2018-2019学年高中英语 Unit 23 Conflict课下能力提升（七）（含解析）北师大版选修8

Unit 23 Conflict课下能力提升（七）.单词拼写1The old man possesses (拥有) a large quantity of money.2He succeeded at the expense (代价) of his health.3This exercise will strengthen (加强) your body.4His grandfather died in the war of liberation (解放)5Your medical records are strictly confidential (秘密的).选词填空1The little factory brings noise pollution on the nearby villagers.2Sort out the papers and fasten them with a clip.3Her grandfather joined up when he was 17 years old.4We have to look into the cause of the accident.5Police roped off the street to investigate the accident.完成句子1你工作越努力，未来就越光明。The harder you work, the brighter your future will be.2老师和他的学生每年都去乡下。The teacher as well as his students goes to the countryside every year.3你练习得越多，你就会说得越流利。The more you practise, the more fluently you speak it.4那座老房子现在归政府所有。The old house is now in the possession of the government.5他点点头，好像听懂了我说的话。He nodded as though/if he understood what I said.阅读理解ANot long ago, as my daughter and I were arriving at my son's basketball practice, an airplane flew over us.“Are they coming to bomb (轰炸) us, Daddy？” she asked, moving closer to me. My daughter told me she'd heard something at school a news story about an airport and bombs and people getting killed. We talked a bit about the story she'd heard, about how terrible things do happen sometimes, then I promised her that the airplane roaring above wasn't going to harm us.In today's culture with mass media, families are surrounded by stories of shootings, bombings and other violent news. Our kids won't fully understand these stories, but they'll be frightened just the same. As parents, we need to help them have the necessary facts to process these terrible events and a broader understanding to ease their fears.A child's world is pretty small, and kids may think that the terrible news events they've heard about are just across town or right next door. They might ask if it's safe to go to a mall, or as in the case with my daughter, if the airplane roaring overhead is going to attack. Depending on the terrible events, kids may also believe a number of inaccuracies that are spread at school or from conversations with friends. So correct whatever exaggerations (夸张) or inaccuracies they may have heard. One of the first things I talk about with my kids is simple geographic distance. We look at a map or globe and talk about where the terrible events happened and how far away it is from our home.Tell the truth, but don't describe information that will deepen fears. Your goal as a parent is to help your kids feel safe and learn how to handle stress. Children are comforted by the safety their parents provide, knowing that even if bad things happen, the family will get through it together. This creates what scientists call “tolerable (可忍受的) stress”语篇解读：本文是说明文。本文介绍如何帮助孩子正确理解暴力新闻，消除孩子的恐惧。1Why was the author's daughter so frightened at the airplane?AThe plane flew very low.BShe never saw an airplane before.CThey live where a war is going on.DShe had heard some terrible news at school.解析：选D推理判断题。分析第二段可知，由于女儿在学校听到一些关于飞机轰炸的消息，故看到飞机感到恐惧，以为飞机会来轰炸他们。2What does the author usually do first to reduce his kids' fears?AComforting and calming the kids.BTeaching them geographic distance.CGiving them information of the events in detail.DCorrecting exaggerations and inaccuracies about the events.解析：选B细节理解题。由第四段“One of the first things I talk about with my kids is simple geographic distance”可知，为了消除孩子的恐惧，作者首先让他们对地理位置有清楚的了解。3What can we learn from Paragraph 4?AKids shouldn't talk about terrible events at school.BKids are most fearful of events happening nearby.CExaggerations and inaccuracies deepen kids' fears.DKids have a correct idea of geographic distance.解析：选C推理判断题。分析第四段可知，孩子的恐惧会由于对事件的夸张和不准确信息而加剧。4What would be the best title for the text?AHow to keep kids safe in dangerous situationsBHow to help kids process news of violenceCWhat “tolerable stress” meansDWhy kids get fearful解析：选B标题归纳题。综合全文可知，本文主要介绍了如何帮助孩子正确理解和处理暴力新闻，消除他们的恐惧。BMore People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple LifeTime is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing live more with less and liking it.Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B & B hotel. Four years later, the couple dished out banana pancake breakfast, cleaned toilets and served homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B & B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colorful sunsets.“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No，” says Ms. Giddens, “This is a phenomenon that's fairly widespread. A lot of people are reevaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do. If their base is being damaged, what's the pay­off？”Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.Vicki Robin, a writer, lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make. “You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is，” Ms. Robin says, “You tend not to use things up. You cook at home rather than eat out .”Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks. “It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids，” she says, “Simplicity is not just about saving money; it's about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”Mrs. Luhrs now edits a magazine, Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions, and generally how to consume less.“It's not about poverty，” Mrs. Luhrs explains, “It's about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the less money goes out of the door, and the less money you have to earn.”语篇解读：越来越多的人摆脱竞争激烈的环境，选择回归简单的生活。他们重新审视生活的价值，希望以一种自己喜欢的方式来生活。5Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to .Apay off the debtBbuy living necessitiesCcut down expensesDstart a private hotel解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“sold their home to start a B & B hotel”可知，他们把房子卖掉是为了经营自己的旅馆。故选D项。6Simple living includes .Abuilding a home libraryBsharing housing with othersCenjoying a colorful night lifeDliving in the countryside解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing .”可知，B项中所描述的内容包含在simple living的内容中，故选B项。7It can be learned from the passage that now Janet Luhrs .Aworks as a reporter of a magazineBhelps people buy recycled clothesCspends more time with her kidsDhas an interest in pop music解析：选C推理判断题。根据第六段中的“Simplicity is not just about saving money; it's about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”可知，Janet Luhrs辞掉工作是为了把时间花在陪伴孩子们上。故选C项。8How does the author develop the passage?ABy giving examples.BBy asking questions.CBy using figures. DBy making comparisons.解析：选A写作手法题。纵观全文不难看出，文章是用了几个人物的例子来讲述简单生活的理念。故选A项。.语法填空Nowadays, more and more post­90s generations will enter the workforce. They place more emphasis 1 looking for a job that they enjoy more than other factors. Many of them hope to establish a 2 (relax) relationship among workers. More than half of 3 prefer the easy­going and good­tempered employers. 4 (surprise) 10 percent of them wish to be friends with their bosses. Experts say that they are the generation of the Internet era. They have a strong 5 (aware) of “self” and how they relate to the outside world. Guo Yun, 22, is a digital media major from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. She says that she will not mind working long hours, but prefer her boss 6 (explain) why she has to, such as the urgency of the task.“I feel greatly 7 (motivate) in this way，” she explains. They tend to care a great deal about the team or the management culture. They are also more outspoken about their needs, and they are likely to openly 8 (communication) with their employers. As a result, they 9 (admit) into most big companies more easily. I think it is their frankness and enthusiasm 10 leaves a deep impression on their employers.语篇解读：越来越多的90后进入职场，他/她们对于工作的态度是怎样的呢？1onplace emphasis on“重视，强调”。2relaxing此处修饰名词relationship，故用形容词relaxing。relaxing“令人放松的”。3them此处指代“post­90s generations”，并在句中作of的宾语，故用them。4Surprisingly修饰整个句子并在句中作状语应用副词形式。5awareness不定冠词a后应用名词形式。6to explainprefer sb. to do sth.“更喜欢某人做某事”。7motivated连系动词后应用形容词作表语。motivated“有积极性的”。8communicatebe likely to do sth.“很可能做某事”。9are admitted此处叙述的是客观事实，they与admit之间为被动关系；又因文章时态为一般现在时，故用一般现在时的被动语态。10that“It is被强调部分that .”为强调句型，此处强调主语。6