1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Making the news 阅读理解 (2018 山西高考前适应性测试 ) When people find out that I am a journalist, they often ask me: What do you think about the future of newspapers? I tell them that I think the future of communications is moving online. People expect me to be fearful for the future of prin
2、t. After all, in some people s minds I wouldn t be able to build a career in journalism if it all moves online. However, strangely enough, I m actually comforted by the fact that online journalism is becoming usual. I am a blogger who has always been able to find a home for my writing online. Since
3、I began writing blogs, I have become aware of how many people you can reach with online writing. Compare this to the newspapers circulation base, and you will have a strong reason for online journalism. In her successful blog post titled The job I have spent the last year learning is not the one I w
4、ill have, author Jenny Surane states, “ Print is an expensive product to love. And general managers, publishers and editors must now figure out a profitable way to get their news into readers heads.” She goes on to state that people dont feel like picking up a newspaper now and would rather scroll(
5、滚屏 ) through their Twitter feed, and get news from many different sources. If print is dying, then a new form of communicating information is being born. The need for information has not died. If anything, it has increased. What has died, rather, is the way in which information is presented. Now mor
6、e than ever, in this age of information, there is a desire for stories on the same topic from different points of view. The printing industry can keep pace with the need of providing a variety of sources, if it chooses to. Is the future of print grim? Maybe. But is the future of journalism of commun
7、icating information to people grim as well? Definitely not. 【解题导语】 作者是一名记者。文章从多个角度探讨新闻业的未来走向。 1 According to Paragraph 2, the author feels A confident about the future of his career B worried about the future of print C tired of being a newspaper journalist D embarrassed about online writing A 解析：细节
8、理解题。根据文章第二段最后两句可知 ， 作者对他的职业前景感到有信【 精品教育资源文库 】 心。故选 A 项。 2 What information is conveyed in Jenny s blog post? A Twitter is not very popular. B It is hard to manage online journalism. C Print still has its own advantages. D People have more options to get information. D 解析：推理判断题根据文章第四段最后一句可知 ， 现在人们 不
9、想看报纸 ， 而更愿意通过手机或电脑来看“推特”上的回复 ， 还可以从许多不同的来源获得新闻。由此可推测 ，如今人们可以有更多的选择来获取信息。故选 D 项。 3 What does the underlined word “ grim” in the last paragraph probably mean? A Promising. B Depressing. C Unforgiving. D Encouraging. B 解析：词义猜测题。结合上文中提及的内容可知 ， 作者认为印刷业有可能消失 ， 但是对新闻业的未来还是很有信心的 ， 再结合最后一段可知 ， 此处指 “ 印刷业的将来会萧
10、条吗？可能。但是传播信息给人们的新闻业的未来也会萧条吗？肯定不会。 ” 由此可猜测 ， grim意思是 “ 令人担忧的 ” 。故选 B 项。 promising 意为 “ 有希望的；有前途的 ” ； unforgiving意为 “ 不原谅人的；不宽容的 ” ； encouraging 意为 “ 鼓舞人心的 ” 。 4 What is the author s purpose in writing the text? A To explore the future of journalism. B To analyze the cause of print decline. C To expla
11、in the bright future of a journalist. D To introduce a successful blog post about print. A 解析：写作意图题。通读全文可知 ， 本文从不同角度探讨 了新闻业的未来走向 ， 这也是本文的写作目的。故选 A 项。 七选五 (2018 成都市高中毕业班诊断性检测 )Do you know that intelligence can be developed？ Do you realize it doesnt matter how smart you are but how hard you can work t
12、o grow？ 1. In her book, Mindset： The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck shares years of research conducted to prove its not just talent that determines success but whether we approach a situation with the right mindset. Having a growth mindset has many, many benefits. 2 Having a growth mindset e
13、ncourages you to not look at a deficit(不足额 ) as a deficit in ability but one of learning and that is one which can easily be achieved. This naturally has an impact on your sense of selfworth. Enjoy the process of learning. With a growth mindset, you look forward to acquiring new skills and absorbing
14、 new knowledge. You realize that everything that you learn can help you improve and become a better person.3. Increase your confidence. According to Dweck and her fellow researchers “ .in the growth framework, having clear deficits doesn t mean you arent or wont be good at something. Its simply an o
15、ccasion for learning. 4. You just need to believe in improvement over time.” Don t get confused by setbacks(挫折 ). When you have a growth mindset, you dont view a setback as something that sets you back.5. Dweck shares，“ Despite 【 精品教育资源文库 】 setbacks or even because of them they find ways to keep th
16、emselves committed and interested.” A Seek challenges. B Improve your sense of selfworth. C So you should never ignore the importance of learning. D It can affect all areas of your life, from business to love. E You view it as an opportunity to get better, and stronger. F Moreover, you don t need a
17、full load of confidence to set about learning. G If so, you re one of the fortunate few who are blessed with a growth mindset. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇议论文 ， 论述了主题：成功不仅仅是靠天赋 ， 而是靠后天的努力和成长的心态。 1 G 解析：根据空处后一句可知 ， Carol Dweck 在她的书中分享了多年的研究来证明：决定成功的不仅仅是天赋 ， 而是我们是否用正确的心态来处理事情；该句中的 “the right mindset” 和 G 项中的 “a growt
18、h mindset” 相匹配 ， 故 G 项正确。 2 B 解析：空处为第二段的主题句 ， 根据该段尾句可知 ， 该段主要介绍提高自我价值感 的建议 ， 故 B 项正确。 3 C 解析：根据空处前一句可知 ， 你意识到你所学到的所有东西都能帮助你进步 ， 让你成为一个更好的人 ， 该句说明了学习的重要性 ， 故 C 项与此处匹配。 4 F 解析：根据该段主题句 “Increase your confidence.” 可知 ， 该段主要介绍提高自信心的建议 ， F 项中的 “confidence” 与此处匹配 ， 故 F 项正确。 5 E 解析：根据语境可知 ， 当你有成长的心态 ， 就不会把挫
19、折看成阻碍 ， 而是看作让你变得更好、更强的机会 ， 故 E 项正确。 语法填空 (2018 河北衡水中学大联考 )How do native speakers truly feel when speaking with nonnative English speakers? It seems that 1. (break) English annoys them.However, they keep being really nice when speaking with nonnative speakers.I wonder how they really feel when doing
20、so. I think it would depend 2. the native English speakers.Some people are just 3. (easy) annoyed. Personally, I study Spanish.When I hear someone 4. (attempt) English, I am patient with them because I know 5. difficult it is to talk in a nonnative tongue.I also know English is very difficult 6. (le
21、arn), and that increases my respect for their efforts.Im a patient person by nature. The situation matters too.If I were waiting 7. (table) on a super crowded day and really 8. (need) to do about a dozen different things, I might become upset at having to wait for someone to struggle while ordering
22、his meal. There also exists the 9. (possible) that what is considered as annoyance is not true annoyance.I might frown(皱眉 ) while listening to a nonnative speaker, 10. that would be because I am concentrating and listening hard to understand him.It wouldnt mean Im at all annoyed. 【解题导语】 当一个母语是英语的人听到一个人说着蹩脚的英语时是什么感受？厌烦还是耐心倾听？本文就此问题进行了讨论。 1 broken 解析：考查词性转换。句意：似乎蹩脚的英语让他 们感到厌烦。修饰名词【 精品教育资源文库 】 用形容词 ， 故填动词 break
