1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 19 Language 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 There are over 60 zoos in England. We have collected hundreds of reviews， checked the zoo websites， researched several zoorelated resources and visited many of them by ourselves to give you this selection: 1
2、0 best zoos in England. Chester Zoo Among top 15 zoos in the world, it is one of the mostvisited and largest zoos in England. Whipsnade Zoo With more than 2,500 animals, it is one of the few UK zoos with elephants. Marwell Wildlife Full of African and Australian animals, there is surely a lot to see
3、 within very large grounds. Howletts Wild Animal Park It was set up as a private zoo at first and opened to the public later. The place looks very natural and you can get very close to the animals there. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park With Britains largest number of African elephants, it offers truly
4、African experiences. Colchester Zoo With 270 species, it is very childfriendly and offers lots of handson activities. Twycross Zoo It holds what is supposed to be the worlds largest collection of apes (猿 ). There are also rare leopard species. Bristol Zoo Gardens This is a 175yearold zoo with rare a
5、nimals like fruit bats (果蝠 ) Paignton Zoo As home to a collection of around 2,000 animals and 1,600 plant species, it is 【 精品教育资源文库 】 one of the first places in England combining zoological and botanical (植物的 ) gardens. London Zoo As one of the oldest zoos in the world, it is well worth a visit. 语篇
6、解读：本文是应用文。本文向我们介绍了英国最好的 10家动物园。 21 Marwell Wildlife would attract those who want to_. A know more about elephants B visit the oldest zoo in England C see some rare animal species D watch African and Australian animals 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据 Marwell Wildlife 中介绍的 “Full of African and Australian animals” 可知，
7、这家动物园有很多来自非洲和澳大利亚的动物，故答案选 D。 22 Among the 10 zoos, the best one for children is_. A.Howletts Wild Animal Park B Colchester Zoo C Twycross Zoo D London Zoo 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 Colchester Zoo 中介绍的 “it is very childfriendly and offers lots of handson activities” 可知，这家动物园最适合孩子，故答案选 B。 23 What is the feature
8、 of Paignton Zoo? A It has both animal and plant species. B It has the largest number of animals. C Tourists can get close to the animals there. D It holds the worlds largest collection of plant species. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据 Paignton Zoo 的简介可知这家动物园除了动物还有 1 600多种植物，并且是英国首家动植物园，故答案选 A。 24 The passage is me
9、ant to_. A compare 10 zoos B attract kids to zoos C introduce 10 popular zoos D show the history of 10 zoos 解析：选 C 主旨大意题。根据文章首段内容可知，本文主要介绍了英国 最好的 10 家动物园，故答案选 C。 B (2018 宁夏银川一中月考 )An epidemic (流行病 ) of the use of streetculture 【 精品教育资源文库 】 language broke out in some English exams, according to exam
10、iners. A report said there were “a surprising number of small mistakes” in standard English. It asked teachers that they should prevent pupils from using “street language and text style” ， adding, “Most answers require formal expression of language.” “Many concerns were expressed by examiners about
11、basic errors, often appearing in the work of clearly able students， ”the r eport continued. It added that the use of street and text language “appeared with surprisingly regularity in the work of students who clearly desired a higher grade” “Most answers require formal expression but even when an in
12、formal style is appropriate students should know the examination context and, in particular, should not use street language and text style， ” it said. There is rising concern about pupils writing skills, especially among boys. National test results for 11yearold boys writing standards had fallen thi
13、s year. Only 55 percent reached the level expected of an 11yearold by the time they left primary school, the results showed. Many educationalists are now arguing that teachers should also think of ways of improving writing standards. The report said spelling was “in general inconsistent ( 不一致 )” and
14、 “variety of vocabulary and of sentence structure is often limited”. It went on ， “Punctuation (标点符号 ) errors continue to be widespread.” However, it added， “Some examiners felt that this year they had met an improvement in the whole structure of students writing.” 语篇解读：本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要报道了街头语言出现在英语考试中
15、这一现象。 25 What does the passage mainly talk about? A The streetculture language is being examined in English exams. B Street language is appearing in the standard English exams. C The English say no to the streetculture language in daily life. D What the streetculture language is in England. 解析：选 B 主
16、旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是文章第一段可知，本文主要介绍了街头语言出现在英语考试中这一现象，故答案选 B。 26 The underlined word “appropriate” in Para graph 5 means “_” A comfortable B possible 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C acceptable D valuable 解析：选 C 词义猜测题。画线词前半句意为 “ 大多数答案需要用规范的表达 ” ，根据but 可知此处表示转折，本句应理解为 “ 非正式的形式也是可以接受的 ” ，故 appropriate在此处与 acceptable 意义相近，故选 C。
17、 27 What problems concerned examiners? A Small mistakes in spelling and punctuation. B Limited vocabulary of boy pupils. C Teachers teaching writing skills. D Poor sentence structure and errors in spelling and standard English. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知， mistakes in standard English是考试专家所担心的；根据倒数第二段内容
18、可知， poor sentence structure 和 errors in spelling 也是专家所担心的，故答案选 D。 C (2018 湖北省鄂西北联考 )A school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is th
19、e first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson. The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pu
20、pils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home double the number ten years ago the technology could soon become popular in many more schools. Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urd
21、u and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opport
22、unity to communicate with children. The school pays 700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than 2.5 million to produce. Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to 【 精品教育资源文库 】 communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in
23、Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging an d dangerous” “Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English， ” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.” 语篇解读：学校里 60%的学生的母语不是英语，教师怎么上课、怎么和学生交流呢？一种新
