【课堂新坐标】2015高考英语一轮复习 Unit 3 A taste of English
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Ⅰ.语法填空
Once，in a lovely garden，lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world.She was so pretty，and had won so many beauty contests __1__ she had become very proud.One day，the naughty cockroach(蟑螂)got fed up with her showing off，and decided __2__(teach)her a lesson.
She went to see the butterfly，and in front of everyone she said that the butterfly wasn't really that beautiful，and that the butterfly only won the competitions __3__ the judges had been paid.In __4__(real)，the cockroach was the most beautiful.
The butterfly was angry and said to the cockroach.“I __5__(beat)you in a beauty contest，with whichever judges you yourself choose.”
“OK，I accept.See you on Saturday，”answered the cockroach，and left __6__ waiting for a reply.
That Saturday everyone went to __7__ beauty contest.The butterfly arrived completely confident of victory until she saw __8__ the judges were：cockroaches，worms，beetles.All of __9__ preferred the ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.
The butterfly was left __10__(sob)and disappointed，wanting never to enter another beauty contest in her life.Fortunately，the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.
【语篇解读】 一只美丽的蝴蝶由于赢得了无数次的选美大赛而变得越来越傲慢，蟑螂组织了一次并不公平的选美比赛，好好教育了一下自负的蝴蝶。
1．that 此处是so...that...句型，故该空填that。
2．to teach decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，为固定用法。 3．because 此处为because引导的原因状语从句。 4．reality in reality表示“事实上”。
5．will beat 结合上下文可以看出此处应该用一般将来时。
6．without 此处表示蟑螂没有等候一个答复就离开了，故填without。 7．the 特指这次蝴蝶和蟑螂参加的选美大赛要用定冠词the。 8．who 此处表示“评委们都是谁”，故填疑问代词who。
9．them 分析句子成分可知，此处缺少主语，故填them，指代那些评委们。
10．sobbing The butterfly和sob之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故用sob的现在分词形式。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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Houseplants clean the air and brighten a room.Occasionally，they drive us mad as we wonder how exactly we managed to kill yet another“unkillable”houseplant.(In that way，they provide great lessons in perseverance as well！)But it looks like there's one more great reason to grow houseplants：their presence in your workspace might actually make you smarter.
According to a recent study published in The Journal of Environmental
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Psychology，just having plants in your work space is enough to increase your attention
span.An increase in attention span means that we're able to remember more of what we read.To test the hypotheses，the study's authors gave subjects a Reading Span Task，which requires reading sentence aloud，then remembering the last word in each sentence.This requires reading，memorization，and recall abilities，and switching between the three.
The researchers had their entire test pool complete Reading Span Tasks to get a baseline reading.Then they moved some of the people to a room with no plants，and others to a room that had four plants around the desk.They were all asked to repeat the Reading Span Tasks，and the people who worked near a plant improved overall，while those without plants stayed roughly the same.
Beauty，fresh air，the joy of caring for another living thing－all great reasons to have a few houseplants around.If they help increase attention spans，all the better!
1．The study shows that growing houseplants can ________． A．clean the air
B．make the house beautiful C．increase attention spans D．have the joy of caring
【解析】 细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知答案。 【答案】 C
2．The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means ________． A．ideas B．research C．theories D．experiments
【解析】 词义理解题。由调查研究得出一个“想法”，然后验证这个“想法”。 【答案】 A
3．In the last paragraph，the writer ________． A．places an advertisement B．comments on the study C．shows his/her opinion D．gives people a warning
【解析】 推理判断题。作者最后一段提到“家庭绿色植物”的好处，表明了自己的观点。
【答案】 C
4．Which is the following shows the structure of the passage? A．①→②→③→④ B．①→② ③→④ C．①→② ③ ④ D．① ② ③→④
【解析】 段落结构题。文章第一段总括说明，第二、三段介绍“研究”；第四段提出个人观点。
【答案】 B
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The National Park Service in the United State will mark its one hundredth anniversary in 2016.As it nears its second century，the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.
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The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history.Yellowstone is believed to have been the world's first national park when it was established in 1872.Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.
The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education.One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called NatureBridge.NatureBridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs.The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms.It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.
Now，NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a four－million－dollar grant from Google.The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.Students stay for three to five days in NatureBridge programs.The activities are aimed at developing their science skills.For example，they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge.He says when they are not sleeping，eating or in a laboratory，the students spend their time outdoors.
Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service.She says in a time of budget cuts，the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals.And one of the most important services that the Park Services provide every day is nature interpretation.
5．You can probably read this text in the section of ________． A．Education B．Travel C．Entertainment D．Health
【解析】 推理判断题。由第一段中“...increase its educational programs for students and teachers”可知选A项。
【答案】 A
6．Which of the following is true of the National Park Service? A．It plans to make NatureBridge its branch. B．It provides programs for college students. C．It was established earlier than Yellowstone. D．It offered some educational programs before. 【解析】 细节理解题。由第三段内容可知D项正确。 【答案】 D
7．According to the text，NatureBridge ________． A．finances all the programs alone B．is aimed at laboratory activities C．has benefited quite a lot of students D．provides online field science programs
【解析】 细节理解题。由第三段中“...says one million young people have taken part in its programs”可知C项正确。
【答案】 C
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