课时提能练(三十四)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2019·福州联考)“Clothes-swapping”is an activity which has become increasingly popular among American women.At a clothes swap event the women can give away unwanted clothing and get something different in return.
Recently about 300 women went to a clothes swap at a high school in Springfield,Virginia.It was the largest crowd ever for the area's popular clothing-swapping group.
Daphne Steinberg was having a good day.“For anyone who knows Ann Taylor LOFT,Ann Taylor is a really good women's designer and I will totally wear this to work.So I love that,and I love that I can equip myself for work,have a good time in doing it,and not totally bankrupt(使破产) myself.”
Sandy Van Dusen likes the idea that clothes are finding new homes instead of being thrown away.“Because it helps to keep the Earth green.There's no point in my opinion in continuing to buy new clothes when we can reuse what are already here.Give them a new home—let somebody else love what you used to love and no longer love.”
Kim Pratt organized the clothes swap event in Springfield.She also organized a money-raising activity for the high school's debate team.It is one of several ways that her group gives to charitable causes.Another is by donating all of the“unswapped”clothing to shelters for victims of domestic violence.
“I started doing this four years ago,and we've been doing it for four years,getting bigger and bigger each time we have a swap.”
She used the social media website meetup.com to help publicize the events.The website has helped her group grow from 30 members to 1,300.Ms.Pratt says most of the members respect the clothing swap rules.But she says competition for desirable fashion can be strong.
“We have to tell people sometimes not to hover(徘徊) over the new people coming in with their clothing.As they put it out,some people tend to grab the stuff right out of their hands and it becomes like a free-for-all.We try to avoid that as much as possible.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了在Springfield的一所高中举办的“交换衣服”活动,详细介绍了活动组织人Kim Pratt组织该活动的初衷、意义和存在的问题等。
1.Women can at a clothes swap.
A.exchange unwanted clothing for something different B.buy whatever clothing they like C.have a social gathering and make friends
D.make some money by giving away unwanted clothing
A [细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“At a clothes swap event the women can give away unwanted clothing and get something different in return”可知,在“交换衣服”活动中,女士可以给出自己不想要的衣服,得到一些不同的衣服,故A项正确。]
2.We can learn from what Daphne Steinberg said that . A.she went to a clothes swap for the first time
B.she experienced the largest clothes swap ever in the area C.she got some clothes she likes at the clothes swap D.she saved much more money than she had expected
C [细节理解题。根据第三段中Daphne Steinberg所说的话中的“For anyone who knows Ann Taylor LOFT,Ann Taylor is a really good women's designer and I will totally wear this to work”可知,Daphne Steinberg在这次“交换衣服”活动中得到了她喜欢的Ann Taylor设计的衣服,并会穿着它去上班,故C项正确。]
3.What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A.What Kim Pratt did with the unswapped clothing. B.How Kim Pratt started the clothes swap event. C.What Kim Pratt did to help people in need.
D.How Kim Pratt raised money to help charitable causes.
C [段落大意题。通读第五段可知,该段主要介绍了Kim Pratt为帮助需要帮助的人组织的多个活动,包括“交换衣服”活动、为Springfield的一所高中的辩论队组织的筹款活动、捐赠衣服给家庭暴力受害者庇护所的活动,故C项正确。]
4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . A.clothes swaps are often out of control in the end
B.inappropriate behavior at clothes swaps needs to be controlled
C.clothes-swapping is becoming increasingly popular with American women D.more clothes swap events need to be organized
B [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“some people tend to grab the stuff right out
of their hands and it becomes like a free-for-all.We try to avoid that as much as possible”可推知,在“交换衣服”活动中,对一些不恰当的行为应该加以控制,故B项正确。]
Ⅱ.语法填空
(2019·陕西省部分中学检测)When I was a university student,I 1. (attract) by the Chinese.So I got a job as a teacher in Wuhan three years ago.2. (think) back,I
realize it was the students I met in the first year and Chinese university life in general 3. gave me the deepest impression.
During my schooldays,I would rarely give up my spare time to any activity 4. (connect) with study.Unless exams were approaching,my weekends were devoted to having fun or perhaps a part-time job.My Chinese classmates,5. the other hand,seemed to spend their entire waking hours studying.I understand that competition in Chinese universities is extremely fierce.Nonetheless,their energy and motivation put 6. (I)to shame.
My first year in China was also my first year as a teacher.It was both challenging 7. rewarding.One thing I know for certain is that my year in Wuhan helped me change for the 8. (good).Thanks to the politeness and 9. (warm) of Chinese students,I overcame my fear of speaking in public and became more self-confident.Most 10. (important),I met dozens of nice people and made many excellent friends.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者三年前来到武汉,并成为一名老师。中国学生以及中国的大学生活令作者印象深刻。在中国的教学经历也使作者自身有所提升和改变。
1.was attracted [考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。分析句子结构可知,所填词作谓语。主语I与动词attract为被动关系,所以空处应用被动语态;结合时间状语从句“when I was a university student”可知,此处叙述的是过去的情况,故所填谓语动词用一般过去时;且主句主语为I,故此处填was attracted。]
2.Thinking [考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知,I与动词think为逻辑上的主谓关系,且非谓语动词所表示的动作几乎与谓语动词realize所表示的动作同时发生,故此处应用动词-ing形式;且所填词位于句首,故此处填Thinking。]
3.that [考查强调句型。谓语动词realize之后所接的是省略that的宾语从句,而该从句属于强调句型,所强调的部分是“the students I met...in general”,包含人和事物,