(江苏专用)2016届高考英语一轮复习Unit3Amazingpeople课时跟踪检测B卷(必修2)

Amazing people 课时跟踪检测B卷

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2015·扬州高三调研)

Don’t hide criticism

“Politeness is another word for deception.”This is the view of James W．Pennebaker，chair of the psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin, US.He was quoted

in a recent Wall Street Journal article about a speech __1__many of us share

—“verbal

tee­ups”．

What are verbal tee­ups? They are like a cushion to __2__the blow when one wants to

__3__bad or unpleasant news.For example, have you ever been told by your friend：“I am

telling

you this because I love you, but you really need to lose weight.”Or by your

colleague：“No __4__，but to be honest, I think your presentation __5__the point.”

A Slate article gives a few examples of other verbal

tee­ups.You can __6__yourself

from

your unpleasant words by

starting it

with“Please understand ...”You can even

try to manage

your

listener’s __7__：“Don’t take this the wrong way，but...”or “Don’t get mad, but ...”

Some verbal tee­ups are simply __8__.For example, “I’m not saying ...” or “I don’t mean to say ...” Such as，“I am not saying we should stop seeing each other, but I need

some space to think about our __9__.”

For the speakers，verbal tee­ups are used to make it easier to say something __10__.

They sound __11__ and polite.But Pennebaker，who __12__ these phrases，says in many cases,

“The point of these phrases is to formalize social relations so you don’t have to __13__

your true self.”

Elizabeth Bernstein, who wrote the Wall Street Journal article, says these sayings so

frequently __14__ untruth that they can be confusing, even when used in a neutral context,

“They often lead to a __15__ in personal communications because listeners __16__ to take

those types of statements in a negative light，” she says.

To __17__ the damage of verbal tee­ups, we need to be more aware of what we are going

to say. If you are feeling a need to use them a lot, then perhaps you should __18__ the

possibility that you are saying too many unpleasant things to other people.For example，“To be perfectly honest ...”often comes before __19__ comments.If you are taking the

trouble to __20__ your honesty now, maybe you aren’t always truthful.

1．A.method B．habit

C．system D．benefit

2．A.soften B．strengthen C．harden D．deepen

3．A.transfer B．express

C．deliver D．explain

4．A.offense B．wonder

C．comment D．rush

5．A.grasped B．changed

C．missed D．mistook

6．A.disable B．discover

C．discourage D．distance

7．A.reflection B．reaction

C．satisfaction D．action

8．A.excuses B．truth

C．requests D．dishonesty

9．A.relationship B．business

C．decision D．cooperation

10．A.difficult B．scary

C．complex D．confusing

11．A.anxious B．formal

C．official D．important

12．A.stresses B．promotes

C．studies D．advocates

13．A.prove B．hide

C．consider D．reveal

14．A.equal B．signal

C．discover D．challenge

15．A.breakthrough B．breakout

C．breakup D．breakdown

16．A.attempt B．prefer

C．refuse D．tend

17．A.fix B．rid

C．reduce D．manage

18．A.deny B．consider

C．confirm D．resist

19．A.positive B．objective C．negative D．subjective

20．A.announce B．support

C．change D．represent

Ⅱ.阅读理解

(2015·宿迁高三调研)MONTAGNE：In the summer of 2011, the world first heard of a small

island in Norway under the most terrible of circumstances.Utoya Island was a youth camp

run by Norway’s Labor Party. One day in July, a heavily armed, right­wing extremist stepped

onto the island and began shooting at random. Sixty­nine people died, over 100 were wounded；almost all, young people.This month, artist Jonas Dahlberg was appointed to create a

memorial.He described to us the experience he imagines for those who come to the island.

DAHLBERG：You start your walk through a forest of evergreens on a wooden pathway. After

a while, this pathway starts to go down into the landscape.

MONTAGNE：Down into the landscape，and into a short tunnel.When you come out, you are

unable to go any farther.You can’t get to the top of the island because it has been cut

off.So all you can do is look across a narrow channel of water at what is now a wall of

polished stone, carved with the names of the dead.

DAHLBERG：It becomes almost like a gravestone. You cannot reach it. It’s close enough

to be able to read, but it’s forever lost for your possibility to reach.

MONTAGNE: It’s being called a_memory_wound. Exactly what do you mean by that?

DAHLBERG：During my first site visit, the experience of seeing those gunshots－and you

can see it was like being in an open wound. And it took me to a stage of deep sadness where

it was hard to breathe. So I didn’t want to illustrate loss; I wanted to make actual loss.