2019_2020学年高中英语Unit5Meetingyourancestors课时跟踪检测一WarmingUp&Reading_Pre_reading新人教版
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- 1 - 课时跟踪检测（一） Warming Up & Reading — Pre-reading 阅读理解 A Both of my parents worked fulltime when I was a little girl, so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants. When I got older and started going to school, we couldn't watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me, though, because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake (烘烤) cakes. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing: she never seemed to need the recipes but everything she made tasted delicious. At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch, even though I didn't understand what she was doing. As I got older, she let me help with the easy parts, such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs, I felt like I had found complete pleasure. At last, my parents decided that I could take care of myself, and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking, however, stayed with me. I started baking by myself, and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes, more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new recipes, and whenever I got to a thorny part, I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk, too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything. My grandmother passed away ten years ago, but I still think of her every day. Last week, I found a recipe book she made for me. It included her recipes for brownies, cookies, and my favorite, lemon pie. As I looked through the pages, I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking, but about life. 语篇解读：文章讲述了作者小时候由于父母忙于工作，奶奶每天来照顾她的经历，在这个过程中，奶奶教会了她烘烤，她对此也是乐此不疲。文章充满了作者对奶奶的怀念。 1．The passage is mainly developed by ________. A．analyzing causes B．making comparisons C．examining differences - 2 -
D．following the time order 解析：选D 写作手法题。根据文章每一段的关键词：(1)when I was a little girl；(2)When I got older and started going to school；(3)As I got older；(4)my parents decided that I could take care of myself可知，文章主要是以时间为线索来写的。故选D项。 2．While helping her grandmother bake, the author ________. A．turned out to be a troublemaker B．found it interesting and appealing C．hoped to make a living by baking D．regretted missing the game shows 解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句中的“Watching her in the kitchen was amazing ...”及第三段最后一句中的“I had found complete pleasure ...”可知，在帮助奶奶烘烤时，作者觉得很有趣。 3．What does the underlined word “thorny” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean? A．Basic. B．Common. C．Difficult. D．Special. 解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据画线词后一句“I would call my grandmother for advice”可知，只有碰到问题才会征求建议，由此可以断定，thorny意思是“困难的”，与difficult意义相近。故选C项。basic意为“基础的”；common意为“常见的”；special意为“特别的”。 4．What's the author's purpose in writing this passage? A．To remember her grandmother. B．To show her good baking skills. C．To talk about her happy family life. D．To describe her childhood memories. 解析：选A 写作目的题。文章从作者小时候与奶奶相处开始描述，一直到奶奶去世，一直在回忆与奶奶相处的快乐时光，在最后一段再次提出，现在仍然天天想念奶奶。由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就是怀念奶奶。故选A项。 B Under the cold clear water of Lake Huron, researchers have found a fiveandahalffootlong piece of wood that is 8,900 years old. The wood, which is tapered (使成锥形) on one side in a way that looks deliberate, may provide important clues to a mysterious period in North American prehistory. “This was the stage when humans gradually shifted from - 3 -
hunting large animals to fishing, gathering and agriculture，”said anthropologist John O'Shea.“But because most of the places in this area that prehistoric people lived in are now under water, we don't have good evidence of this important shift itself. We just have clues from before and after the change.” With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), O'Shea and his colleague Guy Meadows began exploring the area several years ago. In 2009 they reported finding a series of stone features that they believe were “drive lanes” used by ancient Indian hunters. Since that discovery, O'Shea and Meadows have worked on identifying human campsites, which are typically located away from hunting areas. On their 25foot boat, the researchers first spotted the ancient wood object using a small piece of equipment with a camera. Then a team of divers — including O'Shea — went down about 100 feet to get it. The wood's age has now been fixed by means of carbon dating. It is currently undergoing more detailed analyses to determine whether there has been human modification, which visual examination suggests.“The first thing you notice is that it appears to have been shaped with a rounded base and a pointed tip，”O'Shea said.“It must have been created. It looks like it might have been used as a tent pole or a pole to hang meat.” In addition to the wood, the researchers have collected many other samples from the bottom of the lake. O'Shea and his colleagues will need to wait for calmer weather before they can resume their search for evidence of human life under the great lake. 语篇解读：考古学家们的新发现有望印证远古人类从游猎文明到农耕文明的转变。 5．During the mysterious period mentioned in the passage, the Lake Huron area ________. A．was deserted by ancient Indians B．witnessed the start of agriculture C．was taken up by large animals D．began to be covered by water 解析：选B 推理判断题。从第一、二段的“... may provide important clues to a mysterious period in North American prehistory ... when humans gradually shifted from hunting large animals to fishing, gathering and agriculture”可知B项正确。 6．Which of the following statements is NOT true? A．The findings of John O'Shea and his colleagues may prove a previous theory.
