选修8 Unit 4

选修8Unit 4
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2017湖北武汉华中师大第一附属中学高三期中，A)
British Women Writers in different periods of time
The English Renaissance
The English Renaissance began in the later part of the fifteenth century and lasted until the 1660s.Among the most famous women writers of this period is Aphra Behn, who is seen as the first professional woman writer in English.She wrote a number of plays that dealt with topics such as racism and slavery.A good example is Oroonoko published in 1688.Aphra Behn's works include also the plays The Amourous Prince, The To w n Fop, The Dutch Lo v er and her only tragedy, Abdelazer.
The neoclassical period
Among the well–known women in Bristish literature during the neoclassical period, from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century, is Anne Finch.She wrote poetry and tried to express all that she saw and experienced.Two other women are recognized for their contribution to neoclassical British literature: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.Mary Astell was a philosopher and a feminist writer.She is best known now for her theories on the education of women.
The Romantic period
Jane Austen is one of the most famous women writers that worked during the Romantic period (1798–1832)．Her works include several novels, most of which focus on marriage as a way for young women to secure social standing and economic security.Her most famous novels are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma.Another famous woman writer from the English Romanticism is Mary Shelley.She is the author of Frankenstein, History of Six Weeks Tour and The Last Man.
The Victorian period
The Victorian period, between the 1830s and 1900, was the time when the Bronte sisters, George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell lived and wrote.Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte produced many British literary classics.Charlotte's novels include Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette and The Professor.Mary Anne Evans adopted the male pen name George as she wanted to set herself apart from the feminine genre of cookbooks and domestic moral tales.Her most famous novel is The Mill on the Floss published in 1860.
()1．According to the passage, Aphra Behn was famous for ________.
A．novels B．poetry
C．plays D．cookbooks
()2．According to the passage, why did Mary Anne Evans publish her stories under the name of George Eliot?
A．Women were forbidden to write novels then.
B．Her works would be different.
C．It helped promote her works.
D．It sounded more popular.
()3．If a reader is interested in women's education, whose works can be the best choice?
A．Anne Finch's. B．Mary Astell's.
C．Mary Wortley Montagu's. D．Mary Shelley's.
【答案及解析】
【语篇解读】本文介绍了不同时期的英国女作家。

1．C。

细节理解题。

根据The English Renaissance中“She wrote a number of plays that dealt with topics such as racism and slavery”可知，她写了很多诸如种族主义和奴隶制度话题的戏剧。

可知她因为创作戏剧而闻名，故选C。

2．B。

推理判断题。

根据The Victorian period中“Mary Anne Evans adopted the male pen name George as she wanted to set herself apart from the feminine genre of cookbooks and domestic moral tales”可知，Mary Anne Evans以男性的名字作为笔名，她的作品将是不同的。

故选B。

3．B。

细节理解题。

The neoclassical period中“Mary Astell was a philosopher and a feminist writer.She is best known now for her theories on the education of women”可知，Mary Astell是一位哲学家和女性主义作家，她以女性教育理论著名。

故选B项。

B
(2016湖南师大附中高三上学期第三次月考，B)
On a cold winter day in Denver, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the co–author of the best–selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and the author of The Success Principles.What Jack had become was a version of what I wanted to be.
During his talk, Jack reached for his wallet, pulled out a hundred–dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this？”．
Hands shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would choose.But I ran up the stairs to the stage and grabbed the bill from his hand.He turned to me
and said, “Yes, that's it! Instead of waiting around for opportunities, simply take the initiative and create what we want！”
After this week, I asked for his personal e–mail address and sent him e–mail sharing my views and dreams.He kindly e–mailed back simple encouragement such as “Keep thinking and playing bigger; it's much more fun that way.Love, Jack.” Then I got occupied with other things in life and I stopped e–mailing Jack.
A year later, my dream gradually faded.I had this idea if I got back in touch with Jack.I e–mailed him again and again but got no response.As I sat down at my computer to check my e–mail for the fifth time in 15 minutes, an inspiration came like lighting: What was I doing? Was I waiting for the prize of life? I knew I needed to do something about all this waiting.I was going to write a book, which I would call “Waiting for Jack”！
It all sounded good, but then reality hit.Some nights I cried and wanted to give up.I wrote and rewrote.Even though I could feel the fear, I did it anyway.Fortunately, three years later, Waiting for Jack turns out a best–seller on Amazon!
We all have a “Jack”for whom we wait—whether it's a person, a place or a thing.Now I would like to ask you: what are you waiting for?
()4．From the passage we can learn that the author ________.
A．wanted Jack to autograph her book B．wanted to be as successful as Jack
C．wanted to make friends with Jack D．wanted to get help from Jack
()5．It can be inferred from the passage that Jack Canfield is probably a person who ________.
A．enjoys playing a lot B．likes showing off his wealth
C．seldom takes risks D．welcomes challenges in life
()6．How did the author lose contact with Jack?
A．She and Jack had an argument.
B．She had no time to contact Jack.
C．Jack was too proud to get along with.
D．She was too upset with her broken dream.
()7．What might be the theme of the book Waiting for Jack?
A．The disappointment of waiting for her hero Jack.
B．The need to keep waiting for the prize of our life.
C．The importance of taking action to achieve a goal.
D．The harm of blindly worshipping others as heroes.
【答案及解析】
【语篇解读】本文为记叙文，题材为故事阅读类。

本文通过作者等待畅销书作家“杰克”
的邮件的同时，开始创作一本名为《等待杰克》的书成为亚马逊网的热门书的故事，告诉我们在我们的人生中，每个人都有一个等待的目标，仅仅等待是不够的，还要行动。

4．B。

推理判断题。

根据第四段“I asked for his personal e–mail address and sent him e–mail sharing my views and dreams”可以推知，作者的dream是和Jack一样成功。

5．D。

推理判断题。

根据第四段“Keep thinking and playing bigger; it's much more fun that way.Love, Jack”他回复作者的邮件说希望她“保持梦想并且挑战更多，那样更有趣”，可以看出Jack本人喜欢挑战。

6．B。

细节理解题。

根据第四段“Then I got occupied with other things in life and I stopped e–mailing Jack”可以知道，她写完邮件之后一直忙于别的事情停止了给Jack写邮件。

所以正确答案是B。

7．C。

主旨大意题。

根据文章的后三段可以得知作者停止了“等待”，自己着手写了一本书并成为畅销书，通过这个故事来阐明本文的主题：要达到自己的目标，最重要的是采取行动。

Ⅱ.七选五
(2016陕西西安第七十中学11月检测)
The iPon Generation
Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go.They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what's happening around them.__1__ Outside life is shut out.So are you one of them?
For me, walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect.___2__ What's even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says, “I'm not available for chatting at the moment.”
Suppose, you're at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough but a colleague suddenly turns up.At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration.__3__ Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that “Go away！” signal.
__4__ It's probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family.While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their homework，they can just turn up the volume on their MP3 player, smile and say “Yes，Mum.”Problem solved.
Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears–but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high–tech instrument.We'll be in a virtual(虚拟的)
world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like.In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in.__5__ And they are changing our social habits along the way.
In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It's so strange–suddenly, I don't feel like wearing my earphones anymore.
A．Our instruments are changing quickly.
B．I also have wires hanging from my ears.
C．In the home situation, teenagers love these wires.
D．I don't have to deal with the noise from the environment.
E．After all, I am listening to my favourite music and would rather not be disturbed.
F．Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions.
G．They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal “digital noise reduction systems”．
【答案及解析】
【语篇解读】当今随处可见戴着耳机的青少年们，他们沉浸在自己的世界里，与外界隔绝。

戴耳机有很多好处，可以省去很多打扰和麻烦。

科技改变了人们的生活习惯，本来是为了使生活更美好，但人们似乎在逐渐成为它们的奴隶。

1．G。

从第一段“They move about in their personal bubbles…”以及“Outside life is shut out”可知，人们带着耳机沉浸在自己的世界里，G 选项的句子同理。

2．D。

根据空格前的perfect以及后面的“What's even better”推知，“我”认同戴耳机这种方式。

故此处应该提及戴耳机的好处。

3．F。

选项中的“such interruptions”和前面提到的“the slightest disturbance”是相对应的。

4．C。

本段提到在家里也是同样的情况，有可能是因为(孩子)到了成长的阶段，所以C 选项说的孩子们都戴着耳机是相对应的。

5．A。

空格后的they 代指A 选项中的instruments。

Ⅲ.短文改错
In early January this year, the rate of UFO reports were steady, around three per weeks.When, however, on Monday, January 16, a science fiction film about visitors to outer space was shown on television, there was the immediate increase in reports of sightings from all parts of the States.The commanding officer, Wayne Tyler, who directly responsible for the study of all such reports, decided to making his findings known.They wrote an article, which said that all UFO reports could be explained for quite naturally by aircraft movements.Follow this explanation, there was a rapid drop in the number of reported sightings, because the rate remained above the
previous level.
【答案及解析】
1．were改为was。

此句的主语是the rate谓语动词用单数，而且根据时间状语“In early January this year”可知要用过去时。

2．weeks改为week。

per/every/each后要加名词的单数形式。

3．to改为from。

根据上下文可知外星人是“来自于”外星空，要用from。

4．there was后面的the改为an。

是有关目击外星人的报道有了一个迅速的增长，是泛指，用an。

5．who后加is/was。

be responsible for “对……负责”。

6．making改为make。

decide to do sth.“决定做某事”。

7．They改为He。

根据上文是指“The commanding officer, Wayne Tyler”写了一篇文章，要用代词He。

8．去掉for。

quite naturally为副词，前面不加介词；explain也不加介词。

9．Follow改为Following。

分析句型可知，“follow…”作伴随状语，而且follow与逻辑主语之间的关系是主动的，要用v.–ing的形式。

10．because改为though/although/but/yet。

根据句意可知，前后两句是转折关系，而不是因果关系。

Ⅳ.书面表达
(2016湖南益阳箴言中学三模)
一天你收到如下一封来自笔友的电子邮件。

请根据邮件内容回复一封100词左右的邮件，表示对Tom的欢迎，并询问他来长沙的具体时间、住宿安排、课程时间并说明你需要了解这些的原因。

Dear Li Hua,
Surprise! I enrolled in a camp organized by Chinese Bridge in August and will spend about a week in Changsha.So, we can finally see each other.Learning the Chinese language and visiting some places of interest like Shaoshan Mountain will be part of the camp.I just can't wait to see you.
Tom Dear Tom,
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your early reply.
Li Hua Dear Tom,
I'm so glad to know that you'll come to Changsha and I hope to be with you as much as I can because it will be a wonderful chance for you to feel the Chinese culture and for us to have fun together.It's nice of you to come in August, for after the college entrance examination I'll be free most of the time, but if you could tell me when you will come I'll be better able to arrange my time.I wonder if you can stay in my home during the week, for our house is located at the center of the city and we have a spare room anyway.Could you tell me when your Chinese courses will be taught during the camp? If I knew that, I could arrange some small trips around the city.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Li Hua。