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2020-2021学年高中英语新教材同步备课（人教版选择性必修第一册）
Unit 4 Body Language
Period 4 Reading for writing（原题版）
阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题：每小题分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Here are the top summer vacation lodges in the nation！
Out of Lake Wobegon; Fair Hills Resort
With sandcastle contests, Swedish buffet night, and family bingo, this classic northern Minnesota
lodge is right out of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon. Families can choose from a collection of activities
suitable for both adults and kids—volleyball, tennis, sailing, swimming-laze by the lake, or rehearse for
their star turn at the weekly talent show. The family-run resort is proud of its myriad "lifers," guests who've
been vacationing here since they were kids. This year, ten of them will celebrate their 50th yearly visit.
Northern California, Unplugged; Gray Eagle Lodge
Once they find Gray Eagle Lodge off a two-lane road, most guests have no use for their cars. Days
here are spent on foot, hiking to alpine lakes in the Sierras or going for a dip in the swimming hole fed by a
15-foot waterfall. "There are no officially planned activities, " explains Tracy Morris, who has taken her
children here for years, "unless you count the get-togethers specifically arranged for kids who have never
met before but have become fast friends and enjoy fun together."
Authentic Adirondacks; The Hedges
For recent years improvements have been made—including upgrading the plumbing to accommodate
more guests, answering to the main complaints in the past about its poor capacity. The current owners have
restored the camp to its original Adirondack-style glory. Though tasteless to the younger age group, the
style earned the lodge a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Great Lake Lodge; The Inn at Watervale
Built as a boarding school in 1892, this lodge became a summer retreat in 1917. Today, the owner of
the lodge proudly promotes the resort's lack of TV, Wi-Fi, and decent cell phone coverage, which makes it
perfect for recluses (隐士). Instead of sticking with their smart-phones, parents and children both find their
relationships greatly improved through hiking the 300-foot-high Old Baldy dune, combing the beach for
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1. Which lodge is not very attractive for kids?
A. Fair Hills Resort B. Gray Fagle Lodge
C. The Hedges D. The Inn at Watervale
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Fair Hills Resort specializes in serving young vacationers with varieties of activities.
B. The Hedge used to be criticized for failing to serve large number of customers.
C. Lack of modem communication tools at The Inn at Watervale was due to poor facility conditions.
D. Cars are banned from Gray Eagle Lodge.
3. The passage will most probably appear.
A. on a wedding magazine about finding a permanent residence
B. in a UN's report about family relationships
C. on a financial magazine analyzing the prospects of tourist industry
D. on a website selling package tours
B
Overcoming extreme cold, cruel ice and people dismissing him as mad, Slovenian Davo Kamicar
became the first person to ski non-stop down Mount Everest.
After a dramatic fall over almost sheer cliffs of snow, stones and ice, 38-year-oldKamicar emerged in
his base camp after five hours of skiing. “I feel only absolute happiness and absolute tiredness,”he said.
At one stage he had to speed over stretches of ice that collapsed and broke underneath him and could
have sent him falling into the deep crevasses (裂缝) that dot the mountain.
The descent (下落) had been seen by many as insanely dangerous. The Darwin Awards website, which
documents deaths which are foolhardy, urged people to log on to Internet broadcasts of the attempt.
“Keep your eyes peeled for a live Darwin Award," it said.
However, the only body to make the news was the corpse (尸体) of an unknown mountaineer which
Kamicar zipped past as he descended, one of an estimated 120 corpses, thought to litter the slopes.
“This mountain is always full of surprises. Seeing a dead man out there was a really shocking
experience," he said.
Thanks to strategically placed cameras on the mountain and one attached to his safety helmet,
hundreds of thousands of people witnessed his descent on the Internet, which was one of the record highs
ever. During the run more than 650,000 hits were registered on his expedition website jamming it for a time
as others tried to access the site.
Weather conditions were so severe that Kamicar had to abandon plans to rest on the summit before
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flung himself back down the mountain.
Dealing with the mountain had already cost Kamicar two fingers when a previous failed attempt saw
him get frostbite as a fierce storm lashed the peak.
Kamicar comes from a skiing family and took part in his first Himalayan skiing expedition in 1989.
Since then, he has been tireless in raising funds and sponsorship for more expeditions, with Everest as the
permanent goal.
4. Davo Kamicar made history by_______.
A.skiing down Mount Everest without rest
B.descending Mount Everest within the shortest time ever.
C.attracting largest number of audience online for his descent.
D.becoming the first to film his descent down Mount Everest
5.The underlined word foolhardy in the passage is closest in meaning to________.
A.sudden and hard to accept B.taking unnecessary risks
C.attracting public attention D.working hard to fool others
6. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Kamicar saw about 120 dead bodies littering the slope.
B. The broadcast of his descent online was canceled because of the website jam.
C. Kamicar's family had a tradition to conquer Mount Everest.
D. This was not Kamicar's first attempt on Mount Everest.
7. The best title for the passage is________.
A. Mad man skis down Everest. B. Darwin Award for Davo Kamicar
C. Extreme sports hero slides to a record D. Body of mountaineer found on Everest
C
When it comes to sea rescue, speed is everything. According to Science Daily, the best chance to find
someone alive after a ship or airplane accident at sea is during the first six hours. The probability reduces
sharply after that. However, the tides and changing weather at sea – especially the unpredictable currents
(洋流) – make it hard for rescuers to locate people in time, resulting in hundreds of deaths every year.
Now, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHRW) and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with an algorithm (算法) that can quickly predict the locations
to which people floating in the ocean will drift (漂流), speeding up search and rescue operations at sea.
Currently, the most commonly used algorithm in ocean rescue is the “Lagrangian (拉格朗日算法)”
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not precise enough and significant errors can accumulate (累积) in the process, leading the search team
farther away from the correct location.
The new algorithm, instead, uses the “Eulerian (欧拉算法)” approach. The researchers believe that
there are “hidden traps” in the ocean – regions where currents temporarily converge and pull people in, and
to predict when and where these traps will form is the key to rescue operations. And this is exactly what the
Eulerian approach does: It interprets (诠释) the ocean’s complex flows using more advanced modeling
systems, allowing it to update its data quickly according to the ever-changing ocean conditions.
“We can think of these ‘traps’ as moving magnets (磁铁), attracting a set of coins thrown on a table.
The Lagrangian trajectories (轨迹) of coins are very uncertain, yet the strongest Eulerian magnets predict
the coin positions over short times,” Mattia Serra, former PhD student at ETHRW, told MIT News.
To test how effective the new approach is, the team did an experiment by setting manikins (人体模型)
at sea from different locations and using the algorithm to predict their drifting paths while monitoring their
real-time whereabouts (下落) with GPS. The algorithm successfully identified all the hidden traps where
the manikins eventually ended up in.
The researchers are planning to share the new algorithm with sea rescue teams to save more people
lost at sea. “If there’s an accident in the last hour, rescuers can immediately look and see where the sea
traps are,” Peacock told MIT News. “That’s important when there’s a limited time window in which they
have to respond.”
8. How will the new rescue algorithm help people lost at sea?
A. By quickly predicting their correct location.
B. By changing the tides and weather at sea for a while.
C. By using magnets in the searching process.
D. By providing sea rescuers with various solutions.
9. What does the underlined word “converge” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Join. B. Separate. C. Change. D. Stop.
10. What do we know about the Eulerian approach?
A. It’s the most popular algorithm used in ocean rescue.
B. It has often led rescuers in the wrong direction.
C. It is the first to introduce the idea of “hidden traps”.
D. It keeps collecting information about ocean conditions.
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A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Doubtful. D. Curious.
D
It's not an urban legend: crime rates do in fact rise in the summer in the U.S. A study found that, with
the exception of robbery and auto theft, rates of all violent and property crimes are higher during the
summer than during other months. The study examined data collected during 8 years, which included
violent and property crimes that did not result in death, both reported and not reported to the police.
The data show that, though the national crime rate dropped by 70 percent during recent years,
seasonal spikes in summer remain. In some cases those spikes are 12 percent higher than rates during
seasons in which the lows occur. The phenomenon confuses many criminologist and they wonder why.
Some reason that increased temperatures, which drive many out of doors and leave windows open in
their homes, raise the amount of time when homes are left empty. Others point to the effect of students on
summer vacation who are otherwise occupied with schooling during other seasons, while some argue that
suffering heat-induced discomfort simply makes people more aggressive and likely to act out.
Although these elements possess certain persuasive power, their rationality is called into question
when cases in winter are put on the map. Why aren't the rates in winter falling if heat related factors are to
blame for the summer spike? Contrarily, the matter should be viewed from social and economic angles
rather than on solar terms.
Numerous studies have shown that rates of criminal behavior among young adults drop when their
communities provide them with other ways to spend their time and earn money. This was found to be true
in Los Angles, where gang activity was reduced when community centers for teens were thriving and
active. And generally speaking, the connection between economic inequality and crime is robustly
documented for the U.S. And why summer sees a worse situation? It's probably because it's even harder for
youngsters to land jobs that provide for life necessities.
So if officials want to address the summer spike in crime, they may act differently instead of aiming
straight at crimes. Simply upgrading security and severely punishing offenses almost produce void effects.
Instead, be open to various options and they will find that development of job hunting agencies or
community professional training centers are accompanying the drop of crime rate without seasonal
exceptions. After all, bread always comes first for everyone.
12. What puzzles scholars studying crimes?
A. The rates of robbery and auto theft are lower than other violent and pro crimes in summer.
B. The rates of crimes resulting in death are about the same in all seasons.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂C. The crime rates not reported to the police are much higher during summer
D. Crime rates in summer are higher than those of other seasons.
13. According to the author, what is the key reason for the seasonal spike of crime rates?
A. Increased temperature left houses easier for attacks.
B. The hot environment makes people more likely to be angered.
C. Youngsters find it hard to release energies at school.
D. People's economic needs are not satisfied by the society.
14. What can be done to fight seasonal rise of crimes?
A. Lengthen the school time to hold students in school during summer.
B. Enhance the safety mechanism during the summer
C. Take measures to encourage youth employment.
D. Frighten would-be criminals through harsh punishments.
15. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Solar terms are responsible for the summer crime spike.
B. Crime rates in summer fall by 58 percent in the U.S.
C. LA criminal activities fall because of positive community programs.
D. The crime rates in winter are low due to low mobility in the season.
第二节(共5小题；每小题分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Last Sunday was a special day for mothers. It was Mother’s Day, a time for children, young and old, to
show how much they appreciate their mothers.
Mother’s Day started in the US, where it’s celebrated on the second Sunday in May. 16. _______
It became an official US holiday in 1915. It was the result of the love of one girl, Anna Jarvis of West
Virginia. 17. _______ As a girl, Anna helped her mother take care of the garden and filled it with white
carnations (康乃馨), her mother’s favorite flower.
When Mrs Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to honor her. 18. _______ On the same
Sunday in Philadelphia, a minister honored Mrs Jarvis and all mothers with a special Mother’s Day service.
Anna Jarvis began writing to the government, asking them to set aside a day to honor all mothers. In 1910,
the governor of West Virginia made the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day.
19. _______ Other children give their mothers gifts that they’ve made themselves or bought from
stores. Adults give their mothers red carnations, the official Mother’s Day flower. White carnations are
placed on the graves of mothers who are no longer alive.
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and Australia. 20. ________ In France, Mother’s Day is the last Sunday in May. A cake in the shape of
flowers is presented to mothers at a family dinner.
A. But do you know the origin of Mother’s Day?
B. So why is it celebrated on different dates?
C. But not all countries celebrate Mother’s Day at the same time.
D. The second Sunday in May was the Sunday closest to her mother’s death.
E. She asked the minister of her church to dedicate a special service to her mother’s memory.
F. Anna’s mother provided great support for the family.
G. On the morning of Mother’s Day, some American children serve their mothers breakfast in bed.
写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节：满分15分。假设你是红星中学高一学生李华，你的美国朋友Jim得知你对探月感兴趣，
发来邮件和你讨论该话题，请你给她回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 月亮自中国文化中的寓意
2. 你对人类探月活动的看法
3. 字数为100左右，文章的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入词数
Dear Jim
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第二节(满分25分)
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续写的词数应为150左右。
“I’m going to miss you so much, Poppy,” said the tall, thin teenager. He bent down to hug his old
friend goodbye. He stood up, hugged his parents, and smiled, trying not to let his emotions get the better of
him.
His parents were not quite able to control theirs. They had driven their son several hours out of town
to the university where he would soon be living and studying. It was time to say goodbye for now at least.
The family hugged and smiled through misty eyes and then laughed.
The boy lifted the last bag onto his shoulder, and flashed a bright smile. “I guess this is it,” he said.
“I’ll see you back home in a month, okay?” His parents nodded, and they watched as he walked out of sight
into the crowds of hundreds of students and parents. The boy’s mother turned to the dog, “Okay, Poppy,
time to go back home.”
The house seemed quiet as a tomb without the boy living there. All that week, Poppy didn’t seem
interested in her dinner, her favorite toy, or even in her daily walk. Her owners were sad too, but they knew
their son would be back to visit. Poppy didn’t.
They offered the dog some of her favorite peanut butter treats. They even let her sit on the sofa, but the
old girl just wasn’t her usual cheerful self. Her owners started to get worried. “What should we do to cheer
Poppy up?” asked Dad. “We’ve tried everything.”
“I have an idea, but it might be a little crazy,” smiled Mom. “Without anybody left in the house but us,
this place could use a bit of fun. Let’s get a little dog for Poppy.
It didn’t take long before they walked through the front door carrying a big box. Poppy welcomed
them home as usual but when she saw the box, she stopped. She put her nose on it. Her tail began wagging
(摆动) ever so slowly, then faster as she caught the smell.
注意：
Para 1：Dad opened the box and a sweet little dog appeared.____________________________________
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Para 2：A few weeks later, the boy arrived home from university. _______________________________
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