2021屆高考英語一輪總復(fù)習(xí)課時作業(yè)26Module2AJobWorthDoing含解析外研版

1、課時作業(yè)26a job worth doing.閱讀理解aafter a salon (美容院) turns away a physically challenged woman, a stranger makes a truly beautiful gesture. “beauty isnt about having a pretty face. its about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul, oh, and pretty nails！” that may well be angela peterss mo

2、tto.last july, peters, 36, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon at the walmart shopping centre in burton, michigan, with the idea of painting her nails. but peters was turned away. the salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands

3、shook. what was meant to be a day of happiness for peters was a disappointment.ebony harris, 40, saw everything and approached peters. harris offered to do her nails. they shopped for nail polish. they settled on a bright bluea statement color that would catch every eye. they then made their way int

4、o a neighboring subway, found a table for two, and set up shop. harris gently took peterss hand on hers and carefully began painting her nails.watching it all with awe and in admiration was a subway employee tasia smith. what struck her most was the ease and gentleness displayed by harris as she pai

5、nted peterss nails, all the while chatting as if they were old friends.peters, who runs a poetry website, harbors (心懷) no bitterness toward the nail salon that turned her away. (the salon said they refused to offer peters service because they were too busy.) “when people do us wrong we must forgive，

6、” peters wrote on her website. “i just want to educate people that people with different challenges, like being in a wheelchair, can have our own business and get our nails done like anyone else.”本文是一篇記敘文。在美容院拒絕了一位殘疾女士后，一個陌生人主動幫這位殘疾女士做美甲。美麗不是擁有一張漂亮的臉，而是有一個漂亮的頭腦、一顆漂亮的心和一個漂亮的靈魂。1why did peters go to t

7、he walmart shopping centre?ato go shopping.bto eat at a subway.cto meet her friend harris.dto have her nails painted.答案：d解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“l(fā)ast july, peters, 36, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon at the walmart shopping centre in burton, michigan, with the idea of painting her nails”可知，peters去沃

8、爾瑪購物中心的美甲店，想給指甲涂顏色。故d項正確。2whats the reason for peterss disappointment?athat she was disabled.bthat she was turned away.cthat the salon was busy.dthat she had no nail polish.答案：b解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“but peters was turned away. the salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly

9、 paint her nails given that her hands shook.a disappointment”可知，美容院告訴她因為她的手抖動，他們恐怕很難給她涂指甲。也就是說，她被拒絕了，這讓她很失望。故b項正確。3how do you find ebony harris?amean.boptimistic.ccaring.dstubborn.答案：c解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段和第四段的內(nèi)容可知，看到peters遭到拒絕后，ebony harris帶她去買指甲油并幫她涂指甲，并且像老朋友一樣跟她聊天。由此可推知，ebony harris很會關(guān)心他人。c項“關(guān)心他人的”，符合語境

10、。a項意為“吝嗇的”；b項意為“樂觀的”；d項意為“固執(zhí)的”。4what does peters intend to tell us by writing on her website?aits better to use websites to educate people.bthe salon has its reasonable reason to refuse her.cthose who did something wrong should not be forgiven.dpeople with different challenges should be treated equa

11、lly.答案：d解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中peters在網(wǎng)站上寫的話“when people do us wrong we must forgive”“i just want to educate people that people with different challenges, like being in a wheelchair, can have our own business and get our nails done like anyone else”可知，peters意在說明有不同殘疾的人應(yīng)該受到公平對待。故d項正確。bwhen we look at a love

12、ly baby, a puppy or a really cute kitten, many of us want to squeeze it. why is that?according to a study published in the journal frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, its a typical experience of “cute aggression”. the experience results from the fight between the brains “emotion system”， which imp

13、els (驅(qū)使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”in the study, 54 participants between the ages of 18 and 40 were presented with four groups of photos. two of the groups of photos were of cute human babies and animals and the other two were of les

14、s adorable adult humans and animals. as the participants looked at the photos, the researchers watched their brain activities.according to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed (征服). by contrast,

15、the reward systems of the people looking at the less cute adults were found to be inactive, and they seemed to be less impelled by their reward systems.this suggests that cute things activate their emotion systems in such a way that people are overwhelmed by the experience of cuteness. but reward sy

16、stems work against these emotions by creating the desire to protect cute things.as katherine stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the university of california in the us told science alert, “the cute aggression is the brains way of bringing us back down by balancing our feelings of bein

17、g overwhelmed.”stavropoulos compared this process of balancing to an evolutionary adaptation. such an adaptation may have taken place to ensure that people are able to continue taking care of creatures they consider particularly cute.so, although cute babies and adorable animals may look completely

18、helpless, their vulnerable (易受傷害的) appearance may in fact help them to survive.本文是一篇說明文。為什么你看到萌物就想捏？研究告訴你，這是大腦調(diào)節(jié)情緒的一種自然反應(yīng)，叫作：cute aggression (萌系侵略性)。5according to the text, “cute aggression” refers to _.athe emotion of wanting to protect cute thingsbthe task of the emotion system and the reward syst

19、emcthe adaptation of consistently taking care of cute creaturesdthe behavior of squeezing a cute baby or animal when seeing it答案：d解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“want to squeeze it”和第二段中的“according to a study published in the journal frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, its a typical experience of cute aggression

20、”可知，cute aggression (萌系侵略性)是指看到萌物就想要去捏一下的行為，故選d項。6in nature, “cute aggression” is caused by _.athe need of the brain to balance all feelingsbthe photos of cute human babies and animalscthe vulnerable appearance of babies or animalsdthe conflict between the emotion system and the reward system答案：d解析：

21、細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“the experience results from the fight between the brains emotion system.its reward system.feelings of wanting”可知，萌系侵略性源于大腦的“情感系統(tǒng)”和“獎賞系統(tǒng)”之間的斗爭，故選d項。7which of the following statements about the study is true?afacial expressions of the participants were observed.bkatherine stavropoulos co

22、nducted this study on her own.ccute babies and animals affected brain activities of all the participants.dthe participants were divided into two groups in order to make a comparison.答案：c解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的“the participants reward systems were found to be active.they seemed to be overwhelmed (征服)”和第五段中的

23、“cute things activate their emotion systems.of cuteness”可以推斷，當(dāng)人們看到萌物時，他們大腦的獎賞系統(tǒng)和情感系統(tǒng)就活躍起來，故選c項。8what is the authors purpose in writing this text?ato persuade readers to protect cute animals.bto stress the significance of cute aggression.cto present research findings on cute aggression.dto share an i

24、nteresting phenomenon with readers.答案：c解析：寫作意圖題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了一種心理現(xiàn)象cute aggression，這是研究者在一項研究中發(fā)現(xiàn)的，故選c項。.七選五running is a great way to get into shape and just about everyone can do it. given that its so easy to take up the sport, a lot of beginners jump right into running without actually knowing wha

25、t it takes to establish a healthy routine. _1_. if you are just starting out, avoid the following things to help you increase your chances of running success.doing too much too soonone of the biggest mistakes beginners make is doing too much too soon. picking up a new hobby like running is no doubt

26、exciting. runners need to ease into the sport before increasing the distance. _2_._3_beginners might think they need to run nearly every day to meet their fitness or weightloss goals, but this couldnt be further from the truth. _4_. it can be even worse for beginners whose muscles and bones havent y

27、et been conditioned for such intense (劇烈的) exercise. so its important to give your body ample rest between workouts. follow a training plan that includes rest days.comparing yourself to others_5_. youre excited about running, so you are probably reading running blogs, magazines and message boards wh

28、ere you might start to feel inadequate about your own running pace. instead of looking down on yourself, remember that every runner was once a beginner and use their success as motivation!anot running every daybnot taking rest dayscrunning is a demanding activity which can be really hard on your bod

29、ydas mentioned, a healthy routine is what they attach importance toewhen starting out with running, its tough not to compare yourself to othersfmany make a number of common mistakes, which can interfere (干擾) with training or lead to injurygit will help reduce the risk of injury, so you can continue

30、with your new running routine該文主要介紹了跑步需要避免的幾個誤區(qū)，包括剛開始就猛烈運動、從不間斷、與其他人比較。1f解析：本空承上啟下。承接上文很多初跑者在不知道如何建立健康的模式的情況下就開始跑步，因此很多人會犯一些常見的錯誤，與下文如何避免錯誤銜接，故選f項。2g解析：承接前一句“runners need to ease into the sport before increasing the distance”可推知，此空應(yīng)是進(jìn)一步解釋這樣做的益處，故選g項。3b解析：根據(jù)本段最后兩句可推知，本段主要講述了跑步的一個誤區(qū)，即沒有休息日，故選b項。4c解析：根

31、據(jù)空后一句可推知，跑步是一種劇烈運動，對身體有損害，尤其是對初跑者。故選c項。5e解析：承接本段的標(biāo)題comparing yourself to others可知，此空進(jìn)一步闡釋了一種普遍現(xiàn)象，即初跑者很難不和其他人進(jìn)行比較，故選e項。.語法填空household garbage sorting and recycling have become a hot topic in shanghai because of chinas first compulsory garbageseparation law _1_ every household and institution shall cl

32、assify waste into four _2_ (category). those who fail to sort garbage may _3_ (fine) up to 200 yuan.previously, everything went into one bin, so this change has made many people very _4_ (worry), who said they were struggling to master the details quickly.now thanks to the efforts of _5_ number of y

33、oung programmers, discovering the proper classification for each piece of household waste has become as simple as taking a photo _6_ calling someone using your smartphone.they have applied speech and image recognition technologies _7_ apps and other smartphone services to guide shanghai residents through the garbageseparation rules.most of the apps and services, which _8_ (begin) springing up last month in app stores, on messaging tool wechat and mobile payment servi