必修④ Unit11 The Media

[高考对接题]

Ⅰ.完形填空

Sometimes，when I look at the pile of school books and my reflection(影像)in the mirror，I sigh. No，it's not because of unhappiness，just the realization that everything's going so 1 .It seemed like yesterday.I was still a little girl in 7th Grade.But being a freshman looks 2 enough to touch，if I reach out my hand.I can almost feel the responsibilities，the burdens of growing up，pressing against my shoulders.

Yes，I'm still a 3 in many ways.I do not want to grow up and actually I'm fighting against it.But I know it is a losing 4 .And as I have realized that I come to the 5 where I have to 6 what I want to do with my life.

What I never told anyone was that I want the 7 life：I want to go to the university only ten-minutes walk away，to be 8 my family and friends，to get a job in this city.I want to live with my parents (I can't remember the last time I called them mommy and daddy) and be a little girl 9 .

You see，being ordinary is all very 10 .I like being ordinary most times，but I like being exceptional(杰出的)more.What I do not want is to become one of those people whose 11 have been washed away by time.I do not want to be someone who lives every day 12 about the next day's salary，someone whose highlight is to have a good table for poker(扑克)，someone who can say 13 when a child asks for a life story.As boring as life stories are，isn't it 14 to have nothing to tell？

This is my life story 15 ，and I hope I have more to tell in the future. 1.A.fast B.strange C.difficult D.wrong

解析：从下文的It seemed like yesterday可知作者感觉时光如梭，过得飞快。 答案：A

2.A.wonderful B.likely C.soon D.close 解析：从本句可知，伸手可及的地方当然是“近”了。 答案：D

3.A.pupil B.loser C.child D.fighter 解析：从下一句可知自己还小。 答案：C

4.A.battle B.dream C.goal D.wonderland 解析：众所周知人长大是自然规律，因此和这一规律抗争，自然就是打不赢的战斗。 答案：A

5.A.conclusion B.point C.place D.limit

解析：从行文来看，表明我已经意识到我已到了必须决定如何过好这一生的境地了。 答案：B

6.A.think B .decide C.know D.tell 解析：从下一段可知这里是“做出决定”的意思。 答案：B

7.A.ordinary B.comfortable C.easy D.great 解析：整个一段描述的都是作者对生活的看法——只要普普通通的生活。 答案：A

8.A.around B.near C.beside D.for

解析：上文说想上离家步行仅需10分钟路的大学，下文说要在本市找一份工作，可以 推知是该空应该是距家人和朋友很近。 答案：B

9.A.then B.instead C.forever D.otherwise 解析：不想离开自己的父母，那就只好“永远”做小孩子了。 答案：C

10.A.well B.simple C.right D.natural

解析：下文中的I like being ordinary most times可知这里是说普普通通地生活不错。 答案：A

11.A.stories B.dreams C.interests D.news

解析：人的理想随着时间的推移渐渐地消失了，我却不想如此平凡，照应了上面的 话。 答案：B

12.A.worrying B.caring C.setting D.complaining 解析：挣钱养家糊口正是普通人的生活。 答案：A

13.A.no B.nothing C.something D.such

解析：因为普普通通，因此以后孩子问起自然没有什么故事可讲了。 答案：B

14.A.sad B.right C.silly D.funny

解析：虽然生活是平凡的，但没有故事可说是不是也是一种悲哀？ 答案：A

15. A.in fact B.after all C.so far D.in all

解析：这是我目前所能讲述的自己的故事，希望以后会更加精彩。 答案：C

Ⅱ.阅读理解

A

(2010·济南第二次统考)Do you every run out of great books to read？So what should I read next？Is fast-paced crime fiction your thing？

Try the new book，Scarpetta (Patricia Cornwell Putnam).She is such an able writer and handles complex forensic (法庭的) intelligence with ease.You need to be prepared，though，for the world you're entering—this isn't for the faint of heart，let's say.

If peace is more your thing，try Mary Pipher's wonderful new book，Seeking Peace：Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World (Riverhead).Mary is a lovely，comfortable writer who takes the reader through her personal awakening after reputation and fortune came her way.Even if you've never experienced life as a best-selling writer (as she has done，in her book years back，Reviving Ophelia)，you'll totally understand and sympathize with her renewed need for privacy，distance and quiet.

What if you want a straightforward，totally thrilling read with vivid characters，set about World War Ⅱ？You cannot go wrong with Jim Lehrer's new novel，Oh，Johnny(Random House)，about a young marine whose life is changed forever when he meets a woman on his way to war.His relationship with her lasts him through danger and hardship，and there's an impressive ending.See our interview with the productive novelist/newsman in the current issue of Reader's Digest (March，on stands now)，by the way，for insight into the very talented Mr.Lehrer and what interests him.

Well，what about something wickedly funny and totally offbeat？Does the name Carrie Fisher do anything for you？Try her vivid and new life in Hollywood and elsewhere，Wishful Drinking (Simon & Schuster).Be prepared for humor as sharp as knives.

语篇解读：书是人类不可缺少的精神食粮，如果你恰巧没有书可读了，就看看下面这则广告推荐的哪部书合你的胃口吧！

1.In which column will you probably find the above passage？ A.Advice. B.News story. C.Advertisement. D.Comments.

解析：识别文体题。本文是向读者推荐书籍的广告。 答案：C

2.What does the writer intend to tell us by the underlined sentence？ A.The world is complex and hard. B.Scarpetta is a thriller.

C.The fiction is hard to understand. D.Society is hard to fit into.

解析：细节理解题。第二段最后一句讲到“但是你要做好准备，因为你要进入的这个 世界可不是为脆弱的心准备的”，由此可知这本书是很刺激的，故选B。

答案：B

3.Which of the following is TRUE of Mary Pipher？ A.She is an adventurous writer. B.She doesn't care about fortune. C.Her books normally sell well.

D.She can help you achieve writing skills.

解析：细节理解题。由第三段内容可知此作家为畅销书作家，故选C，她的书一般卖 得不错。 答案：C

4.To get further information about Jim Lehrer，you may . A.go to Reader's Digest issued in March B.go to Random House

C.analyse the characters in Oh，Johnny D.read the novel Oh，Johnny

解析：细节理解题。由倒数第二段最后一句可知，要想洞察这位作家以及他的爱好， 就看现已上架的三月份的《读者文摘》吧。 答案：A

5.Which book isn't directly based on the writer's own life？ A.Seeking Peace. B.Reviving Ophelia. C.Wishful Drinking. D.Oh，Johnny.

解析：细节理解题。由文章内容可知只有Oh，Johnny这本书不是直接根据作者的亲 身经历写成的。 答案：D

B

Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers？

Five hundred years ago， news of important happenings—battles lost and won， kings or rulers overthrown or killed—took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in faraway countries on the same day they happen.

Apart from supplying news from all over the world， newspapers give us a lot of other useful information.There are weather reports， radio， television and film guides.There are sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space， but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers， advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to