1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 题组层级快练 7 Unit 2 The Olympic Games . 阅读理解 (2017 广州市一模 )Dujiangyan is the oldest man made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2， 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is
2、 still used today to irrigate over 6， 000 square kilometres of farmland, take away flood water and provide water for 50 cities in the province. In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by over flow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of
3、 the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem and discovered that the river most often overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed. The simplest fix was to build a dam,
4、 but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the flood water while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it
5、suitable for farming. Cutting the channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was a remarkable accomplishment as it was done long before the invention gunpowder and explosives. Li Bing found another solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they cracked and
6、 could be removed. After eight years of work, the 20 metre wide canals had been carved through the mountain. Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live peacefully and affluently. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of o
7、ne feature. Unlike modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist in harmony. 1. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph? A. Reducing floodi
8、ng and watering farmland. B. Protecting the mountain and reducing flooding. C. Watering farmland and improving water quality. D. Drying the river and supplying cities with water. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2. What was the main cause of the Minjiang Rivers flooding? A. Heavy rains. B. Melting snow. C. Low river b
9、anks. D. Steep mountains. 3. How was Li Bing able to break through the rocks of Mount Yulei? A. By using gunpowder. B. By flooding the rocks with water. C. By applying a heating and cooling technique. D. By breaking the rocks with hammers and spades. 4. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientist
10、s today? A. It preserves much of the natural river life. B. It took very little time to complete the project. C. The building techniques used were very modern. D. It has raised the living standards of the local people. 答案与解析 【文章大意】 本文介绍了中国古代水利工程都江堰的历史以及作用、优点。 1. 答案 A 解析 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知都江堰的作用是灌溉土壤
11、和泄洪 ， 所以答案选 A 项。 2. 答案 B 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句话得知岷江的洪水问题主要是冬天山上的积雪融化导致的 ， 所以选 B 项。 3. 答案 C 解析 推理判断题。 根据第四段的倒数第二句话得知李冰是用加热和制冷的方式移开石头 ，所以选 C 项。 4. 答案 A 解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句话得知都江堰至今都受科学家所推崇是因为都江 堰能让水自然地流入到岷江中 ，并且使生态系统和水生物和平共处，所以选 A 项。 . 完形填空 (2017 安徽太湖一轮 )One October morning, the sky was clear and the su
12、n was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go _1_ with some friends in Hawaii. As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13 year old American girl was planning to become a _2_ surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark _3_ her
13、left arm and shook 【 精品教育资源文库 】 her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away but it took her _4_ away with it. _5_， it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didnt even _6_ As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends
14、 thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the _7_ and rushed to help. Having lost almost half the blood, Bethanys _8_ was a miracle(奇迹 ), according to doctors. But she wanted to do _9_ just survive. “ It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again，” she recalled(回想
15、 ) later. “I wonder whether I would actually be _ 10_ to do it or not. But _11_ I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.” With the support of her family, Bethany _12_ to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(
16、划水 ) through and into waves. When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was _13_ in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit(退出 ). She tried using an artificial(人造的 ) arm, but it turned out to be _14_ while surfing. Afte
17、r _15_ in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything, Bethany _16_ her decision to give up the sport she loved and _17_ to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all
18、her struggles and efforts _18_ when she won in a world championship years later. She also received several _19_， including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006. Her _20_， true story gained wider atten
19、tion with the release(发行 ) of the film “Soul Surfer” 1. A. swimming B. surfing C. sailing D. boating 2. A. professional B. free C. dream D. special 3. A. touched B. struck C. bit D. took 4. A. hand B. surfboard 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C. friend D. arm 5. A. Strangely B. Especially C. Surprisingly D. Fortunate
20、ly 6. A. scream B. think C. fight D. escape 7. A. shark B. attack C. blood D. scene 8. A. injury B. courage C. accident D. survival 9. A. rather than B. more than C. better than D. other than 10. A. suitable B. lucky C. strong D. able 11. A. while B. after C. before D. until 12. A. hoped B. managed
21、C. agreed D. offered 13. A. caught B. noticed C. lost D. driven 14. A. helpful B. useless C. wonderful D. meaningless 15. A. training B. settling C. traveling D. volunteering 16. A. reconsidered B. remembered C. recognized D. recalled 17. A. refused B. started C. decided D. continued 18. A. paid off
22、 B. paid for C. paid in D. paid out 19. A. gifts B. honors C. rewards D. praises 20. A. exciting B. dangerous C. inspiring D. adventurous 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案与解析 【文章大意】 本文讲述了一心想成为职业冲浪运动员的 Bethany Hamilton 在被鲨鱼咬掉一只胳膊以后 ， 继续为自己的梦想而努力 ， 最后取得了成功的故事。文章告诉我们 ， 只要努力 ， 什么样的困难都可以克服。 1. 答案 B 解析 根据第二段第一句中的 “the bes
23、t teenage surfers in the world” 可知 ， Bethany决定和朋友们一起去夏威夷冲浪 (surfing)。 2. 答案 A 解析 文中说 Bethany 是世界上最好的青少年冲浪选手之一 ， 因此这里表示她打算成为一名专业的 (professional) 冲浪运动员。 3. 答案 C 解析 Bethany 躺在冲浪板上的时候 ， 一头大鲨鱼咬 (bit) 住了她的左臂。 4. 答案 D 解析 根据下文中的 “Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm” 可知 ，鲨鱼把 Bethany 的左臂 (arm) 咬掉了。 5. 答案 D 解析 这只鲨鱼只攻击了 Bethany 一次 ， 她已经很幸运 (Fortunately) 了。 6. 答案 A 解析 这一切发生得太快了 ， Bethany 连叫喊 (scream) 的时间都没有。 7. 答案 C 解析 上文说 Bethany 的朋 友
