2017-2018学年高中英语大题精做04Makingthenews（含解析）新人教版必修5

Unit 4 Making the news

I. 完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

An American teacher walked up and down in a classroom while she was teaching stress management to her students. As she 1 a glass of water, everyone 2 they would be asked the ＂half empty or half-full＂ question.

3 , with a smile on her face, she asked, ＂How 4 is this glass of water?＂

Answers called out 5 from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).

She quieted the students down and then replied, ＂The absolute weight doesn’t 6 . It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a 7 . If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my 8 . If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel 9 and paralyzed(麻痹的，瘫痪的). In each case, the 10 of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Do you know why?＂

All the students kept silent and listened carefully, lost in thought. She continued, ＂Our 11 and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and 12 happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to 13 . And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed — 14 to do anything.＂

It’s important to remember to 15 your stresses. As early in the evening as possible, put all your 16 down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

More often than not life gets terrible 17 we think too much. And the moment you remove your burden, you’ll find yourself feeling much more 18 .

So rather than moping around (闲逛) and feeling sorry for yourself, 19

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doing something about it. After all, life is too short to 20 yourself to anything that’s not making you happy. 1. A. served

D. demanded

2. A. argued

D. expected

3. A. Meanwhile

D. Therefore

4. A. heavy

D. little

5. A. replied

D. remained

6. A. affect matter

7. A. success

D. skill

8. A. arm back

9. A. steady

D. nervous

10. A. weight

D. size

11. A. surprises

D. doubts

12. A. everything

D. nothing

13. A. fade

D. adjust

14. A. uncertain

D. available

B. raised

B. wondered

B. Anyhow B. much B. ranged B. drop B. point B. hand B. sensitive B. shape B. stresses B. anything B. hurt B. afraid

C. drank

C. agreed

C. Instead

C. full

C. read C. work C. problem C. neck C. numb

C. function C. joys C. something C. change C. unable

D.

D.

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15. A. catch up with

D. let go of

B. take charge of C. put up with

16. A. burdens

D. feelings

B. thoughts C. hardships

17. A. till

D. though

B. when C. unless

18. A. excited

D. relaxed

B. worried C. satisfied

19. A. keep

D. risk

B. start C. finish

20. A. help

D. commit

B. throw C. abandon

II. 阅读理解

A

＂Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy –– they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.＂ –– Jeff Bezos.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, ＂That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good

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job.＂ That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices. 1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? A. His dream of being an inventor.

B. The support of his wife.

D.

Millions

of

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. exciting titles.

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence? A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him. B. He would be very excited if he tried it out. C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him. 3. We can know from the passage that ________.

A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B. the author wanted someone else to try the idea C. the author might not regret if he failed the idea D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. Cleverness and Kindness C. Following My Passion

B

B. The Starting of Amazon D. We Are What We Choose

The documentary “Under the Dome” went viral (走红) online just before Chinese

lawmakers opened their yearly meeting. The film examines the health effects of China’s massive air pollution, or smog problem. It also presents the difficulties environmental officials face in enforcing laws.zx-xk

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A former reporter for China’s state-run television, Chai Jing, produced the

documentary. It argues that state-run businesses, especially energy companies, are part of China’s pollution problem.

At the end of National People’s Congress meeting, a reporter asked Prime Minister

Li Keqiang whether he thought the film was correct. Are big oil companies barriers to environmental law enforcement? Mr. Li said under this year's Environmental Protection Law officials are committed to taking legal action against those who add to the pollution problem. He said anyone involved in acts of illegal production and emissions will be brought to justice. He said the government must make businesses that illegally emit(排放) and dump(丢弃) pay a price too heavy to accept.

Others also commented on the film before it was banned, including former

basketball star Yao Ming. Mr. Yao served as a representative at the legislative meetings. He said he had watched the film and was thankful for the information film producer Chai Jing made public. He said the film expressed the feelings in many people’s hearts.

A respiratory(呼吸的) expert and representative at the legislative(立法的)

meetings also spoke to VOA about “Under the Dome.” Zhong Nanshan said Chai Jing’s film takes a good look at where smog comes from, how harmful it is and the efforts being taken to deal with it. Previously, Mr. Zhong said that China’s smog is an even scarier problem than the serious illness SARS.

5. The documentary “Under the Dome” suggests that ______.

A. water pollution in China has very bad effect on people’s health. B. energy companies take all the blame for China’s pollution.

C. all the state-run companies know nothing about environment protection. D. China’s environmental departments face troubles when dealing with pollution.

6. From Para.3, we can infer that ______

A. The Chinese government will take more measures to deal with air pollution.

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