1、Unit 8 Literature Topic Talk2021-2022学年高二英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第三册随堂检测一、填空1.I had asked everyone to s_ questions in advance of the meeting.2.When I was a child, I learnt lots of poems, most of which I can r_ even.3.Do you find that you can concentrate better in a quiet s_?4.Both approaches to the problem
2、 are s_ and one-sided, or, in a word, unscientific.5.In teaching, teachers can create situations to s_ feelings.6.The _(登记，注册) of the university shows an increase of 10 percent over last year.7.The bone _(结构) of our ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all f
3、ours and had relatively small head.8.Customs officials have made a series of _(矛盾的) statements about the equipment.9.Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out _(历险) through the books I checked out from the library. 10.I submit _ the house is unfit f
4、or you to live in.二、阅读理解 How do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness and patience? At a time when more and more parents worry about the violent images (暴力形象) their children see on TV, some are turning to fairy tales(童话). It i
5、s believed that fairy tales have a great influence on children because they describe the two sides of good and evil(邪恶) very clearly. When children hear the stories, they learn to care about others feelings. In each tale, they can see that there are many different kinds of people in the world and th
6、at we all have a choice about what kind of person we want to be. We can choose to do good actions, rather than bad ones, in our lives. What kind of values can children learn from fairy tales? In The Princess and the Pea(豌豆公主), a poorly dressed girl, who insists she is a princess, is given a difficul
7、t test by the Queen. When she passes the test, we learn that her dream comes true because she stays true to herself. In The Little Mermaid (小美人鱼), the mermaid, who lives under the sea, wishes to be with the humans on land. Through her experiences, we learn about the importance of living with and acc
8、epting other cultures. In Pinocchio(匹诺曹), a wooden puppet(木偶) turns into a boy when he finally learns how to tell the truth. Teaching values is the reason most often given for encouraging children to read stories. These fairy tales can teach children lessons about human relationships that are accept
9、ed around the world for many centuries. This might be the reason why they have been around for so long and will not disappear any time soon.1.Why do fairy tales have a great influence on children?A.Fairy tales can teach them how to make a choice.B.Fairy tales can help them get higher scores at schoo
10、l.C.They can learn how to avoid most difficulties in their lives.D.Good and evil are shown in a way they can easily understand.2.The Little Mermaid may be helpful when children _.A.are given a difficult testB.make friends with foreignersC.wish to be a princess or princeD.are going to lie to their pa
11、rents3.The author writes the text mainly to _.A.introduce some fairy talesB.talk about the history of fairy talesC.discuss how to improve human relationshipsD.show how fairy tales help children shape values Stories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read aro
12、und the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths. But what else? To revive(复兴) literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of literature in short form, has set up more than 30 story dispensers(自动售货机) in the USA in the
13、 past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and governmental offices. Francis Ford Coppola, film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libr
14、aries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in West Palm Beach, Florida. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including the Los Angeles International Airport. Everything old is new again, said Andrew Nurki
15、n, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity. Heres how a dispenser works: It has three buttons on the top indicati
16、ng choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes. When a button is pushed, a short story is printed. The stories are free. They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Editio
17、ns judges, and transmitted over a mobile network. Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like childrens fiction or romance. Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests. Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. The idea is to m
18、ake people happy, said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition. There is too much unhappiness today.1.What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?A.They are expensive.B.They are short in form.C.They can be read on smartphones.D.They are mainly taken from magazines.2.Where can you find the
19、popularity of story dispensers in America?A.In Paragraph 3.B.In Paragraph 4.C.In Paragraph 5.D.In Paragraph 6.3.Which is the main purpose of setting up the dispensers according to Andrew Nurkin?A.To get rid of peoples smartphone addiction.B.To reduce the financial stress of libraries.C.To make peopl
20、e have access to literature.D.To advertise the network literature.4.What is the best title for the text?A.Online Reading: a Virtual TourB.Short Edition, a French PublisherC.Everything Old Will Be Popular AgainD.Taste of Literature, at the Push of a Button答案以及解析一、填空1.答案：submit2.答案：recite3.答案：setting4
21、.答案：subjective5.答案：stimulate6.答案：registration7.答案：structure8.答案：contradictory9.答案：adventures10.答案：that 二、阅读理解答案：1-3.DBD解析：1.细节理解题。由第二段中的they describe the two sides of good and evil (邪恶) very clearly可知,童话故事对孩子们的影响大是因为它们将善恶很直白地呈现给孩子们,便于他们去辨别是非。2.推理判断题。由第三段中的Through her experiences, we learn about the
22、importance of living with and accepting other cultures.可知,当孩子们和外国人交朋友时,小美人鱼会告诉他们如何去接受外国文化。3.推理判断题。总览全文可知,作者主要介绍了童话故事对孩子们的积极影响。答案：1-4.BACD解析：1.细节理解题。根据第五段中的When a button is pushed, a short story is printed.可知时,按下按钮,就会打印出一篇短篇小说,因此小说在形式上是简短的。故选B项。2.细节理解题。为了能够在快新闻时代和智能手机成瘾的时代复兴文学, Short Edition过去几年在美国设立
23、了30多个小说自动售卖机。人们在餐厅、大学和政府办公室里只需按一下按钮即可以阅读小说。根据第三段内容可知,旧金山、其他一些城市的公共图书馆、宾夕法尼亚州立大学的校园里、佛罗里达州的西棕榈滩以及洛杉矶国际机场等地都已安装或将要安装小说自动售卖机。因此在第三段中可以看出小说自动售卖机在美国很受欢迎。故选A项。3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.可知,Andrew Nurkin希望人们能够比较容易地接触到文学,希望提高孩子们的读写能力并激发他们的创造力。因此,在Andrew Nurkin看来,设置小说自动售卖机的主要目的是使人们有机会接触文学。故选C项。4.推理判断题。第一段提出本文的话题是阅读小说。之后提到Short Edition在过去几年里在美国安装了30多个小说自动售卖机,人们在餐厅、大学和政府办公室里只需按一下按钮就可以阅读小说。因此D项Taste of Literature, at the Push of a Button符合文章大意,适合作本文标题。
