2019年高考英语一轮优练题Unit4Makingthenews含解析新人教版必修5.doc

1、Making the news李仕才一、阅读理解。Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more pre

2、cise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a nonspecific but stable change. For many people, the hightech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.In fact, GM

3、 foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified

4、 crops will be planted in the US this year.The genetic genie is out of the bottle.However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods t

5、o choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fastgrowing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year t

6、he worlds population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A

7、 deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can

8、also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.1.The passage mainly talks about_.A. the worlds food problemB. the development in biotechC. the genetically modified foods D. the way to solve food shortages

9、2.According to the passage, GM foods_.A. will replace naturally grown foodsB. are far better than naturally grown foodsC. may help to solve the problem of poor nutritionD. can cause serious trouble in developing countries3.The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragrap

10、h 2 probablymeans that_.A.GM foods are available everywhereB. the technology in producing GM foods is advancedC. genetic technology may have uncontrollable powersD. genetic technology has come out of laboratories into markets4.Whats the writers attitude towards GM foods?A. Enthusiastic.B. Cautious.C

11、. Disapproving.D. Unbelievable.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了转基因食品及其对人类生活的影响。1.C 【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章内容，特别是第一段中的“Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods).”可知，本文主要介绍的是转基因食品。2.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with bette

12、r nutritional values.”可知，转基因食品有助于解决营养不良问题。4.B 【解析】观点态度题。根据第三段中的“However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing.”可知，作者认为转基因食品进入市场前需要严格的检测，由此可见作者对转基因食品的态度是谨慎的。二、单句语法填空1It is necessary that we keep the young generation (inform) of the current affair

13、s.答案：informed2A man helping an old lady who fell on the floor to get up on a bus ended up (accuse) of causing her injury.答案：being accused3Dont defend him any more. Its obvious that he (deliberate) destroyed the fence of the garden even without apology.答案：deliberately4 (acquire) a good knowledge of E

14、nglish, he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.答案：To acquire5It is every citizens demand that the murderer who killed three children (punish)答案：(should) be punished6The teacher will put forward a variety of questions, (depend) on your different answers.答案：depending7The diligent ma

15、n is (achieve) his goal, because he spares no effort to do the best for every detail.答案：to achieve8(2018银川质检)My parents didnt approve my leaving school this year and I had to accept it.答案：of9You should get down to your study from now on. Please concentrate what is of great importance for your future

16、 development.答案：on10What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You are supposed (be) asleep.答案：to be三、完形填空。One morning Maila woke up with a start.She had had a vivid _1_ of a lonely child with huge big tired eyes praying for love and crying out“Find me！”Maila was one of those people who used all her free t

17、ime to help others and did it all in quiet，_2_ bragging (自夸)about it.But its hard to keep an angel a secret _3_she would have wanted to do her helping _4_ raising attention to herself.Soon word _5_，bringing even more people in need of help to her attention.Although she was _6_ to people in distress(

18、困苦)，she was shaken by the dream.She _7_ to find the lonely child of her dream.And so she started _8_.She drove to every local hospital and institution where there were children.Maila felt _9_ because she had no idea what the child would look like.All she could do was to _10_ her feelings.She did thi

19、s for weeks.She was not going to_11_ her search.Then one day she decided to visit an institution for _12_ handicapped(残疾的)children.This institution _13_ children that were so badly handicapped they could not be taken care of at home.Many of the children had been _14_ as babies.There were stories of

20、_15_ who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child.She walked into one room after another.And then she saw the tired _16_ she had been looking for.They belonged to a girl who could not _17_.She looked at Maila with such longing in her eyes Maila _18_ her immediately.“There you a

21、re！”she said.“I finally found you！” And the girls eyes were so full of _19_ no one dared to doubt they were _20_ to find each other.All the love she could not express with her words was written in her eyes.1A.story BdreamCreport Daccount2A.sometimes BoftenCalways Dnever3A.now that Bin caseCeven thou

22、gh Das if4A.by BforCwithout Ddespite5A.ended BfailedChelped Dspread6A.addicted BusedCdevoted Dopposed7A.decided BagreedCforgot Dpretended8A.complaining BsearchingCvolunteering Dchanging9A.confident BterrifiedCexcited Dawkward10A.express BtrustCignore Dcontrol11A.give up Bcarry onCfocus on Ddepend on

23、12A.slightly BrarelyCseverely Dmainly13A.interested BhousedCcured Drecorded14A.educated BstarvedCabused Dabandoned15A.mothers BfriendsCparents Dnurses16A.children BpatientsCeyes Dlegs17A.speak BhearCsee Dwalk18A.believed BforgaveCsuspected Drecognized19A.surprise BjoyCscare Dstress20A.allowed Bforce

24、dCdetermined Dmeant【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。Maila总是默默无闻地帮助别人，本文讲述了她寻找她睡梦中出现的女孩的故事。1B考查名词辨析。根据第三段中的“find the lonely child of her dream”可知，Maila是在梦中见到那个孩子的。dream意为“梦，梦想”，符合语境。故选B。2D考查副词辨析。根据上文中的“did it all in quiet”可知，Maila 做好事的时候非常低调，从不自夸。never意为“从不，从未，绝不”，符合语境。故选D。3C考查连词短语辨析。now that意为“既然，由于”；in case意为“以防，以防万

25、一”； even though意为“即使”；as if意为“似乎，好像”。根据空格前的“its hard to keep an angel a secret”可知，保守秘密是很难的，即使Maila不想引起别人的注意。故选C。4C考查介词辨析。由上文可知，Maila想要默默地帮助别人，所以不想引起别人的注意。without意为“没有”，符合语境。故选C。5D考查动词辨析。end意为“结束”；fail意为“失败”；help意为“帮助”；spread意为“传播，扩散”。根据语境可知，此处指她乐于助人的事迹传播开来，使她注意到更多需要她帮助的人。故选D。6B考查动词短语辨析。四个选项皆可与be和to构

26、成短语：be addicted to意为“对上瘾”； be used to意为“习惯/适应于”；be devoted to意为“奉献/投身于”；be opposed to意为“反对”。句意为：尽管她已经习惯了那些受苦的人们，但那个梦令她很震惊。故选B。7A考查动词辨析。decide意为“决定”；agree意为“同意”；forget意为“遗忘”；pretend意为“假装”。由下文中的“And so she started _.She drove to every local hospital.there were children.”可知，Maila决定找到她梦中那个孤独的孩子。故选A。8B考查

27、动词辨析。complain意为“抱怨”；search意为“寻找，搜寻”；volunteer意为“自愿(做某事)”；change意为“改变”。根据下文中的“She drove to every local hospital and institution”可知，她是在一些可能的地方寻找那个梦中的孩子。故选B。9D考查形容词辨析。confident意为“充满信心的”；terrified意为“感到害怕的”；excited意为“兴奋的”；awkward意为“难对付的，难处理的”。由下文中的“because she had no idea what the child would look like”可

28、知，因为Maila连她自己要找的孩子长什么样都不清楚，所以很难办。故选D。10B考查动词辨析。express意为“表达”；trust意为“信任，相信”；ignore意为“忽视，忽略”；control意为“控制”。根据语境可知，此处指因为不知道孩子长什么样，她只能跟着感觉走，只能相信感觉。故选B。11A考查动词短语辨析。give up意为“放弃”；carry on意为“继续”；focus on意为“专注，聚焦”；depend on意为“依靠，取决于”。由下文“one day she decided to visit”可知，Maila不打算放弃寻找。故选A。12C考查副词辨析。slightly意为

29、“轻微地”；rarely意为“稀有地，稀少地”；severely意为“严格地，严重地”；mainly意为“主要地”。根据下文“children that were so badly handicapped”可知，此处指她决定去看望一些严重残疾的孩子。故选C。13B考查动词辨析。interest意为“使感兴趣”；house意为“让居住，给提供住处”；cure意为“治疗”；record意为“记录”。句意为：这个机构给那些严重残疾、在家不能被照顾的孩子提供住宿。故选B。14D考查动词辨析。educate意为“教育，培养”；starve意为“挨饿”；abuse意为“滥用，虐待”；abandon意为“遗

30、弃，放弃”。由下文中的“who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child”可知，此处指那些孩子当中有很多都是在婴儿时期被遗弃的。故选D。15A考查名词辨析。根据空格后的“who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child”可知，那些遗弃残疾孩子的妈妈们不会跟她们的再婚丈夫提及这些事。mother意为“母亲，妈妈”，符合语境。故选A。16C考查名词辨析。根据第一段中的“a lonely child with huge big tir

31、ed eyes”可知，此处指她看到了那双她想寻找的疲惫的眼睛。eyes意为“眼睛”，符合语境。故选C。17A考查动词辨析。根据最后一段最后一句“All the love she could not express with her words was written in her eyes.”可知，虽然这个孩子无法说话，但是她的眼睛会“说话”。speak意为“说，讲”，符合语境。故选A。18D考查动词辨析。believe意为“相信，信任”；forgive意为“饶恕，原谅”；suspect意为“怀疑”；recognize意为“认出”。由下文中的“I finally found you！”可知，M

32、aila立刻认出了那个出现在她梦中的孩子。故选D。19B考查名词辨析。surprise意为“惊奇”；joy意为“快乐”；scare意为“恐惧”；stress意为“压力”。根据第一段可知，那个梦中的小女孩渴望得到爱并日夜祈祷让人找到她，故此处指小女孩看到Maila非常高兴。故选B。20D考查动词辨析。句意为：那个孩子眼睛里的快乐让人相信她们注定会找到彼此。be meant to do意为“注定做”，符合语境。故选D。四、单句改错1I can think of many cases that the media have a strong effect on young men. 答案：that

33、where2Youd better put on a thick sweater in case of it snows. 答案：去掉of3They decided to go on holiday for a week because all the tasks have been fulfilled ahead of the time. 答案：去掉time前的the4You can depend on that he will come to help you when needed. 答案：on后加it5(江西卷)Never before she seen anybody who can

34、 play tennis as well as Robert. 答案：在before后加has五、单元语法倒装句1(2018广东执信中学期中)So difficult I find it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice.答案：did2(2018安徽安庆四校联考)How was the weather then?Hardly I stepped off the plane when it started to rain.答案：had3(2018北京海淀区一模)Hard it is, the Chinese government is determined to open up the new Silk Road.答案：as/though4(2018湖南益阳箴言中学模拟)In front of our school (stand) a tower on whose top we can have a clear view of the lake.答案：stands5At the top of the hill (lie) an old cottage which has a wonderful view of the whole city.答案：lies