第17讲 Unit 1 People of Achievement分类词汇积累+一词多义(acknowledge）+素养积累阅读+综合强化练习-2027届高三英语一轮复习人教选择性必修第一册

该高中英语讲义聚焦高考词汇积累、一词多义、语法填空、写作及阅读理解等核心考点，词汇按“写作词汇-阅读词汇-拓展词汇-常用短语”逻辑架构系统梳理，通过考点分类梳理、一词多义语境分析、真题题型专项训练等环节，帮助学生构建词汇网络并突破语法与写作难点，体现复习教学的系统性和针对性。 资料突出语言能力与思维品质培养，如拓展词汇通过词形转换与搭配训练提升语言运用能力，话题写作结合屠呦呦事迹渗透文化意识，设置基础单句填空到强化阅读完形的分层练习，确保学生高效掌握考点，为教师精准把控复习节奏、提升学生应考能力提供有力支持。

高三一轮复习 第17讲 【课程目标】 1.词汇积累17； 2.一词多义之acknowledge； 3.课堂练习； 4.强化提升练习 【课程步骤】 词汇积累17 一、写作词汇——写词形 1. ____ adj. 必不可少的；极其重要的；充满生机的 2. ____ vt.(尤指经努力) 获得；赢得 vi.(规章、习俗等) 存在；流行 3. ____ n. 失败；挫败 vt. 击败；战胜 4. ____ vi.& vt. 坚持；坚决要求 5. ____ adj. 科学 (上) 的；关于科学的 6. ____ vi.& vt. 迅速离开；逃跑 7. ____ n. 条件；环境；状况 8. ____ n. 流；流动；流畅；供应 vi. 流；流动 9. ____ vt. 创建；建立；把…… 建立在 10. ____ adj. 温柔的；文静的 11. ____ n. 专利；专利证书；获得专利 adj. 有专利的；受专利保护的 12. ____ n. 酷爱；激情 13. ____ adj. 不一般的；非凡的；意想不到的 14. ____ adv. 逐渐地；逐步地 15. ____ n. 结果；后果 16. ____ adj. 非凡的；显著的 17. ____ vi. 总结；概括 n. 金额；款项；总数；总和 二、阅读词汇——明词义 1. crucial adj. ____________ 2. objective n. ____________ adj. ____________ 3. evaluate vt. ____________ 4. property n. ____________ 5. distinct adj. ____________ 6. boil vt.& vi. ____________ n. ____________ 7. acknowledge vt. ____________ 8. analyse vt. ____________ 9. mostly adv. ____________ 10. chart n. ____________ vt. ____________ 11. infer vt. ____________ 12. numerous adj. ____________ 13. theory n. ____________ 14. genius n.(pl. geniuses) ____________ 15. encounter vt. ____________ n. ____________ 16. professor n. ____________ 17. device n. ____________ 18. draft n. ____________ vt. ____________ 三、拓展词汇——灵活用 1. ____ vt. 承诺；保证 vi. 忠于；全心全意投入 (工作、活动等)→____ adj. 尽心尽力的；坚定的；坚信的→____ n. 承诺；奉献 2. ____ vt. 评价；评估→____ n. 评价；评估 3. ____ vt. 承认 (属实、权威等);(公开) 感谢→____ n. 承认；感谢 4. ____ vt. 得出结论；推断出；结束→____ n. 结论；推论 5. ____ adj. 清晰的；清楚的；有区别的→____ n. 差别；区分；卓越 6. ____ n.(艺术、文学、科学等的) 研究院；学会；专科院校→____ adj. 学业的；学术的 7. ____ adj. 植物学的→____ n. 植物学；地区植物总称 8. ____ adj. 科学 (上) 的；关于科学的→____ n. 科学→____ n. 科学家 9. ____ n. 小说家→____ n.(长篇) 小说 10. ____ n. 从政者；政治家；政客→____ n. 政治；政治活动 11. ____ adj. 温柔的；文静的→____ adv. 轻轻地；温柔地 12. ____ adv. 逐渐地；逐步地→____ adj. 逐渐的；逐步的 13. ____ n. 社会公共机构；制度；习俗→____ n.(教育、专业等) 机构；机构建筑 14. ____ n. 结果；后果→____ adj. 随之发生的；作为结果的→____ adv. 因此；所以 15. ____ adj. 非凡的；显著的→____ n. 谈论；言论；评述 vt.& vi. 谈论；评论；说起 16. ____ adv. 显而易见；看来；显然→____ adj. 显而易见的；显然的 四、常用短语 1. ____________ 偶然地 2. ____________ 坚决要求 3. ____________ (开始) 掌权；上台 4. ____________ 根据 5. ____________ 总结；概括 6. ____________ 承诺；保证 (做某事、遵守协议或安排等) 7. ____________ 担任；任职 8. ____________ 超过；非常；不只是；不仅是 9. ____________ 注意 10. ____________ 提出 (意见、建议) 一词多义积累 acknowledge 1. Her years of hard work have finally been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year. 2. We wish to acknowledge the support of the university. 3. I was standing right next to her, but she didn’t even acknowledge me. 4. It is widely acknowledged that students should be educated in terms of overall quality. 课堂练习 一、单句填空 1. With great determination and perseverance, she is ________ (commit) to helping the blind and deaf children, which will make a great contribution to charity. 2. First of all, he told me, I couldn’t write what other people had said without ________ (acknowledge) them. 3. It’s vital that the members ________ (step) out of their silos and start working together. 4. The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty ______ (defeat) the enemy. 5. This led Jones to the ______ (conclude) that there are too many extremely lonely people in his community, who are easy targets of cheating. 6. We can’t take measures until we’ve known all the ______ (circumstance). 7. He did not particularly want to take ______ a competitive sport. 二、完成句子 1. 有这么多人来帮助他，他一定会成功的。(so + adj. +n.) ________________, he is sure to succeed. 2. 我的童年充满了嬉戏和冒险，没人能像我那样快乐地度过童年。(独立主格结构) ________________, no one could have passed a happier childhood than I. 3. 他一到办公室，就意识到把手机落在家里了。(upon doing sth.) ________________, he realized that he had left his cellphone at home. 4. 你一定要现在走，那就请便吧。(insist) If you ____________ now, please go ahead. 三、教材语法填空 In 2015, Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine because she discovered artemisinin, which is a vital 1 (treat) for malaria. Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, China in 1930 and 2 (graduate) from Peking University Medical School in 1955. In 1967, she, together with a team of 3 (scientist), began to discover a new treatment for malaria. In 1969, as the head of the project, she decided 4 (find) traditional botanical treatments for the disease from ancient Chinese medical texts. She got an inspiration from one medical text of the fourth century, which suggested 5 (use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. At first her team tested a collection of 6 (dry) wormwood leaves but it didn’t work. Then they tried boiling fresh wormwood 7 had no effect, either. However, she didn’t acknowledge the defeat and finally found a different way to treat the wormwood. She drew out the extract from the wormwood 8 a lower temperature and found a substance that worked. 9 (lucky), her team finally succeeded in 1971 and the medicine, 10 was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria. 四、话题写作 结合本单元主题，使用本单元词汇与句型写一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的短文。 1. 屠呦呦被公认为是医学界的英雄，她的青蒿素拯救了无数人的生命。(be recognized as) 2. 在艰苦的环境下，屠呦呦和她的团队在遇到无数的困难和经历许多失败后最终取得了。 非凡的成就。(under the circumstances; encounter; defeat) 4. 由于他们的努力，中医受到了全世界人们的尊重！(as a consequence of) 5 从他们的经历和至关重要的发现中可以得出结论：有志者，事竟成！(vital; draw a conclusion) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 素养积累阅读 Chinese Silk Chinese silk is a very beautiful and special fabric that has been around for thousands of years. It’s soft, smooth, and very colourful, which is why ancient Chinese emperors and nobles loved it. China was the first place to make silk. A long time ago, an empress named Leizu discovered silk when she saw a silkworm making it. She decided to try weaving the silk threads into cloth, and that’s how silk started. Later on, Chinese people learned how to raise silkworms and make silk even better. Silk was not just popular in China, but it also traveled far along a trade route called the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a bunch of old paths that linked the East and West, starting from a place called Chang’an in China, all the way to Rome by the sea. The Silk Road helped people from different places share things with each other. Chinese silk, along with spices, tea, gold and silver, went to places like Europe and the Middle East. Meanwhile, horses, rare animals, and jewelry from the West came into China. Making Chinese silk involves a lot of careful steps, from taking care of silkworms to spinning the silk and weaving it into fabric. This careful work makes Chinese silk really high quality and famous around the world. Today, Chinese silk is still a very important part of Chinese culture. It’s not just famous because it’s old, but also because it shows the cleverness and artistic skills of Chinese people. The softness and shine of silk make it a fabric that people all over the world love. Read the text, and answer the following questions. 1. Why was ancient Chinese silk loved by ancient Chinese emperors and nobles? ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was the Silk Road and what did it do? ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is Chinese silk still an important part of Chinese culture today? ______________________________________________________________________________ 强化提升练习 一、阅读理解 A Keeping the kids busy over the school holidays can be discouraging and cost parents a lot. But we’ve found some cheap and cheerful ways to enjoy family time this Easter from free days out to funfilled theme parks which won’t cost us much. We’ve done the homework so you can get started on having a great time. Theme Parks ◆ Save from 10% to 25% off the price of tickets for Legoland in Windsor by booking in advance online. A family of four can save up to £45.90 on a oneday ticket, paying £137.70. ◆ Book seven days in advance and save £43 off the price of a family of four tickets for Drayton Manor Theme Park. Call 08444721950 or book online and you’ll pay £65 on the day. ◆ You can pick up a family of four ticket for a day at Alton Towers in Staffordshire for £43.80 off the day price. ◆ Save £16 off the price for a family trip to The Making of Harry Potter by buying a family ticket(two adults and two children) online. Family of four £101, compared to £117. Activities Students looking for a cutprice trip to see the animals can save 15% off the ticket price at Bristol Zoo and pay £12.71 rather than the full adult price £14. 53. Teens should show their identity as students. Freebies(免费赠品) Let your kids discover what it’s like to be an animal on the African Plain in the ocean. Or, they can learn to love leaf beetles(甲壳虫) or become a scientist for the day at the Natural History Museum in London. 1. Which of the following theme parks can save you most on Easter Day? A. Alton Towers. B. Legoland in Windsor. C. Drayton Manor Theme Park. D. The Making of Harry Potter. 2. How can tourists enjoy a cutprice trip at Bristol Zoo? A. By showing their birthdays and birthplaces. B. By showing their family addresses. C. By showing their driving licenses. D. By showing their students’ cards. 3. Who is the text mainly intended for? A. The students. B. The scientists. C. The families. D. The kids. B When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline(座机)? These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime. Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey(调查). Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket—19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category. More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor(因素)—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household. Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it). How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries? 4. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones? A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity. C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design. 5. What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark. 6. What can we say about Baby Boomers? A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity. C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family. 7. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph? A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day. C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light. 二、完形填空 Two years ago, my friend and I were at college. With his birthday quickly approaching, he came to me with an unusual 1 : instead of receiving presents, he wanted to do some acts of kindness. I was 2 for such an idea. Giving instead of taking for the birthday was really difficult. I asked him how he could come up with such a 3 idea. He told me about a TED talk he had watched on generosity, which had inspired him. So we started to 4 creative things we could do. Our university employed some security guards to 5 its students. They have to work 6 , keeping watch on every corner throughout the university. For the most part it’s a thankless job as most people grow 7 to seeing the guards all around and eventually barely notice their 8 , let alone acknowledge their efforts. How could we show them our appreciation? We decided to make a large pot of hot 9 . We hired a Uber and asked the driver to take us around the campus where we knew the 10 would be and we poured them each a cup of hot chocolate. The Uber driver was 11 a little doubtful to the entire plan but after a while he was helping us 12 the guards and our lively spirit had 13 to him as well. We were met with many 14 and appreciative words. It was amazing to see how a 15 act or even intention of generosity can lift everyone’s spirit. 1. A. order B. request C. problem D. story 2. A. stuck B. blessed C. burdened D. bored 3. A. traditional B. complex C. familiar D. novel 4. A. plan out B. take over C. watch for D. hold back 5. A. judge B. help C. monitor D. protect 6. A. step by step B. around the clock C. more or less D. now and then 7. A. addicted B. devoted C. attached D. accustomed 8. A. presence B. hunger C. poverty D. thirsty 9. A. tea B. milk C. porridge D. chocolate 10. A. workers B. students C. guards D. drivers 11. A. finally B. initially C. occasionally D. frequently 12. A. remind B. track C. spot D. recognize 13. A. spread B. moved C. happened D. returned 14. A. friends B. difficulties C. greetings D. smiles 15. A. similar B. small C. daily D. modest 1 / 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 高三一轮复习 第17讲 【课程目标】 1.词汇积累17； 2.一词多义之acknowledge； 3.课堂练习； 4.强化提升练习 【课程步骤】 词汇积累17 一、写作词汇——写词形 1. ____ adj. 必不可少的；极其重要的；充满生机的 2. ____ vt.(尤指经努力) 获得；赢得 vi.(规章、习俗等) 存在；流行 3. ____ n. 失败；挫败 vt. 击败；战胜 4. ____ vi.& vt. 坚持；坚决要求 5. ____ adj. 科学 (上) 的；关于科学的 6. ____ vi.& vt. 迅速离开；逃跑 7. ____ n. 条件；环境；状况 8. ____ n. 流；流动；流畅；供应 vi. 流；流动 9. ____ vt. 创建；建立；把…… 建立在 10. ____ adj. 温柔的；文静的 11. ____ n. 专利；专利证书；获得专利 adj. 有专利的；受专利保护的 12. ____ n. 酷爱；激情 13. ____ adj. 不一般的；非凡的；意想不到的 14. ____ adv. 逐渐地；逐步地 15. ____ n. 结果；后果 16. ____ adj. 非凡的；显著的 17. ____ vi. 总结；概括 n. 金额；款项；总数；总和 [答案] 1. vital 2. obtain 3. defeat 4. insist 5. scientific 6. flee 7. circumstance 8. flow 9. found 10. gentle 11. patent 12. passion 13. extraordinary 14. gradually 15. consequence 16. remarkable 17. sum 二、阅读词汇——明词义 1. crucial adj. ____________ 2. objective n. ____________ adj. ____________ 3. evaluate vt. ____________ 4. property n. ____________ 5. distinct adj. ____________ 6. boil vt.& vi. ____________ n. ____________ 7. acknowledge vt. ____________ 8. analyse vt. ____________ 9. mostly adv. ____________ 10. chart n. ____________ vt. ____________ 11. infer vt. ____________ 12. numerous adj. ____________ 13. theory n. ____________ 14. genius n.(pl. geniuses) ____________ 15. encounter vt. ____________ n. ____________ 16. professor n. ____________ 17. device n. ____________ 18. draft n. ____________ vt. ____________ [答案] 1. 至关重要的；关键性的 2. 目标；目的/客观的 3. 评价；评估 4. 性质；特征；财产 5. 清晰的；清楚的；有区别的 6. (使) 沸腾；煮开；烧开/沸腾；沸点 7. 承认 (属实、权威等)；(公开) 感谢 8. 分析 9. 主要地；一般地 10. 图表/记录；制订计划 11. 推断；推定 12. 众多的；许多的 13. 理论；学说 14. 天才；天资；天赋 15. 偶然碰到；遇到/邂逅；遭遇 16. 教授 17. 方法；技巧；装置；仪器 18. 草稿；草案 起草；草拟 三、拓展词汇——灵活用 1. ____ vt. 承诺；保证 vi. 忠于；全心全意投入 (工作、活动等)→____ adj. 尽心尽力的；坚定的；坚信的→____ n. 承诺；奉献 2. ____ vt. 评价；评估→____ n. 评价；评估 3. ____ vt. 承认 (属实、权威等);(公开) 感谢→____ n. 承认；感谢 4. ____ vt. 得出结论；推断出；结束→____ n. 结论；推论 5. ____ adj. 清晰的；清楚的；有区别的→____ n. 差别；区分；卓越 6. ____ n.(艺术、文学、科学等的) 研究院；学会；专科院校→____ adj. 学业的；学术的 7. ____ adj. 植物学的→____ n. 植物学；地区植物总称 8. ____ adj. 科学 (上) 的；关于科学的→____ n. 科学→____ n. 科学家 9. ____ n. 小说家→____ n.(长篇) 小说 10. ____ n. 从政者；政治家；政客→____ n. 政治；政治活动 11. ____ adj. 温柔的；文静的→____ adv. 轻轻地；温柔地 12. ____ adv. 逐渐地；逐步地→____ adj. 逐渐的；逐步的 13. ____ n. 社会公共机构；制度；习俗→____ n.(教育、专业等) 机构；机构建筑 14. ____ n. 结果；后果→____ adj. 随之发生的；作为结果的→____ adv. 因此；所以 15. ____ adj. 非凡的；显著的→____ n. 谈论；言论；评述 vt.& vi. 谈论；评论；说起 16. ____ adv. 显而易见；看来；显然→____ adj. 显而易见的；显然的 [答案] 1. commit; committed; commitment 2. evaluate; evaluation 3. acknowledge; acknowledgement 4. conclude; conclusion 5. distinct; distinction 6. academy; academic 7. botanical; botany 8. scientific; science; scientist 9. novelist; novel 10. politician; politics 11. gentle; gently 12. gradually; gradual 13. institution; institute 14. consequence; consequent; consequently 15. remarkable; remark 16. apparently; apparent 四、常用短语 1. ____________ 偶然地 2. ____________ 坚决要求 3. ____________ (开始) 掌权；上台 4. ____________ 根据 5. ____________ 总结；概括 6. ____________ 承诺；保证 (做某事、遵守协议或安排等) 7. ____________ 担任；任职 8. ____________ 超过；非常；不只是；不仅是 9. ____________ 注意 10. ____________ 提出 (意见、建议) [答案] 1. by chance 2. insist on 3. come to power 4. according to 5. sum up 6. commit oneself to (sth./doing sth./do sth.) 7. take up a position 8. more than 9. pay attention to 10. put forward 一词多义积累 acknowledge 1. Her years of hard work have finally been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year. 2. We wish to acknowledge the support of the university. 3. I was standing right next to her, but she didn’t even acknowledge me. 4. It is widely acknowledged that students should be educated in terms of overall quality. [答案] 1. 认可；承认 2. 感谢 3. 向……打招呼 4. 认为 课堂练习 一、单句填空 1. With great determination and perseverance, she is ________ (commit) to helping the blind and deaf children, which will make a great contribution to charity. 2. First of all, he told me, I couldn’t write what other people had said without ________ (acknowledge) them. 3. It’s vital that the members ________ (step) out of their silos and start working together. 4. The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty ______ (defeat) the enemy. 5. This led Jones to the ______ (conclude) that there are too many extremely lonely people in his community, who are easy targets of cheating. 6. We can’t take measures until we’ve known all the ______ (circumstance). 7. He did not particularly want to take ______ a competitive sport. [答案] 1. committed 2. acknowledging 3. (should) step 4. defeating 5. conclusion 6. circumstances 7. up 二、完成句子 1. 有这么多人来帮助他，他一定会成功的。(so + adj. +n.) ________________, he is sure to succeed. 2. 我的童年充满了嬉戏和冒险，没人能像我那样快乐地度过童年。(独立主格结构) ________________, no one could have passed a happier childhood than I. 3. 他一到办公室，就意识到把手机落在家里了。(upon doing sth.) ________________, he realized that he had left his cellphone at home. 4. 你一定要现在走，那就请便吧。(insist) If you ____________ now, please go ahead. [答案] 1. So many people to help him 2. My childhood full of play and adventure 3. Upon arriving at the office 4. insist on leaving 三、教材语法填空 In 2015, Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine because she discovered artemisinin, which is a vital 1 (treat) for malaria. Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, China in 1930 and 2 (graduate) from Peking University Medical School in 1955. In 1967, she, together with a team of 3 (scientist), began to discover a new treatment for malaria. In 1969, as the head of the project, she decided 4 (find) traditional botanical treatments for the disease from ancient Chinese medical texts. She got an inspiration from one medical text of the fourth century, which suggested 5 (use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. At first her team tested a collection of 6 (dry) wormwood leaves but it didn’t work. Then they tried boiling fresh wormwood 7 had no effect, either. However, she didn’t acknowledge the defeat and finally found a different way to treat the wormwood. She drew out the extract from the wormwood 8 a lower temperature and found a substance that worked. 9 (lucky), her team finally succeeded in 1971 and the medicine, 10 was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria. [答案] 1. treatment 2. graduated 3. scientists 4. to find 5. using 6. dried 7. but 8. at 9. Luckily 10. which 四、话题写作 结合本单元主题，使用本单元词汇与句型写一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的短文。 1. 屠呦呦被公认为是医学界的英雄，她的青蒿素拯救了无数人的生命。(be recognized as) 2. 在艰苦的环境下，屠呦呦和她的团队在遇到无数的困难和经历许多失败后最终取得了。 非凡的成就。(under the circumstances; encounter; defeat) 4. 由于他们的努力，中医受到了全世界人们的尊重！(as a consequence of) 5 从他们的经历和至关重要的发现中可以得出结论：有志者，事竟成！(vital; draw a conclusion) [答案] Tu Youyou is generally recognized as a hero in the medical field, whose artemisinin has saved countless lives. Under the tough circumstances, Tu Youyou and her team had encountered numerous difficulties and went through many defeats, and finally obtained remarkable achievements. As a consequence of their efforts, TCM is respected all over the world! From their experiences and vital discoveries, we can draw a conclusion that “Where there is a will, there is a way!” 素养积累阅读 Chinese Silk Chinese silk is a very beautiful and special fabric that has been around for thousands of years. It’s soft, smooth, and very colourful, which is why ancient Chinese emperors and nobles loved it. China was the first place to make silk. A long time ago, an empress named Leizu discovered silk when she saw a silkworm making it. She decided to try weaving the silk threads into cloth, and that’s how silk started. Later on, Chinese people learned how to raise silkworms and make silk even better. Silk was not just popular in China, but it also traveled far along a trade route called the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a bunch of old paths that linked the East and West, starting from a place called Chang’an in China, all the way to Rome by the sea. The Silk Road helped people from different places share things with each other. Chinese silk, along with spices, tea, gold and silver, went to places like Europe and the Middle East. Meanwhile, horses, rare animals, and jewelry from the West came into China. Making Chinese silk involves a lot of careful steps, from taking care of silkworms to spinning the silk and weaving it into fabric. This careful work makes Chinese silk really high quality and famous around the world. Today, Chinese silk is still a very important part of Chinese culture. It’s not just famous because it’s old, but also because it shows the cleverness and artistic skills of Chinese people. The softness and shine of silk make it a fabric that people all over the world love. Read the text, and answer the following questions. 1. Why was ancient Chinese silk loved by ancient Chinese emperors and nobles? Because it was soft, smooth, and very colourful. 2. What was the Silk Road and what did it do? It was a set of old trade paths linking the East and West. It helped people from different places share goods with each other. 3. Why is Chinese silk still an important part of Chinese culture today? It is not just famous for its long history. It also shows the cleverness and artistic skills of Chinese people, and its softness and shine win love from people worldwide. 强化提升练习 一、阅读理解 A Keeping the kids busy over the school holidays can be discouraging and cost parents a lot. But we’ve found some cheap and cheerful ways to enjoy family time this Easter from free days out to funfilled theme parks which won’t cost us much. We’ve done the homework so you can get started on having a great time. Theme Parks ◆ Save from 10% to 25% off the price of tickets for Legoland in Windsor by booking in advance online. A family of four can save up to £45.90 on a oneday ticket, paying £137.70. ◆ Book seven days in advance and save £43 off the price of a family of four tickets for Drayton Manor Theme Park. Call 08444721950 or book online and you’ll pay £65 on the day. ◆ You can pick up a family of four ticket for a day at Alton Towers in Staffordshire for £43.80 off the day price. ◆ Save £16 off the price for a family trip to The Making of Harry Potter by buying a family ticket(two adults and two children) online. Family of four £101, compared to £117. Activities Students looking for a cutprice trip to see the animals can save 15% off the ticket price at Bristol Zoo and pay £12.71 rather than the full adult price £14. 53. Teens should show their identity as students. Freebies(免费赠品) Let your kids discover what it’s like to be an animal on the African Plain in the ocean. Or, they can learn to love leaf beetles(甲壳虫) or become a scientist for the day at the Natural History Museum in London. 1. Which of the following theme parks can save you most on Easter Day? A. Alton Towers. B. Legoland in Windsor. C. Drayton Manor Theme Park. D. The Making of Harry Potter. 2. How can tourists enjoy a cutprice trip at Bristol Zoo? A. By showing their birthdays and birthplaces. B. By showing their family addresses. C. By showing their driving licenses. D. By showing their students’ cards. 3. Who is the text mainly intended for? A. The students. B. The scientists. C. The families. D. The kids. [答案] 1—3 BDC B When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline(座机)? These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime. Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey(调查). Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket—19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category. More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor(因素)—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household. Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it). How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries? 4. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones? A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity. C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design. 5. What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark. 6. What can we say about Baby Boomers? A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity. C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family. 7. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph? A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day. C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light. [答案] 4—7 BACB 二、完形填空 Two years ago, my friend and I were at college. With his birthday quickly approaching, he came to me with an unusual 1 : instead of receiving presents, he wanted to do some acts of kindness. I was 2 for such an idea. Giving instead of taking for the birthday was really difficult. I asked him how he could come up with such a 3 idea. He told me about a TED talk he had watched on generosity, which had inspired him. So we started to 4 creative things we could do. Our university employed some security guards to 5 its students. They have to work 6 , keeping watch on every corner throughout the university. For the most part it’s a thankless job as most people grow 7 to seeing the guards all around and eventually barely notice their 8 , let alone acknowledge their efforts. How could we show them our appreciation? We decided to make a large pot of hot 9 . We hired a Uber and asked the driver to take us around the campus where we knew the 10 would be and we poured them each a cup of hot chocolate. The Uber driver was 11 a little doubtful to the entire plan but after a while he was helping us 12 the guards and our lively spirit had 13 to him as well. We were met with many 14 and appreciative words. It was amazing to see how a 15 act or even intention of generosity can lift everyone’s spirit. 1. A. order B. request C. problem D. story 2. A. stuck B. blessed C. burdened D. bored 3. A. traditional B. complex C. familiar D. novel 4. A. plan out B. take over C. watch for D. hold back 5. A. judge B. help C. monitor D. protect 6. A. step by step B. around the clock C. more or less D. now and then 7. A. addicted B. devoted C. attached D. accustomed 8. A. presence B. hunger C. poverty D. thirsty 9. A. tea B. milk C. porridge D. chocolate 10. A. workers B. students C. guards D. drivers 11. A. finally B. initially C. occasionally D. frequently 12. A. remind B. track C. spot D. recognize 13. A. spread B. moved C. happened D. returned 14. A. friends B. difficulties C. greetings D. smiles 15. A. similar B. small C. daily D. modest [答案] 1—5 BADAD 6—10 BDADC 11—15 BCADB 1 / 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $