【名师A计划】2017高考英语一轮总复习 第一部分 教材知识梳理 Un

Unit 18 Beauty

(80分钟 106分)

Part A

一、阅读理解(共8小题;每小题2分,满分16分)

A

When DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ was just 8 years old,his father,a Chicago fire chief,let him tag along on a call.DeKalb says a lot of kids idolized basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the 1990s.Not him.

“I wanted to be like DeKalb Walcott Jr,” he says to his father.

So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8,DeKalb was excited.“I’m jumping up and down,saying,‘Mom,can I go?Can I go?’”

The experience changed DeKalb’s life,he tells his dad on a visit to Story Corps.“My eyes got big from the moment the alarm went off.” the younger DeKalb says.“This is the life that I want to live someday.”

Now 27,the younger DeKalb is living that life.He became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire Department.Before his father retired,the pair even went out on a call together—father supervising(监督) son.

“You know,it’s everything for me to watch you grow,” his father says.But he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced.

“I received a phone call that night.And they said,‘Well,your son was at this fire.’ I said,‘OK,which way is this conversation going to go?’” DeKalb Walcott Jr recalls.

“And they said,‘but he’s OK.And he put it out all by himself.Everybody here was proud of him.’”

“And the word went around,‘Who was out there managing that fire?Oh,that’s Walcott!That’s Walcott up there!’ So,you know,moments like that,it’s heaven on Earth for a dad.”

DeKalb Walcott Jr retired in 2009.The younger DeKalb says he’s proud of being a second-generation firefighter.“You know,it makes me look forward to fatherhood

as well,because I’m definitely looking forward to passing that torch down to my son.”

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1.The underlined phrase “tag along” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .

A.put out fire

B.watch basketball

C.follow his father

D.ask his mother’s permission

2.DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ determined to become a firefighter at the age of .

A.8

C.27 B.21 D.35

3.What did DeKalb Walcott Jr want to do before he was told that the fire was put out?

A.Go on with the conversation.

B.Put it out all by himself.

C.Supervise his son.

D.Go to the fire scene.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.DeKalb Walcott Jr is proud to be a second-generation firefighter.

B.DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ wants his son to become a firefighter too.

C.DeKalb Walcott Jr wants to pass the torch to DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ.

D.DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter.

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了一家两代人对消防工作的热爱。当DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ 8岁的时候他父亲就带他去火灾现场,当时他激动不已,希望自己以后也做一名消防员。现在27岁的他已经成为一名优秀的消防员。

1.C 词义推测题。根据前四段内容,尤其是“So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8,DeKalb was excited.”可推断8岁的时候他跟随他父亲去了火灾现场。tag along“跟着去”。

2.A 细节理解题。根据文章第二、三段内容可知,DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ 8岁的时候决定成为像父亲一样的消防员。

3.D 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段中“And he put it out all by himself.Everybody here was proud of him.”及倒数第二段最后一句话可推断,当DeKalb Walcott Jr听说了儿子的英勇事迹后十分自豪,应当是想亲临火灾现场,应选择D项。

4.B 推理判断题。从文章末段DeKalb Walcott Ⅲ所说的话可知,他希望把接力棒传递给儿子,即希望自己的孩子以后也当消防员。故选择B项。

B

Modern life is highly dependent on energy to heat buildings,cook food,and run automobiles and machinery.In many volcanic regions geothermal(地热的)resources are exploited either directly for heat,or indirectly for the production of

electricity.Geothermal energy may be renewable,if it is used at a lower rate than the natural heating.It is also clean compared with the burning of fossil fuels.

Volcanic ash and lava from eruptions often cover large areas of ground and are detrimental to life,but over time these same materials gather to form soils.The resulting volcanic soils have unique physical and chemical features.Some

mountainous volcanic regions are famous for their production of coffee or wine,owing to volcanic soils.

Volcanic rocks are the most plentiful rock in many areas and are often employed as a building material for structures,road beds and walls.The altered volcanic clay,bentonite(斑脱土),is commonly used in perse products from drilling mud to cosmetics.

Hot springs and fumaroles are often found in close association with

volcanoes.This combination has led to the development of many spas and resorts at volcanoes.The attractive mountainous volcanic areas are also attractive sites for hiking,camping,and climbing as well viewing the various surface expressions of volcanic activities.

Ironically,much of what we know of some ancient civilizations was instantly protected by the powerful force of volcanic eruptions.Examples include the

well-known Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum,and the Bronze Age Akrotiri in the Aegean.

While we tend to think about volcanoes primarily while they are erupting,their products and images are found in many places in both ancient and modern life.A world without volcanoes would be a duller,less economically workable,and certainly less interesting.

1.The underlined word “detrimental” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .

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C.harmful B.burning D.valuable

2.Volcanoes contribute to us in all the following ways except .

A.exploitation of geothermal resources

B.products from volcanic soils and bentonite

C.development of volcanic tourist attractions

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