Unit 4 Never too old to learn培优提能限时练(4)-【步步高】2023-2024学年高二英语选择性必修第四册（译林版2020）

培优提能限时练(四) (限时：60分钟　满分：75分) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A (2023·江苏宿迁高二期中) A tiny school in western New South Wales is eyeing the skies hoping for dry weather so it can harvest its first wheat crop. Seven students from kindergarten to year six attend Hermidale Public School，more than 600 kilometres west of Sydney.Each day they spend part of their school time outside tending the 85-hectare crop. The land was donated by a former student.Fifty years ago young Craig Grimmond often looked out of the school window at a bare paddock(荒芜的田地) that neighbored the school.Now he owns the land and kindly donated it to the students for their project. “People asked‘Why would you donate that whole block to them？’” he said.“I hardly use it and it’s going to be better for me in the long run because it’ll be cleaned up and will save me a job down the track.” Principal Skye Dedman said the school community felt very lucky.They took this opportunity for the students.The students’ crop is a reality that seemed almost impossible three years ago.Ms Dedman said there were days when students were forced to stay indoors because of huge dust storms.Their school and their community really felt the threat of the drought. The students have had the use of the land for three years.During the three years，the tiny community has dealt with a mouse plague(鼠疫)，the pandemic and flooding.The whole community has thrown its support behind the project，including farmer and parent Darren Mudford. “We’ve sown wheat this year and it would be nice if we got two or two-and-a-half tonne to the hectare，which is not a bad effort，” he said.“It’s much better than a cake sale.” The students’ wheat crop is expected to raise up to $ 50,000.The money will then be used to send the students on trips around the country.They are hoping to go to Newcastle later this year to see their wheat being loaded at the port. 语篇解读　这是一篇新闻报道。新南威尔士州西部的一所小学校正盯着天空，希望天气干燥，这样它就可以收获第一批小麦了，这些麦田由学校的学生照料，所获得的收入将用于支付学生的旅行费用。 1．Why did Craig Grimmond donate the paddock to the school? A．It saved him from taking care of the paddock. B．It was his promise to his former teachers. C．The paddock was too far away from him. D．He didn’t have money to run the paddock. 答案　A 解析　细节理解题。根据第四段中的“I hardly use it and it’s going to be better for me in the long run because it’ll be cleaned up and will save me a job down the track.”可知，克雷格·格里蒙把围场捐给学校是因为这样他就不用照顾围场了。故选A。 2．What made the students’ crop impossible three years ago? A．Their lack of confidence. B．The terrible dry weather. C．Little community support. D．Their poor planting technology. 答案　B 解析　细节理解题。根据第五段中的“The students’ crop is a reality that seemed almost impossible three years ago.Ms Dedman said there were days when students were forced to stay indoors because of huge dust storms.Their school and their community really felt the threat of the drought.”可知，三年前，是可怕的干燥天气让学生的收成变得不可能。故选B。 3．What was Darren Mudford’s attitude to the students’ wheat harvest? A．Worried. B．Regretful. C．Hopeful. D．Satisfied. 答案　C 解析　观点态度题。根据第六段中的“The whole community has thrown its support behind the project，including farmer and parent Darren Mudford.”和第七段“‘We’ve sown wheat this year and it would be nice if we got two or two-and-a-half tonne to the hectare，which is not a bad effort，’he said.‘It’s much better than a cake sale.’”可推知，达伦·穆德福德对学生收获小麦的态度是充满希望的。故选C。 4．What will the students’ income be used for? A．Opening a cake store. B．Paying for their travels. C．Enlarging the planting areas. D．Repaying the school community. 答案　B 解析　细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“The money will then be used to send the students on trips around the country.”可知，学生的收入将用于支付他们的旅行费用。故选B。 B Could school exams of the future be taken online？Ofqual，the organisation that makes sure exams in England are fair，is looking at the possibility of online testing for pupils. Ofqual says it will explore the use of online testing over the next three years.The plans could be the first step towards online GCSEs and A-levels—the exams taken at the end of high school and beyond.At the moment the idea is in its early stages，but Ofqual says it wants to “explore the role of adaptive testing”—when online exams would automatically adjust to suit a pupil’s ability level. Currently，exam papers are sent to schools where pupils sit in a large hall，on a specific date，to complete the tests on paper.Ofqual says the pandemic highlighted how this is not suitable under all circumstances. Ofqual isn’t going to rush to make big changes.Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham said，“All proposed changes need to be carefully assessed for their impact on students，including those with special educational needs and disabilities.” Geoff Barton，general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders，welcomed the plans to move away from exam papers.“Our current reliance on a pen-and-paper exam system，organised on an industrial scale(规模) with strict security arrangements around the transportation and storing of papers，is hopelessly outdated.” Mary Bousted，joint general secretary of the National Education Union，said that a greater role for technology was“worth researching”but that public opinion showed many people felt using “exams alone” was outdated.She would like to see a broader way of measuring pupils’ abilities，such as grading the work pupils do in class and for projects.“Education，and the proof of what a student has achieved in their time at school and college，is about far more than showing what can be remembered in an end-of-course exam.Grades and assessments should reflect this，otherwise，we are doing young people a disservice，” she said. 语篇解读　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了确保英国考试公平的组织Ofqual正在研究学生在线考试的可能性，并且有关人士提出，针对学生能力的衡量，应该不仅仅局限于考试，应该采用各种形式的评估。 5．What will Ofqual do? A．Cancel GCSEs immediately. B．Explore the practicality of online exams. C．Offer A-levels to primary school students. D．Ensure the fairness of the qualification system. 答案　B 解析　细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，Ofqual将探索在线考试的实用性。故选B。 6．What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 probably refer to? A．Making big changes. B．Special needs education. C．The traditional way of testing. D．Carrying out adaptive testing. 答案　C 解析　代词指代题。根据第三段中的“Currently，exam papers are sent to schools where pupils sit in a large hall，on a specific date，to complete the tests on paper.”和画线词所在句“Ofqual says the pandemic highlighted how this is not suitable under all circumstances.”可知，画线词this指代上文提到的传统的考试方式。故选C。 7．What is Ian Bauckham’s view on the pen-and-paper exam? A．It should be gradually transformed. B．It is unfriendly to disabled students. C．It is still a perfect assessment method. D．It requires stricter security arrangements. 答案　A 解析　推理判断题。根据第四段“Ofqual isn’t going to rush to make big changes.Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham said，‘All proposed changes need to be carefully assessed for their impact on students，including those with special educational needs and disabilities.’”可知，Ian Bauckham认为关于传统的笔试是需要逐渐地改变，因为要考虑到对所有学生产生的影响。故选A。 8．What would Mary Bousted most probably support? A．Offering all of the exams online. B．Stopping grading students in classes. C．Collecting people’s opinions on exams. D．Adopting various forms of assessment. 答案　D 解析　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Mary Bousted...that public opinion showed many people felt using ‘exams alone’ was outdated.She would like to see a broader way of measuring pupils’ abilities，such as grading the work pupils do in class and for projects.”可知，Mary Bousted认为只用考试去衡量学生的能力已经过时，应该使用更广泛的衡量方法来进行衡量，即采用各种形式的评估。故选D。 Ⅱ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 As a child，I was a loner.I was an only child，and my mother was a single parent 1 her son in the 1980s.I grew up pretty isolated(孤零零的) 2 from other children.All I had were comic books and a bunch of dolls. These feelings of isolation and loneliness 3 until my teen years.I gradually became a lonely，angry and socially 4 teenager.This was all bound to 5 however.As luck，or fate would have it，a kid in my class brought a book to our 6 one day and began to show it around to the rest of our classmates. 7 struck，and I absolutely had to have a look. The kid brought his brother’ s copy of Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook and was offering to teach the others 8 to play.Looking at the beautiful cover，I was so 9 that I asked if I could come over and 10 . The rest as they say is history，and since that day I’ve been gaming on and off and it also changed me a lot. The 11 not only helped me 12 the isolation I felt，it also 13 me to open up to others，making friends along the way.But that’s not the only thing I 14 from playing Dungeons and Dragons.I also picked up a few life 15 along the way. 语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了作者小时候是一个独来独往的人。然而，班级同学的一本与游戏有关的书改变了作者。 1．A.raising B．following C．visiting D．finding 答案　A 解析　根据“and my mother was a single parent”可知，母亲是单亲，所以独自抚养着作者。故选A。 2．A.immediately B．appropriately C．recently D．especially 答案　D 解析　根据“from other children”可知，作者尤其很难和其他孩子相处。故选D。 3．A.disappeared B．broke C．continued D．flew 答案　C 解析　根据“until my teen years”可知，这种孤独的感觉一直持续到作者十几岁。故选C。 4．A.responsible B．useful C．desirable D．awkward 答案　D 解析　根据“I gradually became a lonely，angry”可知，作者在社交方面很笨拙。故选D。 5．A.grow B．change C．happen D．fail 答案　B 解析　根据“As luck，or fate would have it，a kid in my class brought a book to our one day and began to show it around to the rest of our classmates.”及后文可知，这一切改变了作者。故选B。 6．A.home B．shop C．class D．library 答案　C 解析　根据“and began to show it around to the rest of our classmates”可知，作者班里的一个同学带来一本书到班级。故选C。 7．A.Incident B．Surprise C．Accident D．Curiosity 答案　D 解析　根据“and I absolutely had to have a look”可知，作者的好奇心袭来，必须要看一看这本书。故选D。 8．A.how B．what C．where D．which 答案　A 解析　根据“The kid brought his brother’s copy of Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook”可知，这个同学带来了他哥哥的《龙与地下城玩家手册》，并主动教其他人如何玩这个游戏。故选A。 9．A.worried B．frightened C．attracted D．challenged 答案　C 解析　根据“Looking at the beautiful cover”可知，作者被漂亮的封面吸引住了。故选C。 10．A.complain B．cry C．laugh D．play 答案　D 解析　根据“...and was offering to teach the others to play.”可知，作者问同学自己是否可以过来玩。故选D。 11．A.kid B．game C．book D．history 答案　B 解析　根据“Dungeons and Dragons”和常识可知，这款游戏帮助作者克服了孤独感。故选B。 12．A.deal with B．look after C．care for D．take over 答案　A 解析　根据“the isolation I felt”可知，这个游戏不仅帮助作者应对了孤独。故选A。 13．A.bothered B．taught C．ordered D．invited 答案　B 解析　根据“to open up to others”可知，这款游戏还教导作者向他人敞开心扉，结交朋友。故选B。 14．A.brought B．heard C．learnt D．borrowed 答案　C 解析　根据“But that’s not the only thing”可知，这并不是作者从玩《龙与地下城》中学到的唯一的东西。故选C。 15．A.lessons B．exhibitions C．journeys D．stories 答案　A 解析　根据“along the way”可知，作者还学会了很多的人生教训和道理。故选A。 Ⅲ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Bike-sharing is popular in China，with an increasing number of people choosing bike riding instead of 1. (drive)．The bike often has GPS or Bluetooth on it，and can 2. (unlock) with a smartphone and left anywhere in public.Bike-sharing allows people 3. (borrow) a bike from one place and return it at another place. 4． is very convenient to use the sharing-bikes if you have a smartphone.First，you have to download an app onto your smartphone.Then what you need to do is to find the nearest bike.Scan the QR code(二维码) on the bike with your phone in order to make a Bluetooth 5. (connect)．You will find the bike will have unlocked itself.Then you can enjoy your trip.The greatest advantage of bike-sharing is that you can 6. (easy) find one and never worry about where to park it.The cost of riding depends on the time 7. is spent on your trip.Generally，it doesn’t cost too much. So far，technology and science 8. (change) our lifestyles greatly.We have to say bike-sharing brings us 9. (much) convenience than before.And we also hope that people can not only enjoy it 10. put it to good use. 语篇解读　这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了共享单车在中国很流行，越来越多的人选择骑自行车而不是开车。共享单车给生活带来了更多的便利。 1．答案　driving 解析　考查动名词。instead of后面跟名词或动名词作宾语，用动词drive的动名词形式，故填driving。 2．答案　be unlocked 解析　考查语态。空处与and前的has作并列谓语，与主语bike为被动关系，情态动词后用动词原形。故填be unlocked。 3．答案　to borrow 解析　考查不定式。 此处构成固定搭配allow sb to do sth“允许某人做某事”。故填to borrow。 4．答案　It 解析　考查代词。通过分析可知，此处用it作形式主语，不定式作真正主语，位于句首，首字母应大写。故填It。 5．答案　connection 解析　考查名词。此处用名词作宾语，表示“建立一个蓝牙连接”。故填connection。 6．答案　easily 解析　考查副词。此处用副词easily作状语修饰动词find，故填easily。 7．答案　that/which 解析　考查定语从句关系词。这里是一个限制性定语从句，先行词是the time，指物，且从句缺少主语，因此要用关系代词that/which来引导。故填that/which。 8．答案　have changed 解析　考查时态和主谓一致。根据时间状语So far可知，为现在完成时，主语是technology and science，谓语动词应使用复数形式。故填have changed。 9．答案　more 解析　考查比较级。根据语境及后面的than before可知，此处填more，表示“更多的便利”。故填more。 10．答案　but 解析　考查连词。not only...but (also)．..意为“不仅……而且……”，为固定结构，故填but。 Ⅳ.读后续写(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 It was summer.Everyone was going away on holiday except for Kevin，Emma and their parents.Dad hadn’t booked a trip and it was too late.Everything was booked up. Kevin had an idea.“Uncle Jeff’s got a holiday house by the sea.Let’s go and stay with him.” “Oh NO！” said Mum，“Not with Uncle Jeff.” And the thought of staying with his brother was enough to make Dad surf the Internet again for holiday cottages by the sea.But they had no luck. On the first of August，the tyres of Dad’s big blue car crunched up the driveway of Uncle Jeff’s country house by the sea.“I’ll take the kids to the beach so that Mum and Dad can have some time together，” Uncle Jeff offered.Although Dad thought it did sound rather nice，he said，“It’s alright Jeff.We’ll look after the kids.” Kevin and Emma loved everything to do with the beach—digging sandcastles，eating ice cream，and diving into the waves.Mum and Dad both wore big floppy hats，put on sun cream，and read big fat paperback books nearby.The routine of beach during the day continued.But when Dad had read to the end of his book，he mentioned to Mum it would be nice to have a break from the kids.Mum applauded. The next day they gave Uncle Jeff instructions for looking after the kids.They mustn’t swim too far out to sea.And Jeff said，“Right-oh.Got ya.”，which didn’t make Mum feel at all reassured. But he did watch them while they were swimming.He even bought them a little inflatable boat，so that they could have some fun floating on it and jumping on and off into the waves.Uncle Jeff watched the kids play all morning，but in the afternoon he decided that it would probably be alright if he allowed himself a short nap. 注意：续写词数应为150左右。 At first the kids were playing “Pirates” with the little boat only a few yards from the beach. On the beach，Uncle Jeff sat up slowly and scanned the shore for a sight of the children. 参考范文 At first the kids were playing “Pirates” with the little boat only a few yards from the beach.But gradually the waves and their game took them a little further out.They were still among the swimmers and the wind surfers，but Emma said，“Kevin，I think we ought to go back in，” and they both leant over the boat and started to paddle with their hands.But instead of returning to the beach，they were pulled further out by the current.“Oh no.I think we are in trouble，” said Emma.And even Kevin felt frightened. On the beach，Uncle Jeff sat up slowly and scanned the shore for a sight of the children.Then he sprang up—there’s no sign of them! Lips white，Uncle Jeff blundered towards the sea and shouted for the kids.“If only I hadn’t taken a nap，” He regretted.Then a black dot in the distance captured his eyes.A faint hope flickered in his breast and he waited，holding the breath.The dot got larger and larger，and finally turned out to be the boat. “Hey Uncle Jeff! We are back！” yelled Kevin and Emma.Uncle Jeff sighed with relief. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$