備考2024屆高考英語一輪復習課時提能練Unit4Amazingart外研版必修第三冊

Unit4Amazingart一、閱讀理解A[2023重慶名校一測]In1665，JohannesVermeerputthelastdropofpaintontoacanvasandcompletedhismasterpieceGirlwithaPearlEarring.ButyearslateronanAprildayacyclistnamedJanineStrongstoppedherbike，pausedherfitnessapp，andwatchedasthesnakinglineofhercyclingroutedrewtheshapeofVermeer’smasterpieceoverthestreets.Ms.Strongcreateswhathascometobeknownas"GPSart".Itisanartcategory，whichmeansyougooutsidewithyourhandheldGlobalPositioningSystem（GPS）andstartmoving.TheGPSrecordsyourmovementbycreatingthedottypeoftrack.Thistrackisalinethatdetailsthepathyou’vetravelled.Whenyoulookatthislineonthemap，thenyoucanseevariousshapes.Ms.Strongplansherridesintheshapesofstars，birds，lions—andtheoccasionalVermeer.ThentocompletethedigitalvisionofVermeer’smasterpiece，shebikedalmost50milesaroundsouthernBrooklyntomakesureeachturnandcirclewasaccuratelyachievingthecoveringofVermeer’soriginal.Thiskindofartformhasgrownwiththewidespreadavailabilityofsatellitetrackingforusebyordinarypeopleinfitnessapps.Itisparticularlypopularintheapp，Strava，andexperiencedasurgeinuseduringthepandemic.Accordingtoareport，morethanthreebillionactivitieshavebeenuploadedtoStravasincethebeginningof2020.The"GPSart"canbeconsideredthe21st-centuryversionoflarge-scaledrawingsonthelandscape，aconceptgraduallyknowntotheworld.ItevenhasitsownGuinnessWorldRecordscategories.Therewasonceacouplewhocompleteda4，500-milebikerideacrossEuropethatresultedina600-mile-wideGPSdrawingofabicycle—thelargestsuchdrawingonrecord.本文介紹了GPS藝術的起源以及發(fā)展。GPS藝術通過創(chuàng)建圓點類型的軌跡詳細記錄騎行者所走的路線。這種藝術形式隨著衛(wèi)星跟蹤的廣泛普及而發(fā)展起來，并且逐漸為世人所知。1.Whatis"GPSart"basedonparagraph2？A.ItisasystemestablishedbyJanineStrong.B.Itisalinerecordingthepathyoutravelled.C.ItisanartformrealizedbyGPStracking.D.Itisanappcreatingpictures.解析C細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的"Itisanartcategory...TheGPSrecordsyourmovementbycreatingthedottypeoftrack"可知，GPS藝術是一個藝術類別，通過創(chuàng)建圓點類型的軌跡來記錄你的運動，這與選項C相符。2.HowdidJanineStrongfinishherdigitalvisionofVermeer’smasterpiece？A.Bypaintingcasuallyonhercanvas.B.Byaccidentallyusingherfitnessapp.C.ByoccasionallyrunningaroundBrooklyn.D.Bycarefullyplanningandcyclingaround.解析D細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的"Ms.Strongplansherrides...circlewasaccuratelyachievingthecoveringofVermeer’soriginal"可知，Ms.Strong是通過認真設計并騎行完成的，故選D。3.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"asurge"probablymeaninparagraph3？A.Asuddenrise. B.Agreatsuccess.C.Asharpreduction. D.Aseveredownturn.解析A詞義猜測題。段中的"grown"和"popular"是解題的關鍵。由前面的內容可知，這種"GPS藝術"形式隨著衛(wèi)星跟蹤的廣泛普及而發(fā)展起來，普通人可以在健身應用程序中使用，它在應用程序Strava中特別受歡迎。由此可知，畫線詞應含有"增加"的意思，故選A。4.Whatcanwelearnfromthispassage？A."GPSart"canbeonlycompletedonStrava.B.Stravaisinfactanappforpeopletodrawpictures.C.Theartformof"GPSart"isgettingknownworldwide.D.JanineStrongcreatedthelargestdrawingintheworld.解析C推理判斷題。由最后一段的第一句話"The‘GPSart’canbeconsideredthe21st-centuryversionoflarge-scaledrawingsonthelandscape，aconceptgraduallyknowntotheworld"可知，"GPS藝術"逐漸為世人所知，故選C。B[2023廣東廣州調研]PieterBruegel’siconic1565paintingTheHarvestershangsattheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.Theworkshowedpeopleharvestingwheatnearlyastallastheywere."Nowadays，however，ifyouwalkthroughawheatfield，youbasicallyseethatwheatisaboutknee-height.Thereducedheightisessentiallyaconsequenceofbreedingfromthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury，"biologistIveDeSmetexplained.DeSmetsayswheatisjustoneexampleofhowhistoricalartworkcanallowustotrackthetransformationoffoodcropsovertime.HeteamedupwitharthistorianVergauwen，afriendsincechildhood，todocumentsuchartworkaroundtheworld.Theyhavebeenmainlylookingatthingswheretheycanspotchangesinshape，colorandsize.TheirinterestinplantsinartworkbeganwithavisittotheHermitageMuseum，wheretheynoticedanodd-lookingwatermeloninanearly-17th-centurypainting.Itappearedtobepaleandwhiteontheinside.DeSmetassumedthepainterhaddoneapoorjob.ButVergauwenhadadifferentidea."No，thisisoneofthebestpainterseverfromthatera.Soifhepainteditlikethat，that’sthewayitmusthavelookedlike，"heexplained.Otherpaintingsrevealedthatbothredandwhitewatermelonsweregrownduringthe17thcentury."Withallthegeneticknowledgewenowhave，wecanlookathowsomethingcomesaboutinmoredetail，"DeSmetsaid."Forexample，untilthe18thcentury，Europeanstrawberriesappearedtinyinpaintings—theythengrewinsizeastheywerecrossbredwithNorthAmericanvarieties."Ultimately，theteamhopestocreateanonlineresearchdatabaseofhistoricalplantartwork.Theyseekthecontributionsofartenthusiastsaroundtheworldviathesocialmedia."However，"Vergauwenreminds，"ifyou’regoingtouse，forexample，Picassototryandunderstandhowapearlookedintheearly20thcentury，youmightbemisled."通過觀察不同時期的寫實的藝術作品人們可以更好地了解糧食作物的變化。1.WhatcanwelearnaboutthepaintingTheHarvesters？A.Itshowshowpeoplesuccessfullygrewwheat.B.Itprovesthatwheatwasmuchshorterinthepast.C.Itexplainstheconsequenceofdifferentbreedingmethods.D.Itgivescluesabouthowwheatinthe16thcenturylookedlike.解析D細節(jié)理解題。由第一段內容可知，在該作品中小麥幾乎和人一樣高，即人們可以看到16世紀的小麥是什么樣的，故D項正確。2.Whatinspiredtheresearchteamtostarttheirstudy？A.Theirpreferenceforfoodcrops.B.Theirfriendshipsincechildhood.C.Theirdividedviewsonanoldpainting.D.TheirsharedinterestintheHermitageMuseum.解析C細節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的"Theirinterest...hadadifferentidea"可知，該團隊的兩人對博物館內一幅畫有奇怪的西瓜的作品有不同的看法，所以對藝術作品中的植物開始感興趣，故C項正確。3.WhatisthemessagefromVergauweninthelastparagraph？A.Artenthusiastsarenotcarefulenough.B.Abstractpaintingsoftenmisleadpeople.C.Thesourcepaintingsneedtoberealistic.D.Picasso’spaintingsarehardtounderstand.解析C推理判斷題。由最后一段中的"ifyou’regoingtouse...youmightbemisled"可知，如果你要用畢加索的畫來嘗試理解20世紀早期的梨是什么樣的，你可能被誤導。由此可推知，Vergauwen是想說畫作本身要寫實，故C項正確。4.Whatisthepurposeofthetext？A.Tocommentonhistoricalplantpaintings.B.Totellinterestingstoriesbehindplantartwork.C.Toinformreadersofascientificbreakthrough.D.Tointroduceastudyonfoodcroptransformation.解析D意圖推斷題。文章第一段介紹一幅畫作，引出小麥變化的問題，后續(xù)內容講述一個團隊通過研究不同時代的藝術畫作來追蹤糧食作物變化問題，故D項正確。二、七選五[2024江蘇海安聯考]WhyIsArtSoPowerful？Perhapsthesimplestanswertothisquestionisthatarttouchesusemotionally.Artispowerfulbecauseitcanpotentiallyinfluenceourculture，politics，andeventheeconomy.Whenweseeapowerfulworkofart，youfeelittouchingdeepwithinyourcore.Anditcangiveusthepowertomakereal-lifechanges.Ithasthepowertoeducatepeopleaboutalmostanything.1Duringthepandemic，someartistscreatedvividandimpressivepaintingstospreadthemessageofwearingamask，whichwaswellreceivedbythewholepublic.Itbreakscultural，social，andeconomicbarriers.Whilearthardlyreallysolvespovertyorpromotessocialjusticeonitsown，itcanbeusedasafairplayingfieldforconversationandexpression.2Therefore，anyonecanlearntoappreciateartregardlessoftheirsocialstatus，economicstanding，orpoliticalbackground.Itaccesseshigherordersofthinking.Artdoesn’tjustmakeyouabsorbinformation.3Thisiswhycreativityisaformofintelligence—itisaspecialabilitythatunlocksthepotentialofthehumanmind.45Manytimesinhistorywehaveheardofpeoplebeingcriticized，threatenedandevenkilledbecauseoftheirartwork.Thoseresponsibleforthesereactions，mayitbeanaggressivegovernment，takethesemeasuresagainstartistsknowinghowmuchtheirworkscanaffectthepoliticsinagivenarea.Inthehandsofgoodpeople，however，artcanbeusedtogivehopeoroffercourageinasocietythat’sundergoingalotofhardships.A.Art，atitssimplest，isaformofcommunicatingwitheachother.B.Thetruthisthatpeoplehaverecognizedhowpowerfulartcanbe.C.Itpresentsinformationinawaythatcouldbeabsorbedbymanyeasily.D.Rather，itmakesyouthinkaboutcurrentideasandinspireyoutomakeyourown.E.Everyonecanrelatetoartbecauseeveryonehasemotionsandpersonalexperiences.F.Artmayseektobringaboutsomeparticularemotiontorelaxandentertaintheviewers.G.Asamatteroffact，studieshaveshownthatexposuretoartcanmakeyoubetterinotherfields.本文是一篇說明文。本文主要解釋了為什么藝術如此強大。1.C"Duringthepandemic...bythewholepublic"是針對C項舉的例子。C項中的"couldbeabsorbedbymanyeasily"與空后句子中的"waswellreceivedbythewholepublic"相照應。2.E"Therefore，anyonecanlearntoappreciateartregardlessoftheirsocialstatus，economicstanding，orpoliticalbackground"與E項之間是因果關系。3.D"Artdoesn’tjustmakeyouabsorbinformation"與D項之間存在遞進關系，且空后句子中的This指的便是D項。4.G空前句子中的"unlocksthepotentialofthehumanmind"與G項中的"makeyoubetterinotherfields"相對應。5.BB項放在此處能充當段落主題句。三、完形填空[2024廣東高三10月聯考]Ourcitiesarefullofstatues.Youmightevenhavefoundyourselfstaringatalifelikefigureand1，"Didtheyjustblinkorbreathe？"IzabelaRadcliffeisalivingproof！Izabelahasnowbeenaliving2forover20years，developingawholecastofcharacters.Shehasherowncompanynowandshehasperformedmany3includingQueenVictoria，MarilynMonroeandMarieCurie.Butit’sneverassimpleasjustshowingupand4inthestreet."BeforeIleaveforajob，Imust5everythingandthatcantakeuptotwohours，"Izabelaexplains.It’snotjustaboutthe6；shealsoneedstomakesurethatshehasallthemake-upsheneeds，too.Somecharacterstakealonger7timethanothers.Izabela’suniqueartisoftenindemand."Istay8forquitealongtimeduringmywork，butstandingstillisnotthegoal，"sheexplains."SometimesI’minasetpositionandothertimesI9withtheaudience.Standingstillissuperentertaining，"sheadmits.Peoplelovetoseethat，becausestayingstillisveryunnaturalforhumans.Beingalivingstatuealsorequiresbeingingood10condition."Exercising11issomethingthatisreallyimportantformyjob.Ipersonallyfindyoga12，becauseithelpsyoudevelopgoodbodyawareness.Withoutthat，youcan13yourbody，"shesays.Izabelafindsittobeavery14job."Bringingcharmandhappinesstoothersbringsthosethingsintoyourownlife，too.It’slikea（n）15ofenergy.Thereisaconstantinteractionbetweenyouandyouraudience—it’sbeautiful，"shesays.文章主要講述了Izabela的職業(yè)和她的從業(yè)經歷。她從事的職業(yè)是"活雕像"，她扮演形形色色的人物，站在街頭，有時一動不動，有時也要和觀眾互動。這份工作不僅給觀眾帶去了樂趣，也給她自己帶來了樂趣。1.A.knowing B.explainingC.believing D.wondering解析D你甚至可能會發(fā)現自己盯著一個栩栩如生的人物，心里琢磨（wondering），"它剛才眨眼或呼吸了嗎？"，故選D項。2.A.statue B.modelC.artist D.pictures解析A由第五段第一句可知，本題選A。3.A.actresses B.charactersC.players D.champions解析B她現在有了自己的公司，她扮演了許多角色（characters），包括維多利亞女王、瑪麗蓮·夢露和瑪麗·居里。4.A.displaying B.undertakingC.performing D.gathering解析C但這絕不像在街上露