1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Working the land *阅读理解 Recent months have seen a revival of the humble(普通的 )bike across China, with an increasing number of people choosing pedaling(骑车 )instead of driving to school, to workplaces or to do sightseeing. The introduction of bike-sharing systems, services in which
2、bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals who do not own them and pioneered by start-ups like Ofo and Mobike, has brought the trend to a new level. Washington D. C. has one of the biggest bike sharing systems in the US with 3, 700 bikes and 440 stations. The UK, France and Germany al
3、l have growing programs. However, China, so far, outdoes(超过 )them all by operating three out of four of the worlds shard bikes. People can unlock the shard bikes by simply using their smartphone. The bikes are equipped with GPS and users of Chinas versions can leave bikes anywhere in public for the
4、next user. Theyre popular among many Chinese people as they provide an effective solution to the “last mile” problem, which refers to th e final leg of a persons journey. However, the Chinese programs have also led to problems such as illegal parking, vandalism(故意破坏 )and theft. In fact, these proble
5、ms are also shared by bike-sharing programs abroad. Launched in 2007, Vilb is a large-scale public bike sharing system in Paris. At its early stage of operation, it also suffered from problems of vandalism or theft. By Oct 2009, a large number of Vlibs initial bikes had to be replaced due to vandali
6、sm or theft, according to The New York Times. To deal with these problems, the company came up with the idea of encouraging people to return the bikes to stations by rewarding free time for their next rides. Now, Chinese service operators are also trying to address these problems. For example, Mobik
7、e sets a 100-point credit score for each user, with points taken in the case of bad behavior. Once a score drops below 80, bike rental is increased to 100 yuan per 30 minutes, up from 0. 5-1 yuan. 1.What can we learn about bike sharing systems? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A. They offer free bike rides. B. They ar
8、e running perfectly. C. China operates the biggest system. D. France was the first to launch the system. 2.As a means of transportation, bike-sharing can be best described as _. A. promising but expensive. B. convenient and eco-friendly. C. eco-friendly but ineffective. D. troublesome and meaningles
9、s. 3.What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Shared Bikes Pedal into Style. B. Problems with Bikes in China. C. Shared Bikes Attract Young People. D. Transportation Changes with the Times. 【文章大意】本文为说明文。讲述的是共享单车成为一种新的趋势，并介绍了它的优缺点。 2.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段可知共享单车方便而且环保，故选 B。 3.A 【解析】主旨大意题。纵观全文可知本文讲的是共
10、享单车成为一种新的趋势，与 A 项一致，故选 A。 *单句语法填空 1 (2017 江苏高考 )_(determine) where we are in relation to our surroundings remains an essential skill for our survival. 答案： Determining 分析句子结构可知，应用动名词短语作主语，即本句中Determining where we are in relation to our surroundings 作主语， remains 是谓语动词。 2 The _(produce) of coffee beans
11、 is a huge, profitable business. 答案： production 由设空前的 “the” 和后面的 “of” 可知，应填所 给词的名词形式。production “ 生产；制造 ” 。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 3 Nowadays, children have more _(free); they can do whatever they like. 答案： freedom freedom 名词 “ 自由 ” ，在本句中作宾语。 4 Cats can help rid the home _mice. 答案： of rid . of “ 使摆脱或除去 ?” 。
12、5 A heavy fire reduced 90 percent of the houses _ashes. 答案： to reduce . to . “ 使 ? 沦为 ?” 。 6 I bitterly _(regret) that I had missed the wonderful film. 答案： regretted 所填词由 bitterly(副词 )修饰，且由从句中 had missed 可知，此处用动词的一般过去时。 7 It is _(disturb) to think about so much work to do. 答案： disturbing disturbing
13、“ 令人不安的 ” ，在句中作表语。 8 The discovery of new evidence led to the thiefs _(catch) 答案： being caught 本句中， lead to 后接名词或动名词 (短语 )，且 the thief 和 catch存在被动关系，故填 being caught，即动名词的被动结构，作 lead to 的宾语。 9 I am not _(satisfy) with the way he cut my hair. 答案： satisfied be satisfied with . 为固定短语，意为 “ 对 ? 感到满意 ” 。 1
14、0 Though he is young, he is struggling _(support) a large family. 答案： to support struggle to do sth. “ 努力做某事 ” 。 *完形填空 (2018 辽宁省五校协作体高三上学期联合模拟 ) Falling off a boxcar and landing on my head， I lost my sight when I was four years old.Now I am thirtytwo.I can _1_ remember the brightness of sunshine.It
15、would be wonderful to see again， _2_ a tragedy can do strange things to people. It _3_ to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadnt been blind.My parents and my teacher saw something _4_ me， and they made me want to _5_ against blindness. The hardest _6_ I had to learn was to
16、 believe in myself.If I hadnt been able to do that， I would have _7_ down for the rest of my life.When I say _8_ in myself I am not talking about _9_ the kind of selfconfidence that _10_ me down an unfamiliar staircase(楼梯 )alone.But I mean something bigger than that： the assurance that I am a real p
17、ositive person _11_ imperfections. It took me years to obtain this _12_.It had to start with the _13_.Once a man gave me an indoor _14_.“I cant use this ， ”I said.“Take it with you ， ” 【 精品教育资源文库 】 he _15_ me， “and roll it around.”The _ 16_ stuck in my head.“Roll it around ！ ” By rolling the ball I
18、 could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _17_. At the School for the Blind I _18_ a new kind of baseball called the “ground ball” All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them， one at a time.I had to learn my _19_.I would fail sometim
19、es anyway but on the average I made _20_. 1 A.randomly B abruptly C roughly D completely 2 A.so B but C thus D and 3 A.occurred B referred C brought D turned 4 A.of B for C to D in 5 A.get B fight C find D drop 6 A.method B experience C lesson D manner 7 A.broken B put C settled D lay 8 A.courage B
20、ambition C belief D power 9 A.firmly B simply C fairly D slightly 10 A.stops B helps C finds D gives 11 A.despite B besides C without D unlike 12 A.description B existence C accusation D recognition 13 A.intelligence B incident C trouble D determination 14 A.chair B baseball 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C game D d
21、esign 15 A.urged B blamed C greeted D teased 16 A.goals B words C images D ideas 17 A.valuable B reasonable C impossible D unbearable 18 A.discovered B equipped C formed D invented 19 A.limitations B advantages C puzzles D personalities 20 A.sense B progress C mistakes D decisions 【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了 “ 我 ” 在四岁的时候失去了视力，但通过一件小事， “ 我 ” 学会了自信， 并逐渐取得进步的过程。 【核心词汇】 tragedy 悲剧 imperfection 缺点 on the average 一般来说 roughly 粗略地 1 C 考查副词。 “ 我 ” 四岁时失去视力，现在已经三十二岁了。由此可推知，此处表示 “ 我 ” 粗略地记得，故选 C。 roughly“ 粗略地，大致上 ” 。 2 B 考查连词。根据语境可知，上下文之间是转折关系，故选 B。
