高中英語(yǔ)Unit4LegendsofancientGreeceSection2LearningaboutLanguage知能達(dá)標(biāo)新人教版選修11

1、unit 4 legends of ancient greece section 2 learning about language .閱讀理解carnival，the most important and popular festival in brazil，mixes emotions，creativity，colours，sounds and many costumes.the moment comes when all participants are the protagonists（主角）of their own play，costume，plot，and samba。carniv

2、al,as spelled in portuguese，is a 4。day celebration.it starts on saturday，and ends on fat tuesday.dates change every year。little need be said about carnival in rio；the samba school parade is world。famous and everyone has seen pictures in magazines and on television.every year,rio hosts the worlds lar

3、gest festivalcarnival。many pre。carnival festivities begin earlier，while the closing eventthe parade of the championsis on saturday。the official opening is when the mayor hands over the keys of the city to carnival king momo and his queen。this is the kickoff for festivities that dance through the str

4、eets all over town，highlighted by parades,contests and balls.downtown，the sambadrome opens its gates to the samba school parades,beginning with group b samba schools on friday.saturday is set aside for group athe second highest ranking,with the champion and runner。up promoted to the major league nex

5、t year.sunday and monday are the major samba school parades in the special group,while tuesday sees the junior samba schools。balls take place every night throughout the week，together with a variety of costume contests。during this period，hotels in rio work only with package bookings and pre。payment。o

6、ne of the most frequent questions we hear is “what is the date of carnival this year?”well,believe it or not,it is not an easy question to answer.you have to be part astrologer （占星家),part mathematician，and part priest!1what is carnival probably most famous for？acarnival king momo and his queen。bthe

7、parade of the champions.cthe samba school parades。dcostume contests.【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段及下文的描述可推知，狂歡節(jié)最著名的活動(dòng)是桑巴舞學(xué)校的列隊(duì)表演?！敬鸢浮縞2what does the underlined word “kickoff” in paragraph 5 mean?aend.bbeginning.caccident. dlie。【解析】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文尤其是“the official opening”可以推知，當(dāng)里約熱內(nèi)盧市長(zhǎng)把城市的鑰匙交給狂歡節(jié)國(guó)王和王后,狂歡節(jié)就正式開(kāi)始，故beginning

8、與kickoff的意思最為接近?！敬鸢浮縝3what can we infer from the passage?athe dates of carnival may vary.bcarnival is mainly a religious event.ccarnival may last more than four days。dcarnival is held all over brazil。【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段和最后一段可推知，狂歡節(jié)的時(shí)間不確定,故a項(xiàng)正確?！敬鸢浮縜4what would be the best title for the passage?avisiting

9、 the carnival in brazilbthe history of the carnival in brazilctourist attractions in brazildthe samba school parades【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。本文作者比較全面地向讀者介紹了巴西狂歡節(jié)的盛況，故a項(xiàng)符合題意.【答案】a。完形填空many years ago i was on a bicycle trip through some countryside.suddenly,dark clouds _1_ up overhead and rain began to fall，but _2_

10、to relate，several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly。i rode as fast as i could。_3_，i found it impossible to get into the clear。the _4_ with their rain kept advancing faster than i could _5_ forward。i continued this unequal_6_ for an exhausting half hour，before realizing that i could

11、 not win my way to the bright area ahead of me.then it dawned on (使開(kāi)始明白） me that i was _7_ my strength，while paying no attention to the _8_ for the sake of which i was making the trip。the storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not _9_。indeed，there was much to look at which might otherwi

12、se have _10_ me。i saw colors,lines and contours（輪廓） that would have appeared _11_ under brilliant light.my anger at the rain was _12_ and my desire to escape it disappeared。it had _13_ me with a new view and helped me understand that the sources of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand

13、within the _14_ of ones own sensibility （感受能力)it made me think，then and later，about other matters to which this incident was _15_。it helped me realize that there is no _16_ in fleeing from circumstances and conditions which cannot be _17_,but i could bravely meet and often turned them to good ones.i

14、 know that half the battle is won if i can face trouble with _18_，disappointment with spirit，and victory with humility(謙虛)it has become _19_ to me that danger is far from disaster，that defeat may be the forerunner of final victory，and that all achievements are fragile _20_ based on enduring principl

15、es of moral conduct。【語(yǔ)篇解讀】一次淋雨的經(jīng)歷讓作者明白了這樣一個(gè)道理：對(duì)于無(wú)法避免的事情，逃避是毫無(wú)意義的，只要面對(duì)困難不失勇氣，面對(duì)失望不沮喪，面對(duì)成功不驕傲，那我們的人生之戰(zhàn)便取得了一半的勝利.1a。climbedbpiledcpicked dwent【解析】由下文的“and rain began to fall”可知此處指烏云密布。pile up意為“堆放；疊放”，符合語(yǔ)境?！敬鸢浮縝2a.strange bskepticalcoptimistic dconstant【解析】但說(shuō)來(lái)奇怪的是，前面幾百碼的地方卻陽(yáng)光普照,strange to relate的意思是“說(shuō)來(lái)

16、也奇怪”,符合語(yǔ)境?！敬鸢浮縜3a。therefore bmoreoverchowever dotherwise【解析】作者盡可能快地騎自行車(chē)卻發(fā)現(xiàn)怎么也到不了那片陽(yáng)光普照的地方。上下句之間存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用however?！敬鸢浮縞4a.winds bskycsun dclouds【解析】云和雨不斷向前，遠(yuǎn)快于作者騎車(chē)前進(jìn)的速度?！敬鸢浮縟5a。race bdrivecwatch dlook【解析】聯(lián)系空前的“their rain kept advancing faster以及空后的“forward”可知,“我”向前趕?！敬鸢浮縜6a.struggle bcontestctrip dpow

17、er【解析】云和雨的速度遠(yuǎn)比作者要快，因此說(shuō)這是不公平的競(jìng)賽.【答案】b7a.gathering brecoveringcsaving dwasting【解析】作者突然明白這是在白費(fèi)力氣。【答案】d8a.landscape bpleasurechurry dfeeling【解析】作者去旅行的目的是看風(fēng)景，但現(xiàn)在卻只顧趕路而忽略了途中的風(fēng)景,故選a.【答案】a9a.adequate buncertaincslight dunbearable【解析】作者認(rèn)為淋雨這種不舒服的感覺(jué)并不是不能忍受的，unbearable “不能忍受的”。adequate“足夠的；合格的；uncertain “不確定的”

18、；slight “微小的”,均不符合語(yǔ)境?！敬鸢浮縟10a.interested bpleasedcescaped dfound【解析】作者認(rèn)為事實(shí)上，在雨中有很多可能會(huì)錯(cuò)過(guò)值得看的風(fēng)景。【答案】c11a。beautifully bslowlycfortunately ddifferently【解析】作者在雨中所欣賞到的美景和在太陽(yáng)照耀下欣賞的美景會(huì)有所不同?！敬鸢浮縟12a.great bgonecobvious dhard【解析】根據(jù)空后的disappeared可知，此空與之并列,指作者對(duì)于下雨的怒火熄滅了，而且渴望逃離這個(gè)地方的想法也消失了?！敬鸢浮縝13a.provided brepl

19、acedccompared dequipped【解析】雨天為作者提供了美麗的景致，provide“提供”.replace“代替；compare“對(duì)比;equip“裝備”，均不符合語(yǔ)境?！敬鸢浮縜14a。range bdemandcprocess dcontribution【解析】此處用range表示“美與滿(mǎn)足在人們能夠感受到的范圍之內(nèi)”。【答案】a15a。devoted bappliedcrelated dadjusted【解析】這件事情使“我時(shí)不時(shí)地思考與其有關(guān)的其他事。be related to“與有關(guān)系”符合語(yǔ)境。【答案】c16a。doubt bwaycsense dwonder【解析】

20、逃離這些情況是沒(méi)有意義的.there is no sense in doing sth。表示“做某事沒(méi)有意義”，符合語(yǔ)境.【答案】c17a。treated breceivedcunderstood davoided【解析】那些情況是不可避免的.【答案】d18a。hesitation bcouragecdifficulty dease【解析】with后接的“spirit，humility”等詞都屬于褒義詞，故b正確，表示“鼓起勇氣去面對(duì)困難”?！敬鸢浮縝19a。secret bclearercstranger dprivate【解析】由于下面講的道理是作者通過(guò)以上的情況感悟出來(lái)的，所以此處應(yīng)用clearer，表示“這些道理作者更清楚了”，感悟更遞進(jìn)一層。【答案】