第一部分　必修3　Unit 2

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　(2024遼寧)

　　It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor.We had __1__ to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.I felt a little uneasy, but to my __2__， I had a good excuse: A business meeting had __3__ and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.

　　When I arrived at the __4__， I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late.She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I __5__ tell she was angry.“I'm sorry but it was not __6__，” I said.Then I told her about the business meeting.__7__， my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive __8__mad as well.

　　Several weeks later, when I __9__ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You __10__ a classic mistake.You're stuck __11__ your own way of thinking.You didn't __12__ to be late.But that's not the point.What is __13__ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.” He pointed out that I focused on the intention __14__ Eleanor focused on the result.Thus, __15__ of us felt misunderstood and crazy.

　　Thinking more about Ken's words, I __16__ recognized the root cause of such disagreement.It's the result of the action that really __17__.I should have started the conversation by expressing __18__ my actions affected Eleanor and __19__ the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

　　Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really __20__ her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

　　()1.A．started　

　　B．agreed

　　C．continued　

　　D．managed

　　()2.A．relief

　　B．surprise

　　C．regret

　　D．sorrow

　　()3.A．broken out

　　B．closed down

　　C．faded away

　　D．run over

　　()4.A．house

　　B．room

　　C．restaurant

　　D．supermarket

　　()5.A．could

　　B．must

　　C．will

　　D．might

　　()6.A．movable

　　B．comfortable

　　C．acceptable

　　D．avoidable

　　()7.A．However

　　B．Therefore

　　C．Moreover

　　D．Otherwise

　　()8.A．her

　　B．him

　　C．me

　　D．them

　　()9.A．spread

　　B．wrote

　　C．translated

　　D．described

　　()10.A．knew

　　B．made

　　C．found

　　D．took

　　()11.A．in

　　B．beyond

　　C．for

　　D．against

　　()12.A．need

　　B．prove

　　C．pretend

　　D．intend

　　()13.A．funny

　　B．important

　　C．possible　

　　D．simple

　　()14.A．while

　　B．after

　　C．until

　　D．unless

　　()15.A．all

　　B．none

　　C．both

　　D．neither

　　()16.A．usually

　　B．merely

　　C．hardly

　　D．gradually

　　()17.A．inspires

　　B．matters

　　C．improves

　　D．challenges

　　()18.A．how

　　B．why

　　C．when

　　D．what

　　()19.A．compared

　　B．reported

　　C．finished

　　D．saved

　　()20.A．showing

　　B．satisfying

　　C．understanding

　　D．destroying

　　【主旨大意】因為一個會議作者與妻子約會遲到，導致兩人起了爭執。事后作者在朋友的幫助下，意識到矛盾的原因在于看問題的角度不同。

　　1．B

　　【解析】由上一句中“for the dinner appointment with my wife”可知“我”和妻子約好去吃飯，故此處指“我們”已經約定七點鐘在餐館門口見面。start意為“開始”；agree意為“同意；約定”；continue意為“繼續”；manage意為“管理；做成”。根據句意可知此處選B項。

　　2．【答案】A

　　【解析】由第一段第一句可知，“我”約會要遲到了，因此“我”覺得有點不安。后文“I had a good excuse”意為“我有充足的理由”，可知想到這個理由，“我”松了一口氣。由表示轉折關系的but也可知空白處填relief。to one's relief意為“讓某人感到欣慰的是”；to one's surprise意為“令某人吃驚的是”；to one's regret意為“令某人后悔的是”；to one's sorrow意為“令某人傷心的是”。故選A項。

　　3．【答案】D

　　【解析】句意為：我覺得有點不安，但是令我欣慰的是，我有充足的理由，一次商務會議超時了，而我毫不耽擱地趕來吃飯。break out意為“出故障”；close down意為“關閉”；fade away意為“褪色”；run over意為“超過”。

　　4．【答案】C

　　【解析】由第一段第二句可知“我”和妻子約在餐廳見面。因此此處選restaurant，意為“當我到達餐廳時”。故選C項。

　　5．【答案】A

　　【解析】句意為：好吧，我能感覺到她生氣了。could意為“能夠”；must意為“必須”；will意為“將”；might意為“可能”。根據句意可知此處選could，表示能夠做某事。故選A項。

　　6．【答案】D

　　【解析】由第6空后面的“Then I told her about the business meeting.”可知，作者打算以商務會議超時導致自己不可避免地遲到了為借口，想讓妻子諒解自己。movable意為“可移動的”；comfortable意為“舒服的”；acceptable意為“可接受的”；avoidable意為“可避免的”。故選D項。

　　7．【答案】A

　　【解析】由空后語境“我的解釋似乎使事情更糟糕了”可知，事情的結果與“我”的初衷截然相反，所以應填表示轉折關系的However，意為“然而”。故選A項。

　　8．【答案】C

　　【解析】作者原本打算說明遲到原因使生氣的妻子諒解自己，而結果卻事與愿違，導致作者也要受不了了，故填me。drive sb.mad意為“使某人生氣，將某人逼瘋”。故選C項。

　　9．【答案】D

　　【解析】句意為：幾周以后，當我向我的朋友肯· 哈迪描述當時的情形時…… spread意為“傳播”；write意為“寫”；translate意為“翻譯”；describe意為“描述”。故選D項。

　　10．【答案】B

　　【解析】句意為：你犯了一個經典的錯誤。“犯錯誤”為make a mistake/make mistakes，是固定搭配。故選B項。

　　11．A

　　【解析】考查固定短語。be stuck in意為“陷入，卡住”。句意為：你陷入了你自己的思維方式中。

　　12．【答案】D

　　【解析】根據文意可知，作者遲到有不可避免的原因，所以不是有意的。intend to do同義短語是mean to do，意為“打算，意圖”。

　　13．【答案】B

　　【解析】由后面一句可知“我”辯解的時候關注點不正確，故選B項，此處意為“交流溝通中重要的是”。

　　14．【答案】A

　　【解析】句意為：我關注的是意圖而我妻子關注的是結果。while 意為“而”，表對比；after意為“在……之后”；until意為“直到……才”；unless意為“除非”。

　　15．【答案】C

　　【解析】考查代詞的用法。all意為“(三者或三者以上的)所有”；none 意為“(三者或三者以上的)沒有一個，都不”；both意為“兩個都”；neither意為“兩個都不”。

　　16．【答案】D

　　【解析】句意為：回想肯說過的話，我逐漸意識到這種爭吵的根源。usually意為“通常”；merely意為“僅僅”；hardly意為“幾乎不”；gradually意為“逐漸地”。

　　17．【答案】B

　　【解析】句意為：行為的結果真的很關鍵。inspire意為“激勵”；matter意為“關鍵，起作用”；improve意為“提高，促進”；challenge意為“挑戰”。It is…that matters是一個常見的強調句句式，意為“真正重要的是……”。

　　18．【答案】A

　　【解析】從句結構完整，因此排除D項。根據句意選A項。句意為：我本應該在交流一開始就表達我遲到的行為如何影響了她。把我關于意圖的討論推后，再推后，甚至不再提起。

　　19．【答案】D

　　【解析】句意同第18題。compare意為“比較”；report意為“報告”；finish意為“完成”；save意為“避免”。

　　20．【答案】C

　　【解析】作者最終站在妻子的立場上，理解了她生氣的原因。一場不愉快就此煙消云散。

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024全國課標Ⅱ，B)

　　Your house may have an effect on your figure.Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off.You can make your environment work for you instead of against you.Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.

　　Open the curtains and turn up the lights.Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious (難為情) when they're in poorly lit places—and so more likely to eat lots of food.If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.

　　Mind the colors.Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites.In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room.Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry.So when it's time to repaint, go blue.

　　Don't forget the clock—or the radio.People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories (卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals.Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes.And while you're at it, actually sit down to eat.If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music.It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.

　　Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat.We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate.When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake (攝入) jumps by 14 percent.And we'll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.

　　()1.The text is especially helpful for those who care about ________.

　　A．their home comforts B．their body shape

　　C．house buyingD．healthy diets

　　()2.A home environment in blue can help people ________.

　　A．digest food betterB．reduce food intake

　　C．burn more caloriesD．regain their appetites

　　()3.What are people advised to do at mealtimes?

　　A．Eat quickly.B．Play fast music.

　　C．Use smaller spoons.D．Turn down the lights.

　　()4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

　　A．Is Your House Making You Fat?

　　B．Ways of Serving Dinner

　　C．Effects of Self-Consciousness

　　D．Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?

　　【主旨大意】 本文向我們介紹了家居環境對我們飲食的影響，然后給出了如何通過改變房間光線、墻壁的顏色、餐具的大小等來控制飲食，從而保持體型的建議。

　　1．【答案】B

　　【解析】推理判斷題。 根據文章第一段第一句“Your house may have an effect on your figure.(你的房子可能會對你的體型有影響。)”和第二句“…the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off(你設計房子的方式對你是增肥還是減肥會起作用。)”可以推斷文章尤其對那些在乎外形的人有幫助，故選B項。

　　2．【答案】B

　　【解析】細節理解題。 根據第三段第三句“In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room.”可知，研究發現，在藍色房間內吃飯的人要比在黃色或紅色房間內吃飯的人少吃33%的食物，這和B項意思相符，故選B項。

　　3．【答案】C

　　【解析】細節理解題。根據最后一段第四句“When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake(攝入) jumps by 14 percent.”可知，當我們用大湯匙的時候，攝入的總量要比使用小湯匙多14%，所以作者建議我們要想保持體型，就應該用較小的湯匙，故選C項。

　　4．【答案】A

　　【解析】主旨大意題。 文章開篇點題“Your house may have an effect on your figure，”然后從專家的角度進行了進一步的說明“the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off，”并給那些想減肥的人士提了一些房間布置的建議，故選A項。

　　B

　　(2024安徽，C)

　　You are the collector in the gallery of your life.You collect.You might not mean to but you do.One out of three people collects tangible (有形的) things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.

　　These are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “The Museum Of” —the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors.In doing so, they will promote a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent.

　　Some of the collections are fairly common—records, model houses.Others are strangely beautiful—branches that have fallen from trees, for example.But they all reveal (顯露) a lot of things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.

　　Others on the way include “The Museum of Collectors” and “The Museum of Me”．These new ones, it is hoped, will build on the success of “The Museum Of”．The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so.They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.

　　Some collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important points: the beginning or end of adolescence—“it's a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up，” says one.Other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship.For time and life can seem so uncontrollable that a steady serial (順序排列的) arrangement is comforting.

　　()5.How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?

　　A．By collecting more tangible things.

　　B．By showing what ordinary people have collected.

　　C．By correcting what museums normally represent.

　　D．By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.

　　()6.What can be learned about collectors from their collections?

　　A．Who they are. B．How old they are.

　　C．Where they were born.D．Why they might not mean to collect.

　　()7.Which of the following is an aim of the new museums?

　　A．To help people sell their collections.

　　B．To encourage more people to collect.

　　C．To study the significance of collecting.

　　D．To find out why people visit museums.

　　()8.According to the last paragraph, people may stop collecting when they ______.

　　A．become adultsB．feel happy with life

　　C．are ready for a relationshipD．feel time to be uncontrollable

　　【主旨大意】 本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了生活中各種各樣的收集者，他們收集的內容、方式、原因以及意義等。

　　5．【答案】B

　　【解析】細節理解題。根據文章第二段中的 “…will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors.In doing so, they will promote a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent.”可知應選B項。