必修第一册 Unit 3 Family matters 课后检测能力达标（教用Word）-【精微方案】2027年高考一轮总复习讲义·英语（外研版）

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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(2026·郑州第一次质检)A few years ago, we bought a Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) model for my dad's birthday, hoping to combine his love for architecture with family time.

Each evening, my dad and I gathered around the large dining table to build the model.We faced thousands of tiny white pieces, each packaged with precision in numbered plastic bags, accompanied by a thick instruction book.

The evenings passed quickly, and the building rose before our eyes.We could see our efforts producing good results, and as we turned to the boring task of ordering the colored bricks on the building's floor, our conversation too took a turn.

We were amazed by how complex the model and its instruction book were.We realized the book itself was a work of art, beautiful, but also surprisingly detailed and clear.It provided us with the comfort of certainty.We knew if we followed all the instructions, we would end up with a model that looked exactly like the picture on the box.If we made a mistake, all we had to do was to repeat our steps and start again.

Life, however, does not fit together so neatly and rarely provides us with such clear instructions.We talked over our respective lives, decisions made, and actions and choices never taken.Dad reflected on a life well lived, and I, in my mid-thirties, on the uncertain path that lay ahead.

Here, we were the expert architects doing the assembling (组装), but out in the world, we were the ones being assembled.We think we're in control, but our choices are shaped by forces beyond our control.In the face of uncertainty, we have to proceed, trusting both in the process and the end result.

Sometimes, on the days I return home, I go to the spare room to look at the completed model, which brings forth a sense of happiness and comfort.It reminds me that life is built slowly, with mistakes, an element of uncertainty

and no instruction book.It shows that consideration, warmth and faith will result in a life well lived.Life itself is not about what we materially create or leave behind, but rather how we live it.

【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在与父亲一起搭建模型的过程中，意识到生活充满了不确定性，人们应该充满信心地前行。

1．Which can best describe the author's experience of building the model?

A．Simple and uninteresting.

B．Imaginative and enjoyable.

C．Complicated and rewarding.

D．Challenging and discouraging.

C　解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的“We faced thousands of tiny white pieces...a thick instruction book.”及第三段中的“We could see our efforts producing good results”可推知，搭建模型的经历是复杂的、有意义的。

2．What does the author learn from assembling the model?

A．Life requires to be planned carefully.

B．Life doesn't come with clear guidance.

C．Mistakes in life can always be corrected.

D．Life's uncertainty makes it more exciting.

B　解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“We knew if we followed...the picture on the box.”及第五段内容可知，在组装模型的过程中，作者意识到生活没有清晰的指示。

3．How does the author suggest we deal with uncertainty in life?

A．By avoiding making any choice.

B．By focusing on instant end results.

C．By seeking instructions from others.

D．By moving forward with confidence.

D　解析：细节理解题。根据第六段中的“In the face of uncertainty...the end result.”可知，作者建议面对不确定性时，人们必须继续前进，相信过程

和最终结果，即建议人们充满信心地前进。

4．What does the completed model mean to the author?

A．The value of hard work in life.

B．The achievement of life goals.

C．The journey of living one's life.

D．The joy of staying with families.

C　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“It reminds me that life is...rather how we live it.”可推知，对作者来说，已经完成的模型意味着一段人生旅程。

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(2026·太原二模)AI has convinced many that we must reform education. Now that chatbots can speedily access information and answer complex questions, why bother memorizing historical facts or quotations? Shouldn't we instead teach kids to think critically and solve problems, leaving the boring work to computers?

In a 2000 essay, two years after a major search engine was founded, educator E．D.Hirsch demolished the argument that we can always just look things up.“Cognitive(认知的)psychology holds that prior knowledge helps us absorb more of what we learn and provides the fuel for creative thinking，” he wrote. “The Internet has placed a wealth of information at our fingertips. To be able to use that information, we must already possess a storehouse of knowledge.” Nick Gibb, a former UK school minister, echoed this in 2021，stating that the ability to “just search it” is highly dependent on what person has stored in their long-term memory.

The suggestion that we should outsource our memory to “free up” limited space for more active thinking is based on a misconception. Thanks