1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 Cultural relics 李仕才 一、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
2、of print. 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.
3、 Since 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
4、one I will 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 s
5、croll( 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.
6、Now more 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 【 精品教育资源文库 】 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
7、 journalism of communicating 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 o
8、nline writing A 解析：细节理解题。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 ，
9、 现在人们 不想看报纸 ， 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
10、刷业的将来会萧条吗？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. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B To analyze the cause of prin
11、t decline. C To explain 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。 二、 单句语法填空 1 To solve this problem, our company put out the household robot specially (design) to take care of old people. 答案： des
12、igned 2 There is no doubt spending too much time surfing the Internet or watching TV contributes to nearsightedness. 答案： that 3 Why not meet Diana today? I am sorry to tell you that she has been removed our company. 答案： from 4 He is considering selling the old house (belong) to his grandparents and
13、using the money to start a business of his own. 答案： belonging 5 Whether pollution is directly linked to the disease is debate. 答案： under 6 The film Wolf Warriors (战狼 2) is so excellent that it is worth (see) a second time. 答案： seeing 7 Perhaps the most difficult challenge is how (survive) without fr
14、iends in life. 答案： to survive 8 It is reported that the police (search) the building for the criminal. Anyone cant get close to it without permission. 答案： are searching 9 I am always thinking that studying well is the only thing that I could do return. 答案： in 10 As there was so much noise, we couldn
15、 t (hear) what they were talking about. 答案： have heard 三完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 (2017 2018 第一学期赣州市十四县市联考 ) 【 精品教育资源文库 】 I am a social worker.I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago. I met him many years ago while doing my
16、internship(实习期 )in the country prison.He was _1_ a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems.He was always _2_ new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their _3_. One of his favorite _4_ was the Toy Drive.He would run every Christmas for the children of the pri
17、soners.He did this for twenty years _5_ his sudden death.As last Christmas _6_， I decided that this tradition had to be _7_， for the children as well as the _8_ of my friend. But the file where he kept the names of the people who had been helped by him over the years was _9_.I had to start anew(重新 )
18、 and with very little _10_！I started making phone calls， explaining about the project and my _11_.I prayed every night that the event would， _12_， be worthy of my friend.To my great _13_，individuals， churches and businesses began to come on board and， _14_， I had enough toys to give to all the child
19、ren of the prisoners with some left over for the local community _15_！ When Christmas Eve finally arrived， I felt very happy， thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting on what a(n) _16_ it had been for me.I was bagging up the remaining toys _17_ if there was anyone left who might like them.T
20、hen my phone rang. It was my daughter.She _18_ to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children， one seriously ill， no husband， no heating in the home， no toys！Oh！ How could we not? My daughter and I drove all night， from New York to Kentucky, and those children woke up in a nice
21、warm house with plenty of _19_！ My friends _20_ of kindness lived on that year， reaching all the way to Kentucky! 1 A.recording B attending C directing D improving 2 A.putting up with B coming up with C keeping up with D catching up with 3 A.group B family 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C company D club 4 A.events B
22、 sports C hobbies D games 5 A.after B since C because D until 6 A.arrived B followed C approached D finished 7 A.carried out B lived on C carried on D lived out 8 A.benefit B memory C pleasure D favor 9 A.active B extra C hiding D missing 10 A.time B pressure C energy D confidence 11 A.difficulties B impression C importance D atmosphere 12 A.otherwise B however C somehow D though 13 A.curiosity B disapp
