2019届高考英语(人教版)一轮复习练习:必修2 4 Unit4知能演练轻松闯关 Word版

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(2018·东北三省四市教研联合体高三模拟)“Her grades are fine; I’m not worried about

that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more,” Alice’s mum said.

She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous

two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher,

and I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, to what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn

between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m

not sure this mother is ready to hear.

The truth for this parent and so many others is this: Her child has sacrificed her natural

curiosity and love of learning at the altar(圣坛) of achievement, and it’s our fault. Alice’s

parents, her teachers, society at large—we are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against

learning. From her first day of school, we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure

her progress by means of points, scores, and awards.We taught Alice that her potential is tied to

her intellect(智力), and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her to

come home proudly bearing grade As, championship prizes, and college acceptance, and not on

purpose, we taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to protect

her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it’s better to quit when things get

challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record. Above all else, we taught her to fear failure.

That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.

【解题导语】 本文通过Alice的例子说明了父母、老师和社会有时会扼杀孩子的好

奇心和对学习的热爱。

1.Both the mother and the author have noticed that________.

A.Alice hates to tell them the truth

B.Alice’s test scores are not so good

C.Alice chooses several subjects to learn

D.Alice doesn’t enjoy studying any more

D 解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中的“but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any

more”和第二段中的“I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter”可知,Alice的妈妈和

作者都注意到了Alice 不再喜欢学习。

2.What does the underlined word “torn” mean in the passage?1

2A.Pained to choose.

B.Guilty to quit.

C.Tired to manage.

D.Certain to decide.

A 解析:词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“between my responsibility...and the

knowledge that what I have to say is a truth”可知,作者在两者之间很难选择。

3. What does the teacher think of the girl?

A.Her academic perfection results from her character.

B.She is a gifted girl with spirits of challenging.

C.She is perfect in her character development.

D.Her academic performance is great.

D 解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中的“We taught her to protect...at all costs”可知,

Alice的学业表现很好。

4.What leads to the girl’s change?

A.A few failure experiences.

B.Fear of failing to get good grades.

C.Her mother’s over­protection.

D.Her not being accepted by colleges.

B 解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中的“We taught her to protect...That fear is what has

destroyed her love of learning.”可知,害怕失败毁掉了Alice对学习的热爱。

B

(2018·河北石家庄高三质检)Despite being used by 1.34 billion

people each year,traveling on the Tube in London can actually be

quite lonely.

One citizen,however,is trying to change this.“You get on

the Tube and it’s completely silent and it’s weird,” says Jonathan Dunne,who has started a

worldwide dialogue after giving out badges(徽章)with the words “Tube chat?” last

month,encouraging passengers in London to get talking to one another.“I handed out 500

badges during rush hour in a city of 8 million,expecting most of them to be thrown away,but

after about 24 hours it completely snowballed,”he says.Dunne and his “Tube chat” campaign

have since been reported by media across the world,seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and

the U.K.,as well as countless website,

newspaper and magazine appearances.1

2Although Dunne says he’s received mostly positive feedback,not everyone agrees with

his idea.Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of his own,handing out 500 badges

with the words “Don’t even think about it” on them. Michael Robinson,24,a student from

London,agrees.“Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their

journeys to and from work.It doesn’t need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to

you,” he says.

“People assume that I just walk up and talk to strangers, which I don’t,but it’s been a

great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to,” Dunne says.

So if you ever end up using public transport in the West, why not say hello to the person next

to you?Just make sure to check for a badge first.

【解题导语】 每年乘坐伦敦地铁的乘客众多,可是人们仍然感到孤独;为此

Jonathan Dunne发起了一个旨在鼓励乘客相互交谈的运动,此举引起了世界媒体的关注。

尽管如此,人们对此仍有不同的态度。

5.How did Dunne encourage London passengers to talk with each other?

A.By putting up posters on the Tube.