高考英语一轮巩固达标练题 Unit 2 Working the land

手惰市安逸阳光实验学校2 Working the land

李仕才

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Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there is a natural

desire of us to capture(捕捉) and preserve it—which means, in this day

and age, that we are likely to reach for our phones to take a picture.

Though this would seem to be an ideal solution, there are two big

problems associated with taking pictures. Firstly, we are likely to be

so busy taking pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty

and interest encourage us to take a photograph in the first place. And

secondly, because we feel the pictures are safely stored on our phones,

we never get around to looking at them, so sure are we that we’ll get

around to them one day.

The first person to notice the problems was the English art critic(评论家), John Ruskin. He was a keen traveler who realized that most tourists

make a poor job of noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see.

He argued that humans have a natural tendency to respond to beauty and

desire to have it, but there are better and worse expressions of this

desire. At worst, we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs.

But, in Ruskin’s eyes, there’s just one thing we should do—attempting

to draw the interesting things we see, regardless of whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.

Ruskin said, “Drawing can teach us to see: to notice properly rather

than gaze absent­mindedly.In the process of recreating with our own hands

what lies before our eyes, we naturally move from a position of observing

beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of

its parts.”

Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modern tourists,

especially those who prided themselves on traveling around the whole Europe in a week by train, “No changing of places at a hundred miles

an hour will make us stronger, happier, or wiser. There was always more

in the world than men could see, if they ever walked slowly. The really

precious things are thoughts and sights, not pace.”

【解题导语】 本文主要讨论了旅游中如何享受美景以及游客普遍存在的问题。

1．According to Paragraph 2, when taking pictures, people tend

to ．

A．forget to appreciate something attractive on the spot

B．find it hard to learn skills of taking good pictures

C．find a good way to keep things in their minds

D．have a chance to meet the challenge of new technology

A 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第二句可知，人们忙着拍照而忘了欣赏风景。 2．According to Ruskin, what should travelers do to best express their

appreciation of and desire for something beautiful?

A．To speak it out openly.

B．To photograph it instantly.

C．To purchase it immediately.

D．To paint it directly.

D 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句可知，Ruskin认为，旅游者把自己看到的美景直接画下来就是对美景欣赏的最好表达。

3．From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that Ruskin encourages

us to be ．

A．considerate and determined

B．active and adventurous

C．creative and thoughtful

D．sensitive and ambitious

C 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的“In the process of recreating with

our own hands ... we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.”可推知，Ruskin鼓励我们要有创造性，对景观要有深刻的理解。

4．The underlined word “deplored” in the last paragraph is closest

in meaning to “ ”．

A．appreciated B．criticized

C．favored D．ignored

B 解析：词义猜测题。根据最后一段的“the blindness and hurry of modern tourists”并结合Ruskin的主张可推知，deplore意为“批判，不赞成”，故选B。

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Anyone who has had a long­term disease knows that recovering at home

can be lonely. This can be __1__ (especial) true of children. They may

feel __2__ (leave) out. Now, these children may have a high­tech friend

to help feel less lonely. A small robot may help children who are

recovering from a long­term __3__ (ill). The robot like human beings

takes their place at school. And their school friends must help carry

the robot between classes and place the robot on their desks.

Through the robot, a child can hear his or her teachers and friends.

He or she can also attend classes from wherever they are

recovering—whether at home __4__ from a hospital bed. Dolva, one of the

scientists who __5__ (be) concentrating on developing the robot,

explains __6__ the robot AV1 works. She says from home, the child uses

a tablet or phone to start the robot. __7__ (use) the same device, he

or she can control the robot's movements. Inside the robot, there is a

small computer linked __8__ a 4G network. The robot is __9__ (equip) with

speakers, microphones and cameras, which makes communicating __10__