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1、话题语篇专攻练 十温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。话题语篇专攻练 十必修2Module 4(限时35分钟). 阅读理解AAlong with the standard pigments(颜料)and paintbrushes, artist Hula Sean Yoro, requires an unconventional pieces of equipment for his particular brand of mural (壁画) making: a paddleboard. The Hawa

2、iian muralist balanced on the top of the floating platform, describes women from various sites across the world, whose homelands are often threatened by the effects of global warming. For his most recent project, titled “What If You Fly”, Hula travelled to Baffin Island, off the coast of Nunavut, Ca

3、nada, to paint a portrait of local Inuit woman Jesse Mike, who lives there with her daughter. In a short film telling of the artists process, Mike explains her frustrating previous experiences working with filmmakers who reported on the terrible circumstances troubling her endangered landscape. “For

4、 most people, its about the polar bears, its not about the people, ”she said. “Well, lets make it about the people. ”Hula and his team spent 14 hours searching for the perfect iceberg canvas(油画布), knowing all the while that the ice itself, and any image created on the top of it, would soon melt away

5、 into nothing. “Its a little ambitious to do this larger-than-life ice mural in the Arctic, and somehow, at the same time, make a connection to the human culture, ” climber and filmmaker Renan Ozturk said of the project. When Hula found his proper ice, he painted a portrait of Jesse he took earlier

6、on his camera. Working against the powers of time and Mother Nature, the artist aimed to finish as much of Jesses portrait as he could before the iceberg disappeared. The massive image, Hulas most remote and technically challenging piece yet, communicates a memorable realitythat the consequences of

7、climate change, first and foremost, affect people. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了夏威夷壁画家胡拉肖恩约罗以冰山为画布为加拿大努纳武特地区一位当地因纽特女性作画, 以提醒人们全球变暖对人类会产生巨大影响的故事。1. What is “What If You Fly”? A. A film about the muralist. B. A woman called Jesse Mike. C. A painting based on a local Inuit. D. A project conducted by Hula. 【解析】选D。

8、细节理解题。根据第三段For his most recent project, titled “What If You Fly”, Hula travelled to Baffin Island. . . 可知, “What If You Fly”是胡拉最近的一幅作品。故选D。2. Why did Jesse Mike complain about some filmmakers? A. They didnt focus on human beings. B. They only reported on terrible circumstances. C. They just reported

9、 on frustrating experiences. D. They showed no sympathy to endangered landscape. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第四段“For most people, its about the polar bears, its not about the people, ”she said. 可知, 杰茜麦克认为以前和一些拍电影的人一起工作的经历不太好, 主要是因为他们只关注了北极熊, 而没有关注人。故选A。3. Why did Hula paint image on the Arctic ice? A. He wanted

10、to show his unconventional painting. B. He was ambitious enough to explore Mother Nature. C. He made an attempt to paint on varieties of materials. D. He warned people of the consequences of global warming. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知, 胡拉的这幅作品提醒人们一个现实天气变化最终影响的是人类。故选D。4. What can be the best title for the

11、text? A. A Muralist and An InuitB. Mother Nature, Massive ImageC. Arctic Ice Painting, Memorable Reality D. Standard Tools, Unconventional Paintings【解析】选C。标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了壁画家胡拉在冰山上作画以提醒人们全球变暖这一现实。故选C。【知识拓展】长难句分析The massive image, Hulas most remote and technically challenging piece yet, communicates a m

12、emorable realitythat the consequences of climate change, first and foremost, affect people. 翻译: 这幅巨大的作品, 是胡拉目前最遥远、技术难度最高的画作。它让人们认识到一个重大现实天气变化首先会影响人类。分析: Hulas most remote and technically challenging piece yet是image的同位语; that引导同位语从句, 解释说明reality。BPablo Picasso was an amazing painter who experimented

13、with color and shape. Picasso wanted to find ways to paint emotions. His paintings opened peoples minds and showed there were many ways to express ideas. Born in Spain in 1881, Picasso learned to paint at an early age because his father was a painter. At fourteen, Picasso began attending the Academy

14、 of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Although Picasso did well, his teachers wouldnt let him develop his own style. So he changed schools. Though his new teachers praised his work, they still criticized (批评) it as being too different. Picasso made up his mind to express himself in his own way. Disappointed w

15、ith his career in Spain, nineteen-year-old Picasso moved to Paris, where he learned about abstract art. He started copying famous paintings so he could paint in any style. However, an important development in his own style came along when his best friend committed suicide (自杀). Picasso was so upset

16、that he painted only in blue and gray. He painted the poor and the disabled. This is known as his “Blue Period”. In 1904, his painting style changed again when he fell in love with an artists model. He began painting everything with colors of rose, red and pink. He mainly painted artists during this

17、 time, called his “Rose Period”. Picassos style went through another change as he began to learn about African art and geometry(几何). Instead of painting with different colors, he used different shapes. His paintings made people surprised because they looked like they had been broken and put back tog

18、ether incorrectly. Everything was geometric and abstract. Picassos new style became known as “Cubism”. Cubism was so unique that it became very popular. Pablo Picasso is most remembered for his Blue, Rose, and Cubist periods. But Picasso never stopped experimenting with painting. His painting styles

19、 kept changing until his death at the age of ninety-two. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了毕加索多变的画风及不同时期的经历对他画风的影响。5. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A. Picassos school teachers in Spain disliked his creativity. B. Picassos school teachers in Spain praised him for good grades. C. Picassos school teachers in

20、 Spain made him drop out of school. D. Picassos school teachers in Spain taught him a new way of painting. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“they still criticized it as being too different”可知学校老师不喜欢毕加索的画画风格。6. Whats Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. What Picasso learned in Paris. B. The death of Picassos best friend.

21、 C. The copies of Picassos paintings. D. How the “Blue Period” came into being. 【解析】选D。段落大意题。根据第三段中的“an important development in his own style came along”及“This is known as his Blue Period. ”可知, 该段介绍了毕加索的“蓝色时期”是如何形成的。7. What had a great influence on Picassos painting style during his “Rose Period”?

22、A. Love. B. Sadness. C. Flowers. D. Friendship. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第四段中的 “his painting style changed again when he fell in love with an artists model”可知, 毕加索“玫瑰时期”的形成主要是受爱情的影响。8. What can we learn about Cubism? A. It uses the same shapes. B. It has objects that look real. C. It was thought to be unusual

23、. D. It was inspired by African buildings. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Cubism was so unique that it became very popular. ”可知, 立体主义时期的作品被认为是与众不同的。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A memorable science projectIf someone tells you to remember a phone number or address, it feels like an easy ta

24、sk at first. You repeat the numbers to yourself, either aloud or in your mind. But after just a few seconds you might find yourself starting to doubt your own memory. 1 Thus, it will try to throw away information that seems old or irrelevant. There are ways of helping our minds remember information,

25、 however, and in this activity you will explore ways that we lose and keep memories. Short-term, or working memory, is a way of describing most peoples abilities to store a small amount of information for a brief period of time in a readily accessible form. 2 People dont have to stop and think to re

26、member something in short-term memory. 3 Such techniques include visualizing (观察) the information in a surprising way or linking pieces of information together so that one reminds you of the other. In the case of visualizing information, this could be as simple as remembering you parked your car on

27、the fifth floor in the D section by picturing five dogs sitting in your car! 4 If you need to purchase cereal (谷物), milk, fruit, cheese and eggs, you could imagine the cereal in a bowl, with milk pouring over it and pieces of fruit on top. Then imagine cracking an egg over everything, and its full o

28、f melted cheese! These may seem simple or even silly. 5 In this activity youll test the recall of a few friends or family members, and learn a few tricks for improving memory! A. There are many techniques for improving memory. B. Our brain is always seeking new and useful information. C. Short-term

29、memory has a short duration but is quickly and easily accessed. D. In addition, linking information could help you remember your grocery list. E. Retaining that information over longer periods of time becomes difficult yet. F. Your short-term memory has a limited amount of space to store information

30、. G. However, they are proved to be good ways for improving memory by scientist. 1. 【解析】选B。根据下文: 因此, 它将试图丢弃那些看起来过时或无关紧要的信息。可知, 我们的大脑总是在寻找新的、有用的信息。故选B。2. 【解析】选C。根据下文: 人们不需要为了在短期记忆中记住一些东西而停下来。可知, 短期记忆的持续时间很短, 但很快就能被访问。故选C。3. 【解析】选A。根据下文: 这些技术包括以一种令人惊讶的方式可视化信息或将信息连接在一起, 目的是让你想起另一个。可知, 有许多提高记忆的技术。故选A。4.

31、 【解析】选D。根据下句: 如果你需要购买谷物、牛奶、水果、奶酪和鸡蛋, 你可以想象一个碗里的谷物, 牛奶倒在上面, 上面有水果。可知, 此外, 链接信息可以帮助你记住你的购物清单。故选D。5. 【解析】选G。根据上句: 这些看起来很简单, 甚至有些愚蠢。所以下句应该是一句与上句转折的内容, “然而, 科学家证明, 它们是提高记忆力的好方法。”此处However表示转折; G项中的they指上文的这些方法。故选G。. 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加: 在缺

32、词处加一个漏字符号(), 并在其下面写出该加的词。删除: 把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。Last Monday, it hit me that my beloved grandmother birthday was around the corner. I decided to make her an unique present. Without the slightest hesitation, I threw me into creating this priceless album. I turned on the computer, carefully selected some photos, added up some decorati