教育最新K122019高考英语一轮优练题 Unit 1 Living well(含解析)新人教版选修7

小学+初中+高中

小学+初中+高中 Unit 1 Living well

李仕才

(选修7 Unit 1)

【短文语法填空】

The adobe dwellings(土坯房) 1 (build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American

Southwest are admired by even 2 most modern of architects and engineers. In

addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their

3 (able) to ＂air condition＂ a house without 4 (use) electric equipment. Walls

made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat 5 (slow)

during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given

up their heat and are now cold

enough 6 (cool) the house during the hot

day; 7 the

same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle 8 (go) day after day: The

walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely

offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As 9 (nature) architects, the Pueblo

Indians figured out exactly 10 thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle

work on most days.

【文章大意】土坯房比现在的房子好在冬暖夏凉。现代的建筑师都很羡慕这样的房子不用空调就能很好地调节室内的温度， 关键是这房子的墙的厚度。

1. built

【解析】考査非谓语动词。本句的主语是The adobe dwellings，谓语是are admired，因此空白处不需要谓语动词，应用过去分词短语作定语，表示一个被动的、已完成的动作。

2. the

【解析】考査冠词。形容词最高级前用定冠词the。

3. ability

【解析】考査词性转化。分析句子结构可知，空处在句中作表语，且前有their修饰，故填名词ability。

4. using

【解析】考査非谓语动词。介词without后接动名词作宾语。

5. slowly 小学+初中+高中

小学+初中+高中 【解析】考査词性转化。修饰动词应用副词。

6. to cool

【解析】考査固定结构/考査非谓语动词。enough to do表示＂足以……＂，不定式短语作结果状语。

7. at

【解析】考査介词/固定搭配。at the same time表示＂同时＂，是固定搭配。

8. goes

9. natural

【解析】考査词性转化。修饰名词应用形容词。

10. how

【解析】考査名词性从句的连接词。根据语境及句子结构分析可知，此处应用how引导宾语从句。

Ⅰ.阅读理解

“Well,I made it,” says Greg Daniels with a smile.

Recently there have been news reports and television shows reporting on the

quality of school lunches.According to federal guidelines,French fries count as a

serving of vegetables.Many parents and others are upset that a salty,deep-fried food

is replacing healthier options like carrot sticks.As a result,the potato—what

French fries are made of—has been getting a bad rap.

“The problem is not the potato,” insists Greg.“Potatoes are very healthy.But

any food,even the carrot or lettuce(生菜),will be less healthy if it’s cooked in

grease(油脂).”

Two months ago,Greg decided to eat nothing but potatoes for 60 days.As a high

school science teacher and son of a potato farmer,he wanted to do something to draw

attention to potatoes as a healthy food and a good choice as part of anyone’s regular

meals. 小学+初中+高中

小学+初中+高中 “It’s been an interesting experience,”Greg said.“For a while,I wasn’t sure

I would make it.I was pretty tired of eating potatoes after a few weeks.”

But for Greg there were some benefits that he hadn’t expected.He’s lost 15

pounds and he feels better than he has in years.“I have so much more energy,”he

says.“I’ve been running and playing on a local basketball team,and I feel like

I’m playing as well as I did when I was in high school.”

And Greg has gotten a lot of attention,much more than he expected.“It’s been

fantastic.Thousands of people have read my blog.I’ve been sharing recipes and

talking about the experience.Every day I get to tell people what a great idea it

is to eat potatoes.”

Greg is glad to be back to a normal diet,but he still eats potatoes at least

5 or 6 times a week.“Everyone should!” he says with a smile.“Potatoes are healthy

and taste great!”

1.What does the underlined part “getting a bad rap” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Receiving little attention.

B.Obtaining an unfair judgement.

C.Getting more and more popular.

D.Becoming good for people’s health.

2.Why did Greg decide to eat potatoes only?

A.Because potatoes are cheap.

B.To draw attention to himself.

C.To prove that potatoes are healthy.

D.Because he loves potatoes very much.

3.After eating potatoes for a few weeks,Greg .

A.gave up his plan

B.put on some weight

C.became less healthy

D.was sick of potatoes

4.After eating potatoes for 60 days,Greg

.

A.became a little weak 小学+初中+高中

小学+初中+高中 B.became much healthier

C.could not eat potatoes any more

D.decided to keep eating potatoes only

B

Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare in their community tend to

live longer than seniors who do not care for other people，according to a study from

Berlin，Germany.

“Having no contact with grandchildren at all can negatively impact grandparents'

health.This link could be deeply rooted in our evolutionary past when help with

childcare was important for the survival of the human species，”said Sonja Hilbrand，one of the researchers.

The findings are drawn from data on more than 500 people over age 70.Overall，after accounting for grandparents' age and general state of health，the risk of dying