1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 Celebration 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 Where to enjoy a pictureperfect white Christmas? Qubec City, Canada When the narrow streets of Qubec City are covered in snow, it feels like youve wandered into a beautiful Victorian Christmas card which h
2、as come to life. Enjoy the friendliness of this charming Canadian city with joyous outdoor concerts, holiday markets and QubecAdabra an evening festival of music, lights, animation (动画 ) and architectural projections held citywide. London, England The capital is bursting with holiday cheer. Bright C
3、hristmas lights brighten up Oxford Street, Covent Garden and Carnaby Street. Skating people can go for a seasonal spin in Somerset House, Hyde Park, Canary Wharf and the Tower of London. Love holiday music? St. MartinintheFields hosts an inspiring lineup of Christmas concerts while Londons most famo
4、us Christmas tree entertains visitors in Trafalgar Square. Prague, Czech Republic Pragues beautiful architecture provides a dramatic setting for its Christmas activities. At the foot of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, the Old Town Christmas market sells Christmas gifts and treats to the thousands
5、 of shoppers who visit it each December. Carol (圣诞颂歌 ) singers perform seasonal favourites while a welldecorated Christmas tree adds to the joyous atmosphere. Rovaniemi, Finland For a storybook Christmas, Rovaniemi in Finland is hard to beat. Laplands capital becomes a winter wonderland. The area is
6、 lit by the impressive northern lights, and they can be witnessed around the city from midAugust to early April. This magical place is also the official home of Santa Claus himself and visitors of all ages can meet everything about Christmas at Santa Claus Village right at the Arctic Circle. 【 精品教育
7、资源文库 】 语篇解读：本文是应用文。文章介绍了四个风景如画，适合过圣诞节的地方。 21 Why does the author mention the Victorian Christmas card? A To indicate Qubec City is beautiful. B To show it always snows at Christmas. C To tell us Christmas is a lively holiday. D To suggest that we buy Christmas cards. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段中 “a beautiful
8、 Victorian Christmas card”可知，作者提到维多利亚圣诞卡是为了说明魁北克市在圣诞期间非常漂亮。 22 Where can you skate in London at Christmas? A In Oxford Street. B In Covent Garden. C In Canary Wharf. D In Trafalgar Square. 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “Skating people can go for a seasonal spin in Somerset House, Hyde Park, Canary Wharf and
9、the Tower of London” 可知，在伦敦的 Canary Wharf 可以溜冰。 23 What makes a Christmas in Prague more attractive? A The unique gifts offered to tourists. B The great architecture of Prague. C The Old Town Christmas market. D A welldecorated Christmas tree. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第四段中的 “Pragues beautiful architecture pro
10、vides a dramatic setting for its Christmas activities” 可知， Prague 的建筑使它的圣诞节更有吸引力。 24 What is special about Rovaniemi? A Its scenery attracts visitors of all ages. B It is a winter wonderland full of magic. C Its Christmas celebrations last long. D It is where Santa Claus comes from. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据最
11、后一段中的 “This magical place is also the official home of Santa Claus himself” 可知，圣诞老人来自芬兰的罗瓦涅米。 B (2018 辽宁沈阳育才中学模拟 )The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机 ). The idea is t
12、o get people fit and reduce 【 精品教育资源文库 】 their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meat tickets worth 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of
13、 electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel. The plan, a worldfirst, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokes
14、woman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I dont think people will take advantage of our programme.” Copenhagen has a longstanding cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work ea
15、ch day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen. dk. US environmental website treehugger. com recently voted Copenhagen the worlds best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a sy
16、mbol of the hotels green profile (形象 ) ” If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement. 语篇解读：本文提到的电动自行车免餐计划是为了增强人们的健康，推广酒店的环保理念。 25 What is the main purpose of the free meal programme? A To promote the hotels gre
17、en concept. B To make the city known to the world. C To attract people to the hotel restaurant. D To get guests to stay longer at the hotel. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句中 “The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.” 可知，这个想法是让人们身体健康，并减少碳排放量。即推广酒店的绿色理念。故选 A。 26 How can a participant get
18、 a free meal? A By becoming a professional cyclist. B By cycling to produce some electricity. C By linking a smart phone to a bicycle. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 D By monitoring his or her carbon footprint. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句 “The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is ab
19、le to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机 ) ” 可知，通过骑自行车为宾馆生产一些电的人们才能得到免费的一餐。故选 B。 27 Who are most likely to enter for the programme? A The poor local people. B The environment activists. C Healthconscious hotel guests. D Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.
20、解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 “Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.” 可知，只有住在酒店的客人才能参加。故选 C。 28 According to Paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the worlds _？ A best chain hotels B greenest natural environments C longest bike paths D highest rates of people cycling to work 解析：选 D 细节理解题。
21、根据第三段第一句 “Copenhagen has a longstanding cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world” 可知，骑自行车上班的 人的比例最高，故选 D。 C In many parts of the world, people still celebrate festivals at harvest time. In West Africa, people celebrate the New Yam Festiv
22、al, called Iriji. Yams, a kind of sweet potato, are an important food in countries such as Nigeria. In Nigeria the Ibo people have a yam harvest festival each August. The night before the festival, they dispose of the last years yams. A village elder or chief eats the first new yam. Then he offers t
23、he harvest to the gods and to the ancestors of the people. Finally, he divides the yams among the people. On the festival day, people take part in traditional dances all day and all night. The people of South India celebrate a festival called Pongal, which lasts four days. In this region, heavy rainstorms called monsoons come in October and November. These rains water the crops. Farmers harvest the crops in January. On the first day of Pongal, people give thanks for the rains to Indra, ruler of the clouds. On t
