1、PAGE 8 -Unit 5 Poems課時素養檢測 十八Unit 5Period 2. 閱讀理解AI Found You by Lisa JewellLisa Jewell is one of Britains best-selling writers and reading her new novel, its not hard to see why. I Found You is a high-class combination of popular womens fiction and interesting psychological thriller. In the classic

2、 manner, the central character Alice is slightly disorganized but good-hearted and in this case living on the Yorkshire coast with her three children. By the third page, the plot is already under way, when she spots a handsome fortysomething man sitting on the beach. His name is. . . well, he doesnt

3、 know, because hes suffering from severe amnesia (健忘癥) that also means he doesnt know why hes there or where he has come from. Meanwhile in Surrey, a wife is reporting the disappearance of her handsome fortysomething husband to the police. At this stage, people who havent read Jewell before may thin

4、k they realise whats going on. In fact, the truth uncovered with enormous teasing skill is packed with more twists (轉折), and real sadness, than anybody could possibly expect. Admittedly, the book does have moments of contrivance (矯揉造作) but theyre exceptionally well-contrived. The Allegations by Mark

5、 LawsonIn 2014, Lawson left BBC Radio 4s arts programme Front Row amid accusations of bullying. Now, Tom Pimm, one of the main characters here, is a history professor accused of the same thing even though all he has done is standing up for intellectual rigour (縝密) and common sense. Worse, his friend

6、 and colleague Ned Marriott is arrested for “historic” violence despite not being guilty either. But what both men come to understand is that at a time when offence-taking has become a national pastime and all accusers are described as “victims”, innocence is largely irrelevant. The result is a book

7、 that, although highly readable, is essentially a cry of middle-aged male anger at what Ned calls “the Bonfire(篝火) of the Vanities (虛榮心)” in the age of critical social media. And for my money, Lawson hits most of his targets bang-on. 【語篇概述】本文是一篇應用文。文章主要介紹了國外的兩部文學作品。1. What do we know about Alice in

8、I Found You? A. She has a weak memory. B. She suffers from a serious disease. C. She is a well-meaning single mom. D. She is looking for her missing husband. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。由I Found You by Lisa Jewell介紹內容第二段中的“Alice is slightly disorganized but good-hearted. . . living. . . with her three children”可知,

9、 Alice是一位好心的單親媽媽。2. How does the author find Lisa Jewells writing? A. Uncreative. B. Masterful. C. Incomprehensible. D. Analytical. 【解析】選B。觀點態度題。由I Found You by Lisa Jewell介紹內容第三段的描述可知, 作者認為Lisa Jewell擁有嫻熟、巧妙的寫作技巧。3. What can we infer about The Allegations? A. It tells the story of BBC Radio 4. B. I

10、ts Mark Lawsons autobiography. C. It criticizes the social media indirectly. D. Its inspired by the writers own experience. 【解析】選D。推理判斷題。由The Allegations by Mark Lawson介紹內容第一段中的“In 2014, Lawson left BBC Radio 4s arts programme. . . accused of the same thing”可推斷, 這部作品的靈感來自作者的親身經歷。BNo poem should ever

11、 be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, a teacher or a student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it. All discussions of poetry

12、 are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, eventually, the most concrete “interpretation (解釋)” of it, suggesting tone, rhymes, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on films, is obviously a special reward.

13、But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and the teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it. I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it and “exchanging of views”, if there isnt time for both. I think one of ou

14、r goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry and take it easy when we are reading a poem. Poetry is “a criticism of life”, and “a heightening (提升) of life”. It is “a most appropriate approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can transform your life”. It also deserves a place in th

15、e teaching of language and literature (文學) more central than it presently occupies. I am not saying that every English teacher must try out poetry-teaching. Those who dont like it should not be forced to convey that negative feeling to anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a f

16、ew things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it. 【語篇概述】本文是一篇議論文。詩歌是一種藝術形式, 那么怎樣去鑒賞和學習詩歌呢? 通讀本文之后, 你可能會有所收獲。4. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should _. A. discuss it wit

17、h othersB. analyze it by oneselfC. copy it down in a notebookD. practise reading it aloud【解析】選D。細節理解題。根據文章第一段的內容特別是第一句“No poem should ever be discussed or analyzed, until it has been read aloud by someone, a teacher or a student. ”可知答案選D。5. According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching En

18、glish is to get students _. A. to understand lifeB. to enjoy poetryC. to become teachersD. to become poets【解析】選B。細節理解題。根據文章第三段“I think one of our. . . students love poetry and take it easy when we are reading a poem. ”可知選B。6. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply? A. More stress s

19、hould be laid on the teaching of poetry. B. Poetry is more important than any other literature genre. C. One cannot enjoy life fully without a good understanding of poetry. D. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。第三段主要講了大聲讀詩歌是很重要的以及詩歌對生活的重大影響, 因此最后一句強調了在語言和文學

20、教學中應當比現在更加重視詩歌的地位。7. The underlined phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by “_”. A. build a boothB. provide equipmentC. leave a certain amount of timeD. set aside enough space【解析】選C。詞義猜測題。根據第三段“I have come to think. . . exchanging of views, if there isnt time for both. ”及最

21、后一段中的“in the classroom for hearing poetry”可知選C。. 完形填空Men and women may have different experiences in shopping for clothes. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in 1. He knows what he wants, and his 2 is to find it and buy it. All men 3 walk into a shop a

22、nd ask the shop assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock (庫存), the deal can be done and 4 is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat to everyones 5. Sometimes, the salesman tries to sell them something else. Few men have 6 with this treatment. For a woman, buying c

23、lothes is always done in the 7 way. Her shopping is not often 8 on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look around”. She is always 9 to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that 10 thinks suit

24、s her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the lookout for the unexpected 11. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another 12 selecting the dress she wants to 13. It is a tiresome process, but clearly a(n) 14 one. Most dre

25、ss shops provide chairs for the waiting 15. 【語篇概述】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了男性和女性在購物方面的不同表現。1. A. detail B. hurry C. advance D. mind【解析】選C。根據下句“He knows what he wants”可知男人購物時, 他們要買的東西提前(in advance)就已經決定好了。2. A. adviceB. goalC. demandD. question【解析】選B。既然男士知道他想要什么, 因此他的目標(goal)就是找到自己想要的東西并購買它。3. A. quicklyB. imme

26、diatelyC. soonD. simply【解析】選D。所有的男士只是(simply)走進商店向售貨員問他們想要的東西。4. A. oftenB. constantlyC. normallyD. finally【解析】選A。如果他想要的物品商店有庫存, 交易就可以進行, 交易過程常常(often)在不到5分鐘的時間內就可以完成, 幾乎沒有閑聊且皆大歡喜(to everyones satisfaction)。5. A. confidenceB. amusementC. satisfactionD. surprise【解析】選C。根據句意“如果他想要的物品商店有庫存, 交易就可以進行, 交易過

27、程常常在不到5分鐘的時間內就可以完成, 幾乎沒有閑聊且皆大歡喜”。to everyones satisfaction 表示“令每個人都滿意的是”, 符合語境, 故選C。6. A. patienceB. interestC. expectationD. experience【解析】選A。根據上文男士購物特點的介紹可知, 很少男士會對這種服務有耐心(patience)。7. A. sameB. cleverC. oppositeD. similar【解析】選C。根據文章第一段可知, 男性和女性在購買衣服方面有不同的體驗。所以對于女士來說, 她們總是以與男士相反的(opposite)方式購買衣服。8

28、. A. reliedB. basedC. doneD. related【解析】選B。女士購物經常不是基于需要。be based on “基于”; be relied on“被依賴”。9. A. openB. readyC. closeD. happy【解析】選A。根據后半句中的“willing to try on any number of things”可知, 女士總是易于接受(be open to)勸導。10. A. nobodyB. somebodyC. everybodyD. anybody【解析】選C。在女性購物者內心深處的想法是要找到每個人(everybody)都認為適合她的東西

29、。11. A. dealB. surpriseC. luckD. bargain【解析】選D。根據上文(大多數女性都有很好的價值意識)可推知, 女性購物者總是對意外的減價品(bargain)很留意。12. A. afterB. asC. beforeD. by【解析】選C。面對滿屋子的衣服, 女性購物者在選中自己想要試穿(try on)的衣服之前(before)可能會很容易花一個小時從一個服裝架走到另一個服裝架。13. A. try onB. try outC. try upD. try for【解析】選A。此處指試穿衣服。14. A. tiringB. enjoyableC. boringD

30、. graceful【解析】選B。這個過程很煩人, 但對女性購物者來說顯然是一種令她們很享受的(enjoyable)過程。15. A. customersB. assistantsC. wivesD. husbands【解析】選D。男士不熱衷于購物, 因此大多數服裝店總是為等待妻子購物的丈夫們提供椅子。【技法導練】方法指導記敘文之空間順序“移步換景”巧解題記敘文中的空間(地點)順序一般指在同一個時間背景下, 不同地點、不同場景發生的事情。“移步換景”是此類記敘文的明顯特點, 文章中的情節隨著地點的更迭變換而跌宕起伏。因此, 此類記敘文中地點多、情節較復雜, 閱讀此類文章可采用“移步換景”法,

31、即一邊閱讀、一邊標注出在不同地點發生了什么事情, 進而從整體上把握全文內容。語法填空Over 2, 200 years ago, Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor in Chinese history, established the official Chinese writing characters. The new, simplified characters made writing calligraphy (書法) less 1. _ (complicate). It allowed people to use characters w

32、ith more straight strokes, thus 2. _ (make) it easier to write with brushes. This 3. _ (create) the official script(隸書). Over time, other variations were also developed, 4. _ eventually led to the formation of the five genres in Chinese calligraphy. As 5. _ result, calligraphy became 6. _ (wide) accepted. Calligraphy also had its practical values because it was a good way to make friends and was more presentable as a gift rather than jewelry or money. Does calligraphy sti