（全国卷）2019届高考英语一轮复习Unit2Englisharoundtheworld课

Unit 2 English around the world

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Imagine this: You're at the movies seeing the latest box-office hit.The leading actor chases down(找到) the film's bad guy before winning over the beautiful leading lady.What does he do next? He sucks on a cigarette.

What's wrong with this picture? Doesn't the beautiful woman see her hero's yellow teeth? Doesn't she smell his smoky breath? And wouldn't the good guy have trouble chasing，since smoking causes a person to cough?

But you don't see any of that when someone smokes cigarettes in the movies.And there is a lot of smoking in movies.Actors light up in more than 50 percent of youth-rated (G，PG，PG-13) movies，according to the American Legacy Foundation，which aims to put an end to smoking among young people.That means that Hollywood is showing 14 billion images of smoking to young people every year.

All that exposure to on-screen smoking can influence teens to smoke.The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) argues that 44 percent of teens who begin smoking do so because they've seen smoking in movies.The CDC reports that teens are two to three times more likely to start smoking after seeing repeated smoking scenes in movies than teens who are lightly exposed to smoking in movies.

Several organizations are working to remove smoking in youth-rated movies.And adults are not the only ones who care about this issue.Many teens are actively involved.Livia Clandorf,16，of Chatham，New York，is a member of Reality Check，an organization that educates teens about what it considers to be the manipulative (巧妙处理的) practices of tobacco companies.Livia participated in an event called a “movie stomp (跺脚)”. Reality Check rents out a movie theater and screens a youth-rated film that shows smoking.Every time audience members see smoking，they stomp their feet and show disapproval by shouting “boo”．

[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。据调查，电影中大量的抽烟镜头正诱使越来越多的青少年开始抽烟。

1．What is the picture you are asked to imagine like according to the author? A．It's touching. B．It's beautiful. C．It's frightening. D．It's unreasonable.

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解析：推理判断题。由第二段中一连串的问句及第三段开头的But you don't see any of that when someone smokes cigarettes in the movies可推断，作者认为这种电影情节忽略了抽烟的坏处，与现实不符，是极不合理的。

答案：D

2．What does the underlined part “light up” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．Guide with a light. B．Begin to smoke. C．Show pleasure. D．Provide light.

解析：词义猜测题。由上文的there is a lot of smoking in movies及下文的showing 14 billion images of smoking可推断，画线短语所在部分的意思是“一半以上的青少年电影中男演员会点火抽烟”。故画线部分的意思是“开始抽烟”。

答案：B

3．What can be inferred from the CDC's words? A．Over 50 percent of teens smoke. B．Teens should watch more movies. C．Many movies cause teens to smoke.

D．Teens are less likely to smoke than adults.

解析：推理判断题。由第四段中的44 percent of teens who begin smoking do so because they've seen smoking in movies及The CDC reports that...lightly exposed to smoking in movies可推断，很多电影中的抽烟情节使青少年逐渐加入烟民的行列。

答案：C

4．When will participants in a “movie stomp” stomp their feet? A．When they are active. B．When they are excited. C．When they feel like smoking. D．When they see smoking scenes.

解析：细节理解题。由文章末的Every time audience members see smoking，they stomp their feet可知，参与者看到电影中抽烟的情节时就一起跺脚。

答案：D

B

It's well known to car drivers that red means “stop”，green means “go”，and yellow means “hurry up and make that damn light”．Why those colors，though? The answer lies in the fact that the earliest traffic signals were designed for

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trains，not cars.They were red and green，gas-powered，and more than a little dangerous in the event of a leak.

Red is an inherited(继承的) symbol from railroads，which symbolizes danger in many cultures.As red has a longer wavelength than any other color on the visible spectrum (光谱)，it can be seen from a greater distance than other colors.Red has meant “stop” since long before cars existed，with train signals' use of red dating back to the days when mechanical arms lifted and lowered to indicate whether the rail ahead was clear.

Green's wavelength is next to (and shorter than) yellow's on the visible spectrum，meaning it's still easier to see than any color other than red and yellow. Back in the early days of railway lights，green meant “caution”，while the “all-clear” light was，well，clear or white.It is said that several disastrous collisions happened after an engineer mistook stars in the night for an all-clear.Thus，green became “go”，and for a long time，railways used only green and red to signal trains.

From the earliest days of motoring up until the mid-1900s，not all stop signs were red—many were yellow，because at night it was all but impossible to see a red stop sign in a poorly lit area.In 1915 the yellow stop-sign craze began in Detroit，a city that five years later installed its first electric traffic signal，which happened to include the very first yellow traffic light.

But what of those mysterious yellow stop signs？As materials and technologies evolved，the ability to produce highly reflective signs meant that red could resume its natural spot in the sign hierarchy，leaving the still-highly-visible yellow to the domain (领域) of “caution”．That's why school zones and buses，crosswalks，and other important warnings are yellow today.

[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。我们都知道“红灯停，绿灯行，黄灯亮了快点走”的交通规则，但交通信号灯为什么是红、黄、绿三种颜色呢？本文主要介绍了交通信号灯的起源和发展。

5．What were traffic lights originally intended for? A．Trains. C．Planes.

B．Cars. D．Ships.

解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The answer lies in the fact that the earliest traffic signals were designed for trains，not cars.”可知，最初，交通信号灯是为火车而不是汽车的通行而设计的。故选A。

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答案：A

6．What's the main reason for red's long being used to mean “stop”？ A．It can be seen even in dark areas. B．It represents danger in many cultures. C．It has the longest wavelength. D. People prefer red to other colors.

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“As red has a longer wavelength than any other color on the visible spectrum(光谱)，it can be seen from a greater distance than other colors.”可知，由于红色在可见光谱中波长最长，因此可视距离要比其他颜色更远，这也是其能长期被用作表示“停止”的交通信号的原因。故选C。

答案：C

7．Which of the following may the author agree with? A．The meaning of red is culture-specific. B．Yellow functioned as stop signs in the 1900s. C．Green's wavelength is just second to that of red. D．Green's role in lights has changed over time.

解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的内容尤其是“green meant ‘caution’”“green became‘go’”可知，随着时间的变化，绿色在交通信号灯中所扮演的角色也发生了巨大的变化。故选D。

答案：D

8．What does the passage mainly talk about? A．The significance of road traffic signs. B．The history of railroad transportation. C．The symbolic meaning of different colors. D．The origin and development of traffic lights.

解析：主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了交通信号灯的起源与发展，并解释了这三种颜色(红、黄、绿)的物理性质及为什么会被用作交通信号灯。故D项最为全面地概括了文章的主要内容。

答案：D Ⅱ.完形填空

Jenna had graduated from her middle school and was lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College.She was ready for new 1 at the college and filled with confidence. 2 ，she didn't expect it that college life was quite 3 .In the first week，Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders.She was competing against very talented

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girls，and she knew it would be 4 for her to be selected.Two hours later，the 5 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 6 as the list ended without her name.Feeling 7 ，she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving at the dormitory，she started with 8 .She had always been a good math student，but now she was 9 .She moved on to English and history，and was 10 to find that she didn't have any trouble with those subjects.Feeling better，she decided not to 11 math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs.Biden about being on the school 12 .Mrs.Biden wasn't as enthusiastic as Jenna.“I'm sorry， 13 we have enough 14 for the newspaper already.Come back next year and we'll talk then.”Jenna smiled 15 and left.“Why is college so different？” she sighed.

Later in math class，Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 16 .By the end of the class，she understood how to get them right.As she gathered her books，Jenna decided she'd 17 to try to fit in with her new school.She wasn't sure if she'd 18 ，but she knew she had to try.College was just as her mom had said，“You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 19 a big fish in a small pond.The challenge is to become the 20 fish you can be.”

[语篇解读] 本文主要讲述了主人公Jenna在进入大学后所经历的变化及其努力适应的过程。

1．A.decisions C．problems

B．challenges D．exercises

解析：根据上文的“lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College”及“new”可推知，新的大学生活对主人公来讲有许多挑战，故选B。

答案：B 2．A.However C．Besides

B．Therefore D．Otherwise

解析：根据语境可知，上下文表示逻辑上的转折关系，故选A。however“然而”。 答案：A 3．A.normal C．different

B．necessary D．desperate

解析：根据下文的“‘Why is college so different？’she sighed”可知，大学生活与主人公想象的很不一样。

答案：C

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