話題31主要國家地理概況

Ⅰ.閱讀理解

Imaginestandingononespotwheretheonlydirectionissouth.Youcan

experienceitifyoujoinagroupofjust128passengersforyourtriptothepoleofthe

world.Youricebreakership，50YearsofVictory，willtakeyoutotheNorthPole，which

ismorecommonlyassociatedwithfairytales.

Days1&2—FromHelsinkitoMurmansk

YouradventurebeginsfromHelsinki，F(xiàn)inland’scapital.FromHelsinki，you’lljoin

yourfellowpassengersontheflighttoMurmansk，Russia，whereyou’llstartyour

voyagetotheNorthPoleandgettoknow50YearsofVictory.

Days3－6—TravellingtowardsthenorthintheArcticOcean

BeingonVictoryandfeelingtheicebreakerasitcutsthroughtheArcticpackice

isanexperienceyou’llneverforget.You’llhaveplentyoftimetogettoknowyour

shipmates，andbetreatedtolecturesanddiscussionsaboutthetripbyourexpedition

teamwhileseeingvariousbirds.Thereareotherthingsyoucando，suchasplaying

basketball.

Days7&8—90°North

Takephotos，callyourfamilyandwaveaflag；justbesuretoenjoyyourmoment

atthepole.Ifenvironmentalconditionspermit，youcanjumpintotheicywatersaround

theNorthPole.We’llalsoattempttosendpassengershighabovethepoleinourhot－

airballoontocelebratethisgreatmoment(highlyweatherdependent).

Days9&10—GettingoffVictoryinMurmanskandflyingtoHelsinki

WhenyoureturntoMurmansk，itwillbetimetosaygoodbyeto50Yearsof

Victory.You’llbesenttotheairportforyourflighttoHelsinki.

【語篇解讀】本文是應(yīng)用文。文章主要介紹了一個(gè)只有128人的旅行團(tuán)乘坐破

冰船去北極的旅游項(xiàng)目的日程安排。

1.WhatwillvisitorsdoinMurmansk?

A.Attendalecture.B.Goaboardaship.

C.Meetwithothertourists.D.LearnabouttheNorthPole.

答案B[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Days1&2—FromHelsinkitoMurmansk部分的

“FromHelsinki，you’lljoinyourfellowpassengers...andgettoknow50Yearsof

Victory.”可知，游客會(huì)在摩爾曼斯克登船。]

2.WhatbenefitcanvisitorsgetduringDays3－6?

A.Tastingrichseafood.B.Ridinginahot－airballoon.

C.Enlargingtheirknowledge.D.Interactingwithwildcreatures.

答案C[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Days3－6—TravellingtowardsthenorthintheArctic

Ocean部分的“You’llhaveplentyoftime...whileseeingvariousbirds.”可知，考察

隊(duì)會(huì)請(qǐng)你聽講座，討論這次旅行，同時(shí)你還會(huì)看到各種各樣的鳥，因此游客會(huì)擴(kuò)

大他們的知識(shí)面。]

3.Whencanvisitorsswiminthesea?

A.OnDays1&2.B.OnDays3－6.

C.OnDays7&8.D.OnDays9&10.

答案C[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Days7&8—90°North部分的“Ifenvironmental

conditionspermit，youcanjumpintotheicywatersaroundtheNorthPole.”可知，如

果環(huán)境條件允許，你可以跳進(jìn)北極周圍冰冷的海水中游泳。]

Ipickedupmytwobestfriendsandwewereoffonaroadtrip.Ihadjustreturned

toAmericafromayearabroadinChina.So，naturallyIwantedtotakeatriptoCanada.

Montreal，thesecondlargestcityinCanada，isafour－h(huán)ourdrivefrommyhome

inNewHampshire.WefeltathrillaswecrossedtheborderintoCanada.Itwasthefirst

timeIhadeverdrivenacrossaninternationalborder.Weturnedontheradiototryand

findsomeCanadianstations.

Afterdroppingoffourbagsatourhotel，wewereimmediatelywalkingdownthe

famousStCatherine’sStreet.Whilewewalked，twothingssurprisedus：howcoldit

wasandhowwelleveryonedressed.ThestreetsofMontrealarelikeafashion

show.Bothmenandwomenlookliketheysteppedoutofthepagesofamagazine.

AllofthatfashionhastokeepthemwarmsinceMontrealissocold.Lastyearit

broketherecordforthemostsnowfallinNorthAmerica.Tohidefromthecoldwe

wentintoasmalldinerbecausewewantedtoorderPoutine，averypopularsnackin

Montreal.ItisFrenchfriescoveredincheeseandbrowngravy(肉汁).Itisdelicious.

However，wehadahardtimeorderingthedishsincetheofficiallanguageof

MontrealisFrench.ItisactuallythefifthlargestFrench－speakingcityinthe

world.ButsincetherestofCanadaspeakEnglish，plentyofpeopleweretheretohelp.

Wespenttherestoftheweekendgoingtomanyhistoricalchurchesand

monumentsinMontreal.Butatnightwe’dheadtotheverymoderndanceclubsand

bars.Montrealisacitythatsitsbetweenthepastandthefutureandthetravellercan

choosewhicheverdirectionhewantstogo.

【語篇解讀】本文是記敘文。文章講述了作者在加拿大蒙特利爾的經(jīng)歷。那里

寒冷的天氣、人們時(shí)髦的服裝、美食和著名的歷史景點(diǎn)等都給作者留下了深刻的

印象。

4.HowdoyouunderstandtheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph3?

A.Themenandwomenarereallythefashionmodelsofamagazine.

B.Theportraitsofthemenandwomenareprintedinthemagazine.

C.Theyaresowelldressedthattheylooklikemodelsinamagazine.

D.Themenandwomenliketocopycharactersinmagazines.

答案C[句意理解題。根據(jù)該段中的“howwelleveryonedressed”可知，在作者

看來，蒙特利爾的人們穿著時(shí)尚，像雜志里的模特。]

5.WhichofthefollowingcanNOTbeconcludedfromParagraphs3～4?

A.Theauthorandhisfriendscouldn’twaittoexplorethecity.

B.Theauthorwasn’tusedtotheweatherofMontreal.

C.ThecitizensfromMontrealcaremuchaboutwhattheywear.

D.Montrealoftenholdsfashionshows.

答案D[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句中的“wewereimmediatelywalking...”

可知，作者和他的朋友們迫不及待想?yún)⒂^蒙特利爾；根據(jù)第四段中的“Tohidefrom

thecold...”可推知，作者并不適應(yīng)那里的寒冷；根據(jù)第三段最后兩句可知，蒙特利

爾的人們非常注重著裝。D項(xiàng)文中未提及，故選D。]

6.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A.TheauthoroftenwenttoChinaforavisit.

B.Thepeopletheymetinthedinerwerekindandhelpful.

C.Allthepeopleinthedinerwerelocals.

D.TheauthorwenttoMontrealonbusiness.

答案B[推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段末句可推知，作者和朋友們?cè)诓宛^碰到的人

非常友好且樂于助人。]

7.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.TheauthorlistenedtoCanadianradioprogrammesandchosetheirfirststopas

advised.

B.TheauthortookatriptoMontreal—thethirdlargestcityinCanada.

C.Montrealbroketherecordforthemostsnowfallintheworldlastyear.

D.Montrealisacitywhichisbothtraditionalandmodern.

答案D[正誤判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的“Montrealisacitythatsitsbetween

thepastandthefuture...”可知，蒙特利爾既有往昔的風(fēng)采，也有現(xiàn)代的氣息，由

此可確定答案為D。]

Ⅱ.完形填空

OnthatdayIwasleavingformyholidaywhenIheardafamiliarsoundofthe

ferrymanurgingpeopletohurryandbeonboard.Asitalwayswas，Iwasamongthe

lateones(Iamstillstrugglingtobeontime).Intheend，I1toboardtheboatand

thejourneybegan.Afterafewdays，Iwasfrom2headingbacktoworkona

smallbeautifulisland.WhileIwasonmyholidays，thingsweren’tgoingaswellasI

had3.Ididn’tfeelexcitedandwasin4spirits.Isatinacorneroftheboat

andcuddledup(依偎)againstmy5closetome.InmymindIjustwantedtobe

6andIdidn’twantanyonetotalktomebecauseIneverwantedtotakeitouton

anyone.

7inthought，IstaredupattheskyandthesceneIsawcaughtmyattention.I

lookedwithgreatcareandnoticedhowacertainpartofclouds8athumb－up

pattern.Itwaslaidso9thatIcouldn’thelpbutsmile.Seeingthatthumb－up

patternwaslikeabreathoffreshair.Itremindedmethateverythingwasgoingtobe

10，andthatIhadtobreatheitinandtakeitonedayatatime.

So，lifeisn’talwaysperfect.Thingshappen11.Attimesitgetsallmessy

12attimesitfeelslikeyouhaveitall.Weshouldlearntotakeitallin，stopfora

whileand13whatwehaveregardlessofhowsmallorbigitmay

seem.Remembertosmileand14atthesky，oryouwillneverknowwhatcloud

patternmay15yourday!

【語篇解讀】本文是夾敘夾議文。旅行時(shí)，作者情緒低落，偶然抬頭看天空，

發(fā)現(xiàn)一朵云形成了一個(gè)大拇指向上的圖案。作者微笑起來，意識(shí)到生活并不總是

那么完美，我們要學(xué)會(huì)欣賞自己所擁有的一切。

1.A.managedB.appeared

C.intendedD.agreed

答案A[根據(jù)上句中的“strugglingto”并結(jié)合該句中的“thejourneybegan”可知，

“我”設(shè)法登上了船，旅程開始了。managetodosth“設(shè)法(做成某事)”。]

2.A.officeB.market

C.hospitalD.holiday

答案D[根據(jù)文章第一句中的“formyholiday”并結(jié)合該句中的“Afterafew

days”“headingbacktowork”可知，數(shù)天后，“我”度假結(jié)束，準(zhǔn)備去一座美麗的

小島上工作。]

3.A.rejectedB.recorded

C.explainedD.thought

答案D[根據(jù)下句中的“Ididn’tfeelexcited”可知，“我”并沒有感到激動(dòng)；

結(jié)合該句中的“thingsweren’tgoingaswell”可以判斷，事情的發(fā)展并不如“我”

想象的那樣順利。reject否認(rèn)；拒絕；record記錄；explain解釋；think認(rèn)為；想

象；試想。]

4.A.lowB.high

C.shortD.wide

答案A[根據(jù)該句中的“Ididn’tfeelexcited”可知，“我”并沒有感到激動(dòng)；

據(jù)此可知，“我”感到“情緒低落”。inlowspirits“情緒低落”。]

5.A.relativeB.backpack

C.colleagueD.friend

答案B[根據(jù)語境并結(jié)合“旅行帶背包”這一常識(shí)可以推知，“我”坐在船的

一個(gè)角落里，依偎著離“我”很近的背包。relative親戚；backpack背包；colleague

同事；friend朋友。]

6.A.satisfiedB.thrilled

C.aloneD.awake

答案C[根據(jù)該句中的“Ididn’twantanyonetotalktome”可知，“我”不想

跟任何人說話，據(jù)此可知，“我”想獨(dú)自一人。satisfied滿意的；thrilled非常興

奮；alone單獨(dú)，獨(dú)自；awake醒著。]

7.A.LostB.Dropped

C.KeptD.Exposed

答案A[根據(jù)語境和該句中的“inthought”可知，此處表示“我”陷入沉思，抬

頭凝視天空。lostinthought陷入沉思。drop掉下，落下；keep保持；expose暴露。]

8.A.transformedB.withdrew

C.formedD.blew

答案C[根據(jù)該句中的“acertainpartofclouds”和“athumb－uppattern”可知，

“我”非常仔細(xì)地觀察，注意到云的某一部分是如何形成一個(gè)大拇指向上的圖案

的。transform使改變形態(tài)；withdraw撤退；收回；form(使)形成；(使)出現(xiàn)；blow

吹；刮。]

9.A.uglilyB.heavily

C.perfectlyD.freely

答案C[根據(jù)該句中的“Icouldn’thelpbutsmile”可知，“我”禁不住笑了，

據(jù)此可知，圖案形成得非常完美。uglily丑陋地；heavily沉重地；perfectly完美

地；freely自由地。]

10.A.excitingB.alright

C.familiarD.flexible

答案B[根據(jù)空前的“Seeingthatthumb－uppatternwaslikeabreathoffreshair”

可知，看到大拇指向上的圖案就像呼吸了一股新鮮空氣，據(jù)此可知，這讓“我”

意識(shí)到一切都將沒事的。exciting令人興奮的；alright沒問題的；familiar熟悉的；

flexible靈活的。]

11.A.successfullyB.eventually

C.unexpectedlyD.quickly

答案C[根據(jù)上句中的“l(fā)ifeisn’talwaysperfect”可知，生活并非總是完美的；

據(jù)此可知，事物有時(shí)發(fā)生并非如我們所料。C項(xiàng)“出乎意料地，意外地”。]

12.A.whileB.unless

C.sinceD.before

答案A[有時(shí)事情變得一團(tuán)糟，而有時(shí)你會(huì)感覺擁有了一切。根據(jù)句意可知，

空處前后表對(duì)比，故用while“(對(duì)比兩件事物)……而”。]

13.A.researchB.challenge

C.appreciateD.match

答案C[根據(jù)前文描述的“我”欣賞云的變化并結(jié)合該句中的“Weshould

learntotakeitallin，stopforawhile”可知，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)學(xué)會(huì)接受一切，停下來一會(huì)

兒，欣賞我們所擁有的。research研究；challenge向(某人)挑戰(zhàn)；appreciate欣賞；

match相配。]

14.A.turnupB.lookup

C.makeupD.cheerup

答案B[根據(jù)該句中的“atthesky”并結(jié)合常識(shí)可知，記住要抬頭望天空。A項(xiàng)

“(意外地或終于)出現(xiàn)”；B項(xiàng)“向上看”；C項(xiàng)“編造”；D項(xiàng)“振奮起來”。

故B項(xiàng)正確。]

15.A.ruinB.spend

C.brightenD.seize

答案C[根據(jù)該句中的“Remembertosmile”并結(jié)合“我”看云的經(jīng)歷可知，記

得笑著抬頭看天，否則你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)知道什么樣的云朵圖案會(huì)使你一天心情愉快！

C項(xiàng)“(使)增添樂趣，有希望”。]

Ⅲ.語法填空

(2024·湖北省十一校高三二模)

AtraditionalChinesedanceperformedunderwaterinLuoyang，CentralChina’s

HenanProvince，1.(go)viralonsocialmediaduringtheDragonBoat

Festival.TheshowledtorenewedpassionamongaudiencesfortraditionalChineseart

andculture.

The2.(impress)danceisnamedThePrayer，whichwasthe

openingperformanceofthegalabyHenanTelevisionStationonSaturday.

Inthevideoonsocialmediatheunderwateractressisseendancingincolorful

traditionalChinesecostume.Theshortdance，whichlastedlessthantwominutes，was

seenasa3.(combine)ofcontemporaryartandtraditionalChinese

culture.

“Thewatermadethecostumeevenmoregorgeousandthemoves4.

(graceful)！”saidoneobserveronline.Netizenswereleft5.(amaze)by

boththebeautyofthedancerandthe6.(create)involvedinputting7.

thedanceunderwater.

Thedancefeaturedacharacterfrom8.famousancientChinese

paintingOdetoGoddessLuo，thedaughterofasacredkingcharacterFuXiina

Chinesetale9.drownedandthenbecameagoddess.

“Themoveswerecapturedunderwaterat4.5metersfromtheground.Theteam

spentatotalof26hoursunderwater