创新设计高考英语北师大一轮活训练提升： nit ociety

Unit 24 Society

Ⅰ.完形填空

There are a lot of situations in life where we need help.I don't believe that there are many people who have not been __1__ by someone else at some point in their lives.It may be __2__ through verbal support，or help to overcome a __3__ that one faces in a personal or professional way.

Some years ago，I was __4__ an employee assistance program and had a number of my own clients(客户)．It was a(n) __5__ position involving not only the day－to－day issues but the assigned additional duties.Helping people in __6__ was part of my responsibilities. They met me in the hallway near my work area and asked __7__ I could talk to them for a few minutes.And I will never __8__ their names or positions because I respect their privacy.As with all clients，once the issue has been __9__，there is little of any continuing __10__，and there is absolutely no intention to form a lasting friendship.

How __11__ I was！Because of my work location being near to a(n) __12__ client，I occasionally ran into this person.What was __13__ was that this person continued to say how I had helped him gain a level of __14__．And，the beauty of this belief in himself __15__ to his family，colleagues and friends.I was very __16__ that this confidence wasn't a one－time event but was appearing __17__ his daily life.And，what had started out as a client turned out to be a life－long __18__．

This close relationship continues to this day __19__ we live thousands of miles away but it takes only a few seconds of conversation to restart the relationship.As the old saying goes，what goes around __20__ around. 【语篇解读】 帮助别人是一种美德，它能带给别人完美和幸福，也能给自己带来意想不到的收获。

1．A.refused B．assisted C．learned D．persuaded

答案 B [根据前句中we need help可知，此句意思是每个人都曾经受到过别人的帮助。] 2．A.already B．always C．hardly D．simply

答案 D [根据句中through verbal support可知，这里强调帮助的简单性，即帮助别人并不是要做惊天动地的事情。]

3．A.danger B．mistake C．difficulty D．habit

答案 C [既然是帮助别人，就是要帮助别人克服他面对的困难。] 4．A.managing B．monitoring C．adapting D．reflecting

答案 A [根据句中had a number of my own clients可知，这里指管理一个项目。]

5．A.exciting B．extra C．boring D．busy

答案 D [根据句中not only the day－to－day issues but the assigned additional duties可知，作者的工作非常忙。]

6．A.debt B．need C．advance D．brief

答案 B [这里强调作者把帮助有困难的人看作是自己的职责。] 7．A.why B．when C．whether D．what

答案 C [根据语境可知，这个客户问作者是否愿意和他谈几分钟。] 8．A.check B．remember C．believe D．call

答案 A [根据句中because I respect their privacy可知，作者不去核实这些客户的名字或者职位。]

9．A.found B．explained C．expressed D．solved 答案 D [因为作者要帮助客户，因此要解决问题。] 10．A.teaching B．dialogue C．argument D．understanding

答案 B [根据后半句中no intention to form a lasting friendship可知，解决问题之后就很少有联系了，也就没有谈话了。]

11．A.great B．impatient C．fortunate D．wrong

答案 D [根据下文可知，此句是对上段最后一句的否定，作者认为自己的观点是错误的。]

12．A.elegant B．potential C．former D．present

答案 C [根据句中being near和后句中how I had helped him可知，这是作者原先的客户。]

13．A.unexpected B．uncertain C．unclear D．unreasonable

答案 A [作者认为和客户的业务完成后就不会有联系了，因此对于此事他很意外。] 14．A.bravery B．confidence C．honesty D．leadership

答案 B [根据后句中this belief in himself可知，这里强调的是自信。]

15．A.connected B．applied C．reffered D．spread

答案 D [作者首先使这个客户获得了自信，然后这种自信又传递到他的家人、同事和朋友。]

16．A.afraid B．disappointed C．pleased D．curious

答案 C [作者帮助了别人，使客户的自信得到很大的传播，因此作者感到非常高兴。] 17．A.beyond B．through C．beneath D．beside

答案 B [through指“贯穿”或者“穿过”。这里指贯穿他们的生活。] 18．A.professor B． teacher C．colleague D．friend

答案 D [根据下一段中This close relationship可知，这个客户成为了作者终生的朋友。] 19．A.even though B．now that C．as if D．ever since

答案 A [This friendship continues to this day和we live thousands of miles away是转折关系，故用even though。]

20．A.turns B．plays C．comes D．moves

答案 C [这里用comes与句中的goes相对应，表示“一报还一报”。] Ⅱ.阅读理解 体裁 议论文 题材 社会生活 词数 331 难度 ★★★ 建议用时 6.5分钟 In a recent news report，Atlanta's city officials announced plans to carry out a long－standing teen curfew(宵禁)．“I want everyone in the City of Atlanta，especially our young people，to enjoy the summer months，”Mayor Kasim Reed said in the statement.“At the same time，it is vital that we keep everyone safe.”

But Mike Males，a researcher with the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice，said，“There's pretty much(几乎)no question that the laws aren't effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people.”

Curfews have been around for a long time.By the mid－1990s，the US Conference of Mayors found 70 percent of nearly 350 cities surveyed had some sort of nighttime curfew.The vast majority of cities considered the curfew effective.

Males is one of the leading researchers in the effectiveness of teen curfews.In a widely referenced 1998 paper on the effect of curfews in California，Males and co－author Dan Macallair found curfews“had no obvious effect on youth crime”based on a statistical analysis of cities carrying out the laws.Males' research is supported by a popular survey of studies on curfews published in 2003 by criminal justice researcher Kenneth Adams，who also found scant evidence

that the laws accomplished what most people believed they did.

But a more recent attempt to measure the effectiveness of curfews comes from University of California at Berkley economist Patrick Kline.With curfews，Kline said the punishments for curfew－breakers result in a decline in youth crime of up to 10 percent.

Kline's paper has been picked up across the country by curfew advocates，but Males said the study has significant shortcomings.For example，Kline does not compare cities that have curfews with similar cities without curfews to see whether crime is declining generally.

While Males and other researchers agree that curfews do not lower youth crime，they also admit their conclusions rest on relatively few studies.

【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。文章讨论了对青少年实行宵禁是否有效。 1．What may Mike Males agree with?

A．Teen curfews help reduce crime.

B．Curfew－breakers should be punished.

C．Teen curfews aren't as effective as expected.

D．More studies should be carried out on teen curfews.

答案 C [细节理解题。根据第二段的There's pretty much no question that the laws aren't effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people可知。]

2．The underlined word “scant” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________． A．direct B．clear C．little D．good

答案 C [词义猜测题。由本段的supported和also可判断，Adams的研究结论和Males是一致的。由上文可知，Males认为青少年宵禁令对降低青少年犯罪率作用不大，故可推断scant的意思是“不足的”。]

3．According to the text，Males' findings about teen curfews ________． A．were published in 2003

B．were based on limited studies C．came after Kline's

D．received wide recognition

答案 B [细节理解题。由最后一段．.. admit their conclusions rest on relatively few studies可知，Males承认自己的研究比较有限。]

4．The text is mainly about ________． A．how to lower youth crime

B．whether teen curfews are effective C．the importance of curfews

D．recent studies about teen curfews

答案 B [主旨大意题。本文从美国亚特兰大市即将实施的青少年宵禁令谈起，列出了

Males，Adams和Kline等几位专家对青少年宵禁令的研究结论，重点讨论该禁令是否有效。] Ⅲ.书面表达

假设你是李华，你的英语老师Mr. Black要求你们周六下午去听一场关于英国历史的讲座，但你因故不能参加。请你根据以下提示，写一封邮件向Mr. Black请假。

内容主要包括： 1．表示歉意；

2．去机场接一位家乡的老朋友；

3．对英国历史很感兴趣，为不能去听而感到遗憾； 4．询问是否有录音，以便补听讲座。 注意：1.词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3．邮件开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Mr. Black，

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely， Li Hua

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Dear__Mr.__Black， I am so sorry that I won't be able to attend the lecture on British history this Saturday afternoon.An old friend from my hometown will come to see me and I have promised to meet her at the airport.

You know I am deeply interested in British society and history.It's a pity to miss the lecture.I wonder if it is possible for the lecture to be recorded.If so，could I borrow the tape？It would mean so much to me to listen to the tape and learn what is covered in the talk.

Yours__sincerely， Li__Hua