高考调研精讲精练人教选修6英语单元卷5

and compare it with someone else that is in much deeper trouble than you”可推断，作者认为当我们的生活不顺利时，我们应该想想那些处境更艰难的人，也就是要意识到事情可能会更糟，应该为现在的生活感到庆幸和感恩。 29. 答案 A

解析 细节理解题。由第二段末的“... complaining about them only makes us blind about the fact that there are miracles (奇迹) happening around us every day” 可知，抱怨的结果是忽视身边的美好。 30. 答案 C

解析 词义猜测题。由画线处上文的“... especially those who are at war or those in very poor countries”可推断，那些处于战争和贫穷中的人们愿意不惜一切代价过你现在的生活。in one’s shoes“处于某人的位置”。 31. 答案 B

解析 标题归纳题。由第一段末的“... there is always still a reason to be grateful.” 及下文可知，本文主要讲处于逆境中的人也应该心存感恩。故B项恰当。

(2019·衡水中学期中考试)

Next month, I’m traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know enough Lingala—one of the local languages—to have a conversation. I wasn’t sure how I was going to manage this—until I discovered a way to learn all the vocabulary I’m going to need. Thanks to Memrise, the app I’m using. It feels just like a game.

“People often stop learning things because they feel they’re not making progress or because it all feels like too much hard work，” says Ed Cooke, one of the people who created Memrise. “We’re trying to create a form of learning experience that is fun and is something you’d want to do instead of watching TV.”

Memrise gives you a few new words to learn and these are “seeds” which you plant in your “greenhouse”. When you practice the words, you “water your plants”. When the app believes that you have really remembered a word, it moves the word to your “garden”. And if you forget to log on (登录)，the app sends you emails that remind you to “ water your plants”．

The app uses two principles about learning. The first is that people remember things better when they link them to a picture in their mind. Memrise translates words into your own language, but it also encourages you to use “mems”. For example, I memorized motele, the Lingala word for “engine”， using a mem I created—I imagined an old engine in a motel (汽车旅馆) room.

The second principle is that we need to stop after studying words and then repeat them again.

Later, leaving time between study sessions. Memrise helps you with this, because it’s the kind of app you only use for five or ten minutes a day.

I’ve learnt hundreds of Lingala words with Memrise. I know this won’t make me a fluent speaker, but I hope I’ll be able to do more than just smile when I meet people in Congo. Now, I need to go and water my vocabulary!

32. What does Ed Cooke make an effort to do with Memrise? A. Create memorable experiences. B. Make progress with hard work. C. Master languages through games. D. Combine study with entertainment.

33. What do the underlined words “water your plants” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Learning new words. C. Logging on to the app. 34. How does Memrise work? A. By linking different mems together. B. By putting knowledge into practice. C. By offering human translation services.

B. Being a Memrise user. D. Taking care of your garden.

D. By applying an associative memory approach. 35. What is the author’s attitude towards Memrise? A. Positive. C. Uncaring. 答案与解析

【语篇解读】 本文是一篇应用说明文。作者介绍了一种学习应用程序Memrise，这是一种寓教于乐的学习单词的方法，主要运用联想记忆，通过游戏的方式来完成的。 32. 答案 D

解析 推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“Thanks to Memrise, the app I’m using. It feels just like a game. ”可知，Memrise是“我”正在使用的应用程序，它感觉就像是一场游戏。第二和第三段叙述Memrise是一种有趣的学习体验，即把娱乐和想要学习的东西结合在一起的体验，以及它是如何操作的。由此可知D项符合题意。 33. 答案 A

解析 词义猜测题。根据第三段的内容可知，Memrise给你一些新单词来学习，这些是你在“温室”中种植的“种子”。当你练习单词时，你就是在“浇灌你的植物”。由此可知，练习单词“就是浇灌你的植物”，故“water your plants”表示“学习新单词”之意。 34. 答案 D

解析 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The app uses two principles about learning. The first is that people remember things better when they link

B. Doubtful. D. Disapproving.