, a shell of hardness had formed and, little by little, layer by layer, the shell had thickened during the endless months.
But until this very day, two hopes had been left to support her. She had hoped that the war being over, life would gradually return to its old face. She had hoped that Ashley's return would bring back some meaning into life. Now both hopes were gone. She realized that for her, for the whole South, the war would never end. The bitterest fighting, the most violent and cruel revenges, were just beginning. And Ashley was imprisoned forever by words which were stronger than any jail.
Peace had failed her and Ashley had failed her, both in the same day, and_it_was_as_if_
the_last_crevice(
裂
口)_in_the_shell_had_been_closed,_the_final_layer_hardened. She had become what Grandma Fontaine had counseled against, a woman who had seen the worst and so had nothing else to fear. Not life nor Mother nor loss of love nor public opinion. Only hunger and her nightmare dream of hunger could make her afraid.
A curious sense of lightness, of freedom, went through her now that she had finally hardened her heart against everything that tied her to the old days and the old Scarlett. She had made her decision and, thank God, she wasn't afraid. She had nothing to lose and her mind was made up.
语篇导读 本文为记叙文。斯嘉丽的生活被恐惧和压抑充斥着，但是仍然有两个希望在支撑着她生活下去。直到有一天，斯嘉丽的两个希望都破灭了，她将如何面对接下来的生活呢？
4．Which of the following adjectives best describe the mood in the first paragraph?
A．Gloomy and depressed. C．Peaceful and calm.
B．Cheerful and relaxed. D．Nervous and anxious.
解析 A 推理判断题。第一段中对斯嘉丽的描述及其中出现的confused, hunger, hard, fear, pressure, terrors等单词渲染了压抑低沉的基调，gloomy and depressed忧郁的，沮丧的；cheerful and relaxed高兴的，轻松的；peaceful and calm平和的，沉着的；nervous and anxious紧张的，焦虑的，故选A项。
5．What can be inferred from the passage? A．Scarlett believed that the war would end soon.
B．Scarlett felt hopeless about the future when the war broke out. C．Ashley may have been an important person to Scarlett. D．Grandma Fontaine had advised Scarlett to be fearless.
解析 C 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可推断，艾希莉对于斯嘉丽是一个重要的人物，故选C项。
6．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggest? A．Scarlett would shut herself off from others. B．Scarlett would refuse to face the reality.
C．Scarlett would be trapped in a state of desperation. D．Scarlett would grow mentally tougher and more determined.
解析 D 推理判断题。画线句句意：这就好像外壳上的最后一道裂口被关上了，外壳上的最后一层变得坚固了。根据画线句的下句可知，斯嘉丽变成了那种因为经历过最糟糕的事情所以感到无所畏惧的女性。综上可以推断，斯嘉丽在精神上将成长为更加坚强而有决心的人，故选D项。
7．Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage? A．It mainly describes the hopes and fear of Scarlett after Atlanta fell. B．It mainly describes the destructive impact of the war on Scarlett's life. C．It mainly describes the gradual change of Scarlett's feelings and attitude. D．It mainly describes the sufferings of people in the South during the war. 解析 C 主旨大意题。全文描述了一位名叫斯嘉丽的女孩从艰难、害怕和恐惧到怀抱希望又失去希望，最后她下定决心不再害怕的心路历程。A、B两项只在文章前半部分略有涉猎；D项以偏概全，文中只着重描述了斯嘉丽一个人的遭遇，故选C项。
Ⅱ.完形填空 (状元桥原创)
I hadn't seen Paul and Jane in over four years
The three of us met on an island in Thailand in 2006—a place we loved so much, and we __1__ a month. The three of us became close friends in that time. By the end, it was as though we had known each other for years. __2__， with my visa expiring(期满), I had to leave. Yet, as I left the island, Paul and Jane made me __3__ to visit them in New Zealand. It was something I could easily do.
Four years later I finally arrived in New Zealand. __4__ the amount of time that had passed, when I saw them, it was __5__ there hadn't been any time between us. All the jokes and mutual understanding we had formed was still there.
I often feel that the “rawness(无经验；半生不熟)” of travel can __6__ instant
lifelong friends. You meet someone once and, in a(n) __7__， feel like you've known them for years. As fellow travelers, we already have __8__ bonds that make friendship between us more likely. That doesn't mean we all become the best of friends, of course, but I think traveling __9__ all our baggage and our history that we often carry around.
My __10__ through the world have made me many close and lifelong friends: people from __11__ places, friends like Paul and Jane and friends who I haven't seen for years but send me invitations __12__ their wedding.
I don't know how many people I've __13__ during the last five years of travel. Too __14__ to begin to guess. Since you meet so many people on the road, it's hard to __15__ with all of them.
__16__ sometimes you meet a Paul and Jane. Or an Erik and Anne. Or countless others. And it doesn't __17__ how long it's been since the last time you saw them. Time just can't __18__ that bond you have. It may be months or years but whenever it is, you __19__ right where you left off. And that is the greatest __20__ I think travel gives to us.
语篇导读 本文为夹叙夹议文。旅行使“我们”相识，一旦心意相通，便是一生的朋友。 1．A．stayed C．drove
B．cycled D．worked
解析 A 句意：2006年，我们三个人在泰国的一个岛上相遇，之后，我们在一起待了一个月。stay停留，故选A项。
2．A.Therefore C．Furthermore
B．However D．Meanwhile
解析 B 句意：然而，由于我的签证到期，我不得不离开。上下文为转折关系，故选B项。
3．A.swap C．estimate
B．explain D．promise
解析 D 句意：然而，当我离开这个岛时，保罗和简让我承诺到新西兰去看望他们。promise承诺，答应；swap交换；explain解释，说明；estimate估计，故选D项。
4．A.Without C．Under
B．Beyond D．Despite
解析 D 句意：四年后我终于来到了新西兰。尽管那么长的时间过去了，当我看到他们，好像我们从没有分开。despite意同“in spite of(尽管)”，故选D项。
5．A.because
B．before
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