选择性必修第4册 Unit 2 Lessons in life-【创新教程】2024高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（新教材，外研版）

Unit 2　Lessons in life学生用书　P397 Ⅰ.完形填空 As a child I found comfort and joy in being creative, so I knew fairly early on in life that I wanted to do something art­related. Later, I knew about a _____1____ who was trained at City & Guilds Art School. I was in total awe of her talent and it really encouraged me to see her breathtakingly _____2____ pieces of art. With that, I visited C & G and _____3____ a woodcarving course. Because I only started carving, I didn' t _____4____ lots of pieces. One of my favourites was my seahorse in oak (橡树) it was my second _____5____ project. It was my first experience with oak and I _____6____ how hard the wood might be. I knew that it was going to really _____7____ me. It took me a good week to _____8____ it but I gave up halfway. When I looked at my unfinished piece, I started to feel _____9____ with it as it just looked so ugly. As my _____10____ came to an end for the Christmas break, I took it home and I probably wouldn't even _____11____ it. Because of COVID­19 I ended up spending Christmas in my own flat, so I decided to take out the seahorse and ____12____ to work on it. Slowly it began to _____13____ and take shape. The end piece was far from a _____14____ example of carving skills, but it taught me a most valuable lesson—not to give up and to keep my _____15____ in control. [语篇解读]　本文是夹叙夹议文。作者从小就对艺术感兴趣，一直想从事与艺术相关的工作。后来遇到了一位木雕艺术家于是报名参加了木雕学习课程。在制作一尊海马木雕的时候，遇到了一些困难，遂搁置不雕，疫情在家期间，重新开始雕刻，最后取得成功并深得一训：凡事勿放弃，不要怀疑自己能成功的能力。 1．A.teacher　　　　　　 B．painter C．woodcarver D．classmate 解析：C　[考查名词词义辨析。句意：后来，我认识了一位在城市与行会艺术学校接受培训的木雕师。A.teacher老师；B.painter画家；C.woodcarver雕刻家；D.classmate同学。由下文“I was in total awe of her talent and it really encouraged me”和“With that, I visited C & G and ____3____ a woodcarving course.”可知，我对她的才华充满敬畏，我之后去C & G参加了木雕课程，可得出我认识了一位木雕艺术家。故选C。] 2．A.huge B．amazing C．odd D．tiny 解析：B　[考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我对她的才华充满敬畏，这也鼓励了我去欣赏她那些令人惊叹的艺术作品。A.huge巨大的；B.amazing令人惊叹的；C.odd奇怪的；D.tiny细小的。 根据上文“ I was in total awe of her talent ”可知，我惊叹于该艺术