1、 - 1 - Module 1Module 1 EuropeEurope .阅读理解 A A 2020沈阳市高三教学质量监测Various cultural activities always take place on campus in springy March. This year, the Office of Student Affairs is going to organize the South and Southeast Asian Cultural Festival to present cultures of these two regions across the bo
2、ardthe opening ceremony, food and cultural booths, talks and workshops, and many others. Dont be spoilt for choice! Local South and Southeast Asian MarketLocal South and Southeast Asian Market The Cultural Square will be transformed into a local market where diverse South and Southeast Asian culture
3、s meet. Visitors can taste local food, meet the locals and experience some local ways of life, so remember to drop into this wonderful marketplace! Date：6 & 7 March 2019(Wednesday & Thursday) Time: 12：0014：30 Venue: Cultural Square, Main Campus Tofu Making WorkshopTofu Making Workshop Soft or firm,
4、salty or sweet, steamed or fried, tofu is wellknown for its nice taste and good nutrition. It plays an important role in East Asian and Southeast Asian food culture, so we may well have eaten it, but do you know how it is made? Here comes a chance for you to try your hand at making this widely enjoy
5、ed food! Date: 10 March 2019(Sunday) Time: 15：0016：30 Venue: Room 201B, 2/F WS Centre Fee: $ 100 A An Introduction to Dandiya Raasn Introduction to Dandiya Raas Dandiya Raas, a traditional folk dance of India, is associated with scenes of Holi, which is a famous spring festival known as the festival
6、 of colors. At this workshop, our Indian students will introduce the dance to the participants by dancing together and feel the soul of their unique music culture. Date: 13 March 2019(Wednesday) Time: 18：3020：30 - 2 - Venue: Room 502, WFY Building Quota: 20(First come, first served) Thai Loy Krathon
7、g FestivalThai Loy Krathong Festival Loy Krathong, or Water Lantern Festival, is a widely celebrated occasion in Thailand where people pray for good things for the year ahead. In this workshop, participants can try their hand at making their own krathong under the guidance of Thai students! Date: 14
8、 March 2019(Thursday) Time: 18：3020：30 Venue: ILOUNGE, 3/F YIA Quota: 20(First come, first served) 1These activities above are aimed to _. Aintroduce several traditional festivals Bpray for good things for the coming year Cspread cultures of some Asian countries Dpromote exchanges of some local danc
9、es 2If you are free after 3 pm every Wednesday, you can go to _. ATofu Making Workshop BThai Loy Krathong Festival CAn Introduction to Dandiya Raas DLocal South and Southeast Asian Market 3What can we know from the text? AAll the cultural activities are accessible free of charge. BAll the activities
10、 dont limit the number of participants. CLoy Krathong is held to express thanks to the ancestors. DDandiya Raas is linked with scenes of the wellknown festival Holi. B B 2019成都第二次诊断Author Walter Dean Myers died at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100
11、 books for children and young adults and received many top awards. The prolific author was loved for his vivid description of the lives of African American children, and for writing books for young people that covered different subjects. “Myers has written about all those subjects with deep understa
12、nding and a hardwon, qualified sense of hope，” said Leonard S. Marcus in - 3 - 2008. He was born in 1937 and was adopted by Florence Dean and Herbert after his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister. They loved him very much and his mother read to him from a very young age. Reading pus
13、hed him to discover worlds beyond his landscape. He began writing at an early age. He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to him. “Its what you do，” she said. He dropped out of high school at 17 and joined the ar
14、my. After finishing his service, he entered a dark period in his life. Myers began writing at night to pull himself through that miserable time. In an essay published in The New York Times earlier this year, Myers described how a short story by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the course of his li
15、fe. “I didnt love the story, but I was lifted by it，” he wrote, “for it took place in Harlem, and it was a story concerned with black people like those I knew. By humanizing the people who were like me, Baldwins story also humanized me. The story gave me a permission that I didnt know I needed, the
16、permission to write about my own landscape, my own map.” “I write books or the troubled boy I once was，” he wrote, “and for the boy who lives within me still.” 4What does the second paragraph mainly talk about? AHow popular Myers was. BHow Myers became successful. CWhat makes Myers works popular. DW
17、hat people think of Myers works. 5Who discovered Myers writing talent? AJames Arthur Baldwin. BHis mother. CLeonard S. Marcus. DOne of his teachers. 6What does the underlined word “prolific” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? AProductive. BUnfortunate. CConservative. DHumorous. 7Why was the short story b
18、y James Arthur Baldwin so important for Myers? AIt helped him survive the dark period. BIt inspired him to pursue his writing career. - 4 - CHe learned many writing techniques from it. DThe author of the story permitted him to write. C C 2020辽宁省五校联考In a longsleeved shirt and jeans, Dieudonne Twahirw
19、a looks nothing like the traditional African farmer. The 30yearold owner of Gashora Farm knows what a difference that makes. “You need more role models，”he said, standing among kneehigh rows of chilli(辣椒) plants. “If you have young farmers, they have land and they drive to the farm, others may think
20、, Why cant I do that？” Mr.Twahirwa, a university graduate, bought a friends tomato farm six years ago for $150. He made $1,500 back in two months. “You have to link farming with entrepreneurship and real numbers，” he said. Many young Africans are abandoning areas in the countryside, choosing not to
21、work hard and for a long time in the fields a job made tougher by climate change. But Twahirwa is one of the growing band of successful farmers working to make agricultures image on the continent more attractive. Some 1,000 farmers now produce chillies for him. He is starting a fourth farm of his ow
22、n, and exports fresh and dried chillies and oil to Britain, the United States, India, and Kenya. Africa has the worlds youngest population and 65 percent of its uncultivated arable land(耕地后备资源). Yet accessing land and loans is difficult, and African productivity is low with crop yields just 56 perce
23、nt of the international average. “Agriculture is mainly associated with suffering and no young person wants to suffer，” said Tamara Kaunda. She believes African agriculture needs a change to get rid of its oldfashioned image of very hard and tiring work with a hoe. “Show young people tractors, green
24、 fields, nice irrigation systems and smartphones，” she said. Getting young people involved in agriculture does not mean they have to work on a farm. For example, in coffee production, the beans go from the farm to the washing station, then to be separated from the husks(外壳) 8What does “Why cant I do
25、 that？” in Paragraph 2 mean? AWhy cant I drive to the farm? BWhy cant they farm? CThey follow the example of those farmers. - 5 - DThey bought a friends tomato farm. 9What makes it harder for farmers to work? APoor land. BClimate. CLow income. DLong working hours. 10What can we learn about Twahirwa
26、according to Paragraph 5? AHe made a fortune by growing chillies. BHis chillies are superb in the world. CFarmers working for him live a simple life. DThe locals arent willing to buy his chillies. 11When it comes to agriculture in Africa, what do people think about it? ALoans are difficult. BMost la
27、nd is uncultivated. CCrop yields are rather low. DFarming methods are out of date. .阅读七选五 2019江西八所重点中学高三联考Flextime is a flexible hours schedule in which employees choose their own working hours, usually working within approximate limits set by the employer or by the government. _1_ For employees, fl
28、extime has a clear advantage. _2_ For example, people can use flextime to create schedules which will allow them to go to school, handle childcare, assist relatives, and perform other tasks. Employees may also use their flextime to create a schedule which optimizes creativity, as in the case of some
29、one who would prefer to work earlier in the day to get more accomplished. _3_ First, it tends to increase employees satisfaction. This makes the company a better and more productive place to work. In addition, flextime can allow companies to serve clients for a greater portion of the day, as employe
30、es will be around at varying hours to answer phones, attend meetings, and so forth. Most flextime schedules include core time. _4_ Employees are also usually given an hourly, daily or weekly limit to ensure that they do not violate laws about working hours. Or the company is only willing to pay wage
31、s for so many hours of work each week. A classic example of a flexible time schedule is that someone who works four 10hour shifts a week can take three days off. Flextime can also be combined with flexplace, in which the environment is better than that of the office. _5_ Employers - 6 - may also all
32、ow people to work in untraditional settings such as coffee houses. AEmployers benefit from flextime a lot. BIts also seen as a familyfriendly policy. CHowever, flextime may not be applicable to all fields. DIt is a period of the day in which everyone is expected to be at work. EMany employers all ov
33、er the world offer this method to their employees. FFor example, home offices are increasingly popular among many companies. GIt allows them to make changes to their work schedule which will suit their lives. 课后提能练课后提能练( (十三十三) ) .阅读理解 【语篇解读】 本文是应用文，主要介绍了学生事务办公室计划组织的四个文化节活动 的相关情况。(quota 配额；限额) - 7 -
34、 1C 考查细节理解。根据第一段第二句中的“This year, the Office of Student Affairs.to present cultures of these two regions across the board”可知，这些活 动旨在传播一些亚洲国家的文化。 2 C 考查细节理解。 根据 An Introduction to Dandiya RaasAn Introduction to Dandiya Raas 部分中的“Date: 13 March 2019(Wednesday) Time: 18：3020：30”可知，如果你每周三下午三点以后有空，你可以 去参加
35、 An Introduction to Dandiya Raas 这个活动。 3 D 考查细节理解。 根据 An Introduction to Dandiya RaasAn Introduction to Dandiya Raas 部分中的“Dandiya Raas, a traditional folk dance of India, is associated with scenes of Holi”可知，D 项正 确。 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了美国著名作家 Walter Dean Myers 的生 平。 【熟词生义】 cover 常用义：v.遮盖 例句：Cover t
36、he chicken loosely with foil.用锡箔把鸡肉松松地盖起来。 本句义：v.涉及 例句：The survey covers all aspects of the business.调查涉及这家公司的各个方 面。 【难句分析】 He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to him. 分析： 该句为复合句。 句中“no matter what happened to
37、 him”为让步状语从句； advise sb. to do sth.意为“建议某人做某事”；keep on doing sth.意为“继续做某事”。 译文：他在高中时写作就很好，一位英语老师认识到这一点并建议他无论发生什么事都 要坚持写下去。 4C 考查段落大意。通读该段可知，该段首句“The prolific author. covered different subjects”为该段主题句。结合该段其他内容可知，这位多产的作家因其对非裔 美国儿童生活的生动描述，以及为年轻人写的涉及不同话题的书籍而深受喜爱。由此可知， 该段主要介绍了他的作品受欢迎的原因，故 C 项正确。 5 D 考查细节
38、理解。 根据第四段第二句“He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recognized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to him”可知，他在高中时写作就很好，一位英语老师认识到这一点并建议他无论发生什么 事都要坚持写下去。据此可知，他的写作天赋是他的一位英语老师发现的，故 D 项正确。 6A 考查词义猜测。根据第一段第二句“Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100 books
39、 for children and young adults and received many top awards”可知， Walter Dean Myers 写了 100 多本儿童和年轻人读物，并获得了许多最高奖项。由此可推知， 他是一位多产的作家。productive 意为“多产的”，故 A 项正确。B 项意为“不幸的”，C 项 - 8 - 意为“守旧的”，D 项意为“幽默的”，都与语境不符。 7B 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段第一句中的“how a short story. the course of his life”以及最后一句“The story gave me a permi
40、ssion that I didnt know I needed， the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map”可知，Baldwin 写的故事 鼓励了 Myers 追求他自己的写作事业，故 B 项正确。 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。非洲青年 Dieudonne Twahirwa 从事农业生产，他 通过自己的努力，获得了巨大的回报；非洲有世界上最年轻的人群与大量的耕地后备资源， 但是由于气候与农业技术的落后，很多年轻人都不愿意从事农业；Dieudonne Twahirwa 则为 非洲青年树立了榜样。 8C 考查句意理解
41、。根据第二段中的“If you have young farmers，they have land and they drive to the farm, others may think，Why cant I do that？”可知，此 处表示如果你有年轻的农民，他们有土地，而且开车去农场，其他人可能会想，为什么“我” 不能那样做？该句意在表明其他人认为他们可以效仿这些农民的做法，故选 C。 9B 考查细节理解。根据第四段“Many young Africans are abandoning areas in the countrside.a job made tougher by clim
42、ate change”可知，在非洲，让农民的劳动难度 加大的原因在于气候变化，故选 B。 10A 考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“Some 1,000 farmers now produce chillies for him.He is starting a fourth farm of his own”可推知，Twahirwa 通过种植红辣椒赚 了很多钱，故选 A。B 项中的 superb 意为“质量极高的”。 11D 考查推理判断。根据第七段中的“African agriculture needs a change to get rid of its oldfashioned image o
43、f very hard and tiring work with a hoe”可知，非 洲农业需要改变，以摆脱其传统的形象：使用锄头的非常辛苦和累人的工作。由此可推知， 当谈及非洲的农业时，人们想到的是落后的耕作方法，故选 D。A、B、C 三项均为非洲农业的 实际情况，不是人们对它的看法。 .阅读七选五 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了弹性工作时间制的相关内容。(violate vt.违反) 1E 根据空处所在位置可知，空处承上启下；空前一句是说弹性工作时间制是指员工 可以选择自己的工作时间，通常在老板或政府的设定范围内工作；紧接着下段开头说弹性工 作时间制对员工有好处，故 E 项“
44、世界上的许多雇主都会向他们的雇员提供这种方法”符合 语境，衔接上下文。 2G 空前一句是说对于雇员而言，弹性工作时间制有明显的好处，由此可推知空处应 是具体介绍好处体现的方面，故 G 项“这允许他们对自己的工作时间表作出改变来适合他们 的生活”符合语境。 - 9 - 3A 根据文章结构和空处所在的位置可知，空处为该段的主题句；通读该段可知，该 段主要介绍了弹性工作时间制对于雇主的好处，故选 A。 4D 根据空前一句“Most flextime schedules include core time”可知，大多数 弹性工作时间包括核心时间。据此可推知，空处应是介绍核心工作时间的内容，即每个人被 要求工作的时间段，故 D 项正确。 5F 根据空处上文的内容可知，弹性工作时间制与弹性工作地点也可以结合在一起； 据此可推知，空处应是举例说明弹性工作地点的相关情况，故 F 项符合语境。
