2020版高考英语新设计一轮复习北师大版精练：Unit 20 单元话题 语篇训练(每单元3练) 含答案

Unit 20 单元话题·语篇训练（每单元3练）课时练(一)阅读理解组块专练——练速度(限时：35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2019·贵阳监测)In no particular order, here are some songs on the Music app of my phone：On a Sunday Afternoon by Lighter Shade of Brown— A student of mine introduced this rap song to me all the way back in the early 1990s, when I was teaching Spanish at a local university. The story in the song takes place not too far from where I live in Los Angeles. It's a good “driving” song, nothing complicated or “deep”．Say Something by A Great Big World— A more recent song about a couple losing contact with each other. The piano part is of very little playing but beautiful.American Pie by Don McLean— Another song from my youth in the 1980s, very popular with almost every American of my generation. It retells some of the key events of the middle 20th century, a song of happy memories of the past and wanting to return to those better times.The Weight by The Band— Another old song, originally made public in 1968, but one I didn't hear until I was in high school more than 10 years later. I don't understand the words to the song completely, but the feeling of the song is very comforting to me.Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers — This Los Angeles group wrote a song that I used to listen to when I first moved to LA more than 25 years ago. I didn't know anyone here when I first arrived. When I got bored, I used to drive up and down the major streets that cross the city from east to west, listening to this song about “the city of angels” being as “lonely as I am”. (Don't worry! I have plenty of friends now.)语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了在作者的手机音乐播放器中存的几首歌曲的相关信息。

1．What does the underlined word “deep” probably mean?A．With skill.B．With comfort.C．With a normal meaning.D．With a significant meaning.解析：选D词义猜测题。

根据第二段最后一句中的“It's a good ‘driving’ song, nothing complicated”可知，此处表示这首歌是一首说唱乐，适合驾车时听，含义不复杂，故可推知这首歌没有重大的意义，所以选D。

2．When did the author probably hear The Weight by The Band?A．In 1968.B．In 1970.C．In the 1980s. D．In the 1990s.解析：选C细节理解题。

根据第五段第一句“The Weight by The Band ... more than 10 years later”可知，这首歌于1968年发行，但是作者在十多年后才听到，所以作者有可能是在20世纪80年代听到这首歌的。

3．When the author first moved to LA, the song he used to listen to was ________.A．Say Something B．American PieC．The Weight D．Under the Bridge解析：选D细节理解题。

根据最后一段第一句可知，作者最开始到洛杉矶时经常听的一首歌是Under the Bridge。

B(2019·昆明调研)When she was found off the coast of California four years ago, the fur seal, known as Ziggy Star, was skinny and fragile. She was unfit to return to the wild. And though a professional rescue team took her in to care for her, Ziggy continued to decline. “I wouldn't have given her next week，”says Uriarte, a surgeon who led a recent first-of-its-kind brain operation on the seal.The operation was the first of its kind to treat hydrocephalus in fur seals. The surgical team at Tufts was unable to find any documented evidence of a similar procedure, so they needed a lot of preparation to operate on Ziggy's brain. The biggest concern in operating on Ziggy was how to control the animal's anesthesia (麻醉). “When they're under anesthesia their body's reaction includes decreasing their heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing，” says Flower, who observes Ziggy and the other animals' care, describing the special challenges of operating on seals. On the day of the surgery, Flower says that she and her team “were all quite anxious not knowing what would happen”. Moving quickly was extremely important; the longer she was under anesthesia, the more likely that she could lose her breathing, says the surgeon. The seal has been kept on land to prevent water from entering the cut on her head.Now, Ziggy is eating a full diet and is beginning to gain weight again. “Recently I've allowed her to go swimming，”says Flower. However, the source of Ziggy's neurological disorder (神经紊乱) is still a mystery. “My theory is that when she was found, she had a head injury，”Uriarte says. “Hit by a boat maybe ... That happens a lot with seals.” Flower is less willing to guess. “I don't think there's enough information to make that assumption. We just don't know what happened to her.”语篇解读：本文是动物保护类记叙文。

Ziggy Star是一只在加利福尼亚海岸被发现的非常瘦弱的海豹，因为Ziggy有脑积水，医生为她进行了手术，她现在已经能够正常进食，体重也在逐步恢复，但究竟是什么导致了她的神经紊乱，这依旧是一个谜。

4．When first found, Ziggy Star looked ________.A．thin and weak B．active and excitedC．bloody and fierce D．strong and energetic解析：选A细节理解题。