模塊1U1李仕才一、閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。A European Union program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time.It uses three­dimensional(3­D)printing to recreate famous paintings so they can be touched.One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt's“The Kiss”It is a popular attraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna，Austria.The painting shows a man and a woman standing in a field filled with flowers.They are wearing gold robes and have their arms around each other.The man leans down to kiss the woman.Klimt finished the painting in 1908.Until now，people who had trouble seeing could not appreciate the artwork.But thanks to the reproduction they can touch the piece and feel the ridges and depressions.Andreas Reichinger started making 3­D versions of artwork in 2010.He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple's robes are so detailed.Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor.She touched the reproduction.As she moved her hands around it she said，“Exactly，can you see these？There are so many details.”Raditsch said she could imagine what the original painting looks like when she touched the reproduction，“It's somehow round.You can feel it.You can feel it.It comes with it.And in many places it's so smooth.And then I think to myself：it probably shines too！”Raditsch said.The Belvedere is not the only museum to have 3­D versions of its artwork.Some of the pieces at the Prado Museum，in Madrid，Spain have reproductions that can be touched.But the piece in Vienna has one special part：it is made with widely available 3­D printing technology.That means one day，blind art fans anywhere in the world could download the source files and print the reproductions themselves.1What is“The Kiss”？AA European Union project.BA popular painting.CA 3­D technology.DA famous museum.2Why did Reichinger say this reproduction was difficult to finish?AThe painting was reproduced detailedly.BThe original artwork was made in 1908.CBlind art fans can't download the source.DThe 3­D technology is not available.3How did Raditsch feel when she first touched the reproduction?AAwkward. BPuzzled.CExcited. DNervous.4What is the best title for the text?AA European Union Program for Museum VisitorsB3­D Printing Lets the Blind Experience Famous PaintingsCHow to Reproduce the World­famous PaintingsDA Special Museum for Art Fans in Vienna，Austria【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文。文章講述了歐盟的一個項目使用3D打印技術重現(xiàn)名畫，讓它們可以被視障人士觸摸到。1B考查細節(jié)理解。從文章第二段的“One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt'sThe KissIt is a popular attraction”可知，吻是一幅深受歡迎的畫作。故選B項。2A考查細節(jié)理解。從文章第三段的最后一句“He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple's robes are so detailed”可知，Andreas Reichinger說吻是最難完成的作品，因為那對戀人的長袍細節(jié)很多。故選A項。B項“原畫作制作于1908年”和C項“視障的藝術粉絲們不能下載資源”與該題的要求不符；D項錯在“not available”，與文章第三段中的“started making 3­D versions of artwork in 2010 ”不符。3C考查推理判斷。從文章第四段中的“You can feel it.You can feel it”可以推測出Raditsch“激動的”心情。故選C項。4B考查標題判斷。從文章第一段的內容可以看出，用3D打印技術讓視障人士體驗名畫是文章的中心，下文是圍繞該話題展開介紹的。故選B項。A項錯在“Museum Visitors”太寬泛；C項“如何復制世界名畫”只是文章的一部分，不全面；D項沒有突出“3­D printing”和“blind fans”，故排除。二、單項選擇1.The record about the massacre(大屠殺)is fairly clear and beyond dispute _ those activities the Japanese soldiers were involved in.A. in memory of B. with assistance ofC. with respect to D. in place of【答案】C2.Tom is one of the top students in our school and the scores he's got in each exam are always far _ average.A. aboveB. belowC. onD. beneath【答案】A【解析】根據(jù)“Tom is one of the top students in our school(湯姆是我們學校頂尖的學生之一)”可知，湯姆在歷次考試中的得分應該總是高于平均水平，應選擇A。above average高于平均水平；below average低于平均水平。3.It is the assistant in charge _ the scientific research who informed us _ attending the academic activity.A. for, of B. of , to C. with, for D. of, of 【答案】D【解析】in charge of掌管，負責；inform sb. of (doing)sth告知/通知某人某件事。句意：是負責該項科學研究的助手通知我們這次學術活動的。4.If more than half of you _ going there on foot, you should present your plan to the teacher and have it _ by him.A. approve of, approvedB. approving, approve ofC. approve, approve ofD. approving, approve【答案】A【解析】approve of doing sth.贊同做某事；have sth. approved使某事得到批準。句意：如果你們中有超過半數(shù)的人贊同步行到那兒去的話，那么你就應該把你的計劃提交給老師有他來批準。5.As one _ history, there is a realization that certain groups of people have led highly mobile lives, a keyfactor in describing TCKs.A. looks down onB. looks forward toC. looks up toD. looks back on【答案】D【解析】look down on看不起；look forward to期待；look up to尊敬；look back on回顧。句意：當回顧歷史的時候，人們意識到有一群人過著動蕩的生活。動蕩的生活是描述第三文化兒童的一個重要的元素。6.Its unwise of you to consider his wild behavior as _ a kids game. It may gradually develop into a bad habit.A. no less thanB. less thanC. more thanD. no more than【答案】D【解析】no less than不少于；less than少于；more than多于；no more than只是，至多，只不過。句意：你把他粗野的行為只看成孩子的游戲是不明智的。這種行為可能逐漸演變成為一個壞習慣的。故選D。7.Ones being _ plays an important role in building up interpersonal relations, while some rudeness will surely leave a bad impression.A. respected B. respectful C. respectable D. respect【答案】B8.No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for _ workers to  master those high-technology skills easily.A. usual B. average C. normal D. general【答案】B【解析】average“普通的，一般的”，強調一般水準或普通水準。句意：沒有人能否認這一基本事實：對于一般工人來講，輕松掌握這些技術是不可能的。9.No one would easily be _ of the safety of the nuclear power after a reactor at the Chernobyl plant exploded in 1986. A. informed B. suspected C. robbed D. convinced 【答案】D【解析】be informed of得知，知悉，接到的通知；be suspected of被懷疑患有，被懷疑(做) ； be robbed of被搶劫；be convinced of相信，確信。句意：在1986年切爾諾貝利核電站一個反應堆爆炸后，沒有人會輕易相信核電的安全性。故選D。10.The world economy has improved _ since the end of last year，but major problems and challenges are not fully solved.A. somehow B. somewhatC. anyhow D. meanwhile【答案】B【解析】句意：自去年年底世界經濟有所改善，但主要問題和挑戰(zhàn)還沒有完全解決。somehow不知何故；somewhat有點，稍微；anyhow無論如何；meanwhile與此同時。根據(jù)句意可知選B。11.I want to give them a perfect report. After all, it is _ that I have visited this school and given a lecture to the students.A. my time B. a first time C. high time D. the first time 【答案】D【解祈】Its + the (ones)+序數(shù)詞+ time +to do sth.(或+that從句)表示某人第幾次做某事。句意：我要給他們作一個完美的報告。畢竟，這是我第一次來這個學校給學生作報告。12.It is not until we have developed the better qualities in ourselves _ we can expect to find them in others.A. when B. where C. that D. whether【答案】C【解析】本句為強調句型：It is/was+被強調部分(not until we have developed the better qualities in ourselves)+that+句子其它成分。句意：直到我們自己養(yǎng)成了良好的素質，我們才可以期望在別人身上找到它們(良好的素質)。13.We shall take the condition _ youve attached to this project into careful consideration. Thanks a lot.A. where B. when C. which D. what 【答案】C 【解析】句意：“我們一定會仔細考慮你附加在這個項目上的條件的?！薄胺浅８兄x?！贝祟}考查定語從句，先行詞為condition，在從句中做attach的賓語，故選C適合。14.Generally speaking, such important strategies were applied in learning practice _ almost every studentcould benefit from in life. A. when B. that C. as D. where【答案】C【解析】定語從句“_ almost every student could benefit from in life”中 benefit from 后面缺少賓語，且先行詞被such修飾，故需要使用as一詞來充當，故選C。句意：通常地講，如此重要的策略運用于學習實踐中使得每一個學生都能從中受益。15.One writer in _ I have taken an interest since I took the American literature course is Ernest Hemingway. A. whichB. thatC. whoD. whom【答案】D三、完形填空My mother was a responsible teacher and she retired.So I decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time.She had a little bit of computer _1_，so I just set it up for her and let her _2_ with it on her own.As time went on，I _3_ the computer was hardly touched.She said she didn't know _4_ to use it.I decided to teach her.I sat and _5_ everything and she seemed OK with what I said.Unfortunately，my sister called me at that moment _6_ we talked on the phone for an hour.Then when I saw her again，she was sitting in front of the computer，looking quite _7_.The screen saver(屏幕保護程序) had appeared and she didn't know how to _8_ it off.She had tried _9_ every key and it didn't work.I told her，“Just _10_ the mouse a little.” What I meant was that she just needed to move the mouse around to _11_ the computer up.What she did was to _12_ the mouse and start shaking it around in mid­air until the _13_ went completely black.I couldn't help laughing because of her funny _14_.The more I laughed the _15_ she got.She thought that I was a(n)_16_ teacher and she decided to figure the thing out herself.Well，at least I helped her overcome her _17_ of breaking something and encouraged her to _18_ a little.About a week later，I found a home­made _19_ card with a mouse on the front making a funny face _20_ to my door.It said，“Thanks for the computer lessons.Love，Mom.”1A.theoryBknowledgeCtechnology Dhistory2A.watch BtrainCplay Dsee3A.found BheardCthought Dignored4A.why BwhenChow Dwhere5A.learned BdescribedCexplained Ddiscussed6A.and BbutCbecause Dsince7A.amusing BrelaxedCinteresting Ddiscouraged8A.get BbreakCcut Dturn9A.hitting BfeelingCchanging Dremoving10A.hang BshakeCrub Dpush11A.clean BwakeCbring Dtake12A.put up Bcut offCpick up Dput away13A.screen BcurtainCcover Dwindow14A.adjustment BimitationCexpression Daction15A.ruder BhappierCangrier Dbetter16A.impatient BhumorousCcareful Dhelpful17A.sadness BpressureCfear Ddepression18A.reply BobserveCanswer Dexperiment19A.inviting BgreetingCshopping Dbirthday20A.appeared BstuckCcombined Dprinted【解題導語】該文主要講述了作者教退休的母親玩電腦的有趣故事。1B根據(jù)下文中的“She said she didn't know _4_ to use it.I decided to teach her”可推知，作者的母親對電腦所知甚少，此處指電腦知識(knowledge)。2C根據(jù)上文中的“So I decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time”可知，作者給母親一臺自己的舊電腦是讓退休的母親自己玩。play with.“玩”。3A隨著時間的推移，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)(found)電腦幾乎沒被碰過。4C根據(jù)下文中的“I decided to teach her”可推知，母親并不知道怎么(how)使用電腦，于是作者決定教她。5C根據(jù)空處前一句“I decided to teach her”和空后的“and she seemed OK with what I said”可推知，作者給母親講解(explained)了相關的電腦知識。6A根據(jù)語境可知，空處應填連詞and，表示“然后，接著”。7D結合語境可推知，母親不會玩電腦，感到很泄氣(discouraged)。8D根據(jù)空前的“The screen saver(屏幕保護程序)had appeared”及常識可推知，電腦出現(xiàn)屏幕保護程序，母親不知道怎么把它關掉。turn off“關掉”。9A根據(jù)空后的“and it didn't work”可推知，母親因為不懂得怎么關掉屏幕保護程序，于是就按(hitting)了每一個鍵。10B根據(jù)語境可推知，作者教母親稍微晃動(shake)鼠標即可。下文中的“start shaking it”也是提示。11B根據(jù)語境可推知，作者是讓母親移動鼠標，喚醒電腦。wake up“喚醒”，符合語境。12C根據(jù)空后的“start shaking it around in mid­air”可推知，母親聽了作者的話就把鼠標拿起來(pick up)，在空中搖晃。13A根據(jù)語境可推知，母親不會玩電腦，拿著鼠標亂晃，結果電腦屏幕(screen)全黑了。14D根據(jù)語境可知，作者被母親搞笑的行為(action)給逗樂了。15C根據(jù)語境可知，作者越笑，母親越生氣(angrier)。16A根據(jù)空后的“she decided to figure the thing out herself”可推知，身為老師的母親對作者教自己玩電腦這件事很有看法，認為作者沒有耐心(impatient)。17C根據(jù)語境可推知，作者幫助母親走出了害怕(fear)損壞東西的陰影，鼓勵母親再嘗試一下。18D參見上題解析。experiment“嘗試”，符合語境。19B根據(jù)語境可知，母親自己制作了一張賀卡(greeting card) ，對作者表示感謝。20B根據(jù)語境可知，此處指卡片貼在了作者的門上。stick to.意為“粘/貼在”。四、七選五How to Exercise Every Week ConsistentlyIn my experience people, especially me, do not work out consistently for two reasons：time and method.·TimeThree weeks ago I was finding every excuse in the book to justify why I did not have a chance to exercise. In my mind all my reasons are valid, and I am sure yours are too.Here is a little secret, both you and I have more than enough time to work out. 1. . If you want to exercise more or finish your to­do­list, you have to start planning well.·The method2 . For me, two options came to mind, before work, and after work. During the morning I go to work, and after work I do not have the energy.Since my mornings and evenings are not available, I changed my way and looked at my work day. It turns out that 4. . I realized that my job has access to a gym, and decided to switch my lunch hour for a workout break.·4. Ive been hitting the gym at least four times per week for the past two weeks!Now that I have a set time to get moving, I have no issues working out consistently, and I tend to exercise more days during the week. 5. You might be thinking an hour is not a lot of time. Is that enough?The answer is yes! You do not need a lot of time in the gym to see results. All you need is consistent and a good plan.AThe plansBThe resultsCLast week I went to the gym six daysDReview your day and look for a 1­hour block to workoutEI was wasting my lunch break looking through social mediaFReconsider your problems and try to solve them in a different wayGThe problem is not how much time we have but how we are using it【解題導語】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了每個星期都堅持鍛煉的具體做法。1G解析：根據(jù)空格上一句可知，你和“我”實際上都有足夠的時間鍛煉。G項“問題不是我們有多少時間而是我們怎么利用時間”承接上文，符合語境。故選G。2D解析：空格后一句是說對“我”來說，能抽出的時間就是上班前和下班后。D項“回顧你的一天，然后抽出1小時的時間來鍛煉”是對空格后一句的整體概述，空格后一句是對D項的舉例說明。故選D。3E解析：E項中的關鍵詞“l(fā)unch break”與空格后一句中的“l(fā)unch hour”相照應，符合語境。故選E。4B解析：空格處是本段的標題句，是對該段內容的概括。根據(jù)該段中的“Ive been hitting the gym at least four times per week for the past two weeks！”可知，這段介紹的是計劃執(zhí)行的結果。故選B。5C解析：空格上一句是說“我”盡量每周多花幾天去鍛煉。C項“上周我有六天都去了健身房”與此緊密銜接，是對其的例證，符合語境。故選C。 10