高考英语一轮复习 高考提能练(九)Module 3 Music 外研版必修2

Module 3 Music
阅读理解·组块专练——练速度
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2018·安徽百所重点中学二模)
Five Must­visit Alternative Movie Theaters in Houston
Wortham Giant Screen Theater— Journey to Yellowstone, Kenya, or even the Triassic period at the Wortham Giant Screen Theater, located inside the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Far from a fossil, the 394­seat theater features a large screen with 4K resolution and a six­track sound system, the perfect tools to bring its 3D attractions to life.
Brown Auditorium Theater—Add variety to your cinematic diet at Brown Auditorium Theater, inside the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Brown Auditorium Theater was designed in 1974 by famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and updated in 2000. The theater screens both classic and modern films as well as world cinema and documentaries.
River Oaks Theater—Enjoy dinner and a movie in style at the River Oaks Theater, Houston's typical movie theater located inside the fashionable River Oaks Shopping Center. Spring for extra cost­plus seating to settle into a leather recliner (躺椅) and receive push­of­a­button food and drink service. Showings typically include contemporary documentaries and fiction films and, naturally, the traditional midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Sundance Cinemas Houston—Book your tickets in advance for the easily reserved seating movie theater Sundance Cinemas Houston. The METRORail­nearby downtown theater keeps independent films on deck, but doesn't mind showing the latest great blockbuster (大片). And its on­site cafe serves up pizza, popcorn and more.
Showboat Drive­in Theater—Park the car at the Showboat Drive­in Theater in Hockley where “it's not just a movie... it's an experience！” For a small price, families, friends, and lovers alike get snacks, souvenirs, and a double feature of the newest releases.
【语篇解读】本文为应用文，主要介绍了休斯敦五家另类剧院。

1．What's the Wortham Giant Screen Theater unique for?
A．The latest films.
B．Advanced equipment.
C．A long history.
D．Easy reach.
答案与解析：B 细节理解题。

根据Wortham Giant Screen Theater部分中的“the 394­seat theater features a large screen with 4K resolution and a six­track sound system”可知该剧院设有一个大屏幕，其具有4K分辨率和一个六声道音响系统，故选B。

2．What can you experience in the River Oaks Theater?
A．Drive your car in.
B．Buy friends gifts.
C．See cultural films.
D．Enjoy convenient food service.
答案与解析：D 细节理解题。

根据River Oaks Theater部分中的“seating to settle into a leather recliner (躺椅) and receive push­of­a­button food and drink service”可知在该剧院可享受到便捷的饮食服务，故选D。

3．Which cinema is located in the city center?
A．Sundance Cinemas Houston.
B．Brown Auditorium Theater.
C．The River Oaks Theater.
D．The Showboat Drive­in Theater.
答案与解析：A 细节理解题。

根据Sundance Cinemas Houston部分中的“The METRORail­nearby downtown theater...”可知该剧院位于市中心轻轨旁，故选A。

B
(2018·山东部分重点中学第一次调研)
Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December because he has other commitments, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.
“The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December...，” it said in a statement.
“He wishes that he could accept the award personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible. He underlined that he felt incredibly honored by the Nobel Prize，” it added. The Swedish Academy said it respected Dylan's decision, but that it was “unusual” for a Nobel laureate not to come to Stockholm to accept the award in person. Nobel laureates are honored every year on December 10 — the death anniversary of the prize's founder Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist, inventor and philanthropist.
Several other literature prize winners have skipped the Nobel ceremony in the past for various reasons — British writer Doris Lessing on grounds of ill health, British playwright Harold Pinter because he was hospitalized and Austrian playwright and novelist Elfriede Jelinek due to social phobia.
“We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must carry out — it is the only requirement —within six months starting from December 10,2016，” the academy said.
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了2016年诺贝尔文学奖的获得者Bob Dylan缺席颁奖仪式的故事。

【难句分析】“The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December...，” it said in a statement.
分析：本句是一个复合句。

where引导定语从句，在从句中作地点状语，修饰先行词a personal letter；that引导宾语从句，在从句中不作句子成分。

译文：瑞典文学院在一项声明中提到，他们昨天收到了Bob Dylan的一封个人信件。

Bob Dylan在信件里解释说他不能参加12月份的诺贝尔奖颁奖仪式。

4．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．receiving a personal letter
B．expressing himself in a statement
C．feeling honored by the award
D．accepting the award personally
答案与解析：D 考查代词指代。

根据第三段的“He wishes that he could accept the award personally”可推知，此处的it代指的是亲自去领奖。

5．What is the Swedish Academy's attitude towards Bob Dylan's decision?
A．supportive B．opposite
C．indifferent D．tolerant
答案与解析：D 考查观点态度。

根据第三段的“The Swedish Academy said it respected Dylan's decision, but that it was ‘unusual’ for a Nobel laureate not to come to Stockholm to accept the award in person”可知，瑞典文学院对Dylan的缺席表示尊重。

【干扰项分析】A项意为“支持的”，B项意为“相反的”，C项意为“漠不关心的”，均与文章中瑞典文学院对Dylan缺席领奖的态度不符，故排除。

6．What is the best title of the passage?
A．The Nobel Prize Goes to Music Icon Bob Dylan
B．Laureate Bob Dylan Will Be Absent for the Nobel Ceremony
C．Bob Dylan — a Music Icon Who Won the Nobel Prize
D．A Great Anniversary Event — the Nobel Ceremony
答案与解析：B 标题判断题。

根据第一段“Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December because he has other commitments, the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday”可推知，本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍了2016年诺贝尔文学奖获得者Bob Dylan缺席颁奖仪式的事件。

7．According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．Bob Dylan informed the Swedish Academy of his absence by telephone.
B．The Nobel ceremony is in memory of the birth of the prize's founder.
C．Elfriede skipped the Nobel ceremony because of physical illness.
D．According to the Swedish Academy, the deadline of Dylan's lecture is June 10,2017.
答案与解析：D 细节理解题。

根据最后一段“‘We look forward to Bob Dylan's Nobel lecture, which he must carry out —it is the only requirement —within six months starting from December 10,2016，’ the academy said”可知，Bob Dylan演讲的最后期限是2017年6月10号。

【干扰项分析】根据第二段的“The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday”可知，Bob Dylan是通过信件来告知瑞典文学院自己将缺席颁奖仪式的，而不是电话；根据第三段的“Nobel laureates are honored every year on December 10 — the death anniversary of the prize's founder Alfred Nobel”可知，诺贝尔奖颁奖仪式的举行日是Alfred Nobel逝世的日子，而不是诞辰；根据第四段的“Austrian playwright and novelist Elfriede Jelinek due to social phobia”可知，Elfriede Jelinek缺席是因为社交恐惧症，这是一种精神疾病，而不是身体疾病。

C
(2018·深圳第一次调研)
Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air, especially when it reaches critical pollution levels, but one local businessman decided that canning and selling this poor quality air as a souvenir would be a great idea. Believe it or not, he was right.
After seeing a number of companies achieve commercial success by canning fresh air from countries like France, Canada or Australia and selling it in China, Dominic Johnson­Hill, a British­born citizen of Beijing and owner of the Plastered 8 (创可贴8) souvenir shop, decided to turn the idea on its head and sell canned Beijing air throughout China and abroad.
“I'd seen people going crazy to buy canned air from Canada and Australia, so I thought it was time to push business the other way，” the busi nessman said. “They're perfect gifts! What else are you going to take home when you go home from Beijing? A roast duck? A Plastered T­shirt? These cans are light, easily carried home. You can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas.”
The few mouth­fulls of Beijing air come in stand­ard tin cans featuring a couple of famous city landmarks as well as a bitter description of the contents. “A unique mix of nitrogen (氮气), oxygen and probably some unknown stuff.” The ironic (讽刺的) souvenirs cost 28 RMB (U.S. $4) and are available at the Plastered 8 shop, as well as in its online shop. But if you're actually considering buying some, you'd better ask the shop in advance, as they are always flying off the shelves. Johnson­Hill said that his shop is selling hundreds of Beijing air cans every day.
Personally, the well­sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions. Yet one thing that's not particularly clear is whether the air is really collected from Beijing, because the cans are labeled as “Made in Shenzhen”. There's a big chance that it is just a kind of “Plastered 8 humor”，as they also list “Choking Risk” and “May have unidentified objects inside” as warnings.
Anyway, it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.
【语篇解读】许多北京居民都千方百计避免吸入京城的雾霾，尤其在污染指数爆表的时候，但是当地的一名企业家却认为将这种污浊的空气装进罐中并作为纪念品出售将是个好主意。

信不信由你，他的想法还真没错。

8．What are many people in Beijing likely to do with the smoggy air?
A．Try to get used to it.
B．Can it as a souvenir.
C．Sell it all over the world.
D．Try their best to avoid it.
答案与解析：D 细节理解题。

根据第一段第一句“Many Beijing residents go to g reat lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air, especially when it reaches critical pollution levels...”可知，许多北京居民都千方百计避免吸入京城的雾霾，尤其在污染指数爆表的时候。

9．How may one feel when receiving canned Beijing air for Christmas?
A．Satisfied. B．Surprised.
C．Frightened. D．Refreshed.
答案与解析：B 推理判断题。

根据第三段中的“You can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas.”可知，通常人们从北京旅游回去都是带烤鸭之类的礼物，但当你带回去一罐雾霾空气时，那么拆礼物的人的表情一定是惊讶的。

故选B项。

10．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “stuff” in Para graph 4?
A．Liquids. B．Objects.
C．Minerals. D．Risks.
答案与解析：B 词义猜测题。

根据画线词所在句“A unique mix of nitrogen, oxygen and probably some unknown stuff.”可知，画线词与nitrogen，oxygen都是这种空气中所含的物质。

liquid意为“液体”；object意为“物体”；mineral意为“矿物”；risk 意为“冒险”。

11．What can we infer from the passage?
A．There are unidentified objects in the canned Beijing air.
B．The Plastered 8 souvenir shop is famous for its humor.
C．The writer may expect us to care more about the environment.
D．Dominic Johnson­Hill is a British man who lives in Beijing.
答案与解析：C 推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段“Anyway, it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.”可知，作者认为出售罐装北京空气是用一种独特的方式唤起公众保护环境的意识。

D
(2018·辽宁省部分重点高中第三次联考)
Those who claim bananas are fattening argue that bananas cause the body to make lots of insulin (胰岛素), and insulin causes fat growth.
How much insulin we produce is related to how fast food becomes sugar in our bloodstream. How can you know if food makes a lot of sugar quickly? The glycemic index(血糖指数), or GI rating tells us. Foods with GI scores above 75 are considered high­GI foods, leading to faster sugar development. Bananas have a GI of 62, which is considered low.
Weight loss can be a struggle for anyone, but it is especially hard for diabetics (糖尿病患者). A study looked at how the starch from unripe bananas affected the weight of a group of obese diabetics. After four weeks of a diet high in bananas, diabetics lost significantly more weight than on a control diet. They also saw improvements in insulin sensitivity from the banana diet.
What's more, bananas have been shown to cut risks of strokes, diabetes and cancers (Bananas are the most powerful fruit for lowering the risk of kidney cancer.). Bananas are also a rich source of fiber, which has been shown to help weight loss. Bananas that still have some green on the skin are even higher in fiber.
Skins from green bananas can be taken and, after removing the stem and dark tip, cut into small pieces 2－3 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. These pieces can be made into a tea or added to a dish. When you eat the skins, be sure you are eating organic bananas. The flesh of regular bananas is low in pesticides, but the skins are not.
【语篇解读】本文反驳了“吃香蕉会使人发胖”这一错误观点，告诉大家香蕉不会使身体分泌很多胰岛素而导致脂肪增加，相反，香蕉对身体健康有着诸多好处。

12. What conclusion can we draw from Paragraphs 1 & 2?
A. Bananas are likely to make people fat.
B. Insulin determines the amount of sugar.
C. Low­GI foods can turn into sugar more slowly.
D. The faster the food becomes sugar, the less insulin.
答案与解析：C 推理判断题。

根据第二段中“How can you know if food ma kes a lot of sugar quickly? The glycemic index (血糖指数)．.. faster sugar development”可知，血糖指数高的食物往往能更快地转化成糖分，反之，血糖指数低的食物转化成糖分的速度较慢。

故选C。

13. What does the author say about bananas?
A. Including bananas in diets is good for health.
B. Bananas can cure people suffering kidney cancer.
C. Eating organic bananas protect people from strokes.
D. Bananas' abundant fiber improves insulin sensitivity.
答案与解析：A 推理判断题。

根据文章第三段中的“diabetics lost significantly more weight than on a control diet. They also saw improvements in insulin sensitivity from the banana diet”及第四段的“bananas have been shown to cut risks of strokes, diabetes and cancers...weight loss”可知，香蕉可以帮助人们减肥，也能降低人们患中风、糖尿病及癌症的风险，由此可得出这样的结论：将香蕉列入日常饮食对人们的健康有益，故选A。

14. What is discussed in the last paragraph?
A. The use of banana skins.
B. The benefits of banana skins.
C. The importance of banana skins.
D. The ways of choosing organic bananas.
答案与解析：A 考查主旨要义。

根据最后一段的内容尤其是“... can be made into a tea or added to a dish”可知，本段主要讲的是香蕉皮的用途。

故选A。

15．In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?
A. Education.
B. Health.
C. Culture.
D. Science.
答案与解析：B 推理判断题。

纵观全文可知，香蕉不仅有助于减肥，还能降低人们患中风、糖尿病及癌症的风险，而且香蕉皮也有用处。

由此可知，本文最有可能出现在报纸的健康专栏。

故选B。

Ⅱ.七选五
(2018·长沙高三模拟二)
With today's stressful lifestyles, it's important to have time that you spend
doing something just for the fun of it. While there are many great hobbies to choose from, the hobbies here are particularly useful in relieving stress.
__1__
Whether you simply learn to take better pictures of your friends and family, or explore the world of creating true art, photography can be a great hobby. As you practice seeing the world through the eyes of a photographer, you may begin to see things differently.
Gardening
Gardening can be a great stress reliever for many reasons. __2__. In addition, it can also create more beautiful surroundings to come home to each day, and more.
Knitting
Aside from helping you create beautiful gifts for yourself and others, knitting provides you with an opportunity to relieve stress. The repetitive motion can get you into an experience of “flow”， or can at least provide an outlet for nervous energy. __3__.
Drawing
You can get in touch with your artistic side and use drawing as a way to process emotions. __4__. The end result will be something beautiful and personal that you can enjoy or share.
Playing the piano
__5__. While listening to music can probably be considered a hobby, creating music can be an even more powerful stress relieving hobby. Learning to play an instrument such as the piano can be a stress reliever for you as well as for those around you.
A．Laughing more, stressing less
B．Exploring photography
C．It can get you into the sunshine and fresh air
D．Music has many health and stress relief benefits
E．These suggestions can help you reduce tension in your body now
F．Gradually knitting may be making you better at your day job
G．Besides, it can distract you, and achieve other stress management benefits 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍各种可以缓减压力的爱好。

1．答案与解析：B 根据第二段可知，此处的标题应和摄影有关。

B项意为“探索摄影”，符合语境。

故答案选B。

【关键句】Whether you simply learn to take better pictures of your friends and family, or explore the world of creating true art, photography can be a great hobby.(第二段第一句)
译文：不管你只是简单地学习拍摄你的朋友和家人的更好的照片，还是探索创造真正艺术的世界，摄影都可以成为一个不错的爱好。

2．答案与解析：C 根据本段标题及空格后一句可知，园艺是解压的好方法。

C项意为“它(园艺)可以使你沐浴阳光并且呼吸到新鲜的空气”，与下文联系紧密，符合语境。

故答案选C。

3．答案与解析：F 根据本段标题“Knitting”可知，F项中的“knitting”与标题相符，指逐渐地编织可能使你更善于应付你日常的工作。

故答案选F。

4．答案与解析：G 根据第五段可知，G项“此外，它(绘画)可以分散你的注意力，并实现其他缓减压力的好处”承接上文，符合语境。

故答案选G。

【关键句】You can get in touch with your artistic side and use drawing as a way to process emotions.(第五段第一句)
译文：你可以了解自己艺术的一面，并采用绘画的方式来处理情绪。

5．答案与解析：D 根据最后一段第二句及语境可推知，D项“音乐有许多健康的和缓解压力的好处”符合语境。

故答案选D。

【关键句】While listening to music can probably be considered a hobby, creating music can be an even more powerful stress relieving hobby.(最后一段第二句) 译文：尽管听音乐可能被认为是一种爱好，但创作音乐可能是一个更强有力的缓减压力的爱好。