高考英语全国通用版同步作业 39 选修8 Unit 4 Word版含答案.docx

1、高考英语全国通用版同步作业 39 选修8 Unit 4 Word版含答案 课时提升作业 三十九选修8 Unit 4Pygmalion(建议用时35分钟). 阅读理解APygmalion is a drama in which Shaw has made sentiments one of the principle themes of discussion. The Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved a statue and fell in love with it. Aphrodite(the goddess of love) turned the statue

2、 into a living woman named Galatea, who then became Pygmalions wife. The Shavian Pygmalion is Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who picks up a flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, teaches her to speak as educated people do, and then successfully passes her off as a duchess. But she is a human being

3、and cannot be treated as a machine. In the course of all his experiments and exhibitions, the professor only thinks of his own skill success and failure, but never stops to consider how the girl feels. When the experiment is over, he has a profound sense of relief that he has achieved triumph and ha

4、s won his bet. Even now, the sentiment of the girl is of no account. The girl naturally protests against this dehumanized relationship between her and her teacher. She hurls(投掷)the professors slippers at him when he wants them and then leaves his place. But evidently, she has begun to feel for the p

5、rofessor and wants also to be felt for. Now the question is what is the nature of Elizas feelings for the professor with whom she has lived in close association for so long? In the last act, the girl says she would not marry him even if he had proposed(求婚) to her. The professor, curiously ineffectua

6、l(无效的) to sexual emotions, does not love any girl because he finds them to be rivals(对手) to his own mother. He wonders, if Eliza does not want to marry him, then what does she want from him? Old Mrs Higgins, who knows much about a woman says that it would have been better if he had thanked her and p

7、etted her and told her how wonderful she had been. Then perhaps she would not have fought with him. Every girl loves to be loved. Eliza herself says that she loves Freddy and he also loves her. Professor Higgins, however, remains as ever, an old bachelor. 【文章大意】萧伯纳的著名戏剧卖花女具有经久不衰的艺术魅力, 描述的是语言学教授希金斯如何

8、把一名卖花姑娘训练成英语发音被上流社会接受并认可的故事, 从而抨击了当时英国腐朽保守的等级意识。1. What does the underlined phrase “passes her off as” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Lets her pretend to be. B. Dresses her up as. C. Makes her become. D. Turns into. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据前文的“teaches her to speak as educated people do”以及下文的“In the course of all hi

9、s experiments and exhibitions”可知该短语的意思是“把某人冒充或假装为”。2. What kind of person do you think Higgins is according to the second paragraph? A. He is a kind man. B. He is a considerate man. C. He is a selfish man. D. He is a rude man. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知Higgins只考虑自己的成败得失, 从不考虑Eliza的感受, 显然他是一个自私的人。3. Why

10、 does not Eliza marry Higgins? Because _. A. she does not love himB. his mother does not like any girl to be her rivalC. he likes to be a bachelorD. he doesnt love any girl for fear of them being his mothers rivals【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句可知Eliza不会嫁给Higgins, 因为Higgins担心未来的妻子会成为他母亲的对手, 所以他不敢爱上任何一个女孩。4.

11、Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Shaw was in fact a Greek sculptor. B. Higgins was experimenting with Eliza. C. Eliza wanted to become an educated lady very much. D. Higgins fell in love with Eliza at first sight. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知Higgins只是把Eliza当成一个试验品。故B正确。【知识拓展】难句解读When the experi

12、ment is over, he has a profound sense of relief that he has achieved triumph and has won his bet. 结构: 时间状语从句, 主语+谓语+宾语+同位语从句翻译: 当实验结束后, 他感到深深的欣慰, 他已经取得了胜利, 并赢得了他的赌注。BFor many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict bet

13、ween neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do? Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From

14、 the parents point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped. In this article, Ill describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents

15、 and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teens hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the childs failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sle

16、ep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesnt matter what the topic is-politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg-the p

17、oint of these arguments is to prove that you are right and other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority-someone who actually knows something-and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they

18、ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress. 【文章大意】本文对于父母和孩子之间的战争从三个方面进行了分析。5. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict? A. Both can continue for generations. B. Both are about where to draw the line. C. Neither has any clear winner. D. Nei

19、ther can be put to an end. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段最后可知这两者的相似之处在于界线的问题, 故选B。6. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean? A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict. B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict. C. The teens cause their parents of misleading t

20、hem. D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents. 【解析】选A。根据上一句From the parents point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents complete unreasonableness. 父母认为他们打仗的唯一原因是他们孩子的完全不讲理, 而孩子认为则相反。7. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to _. A. give ord

21、ers to the otherB. know more than the otherC. gain respect from the otherD. get the other to behave properly【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段someone who actually knows something and therefore to command respect. 都认为自己是一个了解一切和要求得到尊重的人。. 完形填空 It was June 5, 1997, and two-year-old Harley was asleep with her younger

22、sister in their home in Eden, North Carolina. While their parents were outside 1 their older sister home from school, the wires in the familys laundry room 2fire and before anyone knew what was happening, the bedroom next door was swallowed in 3. Harleys father was able to 4 his two youngest daughte

23、rs and save their lives, but Harley was 5 burned on 80 percent of her body and was told she had less than a 2 percent 6of survival. Over the next several months, Harley Dabbs would undergo surgery after surgery at 7. When she was finally released to 8home, Harley had no idea the 9 battle had not eve

24、n begun yet. When Harley started school just a few years 10, she realized for the first time how cruel her 11 could be. Bullied for her 12and called hateful names all while being hidden, she began to 13suicide while only in eighth grade. When her friends were getting their 14boyfriends and going on

25、their first dates, she was sitting at home wondering if she should end her 15. But in 2013, something 16. It was not something on the outside, rather it was something 17 of Harley. She made the conscious 18 to become more like the carefree, laughing, 19 little girl that she had not seen since that n

26、ight in 1997. So for the first time in her life, she 20 a blue dress and walked outside into the light of day throwing caution to the wind and daring anyone to try to rain on her parade. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了哈里小时候在大火中烧毁了面容, 被人嘲笑、欺负, 曾经想要自杀, 但是后来她决定接受现实, 从心里改变自己, 开始快乐地生活。1. A. bringing up B. caring forC

27、. calling on D. picking up【解析】选D。“While their parents were outside _their older sister home from school她们的父母正在外面从学校_她们的大姐回家”, bring up抚养; care for照顾, 喜欢; call on 拜访; pick up接人。2. A. caught B. gotC. received D. made【解析】选A。从下文可知, 家里洗衣房的电线着(caught)火了。3. A. ashes B. flames C. storm D. light【解析】选B。根据上文fi

28、re可判断隔壁的卧室被火焰(flames)吞没了。4. A. support B. preventC. rescue D. manage【解析】选C。根据本句中的“save their lives”, 可以推断出, 哈里的父亲成功地救出(rescue)了他的两个女儿。故选C。5. A. severely B. slightlyC. merely D. urgently【解析】选A。由空格后哈里身体的80%被烧伤, 可知她被伤得很严重。6. A. signal B. right C. rate D. chance【解析】选D。由上文哈里身体的80%被烧伤, 可判断此处是指“生存概率”, 故选D。

29、7. A. hospital B. school C. home D. church【解析】选A。由常识可知, 对哈里进行的手术肯定在医院(hospital)里做的。8. A. go B. leave C. lose D. find【解析】选A。根据released “释放, 解脱”, 可知她终于被准许出院回(go)家了。故选A。9. A. fiercest B. strongest C. toughest D. easiest【解析】选C。空格后的yet暗示了情况不容乐观。fiercest最激烈的; strongest最强的; toughest最艰难的, 最凶恶的; easiest最容易的。

30、10. A. ago B. before C. afterwards D. later【解析】选D。在经历重大不幸之后, 肯定需要几年才能调整好身体和心理。ago在之前, 与一般过去时连用; before以前, 与完成时连用; afterwards后来; later之后, 放在时间词后面。故选D。11. A. peers B. parents C. teachers D. sisters【解析】选A。下文“. . . called hateful names 给她起绰号”可知, 她被同学嘲笑欺负。12. A. grades B. appearance C. character D. age【解

31、析】选B。根据上文, 她80%被烧伤, 所以同学们肯定会嘲笑她的外表(appearance)。13. A. declare B. attemptC. struggle D. calculate【解析】选B。根据上文, 她上学后, 因为自己被烧毁的外貌, 她受到同学们的欺负, 背地里被人用恶毒的话叫着, 所以会尝试(attempt)自杀。故选B。14. A. new B. old C. first D. last【解析】选C。根据“When her friends were getting their _boyfriends and going on their first dates当她的朋友们开始_交男朋友和第一次约会”, 可以推断出是当她的朋友们开始第一次交男朋友。15. A. pain B. study C. life D. love【解析】选C。由上文suicide(自杀)的倾向, 可以推断出, 她准备结束自己的生命(life)。故选C。16. A. disappeared B. happenedC. passed D. changed【解析】选D。but是转折词, 表明情况和以前不一样, 即发生了变化。17. A. mind B. heart C. soul D. inside