学年高中英语北师大版选修六Unit 18 单元综.docx

1、学年高中英语北师大版选修六Unit 18 单元综单元综合测评(三).阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AThere is no doubt that music plays a powerful role in our lives.It can calm our tired nerves after a busy day of work.Music even has the power to move us to tears when it stirs(激起) an emotional reaction.How then，does music play a role in spec

2、ial education?If music has the ability，to touch those hidden places we all carry inside，it proves an important tool for the special education teacher.For students with emotional problems，music can help soothe(抚慰) sadness.Consider the child that arrives in class depressed and upset.If music can indee

3、d relax and calm him，he is more likely to focus and participate in class.Dr.R.Joseph，author of Behavioral Neurology，writes，“It is well recorded that patients with left hemisphere(大脑半球) damage，who may be unable to speak or recognize words，can sing a melody(曲调)” For this reason，some special education

4、teachers have found it helpful to set their lessons to music.When students cannot understand or remember certain things，singing them helps make it easier.Nature magazine reported “Music training helps underachievers.In Rhode Island，researchers studied eight public school first grade classes.Half of

5、the classes became textarts groups，receiving ongoing music training.After seven months，the students were given a test.The tested group had caught up with their fellow students in reading and surpassed(超过) their classmates in math by 22 percent.In the second year of the project，the tested students wi

6、dened this even further.Students were also tested on attitude and behavior.Classroom teachers also noted improvement in these areas.”It seems music does，indeed，play an important role in education.For the special education teacher，this is especially encouraging.【语篇解读】这篇短文主要讲述了音乐在特殊教育中的角色问题。1The first

7、 paragraph is mainly about_.Athe role of music in educationBthe importance of music in lifeCthe relationship between music and work resultsDthe relationship between music and behavior【解析】段落大意题。根据第一段“There is no doubt that music plays a powerful role in our lives.”及本段描述可知，本段主要说的是音乐在生活中的重要性，故选B。【答案】B2

8、For students with emotional problems，music might be_.Aa toy Ba punishmentCa medicine Da puzzle【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段“For students with emotional problems，music can help soothe(抚慰)sadness.”的描述可知，选C。【答案】C3According to Dr.R.Joseph，people with left hemisphere damage _.Aare unable to recognize peopleBcan produc

9、e some musical soundsCcan become special education teachersDmight suffer right hemisphere damage too【解析】细节理解题。根据“It is well recorded that patients with left hemisphere(大脑半球)damage，who may be unable to speak or recognize words，can sing a melody(曲调)”的描述可知，选B。【答案】B4The tested students mentioned in the

10、fifth paragraph_.Abehaved badly after the studyBdidnt show any difference after the studyChad done well in their reading and math beforeDreceived certain music education during the study【解析】推理判断题。根据第五段“Half of the classes becametextartsgroups，receiving ongoing music training.”的描述可知，这些学生在学习期间接受一定的音乐教

11、育。故选D。【答案】D 【导学号：04752053】BThe socalled Americanization phenomenon seems to be a consequence of the recent globalization in our world.If we find American products worldwide, it is also increasingly common to find Asian products in the United States.Going to any country in Asia nowadays, we are going

12、 to see many of the American icons everywhere.A few years ago when I was in HoChiMin City, formerly Saigon, I was completely surprised at the number of billboards advertising products from multinational companies, many of them American.It is unforgettable for me to see the vision of the sumptuous co

13、ca cola billboard on a HoChiMin street.Living in the United States now, I am discovering many of our Asian products, from food to movies.One day in San Francisco, or Seattle, or Houston, we can buy Shisheido cosmetics from Japan at the Galleria Mall, have sushi (寿司) and sashimi (生鱼片) in one of the m

14、any Japanese restaurants in the city, go to the cinema and enjoy the beautiful AmericanChinese movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and take home spring rolls from one of the many Chinese restaurants in town.I know that many people would like to curb the globalization process in the world because t

15、hey think they are losing their own culture, but it is very difficult to stop this process.We can only try to be critical and choose what is better for us to have or to buy.However, many people think that young people are not free to choose when they are constantly bombarded (轰炸) by attractive adver

16、tisements which are specially made to capture the youth market.Peaceful protests could be arranged just to help people to think about the situation, but the tendency in our world is to want globalization but not like where the different products come from.【语篇解读】在美国化现象日益普遍的同时，其实在美国也出现了许多亚洲国家的产品。5What

17、 does the socalled Americanization phenomenon refer to?A. You can find many American products in the world.BAmerican people dont like to travel to other countries.CYou can find many Asian products in the United States.DAmerican people dont like the products from other countries.【解析】推理判断题。由前两段内容可知，现如

18、今，人们在亚洲能够看到许多美国的图标，由此推断所谓的美国化现象就是指在世界各地都能看到美国的产品，故选A项。【答案】A6It can be learned from the passage that the author comes from _.Athe United StatesBAsiaCAustraliaDAfrica【解析】细节理解题。由第三段第一句中的many of our Asian products可知，作者来自亚洲国家，故选B项。【答案】B7The author takes Shisheido cosmetics from Japan for example to show

19、_.A. Japan is a developed countryBJapanese products are popular in AmericaCAmerican people cant live without Japanese productsDit is common to see Asian products in the United States【解析】推理判断题。第三段的第一句是该段的主题句。本段中举的例子Shisheido cosmetics from Japan就是为了表明，人们在美国也能见到许多亚洲国家的产品，故选D项。【答案】D8The underlined word

20、 “curb” in Paragraph 4 probably means _.Aspeed BstopCimprove Dstart【解析】词义猜测题。由画线词所在句中的“.because they think they are losing their own culture，but it is very difficult to stop this process.”可推知，许多人想要停止这一进程，因为他们认为他们正在失去自己的文化，但要阻止它是很难的，由此推断curb意为“停止”，故选B项。【答案】BCCannes will rock to the sound of a cancan

21、dance this year when Moulin Rouge by the Australian director Baz Luhrmann opens the French film festival(电影节)in May.The musical stars Nicole Kidman as a singer，and John Leguizamo as the artist Henri de ToulouseLautrec.It will be competing for the Palme dOr，the festival stop prize.The festival runs t

22、o May 21.The American actor Tommy Lee Jones,54，has married his longtime girlfriend，Dawn Maria Laurel,36，in a private wedding in San Antonio.“It wasnt a big todo，” said Fred Biery，a US.District Judge who performed the service.He refused to discuss things further.“These are very private people，”he sai

23、d.Loretta Lynn is being treated for a very bad cold in Tennessee and will miss several appearances.The country singer,65，was admitted to a hospital near her home in Hurricane Mills.“She is in good condition，but the doctors are watching her closely，” a spokeswoman said.The FrenchAlgerian singer Enric

24、o Macias was named a United Nations peace messenger.Enrico joins eight other people who act as goodwill envoys(使者)for the United Nations，among them are the writer Elie Wiesel and the basketball player Magic Johnson.【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了Cannes电影节，一位美国演员的婚姻，美国一位乡村女歌手的身体状况，一位歌星的成就。9We can learn from the

25、 text that Henri de ToulouseLautrec is_.Aa figure in a filmBa dancer in a showCa country singerDa prize winner【解析】细节理解题。首先应该理解Moulin Rouge是一部电影，John Leguizamo as the artist Henry de ToulouseLautrec的意思是John Leguizamo扮演电影中的艺术家Henry de ToulouseLautrec。【答案】A10We know from the text that_.AMoulin Rouge wo

26、n the top prize in a film festivalBLoretta Lynn is under the doctors careCeight people serve as the UN goodwill envoysDFred Biery was Tommy Lee Jones assistant【解析】细节理解题。短文第三段中的Loretta Lynn is being treated for a very bad cold说明，她正在接受治疗。【答案】B11This text most probably appears in_.Aa book on film stars

27、Ba film review in a magazineCa newspaperDa notice【解析】推理判断题。短文介绍了四项内容：一是Cannes电影节，二是一位美国男演员的婚配，三是一位美国乡村女歌手的身体状况，四是一位法裔阿尔及利亚歌星的光辉成就，所以该短文最可能出现的地方是报纸。【答案】CD Last week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated，and what kind of job prospects they thought they had

28、.Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors，I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”“What kind of help is that？” I asked，expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help

29、them out.“Surgery(外科手术)”，one replied.I was pretty alarmed by that response.It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height.“They break yo

30、ur legs，put in special extending screws，and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows，you can get at least 5 cm taller！”At that point，I was shocked.I am short，I cant deny that，but I dont think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦)just to be a few centimeters talle

31、r.I dont even bother to wear shoes with thick soles，as Im not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”，and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.No one is born perfect，yet magazines，TV shows and movies present ima

32、ges of thin，tall，beautiful people as being the norm.Advertisements for slimming aids，beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers，further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement，and that it must be purchased，no matter what the cost.In my opinion，skills，rath