2020版高考英语一轮复习Unit14Careers能力提升题组训练(B)(含解析)北师大版

Unit 14 Careers

能力提升题组训练(B)

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

In Washington,Virginia and Maryland, the final months of the year have many festivals.Whether you’re into a theater environment, medieval(中世纪的) times or a book festival, there’s an event for you.

Maryland Renaissance Festival

The festival features 12 stages and hundreds of costumed actors offering entertainment such as music and theater performances,sword swallowing and a human chess match.

Temple Hall Corn Maize and Fall Festival in Virginia

The 286-acre farm offers a lot of family-friendly entertainment, including pig races, farm animals and camel rides.Grab seasonal goods at the farmers’ market, take part in the corn harvest, and hear live bluegrass and folk music.

Baltimore Book Festival in Maryland

This three-day fair features talks and book signings from more than 275 locally and nationally known authors, including Alice McDermott and Andre Dubus Ⅲ.The festival also includes live music and literary hands-on projects for kids.

Kids Euro Festival in Washington

Here’s a chance to celebrate and experience European arts and culture, no passports required.Twenty-eight European countries will be represented during the multicultural children’s event, which features more than 200 performances and workshops.The festival is for children aged 2 through 12, librarians and educators.Activities include puppet(木偶) shows, cooking and theater workshops.“It really brings Europe to the children,” said organizer Sandi Auman. 1.If you’re interested in dangerous performances, which festival should you go to? A.Maryland Renaissance Festival.

B.Temple Hall Corn Maize and Fall Festival.

C.Baltimore Book Festival. D.Kids Euro Festival.

2.What do the Baltimore Book Festival and the Kids Euro Festival have in common? A.They both have wonderful theater performances. writers to give lectures.

C.They both have activities intended for kids. D.They both feature European culture.

3.What is the purpose of this passage?

A.To compare different features of some festivals. B.To festivals for people to enjoy.

C.To tell people how to spend their free time. D.To explain the benefits of enjoying festivals.

语篇解读:本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了华盛顿、弗吉尼亚州和马里兰州秋季的一些节日活动。 答案及剖析:

1.A 细节理解题。根据Maryland Renaissance Festival中的“offering entertainment...sword swallowing...”可知答案为A。

2.C 细节理解题。根据Baltimore Book Festival in Maryland中的“The festival also includes live music and literary hands-on projects for kids.”和Kids Euro Festival in Washington中的“The festival is for children aged 2 through 12...Activities include puppet(木偶) shows, cooking and theater workshops.”可知, 这两个节日都提供了针对孩子的活动项目。

3.B 写作目的题。通读文章可知, 本文旨在向读者介绍几个值得一去的节日活动。故选B。

B

(2018山西太原高三第二次模拟)

Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes

Chinese bronzes (青铜) of the second and first millennia BC are some of the most distinctive achievements in the history of art.These vessels (容器) were made to carry sacrificial offerings, to use in burial or to honor noble families in public ceremonies.When they were found by emperors centuries later, these spiritually significant objects were seen as signs of heavenly messages about a ruler or a dynasty

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B.They both invite famous

and became prized items in royal collections.This exhibition—the first to explore these ancient objects throughout Chinese history—presents a rare opportunity to experience a large number of these works together in the United States.

Unlike Greek and Roman bronze sculptures of human and animal forms, most objects from Bronze Age China (about 2000BC—221 BC) were vessels for ceremonial use.Beginning with the Song dynasty (960—1279), emperors unearthed these symbolic works and began collecting them, considering them to be evidence of their own authority as rulers.In addition to impressive collections, the royal fascination with bronzes led to the creation of numerous reproductions and the comprehensive cataloguing of palace holdings.These catalogues are works of art themselves, featuring beautiful drawings and detailed descriptions of each object.

From the 12th century onward, scholars and artists also engaged in collecting and understanding ancient bronzes.Unlike emperors, scholars regarded bronzes as material evidence of their efforts to recover and reconstruct the past, and they occasionally exchanged them as tokens (象征) of friendship.Today ancient bronzes still occupy a primary position in Chinese culture — as historical objects and as signifiers of an important cultural heritage that inspires new generations, as seen in the works of contemporary artists on view in this presentation.

Mirroring China’s Past brings together approximately 180 works from the An Institute of Chicago’s strong holdings and from the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Shanghai Museum, and important museums and private collections in the United States.By providing viewers with a new understanding of ancient bronzes and their significance through time, the exhibition demonstrates China’s fascinating history and its developing present.

4.In what way are Chinese bronzes different from Greek and Roman ones? A.They fascinated the royal family. B.They took animal or human forms. C.They served ceremonial purposes. D.They were important cultural heritage. 5.What does the author think of catalogues of bronzes? A.Unreal. B.Creative. C.Artistic. D.Necessary.

6.What can we infer about the exhibition according to the text? A.It is held in China. B.It is arranged by time.

C.It is organized by scholars. D.It includes modern artworks.

7.What does the underlined word “holdings” in the last paragraph refer to? A.Viewers. B.Collections. C.Museums. D.Art dealers.

语篇解读:这是一篇说明文。文章介绍的是一次艺术品展览,这个展览主要展出的是中国的青铜器。 答案及剖析:

4.C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的Unlike Greek and Roman bronze sculptures of human and animal forms, most objects from Bronze Age China (about 2000 BC—221 BC) were vessels for ceremonial use.可知,中国的青铜器和希腊罗马青铜器不同之处在于中国的大多数青铜器用于仪式使用,也就是礼器,故选C。

5.C 推理判断题。根据第二段最后These catalogues are works of art themselves, featuring beautiful drawings and detailed descriptions of each object.可知,作者认为青铜器目录本身就是艺术品,配有美丽的图画和每个物体详细的描述。故选C。 6.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Mirroring China’s Past brings together approximately 180 works from the An Institute of Chicago’s strong holdings and from the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Shanghai Museum, and important museums and private collections in the United States.和the exhibition demonstrates China’s fascinating history and its developing present.可知,这次展览包含了一些来自国内外的藏品,既有中国的,也有美国的,这次展览展示了中国迷人的历史和目前的发展现状。故选D。 7.B 猜测词义题。此处指来自芝加哥的一个研究所的大量的收藏品,“holdings”指收藏品,与collections同义,故选B。

Ⅱ.语法填空(2018山东泰安高三第二次模拟)

China has once again proved its 1. (able) to change the world with the “new four great inventions”:high-speed railways,electronic payments,shared bicycles and online shopping.

They’re related to China’s high-tech innovation(创新),2. has improved the quality of people’s lives,according to a survey 3. (make) by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University.