外研版新教材2025届高考英语一轮复习课时练Unit6Earthfirst必修第二册含答案

这是一份外研版新教材2025届高考英语一轮复习课时练Unit6Earthfirst必修第二册含答案，共11页。

It’s eight ’clck n Christmas mrning,and Uncle Tm says he wants t listen t the news.I am wndering why n earth grwn-ups wuld be interested in the news when there are imprtant things t be dne,such as handing ut presents.And then,while I am nly half-listening t the radi bradcast,smething surprising happens:The bring newsreader begins talking abut a Christmas message frm the Vatican.Hadn’t we heard that reprt earlier?My lder brther,Clin,figures ut what’s happening.“Pete,Pete,it’s a tape recrder! We’ve gt ur tape recrder!”
Clin and I had bth been blind frm birth.At the special barding schl in Wrcester in western England that Clin and I attended,a tape recrder f yur wn was the height f aspiratin.Hwever,Clin—better infrmed and mre realistic abut family finances than I was—had n real expectatins f getting ne.I realized,much later,that the tape recrder my father had bught us wuld have cst mre than fur times his weekly wage.
The new ty,the size f a small suitcase,dminated the rest f the Christmas hlidays.I tk my first steps dwn the path t my career as a bradcaster when I returned t schl after the hlidays.I wuld wander rund the schl with my micrphne,recrding my thughts in the style f the vices I heard n the radi.But ten years later,after I had started and abandned a university law curse,I drew n the cnfidence and walked int a BBC radi statin,in the hpe f selling myself as a bradcast jurnalist.A prducer at the radi statin wh was putting tgether a weekly prgram fr blind peple had seen me.He later phned me and infrmed I was admitted.
Twenty-five years later,I presented my first reprt fr BBC TV’s SixO’ClckNews,a prgram my father had never missed.Althugh by then he’d been dead fr mre than a decade,I like t think he’d have realized that his inspiring Christmas present had changed my life.
1.Why was the authr surprised at the radi reprt accrding t paragraph 1?
A.Because he was handing ut presents.
B.Because the infrmatin was familiar.
C.Because it bradcast the latest news.
D.Because it was reading a bring message.
2.What did Clin think f a tape recrder?
A.It was inexpensive.
B.It was unnecessary.
C.It was unaffrdable.
D.It was unexceptinal.
3.What effect did the present have n the authr?
A.He recrded his persnal life every day.
B.He majred in bradcasting at university.
C.He gt addicted and abandned his study.
D.He decided t wrk in bradcast jurnalism.
4.What’s the best title fr this text?
A.Unusual Gift,United Family
B.Warm Christmas,Wise Uncle
C.Silent Lve,Sund Influence
D.Prepared Mind,Prmising Jb
B
Every Nvember,as Thanksgiving Day appraches,ne memry cmes t my mind.At my big Turkish family’s get-tgethers,baklava(果仁蜜饼) is the nrm at the dessert table.There’s rlled baklava,nut-filled baklava and chclate-dipped baklava.
One year,thugh,back when I was in high schl,my cusin Jhnny decided t change things up a bit.He shwed up at my parents’ huse fr Thanksgiving with tw items that had never been served befre—apple pie and a can f cream.
Thse tw items caused ne f the biggest arguments.I distinctly remember my mm and aunts whispering in the kitchen.
“Apple pie?” ne f my aunts said.“What t d with this?”
I can still recall my mm’s puzzled expressin at it all.If there’s ne thing in this wrld my mm distrusts,it’s fruit-filled desserts,a n-n in ur cuisine culture.“Why wuld yu bake fruits int a dessert when yu can eat them fresh?” she ften says.
The cream nly made things wrse.My mm didn’t want t hurt Jhnny’s feelings.In a true act f lve,she put the pie ut n the dining rm table,accmpanied by the cream.It went mstly untuched.
Nwadays,things are different.We actually have pie at Thanksgiving—my mm regularly makes pie(the fear f fruit-filled sweets cntinues,but desserts tpped with fruits r nuts have been given the kay).We still laugh abut the drama caused by Jhnny’s apple pie.I’ll never frget it.It wasn’t just abut the pie fr me.Grwing up,I smetimes felt like an utsider because f my culture.That Thanksgiving,thugh,was ne f the first times I realized that my family’s ddness was actually a gd thing.It’s what made us.
What abut yu?Which Thanksgiving sticks ut as yur mst memrable ne?
5.What is the purpse f the first paragraph?
A.T intrduce the unique family traditin.
B.T intrduce the backgrund f the stry.
C.T intrduce different kinds f baklava.
D.T intrduce the custms f Thanksgiving Day.
6.Jhnny’s apple pie .
A.ruined the festival atmsphere
B.challenged family traditins
C.resulted in a family quarrel
D.cntributed t a heavy meal
7.Which f the fllwing is the best descriptin f the authr’s mm?
A.Serius and hnest.
B.Generus and strict.
C.Humrus and caring.
D.Cnsiderate and flexible.
8.What des the underlined sentence “It’s what made us.” in paragraph 7 imply?
A.The authr is at ease with his family members.
B.The authr is aware f the imprtance f custms.
C.Cuisine culture helps shape ur identity.
D.Culture shcks make a harmnius family.
Ⅱ.完形填空
A Wish with Wings,ur rganizatin,grants wishes fr children with serius illnesses.Each year Wish als gives a Christmas party,where 1 are distributed.But this year,Wish had 2 170 gifts,wrapped and ready fr the party,in a theft,just nine hurs befre the party was t 3 .
Abut an hur after we called the lcal 4 and TV statins,a family wh had heard the radi reprt arrived with gifts already wrapped.Other peple sn 5 .We began t feel 6 :Maybe we culd still have the party.
Phne calls flded in and the city came 7 .Mre strangers had arrived,ffering gifts and labr.Nthing I had ever 8 culd have prepared me fr what I saw there—peple lined up at the dr,arms 9 with gifts.One was a little by wh had brught things frm his wn rm.One family in which the father had been laid ff brught the presents frm under their wn 10 .By 5:50 befre the first f the mre than 100 children arrived, 11 presents had been delivered t us.Smehw,wrkers had 12 the dnated items with the yungsters’ wishes,s many received just what they wanted.Their faces shne with 13 as they pened the packages.
When I was 14 fr the lcal news,I summed up everyne’s feeling:“It’s really Christmas nw.” We had all caught the 15 f the seasn.
B.mney
C.giftsD.cards
B.sld
C.destryedD.hidden
B.pstpne
C.arrangeD.begin
B.hspital
C.railwayD.schl
B.fllwed
C.fledD.relaxed
B.dubt
C.warmthD.panic
B.aware
C.alertD.alive
B.witnessed
C.expectedD.guessed
B.tied
C.ladedD.cvered
B.sfa
C.bedD.tree
B.expensive
C.enughD.unique
upB.linked up
C.added upD.packed up
B.delight
C.eagernessD.curisity
B.questined
C.interviewedD.applauded
B.difference
C.secretD.change
Ⅲ.读后续写
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
That Saturday,after an early mrning cup f cffee with Mama,Lenard,ur grwn brther,picked up his heavy tls and headed ut fr the ld henhuse.Mama wanted him t tear it dwn fr she was scared f me and Angie t play near it.
I was twelve and dgged Lenard’s every step.Angie,ur six-year-ld sister,insisted she want t help,t.Mama tld we wuld be in the way,but Lenard said,“Oh,they’ll be all right.”“Well,alright,but yu girls watch ut fr rusty(生锈的) nails.” Lenard wrked hard t pry(撬) the stubbrn,gray bards.Angie and I carried the bards t a pile he wuld later burn.
Suddenly,Angie started t scream and Mama came running.Sure enugh,she had stepped n a rusty nail.Mama examined my sister’s ft while Lenard lked at mine.On my way t see abut Angie,I’d stepped n a nail,t.The grwnups agreed we needed tetanus(破伤风) shts.
I hated shts.I wuld rather swallw a thusand pills fr a thusand days than have ne sht.While Lenard drve us t hspital,Mama cupped a hand arund my ear.“Arlene,I need yu t be brave s Angie wn’t be t scared.Yu knw hw she can put up a fight.” Determined t be a brave girl,I didn’t cry a single tear thugh my arm felt like it was n fire.
Then Mama lwered Angie nt the table t get the sht.That’s when she made her big mistake.“Arlene,tell Angie it didn’t hurt at all.”
Her huge blue eyes stared int mine.I thught abut hw Angie trusted me the way I trusted Lenard.“If I tell her it wn’t hurt”,I thught,“she wn’t ever believe me again.” I knew what I had t d.I cupped my hands arund my muth and yelled,“DON’T LET THEM DO IT TO YOU,ANGIE!”
注意:
1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
Several things happened all at nce.
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On the way hme after ur shts,a tiny finger tuched my shulder.
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Unit6 Earthfirst
Ⅰ.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者和科林是一对盲人兄弟,他们在圣诞节收到了一个录音机作为礼物,从而影响了作者的一生。
1.B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“ThebringnewsreaderbeginstalkingabutaChristmasmessagefrmtheVatican.Hadn’tweheardthatreprtearlier?Mylderbrther,Clin,figuresutwhat’shappening.”可知,作者对广播报道感到惊讶,是因为作者之前已经听过那个新闻,即作者对这个报道很熟悉。
2.C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Hwever,Clin—betterinfrmedandmrerealisticabutfamilyfinancesthanIwas—hadnrealexpectatinsfgettingne.”可推知,科林认为录音机太贵了,他们负担不起。故选C项。
3.D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Thenewty,thesizefasmallsuitcase,dminatedtherestftheChristmashlidays.ItkmyfirststepsdwnthepathtmycareerasabradcasterwhenIreturnedtschlafterthehlidays.”可推知,这个礼物对作者的影响是:他决定从事广播新闻工作。
4.C 主旨大意题。通读全文,尤其是第三段中“Thenewty,thesizefasmallsuitcase,”可知,作者和科林是一对盲人兄弟,他们在圣诞节收到了一个录音机作为礼物,从而影响了作者的一生。C项“无声的爱,声音的影响”适合作文章标题。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者记忆深刻的一个感恩节。
5.B 推理判断题。根据文章第一段内容以及第二段首句“Oneyear,thugh,backwhenIwasinhighschl,mycusinJhnnydecidedtchangethingsupabit.”以及下文对这个感恩节的讲述可知,第一段主要是为了介绍故事发生的背景。
6.B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中“Heshwedupatmyparents’husefrThanksgivingwithtwitemsthathadneverbeenservedbefre—applepieandacanfcream.”以及第五段中“Icanstillrecallmymm’spuzzledexpressinatitall.Ifthere’snethinginthiswrldmymmdistrusts,it’sfruit-filleddesserts,an-ninurcuisineculture.”可知,作者的堂兄Jhnny带来的苹果派挑战了作者家的家庭传统。故选B项。
7.D 推理判断题。根据文章第六段中“Mymmdidn’twantthurtJhnny’sfeelings.Inatrueactflve,sheputthepieutnthediningrmtable,accmpaniedbythecream.Itwentmstlyuntuched.”可知,作者的妈妈是个体贴的人;根据文章第七段中“Nwadays,thingsaredifferent.WeactuallyhavepieatThanksgiving—mymmregularlymakespie(thefearffruit-filledsweetscntinues,butdessertstppedwithfruitsrnutshavebeengiventhekay).”可知,作者的妈妈是个容易变通的人。
8.C 词义猜测题。根据画线句子上文“I’llneverfrgetit.Itwasn’tjustabutthepiefrme.Grwingup,Ismetimesfeltlikeanutsiderbecausefmyculture.ThatThanksgiving,thugh,wasnefthefirsttimesIrealizedthatmyfamily’sddnesswasactuallyagdthing.”可推测,作者明白了正是自己家族的饮食文化才塑造了自己的家族。
Ⅱ.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个慈善机构在每年的圣诞节给重病的孩子们发礼物。但是今年圣诞前夕礼物被偷,许多市民自发赠送礼物确保圣诞节聚会如期举办。
1.C 根据下文“170gifts”可知聚会上要发礼物,故选C项。
2.A 根据下文“inatheft”可知礼物被盗窃。
3.D 根据上文“justninehursbefretheparty”以及下文“Maybeweculdstillhavetheparty.”可知是在聚会开始前发生了礼物丢失事件,故选D项。
4.A 根据下文“afamilywhhadheardtheradireprt”可知这家人是听到了广播报道才赶来的。
5.B 根据上文“afamilywhhadheardtheradireprtarrivedwithgiftsalreadywrapped”可知,听到广播报道的家庭是首先到来的,其他人是在其后到来的。
6.A 根据下文“Maybeweculdstillhavetheparty.”可知,聚会能如期举办,可推理出聚会礼物有了希望。
7.D 根据下文“Mrestrangershadarrived,fferinggiftsandlabr.”可知,事件经过报道后,整个城市的许多人都行动起来,好像城市忽然增添了活力。
8.B 根据下文“culdhavepreparedmefrwhatIsawthere”可知,此处作者表达的是以前所见的一切都不及今天眼前的情景所震撼。
9.C 根据上文arms以及下文withgifts可推理出此处作者要表达的是手里拿着礼物,故选C项。
10.D 根据上文“thefatherhadbeenlaidff”可知本句意在表达这个家庭无法购买礼物,而是从自家树上摘了果实作为礼物。
11.C 根据下文“smanyreceivedjustwhattheywanted”可知大家凑的礼物足够了,故选C项。
12.A matchup匹配;linkup联合;addup加起来;packup把……打包。根据下文“smanyreceivedjustwhattheywanted”可知许多孩子得到的是他们想要的东西,可推理出工作人员把孩子们的愿望和礼物进行匹配。
13.B 根据上文“smanyreceivedjustwhattheywanted”以及下文“astheypenedthepackages”可推理出,孩子们得到了想要的东西,打开包裹的时候脸上洋溢着快乐,故选B项。
14.C 根据下文“thelcalnews”可知是被当地新闻采访。
15.A 根据上文“It’sreallyChristmasnw.”可知,所有人都认为这是真正的圣诞节,可推理出所有人都感受到了这个节日的精神内涵。
Ⅲ. Severalthingshappenedallatnce.Angie’s eyes grew wide and she started crying,Mama lked at me baffled and Lenard burst ut laughing.“She’ll never trust yu again,Arlene,” he jked.“Why wuld yu d that,Arlene?” Mama sclded.I felt ashamed and wished I hadn’t said anything.Hwever,when I saw Angie rubbing her arm and wincing,I knew I’d made the right decisin.She might nt trust me t tell her a white lie,but she’d always knw I had her back.
Onthewayhmeafterurshts,atinyfingertuchedmyshulder.It was Angie,and she was staring at me intently.“Thank yu fr telling me,Arlene,” she whispered.“It did hurt,but nw it’s ver and I hpe yu’re brave like me.” Angie smiled and relieved.Lenard ruffled her hair,adding “that’s the spirit.” Mama squeezed my hand.“Yu did well,Arlene,” she said sftly.“Smetimes it’s hard t tell the truth,but it’s always the right thing t d.” I beamed with pride and felt grateful fr my family and their lve.