2016届高三英语二轮复习高考提分强化练三
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What makes a supermodel? An extraordinary beauty, of course, but there
is
1 , a certain personal appeal, an always correct fashion instinct, and
so
on. And a mere 2
becomes a‘super’not only when she becomes very famous,
but also when she somehow summarizes her era. The supermodel provides a 3
idea of a moment in time because she is
4 the focus of the fashionable
cultural life of her time.
Evelyn Nesbit, a tall, 5 and copper-haired beauty from
Philadelphia, was the most
sought-after artistic and 6 model in America’s Gilded Age(镀金时代).
Nesbit 7
her era in more ways than one. The late 19th Century was a 8 period of rapid
economic growth in the US but it was also an era of considerable 9 , as many poor European
immigrants poured in. Nesbit in her lifetime
saw both 10 . She came from a modest Scots-Irish
background in Tarentum,
Pennsylvania, and after her father 11 leaving lots
of debts, her mother
struggled to 12 the family. The young Evelyn was from a ‘respectable’ family, and 13 for
artists from the age of 14, as a 14 out of poverty for the whole family. When she came to New
York in 1900, she rose to fame at once. But she was also 15 a new, different world.
American famous painter James Carroll Beckwith 16 her to other artists, and Nesbit was
soon the most in-demand model in New York. She was the 17 for quite many art works, including
sculptor George Grey Barnard’s 18 piece Innocence(now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)and
Charles Dana Gibson’s Women: The Eternal Question(1905). She was a popular face too, on the
covers of many 19 and magazines, such as Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, The Delineator and
Ladies’ Home Journal, and her photographs were also found 20 almost everything from face
creams to toothpastes.
【文章大意】本文主要介绍了美国知名艺术模特兼时装模特伊芙琳·内斯比特, 她的身上浓缩了美国镀金时代的特色。
1. A. more B. better C. less D. fewer
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 超模需要的除了非凡的美貌, 还有更多: 个人魅力、总是正 - 2 - 确的时尚本能等。
2. A. woman B. model C. person D. baby
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。根据句意可知, 一个纯粹的模特要成为超模不仅要非常出名, 她的身上更要浓缩她的时代。上句已提到a supermodel。
3. A. detailed B. brief C. new D. good
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据前面一句中的summarizes her era可知, 超模提供了对某个时刻的简要了解, 因为她总是她的时代的时尚文化生活的焦点。brief简要的, 符合语境。
4. A. never B. often C. seldom D. always
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。根据生活常识及语境可知, 一位超模是时代的缩影, 因为她总是那个时代时尚文化生活的焦点。
5. A. strong B. fat C. thin D. heavy
【解析】选C。背景常识题。根据常识可知, 模特一般要有高挑的身材, 故thin“苗条的”符合语境。
6. A. car B. foot C. hand D. fashion
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。费城女孩伊芙琳·内斯比特拥有高挑的身材和古铜色的头发, 她的美丽使她成为美国镀金时代最抢手的艺术模特和时装模特。fashion时装, 时尚, 修饰后面的model, 符合语境与当时的社会状况。
7. A. represented B. liked
C. hated D. understood
【解析】选A。词义辨析题。根据前后语境可知, 伊芙琳·内斯比特不止是从一个方面展示着那个时代。represent反映, 展示, 符合语境。
8. A. common B. bad C. unique D. difficult
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。19世纪晚期是一个美国经济快速增长的独特的阶段, 但是随着大量贫穷的欧洲移民涌了进来, 它也是一个相当贫穷的时期。根据后面的of rapid economic growth in the US以及上一段中的America’s Gilded Age可知, 这个阶段是美国历史上的一个独特的(unique)时期。
9. A. poverty B. wealth C. health D. length
【解析】选A。词汇复现题。根据后面的as many poor European immigrants poured in可知, 有很多贫穷的欧洲移民涌入使得那一时期非常贫穷。poverty贫穷, 符合语境。
10. A. people B. sides
C. advantages D. benefits
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。内斯比特经历了这两个方面, 也就是当时经济的快速发展与当时的贫穷。side - 3 - 方面, 符合语境。
11. A. signed B. returned C. died D. helped
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。内斯比特来自一个苏格兰-爱尔兰背景的普通家庭, 父亲去世后留下了大笔债务。
12. A. leave B. persuade C. support D. defeat
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。内斯比特的父亲去世后, 留下了大笔债务, 因此她的母亲吃力地养活一家人。support此处意为“资助; 供养; 赡养”, 符合语境。
13. A. studied B. drew C. performed D. modelled
【解析】选D。词汇复现题。来自“正派”家庭的内斯比特从14岁就开始当艺术模特——穿戴整齐。根据后文可知, 内斯比特很小就当上了艺术模特。文章第二段已提到。
14. A. way B. future C. success D. failure
【解析】选A。固定搭配题。母亲艰难地维持一家人的生计, 小内斯比特当上了艺术模特——这是全家人摆脱贫困的一种解决办法。a way out of sth. 为固定用法, 意为“摆脱……的方法”。
15. A. depending on B. thinking over
C. stepping into D. looking after
【解析】选C。短语辨析题。当内斯比特于1900年来到纽约时, 她立刻名声大噪。但是她也步入了一个全新的不同的世界。depend on依靠, 取决于; think over仔细考虑, 深思熟虑; look after照顾, 照料,
都与语境不符。step into迈进, 步入, 符合语境。
16. A. replied B. introduced
C. criticized D. judged
【解析】选B。固定搭配题。美国著名画家詹姆斯·卡路尔·贝克威思把内斯比特介绍给了其他艺术家, 内斯比特很快就成为了纽约需求量最大的模特。introduce sb. to sb. 意为“把……介绍给……”, 符合语境。
17. A. leader B. fighter
C. educator D. inspiration
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。内斯比特是许多艺术作品的灵感来源, 这些作品包括雕刻家乔治·格雷·巴纳德的《天真》、查尔斯·达纳·吉卜森的《妇女: 永恒的话题》等。inspiration灵感; 鼓舞人心的人或事, 启发灵感的人(或事物), 符合语境。
18. A. terrible B. failed
C. unfinished D. famous - 4 - 【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据后面括号里的内容可知, 被收藏在大都会艺术博物馆里的应该是乔治·格雷·巴纳德的著名作品。famous著名的, 符合语境。
19. A. journals B. diaries
C. pages D. textbooks
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。内斯比特也是一个很受欢迎的人, 多次出现在期刊和杂志封面上。journal专业期刊, 日志, 符合语境。
20. A. decreasing B. producing
