PAGEPAGE7Unit5MeetingyourancestorsⅠ.閱讀理解A(2020·黑龍江省六校協(xié)作體第一次模擬)AtacomedynightatJohnsHopkinsUniversityinMaryland，membersoftheschool'scomedyclubbringlotsoflaughtertotheirclassmateswithfunnyspeechesandhumorousbodymovements.Thesecollegestudentcomedians'humorentertainsbusy，youngpeopleandeasestheirstress.YettheclubmemberAriellaShuasayscomedyisseriouswork.Everycomedystartsasanindividualproject—eachmemberwritestheirownmaterial.Thentheytryitoutinweeklyclubmeetingswhereallclubmembersreadthematerial，goingjokebyjokeandseeingwhatworksandwhatdoesn't.Nothingunsatisfactorywillbecompromised.Inthiswaycomesasatisfyingcomedy.Ariellajoinedtheclublastyear.Nowshedoesnotgoanywherewithoutbringingsomethingonwhichshecantakenotes.“WheneverIjusthaveathoughtinmyheadorwhenIseesomethingoroverhearsomeonesayingsomethinginthelibrary，Ijustputitdown，”Ariellaexplained.“WhenI'mtryingtowritemyownset，Igowalkthroughthat...toseeifthereisanythingintherethatIcanuse.”ClubpresidentNicholasScandurafindswritingoneofthemanyskillshehasdevelopedsincejoiningtheclub.“Writingjokestakesalotofcriticalthinking，”hesaid.Theclubgivesitsmembersasenseofcommunity.Whentheymeet，theysharefunnyexperiences，telljokesandlaugh.HarryKupersteindiscoveredtheclubwasanaturalfit.Noticingthefunnyqualitiesofdifferentsituationsimprovedhiswayoflookingattheworld.Becominganactivememberalsohelpedhimworkonthefutureskillshe'llneedasamedicaldoctor.“Havingjokesreadytogomighthelpsmooththeseinteractionsandmakeyouabetterpublicspeaker，”hesaid.語篇解讀本文是一篇記敘文。介紹了美國一所大學(xué)的喜劇社團(tuán)及其成員。社團(tuán)成員自己創(chuàng)作，集體研討，然后進(jìn)行演出，并在這一過程中收獲頗多。1．Whatcanasuccessfulcomedybedescribedas?A．Agroupeffort.B．Apersonalproject.C．Asatisfyingtask.D．Acompromisedoutcome.A[考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Everycomedystartsasanindividualproject...Inthiswaycomesasatisfyingcomedy”可知，喜劇盡管都是以個(gè)人創(chuàng)作開始的，但是要經(jīng)過所有俱樂部成員的共同打磨才會令人滿意。由此可推知，一個(gè)成功的喜劇是團(tuán)隊(duì)努力的成果，故選A。]2．WhathabithasAriellaformedsincejoiningtheclub?A．Creatingherownstyle.B．Goingtothelibraryregularly.C．Takingnotesinclass.D．Becomingagoodobserver.D[考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，Ariella現(xiàn)在不管到哪里都會帶著可以做筆記的東西，每當(dāng)她腦中有一個(gè)想法，或者在圖書館中看到或聽到什么事時(shí)，她都會記下來，她在創(chuàng)作時(shí)也會去圖書館尋找靈感。故可推知，她養(yǎng)成了觀察周圍的人和事的習(xí)慣，即她習(xí)慣做一名觀察者。]3．HowcantheclubhelpHarryinhisopinion?A．Byeasinghisstressofbeingadoctor.B．Bypreparingthegroundforhiscareer.C．Bychanginghiswayofcommunication.D．Bydevelopinghisinterestinpublicspeaking.B[考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Becominganactivememberalsohelpedhimworkonthefutureskillshe'llneedasamedicaldoctor”“Havingjokes...smooththeseinteractions”可知，Harry認(rèn)為參加該社團(tuán)幫助他提高未來作為一名醫(yī)生所需要的技能，即為他未來的醫(yī)生事業(yè)鋪路，故選B。]4．Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?A．LaughterIsSeriousWorkB．HumorIsanEdgeinJobsC．ComedyComeswithLearningD．ClubsInfluenceOne'sWorldViewC[考查標(biāo)題歸納。綜合全文可知，本文著重說明的是社團(tuán)成員們通過參加社團(tuán)的喜劇創(chuàng)作和演出，不僅給觀眾帶來了歡樂，而且學(xué)到了很多其他方面的能力。故C項(xiàng)作本文標(biāo)題最佳。]B(2020·成都市高中畢業(yè)班第三次診斷)Archaeology(考古學(xué))isn'tthedustyscienceitwasagenerationago.Newtechnologiesthatonceseemedoutofsciencefictionarenowlocatingburiedtracesofbuildingsandrevealingtheruinsofcities.Formorethanadecade，SarahParcakandherteamhavebeeninthefrontlineofthisrevolution.Theyusesatelliteimagestofindandexploreancientsitesaroundtheglobe.Nowthey'reabouttotakeonanewchallengeastheyfocustheGlobalXplorercitizenscienceprojectonIndia.In2017，Parcaklaunchedanonlineplatform，calledGlobalXplorer，tocrowdsource(眾包)theinitialassessmentofsatelliteimagesforsignsofculturesfromlongago.AnyoneintheworldwithacomputerandInternetaccesscouldhelpdiscoverandprotectremainsofPeru'srichculturalheritage.Theresultshavebeensurprising，about80，000participantsfromahundredcountrieshaveidentified19，000sitesthatwerenotinPeru'sdatabase.TheplatformforPeruisstillrunning.Ifallgoeswell，theworkinIndiacouldlastforyears.“Indiahashadrelativelylittlearchaeologicalworkdone，”Parcaksaid.Also，thefullextentofIndia'sarchaeologicalworkhasneverbeenmappedcompletely.Parcakexpectsherprojecttomakeupthat.“Whereverweendupgoing，thecrowd'sgoingtobeabletoseeextraordinarythings，”Parcaksaid.ThirtysixIndia'sculturalheritagerelicsarealreadylistedasUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.Parcakthinkstherecouldbetensofthousandsofasyetunknownsitesmappedaspartofthisproject.Thediscoveriespromisetobeamazingacrossthelandthathasseenaparadeofculturescomeandgo.Inthefuture，shehopesothercountrieswillcontacthertolaunchtheirownsatellitesurveys.The_possibilities_are_huge.Parcakestimatesthatthereareatleast12millionpotentialarchaeologicalsitesyettobediscovered.Thatmeanstheskyisthelimitforherprojectnowthatithasgotoffthegroundsuccessfully.語篇解讀本文是一篇說明文。介紹了SarahParcak和她的團(tuán)隊(duì)在2017年啟動了一個(gè)名為GlobalXplorer的在線平臺，以眾包的形式對衛(wèi)星圖像進(jìn)行初步評估，從而在全球各地尋找和探索古代遺址?，F(xiàn)在他們將在印度進(jìn)行他們的考古項(xiàng)目。5．What'sthepurposeofParcak'sproject?A．TointerviewcitizensviatheInternet.B．TomakemoreremainsbeWorldHeritageSites.C．Tobuilddatabasesforunknownculturalheritage.D．Toidentifyunknownancientsitesthroughjointefforts.D[考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段Theyusesatelliteimagestofindandexploreancientsitesaroundtheglobe.及第三段中的“tocrowdsource(眾包)theinitialassessmentofsatelliteimagesforsignsofculturesfromlongago...couldhelpdiscoverandprotectremainsof...”可知，這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的目的是通過共同努力發(fā)現(xiàn)未知的古代遺址，故D項(xiàng)正確。]6．WhatdoweknowabouttheparticipantsinPeruproject?A．TheyareInternetequippedvolunteers.B．Theyarewelltrainedvoluntaryscholars.C.TheyaremostlyfansofarchaeologyinPeru.D．Theyareallarchaeologistsallovertheworld.A[考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“AnyoneintheworldwithacomputerandInternetaccesscouldhelpdiscoverandprotectremainsofPeru'srichculturalheritage”可知，世界上任何一個(gè)有電腦和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)接入的人都可以幫助發(fā)現(xiàn)和保護(hù)秘魯豐富的文化遺產(chǎn)遺跡，故A項(xiàng)正確。]7．WhyisParcak'sprojectimportanttoIndia?A．IndiaB．Indianscallfortheprotectionoftheirrichculture.C．There'snoamazingarchaeologicaldiscoveryinIndia.D．IndianeedsmorerelicslistedasWorldHeritageSites.A[考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可知，印度已完成的考古工作相對少，且印度的考古工作的全部范圍從未被完全繪制出來，而Parcak期望她的項(xiàng)目能彌補(bǔ)這一點(diǎn)，因此該項(xiàng)目對印度是重要的，故A項(xiàng)正確。]8．Whatdoestheunderlinedsentence“Thepossibilitiesarehuge.”inparagraph6mean?A．Parcak'sprojectwillbecomesuccessful.B．Fewcountrieswillstartsatellitesurveys.C．TherewillbeamazingdiscoveriesinIndia.D．Morearchaeologicalsiteswillbeidentified.D[考查句意理解。畫線句上一句提到“未來，Parcak希望其他國家能聯(lián)系她，發(fā)起他們自己的衛(wèi)星調(diào)查”；后一句提到“Parcak估計(jì)至少還有1200萬處潛在的考古遺址有待發(fā)現(xiàn)”。由此可推知，畫線句“可能性是巨大的”的言外之意是“更多的考古遺址將被發(fā)現(xiàn)”，故D項(xiàng)正確。]Ⅱ.七選五(2020·開封市高三第一次模擬)Theorganizationleadscrowdfundedtrainjourneys.__1__Theorganizationhasalreadycompletedtwojourneys，throughthenorthernandcentralUnitedStates.Twentyfourpeoplearenowgettingreadytobeapartofthethird.Toearnaplaceonthetrain，eachpersonhastoraise$5，000.__2__Ateachstop，theygetoffthetraintoexploreadifferenttownorcity.Theideaistovisitsmallbusinesses，communitycenters，schools—orwherevertheirprojectstakethem.__3__Heknowsthatuniversitiesarebecomingmoreandmoreexpensiveeachyear，andthatmanypeoplethinkhighereducationisnolongeraffordable.Overthenext10daysheisgoingtovisitsevenuniversities.Hewantstoseewhattheyaredoingtomeetthesechallenges.CatherineTsavalasisplanningtoexplorehowbookstoresandlibrariesimprovelocalcommunities.__4__Shealsowantstoknowiftheyareusingsocialmediatoconnectwithpeople.Hurricanes，tornadoes,wildfires，floods—researchsuggeststhesearegoingtohappenmoreandmore.JennyGottsteinthinksshecanaddressthesechallenges.Ateachstop，sheisplanningtointerviewlocalleaders，emergencyworkers，andcomputergamedesigners.__5__Shebelievespeoplearemorelikelytoremembersomethingimportantwhentheinformationisfunandgamelike.These24peoplearestrangersnow，butnotforlong.Thenextweekisgoingtobealifechanginglearningexperienceformany．A．Shethenplanstocreateagametohelppeoplepreparefordisasters.B．TrevorEaglewantstomakeadifferencetotheeducationsystem.C．Besidesmoney，theyalsoneedtohaveanideaforaproject.D．CommunityleaderswilltravelbytrainacrossAmericanSouth.E．Thesejourneysprovidetheyoungwiththechancetohelpdifferentcommunities.F．TysonFoodshadsupportedtheprojectfora10dayjourneyacrosstheUS.G．Shewantstofindoutwhattheyaredoingtoencouragemorepeopletoread.語篇解讀文章旨在鼓勵年輕人通過旅行參與到一些有創(chuàng)造性的活動中去。1．E[根據(jù)空前一句“Theorganizationleadscrowdfundedtrainjourneys”可推知，本空應(yīng)是進(jìn)一步解釋這個(gè)組織開展的旅行活動，與空后一句中的“Theorganizationhasalreadycompletedtwojourneys”呼應(yīng)，所以選E項(xiàng)。]2．C[根據(jù)空前一句中的“hastoraise$5，000”以及空處下文中的“Theideais”可知，此處是說除了錢之外，參加本活動的人還需要構(gòu)思一個(gè)項(xiàng)目，3．B[根據(jù)本段中的“universities”和“highereducation”以及本段中的具體細(xì)節(jié)可知，本段講的是與教育相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，B選項(xiàng)中的“educationsystem”與此呼應(yīng)，所以選B項(xiàng)。]4．G[根據(jù)空前一句中的“toexplorehowbookstoresandlibrariesimprovelocalc