2019-2020学年译林版英语必修三新素养同步阅读强化训练（三） WORD版含解析.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家阅读强化训练(三)学生用书P143(单独成册)(建议用时：25分钟) 阅读理解Luling, a small town in Texas, is home to a watermelon water tower, a watermelon queen and a festival called the Watermelon Thump.The event includes food, music and a parade. But what sets this watermelon festival apart from others is the World

2、Championship Seed Spitting(吐西瓜籽) Contest.Only about 5，500 people live in Luling. But since 1954, the population has swelled on the last weekend in June. Now, tens of thousands of people come from all around to attend the fourday festival.“The seedspitting crowds get into it，”said Edgar Camacho, who

3、is father to four seedspitting champions. “Parents from Luling take it seriously.”The competition is limited to about 50 kids and 50 adults. The kids are divided into four age groups. For the individual(个人的) competition, everyone gets two spits, and judges record the better one. For the team event,

4、judges take the sum of four spits from four participants(参与者)“Its really fun and exciting，”said Victoria Camacho, 14.“The crowd is all watching you and cheering for you, and your family is there.” About 200 people watch. “Its really a lot of pressure because you dont want to mess up.”Victoria won he

5、r age group four years ago with a spit of 36 feet. Two years ago, her brother A. J， 17, broke the youth record in Luling when he spat a seed 58 feet 91/8 inches. Thats more than half the length of a basketball court. (The adult seedspitting world record，set in 1989, is 68 feet 91/8 inches.)“Its fun

6、to come out and compete every year. Its just a really competitive spirit that all the families have，” said A. J， who has won the seedspitting contest about 10 times.The Camachos have no plans to give up their competitive spitting anytime soon.“Even if I dont live in Texas，” said Davis Camacho, 20, a

7、 fivetime winner. “Ill make the yearly journey to Luling.”【解题导语】本文是一则新闻报道。美国德州的Luling小镇每年举办一次西瓜节，该节日的最特别之处在于其吐西瓜籽比赛。1What dose the underlined word “swelled” in Paragraph 3 mean?AIncreased.BDoubled.CRecovered. DDropped.A解析：词义猜测题。根据划线词前后句的对比：Only about 5，500 people live in Luling和tens of thousands of

8、people come可知，自1954年开始，Luling小镇的人口在六月最后的那个周末不断增加。而根据该段的内容可知，小镇的常住人口仅有5 500人，因为当地举办的西瓜节吸引来自世界各地的游客，因此人口在节日期间急剧上涨。2Whats the rule for the group competition?AEveryone gets two spits.BThe best four spits are recorded.CEach team member can spit only once.DParticipants are divided into four age groups.C解析

9、：细节理解题。根据第五段中的For the team event, judges take the sum of four spits from four participants(参与者)可知，在团体比赛中，每名参赛人员只能吐一次西瓜籽。3How does Victoria feel about the competition?AConfident and lucky.BStupid and bored.CHappy and fearless.DExcited and nervous.D解析：推理判断题。根据Victoria在第六段中说的Its really fun and exciting

10、和Its really a lot of pressure可知，她认为比赛既刺激又紧张。4What can we learn about the competition?AIt lasts four days.BIt happens every year.CIt is an international event.DIt gets thousands of viewers.B解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段以及Camacho的家庭成员之一Davis在最后一段中说的Even if I dont live in Texas和Ill make the yearly journey to Luling

11、.可知，吐西瓜籽比赛一年举行一次。这里需要注意D项，尽管文章第三段提到tens of thousands of people come from all around to attend the fourday festival，但是根据第六段中的About 200 people watch可知，该比赛的观众只有几百号人，并没有数以万计那么多。 语法填空Its well known that pound notes show the face of Queen Elizabeth . However, something 1._(interest) about British money is

12、 that there are also faces on the back of the notes. Did you know that the picture changes every few 2._(year) to show a different famous person from British history?At the moment, we can find the face of Charles Darwin on the 10 note. He is a(n) 3._(science), famous for his theories about evolution

13、(进化). From 1992 to 2003, Charles Dickens 4._(be) on the banknote. He is one of the countrys favourite authors, 5._novels like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield were voted as some of Britains best works of literature. 6._(recent), it was announced that Jane Austen would replace Darwin on the 10 note

14、. She is one of my favourite authors, 7._(remember) for books like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. People think 8._it was a very good choice to put Jane Austen on a banknote because most of the people on British money are men.In addition to writers, other people such 9._inventors and

15、social reformers have also been on banknotes. By 10._(put) their faces on banknotes, the UK shows that it is very proud of all these historical figures!1interesting解析：考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰something，表示“有趣的”，故填interesting。2years解析：考查名词复数。“every few复数名词”意为“每隔几”。every few years意为“每隔几年”。3scientist解析：考查名词。

16、设空处作表语，其前有不定冠词限定，表示“科学家”，故填scientist。4was解析：考查一般过去时。由From 1992 to 2003 可知，此处表示过去的一种情况，故填was。5whose解析：考查关系代词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句补充说明He，且在从句中作定语，故填whose。6Recently解析：考查副词。设空处作时间状语，修饰it was announced.on the 10 note一句，故填Recently。7remembered解析：考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰She，因remember与She之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故填remembered。8that

17、解析：考查连接词。设空处引导宾语从句，作think的宾语，因从句结构和意义均完整，故填that。9as解析：考查固定结构。such as意为“例如”。10putting解析：考查动词ing形式作宾语的用法。设空处作介词By的宾语，且the UK与put之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故填putting。 短文改错Last summer I study English for one month in a language school in Oxford. There were a study centre in the school. Sometimes I worked here in the a

18、fternoons. We had class every morning for three hours and in the afternoons we were free. There were twelve students in the class from all over world. We studied a book call Move and sometimes we played games and listened to songs. We did a lot of speak activities and we did some grammar exercises a

19、s well as. I really liked speaking with my classmates and our teacher was very kindness. So I made great progress on my speaking.答案：Last summer I English for one month in a language school in Oxford. There a study centre in the school. Sometimes I worked in the afternoons. We had every morning for t

20、hree hours and in the afternoons we were free. There were twelve students in the class from all over world. We studied a book Move and sometimes we played games and listened to songs. We did a lot of activities and we did some grammar exercises as well . I really liked speaking with my classmates and our teacher was very . So I made great progress my speaking.高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！