1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 7 The Sea 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 In summer, people around the world seek rest and relaxation on a beach. To meet the need, Trip Advisor publishes a list of the worlds best beaches. Baia do Sancho, Brazil Its water is calm and clear. Its sand
2、is fine and soft. But getting to Baia do Sancho is not so easy. It is on Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic island more than 300 kilometers off Brazils coast. Travelers must take a plane or boat from major cities in northern Brazil to get there. Getting there involves walking along steep, rocky cliffs
3、and then climbing down a ladder. Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos While Baia do Sancho is difficult to get to, Trip Advisors secondranked beach could not be much easier for tourists to reach. Travelers to the islands often choose to stay at oceanfront hotels right next to Grace Bay. This beach has imposs
4、ibly clean and clear waters and pure white sand. Its calm waters make it extremely safe for swimming. Eagle Beach, Aruba To get to the thirdbest beach, head south to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Eagle Beach has clear, calm waters and soft white sand. It offers visitors a chance to try differ
5、ent water sports. Eagle Beach may be best known, however, for its dramatic sunsets. On clear nights, the sky turns red, orange, and purple. Playa Paraiso, Cuba Trip Advisors fourthbest beach is also in the Caribbean. Playa Paraiso is on Cayo Largo, an island off Cubas southern coast. Paraiso has a f
6、un, laidback restaurant for those who wish to eat and drink. There is little else on the beach. People come here for the sugarlike sand and calm waters filled with colorful wildlife. Siesta Key, United States Floridas Siesta Key is a lowlying island. The scientist known as Dr. Beach 【 精品教育资源文库 】 re
7、cently named Siesta Key the best beach in America. It offers calm and clean waters. Visitors of all ages go to Siesta Key when the tide is low to find beautiful, large and, sometimes, rare seashells. 语篇解读：本文是应用文。文章介绍了 Trip Advisor选 出的几个世界上最好的海滩。 21 What do Baia do Sancho and Grace Bay have in common
8、? A They have oceanfront hotels.B.They are volcanic islands. C They are hard to reach. D They are in Brazil. 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据 Baia do Sancho, Brazil 部分中的 “Getting there involves walking along steep, rocky cliffs and then climbing down a ladder” 及Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos 部分的 “While Baia do Sancho i
9、s difficult to get to, Trip Advisors secondranked beach could not be much easier for tourists to reach”可知选 C 项。 22 Which is most suitable for sunset watchers? A Playa Paraiso. B Eagle Beach. C Grace Bay. D Siesta Key. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据 “ Eagle Beach, Aruba 部分中的 “Eagle Beach may be best known, however,
10、 for its dramatic sunsets” 可知选 B 项。 23 What can we learn from the text? A Dr. Beach named Baia do Sancho the best beach in the world. B Visitors can enjoy different sports on Paraisos beach. C Visitors can find rare seashells at Siesta Key. D Cayo Largo is an island of Aruba. 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据 Siesta
11、Key, United States 部分中的最后一句可知选C 项。 B (2018 湖北省部分中学模拟 )When I was in third grade, my parents let me join an advanced preparatory math class, Sigma, despite the fact that I had never displayed a liking for math at school. I stepped into class on the first day thinking that I would spend a year at Sigm
12、a before leaving. On the first day of class, we took an hour long test. I merely did the best I could and tried to figure out how to do the problems I hadnt learned how to do in school. However, what I hadnt 【 精品教育资源文库 】 expected was to come first! Before that day, I had never believed I was good a
13、t math at all. But as the year went on, I consistently got the highest score. When I was in eighth grade, I joined my schools math team where I was one of the top four students chosen to represent my school at a statewide middle school math competition. By that time, I had created a reputation for m
14、yself at school as a math girl. But what drew me to the math team was that it was the first community I felt like I was a real part of. It was a home where I belonged, where everyone was as excited about problemsolving as I was. I stopped going to Sigma when I was in ninth grade, but I still stayed
15、in the math team. The math team isnt like Sigma a place to make you believe in yourself, to take endless tests and compete to see where you are placed relative to your classmates. The math team is the community where I have pushed myself to my limits and have seen other people push themselves. And m
16、ost importantly, the math team is the place where I have met some of the kindest people I know today. Thank you, math team, for giving me friends and people I will care about even after I go off to college in less than a year and a half. Thank you for making me feel loved. 语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者在三年级参加了一个课外数
17、学补习班，与数学意外结缘，后来她又参加了学校的数学社团，这个社团不仅让她有归属感还让她结识了一群志同道合的朋友。 24 How did the author feel about math when she entered Sigma? A It was useful. B It was difficult. C It was important. D It was uninteresting. 解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第一段中的 “I had never displayed a liking for math at school. I stepped into class on the
18、 first day thinking that I would spend a year at Sigma before leaving” 可以看出，作者刚去 Sigma 的时候并不喜欢数学，打算在这里待一年就离开，由此可推断，作者当时对数学不感兴趣。 25 What do we know about the first test at Sigma? A It was easy for the author. B It raised the authors confidence. C The result met the authors expectations. D The author
19、spent more than an hour on it. 解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的 “what I hadnt expected was to come first! Before that day, I had never believed I was good at math at all” 可知，作者没想【 精品教育资源文库 】 到自己考了第一名，在此之前，作者从来不认为自己擅长数学。也就是说，这次考试提升了作者的自信。另外，最后一段中的 “Sigma a place to make you believe in yourself”也提示了本题答案。 26 What
20、 makes the math team different from Sigma? A The community atmosphere. B The academic reputation. C The unlimited challenge. D The teaching approach. 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的 “it was the first community . where everyone was as excited about problemsolving as I was” 和最后一段中的 “The math team isnt like Sig
21、ma . the math team is the place where I have met some of the kindest people I know today” 可知，在 Sigma 里大家互相竞争，而在学校的数学社团中，作者不仅有归属感还结识了一群志同道合的朋友。由此不难看出，这两个地方的氛围不同。 27 Whats the best title for the text? A No more tests B Not just a math girl C How I discovered my talent D What the math team means to me
22、解析：选 D 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，作者通过描述课外数学补习班与学校数学社团的不同表明数学社团对自己的重要性，故 D 项 (数学社团对我意味着什么 )符合本文主旨。 C (2018 北京西城模拟 )Turning the lights out or wearing a blindfold while eating could be a quick way to lose weight, according to scientists. The simple trick works because it stops diners eating for pleasure rather than
23、 for calories. It also triggers (引发 ) a part of the brain that is worried that unseen food may go bad. An experiment by the University of Konstanz, in Germany, found that people who were blindfolded consumed nine percent fewer calories before they felt full, compared to those who could see.They also vastly overestimated how much they had eaten because they could not see how much was left on the plate. Blindfolded volunteers estimated they had eaten 88 percent more
