人教版2020版高考英语一轮复习 Unit 1 A land of diversity达标巩固练(含解析)新人教版选修8

1 Unit 1 A land of diversity

李仕才

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To be sure, only children experienced some things differently from

those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed.

They also tend to look only to their parents as role models in the

absence of brothers and sisters.

In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for

the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer

work to counter(反对) the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re

treated too kindly and ruined, ”says Sankpal, a computer engineering student. “But

I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get. ”

Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when

it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, co-author

of the book, The Only Child, says that such a person bears terrible burden in having

to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father

died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was

vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The

move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it, ” he says.

“After all, I am left with that responsibility. ”

In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices.

With working mothers increasing, many families are finding they simply don’t have

the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common,

perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.

【文章大意】本文主要讲述了独生子女在社会生活中所遇到的种种困难和各种挑战, 他们要面对社会对独生子女的诸多偏见。

1. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only

children is ________.

A. ironic B. objective

C. unfriendly D. unjust 2 【解析】选B。推理判断题。纵观全文可以看出, 作者提到了人们对独生子女的偏见, 以及他们面临的诸多问题, 最后, 作者认为, 随着独生子女的增多, 人们会对独生子女有一个公正的看法。由此可见, 作者的态度是客观的、公正的。

2. It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should ________.

A. found a support group for their only children

B. do volunteer work to help their only children

C. let their only children make all the decisions alone

D. set good examples for their only children

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“They also tend to look only to their

parents as role models in the absence of brothers and sisters. ”可知, 在没有兄弟姐妹的独生子女家庭里, 父母是他们的榜样。

3. Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he ________.

A. is the only one who cares about her

B. doesn’t want to leave her alone

C. wants to share the responsibility with her

D. is worried about her safety

【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第三段中的“where she was vulnerable to house breakers,

to a new one with more security”可知。

4. The main idea of the passage is that ________.

A. only children are ruined and irresponsible

B. only children have to face many challenges

C. most only children want to have brothers and sisters

D. most only children share their responsibility with their parents

【解析】选B。主旨大意题。全篇讲述了独生子女面临的种种挑战: 成功的压力大、面对社会诸多偏见、赡养老人压力大等。

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Creativity is a mysterious idea. We seem __1__ (feel) that some people are

naturally creative, but we don't know how they got that way. Is creativity a natural

gift, or is __2__ something that can __3__ (acquire)? Perhaps if we analyze the 3 creative process __4__ (careful), we might get some insight (洞察力) into what it

is and __5__ it might work in our lives. The creative process has always been accepted

as the source of all important work in the arts, but we should not think the creativity

plays a part only in the arts. Every major scientific discovery began with someone

__6__ (imagine) the world differently from the way others saw it. And this is __7__

creativity is all about. And despite what you may believe about the limits of your

own creative imagination, we all have the potential to imagine the world in __8__

absolutely new way. In fact, you are born __9__ it. And what's more, you use it every

day. It's your creative mind __10__ gets meaning from chaos of experiences and

brings

order to your world.

1．________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________

5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________

9.________ 10.________

篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。创造力是天生的才华，还是后天也可以获得？本文就这一话题展开了讨论。

1．to feel 考查非谓语动词。我们感觉似乎某些人天生具有创造力。seem to do sth.“似乎要做某事”。

2．it 考查代词。创造力是天生的才华，还是后天也可以习得的？这里用it指代creativity。

3．be acquired 考查被动语态。先行词something和acquire之间是被动关系，又因为情态动词can后要用动词原形，故此空填be acquired。

4．carefully 考查词性转换。也许如果我们仔细分析创造的过程，我们就会洞察到什么是创造力，它是如何在我们的生活中起作用的。这里用副词修饰动词analyze。

5．how 考查特殊疑问词。此处表述创造力是如何在我们生活中起作用的。由语义可知填how。

6．imagining 考查with的复合结构。每次重大的科学发现都以某个人以不同于其他人的方式看待这个世界开始。此处为“with＋宾语＋宾语补足语”结构，宾语和宾补之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故此空填imagining。