1、 - 1 - Unit 1Unit 1 Festivals around the worldFestivals around the world .阅读理解 A A 2020合肥市高三第三次教学质量检测The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, or DragonHeadRaising Festival, falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year, and recognizes the start of spring and farming. This year it
2、falls on March 8. Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall increases because the rainbringing Dragon King has awakened from his winter sleep. A wellknown phrase goes, “Er yue er, long tai tou，” meaning，“On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head.” The festival cele
3、brates ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and while some of traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer practiced, others continue to exist. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut. Some believe that going to the barber on this day gets rid of bad luck, while others believe getting a haircu
4、t during the first month of the lunar calendar brings bad luck. Another saying warns that cutting your hair in the first month will cause your uncle to die. Although today few pay attention to it, it was once a tradition to line up outside barbershops on the day of Longtaitou. People eat tofu balls
5、in East Chinas Fujian province during the festival, and often make tofu and vegetable balls to pray for family and business. Fried beans are the traditional festival food for people in parts of Shandong province. Eating chengyao cakes, which are made with sticky rice, during the festival is a tradit
6、ion in Suzhou, East Chinas Jiangsu province, owing to the saying，“If you eat chengyao on Longtaitou, your waist wont hurt all year.” Meanwhile other foods, like noodles, dumplings, and spring rolls, are named after dragon body parts to mark the day. Noodles are dragons beard (long xu), dumplings are
7、 dragons ears (long er), spring rolls dragons scales (long lin) 1What did ancient people believe after DragonHeadRaising Festival? AThe dragon lifts his head. BTheres more rainfall. CThe dragon is still sleeping. - 2 - DTheres less rainfall. 2What does the underlined word “agrarian” mean in Paragrap
8、h 3? AAgricultural. BIndustrial. CTravelling. DManufacturing. 3What do people eat in Suzhou during the festival? ATofu balls. BFried beans. CChengyao cakes. DDumplings. 4Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? AThe History and Development of Chinas Longtaitou Festival BCut Your
9、 Hair on Chinas Longtaitou Festival CThe Culture and Traditions of Chinas Longtaitou Festival DFood About Chinas Longtaitou Festival B B 2020成都第三次诊断For the past two years I have been travelling and living abroad. Home has become more of a feeling than a place. I feel at home when I am with my family
10、 in London, but I also feel at home in Italy with friends I love. Home is no longer a picture of a house with a front door and some windows. It is more complicated than that. This is one of the reasons that celebrating the new year has become very important for me. I do not care about “New Years res
11、olutions(新年计划)” living abroad has made me constantly reconsider what kind of person I want to be and how I will live my life, so I dont feel the need to plan for change: I live for change. New Years Eve has become my time to reconnect with the friends, which makes me feel at home. Every year we try
12、to reunite wherever we are, and remember the time when we knew each other so well that we felt like a family. It is a moment to reconnect and get to know each other again. Last year, we travelled to a cottage in Ireland where we had no Internet and no neighbours. In the middle of the countryside, aw
13、ay from our constantly changing lives, we were able to become like a little family again. This year, we went to Barcelona. It was a very big change. We were surrounded by culture and life and joy. There were bars and parties. It was different, but one thing stayed very much the same I felt at home a
14、gain and we felt like a family again. - 3 - A lot of people feel that New Years Eve cannot live up to expectations. Ideas such as the “New Years kiss” and “resolutions” create a lot of pressure for people to have a night to remember, a night that will change their lives and perhaps make the next yea
15、r worth living. I think those people are missing the point. Why cant New Year be about friends? 5What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. Family. BLiving abroad. CHome. DStaying with friends. 6Why doesnt the author care about “New Years resolutions”？ ANew Years resolutions cann
16、ot be reached. BHis lifestyle makes him always ready for change. CIts meaningless to make any big changes in life. DMaking New Years resolutions creates much pressure. 7What does the author try to convey through his experiences in Ireland and Barcelona? A. Life is peaceful and enjoyable. BLiving abr
17、oad is a happy experience. CStaying with friends makes one feel at home. DTravelling abroad enriches ones life experience. 8Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. New Years Celebration: How? BTrue Friendship: What? CLiving Abroad：Comfortable or Complicated? DChange：Plan It or
18、Make It? .完形填空 2020昆明市高考模拟考试When Markita was little, her mother said to her, “Ill work hard to make enough money to send you to a famous college. When you _1_， youll earn enough money to take me to travel around the world.” At the age of thirteen, Markita _2_ in her Girl Scout magazine that whoever
19、sold the most cookies would win an allexpensespaid _3_ for two around the world. Then she decided to _4_ in the activity. But a _5_ desire is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita asked some _6_ from her aunt. “Always wear your Girl Scout _7_，” her aunt advised. “When you are doing _8_， d
20、ress like you are doing _9_. Smile to people. Whether they buy or not - 4 - always be _10_. Lots of other female classmates also _11_ to win that trip but only Markita made it. She worked in her uniform each day, going door to door after school. The painfully shy Markita _12_ herself into a cookiese
21、lling expert. She _13_ sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and _14_ her free trip around the world with her mother. Markita is no _15_ than thousands of other people. The only _16_ is that she has found the secret of success : Courage to ask! Many people fail before they try _17_ they d
22、o not have courage to face the fear of _18_， which leads many of us to _19_ our dreams. As Markita has _20_， courage is not the absence of fear. It is doing what it takes despite ones fear. 1A.withdraw B. graduate Cprogress Dstudy 2A.heard Bchecked Cwrote Dread 3A.trip Brent Cscholarship Dinsurance
23、4A.bring Bcall Ctake Dparticipate 5A.fading Bsurprising Cboring Dburning 6A.donations Bschedules Csuggestions Defforts 7A.uniform Bsweater Covercoat Dblouse 8A.science Bbusiness Chomework Dresearch 9A.naturally Bcomfortably Cseriously Dcasually 10A.friendly Bcareful Ccautious Dstrict 11A.remembered
24、Bpretended Ctried Dmanaged - 5 - 12A.admitted Btransformed Cinvolved Dcheated 13A.firmly Bsimply Cimmediately Dsuccessfully 14A.gained Bdiscussed Cadvertised Dpromised 15A.richer Bsmarter Cweaker Dquieter 16A.hardship Bdifference Ccondition Dobstacle 17A.until Bwhile Calthough Dbecause 18A.unemploym
25、ent Benvironment Crejection Ddistance 19A.give up Brun after Cput away Dgo through 20A.suspected Bimagined Cdiscovered Dforecast .短文改错 2020成都第二次诊断Last year, my friend and I went to visit the Yellow Mountain. We carried two backpacks, that turned out to be pretty heavier for the hike. I am not an exp
26、eriencing hiker and those endless steps make me want to return to the safe and comfortable ground. But my friend encouraged me great. “Look, the top is coming closer and closer. We are almost there.” I pulled me together and kept going. After threehour exhausting hike to the top, but with wonderful
27、sceneries on the way, we got to the top finally. For our pleasure, we also found a hotel that looked very much inviting. 课时作业课时作业( (十一十一) ) .阅读理解 - 6 - A A 体裁：说明文 题材：传统文化 主题：龙抬头 【语篇解读】 该文主要介绍了中国的传统节日龙抬头，包括其文化和习俗等。 【高级句式】 Some believe that going to the barber on this day gets rid of bad luck, while o
28、thers believe getting a haircut during the first month of the lunar calendar brings bad luck.(Para.4) 分析： while 连接两个分句， 每一个分句中又包括一个宾语从句。 句式结构(Some believe that.，while others believe.)整齐，用于阐述不同的观点或作对比，考生可借鉴。 1B 考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句“Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall increases because th
29、e rainbringing Dragon King has awakened from his winter sleep”可知，古代人们认为，龙抬头后降雨量会增加。 2A 考查词义猜测。根据画线词所在句中的“ancient”“Chinese culture”并结 合常识可知，中国古代以农业为主，因此龙抬头是为了庆祝中国的农业文化，故选 A。 3C 考查细节理解。根据最后一段第三句“Eating chengyao cakes, which are made with sticky rice, during the festival is a tradition in Suzhou, East
30、Chinas Jiangsu province”可知，苏州人在龙抬头节日那天会吃“撑腰糕”来庆祝。 【干扰项分析】 A 项是福建人的传统；B 项是山东人的传统；D 项并没有特别指出是哪 个地方的传统，文中只是解释了饺子的命名和龙抬头节日的关系，故排除。 4C 考查主旨大意。 根据对文章的整体理解可知，本文主要讲述了中国传统节日龙 抬头的文化及传统，故选 C。 【干扰项分析】 文章中并没有提到龙抬头的发展历程，故 A 项错误；剪头发只是龙抬 头的一个传统，是文章的一部分内容，有以偏概全之嫌，故 B 项错误；D 项错在龙抬头的食 物也是文章的一部分内容，不能概括全文，故排除。 B B 体裁：夹叙夹
31、议文 题材：个人经历 主题：如何庆祝新年 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。过去两年作者在国外旅游、生活，作者认为家 不只是一个地方，而是一种感觉；新年是和家人、朋友团聚的时刻，作者经常通过和朋友们 一起旅游来庆祝新年。 【难句分析】 I do not care about“New Years resolutions (新年计划)” living abroad has made me constantly reconsider what kind of person I want to be and how I will live my life, so I dont feel the ne
32、ed to plan for change：I live for change. 分析：句中 what kind of person I want to be and how I will live my life 为 and 连接的两个宾语从句，作 reconsider 的宾语；so I dont feel the need to plan for change: - 7 - I live for change 为 so 引导的结果状语从句。 译文：我不在意新年计划生活在国外不断让我重新考虑我想成为什么样的人，我将 如何生活，所以我觉得没有必要为改变做计划：我为改变而活。 5C 考查代词指代
33、。根据第一段倒数第二句“Home is no longer a picture of a house with a front door and some windows”可知，家不再是一幅有前门和一些窗户的房 子的图画；结合画线词所在句“It is more complicated than that”可知，该句的主语 It 指代前一句中的“Home”，故 C 项正确。 6B 考查细节理解。根据第二段第二句“I do not care aboutNew Years resolutions(新年计划) living abroad has made me constantly reconside
34、r what kind of person I want to be and how I will live my life, so I dont feel the need to plan for change：I live for change”可知，作者的生活不断变化，所以他认为没有 必要在意新年计划，故 B 项正确。 7C 考查细节理解。根据第三段尾句“In the middle of the countryside, away from our constantly changing lives, we were able to become like a little family
35、 again”可知，和朋友待在乡村的中心，远离不断变化的生活，作者找到了家的感觉；根据第 四段尾句“It was different, but one thing stayed very much the same I felt at home again and we felt like a family again”可知，作者和朋友们在一起，感觉又回到 了家，感觉又像一家人了。据此可知，文章中提及作者和朋友在爱尔兰和巴塞罗那的经历旨 在说明和朋友待在一起能让人有找到家的感觉，故 C 项正确。 8A 考查主旨大意。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了作者由于常年旅居在国外，对于 庆祝新年和新年计划有
36、着不同的思考：有朋友的地方就有家的感觉，变化着的生活不需要新 年计划，故 A 项最适合作文章标题。 .完形填空 体裁：记叙文 题材：人物故事 主题：Markita 通过努力为自己和母亲赢得了一次免 费的旅游机会 【高频词回顾】 participate v 参加 desire n 愿望 uniform n 制服 courage n 勇 气 【语篇解读】 13 岁的时候，Markita 得知帮助女童子军杂志卖饼干最多的人会获得免 费全球双人游的机会，她想赢得这个机会，后来在自己的努力下，她实现了愿望。 1B 根据上文中的“make enough money to send you to a fam
37、ous college”可推 知，此处表示：当你毕业了，你能赚足够的钱，带我去环游世界，故选 B。 2D 根据该句中的“magazine”可知，Markita 是在杂志上读到这则消息的，故选 D。 3A 根据第 14 空后的“her free trip”可知，只要卖得饼干最多，就可以获得两人 免费旅游的机会，故选 A。 - 8 - 4D 根据下文的内容可知，她决定参加这个活动，故选 D。 5D 根据上下文内容可知，只有一个强烈的(burning)愿望是不够的，故选 D。 6C 根据下文中的“her aunt advised”可知，她向她的姑母寻求一些建议，故选 C。 7A 根据第四段第二句中的
38、“She worked in her uniform each day”可知，她的 姑母建议她穿上女童子军的制服，故选 A。 8B 根据第 9 空后的“Smile to people”可知，这里讲述的是推销商品时的礼节。 由此可知，她的姑母建议她在做生意的时候，穿着要像认真做生意的样子，故选 B。 9 C 参见上题解析。 A 项意为“自然地”； B 项意为“舒适地”； C 项意为“认真地”； D 项意为“随意地”。 10A 根据前一句“Smile to people”并结合语境可知，无论他们买不买你的东西， 要表现得友好，故选 A。 11C 根据下文中的“but only Markita ma
39、de it”可知，Markita 的许多女同学也 在努力想要赢得这次旅行，但只有她成功了，故选 C。 12B 根据上文中的“going door to door after school”可推知，Markita 每天放 学后挨家挨户地推销饼干，她已经将非常害羞的自己转变为一个饼干推销专家，故选 B。 13 D 根据第 1 空后的“only Markita made it”以及第 12空后的“a cookieselling expert”可知，那年她成功地卖出了 3 526 盒女童子军饼干，赢得了和母亲一起免费环游世 界的机会，故选 D。 14A 参见上题解析。A 项意为“赢得”。 15B 根据
40、下文中的“she has found the secret of success: Courage to ask”可 知，Markita 并不比其他人聪明，她与其他人唯一的差别就是她找到了成功的秘密，即要有问 的勇气，故选 B。 16B 参见上题解析。 17D 根据该空后的“they do not have courage to face the fear of _18_”可 知，很多人在尝试之前就失败了，因为他们没有勇气去面对被拒绝的恐惧，这也导致我们中 的很多人放弃(give up)了自己的梦想，故选 D。 18C 参见上题解析。C 项意为“拒绝”，符合语境。 19A 参见 17 题解析，
41、故选 A。 20C 根据第 16 空后的“she has found the secret of success：Courage to ask” 可知，Markita 发现了成功的秘密；由此可知，此处表示：如同 Markita 所发现的那样，勇气 并不是无所畏惧，故选 C。 .短文改错 Last year, my friend and I went to visit the Yellow Mountain. We carried two - 9 - backpacks, that which turned out to be pretty heavier heavy for the hike.
42、 I am not an experiencing experienced hiker and those endless steps make made me want to return to the safe and comfortable ground. But my friend encouraged me great greatly . “Look, the top is coming closer and closer. We are almost there.” I pulled me myself together and kept going. After a threeh
43、our exhausting hike to the top, but with wonderful sceneries scenery on the way, we got to the top finally. Fo r To our pleasure, we also found a hotel that looked very much inviting. that 改为 which。考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，此处是一个定语从句，先行词 是 backpacks，应用 which 引导该非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语。 heavier 改为 heavy。考查形容词。分析句子结构可
44、知，此处 pretty，是副词，相当 于 very，并没有比较的含义，故用形容词原级即可，将 heavier 改为 heavy。 experiencing 改为 experienced。考查形容词。根据句意可知，此处表示“我不是一 个经验丰富的远足者”，应用 experienced“经验丰富的，有经验的”，experiencing 没有 这个意思。 make 改为 made。考查动词的时态。与上文中的“Last year”呼应可知，事情发生在 过去，故用一般过去时。 great 改为 greatly。 考查副词。 一般用副词修饰动词， 在句子中作状语， 故用 greatly 修饰动词 enco
45、uraged。 me 改为 myself。考查反身代词。与句子的主语 I 呼应可知，此处应用 I 的反身代词 myself 作动词 pull 的宾语，表示“使自己振作起来”。 After 后加 a。考查冠词。hike 是可数名词，被“threehour exhausting”修饰， 表示“一次三个小时的令人筋疲力尽的远足”，且 threehour 的发音以辅音音素开头，故 用不定冠词 a 修饰。 sceneries 改为 scenery。考查名词。scenery 是不可数名词，没有复数形式。 For 改为 To。考查固定搭配。表示“令某人快乐的是”应用 to ones pleasure，介 词 to 在此表示“某事发生时某人的反应”。 删除 much。考查副词。very 是副词，可修饰形容词，在句子中作状语，而 much 是副 词，一般修饰形容词的比较级，此处修饰形容词 inviting 应用副词 very，故删除 much。 - 10 -
