1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Poems . 阅读理解 A (2017 南昌市 NCS0607 项目第三次模拟 ) A Yorkshire village in England has created what could be the worlds smallest museum. The museum has been created by transforming a disused phone box. The attraction in Warley Town only has enough room for one visitor at a time. Despite
2、the limitations of space, it features etched (风化的 ) glass, old photographs and a selection of personal items from the local people that tell the history of the village. Visitors can explore the museum and learn about the history and culture of the village. The phone box was redesigned by members of
3、Warley Community Association (WCA). After researching the uses of other phone boxes, including book exchanges and cafes, the group decided to create the museum. The work and planning were carried out by Mrs. Bailey, her carpenter husband Doug Bailey, and Warley artists Paul and Chris Czainski. And t
4、he museum was unveiled (揭牌 )by mayor Howard Blagbrough. Kathryn Gallagher from WCA, said， “We just started talking about what we could do with the phone box and came up with the idea. Many people are excited to come and look at it.” The theme is currently local history, but the group plans to make c
5、hanges every three months. WCA has also submitted an application for the museum to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records. Eliana Bailey, WCA chairwoman, said： “Weve had a positive response. People thought it was amazing. When they saw the inside of the museum they could not believe it. I
6、ts so great to show the history and culture of the village.” 【文章大意】 这是一篇说明文。文中介绍了英国约克郡 (Yorkshire) Warley Town由废弃的电话亭改造而成的小博物馆。 【难句分析】 Despite the limitations of space， it features etched(风化的 ) glass，old photographs and a selection of personal items from the local people that tell the history of the
7、 village. 分析：这是一个主从复合句。句中 that 引导定语从句，其先行词为 personal items。 译文：尽管空间有限，小博物馆还是独特地展现了风化的玻璃、老照片以及一些反映村庄历史的当地人的私人物件。 背景知识：约克郡 (Yorkshire)是英格兰东北部的一个郡，是英国的 “ 纺织之乡 ” 以及重要的文化、农业之乡。它曾被分为三个地区：北区、东区和西区。 1974 年它被划分为北约克郡、南约克郡、西约克郡、亨伯赛德郡和克利夫兰郡。约克郡是见证英格兰历史的重要地区。 1. Whats the museum created from? A A cafe. B A books
8、tore. C A library. D A telephone booth. 答案与解析： D 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的 “The museum has been created by transforming a disused phone box” 可知，小博物馆是由废弃的电话亭改造而成的。所以D 项正确。 2. Whats the theme of the museum at present? A Local history. B Book exchanges. C Local people. D World records. 答案与解析： A 考查细节理解。根据第三段中的 “Th
9、e theme is currently local history, but the group plans to make changes every three months” 可知，目前小博【 精品教育资源文库 】 物馆的主题是当地历史。所以 A 项正确。 3. What can we learn about the museum? A It was redesigned by Doug Bailey. B Only one person can visit it at a time. C It displays some paintings of famous people. D
10、It has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records. 答案与解析： B 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的 “The attraction in Warley Town only has enough room for one visitor at a time” 可知，小博物馆的空间很小，一次只能容纳一个人参观。所以 B 项正确。 4. What may be the best title of the passage? A WCAs New Design B Lets Reuse the Disused Item C The Wo
11、rlds Smallest Museum D The New Museum of a Yorkshire Village 答案与解析： C 考查主旨大意。文章主要介绍了 Warley Town 由废弃的 电话亭改造而成的小博物馆，亮点在于其创意和狭小的空间，所以 C 项最适合作文章标题。故 C 项正确。 B (2018 济南市高三针对性训练 ) The modern pizza was originally invented in Naples, Italy, but the word pizza is Greek in origin, derived from the Greek word
12、pktos meaning solid or clotted. The ancient Greeks covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese. The first major innovation that led to flatbread pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. It was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add tomatoes to their yeastbased flatbread, and so th
13、e pizza began. While it is difficult to say for sure who invented the pizza, it is however believed that modern pizza was first made by baker Raffaele Esposito of Naples. In fact, a popular urban legend holds that the archetypal (原型的 ) pizza, Pizza Margherita, was invented in 1890, when the Royal Pa
14、lace of Capodimonte asked the Neapolitan pizzaiolo Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. Of the three different pizzas he created, the Queen strongly preferred a pie wrapped in the colors of the Italian flag: red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella
15、). Supposedly, this kind of pizza was then named after the Queen as Pizza Margherita. Later, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world： The first pizzeria, Antica Pizze ria PortAlba, was opened in 1830 in Naples. In North America ， the first pizzeria was opened in 1905 by Gennaro Lombar
16、di at 53 Spring Street in New York City. The first Pizza Hut, the chain of pizza restaurants appeared in the United States in 1958. No wadays, many varieties of pizza exist worldwide, along with several dish variants based upon pizza. 【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了比萨的历史渊源。 【难句分析】 While it is difficult to say for su
17、re who invented the pizza， it is however believed that modern pizza was first made by baker Raffaele Esposito of Naples. 分析：本句是一个复合句。 While 引导让步状语从句； who 引导宾语从句，连接代词在从句中作主语； it 作形式主语， that 引导主语从句。 译文：尽管很难肯定地说是谁发明了比萨，然而人们普遍认为现代比萨最初是由那不勒斯的烘焙师 Raffaele Esposito 所发明的。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 5. Whats mainly talke
18、d about in the text? A Ways of making pizza. B The history of pizza. C Varieties of pizza. D Stories about pizza. 答案与解析： B 考查主旨大意。根据第一段的 “The modern pizza was originally invented in Naples， Italy， but the word pizza is Greek in origin” 以及文章的整体内容可知，本文主要介绍了比萨的历史起源。 A 项错在比萨的制作方法，文章提到了其制作方法，这并不是文章的重点所在；
19、 C 项错在比萨的种类，文章中虽然提到有各种各样的比萨，但这不 是本文的核心； D 项错在关于比萨的故事，这也是解释比萨的渊源，故排除。 6. What can replace the underlined word“derived” in Paragraph 1? A Separated. B Adapted. C Originated. D Transformed. 答案与解析： C 考查词义猜测。根据第一段的 “The modern pizza was originally invented in Naples, Italy” 可知，此处说的是比萨起源于希腊单词 “p ktos” ，故画
20、线词意为 “ 发源，开始 ” ，故选 C。 7. How was pizza first started? A Ancient Greeks covered, their bread with oils, herbs and cheese. B People in Naples added tomatoes to their bread as a topping. C Raffaele Esposito wrapped a pie in the colors of the Italian flag. D Queen Margherita awarded her name to pizza in
21、 the Royal Palace. 答案与解析： B 考查细节理解。根据第一段最后两句 “The first major innovation that led to flatbread pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. It was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add tomatoes to their yeastbased flatbread, and so the pizza began” 可知，那不勒斯人先在面包上用西红柿作为配料，由此开创了比萨这种食品，故选 B。
22、 8. What can be learned from the text? A Pizza remains popular around the world. B The first Pizza Hut was opened in Naples. C The taste of pizza stays the same over time. D Gennaro Lombardi was the first to make pizza. 答案与解析： A 考查细节理解。根据文中的 “Later, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world” 和 “Nowadays, many varieties of pizza exist worldwide, along with several dish variants based upon pizza” 可知，比萨现在在全世界依然很受 欢迎，故选 A。 . 七选五 (2018 江西赣中五校高
