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    试题来源:人教版(新课程标准)高中英语必修一Unit 3 Travel Journal同步练习2

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    阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

        A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.

        Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

        Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go.  People in Venice move from place to place by boat.

        Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there's nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it's underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.

        Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt (融化). Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.

        Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy's biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.

    (1)Which is the best way to travel in Venice?
    A . The waterways. B . Taxis and cars. C . 400 bridges. D . Boats and rain shoes.
    【答案】
    (2)What doesn't cause Venice to get lower and lower?
    A . The ice of the Arctic Ocean melt. B . Seawater is everywhere around the city. C . People used too much underground water D . The temperature has become higher over the years.
    【答案】
    (3)What can we infer from the last passage?
    A . Venice is sure to stop getting lower. B . High waters won't hit Venice any more. C . Scientists can solve the problems easily. D . Some possible ways help to solve the problem.
    【答案】
    (4)What's the best title of this passage?
    A . The History of Venice B . The MOST Project of Venice. C . The Places of Interest of Venice D . The Specials and Problems of Venice
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        In 2006,Paul Letourneau of Worcester,Mass,lost his parents,his home and his pet dog.And that August,his life­long mild depression took a turn for the worse as he became suicidal(有自杀倾向的).

        “I said I didn't want to be alive anymore,”Letourneau,67,recalled telling his best friend.

        He and his friend had gone for a walk when Letourneau stopped and asked his friend about ways to die painlessly.His friend advised him to admit himself to a hospital.

        “When I went back home,physically,I was shaking so much-and emotionally,I couldn't stop,”Letourneau said,“I knew I had to get help.”

        For many men,it takes a lot more than feeling down to recognize that they are depressed and then step through the doors  of a hospital,or a friend's or relative's home to ask for help.Men who are depressed usually refuse to get appropriate treatment,depression experts and patients say.

        “When men get depressed,the depression can be quite severe,”said Dr.lan Cook,professor of psychiatry at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.“The challenge is getting men to acknowledge that they're depressed.”

        Depression affects about 15 million people in the United States,according to the National Institutes of Mental Health,and men get depressed about half as often as women.

        “It's unclear how much of this is a reporting bias,”Cook  said.“The stigma(耻辱)issues are somewhat different for men than they are for women.”

        “Men intend to consider that asking for help is a sign of  weakness,but when they can't complete the task of bringing themselves to the Promised Land,they become at risk.” said  Steven Lappen,who was once a depression patient.

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        We all have dreams sometimes. Some are sweet but some are nightmares. Almost all researchers in sleep explain that nightmares are a reaction to negative experiences that happen during waking hours. However, some of them believe that nightmares do have some real benefits. One 2017 study, for example, found that frequent nightmare sufferers rated themselves as more empathetic(共鸣的).They also displayed more of a tendency to unconsciously mirror other people through things like yawning. People who have constant nightmares also tend to think further outside the box on psychoanalysis tasks. Some other researchers have found support for the idea that nightmares might be linked to creativity.

        People seeking cure for nightmares were not necessarily more fearful or anxious, but rather had a general sensitivity to all emotional experience. Sensitivity is the driving force behind intense dreams. Heightened sensitivity to threats or fear during the day results in bad dreams and nightmares, whereas heightened passion or excitement may result in more intense positive dreams. And both these forms of dreams may feed back into waking life, perhaps increasing suffering after nightmares, or promoting social bonds and empathy after positive dreams.

        The effects go further still. This sensitivity overflows over into perceptions and thoughts: people who have a lot of nightmares experience a dreamlike quality to their waking thoughts. And this kind of thinking seems to give them a creative edge. For instance, studies show that such people tend to have greater creative talent and artistic expression. And people who often have nightmares also tend to have more positive dreams than the average person.

        The evidence points towards the idea that, rather than disturbing normal activity, people who are unfortunate in having a lot of nightmares also have a dreaming life that is at least as creative, positive and vivid as it can be distressing and terrifying. What's more, this imaginative richness is unlikely to be limited to sleep, but also is filled with waking thought and daydreams. Even after people wake up and shake off the nightmare, in other words, a mark of it stays behind, possessing them throughout the day.

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    Reader's Travel Photography Competition

        This month's images include some original and brilliant shots. The overall 2018 winner will receive a $200 holiday ticket and go on a 16-night wildlife holiday.

    Doug Scott

    Guess what the young monk is doing! He is playing with his smart phone in secret.

    PAUL GOLDSTEIN JUDGE: Smart phones have taken over the world. Even without the photographer's caption there is composition, humor and fun here. To the outsider, he could be having a short sleep, or lost in meditation. My eyes stop on this for a while and the admission of smart phones cannot be changed in any corner of the world.

    Eloise Campbell

    I was able to follow this young eagle hunter and his eagle in the mountains of Mongolia and watched how it was trained. Though the bond between them was new, to me it seemed unbreakable—they were coexisting peacefully with each other.

    Adam Cunningham White

    This shot grasps the moment when we had to change direction with this group of around 300 migrating reindeer in northern Sweden. They can become confused very quickly, making this moment risky. They could run in different directions immediately, making it difficult to get them back into a group.

    Nick Dale

    This is a close-up of the left eye of a zebra.

    PAUL GOLDSTEIN JUDGE: Perfect, I have seen these before but rarely done with this competence. The depth of field is exactly right. The bold cropping and blue to the left make people interested. Zebras are easy to photograph but not often this well.

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        The world's first subway was built in London in 1863. At the time, the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of London. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get through. The city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day. If people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work, they would relocate their homes outside of the city. This would help ease(减轻) the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of London. From these problems, the idea of the London Underground, the first subway system, was born.

        The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays, but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) long. About 30,000 people got on the subway the first day. Riders were treated to comfortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed), and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. However, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels(隧道) with ash and soot(煤灰), as well as chemical gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems, riding in the Underground did catch on. It carried 9 million riders in its first year.

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        Ancient Chinese folk paintings and many other art styles have been passed down from generation to generation, and are still practised in different parts of China. Here's a look at four unique Chinese folk art forms.

        Chinese Opera (戏剧) is the traditional form of Chinese drama. According to incomplete statistics, in China's various ethnic regions there are about more than 360 kinds of operas. The most famous ones include Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yueju Opera, Yuju Opera, Sichuan Opera, Fujian Opera, Hebei opera, Huangmei Opera arid so on, in total more than 50, among which Peking Opera is the most popular in China.

        Shadow Play (皮影戏) dates back to Western Han Dynasty in Shaanxi more than 1,000 years ago. The moving figures, usually carved out from leather, are operated by folk artists, accompanied by music and singing. It is the world's first dubbed (配音的) motion picture art form, thus considered the "ancestor" of modern film. Today this art form is still popular in northern China.

        Paper-cutting (剪纸) is one of the most popular traditional decorative arts in China with a long history. Paper-cutting can be seen across China and it has even developed into different local genres (流派). They are usually used to decorate gates and windows during festivals.

        The Kite was invented by Chinese people. According to legend the earliest kite in China was a wooden bird by Mo Di in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Later his student Lu Ban improved the tech and used bamboo as material to make a kite. Today, various kite-flying activities can be found in different regions of China. Shandong Weifang Kite Festival is held every year and attracts lots of kite lovers and travelers.

     阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

    Surprisingly, in South Korea, the popularity of Tanghulu has surpassed (优于) that of the country's traditional fried (炸) rice cakes. In some stores, as many as 200 skewers (串) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sell) per day.

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    Tanghulu later {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (become) a popular street-food snack in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the 2010s, it was commonly sold at street stalls in Incheon's Chinatown and Seoul's Myeong-dong and Hongdae areas. Over time, it became {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (increase) popular not only among ethnic Chinese but also local people.

    Tanghulu's recent surge in popularity can be due to many factors, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (include) the social media trend among South Korean millennials of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (post) ASMR videos featuring the treat being eaten and sharing Tanghulu recipes. "Tanghulu enjoys its explosive popularity because it satisfies South Korea's obsession (痴迷) with pretty food. Because they're so visually {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (attract), many like to post them on social media," said Lee Eun-hee, a consumer science professor at Inha University.

    Diplomacy is one thing, delicious food is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} thing.

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