PAGE第一部分選修6Unit3Ⅰ.完形填空(2016沈陽東北育才學校高三上學期二模)TherearenooceanwavesinSt.Louis.Wehavetodrivealongwaytogettotheocean.Everysummerweputourstuffandourselvesintothecaranddrive1,000milestoreachVeroOncewegetthere,it'sallabout__1__atthebeach.I'vewantedtobea__2__foralongtime.MymomusedtosurfwhenshelivedinFloridaduringcollege.I__3__mymomtoletmesurf,andshepromisedtofindasurfing__4__forme.Hefoundmeinstead.Onedaywhenmymomwastakinganoldsurfboardtoasurfshopfor__5__，asurfer__6__thedooropenforherandhelpedhercarrytheboardinside.Theystarted__7__andshelearnedhe'sasurfing__8__.Mymomaskedhimifhehadany__9__workingwithpeoplewithdisabilities.Hedidandtoldherhewouldlovetoworkwithme.That'showI__10__myfriend,CoachBillBolton,in2014.FirstCoachBilltaughtmethepop-up.IhadsomuchfunsurfingwithCoachBillin2014,__11__Ididn'tmakeitto__12__ontheboard.WhenwewenttoFloridathissummer,Ihadmoresurfing__13__withCoachBill.Weworkedhardonthesandandinthewater.Onourthirddaytogetherwe__14__oursurfboardsoutpastasandbarwheresmallwaveswere__15__.Icameclosetostandingeachtime,andonthelast__16__ofthedayIgotuponmyfeetandstayedup!Iwasso__17__！SowasCoachBill.Wewenttothesamesurfingspotthenextday.Guesswhat!I__18__somanytimesandrodewaveafterwave.CoachBillcalledmea“surfgoddess”．Itwasoneofthe__19__daysever!Ihopemystory__20__youtogosurfingortotrysomethingnew.Iknowyoucandoit.()1.A.fun B．failureC．trial D．sunlight()2.A.swimmer B．riderC．surfer D．player()3.A.reminded B．encouragedC．told D．begged()4.A.fellow B．coachC．adviser D．driver()5.A.exhibition B．moneyC．repair D．advice()6.A.held B．keptC．let D．made()7.A.greeting B．laughingC．walking D．talking()8.A.student B．loverC．instructor D．guard()9.A.trouble B．interestC．record D．experience()10.A.met B．hiredC．thanked D．rewarded()11.A.however B．soC．and D．but()12.A.lying B．floatingC．standing D．moving()13.A.lessons B．pleasureC．skills D．tasks()14.A.picked B．tookC．removed D．threw()15.A.falling B．breakingC．rising D．floating()16.A.minute B．waveC．try D．part()17.A.happy B．shockedC．joy D．frightened()18.A.felldown B．failedC．acted D．gotup()19.A.longest B．greatestC．hardest D．fastest()20.A.inspires B．pushesC．leads D．influences【主旨大意】作者一家每年都去佛羅里達的維羅海灘去度假。她一直想學沖浪。一天，媽媽去修沖浪板，偶然遇到了一位沖浪教練BillBolton。在他的指導下，他不斷進步，在第二個夏天終于學會了沖浪。作者無比快樂，并用自己的故事來激勵別人。1．【答案】Awithpeoplewho'llprovideyouwiththeproperemotionalsupport”可知，讓能為你提供合適的情感支持的人在你周圍非常重要，故選D項。3．【答案】B【解析】主旨大意題。綜合全文可知，文章介紹“團隊鍛煉在健身中的積極作用”，因此B項“輔助性的健康(運動)”概括得最全面。B(2016湖南師大附中高三上學期第三次月考，D)Oneinfivepeoplecarrya‘smartgene’variant(變體)linkedtolonglifespan,biggerforebrainandenhancedmentalability,researchershavefound.“We'veknownforalongtimethatpeoplelosecognitive(認知)abilitiesastheyage,butnowwe'rebeginningtounderstandthatfactorslikeKLOTHOcangivepeopleaboostinaging.GeneticvariationinKLOTHOcouldhelpuspredictbrainhealthandfindwaystoprotectpeoplefromthediseasesthathappentousaswegrowold,likeAlzheimer'sdisease(老年癡呆癥)，”saidseniorauthor,DenaDubalofUniversityofCalifornia.TheKLOTHOgeneaffectsaproteinfoundinthekidneysandthebrainthatregulatesmanydifferentbodyprocesses.Aboutoneinfivepeoplecarryasinglecopyofthevarian,knownasKL-VS，whichboostslevelsoftheproteinandisassociatedwithalongerlifespanandimprovedheartandkidneyfunction.Asmallminority,3%ofthepopulation,hastwocopies,whichislinkedtoashorterlifespan.Inthenewstudyscientistsscannedthebrainsof422menandwomenaged53andoverwhowerealsotestedfortheKLOTHOgene.TheyfoundthatparticipantswithasinglecopyofthegenevariantalsohadalargerbrainregionknownasRDLPFC,whichisespeciallylikelytoshrinkwithage.Lossofneuronsinthisareamaybeonereasonwhyolderpeoplearesometimeseasilydistractedandfinditdifficulttodomorethanonetaskatthesametime.ResearcherDrJenniferYokoyamasaid,“ThebrainregionenhancedbygeneticvariationinKLOTHOisvulnerable(脆弱的)inagingandsomementaldisease.Inthiscase,biggersizemeansbetterfunction.ItwillbeimportanttodeterminewhetherthestructureincreaseassociatedwithcarryingonecopyofKL-VScanoffsetthecognitiveshortagecausedbydisease.”PeoplewhohaveonecopyofavariantKL-VStendtolivelongerandhavelowerchancesofsufferingastroke(中風)，whereaspeoplewhohavetwocopiesmayliveshorterlivesandhaveahigherriskofstroke.()4.Whatcanwelearnfromthesecondparagraph?A．People'scognitiveabilitiesdonotdeclineifpeoplehaveKLOTHO.B．WiththeclearunderstandingofKLOTHO,Alzheimer'sdiseasecanbecurednow.C．GeneticvariationinKLOTHOcouldbehelpfulintreatingmentaldiseaseinelderlypeople.D．GeneticvariationinKLOTHOcouldleadpeopletosufferfromAlzheimer'sdisease.()5.Ifapersoncarriestwocopiesofthegenevariant,he/shemay________.A．havebetterkidneyfunctionB．haveashorterlifespanC．haveahigherleveloftheproteininhis/herbodyD．sufferfromsomecognitivedisease()6.Thereasonwhyolderpeople'sattentioniseasilydistractedmaybethat________.A．theyhavefewerneuronsintheRDLPECB．theirbrainregionistoolargeC．theyhavetwocopiesofthegenevariantD．theyhavemoreneuronsintheRDLPEC()7.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“offset”inParagraph5probablymean?A．Prevent. B．Balance.C．Keep. D．Promote.【主旨大意】研究發現有五分之一的人攜帶有與長壽、較大前腦和更強的心智能力的“聰明基因”的變體。本文研究了KLOTHO中變體與人衰老和精神疾病的關系：大腦區域越大，功能越強。4．【答案】C【解析】事實細節題。根據第二段“GeneticvariationinKLOTHOcouldhelpuspredictbrainhealthandfindwaystoprotectpeoplefromthediseasesthathappentousaswegrowold,likeAlzheimer'sdisease(老年癡呆癥)”可以推知KLOTHO中的基因變體對于預防和治療老年人疾病的意義。可以得知選項C符合題意。5．【答案】B【解析】細節理解題。根據第三段“Asmallminority,3%ofthepopulation,hastwocopies,whichislinkedtoashorterlifespan”可以得知選項B符合題意。6．【答案】A【解析】推理判斷題。根據第四段“Lossofneuronsinthisareamaybeonereasonwhyolderpeoplearesometimeseasilydistractedandfinditdifficulttodomorethanonetaskatthesametime”可以推知RDLPEC中神經元的損失會導致人注意力分散和很難在同一時間做多個任務，可以得知選項A符合題意。7．【答案】B【解析】詞義猜測題。根據倒數第二段上下文可以得知在KLOTHO中由于基因變體增大的大腦區域很容易衰退或產生精神疾病，所以較大的大腦區域功能更強。攜帶KL-VS一副與大腦結構是否增加對于平衡由疾病導致的認知確實很重要。可以得知選項B符合題意。Ⅲ.語法填空(2016陜西西安第七十中學11月檢測)Untilabout150yearsago,themostimportant,expensiveandrenownedkindofpaintingwaslarge-scalepicturesthattoldastory,regardedasthe1.__________(hard)challengeforanartist.2.__________(choose)suitablesubjects,artistshadtobewell-read.Thentheyhadtoknow3.__________storiescouldbetoldwithoutwords,usingonlygesturesandexpressions.Tocreatelifelikescenes,theyhadtounderstandperspective,lightingandanatomy.Sohistorypaintingneededalotofthoughtand_4.________.(imagine)．Large-scalepicturesusedtobereservedforgrandreligiousorpatrioticsubjects,butthatchangedinthe19thcentury,asartistsbegancreatinghistorypaintingsbased5.__________contemporarynewsstories.OneofthefirstofthesewasTheRaftoftheMedusa,inspiredbythewreckof6.__________Frenchshipin1816,whichshowedhowartcouldhaveapowerfulpoliticalimpact.Itpresentsascene_7.__________thesurvivorsofthewreckonaraftlitteredwithbodiestrytosignaltoadistantship.Whenthey8.__________(rescue),theytoldhowtheyhadbeenabandonedbytheircaptain,whilehesailedtosafetyinalifeboat.Starving,theyhadtoeateachothertosurvive—thoughthispicturemakes9.__________lookheroicratherthanviolent.Thepicturecausedahugeoutcry.SomepeoplethoughttheartistmeanttocriticizetheFrenchking,10.__________hadbeeninvolvedinappointingtheship'scaptain.1．【答案】hardest【解析】考查形容詞。根據下文對這幅繪畫的講述可知這幅作品的取材、創作都是非常耗費精力的，再根據前面的定冠詞the可以判斷此處用形容詞最高級，答案填hardest。2．【答案】Tochoose【解析】考查非謂語動詞。根據