1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 The world of colours and light 高考试卷分块专练 练 一 阅读理解提速练 限时 35分钟 第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) A Professional development courses in London Business writing Delivery method: Online, Video Price: 49 About the course: Many people get blocked when forced to put their thoughts into word
2、s at work. This course gives you the tools and techniques to improve your writing, whether its a twoline email or a twohundredpage report. Travel writing courses Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar Price: 115 (full day); 125 (evening classes) About the course: Do you want to be a travel writer? Then
3、 come along to a oneday travel writing workshop or a fourweek travel writing evening class. The courses help participants to write travel features and publish them in newspapers, magazines or on websites. Presessional programmes in EAP Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar Price: Starting from 1,250 A
4、bout the course: Our five presessional programmes in English for academic purposes are intended for international students who plan to study at Aston University. These programmes aim to equip you with the language and academic skills necessary for success in your future chosen subject area. Mastercl
5、ass Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar Price: Starting from 335 About the course: Whether you write fundraising letters, or for your website(s), this course will help you gain the ideas, knowledge and skills you need to write fundraising copy that produces more impressive and profitable results. 【
6、 精品教育资源文库 】 语篇解读：本文是应用文。 文章主要介绍了在伦敦进行的专业发展方面的课程的相关情况。 21 How is the business writing course different from the others? A It is delivered online. B It offers evening classes. C It focuses on report writing. D It is hosted by Aston University. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据四种课程的介绍中的 “Delivery method : Online, Video”
7、“Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar”“Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar”“Delivery method: Classroom, Seminar” 可知，商务写作课程与其他课程的不同之处在于它是在网络上教授的。故选 A。 22 What can presessional programmes in EAP help students do? A Choose a suitable college subject. B Prepare themselves for university. C Go to worldcla
8、ss universities. D Only improve their academic skills. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第三个课程介绍中的 “are intended for international students who plan to study at Aston University .equip you with the language and academic skills necessary for success in your future chosen subject area” 可知，该课程的目标对象是想上 Aston University 的国
9、际学生，该课程旨在帮助他们获得在未来选择的科目中取得成功所需要的英语和学业技能。故选 B。 23 Which course fits John if he hopes to write inspiring words for fundraising activities? A Presessional programmes in EAP. B Travel writing courses. C Business writing. D Masterclass. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的 “Whether you write fundraising letters, or f
10、or your website(s) . write fundraising copy that produces more impressive and profitable results” 可知，如果 John 想为募捐活 动写一些鼓舞人心的文字的话， Masterclass 是最适合他的。故选 D。 B (2018 重庆市九校联考 )It must have been a very clever human who looked at a sheep 【 精品教育资源文库 】 walking past and thought of the use its wool might hav
11、e! The oldest surviving textile (纺织品 ) made out of wool is around 3,500 years old. Wool was probably the first fiber to be woven into textiles. Because when humans stopped hunting and started raising animals, it was their first step from a wild life to a civilized one. Sheep became a convenience sto
12、re for the new lifestyle of our ancestor during the Stone Age, a walking food supply that required little care. Sheep provided all meat and milk for food, skin and bones for clothing, shelters and tools. Some sheep were suitable to roast while others were to produce wool, as sheep fit for eating do
13、not necessarily have highquality wool. Early wild species of sheep had long outer hair protecting their short wool undercoats. It was this underlayer that was highly suitable for textile use, so they were selectively bred into modern sheep. Great empires were built on the backs of sheep and their wo
14、ol. Around 1800 BC, the civilization of Babylonia was famous for its wool. After the Romans conquered Spain, they developed a new breed (品种 ) that would come to be known as Spanish Merino, with the whitest, finest wool ever known. Today, the Merino is the most highly regarded breed in the world. The
15、 Chinese held onto the secret of silk for thousands of years before Europeans even got an idea about how to put two threads together. With wool, they_seem_to_have_got_their_revenge. 语篇解读：这是一篇说明文，介绍了纺织品原料 羊毛的相关信息。 24 What do we know about raising sheep in the Stone Age? A People made great efforts to
16、 raise sheep. B People exchanged sheep for what they needed. C Sheep led to the boom of ancient society. D Sheep met many basic needs of ancient people. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段的 “Sheep became a convenience store for the new lifestyle . meat and milk for food, skin and bones for clothing, shelters and too
17、ls” 可知，羊的肉和奶可作为食物，皮可作为衣服和遮蔽物，而骨头可用于制作各种工具，即羊满足了古人的许多基本需求，故选 D。 25 What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A Economic value of sheep. B Features of sheep breeds. C Choice of suitable sheep breeds. D Development of the wool industry. 解析：选 C 段落大意题。根据第三段的内容可知，本段主要介绍了不是所有的羊都适合用于羊毛编织，故人们选择了合适的
18、品种饲养。故选 C。 26 What are Babylonia and the Romans mentioned to prove? A The wisdom of ancient people. B The aggression of ancient nations. C The link between their rise and wool. D The greatness of wellorganized ancient society. 解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的 “Great empires were built on the backs of sheep an
19、d their wool” 可知，一些实力强大的帝国是建立在羊背和羊毛上的，紧接着就列举了巴比伦王国和罗马人的例子，故可判断出，作者提到巴比伦王国和罗马人是为了说明他们的崛起和羊毛之间是有联系的。 27 What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean? A They lost their advantage of something. B They won and got rid of the shame of failure. C They did something harmful to their opponent. D
20、They were taking pains to catch up with others. 解析：选 B 句意理解题。根据最后一段的第一句 “The Chinese held onto the secret of silk for thousands of years before Europeans even got an idea about how to put two threads together” 可知，中国人在掌握了如何制作丝 绸的秘诀数千年之后，欧洲人才知道如何把两根蚕丝缠绕在一起变为一根。结合上文中提到西方国家在羊毛利用方面的领先情况可以推断出，画线部分意思应为他们似乎
21、扳回一局，即羊毛纺织让欧洲人得以 “ 一雪前耻 ” 。 revenge 意为 “ 报仇，复仇，雪耻 ” 。 C (2018 河北省鄂西北联考 )Up until now, it has been believed big cats like the leopard (豹 ) originated in parts of Africa. However, an ancient skull unearthed recently indicates that big cats originated in central Asia not Africa as widely thought, paleo
22、ntologists (古生物学家 ) reported on Wednesday. Dated at between 4.1 and 5.95 million years old, the fossil is the oldest remains ever found of a pantherine felid, as big cats are called. The previous felid record 【 精品教育资源文库 】 holder tooth fragments (碎片 ) found in Tanzania is estimated to be around 3.8
23、million years old. The evolution of big cats has been heatedly discussed, and the issue is complicated by a lack of fossil evidence to settle the debate. “This find suggests that big cats have a deeper evolutionary origin than previously suspected， ” said Jack Zeng, a paleontologist of the University of Southern California
