高考英语一轮复习优质学案：Unit 4 Pygmalion学案

Unit 4 Pygmalion
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2019·广州模拟)
Metropolis Book Club
Membership：
All you need to do is fill out the order form at the bottom of the page，select your first order from our book list and then post the completed form back to us.
Special offers for new members：
•As a special offer，you may choose any reduced－price books from our new members’ book list，to the value of 100 yuan in total.
•Tick the box on your form to order a free watch.
•Join before the end of this month and you will receive another free book carefully chosen by our staff.
•Order an audio－book from the many on offer，at half the recommended retail price.
When you’ve joined：
As a member you get around 50% off the publisher’s price of every book you buy，and what’s more，they come straight to your door.Your free club magazine arrives once a month to keep you up to date with the latest best－sellers we’ve added to our list.On the Internet，you can find all our titles for the year at our exclusive members’ website.Our website also has a book swap service where members can request or offer books for exchange.
Being a member：
All you have to do is order four books during your first year.After that，you can
decide on the number of books you wish to take.
In each of your monthly club magazines，our experienc ed staff choose a “Book of the Month” for you，which is offered at an extra－special price.If you do not want this book，just say so in the space provided on the form and send it back to us.We always send the book if we do not receive this form.
Once we receive your order，your books are delivered within one week.And remember，you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered.If they aren’t what you expected just send them back!
【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。

主要介绍了如何成为Metropolis Book Club 的会员以及会员将得到什么好处等。

1．How can you become a member of the Metropolis Book Club?
A．By ordering a watch free of charge.
B．By sending the advertisement to the club.
C．By choosing books with special prices.
D．By returning the completed order form.
『答案』D[细节理解题。

根据Membership部分中的“All you need to do is...the completed form back to us”可知，要想成为会员需要填写页面下端的订单表格，从书单中选择你的第一个订单，然后把填完的表格寄给俱乐部，故选D 项。

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2．What information does the monthly magazine give members?
A．The percentage saved on each book.
B．The names of all the books sold by the club.
C．The list of the newest books available to buy.
D．The books that can be swapped by club members.
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据When you’ve joined部分中的“Your free club magazine arrives...we’ve added to our list”可知，月刊杂志给会员提供最新的畅销书信息，故选C项。

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3．What can we infer from the last part of the passage?
A．At least four books should be bought each year.
B．Members can look at the books before they buy them.
C．Members need to buy the “Book of the Month”．
D．The more books members buy，the higher the member’s grade is.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“And remember，you have up to a．..just send them back”可知，书先寄给会员，如果会员不喜欢，可以寄回去。

因此，会员可以在不买的情况下就先看到书，故选B项。

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B
(2019·洛阳市一模)
It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of
human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rain
forest.Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长目
动物)．Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat.Without competition，Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Ediso n would never have invented the light bulb.
The friendship，like all relationships between two people，involves competition.It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prizes.Perhaps the ecological definition—the simultaneous (同时的) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources，such as nutrients，living space，or light—better explains it.
As in nature，high school life is governed by a set of laws，similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theor y of evolution，overpopulation，and competition.There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them，ranking and categorizing (分类) take place.In high school，friendship coexists with competition even though at times the relationship is rough.In fact，in some circumstances，competition is too much of a burden for friendship to bear，causing it to fall apart.College admission is the final high school objective.Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades，and a student’s fate is determin ed not only by these achievements，but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to
achieve similar recognition.
Nevertheless，by necessity，competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life.It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork.Healthy，friendly competition can have only benefits，but when it becomes too fierce，jealousy (妒忌)can tear friendship apart.Yet，despite all this，without competition，we would be lost.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。

主要论述了友谊和竞争之间的关系，健康的竞争促进友谊，而恶性的竞争则破坏友谊。

4．What does the ecological definition mainly explain?
A．How friends compete with each other.
B．How to win the competition.
C．What the result of competition is.
D．What competition exactly is.
『答案』D[细节理解题。

分析第二段最后一句可知，该句的主干是Perhaps the ecological definition better explains it，其中“it”指代的是前一句中的“competition”。

两个破折号之间的内容解释“the ecological definition”。

故选D 项。

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5．According to the author，what causes the high school students to compete? A．The number of them is too large.
B．Friendship is a burden for them.
C．They know the laws of nature well.
D．They are divided into different groups.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第三段内容可知，高中生活与自然界一样有一系列的规则，这与达尔文关于进化、人口过多和竞争的理论相似。

也正是因为学生人数众多，为了区分，所以对学生进行了排名、分类。

再加上考大学这一高中生活的最终目标的压力，高中生之间的竞争就不可避免地产生了。

故选A 项。

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6．Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition? A．Friendship is always based on competition.
B．The degree of competition is vital to friendship.
C．Competition is terribly harmful to friendship.
D．Competition is a result of lost friendship.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“Healthy，friendly competition can...can tear friendship apart”可知，健康的、友好的竞争对友谊有好处，而过于激烈的、存在妒忌的竞争会使友谊破裂，因此竞争的度对友谊是至关重要的。

故选B项。

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7．What does the author think of “competition”？
A．The results of competition are out of control.
B．Competition becomes fiercer in high school.
C．Competition is certain to happen in high school.
D．Friendship is not as important as competition in high school.
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据最后一段第一句“Nevertheless，by necessity，competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life”可知，作者认为高中生活的各个方面存在竞争是必然的。

故选C项。

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C
(2019·南宁二中、柳州高中两校第二次联考)
Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored，non－personal message to promote or sell a product，a service or an idea.Sponsors of advertising are often businessmen who wish to promote their products or services.Advertising is different from public relations since an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message.It is different from personal selling since the message is non－personal，i.e.not directed to a particular individual. Advertising is communicated through various mass media，including old media such as newspapers，magazines，television，radio，outdoor advertising or direct mail；or new media such as search results，blogs，websites or text messages.The actual presentation of the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or “ad”．Commercial ads often seek to increase consumption of products or services through“branding”，which associates a product name or image with certain qualities
in the minds of consumers.Noncommercial advertisers who spend money in advertising items other than a consumer product or service include political parties，interest groups，religious organizations and governmental agencies.Non－profit organizations may use free modes of persuasion，such as a public service announcement.Advertising may also be used to reassure employees or shareholders that the company is successful.
Modern advertising was created with the techniques，with tobacco advertising in the 1920s.The most significant example was the campaigns of Edward Bernays，considered the founder of modern“Madison Avenue” advertising.
In 2015，the world spent an estimate of $529.43 billion on advertising.Its projected distribution for 2017 is 40.4% on TV，33.3% on digital，9% on newspapers，6.9% on magazines，5.8% on outdoor activities and 4.3% on radio.Internationally，the largest(“big four”) advertising conglomerates are IPG，Omnicom，Publicis Groupe，and WPP.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。

介绍了广告的作用、类型以及在各种媒体中的分布情况。

8．In what way does advertising differ from public relations?
A．Advertisers pay for and are in charge of the message.
B．Messages advertised are non－profit.
C．Advertising is communicated through various mass media.
D．Advertising is used to reassure employees or shareholders.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据文章第一段中的“Advertising is different...over the message”可知，广告不同于公共关系的原因是广告商通常控制信息并为信息付费。

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9．Sponsors usually make use of some new media to promote their products，including ________．
A．direct mail B．television
C．websites D．newspapers
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“new media such as search
results，blogs，websites or text messages”可知，“网站”属于新媒体，故选C。

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10．Which of the following is the typical goal of commercial ads?
A．Profits. B．Popularity.
C．Consumers. D．Brands.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“Commercial ads often seek...through ‘branding’”可知，商业广告通常通过品牌打造增加产品或服务的消费，最终目的是获得利润。

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11．What does the underlined word probably refer to?
A．businessmen B．companies
C．stores D．organizers
『答案』B[词义猜测题。

画线词后的“IPG，Omnicom，Publicis Groupe，and WPP”是公司的名字，据此可推知，画线词与“company”意义相同。

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D
(2019·石家庄第一次质量检测)
Flat Holm is a picturesque landmass located in Britain’s Bristol Channel.The area’s low energy needs have therefore been fulfilled by using old－fashioned solar panels (太阳能电池板) and diesel generators (柴油发电机)．The beautiful island is now，however，becoming increasingly popular with tourists wishing to explore the rural landscape and view the island’s seabird colonies.
Though this is welcome news，meeting the island’s growing energy needs without damaging its environment has been a challenge.Flat Holm team leader Natalie Taylor says，“It’s really important that we have a really high functioning system.From an environmental point of view，we want to reduce the use of diesel generators so that we can have as small an ecological footprint as possible.”
Fortunately，UK－based startup Renovagen had the perfect solution.The company’s Rapid Roll Solar PV system consists of flexible solar panels that can be unrolled like a carpet from a trailer (拖车) within two minutes and instantly put to work.According to the company，a small panel can provide 11 kw of power.
The technology is the brainchild of Renovagen’s Managing Director John Hingley，who came up with the idea after seeing something used as a backup battery for mobile devices about five years ago.In addition to being easy to unfold，the rollable panels are also more cost－effective to transport.Hingley says，“Compared with traditional rigid panels，we can fit up to 10 times the power in this size container.”
The solar panel“carpets”，laid on the island in early October，are being used to provide electricity for its pub and lighthouse.In addition to providing power for remote islands like Flat Holm，Hingley hopes the Rapid Roll technology will be useful in areas affected by natural disasters.A good example is Puerto Rico，where most people have been without electricity since Hurricane Maria destroyed the power lines.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。

主要介绍了Renovagen公司发明的快速太阳能光伏系统，这种系统不仅给Flat Holm带来了能源，还有利于保护它的环境。

12．What leads to Flat Holm’s increasing energy needs?
A．Its growing number of tourists.
B．Its remote location.
C．The damage to its environment.
D．The power system failure.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第一段最后一句可知，Flat Holm吸引了越来越多的游客，再结合第二段中的“Though this is welcome news...has been a challenge”可知，游客的增多导致了Flat Holm日益增长的能源需求。

] 13．Where does the difficulty lie to increase energy supply to Flat Holm? A．Reusing diesel generators.
B．Protecting its environment.
C．Abandoning old solar panels.
D．Reducing the transport cost.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据第二段中的“without damaging its environment...ecological footprint as possible”可知，要增加Flat Holm的能源供
应，困难在于保护环境。

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14．How do the new solar panels differ from the old ones?
A．They cost less.
B．They are smaller.
C．They are portable.
D．They are hard to operate.
『答案』C[推理判断题。

根据第三段中的“The company’s Rapid Roll Solar PV system...and instantly put to work”及第四段中的“In addition to being easy...in this size container”可知，新的太阳能电池板的不同之处在于它们是便携的。

] 15．What gave Hingley inspiration of the Rapid Roll technology?
A．A natural disaster. B．A similar invention.
C．His life on the island. D．Traditional rigid panels.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据第四段中的“The technology is the brainchild of...about five years ago”可知，让John Hingley获得快速太阳能光伏系统的灵感的是一个类似的发明。

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Ⅱ.阅读七选五
(2019·广州模拟)China has been the birthplace of many of the world’s greatest inventions.It was，for example，the first country to produce paper money.Before the invention of paper money and coins，people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling.__1__This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering.
__2__In 1200 BC，people in China began to use shells(贝壳) as ually the shells used as money were very small.This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances，and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.
In the years which followed this invention，many other countries around the world began to do the same.__3__
The next development was in 1000 BC，when China started making bronze and copper shells.It wasn’t long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal：
__4__By 500 BC，metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece，and later in the Roman Empire.
About 1，000 years later，leather was used as money in China，and in 806 AD，the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people.__5__
A．People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.
B．However，as economies developed，such exchanges became impractical.
C．It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.
D．They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.
E．As time went by，trade between countries increased.
F．During that time，for example，buying a chicken might cost several potatoes. G．The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。

主要按照时间顺序讲述了中国和世界上其他国家货币发展的历史。

1．F[根据空前的“people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling”及空后的“This exchange...is called bartering”可知，此处主要讲的是“物物交换”，F项中的“buying a chicken might cost several potatoes”是“物物交换”的一个例子，符合上下文文意，故选F项。

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2．B[本文第一段讲的是“物物交换”；根据空后的“In 1200 BC...were very small”可知，第二段讲的是“贝壳作为货币使用”，故此空的作用是承上启下。

B项中的“such exchanges”与第一段最后一句中的“This exchange”相呼应，且B项中的“However”以及“impractical”表明“物物交换”有局限性，所以出现了更加方便携带的贝壳货币，符合上下文文意，故选B项。

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3．D[根据第二段内容及空前的“many other countries around the world began to do the same”可知，许多其他国家也开始这样做了。

“to do the same”指的就是“也开始用贝壳作为买卖的货币”，故D项“他们也使用小贝壳作为货币进行买卖”符合上下文文意，故选D项。

]
4．G[根据空前的“It wasn’t long before...out of metal”可知，不久中国人制造了金属制成的圆形钱币；根据空后的“By 500 BC，metal ter in the
Roman Empire”可知，到公元前500年这种金属钱币开始在其他国家出现。

故空处应是解释这种金属钱币在其他国家出现的原因。

故选G项。

]
5．C[根据空前的“the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people”可知，此处讲到了纸币首先由中国人创造，故C项“很多年后纸币才出现在欧洲”与此处衔接紧密，故选C项。

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Unit 4 Pygmalion
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2019·广州模拟)
Metropolis Book Club
Membership：
All you need to do is fill out the order form at the bottom of the page，select your first order from our book list and then post the completed form back to us.
Special offers for new members：
•As a special offer，you may choose any reduced－price books from our new members’ book list，to the value of 100 yuan in total.
•Tick the box on your form to order a free watch.
•Join before the end of this month and you will receive another free book carefully chosen by our staff.
•Order an audio－book from the many on offer，at half the recommended retail price.
When you’ve joined：
As a member you get around 50% off the publisher’s price of every book you buy，and what’s more，they come straight to your door.Your free club magazine arrives once a month to keep you up to date with the latest best－sellers we’ve added to our
list.On the Internet，you can find all our titles for the year at our exclusive members’ website.Our website also has a book swap service where members can request or offer books for exchange.
Being a member：
All you have to do is order four books during your first year.After that，you can decide on the number of books you wish to take.
In each of your monthly club magazines，our experienced staff choose a “Book of the Month” for you，which is offered at an extra－special price.If you do not want this book，just say so in the space provided on the form and send it back to us.We always send the book if we do not receive this form.
Once we receive your order，your books are delivered within one week.And remember，you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered.If they aren’t what you expected just send them back!
【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文。

主要介绍了如何成为Metropolis Book Club 的会员以及会员将得到什么好处等。

1．How can you become a member of the Metropolis Book Club?
A．By ordering a watch free of charge.
B．By sending the advertisement to the club.
C．By choosing books with special prices.
D．By returning the completed order form.
『答案』D[细节理解题。

根据Membership部分中的“All you need to do is...the completed form back to us”可知，要想成为会员需要填写页面下端的订单表格，从书单中选择你的第一个订单，然后把填完的表格寄给俱乐部，故选D 项。

]
2．What information does the monthly magazine give members?
A．The percentage saved on each book.
B．The names of all the books sold by the club.
C．The list of the newest books available to buy.
D．The books that can be swapped by club members.
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据When you’ve joined部分中的“Your free club magazine arrives...we’ve added to our list”可知，月刊杂志给会员提供最新的畅销书信息，故选C项。

]
3．What can we infer from the last part of the passage?
A．At least four books should be bought each year.
B．Members can look at the books before they buy them.
C．Members need to buy the “Book of the Month”．
D．The more books members buy，the higher the member’s grade is.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“And remember，you have up to a．..just send them back”可知，书先寄给会员，如果会员不喜欢，可以寄回去。

因此，会员可以在不买的情况下就先看到书，故选B项。

]
B
(2019·洛阳市一模)
It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of
human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rain
forest.Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长目
动物)．Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat.Without competition，Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb.
The friendship，like all relationships between two people，involves competition.It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prizes.Perhaps the ecological definition—the simultaneous (同时的) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources，such as nutrients，living space，or light—better explains it.
As in nature，high school life is governed by a set of laws，similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theory of evolution，overpopulation，and competition.There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them，ranking and categorizing (分类) take place.In high school，friendship coexists with
competition even though at times the relationship is rough.In fact，in some circumstances，competition is too much of a burden for friendship to bear，causing it to fall apart.College admission is the final high school objective.Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades，and a student’s fate is determined not only by these achievements，but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve similar recognition.
Nevertheless，by necessity，competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life.It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork.Healthy，friendly competition can have only benefits，but when it becomes too fierce，jealousy (妒忌)can tear friendship apart.Yet，despite all this，without competition，we would be lost.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。

主要论述了友谊和竞争之间的关系，健康的竞争促进友谊，而恶性的竞争则破坏友谊。

4．What does the ecological definition mainly explain?
A．How friends compete with each other.
B．How to win the competition.
C．What the result of competition is.
D．What competition exactly is.
『答案』D[细节理解题。

分析第二段最后一句可知，该句的主干是Perhaps the ecological definition better explains it，其中“it”指代的是前一句中的“competition”。

两个破折号之间的内容解释“the ecological definition”。

故选D 项。

]
5．According to the author，what causes the high school students to compete? A．The number of them is too large.
B．Friendship is a burden for them.
C．They know the laws of nature well.
D．They are divided into different groups.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第三段内容可知，高中生活与自然界一样有一系列的规则，这与达尔文关于进化、人口过多和竞争的理论相似。

也正是因为
学生人数众多，为了区分，所以对学生进行了排名、分类。

再加上考大学这一高中生活的最终目标的压力，高中生之间的竞争就不可避免地产生了。

故选A 项。

]
6．Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition? A．Friendship is always based on competition.
B．The degree of competition is vital to friendship.
C．Competition is terribly harmful to friendship.
D．Competition is a result of lost friendship.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“Healthy，friendly competition can...can tear friendship apart”可知，健康的、友好的竞争对友谊有好处，而过于激烈的、存在妒忌的竞争会使友谊破裂，因此竞争的度对友谊是至关重要的。

故选B项。

]
7．What does the author think of “competition”？
A．The results of competition are out of control.
B．Competition becomes fiercer in high school.
C．Competition is certain to happen in high school.
D．Friendship is not as important as competition in high school.
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据最后一段第一句“Nevertheless，by necessity，competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life”可知，作者认为高中生活的各个方面存在竞争是必然的。

故选C项。

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C
(2019·南宁二中、柳州高中两校第二次联考)
Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored，non－personal message to promote or sell a product，a service or an idea.Sponsors of advertising are often businessmen who wish to promote their products or services.Advertising is different from public relations since an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message.It is different from personal selling since the message is non－personal，i.e.not directed to a particular individual. Advertising is communicated through various mass media，including old media such
as newspapers，magazines，television，radio，outdoor advertising or direct mail；or new media such as search results，blogs，websites or text messages.The actual presentation of the message in a medium is re ferred to as an advertisement or “ad”．Commercial ads often seek to increase consumption of products or services through“branding”，which associates a product name or image with certain qualities in the minds of consumers.Noncommercial advertisers who spend money in advertising items other than a consumer product or service include political parties，interest groups，religious organizations and governmental agencies.Non－profit organizations may use free modes of persuasion，such as a public service announcement.Advertising may also be used to reassure employees or shareholders that the company is successful.
Modern advertising was created with the techniques，with tobacco advertising in the 1920s.The most significant example was the campaigns of Edward Bernays，considered the founder of modern“Madison Avenue” advertising.
In 2015，the world spent an estimate of $529.43 billion on advertising.Its projected distribution for 2017 is 40.4% on TV，33.3% on digital，9% on newspapers，6.9% on magazines，5.8% on outdoor activities and 4.3% on radio.Internationally，the largest(“big four”) advertising conglomerates are IPG，Omnicom，Publicis Groupe，and WPP.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。

介绍了广告的作用、类型以及在各种媒体中的分布情况。

8．In what way does advertising differ from public relations?
A．Advertisers pay for and are in charge of the message.
B．Messages advertised are non－profit.
C．Advertising is communicated through various mass media.
D．Advertising is used to reassure employees or shareholders.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据文章第一段中的“Advertising is different...over the message”可知，广告不同于公共关系的原因是广告商通常控制信息并为信息付费。

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9．Sponsors usually make use of some new media to promote their products，including ________．
A．direct mail B．television
C．websites D．newspapers
『答案』C[细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“new media such as search results，blogs，websites or text messages”可知，“网站”属于新媒体，故选C。

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10．Which of the following is the typical goal of commercial ads?
A．Profits. B．Popularity.
C．Consumers. D．Brands.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“Commercial ads often seek...through ‘branding’”可知，商业广告通常通过品牌打造增加产品或服务的消费，最终目的是获得利润。

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11．What does the underlined word probably refer to?
A．businessmen B．companies
C．stores D．organizers
『答案』B[词义猜测题。

画线词后的“IPG，Omnicom，Publicis Groupe，and WPP”是公司的名字，据此可推知，画线词与“company”意义相同。

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(2019·石家庄第一次质量检测)
Flat Holm is a picturesque landmass located in Britain’s Bristol Channel.The area’s low energy needs have therefore been fulfilled by using old－fashioned solar panels (太阳能电池板) and diesel generators (柴油发电机)．The beautiful island is now，however，becoming increasingly popular with tourists wishing to explore the rural landscape and view the island’s seabird colonies.
Though this is welcome news，meeting the island’s growing energy needs without damaging its environment has been a challenge.Flat Holm team leader Natalie Taylor says，“It’s really important that we have a really high functioning system.From an environmental point of view，we want to reduce the use of diesel generators so that
we can have as small an ecological footprint as possible.”
Fortunately，UK－based startup Renovagen had the perfect solut ion.The company’s Rapid Roll Solar PV system consists of flexible solar panels that can be unrolled like a carpet from a trailer (拖车) within two minutes and instantly put to work.According to the company，a small panel can provide 11 kw of power.
The techno logy is the brainchild of Renovagen’s Managing Director John Hingley，who came up with the idea after seeing something used as a backup battery for mobile devices about five years ago.In addition to being easy to unfold，the rollable panels are also more cost－effective to transport.Hingley says，“Compared with traditional rigid panels，we can fit up to 10 times the power in this size container.”
The solar panel“carpets”，laid on the island in early October，are being used to provide electricity for its pub and lighthouse.In addition to providing power for remote islands like Flat Holm，Hingley hopes the Rapid Roll technology will be useful in areas affected by natural disasters.A good example is Puerto Rico，where most people have been without electricity since Hurricane Maria destroyed the power lines.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。

主要介绍了Renovagen公司发明的快速太阳能光伏系统，这种系统不仅给Flat Holm带来了能源，还有利于保护它的环境。

12．What leads to Flat Holm’s increasing energy needs?
A．Its growing number of tourists.
B．Its remote location.
C．The damage to its environment.
D．The power system failure.
『答案』A[细节理解题。

根据第一段最后一句可知，Flat Holm吸引了越来越多的游客，再结合第二段中的“Though this is welcome news...has been a challenge”可知，游客的增多导致了Flat Holm日益增长的能源需求。

] 13．Where does the difficulty lie to increase energy supply to Flat Holm? A．Reusing diesel generators.
B．Protecting its environment.
C．Abandoning old solar panels.
D．Reducing the transport cost.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据第二段中的“without damaging its environment...ecological footprint as possible”可知，要增加Flat Holm的能源供应，困难在于保护环境。

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14．How do the new solar panels differ from the old ones?
A．They cost less.
B．They are smaller.
C．They are portable.
D．They are hard to operate.
『答案』C[推理判断题。

根据第三段中的“The company’s Rapid Roll Solar PV system...and instantly put to work”及第四段中的“In addition to being easy...in this size container”可知，新的太阳能电池板的不同之处在于它们是便携的。

] 15．What gave Hingley inspiration of the Rapid Roll technology?
A．A natural disaster. B．A similar invention.
C．His life on the island. D．Traditional rigid panels.
『答案』B[推理判断题。

根据第四段中的“The technology is the brainchild of...about five years ago”可知，让John Hingley获得快速太阳能光伏系统的灵感的是一个类似的发明。

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Ⅱ.阅读七选五
(2019·广州模拟)China has been the birthplace of many of the world’s greatest inventions.It was，for example，the first country to produce paper money.Before the invention of paper money and coins，people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling.__1__This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering.
__2__In 1200 BC，people in China began to use shells(贝壳) as ually the shells used as money were very small.This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances，and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the。