1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 The United Kingdom . 阅读理解 A 2018 山东泰安模拟 Death rates for heart disease in Britain have dropped by more than 40 percent in a decade, UK scientists will report today. Wide uptake of cholesterol busting statin drugs (降胆固醇药 ), healthier lifestyles and better medical practices have se
2、en a huge reduction in deaths caused by heart attacks, stroke and other cardiovascular (心血管的 ) problems. However, heart disease remains Britains biggest killer. The new study, by experts at Oxford University, shows there has been a 44.4 percent drop in death rates among men in the UK and a 43.6 perc
3、ent drop among women linked to heart problems in the ten years to 2011. The team compared death rate associated with cardiovascular disease across Europe. They found that Britain has one of the best records in Europe, with 342 deaths as a result of heart disease per 100,000 men in 2011, and 232 per
4、100,000 women. Some nations including Ukraine, Macedonia and Moldova see more than 1,000 heart deaths per 100,000 of the population. Overall, heart disease causes 45 percent of all deaths across Europe, but only 27 percent in the UK. The study, led by Dr Nick Townsend, showed that cardiovascular dis
5、ease is mainly a disease of old age. But researchers said that across Europe it still causes more than 1.4 million deaths in those aged under 75 and nearly 700,000 deaths in under 65s. Dr Townsend said, “Cardiovascular disease results in 49 percent of deaths among women and 41 percent among men.” 篇章
6、导读：本文是一篇说明文。英国的心脏病死亡率在近十年来下降了百分之四十多 ，但心脏病仍然是英国国民健康的最大杀手。 1 From the text we can know _. A heart disease no longer threatens the British B the heart death rate among British men is lower than among women C the old mainly dies of stroke in Europe D the heart death rate in Ukraine is higher than that i
7、n Britain 答案： D 推理判断题。由第五段第二句可知，英国男人在 2011 年因心脏疾病致死的死亡率是十万分之 342，女人的死亡率是十万分之 232。由第六段可知，乌克兰的死亡率是十万分之一千多。故选 D 项。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2 What does the word “it” in the last paragraph refer to? A Stroke. B Cardiovascular disease. C Lung disease. D Heart attacks. 答案： B 指代判断 题。由倒数第二段第二句可知，研究表明，心血管病是种老年病。再根据最后一段
8、首句可知， it 指的就是心血管疾病。故选 B 项。 3 How does the author support his idea? A By analyzing data. B By following processes. C By describing his own experiences. D By discussing research experiments. 答案： A 推理判断题。根据第四段可知，该研究结果及作者的观点都是通过分 析数据得出的。故选 A 项。 B 2018 湖北华中师大一附中月考 British Women Writers in Different Perio
9、ds of Time The English Renaissance The English Renaissance began in the later part of the fifteenth century and lasted until the early seventeenth century. Among the most famous women writers of this period is Aphra Behn, who is seen as one of the first professional women writers in English. She wro
10、te a number of plays that dealt with topics such as racism and slavery. A good example is Oroonoko published in 1688. Aphra Behns works include also the plays The Amorous Prince, The Town Fop, The Dutch Lover and her only tragedy, Abdelazer. The Neoclassical period Among the wellknown women in Briti
11、sh literature during the Neoclassical period, from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century, is Anne Finch. She wrote poetry and tried to express all that she saw and experienced. Two other women are recognized for their contributions to neoclassical British literature: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wo
12、rtley Montagu. Mary Astell was a philosopher and a feminist writer. She is best known now for her theories on the education of women. The Romantic period Jane Austen is one of the most famous women writers during the Romantic period (17981832). Her works include several novels, most of which focus o
13、n marriage as a way for young women to secure social standing and economic security. Her most famous novels are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. Another famous woman writer from the English Romanticism is Mary Shelley. She is the author of Frankenstein, History of a Six Weeks Tou
14、r and The Last Man. The Victorian period 【 精品教育资源文库 】 The Victorian period, between the 1830s and 1901, was the time when the Bronte sisters, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell lived and wrote. Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte produced many British literary classics. Charlottes novels
15、 include Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette and The Professor. Mary Anne Evans adopted the male pen name George Eliot as she wanted to set herself apart from the feminine genre of cookbooks and domestic moral tales. Her most famous novel is The Mill on the Floss published in 1860. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英国不同历
16、史时期有代表性的几位女作家。 4 According to the passage, Aphra Behn was famous for _. A novels B poetry C plays D cookbooks 答案： C 细节理解题。根据 “ The English Renaissance” 部分第三句可知，她以戏剧闻名。故选 C 项。 5 In which period can readers find works about racial discrimination written by women? A In the English Renaissance. B In the
17、 Neoclassical period. C In the Romantic period. D In the Victorian period. 答案： A 细节理解题。根据 “ The English Renaissance” 部分第三句可知，在文艺复兴时期，女作家 Aphra Behn 写了一些有关种族歧视的戏剧。由此可知，读者可以在英国文艺复兴时期读到女作家写的有关种族歧视的作品。故选 A 项。 6 According to the passage, why did Mary Anne Evans publish her stories under the name of Georg
18、e Eliot? A Women were forbidden to write novels then. B Her works would be different. C It helped promote her works. D It sounded more popular. 答案： B 细节理解题。根据 “ The Victorian period” 部分倒数第二句可知，她用 George Eliot 作为笔名是为了与那些女性体裁的烹饪书和国内的道德故事加以区别。故选 B 项。 7 If a reader is interested in womens education, who
19、se works can be the best choice? A Anne Finchs. B Mary Astells. C Mary Wortley Montagus. D Mary Shelleys. 答案： B 推理判断题。根据 “ The Neoclassical period” 部分最后两句可知， Mary Astell 的作品与女性教育有关。故选 B 项。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 . 七选五 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选 项中有两项为多余选项。 2018 吉林大学附属中学模拟 One morning last week I looked o
20、ut of my study window and saw that it was a fine day. No, it was a wonderful day: the sun shone down from the sky without even a single cloud. But later that day, hard at work at my desk, I heard a loud noise on the roof. Turning to the window, I saw that the sky was now the color of charcoal (木炭 ).
21、 Two minutes later the rain poured, making rivers of water. _1_ Its extremely variable (易变的 ). Go ahead with your picnic in the local park by all means, but dont suppose that because the sun is shining now, it will be when you open your pack of sandwiches. _2_ The weather in Britain is not always ba
22、d. _3_ This is one of the biggest reasons why the British talk so often about the weather. Wherever there are strangers standing or sitting close together, talk cannot be avoided, and the conversation focuses on the weather： “Yes, the weather has been good, hasnt it ？ ” or “_ 4_” The unexpected chan
23、ge of the weather is something that every British can agree on. _5_ Even those with different opinions on everything else in the world, such as the current argument in the UK about membership of the European Union, can talk about the weather without leading to a quarrel. A It is just changeable. B That makes it a safe topic of conversation. C Youd better take an umbrella, just in case. D W
